Chapter 190: Doomed

After Zhang Hongfan was injured and sank on the ship, the command center of the Yuan army stagnated for a long time before recovering, and at this time the military spirit had been dispersed, and the Song army launched a large-scale counterattack, and the Yuan army, which had no intention of fighting, suffered heavy casualties. By the time Zhang Hongfan re-commanded the fleet, he had already retreated from the mouth of the sea to the bay, and the continuous sound of artillery was still continuing, constantly beating the confidence of the Yuan army.

"Retreat, quickly retreat, the ships withdraw to the bay, first avoid the range of the enemy's artillery, reinforce the team that goes to attack the mountain, and attack the top of the mountain at any cost."

Zhang Hongfan reluctantly accepted the current defeat, since the sound of the cannon, the huge battle losses of the soldiers have exceeded the number of people killed in the battle he led in the past ten years, and this number is still increasing. The warships of the Yuan soldiers had retreated to the far side of the bay, and Wang Po's Song army did not rush out to pursue them, but the shells that kept flying down from the two mountains were still bombarding the warships of the Yuan soldiers relentlessly.

Only at the fishing village wharf under Tangbeizui Mountain, the hand-to-hand combat is still in full swing, Wang Po has already understood that it is the artillery on this mountain that helps, and the Yuan soldiers are defeated so quickly, can he watch the Yuan soldiers successfully attack the mountain?

But Zhang Hongfan didn't want to give up, the cannon on the hill had a very big attraction for him, and the significance was even greater than capturing Emperor Song You, and he would rather bury all his teams here than get the cannon on the mountain.

The commander who took the lead in climbing the mountain, Charida, had been smashed into meatloaf by the rocks, and less than half of the 2,000 men he brought with him were left, but they were already trembling and frightened, and did not have the courage to continue to resist the falling boulders.

The Yuan soldiers who led the order to attack the mountain gathered near the wharf of Yuzhai, and 4,000, 6,000, and Zhang Hongfan successively sent nearly 10,000 troops to Tangzhuizi Mountain, but under Wang Po's best efforts, only half of them were able to successfully go ashore.

If you want to attack the peak of Tangzhui Mountain, it is not something that can be solved by a small number of people at all, and it is a bit dangerous to climb on this steep slope, and a random stone on the top of the mountain can kill and injure a large number of Yuan soldiers.

Chalida used his life and the heads of a thousand of his men to verify how many people could be killed by a single stone, and the rest of the people were either shielded, some were hidden, and some even found stakes to build a fence.

"I have to go when it's dark, continue to send people to attack the mountain, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

Zhang Hongfan had a cold face and didn't say a little emotion, at this time, if he didn't issue a strong military order, I am afraid that no one would rush forward.

The sky is getting dark, but it still does not affect the aiming of the cannons, and no matter how many warships are dispatched, there are almost no warships that can be driven to the wharf of the fishing village at the bottom of the mountain without taking a single shot. They also had to divide their forces to fight the Song army under Wang Po, covering the ship loaded with soldiers to force their way ashore, and the damage in the process was also quite serious.

These ships, which had already withdrawn from the battlefield, were already very reluctant to get into the range of the cannons again, and the morale of the already low morale was even lowered. Fortunately, Zhang Hongfan was prescient, and all the people sent out were from his headquarters, if it was a ragtag army under Zhu Qing, it was estimated that there would be many deserters who were afraid of war.

When the warships of the two sides are in close contact, Zhao Tianyou's cannon here cannot be fired, and it is not so accurate at close range, and it is easy to accidentally injure friendly soldiers. He didn't expect the Yuan soldiers to invest so much strength to attack the mountain, but fortunately, Wang Po did not take the opportunity to collect the troops and turn around and flee, but continued to fight with the Yuan soldiers here, otherwise the people on the top of the mountain were really in danger.

"Three dogs, come on, and put the gun carriage from the new."

Zhao Tianyou made a strong effort with both hands, lifted the cannon body weighing hundreds of catties, and asked Sangou to adjust the position of the gun carriage and adjust the firing direction of the cannon to the dock of the fishing village, so that no matter who went ashore, he would have to take a shot first. Because the congenital conditions of the cannon position are insufficient, there are only two cannons that can correct the angle, but with these two cannons to fire, they can relieve a little pressure for Liu Jinli and them.

The sky was completely dark, and several lighted warships on the water became natural lanterns, shining on the sea, revealing the corpses of the fallen soldiers, an indescribable terrible smell.

Around the wharf of the fishing village where the battle was still fighting, more than a dozen Yuan soldiers had been destroyed, some of them were abandoned after the soldiers successfully went ashore, and some were the result of being killed by the Song army on board the boat.

"Lord Qiqi, our complete warship is almost gone. Now that there are many wounded and demoralized, it is better to slow down and let the sergeants rest for one night and fight again in the coming day! It was Zhang Hongfan's old subordinate who had spoken for many years, and he didn't dare to look him in the eyes with his head down.

Zhang Hongfan paused and said: "If it weren't for the love of the past, I would have beaten you with thirty military sticks soon, can you be guilty?" ”

"Master Zhang, turn around and take a look!" The outspoken dissuasive general pouted, knelt in front of him, and kowtowed.

Zhang Hongfan endured the pain and sat up from the chair, and climbed to the ship with the support of his own soldiers. More than half of the 300 new-style warships have been lost, and some of the warships that are still gathered behind them have withstood the shelling, and the ships are damaged and the soldiers have been seriously reduced.

And Zhu Qing's subordinates, whose strength was slightly damaged, retreated much farther than his own warship, and Zhu Qing himself hadn't sent someone over to discuss matters for a long time, and Zhang Hongfan wanted to see him, but it was estimated that he would be blocked.

"So much to lose? I'm in so much pain! ”

Zhang Hongfan was a little surprised, with a sour pain in his heart, and he walked around his heart. The 100,000-strong army boarded the ship from Chaozhou and went to sea, and fought more than ten battles one after another, exterminating tens of thousands of Song troops, while their own battle losses have always remained very low.

But when he turned around just now, the little light that represented the main sail of the ship in the night was already sparse, and this was the family wealth he had saved for many years of fighting, and it had become like this in just one day?

"Poof!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out from afar, Zhang Hongfan fell to the ground, and his subordinates hurriedly came to help, but he kept his eyes closed and unconscious.

Zhang Hongfan's prestige in the army is too heavy, also because of his high military literacy, he only has fierce generals and no wise and brave helpers.

In desperation, his subordinates hurriedly contacted Zhu Qing, who had been far away, and wanted him to come over to preside over the overall situation. But after waiting for a long time, Zhu Qing finally replied to the news, Zhu Qing had fallen ill from the wind and cold, and could not come to preside, and hoped that Zhang Hongfan's subordinates would command his ships together.

After discussion, several of Zhang Hongfan's main subordinates discussed and came up with a decision to temporarily withdraw the troops, but how could the soldiers who had already landed on the shore to attack the mountains be able to withdraw back?

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