The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 563 Naval Battle

The gunshots and explosions that suddenly appeared in the Baoen Temple area immediately made the soldiers of the Yuan army in the vicinity tremble. The sound completely shattered confidence.For a while, the Yuan army around Baoen Temple thought that all the surrounding positions had been breached by the Song army, and they themselves became the lone army attacked by the Song army from north to south.

More than 1 Song troops who went up to the ground one after another took Baoen Temple as a base and began to attack south.

At noon, the main force of the Song army from south to north crossed one line of defense after another, and the first few commandos successfully rushed to the front of Baoen Temple and joined Wu Songhan and Wen Zhang's troops.

The Yuan army around the Baoen Temple organized several counterattacks, hoping to take back the Baoen Temple, but under the attacks of muskets and projectiles, they returned in vain every time, leaving only hundreds of corpses behind.

Half an hour later, the Song army in the south of the city completely opened the road from the south gate to Baoen Temple. According to the command of the headquarters, the army did not continue to attack north, but turned to the left and right, and attacked horizontally.The Yuan army that was flanked became more and more panicked. Although most Mongolian soldiers were still struggling desperately, they still could not block the Song army's firearms attack. In addition, many Han soldiers began to fight passively. Like the common people, they seized the opportunity and fled south, which also made the Yuan army's defeat much faster than the previous two days.

By this time, the front line of defense of the Yuan army had been smashed to pieces. Since they could not be connected into pieces, they were divided and surrounded by the Song army and defeated one by one.Under the ebb and flow, the Yuan army five miles south of the imperial palace could only become a turtle in a urn, waiting to be caught.

When the battle on the third day ended, the Song Army's frontier position was less than five miles away from the Dadu Palace.If you look north from the roofs of some slightly higher buildings, you can see the outline of the palace.

As before, I came to the command post where Lu Wenhuan was after the fighting stopped.

"See Your Majesty."

"Well, all the generals are exempt."

"Your Majesty, the results of today's battle are brilliant, and we have advanced nearly five miles in one day. According to preliminary estimates, our army killed nearly 3000 Yuan troops in one day and captured more than 200, including more than 5000 Mongolian soldiers. Soldiers, in addition, the number of Yuan troops who rebelled against the battle today has reached more than [-] people. The casualties of our army are about [-], but about [-]% of the wounded are slightly injured. It will not affect tomorrow's battle." Lu Wenhuan reported excitedly.

"Well, according to today's progress, we will be able to attack near the Yuan Dynasty's palace tomorrow evening."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Generals, what is the situation of the people in the city today?"

Lu Wenhuan subconsciously looked at Yin Yinglei and Zhao Huai and said, "Your Majesty, in today's battle, our army rescued at least 5 people, but the number of people who died also exceeded 2, and more than [-] were injured. name."

"What?" I said in surprise, "[-] casualties, so many?"

The number of people living in Dadu is far less than that of Beijing in later generations. There are only about 30 people in total, and nearly one-tenth of them were killed or injured in this day. This number is not small, and it is heartbreaking.

Lu Wenhuan and the others saw my expression changed, nodded silently and said, "Yes."

"This is war." I thought for a while, knowing that this is not a time for benevolence, let alone a time to blame anyone, I just sighed secretly, and said to the three of them: "Three generals, let our military hospital and health workers Do our best to help these people. In the past few days, if the people in the city are short of food, our army will provide it free of charge. We must ensure that no one person will starve to death. In addition, for the homeless, arrange to go to the city Live in the military camp outside the city, and order the troops outside the city to do a good job of comforting. The captured Yuan army will be detained first, and the rebel team of hundreds of people will be handed over to Wu Jiu, who will be under unified command and act as the leader of the former army. guide."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I continued: "Judging from the battle situation in the past few days, most of the troops invested by the Yuan army in the southern part of the palace were Han and Jin soldiers. It is estimated that tomorrow will be similar. In the day after tomorrow, most of the remaining Yuan troops should be Mongolians. We are elite, that is to say, the battle for the palace that will start the day after tomorrow will be even more intense. Although our army has won consecutive battles, we must be mentally prepared and not take it lightly."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Tomorrow's battle will still be carried out in accordance with the established policy. Use the commando as an arrow to capture the main points in the city, and then the army will press on. At the same time, we must minimize the casualties of our soldiers and civilians. Next, let's make a total together. How to attack the palace."

Seeing that I didn't pursue it further, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss.

On the early morning of the fourth day, under the command of Lu Wenhuan and others, the Song Army launched another attack to the north.

On the third night after the Song army broke through the south gate of the capital city, Liu Zheng, the commander of the navy of the Yuan army in Bohai Bay, learned the news.

After a night of hard thinking, Liu Zheng finally made a decision to break through.If most of them fall, the navy's land base will soon be occupied by the Song army, and then they will be under pressure at both ends. It's better to put all your eggs in one basket and break out of the encirclement as soon as possible.

Liu Zheng's proposal was supported by all the generals in the army, even the Mongolian army supervisor sent by Kublai Khan to the navy, thought it was the only feasible way.As for where to go after breaking out of the encirclement of the Southern Navy, that can only be discussed at that time.

Early the next morning, when the Song army in the capital city launched an attack, Liu Zheng led all the warships of the Yuan army to leave his naval base and sail towards Bohai Bay.In the afternoon, the warship arrived in the Bohai Strait.

The command envoys of the warships have already been ordered to break out of the encirclement.If you can successfully break out of the Bohai Strait, you will head northeast and meet at an island two days away from the Bohai Strait.

However, the navy of the Song Dynasty would naturally not make things easier for the navy of the Yuan army.

Li Beiyang remembers very clearly that I once said that Liu Zheng is a traitor, completely different from the Han generals Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze in the Mongolian army, and he will never forgive him lightly.As for the personal grievances between Li Beiyang and Liu Zheng, it was settled in the last naval battle. Whether it is the tonnage or number of warships, whether it is the equipment of weapons or the way of attack and defense, the navy of the Song Dynasty is more than a hundred years ahead.

Although I didn't give much direct guidance to the navy, the basic knowledge of the navy that everyone knows in later generations has greatly expanded the thinking of naval generals such as Li Beiyang and Ouyang Jianqing. , has brought great convenience to the navy.

Of course, in Li Beiyang's view, the two most powerful ships are naturally the two giant ships Shenzhou, not to mention that each has [-] cannons on them.

The warships of the Song Dynasty were waiting in full battle, surrounding the two giant ships respectively, cutting off the entire sea route of the Bohai Strait.

Following the attack order issued by Liu Zheng's flagship, the rest of the warships of the Yuan army attacked forward without reservation.Everyone in the Yuan army knows that if they rush out, there will be a chance of life, otherwise it will be a dead end.Most of the generals in the Yuan army's navy were Liu Zheng's former subordinates, colleagues, or fellow villagers. They knew better that the Song Dynasty regarded them as mortal enemies, so everyone scrambled to be the first, hoping to fight a bloody path.

At first, the warships of the Yuan army could still move forward in a certain formation, but when they rushed near the warships of the Song army, they suddenly changed their tactics, as if they were like a pirate team that had never been trained, with no formation at all.

Soon, Li Beiyang, who was standing on the Shenzhou Jujian, discovered that the warships of the Yuan army had no intention of fighting and only rushed forward.

"What? Is this an escape?" The experienced Li Beiyang thought immediately.

"Master Commander, the warship of the Yuan army has entered the range of the artillery, do you want to fire?" the deputy general said.

"Well, let's pass on the order, there is no need to save ammunition, and fire."

The command envoys on the two giant ships received the order and together they gave the order to fire.

"Boom, boom, boom"

The sound of the guns shook the sky, and the artillery on the side of the giant ship began to bombard.The warships of the Yuan army were generally small, and some warships even leaked after being hit by a single shot.The giant ship was located in the middle of the sea area, and the warships of the Yuan army rushing forward were immediately bombarded by artillery, while hundreds of warships of the Song army launched attacks at the same time in the sea areas on both sides where the artillery fire was not covered.

Although some warships on both sides rushed past the encirclement of the Song army, most of the Yuan army's warships were intercepted by the Song army, especially the enemy ships in the middle, completely caught in a bitter battle.

Time passed little by little, and the warships of the Yuan army decreased one by one.

About an hour later, Li Beiyang saw the three main ships of the Yuan army being hit by artillery one after another, and the wooden warship quickly caught fire. The Yuan army above saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger and could not be put out, so they had to hug Jumped into the sea with a broken log.

Li Beiyang ordered: "Turn around on the spot, and the artillery on the right is ready to shoot."

Naturally, the speed of the giant ship was not as fast as the warships of later generations. Taking advantage of the pause of the artillery, many warships of the Yuan army rushed forward.However, these warships were out of proportion to the giant ships, and the soldiers of the Song army condescendingly threw bombs at these warships.At such a short distance, a specially trained thrower can almost hit every shot. Compared with artillery, it is almost impossible to miss.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the warships of the Yuan army turned around one after another, trying to slip away from the sides of the giant ship.Of course, Li Beiyang would not let him succeed, and used semaphore to order the warships behind the giant ship to attack.

Two quarters of an hour later, the two giant ships had adjusted their directions, and the artillery on the right roared again.

The warships of the Yuan army a hundred meters away fell under the bombardment of the artillery again. In desperation, many warships chose to flee back to the base.

At this time, Liu Zheng, who had already changed into the uniform of an ordinary navy, stood on a small warship. Looking at this one-sided situation, he could only sigh, and then ordered the sailors to sail quickly to the left.