Because only one shell exploded on the fortress, the second round of shelling basically caused no casualties to the Mongolian soldiers in Lumen Mountain. At first, A Shu and other generals thought that the accuracy of the Southern Dynasty's artillery was limited, but after reading it, they revealed a Behind the earth wall of the cave, people are trembling with fear. Although the earth wall of Lumen Mountain is not as strong and thick as the normal city wall, it is also made of a mixture of rammed earth, stone bricks, stones, etc., which is much stronger than ordinary residential buildings. I didn't expect that such a flaw would already appear after just two rounds of shelling.
"Commander, it seems that only city walls made of stone can resist the artillery of the Southern Dynasty," Arakhan said, shaking his head.
"Maybe,"
Boyan said: "Although the artillery of the Southern Dynasties is very powerful, the interval between each round of firing is long, while our army's return artillery can fire continuously. At the same time, as long as our army can fire at the interval between the opponent's artillery, If you rush to its artillery in time, you can contain it."
Zhang Hongfan said: "General Boyan, these two points are the weaknesses of artillery, but the opponent not only has artillery, but also muskets. Unless our army pays greater casualties, it will be difficult to get close to the artillery. Back to It is feasible to use cannons to shoot at them, but the range of the returning cannons needs to be increased,"
While everyone was talking about it, the veteran general Shi Tianze who had been silent said: "Hey, why did the Southern Dynasty army retreat?"
Boyan said: "It seems that the enemy is just shelling and has no intention of attacking our fortress. Their intention is roughly the same as our shelling Xiangyang City,"
"Send the order and ask the auxiliary troops to quickly repair the fortress," A Shu said. "The emperor's decree will arrive in the next few days. We will just act upon the order. Generals, please return to the military tent first and discuss it later."
"Marshal," Boyan looked at the generals who had left and whispered, "the artillery of the Southern Dynasty is sharp. If the number is doubled or the attack takes turns for three to five days, the fortress in this field will be defeated." Irresistible,”
Ah Shu looked forward and said expressionlessly: "The Emperor and Lord Shenzun should discuss the results soon. Let's wait."
Boyan sighed and said: "Marshal, Boyan estimates that there are only two results, one is to withdraw the troops, and the other is to attack by force."
Ah Shu said: "Withdrawing troops is obviously impossible. Boyan, I think the only possibility is to seize the two cities of Xiangfan and Xiangfan before the firearms of the Southern Dynasties are perfected. With Xiangyang as a support, we can still take the initiative, or defeat them." The Southern Dynasty’s Guanzitan Camp, otherwise, this battle will be difficult,”
"Yes, Marshal, we will immediately summon the generals to discuss the siege. As long as we reach the Xiangyang City at close range, the power of the artillery will no longer exist."
Ah Shu thought for a while and said: "Okay, we will be ready. As soon as the emperor's decree arrives, our army will take action immediately."
"Yes, Marshal,"
After returning to the Guanzitan camp, all the generals gathered in the tent to listen to my instructions.
"Generals, in today's battle, you all know the power of artillery. The forts Kublai Khan spent a lot of effort to build outside Xiangyang City can't stop our army from implementing anti-siege tactics. The Lumen Mountain Fortress, Baihe City The fortresses are made of rammed earth as the main material. They can be destroyed by artillery attacks within a few days. Let's discuss our army's action plan when the enemy's fortresses are destroyed by artillery."
Xie Daolin first said: "Your Majesty, when the Lumen Mountain Fortress is destroyed, let the imperial guards serve as the vanguard, use muskets to clear the way, and rush into the enemy's formation."
Wu Songhan expressed his position: "General Xie, although the muskets are powerful, the hand-to-hand combat should be left to our third compartment."
Xie Daolin smiled and said: "General Wu, do you think that the Royal Forest Army is not good at hand-to-hand combat?"
The Royal Forest Army is a musketeer team that I personally formed. Wu Songhan did not dare to slander him and said hurriedly: "Where, where, General Xie, the Royal Forest Army is the ace unit of our army. How can it not be good at hand-to-hand combat? As the saying goes, there is no way to kill a chicken."
To deal with a young man like Ah Shu with a powerful sword, you can’t use the Royal Forest Army.”
Jiang Wanzai said: "General Crete, how many days do you think it will take to destroy the Lumen Mountain Fortress based on three rounds of shelling per day?"
"It will take no more than five days to open a gap,"
"Five days," Jiang Wanzai nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I think that before the Mongolian army's fortress is destroyed, they will definitely launch an attack. A Shu and Boyan are both good generals in the world, and they will not
Despite our army's indiscriminate bombardment without taking any action, they should still be discussing how to respond to the fire.
The artillery strategy, but as long as there is a problem with its fortress, they will take action regardless of whether they have developed countermeasures. The number of Yuan troops in Lumen Mountain is more than double that of our garrison in Guanzitan. Therefore, the general will be sure
, as long as our army continues bombarding for two or three days, the Mongols will definitely come out to fight our army decisively,"
"It's very possible that any dog in a hurry will jump over the wall, let alone Ashu and Boyan," I agreed. "Guanzitan is not far from the Yuan army camp. Since the Mongols already know the power of artillery, they will definitely not
Waiting for death, the only way is to get close to the artillery,
In this way, we can avoid the lethality of artillery. Generals, starting from tomorrow, our army must beware of a sudden attack by the Yuan army during artillery attacks. Once a situation arises in which we defend the enemy and attack, our army can use the advantage of artillery to eliminate it.
The army has been formed, General Jiang Cai,"
"The end will be here,"
"You directly send someone to notify Li Tingzhi and ask him to support Xiangyang's army to speed up their march."
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
"Gongsun Xiaochen immediately ordered Lu Xiufu of Yingzhou to have the entire East China Sea Fleet stationed in the Han River Basin near Yingzhou. At the same time, he asked General Wang Anjie to mobilize another army from the two armies left in Yingzhou and rush to Guanzhou before the evening of tomorrow.
Zitan and Yingzhou City will not be attacked by the enemy for the time being.
The attack and city defense tasks were all handed over to the remaining army and the local civil defense group. The Navy was fully prepared for the battle and told Li Zengbo to be more careful, more cautious, more cautious, not to seek for nothing, but to seek for nothing. After all,
Liu Zheng is quite good at water battles,"
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
"General Crete, there will still be two rounds of artillery fire tomorrow. After the two rounds of firing, the artillery battalion will retreat immediately,"
"Yes, I will obey the order," Crete couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, our army has enough artillery shells for the time being, why don't you increase the number of firings and destroy the fortress as soon as possible?"
"Don't worry," I said with a smile, "General Crete, there are two reasons. First, if the number of artillery bombardments is too many, the Mongols will inevitably die and survive. Their large army will all rush towards our army.
position, our army will suffer a lot of casualties; secondly, I just want to unknowingly undermine the Yuan army's confidence, make them feel a little more fearful every day, and erode their courage."
Although Crete had never been on the battlefield, he had been working in an arsenal and knew some of the art of war. After listening to my explanation, he seemed to understand and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
"Gongsun Xiaochen, inform General Xia Gui that starting from tomorrow, we will increase the intensity of our attacks day by day, but we must not increase the casualties of our soldiers."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Gongsun Xiaochen replied while recording it.
I looked at the map and continued: "Also, Xiaochen, order an independent division composed of trained musketeers from various military regions to station in Xiangfan. At the same time, I ordered Lu Wende to focus on the north wall of Fan City, where the wall is relatively low. , it is difficult to resist the attack of a large number of returning artillery,"
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
"What's the latest news about General Zhang Shun?"
Jiang Wanzai said: "Back to the emperor, we successfully attacked several small grain transport teams of the Yuan army at the beginning. Later, the Mongolian escort troops escorting grain and grass totaled more than 10,000 people. Zhang Shun's troops never found a suitable opportunity to take action. ,"
"Well, inform Zhang Shun that he would rather not move than make unnecessary sacrifices,"
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
"Okay, what else can you do, generals?"
"Your Majesty," said Meng Tianya, who was sitting in the back, "I will report something eventually."
"General Meng, please speak,"
Meng Tianya said: "The emperor ordered the last general to form a loyal and shun army. Early this morning, the last general's uncle Meng Zhang arrived at our army camp and brought five hundred of his sons with him. Since our army went to Lumen Mountain, they have been waiting in the south of the camp. ,"
"Really, that's a good thing," I laughed. "I didn't expect that Hero Meng was so fast. Jiang Aiqing and Tianxiang, you two went to greet him immediately. After all the soldiers are settled, you will send Hero Meng to you." Please come to my big tent,"
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
After everyone left, I quickly took off my armor. Although I was wearing soft gold armor and didn't do anything, I was still covered in stinky sweat in the summer. Fortunately, Guanzitan Camp was adjacent to the Han River to the west, so it was so There is no shortage of water resources either.
After taking a cold shower and being massaged by Fang Ling, I felt much more comfortable.
After drinking tea for a while, Yuan Ji came in and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Meng Zhang is already outside the door."
"Yes, please,"
"Yes, Your Majesty," Yuan Ji walked to the door and said, "Mr. Meng, please,"
Following Jiang Wanzai, Meng Tianya, and Meng Zhang came in and saluted and said: "Meng Zhang, a common man, comes to see the emperor."
"No courtesy, everyone, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty,"
"Mr. Meng, you are very fast. I would like to thank you in advance for your support of our government."
"How dare you, how dare you? Didn't the emperor say that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world? The Meng family has followed our Song Dynasty for generations, conquering the east and the west. Now the emperor is doing the conquering himself. How can we not do our part?"
I smiled and said, "Mr. Meng, what are your plans for coming here this time?"
Meng Zhang said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, in order to rebuild the loyal and obedient army, Cao Min returned to Mengjiaqiao this time and discussed with his fourth brother Meng Ying. He will continue to be responsible for recruiting the old troops in the Mengjiaqiao area and will be personally trained by Meng Hai and others, while Cao Min will Returning to the second brother's tomb, while guarding the tomb, he will recruit locally, both at the same time, and strive to complete the establishment of the three thousand soldiers of the Zhongshun Army as soon as possible to comfort the soul of the second brother in heaven."