Before the Koreans put the distance between the two sides into the effective range of their bows and arrows, Guo Huo had already directed his troops to retreat to the rocky shore of the sea. From here, you can see dozens of small boats parked on the seashore, and more than a dozen large ships moored in the sea in the distance.

He ordered a hundred shield-bearers to erect a shield wall with the side cards that had been placed on the seashore to form a semi-circular position, and surrounded 200 fire-gunners and 200 crossbowmen in it, and constantly fired crossbows at the approaching Koreans. When the Koreans fired their bows and arrows, the musketeers also had to hold shields to protect themselves, and only the heavily armored crossbowmen were largely unaffected by the Koreans' bows and arrows.

When the flanking Koreans stepped on the reef near the sea, the big ships at sea began to fire ballistas. This time there were not only javelins, but also mud bombs the size of melons.

These mud bombs are made of clay and dried in the shade, and under the violent impact, they will break into hard pieces of iron, and hit a person like a mace. Moreover, these mud bombs are also mixed with a lot of stones, and after hitting the rocks, they will produce the same effect as a cannonball explosion, and even if the Koreans do not directly hit the mud bombs and are smashed to pieces, if they are unlucky enough to be near the impact point, they will break their heads and even break their bones and tendons.

From time to time, the ballistas on the Song ships would shoot several canisters of fire oil tied to the tops of wooden sticks. The oil that bursts out of the canisters after they shatter on the rocks will be ignited by the flames on the surface of the cans, and anyone who sticks to it will squeak and scream.

Such a burst of ballistas blasted over, and the Goryeo people, who had wanted to surround the Song people from the sea, retreated in a panic away from the sea.

Wearing heavy armor, the face of the Zhenwu army tattooed with a gold seal, the division of labor is clear, one person shoots the crossbow arrow in front of the side card, and then hands over the crossbow after the launch to another person, the result is that the other person has a good hand in the hand, put the arrow of the strong crossbow, some take the crossbow fired by the crossbowman, with the iron hook on the waist to wind the crossbow, with tacit understanding.

There were also veterans who crouched on the ground and shot with steel crossbows. Although the range and penetration of these steel crossbows are not as good as those smuggled from the Great Song Dynasty, due to their small size, they can use an iron "Y" shaped lever winding device, which not only saves the shooter's physical strength, but also has a faster rate of fire, which is most suitable for shooting enemies missed by the strong crossbow.

These veterans were trained in this kind of fighting in the army, allowing arrows falling from the sky to crackle and hit the armor leaves, and calmly operating crossbows to shoot approaching enemies.

Although the Koreans had the advantage in numbers, the Song people gathered on the seashore so that the Koreans could not spread their formation, and they could basically only attack from the front, so the people were pressed into a pile. The crossbow arrows didn't even need to be aimed, anyway, the simple shields and armor of the Koreans couldn't stop the crossbow arrows fired at this distance, and as long as they were fired, they would definitely pierce the human body. Coupled with the blind fire of the ballistas on the Song ships from both wings, a body and a dying man had already fallen in front of the Goryeo ranks.

But Zhang crossbow is also a strength job, and the crossbow will also be damaged, especially in a relatively humid place like an island, under high intensity, each crossbow shoots more than ten arrows, and the crossbow is damaged, so Guo Huo had to order the speed of the launch to slow down. There was a cheer from the Korean side, and the people in front began to move and run, and Guo Huo hurriedly ordered: "Crossbowmen retreat!" Fire Gun Hands! ”

The distance of more than 100 steps does not take long for people who run. Soon the Koreans approached the shield wall of the Song people, and in order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people, the bow and arrow stopped shooting. Guo Huo ordered: "Fire gun ready!" ”

The firecrackers threw away their shields, and a platoon of men put the loaded firebolts on the shield wall, clamped the poles under their armpits, and blew up the fire ropes. Seeing that the fastest Goryeo was already approaching a distance of ten paces, Guo Huo ordered: "Set fire to the gun!" ”

In the bang, the running Koreans seemed to crash into an invisible wall, and some people were even beaten backwards and crashed into the people behind them.

Without looking at the effect of the shot, the gunners who had spared the guns turned around and left the shield wall and crouched down to reload the gunpowder, and another team of gunners stepped forward and set the guns on the shield wall and immediately set fire to the Koreans who rushed up. There was another bang, and the Koreans fell again.

Guo Huo immediately ordered: "Crossbowman!" ”

Crossbowmen fired crossbows from the squatting gunners and shields, and the Koreans were screaming again. The bolts were fired, and the firebolt came out again, crackling and crackling, and the projectiles flew sideways.

Most of the Koreans who rushed to the front fell on the way to the charge, and a few who were not hit rushed to the shield wall, but they were unable to break through the barrier of the shield wall supported on the ground with wood for a while. In this way, it is not to be assassinated by the shield-bearer's spear, or to be killed by a fire bolt or pierced by a crossbow arrow.

The Korean people in the back were all terrified when they saw this situation, especially the weapon that was both fiery and smoking, and they didn't know what it was, but they only saw that it had beaten people to a bloody blur. They finally lost the courage to attack and fled into the distance screaming, even the officers did not stop them.

When the smoke cleared, I saw that the shield wall was covered with corpses. There was a cheer from inside the shield wall, but Guo Huo didn't dare to be careless, and ordered: "Get ready, be careful of the Goryeo attacking again." ”

Guo Huo was too careful, and the Koreans attacked again after a full hour. But this time it was obviously not as resolute as the first time, and after firing with the bow and arrow, it retreated, and even the effective range of the firearm did not come close.

Yan Xiushi and General Hexie stood on a high place and looked at the battlefield on the coast, his face was almost out of sight. Just look at the corpse outside the shield wall of the Song people, even these two people are frightened, so definitely don't think that the soldiers below still have the courage to launch another attack. This from the attacking troops looked at the flag waving and shouting, but every time they didn't advance much, they were shot back by the Song people's not dense arrows, which can be seen.

General Xie watched for a long time and finally lost confidence completely, and said to Yan Xiushi: "Otherwise, stop the attack." The Song people had the support of sea ships, and the casualties were too great to attack like this. ”

Yan Xiushi hurriedly dissuaded: "General, no." If you can't eliminate these Song people, the morale of the soldiers is gone, and there will be no way to fight below. Moreover, the Song people should still have iron armor, and the Song people elsewhere may not be easy to deal with. Once it is like this elsewhere, what should the Song people here do if they take the opportunity to rush out again? So these Song people must be taken down first, and then talk about others. ”

General Xie struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally agreed to Yan Xiushi's suggestion and urged his subordinates to step up the attack. However, the Koreans were obviously frightened, and even if they were urged by the officers, they were still grinding, but they caused more casualties.

When Yan and Xie were anxious, they suddenly saw that the attacking troops began to slowly move forward. It's just that at this time, the sky has darkened, and the situation on the coast is no longer clear, Yan Xiushi hurriedly asked the herald to inquire about the situation.

After a while, the probe horse galloped back: "Report! The Song people fled! ”

"What? Fled? The two asked in unison, "How did you escape?" ”

"The Song people got on the boat and fled, and they didn't even have time to take their shields away and were captured by our army."

Yan Xiushi hurriedly asked, "How many enemies have you killed?" ”

"I don't know. The Song people did not leave a corpse. ”

"No bodies left?" The two were frightened again, and hurriedly went to the beach under the protection of their own soldiers. At this time, the Song fleet had already sailed away, and only faint sail shadows could be seen in the twilight.

The two of them walked into the shield wall and saw that the ground was clean except for the arrows, and there was not a single corpse left.

After such a battle, the Song people did not even leave a corpse, so there is only one possibility, that is, the Song people did not suffer much loss. This made both of them feel cold in their backs, and they didn't know how to fight the decisive battle with the Song people below.

All of a sudden, both lost the courage to continue fighting. General Xie ordered to camp on the spot, and then asked Yan Xiushi: "How do you think you should fight tomorrow?" ”

Yan Xiushi said with a bitter face: "The last general thinks that we can only move forward desperately and do our duty as soldiers. It was impossible to drag it out any longer, and without food, the soldiers quickly collapsed. ”

No one can do anything about it. There are more than 20,000 aborigines on Tamna Island, and a small half of them are distributed in the central and western parts of the island, which are controlled by the Song people. It is simply impossible for the rest to feed an army of thousands.

It was also difficult to transport grain from Goryeo to the island. There was no decent wharf on the island, and the grain was not a human being, so it took a long time to get off the ship by itself, transfer it from the big ship to the small ship, and then transport it ashore in a small boat, enough for the Song fleet to come and burn the ship. And it's impossible for a ship to come for a while.

So in order not to starve the army, you can only gamble.

The two planned for half the night, and they didn't feel that they could grasp the plans one by one, and in the end they had no choice but to try their luck tomorrow. But I couldn't sleep well, the Song people had been beating drums and horns around, and the two could only take a nap without undressing.

But just after midnight, suddenly there was a great chaos in the back camp, and the two ran out of the tent to see that there was already a fire on the other side.

The Goryeo soldiers all got up from the ground in a panic, looked over there and asked, "What's the matter?" But now they were answered by the thunderous drums and terrible trumpets outside the camp.