To the south of the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, there is the Wenming Gate.
Although the Tang army had captured Anzhen Gate and Jiande Gate in the north of the city, because the distance between the north and south of the new city was too far, the impact of the loss of the north city was far from reaching the south of the city.
The Tang army was still storming the Civilization Gate to contain the Yuan army's strength.
This was the originally preset battlefield. Both sides were well-arranged, and all kinds of equipment and firearms were prepared here, so the casualties were extremely high.
The battle lasted until noon. Ahema, who had not slept all night, raised his telescope and scanned the chaotic battlefield. His eyes passed over the ant-like enemy soldiers and he discovered a siege vehicle being pushed over.
"Blow it up for me!"
The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty immediately began to load the artillery shells.
Seeing their clumsiness, Ahema couldn't help but get anxious. He stepped forward and kicked away a soldier, and began to adjust the muzzle himself.
After all, the time it took for the counterfeiting to be successful was still short, and even good gunners had no time to train, and several more people were shot dead in the battle last night.
But Ahema thinks this doesn't matter. He is good at managing money and can mass-produce artillery much faster. Even if he imitates it a few years later, in just two or three years, the Yuan army's artillery and the number of shells will be able to completely surpass
Tang Jun.
Thinking of this, he thought about how the Great Khan could kill him. "Ha."
The muzzle of the gun had been adjusted. Ahema looked at the siege vehicle again and lit the match with his own hands.
"Do you know how much this shell costs?" he thought to himself, "I have all the money here, how much did you bring?"
You know, after the fall of Taiyuan, Kublai Khan ransacked Ahema's home, which resulted in a large amount of military expenditures.
"boom!"
The loud noise made Ahema feel that if the Yuan army could win a big victory this time, he would be indispensable.
He raised the lookout and saw that the front end of the siege vehicle had been shattered on the left corner, and the three or five Tang soldiers hiding behind had their bodies shattered and fell to the ground bloody.
Among the artillerymen of the Yuan army, he was the only one who could calculate so accurately.
However, another Tang army quickly rushed over to repair the siege vehicle. "Reload!"
Ahema shouted loudly, and this time he just made a slight adjustment and lit the match again.
"boom!"
The cannonball hit the siege vehicle again, directly breaking the upper part of it. The huge tree slammed down and pressed the surrounding Tang troops inside.
"Come again!"
Ahema could already see the dense Tang army hiding behind the siege vehicles, so he ordered the artillery shells to be loaded again.
The torch lit the fuse, and he stood up and looked at the wounded and dead who fell on the ground on the battlefield. Seeing their corpses lying all over the field and rolling all over the ground, he thought of the time when he was playing with ants when he was a child.
With just one step, those ants would be killed and injured in large numbers. This is his power, and wealth is power.
"Kill!"
The Tang army was still roaring, opening their mouths wide to vent their useless anger. Their artillery was fired low and far away, so it could not hit here.
"boom!"
Ahema's artillery roared and there was a flash of fire.
"boom!"
A huge force pushed forward, overturned Ahema's whole body, and hit him heavily on the battlements.
He watched in amazement as the huge copper-colored barrel flew up and then crashed down. The red paste splashed all over his face, and it was extremely hot.
"ah!
Ahema screamed, looked down, and found that his waist and abdomen were empty.
His eyes widened in disbelief and never closed again.--
"I'm going to strangle you, it scares me to death."
Several soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were hiding behind the siege truck were startled by the loud noise on the top of the city. When they understood what happened, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and started pushing the siege truck forward with all their strength.
At this time, the horn sound was heard again.
The sound was far away at first, then gradually got closer, and finally reached near the city gate. Later, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could feel the ground shaking slightly under their feet. Experienced veterans already knew that it was the sound of horse hooves stepping on the ground. "Cavalry
coming?"
Tang Jun is still there
Roaring, opening their mouths wide and letting out useless anger. Their artillery was fired low and far away, so it couldn't hit here.
"boom!"
Ahema's artillery roared and there was a flash of fire.
"boom!"
A huge force pushed forward, overturned Ahema's whole body, and hit him heavily on the battlements.
He watched in amazement as the huge copper-colored barrel flew up and then crashed down. The red paste splashed all over his face, and it was extremely hot.
"ah!"
Ahema screamed, looked down, and found that his waist and abdomen were empty.
His eyes widened in disbelief and never closed again.--
"I'm going to strangle you, it scares me to death."
Several soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were hiding behind the siege truck were startled by the loud noise on the top of the city. When they understood what happened, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and started pushing the siege truck forward with all their strength.
At this time, the horn sound was heard again.
The sound was far away at first, then gradually got closer, and finally reached near the city gate. Later, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could feel the ground shaking slightly under their feet. Experienced veterans already knew that it was the sound of horse hooves stepping on the ground. "Cavalry
coming?"
"Ha, the cavalry is coming to defend the city, be a good boy..."
At this time, the sound of ringing gold suddenly came from behind.
Kong Xian, the chief general of the Tang army who was responsible for attacking Wenmingmen, had waved his flag and ordered the troops to retreat.
"withdraw troops!"
One by one, the Tang soldiers quickly turned around and left.
Seeing this, a Yuan army immediately blew a whistle on the city tower, and the Civilization Gate, which had been unable to be attacked for a long time, suddenly opened with a bang, and cavalry jumped out.
As soon as the cavalry left the city gate, they immediately increased their horse speed and chased southward, appearing extremely free.
The warriors of the grassland do not like to be trapped in the city. "Kill!"
The bow and arrow were raised high, and an arrow was shot out, hitting a Tang soldier in the crook of the leg. After that, more arrows flew in, like locusts crossing the border.
This is the tactic that the Mongolian cavalry is good at. They enjoy this kind of pursuit. "Boom!"
Suddenly, a cannonball hit the front, smashing into pieces the few cavalrymen who were rushing forward.
The cavalry behind them panicked, but not many horses were frightened this time because each horse's ears were plugged.
"Go around and kill them!" General Yuan shouted, driving the soldiers away. The artillery fire rang out again, constantly penetrating their flesh and blood, bringing fear to them and forcing them to slow down.
"Moo!" the trumpets in the city urged, forcing them to rush forward to face the artillery.
Soon dozens or hundreds of people fell, but it was nothing on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people.
When the horn blew to its loudest, a nine-footed white banner appeared at the top of the city. The Yuan army's cavalry also increased their speed, and finally began to charge towards the Tang army. The Tang army was still retreating, and quickly abandoned their position and retreated.
The trench.
The Yuan cavalry rushed forward, seized the artillery, watchtowers, and various siege equipment, and cheered.
"Centurion, are you still chasing?!" "Chasing!"
So they continued to surge south, and from the west and east, more Yuan army cavalry also came and gradually merged into a raging black river.
Jiuyou Baiji slowly walked out of the gate of civilization, and Kublai Khan rode in the army, wearing a white cloak and golden armor.
He kept moving forward, ordering the cavalry to continue chasing and annihilating the Tang army's infantry. But he followed behind unhurriedly, his horse's hooves stepping on corpses or bloodstains every step he took.
It was as if the soldiers on both sides were paving a bright red path forward for Kublai Khan.
I walked like this for more than an hour, and I couldn't count how many people lost their lives along the way.
Suddenly, Kublai Khan stopped.
"Great Khan! Tang Army reinforcements have arrived...it's Li Xia."
Kublai Khan was not surprised, and calmly waited for the soldiers to set up a not-so-high lookout car. When he climbed up and took a look, he saw Li Xia's dragon flag.
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Jiuyou Baiji gradually came closer, and finally stood upright
He entered the Yuan army formation and faced off against the dragon flag.
The wind and snow are getting stronger.
"Kublai Khan still left the city."
Zhang Rou put down the telescope, a little disappointed.
He hoped that Kublai Khan would occupy the city and defend it. In this case, a siege might not be more advantageous than a field battle.
The current situation was Kublai Khan's choice. He preferred to defend the city and fight in the field.
And Li Xia expected it.
"That is, Kublai Khan, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, Hui of Song, the Second Sect of Qin, and the Yuan Sect of Jin, who would dare to go out to fight when the enemy troops attack the capital?"
Zhang Judao: "The people of the world have had enough of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, Hui of Song, the Second Sect of Qin, and Aizong of Jin."
Li Xia put down the lookout tube and said, "The wind and snow are too heavy and I can't see anything clearly. Let's go back to the tent and look at the map."
He has changed from before. He no longer thinks about charging personally, and he feels like he doesn't care about the battlefield anymore.
In fact, it's not that I don't care, I'm just more calm and calm.
In a temporary tent, the map was laid out. As soon as Li Xia came in, he picked up the war chess and roughly laid it out.
"We have 50,000 people. As for the strength of the Yuan army leaving the city, Tan Ma has not returned yet, so we can make a guess first."
Zhang Rou also picked up one and waved it, saying: "These are the 30,000 cavalry coming out of Jinzhong Capital City. Your Majesty must be careful about them coming around to our rear."
Lu Xiufu pushed a war chess piece belonging to the Tang Army on the map this way and said, "Marshal Zhang should be on his way here."
"At least we can be sure that before Zhang Hongdao arrived, the Yuan army's strength was more than twice ours, and Kublai Khan would definitely seek a quick victory."
"We can defend first and prevent the Yuan army from a quick victory."
Suddenly, the sound of war drums was heard in the distance, followed by the faint sound of Mongolian war songs. Later, Tan Ma rushed back to the tent to report. Even Li Xia was a little surprised when he heard the situation in front of the formation.
Kublai Khan actually wanted to personally lead the Chinese army to attack as soon as he came up.
During the Battle of Helan Mountain, he did not have such courage and determination, but this time it was a last-ditch battle.