335. Leizhou War (1)
More than ten miles east of Haikang County, the coast.
Zhang Jue led thousands of soldiers to rush here, and then set up several miles of defense lines on the beach.
Then just a few dozen minutes later, Su Liuyi also led nearly 20,000 Leizhou troops in Haikang County to arrive.
Since he learned that Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng led his army to attack Leizhou along the coast, he had already brought together all the Leizhou army, which had no longer had the task of transporting grain, to Haikang County, Suixi and Xuwen counties, only more than a thousand garrison troops were left. These garrison troops were probably equivalent to the later armed police forces stationed in the local area. Although they were under the jurisdiction of the Leizhou army, they were independent of the Leizhou army.
A scene in full swing on the beach.
In addition to leading the soldiers, Su Liuyi also brought many thunder chariots.
At this time, the strongest firepower of the Song Dynasty could be said to be gathered here.
Eight hundred grenade launchers and more than two thousand thunderbolt chariots lined up along the beach. Then, there were also the Flying Army on standby at any time.
About the time it was already there, Yuan army warships suddenly appeared on the sea.
They suddenly appeared from the sea level, and were as vast as hundreds of ships, covering the sky.
Looking around, the Yuan army naval warships could not see the end at the sea.
Zhang Jue and Su Liuyi shouted at the same time: "Prepare for war!"
Then the sound of harmony among the Song army kept ringing.
The arrow hit Hyun, and the thunder chariot was pushed to the front. The shield soldiers rushed forward and plunged into the front.
The drum sounds in the Yuan army's ship formation were heard without any rushingness, and the sea warships followed the rhythm of the drum sound and approached the coast with the tide.
Undoubtedly, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng have been rushing on the sea these days and are not particularly familiar with the situation in the mainland.
They may know about Boyan and Yesuer's defeat, but they may not know that Dali has sent troops and is close to Leizhou.
Otherwise, the two would not have led their troops to the coast of Leizhou and hundreds of large ships could not wait to come to Haikang County after they had just a little rest.
The last head of the Yuan army's naval battle formation.
The sound of drums spread from here, but the Yuan army commander was not found among the warships of various seas.
Because there is no ship with a handsome flag hanging on it, and even the sound of drums cannot be heard from which ships it came from.
At this time, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng were sitting in one of the sea warships.
Outside the ship, there were flags flying and soldiers standing, while the two in the cabin were sitting face to face and talking.
Both of them had not expressed solemn expressions. It seemed that they had gradually forgotten the pain of the defeat in Benzhou.
Zhang Hongfan said: "The defeat in Tengzhou has been almost half a month long, right?"
"yes……"
Li Heng murmured, "I didn't expect that Marshal Boyan and Deputy Commander Yesuer would be defeated so badly. If we talk about military strategies, few people in our court could compare with them. I think we followed Marshal Boyan to conquer Song. In the past, when did the enemy flee? But I never thought that after our brothers were defeated by the Song army, the two marshals would be defeated by the Song army. Brother Hongfan, I would like to ask you something heart-to-heart. This time, our brothers led 150,000 troops to attack Leizhou. Do you really think they can be defeated?"
"I really want to hear the truth?"
Zhang Hongfan smiled bitterly.
Li Heng laughed, "Look at your expression, it doesn't matter whether you listen to the truth or not. It seems that my brother is like me, and he has no confidence in his heart!"
Zhang Hongfan shook his head, "I still have confidence in taking Hikvision. However, I don't have confidence in the face of the little emperor of the Song Dynasty."
Li Heng said nothing.
Yes, even Boyan and Yesuer were defeated hundreds of thousands of troops. Although the Song Dynasty also suffered losses of troops and generals, can they stop it?
Li Heng's eyes were slightly cold and his tone was a little cold, "Then will we... after we take Hikvision..."
Zhang Hongfan Youyou said, "Capture the royal relatives and nobles of the Song Dynasty alive, and slaughter the city and establish their authority!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the cabin.
Standing on the top pavilion of the sea warship, he looked at the coast from afar. At this time, he could already see the Song soldiers lined up along the coast.
Li Heng followed out of the cabin and whispered: "Emperor Song should be rushing back to Leizhou at this time, right?"
Zhang Hongfan said: "It should take several days."
Li Heng said: "Then we must win Hikvision in just a few days."
Zhang Hongfan nodded and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Beat the drums, line up the ships, bombard the coast!"
In the sunny wind, the sound of Yuan snare drums suddenly stirred, and hundreds of naval warships slowly spread to both sides.
The catapult at the bow of the ship was pushed to the front, and the soldiers put the thunder in the nest, ready to go.
The sails were swaying, and hundreds of warships quickly lined up in two rows and continued to gallop towards the coast.
The sea warship where Li Heng and Zhang Hongfan are located is located in the last row. They lean on the railings, looking at the coast in a daze, dazed and dazed.
They did not dare to show the location of the commanding ship with great fanfare, and they were afraid that the Song army would use any strategy against them.
They also received a lot of news about the decisive battle in Guangxi. The Song army's beheading tactics have really made countless Yuan Dynasty generals timid.
What surprised the two of them was that when the ship array was still hundreds of meters away from the coast, countless waves suddenly exploded in front of them.
Grenade launcher!
Only grenade launchers have such a long range.
Even a catapult car cannot have such a long range.
The newly invented catapult cart specially used to throw thunderstorms by the Yuan army can only throw thunderstorms for about 500 meters.
The range of the grenade can reach more than 600 meters.
Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng both changed their qualities at the same time and looked at each other.
Li Heng's eyes, which were squeezed into thin slits because of his obesity, were flashing through his eyes, "Could it be that Emperor Song has led his army back to Hikkam?"
Zhao Dongting repeatedly damaged the Yuan army with grenade launchers in Guangxi. He did not think that the Song Dynasty could create so many grenade launchers in just a short time.
The reality is that in order to prevent the firearms from flooding too much, the Ministry of Military Industry has not manufactured grenades in these days.
Zhang Hongfan's thick eyebrows were tightly clumped, "No, even if Emperor Song marched at full speed, he shouldn't have rushed back to Haikang so quickly."
Li Heng said: "That should be their Feilong Army who rushed back first."
Zhang Hongfan suddenly exclaimed, "Brother, what would happen if we got these grenade launchers?"
Li Heng understood, "Doesn't that meant he had removed Song Jun's right-hand arm?"
Neither of them were ordinary people. After just a few conversations, they had already figured out the general details of Song Jun.
The drums continued to sound, and hundreds of naval warships continued to advance towards the coast in the fire.
The naval warship is extremely huge, making the power of the grenade launcher no longer so obvious. Often, more than ten shells are needed to sink a naval warship.
Although this still caused a head-on blow to the Yuan army warships, after all, not many Yuan army warships were damaged.
Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng were thinking of becoming a leader this time, and they didn't take this loss to heart.
After the defeat in the province, they finally got the opportunity to lead the army to fight again, and this time they had to avenge their shame.
If they lose again, they will not have the face to go back to Dadu to meet Emperor Kublai Khan.
The mentality of the generals can often affect the soldiers, so the soldiers of the Yuan army are also extremely fierce this time.
Amid the continuous explosions, after a sea warship was blown up, the Yuan soldiers jumped into the water and still swam towards the shore.
Some of the sea warships put down many small boats, and the soldiers climbed onto the boats, paddled together, and also headed towards the coast at an extremely fast speed with shells.
In less than a few minutes, the Yuan army's naval warships were less than 500 meters away from the coast.
The sound of dong dong sounded one after another on the Yuan army naval warship.
Thunders were thrown out by gunfire vehicles, flew to the sky and landed onto the coast.
At the same time, the Song army's artillery chariots on the coast also shot thunder at the Yuan army's naval warships.
After the Yuan Dynasty developed the thunder and thunder, they no longer had to be bombed foolishly like before.
There were constant explosions on the sea and on the beach, with waves and dust splashing everywhere.
Zhang Jue, Su Liuyi and other generals just kept shouting, "Let go! Let go! Let go!"
When the Yuan army had a small boat approaching the coast only two or three hundred meters, the thunder chariot in the Song army also sounded.
Crossbow arrows as thick as babies' arms were fired out, with the sound of breaking through the air and reaching the sea.
Some crossbow arrows were shot empty, but more crossbow arrows were shot on the small boats and then exploded.
The Yuan soldiers on the ship screamed and fell into the water. Some of them quickly emerged, while others sank forever.
The thunder cannon is not as powerful as the sky thunder, but the damage it can cause to the boat is quite considerable.
The losses of the Yuan army gradually increased, and in just a short time, the sea warships had been blown up and sunk as many as dozens of ships.
Chapter completed!