Chapter 360: Burning the Empty Camp
More than 200,000 people marched in the vast fog, crawling as slowly as a snail, but fortunately, the scouts in front of the Yuan army led the way, relying on the guidance of the secret notes left in advance, so that they did not go in the wrong direction. The distance of more than fifty miles made them walk for most of the night, and it was not until the vanguard in front of them touched the outside of the northern city of Daxing Mansion that they let go of their worries.
Zhehu and his men were anxious, and when they received the news that the army had reached outside the city, they immediately led their troops out of the city, and met with the Eighth Prince, who led the attack, to convey Kublai Khan's will and the combat mission assigned to Zhehu.
The central task of this operation, in addition to repelling the Song army, was to seize the Song army's artillery and ammunition, and Kublai Khan almost gritted his teeth and gave an order to let Kuokuo Kuo Chu defeat the Song army and snatch back their artillery and shells no matter what the price was.
"Do it now? Don't need a break? After walking for most of the night, the soldiers were tired, so it was better to ......"
Kuo Kuo waved his hand and said: "After another stick of incense, we can't delay any longer, we have so many people and horses, it is impossible to hide it for a long time, once the Song army learns of our movements, it will not fall into passivity." ”
Zhehu looked at the exhausted people in the fog outside the city, although he was helpless in his heart, but he couldn't dissuade him anymore, today's task is really very important, don't get burned because of this kind of thing, and then become a scapegoat will be a loss.
"Okay, then according to the plan, divide the troops and attack the Song army camp directly!"
After a while, the more than 200,000 troops of the Yuan Dynasty divided into five routes, and began to urge the war horses that no longer concealed their tracks, and rushed towards the camp that stretched for more than ten miles in the Great Song Dynasty.
"Toot, toot, toot......"
The high-pitched and loud horn sounded, and before the sky was about to brighten, the horn of the general attack was sounded, and the Yuan Dynasty army, which was hidden in the fog, let go of its throat and rushed up, and soon crossed the first line of defense outside the Song army camp.
This used to be the position of the crossbowmen and archers of the Song army, and the 30,000 tribal warriors who fought all their lives a few days ago were not able to get close to this front. And today, just a few dozen steps ahead, it only takes a breath of time, and the war horse under the crotch can pass through, whether there is a Song army to defend it, they don't know.
After Kuokuo gave the order to blow the horn, he did not hear the sound of the cannon in the Song army's camp, and the heart that had been hanging in his throat was also put in his stomach, and the foggy and humid weather really had a great impact on the Song army's artillery.
"Rush, rush forward, accelerate and accelerate, rush over! Whatever is ahead, rush for me! ”
Surrounded by a circle of guards, Kuokuo shouted loudly to the soldiers passing by, so that they could overcome their fear of the unknown place ahead, and their psychological fear of facing the shadow of the Great Song artillery. At the same time, he ordered all teams to shout loudly, telling the soldiers around them that the artillery of the Great Song could not fire in the fog, and let them charge forward.
In the middle of the Yuan army, there was a large number of soldiers in horse-drawn carriages, numbering about 10,000 people, their task was not to go into battle to kill the enemy, but to prepare to seize the Song army's arms at the first time, and then quickly transport them back to Dadu to Kublai Khan.
If, tonight, more than 200,000 other people were killed on the battlefield, and the task of these 10,000 people was completed, Kublai Khan would definitely have a large banquet to reward the three armies. They had been waiting quietly, and the speed of the carriage was also very slow, and they did not care about the other soldiers who were speeding past them, and it was useless for them to rush forward before the soldiers in front of them had not succeeded.
The distance of fifty steps is really a breathing time on the horse, and the galloping war horse, driven by its master, rushed forward with joy, and soon arrived at the battle line of the Song army last time. What surprised them was that there were no soldiers of the Song army who came to defend, let alone the shells fired from the barracks, and in the fog ahead, there was no reaction at all in the camp of the Song army.
The bull's horn sounded continuously, igniting the morale of the Yuan army, and the first batch of Yuan soldiers who rushed through the battle line continued to urge their horses without hesitation, and rushed directly to the Song army camp in the distance. There was no defense, no artillery bombardment, it must be strange, but now the team has rushed over, and if you want to stop and think about the problem, you can't.
The Song army camp was very quiet, and a few burning pine lamps hung on the high observation tower, but it was difficult to penetrate the thick fog, and only near the door of the Song army camp could you see the lights like the blink of stars.
The vanguard of the Fifth Route Army urged the war horses, and had approached the camp of the Song army, and the gray and yellow camp tent was in front of them, and they immediately bent their bows and arrows and kept firing feather arrows into the camp of the Song army.
The knife cut tofu was inserted quickly, and the troops of the Yuan army had been smoothly inserted into the Song army camp, and no soldiers came out to resist, with the impact speed of the horse, more than a dozen military camp tents were overturned to the ground, and there was no one inside.
"I'm fooled, quickly report to the Eighth Prince and learn that the Song Army is an empty camp, and there is no one."
The first wave of generals who rushed into the camp of the Song army hurriedly sent someone to send an order to Hui, there was no one in the camp of the Song army, it was likely to be a trap, and they should leave as soon as possible. However, the continuous rush of soldiers behind them made the way back extremely difficult, and the heralds could not return smoothly through the left and right directions.
"They entered the camp, listening to the earth-shattering shouts and horses' hooves, the number was no less than 200,000, Kublai Khan really paid for it!"
Zhao Tianyou whistled, followed by a rapid horn sound, and the flag of the firearms battalion was difficult to transmit in the fog, so it was changed to a horn as an order to convey the order to open the cannon.
The distance of three miles is the maximum range of the cannon, and the Song army also took a good position when retreating, and there was no need to aim at all.
Hundreds of artillery pieces roared at the same time, and the sound was transmitted to the ears of the Yuan army in the Song army camp, and the heart beating in the chest jumped to the throat at once, and everyone was nervous. Before the shells fell, everyone was in danger and didn't know where to hide, like the tide, the Yuan army who continued to rush into the Song army camp was at a loss, and they learned the news of being fooled after they came in, but it became very difficult to turn around and leave.
The cannonball landed accurately near the gate of the Song army's camp, and after the explosion, the shining red light penetrated the thick fog and shot into the eyes of the Yuan army who were still outside the camp.
"Stop, stop, here's the trap ......"
Once the red phosphorus bomb exploded, it would scatter the sneering and burning flames in all directions, immediately igniting the camp tent, and the sky-high fire burned in the blink of an eye, separating the ranks that had already rushed into the Song camp.
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