Chapter 500: Meteor Tactics
Sun Hui, who was in the sky, did not see the Mongolian queen and her mysterious guardian on the ground at this moment, and his attention was completely focused on the distribution of the Mongol army.
He roughly calculated that the total number of the Mongol army should have exceeded 300,000.
He was not surprised by Kublai Khan's personal conquest. In fact, he had been mentally prepared for this day before, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.
Kublai Khan's move is actually very easy to understand: with more than 200,000 troops and half of the country's annual revenue, it has not been possible to take Xiangfan for several years, and Kublai Khan can be said to have completely lost patience.
The fall of Liu Cheng and Zhang Hongfan's water army also stimulated him to make such a move.
Sun Hui had already identified the location of Kublai Khan's imperial tent at this time, and he could have immediately launched an attack in the form of a "fire meteor", but he weighed the pros and cons and still did not act.
Just as Ye Chuchu said, at present, half of the Song Dynasty has fallen into the hands of the Yuan army, among the Mongols, Kublai Khan is an enlightened and benevolent monarch, and wants to take the road of sinicization, many people in the Mongolian aristocracy oppose Kublai Khan's rule, thinking that he is too "Sinicized" and his behavior is not "Mongolized" enough, but in leading the steppe army to attack the Song Dynasty in a big way, Kublai Khan proved himself to be a full Mongol. He combined the tactics created by Genghis Khan with the siege tactics he learned from the Central Plains and the first army, and while winning the battle, he proved that his military talent was not inferior to that of any Mongol general. He learned the strengths of Han culture, and combined the profound cultural knowledge and scientific and technological inventions of the Han people with the national traditions and courage of the Mongols. However, in the eyes of conservatives among the Mongols, Kublai Khan's love of Han Chinese culture undoubtedly meant a betrayal of the Mongol nation. When Kublai Khan launched his attack on the Song Dynasty, he developed a new tactic based on the traditional Mongol tactics: because the Mongol army had previously carried out brutal plundering and massacring of the cities after breaking through those stubbornly resistant, this practice was widely known, and he made full use of the Han people's familiarity and understanding of the Mongol methods of warfare, and offered to make peace with the Mongols if they could surrender to the Mongols. Kublai Khan's assurances, combined with his kindness to the refugees, won the trust of the Han Chinese. If he is killed now and replaced by a conservative and brutal guy to come to power, it will only be an unprecedented disaster for the Han people in the areas occupied by the Yuan army.
is still on the battlefield, it is better to defeat him in a dignified manner.
However, although he couldn't go down to kill Kublai Khan, he could still use the fortifications of the Yuan army to give Kublai Khan a dismount.
Sun Hui's goal turned to the "one-word cities" built by the Yuan army.
In fact, the "one-word city" is the earliest design proposed by the Xiangyang Shouchen of the Song Dynasty, and the "Song Hui Manuscript" contains: "Jingnan garrison in Za before the imperial army is under the control of Qin Qi, the right to Jingxi transfer judge and the right to know Xiangyang Mansion Zhang Dongyan: Xiangyang Mansion City Tower Pheasant Trench, the committee is magnificent...... From the northwest corner to the river bank stop more than 20 steps, to gradually decline; It is more than 330 steps to the north corner of the east to the riverbank, and the area is so vast that the enemy can anchor it. Xiangdu wants to move the north wall to the northwest corner to the river bank 22 steps, the northeast corner to the river bank 330 steps, and the two city corner group towers to connect, create two wild goose wing key head city. On the east wall, five horse faces were built, and there were fourteen war sheds on the upper wall, and one fort was built in the middle, two slow roads, and one city gate was opened. The west wall also opens a city gate, 14 on the security tent, and a slow road. The city is connected to the regimental building, each with a closed door, and the outer wall is covered with bricks. You can take care of Fancheng and respond to each other. And the two goose wings city gate can also attract military horses, surprisingly adaptable. If the north of Xiangyang City is not built and protected according to this article, then all military vehicles and horses and ships will not be moored, and the residents in the area will be abandoned. In addition, the terrain in the city of Xiangyang is very high, and the Hanjiang River falls in autumn and winter, its flow is very low, and there are few wells and springs in the city, and the water is often troubled. Today, if the Yanyi City is built and goes directly to the south of the Yangtze River, it is no different from the river moving into the city. And the north gate of this house is straight with Fancheng, the two cities stand, according to the big river, the enemy has no way to attack, it is really a great benefit. "This kind of fortification is designed to seal the river, draw water, and surprise the army, and is intended to expand the depth of defense. In the battle of Xiangfan, both the Song and Mongolian sides built "one-word cities", and their functions were generally similar.
The Mongolian side of the "word city" is mainly built by Ashu, Zhang Hongfan, won the essence of the Song people to build the city, on the land to Xiangfan Song army formed a tight blockade line, Lu Wenhuan once tried to break the blockade of the Yuan army, more than once led the Song army to take the initiative, but the Yuan army relied on the strong "word city" to give the Song army a lot of damage, so that the Song army has been unable to break through the blockade of the Yuan army.
Now the main force of the elite cavalry of the Mongols has arrived with Kublai Khan, and relying on the "Yizicheng" defense line, even if they lose in the field battle, they can calmly retreat to the "Yizicheng" defense line, so if you want to completely defeat the Mongol army, you must break the "Yizicheng" defense line.
Sun Hui flew forward for a while, spotted a "one-word city", and flew down with a roar.
A loud thunderous bang woke Kublai Khan from his sleep.
"Yes...... Was there an earthquake? A Mei Ji who was sleeping next to her felt the shaking of the bed and said in a panic.
Another loud bang came, and Kublai Khan saw a faint flash of red light outside the tent, and immediately straightened up, jumped out of bed, put on his robe, took the sword hanging on the tent wall, and walked out of the tent.
At this time, a large number of soldiers of the Su Guard army had gathered outside the tent, surrounding the imperial tent like an iron bucket, and when they saw Kublai Khan coming out, the soldiers saluted him one after another.
Kublai Khan looked at the fire rising in the distance, and his thick eyebrows gradually twisted into two black bumps.
"What's going on?" Kublai Khan asked.
Just as he finished speaking, a red light rose from the firelight, and after a circle, it roared down and struck a castle, which collapsed in a huge ball of fire.
The dazzling light of the fire pierced Kublai Khan's eyes with his hand, and he was terrified for a moment when he saw such a strange sight for the first time.
Kublai Khan was still like this, and the shock in the hearts of his generals was self-evident, accompanied by another explosion and the destruction of another castle, Kublai Khan found that some of the soldiers had their legs shaking, obviously terrified to the extreme.
"It's ...... Did the immortal heaven condemn me and wait? I don't know who said that.
"That's not immortality! It's Sun Hui, the demon of the Song Kingdom! An old and majestic voice came, and Kublai Khan heard it, it was Prime Minister Shi Tianze who was speaking.