As soon as these words came out, the generals were in an uproar, and the decisive battle that decided the fate only sent 30,000 people, which was quite a bit of a thief, but it must be known that Zhou Gongjin and Liu Bei also had 50,000 people combined, and this was all the capital that Sun Liu had taken out. Now there are at least more than 100,000 elite Tatar cavalry in the Mongolian army, and their combat effectiveness is far stronger than Cao Mengde's Qingzhou soldiers. This time, only 30,000 men were sent to meet the battle, didn't they really die by themselves?

Bai Yijie shouted loudly to the uproar of the generals: "After fighting for so many years, don't you still know the art of war?" Today's fog locks the river, and the strategy of surprise attack is being used, and it is a burden to bring more soldiers and horses, do you still remember the results of the sneak attack of the 400,000 army in Jingkangnian? The initial surprise attack, 30,000 soldiers is enough! ”

"I know you must ask, if the attack is successful, what will happen next? What if the attack fails? Zheng Yunming said with a stern face: "Whether it succeeds or not, I should personally lead the army to advance from the rear and fight to the death with the Tartars, and the rise and fall of the Great Song Dynasty will be decided today!" The world belongs, and the autumn is decided! I hope that all of you will show 12 points of spirit and courage to strive for a brighter future for the world! ”

The sudden arrival of the white fog not only disrupted the deployment of the Song army, but also disrupted the plan of the Mongolian army, Meng Ge, who was originally going to take Ezhou today and the tiger general Wei Sheng, had to stop the attack fiercely, fortunately, the gate of the old city of Ezhou could be broken overnight, and the Mongolian army had taken advantage of the dense fog to transport a large amount of gunpowder piled up by the city gate, just waiting for the fog to dissipate slightly, and immediately tried to blast the city gate. Because he was afraid that the Song army would take the opportunity to sneak attack, Meng Ge personally ordered all the armies along the river to enter the alert, and all the archers and firearms of the big and small were on standby, and the 50,000 proton army elite cavalry led by the marshal of the proton army Alihan was the capital, and once the enemy army landed 6, he immediately attacked and drove the enemy down the river.

The broad general came from the west, made a bend in Ezhou, and meandered to the southeast, where there are several places where the river is narrow, suitable for crossing the river, among which the most suitable for the army to pass Guò is the mouth of the three rivers, which is the largest pontoon bridge built by the Mongols with a large number of ships and countless manpower, and the scale of tens of thousands of cavalry can also cross the Yangtze River through the bridge in a smooth and orderly manner. Huhuangzhou down is another ferry, at this time there is also a pontoon bridge, the two sides of the strait hoard heavy troops, the north and south soldiers and horses can go and go freely. Only the south of Ezhou Shawo River, there is no pontoon bridge to connect the river, Shawo is the upstream erosion down of the soil, piled up on the rocks in the center of the river, here is already the lower reaches of the river meander, the water potential is gentle, the relationship of accumulation over time, in the center of the river to form a sandbar, so this place is also very easy to pass. In order to prevent the Shawo River from becoming a pipeline for the Song army to attack, the Mongolian army took the initiative to demolish a section of the pontoon bridge that had just been built, and set up artillery carts and crossbows by the river, and lined up the camp with firearms and bracelets, and was ready to deal with the attack of the Song army.

The Song army's attack on the Mongol position on the west bank of Shawo was fierce and swift, and the fog locked the river, and there was no time to form any strict formation, so the Song army dispersed, first seeking to land, and then seeking to establish the Deng6 position. If you were a member of the Mongol army on the bank of the river looking aimlessly at a thick fog, and suddenly there was a thunderous trumpet and war drums in the fog, as if the river was rolling up a thousand waves, wave after wave of oncoming waves, you would definitely be nervous and hectic, at a loss, if the Mongolian army headquarters was stationed here, maybe they could gather immediately, or retreat on horseback and then counterattack, or form a formation on the spot to prepare for a close engagement. However, the garrison here was only a Tocharian light cavalry from the Khorasan region of the Western Regions, and these Tocharian soldiers were originally part of the local garrison of Khorezm, and now they were sent to the east as Chagatai's subordinates to participate in the war, and they were originally a little strange and afraid of such a wide river and the humid weather of Jinghu Lake. When he saw the huge ship emerge from the white fog, he was even more shocked. After hurriedly firing a wave of arrows at the oncoming countless sampans, they mounted their horses and fled in all directions, leaving the embarrassed Han ballista and artillery men alone on their positions.

The tall Dongting gunboat crossed the side and spread out into a line, and under the fog, it did not have time to aim accurately, but only poured the shells into the approximate position that could barely be seen. They didn't really need to shoot very accurately, because the opponent's crossbows could only fire indiscriminately in the fog. Second, the sampans loaded with soldiers draped all over their bodies were constantly rushing up the tidal flats. The soldiers jumped off the sampan with their hands and feet, waved their weapons, shouted loudly and tapped their shields, and strode forward. The Mongol archers and musketeers standing behind the fence also did not distinguish the indiscriminate fire of their targets, and only tried to stop the Song army's attack. This effort is naturally better than nothing, not to mention that most of the teams responsible for blocking in front of them are the Han army under Shi Tianze, even if the Mongolian headquarters comes in person, they can only barely shoot at the Song army on this narrow beach, and this time the direct firepower of the Song army is much more fierce than before. The arquebusiers of the Song army who are armed with a new type of arquebus that are light and agile and nimble, not only have greatly improved the degree of shooting, but also have much higher accuracy than before, which is likely to be the use of the new drilling method, which makes the quality of the barrel better than before, along with the reform of drilling technology, when the Mongolian army faced the new smoothbore gun of the Song army, they felt that the opponent's firepower was fierce and accurate, far from being matched by the clumsy arquebus they used.

But the Song army was clearly not prepared to engage the Mongols more, and under the cover of the musketeers, the spearmen swung their spears and swarmed them. The spear phalanx tactics that the Mongol army learned from the Southern Dynasties were invincible in the eastern expedition to Goryeo and the southern expedition to Dali, but at this time it was clumsy and ridiculous in the face of the improved new infantry attack tactics. The Song army's musket fire continued to suppress the Mongol spear formation, and its fierce fire caused the Mongols to suffer casualties in succession. The Song army used the same tactics that the Mongol army used to fight against this large phalanx, that is, sticking it, leaning over to avoid the heavy spear, and using hand-to-hand combat to break through the enemy's tight spear wall, but the large phalanx of the Song army will use superior musket volleys to block the enemy before it gets close, and the Song army also has many sword and shield hands, which can cover the spear phalanx of the army. There was no shortage of skilled melee warriors in the Mongol army, but they were clearly at a disadvantage when it came to the use of firearms.

The soldiers of the Shenwu New Army charged while throwing the ignited thunderbolts and fire gourds into the spear array, the explosive power of the new thunderbolts was still violent, and a lot of poisonous smoke was added, the purpose of this was naturally to create chaos in the opponent's formation, such an attack soon caused chaos in the spear array, and this kind of large phalanx, the most taboo thing is that there is sudden chaos in the array. Once there is chaos, the entire phalanx will be affected, in the past, the Mongol army also used a brave force to make the phalanx of the Song people chaotic, but now under the double oppression of firearms and heavy armor warriors, the rout of the Mongol army came more quickly and violently, after the enemy fled all over the mountains, Han Feng immediately began to build temporary fortifications, the flat-bottomed boats of the Jinghu Navy immediately entered Huama Lake, and brought chariots and building materials from the waterway, and the Song army built a position while slowly but firmly began to advance in the direction of Ezhou.

Han Feng's 6th ascent in Shawo gave a clear signal to the Mongol army, which was nervously watching the movements of the Song army. The Shenwu army had advanced less than a mile before the enemy's cavalry brigade immediately surged under the command of Marshal Nupho.

After the defeat at Hanyang, Nyupho learned the lesson of fighting against the Song army, that is, you should not play the usual Ranger bow and arrow hunting tricks, because it will be difficult for you to get close to the heavily guarded enemy horse infantry army, and the enemy's firearms will be disadvantaged in the confrontation. The best way to deal with these new armies is to break through bravely regardless of the number of people, not afraid of casualties, and use one charge after another to interrupt the enemy's advance, the advantage of the Song army's use of short spears is that it is more agile in action, but the disadvantage is that the ability to resist cavalry has decreased, and every inch of the length of the spear is shortened, the distance to stop the cavalry's charge is reduced by an inch, so the phalanx of short spears is not as effective against cavalry as the phalanx of spears.

More than 10,000 Mongolian elites rushed over from all directions, and in the long song of Hu Ji, they launched wave after wave of assaults towards the Song army. Following the example of the Song army, they also tried to tighten their formations as much as possible, trying to break through with dense cavalry to break the resistance of the Song army's infantry troops.

But their tactics failed. Because the Song army was fully prepared for the intensive assault of the cavalry, the most critical point was that the Song army used the tactics of artillery to keep up with the advance army brigade in time. In previous battles, due to the inconvenience of artillery handling, even the Eagle Raising Cannon, which was famous among the Mongol army these days, often delayed its transfer firing position for a long time, and could not keep up with the advance of the infantry phalanx. However, the new artillery and tiger artillery, which were widely equipped with the Shenwu New Army, were able to keep up with the rhythm of the infantry formation. Zheng Yunming selected the Tiger Cannon among the one hundred and seventy-three Xinming delivered to him, the whole cannon weighed no more than four hundred and sixty-two pounds, its lightness was not comparable to any old-style artillery, just a qualified pack horse was enough to drag, and its marching degree could completely follow the infantry to advance, let alone the infantry after the formation.

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