Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 34
"Order all the armies to rest for a while, and launch an attack in the afternoon, and let the generals come to my account to discuss the attack plan!"

Hojo Tokimune followed Hu Qi's suggestion and decided to make full preparations before launching an attack. Moreover, the morale of the former army had been broken by the barrage at this time, and it was impossible to organize an effective attack.

The shogunate army retreated like a tide, and this battle seemed to be a bit anticlimactic.

However, Fan Zhuoyuan would not let them fight so easily. As soon as the shogunate army withdrew, the cavalry and light infantry scattered and rushed out.

Taking advantage of noon to harass the enemy's troops stationed outside Muzhai, just taking advantage of the low morale of the enemy army, the harassing at noon caused at least more than a thousand casualties.

Fan Jiajun's fighting spirit was so high that all the troops of the shogunate were afraid, but there was nothing they could do.

In the afternoon, the shogunate army once again surrounded on three sides.

If there are tens of thousands of people, it will be boundless. If there are hundreds of thousands, I am afraid that there will be crowds of people under my eyes.

In order to see the enemy's situation clearly, Fan Zhuoyuan climbed up to the watchtower and observed carefully with the binoculars. Suddenly, he saw hundreds of bed crossbows and trebuchets slowly pushing towards the front line in the [-] army formation in the center of the enemy army.

They were very scattered, mainly coming for the highland where they were.

Fan Zhuoyuan immediately ordered, "All the artillery is concentrated in the middle, and fight according to conventional tactics."

Zhang Xi asked, "When will the artillery be used?"

Fan Zhuoyuan pointed to the hundreds of bed crossbows and catapults in the distance, and said, "When they come into range, shoot them one by one!"

Half an hour later, the three sides of the shogunate army launched an attack in a loose formation, intending to reduce the damage caused by the long-range firepower of the Fan family army.

They still ordered the peasants to lead the oxen and horses and drag the huge bed crossbow and catapult forward, and the shogunate army followed behind.

Fan Zhuoyuan saw that the trebuchets of the shogunate army were still outdated human-pulled trebuchets. One set required two or 30 people to control it at the same time, and the strength and accuracy could not be guaranteed at all.

However, what our side uses is a counterweight trebuchet from Central Asia. The counterweight is stable, so according to the weight of the catapult, the bullet point can be effectively controlled, and the range is longer and more stable.

Both sides of the bed crossbow were the same. This thing was not as effective in destroying the fortifications as the trebuchet, but Fan Zhuoyuan was not afraid.

He personally commanded the army and waited for the opponent to advance until he reached a distance of a thousand steps. If the opponent wanted to form a firepower advantage, those scattered ballistas and trebuchets must be gradually concentrated.

What Fan Zhuoyuan was waiting for was the time to concentrate.

The enemy entered [-] steps, Fan Zhuoyuan raised his hand and chopped down.

Cannon fire fired, crossbow arrows and flying stones fired together!

They are condescending, and the range is naturally farther!
In an instant, the enemy civilians wailed, many catapults and ballistas were hit and damaged, and the splashed sawdust caused a wider range of damage.

There was not much morale, and even the civilian husband who was full of resentment towards the shogunate was only attacked once, and then frantically ran back for his life.

Then, being forced forward by the soldiers in the rear, Fan Zhuoyuan's firepower from the three highlands stretched out, and then hit the army in the rear, causing howls.

Hojo Tokimune clenched his fists and cursed angrily: "Useless waste, why don't you move forward!"

Hu Qi said: "The civil servants can't be reused, and the soldiers are still needed to advance forward. If the generals don't even have this courage, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight against the Yuan bandits!"

Hojo Tokimune nodded vigorously, waved the command flag, and asked the nobles to advance forward with their catapults and ballistas, and at the same time ordered the supervising team to go forward, and kill whoever does not move!
The nobles in front had no choice but to order their own army to advance with their equipment, and they had to advance to six hundred steps before they could shoot at the enemy.

However, the distance between these two or three hundred steps is like a moat.

The solid artillery shells, mud bombs, stone bombs, and giant arrows flying from three highlands in the distance made them taste everything that the civilian husbands had experienced before.

No matter how brave a samurai has never experienced such a war, he will never be able to persevere mentally.

The Hao clan's army advances dozens of steps, and it is often about to collapse. After being beheaded by the supervising team, a group of people will be killed, and then they will regroup and continue to advance.

After repeating it more than a dozen times, not only the strength of the major powerful clans was greatly damaged, but also the morale was even more difficult to maintain.

A powerful family came directly to Hojo Tokimune's central army and shouted: "General! We can't fight any more, please let me wait for the troops to come down and adjust before going up!"

Hojo Tokimune said coldly: "I'm about to enter the six hundred pace range, how can I give up halfway! Anyone who dares to retreat will kill even the Patriarch!"

Among the Chinese army, [-] elite soldiers shouted in unison, pointing their weapons forward.

The chills of many wealthy families were blowing, and even if they felt remorse, they could not retreat at this time.

The soldiers of the Hao clan were almost crying and pulling the catapults and crossbows forward. At this time, one-third of these equipment had been destroyed, and there were no casualties.

Hu Qi observed the distance, counted with his fingers using the shadow, and said, "General, let's set up an array and shoot at each other. Once the firepower is successfully suppressed, we can order a group of soldiers and horses in the rear to attack the high ground."

Hojo Tokimune nodded slightly, causing the flag to roll.

The army in front seemed to have received an amnesty. After stopping their steps, they still endured more precise blows from the Yuan bandits within a range of [-] steps, and began to arrange counterattacks to suppress them.

Seeing this, Fan Zhuoyuan said to Zhang Xi: "General Zhang, go and lead the cavalry, lie in wait and charge while listening to the drums!"

"The commander of the last commander!"

Nearly seventy trebuchets and bed crossbows in the shogunate suffered two rounds of volleys during the deployment process, and another dozen were scrapped.

The soldiers near the catapults and bed crossbows were the most frightened, because all the blows were coming at them.

The bed crossbow is okay, eight people can operate it.

However, a catapult requires at least 30 people to meet the range. With so many people crowded in front of the catapult, it is a pure living target.

They lined up in a hurry, and after the stone bullets were loaded at the rear, they didn't even dare to aim for too long. Under the command of the commander's slogan, they all pulled the rope and pulled the throwing pole to throw the flying stone.

As a result, due to excessive force, the flying stone flew to the open space on the side of the three highlands, without hitting anything.

The commander quickly asked them to control the force a little less before throwing.

This time, the 300 or so people who were pulling the rope all lowered their strength, but the stone only flew more than [-] steps, far away from the three highlands.

In the subsequent throws, more than [-] people used uneven force, and under the threat of firepower from high ground at all times, everyone fired randomly, and it was even more impossible to guarantee the accuracy.

They didn't even complete a neat volley, and basically whoever was ready fired immediately, scattered and sparse, not a barrage at all.

The bed crossbow was fine, it was good for aiming, and after being fired, it could basically fly towards the fortifications on the high ground.

However, the destructive power is limited, and it is difficult to hit the hidden artillery and other equipment on the high ground, let alone hurt people.

Unlike the bed crossbow and counterweight trebuchet on Fan Zhuoyuan's side, they have a wide field of vision and are condescending. After a round of corrected shooting, adjusting the angle or changing the weight of the stone, the next round of strikes can be closer to the target.

So much so that in the eyes of the shogunate army, it was outrageously accurate.

Hojo Tokimune looked at the situation ahead with blood-red eyes, and found that the imaginary suppression of firepower did not appear, but was still suppressed by the opponent.

He turned his head to look at Hu Qi, "The artifact of your country is so unusable?"

(End of this chapter)