In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 447: Unable to catch up

In fact, regardless of trebuchets or artillery, the hit rate of weapons on both sides is not good in this era.

The Song army had already pushed its trebuchet forward, and then added gasoline bombs, preparing to throw it in the direction of the Mongolian army's trebuchet.

"Put up a ladder, set up a high ladder..." Lu Wende quickly ordered the two ladders to be added together to create an elevated observation position on site.

The Song army was preparing to attack Qianzhou City, and the civilians in the army also brought ladders.

This should be replaced by another place. Lu Wende can find a high place to observe the enemy's formation.

But this side was flat and there was no high ground, so he was very annoyed when the Mongolian army's trebuchets attacked him.

The key point is that there are quite a lot of trebuchets on the opposite side. Chagatai and Kuoduan have been working hard to build trebuchets in the city during this period.

If it weren't for the fact that giant stone bullets would be difficult to make, the Mongolian army would have more opportunities to throw stones.

The Mongolian army's first wave of trebuchets caused a lot of damage to the Song army's battalions and also dampened the morale of the Song army. Unfortunately, the Mongolian army did not rush up immediately, but waited for the trebuchets to continue.

Both sides are now using long-range weapons. The Song army has no time to dig a hole and can only pull the rope.

The two sides fought back and forth for half an hour.

Not many of the artillery rounds were able to hit the trebuchet on the opposite side in the first round, mainly because the specific location of the trebuchet was still unclear.

At this time, the main purpose of the Mongolian army was to smash the carriage and create a passage for the cavalry.

The Mongolian army had too many troops and flags flying, and it was impossible to see the changes in the distance.

"Don't panic, watch and hide." Generals at all levels of the Song Army shouted loudly.

Now the Mongolian army is not charging. Except for a small number of fusiliers fighting in the front, the large number of fusiliers behind can still look at the stone bullets in the air to avoid them.

The artillery and trebuchets of the Song Army also struck at the trebuchets of the Mongolian Army.

"The Mongolian army's rear formation is billowing with dust. They may launch a massive attack. Let the flintlock guns retreat behind the artillery."

"No." The subordinates immediately followed the order.

The fighting was in full swing in front. In front of the artillery, the Song army pulled ropes everywhere and mixed the ropes left and right, crisscrossing and densely packed.

The soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty combined two cloud ladders to build a high ladder. This ladder was designed according to the city wall of Qianzhou City and was about nine meters high.

Not long after Lu Wende's order was given.

Then there was a group of three, one holding an iron nail as thick as his finger and as long as his arm, one holding a big hammer and smashing it on the ground, and the other holding a few iron nails and hemp rope followed them all the way. Nail all the way, every ten steps or so, and tie with rope.

The Meng general on the opposite side still had some ideas, and Lu Wende was impressed by it. He saw that the Song Army's carriage formation was completely useless.

Lu Wende, who was in the rear formation, was standing on two ladders.

The second round of stone bullets hit some carriages, and the casualties to the fusiliers were much smaller. Hundreds of stone bullets only killed and injured a dozen Song soldiers.

At this height, Lu Wende still felt that it was far from enough.

But now that the Song Army has moved the artillery back, the fusiliers have more space to spread out, so that after the giant stone bullets fall, the hit rate becomes even lower.

Moreover, the front row of the Mongolian army also kept firing rockets at the Song army's carriages. The Song army's fusiliers had to defend themselves against stone bullets and shoot at the Mongolian army. With both sides relying on each other, many carriages were also set on fire.

"Sangouzi hides."

There were fewer and fewer Mongolian trebuchets, and the Song army's gasoline bombs were ignited everywhere on the scene.

Dozens of civilians were holding the ladder below, and Lu Wenxin also arranged for a team of soldiers to be there below. If Lu Wende fell, he would have to catch it with his body.

While they were shooting, they were observing the integrity of the Song Army's chariot formation, and were ready to launch a massive attack at any time.

This was originally a gathering place for carriages, fusiliers and artillery.

Whoosh whoosh, after a while, the Mongolian army's second round of trebuchets flew over.

The Song Army's routine of using rockets in broad daylight was copied by the Mongolian Army.

Some Song soldiers saw that the Mongolian army was far away, so they jumped directly on the carriage to observe the direction of the Mongolian army.

Lu Wende looked around and immediately ordered: "Pull the rope and let the archers and civilians pull the rope."

The Song Army's carriage formations were becoming fewer and fewer, and they were destroyed everywhere. The fusiliers were running around. Whenever they saw a boulder falling, everyone would swarm to the side to avoid it. The scene was quite funny.

I saw a large number of civilians running forward in front of the Song Army's artillery array.

The Mongolian army's attack distance is within these fifty or sixty steps.

With the delivery of Song Jun's orders and the reminders from the officers, Song Jun quickly came to his senses.

The Song army first pulled the artillery fifty steps back, and then fired at the Mongolian army.

Not many were smashed, but it was equivalent to the Song Army's defense line being torn open.

With a thud, giant stone bullets hit the front and back of the carriage one after another.

At this time, the two sides used long-range weapons to fight each other in front. The Mongolian cavalry kept shooting in front. The closest distance to the Song army's carriage was only sixty or seventy steps.

Woo hoo, the Mongolian army blew the horn of a full-scale charge.

Fortunately, he could see his front clearly now. After the Mongolian army's attack for nearly half an hour, one-tenth of the carriage formation in front of the Song army was smashed.

The Fusiliers of the Song Army hid behind the carriage array and fired at the front from time to time.

He wished this ladder was a hundred meters high.

At this point, Chagatai and Kuoduan believed that the Song Army's carriage formation was finished.

"Boom." The Mongolian troops who were grazing ran forward one after another, speeding up at each breach.

The Song army's arrows were like rain, and their flintlock guns kept firing, but they could not stop the Mongolian army's charge.

Seeing the Mongolian army getting closer and closer, the fusiliers turned around and ran back.

Everyone carefully stepped over the ropes on the ground and retreated all the way behind the artillery.

At this time, the artillery array was still about 160 steps away from the two carriages in front, and the 100 steps close to the artillery were all densely packed with horse ropes.

"Wow!" The Mongolian army forwards rushed to the carriage formation while roaring, and then broke through the formation.

Someone jumped off the horse to carry the broken carriage.

There were more and more gaps, getting bigger and bigger, and more Mongolian troops rushed in excitedly.

The Song army's invincible carriage array was shattered in front of them, and the Mongolian army thought they could come in to kill and retaliate crazily.

There was a flat plain ahead, and there were almost no obstacles between the carriages and artillery except for the stone bombs dropped by themselves and the casualties of the Song army.

The artillery of the Song Army also appeared at a distance visible to their naked eyes.

"More than a hundred steps? Song army artillery." A Mongolian army shouted in surprise.

The Aotun Shiying brothers were also among this wave of forwards. They had been fighting with the Song Army for so many years, and it was the first time they broke the Song Army's horse-drawn carriage formation. This meeting was very exciting.

The two men rushed in from the gap on the right side with a large group of troops. Aotun Baohe even dismounted and personally removed the broken and burning carriages of the Song army, creating a huge gap for the army behind.

After entering, the two brothers saw the Song Army artillery array and trebuchets one hundred and eighty steps away from them.

Then you can see densely packed Song troops standing behind the artillery, all of them are Song troops' infantry camps.

Is this battle moved? The two brothers looked at each other and felt that they had a chance to defeat the Song army. Without the horse-drawn carriage formation, it seems that not many of the Song troops in front were carrying large iron shields, so they should be stable.

"Up, up, up, the Song army has lost its carriages, and they are cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered." Officers at all levels of the Mongolian army were shouting to encourage morale.

The Mongolian troops roared and rushed forward, speeding up.

Sudden.

The Mongolian army in front screamed in fear and began to slow down and even brake suddenly.

But most of the Mongolian army was rushing forward, and they couldn't stop in front of them.

Thump, thump.

Aotun Shiying saw the Mongolian troops in the front row falling down continuously.

At the same time, the Song Army's artillery fired again.

Boom, boom, boom, the heavy artillery shells slammed into the Mongolian army's formation.

But compared to ordinary iron bombs, the gasoline bombs that fell were more terrifying. The gasoline bombs exploded when they hit the ground, and the flames swept around them instantly.

It was November, and both the Mongolian and Song armies were wearing a lot of clothes.

November in northwestern Mongolia is autumn, and the temperature difference between day and night is usually very large. It may reach more than ten degrees during the day, while it will be around minus three to five degrees at night.

Having more clothes will naturally protect you from the cold, but facing petrol bombs can be a disaster.

However, the Song Army's trebuchet did not launch immediately. The Song Army was observing the Mongolian army's formation and preparing to give the Mongolian army the final blow.

The Mongolian army in front was in a panic. Many people in the front row of the Mongolian army fell down. Some in the back wanted to rush, and some wanted to retreat. The Mongolian army was in a dilemma. The front was crowded with a large number of Mongolian soldiers who fell down.

Aotun Shiying, who was in the middle and rear formations, had received the news that the Song army had densely lined up numerous horse ropes in front, which made the Mongolian army dare not speed up the charge.

But it is impossible for the Mongolian army not to charge. The Song army's arrows and artillery can now hit them.

There were fusiliers who were also fighting. Although the distance was too far, they might be able to hit the Mongolian army.

Seeing that the forward was only 1,780 steps away from the Song Army's artillery, how could they retreat at this juncture?

"Come up, rush up. You can only use the horse rope once. Even if you run, you have to run up." Aotun Shiying frantically ordered, and the horn sounded for a full-scale attack by the Mongolian army.

Upon hearing the sound of the horn, they can only advance but not retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order will have the whole team killed. '

The panicked Mongolian army could only rush forward when they heard the horn sound.

The front was better. The Song army's flintlock guns didn't hit much, and only a few pulley bows were still shooting. Many Mongolian soldiers walked forward, using knives to cut off the horse ropes as they walked. After the Mongolian army finally entered the 150 step time.

There was a sudden explosion in the air.

The first wave of the Song Army's three-stage attack started first.

Then the second wave, then the third wave.

Then came the first wave, the second wave, and the third wave.

The Song army's three attacks took turns in succession.

There were continuous gunshots and billowing white smoke. The Mongolian troops on the opposite side fell to the ground piece by piece. The scene was extremely terrifying. The Mongolian troops in the front row bent down like rice blown by the wind.

At this time, the Mongolian army knew that they could not walk.

Now if we rush over on foot, we won't be able to do so. The Song army's flintlock guns seem to be endless and can kill all the Mongolian troops on the way forward.

"Charge, charge, charge." The Mongolian troops had no choice but to mount their horses one after another. The infantry in the front row fell, and the cavalry behind them charged.

No matter if there are horse ropes on the road, the horses in front are responsible for clearing the horse ropes. Many Mongolian soldiers are very fierce and rush forward on their horses, just to break through more horse ropes.

But Song Jun's horse rope was not easy to handle. Song Jun used iron nails as long as his arms and as thick as his fingers to drive more than half of the ground into the ground, and then tied them up with hemp rope.

One or two war horses rushed over, but the horses fell heavily, and the hemp ropes and nails were no problem at all.

After many Mongolian soldiers fell to the ground, they could only be used as infantry, charging forward with small bucklers, and then fell to the ground under the flintlock guns.

At this time, the Mongolian army was almost paving the road with corpses. Every meter they advanced, a wave of corpses would be laid down and covered with hemp ropes.

After finally rushing within a hundred steps despite a large number of casualties, an even greater disaster struck.

Swish, swish, the Song army's rear formation was filled with all kinds of bows and arrows.

The Mongolian army suffered more casualties, falling to the ground one after another, and rushed forward one after another.

Aotun Shiying watched from behind for nearly a quarter of an hour. The Mongolian army was always hovering around eighty paces and could not advance even an inch.

Sometimes, after finally getting a little closer, a wave of flintlock guns rang out from the opposite side, and together with the rain of arrows from the sky, a whole row of Mongolian soldiers could fall down.

I can't make it, I can't make it at all.

At this time, not to mention that there were densely packed ropes for the 80 steps ahead, the ground was flat all the way with no obstacles, and Aotun Shiying couldn't see any hope of rushing forward.

It's not that the Mongolian army didn't charge bravely enough, or that the Mongolian army didn't have enough troops. It's just that there were too many Mongolian soldiers killed and wounded in the front, which has affected the speed and charge at the back.

From the 180th step to the 80th step, there were dead and wounded Mongolian horses and people everywhere. So many dead and wounded lying on the ground had seriously affected the speed and charge behind our own people.

The cavalry behind them couldn't rush forward at all, so they could only move forward slowly and jump, and would be knocked down from time to time.

The speed of cavalry is not as fast as that of infantry.

To be honest, infantry charges are faster than cavalry.

At the same time that Aotun Shiying saw the clues, there were messengers coming from behind.

"The king asked, why can't our army charge forward?"

When Aotun Shiying heard about the king, he knew that it was Chagatai who was holding the accountable. He cursed in his heart and said bravely: "The front is full of dead and wounded horses and personnel of our army. This road is not easy to walk."

"If you can't go, you have to go. Clean up the dead and injured people and horses immediately. If we can't fight today, we will never have a chance again." The messenger looked at Aotun Shiying coldly.

Aotun Shiying's whole body trembled when he heard this.

What Chagatai said was correct. Today, the Mongolian army took the Song army by surprise and used a trebuchet to smash the Song army's carriage formation. Then they broke into the Song army's formation and forced the Song army to retreat.

If you can't rush in today, you won't have another chance in the future. At least the Mongolian army's trebuchets in front of you will be almost completely lost.

While the two were talking, there was another roar of artillery not far away, and the shouts of killing were loud.

Aotun Shiying raised his head in horror, and then he realized that the Mongolian army had also started attacking from both wings, sharing the pressure for Aotun Shiying.

The carriages of the Song army on both wings were relatively intact, and a force attack there would be even worse. However, in order to reduce the pressure on Aotun Shiying, the Mongolian army had no choice but to launch an attack on both wings.

There were relatively few Mongolian troops on both wings. Chagatai allowed the Mongolian troops to disperse with large intervals to prevent them from being defeated by the Song army in large numbers.

Thousands of Mongolian cavalry were scattered around the two wings of the Song army, with relatively large intervals. They kept raking fire at the front row of the Song army for fifty or sixty steps. During this period, one-tenth of the men stopped in the distance to light rockets and then went to the front to fire again. shoot.

This move of the Mongolian army is still quite annoying. The formation is scattered. The Song army's arrow rain and flintlock array cause limited damage to the Mongolian army and the hit rate is low.

The Song Army also adjusted its tactics. Each army fired freely without three-stage attacks. If they were confident, they would attack. If they were not sure, they could rest.

At the same time, a group of people who are good at fighting and accurate were selected from each army and formed into a special team to let them shoot at the Mongolian army firing rockets on the opposite side or the Mongolian army at a close distance.

(End of this chapter)