Chapter 490 Firearms of the Third Category

Jiang Wanzai, who had been prepared for a long time, did not panic, kept changing the flags in his hands, and issued instructions one after another in the form of flags. Seeing the order, the officers and men of the 18th Army of the Third Compartment of the Lin'an Military Region, who had just arrived, immediately stepped forward, took over the defensive position of the original Royal Forest Army on the lower level of the guardrail, and stabbed out with the long weapons in their hands. At the same time, Meng Tianya led 500 loyal shun troops, and Jiang Cai led 500 broken troops who were proficient in martial arts, jumped off the guardrail and fought with the Shenli army within ten steps in front of the camp.

Because the Mongol cowardly Xue Marksman stopped firing for fear of hitting the Shenli army in front of the guardrail, a large number of Mongol infantry troops in the distance were severely attacked by musketeers located on the upper level of the guardrail, these infantry troops did not have the heavy shield protection of the Shenli army, only to be beaten, except for a few hundred people who barely rushed to the guardrail, most of them were blocked by muskets.

Although the officers and men of the Divine Force are infinitely powerful, they are not at all pleasing to the loyal army and the broken army who are proficient in martial arts, and they have to guard against the spears that the soldiers of the Eighteenth Army poke out of the gap between the stakes, and they do not dare to abandon their shields, the bulky but sturdy equipment becomes a burden in front of the agile and fast Song army, which makes the Divine Force army soon fall into disadvantage.

Seeing this, he immediately took a few steps back, and after a little discussion with Zhang Hongfan, who was holding a huge shield more than a hundred steps away, Zhang Hongfan ordered: "Retreat." ”

The golden war drums sounded, and the Yuan army retreated like a tide.

However, only a few moments later, the Yuan army attacked again, and counting the early morning one, this was the fifth attack of the day.

The first to open the way were 500 divine forces armed with large shields, followed by about 1,500 Mongolian infantry troops, followed by 500 divine troops, each divine force was followed by three or four Mongolian infantry soldiers, and behind this group of teams was the same configuration, several teams of exactly the same formation, adding up to tens of thousands of people.

It cannot but be said that Zhang Hongfan's acumen came up with the idea of using this formation in such a short period of time, just like the practice of later wars, opening the way with tanks and infantry following closely behind.

Under the command of Xie Daolin, Zhang Shijie, Zhao Huai and other generals of the Imperial Forest Army, the condescending musketeers kept firing bullets one after another, although the shield of the Shenli Army was huge, but after all, it could not protect the entire infantry army.

Inside the guardrail, Wu Songhan, who was about twenty steps away, stood in front of more than a thousand archers with a cloud-piercing bow in his hand, which were selected from the 17th, 18th, and 19th armies. At this time, Wu Songhan saw Jiang Wanzai waving the flag, and hurriedly ordered: "Soldiers, throw, target, forty to eighty steps ahead." ”

The archers of the Song army could not see the outside situation, but the range of forty steps was large enough that they did not need to be deliberately aimed, and one after another feathered arrows flew out and landed accurately in the Yuan army's formation. With the support of the archers, the musketeers were even more powerful. The Yuan army, on the other hand, wanted to raise the shield to cover the bow and arrows, but was shot by muskets.

Subsequently, more and more Yuan troops were killed.

Boyan, who was standing more than 200 steps away, immediately made a decision and shouted loudly: "Cowardly Xue Jun listens to the order, target, 20 to 50 steps behind the guardrail of the enemy's camp, shoot." "Boyan didn't know the structure of the camp in Guanzitan, but only judged the general location of the archers of the Song army based on the arrows shot by the Song army.

In order to avoid casualties, the shield bearers immediately dispatched to block the Mongols' arrow rain, which made the Song archers' firing speed much lower.

Batches of Yuan troops fell to the ground, and the follow-up soldiers still persevered, and they surged up like a tide.

The battle had reached a fever pitch, the soldiers on both sides had already killed the red eyes, the defending Song army continued to pull the trigger one after another, and the attacking Yuan army rushed forward desperately. After paying more than 4,000 casualties, the Yuan army in front once again rushed to within ten steps of the guardrail.

Yuan Jian was a little worried: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect the Mongols' attack to be so tenacious, do you want to retreat and dodge?" ”

"No, it's almost time to throw a grenade."

According to the pre-agreed plan, when a large number of Yuan troops rushed to the front, they attacked with grenades. In addition to the first 1,000 projectiles, the Gunpowder Administration sent 1,500 more bombs in two consecutive times, and together, there were now 4,000 projectiles in the camp at Bush Beach.

Jiang Wanzai seemed to hear what I said, and said to Xie Daolin beside him: "Within eighty steps, one hundred projectiles are thrown every twenty steps, three for each person. ”

"Okay." Xie Daolin turned around and ordered, "The fourth, ninth, eighteenth, and twenty-third companies will drop bombs as planned." ”

Ten breaths later, the first round of 400 projectiles was thrown into the Yuan army in four batches, and immediately, a roaring explosion sounded nearby, blowing up the Yuan army in a daze, and was it shelled at such a close distance? There was no time to react at all, and the second round of grenades exploded again in the dense Yuan army.

Although the projectiles made by the Gunpowder Supervision were far from being able to compare with the grenades of later generations, and the lethality was not very strong, due to the suddenness of the incident and the dense formation of the Yuan army, there were many injured and killed.

The most important thing is that the Yuan army, which never knew that there was a weapon like a grenade in the world, completely lost its enterprising spirit after two consecutive rounds of explosions.

According to the way of defending artillery, when the second round of grenades exploded, almost all the soldiers of the Yuan army lay on the ground, which was originally the correct way to defend, but the muskets of the Royal Forest Army did not stop firing, and the Yuan army, which had lost the shield protection, and was within the range of the muskets, could only become the meal of the musketeers again.

When the first round of throwing bombs was thrown, Zhang Hongfan and the others were stunned for a moment, and said secretly: "What is this object that resembles a short stick?" Hidden weapons? ”

However, after the grenade exploded, Zhang Hongfan and Hu stabbed out, including Boyan and Ah Shu in the distance, were all taken aback, and thought in unison: "The third firearm other than muskets and artillery? Is it called a fire bomb? ”

No one thought that the projectile invented by the gunpowder supervision of the Song Dynasty was called "fire bomb" by the generals of the Yuan Dynasty, and this name was widely spread among the Song army in the future, so that the name of the projectile was gradually replaced by the fire bomb.

After the third round of grenades exploded, the soldiers of the Yuan army could no longer care about the order, for fear that the Song army would continue to throw, and they all turned around and fled north.

1,200 grenades blew back thousands of Yuan troops who had attacked the front of the camp.

This is after the advent of muskets and artillery, the third kind of firearms used in actual combat, although its explosive power is not as shocking as artillery, but it is above the musket, what makes the Yuan army even more frightened is that the projectile can do continuous explosion, even if the power is less than half of that of later generations, but more than 1,000 projectiles have exploded one after another, what a terrifying scene.

Of course, they would not have known that the Song army's grenades were not as plentiful as musket ammunition.

Combined with the soldiers who were shot and killed in the escape, after this battle, the Yuan army left five or six thousand corpses within a hundred steps in front of the main camp.

Ah Shu was expressionless, sighed secretly, and helplessly popped out the words "retreat" from his mouth.

Zhang Quanyi: "The Yuan army has retreated, Your Majesty, do you want to pursue?" ”

Yuan Jian stopped in a loud voice: "Poor Kou Mo chase, besides, when the Yuan army retreated, it was orderly, and the cowardly Xue army after the break was in a strict formation. ”

I knew what Yuan Jian meant, for fear that I would lose my cool in addition to being excited and excited, and ordered to go to the field battle with the Yuan army, I smiled slightly: "Mr. is right." ”

Fang Ling looked at the sky and said, "Time flies so fast, it's already noon, no wonder I feel hungry." ”

Walking down the arrow tower, I came to the guardrail.

Jiang Wanzai and the others said: "Your Majesty, the war is over, you can go back and rest first." ”

"Okay, in an hour the generals will be ordered to go to the big tent to discuss the matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Hey, look." Just as I turned around and was about to leave, I heard the soldiers on the side shouting.

I looked back and saw a general of the Yuan army coming alone towards our army's position, Yuan Jian said: "Your Majesty, it's Boyan." ”

"What does that mean?" I was stunned.

The soldiers of the Royal Forest Army, who reacted quickly, immediately aimed all their guns at Boyan.

I hurriedly said, "Hugh is going to shoot." ”

At a distance of one hundred and twenty paces, Boyan dismounted, but still continued to move forward, saying as he walked: "Dayuan Boyan asks to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. ”

"Boyan, please say something, my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is here." Yuan Jian replied.

There are so many masters around me that I don't have to worry about it, because I didn't stop Boyan from moving forward at all.

Twenty steps before the guardrail, Boyan Fang paused and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Boyan is polite, during the war, please forgive Boyan for not being able to pay a big salute." ”

This was the first time I had seen a Mongolian general up close, and he was also a famous Mongolian general, and I was quite excited. But seeing that Boyan was in his early thirties, he looked sven, tall and majestic, and his eyes were bright, so he couldn't see any timidity at all.

"In the face of thousands of troops and horses in my court, General Boyan's expression is still the same, which makes me admire, Boyan, why are you coming?"

Boyan said respectfully: "Your Majesty the Emperor, today's battle, our army ended in defeat, although the Song and Yuan countries are enemies, but the soldiers are only ordered to act, each for its own master, Boyan has long heard that His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is wise and martial, benevolent and righteous, and good deeds last forever, so Boyan dared to come here and ask His Majesty to allow our army to bury the fallen soldiers on the spot." ”