Chapter 289 Withdul of troops

In this era, he is a talented person. He not only has the strategy of governing the country, but also has the pride of fighting in the battlefield.

It's a pity that Totuan survived in a troubled time, and unfortunately, the Yuan Dynasty has come to an end. With his bravery alone, he can't save the whole Yuan Dynasty.

Get rid of yourself without a teacher, command the army, and be calm. Moreover, Totoku is very good at catching the fighter plane, and being able to achieve such results at the beginning of the war has a lot to do with the excellent command of Todout.

Now, although the addition of the opponent's navy temporarily plunged his army into chaos, this is also a good opportunity. He decisively ordered the return gun to shift the direction of attack and destroy the opponent's fleet first.

According to the order of the detachment, he returned to the gun position and began to change the direction of attack, aiming at the opposing fleet on the surface of the water.

What is installed in the return gun this time is an incendiary bomb.

The current ships are all wooden structures, so as long as there is a fire, it will be the end of the ship's destruction.

The incendiary bomb is coated with various flammable turpentine and other substances. Once it burns, the fire will soon get out of control. Even if it is extinguished with water in time, it will produce huge smoke. As long as it hits, the other party's ship will lose its combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the incendiary bomb is also relatively light, so the return gun can throw the incendiary bomb 800 steps away.

The gunner who made the return gun very skillfully completed the task of transferring the shooting target. With the officer's order, the burning fireball flew to the lake.

"Fold back, back!" On the flagship, Bian Yuanheng watched the other party's return gun suddenly turn around and dashed his fleet. He immediately ordered loudly.

Just now, I blamed myself for being too eager to fight. I just wanted to destroy the thartron's thrower position as soon as possible. I was a little close. Now, I was actually attacked by the blaming machine behind by the other party!

The steam engine emitted thick smoke, and the water wheel reversed and slowly retreated to the rear.

The God of War cannon is still roaring, firing at the other party's thretrooter position.

It is still a small step late. Although the pressure of the steam engine is relatively high, it can maneuver at high speed immediately. However, it takes a long time for the ship to accelerate again, especially to retreat slowly.

"Except for the gunner and the shooter, prepare the bucket immediately. If a fireball comes up, put out the fire as soon as possible!" Bian Yuanheng said.

Regret is useless. With the range of the Ares cannon, it can be fired ten miles away, but in order to destroy the other party as soon as possible, it is too close to the shore.

The throist is also a long-range weapon!

Most of the fireballs fell into the water, but a small part of them fell on the warship.

The people next to

were already prepared. When they saw the fireball falling, they splashed water on it one after another.

The fire was extinguished, and the smoke was bigger. A thick smoke came out and covered the whole ship. The soldiers kept coughing in the thick smoke.

There was an unlucky boat. When the fireball fell, it just fell on the fuel of the steam engine: on the coal, the pine oil soaked the coal and put it all up.

The fire started so fast that before the soldiers could put out it, they had already set off a raging fire. The water in the bucket was already a drop in the bucket.

Looking at the burning warship, Bian Yuanheng couldn't wait to grow his wings and fly over to strute all the soldiers on the catapult position.

His eyes are red, and the navy has never suffered such a loss since its establishment.

The fire was uncontrollable, and the ship's command had to order the ship to be abandoned.

Looking at the fire on the warship, he was very satisfied. He first wiped out the other party's navy. This time, he attacked Gaoyou Mansion, even if it was half completed.

Due to the lack of the imperial navy, the war in the south has been tied up. Now, I have verified a tactic: use the return gun, fire incendiary bombs, and destroy the other party's warship!

Fire attack, at any time, is a good choice for water warfare. At the beginning, in Chibi, didn't the weak Sun Quan's water army completely destroy the other party with a fire?

So, it's very good, but fire attack is not omnipotent. In particular, Bian Yuanheng's ship is not powered by the wind, and there is no difference between up and down the wind. He uses a steam engine. On the water, the mobility is very strong.

The ship stopped again, and this time, it stopped completely outside the opponent's range: 1,500 steps.

"God of War Cannon, shoot!" Bian Yuanheng shouted in a hoarse voice.

Without Bian Yuanheng saying anything else, looking at the warship that was still burning on the surface of the water, all the soldiers held a fire. Now, they have retreated to a safe place. They can only fight for themselves, and they will never pose a threat to themselves again.

"Boom, boom, boom." In an instant, all cannons were fired, releasing their anger at the other party's catapult position.

Although it is out of the range of the other party, due to the increased distance, aiming and shooting on the shaking ship, many shells hit other places, and the accuracy began to decline.

"General, we don't have many shells." A centurd shouted.

In battle, there are not many opportunities to use the God of War cannon. In many cases, relying on scattered cannons is enough to solve the battle. In addition, the shells of the God of War cannon are iron pimples, so there are not many shell reserves of God of War cannons.

Although there are many shells of the cannon, the range of the cannon is only 500 steps, and it can't be so far.

"Then stuff the shells of the scattered cannon into the God of War cannon." Bian Yuanheng was anxious.

Although the two cannons have the same caliber, both of which are one and a foot and a half feet, the structure of the two cannons is different. The scattered cannon is only 12 feet long. It is a smoothbore gun loaded with bullets in the front chamber. When it is fired, the twist of the shotgun begins to burn. When it reaches the top of the opponent's head, it just explodes and sprinkles on the other party's. On the top of the head, kill a large number of tars.

The barrel of the God of War cannon is 20 feet long, engraved with a rifling, loaded from behind. Because the iron shell can be rotated in the gun barrel, it greatly improves the stable surname and can be hit ten miles away.

In principle, the two cannons are not the same. Do they exchange shells? They haven't tried yet.

"General, that may be dangerous." A soldier said.

"Do as I told you to lengthen the twist of the scattered bomb." Bian Yuanheng was anxious. If his men said no again, he would almost shoot the other party.

"Yes, General." When the soldier saw Bian Yuanheng's angry appearance, he didn't dare to say anything else.

Lengthn the twist in front of the scattered cannonball and carefully stuff it from the back. The soldiers lit the firing twist.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The new weapon, which combines the characteristics of the two guns, has finally been put into use.

Bian Yuanheng didn't know that his last resort modification made the tars suffer enough.

There are not many God of War cannons. There are only three guns on each ship, and only 60 of 20 ships. Moreover, the shells cannot be exploded and the lethality is not strong. Therefore, although it is close at the beginning, there are not many catapults of the other party's shelled by God of War.

However, if it is replaced with a cannonball, the effect will be completely different.

Although the distance is lengthened, it cannot rotate like a solid shell, improving the stability of the surname, resulting in most of the shells losing their accuracy. Moreover, due to the unreasonable length of the twists, some of the shells exploded in mid-air, throwing powerful bullets into the lake of Gaoyou Lake.

However, about ten shells were still sent to the top of the return gun position, eight of which exploded above the opponent's head.

Suddenly, there were eight large circles of flesh and blood, with the explosion point as the center. Within ten steps, the complete body could not be found at all!

This time, the return gun of the tars is no longer the main attack target, but the gunner of the tars!

Tartars were terrified. They had seen that the other party's ship had left and were getting farther and farther away. They thought they had been beaten away by themselves. Unexpectedly, the other party's shells fired at such a long distance would hit them!

This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible! The range of artillery has far exceeded their knowledge. They can't believe that it is true. Needless to say, it is an accurate hit. At this distance, no kind of artillery in the court can fight so far.

In their surprise, the second round of bullet rain flew again. This time, the accuracy was higher, with nearly 20 shells exploding overhead.

Duet out stood on the high hill. Seeing this scene, his face began to ** involuntarily. If it goes on like this, if he fights for a few more rounds, his return gun position will be disabled. Without the return gun, how can he capture Gaoyou Mansion?

The drastic change in the battle made Tot out a little confused. Today, it was the first time to experience such a fierce battle, and the turn became so fast. Just now, I suppressed the other party and successfully killed a warship of the other party. Unexpectedly, in a while, I became the target of the beating.

In the position in front of Gaoyou Mansion, the effect was also very bad. The troops that rushed up at the beginning had been completely suppressed by the firepower of the other party, with heavy casualties, but they could not advance or retreat.

Continue to attack, or retreat temporarily? I hesitated for a moment. If you retreat, today's huge siege will fail. On the first day, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, which is absolutely unbearable, and the blow to morale is also the most severe. And if you don't retreat, you have to send more troops and rely on people to fill the bottomless hole in the siege. How many more people are needed? How many thousand? Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands?

All the means he could use had been used. Unexpectedly, this Gaoyou Mansion, under the attack of hundreds of thousands of troops, still stood tall.

"Boom!" Another shell fell into the back gun position, and immediately there was another bloody storm.

Forget it, you can't put it off any longer.

"Ming Jin, collect the troops." He ordered helplessly.

I can't fight anymore. I can't wait to capture Gaoyou Mansion. All the hundreds of thousands of people I brought have to stay here.

Although he lost temporarily, he was not discouraged. He had another idea: Since he can't do it during the day, let's do it at night!

Zhang Yang stood at the head of the city and heard the horn of the withdrawal from the position of the tars. Then, under the head of the city, the tar soldiers who had been rushing forward regardless of life and death just now began to withdraw from the battlefield.

"The tartars are going to run away. Let's give them a ride!" Zhang Yang shouted.

Since the tars were going to leave, they must have to send them away. On the top of the city, the soldiers were so excited that they raised their armor one after another and opened fire in the direction of the tartars retreat.

However, the Tutar has been unable to attack at a distance of about 300 steps. Now, as soon as he retreats, he withdraws from the range of 300 steps, and the possibility of being killed is greatly reduced.

The scattered cannon was still firing, but the tars came quickly and retreated faster. Soon, the scattered fireworks could not reach the tars. Only the God of War cannon was still roaring, and the target was still the return of the tars.

In today's first battle, two different hot and cold weapons bombarded each other. The ending was obvious: Zhang Yang's artillery has a greater advantage, with a long range and great power. If he can go up dozens more, the Tatars will not want to use the return gun to shoot at his own side. As long as the opponent's return gun comes out, it will only be shot.

Cold weapons made by external forces will eventually withdraw from the stage of history, and hot weapons that rely on gunpowder to provide energy will become the main way of war.

The return gun position of the tars, under the joint attack of the city's artillery and the artillery on the warship, a little more than half of the return gun has been blown up, and the gunners have suffered heavy casualties.

Hearing the horn of withdrawal, they immediately began to retreat back to the gun position. They had been scared.

"Brother, let me take someone out and kill him." Shi Yi said.

Although he shot the tars on the head of the city, Shi Yi was eventually driven back from the position. Therefore, he very much hoped to go out and beat the tars to boost the morale of the soldiers.

"No, our trench position is temporarily abandoned, but we have to send some sentries to keep watch in the trench position to prevent the tars from sneak attack." Zhang Yang said.

Although the tars have retreated now, and tens of thousands of tar bodies have been left on the position. However, there were so many people coming to the tars this time, and they were aggressive. This kind of casualties did not frighte them at all. If the scholar went out, it was just a step-by-step army, and he was likely to be counterattacked by the tar cavalry and made dumplings.

Looking at the end, it's already afternoon. The Tatars have retreated so early. Obviously, they still have the strength to attack, and there are quite a lot of reserves in the rear. If they go back so early, it is likely that they have other plans.

"Lord, all the tars have retreated. It seems that they are not ready to attack again today." Shi Nai'an said.

"Yes, I guess it's not available during the day, but I'm not sure at night." Zhang Yang said, "Mr. Shi, today's battle is a little hot. It seems that we have to summarize!"

"Yes, Lord, the other party's Tatar leaders are too cunning. We have to deal with it calmly. Once there is a mistake, we will be caught by the other party, and we are also a little lacking in playing." Shi Nai'an said.

All day long, Shi Nai'an followed Zhang Yang. Even when the other party returned and shot a fireball at the head of the city, Shi Nai'an did not hide, which made Zhang Yang very satisfied.

Later generations believe that Mr. Shi is just a scholar after all, and it is really not easy to have such courage.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang found that he was actually hungry. Today, the soldiers fought for a day and fought, all of them. Once they were idle, they remembered that they should have been hungry long ago.

"Shiyi, let the soldiers eat and leave a part of the guard at the head of the city. Once there is military situation, immediately go to the head of the city to support." Zhang Yang said.

Fighting is a hard job, and looking at this situation, I'm afraid that the battle will not end in a day or two. We have to pay attention to preserving the soldiers' physical strength, and we can't put the soldiers tired at once.

Zhang Yang didn't have time to eat. Now the battle here is over. At the end of the day, I don't know how the battle between the east and the south is going.

He took two bites of the big cakes with him, drank some water, and walked east from the wall with Shi Nai'an and dozens of guards.

I can't hear the sound of fire, and the battle should be over.

When they came to the war zone in the east, Zhang Yang and Shi Nai'an were shocked. The battle in the north was in full swing, and here, the soldiers were actually idle to bask in the sun outside the trench!

"Let's go and have a look." Zhang Yang said and walked from the East Gate to the trenches outside. What's going on here?

"Brother, you're here." Seeing Zhang Yang enter his defense zone, Lv Zhen immediately greeted him.

"Didn't the tars attack here?" Zhang Yang asked, and there were almost no traces of fighting outside.

"Brother, the tars are very timid. They only attacked once. We killed dozens of people, and they retreated." Lv Zhen said, "Everyone wants to fight the Tartars, but if the Tartars don't attack, everyone can't do it. Anyway, it's okay here. Why don't you transfer a thousand-person team to strengthen the defensive force in the north? Everyone is really excited to listen to the north. Lv Zhen said.

"No, although the Tutar's temporary offensive is in the north, I don't know when it will move here. The defense line here is relatively long, and we can't transfer troops again." Zhang Yang said.

I really don't know what's going on. It's like I'm desperate in the north. When I get here, I don't want to fight at all.

However, Zhang Yang also knows that the combat effectiveness of many troops of the current tars has declined very much. They don't want to fight at all. Although the tars have come to hundreds of thousands of people, there are at most 100,000 troops who can fight, and they must all be placed in the northern position.

So, if the south is farther away, I'm afraid the Tutars won't have a decent attack?

With such a mentality, when Zhang Yang saw the position in the south, the reality made him speechless again.

Here, Tang He cleaned up the tars again, and there were a lot of corpses in front of his position. It seemed that there were probably thousands of people.

Today's Tatar is really evil. What's going on? Zhang Yang looked at the soup and smoked dry smoke in the trench and said, "Is the tartar's attack fierce?"

"Of course, it was fierce. They came here in Haiti. Fortunately, I reacted quickly. All my soldiers were well-trained. The Tutars attacked several times, but we were beaten back." Tang He said that there was naturally an exaggeration in his words.

"How many times did the tars attack? What weapons do they use? Shi Nai'an asked.

"Waist knife, spear." Tang He said.

"Do you have any other weapons? A catapult or something?

"Those, of course, no more!" Tang He said, "They don't even have many archers. Where can they find so many catapults?"

Sure enough, the tars used all their main forces to attack the North Gate.

(to be continued)