Ali Hague said: "Yes. Commander, I will eventually understand."
Ah Shu said "Yes" and continued to give the order: "After General Ali Hague sets off, our army will raid Dengzhou. General Ashahan and General Zhang Hongfan."
"The end will be here."
"I order you two to each take 10,000 horses and set out before midnight tomorrow night. Attack the east gate and north gate of Dengzhou respectively. There must be no mistake."
"Yes. The last general honors your order."
"General Atahai."
"The end will be here."
"You lead fifteen thousand infantry to stay in Nanyang."
"Yes. Marshal."
"The rest of the generals, together with Marshal Boyan and myself, will set out at midnight tomorrow to attack Dengzhou."
All the generals shouted in unison: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief."
At noon the next day, Gongsun Xiaochen and Tian Xiuyan reported back with two captains of the scout team. General Ali Hague of the Nanyang Yuan Army led the troops to march north. The difference was that the judgments of the two scouts were very different. One said there were five or six Thousands of soldiers and horses. It is said that it is less than 10,000.
"Why is there such a big difference?" I thought for a while and said, "I will investigate further and report again."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After the scouts left, Lu Wenhuan said: "Your Majesty, the Nanyang Yuan army originally numbered about 100,000 people. Later, Guo Kan took away more than 10,000 people. There should be more than 80,000 people left. At this time, 50,000 to 60,000 troops were dispatched. At the end of the day, It will feel unlikely.”
"Well, what Lu Aiqing said makes sense. I feel the same way. If there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people left in the Nanyang Yuan Army camp, it will be difficult to stop our army from attacking. Ah Shu, Boyan will understand. Once Nanyang is lost, the entire Henan will be destroyed. He was completely exposed in front of our army."
"That's right." Lu Wenhuan said. "I don't think Ashu would take such a risk."
Tian Xiuyan said: "Your Majesty, I will wait for the general to go and find out what's going on."
I know that Tian Xiuyan is very skilled in martial arts. He can go and get it. "That's fine. Xiuyan. Bring more people."
"No need, Your Majesty. It is easier for the general to do things alone. Although the general cannot defeat thousands of troops, it is not difficult to escape."
"Okay then. Quanyi. You can repair your beauty and go out for a while."
Zhang Quanyi clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Lu Wenhuan watched the two men walk out of the Chinese army's tent and said: "Your Majesty, before General Tian and General Zhang come back, our army needs to readjust the strength of the Dengzhou camp so that we can advance and retreat freely."
I nodded and said: "The current situation, dividing the troops to fight, is undoubtedly beneficial to our army. Lu Aiqing, pass on the order. All armies enter a state of preparation for war. The west gate and the south gate are closed. Each city gate is only open for an hour every day. All the garrisons in the west and south have returned to Dengzhou City. The artillery battalion is stationed outside the east and north gates. The main camp outside the east gate is to be strictly defended."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the 26th, Tian Xiuyan and Zhang Quanyi rushed back to Dengzhou. They were running all the way. They didn't even have time to take a sip of water. They immediately reported to me: "Your Majesty, it has been confirmed. Ali Hague only brought 10,000 troops. I sneaked into the enemy camp early this morning and captured a centurion. According to his account, Ali Hague made a big show of it, but in fact he only had 10,000 troops. The purpose was to confuse our army. As for The movements of the Nanyang army are unknown to this centurion."
"Confuse our army." Fang Ling said. "Ashu doesn't care about Xuchang."
"No. Xuchang can be considered a military powerhouse. Unless..." Lu Wenhuan said thoughtfully.
"Well, Lu Aiqing is right. Ah Shu also has a basic understanding of the strength of our army. Jiang Aiqing took away 20,000 soldiers. This time, General Wu and General Fan took away a large number. Whether they knew or not, Zhang Shun's army had moved north in advance.
As long as they believe Wu Songhan and Fan Tianshun took forty artillery pieces, they are very likely to attack Dengzhou. My banner has been in the camp at the east camp of Dengzhou. If Ashu captures Dengzhou, we can be cut off.
The Northern Expeditionary Army's contact with Xiangyang in the rear can also kill me here. Kill two birds with one stone."
"Kill two birds with one stone." Fang Ling said with a smile. "Ashu is just daydreaming. Our army's more than forty artillery pieces are waiting for them."
I smiled and said, "Lu Aiqing, please order all the generals to come here to discuss matters."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Fix your face. I have one more thing for you to do. Your physical strength is still good."
"Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Okay. Xiu Yan. You rest for a while. Set off immediately. Rush to the Jiaxian area as quickly as possible. Order General Wu and General Fan to join forces. Take the initiative to attack. Concentrate firepower to annihilate Ali's Hague Department first. Then return to Dengzhou.
.If my predictions are correct, the two armies can attack from inside and outside. This time, we have a chance to severely damage A Shu's center army."
Tian Xiuyan said without hesitation: "Yes. The general will go right away."
At dawn on the 27th, after joining the Yinying Lei Department, Zhang Shun led his army to launch a fierce attack on the south gate of Xuchang. Twenty artillery pieces aimed at the south gate. Following Wanyan Tianlei's order, the sound of cannons sounded like
Lei. Instantly broke the tranquility of the early morning.
"Sacred weapon. Sacred weapon." It was the first time Yin Ying Lei Bu Qu saw the firing of artillery. They all cheered uncontrollably. The power of the thrown bombs shocked them, let alone the more powerful artillery.
Even Yin Yinglei couldn't hold back his excitement. He thought to himself: "The invention of firearms will completely change the traditional way of combat. The era of cold weapons will soon end. Your Majesty is indeed a god."
Since landing on the Shandong Peninsula, Yi Yinglei and Han Jing led their troops to move around like bandits. According to the prior plan, Yi Yinglei resolutely implemented my guerrilla policy. Although on the surface, the Song Army was very
Embarrassing, but it also made the pursuing Yuan army exhausted and gained nothing. A few months ago, Yi Yinglei seized the only opportunity to fight. At the cost of thousands of thrown bombs, the 5,000 Qixue soldiers led by him won a huge victory.
The seriously injured general Edu also died under Han Jing's gun. After the first battle, the Yuan army was frightened and had to mobilize more troops to pursue him.
For several months, the troops kept marching, or more appropriately, fleeing. Sometimes they had to keep one eye open while sleeping and dozing to prevent the Yuan army from attacking. The only difficulties and hardships involved were Yin Yinglei and
His subordinates knew that during the most difficult time, there were even a small number of deserters. Fortunately, most of the Song army soldiers finally survived. Under the command of Yin Yinglei, they attacked from the east and west. They broke through Dong Shixuan and the Yuan army led by Li Ting.
The siege came to the gate of Xuchang City.
Although Xuchang City is also an important ancient city, it has not been affected by war for decades. The city walls are far less strong than Dengzhou, which is at the border. About half an hour later, the south gate was destroyed by concentrated artillery fire. Yin responded to a thunderous order.
Below. Under the cover of artillery, the two troops rushed towards the city gate like arrows. At almost the same time, Wen Zhang and Fan Liangfu led the soldiers of the imperial army to attack from the north gate.
Guo Kan, the defender in the city, led his troops to resist desperately. However, they were helpless in the face of the superior strength of the Song army. In addition, the defenders had seen the power of firearms before. They could only hold on for less than half an hour and were defeated by Zhang Shun and Han. Jing led his troops to attack the south gate.
"General, the Song army is overwhelming. Evacuate from the east gate quickly."
"General, keep the green hills here. Don't be afraid of running out of firewood. Let's withdraw before the Song army encircles us."
After repeated persuasion by the surrounding guards, Guo Kan was determined and led the remaining troops to escape from the east gate of Xuchang. Guo Kan was a strong martial artist. The Song army soldiers who surrounded him could not stop him, so he had to let him go. When Zhang Shun , when Han Jing, Wen Zhang and other generals who had invaded from the north gate arrived near the east gate, Guo Kan had already rushed out of the east gate with more than 3,000 Yuan troops.
The generals did not chase. They just wiped out all the Yuan troops in the city. After that, Yi Yinglei immediately ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, to appease the people in the city, and to repair the destroyed city walls. While Wen Zhang, Fan Liangfu, and Yin Ying Lei, Zhang Shun, After Wanyan Tianlei and others exchanged greetings for a while, they took over the food and grass from Zhang Shun's army, led the army away, and went straight back to Bianliang.
"General Zhang. Report victory to the emperor. Our army has successfully recaptured Xuchang."
"Yes. General Yin. I will obey the order." General Zhang Shun, who is the commander of the Lin'an Military Region, reunited with Yin Yinglei, the commander of the military region, after many months of separation. Naturally, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart. Lin'an Shortly after the formation of the military region, some soldiers and horses went on an expedition to Ryukyu. After the Song-Mongolian War began, they were divided into several parts. The main generals of the military region basically never got together.
At the same time that Yin Yinglei captured Xuchang, the Nanyang Yuan Army, under the command of Boyan and A Shu, launched an attack on the Song Army in Dengzhou. Aqihan and Zhang Hongfan, who served as the vanguard, each led an army and attacked respectively. There are two camps in the east and north outside Dengzhou City.
The Song army, which had been prepared for a long time, was ready. I stood at the front of Dongda Camp and personally supervised the battle. The soldiers of Dongda Camp, under the command of Lu Wenhuan, the commander of the Northern Expedition Army in the middle, first responded with muskets and bows and arrows.
"There are no artillery?" Arakhan seemed relieved and ordered the Yuan army to charge forward against the scattered muskets.
The Mongolian cavalry became ferocious. Although some people kept falling off their horses, they still rushed forward desperately. The cavalry was extremely fast. It didn't take long for the Yuan army at the front to reach seven or eighty meters in front of the camp. This distance is exactly the effective range of the muskets. The Yulin Army defending the east is one and a half brigades of the Second Division. Following the order from the division commander Zhang Shijie, all the musketeers pulled the triggers of their muskets. The Yuan army in front must be cleared. Obstacles such as antlers and fences were suddenly lost in sight. They were swept down by the horse with bursts of musketry.
However, the Yuan army did not stop attacking. Although the casualties were considerable, after clearing the obstacles, another group of cavalry attacked. This group of cavalry was slightly different from the previous Yuan army. The two men at the front were A group of people hold up a blocker such as the Eight Immortals Table. Although the speed is slightly slower, it can block the musket fire.
The musket ammunition hit it, leaving only a muffled sound. It was unable to penetrate the table, let alone injure the people behind it.
Zhang Shijie was very experienced. As soon as he saw it, he immediately ordered the muskets to be fired at the opponent's horses. Because it was dark, Zhang Shijie did not see clearly. The horses of the Yuan army were all wrapped in a thick layer of oilcloth.