But the bigger trouble was still on the river, Tath also saw Kong Pei's fleet, he habitually thought that the Southern Song Dynasty court had sent reinforcements, and planned to play a good show of encirclement and reinforcement in the open space of a few hundred meters between Yingzhou City and the Han River. So while letting his subordinates continue to attack the city, he personally returned to the west of the city with thousands of main cavalry, preparing to launch a surprise attack as soon as the Southern Song Dynasty ships docked, and wiped out all the Southern Song reinforcements on the river bank, and by the way to see if he could also snatch these huge ships. In this way, he no longer has to cut trees to build rafts, with these big ships, he thinks that he can directly load the Mongolian cavalry and go down the river and fight all the way to Lin'an.

As an army general, Tath was very qualified and knowledgeable in this era, at least following the Great Khan's expedition to Central Asia. But the problem is that he really hasn't played with the navy, let alone sea ships, even if it's a big ship on the river, he can't see much, he can't distinguish things like ship types, and he doesn't understand the difference between warships and cargo ships. In fact, not to mention a pure army like Tasi, even if the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy came, they couldn't understand the substantial differences between Kong Pei's warships and cargo ships in addition to their shapes, sails, and masts.

If you are backward in thinking, you will be beaten! This was also the case when Monk Lingqin led the Eight Banners cavalry to charge the machine guns of the British. Most people have only two reactions to the unknown, one is fear and the other is fearlessness, and Tath and Sanglingqin belong to the latter.

Kong Pei belongs to the kind of wilted person, who doesn't talk much on the surface and is very steady, but in his heart he is worse than anyone else and more ruthless than anyone else, especially in combat. He was a professional soldier with formal training. Also on the battlefield. There are more ways to kill the enemy and how to effectively kill the enemy than Hong Tao. And he knew better about the tactics of the army of this era, especially the Mongol army.

As soon as Tath's side moved, Kong Pei knew what the other party was going to do, so he deliberately sold a flaw, so that most of the cargo ships transporting troops stopped in the middle of the river, and he took two warships and a cargo ship and slowly approached the dock, and was about to land. However, he and Wen Nan had already discussed it in the flag language. The landed Southern Song army was only allowed to assemble on the dock and was not allowed to leave the dock.

How did Tath know that he had met such a bad master, when he saw the big ship of the Southern Song Dynasty landing, even the sails fell, and he put down the gangplank to transport troops to the shore, and his teeth were about to laugh. At this time, he thought that these three big ships must be his own, so he rushed up with the Mongolian cavalry, intending to drive the Southern Song soldiers into the river in one go, but also to board the ships and seize the ships. This is a big credit. When he returned to Xiangyang in the big boat, he stopped in front of the prince. The great hero of the Middle Route Army in this southward battle is himself, and anyone who sees him has to pick a thumbs up, saying that he is worthy of being the descendant of Mu Huali!

It's a pity that he was greeted not by the bows and arrows of the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers, but by rows of iron balls, iron balls flying at high speed! No matter how brave the Mongol cavalry was, no matter how good it was to die, no matter how skilled it was, it would be useless in the face of these iron balls. You love to see death as if you were home, you have to kneel! Kong Pei was a ruthless man, in order to better kill and injure the Mongol cavalry, he actually gave up the hundreds of Southern Song soldiers on the dock, and did not order the cannon until the Mongol cavalry entered the charging stage. More than 100 meters! The Mongolian cavalry didn't even have a chance to turn around, and more than thirty large iron balls flew over with a roar, and they couldn't stop at all. Breaking a human body or horse body still has to fly forward, until it can't hit anything, it is still whistling and flying, and many iron balls directly collapsed on the city wall of Yingzhou City, and the city wall also hit a lot of big holes.

"Aren't you afraid that a round of artillery fire will not be able to defeat the Mongol cavalry, and let them touch the side of the ship and rob your ship?" This time, it was Hong Tao's turn to listen to other people's stories, and whenever Kong Pei talked about the key points, he had to ask questions honestly.

"It's all thanks to Mr.'s artifact that Pei has the courage to do this. I have seen the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry, their horses will be frightened when they hear the fireworks during the festival, so the place near the camp in Dengzhou City is not allowed to set off fireworks, and the violators will be beheaded immediately! Moreover, there are still five or six 80-mm small guns on the battleship that have not been fired, and they are full of grapeshot shells, if the enemy rushes to the front, and those Southern Song Dynasty soldiers dare not resist, I will shoot them together, and the soldiers dare not fight, what is the use of coming? Food is wasted! Kong Pei's answer was not emotional at all, but Hong Tao liked it, war is not an emotional thing, whoever is more rational and cold-blooded will be the most suitable for the battlefield.

In the end, Kong Pei did not have the opportunity to shoot and kill the enemy and me, not because of how brave the Southern Song army was, but because the Mongol cavalry was stupid by the artillery, including their war horses. Under the fire of dozens of cannons, the Mongolian cavalry that charged intensively was disabled in an instant, and the remaining undead and unwounded, and the frightened war horses fled in all directions, not to mention the attack, there was not a single war horse that could be controlled. When the Kongpei battleship was loaded with the second round of shells, even the target could not be found, and there was nothing left in front of the dock except a large number of stumps, broken arms and wailing, and even the Southern Song army on the dock all crawled on the ground. At the beginning, Kong Pei was secretly admiring the well-trained Southern Song Dynasty army, and he actually knew that he would lie down when he heard the sound of cannons, which must have been instructed by a master. Later, after a closer look, I found that those Southern Song Dynasty soldiers were not lying down, but kneeling on the ground and kowtowing and praying, praying that the gods would not rain the thunder on their heads.

Seeing that there were no Mongol cavalry to shoot in front of him, Kong Pei was not idle, so he simply extended his shot, ordered all the naval guns to aim at the Mongol infantry who were still poking and poking under the city wall, and fired another round. As a result, the lethality of this round of shooting was not good, most of the shells did not hit anyone, and a few of them actually hit the city wall, almost not breaking the city wall.

Not lethal, but deterrent enough. The remnants of the Mongol infantry immediately fell into disarray, running towards the north like a swarm, if the defenders in Yingzhou City could take advantage of the situation to chase them out, it would be a great victory, maybe a battle of annihilation. It's a pity that the defenders were also frightened by the sound of artillery, and did not chase them out in time. But it was too late, the Mongol army came fast and ran fast, and only caught a hundred and ten routed soldiers who got lost and ran around, and lost a chance for a big victory.

Don't look at these Southern Song Dynasty literati who can't fight the war, but they are all very good at doing the aftermath work. An unexpected defeat stunned them into a strategically planned and well-arranged war of annihilation. The Mongol cavalry killed by artillery was the most powerful trophy, and there were not only the real Mongol cavalry, but also their commander, the commander of this elite army, Tasi Wanhu. Because he led the cavalry to charge Kong Pei's battleship, he was the first to be unjustly killed, and his body was broken into two pieces by the ship's guns. Fortunately, his armor and face were still intact, and the defenders of Yingzhou City came to work on him, and it took him half a day to sew his body well, and immediately sent a fast horse to Ezhou with a war report to report the good news.

"Sir, they lie about the military! I read the battle report, saying that it was the annihilation of the enemy by 5,000, and Wen Nan signed it and asked me to sign it, but I refused. Speaking of this battle report, Kong Pei was very dissatisfied, not because his fleet was written as a supporting role in the war report, but mainly because the content was too far from the truth. This kind of war report back to the rear is not only not beneficial, but also causes trouble to the Southern Song Dynasty government, and it is impossible to figure out how many enemies there are.

"Regardless of them, it's right if you don't sign it, we are not Song people, there is no need to grab credit with them, even if you beat Wokotai to death, it is impossible to become a big official in the Southern Song Dynasty, after all, we are all outsiders, not from their group. This kind of good thing can fall on Wen Nan's head, Luo Youde also has a share, but you and I have no share. Lao Kong, do you want that kind of honor? Hong Tao understands Kong Pei's mood very well, who risked his life to fight for a long time, and finally became a supporting role that was not very important, he would not feel comfortable. But this ideological work must be done, not to mention Kong Pei, even if he goes out in person, he still can't grab these credits. In fact, Hong Tao really can't look down on these credits, what's the use of grabbing them? Could it be that you want the Southern Song Dynasty court to make yourself a king with a different surname? That's not, only blind people think like this.

"I just don't understand what we're fighting for...... Sir, in terms of military combat effectiveness alone, the Southern Song Dynasty sent a lot of Mongolia, so why do we have to help this imperial court? Kong Pei habitually looked left and right, and after confirming that it was in Hong Tao's captain's room, he whispered a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time, why?

"Hey, hey, hey...... Lao Kong, that's a good question! I've been waiting for someone to ask me this question, but unfortunately no one asked, and since you asked it today, I'll tell you what I think, and you'll hear it. ”

"Why should I go to such great lengths to help the Great Song Dynasty? There is only one reason, that is, because this court can be good neighbors with us and can benefit our children and grandchildren. The court of the Great Song Dynasty is just as good as you said militarily. They only pondered how to prevent themselves from rebelling, and devoted all their energy to internal fighting, and they were often defeated when they encountered external enemies. However, when we look at an imperial court or a country, we must not only look at whether it can fight wars, but also look at its entirety in order to see clearly whether it is a qualified government, or whether it is in our own interests. Hong Tao was not frightened by Kong Pei's question, let alone how to convince him, this question will be asked sooner or later, and this question has been clearly explained by himself on the board of directors of Jinhewan, the reason is very simple, it is for the future development of Jinhewan. (To be continued.) )