Chapter 532 The Battle of the National Name

"Muskets?" The dazed Shaman Supreme Cai Engya took the musket handed by Yin Tianya, looked at it carefully and asked.

"Exactly, Supreme Lord, the army of the Southern Dynasty relied on this weapon, known as firearms, to defeat our army in the Battle of Xiangyang. The musket is only one of the firearms, and there are other cannons and shells, and its power is still above the musket, and this musket was obtained by General Shi Bi, who had been lurking in the Southern Dynasty for many years. Yin Tianya sighed and continued, "Supreme Lord, the Great Khan and I have nothing to do about it, and in desperation, we have come all the way to disturb the adults in the hidden cultivation. ”

Cai Engiya said calmly, "Let's try it first." ”

After returning to the Far North, Cai Engiya closed his door and began to cultivate, trying to break through the void and reach another layer of heaven and earth. However, it is extremely difficult to become a Guardian, and the cultivation method that Engya obtained from the Valley of the Kings is not passed down by the Guardian, and the words of his predecessors are often obscure, so although he has made progress, he has not been able to do so.

As the supreme of the Mongolian Protector Cult, he had the obligation and responsibility to take responsibility in the crisis of the country, so he had no choice but to let go of his own cultivation.

With a "bang", after the gunshot rang out, Engya, Ah Da, Ah Er and others stepped forward and carefully inspected a big tree as a target.

Yin Tianya on the side kept introducing: "Although the power of a single musket is not small, it can still be dodged at a certain distance, however, when thousands of muskets are fired together, it is not something that can be dealt with by manpower, even if it is a person with excellent martial arts." At the time of the Battle of Xiangyang, the army of the Southern Dynasties already had more than 10,000 such muskets, and the situation of 10,000 guns firing volleys and artillery salvos was indeed difficult to resist. ”

Cai Engya was silent for a moment and then said, "Ah Er, you are proficient in weapon making, you can take a look at the structure of this musket." ”

"Yes, sir." After reading it, Ah Er said, "My lord, this is a weapon that uses gunpowder as traction, and it belongs to a different kind of weapon from the swords, guns, and clubs we currently use. Twenty years ago, his subordinates had seen a weapon called the assault rifle, and the two were somewhat similar, but they were not equally powerful. ”

"Can it be imitated?"

"My lord, my subordinates can't guarantee that if there is a sophisticated production technology to match, it may be possible."

Cai Engya thought for a while, and said decisively: "Okay, Ah Da, pack your bags, the four of you will go to Dadu with the deity, and all the excellent craftsmen and tools of my dynasty will be concentrated there, and when the time comes, you will be able to imitate them." ”

"Yes, sir."

In late September, the 40,000 Yuan Army, under the command of the commander Bruhuan and the vanguard Alibo, launched a tentative attack on Bianliang City. The defenders easily retreated the advance of the Yuan army with almost no casualties, and under this battle, the soldiers of the new army of the Yuan army also developed a fear of firearms. Bruhuan didn't dare to fight again, but just ordered to surround Bianliang City. Of course, Bruhuan knew that it would be difficult to trap the Song army in the city with the 40,000 horses in his hands, and after discussing with Alibo, Bruhuan put 10,000 elites to the south of Bianliang City, with the purpose of cutting off the connection between the Song army in the city and Dengzhou.

The soldiers of the Bianliang Military Region participated in the battle as auxiliaries, and after seeing the power of the musket again, these soldiers were firm in their choice, and it was right to join the Song army, otherwise they could only become unjust ghosts at gunpoint like the new army of the Yuan army outside the city.

After the spread of these soldiers, the people of the entire city knew that the Song army had a new weapon called a musket, and the person on the opposite side would fall in response to a simple pull of the trigger. Passed around, it seems to be more powerful than the magic weapon in the hands of those immortals in the legend, in this way, it has greatly increased the confidence of the people in the city in the Song army, plus Jiang Wanzai and others deliberately publicized the miracles of the Great Song Emperor, what "the sun has eclipses" and the like, which made everyone rekindle their hearts as Song people.

After the situation in the city stabilized a little, in the early morning of October 1, the musketeers of a brigade of the Imperial Forest Army, with the cooperation of the Zhongshun Army and the Xingfu Army, went out of the city to attack the Yuan army camp outside the West Gate, and in less than an hour, they cleanly defeated the Yuan army stationed there. Although this group of new troops of the Yuan army was cautious, had many sentry posts, and also discovered the attack of the Song army in advance, they were dizzy by a round of projectiles thrown by the soldiers of the Zhongshun Army and the Xingfu Army, and were strafed by the musketeers who rushed up later, and they were suddenly overwhelmed, and finally left more than 3,000 corpses and fled in a hurry.

In the following days, Jiang Wanzai ordered the musketeers to attack in turn, and the Yuan army in the east and north of the city was pushed back thirty miles. It can also be seen from these wars that the newly trained Yuan army basically did not master the essentials of bows and arrows, which is completely different from the situation where musketeers can be quick to learn.

In desperation, Bruhuan had no choice but to write to Dadu and ask the Privy Council to send reinforcements.

Because of Guo Kan's defeat, Ah Shu took the initiative to write to Kublai Khan and asked to be demoted to the third level. From the twists and turns, Kublai Khan saw that Ashu was resolute, and immediately ordered Ashu to be demoted by one level on October 4 to serve as the deputy commander of the Middle Route Army, and the post of commander was to be held by Boyan.

Since the beginning of October, Lü Wenhuan led the army to once again repeat the action of harassing the Yuan army in Nanyang, the enemy advanced and retreated, and the cavalry of the Yuan army did not dare to get too close to the base camp of the Song army outside Dengzhou.

On 6 October, the Lin'an Gunpowder Supervisor sent another 10 artillery pieces, bringing the total number of artillery pieces in Dengzhou to 65.

Without absolute certainty, I never gave the order to attack Nanyang, and Nanyang's Boyan and Ashu also did not dare to enter Dengzhou because they were afraid of firearms, and the two sides temporarily maintained an intertwined situation.

With the successive losses of Dengzhou and Bianliang, the Mongolian conservative forces in the Yuan Dynasty pointed the finger at Kublai Khan, believing that Kublai Khan's change of the Mongolian state name was the root cause of failure. In addition to fighting the Southern Song Dynasty, the exhausted Kublai Khan had to find time to deal with the accusations of these nobles.

Since 12 October, Li Beiyang led the 50,000 Song naval divisions led by the Beihai Fleet to the eastern coast of Shandong and the Yuan army naval divisions led by Liu Cheng launched an unprecedented battle, and the battle lasted for more than 10 days. On October 25, the command platform on the Shenyu, the main flagship of the Yuan army, was hit by the artillery on the giant ship Shenzhou, and Liu Cheng was seriously wounded on the spot.

Losing Liu Quan's command, Li Beiyang spent another three days completely inflicting heavy losses on the enemy's naval division.

At the beginning of November, under the cover of a heavy snowstorm, the remaining dozens of ships of the Yuan Army sailors fled northward, and the entire Shandong coast was completely controlled by Li Beiyang's subordinates.

The news reached Dadu, and more and more Mongol nobles expressed their dissatisfaction with Kublai Khan.

At the court meeting on November 7, the conservative forces, led by King Naiyan and the family Ajiji, strongly demanded that Kublai Khan change the name of the country back to Mongolia.

Ajiji first said: "Your Majesty, since the ancestor Genghis Khan unified all the tribes of Mongolia, he has been invincible and invincible, however, since the emperor changed the name of the country, our army has suffered repeated defeats, which is clearly caused by the anger of the immortal heaven. The ministers implored the emperor to think twice and restore the original name of our dynasty. ”

Nai Yan continued: "Your Majesty, what Ah Zhiji said is extremely true, the elite of our dynasty is the Mongolian soldiers, in recent months, the supply of troops provided by various ministries has been decreasing, and if this continues, the combat effectiveness of our soldiers will become weaker and weaker, and if we only rely on Han people, it is doomed to failure." ”

Although the official positions of Nayan and Ajiji are not high, they can influence the major aristocratic families in Mongolia.

Kublai Khan was very angry in his heart, but he still suppressed his anger and said: "Two Aiqing, the defeat of our army was caused by the new firearms of the Southern Dynasty army, and now, I have gathered all the excellent craftsmen of our dynasty, and I am studying the method of cracking it day and night, and I think there will be results soon." The two of you are the pillars of our dynasty, and you have always been quite prestigious, so you should take great pains to supply the troops of the northern tribes. ”

Nai Yan said expressionlessly and perfunctorily: "Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best, but I don't know if Changshengtian will favor you." ”

Ah Zhiji followed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the battle of Xiangyang will only fail because Changshengtian did not favor our dynasty." ”

Wuliang Hetai, who had an upright temperament, couldn't help but say: "Lord Naiyan, Lord Azhiji, you are not soldiers, you don't know the benefits of firearms in the Southern Dynasty, and the defeat of our army in Xiangyang has nothing to do with the national name. "The commander of the Yuan army who attacked Xiangyang was the son of Wuliang Hetai, and Ajiji's words obviously said that Wuliang Hetai was opening up for his son.

The old man of Wuliang Hetai blushed and was about to refute, but he heard Kublai Khan say coldly: "Ah Zhiji, the battle of Xiangyang was commanded by me on the front line, and all the decisions were made by me personally, and they have nothing to do with the soldiers of the Middle Route Army. ”

"Really?" Ah Jiji said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know the details, don't blame, don't blame." ”

Kublai Khan snorted and said, "I will carefully consider the matter of the name of the country, but the current situation is clear to you, and at the moment of the great enemy, I hope that you will put the overall situation first and unanimously put the foreign side first. ”

Nai Yan still didn't give up, and continued: "Your Majesty, of course it should be unanimous with the outside world, but there is no contradiction with changing the name of the country. ”

At this moment, a burst of scolding suddenly came from outside the palace: "When is it, it's still infighting." The emperor is right, the enemy is at present, and the rest of the things can be postponed. ”

Although this reprimand was not loud, all the ministers in the hall could hear it clearly. Immediately, everyone's eyes flickered, and the two figures were already standing side by side on top of the main hall.