Chapter 336: Burning the Shield Soldiers

Their hands were clutching the longbow, a Rush rocket was already on the string, and there was a special auxiliary soldier who was responsible for lighting the lead by his side, holding a burning incense stick in his hand, and they were waiting! They waited for the further movement of the Yuan army, waiting for them to come into range, and there were two assault rockets with fuses in the arrow magazine, and after three arrows they had to destroy the shield held high by the enemy under the city,

The gunpowder of the Song army still maintained a fixed firing frequency, and a little careful observation can show that the speed at which the Yuan army filled the gap that was blown up was getting slower and slower, and even the gap in some places was not filled for a long time.

The tall shields held by the Yuan army were balanced between weight and toughness, and the shield surface was woven with tough and light wicker, which made the shield as large as possible, and at the same time could be easily used with one arm.

The main protective target is not the cannonball, but the bow and arrow fired by the enemy, because the Yuan army is good at horse shooting, and at the same time they are also afraid of being shot by the enemy's bow and arrow, so the variety of this large shield appeared, and its biggest mission is to protect the safety of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty.

This time it was used by Kublai Khan outside the city of Bazhou, and he really had no choice, the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty were good at fighting and drinking, and the research on technology was very rough, and it can be said that most of them were taken. If you don't know how to do it, just grab their craftsmen and work for us, so why bother to learn it yourself?

Guo Shoujing, who studied water conservancy and astronomy, had some achievements with the support of Kublai Khan, but there was no capable person in the military to study anything useful. The primitive artillery used by Genghis Khan during the Western Expedition was also made after capturing the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty, although the effect was good after using it several times, and it also defeated the Europeans and Arabs, but the shortcomings of difficult movement and slow walking could not be overcome.

At that time, Genghis Khan's blitzkrieg was the best in the world, relying on the tenacity and hard-working characteristics of Mongolian horses, as well as the Mongolian cavalry grew up on horseback, which could run long distances without affecting the battle, and of course, the least admirable means was their supply methods.

On the way to the west, the soldiers ran so fast, where could the food supply keep up, except for ordinary soldiers who could hold on for three or four days with dried meat and water, it was the notorious killing policy. Wherever we killed, where people lived, our granaries, cutting off the heads of our enemies, robbing them of their food, and setting fire to their homes, this was the most common way they could supply along the way.

"Rocket, prepare!"

The officer in charge of the observation gave the order, and the shield bearers of the Yuan army, carrying the bombardment of the cannonballs, pressed the battle line forward a dozen paces, and had already entered the range of the archers. While the archers of the Song army at the head of the city were preparing, the archers of the Yuan army moved quickly forward from the rear formation, quickly approached behind the shield bearer, and then bent down and squatted down to hide behind the shield.

Because they threw bows and arrows upward, they suffered more than the Song army on the head of the city, so they had to continue to advance a few steps before they were sure to shoot their bows and arrows on the top of Bazhou City.

"Burst rocket, release!"

The bowstring that had been fully drawn suddenly loosened, and the sudden rockets that were already snorting white smoke shot out, humming in the air, dragging a long tail of white smoke, shooting at the Yuan army holding a large shield under the city.

"Snort!"

"Snort!"

Numerous rockets were nailed to the shield, and after the gunpowder burned violently, the tough wicker on the shield was ignited, and smoke and flames rose from the entire shield. The assault rockets on the head of the city fired another round, more shields were ignited, and thick fireworks rose in front of the Yuan army's battle line, and the ranks, which had always been solemn and orderly, panicked.

The shield in his hand burst into flames, and the shield hand couldn't help but put it down, and used everything he could get his hands and feet to cover up and extinguish the flames on the shield, but another round of sudden rockets came over, completely breaking up the shield battle line of the entire Yuan army.

The endurance of the shield corps was already at its limit, and without the replenishment of the reserves, the already loose battle line completely collapsed in a very short time. The burning shield was thrown everywhere, in order to make the wicker more flexible and powerful, Zeng Jing was soaked in tung oil during processing, which became the shield's fatal weakness at this time, and it was difficult to extinguish once it was burned.

The archers, who were mixed with the shield bearers, lost the protection of the shield bearers, and were just about to start firing arrows to counterattack, when the cannonballs and armor-piercing cones at the head of the city, as well as various firearms, smashed down together.

When they were completely exposed, the shieldmen were at a loss, and without their shields they didn't even have bows and arrows, whether to continue to charge forward or return to the camp, and they didn't get a clear order, so they stood there and looked at each other for a moment.

The fighters are fleeting, if they don't have a shield and turn around and run, and bring back the large troops behind them, the losses of the Yuan army today are these, and they will not continue to expand. If Kublai Khan had seen the situation with his own eyes, I am afraid that he would have immediately issued an order for the entire army to retreat, but it is a pity that all the information he knew was slightly processed by his subordinates.

Just now it has come to the moment of beating the drum to win the decisive battle, all the armies and soldiers of different tasks have entered the state of decisive battle, you dare to run back, who gave you the order? Even if you run back and be dealt with by military law, you will definitely die.

The fire and smoke caused by the shield stained the entire battlefield with great strength, and the archers of the Yuan army in the first line were covered and strangled by the rain of arrows falling from the city before they could shoot an arrow, and soon it was the turn of the main attacking force holding the leather shield.

It is not possible for them to rush up on their own, it is not the meat that was sent to the wolf's mouth for nothing, they are waiting for those companions who have just come to their senses and are rushing forward with the ladder on their shoulders, only when they rush to the foot of the city wall to erect the ladder, they will have the direction of impact.

"Woo! Come on! ”

Hundreds of squads ran up carrying the ladder, and they no longer needed any cover at this time, no matter how they rushed and ran, they were already the targets that the Song army at the head of the city wanted to kill. They didn't have the ability to fight back, so they only relied on the helmet armor on their heads, and some bloodstained raw cowhide as the first layer of protection, and rushed down the city wall with their legs against the armor-piercing cone pouring down like a torrential rain.

Sharp arrows hit the head, collided with the helmet made of metal and cowhide, making a clattering sound, and of course, there were unlucky guys who were shot through the helmet by an arrow and lost their lives.

Zhao Tianyou shouted loudly at the head of the city, asking the firearms battalion and archers to speed up their shooting, and give priority to knocking out these hundreds of Yuan army squads that were fighting against the clouds.

"Yes, yes, blow them up, shoot the one who takes the lead first, yes, yes! Shoot well! ”

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