In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 460 Beyond cognition

Dong Wenyong can be regarded as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and he is better at being a civil servant.

After he came in, he immediately said: "The sentry cavalry discovered that the Song army was transporting grain in large quantities along the Hutuo River. There were many grain ships."

"Okay." Dong Jun shouted excitedly: "Gather the troops immediately and burn the Song army's grain ships."

The Song army occupied cities everywhere in Hebei and defended one place, but Dong Jun knew that the Song army was more short of supplies than they were.

Regardless of whether they surrendered or captured the prefectures and counties, the Mongolian army would not leave much food for the Song army.

The Song army now relies entirely on the Hutuo River for transportation.

The Mongolian army's sentry cavalry spent three days and two days observing the coast, and they were also very experienced.

The grain ships of the Song Army were different from other ships.

The ships of the Song Army included troop transports, supplies, and grain transports.

Originally, Dong Jun's men wanted to attack the troop ship.

But Dong Jun believed that it was useless to attack the troop transport ship. First, the Song army had higher protection, and secondly, it was faster to get ashore, and they could also shoot at them from the ship.

If attacked once, the Song army will pay more attention to protection in the future.

Therefore, Dong Jun kept his troops stationary and waited for the grain ship.

The grain ships of the Song Army were relatively wide and short, with no warehouse in the middle, making them very easy to recognize.

This time the Song Army transported grain on a large scale from Cangzhou, and a total of four to five hundred large grain ships came, presumably to supply the states and counties occupied by Hebei.

If the attack on the grain ship is successful, the Song army will definitely be in trouble.

Dong Jun asked about the direction of the ship, its approximate speed, and how long it would take to arrive. Then he personally led the troops, leading the only five thousand cavalry in the city and bringing rockets.

These rockets had been prepared by them a long time ago. The arrowheads were wrapped in oilcloth, ignited with fire during war, and then shot at the Song Army's grain ships.

His eldest son Dong Wenbing persuaded him to stay behind and let Dong Wenbing lead the troops out. Dong Jun refused and wanted to lead the troops himself and take his eldest son with him, leaving his second son and others to stay in the city.

Historically, Dong Jun died in the Battle of Guide because he had to take the lead in every battle.

When this guy fights, he rushes to the front with a spear.

One of his subordinates tried to stop him, but Dong Jun said: "I am a minister, and the enemy is in front of me. If I don't die, I will seek peace and escape from danger."

It is a good general to lead by example, so he died early.

This time Dong Jun still asked to lead the army in person. After ordering five thousand cavalry, he rushed out from the north gate in a mighty manner.

There were Song army sentry cavalry and Mongolian army sentry cavalry everywhere outside the north gate. When the Song army army sentry cavalry saw the Mongolian army leaving the city in large numbers, they followed them from a distance.

Dong Jun ignored them and pretended to go west to confuse the Song army. The Song army's sentries thought that they were really going to Ding.

The true direction is currently still controlled by the Mongolian army, and not many Song army sentries have gone there.

After they ran west for more than ten miles, they suddenly turned north, and then quickly approached Gucheng along the south bank of the Hutuo River.

At this time, the north bank of Gucheng was full of people and horses, and it was extremely lively.

The grain transport ships of the Song Army are docking one after another, but because the North Pier of Gucheng is originally small, a large number of grain ships need to dock in turns.

The newly promoted agent was going to look around Gao Chongzheng with a serious look on his face.

He led two battalions of more than a thousand Song troops to garrison the North Pier and had been here for almost four months.

In the past few months, he has been taking prisoners to strengthen the surrounding defense line, and the defense line has basically stabilized.

During this period, Song Army transport ships also kept bringing in new supplies, including new flintlock guns and artillery.

When he first arrived, there were only more than a hundred flintlock muskets in his camp. Now, there are more than 600 fusiliers among more than 1,000 people. In the Jinan Army, he has the most fusiliers in his army. Also the most.

Today is the first large-scale food replenishment in several months. They have more than 3,000 people stationed in Gucheng, and there are also local people here. The imperial court has replenished 20,000 shi of rice in Gucheng.

After midnight in the morning, the first wave of grain ships arrived at the shore and then began to dock.

The civilians accompanying the ship immediately began to transport grain, and people in Gucheng were also sent to help with carriages.

From this moment on, he had two battalions with more than a thousand people under his command. They had already braced themselves up and built defense lines all around. Sentries and cavalry were everywhere to guard against the Mongolian army.

But they were afraid of what would happen. The peasants had just transported less than a thousand stones, and there were sentries approaching crazily in front of them.

"The Mongolian army is here, about five thousand fine cavalry."

"It's approaching quickly along the south bank of the Hutuo River. It's still about five miles away."

Gao Zhong was surprised and happy. He didn't expect that a battle would finally happen.

Some of his subordinates suggested asking for help from the city. After all, there were more than 2,000 Song troops in Gucheng.

But they are generals who have always defended the city, and their equipment is also equipped to defend the city. They may not be able to fight in the field.

Moreover, once the entire army is defeated in the field, Gucheng may be lost again.

"What do you call reinforcements?" Gao Zhong said: "General Niu Zheng said that we are guarding the pier, and we can't guard even one pier. Who will look up to us in the future?"

While he sent someone to notify the city, he quickly asked his subordinates to prepare.

The city also quickly responded with a notice. Niu Xiaoyong said that they would only support them with artillery in the north of the city. The Song army in the city would not come out. They only have 5,000 cavalry. You can handle it yourself.

Gao Chong was able to reply in the affirmative, knowing that he could only rely on himself.

He first stopped unloading and let the boat that was too close to the shore go to the middle of the river.

At the same time, he asked his subordinates: "How many flintlock guns do we have in total?"

"A thousand."

The imperial court has distributed a thousand guns to them and equipped them with 600 fusiliers.

Thinking about it now, he quickly ordered other flintlock guns to be prepared for rotation.

Some veterans give priority to getting two.

He hastily finished setting up here, and the rumble of cavalry not far away was already approaching.

Dong Jun led a large group of cavalry to approach the North Pier of Gucheng.

From a distance, Dong Jun saw that the river was filled with grain ships of the Song Army. The grain ships of the Song Army were leaving the shore and heading to the other side of the river.

Dong Jun looked a little regretful. The Hutuo River was not very wide. If the Mongolian army reached the other side of the river, there would be a chance to shoot even if the Song army had so many ships in the middle.

But going around to the other side to reach true concentration is actually a bit far.

It was useless to regret now. He took a first look and found that the Song army's position was four to five hundred paces wide. Originally they could not shoot, but because there were many ships, dozens of ships were within their shooting range.

"Don't let these ships escape in, go up and shoot them." Dong Jun was overjoyed and gave an order, and the Mongolian army began to approach the Song army's camp.

At this time, the Juma on the outermost side of the Song army's camp was still four to five hundred steps away from them. The Mongolian army ran while holding rockets and preparing to light them.

Sudden.

"I'll go." Someone exclaimed and pointed forward.

Dong Jun looked carefully and saw that the ground in front of him was densely covered with pits slightly larger than a palm.

These pits are dug everywhere, because it rained some time ago, many pits are still wet, and some are even not in them.

At a glance now, the ground is as dense as a swarm of bees. People with trypophobia may be scared just by looking at it.

"Uh-" Dong Jun quickly slowed down.

If such a ground war horse runs over, they will definitely fall down. If they step on this pit, they will break their bones.

"Song people are really insidious." Various curses were heard from all around.

After a while, five thousand elite Mongolian cavalry regiments stood 500 steps away from the Song army camp. Everyone was waiting for Dong Jun to give orders.

Dong Jun turned to look at Gucheng. The gate of Gucheng was closed tightly, and the Song army in the city had no intention of coming out.

"Wen Wei." He called his second son.

"exist."

"There are not many Song troops in the city. You take a thousand riders to guard the outside. If any Song troops come out of the city, fight them."

"No." The son responded.

"Be careful of the Song Army's artillery. Don't get close to Gucheng. Pull the Song Army out and fight again."

"I know, Father."

Dong Jun waved his hand again, signaling the other four thousand riders to dismount one after another, and then walked forward. Someone immediately advised the subordinates: "Song's army has sharp weapons. If we walk, we may not be able to move even an inch, and we will suffer heavy casualties."

This man had escaped from other fallen prefectures and counties and had seen the power of the Song Army's flintlock guns.

It's better if you charge with cavalry, but you'll die if you charge with infantry.

Moreover, from what they could see now, the Song army camp five hundred steps ahead was blocked by horses and had low walls, making it really difficult to attack.

But Dong Jun did not intend to attack the Song army's camp. He would just approach and shoot the ship with rockets.

As long as they are close to the Song Army's camp, the opposite ship will be within their range.

"Don't attack the Song army's camp. Once they get close, shoot their boats. Be quick and don't give the boats time to leave." Dong Jun gave the order, and four thousand Mongolian troops abandoned their horses and approached on foot.

The ground is full of pits, and people, let alone horses, can easily fall if they step on them.

The Mongolian army was one step higher and one step lower, slowly approaching the Song army's camp.

At this time, Song troops also began to appear in front.

The Mongolian army came from the west. Because there were Song army walls and artillery in the north, Dong Jun only attacked the west.

After Gao Zhong saw it, he also concentrated all his troops to the west.

There are three rows of fusiliers in front, and all of them hold rifles in the back.

The formations of both sides are very dense, and neither side has long-range artillery.

Dong Jun was the vanguard again, holding a shield in one hand and a bow in the other, walking in front with an iron spear on his back.

He did not come to fight the Song army this time. He mainly wanted to burn ships.

Five hundred steps.

Four hundred steps.

Three hundred steps.

The Mongolian army stumbled within two hundred steps, but there was still no response from the Song army.

Dong Jun was secretly happy, knowing that there were no artillery in the Song camp.

The artillery of the Song Army was all installed at the top of the city to defend the city. There were no cannons on the dock.

"The Song army has no artillery, go up, go up." Dong Jun encouraged morale, and the Mongolian army continued to move forward.

At this time, they had already seen Juma in front, and behind Juma there was an earthen wall, which was higher than Juma. For the sake of shooting angle, the Song army was now behind those walls, and the black muzzles of their guns were pointed at them.

Dong Jun had never seen a flintlock gun, so he ordered to continue approaching.

One hundred eight, one hundred five, one hundred and twenty steps.

The Mongolian army entered one hundred and twenty steps behind.

"Whoosh" The first wave of arrows from the Song Army came over first, but fell not far in front of the Mongolian army's formation, and a small number of them shot into the Mongolian army's formation.

Dong Jun knew at a glance that the Song army did not have any magic arm bows, and all they used were foot bows.

The infantry bow has a fast rate of fire and is specially used for city defense. Therefore, these high-level and heavy city defense troops are equipped with more infantry bows.

At this time, Dong Jun could see the Song Army's grain transport ship turning around and running in.

As long as they get close to the Song Army's camp, they can shoot at the Song Army's ship.

"Charge, charge, burn the Song boats." Dong Jun gave the order, and the Mongolian army began to accelerate forward.

Wait until they advance eighty steps.

Bang bang bang, the Song Army's flintlock guns finally fired.

The six hundred high-heavy fusiliers were divided into three rows, with two hundred men in each row, and their firepower was quite intensive.

The scene was like a storm, and the Mongolian troops fell in pieces.

The hit rate is not very high at sixty to eighty steps.

After entering sixty steps, the hit rate is getting higher and higher.

And the distance between forty and sixty steps is like the line of hell, unable to cross the thunder pool even half a step.

The Mongolian troops came in batches.

The scene was like cutting rice.

Dong Jun was at the front, and he was luckier. He was shot only after he reached eighty paces.

Bang, the first shot hit his shield, directly punching a hole in his shield. At that time, he gasped, and then quickly bent down and put it in front of his head.

After a while, there was another loud bang, and his hand suddenly sank.

The shield was hit again.

After the projectile broke the shield this time, it hit his left shoulder again. His arm holding the shield trembled violently.

Fortunately, he was wearing iron armor, and the projectiles did not penetrate his armor after being blocked by the shield.

But those around him were not so lucky.

Dong Jun's shield was specially made for him by his eldest son Wen Bian. It was wrapped with iron sheets and had high defensive power. In addition, he himself had iron armor for self-defense.

The other Mongolian troops basically had small wooden round shields, and most of them wore light leather armor. Their flintlock rifles could penetrate their wooden shields and penetrate their armor.

Dong Jun bent over and continued to rush forward with his shield in hand. As he rushed, he looked around with his peripheral vision. He felt that there were fewer and fewer people around him, and he felt slightly panicked.

"Bang bang" suddenly he received two heavy blows in his hand.

Two more shots hit his shield. Dong Jun groaned. Another shot was hit under each of his left and right shoulders. The left shoulder was hit higher and hit the armor. The right shot was higher and almost broke the armor. Dong Jun could already feel the shot on his right shoulder. There is some slight pain under the shoulder.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious.

Dong Jun began to be frightened by the fierceness of the Song army's guns.

After he used the iron shield, the opponent could penetrate and then penetrate his iron armor.

At this time, he had already run behind Juma and squatted down behind Juma. Thirty or forty steps ahead was the Song Army's mud wall.

It is still not possible to shoot at the boats on the shore at this distance. You have to concentrate your firepower and use rockets to force the Song army. Then they get close to the mud wall and shoot at the boats on the shore.

Dong Jun was quite confident in his ideas and tactics, but when he crouched behind Ju Ma, he turned his head to look.

I went and almost fainted.

There were fallen subordinates all the way behind, with corpses and screams everywhere.

The Mongolian army rushed forward in waves, and then fell down in waves.

Dong Jun looked around in horror. There were less than a hundred people rushing behind Juma with him.

At this time, the Mongolian army, which was less than a hundred, took advantage of Song's refusal to hide and began to use rockets to launch rockets at the Song army on the opposite side.

The Song army ignored them and continued to shoot at the charging Mongolian army.

"Bang bang bang" gunshots continued at the scene, and Dong Jun looked at his subordinates, rushing forward one after another, and then falling down one after another.

His face turned red, he waved his hands and shouted: "Bend over, bend over - crawl over, get down, crawl over -"

The Song army used horse resistance in front, which also provided them with disguised protection. Once they got close, they could still crawl over from the ground as long as they bent down or lay down.

But on such a battlefield, his cry was almost nothing.

The sounds of charges and screams could be heard at the scene, and coupled with the sound of the Song Army's flintlock guns, no one could hear his words.

Most of the Mongolian troops ran forward desperately with their shields raised, relying on luck to get behind the horses.

Some people ran behind the horse with gunshot wounds.

Just as Dong Jun was shouting, a general in front almost rolled and crawled all the way to Dong Jun's side.

"Dong Wanhu." The general was almost crying. He plopped down and sat behind Juma. He leaned against Juma and shrank his head. He didn't dare to raise his head: "Brothers are all finished. They are all finished. Song Jun The firearm is too powerful, it can’t hit it, it can’t hit it.”

Dong Jun turned to look at him and saw that his chest was full of blood. The mail on his chest had been shot through by the opponent, revealing a hole.

Dong Jun's mind was in chaos. He had experienced hundreds of battles in his life and experienced countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Now, the first battle with the Song Army was completely beyond his understanding.

(End of this chapter)