Chapter 342: Retreat

The general who oversaw the battle could no longer give the order to attack, which was similar to jumping into a fire pit alive, and if the attack continued at this pace, another 100,000 people would be sent to death in vain. After that loud bang, the iron ball projectiles flew in all directions, and there was no way to dodge and prevent at all, as long as they hit one, they basically lost the ability to fight.

Kublai Khan rode a white horse and carried a golden gun, and under the escort of hundreds of personal guards, he stood on a low dirt slope to watch the battle, his expression was still grim and cold, but he did not have a bit of the domineering spirit that was proud of the world in the past.

The Song army once again slapped him in the face with new firearms, and the young warriors who followed his instructions and sacrificed their lives to rush forward fell in pieces in a loud explosion, and the artillery in the city began to fire in turns, making the already precarious situation even more difficult.

"Stop the attack, collect the troops and return to the camp!"

Kublai Khan held back for a long time, and finally gave the order to withdraw the troops, so that the hanging hearts of the people around him, from generals to soldiers, fell to the ground. Kublai Khan's pride made him refuse to bow his head, refused to stop fearless sacrifice, to see the situation in front of him clearly, and if his stubbornness persisted for a moment longer, more soldiers would lie in front of Bazhou City.

A large number of cavalry of the Yuan army came and retreated quickly, and some wounded soldiers who fell to the ground and could not stand on their legs crawled on the ground with two arms, and they also had to leave this killing battlefield opened by the king of Yama.

Countless cavalry and war horses were reimbursed in the insistence of this small meeting, plus this siege battle filled with human heads all day, nearly half of the 400,000 troops of the Yuan army suffered casualties, and the battle losses of 200,000 a day have surpassed Boyan's record in Guangzhou. Especially in the final storming battle, less than a stick of incense, 30,000 horses and horses lay on the ground, it was simply jumping into the fire pit to send people to their heads, it was a suicidal attack with no chance of winning and no meaning.

Looking at the dead bodies piled up everywhere outside the city, as well as thousands of struggling wounded soldiers, Zhao Tianyou's purpose of this trip was basically half completed, to defeat the last group of Kublai Khan's cavalry, that is, they could escape back to the grassland, I am afraid that in this life there will never be the idea of going south to invade again.

Of course, he hoped that Kublai Khan would continue to attack the city, so that he would save his boss's mind, and he would not need to chase and fight everywhere, and sit quietly at the head of the city, waiting for Kublai Khan to fight to the last soldier before it was perfect.

However, this is just Zhao Tianyou's wishful thinking, if Kublai Khan goes back today and thinks about it, he will find that Bazhou is a dead end, no matter how much he pays, no matter how many troops he recruits, he can't win.

No matter how brave the Yuan army was and how skilled they were, they couldn't get close to the Song army no matter how hard they tried, and this became a situation where you were only allowed to fight me, and I would never be able to beat you, which was the same as the absolute advantage that the Yuan army occupied when it first invaded the Song Dynasty.

The Song army lacked war horses and moved slowly, and in the flexible and mobile cavalry of the Yuan army, they could only be beaten passively, unable to threaten the cavalry of the Yuan army, and in the end they just turned around and fled. After decades of continuous warfare, the Song army did not find a way to fight against the Yuan army, and has been losing and retreating, and even the capital of Lin'an surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty.

The empress dowager took the little emperor to give up the throne and the country, only to ask the people of Lin'an not to be ruined, and the treasures of the treasury accumulated by the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years have also become the spoils of Kublai Khan. In such a situation, how can there be a flipping situation? There is only a small Qiongzhou Island left, and there are a few lonely cities by the sea, how can it be possible to block his general trend of dominating the world.

But the fact is that it happened, from Li Heng's failure in attacking Guangzhou to Zhang Hongfan's death by artillery in Yashan, one impossible thing after another, just like that. Boyan took four or five hundred thousand of the most elite soldiers, together with the material support of half of the Song Dynasty's dependencies, but he did not break through the city wall of Guangzhou within a foot distance.

However, Guangzhou City has been occupied by Lu Shikui once, and it didn't take much effort, how high can the combat effectiveness of the entire Han army under him be? Compared with Li Heng's mixed combat power of Mongolia and Han in his hands, he has checked a lot, why was he able to take Guangzhou City in five days?

Kublai Khan's mind was full of strange thoughts, could it be that the luck of the past two years had run out? The glory of the Great Mongol Empire, do you want to cut it off in my hands, no, I will never allow such a thing to happen.

At this time, Guo Shoujing asked to see him outside the tent, and Kublai Khan hurriedly called him in.

"Come in quickly, why haven't you spoken for the past few days, are you afraid that I will cut off your head in anger?"

Guo Shoujing took two steps forward, first bowed to the side after paying homage, and after the salute, leaned aside and bowed his head and said: "When the Great Khan was commanding the army to fight, I was a civilian official who did not understand the military, so what could I do if I was asked to speak, I am afraid it will disturb the Great Khan's mind."

I can't worry about the Great Khan, it's my incompetence, but now that I see that the war is so fierce, it's better for the Great Khan to return to the capital first, and when we find the art of breaking the enemy, it's not too late to share the victory with the Song people! ”

Guo Shoujing's words came at the right time, because Kublai Khan had already realized his impulsiveness and made the mistake of rushing forward, not only killing many outspoken civilian officials, but also losing nearly 200,000 ordinary soldiers.

If Guo Shoujing had said these words earlier, I am afraid that he would have become those corpses outside the account, and his head could not find his body, so he would have stayed here to make some fertilizer for his crops in the future.

"Return to Dadu...... Is the time now? ”

Kublai Khan had already approved Guo Shoujing's words in his heart, but this step was too steep, he couldn't come down, and it was still a small matter to lose face.

"Qi Qi Great Khan, these days, according to Weichen's night observation of the sky, the place of Bazhou City is the fierce place of the Great Khan, and the Song people have taken the lead in its transportation, so although our army is mighty, it has lost again and again. And the capital Yanjing is the blessed land of the Great Khan, and the well-being and luck of the kings of the past dynasties will be added to the Great Khan, and when that time comes, it will be difficult to defeat these Song armies! ”

After Guo Shoujing finished speaking, he hurriedly bent down and lowered his head, seemingly respectful and polite to Kublai Khan, but in fact he was hiding the crimson color on his face. Guo Shoujing's generation of strange people has insights beyond the times on astronomy and geography, especially the dredging and regulation of water conservancy and rivers, but he also has a little secret.

Only he knew about it, and he never said it to the ears of the two, that is, his face turned red as soon as he lied, and it was useless to hide it. So after he finished saying these lies he made up, he hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, for fear that Kublai Khan would see the abnormality on his face.

"So that's the case, it seems that the name of this Bazhou is not good, the number of heavenly luck, the talented people in the world should be Ruosi as the first. Naturally, I am convinced, but in front of everyone, I hope that Ruosi will go into more detail, and by the way, I will comfort the generals of the various tribes. ”

"Obey the order, you will definitely satisfy the Great Khan!"

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