Chapter 293 and 294 Jiangnan Army vs. Japanese Army (2-in-1 Chapter)

1 Qidao, the camp of the Yuan army, the main account of the Chinese army.

"Fan Wenhu, have you had the feathers on your wings plucked? Or are you meant to be a turtle? Has cowardice and laziness held you back, and made you, like an old shepherd, unable to ride a horse again? Xin Du blamed Fan Wenhu for being late, and the meeting was an aggressive interrogation.

He made up his mind that he would definitely play the Great Khan afterwards and dismiss this Song general from office and punish him.

Although Fan Wenhu is the commander of the Jiangnan Army, he doesn't have much face in front of Xindu, and he is not as good as Jin Fangqing.

"The good teacher learned that it wasn't the remnants of the Song Kingdom in Quanzhou who made trouble! The Zhejiang Sailor was originally going to go on an expedition, but the remnants of the Song Kingdom rebelled in Quanzhou, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Zhejiang Sailor. There are not enough ships and soldiers, so we have to replenish the warships and horses, and it's too late! Please also ask the marshal to atone for his sins. ”

Fan Wenhu said with a smiling face, even if he borrowed another gut, he wouldn't dare to contradict Xindu. Xin Du is not only the commander of the coalition forces, but also the golden family clan.

Li Ting, deputy marshal of the Jiangnan Army, also explained with a smile: "Yes, big handsome, the anti-thieves in Quanzhou made a fuss before, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also greatly turbulent, so it took so long." Please atone for your sins and generals! ”

Xin Du saw that Fan Wenhu and Li Ting were so obedient, and the reason for being late was also reasonable, so he didn't pursue it anymore.

"Hmph, at this time, Ben Shuai doesn't care about you for the time being, and next, it's your turn to contribute to the Jiangnan Army. Fan Shuai, you have to let Ben Shuai see how powerful the Nanren Warriors are. Xin Du said coldly with sarcasm.

"That's that! Tomorrow, the marshal will send the Jiangnan Army to take the lead. The marshal just gives the order. Fan Wenhu agreed. After the fall of the Yuan, in order to obtain the reuse of the Mongolian Yuan, Fan Wenhu studied the Mongolian language hard, so he could barely understand the Mongolia in Xindu.

The Mongolian generals present couldn't help but laugh together when they heard the "Nanren Warriors". It seems that the words "Southerner Warriors" are particularly funny.

Even the Goryeo generals couldn't help but laugh.

Although Fan Wenhu's old face was thick-skinned, he couldn't hold it on his face when he heard everyone's undisguised wanton ridicule. It's true that he is a big traitor, after all, he is also a southerner.

Deputy Marshal Li Ting also blushed, and could only laugh wryly.

Seeing the cowardly appearance of the chief and deputy marshals of the Jiangnan Army, the Mongolian generals and Goryeo generals were even more disdainful.

After the two armies converged, the morale of the Yuan army was greatly boosted, and Xindu did not know that the Japanese reinforcements had arrived, so of course he decided to continue the attack.

However, he has no confidence in the combat strength of the Jiangnan Army. Not only him, but also other Mongolian generals, even Goryeo generals such as Jin Fangqing, had little confidence in the Jiangnan army.

Don't look at the Jiangnan Army's 120,000 people this time, it sounds scary, but once on the battlefield, it is estimated that it will be difficult to compare with the performance of the Goryeo Army.

However, the next day's battle immediately changed the views of the Mongol and Goryeo generals.

Fan Wenhu sent a man named Li Debiao to lead the 5,000 Jiangnan Army to storm the Japanese stone wall. Although the 5,000 Jiangnan Army has become the Yuan Army for several years, it is still equipped with sophisticated Song Army infantry armor.

This is a typical Song army mixed infantry. In each case, most of the pikemen were the main force of the penetration, and then two sword and shield men were in charge of the defense, and there was a crossbowman with a god arm in the rear to cover the assault.

Five thousand mixed infantry lined up in a neat line, holding a forest of spears, and pressed towards the Japanese stone wall without hurry.

On the beach behind, there were 5,000 men, including 2,000 archers, and the other 3,000 operating hundreds of bed crossbows and stone cannon machines.

As soon as Fan Wenhu made a move, it was 10,000 Jiangnan troops. Unlike the Mongol army, which relied on horse archery, the Jiangnan army carried a large number of bed crossbows, stone cannons, and stone bullets, although it carried very few war horses.

When Xin Du and the others saw the orderly formation of the Jiangnan Army, they suddenly had a lot of expectations in their hearts. These southern armies may be able to fight a dozen.

The Japanese army behind the stone wall, seeing the Jiangnan Army going into battle, originally thought that the surrender of the country must have been forced into battle by the Yuan Court, and the military spirit must not be strong, and it should be easy to deal with.

But seeing the momentum of the Jiangnan Army at this time, it doesn't look like it's demoralized.

In fact, the morale of the Jiangnan Army is really not bad. Not only was it not bad, but it was even very high, and the Japanese army completely thought it was simple.

This has something to do with Fan Wenhu's recital. Before the expedition, Fan Wenhu played Kublai Khan, if you want to occupy the Japanese country for a long time, you must take out a part of the Japanese land as a reward in the Japanese army and distribute it to the Jiangnan army of the Japanese army, so that the Jiangnan army must be grateful for the kindness of the Great Khan and will definitely die for the imperial court.

Kublai Khan agreed. Anyway, it doesn't matter if some fields are distributed to the Jiangnan Army, even if they are hunting dogs, don't they also have to give bones?

Therefore, when the Jiangnan Army came this time, it also brought a large number of agricultural tools for military reclamation.

The Jiangnan Army was indeed demoralized. The vast majority of people are reluctant to serve the Tartars, and if they want to say that they surrendered at the beginning, they also surrendered with the generals and commanders, and they are just obeying orders.

The reason why they continue to serve as soldiers is nothing more than to eat, as for what Huayi's arguments and national righteousness, although they don't completely understand it, where can they take care of so much? They're just small soldiers. And what can change?

The Empress Dowager and the official family have been lowered, what can they do?

Horizontally and vertically, not only can you be a soldier to fill your stomach, but you will not be casually bullied and oppressed by the Mongolian Semu Chiefs when you stay in the army, at least you can live a better life than the people.

Regarding Juntun, Fan Wenhu also used the topic to draw a lot of cakes, which successfully stimulated the morale of the Jiangnan Army. For example, low taxes, family members can be brought to Japan to reunite and live a good life, and there is no Mongolian Semu chief to manage and so on.

In the eyes of most of the sergeants of the Jiangnan Army, being able to exchange their lives for some land, and without the boss of the chief armor, it was already worth it for them to go out and do it.

"Kill!" Wanhu Li Debiao, who commanded the attack, waved the flag, and the 5,000 Jiangnan Army suddenly quickened its pace and rushed towards the stone wall with a shout.

Almost at the same time, the stone cannons and bed crossbows, as well as the archery team, which had been prepared for a long time, also began to prepare for firing to cover the attack of the five thousand men in front.

The Japanese troops behind the stone wall also shot a dense rain of arrows and shot the Jiangnan army.

With a "boom", the guns of the Jiangnan Army and the spears of the Japanese army thundered together, making a loud noise that made the scalp tingle. The spears of the Jiangnan Army and the spears of the Japanese army are both long weapons. The Japanese army was condescending, and the Jiangnan Army's infantry armor protection was stronger, and this battle immediately became evenly matched.

In just one shot, hundreds of Jiangnan troops and Japanese troops died under each other's spears or spears. On the entire front, there was blood shooting up everywhere.

The spearmen of the two armies stabbed each other, and the Japanese archers also shot the Jiangnan army at close range, and the god arm archers of the Jiangnan army also shot crossbow arrows at the Japanese army at the wall at close range.

In the blink of an eye, I don't know how many Japanese soldiers were shot by the Divine Arm Bow and Crossbow, and I don't know how many Jiangnan troops were shot by the Japanese longbow.

It's like lining up to stab and line up to shoot.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sharp whistling in the air, and hundreds of stone cannons and bed crossbows were fired together, and a large number of stone bullets and gun crossbows bombarded the Japanese army.

"Ahh

"Yaga-"

Suddenly, the Japanese soldiers on the stone wall seemed to have been suddenly cut off by a huge scythe, and in the rain of blood, thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded under this wave of attacks.

The dense Japanese army behind the wall suddenly became chaotic.

"Your Excellency Zi Shi is dead!" In the midst of several samurai exclaims, the commander of the defense line here was hit between the chest and abdomen by a giant crossbow arrow like a small spear. Although his carcass (armor) is better than that of the average samurai, it is not able to withstand the bed crossbow at this distance.

When he was younger, he was the uncle of Shaoer's seniority, and the elder of the Shaoer family with the highest status. He died in the first battle, and the Japanese army's morale suddenly fluctuated, and many people even wanted to retreat involuntarily.

"Kill!"

The Jiangnan Army, which attacked the fortified position, saw that the Japanese troops defending the wall were severely damaged by bed crossbows and stone cannons, and they were even more heartbroken. The Japanese army fought back desperately to prevent the Jiangnan army from climbing the wall.

On the stone wall battle line that was only a few tens of zhang wide, the battle situation was extremely tragic. The Jiangnan Army at the front was squeezed by the people behind, and they couldn't retreat if they wanted to. The Japanese troops on the stone wall were also squeezed by the dense Japanese troops behind, and they couldn't retreat even if they wanted to.

The two sides just pinched each other through a wall.

With a "boom", the stone cannon and the bed crossbow were fired again, killing and injuring a large number of Japanese troops behind the stone wall. However, a steady stream of Japanese troops, led by the samurai royal family, rushed over to fill in.

"Kill the chicken and give it!" The great samurai supervised the Japanese army to fight back desperately, and the Jiangnan army under the stone wall suffered heavy casualties, but they still couldn't capture the stone wall. Inside and outside the stone wall, there were piles of dead bodies, and both sides were completely filled with human lives.

Are they not afraid of death?

In fact, once people fight to this point, they can't retreat and retreat, they can only rely on a breath to hold on, too much death will make them forget their fear for a while, at this moment, people become killing machines, and their consciousness is almost dominated by a strong collective fighting spirit.

And, what about being afraid of death? Can you live?

Later, the Jiangnan army under the wall simply used dead bodies to pad underneath, so that the stone wall, which was not high, was even more precarious.

With a "click", a big warrior's sharp sword cut off a gun stem of the Jiangnan Army, and then it didn't make much sense, the gun stem that was cut off actually pierced into his mouth that opened because of the shout.

"Poof!" The great samurai, with the barrel of the gun pierced into his mouth, screamed and fell to the sky.

"Your Excellency Dujia!" The Japanese soldiers next to him suddenly exclaimed.

The general of the servant and the samurai commander of the Bungo Kingdom are all the only relatives and died in battle!

Mongolian generals such as Xindu, as well as Goryeo generals such as Jin Fangqing, were all surprised when they watched the scene on the battlefield.

"Southerner Warriors! What a Southerner warrior! Xin Du couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart.

In the past, it was completely ironic to say that the southern Han people had any warriors? If you are really a warrior, the Song Kingdom will not die.

But now, Xin Du and the others did not have the slightest hint of sarcasm.

The ferocity of the Jiangnan army, although it is indeed inferior to the Mongol soldiers, is better than the performance of the Goryeo soldiers, and of course they are warriors.

Moreover, everyone can see that even if the Japanese army is guarding the stone wall, because the Jiangnan Army is equipped with a large number of bed crossbows and stone cannons, the Japanese casualties seem to be even heavier. Obviously, if this continues, the Yuan army will soon be able to capture the stone wall.

Jin Fangqing and other Goryeo generals also have to admire, these Han people are indeed better than the Goryeo soldiers. Of course, since the beginning of the war, the Goryeo soldiers have not fought badly.

What was not clear to the Mongol and Goryeo generals was that when it came to infantry, the previous Song army was not only not weak, but also strong.

It's really strong.

The Song Dynasty lacked horses, and the cavalry was very sad. However, it was able to fight fiercely with the four major cavalry empires of Liao, Jin, Western Xia, and Yuan, and the country was established for more than 300 years, what did it rely on? The main thing is to rely on strong infantry.

However, because cavalry is naturally the nemesis of infantry, it is always strategically passive in the face of highly mobile horseback, which has repeatedly suffered losses. However, if the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not emphasize literature and light military force, or if the bones of the Zhao official family were harder, it would be difficult to say.

The main force of the Jiangnan Army, but the elite forbidden army that descended with the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing a few years ago, how could its combat power be weak?

"The Southerners will soon be able to storm the stone wall! The armies are ready to disembark and land! Xin Du ordered.

But at this moment, the gates on both sides of the stone wall battle line suddenly opened!

The stone wall of the Japanese army was not completely built by a stone embankment one zhang high, but every few dozen zhang, there was a gate, which was used to take the initiative to attack when necessary.

The gate is higher than the stone wall and is also blocked with stones, so it is more difficult to attack than the stone embankment.

The Japanese were always on the weaker side of the defense, so they never opened the gate and took the initiative to attack, because that would cause more casualties. Of course, the Yuan army wished that the Japanese army would take the initiative, but they also knew that the Japanese army would not be so stupid.

So, I didn't expect the door to be opened.

But now, the two huge gates on the left and right were suddenly opened.

Immediately after, there was a rumbling sound. Then, a large number of men and horses, all equipped with iron armor, poured out from the two gates.

Japanese heavy cavalry!

When the stone wall was in danger, the young man who commanded the rear had to dispatch a new trump card: Utsunomiya Sadatsuna's 3,000 heavy cavalry.

Utsunomiya Sadazuna led 60,000 Liudi horse cavalry to help this time, most of them were light cavalry, but there were still 3,000 heavy cavalry.

There is no shortage of iron in Japan, and there are eight types of native horses, and there is no shortage of horses, of course, they can be equipped with heavy horses. Although because the Japanese horses are relatively short, the sprint distance of the mounted heavy horses is very short, and the power is not as good as that of the Yuan army's mounted heavy horses, but it is definitely not a model.

Taking the expensive equipment and heavy cavalry and taking the initiative to attack the Yuan Kou who has the advantage of troops is actually a very risky behavior, and it is likely that the gains outweigh the losses. If there is any other way, he will not do this.

But he couldn't help it.

The Yuan army had too many stone cannons and bed crossbows, and the threat to the warriors of the Kingdom of God was too great, and if it continued to be consumed like this, it would be difficult for him, who was already at a disadvantage, to hold the stone wall again.

Once the stone wall is captured, even if it is only for a while, then the Yuan Kou will drive straight in. Yuan Kou will have the opportunity to deploy his troops, and those natural knights will have the opportunity to ride on war horses.

So, he had to take a risk.

The appearance of the heavy cavalry of the Japanese brigade immediately stunned the Jiangnan army, which was attacking the fortified with all its might.

"Gear up and ride hard! It's a heavy ride again! Damn the Japanese!! Xin Du and the others looked at the sudden appearance of the heavy rider, where did they not know that it was going to break?

Seven years ago, when the Yuan army had just landed and had not yet lined up, it encountered the impact of thousands of Japanese troops and heavy cavalry, and the army was suddenly in chaos and was driven back to the ship. As a result, a hurricane hit the night and fell short.

This time, seeing that the Jiangnan Army was about to capture this section of the stone wall, who knew that the Japanese army once again dispatched heavy cavalry.

What made Xin Du, Jin Fangqing and others even more depressed was that the Yuan army also had heavy horses, and they were even more powerful. But the problem is that the beach battlefield is so narrow, and it is a bottom-up attack, and it is separated by a stone wall, so it is impossible to use the heavy cavalry.

But the Japanese army can use it.

You say, can you be angry?

"Boom ......"

When the generals of the Yuan army were crazy, the Japanese army's 3,000 heavy cavalry, armed with spears, swarmed out from the left and right gates, and with the power of swooping downward, like two huge iron pincers, they crushed the Jiangnan army that was attacking the fortification.

The distance of fifty or sixty zhang was reached in a blink of an eye under the dive, and the Jiangnan Army did not have time to change its formation, so it collided with the Japanese army's heavy cavalry.

"Boom ......"

The moment the two armies came into contact, there was a scream and wail, and at the same time, I don't know how many Jiangnan troops were knocked into the air by the swooping heavy cavalry and died tragically under the hooves of the horses.

"Kill the chicken and give it!" The heavy cavalry in armor urged the armored war horses, holding huge riding spears, only revealing a pair of crazy eyes, fiercely impacting the sides of the Jiangnan army.

The military formation of the Jiangnan Army suddenly became chaotic, and it was easily crushed by two heavy cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, the Jiangnan Army, which was killed by heavy cavalry, exceeded 1,000 people, and the entire army began to collapse.

"Kill!" Fan Wenhu's face changed miserably, but this big traitor was not a waste after all, he immediately ordered to recruit Wang Guozheng, and quickly led 5,000 elite soldiers off the ship to reinforce him.

At the same time, the Mongol soldiers of Xindu, Jin Fangqing's Goryeo army, also quickly disembarked from the coasts on both sides and besieged the Japanese heavy cavalry together to rescue the Jiangnan army on the beach.

Seeing that the heavy cavalry had achieved major results, and seeing that the Yuan army disembarked for reinforcements, he hurriedly ordered 10,000 light cavalry to swoop down and rescue the heavy cavalry.

The battle line, which was originally fifty zhang wide, was suddenly extended to several hundred zhang wide. The number of troops involved in the battle on both sides reached tens of thousands, and the battle was completely melee.

The Japanese army attacked all cavalry, or swooped down, so the Yuan army suffered a lot, but there were many Yuan soldiers, and after experiencing the initial disadvantage, as the Japanese cavalry lost their horse speed, the situation was suddenly reversed.

After half an hour of scuffle, the battlefield hundreds of zhang wide began to be quiet again. Except for the neighing and wailing of dying horses and warriors, there were no more war drums or shouts of killing.

The vast majority of the 3,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 light cavalry of the Japanese army were surrounded and killed by the Yuan infantry after losing their horse speed. It was almost annihilated.

However, because the Yuan army was infantry, it suffered heavy casualties under the dive attack of a large number of cavalry.

The largest casualties were suffered by the Jiangnan Army, with more than 13,000 people. Together with the Goryeo Army, the Mongol Army, and the Tanma Red Army, the Yuan army suffered 18,000 casualties.

What's more, the Japanese heavy cavalry destroyed a large number of stone cannons and bed crossbows.

The battle was fought so badly, not only did the Yuan army not expect it, but the Japanese army also did not expect it.

Although he finally defended the stone wall, when Shao Er Jingzi saw the large number of human corpses and horse corpses on the beach, his whole body trembled.

The price is too big, too big.

…………

On the day of the bloody battle between the Yuan army and the Japanese army, Li Luo of Tsushima Island finally waited for the military supplies replenished by the Goryeo side.

Li Luo not only accepted the military supplies, but also persuaded the Goryeo officials to leave two sea ships behind under the pretext that there were not enough ships.

The next day, July 18, Li Luo happily carried the replenished military supplies, set sail for Tsushima Island, where he had been staying for a month, and set sail for the southwest.

The fleet deliberately stayed away from the Yuanri battlefield and the west coast of Kyushu, and took a lot of sea routes. Three days later, they reached the sea north of the Ryukyus.

Jin Fangqing, who sent him out, never imagined that Li Luo would leave Tsushima without permission and come to this sea area.

"Dashuai, are we going to fight?" Luo Yu, who was temporarily appointed by Li Luo as the commander of the water division, asked.

In the past few days, as Li Luo opened and closed his mouth to call himself the handsome, the knowledgeable subordinates have changed their mouths to call him the handsome.

A mere four-grade protector is also known as the marshal, which has to be passed to the ears of Xin Du and Jin Fangqing, and it is also a military law.

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