Chapter 148 Look up and look down
Liu Zhengwanhu was in a very bad mood. No one who lost more than 40 ships and more than 1,000 subordinates would be happy. Therefore, Liu Zheng's personal soldiers did not dare to leave, for fear of being used as a punching bag by Wanhu.
"Wanhu, Marshal A Shu sent someone to invite him." The personal soldiers outside the door came in, which made the personal soldiers standing in the room feel relieved.
Liu Zheng stood up in anger. He wanted to vent his anger and refuse just by looking at his expression. However, what Liu Zheng said from him was "I'll go now." Although he was angry, Liu Zheng would not have reached the point of resisting his superior's orders. What's more, he, a defeated general, has the right to throw a tantrum?
A Shu didn't throw a tantrum. When he saw Liu Zheng coming to see him, Marshal A Shu asked Liu Zheng to sit down and then asked about the battle. After hearing the rough introduction, A Shu asked: "Can you confirm that Zhao Jiaren is leading the army?"
"It must be his naval army. Regarding naval army, no one in the State of Song is above Zhao Jiaren." Liu Zheng and Zhao Jiaren had only met and had no need to brag about Zhao Jiaren. At this time, Zhao Jiaren was hyped up to heaven to prove that there was a reason for Liu Zheng's failure.
To Liu Zheng's surprise, A Shu did not show any surprise expression at all, nor did he make any comments on it. Such unpredictable and profound performance instantly increased Liu Zheng's psychological pressure a lot.
Just as Liu Zhen was playing a drum in his heart, A Shu asked: "Liu Wanhu, I know that your fierce attack is very effective against other Song Dynasty naval armies. My Mongolian naval armies were founded shortly after my Mongolian naval armies, and when we encountered a strong enemy, we could only win by courage. Then Zhao Jiaren's troops were even more courageous than our army?"
This topic hit Liu Ji's sadness. He red eyes and said with sobs: "Warring Zhao Jiaren, the first two warships sank. I wanted to save those subordinates who fell into the water, and I also wanted to fight to the death with him. I sent two ships to fight. But Zhao Jiaren's ship was actually a fool for me. His ships came across to hit my fleet, and used bow guns and stern guns to hit my ship together. As a result, the losses were heavy! There were many people from my tribe in the fleet, but they were unable to come back."
What Liu Zheng said was the same as the information obtained by A Shu, so A Shu still did not comment, but continued to ask: "I wonder how Liu Wanhu thinks he should deal with it if he wants to win."
Liu Zheng was also seriously considering this issue of A Shu. At this time, he quickly replied: "We have to use my Mongolian tactics to lure Zhao Jiaren's navy under our army's Huihui cannon and attack him unexpectedly. But Zhao Jiaren is like a ghost and never puts himself at this level. He fought with Zhao Jiaren two days ago. Although they were chasing him, when they reached the range of Huihui cannons, their fleet stopped immediately. Even if I bought a flaw, they just used the cannons to hit my ship, and they didn't go in again. This method can only be tried to use. I dare not guarantee whether it can be useful."
After talking with Liu Chi, A Shu went to another tent to meet the Nanzheng Massacre Boyan. After the two of them sat down, A Shu sighed: "The arrangement of Changshengtian is really wonderful. I have already talked about Zhao Jiaren before, but I didn't expect that we would have the opportunity to fight him now."
Boyan nodded slightly, "I was wondering if I could let the outer city walls sell a flaw and let Zhao Jiaren's fleet go against the current."
A Shu shook his head, "I don't think so. Liu Zheng said that Zhao Jiaren is extremely agile. He is afraid that he will see through the flaws like this. Since Khan attaches great importance to Zhao Jiaren so much, I think he will not be inferior to us. If the general suddenly shows weakness when he meets his opponent, will he make a breakthrough?"
Before Boyan could speak, there was a little movement outside. After a while, the guards took the messenger and walked in quickly. When they saw the great general Boyan, the messenger knelt on one knee and saluted, "Master, I am under the command of Huabulichiqianhu, Longweizhou City Village. The two front camps were besieged by the Song army's water and land company. Seeing that there was a critical war there, Huabulichiqianhu sent me to report to the great general."
After hearing this news, Boyan was finally moved. The two downstream cities faced the Song army directly, and they were the vanguards of the Mongolian army. Boyan had no intention of giving them to the Song army easily. Therefore, the city gates were not only solid but also huge, and they could accommodate four or five thousand soldiers. Although there are two thousand people in the two cities and villages now, they would not be surrounded by them, and they would not even be able to break through.
Boyan's idea was completely in line with the ancient cold weapon war, but Zhao Jiaren never regarded his troops as an army for cold weapons. After careful survey, Zhao Jiaren made preparations since last night, and some small teams had brought artillery to the rear of the two cities. In the early morning, the troops began to operate. It was dawn and the troops immediately launched an encirclement.
When it was dawn, a large ship loaded with 10 kilograms of cannons bombarded violently at the Mongolian military city 200 meters away.
It was already noon at this time. The Song army not only completely surrounded the Mongolian village, but also completed the encirclement. The 10-jin cannon was powerful. After one shot, the wooden structure outside the Mongolian village was smashed to pieces. Even the rammed earth structure could not withstand the bombardment of the ten-jin cannon.
At this time, not only the exterior walls of the city were broken, but the catapults inside also turned into pieces and fell to the ground. The fleet leaned along the Han River, and in addition to the ten-jin cannons and five-jin cannons also participated in the battle.
The ship has a lot of loads and is not sensitive to the weight of 1,000 pounds and 2,000 pounds. With heavy artillery joining, the Mongolian army was beaten to retreat from the city. Outside the city wall, the Song army, which completed the encirclement, set up cannons at the intersection. As long as the Mongolian army rushed outward, it would be bombarded by two pounds of cannons using shotguns.
There were blood on all roads, and many human bodies were thrown within the range of the Song army artillery. The dead had already transcended from the cruel battlefield, and the injured who were crawling probably returned to the Mongolian army. The wounded who could not crawl were moaning and whimpering, but no one was concerned about it.
On the command ship in the Han River, Zhao Jiaren watched the hot air balloon rise slowly. This was to see the movements of the Mongolian army from a higher place. Since he had gained an advantage on the side of the river, he regarded the side of the river as a way to break into the direction. Zhao Jiaren was calm on his face, but he felt very regretful. Although he really hoped to completely overwhelm the enemy with firearms, he also knew that the army that could not be seen as bayonets were not really a strong army.
Before coming to help Xiangyang, Zhao Jiaren felt that he would definitely win when facing the Mongolian army in the future. He had no enthusiasm for aiding Xiangyang. Now that he really was involved in the battle, Zhao Jiaren immediately felt the problem. No need to mention any military technology or tactics. Zhao Jiaren found that he did not understand how he won before.
Whether it is fighting pirates or attacking the Pu family, Zhao Jiaren's previous victory was based on the basis of fighting less. The situation of this war was completely reversed. Zhao Jiaren's military strength was at a disadvantage. Although he was barely in the attack of the two cities, Zhao Jiaren no longer had his own reserve team. If there were any problems in the battle, he had to "adapt to the situation" instead of dealing with it calmly as before.
Chapter completed!