Chapter 537 Tough Throwing Bomb

Although the speed was not very fast, the cavalry of the Yuan army still braved the rain of bullets and bullets to approach the camp little by little.

"This kind of protective table is still very effective, and it can block the fire of the muskets of the Southern Dynasty." Azihan, who commanded the battle in the back, said secretly.

When the Yuan army rushed to a distance of more than 30 meters from the camp, the commander Lu Wenhuan suddenly shouted: "Throw a grenade." As soon as the words fell, five or six hundred projectiles were dropped on the Yuan army that was rushing to the front, and immediately, explosions rang out everywhere, and smoke filled the air, which immediately blew up the Yuan army with a table shield and shattered it on its back. Losing the protection of the table shield, the follow-up Yuan army was immediately exposed to the muzzle, and even the shield riders with shields in their hands also fell to the ground one after another because their horses were shot.

After a burst of gunfire, the Yuan army left hundreds of corpses behind and withdrew eastward.

At this time, the sky gradually brightened.

I raised my binoculars and looked into the distance, only to see a black oppressive patch, countless, no matter how I looked at it, I felt that there were more than 40,000 or 50,000 Yuan troops. Yuan Jian on the side said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Ah Shu has made a bloody decision this time." ”

"Yes." I nodded and said, "Tell the artillery battalion to prepare for shelling." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gongsun Xiaochen waved the flag in his hand.

Ah Tinghan retreated to the front of the Yuan army and said: "Marshal Boyan, Marshal Ashu, our army has not been attacked by the artillery of the Southern Dynasty for the time being, it seems that most of the artillery of the Song army in Dengzhou has gone to Xuchang." The two marshals, do you want to launch the main attack? ”

Boyan looked north: "Is there any news from General Zhang?" ”

"Back to Marshal, not yet. The last general and General Zhang agreed that as soon as there was news of artillery, they would immediately notify each other. ”

"Okay." Boyan and Ah Shu glanced at each other, and then ordered, "The cavalry and archery army are out of battle, ten thousand arrows are fired at once, Marshal Ashu, you are here to press the formation, and I will lead 30,000 soldiers forward to strive for success in the first battle." ”

Ah Shu nodded slightly and said, "Boyan, be careful." ”

Tens of thousands of cavalry troops were dispatched together, and their momentum was far greater than that of tens of thousands of infantry troops. In an instant, I saw thousands of horses galloping, causing dust to fly everywhere, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the ground and shook the mountains, which seemed to be able to shock the world and cry ghosts and gods. I thought to myself: "The ancients had a poem, 'Ten thousand horses' hooves come like a shower', and this kind of formation is really extraordinary, and it is almost unimaginable if it is placed in later generations." ”

At this time, I heard Fang Ling say, "Brother, it seems that Ah Shu is going to fight hard." ”

"Yes." I smiled and said, "For Yuan Jun, it may be difficult to have such a chance again." "The more time passes, the more firearms the gunpowder supervisor makes, and when the number of artillery and projectiles reaches a certain number, I really don't know what kind of drama the Yuan army has to sing.

The first attack of the Yuan army was only tentative, and even the archers did not come out. This second time was different, the front tens of thousands of cavalry archers first shot a burst of feather arrows, the overwhelming rain of arrows with a "whoosh, whoosh" sound rushed straight in, under the cover of the feather arrows, one by one cavalry military teams began to attack the camp.

Since the Yuan army pressed on a large scale, there was no need for the artillery to hide anymore. After receiving instructions from Lu Wenhuan, Crete immediately gave the order to open fire.

Twenty-five cannons were divided into three teams and fired in turns.

The roar of artillery muffled out all the sounds on the battlefield. For the Yuan army, this burst of artillery was like the sound of Hades' drums, and they were frightened, but in the ears of the Song army, there was no doubt that it was a sound of heaven.

Despite their timidity, the officers and men of the Yuan army were hindered by the military order, but they still moved forward bravely.

After careful distinction, Boyan said to Shi Yuqi beside him: "There are only twenty-five artillery pieces in the Southern Dynasty, General Shi, pass on the order of the marshal, let the team open the formation, and the table shield army in front of it advances in a roundabout way, forming a loose impact." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

In the face of the Yuan army, which was not afraid of life and death, and swarmed, twenty-five artillery pieces gradually could not block the path of the Yuan army's attack. More and more cavalry of the Yuan army rushed through the artillery blockade and rushed towards the Song camp. However, under the bombardment of artillery, the cavalry archers of the Yuan army could only retreat all.

The Yuan army, which rushed within 100 meters, began to storm the camp again under the cover of the table shield army.

"Kingsmen, aim, fire. Archers, projectiles. After the Yuan army entered the effective range of the musket, Lu Wenhuan gave an order.

Fang Ling saw that the outpost of the Yuan army was holding a table shield again, and couldn't help but praise: "Brother, these Mongols have thought of a lot of ways. ”

"Well, fortunately, our army's grenades are sufficient, I estimate that as long as they hold on until the evening, Wu Songhan and others will be able to rush back from Jiaxian.

Yuan Jian said: "Your Majesty can rest assured that with the forces of General Wu and General Fan, Ali Hague's troops can be annihilated soon." ”

"Xiao Chen, how is the situation at the North Gate?"

"Back to the emperor, so far, there are only 10,000 troops of Zhang Hongfan at the north gate, and the battle is not fierce, and the Yuan army has not been found at the south gate and the west gate."

"Okay, transfer half of the troops stationed at the south gate and half of the troops stationed at the west gate to the east."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The words were divided into two ends, and it was said that after receiving the instructions conveyed by Tian Xiuyan, Wu Songhan and Fan Tianshun immediately joined forces and marched south, and met an army of 10,000 led by Ali Hague near Xiangcheng south of Jiaxian in the early morning of the 27th.

Due to the low visibility, by the time the soldiers of the two sides met, it was already less than 100 meters away.

"General Fan, I will lead the Imperial Forest Army and the infantry army to charge from the front, and you will lead the cavalry army to outflank from both flanks, and the battle will be resolved quickly."

"That's very good."

After Wu Songhan and Fan Tianshun finished discussing, they took the lead with Tian Xiuyan and took the lead in rushing towards the Yuan army. When they were forty or fifty meters away, Wu Songhan grabbed the reins of his horse and shouted: "Ali Hague, today is the time when you die." ”

Ali Hague laughed, and also said forward: "Wu Songhan, let's see." ”

Wu Song snorted coldly, bent his bow and set up an arrow, and as soon as his right hand was released, a feather arrow broke out of the air. Wu Songhan is known as the "arrow god" of the Song army, and the arrow is very powerful, this arrow is not aimed, but sent by looking for sound.

Ali Hague waved his big gun, his arms were forced, and he said "open".

After smashing the flying feather arrow, Ali Hague turned around and said, "Archer, release the arrow." ”

At the same time, the musketeers, who arrived later, also pulled the trigger in their hands. Ali Hague recognized the power of the musket and hurriedly returned to the army. The shield-bearer next to the musketeer raised one shield after another, shielding the musketeer as he was shooting. However, the cavalry archers of the Yuan army were unstoppable, and the soldiers in the front row were shot and fell off their horses.

Ali Hague seems to be reckless, but he is scheming in his heart. Seeing the large number of musketeers in the Southern Dynasties, and the sound of rapid horses' hooves on the left and right, Ali Hague, who grew up on horseback, was experienced, and quickly judged that the outflanked cavalry of the Southern Dynasties also had at least 5 or 6,000 people, plus the Song army's musketeers and infantry troops who attacked head-on, there were about 30,000 people, that is, the number of Song troops in Dengzhou was greatly reduced. Ali Hague secretly sneered, and then ordered: "The whole army retreats and returns to Nanyang." ”

As soon as the well-trained officers and men of the Yuan army received the order, the rear army formed the front army, and immediately turned their horses and headed south. When Fan Tianshun led the cavalry to rush, he intercepted only a thousand vanguard troops of the Yuan army. Although these thousand Yuan troops fought the trapped beasts, they could only become the early part of the Song army.

Wu Songhan saw that Ali Hague had fled, and hurriedly rode his horse to Fan Tianshun's side: "General Fan, you and General Tian Xiuyan led the cavalry army to Dengzhou immediately, the emperor is waiting for us to attack the main force of Ashu, and after the Royal Forest Army and the infantry army destroy the remaining Yuan army, I will lead the army back to Dengzhou." ”

"Okay, General Wu, then Fan will take the first step."

It didn't take long for the remaining Yuan army to be wiped out by the musketeers.

Seeing that there were still more than 200 war horses on the battlefield, Wu Songhan called Brigade Commander He Quchen of the Second Division of the Imperial Forest Army and asked, "Brigade Commander He, do you know how to ride horses?" ”

"General Wu, yes."

"Okay, Brigade Commander He, there are hundreds of war horses of the Yuan army here, and some of your troops will go first and catch up with General Fan."

"Yes, General." He Quchen led two companies of Royal Forest Army soldiers to mount their horses and head south.

According to the plan, a brigade of the 3rd Division of the Royal Forest Army went north to Xuchang to garrison, and the rest of the troops followed Wu Songhan to quickly turn back.

It was completely different from the battles of Xuchang and Xiangcheng, but the battle of Dengzhou became more and more fierce.

Once the artillery cooled, the cavalry archers of the Yuan army were dispatched one after another, covering the forward attack of the large army, but fortunately, there were a lot of projectiles, and at every critical moment, the projectiles showed their strong strength, and every attack of the Yuan army was eventually repelled by the projectiles, and they always stopped twenty meters in front of the camp.

With the development of the war, the intention of the Yuan army has been very obvious, probably because my banner was set up in the east camp, for the north, the Yuan army only feint, and its main forces are all concentrated in the east.

While the artillery was firing again, Lu Wenhuan came to me and said, "Your Majesty, more than 8,000 grenades have been used, do you want to take the north gate?" ”

"What? More than 8,000 already? I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect it to be used so quickly, I thought about it and said, "Okay, General Lu, there are 3,000 projectiles in the North Gate Battalion, all of them are taken, judging from the current situation, the Yuan Army's attack on the North Gate is just a false move, Gongsun Xiaochen, pass on my will, and then transfer a regiment of musketeers from the North Camp, if the war continues, then order the soldiers of the North Camp to withdraw to the city, relying on the city wall to defend, so that you can save personnel to support the East Camp." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Wenhuan saw that I was a little worried, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, after most of the day's fighting, the Yuan army suffered heavy casualties, at most one or two rounds, and it will be the end of the tree, and our army has almost no casualties. ”

"General Lu is right." Yuan Jian smiled and said, "Since the application of firearms to the war, the casualties on both sides are simply disproportionate, and in the long run, there is not much difference from a one-sided massacre. The ancients had a cloud that killed a thousand enemies and damaged eight hundred, and this sentence has been very wrong with the use of firearms. ”