Chapter 540 Xianchun enters Luo

For the black powder used to make musket ammunition, there is not much difference between the raw materials used in the materials and ordinary gunpowder, the main difference is the proportion of raw materials, don't look at me when I open my mouth, but it is not something that these people can easily figure out, the formula ratio of black powder is only known to a very small number of people even in the gunpowder supervision of Lin'an.

Like the master craftsmen in the palace of the Yuan Dynasty or Ah Lao Wading and Ah Er, they are only good at mechanical production or smelting technology, but they are not proficient in gunpowder. It is no wonder that, relatively speaking, although China's pre-Song Dynasty chemistry was ahead of the world, the Mongols who grew up on horseback did not pay much attention to it, and for them, the smelting technology in chemistry may be the only thing worth paying attention to, because advanced smelting technology can create high-quality cold weapons, which is the main reason why Ah Er and others were able to quickly imitate muskets.

One was the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and the other was the well-informed shaman supreme, at this time, neither of them thought that in the end, due to the formula ratio of gunpowder, the musket they imitated would be far inferior to the musket of the Song Dynasty. In the eyes of the two of them, the making of ammunition was much simpler than that of muskets.

This is the so-called "it is not difficult for those who will meet, and it will not be difficult for those who are difficult".

Kublai Khan was very satisfied with the progress of the imitation of the musket, praised the craftsmen on the spot, and divided them into two groups, one group was tasked with improving the performance of the musket and striving to reach or exceed the power of the Song Dynasty musket as soon as possible, and the other group specialized in the proportional composition of gunpowder.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the sailors led by Li Beiyang first launched an operation.

Before I went to Xiangyang, I had discussed in detail with Li Beiyang and other generals of the Navy Division the battle plan after the Navy Division went north. After defeating the Mongols' naval division, there were two ways to choose, one was to land directly on the Shandong Peninsula and cooperate with Li Tingzhi to eliminate the Yuan Dynasty's Eastern Route Army, and then go north to attack Dadu; The second is to go north from the sea, land in the area of Tianjin, and approach Dadu.

After careful consideration, Li Beiyang chose to go north directly. The reason is very simple, the naval division of the Yuan army still has a considerable number of ships in the waters north of Shandong, as the naval division of the Great Song Dynasty, it should be completely eliminated, and as Liu Quan's senior brother, the portal should also be cleared.

At this time, Li Beiyang did not know that Liu Cheng had been seriously injured.

On the 13th, under the command of Li Beiyang, the Great Song Naval Division fought a fierce battle with the Yuan Army's naval division again in the Bohai Strait north of Shandong. The victory of this naval battle shocked the Yuan Dynasty court, most of them were not very far from the coastline of Zhigu Village, if the Song army landed from Zhigu Village, then it would not be long before they could reach the capital.

Li Beiyang's department had a lot of grain and grass, and he was not in a hurry to return or log in directly, but wandered around the Bohai Strait.

Under pressure from the DPRK, Kublai Khan had no choice but to transfer half of the new army from Shandong to Zhigu Village, east of Dadu, and transferred an elite cavalry army of 10,000 people from the middle route army in Nanyang, and ordered it to return to Dadu to garrison it, in case the Song army's naval division landed from Zhigu Village.

At the end of the month, the Gunpowder Superintendent sent another 5,000 projectiles and 3,000 muskets, and at the same time, according to my order, the Gunpowder Superintendent also sent 1,500 projectiles each to Gundam on the West Road and Li Tingzhi on the East Road. The use of throwing bombs is very simple, in advance, the Eastern and Western Northern Expeditionary Army has already drawn some soldiers to learn how to throw, so as soon as the real thing arrives, it can come in handy immediately.

After the delivery of this batch of military supplies, the number of projectiles in Dengzhou reached as much as 25,000.

On the night of the arrival of the new batch of armaments, I held the first large-scale military meeting of the new year and announced the next operational plan of the Central Route Army.

I first said: "Generals, according to the latest information that our army has mastered, there are more than 90,000 Yuan troops in the entire territory of Henan, of which there are 50,000 Yuan troops in Nanyang, more than 20,000 Yuan army camps in the east of Bianliang City, nearly 10,000 people in Luoyang City, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses scattered in Zhangde Mansion (now Anyang, Henan), Ruzhou (part of today's Pingdingshan City), Yingtianfu (now Shangqiu), Hanoi County (part of today's Jiaozuo City) and other places. At present, after more than a month of rest and training, our army has sufficient armaments and materials, and is able to go out for activities. Next, General Lu Wenhuan announced the battle plans of each army. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Wenhuan got up and faced a group of generals and said, "In the past month, the 50,000 yuan army left in Nanyang has not been able to shrink, with the consent of His Majesty, the 19th Chamber of the Xiangyang Military Region, the 6th Brigade under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Division of the Royal Forest Army, the 13th Brigade under the jurisdiction of the newly formed 4th Division and two artillery battalion squads, carrying 10,000 grenades, to the site of the Shifo Temple located more than 100 miles west of Nanyang, to establish an outpost camp to attack Nanyang, and the advance army is under the unified command of General Xie Daolin, the commander of the Royal Forest Army. With such a powerful firepower, even if all the 50,000 troops in Nanyang are dispatched, our army can hold out for a period of time, which is enough to dispatch support troops from Dengzhou to form an internal and external attack. General Xie and General Lu Shikui, do you have any problems with this? ”

Xie Daolin and the commander of the 19th chamber, Lu Shikui, stood up and said: "Lu Shuai, there are tens of thousands of projectiles, and the last general and others will guarantee to complete the task." ”

"Okay, General Lu Wenxin."

"The end will be."

"You lead the Black Carbon Regiment to be responsible for liaison along the way, and once you get the news of the Yuan army's dispatch, you will immediately assist the advance army to garrison, and at the same time report back."

"Yes, the last general."

The Black Carbon Regiment is full of elite cavalry, and it is extremely fast, so it is very appropriate to play the role of an intermediary liaison.

Lu Wenhuan then arranged: "Abolish the Beida Battalion outside Dengzhou City, the defenders of it will return to the city for defense, and the artillery battalion stationed in the North Camp will go north to Xuchang with the 19th Cavalry Corps of the Lin'an Military Region, and after that, the Xuchang Army and the Bianliang Army will form a Western Expedition Coalition Army and march to Luoyang in the west of Bianliang, the Yuan Army in Luoyang is less than 10,000 people, and our army intends to dispatch 15,000 troops from the two places, plus with the cooperation of the artillery battalion, it should be easily recovered." After the recovery of Luoyang, a new pattern of joint defense of Bianliang, Xuchang, and Luoyang will be formed, and the Bianliang Military Region can attack everywhere, while training troops, and at the same time recovering other cities in Henan, and if it encounters a large number of Nanyang Yuan troops, it will retreat to its original place. ”

Lu Wenxin said: "Lu Shuai, Ah Shu and Boyan won't send troops to rescue, right?" ”

"Probably not." Lu Wenhuan said, "Generals, you can rest assured that once the Nanyang Yuan Army divides its troops and moves, our Dengzhou Army can take advantage of the weakness to enter and capture Nanyang." The Bianliang Military Region can follow the guerrilla tactics mentioned by His Majesty, and act in accordance with the principle of retreating when it is strong and destroying it when it is weak. ”

I nodded and said, "Gongsun Xiaochen, Tian Xiuyan, the two of you will work with the Senate Office to sort out and refine the battle plan and distribute it to all armies." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"If all goes well, we will soon be able to reclaim all other cities in Henan except Nanyang. At that time, the lonely city of Nanyang will be self-defeating. I said with confidence, "In addition, the two generals, Li Tingzhi and Gao Gao, were ordered to formulate their own battle plans for the Eastern and Western Northern Expeditionary Armies. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

More than 30 years ago, Duanping's entry into Luola kicked off the prelude to the Song-Mongolian War, and the pro-government Song Lizong intended to make a difference and sent troops to the Northern Expedition, but it ended in failure. The so-called entry into Luoyang refers to the entry of troops into Luoyang.

Luoyang, located in the western part of Henan Province, is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, with a long history, has always been the center of the country, known as Xijing in the Northern Song Dynasty, and is one of the three capitals in the Northern Song Dynasty.

After receiving my order, Jiang Wanzai and Yin Yinglei immediately formed a 15,000-strong army for the Western Expedition, with General Zhao Huai as the chief general, Fan Liangfu as the deputy general, and Meng Tianxiang as the vanguard.

The recovery of Xijing Luoyang, like the recovery of Bianliang in Tokyo, is enough to leave a name in history. Decades later, Zhao Huai, the son of Zhao Kui, led the troops to the expedition, which allowed the old general to look down on Jiuquan.

Today's situation is completely different from that of Duanping into Luo, although the north is still under the rule of the Mongols, but the strength of the two sides has been gradually reversed, the advantage of weapons, the morale of the soldiers, the unified command, plus Bianliang, Xuchang, Dengzhou as the backing, for the recovery of Luoyang, almost to capture.

On 5 February, the Bianliang army and the Xuchang army converged in Gongyi County, 150 miles east of Luoyang, and headed westward. Although most of the towns along the way were still occupied by the Yuan army, in the face of the Western Expeditionary Army, how could these guarding Yuan troops dare to go out of the city to block the attack, and they could only let the Song army swagger through.

On the morning of February 7, Zhao Huai led the army to the east gate of Luoyang.

The pioneer Meng Tianxiang rode forward and shouted loudly under the city gate. Seeing that Meng Tianxiang was young and there were only five or six hundred people behind him, he secretly strengthened his courage, ordered two thousand soldiers, and rushed out of the city gate.

Sticky Muhan is tall and strong, with black helmet and black armor, holding a mace, and a jujube red horse in his crotch, looking majestic. "Come and get a common name, your grandfather will not kill the unknown junior."

Meng Tianxiang said with a smile: "Silly big man, listen up, your uncle is the commander of the Great Song Dynasty Zhongshun Army, and Meng Tianxiang, the pioneer officer of Luoyang, is also, don't report the uncle's name wrong when you go to the Yin Cao Prefecture." ”

Mu Han didn't like others to call him a stupid big man, so he was furious at the moment, and urged the war horse to rush up.

Meng Tianxiang had a spear, and he also hit the horse. What kind of martial arts Meng Tianxiang is, he is a master who is almost the same as Ah Shu and others, Mu Muhan has great self-sustaining power, where is Meng Tianxiang's opponent. The two fought on horseback, and they had to be three together, and Meng Tianxiang dropped Sticky Muhan off the horse with one shot.

The defenders of Luoyang were not elite, and when they saw that the main general had fallen off their horses, they immediately became chaotic and hurriedly retreated.

"Rush." Meng Tianxiang shouted loudly and led the Zhongshun army to pursue forward.