Before arriving at Gaoyou County, Li Yun immediately discussed with other battalion commanders and believed that the Mongol army attacking Gaoyou was far away from their large forces, and the number was not large. It was just right for the Song army, which was equipped with a large number of artillery, to fight a good fight.

When they arrived outside Gaoyou County, they immediately saw a large number of Mongolian troops driving the people of the Great Song Dynasty outside the city to carry grain for them. Judging by the numbers, the Mongol army must have numbered as many as two or three thousand. Seeing such a battle situation, Li Yun's mind came up with a sentence that he had heard in class, 'Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent'.

The teacher repeatedly emphasized that most battles are completely different from paper battles like those in textbooks. Soldiers who aspire to make serving in the army their life's work all the more aware of this. The reason why they are allowed to learn a lot of direct combat is that they can have more means to adopt in the actual war in the future, depending on the situation.

Li Yun found that he had completed the suddenness of the battle, but the Mongol army, the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and a large amount of grain were mixed together, and if the previous artillery bombardment flow was carried out indiscriminately on the mixed areas with artillery, in addition to having no effect, it would also cause a large number of meaningless casualties.

After quickly making a judgment, Li Yun immediately ordered the first wave of four battalions to prepare for an engagement with the Mongol army.

Li Yun was the commander-in-chief of this operation, and other battalion commanders must also accept this order. Fortunately, everyone had practiced the combat training many times, and as soon as the order was given, the units began to act according to the techniques they had mastered before.

These Mongolian troops were ordered to collect military rations, and the reason why they chose Gaoyou was that Marshal Ashu hoped to rob all the grain near Yangzhou, and the Haizhou Song army wanted to provide supplies to Yangzhou, but there was no way to collect grain on the spot. Seeing the sudden killing of the Song army, these Mongolian troops were also shocked. The Mongol army quickly reorganized its formation and prepared to meet the enemy, and the people took the opportunity to flee quickly. By the time the Mongolian army was finished, Li Yun's battalion had already lined up opposite the Mongolian army.

Even if they heard that the current Song army seemed to be quite capable of fighting, the Mongolian generals, who quickly returned to calm, looked at the Song army's battle line without any depth, but still couldn't equate the battle line composed of several rows of soldiers with strong combat effectiveness. This depth is too shallow, as long as a little offensive method is used to cut off the battle line, the Mongol army can kill the Song army that has lost its command at will.

The Song army had the training of the Song army, and the Mongolian army also had the training of the Mongolian army. Believing that victory was within reach, the Mongol generals immediately gave the order to attack.

Li Yun's troops were south of the Mongol army, and his reason for choosing this side was simple. Since the Mongols were coming from the south, according to human custom, they instinctively attacked along the familiar path. Seeing that the Mongolian army was really rushing towards him, the young battalion commander was nervous and mixed with joy.

There is a problem with fighting the Mongols, the Mongols are always fast and keen on sports. The paper armor of the Song army has very good protection against long-range weapons, but it is not suitable for troops to march because of its heavy feeling. The Mongol army fought if it could fight, and ran away if it couldn't. Even if the Song army can be defeated, it can't catch up with it in paper armor. He was able to win but not to be beheaded.

Now the Mongol army is rushing towards the Song army, and the paper armor and hat play an excellent role in protecting the bows and arrows of the Mongol army. Almost no one was injured in the rain of arrows before the Mongol archers' assault. Because the front of the Song army was very thin, when the Mongol army broke through, the archers behind did not dare to shoot arrows for fear of accidentally injuring their own people.

At this time, it was the turn of the Song army to start attacking, first two catties of artillery at a close distance of more than ten meters to give the Mongolian army a stormy baptism, so that hundreds of charging Mongolian soldiers let out a ghostly wolf howl. Then the musketeers fired non-stop at the Mongol infantry with four shots. The front of the Song army looked thin, but it was not at all that the Mongol army could complete by flesh and blood.

Li Yun, who was observing the situation in the front row, found that the trajectory of the musket was really too unstable, such as the Mongolian army flag at the front, and the one who was theoretically at the front should have been hit early. In reality, the situation was completely different from what was imagined, and the Mongolian flag was as if it was protected by heaven, and all four rounds of bullets injured him in the slightest. When the Mongol army began to retreat, the Song army's musket unit was always firing rapidly, and the banner still carried the flag with all his tail and retreated behind the other Mongol troops. No matter how the Mongolian troops around him were shot, the most conspicuous Qingqi was fine. It wasn't until he threw down the flag in his hand when he fled that the Mongolian flag completely disappeared from Li Yun's sight.

In addition to this strange scene on the battlefield, Li Yun began to wonder if there was a problem with the tactics he wanted to increase artillery. If Li Yun did not have two artillery batteries in his hands, and one of the artillery batteries could be replaced by musketeers, he could use three musket companies instead of two to fight the Mongol army. At least for now, in an engaged situation, the role of a musket company is more effective than that of artillery.

The correspondent ran over and reported loudly to Li Yun on the noisy battlefield: "Battalion Commander Li, the troops on the east and west sides have been put in place, and they are now preparing to encircle the Mongolian army. ”

Even if two battalions were left to protect the grain, Li Yun would be able to use eight battalions of 8,000 troops to deal with these two or three thousand Mongol troops. This is the reason why Li Yun has learned to face knowledge with a critical learning attitude. The military academy tells the whole content of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and Sun Wu believes that 'ten will surround it, five will attack it, and the multiple will divide it'. However, in the face of cold weapons, the firearms unit will not use its forces in this way at all. According to the results of the school's various calculations, Li Yun hoped to completely wipe out the two or three thousand Mongol troops with a war of encirclement and annihilation.

Because there was no way to observe condescendingly, Li Yun could only trust his comrades-in-arms. He ordered to hold his ground and wait for news that the encirclement was complete.

At this time, the formation of the Mongolian army on the opposite side also changed a lot. The Mongol troops who had fled back were in disarray. The Mongol cavalry went to the front row, and looking at their appearance, they wanted to charge.

Li Yun raised his eyebrows, and he immediately shouted: "Tell everyone that the Mongols are going to be surrounded and killed by our troops." As long as their cavalry is knocked out, none of these Mongols will be able to escape! Do a good job and kill them all! ”

Most of the shouts are shouted with loud voices, and now the troops rely on training to spread the word. The words of the battalion commander Li Yun were summarized by the battalion staff officer as a shorter content, "We surrounded the Mongols, do a good job, and kill them all!" ”

"We surrounded the Mongols, do a good job, kill them all!"

"We surrounded the Mongols, do a good job, kill them all!"

The battalion staff officer told the company commander, and the company commander told the platoon commander, and the commanders and fighters of each platoon passed the words to the comrades next to them. Even if Zhao Jiaren's efforts to 'sound in unison' have not yet been fully effective, at least most of the commanders and fighters know the battle situation at this time, and everyone feels that they can accurately position themselves, and their hearts are a lot more stable.

The Mongol army reacted quickly, and as soon as the Song army had completed its adjustment in the battle, their cavalry began to charge.

Hundreds of war horses rushed into battle like dark clouds, and they really looked like rainbows. Li Yun sighed: "It's a pity! Pity! "Horse meat can also taste better after being marinated in spices and treated with suitable cooking methods, but for Song Jun, who lacked horses, living horses were more valuable. Even the worst mare can be used to give birth to mules?

With a little emotion, Li Yun ordered, "Open the cannon!" ”

In the same situation as the infantry, the scattered shells attacked the Mongol cavalry like locusts. Then the musketeers fired at the cavalry from above. And the horses of the Mongol cavalry had to face the thorny formations of those spears. Horses are high-speed creatures that are afraid of sharp objects and instinctively stop running when they encounter them. It's a program that's written in the DNA, and it's not something that can be ignored by training. So it was the heavy cavalry who had to charge the battle, and they had to blindfold the horses so that they could not react to the spear formation.

At this time, the Mongol army did not have such conditions at all, and their horses were already very frightened by the sound of artillery, and they were even more reluctant to meet the spear array at this time.

The out-of-control horses stayed in front of the pikes, which made the results even more tragic, and the musketeers had more time to open fire on the group. The killings became more and more brutal.

The battle lasted for an hour, and the four battalions of the Song army completed the complete encirclement. The musketeers and pikemen carried out a side-to-shoulder centripetal encirclement. The Mongol troops who did not surrender were killed, and those who surrendered did not die for the time being. Li Yun was ready to take them to the streets of Yangzhou City to show the public, so as to increase the belief of victory among the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou City.

Those people also gathered up at this time, and suddenly someone rushed out of the people's team and tried to get close to Li Yun while shouting. The guards next to him immediately stopped the man. And this person shouted harder: "Brother Li, it's me, it's Zhu Hongwu!" ”

Li Yun had an impression of Zhu Hongwu, and that young man was the only one Li Yun had seen who chose the best grain to pay off the debt owed to Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Taiwei. Even with this attitude, Li Yun agrees with Zhu Hongwu very much.

Walking over and pulling Zhu Hongwu up from the ground, Li Yun asked, "Why is Brother Zhu here?" Thankfully, you weren't hurt by the Mongols. ”

This is a greeting from the heart, Li Yun didn't expect Zhu Hongwu to cry out loud after hearing this. Li Yunden was surprised, he never felt that he was a person who could show his strength by eloquence. When he met his favorite sister paper, Li Yun opened his mouth and was completely speechless. He is very much looking forward to his ability to really defend without hindrance.

Zhu Hongwu didn't cry vigorously, he said while crying: "Brother Li, the Mongolians came to our house to grab grain, and I was coerced here by them!" My Zhu family also has an internal ghost, and it will kill us! ”

Hearing this, Li Yun felt that he somewhat understood what was going on. Seeing Zhu Hongwu's sadness crying, Li Yun also felt unbearable.