Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 152: Full-scale attack on Xia, Song army’s flint cannon
Genghis Khan was very angry about the behavior of dragging thunder, but he had an indescribable feeling about Ogodei's behavior.

Tuo Lei's approach was indeed very impulsive and wrong, but Wo Kuotai's handling of the matter this time was beyond his expectation.

He wanted their brothers to be harmonious, but he said he couldn't bear to hurt his brother Tuo Lei. It turned out that Tuo Lei had disobeyed military orders and needed to be dealt with by military law.

But because he was his younger brother, Wo Kuotai felt sorry for his younger brother. He bent the law for personal gain and gave him to his own disposal.

He also apologized to Genghis Khan for not punishing his younger brother in accordance with military law, hoping that Genghis Khan could punish him.

These reasons seem very good.

But they Mongolians would never do this. If something like this happened before, Tuo Lei would definitely be beaten up by Wo Kuotai, but he would not be sent over to him to deal with.

Instead, he continued to let Tuo Lei lead the troops. This was the way of the Han people, and the person who taught him to do this, needless to say, must be that boy Zhang Yong.

But when Zhang Yong did this, Genghis Khan had nothing to say, because he was the one who handed Zhang Yong over to Wo Kuotai and asked him to bind an interest relationship with Wo Kuotai.

Because Wokuotai was his chosen successor, not Tuo Lei, such suppression was inevitable, and this time it was Tuo Lei who violated military orders first.

If he didn't disobey his orders, then Wogotai would have no reason to deal with him.

"When you went on an expedition this time? I told you that we want harmony between brothers. Why didn't you listen to me and contradict your brother?" Genghis Khan picked up his riding crop and looked at Tore who was kneeling on the ground. , asked.

Now Genghis Khan has spread all his fire on Tuo Lei, because there is no other way. Wo Kuotai's handling this time really takes up all the moral principles.

Toilei made a mistake, and committed the most unforgivable disobedience to military orders by the Mongols.

"You punish me! Father! I have nothing to say."

The answer was that a riding crop hit Tuo Lei hard on his face.

"Take off your armor and lie down on the ground." Genghis Khan said.

Torre gritted his teeth, took off his armor, and then lay on the ground.

Genghis Khan didn't say anything, he picked up the riding crop and slapped Tuo Lei on Tuo Lei's back.

Tuo Lei grunted, gritted his teeth and did not scream.

Wow!Wow!Snapped!Snapped!
In Genghis Khan's military tent, there was only the sound of whips.

Genghis Khan didn't stop until Tuo Lei's back began to be bloody.

Looking at his son who was beaten to a bloody pulp, Genghis Khan's hands trembled slightly.

His heart also hurt, but he had to fight. He wanted to tell Torre that you should stop thinking about the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia, stop thinking about it.

But the boy didn't beg for mercy, or even let out a scream. He gritted his teeth and firmly caught Genghis Khan's whip.

"Tuo Lei, you go back to recuperate! Ogedai is my successor. Remember this, don't do unnecessary things anymore. Ogedai is the future Great Khan of Mongolia.

But you can be a khan, just like your eldest brother Jochi and your second brother Chagatai. I can give you territory, give you people, give you pasture, cattle, sheep and horses. You can all be khan, but you have to return to your home. Just the Taiwan leader. "Genghis Khan said.

I am much more merciful than the emperors of the Central Plains. How can their sons be as lucky as my own sons?What I gave was real land and people.

Even some of the generals who follow you will receive rewards.

Tuo Lei didn't say anything, gritted his teeth and stood up tremblingly, picked up his armor, and left Genghis Khan's camp with empty steps.

After Torre left, Genghis Khan summoned the envoy sent by Ogedai.

"You go back and tell Wokuotai that I have already punished him for disobeying military orders this time, and I already know their plan.

I will march in advance and attack the three northwest states of Xixia. I hope that after they defeat the Song army and obtain enough food and grass, they will immediately come to Xuanhua Mansion to join me. "Genghis Khan said.

Now that the most important problem of food and grass has been solved, what are you waiting for?

He chose to believe in his son Wo Kuotai and Zhang Yong.

I believe they can snatch all the food from Song's reinforcements, which will be enough for their own army.

The messenger nodded and immediately left Genghis Khan's military tent.

After Ogedai's envoy left, Genghis Khan immediately ordered the entire army to set off three days later.

Divide the troops into three groups and attack Shazhou, California, and Suzhou at the same time.

Genghis Khan personally led an army to attack Shazhou City, and Chagatai led an army to attack California.

Torre and Subotai led an army to attack Suzhou.

A group of Mongolian Xixia generals began to play an important role in helping Genghis Khan attack the three northwest states.

At the same time, Bolu of the Jin Kingdom also led an army, with the Han Shi Tianze as general, into Xixia and began to attack Yinzhou City in Xixia.

After several days of rapid marching, Wokuotai and Zhang Yong successfully arrived at the border between Xixia and Jin.

By this time it was getting dark.

According to the reports from previous horse inspections, the Song Dynasty army at this time had a total of [-] troops and horses, and entered Xixia territory about half a day earlier than them.

However, the Song army of 5 people, plus some logistical supplies, had not completely finished their march at this time. They were still in the wild and had not entered the Xixia city.

"Let me ask you, how many people are there in these Song troops? What kind of weapons do they carry?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Reporting back to the military advisor, there are more than 4 infantry, more than 1000 cavalry, and about 6000 heavy infantry." Scout Tanma knelt on the ground and said.

The composition of the Song Dynasty's army was completely different from that of Mongolia. At this time, Mongolia was basically all light cavalry, with only a small number of heavy cavalry.

The infantry only consisted of servants and slave armies composed of other captives, and their equipment was extremely poor.

Because this was a surprise attack, the more than 5000 people led by Wo Kuotai and Zhang Yong were all light cavalry. Each of them only carried a dozen bows, arrows, sabers, and two spare horses.

"In my opinion, the biggest threat to us is the cavalry of more than a thousand people. We have to find a way to lure them out and then annihilate them. Then the remaining infantry will be easy to deal with." Wo Kuotai said.

This is their usual Mongolian tactic. As long as the enemy's cavalry troops are annihilated, the remaining infantry will not be afraid.

"No! There are also [-] heavy infantry. They should not be underestimated. They are all equipped with sophisticated armor and giant tower shields.

Equipped with spears, it can deal with light cavalry very well. If we rush forward rashly, we will be destroyed by this heavy armored infantry. "Zhang Yong said.

In fact, the weapons and equipment of the infantry of the Southern Song Dynasty were not bad at all, and were even the best among all countries in the East and West in this era.

Especially heavy infantry, basically everyone wears armor.

The iron spears made in the Song Dynasty were also powerful weapons against cavalry.

If a field battle really breaks out and the heavy cavalry charges, they can indeed break their formation.

But if it is light cavalry, this battle will not be easy.

"You can roam around and scatter, they can't outrun us." Wo Kuotai said.

"Father-in-law, I need to go to heaven to investigate first." Zhang Yong said.

At this time, it’s time for your own drone to appear.

Ancient wars were all about intelligence warfare, and our own drones were at a natural advantage.

"Okay! Then let's rest here for a while." Wo Kuotai nodded and said.

It's better to scout out the enemy's situation first, it will be easier to fight.

"Father-in-law, please send some more cavalry to investigate around, and use my divine light flashlight to find people. If you find spies from the Song Dynasty army, kill them immediately." Zhang Yong said.

The news that he and others were coming must have reached the ears of the Song Dynasty army.Now we need to clear out the scouts first and make the enemy blind.

"Okay, I understand. I will personally use your divine light flashlight to find someone." Wo Kuotai said.

After the entire army was stationed, Wokuotai sent thousands of cavalry to wander around. With the help of bright flashlights, they easily discovered the Song army's scouts.

As Zhang Yong expected, the Song army sent a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance.

But they didn't expect that Zhang Yong had such a thing as a bright flashlight.

These Song Dynasty scouts were basically wiped out, and Zhang Yong even asked the cavalry to conduct a carpet search to ensure nothing was missed.

After taking care of these Song Dynasty scouts, Zhang Yong's drone soon took off.

We began to carry out night vision reconnaissance in the sky. It was actually very difficult to conduct reconnaissance at night because our vision was too poor. We dared not light torches when approaching the enemy for reconnaissance, because they would be discovered by the enemy.

Therefore, at night, one usually closely defends one's military camp to prevent enemy sneak attacks.Send a small number of scouts nearby.Find out the approximate location of the enemy's army.

But the night vision system and high-altitude reconnaissance capabilities of its own drone are unique in this era.

Moreover, the scouts sent before had also discovered the approximate location of the military camp of the Song Dynasty army.

Zhang Yong's drone flew over the Song Army's camp more than ten miles away in less than 10 minutes.

In the huge military camp, countless Song troops were strengthening the barracks and installing a large number of anti-horses inside the camp.

Many Song troops were even digging horse pits, and placed one-meter-long brass flint cannons the size of bowl mouths at the main entrance of the camp.

A large number of soldiers wearing full body armor and holding weapons were ambushing in the center of the camp.

There are no soldiers in some of the outer camps. Looking from the outside, the Song Army camp at this time is a place with extremely lax defenses.

But in fact, there were a large number of Song army elites ambushed inside. It was obvious that they were on guard against someone coming to rob the camp at night.

Needless to say, those who were on guard were Wo Kuotai and Zhang Yong.

"It seems that the Song Army has discovered us and made advance arrangements in the camp. This is an ambush circle!" Wo Kuotai said while looking at the picture transmitted by the drone.

He had indeed intended to take advantage of the darkness to rob the camp just now, taking advantage of the fact that the Song Dynasty army had just arrived, they were exhausted, and their footing was not stable, so as to catch the enemy by surprise.

Fortunately, Zhang Yong's flying artifact is here, otherwise, he would be in trouble.

"There is indeed an ambush. Some of the camps on the periphery are all empty, and there are a large number of armored soldiers in the center. However, if you want to completely annihilate us, it is best to ambush another army on the periphery of the camp." Zhang Yong said. .

"What do you mean! They also ambushed soldiers outside the camp?" Wo Kuotai asked.

"Well! Let me find out. The Song Dynasty general who led the army this time should have this idea." Zhang Yong said.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yong controlled the drone and flew towards some surrounding woods. It took him more than ten minutes to find two groups of Song troops ambushing here.

This group of Song soldiers were also fully armored and ambush in the night, about a mile away from the main camp.

"Sure enough, there is an ambush." ​​Wo Kuotai said.

If you rush in rashly with your men, there will be a large number of horse traps and horse traps inside. Once entangled by the soldiers in the center, these ambushed soldiers will come out to encircle them.

Even with the impact and mobility of the Mongolian cavalry, they may not be able to retreat, and they may even be annihilated.

"In that case, let's rest. When they march during the day tomorrow, we will sneak attack from the road." Wo Kuotai said.

If you go to sneak attack the Song Army's camp at this time, you will be ambushed by the enemy, but I don't believe that you won't leave. As long as you hurry, then in terms of field battles, the Mongolian cavalry will not be afraid of others.

"No no! We still have to attack at night, but now that we have discovered their army ambushing here.

Then we will change our target and instead of attacking their frontal military camp, we will deal with these two Song armies ambushing here. "Zhang Yong said.

If you want to play a siege and ambush trap, then I will attack your people who are ambushing you outside.

Ordinary generals have no idea where the enemy is ambushing, but Zhang Yong knows, and Zhang Yong's drone knows.

"Good idea, then we will divide our troops into two groups to attack these two ambush troops, and then lead the Song soldiers out to rescue them," Wo Kuotai said.

There are about 1 people in these two ambush armies, all of them are tribesmen and some small amount of cavalry. Knowing their positions, it can be said that it is too easy to deal with them.

"There is no need to fight them head-on. We already know their exact location. We can directly use the trebuchet to aim at the place where they ambush and fire burning gasoline to burn them." Zhang Yong said.

The devil is going to play melee combat with you!Why should I fight with you in close combat?
I have gasoline, wouldn’t it smell good if I just set it on fire?
Once the two ambush troops outside your perimeter are on fire, the Song army in the camp will definitely come out to rescue them, and then the [-] Mongolian cavalry will teach them how to behave.

However, what Zhang Yong is more concerned about are the brass flint cannons placed by the Song Dynasty army at the main entrance.

The Song Dynasty had artillery, and the earliest artillery was built in the Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, this time, the Song Dynasty's army actually carried flint cannons.

"We must be careful not to rush directly in front of their camp. These artillery pieces are not easy to mess with," Zhang Yong said.

"Are you talking about the flint cannon? This thing is not very easy to use. It is easy to explode on its own, and its aim is not very accurate. The distance is shorter than that of a bow and arrow, with a range of only about two hundred steps." Wo Kuotai said.

The Mongolians had never experienced the power of the artillery of the Song Dynasty army, but the Jin Kingdom had experienced the power of this thing.

Moreover, the Jin army also captured a lot.This kind of flint cannon made by the Song Dynasty was used to deal with their Mongolian army.

But to be honest, it doesn't work very well. If you are blown up by this thing, you will definitely be killed or injured, but that is also the case where you can be blown up.

The flint cannons of the Song Dynasty were all made of copper. After a few shots, they would easily misfire and explode on their own, knocking off the soldiers who were operating them.

And the distance is not too far, only two hundred steps, and it is extremely heavy and difficult to move.

They are not as maneuverable and lethal as their bow cavalry. As long as they go around, they can easily annihilate these Song troops operating flint cannons.

Zhang Yong nodded when he heard this. At this time, the Song Dynasty had indeed built a flint cannon, which was as powerful as the initial experiment.

The entire Song Dynasty was full of confidence. They even launched the Xinglong Northern Expedition majestically, but were beaten by the Jin Kingdom and fled.

The copper-cast flint cannons of this era were not very easy to use. The so-called two hundred steps away was actually only a range of 100 meters. This range was far inferior to that of Mongolian bows and arrows.

Moreover, the caliber is relatively small, and the black powder formula fired is not very good. The explosive power can be said to be very touching.

It is necessary to cast the cannon from pure steel, improve the formula of black powder, make simple prototype shells, fill them with your own crystal black powder, then improve the caliber and increase the range, so that the power of the artillery can be truly unleashed.

"Father-in-law, when we attack later, we will find a way to grab all these flint cannons. I will be of great use." Zhang Yong said.

These flint cannons can be slightly improved by yourself. In military gunpowder design, there are several ways to modify native cannons.

"Do you want to use these flint cannons? These flint cannons are not as powerful as the things launched by our catapults! What's more, now that we have gasoline, we can get rid of them even more." Ogedai said.

The powerful range of this thing is far less than that of a catapult, and it is more bulky and difficult to carry. What is the use of this thing?
"I just took it here to study it. For now, let's use the catapult!" Zhang Yong said.

"If you like it, take it and study it! I will remember what you said and won't go near their main entrance." Wo Kuotai said.

"Yeah!" Zhang Yong said.

Soon the Mongolian army moved to a place not far from the two ambush troops of the Song Dynasty, and then began to set up catapults and took out the gasoline they carried.

At the two ambush sites, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were lying motionless in the pits.

"Sir, do you think the Mongols will really attack the camp?" a deputy general asked.

"Of course I hope they don't come, so that we can have a good rest and hurry up tomorrow.

The sooner we can enter the Xixia city, the better. We are really no match for the Mongols in a field battle. General Song said.

"General, did a big bird with glowing eyes fly past in the sky just now? Many soldiers saw it," the deputy general said.

(End of this chapter)