Chapter 246: The People's Will Is Inviolable (I)
An arrow broke through the air and accurately shot down the red flag fluttering on the wall of the camp, causing a burst of exclamations from the Song soldiers. Before the sound was calm, a large number of arrows had already whizzed, but because they had been prepared for a long time, there was only a slight sound of arrows hitting the shield in the camp, and few soldiers were killed by the arrows.
"Tartar trebuchet!" Mixed with arrows and fist-sized stones, with the force of the projectile fall, it is easy to smash a shield deep into the dent.
Su Liuyi frowned slightly, but he didn't say a word. He stood on a higher place not far from the camp, not only did he have a relatively wide horizon, but he couldn't reach Su Liuyi's side at all, Rao was like this, and the guards standing in front of him were still like a great enemy.
This is the second attack of the Mongol Tatars, the last time it was just a tentative attack, but it was still like a storm that really scared Su Liuyi, this has not stopped for an hour, the second attack has already begun, and even at this time the golden crow has not completely sunk westward.
What is the Mongolian Tatar calculating, Su Liuyi feels that he is becoming more and more unpredictable, does he really want to do what he and Zhang Shijie guessed?
"Bang!" There was a loud sound, but it was a stone bullet that accurately smashed into the guard in front of Su Liuyi's left, not only was the shield smashed into it, but the stamina did not stop, the shield hit the guard's chest fiercely, a mouthful of blood gushed out, and the guard had fallen heavily in the arm that the robe hurriedly stretched out behind him.
"Escort Commander!" The face of the commander of the guards changed, since the stones could be smashed over, it meant that it was no longer safe here. However, Su Liuyi patted him on the shoulder, just shook his head, although the commander of the personal guard was not at ease, he also knew that Su Liuyi's opinion should not be disobeyed.
The Mongol cavalry had already launched at this time, and thousands of cavalry were galloping quickly on the snowfield in two ways, and when they were about to approach the camp, they bent their bows and arrows. There were always trebuchets beckoning at the Song army, so these Mongol cavalry did not have to worry about the Song army's crossbowmen fighting back.
Su Liuyi looked at the Mongolian cavalry that was getting closer and closer. The gloomy face can drip water, if it weren't for the Mongolian Tartars who got trebuchets, not to mention close-range riding shooting, even long-distance shooting, the town navy would also be able to withstand them!
This trick was used in the last attack on the Mongol Tatars. The Song Army's divine arm crossbow and bed crossbow did not play much role at all, and finally almost made the Mongolian Tartars rush to the wall.
"Pass on a certain order, bed crossbow shooting!" Having made up his mind, Su Liuyi drew his saber and said, "Move the flag forward." Crossbowmen suppress cavalry! ”
was taken aback by Su Liuyi's sudden decision, including the commander of the Wuhekou garrison who was standing behind him before, and couldn't help but look at him, but seeing the gloomy expression on Su Liuyi's face, everyone knew that he was not lying, and the commander of the Huai army also knew that the Wuhekou camp wanted to hold it, and it had to rely on the town navy, so he gritted his teeth and did not refute.
Unfurling the flag, Su Liu Yi walked straight forward.
And a Song sergeant had already had enough of the resignation of holding a shield and threw the shield on the ground. They all pounced on the nearest bed crossbow. A double-bow bed crossbow or even a three-bow bed crossbow slowly pulled away, and the arrows the thickness of an adult's arm snapped quickly. Behind them, countless crossbowmen had already pulled the trigger on the stones and arrows of the Mongol Tartars.
The divine arm crossbow is whistling, the bed crossbow is roaring, and the power of the Song army's bow and crossbow is vividly displayed at this moment. The Mongol cavalry did not expect that the silent guys in these camps would suddenly launch a fierce attack, but it was too late to turn their horses' heads at this time!
Countless Song soldiers fell in the arrows, but many more Mongol cavalry were wiped out from the world. The arrows of the bed crossbow drew straight arcs and pierced into the Mongolian infantry, the thin shield in front of the thick arrows, like a child's toy, and the angular iron arrows pierced the bodies of one Mongolian soldier after another. Forced to plow a flesh and blood passage in the crowd.
Suddenly, the sound of the horn sounded, and the Mongol cavalry, baptized in the rain of arrows, released their hands at the same time, trying to maintain the formation of mounted archery, and then they all beat their beloved mounts with red eyes. I just want to be able to get closer to the camp of these southern barbarians, and then give them more arrows!
One shield after another slowly moved forward, and the Mongolian crossbowmen and foot soldiers followed closely as the shieldmen followed, trampling the muddy ground and the corpses of their own robes. No one would dare to take a wrong step, because there is a good chance that it would mean the collapse of the entire formation. Thick arrows slammed away the shield. The castration continued, and a column of soldiers fell, but the robes around them didn't dare to do more, so they could only grit their teeth and bury their heads forward.
Whenever a column of soldiers fell, a column of men quickly followed to make up for it, and the footsteps of all the Mongol soldiers increased faster with the quicker and faster of the horn, trampling the mud under their feet. Then the trumpet sounded, and the shield-bearer in front ran quickly, and the Mongolian foot soldiers in the back also ran after the people in front, and behind them were dozens of somewhat simple ladders, but it was enough to deal with the wall that was not very high.
This was the best chance for the Song crossbowmen, but at this time they were powerless, because the Mongol cavalry had already rushed to the side of the wall, galloping along the wall, and constantly shooting arrows into the camp, so that the soldiers in the camp could not predict where the arrows would come from and which of them would take their lives.
Originally, the Huai army at the mouth of the five rivers was already filled with a look of fear, and the town navy was only on the battlefield for the first time, so it was inevitable that they were also a little afraid, and the unexpected position of the Song army in the camp began to be chaotic.
"Each Yu Hou takes care of his subordinates, and each head organizes crossbowmen to suppress the Tartar cavalry!" Su Liu Yi shouted, he found that he still underestimated the ability of the Mongolian infantry cavalry to burst out at this time, these Mongolian cavalry obviously had the fire, and tried their best to shoot more arrows into the camp, and even blocked the window of the bed crossbow, and forcibly blocked a thick arrow with their flesh and blood.
The arrows that crossed the walled wall and rushed towards each other suddenly became more dense, Su Liuyi took a breath of cool air, and realized that it was finally half a beat late, the Mongolian Tatar crossbowmen had obviously rushed out of that open area, and now they were throwing each other with the Song army crossbowmen across the wall, and no one on either side could take advantage of the good or bad bows, but the number of Song army crossbowmen was still smaller!
Could it be that the Wuhekou camp is so simple that it can't be defended? Could it be that the purpose of the Mongol Tatars was really so simple to conquer the Wuhekou camp?
"Qiyu is the commander, the reinforcements from Lianzhou have arrived!" A capital head hurriedly burrowed into the crowd and found Su Liuyi.
"Lianzhou reinforcements?!" Su Liuyi's face changed. Could it be that Zhang Shijie really came over with the main force of the town navy in Lianzhou, if this is the case, then Su Liuyi can already conclude that the Mongolian Tatars are using the trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain!
The head of the capital saw that his face would change drastically, and he hurriedly explained breathlessly: "No. There were only 2,000 men, but with 10 of those new firearms, Zhang Yuhou hoped that the commander would be able to lead the brothers to hold out for a day and wait and see what happened. ”
"Two thousand?" Su Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, for the town navy. Two thousand men is nothing, but for the not too big camp at the mouth of the five rivers, two thousand people are enough to make up for the loss of manpower in the first two attacks, and make the mouth of the five rivers less flawed.
However, what really interested Su Liuyi was the new firearms, after all, the road in Lianghuai was far away, and thanks to the blessing of the cold weather, the road was muddy and difficult to walk, so there were only 20 new firearms transported to Lianghuai, and more new firearms could only be slowly rubbed on the road. Su Liuyi is still very clear about the fact that this new type of firearm will show its strength in Xiangyang and determine the outcome of the first battle. Therefore, he is also looking forward to the performance of new firearms in Lianghuai.
After all, the tug-of-war between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin and Mongolia for more than 100 years has shown that the birth of a new type of firearm can completely determine the victory of a major war.
"Quickly pull up and suppress the Mongol Tartar trebuchet." Su Liuyi calmly gave an order.
He could already see the ladder on the wall, and the Song soldiers here also climbed the wall quickly, stabbing their spears desperately down along the edge of the wall, and the Mongolian soldiers were not to be outdone by waving their blades and shouting to climb up.
An arrow pierced the body of the Song soldier on the wall, but he still waved the spear in his hand with wide eyes, blood seeping out of the wound and staining his armor red. Finally, he slowly fell down the wall helplessly, and his eyes looking at the sky never closed.
This is just a microcosm of a soldier on the wall, and countless soldiers roared forward one after another, although they had been timid and panicked just now. But at this time, whoever retreats is a bad seed, and whoever retreats will not have a face in the future!
"Put!" A roar came from behind, and more arrows whizzed over the wall, and the Song crossbowmen had no intention of flinching in front of the Mongol cavalry, they had the best bows and crossbows in the world. How is it possible to retreat to a bunch of guys who are still using improvised bows and arrows?
The Mongol cavalry, who had already shot empty quivers, slammed their horses into the wall, sabers brandished and slashed the spears that had been stabbed from above.
The Mongolian trebuchet in the rear is still roaring and roaring with all its might, and the stones are constantly smashing on the wall, or hitting the head of the Song soldiers over the wall, and there are countless soldiers near the wall, everyone can see that it has reached this point, and the two sides can only achieve victory if they do their best to support it, and the side that falls first will definitely die without a place to be buried.
It's just that an inexplicable roar soon sounded in the sky, no matter which side of the wall, the soldiers subconsciously looked up, from the back of the side of the Song military camp, one by one wrapped bulging things crossed an arc, over the wall, over the fierce battle of the people, and over the open space full of corpses, smashed straight into the densely distributed trebuchet phalanx in Mongolia!
"Boom-" The explosion shook the heavens and the earth, and the flames soared into the sky, and I don't know how many trebuchets were directly ignited and burned.
Heaven and earth seemed to be silent in the next moment, and the Mongolian soldiers looked back in surprise, it was the first time they had seen this kind of new firearm that seemed to have the power to destroy the world, and the news from Xiangyang had been tightly sealed, so they would never have thought that there would be such a powerful firearm in the world!
This is the anger of the heavens, the punishment of God, and the rolling thunder of the heavens, aimed at those of them who have made mistakes and have blood on their hands.
Rows of unprepared Mongolian craftsmen and left-behind soldiers fell like wheat blown by the wind in the explosion, and the black flags that had once flaunted their might were blown into the sky and fell to the ground.
The horn that had once commanded the Mongol soldiers was silent, and most of the Mongol soldiers had blank expressions on their faces, not knowing whether they should continue to attack, because it was likely to provoke the wrath of the gods.
"Assault rifle!" Su Liuyi's face showed a look of ecstasy, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, "Tribulus terrestris, give it to Lao Tzu!" ”
Dozens of assault gunners had already reacted, and quickly rushed up to the wall, lit the assault rifles, and aimed at the overwhelmed Mongolian infantry who were close at hand! And the fire-burning tribulus terrestris was also thrown directly down the wall without hesitation.
Along the wall, there were explosions one after another, and at this time, the Song army didn't care about the possibility that the walls of the camp might be overturned by the explosion.
The Flying Thunder Cannon was still venting his anger to the fullest, and there was a sea of fire ahead.
"Open the gate of the wall, and all departments will follow a certain impact!" Su Liuyi roared angrily.
The gate that had been closed suddenly parted, and the Mongolian soldiers outside suddenly found that the heavy gate they had been unable to cross had actually separated by themselves, and before they could come to their senses, arrows had pierced through the chests of most of the people, and then rows of Song army spearmen moved forward with firm steps.
The Mongol infantry had been irrepressibly defeated, especially when the Mongol thousand-man team that accompanied them in the attack had been almost wiped out, and the backbone of these Mongol soldiers seemed to have been broken by the sudden majestic flying thunder cannons, and they only knew that they were desperately running in the direction of no flames and no explosions, and for a while, the Song soldiers couldn't catch up.
Su Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, if it weren't for the flying thunder cannon to turn the tide at a critical time, I'm afraid that the Mongolian infantry would not have given up the attack so simply, and it was even possible that the wall would not be able to hold at this time!
In the end, this new type of firearm is extraordinary, and it is no wonder that Rao is a commander like Ah Shu can only bow down in front of this, especially when he is facing the continuous bombardment of two hundred flying thunder cannons, that kind of earth-shaking scene, Su Liuyi feels a chill behind him when he thinks about it.
What I can do now is only to be glad that this firearm is controlled by my side, otherwise I am afraid it will really be the end of the Song army, this kind of firearm has a natural advantage against all kinds of fixed weapons, and the biggest reliance of the Song army is the city wall and the camp.
"Tartar cavalry!" Suddenly, a soldier yelled, Su Liuyi was stunned, and then looked at it in surprise, a black line faintly appeared in the sky, and soon turned into a shocking dark cloud, and two teams of 1,000 people swept quickly, from far and near!
The Mongolian Tartars even left a trail of hands. Su Liuyi couldn't help but smile bitterly, without his orders, the Song soldiers who had already dispersed to chase them out were startled by the sudden Mongolian cavalry, and ran backwards quickly, not caring about the Mongolian infantry that could catch up immediately.
These two Mongol thousand-man teams had obviously also witnessed the scene of the flying thunder cannon just now easily turning their trebuchet's phalanx into a sea of fire, so they did not dare to approach, but just wandered far away, constantly using cavalry to deal with those Song soldiers who were chasing too far.
"Collect the troops!" Su Liu Yilang shouted, the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to move forward, then he could calmly gather all the departments, after all, now the Zhen Navy and the Wuhekou Huai Army do not have the ability to fight with the Mongolian cavalry in the open field.
Behind them, the flying thunder cannon roared again, and ten explosive packets exploded in front of the Mongol cavalry, kicking up a sky of snow powder and mud. The Mongol cavalry obviously realized that they could not move forward any longer, and the southern barbarians were simply warning in disguise this time, so they slowly retreated while gathering the Mongol foot soldiers running all over the mountains.
Su Liuyi subconsciously set his eyes on the West and prayed secretly in his heart. The flying thunder cannon has blasted out all the forces of the Mongolian Tatars, and their rear army at the mouth of the five rivers is only two cavalry thousand-man teams, which shows that there is nothing wrong with his and Zhang Shijie's guesses.
The main force of the Mongolian Tatars is still aimed at Lianzhou!
That's all you can do, and it's up to you in Lianzhou.
Zhang Shijie, don't let down the town navy. (To be continued.) )