Chapter 272 [Bo Yan's Countermeasures]
In front of the Song army, the two thousand melee soldiers who rushed to annihilate the enemy returned triumphantly, with everyone hanging their heads on their backs, holding various weapons, armor, bows and crossbows under their ribs. For a time, the five armies cheered and thundered, the flag was waving, swords and guns pointed at the sky, and drums and horns were roaring together. "Great Victory" and "Thousand Victories" sounded like thunder, resounding throughout the battlefield.
On the other hand, although the Yuan army had many people and strong soldiers and horses, they were collectively silent, and even a hint of panic was faintly revealed.
The terrifying killing displayed by five thousand muskets is too shocking. Before such a fire net, no matter how many people are, it is useless.
In front of the tent of the Bao Yuan army in Xiaoshan, Baijia Nu, Wu Jiming, Liu Jun and other defeated generals kneeled down to apologize. As for the other two generals, Liang Xiongfei was shot in front of the formation, while Qian Rong was unable to escape from the fleeing chaos.
Boyan narrowed his eyes and looked at the Song army position ahead, without even looking at the defeated generals who were kneeling on the ground.
The generals under the tent were all talking, and some were still scared: "The musket alone is so powerful, how terrifying the artillery that has not been used yet."
Another general said inexplicably: "Why didn't the Song people use artillery?"
A general said bitterly: "The musket is enough to defeat my 20,000 powerful soldiers. Why do the Song people need to use artillery?"
Suodu had a gloomy face: "Yes, the bait we placed was not heavy enough."
Suodu guessed correctly. The reason why Zhao Lie and Jiang Fenglie only killed the gun with muskets instead of using cannons was to hang the Yuan army, let the opponent see a glimmer of hope, and constantly invest the troops, and then be crushed by the flesh-and-blooded grinder of the Dragon Que Army. If he used cannons as soon as he came up, he would directly beat the opponent to despair and retreat to the camp, the results of such a battle would be far from expected.
At this time, a Mongolian general with a rosy face and a hedgehog was as rosy as a hedgehog, said: "Prime Minister, the Song people's muskets are good, but they are only good at attacking from afar. As long as they are close-range muskets, they are fire sticks. If you want to win this battle, it is useless to expect these southern barbarians to rely on our Mongolian cavalry. The last general is willing to lead a cavalry, raid its formation from the flanks, disrupt its formation, and wait for it to be exhausted, quickly tear open the Song army's formation and destroy this Dragon Bird Army."
This Mongolian general is the younger brother of Ashihan, the left prime minister of the Secretariat, General Zhaowu, and Ten Thousand Huyesudier. This Yesudier is the commander of the 10,000 team of Qiexue troops this time. This man once followed Yierhan Hulagu in the west and had great military achievements. He was well versed in cavalry warfare. He was extremely proud of the tactics of Mongolian cavalry who fought invincible all over the West. Seeing that tens of thousands of new affiliated troops were gathered up, he was both angry and contemptuous, so he immediately asked for orders to fight.
All the generals under the tent nodded one after another. Facing the Song people's musket killing formation, it would definitely not work. Yesu Dier's proposal was the old tactics of the Mongolians. Although the tactics were old, they were tried and tested in previous matches with the Song people. They were often final and worth a try.
Boyan was still watching the Song army formation from afar, but said, "Yesu Die'er, according to your opinion, how does the Guangnan Army of the Song army compare with the Longque Army?"
Yesu Dier looked up for a while and said, "No matter how powerful, training, or morale they are, they are not as good as the Dragon Crow Army, so the last general wants to use the elite cavalry to raid their formation from the flanks. As long as these two wing troops are in chaos, even if the Dragon Crow Army is strong, it will be difficult to support it."
Suodu also spoke: "The last general also believes that the strategy of quick-die'er is feasible."
Boyan withdrew his gaze and nodded, "You all saw it, it's great...but it's not time yet."
"Then...what do we do next?"
Boyan only said a simple word with a simple and terrifying meaning: "Wait!"
wait?!
Suodu, Yesudier, Pu Shougeng, Baijiashu and a group of Mongolian and Han generals looked at each other. What kind of strategy is this?
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Shen Shichu, although the hottest time of noon has passed, the early autumn in the southeast is still unbearable, and it is no weaker than midsummer. This is probably what the so-called "Autumn Tiger" is.
Since the defeat of the 20,000 yuan army, the Yuan army opposite had no movement for an entire hour, and was strangely quiet. On the battlefield, there were only the servants of the two armies running back and forth. Although they were the same busy, their expressions were different from each other. The servants of the Song army were busy collecting all kinds of spoils, while the servants of the Yuan army were honestly carrying away the injured and dealing with the corpses.
Until the battlefield was handled cleanly and had no obstacles, the Yuan army never launched another attack.
After a long confrontation, the will, physical strength and training of the soldiers in the array were severe tests, and the arrays of the Song and Yuan armies began to shake.
On the Song army, the Dragon Chou Army was fine, and the musketeers had strict requirements for the queue. Who could become a qualified musketeer? Who had not been trained hard in the scorching sun and rain for many years? This little heat and fatigue could still be sustained. However, the soldiers of Guangnan and southern Fujian soldiers on the left and right wings and the rear army were more brave and insufficient training. They lined up like wood for a long time, their morale gradually became restless, their fighting spirit gradually slack, and the formation began to be a little unstable.
On the Yuan army, from time to time, a team of supervising knights were seen in and out of various military formations. Whenever they saw slackness, they would be whipped and sticked to serve them at the least, and they would be cut off their heads directly to show the three armies. Under severe punishments and harsh laws, the formation of the Yuan army remained stable and unchaotic.
On the nest car, Zhao Lie had already summoned Jiang Fenglie, Shi Yang, Chen Diaoyan, Li Zifa and other generals to discuss - What exactly do the Yuan army want to do without fighting or retreating?
The generals discussed for a while, but before they could come up with a single story, Huang Xian, the commander of the Guangnan Army who was left behind and led the army, rushed to the central army and rushed to the nest cart. When they saw Zhao Lie, they shouted: "Your Majesty, I know what Boyan wants to do."
Zhao Lie and the generals looked at each other: "Let Huang tell me quickly, what does Boyan mean?"
Huang Xian took a breath, took the kettle handed by the guard and drank it. After moistening his throat, he did not directly talk about his analysis. Instead, he talked about an old story about Boyan's war in the past.
In the 15th year of Zhiyuan (1277), Emperor Xianzong's son Xiriji was ordered to quell the rebellion launched by Sun Haidu, Ogedei, with King Muhan and Right Prime Minister Antong. Unexpectedly, Xiriji turned against him midway and kidnapped Prince Muhan and Right Prime Minister Antong, responding to Haidu's rebellion. Kublai Khan was shocked when he heard the news and ordered Boyan to lead his army to rescue him. Boyan and the Haidu army met on the Alukun River (now the eastern foot of the Anti-Ai Mountain in Mongolia).
At that time, Boyan ordered to line up across the river from the Haidu Army. The Boyan army was ready to fight and was very strict, and no one dared to slack off. The confrontation was always the same, and the Haidu Army was exhausted and loose, and the team was in chaos, and the formation was uneven. Boyan's troops were divided into two groups and suddenly attacked the enemy. At the same time, elite warriors were sent to the enemy's camp tent to rescue the prince and the prime minister. The Haidu Army, whose formation was in chaos, was defeated and Siriji fled and died on the way.
After Huang Xian finished speaking, the generals were filled with hearts - it turned out that Boyan was going to play this move again.
Ma Nanchun is familiar with ancient history and said: "During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Wu and Cao Cao defeated Wuhuan, and this strategy was also used."
Li Zifa said with concern: "I am Guangnan and the Minnan army are not trained enough, and their formation is indeed easy to reveal flaws. Boyan's move is really cruel. But even if we know, he will not be able to do anything..."
"Who said we can't do anything?" Jiang Fenglie said coldly, "My Dragon Que Army is neither the Mongolian army nor the Wuwan people. If you want to use static, Boyan is probably making the wrong abacus."
Shi Yang also shouted: "Your Majesty, do it, otherwise the Mongolian Tatars would really think that our cannons are decorations!"
Chapter completed!