Chapter 253: Arriving in Fancheng
Previously, Li Tingzhi really didn't know that Zhao Rui had such an artillery that could land and explode, thinking about it, but relying on the musket, it was estimated that it would be more difficult to break through, after all, Lumen Mountain is also hilly, and it is not so easy to occupy.
But now Li Tingzhi is not worried about these at all, the artillery on Zhao Rui's side is extremely accurate, and it is the first time he has seen the artillery shooting towards the sky, but how do they calculate the trajectory, why is it so accurate?
Zhao Rui had already set up a telescope to check, and the mortar attack without pre-firing simply brought him a huge surprise, only Xiong San's slight deviation in the four groups, and the remaining three groups were all target.
In particular, Xiong Erda's earthen walls can be described as perfect, although he is a foodie, it does not affect his excellent shooting talent at all.
Thinking that Xiong Er's artillery array was lined up, almost destroying nearly 500 meters of the earthen wall, and the Yuan troops stationed under the earthen wall were even more bloody and miserable.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
The Yuan army's camp was in chaos all of a sudden, and Amu and Liu Zheng on the mountain also changed color at the same time, they glanced at each other, and the name that made the Yuan army jealous shouted out from their mouths: "Zhao Rui! ”
"It's Zhao Rui here!" Liu Zheng's blood was surging from the dense sound of artillery.
"Great, Zhao Rui finally found the door by himself!"
Amu has long heard of Zhao Rui's name, as a general with great achievements in the Yuan Dynasty, he very much wants to compete with Zhao Rui, and now the Yuan army has almost despised the Song people, and Amu will never allow a Song general to defeat the Yuan army!
"Prepare the horses, prepare the horses, prepare the column to attack!"
Although his own side suffered heavy losses, Amu did not regret it at all, shouted at his subordinates, and prepared to rush over.
"Commander, no!"
Liu Zheng hurriedly persuaded him and said: "Don't attack, we must immediately notify the other defenders, let them come over to support quickly, let's find a safe place to hide!" In this way, Zhao Rui's army did not know about our situation, and he did not dare to step forward immediately! ”
Liu Zheng thought that his tactics were completely correct, but Amu didn't stop him, but scolded him without a head or face.
"Let you shit, our Yuan army is all good at charging into battle, when are you still looking for a place to hide, you Song people are some shrunken turtles, you love to hide so much, hurry up and find a place to shrink your head!"
After saying that, Amu didn't take care of Liu Zheng, turned over a batch of fast horses, and went below to entangle the manpower, ready to charge.
"I ......"
Amu's words simply insulted Liu Zheng's body, Liu Zheng originally wanted to burn wolf smoke as a warning, but thinking that the sound of artillery should be heard by other troops, he simply ignored it, and really found a place to hide.
At this time, Amu had already entangled seventy or eighty thousand cavalry, and ran towards Zhao Rui's mountain, Zhao Rui held the telescope, and the corners of his mouth were already upturned.
"Command, aim at a distance of 350 meters!"
Zhao Rui saw the Yuan army galloping on the only dirt road at this time, and the 350-meter place was an open field, and when the time came, the front was narrow, and the Yuan army would definitely have a short stay in this position.
The generals commanding the artillery were familiar with the road and quickly aimed at the position.
500 m ...... 400 m ......
"Three shots, let's go!"
"Whoosh ......"
Countless **** flew overhead, and at this time, the front of the Yuan army had just arrived in an open place.
Although Amu was impulsive, it didn't mean that he was defenseless, and after seeing countless black spots on the opposite high ground early in the morning, he shouted loudly for everyone to speed up.
But no matter how fast the horse is, can it pass the cannonball?
Hundreds of shells fell one after another, and it was like a devastating bombardment on the heads of the Yuan army.
This time, they were no longer sheltered by the mountain, and the bursting shrapnel was a real harvest of life.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Countless Yuan troops and horses were killed, and Amu understood Liu Zheng's fear at this time, this is simply not a battle, but a fight without suspense!
However, Amu, as a warrior of the Yuan army, although he was sad and angry at this time, he still commanded everyone to charge desperately, and finally only rushed out more than 10,000 people from the artillery fire.
That's enough!
The Yuan army of more than 10,000 people was enough to kill the Song army of tens of thousands of people.
Amu's eyes were full of resentment, he wanted to completely defeat these Song troops, and then give him the one called Zhao Rui eight pieces, and he wanted to inlay him in the earthen wall!
Zhao Rui gave another order: "150 meters, fast!" ”
The speed of the Yuan army increased significantly at this time, and Zhao Rui had to let them slow down.
Zhao Rui put down the telescope and immediately picked up the 98k, and the vision of the scope was very clear.
"Sudden ......" fired five shots in succession, and Zhao Rui hit the horses in front, each of which hit the head, causing the horses to fall down and die instantly.
This was mainly to block the cavalry behind.
Sure enough, this approach has achieved good results.
Although Zhao Rui only fought five war horses, after these war horses fell, countless cavalry fell in a row.
In fact, in the cavalry battle, while hurting the war horse, most of the cavalry will not survive, and no matter how high-speed the attack, once the horse falls, it will basically be thrown to death.
Amu charged ahead as the leader, and the first one enjoyed the treatment of falling off the horse.
Fortunately, he rolled to the side and was not trampled by the horses, but he was covered in abrasions, and the bones in his body were broken, and although he tried to get up, it was to no avail.
Bastard!
The cavalry team slowed down suddenly, and at the same time, the mortar behind Zhao Rui also fired shells at the first time.
"Whoosh ......"
Listening to the voice, Amu's eyes widened in pain, and he couldn't shout when he wanted to, but he silently thought in his heart, it's over, it's over, it's completely over!
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The onslaught of 10,000 people came to an end in the smoke of gunpowder, and no one was able to get up.
Zhao Rui knew that the support of the Yuan army was afraid that it would arrive soon, so he immediately called Li Tingzhi to command the material vehicle to leave.
Li Tingzhi was still in a daze, and was shouted by Zhao Rui, and woke up suddenly, at this time he also knew that without further ado, he followed the horse team led by Zhao Rui and quickly marched towards Xiangfan.
Because Xiangyang is on the other side of the Han River, it is correct to send the materials to the nearest Fancheng now, and the city of Fancheng was broken before it was broken in history.
Victory or defeat in this move, Zhao Rui did not bother to kill many Yuan troops, because their Yuan army still has a large number of troops, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon.
Zhao Rui led thousands of musketeers, all riding fast horses, and only one general Zhao Gong followed.
The other generals still stayed in the mortar position, and Fang Hongbin used a telescope to check Zhao Rui's signal.
Zhao Rui's horse team continued to march, and at the same time cleaned up the remnants of the Yuan army, although a lot of them were eliminated just now, there would definitely be many people hiding and waiting for an ambush.
Zhao Rui's judgment was not wrong, just a hundred meters on the right side of the mountainside, there was a large group of Yuan soldiers, their bows and arrows brought great trouble to Zhao Rui's behavior, their Yuan army shot accurately at the same time, even the projectile was a hundred shots, and the soldiers in front of Zhao Rui had more than 20 arrows on the spot.
Is this worth it?
Zhao Rui put a wreath in the air with his right hand, using the formulated code, and after Fang Hongbin on the mountain behind saw it clearly, he immediately reported the angle and distance.
It didn't take long for countless shells to bombard the ambushable positions.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
I don't know how many more people were killed, anyway, Zhao Rui's team can move forward again.
But this is not the worst, Zhao Rui suddenly found that a few hundred meters ahead, the return cannon had already begun to operate.
Not daring to delay, Zhao Rui ordered everyone to disperse at the same time, his right hand was drawing an arc.
"This ......"
Fang Hongbin learned that Zhao Rui was asking them to advance 300 meters before attacking, Fang Hongbin followed Zhao Rui's direction and saw those rows of return guns, knowing the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly urged everyone to step forward with mortars.
At this time, the superiority of mortars is reflected, the light barrel can be carried by one person, and it is not a problem for one person to carry two shells and run with them.
If Zhao Rui still used the original Franco cannon at this time, it would be troublesome, just pushing it would require the strength of several people, and the mountain road here is full of potholes and unevenness, and it is difficult to have flexible maneuverability.
The artillery behind rushed rapidly, and soon reached the established position, but this is not a prepared artillery position, and the only thing that wastes time is that the ground needs to be leveled.
The soldiers did not dare to be sloppy at this point, because the uneven ground would cause a change in distance, and if they could not return the artillery, they would lose more than they would gain if they injured their own people.
Preparations are still underway in the back, but the return cannon in front of you has already begun to throw stones!
Zhao Rui had already prepared, and immediately ordered his subordinates to stop advancing and dodge.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The big boulders kept falling, although they were ready to dodge, but after all, the soldiers were all on horses, and sometimes the horses were frightened and scurried, and more than a dozen people were killed or injured in the accident.
If it was in the past, Zhao Rui would have felt uncomfortable, but with the increase of war, Zhao Rui gradually got used to it, but whenever there is a war, there is no time for immortals, but Zhao Rui has made sufficient pre-war arrangements, and in theory he has minimized the casualties, which is already the best effect he can do.
The so-called dedication to the destiny of heaven is nothing more than that.
Finally, the mortar was set up, and according to different positions, three rounds were test-fired, two of which hit the return gun.
Then, without Zhao Rui's order, a large number of shells were instantly projected.
"Boom ......"
Another indiscriminate bombardment.
The dozens of return cannons that the Yuan army was proud of collapsed in an instant, some were in a mess, and some were on fire, all of which could no longer pose a threat to Zhao Rui.
At this time, some Yuan troops were also frightened, and fled farther away in groups, they saw the power of mortars, if they still blindly attacked Zhao Rui, they would be suppressed by muskets, not to mention, the power of mortars made people reluctant to try.
Zhao Rui's front was open, and there was no resistance, and he drove straight towards Fancheng.
The officers and soldiers above Fancheng had already heard countless blasting sounds, and knew that reinforcements were coming, and when Zhao Rui had not yet arrived at the gate, they had already opened the city gate.
Countless material vehicles were driven into the city gate by them, Zhao Rui did not talk to the generals of Fancheng, but just looked at the situation behind vigilantly, at this time, we must hurry up, in case they are surrounded by people, it is estimated that they will not be able to run away!