"The last general failed to break through the enemy tower, but was killed, the soldiers were damaged, and the spirit was frustrated, please punish the marshal."

In the spacious temporary command cabin of the Chinese military ship, Zhang Ba, Chang Tai and several generals above the deputy general level all hung their heads in despair, clenched their fists and bowed down, and pleaded guilty to Zhao Lie.

Su Jingzhan on the side had a sad face, he lost the first battle, and the sin was not small, and Zhang Ba still automatically asked for help. In the Dragon Bird Army, he and Zhang Ba are both the kind of people who atone for their sins, and they can be said to be sympathetic to each other. If Zhang Ba is blamed for this, and things hurt him, he will naturally be uneasy.

Zhao Lie looked at the expressions of Su Jingzhan and Zhang Ba generals, and then exchanged glances with Jiang Fenglie, and said quietly: "Commander Zhang, you attacked with five hundred soldiers, and fought fiercely for half an hour, although there were casualties, but they were not captured, and they lost twenty-seven soldiers. Really? ”

Zhang Ba's head was so low that he almost drilled a hole: "The last general is incompetent......"

When Zhang Ba led his army to fight with the Yuan army in the north and south of the enemy, he was also quite killed, and it was roughly estimated that at least twenty or thirty people were killed and wounded, and he did not suffer a loss. However, due to the ferocity of the Yuan army's artillery, they were finally defeated and retreated, and they failed to cut off the enemy's head, so they naturally could not repay the merit without a head.

Zhao Lie's tone changed: "Although Zhang commanded this battle, it achieved two goals, one is to train the troops, and the other is to test. Under the bombardment of more than a dozen artillery stones, the sergeants did not collapse, and finally retreated when they heard the gold, and the whole army was gathered, and none of them were scattered. In addition, it also tested the reality of the Qiong tube. Therefore, the intention of this battle was achieved. Zhang is in control, the merits and demerits are offset, no reward or punishment, and it will be included in the ranks. ”

Zhang Ba was happy and ashamed, and he paused again and again.

Next, the generals discussed how to uproot these two strongholds. Judging from this temptation, the existence of these two enemy buildings is really a headache for the attacker, and it is impossible to officially attack Qiongguan without defeating them.

Jiang Fenglie proposed to attack with surprise troops, Ouyang Guanhou suggested a night attack, and Su Jingzhan proposed to lay a solid stone on the beach as a base to establish an artillery attack position, and also counterattacked with five guns. Although there were no five-tip cannons in this expedition, some of the dragon sparrow army were skilled craftsmen, as long as the materials were sufficient, what five-tip and seven-tip would not matter. And Zhang Ba is even more straightforward, attacking hard, and he will definitely be able to tear down these two enemy buildings into ruins.

However, after Zhao Lie distributed a document to them, all the generals were silent.

As early as when it was determined to recover Qiongguan, Zhao Lie began to collect intelligence, the so-called three armies did not move, the grain and grass went first, and the one who went one step earlier than the grain and grass should be intelligence.

In addition to sending sharp soldiers to Qiongguan to lurk, Zhao Lie also issued an order to ask the training officers of the Dragon Bird Army to investigate and inquire about all the participants on both sides of the team who had participated in the battle between Zhao and Luo against Ali The Hague, and inquired about the details of the original war clearly, and then compiled it into a book. Eventually, combined with the information obtained from the outposts, this information was synthesized.

The information records in detail all the attacks and tactics launched by Ali Hague against the Qiongguan Song army. Whether it was Jiang Fenglie's proposal to attack with surprise fire, or Ouyang Guanhou's suggestion of a night attack, or Su Jingzhan's proposal to establish an artillery array to counterattack, Ali Hague had tried it all, but it was useless.

Who is Ali Hague? The veteran general of the Yuan army, who fought all his life, was almost invincible in the war to sweep away the Southern Song Dynasty. Moreover, this person is a penman, brave and strategic, and skilled in tactics. The generals of the Dragon Bird Army can't be compared at all, and the tricks they came up with have already been tried. Although the same tactics are used differently, the results are different, but judging from the records, even if these tactics are used, the chances of victory are not great.

As for the strong attack and hard shock that Zhang Ba said, it was automatically ignored by the generals. At the beginning, Ali Hague fought Qiongguan and launched at least ten strong attacks. As a result, too many troops were invested, and it was easy to become a target for stone bullets. With too few troops, it was not easy to hit the stone bullets, but when attacking the enemy's stronghold, it was weak and unable to break through strongly, which was really a headache.

Storming, that's no way, the cost is too great. It is not easy for the dragon bird to become an army, and it cannot be easily damaged unless it is absolutely necessary.

Zhao Lie and the other generals read the information and digested it almost before they said: "The tricks used by Ali Hague, Long Wenxiang must know." At the beginning of Song Jun's cracking method, Long Wenxiang must have been prepared. Therefore, if we don't want to fill this Baisha Pass with flesh and blood, we must adopt a tactic that Ali Hague has never thought of. ”

The generals looked at each other, and Ali Hague had never thought of a tactic? Is there such a tactic?

Zhao Lie glanced left and right, waited for a while, and didn't wait for any general to offer advice, so he said: "It seems that the monarchs don't have any new tactics to provide, so okay, I'll have one." ”

The generals were in high spirits, their eyes looked at each other, and at the same time, they were quite surprised in their hearts. According to the information he saw earlier, Ali Hague tried almost all the tactics he could think of, and finally knocked on the door of Qiongguan in a few moments. What other special tactics can their commanders come up with?

Zhao Lie clapped his palms, the hatch opened, and a middle-aged craftsman shrank in, didn't dare to raise his head, and bent down to the ground: "Little Sun Daquan, meet the prince, meet the generals." ”

Zhao Lie asked directly: "How are things made?" ”

Sun Daquan hurriedly said: "According to the prince's request, it has become ten, please check it." ”

Zhao Lie got up: "Okay, let's go and have a look." ”

The generals followed Zhao Lie out of the cabin, and saw a thick wooden shelf more than one person high standing in the bow, with a long and thick stick in the middle, mounted on a horizontal axis that could be rotated, with a leather nest connected with a rope at one end of the wooden tip, and dozens of long ropes tied to the other end.

As soon as they saw this, all the generals were stunned, and they said in unison: "Tip artillery, single tip artillery!" ”

The single-tip cannon was a relatively light cannon in the armaments of the Song army, only heavier than the "hand gun". This cannon only needs one person to fix the cannon and four people to pull the rope, and it can throw a two-pound stone bullet fifty paces away.

The more numerous the guns, the more inconvenient it is to transport, and it is usually used to defend the city, and it is generally not used to siege the city. For example, this single-tip cannon, fifty paces away, is within the range of the enemy's bow and crossbow. A round of random arrows came in, and the cannon didn't even hit a few shots, and the gunners died. Therefore, on this expedition, the army did not carry cannons. Look at the fresh skin of this single-tip cannon rod, the rope is thin and white, and it is obviously a newly made tool.

Generals, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what to say in my heart. Isn't using this single-tip cannon against a five-tip cannon the same as using a knife and a big axe?

Zhao Lie didn't care about them, and only ordered Sun Daquan: "Test the artillery." ”

Sun Daquan hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

So more than a dozen sturdy soldiers, under the command of Sun Daquan, put a stone-moving bullet into the leather nest, and the remaining ten people pulled the rope and prepared for launch.

Su Jingzhan sighed: "Why are there ten people?" And the stone bullet was very heavy. ”

Sun Daquan explained: "This is an eight-pound stone bullet, so it takes ten people. ”

"Eight pounds of bullets!" Jiang Fenglie couldn't help but shout, "How can this bearing shaft stand it?" I'm afraid that if I can't hit a dozen bullets, I will be scrapped. ”

Zhao Lie said indifferently: "This is a one-time consumable equipment, and it will be wasted." Even if it is not wasted, it will be smashed by the stone bullets of the Yuan army - test the cannon! ”

With Zhao Hunt's order, all the soldiers pulled the rope together, the sticks were straightened, the leather pit was flicked, and the stone bullets flew out far away, smashing into the sea, and the waves were more than a foot high.

Sun Daquan measured it and reported loudly: "Lord Wang, throw thirty-two steps." ”

"Thirty-two steps." Zhao Lie squinted at the enemy tower that stood like a bunker in the distance, "Okay, that's enough." Order, break the battalion artillery department to fight! ”