The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 475

Kublai Khan continued: "According to what Shi Bi said, in the Southern Dynasties army, only the soldiers of the Yulin Army are equipped with muskets. In addition, hundreds of soldiers were dispatched from various military regions to Lin'an to receive musket training. Returning to their respective units, as for artillery, Shi Bi knew even less. He only knew that in the Southern Dynasty, only the generals at the first level of the military district system were able to understand the situation. Because of the good relationship with Xia Song, the son of Xia Gui, the former envoy of the Luzhou Military Region, the only news about artillery was heard from him. According to Shi Bi, if only one or two firearms were obtained, it is possible Yes, but it's impossible to get artillery,"

Wu Liang joined the platform and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Zhao Yu of the Southern Dynasty put his treasure on it."

"That's right. Although the firearms of the Southern Dynasties are quite powerful, they are also Zhao Yu's last resort. Wu Liang and Tai Ai Qing, when will the reinforcements from our east and west routes to Xiangyang arrive?"

"Return to the emperor, the reinforcements on the east route will be around mid-June, and the reinforcements on the west route are expected to be at the end of June,"

Kublai Khan walked back and forth in the room and said, "I ordered Ah Shu to not act rashly until the Lord God Venerable returns,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"Emperor Master,"

"The minister is here,"

"Is there any problem with the logistics of armaments?"

"everything is normal,"

"Okay, you inform the Luzhou Germination Firm, keep in touch with Shi Bi, and prepare to take care of Yang Lian Zhenjia in case of need,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"My lord, go to Xiangyang to learn about the artillery of the Southern Dynasties and inform Yang Lian of Zhenjia's actions, and I will trouble you,"

"Don't worry about sweating,"

It’s a profuse sweat and the emperor again. Although the name is weird, Kublai Khan doesn’t have the heart to pay attention to it.

"Perhaps it's time for me to meet Zhao Yujian of the Southern Dynasty. Two stars shine, so there must be an injury. But, who is the master of Great China?" Kublai Khan said to himself as the three left.

According to Gongsun Xiaochen's prediction, the weather in early June will be dominated by showers. Rainy days are not good for both sides in the war, especially for firearms. Of course, the Mongols do not know this shortcoming of firearms for the time being.

On June 65, I ordered the Songhepo camp to be moved to the north of the Guanzitan grove. Although this order immediately aroused strong opposition from Jiang Wanzai and others, I still insisted that the opinions of the generals were very strong. Consistently, from Guanzitan to Lumen Mountain, there is a flat river, which is very suitable for the Mongolian cavalry army. In addition, the distance is only 3 miles. At the speed of the Mongolian cavalry army, it will take about half an hour. There are only three armies around me, the Imperial Forest Army, the Polu Army, and the Third Chamber. The combined total is less than [-] horses, which may put me in danger.

My thoughts are the same as Kublai Khan’s at the beginning, step by step, and gradually narrow the encirclement and anti-encirclement circles. Although I also think that the Yuan army is likely to be desperate, I believe in the power of firearms, although they are completely incomparable with the modern guns of later generations. , but in long-range shooting, especially when used as a defensive side, firearms still have obvious advantages, not to mention that there will be a thousand projectiles delivered soon.

Seeing that he couldn't convince me, Jiang Wanzai had no choice but to settle for the next best thing: "Your Majesty, step by step is indeed the plan previously planned, but Your Majesty only needs to stay in Songhepo to command, and the Guanzitan camp will be headed by veteran officials and generals. Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, if the Mongols attack Guanzitan desperately,,,,,, Your Majesty should think twice,"

"Everyone, I know that you are worried about my safety, but you can rest assured that there will be [-] artillery pieces from the artillery battalion in the Guanzitan camp. Once the Yuan army is found to have an attempt, these [-] artillery pieces will definitely be killed." Let them come and go, take ten thousand steps back, if our army is indeed unable to hold because of the small number of people, then the muskets of the Imperial Forest Army, the elite Polu army, and the three armies of the third chamber can be fine. Buy a few hours, I have plenty of time to retreat, "

Jiang Wanzai said helplessly, "Yes, Your Majesty,"

"Jiang Aiqing, ordered General Wang Anjie of Yingzhou to transfer an army from Yingzhou City to Songhepo, and at the same time move the field hospital to Songhepo. Hans and others also came to Songhepo camp immediately after arriving. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey the order,"

On June [-], the sky began to clear up.

At noon of the next day, more than a dozen war horses stopped in front of the tent of the Chinese army in Lumen Mountain. An old man in purple clothes stood on the ground ahead of him. They are all masters, but they can't see the old man's body skills at all, they just admire them secretly, followed by an elder, but he moves neatly and jumps down.

"Congratulations, Lord God,"

"Well, Master Zhenjin, Marshal Ashu, you are safe and well," said the old man in purple clothes, who is Yin Tianya, the god of Tianya in the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhenjin and Ashu laughed at the same time: "Thanks to the gods, everything is fine."

Boyan said: "Master, please come to the room."

Yin Tianya gave an "en", pointed to another old man behind him and said, "Everyone, I would like to introduce to you, this is the chief master of the Chao Artillery Battalion, Alao Huading, and one of the three masters of Huihui in the Western Regions." , Ali Hague, who is currently serving in our army, is his nephew,"

Compared with Yin Tianya, Alao Wading's attitude is much more respectful: "I have seen Lord Zhenjin and Marshal Ashu,"

A Shu returned the salute: "Master Alao Wading, please,"

Yin Tianya and Alao Wading rested in the room for a while, and then accompanied by Yisi Mayin, A Shu, and Boyan who arrived earlier, they walked towards the western camp of the Yuan Army in Lumen Mountain.

Since the beginning of June, the defenders of Xiangyang have had a lot of leisure time. Taking this opportunity, the regiment defense team members and the people in the city worked together to basically repair the damaged city wall. As the evening approached, the main defender of the east city wall, the Commander of the Sixteenth Chamber, Lu Shikui sat leisurely in the command post under the city wall while humming a ditty, chatting with the main generals of the Sixteenth Chamber.

While talking, everyone brought up the topic of artillery again. No. 90 Fifth Army Commander Li Qing said: "Young commander, don't tell me, the artifacts I am facing are still very powerful. The entire city of Xiangyang only fired more than a dozen guns." The firing of shells scared the Mongols out of their wits, no, it has been silent for several days in a row, after these few days, life is really good, "

"I said, Lao Li, since it is called an artifact, there can be mistakes," said Zhao Wan, the commander of the 96th Army, with a smile, "Young commander, I have heard that this artifact was granted by the emperor from heaven." what about?"

Li Qing said: "Old Zhao, you are bragging again."

"Oh, Lao Li," Zhao Wan sighed, "You also know how to eat and fight. To tell you the truth, a few months ago, a relative of my family went to Lin'an, and happened to have dinner with King Fu, and listened to King Fu at the dinner table. I personally said that the emperor was ordered by the heavens, retreated for two months, received the blessings of the heavens, and learned the way of the divine weapon, "

Li Qing shook his head and said: "Old Zhao, when will you get rid of your bragging habits? You think your surname is Zhao, so you are related to the emperor."

Zhao Wan said anxiously: "Lao Li, this time I'm not bragging, young commander, why don't you go back and ask your old man if there is such a saying in the court?"

Lu Shikui smiled and said, "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, you two are going to quarrel when you are together, according to the general's wishes,,,,,,"

"Report," Ergou hurried in, interrupting everyone's chat, "Young commander, all generals, the Mongolian catapult has appeared again."

Dare to come," Lu Shikui scolded, "Everyone get ready for battle, Ergou, immediately report to the commander's mansion and inform General Wanyan."

"Yes, young commander," Ergou turned around and left.

Looking from a distance, I can see that the formation of Mongolian catapults is looser than before, and the interval between each catapult has increased a lot.

"You've learned to be smart," Lu Shikui secretly said.

The sky was getting dark, and with Lu Shikui's eyesight, he could only see part of the trebuchet in front of him.

After a while, the trebuchet started bombarding, and pieces of stone flew up the city wall, making continuous crashing sounds. Perhaps because of the dim light, the accuracy of the Mongolian trebuchet was far less than usual. Boom.

"Shi Kui, how about it?" Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan, and Wanyan Tianlei boarded the East City under the protection of more than a dozen Heitan regiment soldiers including Lu Wenxin, and went straight to the bunker where Lu Shikui was hiding.

"It's still the same, only the trebuchets are bombarding, but it's not as intense as before,"

Lu Wende said: "Grandma, the Mongols still dare to use the trebuchet, General Wanyan, please help me, and give them a little bit of trouble."

"Yes, Commander," Wanyan Tianlei said to the lieutenant general of the artillery battalion beside him, "Send the order and prepare to be in place."

"Direction, straight ahead, distance, 180 steps to [-] steps,"

"Each emplacement, positioning, target, Mongolian trebuchet,"

"Reloading,"

"ignition,"

Following the instructions issued by the deputy general of the artillery battalion, the artillery positions inside and on the city wall were ready one after another.

"put,"

The ten cannons roared almost simultaneously, and the sky-shaking roar sounded immediately.

At the same time, Yin Tianya, who was standing behind the catapult array, subconsciously shouted: "Shooters, lie down,"

After the smoke cleared, Yin Tianya said, "Retreat, take inventory,"

The results came out quickly. Five trebuchets were scrapped, four were damaged, seven people were killed and 11 were injured. Ashu said: "The loss this time is much less than last time. Last time, the Xiangyang Army only launched five Cannons, this time there are ten cannons, and the damage is even greater than this time,"

Yin Tianya said: "Well, Marshal Ashu, it seems that this is one of the ways to deal with it,"

"My lord, how did you think of it," Ashu said in admiration.

People in later generations know that lying down on the ground is the most basic way to reduce casualties when encountering the bombardment of the opponent's cannon. However, when the cannon just came out, Yin Tianya could think of this simply by relying on his instinct. It's not easy.

Yin Tianya smiled: "Everyone, go back to the camp and discuss in detail,"