The Yidu army belonged to 10,000 households and had 7,000 soldiers, but the establishment of the Mongol and Han armies was not all cavalry, including infantry and artillery. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Liu Guojie avoided both sides of the canal along the way, and led his troops and horses to Shaoxing, but there were still messengers on the road urging, saying that the Song army wanted to break through, and the Shangdu army could only reluctantly support them, asking them to rush to reinforcements. But even so, Liu Guojie still didn't dare to go south by boat, so he only ordered the military families to speed up their journey. When he arrived in Hangzhou, he joined up with the 3,000 tribal army and the artillery army requisitioned by the Shangdu Army, and rushed to the mausoleum area after replenishing the baggage.

When Liu Guojie led the army to the mausoleum area, he found that the situation was even more serious than what he knew before, and the Shangdu army had suffered more than half of the casualties, and they estimated that the Song army was mostly an infantry army, so they were worried that they would be chased and killed on the way to retreat, otherwise the current strength of the above capital army would not be able to stop it at all. However, he didn't believe these reasons, because he knew the strength of the Song army, not only Zhang Hongfan was defeated, Ali Hague was also killed, Li Heng and Liu Shen saw that they were far away, and they were in and out of the southeast coast as if they were in a no-man's land.

Therefore, Liu Guojie felt that as long as the little emperor must have a naval army at sea, he could evacuate at any time as long as he wanted to, and he could not stay for a long time just because he was worried that after evacuation, the Yuan army would destroy the emperors' tombs again; Or the mausoleum area has not yet been renovated, so there is no forced breakout. In his heart, he secretly scolded Yang Lian Zhenjia for making nonsense, and with the grace of the Great Khan, he was wanton in the south of the Yangtze River, and he went to dig the imperial tomb, which provoked the little king of Yama to chase and kill him for thousands of miles, not only lost his life, but also caused such a big mess, and asked so many people to accompany him to the funeral.

Although he thought so, Liu Guojie couldn't say it, he thought that the best solution at present was to hope that the little emperor of the remnant Song Dynasty would retreat and evacuate as soon as possible. But I also know that this is just my wishful thinking, and I have to put some pressure on him if I want to let him go. He is still confident in this, the Qiongzhou Navy can dominate the sea, but this land is the world of the Great Yuan Iron Cavalry......

Zhao Yu walked out of the palace gate, the sky was already bright, he squinted and saw that the morning sun in the east had risen, and the mist shrouded in the sky over the mausoleum area had gradually dispersed, this was the tenth day they had arrived in the mausoleum area. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and stretched his long waist again, the Yidu army, which had just arrived yesterday, was restless, and sent several troops up the mountain to find a way, trying to open a breakthrough from the flank, but the mines were triggered, and there was a battle with the vigilant troops on the mountain, and the sound of gunfire and explosions did not stop all night, making it difficult for him to sleep peacefully.

"Official, wash and change clothes!" Su Lan put a cloak on the little emperor, but wrinkled his nose, and the valley was filled with a long-standing stench, which was the smell of rotting the war dead.

"Sister Su didn't sleep well last night?" Zhao Yu turned around and asked Su Lan to tie the bond for him, seeing that he was also two red-eyed, and said with a smile.

"Fortunately, the official family will change their clothes and eat early when they return to the palace, I'm afraid everyone will come to discuss after a while!" Su Lan urged.

"Well, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat a stable meal in the next few days." Zhao Yu nodded with a wry smile.

"Official, are we going to leave here?" Su Lan raised her head and asked.

"Oh, how does Sister Su know!" Zhao Yu said in surprise.

"It's very simple, yesterday the official family asked the bones of the princes and important ministers who were stolen by the demon monks to be buried secretly, and all the useless things were loaded on the ship, I am afraid that it is to prepare for the evacuation of the mausoleum." Su Lan said.

"You're always so careful, you can't escape your eyes!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"The official family praised it!" Su Lan said.

"If there were no war, I would like to stay in this beautiful place, but I am afraid that there will be no such blessing." Zhao Yu said with a gloomy face. He knew the risks involved in this expedition, if he was defeated, he would be lucky to return to Qiongzhou safely, and Bintian would never have a chance to return to the ancestral tomb after that.

"The official family has been planning for many years, and if they gather ten years of strength in this battle, they will definitely succeed." As the personal palace maid beside the little emperor, Su Lan certainly knew how much effort he had put into it and how many sleepless nights he had spent for today. But when the little emperor said such words, he obviously had made up his mind to break the boat.

Zhao Hao didn't have more time to sigh, hurriedly ate breakfast and changed into military uniforms and went to the palace to discuss matters, maybe everyone also realized that there would be a big war today, and even several old ministers also coincidentally changed into military uniforms, and several generals were also neatly dressed. After the salute, everyone sat down, each in solemnity.

"Chen Shangshu, everything can be placed properly?" Zhao Yu asked Chen Zhongwei first.

"Your Majesty, the Xuangong of the mausoleums of the emperors and queens has been filled with molten iron into the stone cracks, and it is difficult to open them again. The bones of the princes and important ministers who accompanied the burial were re-collected into the coffin, and they were buried in secret according to His Majesty's wishes. Chen Zhongwei replied.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "Xu Shangshu, can the corresponding future affairs be arranged?" ”

"Your Majesty, all the mausoleums have been repaired, the craftsmen and husbands have been rewarded, and they are concentrated on the ship, ready to move with the army at any time!" Xu Zongren said.

"Okay, these craftsmen have come with me for thousands of miles, and we must ensure their safety!" Zhao Yu listened and admonished.

"If you obey the order, you will do your best." Xu Zongren said.

"Master Ma, how many days will our grain and grass last?" Zhao Yu asked Ma Tingluan again. People come with their own adventures, and they can't always be used as decorations to dry, so they supervise the grain and grass.

"Your Majesty, the food on the ship is still enough to last for more than half a month!" Ma Tingluan replied.

"Well, how was the battle last night?" Zhao Hao asked Ni Liang again.

"Your Majesty, last night the enemy detachment team tried to infiltrate the valley from Wulian Mountain and Wuhu Ridge, but they were all repelled by the soldiers of the Second Brigade. This morning, troops were dispatched to search and found more than 40 enemy corpses, most of which were killed by mines, and more than 10 lost enemy soldiers were captured. Ni Liang replied.

"Liu Guojie took action as soon as he arrived, this is to give us a dismount, I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle in the Third Brigade today!" Zhao Hao knocked on the bookcase.

"What Your Majesty said is exactly that, according to the report of the lookout post ahead, the enemy is arranging trebuchets, and more than ten have been erected so far!" Lin Zhiwu then said.

"We must pay attention to this situation, in the previous battle, it was found that the enemy artillery army had also improved the artillery, hollowing out its center and filling it with gunpowder, which resembled our army's flowering shells, so it was necessary to do a good job of firing artillery!" Zhao Yu said, "In addition, their infantry army is also equipped with copper cannons, although the caliber is not large, and it is relatively cumbersome, the power is still not to be underestimated. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!" Ni Liang replied.

"It is not enough to just understand, we must find it early, clear it early, and the artillery must destroy it at any cost!" Zhao Yu said, he knows that the giant stone thrower has a long range, although the head is almost accurate, but the psychological shock is extremely strong, think about what it feels like to have dozens of catties, or even hundreds of catties of big stones crackling from the sky, and that thing can be destroyed even if it is a masonry wall, not to mention their simple fortifications.

"Yes!" Ni Liang replied again.

"How's your preparation?" Although Ni Liang only said one word, Zhao Yu was relieved, tilted his head and asked Tian Zhong, the commander of the first brigade.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we have all been suffocated in the past few days, and we will be able to attack this day!" Tian Zhonglu has been a handyman these days, watching people fight in full swing, and he doesn't even have the share of beating the side drum, he really feels that he is dead. It wasn't until last night that His Majesty decided to launch a decisive battle, and with their brigade as the main attacker, that he felt this tone ease.

"Your Majesty, the cavalry brigade is ready to attack!" Without waiting for His Majesty to ask, Fang Sheng, the commander of the Guardian Cavalry Brigade, reported.

"Can you guarantee that the cavalry will attack on time?" Zhao Hao asked with a straight face.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates dare to vouch for their heads!" Fang Sheng patted his chest and said.

"It seems that your horse has not been in vain these days." Zhao Yu said with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"The subordinates are stupid and fail to understand His Majesty's deep meaning." Fang Sheng hurriedly smiled with him. At the beginning, His Majesty asked them to graze horses on the east side of the mausoleum area, and he really thought that it was only because of the abundant water and grass there, but in the horse grazing, they found that although there were many streams and meadows, it was impossible to pass. And if he can successfully cross this area, he can bypass the bride's sharp detour and return to the side of the Yuan army, and suddenly give the enemy a fatal blow, so he personally led the troops to open up a passage in which two horses can go in parallel, and camouflaged.

"The task of the second brigade today is the heaviest, you must not only withstand the repeated onslaught of the enemy, but also convince the enemy that we are short of troops, as long as we work harder, we can succeed, so as to continuously consume their forces and win fighters for the decisive battle!" Zhao Yu said to Li Zhenyan, the commander of the Second Brigade.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, your subordinates will never fail in their mission!" Li Zhen stood up and reassured.

"The task of the Third Brigade seems to be easier, but you must not only guard the detour to the two wings, but also quickly take the naval warship to attack Shaoxing overnight after the battle, gain a foothold for us to repair, and obtain baggage replenishment!" Zhao Yu also commanded Sun Jindao of the Third Brigade.

"Yes, the subordinates will not fail in their mission!" Sun Jin replied with a salute.

"Zheng Yong, you have to properly dispatch the ships, not only to clear the obstacles along the canal, but also to ensure that the third brigade is sent to Shaoxing as quickly as possible." Zhao Yu looked at the deputy commander of the protector army, and Zheng Yongdao, the commander of the navy.

"Your Majesty can rest assured, your subordinates have written it down!" Zheng Yong stood up and saluted.

"Today's battle is related to the first battle of the restoration of the country, and I hope that everyone will work together to win this battle!" Zhao Yu got up and said loudly.

"Victory, victory, victory!" The generals stood up in unison and chanted in unison......

Both sides wanted to defeat each other in a battle, so the battle was destined to be extremely fierce, and both sides invariably chose to start with an artillery battle. For a while, the sound of artillery echoed in the valley, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and even Zhao Hao, who was watching the battle on the high ground behind the fortification, had a layer of cannon fodder falling from his body. He looked at the battlefield with a telescope and saw more than 30 stone throwers staggered one mile away from the fortification, dragging the stones to the Song army's position.

Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the Mongolian artillery technology has not continued to climb much. The Mongols expanded when they were united under Temujin's rule, and within five years the Mongols quickly occupied North China and Korea, burning and looting cities and villages with impunity. At this time, Genghis Khan found that the problem arose, the Mongol army's siege capacity was seriously insufficient, and it was impossible to capture the walled cities by relying solely on cavalry.

The Mongols had the advantage of constantly learning from their opponents in war, and after the war with the Jin Kingdom, the Mongols learned to make siege equipment. Immediately afterwards, the Mongol army began its first expedition to the west, and the Western Liao and Khorezm kingdoms became history. After a series of wars, the Mongol army summed up more war experience. In the process of uniting with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Jin, the Mongol army significantly strengthened its ability to cooperate with the whole army, and learned to make bows and crossbows and stone throwers.

Over the next two decades, the Mongols were at war with the Southern Song Dynasty on the one hand, and on the other hand, they began another westward expedition. The Mongol cavalry appeared in the countries of West Asia, and the Arab world was also invaded, and it was during this period that the Mongol army learned a siege weapon, that is, the return cannon. In fact, it is a kind of super-large stone throwing machine, which is not advanced, but after being enlarged, it bursts out with great power and is used in the war against the Song Dynasty.

Seriously, the firearms of the Song army were much more advanced than the Mongol return guns, but these firearms were in their infancy, so they were more difficult to operate, and their range and power were very limited, but the Song army was absolutely superb in defending the city. The combination of various bows, firearms, and defensive equipment was very skillful, and the Song army's bows and crossbows were far superior to the Mongols in terms of range, so the Mongols still had to pay a great price if they wanted to capture a city.

After this, the Mongols came up with the idea of a huge stone thrower that could fire hundreds of pounds of large stones, which smashed into the city walls with great impact. Although the city walls were relatively strong, it was difficult to withstand long-term impacts, and the artillery of the Song Dynasty army was inferior to the return artillery in range, so it could only be beaten passively. After discovering the great power of the stone thrower, the Mongols formed an artillery army or gunner army by craftsmen who made the stone thrower, and established a professional artillery team.

However, from Zhao Yu's point of view, these bulky guys seem to be mighty, but after all, they are still cold weapons that rely on physical force to increase their power, and they are still difficult to defeat hot weapons that rely on chemical reactions to generate power. At present, except for the lookout posts at the front of your position, you have already taken refuge in the traffic trenches behind the fortifications, and it is difficult to cause large casualties unless a stone bullet falls directly into the trenches. Therefore, although the position has been damaged at the moment, the casualties are limited. Due to the lack of range of rapid-fire guns, the gun positions were temporarily withdrawn, and the rockets and Weiyuan guns that had been deployed in the rear began to wield......