In the face of the galloping cavalry, even the Song officers and soldiers who were hiding behind the deep trenches still felt a burst of fear, and couldn't help but hold the weapons in their hands tightly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info These enemy horses come and go like the wind, and will rush into the formation unexpectedly, rushing and slashing wildly, so that you can't avoid it, and you can't escape and run, either die under the iron hoove, or die under the scimitar. The tragic situation of flesh and blood flying, wolves running and dolphins fleeing, so that every day should not be called the feeling that the earth is not spiritual, and everyone who has experienced it will not forget.

"Burst ballistas are prepared, and enemy cavalry enters range and fires immediately; Prepare your archers to intercept enemy horsemen approaching the trenches! Zhuang Siqi watched the dust rolled up by the enemy horsemen, but he also knew that the trench was four feet wide and could not be jumped over by horses, and the firewood and grass on the horseback indicated that their goal was to fill in a path.

However, Zhuang Siqi soon found that his idea of blocking the enemy cavalry with a dense array of arrows had failed, and the enemy cavalry scattered far beyond the range of the repeating ballistas. Ballistae can be angled, but they are not so flexible, and cavalry moves fast, even if one is killed, it cannot be aimed at the second one in time, unless there are enough ballistas, which is simply impossible.

The Archer was more effective, but it was no less effective, as it was too cost-effective to shoot only a few enemy riders in one shot, and most of the enemy riders not only survived, but also successfully threw the firewood into the trench and successfully returned. And after sending this batch, the latter came and went, and it didn't take long for the trenches to be filled in this situation.

"Stupid, immediately intercept the enemy assembly area with flowering shells, and send sharpshooters to shoot the enemy cavalry that has slipped through the net close to the trench, isn't this a cannon to shoot mosquitoes?" Zhao Yu, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, saw it in his eyes from beginning to end, and when he saw this situation, he couldn't help but stand up and shout in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, don't move, lest you be exposed!" The emperor shouted so loudly that Zhang Shijie was startled, and hurriedly stopped in front of him. It turned out that although he was allowed to watch the battle this time, he quietly went to the city without a banner, so as not to attract the attention of the local government, which would cause accidents. Because the emperor watched the battle, the enemy army attacked on a large scale, and there were too many examples of making trouble.

"Okay, I'll sit down!" Zhao Yu knew that he was too excited, and finally came out once and then 'charged' back, so the gains outweighed the losses, so he hurriedly 'acted according to the order' and sat down honestly.

"Command the rear army, do as Your Majesty orders!" Zhang Shijie also ordered the Guantong hand on the side to quickly convey His Majesty's will, in fact, he is also a layman in the application of the new weapon of the ballista, relatively speaking, the emperor is the most experienced, so he did not hesitate to adopt his suggestion.

Zhao Hao picked up the binoculars and looked at the city, and after receiving the order, the rear army immediately changed its combat mode, increased the firing angle of the ballista, and fired at the rear of the enemy cavalry, and the effect was immediate. One is that the enemy cavalry has not completely dispersed, and the target is relatively concentrated; The second is that the crossbow arrow is a point kill, and after the explosion of the flowering projectile, it will not only produce a shock wave, but also produce a large amount of shrapnel after the projectile is broken, which will cause serious damage to the weak abdomen of the war horse; Moreover, the war horse is not very bold, and if it is not specially trained, the loud noise will scare it and cause even greater confusion.

On the other hand, archers shoot in groups to increase the density per unit of time in order to increase the hit rate, so they are all roughly aimed shots, not aiming at a single target, but killing a group target. However, the use of marksmen against approaching enemy cavalry is different, just like a modern sniper shoots at a single target with precision, so as to achieve a targeted target, without waiting for the commander's order, which increases the efficiency of killing the enemy.

"Alas, it seems that the infantry still lacks actual combat experience, and they should have been allowed to exercise a long time ago, otherwise they will not be blind in another big war!" Zhao Yu saw that after changing his tactics, although he did not have an immediate effect, it also curbed the offensive momentum of the enemy cavalry to a certain extent, but he still sighed.

There is an aphorism of the old man remembered by Zhao Yuji, which means, 'Those who are commanders-in-chief act on their own experience or genius.' The tactics and science of engineer and artillery officers may be learned from books, but the cultivation of generals can only be achieved through experience and the study of the battles of famous generals of the past generations. After the previous Shuaifu army arrived in Qiongzhou, it was mostly for training, and did not participate in large-scale offensive and defensive battles, and the strength of the naval army did not allow the enemy to set foot on the coast of Qiongzhou, which made most of them still have actual combat experience in the past.

The large-scale installation of ballistae by the infantry army was still after it arrived in Qiongzhou, and the same was true for the rear army with the most rich experience in actual combat as the commander. Therefore, although all armies can skillfully operate ballistas, their tactical level is not high, especially the lack of inexperienced officers, which leads to their inability to exert their due power although they have powerful weapons in their hands......

"Your Majesty, right here, right? If you go any further, you won't be able to see the whole picture. "The city wall is five miles away from the first moat, although it is expected to help the telescope, but Zhao Yujue still does not see the battlefield well enough, he must go forward to the front line, where can Zhang Shijie stop the little emperor who insists on going his own way, he can only accompany him. He walked until he walked to a high platform two miles away from the city, which was originally used to set up ballistas to attack the city, but at this time it was just right to serve as a command platform, and he blocked His Majesty half a suggestion, half a pleading.

"Well, that's fine!" Zhao Yu looked up and saw that the platform was about three zhang high, higher than the city wall, and a fort was built on it, with a semi-enclosed bunker, which could just be used as a command post, and as Zhang Shijie said, it was too close to see the entire battle situation, you must know that the formation of the team of 10,000 people should stretch for several miles, and it is not a small phalanx discharged on TV and movies, and the enemy army attacking the city in front of you is more than 10,000 people. If it weren't for the fact that the attack surface was not wide enough, Zhao Yu suspected that tens of thousands of people would be able to step on the trench as soon as they swarmed up, and they would be able to climb into the city by stacking Arhats. Fortunately, he has gained knowledge in the past two years, and if he saw it in his previous life, he would probably not be able to walk for a long time.

Zhao Hao got on the high platform with the help of Ni Liang's half-hugging and half-dragging, the area on it was not large, only half the size of a basketball court, and there was a chest wall with wooden planks around it, and a roof was added, but there was no problem with twenty or thirty people. As soon as someone came from them, someone rearranged it and put two strips on it, and a few beds, which are now Mazazi. Some soldiers laid out the city defense map of Xicheng, set up observation posts, arranged flag bearers, and arranged guards, and everything was in order and not chaotic at all. And Wang De led the two close-fitting small yellow doors, and also raised the tea stove to make tea, and put a few plates of food on the table to satisfy His Majesty's hunger.

Since it was to train the team and increase actual combat experience, although Zhao Yu did not invite everyone to observe, he did not take over the command with full authority, but told Zhuang Siqi to take the command of the ballista team of the rear army, and he commanded and cooperated with the defense. He first looked at the configuration of the ballista position, Zhuang Siqi's arrangement was also decent, and the small ballistae belonging to each battalion were concentrated on the front line, mainly on the left and right flanks of the position. The heavy and large ballistae of the military ballista battalion are arranged in the center and back, and the small ballistae are basically in a zigzag shape, which can deal with enemy groups attacking from the front, and can also support flank operations.

"Your Majesty, the communication with the ballista teams has been completed, and the communication is smooth!" Guantong hand reported.

"Good!"

"Your Majesty, the enemy cavalry is approaching the corner in front of the destruction of the right flank trench, shoot and suppress my archers with rangers!" Guantong reported again.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yu nodded and turned his gaze to the south side of the battlefield. The fortifications outside the city were six miles long, and the left wing was connected to the fortifications of the northern city, and the right wing was connected to the wing city of the southern city, forming a complete line of defense. But with the sea at its back, the city had already been destroyed during the siege, so it formed a defensive corner. It would be impossible for the enemy to fill the entire trench, so the attack should have been a kind of temptation to discover the weakness of the defense as a breakthrough.

Of course, if the enemy cavalry wants to get close to the trench, they must first destroy the obstacles in front of the trench in order to open the way for the subsequent cavalry to fill the trench. The archers arranged in front of the formation also became the biggest obstacle to their approach, so they used the rangers to gallop back and forth in front of the formation to shoot the archers sent by the Song army and suppress the archers. The main tasks of the ranger army are to explore the way, reconnoitre, and hunt the opponent's scouts; In wartime, it roams around the battlefield, covering the security of both flanks, and acting as a spearhead to break through the enemy line when it detects a loose line or a gap in the enemy's line.

Because these rangers are responsible for the most dangerous and difficult tasks, they are not as skilled as archers, they are all excellent archery, superb equestrianism, alertness, and bravery, and can stand alone against the elite of the army. In addition, the Mongols were already good at shooting, and they could still shoot their bows and arrows on their galloping horses, shooting wild beasts running. In contrast, the Song army's marksmen were much weaker, and it was difficult to shoot the fast-moving riders, and they were quickly defeated in the counter-shooting, and they were pressed and couldn't raise their heads. The enemy forces behind were ready to fill the trenches again after clearing the barricades.

"Order the ballista group on the left wing to take the flag of the right wing as the benchmark, take thirty steps to the left as the aiming point, and load the two-foot crossbow arrows at an angle of five points!" Zhao Yu observed for a while, not only frowning, those rangers often left as soon as they arrived in front of the formation, at most they only shot two arrows, and they would never fight. It was too late to catch the target with the ballista against the slick rangers, but he soon discovered that the rangers' movements seemed to be irregular, but in fact they were traceable.

"Your Majesty, the left wing artillery group is ready!" After the command was issued, the counterparty sent a signal to complete the preparations for the shooting.

"Ready!" Zhao Haoping stared at the rangers on the battlefield with a telescope, and issued a preparatory command, and the flag bearer immediately raised the red signal flag with his right hand after receiving the order.

"Two shots, put!" After completing a round of attacks, the rangers quickly turned their horses' heads to the northeast, broke away from the range of their bows and arrows, turned their horses' heads to speed up, and turned left to the east at a distance of fifty paces from the Song army's formation. Zhao Hao found that they had to slow down their horses at the moment they turned to the east, so that the men and horses would not fall, and at this time they would have a small crowd, and it was also the moment when the target was most concentrated, so he seized this moment to order the ballista volley.

The transversely arranged ballistae had sufficient scattering surface, and the two-foot-long iron crossbow was sufficient, smooth in flight, and strong in execution, enough to penetrate the iron armor on the ranger's body and shoot through the leather vest. The bolts were instantaneous, and the enemy riders who were turning could not dodge at all, and they only had time to hide in stirrups when they moved quickly, but it was still difficult to block the crossbow bolts that were fired, and seven or eight enemy rangers were shot off their horses. The wounded war horse also fell to the ground after rushing a few steps, throwing the owner off the horse, and some of the living ones were shot down by the Song Army marksman behind the breastwork as soon as they got up.

When the enemy rangers saw that their companions had been shot off their horses, they tried to rein in their horses to dodge, or turn their horses' heads to the side, but they delayed for a while, and death came again. A second round of crossbows arrived, killing a few more of the rangers behind them. The other rangers reined in and turned, scattering in all directions, and only after dodging far away did they dare to gather. And those enemy soldiers who were burying their heads in destroying the corners and trapping pits, but they were unlucky, and after losing the cover of the rangers, they became the targets of the archers of the Song army, and were instantly covered by the rain of arrows, turning into wisps of grievances.

"Your Majesty, good means!" Zhang Shijie, who was watching the battle on the side, saw that His Majesty had smashed the enemy's offensive with only a little scheduling, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise.

"Killing these rangers is just the opening scene, if you don't break through the moat, you won't die, there will be a fierce battle today!" Zhao Hao smiled indifferently.

"With Your Majesty here, you can't pass the moat!" Zhang Shijie said with confidence, of course, his confidence also comes from this expedition, the little emperor almost counted every move of the enemy, and seized every fleeting opportunity, this crusade is really worthy of fame and fortune.

"Hehe, you have to let him live, but you have to pay some price!" Zhao Hao put down the binoculars and twisted his face and smiled, he was also surprised in his heart Is this Zhang Shijie complimenting himself, or is he intending to pat the horse? But it's also relieved to think about it, how can he achieve this position in the Great Song Army just by virtue of his military exploits.

"Your Majesty wants to evacuate Quanzhou?" Zhang Shijie asked.

"Well, the ones who should be killed have been killed, and the things that should be taken have been taken, and God won't let us go if we don't leave!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"yes!" Zhang Shijie was a little stunned, "If you can wait for more than a month, and merchants from all over the world gather, you will get more at that time!" ”

"The wool has to be sheared one by one, if even the skin is peeled, what will we eat in the future!" Zhao Yu said, "Besides, if we don't make a fight and retreat, how can the people believe that we have more than enough heart and not enough strength?" ”

"Well, Your Majesty is right, we can't break faith with the people!" Zhang Shijie pondered for a moment and nodded...... (To be continued.) )