1345. The war in Tangzhou begins

"Print an order!"

Zhao Dongting suddenly spoke, "He asked Ran Anguo, the compassion envoy of Qiongzhou, and the compassion envoy Huang Zhijie to lead the Earth Demon, and the two armies of Earth Demon Island to join forces with the compassion envoy of Crescent Island, and prepare to go to Japan. The army took Ran Anguo as the commander, Huang Zhijie and Diaozhu as the commander."

Li Goudan was busy holding a pen next to her and writing quickly.

"Put up another order."

Seeing that he finished writing, Zhao Dongting said again: "Please ask the king of the country, Emperor Axing, to send troops to help!"

"Emperor of Heaven."

Just in the room, Ashima heard Zhao Dongting's words and his eyes moved slightly, "Do we, Boni, also send troops?"

Zhao Dongting looked at Ashima, shook his head and chuckled, "No need."

Ashima's face looked a little bitter: "Does the Emperor of Heaven think our Boni are not strong enough?"

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned and said, "Of course not. I thanked you for your kindness here. But Boni just had a great war and it was not appropriate to go out for war. Besides, the envoy of the Malaga Kingdom came to see me, and you are here. Instead of helping me fight Japan, I think the prince might as well send a message back so that the king can prepare for the battle and deal with the Malaga army."

Ashima was slightly moved, "The Emperor of Heaven felt that the Manraga Kingdom would likely attack us Boni again?"

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "I can't say it's right. But you're prepared for any trouble, right?"

Ashima smiled and nodded, "Then Ashima will write a letter to Brother Wang when she goes back later."

As the two imperial edicts were spread, the imperial study room quietly became quiet again.

Only in this quiet imperial study room, Zhao Dongting's mood was far from calm.

The West assisted the Western Xia, the North attacked the Yuan Dynasty, and the East attacked Japan. This would inevitably be a protracted war. As a result, even he had no idea.

He didn't want to fight an unprepared war, but at such a moment, there was nothing he could do about it.

After learning that the Yuan Dynasty had imitated grenade launchers and other objects, he knew that it was urgent to attack the Yuan Dynasty. Because the Yuan Dynasty continued to develop, this bone would only become increasingly difficult to chew.

As for artillery... God knows when will it be developed?

It's Jingzhe again.

The weather is getting warmer and there is spring thunder. Everything is moving.

Since the Xixia Zhongxing Prefecture, there has been a secret letter to Changsha. Almost every half month, Li Xiushu's letter will arrive.

In the letter, Li Xiushu said that Zhongxing Prefecture is still under the eye of the Heishan Weifu Army and Baimaqiang Town Army. Moreover, the Yan Army and Xiping Army of Heishui Town are not far from Zhongxing Prefecture. After that, they missed Zhao Dongting and if she encountered any unexpected problems, they would ask Zhao Dongting to take care of Li Zuoxiao.

In fact, in the situation in the Western Xia, the secret agents of the Military Intelligence Department had already sent a message to Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting only replied, so that Li Xiushu would not have to be anxious. He had his own solutions.

Yuan Nanjing Road.

Yue Peng's troops divided into three groups to attack Tangzhou, Caizhou and Dengzhou, and now nearly half a month has passed.

Zhao Dongting caught Yue Peng off guard against the Yuan Dynasty. On this side, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty would not be as slow as the Daxia army to attack Zhongxing Prefecture.

It was just two days after the expedition, and the three armies defeated Huyang County south of Tangzhou.

Although the magistrate of Huyang County in Yuan had long been worried and prepared for the entry of the Song Dynasty imperial guards, under the huge gap in strength, Huyang County was still declared to be broken in less than two hours.

The magistrate of Huyang County and the officials in the city, and the generals had no choice but to surrender after the city was destroyed.

Yue Peng left 500 defenders to station in Huyang, and the three armies continued to march northward.

Until now, Yue Peng and Zhao Hu are still on the way, but Tan Siyuan, deputy commander of the garrison army of Xiangyang Prefecture, led the army to finally reach the city of Tangzhou.

The magistrate of Tangzhou in Yuan Dynasty was Zhang Liangdong, the magistrate of Fuzhou who had lost power and fled to Liangzhe East Road.

Kublai Khan thought that Fuzhou's fault was not his, so he appointed him as the governor of Tangzhou.

He Lima, the former Fuzhou general who went to the Yuan Dynasty with Zhang Liangdong, was also regarded as the military envoy of Tangzhou. His position was equivalent to the military commander in Tangzhou.

The two of them were actually quite afraid of the Song Dynasty. Since leaving Fujian, they probably no longer wanted to confront the Song army. But now, they can only say that fate is a mess of people, and there is no way.

The two men knew that they could not be opponents of the Song army outside the city, and they tried their best to gather soldiers in Tangzhou shortly after Yue Peng's army was dispatched.

Although this allowed Tan Siyuan's Xiangyang Prefecture garrison to march straight into the city of Tangzhou, it also allowed thousands of soldiers to gather in Tangzhou. Even if it was considered a militia, there would only be more.

Outside the city of Tangzhou.

Tan Siyuan led more than 10,000 Xiangyang Prefecture garrison troops to form a formation.

Grenade launchers in the army lined up along the front line, only a few hundred meters away from the city wall.

The sky was gray, and flags were waving in the army.

Although this kind of formation is nothing compared to the previous battles between the Song and Yuan dynasties, more than 10,000 people in the array actually seem to be quite intimidating.

Many soldiers of the Xiangyang Prefecture Garage Army were adapted from soldiers under the command of the original Lu Wenhuan. They were originally a veteran of the battlefield and had a strong murderous aura.

The city wall.

Zhang Liangdong and He Lima both put their hands on the battlements, and their faces were extremely solemn.

Although there were thousands of defenders in the city at this time, and Tangzhou was a heavy city on the border, there were quite a few arms configurations. However, its strength was still limited after all.

The Yuan Dynasty did not set up a garrison here, so that there was no strong military force here.

Although the garrison troops of more than ten thousand Xiangyang Prefecture may not be able to break the city, they can also put enough pressure on Zhang Liangdong and He Lima.

Seeing the dark clouds outside the city blocking the city, Zhang Liangdong looked at He Lima with some anxiety and asked, "General He, when will the reinforcements arrive?"

He Lima hesitated slightly and replied, "It will take about half a month."

Zhang Liangdong couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "Half a month... can we hold on for half a month?"

He Lima seemed more confident than him and said, "Sir, our city has thousands of elite soldiers. The Song army has only tens of thousands of people. It should be no problem to defend the city for half a month."

He looked at the soldiers standing around him and said, "We now also have grenade cannons and sky-rushing cannons, so we don't need to be so afraid of these Song troops."

"I know this."

Zhang Liangdong nodded slightly, but sighed, "I'm worried that Song Jun would use another trick."

Before in Fujian, he fought with the Pu family to the death, but the Song Dynasty took advantage. Until now, there is still a shadow in his heart.

While the two were talking, Tan Siyuan was already riding his horse at the city.

He was wearing silver armor and holding a silver spear, and was very majestic.

When he arrived in front of the formation, he pulled his horse up, but he didn't shout anything to the top of the city. After raising the gun, he shouted: "Fire the cannon!"

The battle has just begun, and neither Song and Yuan dynasties have gained the upper hand. He also knew that it would be impossible to persuade the defenders in the city to surrender.

Instead of spending so much money on your lips and tongue, it is better to start fighting directly.

When both sides have firearms and are full of food and food, it is really difficult to implement any strategy. Time is not allowed.

The rumbling sound continued.

As soon as Tan Siyuan's roar fell, the grenade launchers at the forefront of the garrison army of Xiangyang Prefecture all rumbling.

Two hundred grenade launchers in the Xiangyang Prefecture garrison opened fire in an instant.

The shells fell on the city wall or on the wall.

Gravels are flying.

The smoke spreads.

"fire!"

He Lima, who was on the top of the city, also shouted loudly.

The defenders on the top of the city fought back.

Although there are only nearly a hundred grenade launchers on the head of Tangzhou city, their momentum is not small.

With the rumbling sound, soldiers on both sides were destroyed in the smoke of gunpowder.

Tan Siyuan drove his horse back to the formation, and his face was not good-looking.

Although I had expected this scene for a long time, I think no one would feel comfortable when I really encountered such resistance.

Now it is impossible for the Song army to attack cities and land as powerful as before, unless there is a stronger new type of arms.

But no matter what, the battle has to be fought.

When the Tangzhou city gate collapsed in the shells, Tan Siyuan raised the spear in his hand again and shouted: "Beat the drum!"

The drum sounds.

The charge in the front army rang.

Two regiments of soldiers rushed towards the city gate in front of artillery fire.

They all held the Shenlong gun in their hands, and they were no longer arranged in military formations as before. Instead, they seemed much more scattered.

But this kind of distraction is also a tactic.

In this way, the bombing of the Yuan army's grenade launcher can be effectively avoided. Just like in later generations, no army would be arranged in close formations to attack the city.

"Captain 1st Battalion! Commander 2nd Battalion! Build a floating bridge!"

"The rest of the brothers, follow me to kill you!"

Such shouts sounded among the chargers.

The war situation seemed to change as Zhao Dongting expected.

I think the confrontation between the Song and Yuan dynasties will inevitably become closer to modern confrontation.
Chapter completed!