Chapter 338: An Unstoppable Gamble

No matter how the Yuan army sacrificed their lives to rush forward, they could get close to the city wall at most a distance of dozens of paces, which was still the result of rushing forward with a leather shield, and those archers who were ordered to approach forward were even more miserable in battle.

Because of the terrain, their bows and arrows were at a great disadvantage compared with the Song army at the head of the city, and they desperately pushed the line forward, hoping to shoot arrows on the city wall, but they couldn't do so.

They may not know, and Kublai Khan, who commanded in the rear, may not understand that this is all the Song army's deliberate control of the rhythm and the distance they are close to the city wall under Zhao Tianyou's arrangement, so that they can not let them rush over, but also leave them some hope.

To put it bluntly, on the battlefield outside Bazhou City, the strength of the Song army has achieved a high degree of control, if you just want to repel them, you can do it very simply. More than 500 rapid-fire guns, 100 red-coated cannons, a large number of shells and vehicles were stored in the warehouse, and various firearms such as arrows piled up into a hill, and thunderbolts that could not be counted.

It was not that the Song army was distressed and could not use ammunition, but that Zhao Tianyou wanted to turn the entire Bazhou into a cemetery, a meat grinder of life, and wipe out all the last main forces of Kublai Khan here, and not give them the opportunity to escape back to the Mongolian Plateau.

In the early stage, the scale of the Song army was very good, but Zhao Tianyou sensed that the Yuan army was going to send a fierce attack, and he was afraid that there would be some uncontrollable accidents, so he acted cautiously so he changed his guard in advance and replaced the soldiers on the entire defense line.

Time passed little by little, but the offensive of the Yuan army did not relax at all, and tens of thousands of soldiers died in fruitless impacts again and again. On the strip between one hundred and fifty steps away from the Bazhou city wall, the Yuan army put out a wide picture scroll with corpses, and the entire battle line surrounding Bazhou City for dozens of miles was full of corpses and wounded soldiers.

The scorching sun lowered the temperature, shining with a golden light to the west, after a day of sacrificing their lives, the Yuan army Kublai Khan's army on the side of the big tent, there are more than a dozen headless corpses. Half of them were civil officials who persuaded Kublai Khan to calm down, and the people who took the lead were demoted officials from the former Great Song Dynasty, and there were a few Han officials who followed the adventure, but they didn't expect Kublai Khan, who had always liked civil officials to give him advice, and directly cut off their heads after listening to them.

Until they died, they didn't understand that Kublai Khan was originally a brutal Mongol, in order to occupy the great rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, in order to let the Mongols get off the horse and become the prince, in order to completely rule the tens of millions of Han people in the Song Dynasty, he made a magnanimous appearance of humility to the world.

This kind of ruling program is very effective, whether it is the Great Song Dynasty to descend to the generals, or the old ministers of the Jin and Liao countries, they are all moved by his generosity of not remembering the past grudges, and after kowtowing allegiance to the Yuan Dynasty, the early Yuan Dynasty was able to quickly rule most of the territory of the Song Dynasty, relying on these people to work hard.

But now that the painstaking efforts of the southern invasion for many years have been nullified, the Song army has attacked Zhongshu Province, and the bustling lord of the world, who may not be who it is, at this juncture, it is light to provoke the tiger's whiskers, and the head is cut off.

"Qi Yu Great Khan, more than 150,000 troops have been invested, and the battle losses are seventy or eighty percent, and the specific number will not be known until a while!"

The general who bowed his head to report the military situation was worried, the bloodstains on the ground outside the big tent had not dried, I don't know which unlucky guy lost his life, the anger of God to bless the Great Khan has disappeared, don't be angry with me.

"Prepare for the night battle, the main generals of each department will lead the team to take turns to continue the attack, I don't believe that the Song army is all iron, and I can't do it because their shells and bows and arrows can't be fired, and my Great Mongolian warriors never know what it means to retreat!"

"Yes, Great Khan!"

Of course, there is no turning back from the start of work, since the bow has been opened, where can you still care about right and wrong, you only need to be able to achieve the final desired result, and you can bear whatever price you pay in the middle, this is just a helpless statement.

Kublai Khan knew in his heart that he was wrong, that he was not fully prepared to start a war after a long march, and when the shield soldiers and the heavily armored warriors failed, he had already examined and alerted himself to his thoughts, and at that time he should have stopped and stopped.

The most hateful thing is that those Han officials actually saw the hesitation and embarrassment in my heart, and they wanted to humiliate me when they said something, or did they want to show your foresight, did they want to tell me that I should listen to you?

The logistics room in the rear was cooking, the smoke was curling into the air, which was particularly clear and obvious in the sunset, and Zhao Tianyou at the head of the city waved his hand after seeing it, and the Song army began the rotation of the second front.

Kublai Khan could gamble with the lives of countless soldiers, he could not let this team suffer inexplicable losses, and every soldier of this army that thrived in the flames of war was precious to him.

After several hours of high-intensity combat, people's energy and physical strength were very seriously consumed, just like the first batch of people who were replaced, after eating and sleeping for a while, they were relieved, and the rumbling cannon sound was not heard at all.

"Wow, the Yuan army is really powerful, the corpse is quite stylish!"

"You guys are full of sleep, don't be negligent with your subordinates, don't slip your hands and hit too hard, let them withdraw and it's over!"

"Hurry down and eat braised pork, eat delicious and drink and rest for a while, maybe you have to start a night battle!" In that case, you'll be able to take another shift! ”

Song Jun, who changed the guard, talked easily, as if he was working at home, without the slightest tension of fighting another life-and-death battle, and some were just tired after exhaustion. Only the initial attack of the Yuan army, the Song army of the city defense was a little nervous, and after a long time, they found themselves very safe, and the bows and arrows shot by the Yuan army were at most poked to the feet.

And the weapons they used, whether it was artillery or bows and arrows, had an absolute advantage, which was a war of life and death, and it was clearly a one-sided slaughter with a well-designed process.

His chief designer was more nervous than anyone else, Da Fat and Sangou had changed the wine and dinner several times, but he didn't mention his appetite, he was always worried that Kublai Khan would wake up too early and see the Song army's method of controlling the rhythm of the battlefield.

However, as time went by, the Yuan army camp was preparing for night battles, and there were new troops being assembled and mobilized, so he could put down his mind a little. The more Kublai Khan invests in chips, the more he will not stop, anyone will have this kind of mentality, not to mention that Kublai Khan has not many chips in his hands, if he doesn't get the results he wants this time, I'm afraid that he will overthrow him without waiting for Zhao Tianyou to defeat him, and those khanate vassals attached to him.

"Sangou, go fry two dishes and have a few drinks with me!"

After receiving the confirmation of the lookout post, Zhao Tianyou was in a better mood, and another group of about 50,000 troops were put into the battlefield, and Kublai Khan's hook this time was bitten to death.

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