Breaking the Game (3)

The Yuan army retreated, the tide was like a tide, and it was clean in an instant.

Under the city of Yong'an, the bonfire gradually went out. The smoke and blood mist were blown away by the wind, revealing a face of crystal pure sky. The sudden appearance of sunlight makes people a little uncomfortable, and it stimulates me to tears.

Someone handed a leather bag filled with water, Xiao Mingzhe took a sip, and felt that his throat was spicy and painful.

"What time is it?" He wanted to ask, but he heard his own voice like tearing paper, thin and hoarse. Not at all like a man in his thirties. It turned out that unconsciously, his voice had already burst out.

"At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Tartars have retreated to eat war food, and they still have to fight this afternoon!" The voice of the visitor was as rough as a bellows, and it sounded awkward. Xiao Mingzhe turned his head and saw Yan Jingyuan's smoky face. This face, like all the soldiers defending the city, was contaminated by gunsmoke and blood and reincarnated as black and impermanent, and if it was suddenly seen on the street, it would definitely scare a few people. At this moment, in Xiao Mingzhe's eyes, it is very kind.

"You take the guards down to eat first, and then come up to take over!" Xiao Mingzhe said hoarsely, turned his head, and shouted orders to the left and right, "The first, second, and third battalions will go down to eat, and then come up to take over the other brothers to defend the city, and everyone will take turns to rest." If you have an injury, go down to the doctor to take medicine, go and come back quickly! ”

"Yes!" The brothers said yes and dispersed. The walls were much more empty, showing the marks of fierce battles, some of the bricks had been soaked in blood to a black-brown color, and some of the bricks had deep grooves left by the collision of arrows. The most frightening thing was the southwest corner of the wall, where the gap filled with straw bags was densely covered with feathered arrows, which had been opened by a light cannon in the morning. If it weren't for the fact that at the critical moment, Yan Jingyuan filled it in with the brothers of the Guards Regiment and sealed the gap with a quick knife, Yong'an City would have fallen.

"Commander, do we have reinforcements?" At the battlement, a big black man wearing the color of the camp dress asked hesitantly. Xiao Mingzhe looked down carefully, he knew this person, his name was Yang Xiaoguang, he was Yang Xiaorong's distant brother, and he came over with the new attached army. When the fifth standard and the sneak attack on Dachun, two battalions were killed, and he just made up for the shortcomings, and he didn't know how to be a qualified officer.

"There must be, Chen Hangyan's four standard elites will be killed soon!" Xiao Mingzhe didn't even think about it, and tried his best to let his answer be heard by more people.

The movement of the army, easily should not be talked about in front of ordinary soldiers. One is to keep secrets, and the other is to be afraid of shaking the morale of the military. The morning battle was so fierce that at least 300 of the Breakers fell to the enemy's fire, and more than 700 were wounded. So at this moment, Xiao Mingzhe didn't dare to say that there were no reinforcements, so he had to draw a big pie out of thin air to boost morale.

But where the reinforcements are, and whether Chen Hangyan can come in time, he is not sure. Zhang Hongfan has always been careful in his use of troops, and since he dares to wave his army to attack Yong'an, he will definitely arrange men and horses to intercept Chen Hangyan and protect his flanks and supply channels. Anyway, the last thing he lacks at the moment is people, in addition to the tens of thousands of elites under the command of the headquarters and Da Chun, there are also hundreds of thousands of new attached troops. These new annexed armies did not have the strength to attack against the Broken Army, but they were led by famous generals like Lu Shikui, mixed in the middle of the Han army and Tanmachi, and defended by danger, which could still play a great role.

"It's good to have reinforcements, it's good to have reinforcements. When we have exhausted the elite of the Tartars, reinforcements will arrive, just in time to annihilate them all under the city of Yong'an! Yang Xiaoguang received Xiao Mingzhe's affirmative answer, and his spirits were greatly lifted. After analyzing a few words to himself, he turned around and shouted to the soldiers under his command: "Go down to eat in groups, eat enough, fuck it." When you have repelled the Tartars, let my brother tell each of you a daughter-in-law! ”

"Okay, just be careful, don't let the arrow shoot off!" Someone followed his words.

"Oh!" A burst of laughter erupted among the soldiers, and the oppressive atmosphere was swept away. Xiao Mingzhe was not used to such a rough way of boosting morale, his face was a little red, and he walked away with a smile.

The midday sun was shining down, and it looked a little bright.

Wen Tianxiang sat in front of the sand table and watched several staff officers repeatedly deduce the possible trend of the battle situation.

Whether it is holding on, or taking the initiative to retreat, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, Chen Hangyan's troops must arrive as soon as possible. Beiyuan invested enough money for this attack, Zhang Hongfan, Da Chun, Li Heng, and Lu Shikui had a total of more than 400,000 people, and in the rear, there were also new attached troops transporting grain and grass and baggage.

With a corner of the enemy, it seems that Kublai Khan has made up his mind this time to fight and succeed. He supported Zhang Hongfan so strongly that he did not even pursue the fault of letting Emperor Song slip away at the last moment of the Battle of Guangnan. According to the information sent by Gu Beibei, Kublai Khan even personally disposed of several officials who impeached Zhang Hongfan in the court, fulfilling his promise to Zhang Hongfan before sending troops.

"Prime Minister, the results are out!" Zeng Huan walked to the sand table and handed over a report......

The figures on the report are shocking, and the staff officers have calculated based on the battle loss ratio between yesterday evening and this morning that if the battle continues to be tense at the current level, Yong'an City will be left without troops to defend in half a month. Although the casualties of the Yuan army were almost five times that of the Broken Army, after all the 20,000 Broken Troops were killed, there were more than 100,000 main forces of the Northern Yuan outside Yong'an City.

"The reality is probably better than that, and the casualty ratio cannot be set in stone. As we adapt to the enemy's style of play, casualties will gradually decrease. The enemy fired from the bottom of the city, but the strength was insufficient, and few of the brothers were killed on the spot after being hit by the arrow, and the combat effectiveness of the wounded soldiers was quickly restored. Moreover, to calculate the victory or defeat, ammunition reserves, bow and arrow reserves, as well as military rations and morale must be counted! Zeng Huan saw Wen Tianxiang's face was solemn and said in a low voice.

This is a set of reassuring rhetoric for the coach, in Zeng Huan's assumption, as the battle situation unfolds, the situation may be even worse than what is written in the report. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders today, Zhang Hongfan used the smoke and the cover of the archers to push the bed crossbow within 500 paces of the city. Although the bed crossbows were eventually blown up by the light artillery of the Breakers, they also caused great losses to the defenders.

If the next time, Zhang Hongfan repeats his old trick and pushes the trebuchet up after the archers have suppressed the defenders, the losses of the captives will be even greater. The walls of Yong'an City are too thin, as long as Zhang Hongfan has a chance to fire a wave of stone projectiles, he can smash the wall out of the gap. Moreover, this small city, which has only developed rapidly in the past year, does not have auxiliary protection facilities such as moats and urn cities. Once the walls were breached, the Breakers would not even have a chance to retreat to the second line of defense.

"I'm afraid that the Yuan army is also adapting to us, at least, the threat of their artillery to them is getting smaller and smaller!" Wen Tianxiang smiled and put the report in the corner of the table, "Charter, if you have something to tell the truth, if it goes on like this, we can keep it for a few days at most!" ”

"Seven days, ten days at most, after ten days, we must retreat to Jianpu, otherwise, the whole army may be wiped out!" Zeng Huan gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Therefore, the staff officers unanimously believe that it is the best policy to abandon Zhangzhou at the moment and order Chen Hangyan, Zhang Tang and General Wu Xizheng to quickly converge with the main force." If you scatter it, you will only be broken by the enemy army! ”

All the staff officers who were leaning in front of the sand table raised their heads and looked at Wen Tianxiang. Zhang Hongfan and Da Chun came too quickly, and this battle was not in the plan of the General Staff at all. Therefore, many soldiers and horses were too late to be transferred, especially Zhang Tang's first standard, Wu Xizao's artillery division, and the four standard men and horses led by Chen Hangyan were scattered everywhere and could not be transferred. Let the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion be coerced by the enemy, only the ability to parry, not the power to fight back.

And if you continue to parry like this, I am afraid that the result will be as Zeng Huan said, and you will only have the fate of being annihilated one by one. In the past, the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were at war, and they repeatedly suffered from this loss. In order to defend the city, the Song army divided troops everywhere. The Yuan army, however, did not have any burden, interspersed with roundabouts, and in every place, it could concentrate superior forces.

"Where is Chen Hangyan now, where is the sailor, the artillery division and the first standard, have they arrived at the designated location?" Wen Tianxiang did not directly reply to Zeng Huan's words, changed the table, looked down at the map placed on it and asked.

Chen Hangyan had just broken through Lu Shikui's defense line and jumped over the Zhangjiang River. At present, the two sides are facing each other near Changtai, northeast of Zhangzhou. Zhang Tang and Wu Xizheng have arrived in Quanzhou and can move closer to Yong'an at any time. But the last general thought that the artillery division was moving too slowly in the mountains, and instead of rushing to Yong'an, it was better to take the waterway to Fuzhou, and then join our army along the Min River to Jianpu! Zeng Huan took a few corner flags and pinned them near Jianpu, and at the same time moved the corner flags marked with the Fujian Metropolitan Governor's Mansion backwards and placed them on the east bank of the Min River.

With such a move, the battle situation is immediately clear. Except for Chen Hang's eyes, the remaining main forces of the Broken Army all gathered in Jianpu and condensed into a fist. If Zhang Hongfan waved his troops to pursue, with the wide Min River, the Broken Army would definitely be able to arrange a successful counterattack.

If Du Hu brought Chen Hangyan's soldiers and horses from the water again, the strength of Jianpu's captive army would be close to 80,000, and it was not impossible to cripple the enemy army in one fell swoop.

However, this means that Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Tingzhou, and half of Nanjianzhou will have to give up, and if Zhang Hongfan refuses to pursue and continue to divide his troops and plunder, even if the Broken Army wins the counterattack, only Shaowu, Jianning, and Fuzhou have not been completely destroyed, and there will be big problems in the future in terms of food and salaries and soldiers.

Wen Tianxiang shook his head, Zeng Huan's plan has a great grasp, but the losses are too heavy, and it can only be used as a backup plan, and he doesn't plan to do it until it is absolutely necessary.

"There is another way, let Chen Hangyan give up Zhangzhou and work with the sailor to help defend Quanzhou. The other soldiers and horses retreated to Jianpu and used the Min River as a barrier to deal with the Yuan army" Zeng Huan shook his head when he saw Wen Tianxiang, and said the second feasible plan softly. This set of plans has also been repeatedly discussed by the staff officers, and they believe that it is relatively safe. The Yuan army is heavy and powerful, but the consumption is also large, and after the winter, the grain and grass cannot be helped, so they will naturally retreat. Although the battle lasted for a long time, Quanzhou was not lost, and half of the money jar of the broken army was saved. With the proceeds of Quanzhou Port, there is the financial resources to quickly restore those villages and towns that have been destroyed by fire.

"It's not a good solution, let's think about it, can there be another solution. For example, offense instead of defense. After all, you need to defend a lot of places, and you only need to attack the enemy a little. Chen Hangyan can rush over, but it must be used on the blade! Wen Tianxiang raised his head and asked in a low voice. In Wen Zhong's memory, there are many classic base defense battles. The disparity between friend and foe is as great as it is now. On several occasions, Wenzhong's side won a big victory.

However, this requires the skillful cooperation of all departments. Without the help of those communication facilities in Wen Zhong's memory, is it possible for the Broken Army?

Was Zhang Hongfan willing to be fooled?

Da Chun, Lu Shikui and Li Heng, how will they react?

"Zhang Dashuai, isn't it a way to attack like this?" Da Chun's face was gloomy, and in the middle of the military tent, he roared in a low voice.

The felt and cowhide on the walls of the tent were thick, and he didn't have to worry about his voice coming out. Even if it was spread out, the soldiers under his command didn't have the courage to chew their tongues. Tactical differences are a matter between commanders, and low-level generals who want to make peace will only be bored with themselves.

"The afternoon offensive could be slowed down, and the Mongol army rested and concentrated the strong bows in the hands of the Han army. The new annex cooperated, digging up the city, setting fires, and interfering with the enemy's judgment. Prepare for the catapult and smash it a few times when you find an opportunity! Zhang Hongfan smiled and didn't argue with Dachun. He was the marshal of the Ping Song Dynasty, the governor of the soldiers and horses, and Dachun was the local prince of Jiangxi Province, and there was no subordinate relationship between them. Therefore, Da Chun's cooperation between last night and this morning has already given him a lot of face, and he can't expect Da Chun to pay too much.

"Zhang Dashuai, the last general, below, I didn't say this thing!" After listening to Zhang Hongfan's arrangement, Da Chun became even more angry in his heart. It seems that his words were completely misunderstood by Zhang Hongfan. In terms of title, he is much higher than Zhang Hongfan. In terms of official positions, the two are also comparable, so in front of Zhang Hongfan, Da Chun claimed that everything was awkward, and it was also embarrassing to put forward military suggestions.

His original intention was to attack Yong'an hard, and the loss was too great. Although Zhang Hongfan claimed to command a million troops, there were actually 400,000 people from all walks of life combined. But among them, there are only more than 70,000 who are really brave and good at fighting, and the rest are all new annexes who have come to make up the numbers and make a strong appearance. If the Mongol army, the Han army, and the Tanma Red Army were crippled under the city of Yong'an, there would be no need to fight the next battle.

"The marshal is worried that the elite of our department will lose too much, and the last general will know this!" Zhang Hongfan is still smiling, calm and confident. "Only attack for two days, starting from the third day, let the new annexed army be the main force of the attack, so that the thieves can't figure out the real strength of our army. What does the marshal think? ”

"The strategy of Jiubadu, someone who has always admired it, my troops and horses, you can also call all of them!" Da Chun was a little embarrassed by Zhang Hongfan's humble attitude, the expression on his face softened, and he said with a smile. "But can this consume the thief to death, why not continue the original method and force him out of the city!"

"The original approach was good, but the consequences were too heavy. Have you ever thought about what happened after the Ping Song Dynasty? If you and I do it again and again, and those officials play a copy of what you and I have done, I'm afraid that no matter how heavy Your Majesty's favor is, I will not be able to escape it! Besides, if Wen Tianxiang refuses to come out, what can he do? Zhang Hongfan shook his head and said helplessly.

The slaughter of cities, villages, and the burning of houses and farmland can indeed have the effect of exciteing Wen Tianxiang to fight. At the very least, at present, Wen Tianxiang guards Yong'an and does not dare to retreat, because of the existence of the massacre order. But Zhang Hongfan did not approve of continuing, not because he sympathized with the people of southern Fujian, but because he thought that as long as the broken army did not collapse, those people were still dissatisfied and killed too much, but it aroused their will to resist and helped the broken army a lot.

There is another reason, as he explained to Dachun. After the Ping Song Dynasty, the prosperous places in the world entered the territory of the Great Yuan. The generals have no use, and their own shortcomings will be highlighted, and I am afraid that the death of rabbits and dogs will inevitably happen. It's best not to leave too many handles, but there are really handles to be held, and try to put them on top of the words "last resort". In the future, it is good to keep your wealth well-rounded.

"Ping Song? Could it be that the general has a clever plan" Da Chun hesitated, with a little suspicion in his tone. If the combat effectiveness of the two sides was still as disparity as the Yuan army and the Song army back then, he didn't want to do anything about slaughtering the city. However, the strength of the Broken Army became stronger and stronger, and the Ping-Song War might have to be fought for a long time, and he was disappointed that he came up with such a vicious method.

"There is no clever plan, but after destroying the main force of the Broken Army, the people of Jiangnan will have no hope in their hearts, and the days of Emperor Song will come to an end!" Zhang Hongfan smiled and explained very seriously. "The Jiangnan Rebellion turned out to be because the people of Jiangnan had a remnant Song in their hearts, and later because there was an extra broken army in the hearts of the people. The remnant Song court was driven down to the sea by us, and it couldn't come up for a while. Therefore, at the moment, it is serious to eliminate the main force of the Broken Army, and as for the territory, it is still a secondary matter. If you lose people and save land, the final result will inevitably be that people and land are empty! ”

"Could it be ......? Really! Good for you! Da Chun was stunned, suddenly woke up to Zhang Hongfan's words, applauded and laughed.

"The big marshal must also have this intention, and he deliberately took the test to teach Hongfan." Zhang Hongfan nodded, and said with a humble face, "I have asked General Lu and Hongzheng to deliberately show weakness, let go of Shi Tengxi and Zhangjiang, and let Chen hang his eyes in." Generals Gil, Ali Hague, and Arakhan also accelerated their raids in Ting and Quanzhou. Chen Hangyan and Wen Tianxiang have always been good friends, and the more we attack Yong'an, the more he can't hold his breath......"

"Another siege for reinforcements!" Da Chun's heart suddenly brightened. Zhang Hongfan didn't want to take Yong'an down at all, he paid such a big casualty, just to create an illusion that Yong'an was in danger.

"The Marshal immediately ordered the light cavalry to attack and kill all those who appeared to be scouts of the Broken Army. It is better to kill by mistake than to misplace. The harrier in the handsome hand was also released, and all the pigeons in the nearby sky were caught! Zhang Hongfan nodded and commanded in a low voice.

This is his consistent practice of using soldiers, and he is not afraid that this plan will be seen through. Yong'an was in danger, and even if Chen Hangyan suspected that there was a trap outside Yong'an City, he had to jump in. At that time, as soon as the men and horses of Lu Shikui and Ali Hague returned to the army, more than 300,000 troops could surround Chen's less than 40,000 troops in the battlefield selected by Zhang Hongfan.

With ten to one, Chen Hang's eyes will be extinguished.

And Wen Tianxiang, who was guarding in Yong'an City, would be exhausted by the meat shields of the new annexed army. Even after learning the news that Chen Hangyan was besieged, he did not have the strength to send troops to rescue.

Once he walks out of Yong'an to rescue Chen Hangyan, he will die.

Once he sat back and watched Chen Hang's eyes be destroyed, the strength and morale of the Broken Army would be devastated. The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Fujian will perish.

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