Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

"General Subotai, in a moment I will use the thunder cannon cannon to conduct artillery fire, firing twelve rounds, and then you will command my three thousand heavy armored cavalry! You lead them to charge, and the follow-up The Mongolian cavalry followed behind and attacked the military and political affairs of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Another 10,000 cavalry were selected to go around behind the Song army and block their withdrawal path, and then the remaining 50,000 cavalry charged collectively. "Zhang Yong said.

After some previous combat tests, Zhang Yong calculated it. The heartless cannon can fire up to twelve rounds in a row.

After that, the barrel will be overwhelmed and red, and it will need to be cooled.

If it is used forcibly, then at most a few rounds of ammunition will be fired, and the barrel may explode. Therefore, Zhang Yong also told Wo Kuotai that future flying thunder cannons, with the current production process, can fire the most guns at one time. Twelve consecutive shots.

To be honest, tens of thousands of iron cavalry are enough. Hundreds of thousands of infantrymen were encircling the area. The encirclement was still a bit too sparse. Even if it was separated by a wall of fire, only a little gasoline was poured on it and some flammable materials were placed in some places.

It was just a rough ignition of the flames. These fire walls could not burn for long. Now the flames in many places have naturally extinguished. The current Southern Song Dynasty army did not dare to easily break camp and retreat on a large scale because there were too many people.

If Zhang Yong and Su Butai led the cavalry to pursue them, even if the Southern Song army could escape, most of the troops in the rear would be eaten away.

"We also have more than a thousand armored troops in our army, which are also heavy cavalry. I will lead them to charge with your heavy armored cavalry." Subotai nodded and said.

After the two determined the strategic direction, Zhang Yong began to command, placing more than a dozen heartless cannons, also known as flying thunder cannons, in front of the Song Dynasty army's formation.

Previously, Zhang Yong had ordered people to dig twelve large pits to bury flying thunder cannons, just to save time.

On the other hand, in the Southern Song military camp, the Southern Song Dynasty also discovered Zhang Yong's arrangement.

"Send an order to the entire army to be on alert," Zhao Fan said.

"Commander Zhao, do you want to wake up the soldiers who have fallen asleep?" a deputy general asked.

"No! I'm afraid this is a trick by the Mongols to tire out the enemy. After we wake them up, the Mongols immediately stop attacking. Then our soldiers will never be able to rest. We don't wake them up yet." Zhao Fan waved his hand. , said.

He had received exact information about the battle at Tongguan. The Mongols used a tactic of exhausting the enemy, commonly known as the wolf-crying style, which caused the Jin people to suffer a big loss.

The soldiers on our side have not had a good rest, so we should seize the time to let them rest for a while, if the Mongols really attack.

These sleeping soldiers are also wearing armor and holding weapons. As long as they wake up, they can immediately go into battle.

Moreover, on this kind of battlefield, the soldiers said they lay down to sleep, but few of them could really sleep, and no one dared to leave their lives in the hands of God.

"Let everyone get ready. I will go to the front army camp first, and you will be optimistic about the Chinese army camp here." Zhao Fan said.

For an army of hundreds of thousands of people, it would take dozens of minutes or even half an hour from the central army to the front army.

It is really inconvenient to command, but with such a scale, it is also very difficult for the enemy to overwhelm this front.

Soon Zhao Fan came to the former army camp. At this time, the Mongolian army was only a few hundred steps away.

With a faint moonlight, Zhao Fan clearly saw that the Mongols dug more than a dozen large holes in the ground and buried some large black jars in the soil.

Some Mongolian cavalry were gathering in the distance, and the most feared heavy armored cavalry was standing in line, seemingly preparing to launch an attack.

Looking at this stance, it doesn’t seem to be fake. It seems that the Mongols are not planning to let them leave easily!

"Cheer up all of them and set up all the flint cannons and sky-shattering cannons for me. If the Mongols dare to attack, fire the cannons first and prepare the crossbowmen for me." Zhao Fan said.

After a few minutes of silent agreement, Zhang Yong gave the order to fire.

Boom! Boom! A loud noise came from the sky!

Twelve thunderbolt cannons, the first field experiment began, and more than a dozen explosive packets were thrown into the sky.

Then it exploded in the Song Army's camp. Each explosion was accompanied by dozens of Song troops being blown into the sky, and patches of Song troops fell down.

"Everyone move back! The enemy also has flint cannons or sky-shattering cannons. All move back. These things don't have a very far range. All shield soldiers raise their shields and move back slowly. Don't mess up the formation. ." Zhao Fan shouted.

In this round of shelling, at least hundreds of soldiers were killed and hundreds more were injured.

The rider following Zhao Fan began to wave the flag in his hand, and the war drum next to him also began to beat, signaling to the soldiers.

When the army is dispatched, it is extremely inconvenient to convey orders by shouting, so orders are usually conveyed through flags or the sound of drums and horns.

However, when the entire army received Zhao Fan's order, Zhang Yong had already launched four rounds of artillery bombardment, killing at least two thousand Song troops.

Faced with the artillery attack, Zhang Yong was a little surprised by the performance of the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was at least slightly stronger than that of the Jin army.

"Aim at their flint cannons and the sky-shattering cannons to attack them." Zhang Yong immediately ordered after seeing the flint cannons and sky-shattering cannons in the Song Dynasty's military affairs through the drone.

"Sir! If you want to adjust the angle, you need to move the trebuchet out. The thunder cannon and cannon are buried in the ground, so there is no way to adjust the angle!" the messenger said speechlessly.

It was okay in siege battles before, but now in field battles, the flying thunder cannon can fire two shots, which is already good.

Soon, the Southern Song army retreated out of the firing range of the thunder cannon and the cannon, and retreated a full five hundred steps away.

At this time, Zhao Fan was frightened deep down, wondering how the Mongols could have such powerful firearms.

After years of research in the Song Dynasty, they put black gunpowder into the military field, and developed flint cannons, sky-shaking cannons, and some other fire weapons.

But in terms of power and range, compared with the big black iron barrels used by the Mongols, there is a huge difference!

Moreover, the explosive power of the things emitted by this black barrel is obviously stronger, and it can even form a shock wave.

The soldiers who were hit also fell to the ground and vomited blood. It was obvious that their internal organs had been damaged or shattered.

"Forget it! Stop the shelling first!" Zhang Yong waved his hand and said.

To be honest, Zhang Yong was not too satisfied with the result of his heartless cannon's first field battle.

If the two armies are firing in front of the formation, they cannot fire more shots. After all, the enemy is not a fixed target, but a moving target.

At a distance of more than tens of meters, you can avoid it by just taking a dozen steps back.

And because they need to be fixed, they cannot be lifted up to launch.

"General Subotai! Please lead the troops to attack!" Zhang Yong looked at Subotai and said.

It is estimated that Subotai already knew from the beginning that even if the heartless cannons were moved over, they would not achieve much results. To really fight in the field in this era, you still have to rely on cavalry to charge!

But because he was the coach, he didn't say much.

"Master Military Advisor, this is already very good. At least the formation of the Southern Song Dynasty has been messed up." Subotai just said to Zhang Yong.

At least this artillery type weapon can be used in field battles.

"The rest is up to you, General Subotai." Zhang Yong nodded and said.

At the same time, he handed over the command of his three thousand armored cavalry to Subotai. Subotai raised his saber. With his own thousand armored cavalry and Zhang Yong's three thousand armored cavalry, he rushed towards the Song army's camp.

The artillery attack had just ended, and the Southern Song army did not even have time to rescue some wounded soldiers before they immediately faced the Mongolian cavalry charge.

Four thousand heavily armored Mongolian cavalry began to attack the Song army's camp. As soon as they met, countless soldiers were knocked away. (I watched a video on Bizhan. A foreigner simulated a cavalry charge in a medieval war.

More than forty heavy armored cavalry charged, and four hundred men formed a fully armored defensive formation. As a result, the cavalry rushed over at once, knocking several of them away, and even broke down the formation. They couldn't stop it at all. I have to say that foreigners are really good at this. Dare to play and really dare to experiment. )

The soldiers holding large shields in front were knocked away and flew several meters away. Once the iron weapons were broken, it was as if they had entered an uninhabited land. Unless the spearmen could cause some damage to them, everything else would not work. It's wasted effort.

"Stabilize the formation of the whole army, surround this Mongolian cavalry and annihilate it, let the Chinese army come up first, and the rear army is ready to meet the enemy." Zhao Fan raised his sword and roared fearlessly in the face of danger.

"No, Marshal Zhao, something happened." Just when Zhao Fan was deploying his army to deal with the sneak attack of the Mongolian forward troops, a scout messenger ran over in a panic.

"Why are you so alarmed?" Zhao Fan said slightly dissatisfied.

Bastard, didn't you see that I was commanding an army to fight?

"General Zhao! What's wrong, yes, two groups of people escaped, and two groups of people from the rear army fled directly." The messenger said.

"What? Two groups of people escaped! Which two groups of troops? Who dares to escape? Who is the leader?" Zhao Fan said with an angry look. He had just arrived from the central army to the front army, and there were actually people in the rear army. escaped.

"Sir! It's Lu Jianjun. Lu Jianjun led 5,000 infantry and more than 3,000 cavalry. He said it was His Majesty's decree and asked General Lin to stay behind. He led the army to withdraw first." The leader of the Chuan army lowered his head. , said with a trembling body.

"Why didn't he come to see me in person! He actually left with eight thousand troops. Where did he get His Majesty's decree?" Zhao Fan asked with a very ugly face.

He ran away with eight thousand troops without making a sound. What is this? And it was the cavalry who were taken away.

In the previous attack on Lintao Prefecture, they lost several thousand soldiers. Including the losses sent out to block the attack, their current number is actually only a little over 130,000, as well as a large group of civilians.

These civilians were recruited from the Sichuan and Sichuan lands. They were said to have an army of hundreds of thousands, but in fact, there were only sixty or seventy thousand people who could actually fight.

But now I only have a few hundred cavalry at my disposal, and the rest are all infantry. How can I fight this battle?

Originally, these cavalrymen were sharp weapons that he had prepared, and he planned to follow the Mongols later. During the melee. It's better to attack their headquarters unexpectedly. Now, you will take them away directly.

"We don't know that after Lu Jianjun took out the handwriting, some other generals did not dare to resist. Some generals even followed Lu Jianjun and left with his team. He also said, General Zhao, please We must hold off the Mongols for three days." The messenger said speechlessly.

"Alas! The general is not guilty, and I, the general, are not guilty! Who are the other troops who escaped?" Zhao Fan asked.

"Shuai Zhao! Some local troops from Sichuan and Sichuan were temporarily recruited. In addition, there are also some Xiang troops, probably more than 20,000." The soldiers who ordered the order did not dare to look into Zhao Fan's eyes. He said hesitantly.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan dropped his sword to the ground, and more than 20,000 people ran away.

"Who gave them the order? Who told them to run, where is our supervising team? Why didn't they stop them? Why didn't they kill the leader?" Zhao Fan asked with a red face and extremely angry.

What is this! I am leading the troops of the forward battalion to fight, but your rear actually started to run away. (Let me explain, the author really did not write randomly. When the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty were fighting abroad, something like this often happened. While the front was fighting, the army officers in the rear ran away with their men.)

"Let them kill the people who were supervising the battle team. When they saw the fighting here, they killed the people who were supervising the battle team without saying a word, and then withdrew immediately." The messenger said.

Zhao Fan had just set off to the front army to command the battle.

The Lord Supervisor of the Army immediately took out a manuscript and grabbed several generals who wanted to run away. Then these people took all the cavalry they could take away, as well as five thousand elite heavy armored infantry, and took the He left with some food and grass.

Seeing that the military supervisor had all run away, some troops temporarily recruited from Sichuan and Sichuan also planned to leave without saying a word, but were stopped by the supervising team at that time.

Unexpectedly, this group of people actually killed the people who were supervising the team, then took some of the food and grass and ran away.

Not only that, with the leadership of this group of people, in addition to some forbidden troops, other Hunan troops also began to join the fleeing army.

Part of the wall of gasoline fire that the Mongols had spread before had now been extinguished, which was a good time to retreat.

Zhao Fan sighed helplessly. Now he was not allowed to lead his troops back to catch those deserters. He could only fight to the death with the Mongols.

"The soldiers will fight to the death. If we retreat, we will be dead. Beat the drums and show your strength." Zhao Fan pushed the messenger away, pulled out his sword, and shouted loudly.

The more than 4,000 cavalry led by Subotai broke through the formation of the Southern Song army as if they were in uninhabited territory. The tens of thousands of prairie cavalry following behind also launched a ferocious offensive.

The effect of the cavalry cutting down the infantry was immediately apparent. The revitalization of the Southern Song Dynasty was divided into several small squares, while the soldiers in the rear began to defect on a larger scale, and even the Chinese army began to collapse.

The former army had begun to collapse.

At the same time, Zhang Yong also received news that two units of the Southern Song Dynasty army had fled in advance.

"Master Military Advisor, General Subotai, let me ask you, do you need to send a cavalry to pursue the two fleeing teams?"

"Go tell General Subotai and ask him to charge the Song army camp with all his strength. There is no need to divide the troops to pursue them. At the same time, let people shout, withdraw the troops and run!" Zhang Yong said.

Since the troops behind you have escaped, I will definitely add some firewood to you. Once a rout occurs among the rebellious army, it will be a very terrifying thing, so I will add more firewood to you.

My leader nodded. He immediately rode away and passed Zhang Yong's order to Subotai.

Soon, in the Southern Song Dynasty army camp that was desperately resisting, someone shouted in Chinese from time to time.

"The front army is defeated, retreat quickly. The front army is defeated, retreat quickly!"

The soldiers who had just received support from the Chinese Army were frightened to death when they heard this.

The former army has been defeated, so what are they going to do? And it seems that the rear army has really retreated.

"Brothers, run away! The people in the rear army have withdrawn, and the supervisors have all run away. If we don't run, we will die here." After a soldier shouted, he took off his armor, and Sayazi went to Run after.

"Run! Brothers, run quickly! The people supervising the battle team have been killed, and no one cares about us." With the first leader in charge, the remaining soldiers are not here either.

Suddenly, the Song army's camp began to become more chaotic, and a large number of soldiers began to throw away their weapons and flee. Because the supervising team had been killed, no one cared about it at all.

Once the Mongolian cavalry charges, it will be like a large-scale hunt. They will divide the enemy into small parts and then defeat them one by one. This is a very terrifying tactic.

At this time, General Zhao Fan of the Southern Song Dynasty could not organize these defeated troops at all, and even he had only two to three hundred personal guards left to protect him.

And these people are still being reduced.

The remaining army was either killed by the Mongols, or suffered a large-scale rout and began to flee for their lives.

"Everyone, don't retreat, don't retreat!" Zhao Fan shouted loudly while riding on his horse, swinging his sword, but the soldiers around him didn't listen to him at all.

Even if his own soldiers killed dozens of people who were leading the escape, the generals and soldiers could not stop this rout.

"Pass my military order to take care of General Zhao. Send a cavalry force of two thousand to surround him. Anyone can be let go, but he cannot be let go." Zhang Yong said.

Now the Southern Song Dynasty's army formation has been completely overwhelmed, but their commander cannot escape. Once the commander escapes, he can quickly gather these broken troops, so he must take special care of them.

Under Zhang Yong's order, more than two thousand cavalry quickly surrounded Zhao Fan and began to clean up some remaining soldiers around Zhao Fan. (End of chapter)