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Needless to say, Guo Kan is also a person who can take it and let it go. He chased him for a night and never made a name for himself. He had an ominous omen, that is, the Song army's conspiracy is very big, and if he pursues him, he will definitely not be able to take advantage of it. After a little weighing, he decided not to pursue him and retreat immediately.

Guo Kan's decision was very correct. Under the current circumstances, his retreat was the only way out. Unfortunately, it was a bit too late. He had already fallen into the encirclement circle of the Song army. Guo Kan had thought about the fact that the Song army might adopt the encirclement tactic, but did not believe that Li Jun had the ability to surround him. Guo Kan's idea was not unreasonable, but very reasonable. Li Jun only had 500,000 troops, and Guo Kan also had more than 500,000 troops. Not to mention the number of troops of the two, if the combat effectiveness was in terms of the Mongolian army, Guo Kan still had hundreds of thousands of cavalry in his hands. Even if Li Jun surrounded him, he could break through Li Jun's encirclement, so he was not afraid at all. If he knew that the card in Li Jun's hand was specifically for his cavalry, he would not be so optimistic. This card was of no use for the cavalry, and it was almost just a decoration.

When Guo Kan was about to send an order to retreat, the Song army formed a formation again, which was intended to fight. This time, the Song army was different from before. There was only a row of people at the front, not a tight formation, but a certain distance between people. The Song army was holding not weapons, but a banner written in silk, which read "Guo Kan, you are also a Han Chinese. Surrender quickly, don't insult the ancestors of the Guo family and lose the face of the old Linggong of Guo Ziyi."

Guo Kan rarely traveled in the Han area in his life. This was the first time Liao Shenggong and others heard of his name, and even fewer people knew about his family background. They actually wrote it on a banner. Guo Kan, a god-like man, was really a little confused.

Not to mention Guo Kan, a false god, even a real god, he would never have thought that Li Jun was from the 21st century, was familiar with "History of Yuan Dynasty" and knew his family background clearly.

The banner is so long that it is pulled apart to the left and right sides, and it can't even be seen. And the banner is very wide and droops to the ground, so that he can't see the situation behind it.

Guo Kan tried his best to see clearly that there were many Song soldiers behind this row of people, clustered in the east and west, without any formation. This was too incompatible with the art of war, and Guo Kan was so strange that he almost dropped his eyes.

The more intelligent a person is, the less doubtful he has. Guo Kan was very strange. He wanted to get a glimpse of the truth and immediately ordered a team of heavy cavalry to conduct a tentative attack. The heavy cavalry rushed over in an orderly manner. Logically, these Song troops should have responded immediately. What made Guo Kan strange was that the Song army had no intention of responding to the battle.

Guo Kan hadn't figured out what was going on, and something even more surprised happened. When the heavy cavalry rushed in front of him, thousands of Song troops suddenly disappeared, as if they had evaporated. If there was the word magic at that time, Guo Kan would definitely say that these Song troops could do magic without hesitation.

What happened next surprised Guo Kan even more. The heavy cavalry fell to the ground, and the people were tilted up and over, and the horses were neighing and shouting endlessly. Guo Kan's eyes stared like copper bells and saw a scene that he would never forget for life: the head flew up like raindrops, and hit the ground with a thumping sound. Not only did the head fall, but the horse's head was thrown out.

There were not many heavy cavalrymen, only one thousand people, and they died in a blink of an eye, without a single one left.

Now, Guo Kan finally figured out what was going on. It turned out that there were tunnels as dense as spider webs in front of him, one after another, I don’t know how many of them were. This is the ace used by Li Jun to deal with Guo Kan’s cavalry.

Digging tunnels was inspired by Li Jun's trenches in modern warfare. Trenches were the product of the hot weapons era and were used to avoid artillery bombings. Guo Kan naturally could not have imagined that there were trenches in the Song Dynasty.

In ancient times, digging operations against cavalry were to resist spotted horse pits, and sometimes they would dig some trenches, which was one of the few. Li Jun digging like a spider web has never been done before.

The Mongolian cavalry is brave and good at fighting, which is really troublesome. After receiving the report from Liu Hezi, Li Jun discussed with Liao Shenggong Gundam and the others how to deal with hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry. Gundam strongly advocated digging a trap and digging countless of them, so he would not have to worry about not being able to deal with the cavalry. Liao Shenggong also held this view. He had several more methods than Gundam. He set up artillery according to his method, and then used grenades to use infantry to fight slowly to consume Guo Kan.

With so many troops of Guo Kan, not to mention the few hundred artillery or the old copper cannons, even if they are replaced with modern cannons, it is impossible to blow up Guo Kan's army. You should know that it is not artillery that drives cavalry out of the battlefield, but tanks, and the concentrated use of armored troops, the ancient cavalry, said goodbye to the battlefield. It is impossible to defeat the Mongolian cavalry with the hundreds of local cannons alone.

What worried Li Jun the most was that Kublai Khan had all the territory of the original Jin Kingdom, plus Shaanxi and the total population of the former Xixia part was close to 50 million. He could easily take out another 500,000 army, not to mention the European part. If he was victorious, the European part might not listen to Kublai Khan, but under the premise of failure, they would listen to Kublai Khan, because they were all descendants of Genghis Khan and were not allowed to fail. Even if he didn't listen, Kublai Khan could obtain it through political transactions and they would unite. In that case, Kublai Khan's strength would greatly increase.

The Yangtze River waterway is controlled by the Mongolian naval army. Kublai Khan gathered a large army and could easily transport it across the Yangtze River to reinforce Guo Kan. Therefore, the protracted war was not good for Li Jun. Li Jun had to kill Guo Kan before Kublai Kan arrived, otherwise the consequences would be very bad.

Li Jun said that he was worried. Liao Shenggong and the others thought that the Yangtze River waterway was not under control, and it was not as easy as the Mongolians to get reinforcements. They were stunned and looked at Li Jun together.

Gundam said anxiously: "Master, what do you think you should do? You can't let the Tartars sway in front of you, there is no way."

What he said was exactly what Liao Shenggong and the others thought. This problem was really too big. Even the resourceful Liao Shenggong didn't know what to do.

"The method of digging a horse pit you mentioned is not available. One in the east and one in the west. Whether people will step in depends on luck or not. The probability is too low." Li Jun first rejected Gundam's suggestion. Li Jun originally wanted to say that it was similar to the lottery ticket, and the winning rate was too low, which was troublesome, and said: "If you want to dig, you can't dig like this. We can dig a bigger one." He drew a picture on the map and said: "Dig trenches in this area, dig deep points and dig more points, which are denser than a spider web. Sprinkle gravel in the undigged places in the trenches to prevent the cavalry from jumping over the trenches."

As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, a series of cheers sounded. This is indeed the best way to deal with cavalry. If you dig according to what Li Jun said, the winning rate of the horse pit, which is similar to the lottery, suddenly becomes a 100% winning rate. Needless to say, the benefits are obvious. There is a trench in front of you. If you don’t jump, you will fall into it. Even if the cavalry jumped over the trench and there were still gravel waiting for him, you would still be unlucky.

Stone footrest is a common sense. Friends all know that, so there is no need to say more. The cavalry rushing at high speed step on the gravel at the edges and corners of the rocks, and they all want the consequences. If the horse's hooves can't stand it, it will definitely be the ending of a person turning over the horse.

Liao Shenggong's thinking was absolutely meticulous enough. After a closer look, he said, "Although what the emperor said is a good method, it may be very difficult. First, it requires a lot of people, and second, it requires luring Guo Kan to the predetermined battlefield, otherwise all efforts will be in vain."

"Well, what General Liao said is not without reason." Li Jun deeply agreed, saying: "This trench is indeed a huge project and requires a lot of people to be mobilized. I mean, our time is limited, we cannot rely solely on the army, but we can also mobilize the people and ask them to help."

"Yes, yes." The anxious Gundam interrupted Li Jun's words and said excitedly: "The people hate the Tartars, and they will definitely come to help. Emperor, let the old minister do this matter. If it is not done well, I will come to see you." He was telling the truth. The Mongolians did a lot of bad things in Jiangnan, and the people in Jiangnan could not eat their meat and marrow.

Li Jun patted Gundam's chest and said, "You, you are too impatient. We have to make a good idea of ​​how to dig this trench. I mean digging shallowly first, digging a little more, so that it can trap Guo Kan. When Guo Kan is trapped, we will deepen and widen it to store weapons, armor and food in it." The trenches in modern warfare have this function, and Li Jun copied it, which is laborious at all.

"When we trap Guo Kan, we can dig in and shrink his position bit by bit." Liao Shenggong added that he was talking about the method of erosion, saying: "We can dig the front and the wings first, and lure Guo Kan into his pocket, and then send heavy troops to defend the rear road, and then dig. In just a few days, Guo Kan can't escape with the certificate."

Zhao Qian and Huang Han asked together, "Emperor, please let me guard the rear road." Once Guo Kan found that the front and the two wings could not break through, he would retreat from the rear road, which would be a very tragic battle. When the two thought of this, they volunteered.

"Of course, you are indispensable. You must also transfer the artillery and tightly tie your pockets." Li Jun was very satisfied with the fighting spirit of Zhao Qian and Huang Han, and said, "Let's make up for it again, how can we induce Guo Kan to fall into the trap?"

Liao Shenggong nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this minister is 70% sure. However, you have to go to the danger with your own life."

Li Jun knew that Liao Shenggong was humble. He said that 70% and 10% were not much different, and said happily: "As long as I can lure Guo Kan into an ambush, why should I care about it?"

A plan to lure Guo Kan into a fool was finalized for them. The layers of blocking Guo Kan were, one to lure him into the ground, and the other was to urge him to push the rear army to push him up so that he could pocket it. Hundreds of thousands of troops could not be together, and it would be a long distance. Through layers of blocking, Guo Kan's rear army would continue to arrive, so it would be much easier to encircle his retreat.

Liu Hezi made the most contribution to this plan being successful. His blocking action has almost made Guo Kan's rear army reach almost. Li Jun and others just need to follow the trend.

This encirclement is very large, and it takes a lot of energy to dig so many trenches. How could it have been in ancient times? Although Guo Kan has the title of a god, he would never have thought that he would follow Li Jun and keep following him.

When Guo Kan figured out what was going on, his face changed color. This man, who had the title of God and was indifferent, felt helpless for the first time.

As a military strategist, Guo Kan would not be unclear about the conditions for using cavalry: there must be open terrain and sufficient space, and the terrain should not be too complicated. Cavalry should be deployed on flat ground, not on mountainous land, and there should be enough space for charging. If the terrain is complex, cavalry will come in handy.

Before Yue Fei defeated the puppet Qi emperor Liu Yu, he asserted that Liu Yu must be defeated. Later, as he said, Liu Yu was defeated in a mess. Yue Fei's subordinates asked Yue Fei why he knew in advance. Yue Fei said that Liu Yu was wrong in the formation. He deployed the infantry on the flat ground and the cavalry on the mountain. Put the cart before the horse. Yue Fei used cavalry to deal with Liu Yu's infantry and used military infantry to deal with Liu Yu's cavalry, as easy as cutting pumpkins, and easily defeated Liu Yu.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is flat, and in addition to the large number of water nets, it is quite suitable for cavalry combat. After Li Jun digging, the terrain, which was not complicated at all, immediately became complicated. It would be strange if Guo Kan, who has a large number of cavalry, was not stunned. Cavalry is the most sharp weapon of the Mongols. If there is no cavalry, the consequences will be obtained as long as there is no nerve problem.

Guo Kan could see at a glance that the trenches were densely packed with trenches, and cavalry could not be used at all. Not to mention that the gravel behind was specially designed for dealing with horse hoofs. If you want to be afraid, unless the horse hoofs turned into a track for tanks.

The Song army raised the banner, one to humiliate Guo Kan, and the other to cover up his vision, so that he could not see the mechanism behind him. Guo Kan didn't know the truth and ordered an attack, so he naturally suffered a loss. Fortunately, he was a tentative attack and the loss was not big.

In order to give Guo Kan a warning, Li Jun specially ordered Zhao Qian to lead the Xuan-armored cavalry who was good at cutting people's heads to squat in the trenches, and the heavy cavalrymen were tilted down. It was not easy for these good men who cut off countless heads to cut off the cavalry's heads? Zhao Qian and his team cut their hair so hard that they even cut off the heads.

Just as Guo Kan was surprised and suspicious, the Song Jun yelled again: "Guo Kan, you have been trapped, surrender quickly. Don't lose the face of Guo Ziyi's old Ling Gong." I don't know how many people shouted together, their voices shocking, louder than the sound of one hundred gaures.

Guo Kan was superman with wisdom and immediately realized that the road ahead was not clear and there was no chance for both wings. The only way out was the way out. He had to rush out quickly before the Song army closed, and immediately command the Mongolian army to change the back team, and turn around and drive at full speed towards the future.

Now, there is only one word, that is, the faster it is, the easier it is to break out of the encirclement. Time becomes life.

As soon as the Mongolian army moved, the Song army shouted again and said, "Guo Kan, the road to retreat is not clear. You have surrounded us, surrender. Stop giving Guo Ziyi a little shame."

The Song army called out Guo Ziyi and the old Ling Gong. If it were someone else, they would definitely be angry. Guo Kan understood that this was a provocation method, and was not angry at all. He just commanded the army to retreat.

The Song army did not pursue and still stood there and shouted: "Guo Kan surrendered. Guo Kan surrendered. Guo Kan delivered a letter to the emperor last night and wanted to sell the Tartars to us."

This is a counter-espionage plan. Although it is useless to Kublai Khan, a scheming person, it is different from the Mongolian generals. There are many counter-espionage plan, which can be between the monarch and the ministers, the relationship between the generals and the soldiers. After all, at that time, the Mongolians were the most trustworthy. Not many Han people used it, and the relationship between the monarch and the ministers was useless. The relationship between the generals and the soldiers was still good.

Guo Kan knew the power of it, and immediately asked the Mongolian soldiers to shout: "Master Guo Kan must stave the south of the Yangtze River and destroy the Southern Dynasty."

They shouted and retreated, but they were quite imposing, but their shouts did not last long. Before the Mongolian army retreated, they were fiercely attacked by the Song army. The steel crossbows were aimed at them, and the arrows seemed to be worthless, aiming at them endlessly. I don’t know how many Mongolian soldiers they shot.

This situation is now extremely dangerous. rushing out before the Song army was closed was the only way to avoid failure. Guo Kan couldn't care about so much and ordered the Mongolian army to use scattered lines to attack the Song army's formation.

Although the steel crossbow is densely firepower, it will greatly reduce its effect against scattered soldiers in the open fields. Although there are many killings and injuries, many Mongolian cavalry still rushed to the front. Fortunately, the Song army also had grenades, which were aimed at the Mongolian soldiers and threw them hard, killing and injuring many. This still did not stop the charge of the Mongolian soldiers, but fortunately, the Song army still had earthen walls to rely on.

The infantry led by Huang Han was nailed there like nails, and no matter how hard Guo Kan tried, he could not defeat them. Now, Guo Kan finally figured out what the earth wall of the Song army was used to prevent him from retreating. With this earth wall, the Song army was like an extra barrier and a more dependency, and it would be much more convenient to deal with Mongolian cavalry.
Chapter completed!