The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1020 Special Equipment
The Mongols are a real war machine, and the entire Western Expedition rarely fails.

However, the Mongolian iron cavalry encountered many obstacles in the East, such as the death of Xiangyang and Khan Mengge who fought for more than 30 years, the two attacks on the island country and the loss of soldiers and generals, and the defeat in Vietnam three times.

Compared to the West, the Mongols' record is at least not crushing in the East.

What's more, it took Temujin to unify Mongolia for decades, and it took less than a few years to conquer the west.

Moreover, it is not that the Khitan and Jurchen have the possibility of a war, but they may have an advantage over the Song Dynasty against Mongolia.

First of all, Khitan and Jurchen are nomads, and they are good at riding and shooting!

There is no compound recurve bow, and it is only weak in equipment. Riding and shooting are almost four or six, which makes Mongolia's roundabout tactics
As for the war horses, Mongolian horses are not invincible. Khitan and Jurchen war horses have different characteristics, but relying on super high riding skills, the tall horses can still catch up in a short time.

Some people want to question, why can't those knights in Europe?

Really not good, Europe and China are also farming peoples, and the upper limit of riding talent is not as good as that of grassland people.

What's more, the Europeans in the Middle Ages were basically the same as the war methods of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in China, so they were naturally not opponents!
This is not just blowing, but there have been examples of failed nomads fleeing to the West since ancient times, but they were able to sweep Europe.

For example, Guishuang was established by the Dayue clan, the ancestors of Hungary were the Huns, and a Khitan remnant army in Yelu Dashi was able to establish Xiliao, all of which prove this point.

I systematically talked about the differences between the Mongols, the Khitan, and the Jurchens, and introduced the battle between Temujin and the coalition forces of Yelvxian and Wanyan Loushi.

The two sides encountered a fierce battle in the north of the Xiongnu River.

Temujin was commanded by the left and right wings of Borhu and Subotai, and led the Mongol generals Ashihei, Ketie, Wudutai, Butu, Chulegtai, Tahai and other Mongolian generals to outflank the left and right sides. The main forces of Han Shica and Chawu'erhai made a frontal attack.

On the Khitan side, Yeluxian's vanguard, Xiao Dilu, and the Jurchens' vanguard, Wanyan Jintanzi, joined forces to charge together, while the left and right flanks fought separately.

Xiao Aguzhi, Yelu Zhilie, Yelu Talie, and Yelv Wuzhi from the Liao Kingdom led several generals to fight against the left wing of the Mongols.

Jin Guo Wanyan Benjian, Wanyan Wulu, and Wanyan Yinshu can take the right wing against the Mongols.

The same as the battle of the grassland peoples, the cavalry on both sides charged with light cavalry, and when they reached the range of bows and arrows, they began to shoot at each other.

Mongols, Khitans, and Jurchens are all good at archery, and many soldiers who dropped their horses seemed to be evenly matched. Careful observation revealed that it was the Khitans and Jurchens who were at a disadvantage.

The power of the compound recurve bow was shown first, and the light cavalry had almost no defense, and the three sides relied on riding skills to avoid it.

Obviously, the Khitan and Jurchen lost more soldiers, and the Mongols lost fewer cavalry.

Wanyan Loushi carefully looked at the Mongolian soldier who was stabbed with arrows like a hedgehog, and found that his wound was very shallow.

The arrow does not shoot into the skin, but 'hangs' on the body and the amount of bleeding is very small, which is very incredible.

You must know that the Liao-Jin alliance and the close diplomacy in the past ten years, the Khitan people have the craftsmen that the Jurchens dream of, and the Jurchens have the wood that the Khitan people dream of.

Only by exchanging resources and complementing each other can the two sides maintain their combat effectiveness after losing the Western Regions and Koryo, and the Liao Kingdom is slowly recovering.

Jurchens and Khitans use arrows with bloodletting grooves!

It’s fine if those Mongols didn’t hit the arrow, they were still alive and kicking!

Wanyan Loushi, who observed carefully, found that some Mongolians were covered with a layer of silk.

You read that right, silk!

Here, Lu Heng would know that the silk fiber is silky smooth, which can greatly slow down the piercing of the arrow, and even if it is shot by the arrow, the arrow can be easily pulled out along the silk.

Therefore, the elites of the Mongolian army all wore silk.

Of course, silk is considered a high-consumption item in Lu Heng's Great Song Dynasty today, not to mention that in Mongolia, even if the elites share the silk, the amount is very large.

Silk is only available in Lu Heng's Great Song Dynasty. Where did the Mongols get silk?

Not to mention that some of them came from the Song Dynasty for business and trade. Lu Heng didn't even know that Boer Jijin Temujin used silk in this way.

When Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, and Duan Jing were allowed to live in the north to buy horses, tea and silk were circulated to the north.

But from the Song Dynasty through the territories of the Jin and Liao, how much business can there be by land?

Relying solely on trade with the Song Dynasty is a drop in the bucket, and most of the silk is either seized or traded from Europe.

Compared with selling horses northward by land, maritime trade does not need to pass through enemy countries, which is safer and more extensive. The silk of the Song Dynasty is not only liked by grassland people, but also by Europeans.

The Song Dynasty has exported a large amount of silk to Europe in recent years, and European nobles, large and small, are proud of having silk.

Rome, Shendu and other countries all exchanged gold, so in Europe silk has the reputation of "gold worn on the body", which shows its value.

Therefore, there is another important reason for Temujin's westward expedition in this time and space to rob silk, which is farther west than the original time and space.

Speaking of battlefield silk, as a new equipment, it is very effective. It is sharper against bows and arrows that hit more than Mongolian cavalry, and even has an advantage in defense.

Of course this refers to defensive arrows, not melee combat!
This made the Mongolian cavalry and Jurchen and Khitan cavalry face-to-face battle loss ratio tilted from the original 4:6.

This is not over yet, when the Mongolian cavalry charged fifty paces with the opponent, Jebe shouted: "Go around!"

At the next moment, the Mongolian cavalry, like a car with a brake system, turned a 'drift'!
You must know that this is not as simple as the excellent riding skills of the Mongolian cavalry. The Khitan and Jurchen cavalry are also charging.

This is the special code of Mongolian horses. Small Mongolian horses are more flexible in disguise than tall horses.

Of course, this control over the horse is also unparalleled in the world.

"Come on! Stick to them, don't let them get away!"

Wanyan Jinzhuan let out a loud roar, and the red gray fire dragon horse under his crotch exploded to the speed of the horse, and the speed of the BMW horse rushed out in an instant.

Don't forget, this is not the first time the Khitans and Jurchens have fought against Mongolia, and they still have some understanding of Mongolia's tactics.

What?So why are you so surprised by silk?
Let me explain here that three years ago, the Mongol elite were mainly in the west, and Temujin never came back, so naturally he didn't find this equipment.

Looking back at the battlefield, Wanyan's golden bullet rode his horse and charged with two hammers, as if a stone had been pierced into the front of a car drifting at high speed.

No, the Wanyan gold marble is not a stone, but a huge piece of iron, the kind that will die if you touch it, and hurt if you rub it.

"Swoosh!", "Ding!"

Zhebie saw that Wanyan Jindanzi was unusually brave, and it was a rain of arrows, but was blocked by the double hammers, who also saw the sneak attacker, so he raised the hammers without saying a word.

It's just that there are not many Jurchen cavalry who can follow Wanyan Jintanzi, only a hundred of them stick to the Mongols, and the Jurchen and Khitan armies still swerve away. This war against the grassland overlord has just begun.

(End of this chapter)