Chapter 474 Raid Plan

When Ali Hague recalls the situation, he still seems to be a little afraid. Unlike Ah Shu and others, Ali Hague was the only Yuan army general who had personally seen the whole process of artillery bombardment.

"Back to the marshal, the enemy troops on Fancheng fired a total of six shells, the time of these six shells is almost the same, the last general was behind the catapult array at that time, after counting, our army lost four catapults, two were seriously damaged, and the shooters were killed 23 and wounded 18 people."

"General Ali Hague, please be seated." Boyan said, "The defenders of Xiangyang also used artillery yesterday, and we already know the situation. ”

Ali Hague was stunned for a moment and said: "The defenders of Xiangyang also have artillery?" The last general thought that the defenders of Fancheng had it. ”

"Yes, the army of the Southern Dynasties not only had artillery, but also a large number of muskets." Ah Shu nodded.

"Muskets? And what is it? ”

"It should also be a type of firearm."

Ali Hague, who had no concept, said "oh" and said: "Dashuai, then how should we deal with it?" ”

Ah Shu said: "Ali Hague, Kong Yuan, in the future, when you encounter the muskets of the Southern Dynasty, regardless of the three, seven and twenty-one, immediately order the archers to shoot, as long as the speed of our army is one step faster, maybe the muskets can be suppressed, as for the artillery, there is no way to deal with it at present, however, according to the estimate of this commander, the number of artillery or the ammunition of the artillery of the Southern Dynasty is limited, otherwise, as long as hundreds of artillery pieces are fired together, our army will definitely not be able to compete." In recent days, our army has suspended the attack on Fancheng and the east of Xiangyang, and instead attacked the north and west gates of Xiangyang to see if there is also artillery. In addition, while everyone was thinking of a way, they waited for the emperor's instructions so as not to increase the unnecessary casualties of our army. ”

"Yes, Marshal."

In the following days, the Yuan army stopped bombarding the two cities of Xiangfan and launched an attack from the northwest two directions of Xiangyang City, and after another artillery bombardment, the Yuan army completely stopped the siege. In the next few days, the only battle was only in the eastern part of Lumen Mountain, where Atahai and the Suizhou army led by Xia Gui fought several painless skirmishes, and the victory and defeat were equal.

At the end of May, I received a message from Chengdu from Tian Xiuyan, saying that he had arrived in Chengdu on the evening of 18 May, and after discussing in detail the plan of action with General Gao Gao and General Zan Wanshou, he was scheduled to set off for the south on 28 May, and as planned, he would launch an attack on 10 June with the troops of the Guangxi Military Region, the Miaojia Military Region, and Sariwei. This time to the south, the Sichuan Military Region sent all the officers and men of the 27th Chamber with General Lou Anbang as the commander, and General Chen and General Gao accompanied them, while General Zan Wanshou stayed in Chengdu.

Tian Xiuyan on the west road has news, but Yin Yinglei, who has already gone to sea, can't send back the news, and the communication is backward, so he can only wait for them to land, but I have always been very worried about whether the advance column can land smoothly, although there are not many Yuan troops at the established landing site, but such a huge fleet must not be able to escape the surveillance of the Yuan army, but no matter what, there will be a big war on the east coast.

In June, the southwest and east coasts, as well as Xiangyang, which is at war, will enter a state of war, and it will be a day of full bloom.

Kublai Khan, how will he deal with it?

In the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the newly appointed deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Wuliang Hetai, hurriedly came to the palace. For firearms, Wuliang Hetai has a deep understanding, and the battle to destroy gold more than 30 years ago is still vivid. At that time, Wuliang Hetai, who was still the commander of the cowardly Xue Army, saw his boss, Captain Helong Wanlong, the righteous son of Ogedai Khan, being blown to pieces, and at that moment, Wuliang Hetai was stunned and seemed to stop thinking.

"Your Majesty, Xiangyang urgently reported that the Southern Dynasty army used firearms."

"Firearms?" After Kublai Khan read Ashu's urgent report, he said, "The power of the artillery is so huge, it is wider than the range of my return artillery. ”

Wuliang Hetai nodded and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister remembers that in the battle to destroy the Jin, the Jin people used artillery, they called it the earth-shaking thunder, its power is indeed very great, when the bombardment, its sound is like thunder, deafening, fortunately, the Jin people at that time only had two artillery, our army was able to break the city smoothly." Judging from the battle report in Xiangyang, the Southern Dynasty army had at least 30 artillery pieces, and the explosion range seemed to be much larger than that of the original artillery of the Jin people. ”

Kublai Khan frowned slightly and said: "It seems that this is the secret weapon of Zhao Yu of the Southern Dynasty, Yang Lian Zhenjia and General Shi have mentioned the muskets of the Southern Dynasty, but I didn't expect that there would be more powerful artillery." ”

"Your Majesty, Ah Shu and Boyan on the front line are also analyzed, firearms are the reliance of the Southern Dynasty."

Kublai Khan bowed slightly, and then fell into deep thought. At this time, the cowardly Xue who was on duty outside the door entered the door and said: "Report, Your Majesty, Lord Shenzun and Lord Emperor have arrived." ”

"Yes, Xuan."

Kublai Khan handed Ashu's battle report to Yin Tianya and said, "Divine Venerable, look at it, the Southern Dynasty used firearms. ”

Yin Tianya took over the battle report: "Great Khan, the deity also received a letter from Boyan, talking about the benefits of firearms in the Southern Dynasty, in this regard, the deity plans to go to Xiangyang City with Lao Wading to see what the firearms are." ”

"That's very good, Emperor, Yisi Ma Yin has set off, right?"

Hao Jing said: "Your Majesty, you have already set off, and there are ten return guns with you." ”

"Divine Venerable, Ah Lao Wading and Yi Si Ma Yin are the masters of our dynasty's artillery, so they may be able to get a glimpse of it. Wuliang Hetai, ordered Xiangyang Ashu, Boyan, and the next step of the middle lane army to wait for Lord Shenzun to arrive before formulating. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Kublai Khan continued: "Three, the Southern Dynasty army left behind in Lin'an has been clarified, including a chamber and part of the naval division of the Lin'an Military Region, a total of less than 20,000 people, I plan to raid the Southern Dynasty gunpowder prison outside Lin'an City. ”

Wuliang Hetai was surprised: "Your Majesty, the closest to Lin'an City is the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army of our dynasty, but there are enemy defenses along the way, how can we go deeper?" ”

Kublai Khan smiled and said: "General Wuliang Hetai, do you know that our dynasty has a friendly army in the Jiande Mansion in the hinterland of the Southern Dynasty, and this strange army was deployed by Lord I and Shenzun a few years ago, and it is time to play a role." Although the artillery of the Southern Dynasty is quite powerful, it is also their last dependence, as long as its gunpowder supervision is destroyed, the Southern Dynasty will no longer be able to compete with our army. ”

"Allies? How many? ”

"About three thousand." Kublai Khan opened the map on the table and said, "The distance between Jiande Mansion and Lin'an is not far, and the army of the Southern Dynasty is concentrated in Xiangyang, Yangzhou and other places, and the defense of the hinterland around the Liangzhejiang Road is very weak. ”

Hao Jing said: "Your Majesty, let them break it into pieces, and then assemble on the outskirts of Lin'an." ”

"The emperor is right." Yin Tianya said, "Yang Lian Zhenjia and Fang Chenqian have a plan, the commerce and trade industry in the Southern Dynasty is developed, and the Liangzhejiang Road is its economic center, and there are many caravans and people who go to work in the Lin'an area every day, for this reason, some soldiers will disguise themselves as goods traffickers, 50 to 100 people will be a team, and the other part of the people will pretend to be workers and scatter to go, it is estimated that there will be no problems along the road." ”

Kublai Khan said, "Lord God, tell me about your plan. ”

Yin Tianya smiled slightly: "Great Khan, Emperor Division, Wuliang Hetai General, after assembling in the suburbs of Lin'an, this team will destroy the Southern Dynasty Gunpowder Prison in one fell swoop as soon as possible, although our dynasty does not know the defense of the Gunpowder Supervisor, but the vast majority of the Lin'an defenders are stationed in the city, the defense of the Gunpowder Supervisor must be less than a thousand, at that time, our army only needs to send a thousand people to feint to attack the north gate of Lin'an, the Lin'an defenders will be confused and panicked, and will only do their best to prevent the city gates, the deity estimates that they will not go out of the city for a while and a half to fight, The main force of our army took the opportunity to attack the gunpowder supervision in the south of Lin'an, and there were many martial arts and skilled men in this army, and they would definitely be able to break through the defense line of the gunpowder supervision. ”

Wuliang Hetai said: "Although this move is risky, it is not without opportunities. It's just that after the deed is completed, how will this army evacuate the Southern Dynasties? ”

Kublai Khan said: "Wuliang Hetai, you don't need to worry about this. After success, there are two ways to go, one is to take advantage of the emptiness of the hinterland of the Southern Dynasties, this army can move around around Lin'an, or occupy the mountains as kings, or become liukou, go south to Fujian, Liangguang, and west to Jiangxi and Hunan; The second road is to go north to Luzhou, and return to the boundary of our dynasty from Luzhou. ”

"This first road is feasible, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places around Lin'an have no heavy troops of the Southern Dynasty, and the defenders of Lin'an City will not dare to go out of the city to encircle and suppress, but how is the second one possible? Luzhou Mansion is stationed with nearly two troops of the Southern Dynasty. ”

"Hehe, this is also a big secret of my dynasty." Kublai Khan in order to envelop Ashu, so he also said everything to Wuliang Hetai, "Wuliang Hetai, I don't hide it from you, as early as a few years ago, I sent dozens of young generals to infiltrate the Southern Dynasty and put them into the army, among which the highest rank is Shi Tianze, Shi Aiqing's son Shi Bi, who is currently the commander of the fourteenth compartment of the Jianghuai Military Region of the Southern Dynasty, as the deputy general of the guard of Luzhou City, its status is second only to the Luzhou garrison, and the thirteenth compartment commands Miao Zaicheng, and the defenders of Luzhou City are mainly based on Shi Bi's fourteenth compartment. ”

"I see, the emperor has great foresight, and the Lord Divine Venerable has extraordinary insight, which is really a blessing for my dynasty." Wu Liang Hetai continued after patting the sycophants, "Your Majesty, since General Shi is in an important position, why don't you let him bring some firearms from the Southern Dynasty for my court's reference?" ”

"Shi Bi told me this that the Southern Dynasty has always regarded firearms as the highest military secret in its country, not to mention that he is a commander, even the generals of the Southern Dynasty who are higher than him do not know anything."