Chapter 475: The Cannon Booms Again

Kublai Khan continued: "According to Shi Bi, in the army of the Southern Dynasties, only the Imperial Forest Sergeants are currently equipped with muskets, and the other is that hundreds of soldiers from various military regions have been sent to Lin'an for musket training, but the trained sergeants have not returned to their respective units, and as for artillery, Shi Bi knows even less. He only knew that only the generals of the military region at the level of the Southern Dynasties knew the situation, and the upper echelons of the military region called artillery an artifact. This is still because Shi Bi made friends with Xia Song, the son of Xia Gui, who was established by the former Luzhou Military Region, and only the only news about artillery he heard from his ears. According to Shi Bi, it is possible to get only one or two muskets, but if you get artillery, it is simply impossible. ”

Wuliang Hetai said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Zhao Yu of the Southern Dynasty has pressed the treasure on this." ”

"Yes, although the firearms of the Southern Dynasty are quite powerful, they are also Zhao Yu's last reliance. Wuliang Hetai Aiqing, when will the reinforcements from my east and west roads to reinforce Xiangyang arrive? ”

"Back to the emperor, the reinforcements on the east road are about mid-June, and the reinforcements on the west route are expected to be at the end of June."

Kublai Khan walked back and forth in the house: "Decree Ashu, until the Lord Shenzun returns, don't act rashly for the time being." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Emperor."

"The minister is here."

"Is there a problem with armaments and logistics?"

"Everything works."

"Okay, you inform Luzhou Sprout Commercial Bank, keep in touch with Shi Bi, and in case there is a need, you will be ready to accept Yang Lian Zhenjia."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Lord Shenzun, I will bother you when I go to Xiangyang to learn about the Southern Dynasty artillery and inform Yang Lian of Zhenjia's actions."

"Great Khan rest assured."

It's the Great Khan again, and the emperor again, although the name is weird, but Kublai Khan doesn't have the heart to pay attention to it.

"Maybe it's time for me to meet Zhao Yu of the Southern Dynasty, the twin stars are shining, and there will be an injury, but who is the lord of Great China?" Watching the three of them leave, Kublai Khan muttered to himself.

According to Gongsun Xiaochen's prediction, the weather in early June will be dominated by showers, and rainy days are unfavorable for both warring sides, especially for firearms, of course, this shortcoming of firearms is not known to the Mongols for the time being.

On June 2, I ordered the Songhepo camp to be moved to the north of the grove at Guanzitan, and although this order immediately aroused strong opposition from Jiang Wanzai and others, I still insisted. The opinions of the generals are very unanimous, from Guanzitan to Lumen Mountain, a horse and a flat river, very suitable for the Mongolian cavalry, plus the distance is only sixty-five miles, with the speed of the Mongolian cavalry, it is only about half an hour, if the Yuan army is full of strength, and I only have the Royal Forest Army, the Broken Army and the three armies of the third compartment around me, together there are less than 30,000 horses, I am afraid it will put me in danger.

My thoughts are the same as Kublai Khan's' original thoughts, step by step, gradually narrowing the encirclement and counter-encirclement. Although I also think that the Yuan army is likely to be desperate, I believe more in the power of firearms, although they are completely incomparable to the modern guns of later generations, but when shooting at long range, especially as a defensive side, firearms still have a clear advantage, not to mention that a thousand projectiles will soon arrive.

Jiang Wanzai couldn't convince me, so he had to retreat to the next thing: "Your Majesty, the step by step camp is indeed a predetermined plan, but Your Majesty only needs to stay in Songhepo to command, and the Guanzitan camp will be headed by the old ministers and the generals." His Majesty is the supreme of the Ninety-Five, in case the Mongols attack the Bush Beach desperately...... Your Majesty still thinks twice. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that you are worried about my safety, but you can rest assured that twenty artillery pieces of the artillery battalion will be set up in the camp at Guanzitan, and once the Yuan army is found to be attempting, these twenty artillery pieces will inevitably make them come and go. If we take 10,000 steps back, if our army is indeed unable to hold because of its small numbers, then the muskets of the Royal Forest Army, the elite Broken Army, and the three armies of the Third Compartment can all fight for a few hours, and I have time to retreat. ”

Jiang Wanzai said helplessly: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Jiang Aiqing, order General Wang Anjie of Yingzhou to transfer an army from Yingzhou City to Songhepo, and at the same time move the field hospital to Songhepo, Hans and others also came to the Songhepo camp immediately after arriving."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

On June 7, the sky began to clear.

At noon the next day, more than ten war horses stopped in front of the big tent of the Chinese army in Lumen Mountain. The first old man, dressed in purple, didn't see any movements, he was already standing on the ground, although Ah Shu and the others were all masters, but they couldn't see the old man's body at all, but secretly admired. He was followed by an elder, but he jumped down with a sharp movement.

"Greetings to Lord God."

"Well, Lord Zhenjin, Marshal Ashu, don't come unharmed?" The old man in purple is the Yuan Dynasty Tianya God Venerable Yin Tianya.

Zhenjin and Ah Shu smiled at the same time: "Thanks to the blessing of the gods, everything is fine." ”

Boyan said: "Master Master, please come in the house." ”

Yin Tianya sighed, pointed to another old man behind him, and said: "Everyone, let me introduce to you, this is the chief master of my Chao Fire Artillery Battalion, Ah Lao Wading, and one of the three masters of the Western Regions, Ali Hague, who is currently serving in our army, is his nephew. ”

Compared with Yin Tianya, Ah Lao Wading's attitude was much more respectful: "I have seen Lord Zhenjin and Marshal Ah Shu." ”

Ah Shu returned the salute and said, "Master Ah Lao Wading, please." ”

Yin Tianya and Ah Lao Wading rested in the house for a while, and then walked towards the western camp of the Yuan army in Lumen Mountain, accompanied by Yi Si Ma Yin, Ah Shu and Bo Yan, who arrived one step ahead of them.

Since the beginning of June, the defenders of Xiangyang have been much more idle. Taking this opportunity, the regimental defense team members and the people in the city worked together to basically repair the damaged city wall. Towards evening, the chief general defending the east city wall, the commander of the sixteenth chamber, Lu Shikui, hummed a small tune while sitting leisurely in the command post under the city wall, and the main generals of the sixteenth chamber were talking about it.

As they spoke, the crowd turned to artillery again. Li Qingdao, the commander of the 95th Army: "Young Marshal, don't say it, the artifact of our dynasty is still very powerful, and the entire Xiangyang City only fired more than ten shells, which scared the Mongols. ”

"I said Lao Li, since it's called an artifact, can there be any mistakes?" Zhao Wan, the commander of the Ninety-sixth Army, smiled and said, "Young marshal, the last general also heard that this artifact was given by the emperor from heaven." ”

Li Qing said: "Lao Zhao, are you bragging again?" ”

"Alas, Lao Li." Zhao Wan sighed and said, "You will also eat and fight, I won't tell you, a few months ago, a relative of my family went to Lin'an, and happened to have dinner with King Fu, and listened to King Fu at the dinner table, the emperor was ordered by heaven to retreat for two months, and he was favored by heaven and learned the way of the artifact." ”

Li Qing shook his head and said: "Old Zhao, when will your braggart be changed, do you think that your surname is Zhao, and you will be related to the emperor." ”

Zhao Wan hurriedly said: "Lao Li, this time it's not bragging, young marshal, why don't you go back and ask your old man, is there such a statement in the court?" ”

Lu Shikui smiled and said: "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, the two of you are going to fight together, according to General Ben's intentions......"

"Report." Ergou hurriedly entered, interrupting everyone's chat, "Young marshal, generals, the Mongolian stone thrower has appeared again." ”

Dare to come? Lu Shikui scolded and said, "Everyone is in place, prepare for battle, Ergou, immediately report to the Shuaifu and inform General Wanyan." ”

"Yes, young marshal." The second dog turned and walked away.

From a distance, I saw that the formation of the Mongolian stone throwing machine was looser than before, and the interval between each stone throwing machine was much larger.

"Learned?" Lu Shikui said secretly.

The sky was gradually darkening, and with Lu Shikui's eyesight, he could only see part of the stone thrower in front.

A moment later, the catapult began to bombard, and pieces of stone flew up the city wall, making a non-stop crashing sound. Perhaps because of the dim light, the accuracy of the Mongolian stone thrower was far less than usual, and it was just a chaotic bombardment of Xiangyang City.

"Master, how's it going?" Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and Wanyan Tianlei boarded the East City under the protection of Lu Wenxin and more than a dozen other soldiers of the Black Carbon Regiment, and went straight to the bunker where Lu Shikui was hiding.

"It's still the same, only the catapults are bombarding, but not as intense as before."

Lu Wende said: "His grandmother's, the Mongols still dare to use a stone thrower, General Wanyan, you will work hard and give them a little hardship." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Wanyan Tianlei said to the deputy general of the artillery battalion beside him, "Pass the order down and prepare to be in place." ”

"Direction, straight ahead, distance, one hundred and eighty to two hundred steps."

"Gun emplacements, positioning, targets, Mongolian stone throwers."

"Reload your ammunition."

"Ignition."

With the orders issued by the adjutant general of the artillery battalion, the artillery positions in and on the city wall were prepared.

"Put."

Ten cannons roared almost simultaneously, and an earth-shattering roar rang out.

At the same time, Yin Tianya, who was standing behind the catapult array, subconsciously shouted: "All shooters, lie down." ”

After the smoke cleared, Yin Tianya said: "Retreat, count." ”

The results came out quickly, five catapults were scrapped, four were damaged, seven were killed and eleven wounded. Ah Shu said: "The losses this time are much less than last time, last time the Xiangyang Army only fired five cannons, this time it was ten cannons, and the damage was even greater than this time." ”

Yin Tianya said: "Well, Marshal Ashu, it seems that this is one of the ways to deal with it." ”

"Lord God, how did you come up with that?" Ah Shu said in admiration.

Later generations all know that when encountering the enemy's artillery bombardment, lying on the ground is the most basic way to reduce casualties, and when artillery has just come out, Yin Tianya can think of this just by his instinct, which is not easy.

Yin Tianya smiled: "Everyone, go back to the camp to discuss it carefully." ”