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Chapter 22: The Iron Cavalry

"General Zhang saw that the lives of life were in trouble, the people were living in poverty, and the hatred of the country and the family came to his heart. He secretly vowed to kill the Mongolians in this life."

Although Mo Laosan was poor, his words were so majestic and majestic. A few coins were thrown into the bowl in the crowd, and Mo Laosan returned to his arching waist and back, bowed his hands to thank the broken bowl repeatedly, then raised his head and continued:

"Once, General Zhang was patrolling the road with a horse and a sword. From a distance, he saw three Mongolian cavalry escorting a team of Central Plains people back to the barracks. There were only adult men in the team, and there were no elderly, young, women and children. I guess the Mongolian soldiers were afraid of the burden and killed them all, leaving only these adult men to take back the barracks to enslave them. General Zhang rushed forward and without saying a word, he split a Mongolian soldier in half with one sword. Another Mongolian soldier rushed forward and was chopped into two pieces by General Zhang. The remaining Mongolian soldier saw his power and fled on horseback. General Zhang rode his horse and chased him wildly. After running for hundreds of meters, he cut him down with his men and horses."

"General Zhang came back with the head of the Mongolian soldiers and led the horses to cut off the shackles of more than a dozen people, so that they could escape their lives. The team of men were robbed from all over the place, and their families died tragically at the hands of the Mongolian soldiers. All witnessed the violence of the Mongolian soldiers. At that time, the Mongolian cavalry was strong and good at riding and shooting, and they all had the ability to win ten. The small group of Song Dynasty officers and soldiers often fled when they saw the news. Ordinary people couldn't even escape when they saw it, let alone resist. At this moment, when General Zhang saw General Zhang like a god descending to earth, he instantly cut off three Mongolian cavalry. He was shocked and fell to the ground and bowed."

"General Zhang ordered them to flee in various places. The Mongolian army disappeared and three sentries returned to the camp. They must send large troops to search, and they may have to burn, kill, loot and revenge."

"There is a sensible man among the group of prisoners who refused to stand up and kowtowed and said, "Although the world is big, it is full of Mongolian cavalry. With Mongolian soldiers, there is no place for Han people. Even if we can survive today, we will still be unable to die in the future. Instead of enduring humiliation and living a secret life, it is better to resist and fight to the death with the Mongolian soldiers. The hero is so powerful, Xiao Diyuan follows you to death and kill the Mongolians." Everyone agrees."

"General Zhang frowned and said, 'I am used to being alone, but it is inconvenient for too many people.'"

"The man said: The entire Central Plains has been reduced to the iron hoof of Mongolia. My benefactor saves me today. The Mongols come again in the future. Our life will no longer be there. It is no different from the benefactor killing me with his own hands. If my benefactor doesn't follow, I will cut us to death on the spot today, which is better than death under the Mongol sword."

When General Zhang heard this, he said immediately, "You can do it with me, but you have to agree!"

We have fallen to this day, and are purely cowardly and incompetent in the Song Dynasty. The officers and soldiers do not seek to resist the enemy and save the country, but only know how to oppress the people. I, Zhang Jue, disdain to be with him. Zhang Jue has an irreconcilable hatred with the Mongols. I have a lifelong wish to not seek to split the land and be granted a title to marquis, but only to kill all the Mongols!

If all the brothers and I are with me today, they will only become bandits in the future. No matter what the future holds, one day they will die without a place to bury. If you can accept it, you will become sworn brothers together. If you cannot accept it, you will disperse.

General Zhang was so excited that the crowd was filled with emotion. He shouted at the moment, saying that he would follow his benefactor in his life to fight south and north, not seek to split the land and be granted titles, but only seek to kill all the Mongols!

Now everyone is sworn in, and General Zhang will distribute the military horses and weapons they stolen from the Mongolian soldiers to everyone.

Zhang Jue told everyone that the reason why Mongolian cavalry dominated the world was that on the one hand, they grew up on horseback and were good at riding and shooting. On the other hand, they were influenced by the environment of the strong as the strong, fought all year round, and had a cruel and cruel personality. The soldiers who were pampered in the Central Plains were incomparable to them. In terms of individual combat capabilities, these Mongolian soldiers were not invincible in the world, but they retreated when they encountered the strong, and they had no place to live. They relied on the strong and fast horses, and could move forward and retreat freely. Therefore, others could not do anything about it.

If we want to fight against the Mongolian cavalry, we must adopt the same strategy as them, and use the same way to cure the person. If we encounter a large group of Mongolian cavalry, we will avoid it. If we encounter a small group of cavalry, we will kill them.

At this moment, this group of people began to gallop across the northern part of the Central Plains. After half a year, they even killed hundreds of Mongolian cavalry and rescued countless refugees.

General Zhang has been in the Mongolian army for many years, and naturally understands the living habits and military management strategies of the Mongolians. He understands that if he wants to be invincible in the world like the Mongolian cavalry, he must be strict in military management. Therefore, he urged his subordinates to train cavalry and shoot and kill hard, and formulated a more stringent military discipline than the Mongolian cavalry.

In order to avoid worries, it is stipulated that after each battle of the army, part of the looted food and grass will be distributed to refugees. If any joiners join, only adult males will be accepted, and no women or children will be taken.

Even so, more and more people joined the group and many supporters. These people had a deep hatred with the Mongols, so they fought bravely. In addition, General Zhang taught them all their skills. The team quickly grew and grew stronger. There were thousands of cavalry. Wherever there were Mongolian cavalry, they were there. The scope of activities went deep into the territory of the Mongolian Empire, and even to the Fish Lake at the farthest.

As the team grew, their targets gradually shifted from scattered soldiers to some small Mongolian cavalry units. After several years of conquest, the combat power of the troops was greatly improved, and they were even more ferocious than Mongolian cavalry of the same size.

It turned out that General Zhang Jue was a blacksmith and was proficient in forging. He thought that although his brothers were brave and fearless of death, they were still far behind the Mongols who were skilled in riding and killed since childhood. In order to reduce casualties among his subordinates, he specially built equipment to restrain Mongolian cavalry.

General Zhang Jue went on an expedition with the Mongolian army when he was a young man. He knew the skills and habits of Mongolian soldiers shooting and killing, so he ordered people to forge iron armor and cover the most vulnerable parts of the people and horses. In addition to the regular cavalry combat weapons, each person was specially equipped with a long-handled hook spear. When charging, he was sandwiched in his armpits. The spearhead was straight to the horse's body, stabbed or hooked, and often stabbed the Mongolian cavalry under the horse before he was close. Therefore, his combat capability increased greatly. Because he defeated the Mongolian cavalry many times, he gradually became famous. Because this army had no name and was elusive, it was difficult to figure out the way, so people called it the Iron Cavalry based on its combat characteristics.

Soon, this military armed force that was neither official nor civilian, attracted the attention of Genghis Khan. That winter, after annihilated a thousand-person team of Mongolians, Genghis Khan was furious and personally led a large army to send two of his best generals, Zhebe and Subeetai, as vanguards, as vanguards, to pursue the Iron Cavalry.

With Zhang Jue's skills and skills, the Mongolians could never catch up with him. However, the team has grown up now and now it is no longer the same. There are already thousands of people under his command. With the supplies, food and robberies, the speed of traveling has been greatly slowed down. In addition, many generals began to carry their families with the army, so facing the elite Mongolian cavalry with light and simple cavalry, the team no longer had the flexibility of being as fast as lightning.

Although General Zhang explicitly prohibited his subordinates from bringing his family, he had never married him, but he was helpless and was unable to make up his mind to deal with these brothers who had been through life and death with him. Therefore, this army lost the mobility of its survival, and the whereabouts of the large group of people could not be covered up like before. He was soon caught up by the Mongolian cavalry with light soldiers and armor. After several battles, the Iron Cavalry suffered heavy casualties. Most of the baggage and equipment were lost, and only more than a thousand people were left.

The Mongolian cavalry also paid a huge price. Two thousand-house marquis were killed, thousands of cavalry were killed, and countless injured people. The iron cavalry all had the will of death. Everyone died in battle until the end, and none of them were captured alive.
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