Chapter 538: Divine Monarch

When the 3,000 grenades transferred from the northern camp of Dengzhou and a regiment of musketeers arrived, I immediately felt a lot more relieved. Although all armies except the Imperial Forest Army, including the Black Tan Regiment and even the Pro-Guard Army, were prepared for hand-to-hand combat, the next battle situation was similar to Lü Wenhuan's estimate, and after another large-scale attack was repulsed, the Yuan army began to retreat.

It's just that this counterattack cost more than 1,000 grenades alone, so the number of grenades used in this battle has exceeded 10,000, which is a lot of silver. Of course, this is completely worth it, to put it simply, it is to exchange money and goods for the lives of the soldiers of the Yuan army.

After the run-in of the two wars, a certain practice was basically formed for the use of firearms, that is, when the enemy rushed closer, the grenade was used to blow up the enemy's front protection, and then the musket was used to strafe at close range.

After a day of attack, the Yuan army never stepped into the Song army's camp, and lost about 20,000 horses. You must know that these 20,000 cavalry are the elite cavalry of the Yuan army, and most of them are Mongolian soldiers or Western Regions soldiers.

If you look at the casualty rate of both sides, it is definitely the massacre that Yuan Jian said.

Just as Boyan and Ah Shu were discussing, Guo Kan, who was stationed in Xuchang, sent someone to report, "Xuchang is lost." ”

Although the loss of Xuchang was in Boyan's expectations, when he learned the news, Boyan couldn't help but sigh, glanced at the equally helpless Ah Shu, and then ordered: "Firearms are invincible, save strength, all soldiers listen to the order, and retreat." ”

After experiencing the Battle of Xiangyang and the Battle of Dengzhou, Boyan, Ah Shu and others vaguely felt that fighting with swords, guns, swords, halberds and firearms could only be a dead end, and this gap was bigger than the difference between iron weapons and wooden weapons, when firearms appeared on the battlefield, the victory or defeat of the war was already doomed, which was almost irreversible by manpower. Moreover, Shi Yuqi once said that the current weapons of the Southern Dynasty army are only the primitive stage of firearms, and the future firearms are more advanced from generation to generation.

Technology? What is technology? If Boyan knew how the U.S. military attacked Iraq in later generations, he would understand the difference between the strength and weakness of science and technology.

After Shi Yuqi returned, he told Ah Shu, Boyan and others about a lot of new things in the Southern Dynasty, such as big bells, firearms, etc., and there were also many new terms, such as cold weapons being one of them.

Gongsun Xiaochen saw the Yuan army slowly retreating, and said happily: "Your Majesty, the enemy has withdrawn." ”

I put down the binoculars in my hand and said with a smile: "Well, it's a pity that before the two generals Wu Songhan and Fan Tianshun rushed back in time, Ah Shu withdrew the army, otherwise the results of our army would be greater." ”

"Your Majesty, do you want to pursue?"

"No, let's clean up the battlefield."

Near dinnertime, Fan Tianshun led the cavalry back to the eastern camp of Dengzhou, and almost at the same time, the battle report sent by Yin Yinglei from Xuchang also arrived in Dengzhou, and the infantry led by Wu Songhan did not return to the camp until the early morning of the next day.

After a day's rest, I gathered all the generals and held a summary meeting of the battle in the big tent of the Chinese army in the East Battalion.

"A miracle, it's a miracle." As the commander of this campaign, Lu Wenhuan first said, "Your Majesty, generals, the number of casualties of our army in this Dengzhou Battle is less than 500, but it killed more than 23,000 Yuan troops, which is unprecedented in our dynasty, no, in the history of human recorded warfare. Our army fought on three fronts, captured Xuchang, defeated the Ali Hague Department, and successfully blocked the strong attack of the Yuan army in Nanyang under the city of Dengzhou, and wiped out more than 30,000 Yuan troops in three major battles, and achieved the first great victory since the Northern Expedition of our army. This battle was of great significance, not only killing the 30,000 main forces of the Yuan army, but also completely crushing the morale of the Yuan Dynasty's middle route army. As His Majesty said, firearms will completely replace the current cold weapons, and this consciousness is at least 800 or 1,000 years ahead of us ordinary people. I have His Majesty, the 'God King', as my respect, so why worry about big things. ”

Lu Wenhuan summed up the results of this battle in a few words, and took the opportunity to praise me greatly.

"Long live the Divine Monarch, long live the Divine Monarch!" The generals cheered together.

Since then, I have added another title of "Divine Monarch".

"Generals, the Northern Expedition has not yet succeeded, and everyone still needs to work hard." I was in a good mood, waved my hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued, "In response to what General Lu just said, I will make a little addition, although firearms are invincible, it also depends on whose hands they have. In the first battle of Dengzhou, the officers and men of our three armies used their lives, and when the Yuan army rushed to the front, none of them were timid, but strictly implemented the instructions of their superiors, and their actions such as shooting, throwing bombs, and firing arrows were not disorderly at all, which shows that the overall quality of our army has been greatly improved, and I am very pleased and proud of this. I believe that after a series of baptisms of war, our army will become an invincible iron army. ”

Looking at the generals who were also excited, I continued: "At present, the northern land has reached the severe winter season, according to Qin Tianjian's prediction, in the near future, there will be heavy snow in Henan, so it is impossible for both the enemy and us to use troops on a large scale. For this reason, during this period of time, everyone's main task is to train the troops, and when the weather warms up at the beginning of next year, it will be the time for our army to make a big move. ”

The generals said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Gongsun Xiaochen, sent an order to Bianliang Jiang Aiqing, expand the Bianliang Military Region, win the hearts and minds of the people, and eliminate the Yuan army around Bianliang at the right time; Ordered Xuchang to seal Aiqing, stabilize the situation, and recuperate. In addition, the two places also need to be heavily defended to avoid a surprise attack by the Yuan army, although this is extremely unlikely, but it should not be careless. In the previous dynasty, there was a case of Li Suxue attacking Caizhou at night, and our army could not make the same mistake. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Finally, I would like to tell you another good news, the Second Arsenal of the Lin'an Gunpowder Administration has been fully operational, its scale and production capacity is more than three times that of the original arsenal, and it is expected that by the end of the year, the entire Gunpowder Supervision will be able to produce 20 artillery pieces, 20,000 grenades and 1,500 muskets. And next year, for the whole of next year, it will be possible to produce 250 artillery pieces and 300,000 grenades. ”

"Great." Lu Wenhuan said, "Your Majesty, do you gradually equip all the existing Central Northern Expeditionary Army with muskets?" ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, not only the middle route army, but also all armies will mainly use firearms in the future." General Lü selected 3,000 officers and men from the former Xiangyang Military Region to form the Fourth Division of the Royal Forest Army, and the first batch of 3,000 people were organized into a brigade, with Lü Shimeng as the brigade commander for the time being. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will respect his life."

Two days later, in the middle of the night, a heavy snow quietly fell to the ground.

Early in the morning, I was called out by Fang Ling. When you go out to look, you can see the heavy snow flying, like cotton wool, like goose feathers, falling from the sky continuously, compared with the snowflakes in the south, the snow in the north can really be called heavy snow. At this time, the ground has long been covered by heavy snow, as far as the eye can see, there are silver ropes everywhere, the sky and the earth are the same color, and the end is magnificent.

"This is the snow scene in the north." Looking at this heavy snowfall, I suddenly thought of an agreement with Lingshan to go to the north to see the snow. I've seen it now, but where is the rhombus? Lingshan, Lingshan, are you okay?

I sighed, a faint pain in my heart, and unconsciously tilted my head, just in time to see Fang Ling happily on the side, "Is Ling'er Lingshan?" The thought came back to me.

"Brother, shall we build a snowman?"

"Ling, Ling'er, okay."

It didn't take long for us to build a life-tall snowman. However, under this heavy snowfall, it was soon covered by falling snowflakes, and only a little "human" shape could be seen. Despite this, Fang Ling was still happy, even if he became a snowman, he was still piling up repeatedly.

After losing his memory, Fang Ling seemed to become more optimistic, Fang Ling standing in the snow was like a snow elf, pure and beautiful, like a fairy in the sky, without half of the fireworks in the world, but it really existed in front of my eyes.

"Ling'er." I involuntarily exclaimed softly.

Fang Ling also let out a soft "um" and said, "Brother? ”

I didn't say anything, just stretched out my hand and hugged it tightly, Fang Ling didn't ask again, and I snuggled up to each other, in the heavy snow, we hugged each other, as if at this moment, the whole world was only the two of us.

Silence is better than sound at this point.

In a few moments, the snow fell on us, turning us into snowmen.

I don't know how long it took, Fang Ling said: "Brother, go back to the house, this kind of weather is easy to freeze." ”

"Okay." I know that with Fang Ling's martial arts, I am not afraid of the cold, and although I am a small martial artist, I am far from being able to compare with it.

Time passed day by day, and on the morning of December 11, when I had just finished breakfast, I saw Yuan Jian hurrying in with Lu Wenhuan, Lu Shikui and others.

As soon as Lu Shikui entered the room, he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, my father passed away yesterday. ”

"What?" I was stunned for a moment and said, "I can't change it after all." ”

Lu Wenhuan and the others did not understand the meaning of my last sentence: "Your Majesty, my brother died of illness yesterday. With that, he handed me a letter written by Lu Wende himself.

In the letter, Lu Wende expressed his gratitude to me succinctly, and before he died, he could still meet his son, and the only regret was that he could no longer serve as a pawn in front of me and serve the country.

I put down the letter in my hand and said sadly: "People can't be resurrected after death, Lu Aiqing and the two generals Lu mourn and change." Although Marshal Lu has done a lot of wrong things in his life, he has also made a lot of contributions to the resistance against Mongolia, and I think that the merits outweigh the faults. ”