Chapter 21 The Intense Haizhou Offensive and Defensive Battle
Dongdongdongdongdong! Baba!
The crossbow shot onto the head of the city, and the wooden baffle above the cannon position made a thud sound, and the bricks and stones on the head of the city were hit by a thud. Yue Lian's small hat with a sunshade on the head was sitting cross-legged behind the battlements at the head of the city, leaning against the city wall, his back was straight, so that he could be as close to the city wall as possible.
The subordinates next to him also learned Yue Lian's actions and conducted these training methods in the school. They could automatically choose the best response mode without any effort. Seeing that these guys knew how to protect themselves, Yue Lian felt relaxed. She felt very nervous when facing the Rain of Land War for the first time in her life. Reason can confirm that the bow and arrow cannot penetrate the thick city walls no matter what, but it cannot stop Yue Lian's heart from tightening.
"We learned it in class, that...that...that line?" Someone next to him was talking loudly about the knowledge learned in class. A trembling voice leaked his intention to speak to enhance his courage.
"That's called parabola." Yue Lian said angrily, "Everyone abides by discipline and don't talk. If we have learned, if we are really uneasy, just say loudly, I'm a little scared."
Puchi, the few people around Yue Lian were amused by these words. After a moment, the group of people who were hiding against the wall made a burst of laughter, and the atmosphere immediately became much more relaxed. Even Yue Lian felt that her nervous mood was much more relaxed. She deliberately did not think about war and put her thoughts on the exam. Zhao Jiaren's army emphasized learning. If Yue Lian became the squadron leader of the melee unit, she had to pass all the exams according to regulations. Parabola is a must-take the exam.
In sea combat, because of the close distance and strong sea breeze, all enemy projectile weapons mostly use shorter ballistic flat fire. Land combat can use longbows and crossbows, and archers often use projectiles. Therefore, in naval combat, wooden artillery shields are vertically erected to resist long-range weapons from the front. Now the artillery shield stand is placed on a rack above the artillery position to resist the projectile of Mongolian archers.
After recalling this knowledge, Yue Lian suddenly remembered another question. The artillery of his troops was placed on the city, and when he was on the boat, he was considered flat shooting or shot on the top of the city? After thinking about a lot of things in his mind, Yue Lian found that he could not draw a conclusion. He took out a small piece of pencil and took out a small notebook. Yue Lian wrote down his problems in the notebook.
No matter how hard-working melee troops face war, the long-range troops on the top of the city are shooting against Mongolian archers. The melee troops need to be at the squad leader level to pass the physics and preliminary geometry test. The ordinary gunners of the long-range troops pay similar salaries to those of the squad leader, and each of them needs to pass the physics and preliminary geometry test.
Condescendingly, the gunners in more than 20 artillery positions saw more than 300 crossbowmen lined up in several small square formations and fired crossbow arrows at the city. Gou Ye, the squadron leader of the long-range unit, shouted, "Come fire to shoot the middle team!" After saying that, he immediately said, "Use one pound of cannon!"
The gunners adjusted the position of the muzzle and opened fire on the Mongolian soldiers seventy or eighty meters away. A pound of cannon means that the shell is a pound of iron ball, and a pound of cannon means that the shell is a pound of iron ball weighing three pounds. Gou Ye saw the gunners fire at three shots in a minute, and he felt that his decision was correct, and doing so would indeed save costs.
If a pound of iron ball hits the head, the head will immediately break. If a pound of iron ball hits the torso, the bone will be broken immediately and the internal organs will be severely impacted. If a pound of iron ball hits the head, it will be broken when it bounces on the ground and hits the human leg. At least it will have to break bones.
It was hard to see clearly from sixty or seventy meters away, so Gou Ye saw that three rounds of forty shells were shot out in a short time. The team of crossbowmen who were gathering fire was knocked down by seven or eight people. Two of them were hit by the shells. The crossbow was smashed over and hit the bodies of the two guys.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the crossbowmen immediately threw down their robes that were ignorant of life and death, and ran back.
"Go to the team on the left." Gou Ye was in a happy mood, his voice full of joy.
The gunners turned their guns and opened fire at the enemy Gou Ye pointed out. This time the enemy learned to be smart, and only three or four people were put away, and they immediately fled back. Several other teams of Mongolian crossbowmen stopped to shoot, seeing that they meant to retreat, but they didn't dare to leave without military orders. Until Gou Ye ordered fire at them, a few shells flew over. These crossbowmen immediately began to run back.
"Ceasefire!" Gou Ye looked down from a high point. There were more than a dozen people who were knocked to the ground. The number of Mongolian soldiers was really nothing compared to the thousands of Mongolian soldiers below. However, the Mongolian soldiers did not advance and stood in their original position stupidly.
He looked around and looked at his comrades who were cleaning the muzzle with wooden sticks with cloth strips. Gou Ye wanted to ask why, but he couldn't say it. He himself didn't know why the Mongolian soldiers didn't surge up. Gou Ye had already prepared before. If the Mongolian soldiers rushed up, he would let the three-jin cannon join the battle. The order at that time was only four words, "Free Shooting"!
The city was quiet, and the judge Hou Ao Tongtong, who was at the safety of the city, was also quite surprised. The sound on the city was loud, but it was not as shocked as the four directions. Not long after the noise, the city returned to peace. The judge Hou Ao Tongtong looked nervous and didn't know what was going on. Such changes completely exceeded his understanding and understanding of the war.
Zhao Jiaren could imagine that even in a naval battle where there was nowhere to escape, the pirates had to retreat after being violently bombarded and hid under the deck. The performance of the Mongolian navy did not essentially surpass that of the pirates, but they had more people, larger ships, and suffered losses longer. But they still had to avoid the attack of artillery in the end. As for land battles, Zhao Jiaren's artillery range was not far, and the enemy could avoid more casualties as long as they did not take the initiative to attack.
For Zhao Jiaren's subordinates, this was the first land battle. The same was true for Zhao Jiaren. He immediately left the house under the city and went to the top of the city. Judge Hou Ai felt dangerous, so he stayed in the house and didn't want to keep up. But seeing Zhao Jiaren go to the city with great enthusiasm, he gritted his teeth and made a cruel decision and followed Zhao Jiaren to the city wall.
As soon as he arrived at the city, Hou Ao Tongzong coughed a few times by the strong smell of gunpowder. He is 55 years old and has been growing in a pure natural environment for the past 55 years, breathing pure natural air. Such strong artificial pollutants made Hou Ao Tongzong's respiratory tract feel extremely unhappy.
He followed Zhao Jiaren behind his back and looked out from a high place, and saw that the Mongolian army was marching from afar, but had no intention of continuing to attack. Hou Ai Tongzong looked at the open space between the two sides and did not understand why the Mongolian soldiers stopped attacking.
Zhao Jiaren just glanced at it and withdrew his gaze. He bent down to pick up the crossbow arrow on the ground, and looked at the iron arrow that had been tilted after colliding with bricks and stones on the city. Zhao Jiaren felt that Luo Guanzhong, who wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", was indeed a man who knew a little military. He borrowed arrows from a straw boat, and just emphasized this straw boat, it proved that the author knew what would happen if the arrows collided on the ground. He bent over and picked up several crossbow arrows, and the arrows were damaged, and one of them was even broken.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Gongjin wants to kill Zhuge Liang. Such damaged arrows cannot be taken out and handed over. Only when the arrows are placed on the straw man can the arrows be ensured to be intact to the greatest extent.
As for Li Yan's troops outside the city, Zhao Jiaren had no thoughts. If he had to comment, Li Yan's army commander was a smart person. He chose to be cautious after encountering an unexpected blow. Regarding future development, Zhao Jiaren really wanted to see what choices Li Yan's army would make. The choice of this Shandong governor was also Zhao Jiaren's war accumulation.
After half an hour, Li Yan's troops sent crossbowmen to shoot. They were easily suppressed by a kilogram of cannon and lost more than a dozen people, Li Yan's troops immediately withdrew from the crossbowmen's troops. After that, they did not launch a new attack.
In the evening, Yue Lian and other melee troops got off the city. Yue Lian felt uncomfortable sitting on the top of the city. This feeling of being unable to stretch was worse than fighting. She returned to her residence and lay on the marching quilt, feeling that she could relax. She tried her best to stretch her limbs on the quilt, and Yue Lian suddenly felt suspicious. She used to sleep on the straw mat, covered with a thick burlap quilt covered with some mess and other stuffings. How did she persist in that kind of life?
The troops divided into three shifts to watch the night. Yue Lian and the others drew the first shift. After dinner, they went to the city and stayed for two hours before going down to the city to change shifts and rest. After a big yawn, Yue Lian fell asleep sweetly in the warm quilt.
Zhao Jiaren waited just like that. He didn't wait for Li Yan's troops to continue attacking for two days, but instead waited for Jia Sidao's envoy. The envoy was very happy to see that Haizhou was not lost. After entering the city, the envoy was very surprised when he saw Zhao Jiaren's troops. However, he was just an envoy and had no right to deal with it on the spot. He could only convey Jia Sidao's order, saying that Jia Sidao had asked the commander of the Lianghuai commanders to mobilize troops to come for assistance.
It was another night. The next morning, another wave of envoys came. After this wave of envoys arrived, they went to see the judge Hou Ao Tong and told the judge that it was Jia Sidao who asked Zhao Jiaren to take the time to inspect the Haizhou area. Unexpectedly, it had such a great effect. Seeing that Jia Sidao did not set any trouble for him, Zhao Jiaren was quite happy.
After hearing Jia Sidao's explanation, Tongzong Hou Ao was relieved of the reason why Zhao Jiaren came here. As a person from the Song Dynasty, Tongzong knew that water routes were more convenient than land routes. Fujian was the highest-level place in the Song Dynasty, and it was not difficult to understand when taking a boat to Haizhou in a very short time.
Zhao Jiaren felt that his crisis had been relieved, so the troops guarding the city came to report. Li Yan sent someone to discuss something. Hou Ai Tongtong immediately became nervous and didn't know what tricks Li Yan wanted to play. So he asked Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "I don't know what tricks Li Yan is playing. Can you tell me if you call the person he sent here and ask?"
Judge Hou Aotong felt a little uneasy and did not want to see Li Yan's envoy. Zhao Jiaren didn't care so much and ordered people to bring the envoy. The person who came in looked in his thirties, tall and had a much more flexible expression than ordinary people. After seeing Zhao Jiaren, he first saluted, and then said: "A few days ago, your army fought with my Zilai Navy and captured several military ships of our army. There was my Zilai Navy and Ten Hu Timur on the military ship? No Hua. If you were willing to release Timur? No Hua, there were other Mongolian officers. Our army would withdraw. If you refused, we would definitely enter Haizhou. This is the list, you have to think about it."
After hearing this, the face of Hou Ai Tongtong immediately became very ugly. Zhao Jiaren first stared at Li Yu's envoy, and then laughed. After laughing, Zhao Jiaren replied loudly: "Go back and tell Li Yu, this Timur? Buhua is a place to be sent to Lin'an for rewards. I know Li Yu's thoughts, so I will never let Timur go no matter what? Buhua. If Li Yu is dissatisfied, let him attack Haizhou. At that time, I will arrest Li Yu and tie him up and send him to Lin'an."
After saying that, Zhao Jiaren suddenly picked up his pen and wrote down what he had just said. After reading the magistrate Hou Ao Tongtong read it, he handed it over to the envoy to take it away. When the envoy left, Hou Ao Tongtong was very nervous and felt that Zhao Jiaren's handling was not enough to be too stiff. However, Zhao Jiaren was not moved at all. He felt that he had seen through Li Yan's little thoughts.
They came to ask for people casually, or asked for people at a disadvantage. How could they rescue Timur? Buhua, but because they were afraid that Zhao Jiaren and others would not know Timur? Buhua's identity was accidentally released. Just listening to this name and just listening to Wanhu's title, you can probably guess Timur? Buhua is the supervisor used by the Mongolian master to supervise and control the Zilai naval army. The supervisor was captured, which is definitely not a bad thing for Li Feng, a local bully in Shandong.
A few days later, Li Yu's troops did not attack the city at all, but instead came two thousand Song reinforcements first. The troops immediately sent a horse to inquire and found that Li Yu's troops did not attack Haizhou, but conquered the Lianshui Army. Now Li Yu's troops are stationed in the Lianshui Army, and seem to be very satisfied with the harvest. Zhao Jiaren is not indifferent. He left the cotton cloth in his shop in Haizhou and took the troops on the ship to leave.
It can be seen that the judge Hou Ao Tongtong was not particularly reluctant to leave. Zhao Jiaren thought maliciously. If Zhao Jiaren's name was not shown in the statement given to the court by Hou Ao Tong, the judge Hou Ao Tong would definitely be very happy. The first condition for doing this is that when Li Yu really withdraws his troops, Zhao Jiaren must not be in Haizhou City.
On the way back, there was a list of help from Li Yan. After interrogation, Zhao Jiaren found out the officers Timur? Buhua Wanhu and other officers. Zhao Jiaren took two ships to escort the prisoners to Yangzhou, and the other ships carried the prisoners five ships south.
Arriving in Yangzhou as quickly as possible, Zhao Jiaren ordered people to tie up Mongolian officers and take them straight to the Lianghuai Pacification Envoy. Not long after he sent them to the Mingshen. Jia Sidao's aide ran out and respectfully invited Zhao Jiaren in. He dared to approach the hall and saw Jia Sidao greeting him. When he saw Zhao Jiaren, he sighed, "Jiaren, if you didn't go to Haizhou, you would probably have a big problem this time."
After saying that, Jia Sidao sighed again: "I lost the Lianshui Army this time, alas..."
Zhao Jiaren handed a list to Jia Sidao. Jia Sidao took it and frowned immediately. He asked in confusion: "This list is..."
"The people on this list are outside the door." Zhao Jiaren replied with great enthusiasm. He had figured it out on the way that selling benefits to Jia Sidao is far better than Zhao Jiaren's strong interest. It is indeed the responsibility of "anxious" to raise the criminal prison on Fujian Road, but the attack on the thief in Haizhou who ran to Lianghuai Road was too horrible and too challenging the system of the Song Dynasty.
With Jia Sidao's intelligence, his face was first shocked, and then he was overjoyed. The Song Dynasty fought with Mongolia for twenty years, but he did not capture more than 10,000 households, and he never caught so many real Mongolian officers. The loss of the Lianshui Army is naturally a big deal, and even if there are so many captures, it will not make bad things turn into good things. However, Jia Sidao himself explained to the court very well.
After a happy expression, Jia Sidao stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Jiaren's arm and said sincerely: "This time Jiaren comes to help, I will never let Jiaren be embarrassed. Thank you in advance."
"Thank you." Zhao Jiaren replied calmly. What he asked was not to cause trouble for himself. Since Jia Sidao fully realized this, he did not want to bother more. This merit of the Mongolian prisoners is nothing compared to the merits that can be earned next year. At this time, selling it to Jia Sidao will definitely bring more benefits in the future.
In November of the sixth year of Blessing, the Mongolian general Li Yu defeated the Lianshui Army, and all the soldiers were killed and injured. Jia Sidao introduced the chapter to draw the blame and sent thousands of Mongolian households to Lin'an. The imperial edict redeems himself for his merits.
In the first year of Kaiqing, the edict changed the year name Kaiqing.
On the first month of spring, the first month of Yisi, the imperial edict ordered China and foreign countries to follow the public law and seek to implement the policy. He specially transferred to Fujian Road to raise the criminal prison Zhao Jiaren.
Chapter completed!