Chapter 337: Kublai Khan's Wrath

If the short-range weapons of the Song army only have bows and arrows, there is really no good way for these warriors wearing cowhide armor and helmets, if they let their ladders be erected, the whole battle situation will enter a passive situation, after all, the Yuan army's strength occupies an absolute advantage, even if it is filled by human lives, it can be won steadily. （）

Before they could get close to the trench, smoking iron-clad thunderbolts flew down from the top of the city, rolling on the ground and burrowing into the crowd, which was also deliberately done by the soldiers of the city, and it was their lower legs and feet that were blown up.

They wore helmets on their heads and cowhide armor on their bodies, and the weight of their burdens made it very inconvenient for them to move, and they also carried ladders in their hands, so under their knees, they were just ordinary leggings and boots, and they did not deliberately increase protection.

After a loud explosion, the ladder team that rushed to the front fell to the ground in pieces, and this time the iron-shelled thunderbolt ignited without waiting for a delay, and was thrown directly at their feet, and when it exploded, it basically exploded on the ground.

"Ouch, my feet!"

"I've got a broken leg, give me a hand!"

"Save me, save me!"

Eight people carried a ladder, and after six were blown down, those two people couldn't hold up the ladder, and they were empty-handed and had no weapons, and it seemed a bit silly to stand in place waiting to be killed, and the lucky people who didn't get blown up turned around and ran back.

The armor on their bodies was very heavy, and they didn't run too fast, and many lighted thunderbolts flew out from the city, chasing their buttocks and exploding, and these people didn't have a chance to run back to the camp, they were all blown up to the leg and foot wounded, or sat or lay down in front of the battlefield.

Hundreds of ladders were thrown in front of Bazhou City, and the distance was only a few dozen steps away, and those wounded soldiers had difficulty moving, and suddenly became a live target for archers at the head of the city, even if they wore clothes made of iron sheets, they couldn't last long.

The tens of thousands of sword and shield hands in the rear of the Yuan army were at a loss, what could they do if they rushed to the city without a ladder, don't look at the city wall of Bazhou, which is more than two zhang, is not very high, but without a ladder it is also an insurmountable barrier for them.

"Tell them to rush forward, the sword and shield men will go to the anti-cloud ladder to attack the city, and the archers will continue to move forward and carry out the cover mission!"

Kublai Khan did not hesitate, and immediately gave the order, the offensive had already begun, and it could not be stopped, and several waves of fresh troops were already on standby, so he did not believe that this small and Bazhou city could hold on.

The characteristics and data of the cannon have been recorded in great detail, and Kublai Khan personally presided over the civil and military officials under him, analyzed the recorded data, and had a general understanding of the power of the Song army's artillery.

However, every time the Song army fought a large-scale battle, there were new changes in the weapons used, and sometimes it was just a simple cross-use, or the firing law was adjusted, which made the Yuan army unpredictable for a while.

Today's shield bearers and wrestlers wearing cowhide armor are all means that Kublai Khan is quite confident in, especially in the early days of the war, these shield bearers did show a different ability from the past, and had a strong protective effect on the bombardment of the Song army's artillery.

But they didn't hold out to the end, they were defeated and collapsed by the Song army, and Kublai Khan now only has the advantage of troops, so he was furious!

Groups of sword and shield men received the order and began to assemble forward, in the absence of protection, they need to fight with numbers and speed, as long as the number of their impacts exceeds the maximum lethality of the Song army, they can set up a ladder and start attacking the city.

Zhao Tianyou saw the movement of the Yuan army outside the city, and felt that after the Yuan army suffered two losses, he was a little annoyed and angry, if he relied on the advantage of numbers to carry out a tough offensive, wouldn't it be his mind, what he was most afraid of was that the Yuan army would fight guerrilla warfare with him, and his favorite was such a hard encounter.

Kublai Khan's character is resolute and calm, and he rarely loses his mind, but several decisions today are not considered, like a hairy child who has been beaten and wants to seek revenge, and is eager to knock the other party to the ground.

Some Wenchen around him saw the signs, but no one dared to touch the mold at this time, so they quietly handed over to Guo Shoujing below, hoping that he would come forward to dissuade Kublai Khan from calmly responding to the battle, and not having to attack desperately as soon as he came up.

But Guo Shoujing shook his head and ignored this stubble, he knew very well in his heart that this arrogant monarch was already a little angry, and if anyone dared to say something unpleasant at this moment, his head would be cut off in the shortest possible time, and it might be Kublai Khan's own hands.

Among these civil servants were Han officials from the Jin Liao Territory, as well as officials who surrendered from the Great Song Dynasty, and they still seemed to retain the habits of the Song Dynasty in their minds, the superiority of civil officials, and often raised some contradictory and sharp questions above the court.

This is in the Lin'an Jinluan Hall of the Great Song Dynasty, almost every great court meeting has to be staged program, if you can't find problems and contradictions, these civil officials are almost asking things to do, so there is a bad habit of looking for nothing in their bones.

Guo Shoujing's sense of nationality is very light, and the study of astronomy and water conservancy has occupied most of his energy, and the way of being an official sometimes seems not active, so that his colleagues look at him with a sense of arrogance.

In fact, Guo Shoujing thinks more thoroughly, this world belongs to the general trend, not one person can stop and change, since you have the ability to change some things to make the people's lives better, then do your best, why care about who the emperor is?

"All positions, start rotating!"

Zhao Tianyou divided the troops into two parts that were basically equal in number, from the beginning there were only 50,000 troops participating in the battle, and the other half were recuperating with peace of mind, but now when the Yuan army was about to attack hard, it was time to replace the new force on the field.

The Song army killed and wounded tens of thousands of Yuan troops, and their own battle losses were few, and some of the wounded soldiers were caused by improper operation or other reasons. Because the archers of the Yuan army were always suppressed outside the firing range, when they were barely close to firing, the bows and arrows that hit the head of the city had little power, and it was difficult to cause great damage to the Song army, at most it was only a minor injury.

The change of guard of the troops is very lively and fast, the same post of the same branch, there is no need to say too much when handing over, most artillery commanders only need to give a hint on how many shells have been fired, and the chamber of the gun may need to be deeply cleaned.

When the Yuan saber and shield men launched a large-scale charge, the handover of the Song army at the head of the city had been completed, and the efficiency of the soldiers who had just entered the battle was obviously different, and the speed of artillery firing immediately increased by three percent.

Even more obvious is the strength of the archers, and the speed and range of the armor-piercing cone are also significantly improved. In the first wave, he shot the Yuan soldiers who had just lifted the ladder and were about to approach the city wall into hedgehogs.

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