Chapter 247: Restraint

Except for the several years before and after the attack on Xiangyang, Boyan has never encountered a city that cannot be conquered in the entire Great Song Dynasty, let alone a precedent of more than 100,000 battle losses in a city. （）

However, the losses of the Yuan army in Guangzhou, only this time it is more than 100,000, which does not count Li Heng's last siege and Zhu Qingshui's army's losses at sea, if the losses in the past six months are added together, they can be compared to the sum of the previous Yuan army's losses in three years, which is by no means a good sign.

Originally, Boyan was a little pessimistic after Dong Wenbing's whole army was destroyed, and he did not organize a follow-up team to participate in the siege, and he rushed to Ashu's big tent today with the intention of suspending the attack, but this information is embarrassing, and if you don't give it a try, it is difficult for people to die.

There were only two teams of men and horses of 5,000 men each, which was a far cry from the scene of yesterday's attack with tens of thousands of men, and the city of Canton remained silent, and when their carriages pulled their equipment and crossed the fortifications, there was still not a single cannon shot.

The unhurried ranks followed behind the wagons of the brigade, and the cavalry of the Yuan army reduced the number of horizontal columns as much as possible, pulling the ranks into several parallel noodles, just to reduce damage when the Song artillery bombarded them.

When approaching the city wall within a mile, everyone was sitting on pins and needles on horseback, not knowing when the first cannon sounded, not knowing where the cannonballs falling from the sky fell, as if the necks of these 10,000 people were wrong, and they stood up high and looked at the city of Guangzhou in front of them.

There were still three hundred paces, and the distance at this time only required one dash to reach the bottom of the city wall, and at the same time the obstacles on the road gradually increased, and the corpses left yesterday were left behind by no one to pick up, which seriously affected the speed of the carriage.

The desperate and nervous cannon sound did not sound, the first thing to attack was the thunderbolt fired from the crossbow bed at the head of the city, and after the explosion sounded, the heart that had been hanging in the heart of the Yuan soldier for a long time fell.

The range of the Thunderbolt was 300 paces, and although it had the power to blow up a wagon, it was much less powerful than the flowering shell, and the attacked wagon team began to accelerate, and the frightened horses dragged the cart full of stones and galloped, and some rushed straight forward into the moat.

"Rush!"

Without the bombardment of flowering shells, the cavalry team took advantage of the speed of the attack, braved the rain of arrows and thunderbolts, and quickly crossed the moat and set up a ladder. Layers of shields were raised high, and the shield-bearers of the soldiers under the city protected the bodies of the two men, and when the archers were ready, they opened the gap and fired bows and arrows at the city.

The process of arriving at the city was very smooth, and there were not so many firearm explosions yesterday, and it soon became a situation where the bows and arrows of both sides were firing at each other, of course, under the advantage of the Song army in the city, although the casualties of the Yuan soldiers were also very large, but there was no one-sided situation.

"Dashuai, I am willing to personally lead a team to attack the city, I hope Dashuai will be successful!"

Sichinbari whispered to Ashu on the side of his horse, for him, yesterday's fiasco was enough to take off his head, but Ashu didn't blame him, if he didn't rush to the front line today, it would be too difficult to see the height of his eyebrows.

Regardless of whether the news of the Song army is true or not, how to fight today's battle, and to have a chance to be put to death and then make meritorious service is already a great favor for Si Qinbari.

"Good! In vain I have valued you for many years, you brought 20,000 people to support, remember, once you find out that the news of the Song army is fake, immediately lead the army to retreat without delay. ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Schinbari ordered 20,000 horses and began to accelerate from three miles away, without the influence of carriages and baggage, and the time it took for this light cavalry to rush to the city was a matter of a few words. Ah Shu only gave him 20,000 people, indicating that he was still full of wariness of Guangzhou City, and before confirming whether there was a shortage of shells, he was always suspicious of the tricks of the Song army, and naturally refused to press all the 100,000 troops happily.

"Brothers! Warriors, this is a war about our glory, do not be intimidated by the sound of enemy cannons, as long as you follow my warhorse, I will lead you to restore our former glory! Rush! Kill! ”

The 20,000 cavalry attacked with all their might, and when they reached the fortifications one mile away, the whole army scattered into a large area, not gathering together to give the Song army a chance to bombard, and when they rushed to the position of the two fierce battles, they gathered together to support.

This is the tactic arranged by Si Qinbari, the most dangerous on the road and this section is divided into zero, that is, the Song army's artillery has cannonballs, and dispersing the formation will also reduce its killing efficiency, and try to preserve the strength of the team as much as possible.

Like the team just now, only when they were close to 300 paces, they were attacked by thunderbolts fired from the ballista at the head of the city, and the next thing was to shoot arrows, and only near a few ladders would thunderbolts be dropped to prevent more Yuan troops from climbing the ladders.

The command of Si Qinbari, who had already rushed to the city, began to shoot in waves and waves, which had already caused damage to the Song army at the head of the city, so that the Yuan soldiers who climbed the ladder were attacked a lot less, and began to climb higher and higher, gradually approaching the arrow stomping at the head of the city.

"Shoot, shoot me, suppress the archers in the city, protect the brothers on the ladder!"

Si Qinbari's eyes were red with excitement, without the help of artillery, the Song army's means of protection are nothing more than this, under the siege of my brave and warlike warriors, it really won't last long and will collapse.

There was a lot of pressure on the city, and all the soldiers of the firearms battalion hid in bunkers, watching the soldiers of the city guard fight alone. The operation of the crossbow bed and the thunderstorm were taught to the soldiers of the city guards, and today they are using it independently for the first time, and their accuracy and proficiency need to be improved, which is also the reason why the Yuan army under the city is not under much pressure.

And those shield bearers and archers who cooperate in pairs, today's casualties have exceeded hundreds, and the Meng Yuan archers who have no fire suppression have enough lethality from the accuracy and strength of the bow and arrow, especially under the wave of covering shots, every time the Song army will fall with an arrow and be dragged to the rear for treatment.

But these Song troops can't dodge, they can't hide, they have to directly suppress the Yuan soldiers on the ladder, otherwise in an instant, the city will be full of scimitar-wielding Yuan soldiers.

This is a real competition of strength, and there is no chance of any coincidence in terms of comprehensive strength, so it can only be done hard-hitting, and only by seeing who instigates whom can we distinguish the winner from the loser. Not only the soldiers of the firearms battalion were watching, but the archers who could fire armor-piercing cones did not go into battle, and the general's general order was not issued, they could only watch the bloody battle of their brothers with red eyes.

Behind Ah Shu, the 80,000 army had already turned over and mounted his horse, quietly waiting for the order to attack, the battle situation under the city wall was becoming more and more intense, and the confidence in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and the artillery of the Song army was really dumb.

"All the troops are attacking!"

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