The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 472 Summary Meeting

The deterrent power, the absolutely shocking deterrent power, is just like the generals of the Song Army when they saw the artillery fire for the first time.

More than a dozen senior generals of the Yuan army all looked at each other after seeing it, and they all thought to themselves, if they were standing next to the trebuchet, how would they resist? No matter how high the martial arts are, no matter how thick the armor is, they will definitely be blown to pieces.

Boyan whispered: "Marshal, even with my master's skill, I can't do this, but I don't know if my master's magical skill can survive the bombardment of the southern dynasty's artillery."

A Shu nodded and said: "This is indeed not comparable to human power,"

Boyan said: "More than 30 years ago, in the last battle of our dynasty to destroy the Kingdom of Jin, this kind of artillery had already appeared on the walls of the Jin people. After killing the adopted son of the Great Khan, he ordered the destruction of the two captured artillery pieces. Unexpectedly, after decades, the firearms of the Southern Dynasty were so advanced. Judging from the results, their power surpassed that of the Jinren artillery several times. ,"

Ashu looked at Xiangyang from a distance, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Generals, please go back to the big tent first before discussing."

"Yes, handsome,"

When A Shu led the crowd back to the big camp of the Lumen Mountain, his brows were already frowned. The power of the musket seemed to be able to dispel it, as long as there was protection from the shield hand and the rushing attack from the archer. However, there is no way to defend against strength. Even with the strength of Xiangyang City, it may not be able to hold back for a long time.

For the first time in his nearly 20-year military career, Ah Shu felt an unprecedented fear and crisis.

Guanzitan grove.

The commanders of the three armies, Wu Songhan, Xie Daolin, and Jiang Cai, came together and said, "Your Majesty, the work of clearing the battlefield has already begun. Afterwards, should our army return to Songhepo to camp, or continue to advance?"

"All the Mongols have withdrawn to the Lumen Mountain Fortress."

Wu Song said: "Yes, Your Majesty,"

"Three generals, return to Songhepo to camp tonight. Generals Wu and General Xie will pass down the order that the Seventeenth Army, Nineteenth Army, Twentyth Army, and the Yulin Army will rest here. If there are serious injuries, they will be sent to the Yingzhou City Battlefield Hospital for treatment, General Jiang Cai, you lead the Polu army to continue with me, I want to go to Lumen Mountain to have a look, General Crete, "

"The end is here,"

"Take your entourage, and go forward with me, looking for attack points,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"Wen Zhang, Gongsun Xiaochen, the two of you will also go with me,"

Wu Song said: "Your Majesty, there is Lumen Mountain not far ahead. The Mongolian cavalry counterattacked very fast. The general thought that let the 19th and [-]th armies go with your majesty."

"It doesn't matter, Ashu and the others must be discussing the strategy to deal with our army's firearms. They won't go to war. General Wu, let the [-]th and [-]th armies stand by. If necessary, they can respond at any time,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Lumen Mountain is located 20 kilometers southeast of Xiangyang City, bordering Hanshui River in the north and Bawang Mountain in the south. During the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-56), the gods of Suling Mountain were raised on the mountain. Two stone deer were carved in front of the gate, known as Lumen. Therefore, the mountain also followed the name of the temple and was called Suling Mountain. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Lumen Mountain. After Ashu entered Xiangyang, he expanded the fortress at the foot of Lumen Mountain to the foot of Bawang Mountain. Lumen Mountain has beautiful scenery and is also the birthplace of the culture of the Three Kingdoms. According to legend, Zhuge Liang, who worked in Longzhong, once worshiped Lord Pang De as his teacher. , Every time he came to ask for advice, he would kneel down in front of Duke Pang's couch.

When they came to about five miles away from Lumen Mountain, the scouts in the army said: "Your Majesty, this is the frontier of Lumen Mountain, named Yingxianpo, and two miles ahead is the camp of the Mongolian army. The two tall peaks are Lumen Mountain, and on the right are Bawang Mountain and Lion Mountain. From here to Xiangyang, you can only pass through the middle of the two Lumen Mountains. There are a total of more than [-] Mongolian soldiers stationed in the Mongolian camp, which are divided into three camps: east, west, and middle. The west camp is responsible for attacking the east gate of Xiangyang City. The distribution of troops in each camp is temporarily unknown."

"Well, Hu Yande, Meng Tianya,"

"The end is here,"

"The two of you bring a hundred personal guards to protect Crete and the others. Go forward for about a mile to see if there is a suitable bombing point. Once you find the enemy out of the camp, you immediately retreat,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

As I guessed, the Yuan army did not go out to attack. After more than an hour, we returned to the Songhepo camp.

"General Wu, what are the casualties in this battle?" I asked as soon as I entered the tent of the Chinese army.

"Returning to the emperor, our army killed 230 soldiers and injured 440 six people in this battle, including 43 seriously wounded. After simple treatment, 39 seriously wounded have been sent to Yingzhou for treatment, and four others are seriously injured. Unable to withstand the bumpy road, they had to be treated on the spot. According to the count at the scene, more than 760 Yuan soldiers were killed in battle, and from the military uniforms, there were nearly 400 members of the Cowardly Xue Army."

"Well, General Wu, take good care of the aftermath,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"In a few days, Hans and his students will arrive in Yingzhou. I plan to move the field hospital in Yingzhou City to the Songhepo camp so that we can treat the wounded of our army on the spot. Generals Wu and General Xie , General Jiang, although our army has won today's battle, there are still shortcomings. You organize all armies to summarize, and report any good suggestions or ideas to Jiang Wanzai Jiang Aiqing, "

Although I have never been a soldier, it has been written in the works of later generations that whenever the war comes to an end, our army will conduct a timely summary. One of the reasons for defeating the well-equipped national army is that our soldiers are good at summing up experience and lessons, learning in actual combat, making progress in setbacks, and finally formed a set of effective strategies and tactics.

It was already evening, and there were gusts of mountain wind, which made people feel extremely comfortable. Compared with the hot weather during the day, I don't know how much better it is.

I rested in the big tent for a while, and then came to a certain platoon of the First Division of the Imperial Forest Army with Yuan Ji, Fang Ling and others.

The platoon leader was named Kang Wenbing, who was a member of the former Youth Guard. When I arrived, Kang Wenbing was leading the whole platoon of soldiers to discuss the gains and losses of today's battle.

"See Your Majesty,"

"Waiting, everyone, get up," I smiled and looked at the 30 or so people kneeling in front of me.

"Thank you, Your Majesty,"

"Everyone sit down as usual," I said as I sat cross-legged on the ground, "Today's battle is the first battle you have fought since the Imperial Forest Army was formed. Let me ask everyone first, are you afraid?"

More than 30 soldiers relaxed a little when they saw that I was amiable.

Kang Wenbing said: "Your Majesty, when I first saw the Mongolian army, I was really nervous and even scared. However, this mood was quickly attracted by the wonderful scene of the fighting generals. The next step is to follow the instructions of the superior, raise the gun , Ignite, launch, it seems to be the same as the usual training, but I forgot to be afraid, until our cavalry rushed up, I didn’t remember that this is actual combat, and by then, excitement replaced fear.”

I smiled and said: "I am very satisfied with your performance. No soldier is too scared to hold up a gun, and no one is a deserter. You are worthy of my Imperial Forest Army and the elite division of our Great Song Dynasty. Once on the battlefield, it is impossible to say that you are not afraid. As a soldier, you can only become a qualified soldier if you are trained in the flames of war. However, today's battle is just a one-sided shooting process. Caught off guard, before you could use your bows and arrows, and didn't attack our army, you were scared back by the roar of our army's muskets, so it was nothing. The next time you encounter an enemy, if the enemy's cavalry rushes towards you, At fifty paces, ten paces, or even five paces, can you calmly pull the trigger of your musket?"

A small soldier replied: "Report to the emperor, you should obey the military orders. As long as the superior does not order you to retreat, you should continue to fight. Even if the enemy is in front of you, you must resolutely pull the trigger one last time."

I praised: "Well, well said, what's your name?"

"Back to the emperor, the younger one's surname is Zhou, and he is the third eldest in the family, so he is called Zhou Xiaosan. My parents are used to calling me by that name, so I didn't give the younger one another name."

"Little San, I'm here to ask you, if you really encountered such a situation, would you be afraid? You must know that a few steps ahead of you are Mongolians with weapons in their hands,"

Zhou Xiaosan thought for a while and said: "If that's the case, I'm afraid that although I'm afraid, I'll continue to shoot. Your Majesty, that's what I think. If you shoot, you may be able to kill the enemy, but if you don't Guns, the enemy will not let us go because of this, so we have to wait to be killed by the enemy, no matter what, we have to fight, "

"Well, what do you think?"

Someone answered one after another: "Your Majesty, everyone agrees with Zhou Xiaosan's statement,"

"Okay, all the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army, what Zhou Xiaosan said makes sense. When the enemy rushes to the front of our army, the brave wins. If he wants to escape, he can't run away from the enemy's horses. What should we do? We have to fight the enemy. When the enemy's sword comes, kill it. This is the only way to survive. Firearms are the trend of future war development. As the first firearms unit in our dynasty, you should play the demeanor and momentum of musketeers. To let everyone in the world know that the Yulin Army is the best army in the world, I ask you, do you have confidence?"

"Yes," probably because I couldn't let go in front of the emperor, so the voice was not very loud.

"Is the food not good tonight? Why don't you all seem to be full? Warriors, let's do it again. Are you confident?"