Chapter 37: The Battle of Yashan
As the torrential rain came to an abrupt end, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the two armies on the entire Yashan Sea all saw the dragon ship of the Song Dynasty emperor rushing towards Zhang Hongfan's flagship, what this meant, everyone knew very well. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
From the moment the balance of the war launched a suicidal charge by the dragon boat, there was a subtle tilt, and this little tilt would evolve into a great victory against the sky, and Liu Yanzhi's idea changed the life and death of 100,000 people, changed the fate of a country, changed history, and changed the world.
200,000 remnants of the Song Dynasty have reached the last moment of life and death, when despair, hesitation, and fear occupy all their hearts, the courage to continue to live is lost, why after the Battle of Yashan, 100,000 soldiers and civilians collectively jumped into the sea to commit suicide, is because they have lost hope and lost the reason to survive.
But the Great Song banner fluttering in the wind gave them a reason to live, the seven-year-old emperor was determined to charge, and what reason did the courtiers have to sacrifice their lives to kill the enemy! The first man raised his arms and shouted: "Kill the Tartars!" Countless people followed with a final roar: "Kill the Tartars!" "This kind of emotion will be infectious, 200,000 soldiers and civilians are working together as one person at this moment, regardless of whether it is a forbidden army or a civilian army, the elderly or women and children, maybe yesterday they were still fighting for a mouthful of fresh water and a piece of dry food, and they are deceitful, at this moment they are brothers who fight side by side, when a person is no longer afraid of death, even the scholar who has no power to tie the chicken will become a tiger.
In fact, the composition of the Yuan army and the water division is dominated by the Han people, the Mongols only account for a very small part, everyone is the same Han people, the physical fitness gap is not big, in the case of half a catty and eight taels, the fight is the fighting spirit, 200,000 Song people turned into berserkers in an instant, the Yuan army was a little impatient for a long time, and the morale was suppressed at the moment, and the local battlefields were reversed.
On the flagship of the Yuan Army's naval division, Zhang Hongfan sneered, the Song people were crazy, and they actually took the initiative to send them to death, although this approach was touching, but it was not wise, and it could not change the fate of the entire army.
"Open fire." Zhang Hongfan ordered.
The return cannon on the battleship began to bombard, the stones fell in the sea water and splashed high waves, which could not stop the charge of the Song army in the slightest, the Yuan army was in full formation, the archers lined up to enter the battle position, each with a pot of carved arrows on their backs, the bed crossbow in the bow of the ship also opened the bowstring, the huge iron feather arrows were aimed at the Song ship, the sword and shield men waited patiently, and after the arrow rain covered the blow, it was their turn to jump over and fight closely.
Suddenly, there was an exclamation, and the Yuan saber and shield men in the back fell all over the ground, and a black dragon climbed onto the deck, with a ghostly glow of scales and armor all over his body, and his cunning and cruel little eyes looked around, and there was still a miserable white human hand at the corner of his mouth.
The sword and shield bearers quickly regained their composure, pounced on it and slashed with steel knives, the dragon was covered with scales and armor as hard as iron, and the sword and axe were added to the body, and the sparks were everywhere, and they could not hurt it at all, and as soon as the tough and sharp tail flicked, seven or eight Yuan troops flew into the sky, followed by sharp teeth and claws, and drove all the densely packed archers into the sea.
It is Xiao Zhou who shows his might, this ramming cargo is finally enlightened, can recognize the banner of the Yuan army, swim over and kill, rush left and right, the rise of killing, and those who were not bitten to death by it were also scared to jump into the sea, and in an instant Xiao Zhou finished cleaning up the people on a boat, walked to the side of the ship with small square steps, raised his head and looked at the ship with the most people, the largest flag, naturally Zhang Hongfan's flagship is the most suitable, so it jumped into the sea and swam over like a ribbon fish.
The archers on the flagship hurriedly fired arrows, and the arrows fell into the sea in vain, to no avail.
Xiao Zhou was extremely fast, swam to him, and climbed up, and in a scream, the archers scattered and fled, jumping into the sea one after another.
A group of personal soldiers poured into Zhang Hongfan's cockpit to escort him to the boat and escape.
"Bastard, step down!" Zhang Hongfan was furious, at this moment, the flagship must not have any abnormal movement, otherwise the whole battle situation will be chaotic, the eyes of the whole army are staring at their flagship, when the commander runs first, how can the soldiers maintain the morale of the army.
Zhang Hongfan's personal soldiers desperately entangled Xiao Zhou, delaying time with their lives, Zhang Hongfan witnessed his subordinates who had followed him for many years dying one by one under the dragon's teeth, sighed, had to give in, let the personal soldiers and guards carry themselves on the boat, and hastily retreated to another battleship to continue command.
The flag on the flagship has been lowered, this is an extremely bad signal, the role of the flag on the ancient battlefield is great, the flag is there, the heart of the army is there, the flag is down, it means that the battle has been lost, although Zhang Hongfan's flag is temporarily lowered, but in the eyes of the Yuan army soldiers scattered everywhere, it is down.
In this way, the morale of the army was even more sluggish, and the number of warships of the Yuan army was originally less than that of the Song army, occupying only an advantage in morale, and this advantage was gone, and the result of the battle could be imagined.
By the time Zhang Hongfan changed his flagship and raised the banner again, the situation on the battlefield had undergone a earth-shaking reversal, and the Yuan army, which had been pressing the Song army to chase and fight, was suppressed by the Song army, and the battle entered a stalemate.
"Marshal, retire the troops......" Seeing that the situation was not good, the staff stepped forward and whispered to persuade.
"Whoever dares to say goodbye will not be spared!" Zhang Hongfan shouted loudly, he knew that this battle could not be won, and it would be difficult to have such a chance in the future.
The dragon ship of the emperor of the Song Dynasty continued to approach, and hundreds of warships followed, Zhang Hongfan suddenly had the illusion that hundreds of goats charged the wolves, but this group of sheep was stubborn and tough, and each sheep had sharp horns on their heads.
The Song man standing on the bow of the dragon boat was the demon who robbed Wen Tianxiang the day before yesterday, and he said wildly that day that he wanted to defeat himself on the battlefield, but he didn't expect it to be not a wild word, but an upright war letter.
"Take Ben Shuai's lance." Zhang Hongfan said, today's battle, he must go all out, the Zhang family is Yan Zhao people, Jiangmen family, starting from his father Zhang Rou, by the grace of the Great Yuan Emperor, Zhang Hongfan did a high position at a young age, before the Southern Expedition, the emperor named him the general of the Zhenguo, the commander of the Southern Expedition, although he is a Han Chinese, but can command the Mongols, who dares not to obey, has the right to cut first and then play, this is trust, but also honor, the emperor's grace is vast, only a death can be repaid.
A horse lance eight feet long was handed to Zhang Hongfan, and he stood on the bow of the ship, quietly waiting for a decisive battle with the Song people.
The dragon boat is still ten zhang away, the Yuan soldiers are crazy to release arrows, the dragon boat is full of arrows, the musicians are still playing full of red under the protection of the shield, the battle is on this, everyone's adrenaline is secreting sharply, and they have entered the mode of not being afraid of death.
A huge bed crossbow iron arrow shot over, pierced the shield, and nailed the two musicians to the deck on the spot, the other musicians continued to play as if nothing happened, Liu Yanzhi was furious, and wanted to fly over to kill the enemy, but he had to stay on the dragon boat to command, and now he was the commander of the Song army, and he couldn't just care about the courage of the horseman.
But this anger and the pride stirring in the chest are rapidly fermenting, expanding, and surging back and forth in the body, always looking for an outlet for catharsis, Liu Yan pointed at the sword, and suddenly released a huge fireball, flying towards the Yuan army warship at high speed, blowing up the bed crossbow to pieces, and the eight Yuan soldiers who operated the crossbow were also shattered.
Liu Yanzhi was overjoyed, unintentionally he actually mastered the ability to release energy balls, and then tried to release them again, still fireballs were sent out along the tip of the sword, and the volleyball-sized energy balls contained huge energy, with the anger of the caster, smashing the Yuan army warship out of a large hole, and then entering the water, tilting, and sinking.
A group of staff members and lieutenants knelt around Zhang Hongfan and begged him to retreat.
"Marshal, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood." One of the staff members hugged his leg and cried.
"That's it, that's it." Zhang Hongfan watched the demons unleash fireballs to destroy his warships one after another, and his fighting spirit gradually dissipated, this was the will of heaven, not his own incompetence.
The lieutenants rushed up to put Zhang Hongfan into the cabin to hide, and the flagship retreated to the sea off Yashan, and at the same time issued the flag of retreat, and the sound of striking the gong was endless, but at this time it was too late for Mingjin to collect the troops, and the warship led by Zhang Shijie in turn sealed the mouth of the sea, and it was a fierce battle, and finally only one ship of the Yuan army broke through successfully, and the rest of the army was lost in the Yashan sea area.
All the warships of the Yuan Army's naval division were either damaged and sunk or captured by the Song army, tens of thousands of sailors died of death, descended, the sea was full of corpses, and the casualties on both sides were extremely heavy, but the tragic victory was also a victory, and the Southern Song Dynasty court in exile finally ushered in a victory after several years of wandering, countless betrayals and failures.
On the surface of the cliff mountain and the sea, the sky is clear after the rain.
The Song army's iron array was completely untied, and the sea was full of burning wrecks of warships and cruising warships, salvaging goods, and rescuing the wounded, and the Mongolian soldiers on the shore witnessed this naval battle, and they were all dumbfounded, and they never dreamed that Dayuan was defeated, obviously occupying an absolute advantage, and inexplicably lost a fine light.
A clipper boat sailed past the shore, the Song army fired arrows to the shore to provoke, and the Mongol cavalry jumped like thunder, but there was nothing to be done, they were overlords on land, and they were landlubbers when they went down to the sea.
If it was yesterday, the Mongol soldiers would have gone to kill it on horseback, but the fierceness of the naval battle made these steppe eagles frightened, and they turned their horses and left, not daring to engage in battle.
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The wind and waves are calm, in the Yashan Bay, the mouth of the sea has been occupied by the Great Song Dynasty sailors, the emperor's dragon ship is moored under the arch guard of four warships, and the civil and military officials of the Song court hold a court meeting on the deck to discuss meritorious deeds.
Of course, the first merit is Liu Yanzhi, at this moment he is standing quietly at the bottom of the group of ministers, his heart is like water.
The companions were safe and sound, at the beginning of the naval battle, the party patriotism took everyone to the dragon boat for refuge, and after being blocked by Yang Liangjie, he found another boat to shelter, and also played a very active role in the battle, Liu Handong cut a lot of iron cables alone, the first to respond to the dragon boat, and they were the ones who launched the counterattack.
Empress Dowager Yang is fine, she was just stupid and didn't get out of the cabin, and now she is still sitting behind the emperor and listening to the government.
The palace maids probed their brains, and their eyes were focused on Liu Yanzhi, especially Luzhu, who didn't care about any bull spirits and monsters, and their eyes were full of admiration and admiration for heroes and heroes.
Empress Dowager Yang discussed with the two prime ministers, and Liu Yanzhi had to be rewarded with a suitable official position.
The preliminarily proposed official titles are: Prince Taishi, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, the front division of the palace are all commanding envoys, and the town is crowned as the prince of the country.
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