"Tartar cavalry!" I don't know who exclaimed, and the already chaotic camp completely exploded.

Zhang Cheng chuckled in his heart, pulled out his saber, and quickly walked up to the watchtower.

Behind him, the naval warships on the Hanshui River were desperately fighting back against the stone bullets flying in the sky, and finally made the stone bullets that fell into the camp a lot less. And in the other direction, the black wave swept over, and I don't know how many horses' hooves trampled the muddy earth.

The heavens and the earth trembled, and the Mongol cavalry calmly divided into two teams to bypass their own foot soldiers, and sometimes converged to revert into a surprise posture.

This is definitely the elite of the Mongolian cavalry, and it may even be the cavalry of the Golden Family's headquarters. Zhang Cheng's heart has already raised his throat, the Mongolian cavalry is the most elite of all the Mongolian cavalry, which will not be mixed with the Tang Wu, Beiting people and other affiliated ethnic groups, and the Mongolian Khan's guards - known as the world's first iron cavalry cowardly Xue Army, is the elite selected from the cavalry of the headquarters.

Regardless of the cowardly Xue army, most of these Mongolian cavalry are also the sons of noble meritorious soldiers, their grandparents followed Genghis Khan's Daxu to sweep through Europe and Asia, and in their generation, in the battle of Ezhou and other Mongolian and Song battlefields, they are still invincible.

According to the information provided by Jinyiwei, most of Ashu's 150,000 troops were foot soldiers, and they were all surrendered troops of the rebellion of Li Lan in Shandong, so their combat strength was not strong, and they barely served as cannon fodder for attacking camps and cities. In order to prevent this hard-managed army from being defeated on the banks of the Han River, Kublai Khan deliberately withdrew a 10,000-strong cavalry team from the Mongolian headquarters and handed it over to the commander of Ashu for emergencies.

Every time he fought with Ah Shu before, this Mongolian cavalry did not move, but this time it was a great opportunity to pull out the thorn in the eye of the Yingzhou sailor on the opposite bank, and Ah Shu finally sent this powerful Mongolian cavalry.

And it was to take the lead, apparently intending to knock the camp straight away with the first impact.

The cavalry of the Mongolian headquarters was worthy of its name, and the distance was still far away, and tens of thousands of people turned their horses' heads to the side in unison, and they were not in a hurry to crash into the range of the Song army's bow and crossbow. It is like a pack of wolves on the prairie that is bound to win, constantly roaming, just waiting for the opponent to show even the slightest flaw, and can kill the opponent with the most fierce attack.

"Bed crossbow, ready!" One of them leaned his head against the wall. The same frown.

They are sailors, there are no normal foot soldiers, those foot armor and other heavy armor, not even spears and spears such as horse repellents, after all, no one would have thought that one day the sailors would have to sit in the camp to face the Mongolian cavalry.

But how should it be fought or how should it be fought, this is Fan Tianshun's Yingzhou Water Division, and the soldiers are blazing. will be in a nest, but Fan Tianshun is not a weak and incompetent person, and is even a fierce general.

Zhang Cheng looked back with some concern.

The Han water is still stalemate, and Mongolia has obviously made a bloody investment this time, and the stone bullets of the trebuchet have not stopped. Being smashed by such a split head and covering the face, even a building ship is difficult to hold onto, after all, the ship board of this era is not so thick, not to mention any watertight cabin and the like, once the bottom of the ship is smashed through, it will only be a sunken ship.

In the smoke of gunpowder from the explosion of a firearm. Fan Tianshun's flag is still flying on the flagship, perhaps this is already a blessing in misfortune.

"Blasting the ice and going to the north shore!" Blood flowed from the corners of Fan Tianshun's forehead, but he couldn't care about it so much now. The front deck was littered with countless stones and holes, large and small, and Meng Chong, who was guarding the left and right sides of the flagship, had sunk without a trace at this time.

Among the stone projectiles and arrows, the flagship ship of the Yingzhou Navy Division was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, violently tearing through a thin layer of ice around it. The soldiers rushed to the bow of the ship with shields and stone bullets raining down, and threw the thistles at the ice not far away.

At this time, going up to the top is the only way to survive in a desperate situation, and these soldiers who are still a little afraid of thistles still have this little timidity in their hearts. In the roaring explosion, the flagship ship took the lead. Three or four building ships rushed to the center of the Hanshui River one after another. The Mongol trebuchets were so close to the shore that it was difficult to hit the ships in the middle of the river.

"Hit!" Without waiting for the Mongols to react, Fan Tianshun roared angrily.

Bed crossbows and trebuchets that had been prepared for a long time whistled at the same time, pouring out their anger on their unsuspecting opponents. And several other building ships also quickly came up. Even across the hull, the soldiers stood on the side of the ship frantically pulling the trigger of the crossbow.

The Mongol trebuchets had to retreat as far as possible, and Fan Tianshun did not dare to continue to confront them on the Han River, after all, people could run on the shore, and no one could escape from the sinking of the ship in such a cold day.

"Leave the two building ships to continue shooting, and the rest of the warships will return to the camp with a certain one." There was also a continuous sound of fighting in the camp on the shore. made Fan Tianshun quite worried.

It is true that his sons and daughters are dominant, but if you have to face the fierce Mongolian cavalry, it is really more than lucky.

Sure enough, it is more than lucky! Zhang Cheng couldn't help but sigh secretly, if it wasn't for his quick eyes and hands just now, he would have gone straight down from the watchtower, I am afraid that the dense arrows that suddenly roared were enough to shoot him into a hedgehog.

Even so, there were still four or five corpses of Song Jun left on the watchtower.

The Mongolian cavalry really came quickly, and the cavalry who were slowly wandering around the camp did not know how, and suddenly all of them accelerated, like an arrow from the string that grazed in front of the wall of the Song military camp, and the arrow that had already pulled the bowstring on the road was able to rush into the Song army camp in front of the god arm crossbow and the bed crossbow.

The soldiers who had been in control of the bed crossbow and the god arm crossbow were waiting for them because they were unobstructed and suffered heavy losses. It wasn't until the Mongol cavalry came full circle that the Song soldiers reacted, but the arrows fired by the bed crossbow and the divine arm crossbow only caused insignificant casualties among the Mongol cavalry.

Perhaps this is the only cavalry that can make the crossbowmen of the Song army alone suffer losses. Witnessing such a ferocious Mongolian cavalry cavalry, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but take a long breath, he knew very well that even if the Tianwu Army came, it would probably be difficult to get any benefits in front of this cavalry, and sure enough, the word "strong army" was not called in vain.

The Mongol cavalry did not seem to be in a hurry to storm the camp, but let the foot soldiers who came one after another to attack first. Perhaps in their opinion, the cavalry shooting just now was enough to make the Song soldiers frightened, and they didn't need the cavalry to go on the field again.

There was this elite cavalry in the rear. The Mongol Han soldiers plucked up the courage to rush forward. It's just that it turns out that the Song army is not so easy to mess with, and the dense arrows soon came overwhelmingly, and all the anger from the cavalry blow just now was poured out on these somewhat unlucky foot soldiers.

The Mongolian cavalry behind the formation also seemed to find that the blow to the Song army did not seem to be as big as imagined, and had no choice but to turn the horse's head again.

"Assault rifle!" Zhang Cheng roared almost subconsciously. Just now, Du Yuhou, who was in charge of the overall command of the Yingzhou Naval Division, fell with an arrow, so although the Song soldiers above and below the wall counterattacked fiercely, they had already lost an inch, and several of them were actually fighting on their own.

Hearing Zhang Cheng's reminder, several heads woke up like a dream. Hundreds of soldiers armed with assault rifles quickly climbed the wall. And at this very moment, the Mongol cavalry had already drawn their bowstrings!

"Da Song!" One of the soldiers hissed and roared, not even looking at the rushing arrows, and the assault rifle in his hand trembled fiercely.

"Da Song!" The soldiers with assault muskets did not flinch, allowing the arrows to pierce their flesh and blood, hoping that the assault muskets in their hands could shoot out steadily.

Thin iron bullets from the assault rifles spilled out of the chambers, and one after another Song sergeants who were heading straight for the Mongol cavalry fell in rows.

But just across their walls, the elite riders of the Mongolian headquarters, who were still showing off their might just now, were like dead grass broken by the wind!

Zhang Cheng split an arrow that was about to wipe his cheek, and then picked up the divine arm crossbow on the ground. Pull the trigger sharply. More crossbowmen did not hesitate to stand where their companions had just stood, and the panicked expressions of the Mongol cavalry were close at hand!

Arrows pierced the chest, and the same blood was dripping; Faces looked at each other across the wall, the same hideous and terrifying.

The thin walled wall was stained red with blood in an instant, and the Mongol cavalry, who had lost two or three hundred men, retreated in a somewhat embarrassed formation. And with their cover, the Mongol infantry had already stormed the vicinity of the wall, and their spears were pointed at the sky, and they were inclined downward with the order, and they could stab the defenders on the wall with their spears.

"It's coming so fast." Zhang Cheng couldn't help but take a soft breath. Stones and arrows slashed over his head and fell into the formation of Mongol foot soldiers.

Later, Fan Tianshun finally led the building boat back to help.

"Resist. Resist! The leaders of the Yingzhou Sailors roared angrily, slashing the spears that pierced the walls. More sailors stood behind them, and as long as one person in front fell, one person behind him would fill in without hesitation.

Perhaps these soldiers did not have much training. Maybe these soldiers are more to show the majestic posture of the Han family men on the water, but now none of them flinched, because they knew that they had no way back, because they knew that they were Yingzhou sailors and Da Song Erlang. It was Fan Tianshun's soldiers.

On both sides of the wall, blood flowed everywhere, stained red with snow and mud.

Rao is Zhang Cheng has also experienced a lot of battles, and at this time, he had to secretly sigh in his heart, in this battle, the Yingzhou Navy Division fought indomitable and hard!

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"Crossing the river?" Zhang Shijie frowned tightly.

"That's right, Li appeased the request, or rather, asked the Zhen Navy to cross the river, and has already sent two Huai Shui Divisions to come." Guo Chang smiled bitterly and pointed to the letter on the table.

Just when the three of them were in trouble about where to go for the town navy, Li Tingzhi's letter was delivered to the desk no sooner or later. Su Liuyi carefully looked at the handwriting on it, and finally could only shake his head and say: "It was not written by someone else, I have worked with Li Anfu for some years, and his handwriting is very clear, you can also see this Yu Hou." ”

Zhang Shijie responded with a wry smile, he was the commander of the two Huaishui divisions at the beginning, and Li Tingzhi's words were naturally recognized, it really didn't look like a forgery, especially some of Li Tingzhi's typical secret notes were clearly reflected on it.

"Then what should we do, we can't lead the army across the river without asking the envoy." Guo Chang said softly, "The town navy crossed the river, I think it was Li Anfu who was afraid that the Mongolian Tatars would really make a move in Lianghuai, so he wanted us to help with the defense, and he himself should know very well that if he wants to really mobilize the town navy, he doesn't have such a ability." ”

"Let's ask Xia Song this kid first." Zhang Shijie frowned and said. The current capital of the two Huai Shui Divisions is Xia Gui's Yanai Xia Song, and he is the most important deputy who has been following Zhang Shijie at the beginning, in other words, Xia Song is actually a person in half of the Tianwu Army faction.

Regarding Xia Song's obvious bias towards Ye Yingwu's attitude, Xia Gui did not stop him, he was originally a high-powered general, and he didn't buy much for Jia Yidao and Jiang Wanli, his son was biased towards Ye Yingwu's side, and it could be regarded as betting on the side, even if there was really any accident, with Xia Gui's status and status, no one could do anything to Xia Song.

"I'm afraid I can't ask anything." Guo Chang said softly, "It is estimated that Xia Dutong is also the second monk who can't figure out his head. ”

"The only way now is to send a van across the river first." Su Liuyi, who had been silent, finally spoke, "It can not only show that the town navy is not avoiding the war, but also explain to the envoy." Otherwise, we can't sit idly by and watch the turmoil in Jiangbei and Huainan. ”

The last sentence Su Liuyi finally didn't say it, but looked at Zhang Shijie, Zhang Shijie took a breath lightly, and did not deliberately lower his voice: "The general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside, and I think that General Su's strategy is feasible." ”

will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. Guo Chang couldn't help but smile bitterly, the two bosses are going to hug Ye Yingwu's yellow robe. However, this can only be regarded as a slander, Guo Chang nodded hurriedly: "There is nothing to be done now, the six doors and the Jinyi Guard will fully cooperate, and the specific matters will be finalized by the two generals, and there are still some heads and tails on the Lin'an side, so I will sort it out first." ”

"Where's the eldest brother?" Zhang Shijie was a little surprised to find that Li Si did not follow.

"I went back to Yizhou Island directly from Shaoxing Mansion, after all, he came this time mainly for the little lady Huang, who was able to accompany his little brother to go to a few state capitals in Jiangnan, and he had done his duty," Guo Chang said with a smile, "To tell the truth, the elder brother and the little lady Huang are really eyebrow-raising and dramatic." ”

Su Liuyi slapped Guo Chang's head fiercely: "Xusheng, don't always think about this kind of thing. ”

Zhang Shijie on the side could only smile helplessly.

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Ye Yingwu sat quietly in the conference hall.

Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu on one side looked at him a little nervously, while Jiang Hao and Yang Bao on the other side were not so much nervous as eager to try, these two guys were obviously angry that Wang Jin had robbed them of their jobs now.

"The Yingzhou Sailor is now in danger, and more importantly, Zhang Cheng is in the Yingzhou Sailor Camp." Ye Yingwu finally opened his mouth to break the silence, "There are still two Huai who are not at peace, one by one, they are turning tigers away from the mountains and hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, which is lively enough." ”

"The last general thinks that the top priority is to go north to rescue the Yingzhou Sailors." Jiang Hao said loudly, "The front compartment of the Tianwu Army is willing to take on this important task!" ”

Ye Yingwu glanced at him obliquely: "Going north to rescue, is the Jiangdu commander planning to take hundreds of people north like before?" If the commander of Jiang Du has this confidence, he may as well promise you. ”

Ye Yingwu brought up the old matter again, Rao is Jiang Hao was thick-skinned, but he couldn't help but smile, took a step back, and didn't say a word. And Yang Bao took a breath lightly, obviously now that Jun's temper is not good, he is still standing here safely.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Yingwu said lightly: "Yingzhou Sailor still has to be saved, but we don't have the ability to go up hard, after all, the Tianwu Army does not have the ability to fight to the death with Ah Shu under Xiangyang City, not to mention that even if the Tianwu Army and Ah Shu fight outside the city, I doubt that the Lu family brothers will wait and see what happens." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I can only surround Wei to save Zhao." Ye Yingwu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This time Ah Shu can be regarded as holding the lifeblood of Xiangyang, without the Yingzhou Water Division, it is really difficult to cover the entire section of the Han River with the Xingzhou Water Division, as long as there are more Mongolian trebuchets, it can discourage us." However, how many people can be withdrawn from the Yingzhou Navy Division can only be left to fate, Yang Bao and Jiang Hao obey the order! ”

"The last general!" The two stood up without hesitation. (To be continued.) )