Chapter 546: Battle of Yizhou (1)

At the end of March, under the direct leadership and supervision of the two great Mongolian gods, Engya and Yin Tianya, the first batch of 100 musket samples produced by the Yuan Dynasty Ordnance Supervision was successfully released. As soon as he received the news, Kublai Khan, who was overjoyed, immediately went to the weapons to monitor and inspect them, and ordered on the spot to reward all the craftsmen.

After listening to Cai Engya's report, Kublai Khan said to the privy envoy Zhenjin beside him: "Zhenjin, pass on my will, immediately form a firearms battalion, and transfer General Shi Bi from the front line of Zhaozhou back to Dadu to serve as the first commander of the firearms battalion." ”

"Yes, Father."

After learning about the progress of the ammunition formula, Kublai Khan said: "Supreme Lord, regarding the ammunition of the musket, I think that we should use the current formula first, and then gradually improve it. ”

"That's all there is to it." Cai Engya frowned and said, "I didn't expect the Southern Dynasty to study gunpowder so deeply, could it be that it was with the help of the Guardian?" Speaking of this, Caiengia suddenly remembered the situation in the Valley of the Kings.

"Guardians?" Kublai Khan didn't know about Cai'eniya's experience in the Valley of the Kings, but he was stunned for a moment when he heard Cai'engya mention the Guardian, and only after a moment did he change the topic and said, "Supreme Lord, I estimate that as long as the power of our army's muskets is close to that of the Southern Dynasty, with the combat power of our army's iron cavalry, we can completely compete with it." ”

"Exactly, the emperor is right."

On the third day of the first month of April, Xie Daolin led the Second Division of the Imperial Forest Army, 20 artillery pieces and 2,500 projectiles to Xuzhou.

After ordering the soldiers to rest, Xie Daolin immediately discussed with the commanders of the Eastern Route Army, Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui, and decided to dispatch a total of 85,000 soldiers from the six compartments of the Imperial Forest Army and the Eastern Route Northern Expeditionary Army to launch the Yizhou Campaign.

Yizhou has a long history, which can be traced back more than 2,000 years. By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, more than a dozen small states appeared in Yimeng, and their Chinese Ming was prosperous and had great influence, such as Fei, Yan, Tan, Ju and other countries. Among these small countries, the capital of the country was built in the ancient city village of Yangu in the north of present-day Linyi City, which is the prototype of the ancient Yizhou City. The ancient city of Yizhou is roughly located in the urban area of Linyi City, Shandong Province, and its boundaries all belong to the Yimeng Mountains, with complex terrain, including open plains, rolling hills, mountains and criss-crossing rivers.

According to the plan, the Eastern Road Northern Expeditionary Army was divided into three routes, General Wang Sheng led a box of troops to enter Teng County, General Zhu Huan led a box of soldiers to attack Yizhou, Wang and Zhu's task was to attract the Yuan army in the two places, but not to attack the city easily, Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui led the army to bypass Yizhou and go straight to Yizhou.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the fourth lunar month, Wang Sheng and Zhu Huan bid farewell to Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui and took the lead in sending troops north.

Early the next morning, with Li Tingzhi's order, 60,000 troops were dispatched in batches. The vanguard battalion was still the Broken Army led by General Jiang Cai, followed by the Second Division of the Imperial Forest Army led by Zhang Shijie, and then the Eastern Route Northern Expeditionary Army with four compartments.

"It's finally time for the day of the counteroffensive." Li Tingzhi, who left Xuzhou City, couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and said to Xie Daolin and Xia Guiyan beside him.

"Yes, Xiangfu, now that the army on the middle route has won the battle and has recovered the entire territory of Henan, we must not lag too far behind." Xia Gui, who was full of ambition, said with a smile.

Li Tingzhi nodded and said, "Well, General Xie, Xia Shuai, let's get on the horse." ”

After the three of them got on the horse, Li Tingzhi told Miao Zaicheng, who stayed in Xuzhou, and Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief: "General Miao, the two boxes left in Xuzhou must always be ready to advance northward, once our army captures the Yizhou Mansion, it will attack the entire Shandong, and then the troops will be insufficient, you lead a half-box of soldiers into Yizhou, and the defense of Xuzhou City will be handed over to General Zhang Jun." ”

Miao Zaicheng and Zhang Jun said in unison: "Yes, don't worry." ”

Li Tingzhi smiled slightly, and said in high spirits: "Okay, let's go." ”

After setting out from Xuzhou, the army marched northeast, and five days later, bypassed Yizhou and came to Luozhuangdian, which was seventy or eighty miles south of Yizhou Prefecture. Jiang Cai, the commander of the Broken Army, who arrived a day earlier, said: "Marshal, Luozhuangdian is east of the Linyi River, and going straight north is the Yizhou Mansion, so let's camp here today." ”

"Okay, General Xia Song, give the order to go down, the army will rest for one night, and attack the city tomorrow."

"Yes, Marshal."

In the city of Yizhou, the temporary marshal of the Yuan army.

Dong Wenbing, commander of the Mongolian Eastern Route Army, who received the news, immediately convened a military meeting.

"Generals, Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui of the Southern Dynasty gathered 80,000 troops to attack Yizhou, Tengxian and Yizhou respectively, what are your good plans for this?"

The veteran general Tian Yingdu first said: "Dong Shuai, our Eastern Route Army currently has 55,000 men and horses, plus more than 40,000 new troops in the Yizhou area, the total strength is nearly 100,000, although the number is more than that of the Southern Dynasty, but the last general believes that we should take advantage of the solidity of the three cities, defend and counterattack, and annihilate as much of Li Tingzhi's living force as possible." ”

"General Tian, this is a bad statement." As soon as Tian Hong's voice fell, he heard a young general say, "Father, our army has more troops than the enemy, and we have the right time and place, so we should take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to attack first." ”

The young general who spoke was Dong Wenbing's youngest son, Dong Shixiu, the commander of the new army. Dong Wenbing has three sons, the eldest son Shiyuan, this son Shixuan, the youngest son Shixiu, the three of them are skilled in bows and horses, all have the courage of ten thousand people, if you talk about martial arts alone, then Dong Shixiu is the most.

Tian Yingdu was a general under the Mongolian thief Li Pu, and later felt the righteousness of Dong Wenbing, surrendered to Mongolia in 1262, and has been following Dong Wenbing to fight in the east and west for seven years, and has rich combat experience, which is quite important to Dong Wenbing. "Although the words of the little general are okay, Tian thinks that this battle should be based on heavy damage to the Song army, and the most effective and direct way is to let the enemy attack our city, and when the enemy army is tired, our army will go south from the mountain road with an elite all the way to cut off the return of the Song army, so it can be a great victory."

Dong Wenbing said "En" and said: "Wenyong, you fought with the Song army outside Xuzhou City, you can talk about it." ”

Dong Wenyong said: "Dong Shuai, generals, although the combat effectiveness of the Song army has been greatly improved, except for the broken army, the rest of the troops are still inferior to our cavalry army in the horse battle, however, the fire bombs of the Song army can restrain our army, this time the Song army will go north, presumably it will also carry fire bombs, therefore, I also agree with General Tian's intention, stick to the city, first destroy its living forces, and then slowly break through." ”

Dong Wenyong's prestige in the army has always been very high, and what he said has a bit of weight.

"The people will obey." Dong Wenbing thought about it for a while, and no longer hesitated, "Order the Tengxian garrison General Dong Wenzhong and the Yizhou garrison General Hara Bald to guard the city tightly, and not to easily go out to meet the enemy." Wait for the Japanese marshal to go out of the city to meet the Song army in person, and then make plans. ”

"Yes, Dong Shuai."

At dawn on April 12, Li Tingzhi led the Broken Prisoner Army and the Eighth Carriage soldiers to leave the camp and go to Yizhou City. More than an hour later, the Song army reached more than 300 meters outside the south gate of Yizhou City. Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui were wearing battle armor and lived in the center of the team, while Xie Daolin was hidden behind, and Jiang Cai, Shi Zhong and other masters in the East Route Army were lined up on the left and right.

Dong Wenbing, who was standing on the city wall, was fully armed, and when he saw that the Song army had arrived, he immediately gathered 10,000 elite cavalry troops, and went out to fight under the support of a group of generals.

Xie Daolin had never seen Dong Wenbing, his hand on the pergola, looked forward, and saw that this person was about in his early fifties, tall, with a big knife in his hand, and stepped on a black black horse, which gave people a sense of majesty and extraordinary momentum. "Good Admiral." Xie Daolin couldn't help but praise secretly.

Li Tingzhi patted the war horse lightly, stepped forward three or four horses, and said: "This commander is Li Tingzhi of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song East Road, and the one who came is General Dong Wenbing Dong of Mongolia?" ”

Dong Wenbing also stepped forward a few times and said: "Exactly, General Li, I haven't seen him for many days, it's always good?" ”

"General Dong, Li has always had a bad life."

"Really?" Dong Wenbing was stunned for a moment and said, "General Li, you are the pillar of the Song army, it is better to submit to my Great Yuan Dynasty......

Li Tingzhi interrupted: "General Dong, do you know why Li is not good?" ”

"Dong doesn't know, please speak."

Li Tingzhi said loudly: "General Dong, you are a Han Chinese, but you help the Mongols to oppress the people of our dynasty, there are still many Han people like you in the Mongolian army, and Li is not having a good time because of this." ”

Dong Wenbing was speechless for a while, and said after a while: "General Li, more than a hundred years ago, the emperor of the Song Dynasty ignored the Han people in the north and abandoned them, and our ancestors could only survive under the rule of the Jin people. ”

"General Dong, my emperor once said that what happened back then was indeed the fault of the first emperor, and I can't blame you and other ancestors. A hundred years later, I am the emperor of the wise and powerful, hard work, to recover the rivers and mountains as their own responsibility, at this time, you still want to continue to work for the tiger, it is a big mistake. General Dong, you are loyal, knowledgeable, and have done a lot of good things for the Han people in the north, and the emperor of my dynasty has repeatedly mentioned it, Li hopes that you can recognize the situation, recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors as soon as possible, and don't be a traitor again. ”

Dong Wenbing, as a Han Chinese, would be at a loss if he continued to talk, and there were many Han soldiers in the East Route Army, so he sneered and said: "General Li, don't talk nonsense here, do you dare to let the horse come over and fight with Dong Mou?" ”

Li Tingzhi laughed and turned around: "Which general is willing to take the lead?" ”

Jiang Cai couldn't bear it for a long time, and rode forward and said: "Dashuai, the last general is the vanguard, and he should go to war." ”

"Okay, General Jiang, this commander will sweep the battle for you."

Jiang Cai was fast, and he had rushed to the front of the Yuan army in an instant. Dong Wenbing nodded and said: "Since Li Tingzhi does not dare to fight, Dong will not accompany him, Shixiu, go to war." ”

"Yes, Father." Dong Shixiu responded, slapped his horse forward, raised his big sword, and fought with Jiang Cai.