The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

On the seventh day of October, the Song Dynasty navy in Xijing city suddenly rushed out from the water gate and launched an artillery bombardment on the Jin army camp on both sides of the Datong River. The sound of artillery was loud and smoke billowed from the river. Under the cover of the fierce shelling, they rushed out from the east gate.

A group of people holding hoes and picks in their hands and carrying firewood on their shoulders

, went straight to the deep trench dug by the Jin Army to lock the city. The Jin Army knew what was going on at a glance, and they tried to stop them, but the fierce artillery fire made them unable to lift their heads, unable to cross the line of fire, and could only watch.

The trench that was dug out after a long time was filled in little by little.

When the artillery fire stopped, several gaps in the wall of the Jin army outside the city had been blown down, and several passages were filled in the ditch. The main gate and four auxiliary gates of the east city of Xijing were opened, and more than ten thousand cavalry of the Song army rushed out of the city.

, after crossing the trench, we discharged the front arrow formation and headed towards

The Jin Army camp launched an attack. The Jin Army defenders were frightened and hurriedly led their troops to fight. However, before they could get out of their formation, the Song Army's forwards had already arrived. Under the barrage of gunfire, the newly assembled Jin Army fell off their horses one after another. In the panic, they could not stop.

Can list formations.

The dragon cavalry of the Song Army broke through the Jin Army's unformed formation with lightning speed. Their prancing horses rushed in from the collapsed wall of the village.

By the way, the fire was soaring into the sky, and it was like a hell on earth. The Song army that passed by the camp collapsed under the command of the trumpet, and quickly divided into two armies, the left and the right, and returned from the camp.

The Jin army that besieged the east gate was a team of 10,000 men. The leader of the army, the captain of 10,000, had fought against the Song army whose flag was embroidered with a galloping leopard. He knew that they were best at dividing and encircling tactics. After turning back, they would

Surround the whole army like a leopard

In this way, he tore them into pieces and ate them. But looking at the ruined camp and the soldiers running around in panic, he knew that he could not stop the Song army without the support of formations and stronghold walls.

Yes, the only solution for now is to run fast.

But it's not that easy to run. Running eastward is the hinterland of Goryeo. Even if the Song army gives way to let him go that way, he won't go. It's a dead end, and he won't be killed by the Goryeo soldiers and civilians who hate them to the core.

, he will also starve to death; if he runs to the south, there is the sea, and he

We are not a navy, and we don’t have a boat, so we can only jump into the sea to feed the fish; running west, there are more than a dozen of the largest warships of the Song Army fleet floating on the river, and they will never let them pass; there is only one way,

That is to cross the upper reaches of the Datong River to the north and return to the north bank to meet the army.

After thinking about it, the captain of the Jin army blew the trumpet to summon the scattered soldiers to bypass the Xijing city wall and escape to the north, hoping to cross the river on the two pontoon bridges there. But a wise man may make a mistake, and he forgets

The Datong River passes through the city of Xijing. The warships of the Song Army can enter from this side and of course they can exit from that side. After all the hard work, he led four or five thousand defeated troops to break through the Song Army's blockade and arrive.

Jiangbian was a little dumbfounded.

At this time, the pontoon bridge on the river had been burned by the Song Navy's small boats, which cut off the Jin Army's retreat on the other side of the river. They had no retreat, so they resorted to their special skill - floating horses to cross the river. But when they all drove their horses into the water to half-cross the river,

At that time, Song Shuijun took advantage of the situation. Three medium-sized warships sailed out of the water gate, followed by dozens of boats. Those warships did not fire their guns, but just collided back and forth in the river.

Although the boat was made of wood, it was stronger than meat and bones. The men and horses could not even withstand their scratches. For a while, the Jin army fell into the water one after another, and the men and horses were floating on the river. But the Song army pretended to be good guys again.

Come here in a small boat

, those who resisted were killed with one shot. Those who surrendered were put on the boat with hooks and tied like dead pigs and thrown on the boat. However, there were too many people falling into the water, the Song army was not prepared enough, and the water was colder, so many Jin soldiers could not wait.

Their 'rescue' sank to the bottom!

The captain of the Jin Army was at the front when fighting, and of course he was also at the front when escaping. With perfect coordination between men and horses, he darted left and right, avoiding the collision of warships and the pursuit of small boats. After crossing the middle of the river, he could already see the response from the other side.

their

The brothers had anxious faces. They were jumping and shouting, and kept firing arrows at the enemy ships in the river, trying to drive them away. Unfortunately, their bows were too soft and they couldn't shoot at all. They were still quite far away.

He fell into the water and drifted away with the river.

"Don't shoot arrows!" the captain of the Jin army shouted to the other side. He was not sorry for the hard-won arrows and advised them to save them, but he was worried that he would be injured by the stray arrows. Now he had to hide from the Song army in the river.

It’s very hard to sail a boat and watch the arrows falling from the sky. Otherwise, you have to work with all your heart.

He was so distracted that he didn't notice that the horse's butt was hit by the paddle. The horse sank back in pain and he slipped into the water. As soon as he got out of the water, another paddle fell and slapped him.

He returned to the water, followed by two, three, and four blows... until the battleship passed by, and his head was already turned into a rotten watermelon!

The fighting ended in one morning. The Jin army in Dongcheng was defeated, the blockade was lifted, and the passage between Xijing and Kaijing was opened. However, of the 10,000 Jin army, only less than 500 people escaped the Song army's land and water pursuit and fled back to the west bank camp.

, Wu Shu was shocked and became angry and sent troops to attack the city, but was beaten badly and was defeated back to the camp...

………

As soon as the battle began, he lost an army of 10,000 people and lost one of his generals. What was even more irritating was that his plan to lock the city failed and the two armies were in a confrontation across the river. This made Wu Shu very angry. But

Anger is anger, Wu Shu has not been confused by anger, after all, it is not the first time he has been defeated, he has experienced worse than this several times, and he has already developed a strong endurance.

Wu Shu analyzed it and found that the reason why his plan failed was that he was defeated by the navy. The Song army had warships to assist them, and the artillery fire was fierce, which gave the infantry strong support. Therefore, to defeat them, they must first find a way to annihilate them.

The navy of the Song Army.

Following this line of thought, Wu Shu found that he still had a chance. The small and medium-sized warships of the Song Shui Army could be stationed in the city through the water gate of Xijing City. With the protection of the city, he had no way to deal with them for a while, but those large warships were wide and fat.

Unable to pass through the water gate,

They can only be parked on the river. However, this section of the river is narrow and the warships have little room to maneuver. They are simply living targets. As long as one is sunk, the entire river can be blocked and all the warships on the Datong River will be trapped in the city until it freezes.

It became a pile of rubbish, and I couldn't move even if I wanted to.

The simplest, easiest and most economical way was to send water ghosts to dig a hole in the bottom of the ship, so that the river water could flow into the cabin and sink the warship. So Wu Shu selected a group of soldiers who were proficient in water properties from the army and promised a heavy reward.

He sent them to build the ship. However, this plan failed before it was implemented, because the cold that he had always regarded as his friend became his enemy.

If the water ghosts want to build a boat, they must first swim across a two-hundred-step-wide river, and none of the recruited water ghosts can persist in the cold water for that long, even if they can escape the sentries on the battleships who send them off in small boats.

When you get to the battleship, you have to be there

Cutting through a two-foot-thick plank in the water, and making the hole big enough that the people on the boat can't seal it in time, can't be completed in a while. People who are soaked in the cold water have already suffered from cramps in their hands and feet.

, can't hold the ax anymore.

If one strategy fails, Wushu will try another one. If melee combat fails, he will launch a long-range attack. The Jin army has no artillery, and the commonly used bows and arrows cannot shoot it. Even if it hits the ship, it is not powerful enough. The only option is the killer trebuchet. Jin army Most of the trebuchets equipped by the army were originally captured by the Song Army. They were almost exhausted in the war over the years, but they learned to imitate them during use.

Among them, the most powerful heavy artillery car has a seven-shooter gun, which requires 150 to 250 people to pull the gun rope and fire stone bullets weighing 70 to 100 kilograms, with a range of up to 50 steps. Because the Song army's warships were far away Far away, the range is still guaranteed when the stone bullets fired are reduced. Even if a stone bullet of thirty kilograms is used to hit the ship, it can cause a lot of damage. Moreover, the Song Army warship is anchored on the river and is large in size. It is difficult to dodge while turning, and since it is almost a fixed target, the chance of hitting it is quite high.

Wu Shu just did what he said and ordered people to secretly build stone cannons. He also understood that the range of his stone cannons was not as good as the Song army's artillery. Therefore, it was also within its range and could easily be discovered by the Song army in the daytime. , to be destroyed. So we can only work secretly in the dark. This kind of heavy cannon is very heavy, and the gun mount must be fixed when using it. Most of the time, the gun mount is fixed on the ground or the base is buried underground. It has poor maneuverability. The installation was time-consuming and laborious, and was usually used to attack and defend the city. Not to mention the difficulties involved, Wu Shu personally supervised the formation, and overnight more than forty trebuchets were erected under the eyes of the Song army.

In the early morning, the river was covered with mist, and the Song Army's lookout posts did not notice any changes on the other side. The Jin Army, perhaps because they could not see the target clearly, did not attack rashly to ensure a hit. When the sun rose, the Jin Army suddenly withdrew. The gate flag in front of the formation began to attack. Because the trebuchet adopts the visual probability aiming method, it also needs to adjust the size of the stone bullet and the number of people required to pull the rope through the impact point of the test shot to ensure accuracy, so the first The cannon is fired by a single gun.

The Song Army did not realize at first that the Jin Army was playing a new trick. When they saw a stone bullet passing over the side of the ship and splashing into the water, they realized that they had been plotted. They also reacted quickly and immediately issued a warning. After receiving the alarm, the warships anchored on the river immediately pulled anchor, dispersed their formations, reduced the chance of being hit, and at the same time searched for the location of the enemy's trebuchet and prepared to launch a counterattack.

Wu Shu noticed that the Song warships began to move to avoid the attack, and he did not bother to test-fire one after another, and ordered to concentrate fire on the tallest flagship on the river. Although the trebuchet firing was not as earth-shattering as the artillery firing, it was The scene was spectacular enough. More than 40 trebuchets fired the first wave of bullets amidst the roars of thousands of people. It was scary to see countless stone bullets in the air rushing towards you like birds flying into the forest. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!