Chapter 198: The Battle of Fancheng (4)
"The Yuan army is here?"
After hearing the news, Fan Wenhu hurriedly found Gundam.
Gundam's eyes were sad, and he opened his mouth and replied, "That's right. According to the news from the cavalry, it will be here in half an hour. We have to build our ground quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to fight them. ”
Gundam is a general, and even with less than 8,000 troops under his command, it is difficult to fight against the opponent's 10,000 horses, not to mention that his soldiers have just gone through a battle and are tired.
If he was up against the other side, Gundam didn't think he could succeed.
"Of course I know! It's just that the Tartars, why did they come all of a sudden?" Fan Wenhu became a little impetuous, he looked quite nervous.
Gundam saw it in his eyes, his heart was full of disdain, but he didn't show it: "Maybe they heard the news, so they came." These two castles are the key to the siege of Xiangyang, where will they be easily given to us? We should hurry up and get ready for the soldiers. ”
"So that's it?"
Fan Wenhu became indecisive, he looked around and asked in a low voice, "Then do I want to play?" The meaning of the words is clearly that because I am afraid of fighting, I don't want to go to the battlefield.
Gundam complained, "No, you just need to make sure the fort is safe." You know, we've only just conquered these two forts, and who knows if there's going to be some ambush in there? ”
Seeing the person in front of him so virtuous, Gundam couldn't help but feel surprised.
What is the reason why a cowardly person like Fan Wenhu can also be on top?
"That's good. That's good. ”
Fan Wenhu didn't care, he only thought that he had escaped by luck, and since he was beaten by the Yuan army in such a miserable situation at the beginning, he didn't dare to confront the Yuan army head-on.
After that, Fan Wenhu led his men deep into the Lion Rock, preparing to search for those enemies who might be hiding in the mountains, if these enemies suddenly appeared when they were confronting the Yuan army, it would be a disaster.
Seeing Fan Wenhu leave, Gao shook his head helplessly: "I really don't know what the Lin'an courtier thought, and let him come here?"
For this person, Gundam is not without opinions, and has expressed his opinions to the ministers of Lin'an many times, but unfortunately all of them have been blocked.
There is no way, he himself does not have many helpers in Lin'an, and because of the past things and Jia Yidao, he has always been oppressed by those people, if it weren't for those people who need him to fight against the Yuan army, I am afraid that he would have been like Di Qing and Yue Fei first-class, and he would have become the soul of these people.
As for that Fan Wenhu, although he is not good at the way of the military formation, he is good at clinging to the powerful, first he had a good relationship with Lu Wende, and after Lu Wende was wrecked, he kicked the other party away and directly invested in Jia Yidao's command, otherwise how could he have such a status today?
Because of this, Gundam was unwilling to face Fan Wenhu, and he couldn't reprimand or snub him, which was really a headache.
Just as he was thinking about it, the horses' hooves were bursting in the distance, and the Yuan army finally appeared in front of everyone.
Gao Gao looked into the distance, and saw thousands of horses galloping in the distant sky, black and oppressive, kicking up countless dust and sand rushing towards them, and when they were ten miles away from everyone, these war horses stopped.
Looking at this huge cavalry, Gundam's eyes were full of envy.
Since the loss of the north, the entire Song Dynasty has never had such a large cavalry, otherwise how could they huddle in the castle and only rely on the navy and guns to be able to confront each other?
Without further ado, among the many cavalry, a cavalry was immediately divided, and the number of this cavalry was not much, only about five hundred, and after the whole army had broken away, they rushed towards the position.
Gundam was furious, and hurriedly shouted, "Open the cannon." ”
The cannon roared, but the cavalry was agile and easily avoided the shells, leaving only potholes behind them.
"These guys, what are they doing?"
When Gundam looked into the distance, he saw that these cavalrymen were carrying a metal barrel behind them, which had two openings and a fairly large caliber, which could be stuffed into a person's fist, which looked somewhat similar to the tiger squat cannon equipped by the Huaxia Army.
This made Gundam a little worried, and he estimated that it was only a firearm newly invented by the other party.
Seeing that the opponent was less than two hundred feet away from the front position, Gundam said again: "Shoot." ”
"Bang Bang Bang"
A continuous burst of gunfire rang out, and several cavalrymen fell in response, and these cavalrymen finally showed their sacrifices.
To the delight of Gundam, the soldier shouted happily and continued to shoot at them, trying to stop them from approaching their positions.
At this moment, those cavalrymen took off the metal cylinder behind their backs, took out a cannonball from the bag on the side of the war horse and stuffed it into it, and then aimed the black muzzle at the front position, with a loud "boom", red flames erupted from behind the metal cylinder, and the Song soldiers in the trenches had no time to escape.
"What a powerful weapon. It seems that this Yuan army should not be underestimated. ”
Gundam shouted.
He could see clearly that after those cavalry pulled the trigger, countless iron sand erupted from the front of the metal cylinder, and it was this iron sand that caused the soldiers under his command to suffer such heavy losses.
In terms of range alone, this thing is indeed much worse than the gun, but in terms of power, within thirty zhang, it is dozens of times stronger than the gun, and if it is hit, there is no possibility of survival.
Seeing that the weapons in their hands worked, those cavalry cheered, and galloped wildly, rushing towards the military formation, but they planned to take the entire position in one go.
The weapon in their hands is a recoilless cannon, which is a firearm newly invented by craftsmen in the army, with the advantage of war horses and the weapons in their hands, the Yuan army has finally pulled back a game, and after facing the Huaxia army, it is not as passive as before, and it can fight head-on with the other party.
Now that it is used to deal with the Song army, it can be said that it can be captured.
"Everybody go up with me, make sure you hold your ground. ”
Gundam shouted and took a gun and aimed it at the enemy, then pulled the trigger.
Naturally, the man was killed, but the rest of the people also noticed where the Gundam was and turned their guns to aim at the Gundam.
However, Gundam had expected it, and only jumped to the side and jumped into the trench next to it, leaving only small holes in the same place, both deep and shallow.
Looking at a few people in the distance, Gundam felt his scalp tingle: "This thing is really vicious, if it is hit, even if it can survive, I am afraid that it will be seriously injured." ”
He had just gone through a war, and the true element in his body was far from recovering, and he couldn't resist the recoilless cannon at all.
Even if Gundam regained his full strength and was located on this dangerous battlefield, he was not sure that he would be safe and sound, and the guns, tiger squat cannons, siege guns, and even these recoilless cannons could all threaten the warriors, which caused the role of the warriors to plummet, and it was no longer able to change the entire battlefield.