Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 33
Early the next morning, Fan Zhuoyuan discovered the movement of the shogunate army in the camp.

The defense system of the stronghold that stretched for dozens of miles is now covered in darkness. Countless soldiers and horses have gathered out of the stronghold and marched towards the three highlands occupied by their own side.

Fan Zhuoyuan's cavalry came close to detect and harass, and the enemy also drove them away with cavalry. With the morale boosted by the numbers, they dared to fight Fan Zhuoyuan's cavalry head-on.

The end result was of course a fiasco, and he fled back with his tail between his legs.

However, the enemy's infantry formation was tight and heavy, and they were squeezed layer by layer.

However, there was not enough room to move between the mountains, so Fan Zhuoyuan's cavalry fought the enemy for a while, and then returned on horseback.

Fan Zhuoyuan observed through the binoculars, and the camera was full of flags painted with the family crests of major wealthy families.

"It seems that they finally can't sit still."

Lieutenant General Zhang Xi was beside him, and said with joy on his face: "The young commander has used three prongs these days, and finally forced them to come out and ask for a fight.

Bloodletting from the front, harassment from the rear, and rumors that the imperial court is about to send troops to support them, they really couldn't hold back! "

Fan Zhuoyuan said solemnly: "Even though our army is powerful, but the enemy's army is extremely numerous, this battle must be a bitter one. I have ordered the whole army not to underestimate the enemy, and to stand up to it!"

For several days in a row, the shogunate army adopted high-level oppressive tactics, assembled tens of thousands of superior troops in the north, east, and south directions, and continued to attack the high ground captured by the Fan family army.

At this time, the Fan family army occupied the highlands with a range of more than [-] miles. Under the pressure of the opponent's overwhelming force, they gave up all of them and shrunk to the west to the last three highlands.

These three highlands are arranged in a triangle, with each other being horns, about five miles apart. Each highland has [-] soldiers and horses, and the fortifications are solid.

There were [-] soldiers and horses on the front highland where Fan Zhuoyuan was. All the cavalry gathered here and roamed down the mountain at any time.

The west of the three highlands is backed by the big river Kakogawa, and there are warships cruising on the river. Although the range of the battleships cannot reach the highlands at this time, they can enter the cover of the battleships only by making a surprise attack two miles away. People are at peace.

Now the shogunate sent more than 20 main force to the front line, and many recruited civilians were driven forward, pushing carts forward, and using their lives to consume Fan Jiajun's arrows and ammunition.

They encircled them on three sides, adopting the method of encircling three and missing one.

Of course, the lack of a road is probably because they don't want to face the long-range firepower projection of the battleship, so they are very afraid, so they don't make arrangements.

Fan Zhuoyuan observed the enemy through the binoculars, and within his field of vision, a black cloud overwhelmed the city.

He frowned slightly, pointed at the [-] soldiers and horses in the enemy's middle army, and said to the left and right counselors and staff: "The [-] Japanese pirates in the middle road have a large number of people wearing iron armor, and they must be the main force. If the army is not broken, the shogunate will never be destroyed!"

A staff member surnamed Lu stepped forward. He was originally a relative of Xiangyang Guard General Lu Wenhuan.

And Fan Wenhu is Lu Wenhuan's son-in-law, so it can be said that this person is also related to Fan Zhuoyuan.

He said: "Now that all the enemy troops have come out together, they are more eager to fight than we are. Why don't we use defense instead of attack, continue to destroy the enemy's vital strength, and after we have worn down our vigor, defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop?"

Fan Zhuoyuan nodded and said, "Then use long-range firepower to sharpen his spirit first, and then look for opportunities to see if he can destroy one first."

During the conversation, the forwards of the shogunate army had already approached under the three high grounds. In order to effectively resist the powerful long-range firepower of the Fan family army, their forward troops pushed the vans in front and the infantry hidden behind.

But at this time, dozens of artillery were placed on the high ground.

Except for the six heavy cannons originally brought from the south of the Yangtze River, the others are all made of copper and made of local materials in Japan.

The heaviest is only five hundred catties, and most of them are small cannons of two to three hundred catties, which are specially used to defeat the enemy in field battles.

Six thousand-jin bronze cannons are launched first!

The cannons exploded, and the six iron balls, with indescribably terrifying potential energy, jumped in front of the dense array of vans!

The angle of firing is very low, so the shell hits the ground first, and then bounces repeatedly into the enemy's formation.

Some shells hit the van directly, and under the splash of shattered sawdust, a group of civilian men hiding in the rear immediately lay down on the ground wailing.

The lethality of these wood chips is not weaker than that of ordinary bows and arrows, and they will definitely be seriously injured if touched!
While some shells were ejected, their strange ballistic trajectories even bypassed the vans, and hit groups of civilian husbands from the side, immediately turning them into stumps, extremely bloody.

When the soldiers of the same team saw this, their morale collapsed immediately, and they fled back desperately.

After the six [-]-jin cannons fired two rounds, it was the turn of the six [-]-jin cannons to fire, with a greater firepower density.

More vans were smashed, resulting in a greater destruction surface.

The fleeing civilian husbands were driven forward again by the warriors behind, and those who did not obey the order were beheaded on the spot. The bloody smell forced the group of civilian husbands to go forward crying.

Seeing this, Fan Zhuoyuan frowned slightly, "These are unarmed civilians!"

Zhang Xi asked: "General, do you want to continue?"

"But if you appear on the opposite side of our army, then you can only say sorry. Save ammunition and deal with these demoralized civilians. It's just a matter of charging.

We are now condescending, artillery and bed crossbows and other extended shooting, attacking the shogunate array behind the civilian husbands! "

The messenger soldiers conveyed the relevant instructions in place, and waited for the peasants to rush to the foot of the mountain, and the long-awaited light infantry rushed out mercilessly.

A wave of charge immediately dispersed them, and at the same time, the extended firing of artillery and bed crossbows also caused heavy losses to the rear shogunate army.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had shortened, and the elite shogunate soldiers leaped over the fleeing militiamen, instinctively accelerated and ran forward, and braved the dense arrow rain shot by the crossbowmen with their shields on their shields, and quickly rushed to the high ground!
However, in front of the high ground, there were still eight small cannons weighing two to three hundred catties. The artillerymen next to them grinned grimly and stuffed a bunch of cannons into them, and then lit the fire doors.

Boom!

What exploded was not individual solid iron bullets, but a scattered barrage!
Countless shotguns spread out, and what was opened was a big net that could swallow any flesh and blood.

The large group of soldiers rushing in front of the position fell to the ground in an instant as if they had been swept by a rake, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

Such a bloody scene caused the latecomers to collapse in courage, and fled back crazily.

Then the crossbowmen shot freely until the enemy escaped out of range, and another cavalry rushed out from one side, driving the defeated soldiers straight to the main formation.

The supervising teams of the various powerful clans had to kill two of their knives to stop such a rout.

The cavalry was cautious, and they stopped and returned when they were out of the enemy's range. The overall advance and retreat were orderly, and their elite level was by no means comparable to that of any army in the shogunate.

Hojo Tokimune looked at the scene just now in shock. Although he knew the Yuan Kou's artillery was sharp in attacking the city, he never expected it to be so domineering in the field.

The distorted face gave birth to despair.

At this time, Hu Qi from the Song Dynasty came out to offer advice, "General! Please cheer up, our army still has the upper hand, and it's not like we don't have the strength to fight!"

Hojo Tokimune's eyes gradually focused, and asked: "Facing such a sharp military weapon, what else can we do?"

Hu Qidao: "Don't forget the more than fifty bed crossbows and more than fifty catapults that our army has produced during this period!

Although the shooting range is not as good as Yuan Kou's, as long as they spread out and quickly enter within [-] steps, they will definitely be able to shoot out the firearms on Yuan Kou's stronghold one by one by virtue of the number!

No matter how bad it is, it can suppress firepower and cover soldiers to attack and kill! "

(End of this chapter)