The more than 5,000 soldiers and horses who came to the aid of Marshal Boyan were the combined forces of the Yuan State and the Great Song Dynasty, and Su Dingyuan, the deputy commander of the coalition army, watched intently at the Mongolian deputy marshal and the commander of the reinforcements, Huang Jitai, arguing. When Marshal Boyan asked the question himself, Su Dingyuan's sharp gaze fell on Marshal Boyan's face.

Marshal Boyan didn't seem to see Su Dingyuan's rude move at all, and he calmly asked Huang Jitai: "What if the coalition forces can't hold on?" ”

Huang Jitai replied calmly: "The coalition army has just won a game against us, and it is winter again. There is no way they will not fight. ”

Hearing such confident words, Marshal Boyan continued to ask: "I still have a question, is your gunpowder enough?" ”

Su Dingyuan's pupils shrank slightly, and he felt that he had peeked into Mongolia's weakness. The traditional method of nitrate pours human urine into a field of nitrate, and a bacterium converts nitrogen compounds such as urea into nitrate in human urine. In the barren nitrate field, a layer of white material can be seen on the surface of the ground every once in a while. These white substances are collected, dissolved, filtered, purified, and dried to separate white saltpeter.

This technology spread early to places like the Middle East, where nitrates are produced called 'Chinese snow' or 'Chinese salt'. Nitrate is characterized by very low conversion efficiency and is very dependent on urine. Every city in the Great Song Dynasty has a treatment plant for handling drowning, and the output of nitrate is so-so, depending on the population and management level of the Great Song Dynasty. The Mongol Empire had a very low level of social operations and a very low production of saltpeter. The level of social management in the Yuan Kingdom is okay, but the population is too small. The population of the two-million-dollar country is spread over many farms, and this level of population density does not allow for the large-scale production of saltpeter.

The Great Song Dynasty dared to help the Yuan State establish an arsenal, that is, he knew the weakness of the Yuan State. Without saltpeter, there is no way to produce fast-acting black powder. Su Dingyuan, the commander of the Great Song Dynasty in the coalition army, closed his lips tightly and listened to the conversation between Boyan and Huang Jitai.

Huang Jitai, the commander of the Yuan State reinforcements, listened to Marshal Boyan's question, and also felt that he understood a lot, and he asked tentatively: "...... Could it be that there is a problem with the supply of gunpowder for Marshal Boyan? ”

"Not enough." Boyan replied.

Huang Jitai nodded slightly, and his previous confusion was answered. There were also a lot of artillery and muskets in Marshal Boyan's army, and if the gunpowder was sufficient, it would not be possible to lose so easily to the Italian coalition army.

Boyan didn't show the slightest emotion of uneasiness and shame because he admitted his weakness, he continued to ask Huang Jitai, "Is the gunpowder on the Yuan Kingdom's side enough?" How many battles can you sustain all 5,000 of you to fight? ”

Huang Ji replied decisively: "Enough." We carried one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition each. Five thousand people are capable of firing 600,000 rounds. If the accuracy rate in the battle is 5%, it can also kill and wound 30,000 Italian Northern Coalition troops. According to the model of the Cold Weapon era, where a tenth of casualties would collapse the troops, the coalition forces would definitely be defeated by us. It was only the musket unit that fought, and there had to be pikemen and other defense units to protect the musket unit. ”

Dashuai Boyan looked at Huang Jitai for a while, and finally asked, "Is it enough for you to give 15,000 people?" ”

By the end of the meeting, the coalition officers retired. The adjutant general hurriedly asked Marshal Boyan: "Marshal, give them so many soldiers and horses, can they be reliable?" ”

Marshal Boyan asked rhetorically: "Apart from them, do we have anything else to rely on?" ”

The adjutant general didn't admit it, he said firmly: "Dashuai, they are so arrogant when a group of rabbit cubs who haven't grown their hair come to us. Come up, let us send troops to cooperate with them. I can't take this breath. Please ask them to hand over some gunpowder first, and with firearms, we can win. ”

Marshal Boyan asked the lieutenant general coldly: "These people are very annoying, but after they win the battle, where will they go?" ”

"Of course they want to go back to Yuanguo."

Marshal Boyan continued to ask: "After winning the war, they will return to the Yuan Kingdom, and Italy will be ours." Why would you be angry with a bunch of kids at a time like this? ”

After speaking, Marshal Boyan continued to walk forward, and the deputy general opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. After a while, he finally took a step forward and chased after the boss of Boyan.

The next day, the Italian coalition received news that the Mongol envoys were going to fight the coalition again. The news of the commander's promise to fight soon spread throughout the coalition camp, and Earl of Glamorgan, one of the many nobles in the coalition army, and dozens of his subordinates were eager to see the next battle with their own eyes.

At this moment, three Orientals sent by the Armstrong family to see the excitement came to ask to leave. This surprised the Earl of Glamorgan. These Orientals look mysterious, but they don't hate them. Those steel armors were also brought by these Orientals, especially the gold-plated local tyrant gold steel armor, which looked even more stylish than the duke. For that alone, the Earl of Glamorgan did not want to be separated so quickly.

In the face of the earl's retention, the Great Song observer was firm, "Your Excellency, we have something to do, so we can only leave first." ”

Seeing that these mysterious Orientals had made up his mind, the Earl lowered his voice and asked, "Excuse me, do you have any other secret medicine?" ”

"That's it. We can send some to your Excellency. The Great Song observer responded.

That evening, the well-fed Count waited for the food to sink a little, then took out the medicine bottle, poured out two pills, and swallowed it with wine. It was not long before the Earl of Glamorgan, feeling that he was in high spirits, took the high-class prostitutes in his arms and went to his big tent to refresh himself.

Except for the Earl of Glamorgan, the entire coalition camp was immersed in an atmosphere of joy. Since they were able to defeat the Mongols last time, the coalition believes that they will be able to win this time. Someone is wiping weapons, someone is sipping wine. The allied officers assured the soldiers that in addition to the spoils of war, they would also provide the soldiers with two portions, that is, four portions of wine, for everyone to enjoy. Now the wine is just an appetizer before victory.

Early the next morning, Observer Da Song and Armstrong's family left the camp. They traveled westward to the small port on the southern border of the Republic of Venice, where a small sailing ship was already waiting. The group got on the boat and headed southeast. Near a deserted island, the men entered a small bay.

When Armstrong's men learned that the Great Song Observer wanted them to land, they looked uneasy. There are many islands in the sea between Italy and Greece, most of which have no fresh water, so it looks extremely barren. God knows what will happen on such an island.

Facing the vigilant representative of the Armstrong family, the Great Song observer said calmly: "Gentlemen, you are cooperating with us because you believe in us. Since we have promised to return to you your captured people, we will certainly return them to you. They should be on this island. ”

Many of the Armstrong clansmen joined the Knights Hospitaller or Templar Order, and in European tradition, captured knights and nobles did not commit suicide for the sake of 'chivalry'. That was the propaganda of later generations of Japan. After being captured at that time, the knight would be ransomed with ransom. The ransom demanded by the Great Song side was not gold and silver, but a favor from the Armstrong family. After discussion, the Armstrong family agreed and executed the agreement.

Despite his uneasiness, representatives of the Armstrong family boarded a small boat and boarded the desert island. As soon as I got ashore, I saw someone coming to greet me. There were more than a dozen people who came, and they took the Great Song Observer and others to the island, and in a temporary cell converted from a stone cave, they met more than a dozen members of the Armstrong family who had been captured. After the handover was completed, the two parties parted ways. The observer of the Great Song went to sea with the people who came to meet him on another ship, and then boarded the big ship and hurried back to Greece.

The observers, who rushed back to Athens as quickly as possible, excitedly reported to Yang Congrong, detailing the weakness of the Mongol army in terms of firearms, and the cold weapons were even defeated by the Italian coalition forces. And these people also said that since the new army of the Yuan Kingdom had arrived, they didn't want to be killed by mistake on the battlefield again, so they hurried back.

Yang calmly looked solemn, listened carefully, and only asked questions when he didn't understand. After listening to the report, Yang calmly arranged for the observers to rest. The observers originally walked to the door, but one of them suddenly remembered something important, and he quickly turned around and said to Yang Congrong: "Director Yang, our Golden Gun Pill has received excellent praise from the nobles. But if these people are killed, our advertising will not be done in vain. ”

Suddenly hearing this, Yang Congrong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud. After laughing, he replied, "It's all a small thing, you go and rest first." You've been exhausted along the way. ”

Seeing off the observers, Yang calmly sat back in his seat. Thoughts flew through his mind, and in the end he decided to wait for the outcome of the new battle. If the coalition forces of the Yuan State can win, he will go to the Yuan State and have a deep talk with Hao Ren, the lord of the Yuan State.

Yang Congrong, director of the Eastern European Department of the Great Song Dynasty, knew that he actually believed that the combined forces of the Yuan State and the Song State would be able to win. On the battlefield in Italy, the Count of Glamorgan, dressed in the golden armor of a tycoon, was watching the battle, believing that it would be the Italian Northern Alliance that would win. The new battle did not take place in the basin where the last battle had been fought, and the Earl of Glamorgan was watching the battle outside the coalition camp.

In the past, the baron was a knight in an earldom, and if war broke out and the earl above him went to war, the baron would follow the army. Now that he is also an earl, the relationship between the two sides is more awkward, which makes the Earl of Glamorgan start to act independently. Because the Earl of Glamorgan did not want to fight in the war at all, this led him to become a spectator of the war.

As a bystander, the Count did not know how the Mongol army could suddenly attack outside the main camp. He didn't know it, and no one told him. The only thing that was certain now was that the Italian Northern Coalition had to withstand the onslaught of the enemy outside its own large camp.

After a few months of construction, the coalition battalion had dug trenches and erected wooden fences. The coalition forces did not hide in the fortified camp because of this, and the coalition forces lined up outside the camp to confront the Song army on the opposite side. The Count saw that the number of troops on the opposite side was not very large, at most there were four or five thousand men. He was even more puzzled. In the face of an equal number of Mongol troops, the coalition forces should not be so timid.

Then the Count saw some low carts on the opposite side, and some small ones were placed on them. Next to each car is a group of guys working around the car. Then the men quickly dispersed, and a moment later the medium guys in the cart began to puff out white smoke. A moment later, some muffled thunderous voices faintly came.

Before the white smoke dissipated, the people who had just run away gathered around the opposite car and began to continue to be busy. It didn't take long for them to disperse again. Then some white smoke came out.

Even though he was not on the front line, the Earl of Glamorgan still sensed an indescribable change in the front line of the coalition forces. It's hard to describe what kind of change it was, the previous sense of activity is gone. If you have to describe it, the crowd that was originally alive and kicking has now become so stiff that it has lost its elasticity.

I saw that many cars on the opposite side were spewing white smoke again and again, and the white smoke did not dissipate immediately, but gradually diffused in the air and gradually accumulated. So much so that the enemy's positions began to be difficult to see. Then the Mongols charged, and a large number of Mongol soldiers rushed forward with spears. At this time, the Count of Glamorgan was relieved that there was no strange effect, only a knife-to-gun battle between the two sides, and the battle in which the coalition forces broke the Mongol army would be staged again.

Then the Count of Glamorgan saw the Italian Northern Coalition come alive again. One by one, they howled and ran, and they were alive and well. The Count was completely unaware of what was happening in the face of the increasingly clear coalition officers and soldiers. Seeing that the coalition army was about to rush to the Earl of Glamorgan, the Earl's personal guards rushed up and picked up the Earl and galloped towards the camp gate. The fifty centaurs did not want to be scattered by the fleeing coalition forces, and they desperately tried to rush into the camp. No matter how hard these people tried their best, they found that the collapsed coalition forces were all walking fast, and they couldn't distance themselves from these fleeing guys.

At this time, the Mongolian army composed of Yuan Guo and Marshal Boyan's subordinates was pursuing the Mongolian army under the command of Su Dingyuan. Su Dingyuan was also excited. When he led his troops to attack before, he didn't expect the Italian coalition to react so slowly. They all approached the coalition camp before the coalition army sent troops to begin to outflank Su Dingyuan's rear retreat. He also set up a frontal position to meet the attack.

Su Dingyuan ordered his subordinates to start shelling the Italian Northern Coalition Army. At first, Su Dingyuan was taken aback, and the Italian coalition troops actually withstood the bombardment of artillery. This is not to say that the Italian coalition forces were able to charge with artillery, but the Great Song army only began to train this charge tactic during the exercises. In fact, there was a lot of resistance to such a charge.

It was already remarkable that the Italian coalition forces were able to stand there and be beaten. The Great Song army is afraid that it will not be able to do it.