Chapter 57: Breakthrough

Guo Kan was dizzy when he was shocked. After getting up for a long time, his head was buzzing, his eyes were filled with stars. He heard the sound of yelling and killing in a daze. He forced himself to observe the situation. He saw that the Song army was like a wolf rushing into the flock of sheep, slashing and killing hard. I wonder if they had taken some stimulant potion. They seemed to have great power and especially like killing. The Mongolian soldiers who have always been good at chopping and killing seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. Their majesty was no longer there and they were no match for the Song army at all. They were defeated in front of the Song army's huge slash and slaughter.

Guo Kan, a man known as a god, couldn't understand why. There was nothing else. Guo Kan was in trouble and his life and death were unknown. The morale of the Mongolian army was naturally affected. The Song army had just made great achievements and was strong. He was so strong that he was killed. He was naturally easy to kill. He cut the sword in his hand and felt like he was not killing people, and it was no different from chopping pumpkins.

Shaking his buzzing head, Guo Kan finally figured out what was going on. Hearing the Song army shouting, "Guo Kan, this traitor, is dead! Tartars, surrender quickly!" He thought that if he didn't stand up again, the Mongolian soldiers would really think he was dead, and then their morale would disappear in a blink of an eye, and shouted loudly: "Come on, fight my ceremonial war."

The personal soldiers who rushed to hear the news hurriedly beat Guo Kan's "Guo"-like hand flag. Guo Kan stood under the banner with great pain. Guo Kan was a person with a lot of ideas, and immediately asked his personal soldiers to transfer a team of Mongolian soldiers to come over and ask them to shout loudly, "Marantor Guo is here, don't panic!" Guo Kan's intention was to use this to gather the morale of the army. His idea was good. In this chaos, as long as Guo Kan, a god who enjoys a high prestige in the Mongolian army appeared, it would be better than ten thousand speeches, the Mongolian soldiers would naturally regain their confidence. With the Mongolian army's good combat and stabilize their position again, it would be natural.

Sure enough, the Mongolian soldiers shouted, "Marson Guo is here, don't panic!" The Mongolian soldiers seemed to have taken sedatives, and they were no longer panic. The chaotic situation immediately stabilized, picked up weapons and fought, and gradually regained the decline. The Mongolian army was able to regain the decline and their technical and tactical level was much related to their higher technical and tactical level than the Song army. There were too many new recruits in the Song army and had not experienced the baptism of war. If the Song army was all veterans who had been tested for a long time, it would be impossible for the Mongolian army to recover from the decline even though they were brave and good at fighting. For this, the veterans led by Huang Han are a good proof. Whether they fought alone or killed in groups, they were not at all inferior.

"It is really amazing that a person's prestige is so high in the army." Huang Han witnessed this scene and was inspired by Guo Kan's prestige. He sighed so much in his heart, and then thought: "It's a pity that Guo Kan is a hawk of a foreign race. It's a pity. No, you must kill him, and you can't let this traitor accomplice the tiger again."

Huang Han was right. If he abandoned the hostile stance, generals like Guo Kan who enjoyed great appeal in the army would not be said to be in the Mongolian and Song dynasties, even in the entire Chinese history, and only those very famous generals could do it. For example, famous generals such as Yue Fei, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, and Napoleon had such appeal.

Huang Han did what he thought of and led the Song army to cover up and kill Guo Kan. He wanted to capture the thief but the king, and then let Guo Kan be beaten. What a good person Guo Kan did not understand Huang Han's mind, so he immediately transferred heavy cavalry to carry out counterattack against the Song army. Heavy cavalry was thick armored, not afraid of swords and arrows, and had a very high impact. Huang Han led the infantry, and he would naturally suffer losses if he left the earth wall. However, Huang Han had a fierce fighting style and never feared hardships. When he encountered strong ones, he would be strong. As soon as the heavy cavalry moved, he immediately ordered the infantry to form a formation and wait for the enemy intently.

The heavy cavalry rushed over, and the cavalry, which was more than two feet long, looked like a thatched forest, densely packed, pointing directly at the Song army. Huang Han waved the sword, and the sword in the Song army pointed the sword in his hand at the cavalry. The sword in the Song army was made by Huang Yongshan. It was extremely sharp. After one cut, the Mongolian cavalry was strong and could not bear it. Many of them were cut off. With the sound of the sound, the cavalry all over the ground fell. The scene of the Crusaders' weapons being cut off by the Arab coalition reappeared.

"Good knife!" Guo Kan couldn't help but exclaim. He was a big expert and immediately understood that the Song army, which had sharp weapons, would still move. Sure enough, he had no idea. The heavy cavalry threw away the cavalry and pulled out the scimitar and slashed at the Song army. The Song army was not a vegetarian, so he dealt calmly. He aimed the sword in his hand at the scimitar, and cut off the scimitar of the Mongolian soldiers. The sword force turned around. With one knife, the heavy cavalry's horse's head became unlucky. He cut it off with one knife and fell to the ground, and the white air was still spraying in his mouth.

This move to cut the horse's neck was specially used by Huang Han to train the Song army to deal with Mongolian cavalry. The cavalry rode on the horse and chopped the horses at a high altitude. The impact of the war horses was very powerful. The Song army had few cavalry and many infantry, so it was naturally a disadvantage to use infantry to deal with cavalry. Huang Han thought of this idea and specially trained a move to cut the horse's neck.

If the cavalry loses the horses, the consequences will be very serious. If they die in battle, they will fall to the ground, and many heavy cavalry will overwhelm the horses. In addition, the thick armor on their bodies will have almost zero flexibility. On the other hand, the infantry of the Song army is extremely flexible, and they will specialize in finding those cavalry who cannot move. They will cut a head with one knife and a head, which is extremely simple, as if they were chopping a pumpkin.

In a short while, the ground was covered with corpses. Of course, many Song troops sacrificed their lives for the country. The reason is very simple. After all, the cavalry enjoyed an inherent advantage, which is not comparable to infantry, and the Song army paid a great price. In this round of attack, the Song army avoided paying a greater price with the sharp sword in their hands. Otherwise, the Song army would have a much greater price in the face of the heavy cavalry with extremely terrible impact.

Huang Han now has only one task, which is to withstand Guo Kan's offensive and prevent him from breaking through. As long as he withstands for three days, the trenches that were working would be completed. At that time, Guo Kan's cavalry would be useless and would trap the Song army, not afraid of him escaping to the sky. This would be unwise to deal with the waste. Huang Han looked at it briefly and knew that this tactic of bulls would be detrimental to the Song army. He immediately ordered the Song army to retreat and use the convenience provided by the earthen wall to defend.

For Guo Kan, he had only one goal, which was to break out of the encirclement at all costs. He immediately ordered the Mongolian army to attack the earth wall. Unfortunately, Guo Kan forgot that Zhu Ruixiang on the mountain. Zhu Ruixiang smiled and shouted: "Everyone has it! Target: Guo Kan! Prepare! Let it go!"

Amid Zhu Ruixiang's shouts, two hundred cannons aimed at Guo Kan and fired a fire volley. Two hundred shells dragged the fiery red tail flames, drew a wonderful curve, and flew towards Guo Kan.

Guo Kan was busy commanding the Mongolian army to fight, and also shocked the shock wave and forgot the cannon. He actually exposed it to the range of the cannon. Zhu Ruixiang looked carefully and found that Guo Kan was at the edge of the maximum range of the cannon. If he was to shoot upward at a forty-five degrees, it would be barely enough. He decided to surprise Guo Kan again, give him a volley, and send Guo Kan to see Guo Lao Linggong. (Note: The cannon has the farthest range at a forty-five degrees.)

Zhu Ruixiang's plan was indecisive, but he forgot that Guo Kan was extremely alert. When he heard the sound of breaking through the air, he immediately understood what was going on, and shouted: "Retreat, retreat south!" He jumped on a war horse, rode with a personal soldier, and clamped his legs, and the war horse ran away like an arrow from the string.

Although Guo Kan escaped, the unlucky Mongolian soldiers were in trouble. They bombed two hundred shells and their limbs flew everywhere. The Guo-character flag fell down one after another, causing a lot of noise from the Mongolian soldiers.

Guo Kan thought about this consequence after a moment of contemplation, and was not surprised at all. He drove the horse to a landbag, jumped off the horse, waved the flag, and a Mongolian army pressed against Huang Han's infantry, trying to seize the earth wall and press Huang Han backwards. Another Mongolian army launched an attack on the artillery on the hill. Guo Kan's intention was very obvious, which was to destroy the artillery.

The artillery was another sharp blade in Li Jun's hands, in addition to the Xuan Armored Cavalry and Special Forces. Among the treasures, Li Jun transferred the artillery to the north to strengthen the blocking firepower, so he naturally had to send heavy troops to defend. Five thousand elite infantry were deployed on the top of the mountain, and hundreds of steel crossbows were transferred to be in full force.

Five thousand Mongolian infantry charged towards the mountain. The rolling wood and stones on the mountain were rolling, dense raindrops, and countless hand-throwing cast iron bombs. If they wanted to escape, they would have to retreat unless they turned into flies. The Mongolian infantry had to cry and scream at a very heavy price, and they had to retreat.

Zhu Ruixiang had already expected that Guo Kan would send troops to attack artillery. He knew that five thousand elite infantry were enough to repel any attack, so he was not worried at all. He commanded the artillery to provide firepower support to Huang Han. With the support of Zhu Ruixiang's artillery, Huang Han no longer could not defend himself and wait to retreat like before, but was nailed there like a nail. No matter how Guo Kan attacked, he could not shake it and tugged his pocket tightly.

Three days later, the trenches were dug, and Huang Han and Zhu Ruixiang were ordered to retreat. Under Huang Han's cover, it took an afternoon for two hundred artillery pieces to evacuate the battlefield and retreat into the trench array that was as dense as a spider web to redeploy.

Under the command of Guo Kan, the Mongolian army chased Huang Han's infantry all the way forward. Huang Han led the infantry to retreat to the trenches to defend. Looking at the trenches that were more dense than spider webs, Guo Kan felt helpless for the first time in his life. In front of such a dense trenches, not to mention that Guo Kan only had hundreds of thousands of cavalry, even if he had ten times more cavalry, he would not have the power to exert his power. The cavalry, the most sharp blade of the Mongolian army, has now become a decoration and has no use at all. Guo Kan couldn't help but sigh that "the flowers fell helplessly."

Guo Kan didn't have to think about the next action of the Song army. It was to widen and deepen the existing trenches, first stabilize the encirclement, then adopt a erosion strategy, then dig in, and eat away his position bit by bit. As the Song army's encirclement narrowed, the more troops Li Jun deployed on the unit area, that is, the encirclement was more unbreakable. In that case, as long as Li Jun adopted the drag-on technique, drag Guo Kan down, and then launched a general attack, Guo Kan's hundreds of thousands of troops would be wiped out in a blink of an eye.

Therefore, for Guo Kan, breaking through before the Song army's encirclement was completely stabilized. Guo Kan can break through from four directions now, but the weakest link of the Song army is still in the north, because the trenches in the north have just been dug, and there is not too many, and there is no time to widen and deepen. The depth of the break from the north is smaller and much less difficult.

If the cavalry is not good, use infantry. Guo Kan, who thought about this section, ordered that 20,000 tall, experienced battles, brave warfare, and superb chopping skills be selected from the army to form an assault force, and they act as sharp knives to launch a fierce attack on the Song army's positions. Although the weapons in the Song army's hands were sharp, if the Mongolian soldiers had superb chopping skills, they could completely avoid them through light and agile movements. If they did not block them, they would not be cut off.

Before the attack, Guo Kan conducted pre-war lectures. In today's words, it was a pre-war mobilization, promising them to give them generous rewards. As long as he broke out of the encirclement, there were gold, silver, treasures, silk, silk, and beauties in Jiangnan. The Mongolian army robbed and captured the situation. This idea was deeply rooted in their minds, but it was limited to Kublai Khan who wanted to buy the hearts of the people in Jiangnan to avoid doing anything randomly. In this critical situation, Guo Kan couldn't care about so much. If he finished, what was the most important thing to talk about destroying the Southern Song Dynasty. As for the life and death of the people in Jiangnan, it would be much better to let Li Jun worry about it than to think about it himself.

The 20,000 Mongolian soldiers who aroused Guo Kan's greed screamed, holding up the scimitar in their hands and rushing towards the Song army. In this case, the Mongolian army is surviving in death. Even if they are a little brave, they will now show up to 100% of their courage. Everyone is a desperate person and will kill them without their lives.

Huang Han's infantry was well-trained and made an elite soldier for the fire of war. He was not afraid at all. The sword in his hand turned into a beautiful arc and greeted the Mongolian soldiers. Mongolian soldiers were victorious in their strong energy and survived in death. A little bit of energy would become ten. The Song army was victorious in their sharp weapons, and crossbows and grenades could be used. They often showed their skills at the most critical moment. It can be said that each had its own advantages and disadvantages. This was a cruel battle with even strength. The battle reached a white-hot stage, and each trench would be repeatedly fought for, and each trench was covered with corpses, with blood accumulated thickly.

Digging trenches is a good idea, and it is better for the cavalry of the palace. However, digging trenches in water towns like Jiangnan is a torture for soldiers. If a trenches are not dug for a long time, water will accumulate, and if one kicks, it will splash everywhere. If both sides don’t fight for a long time, they will become clay figures, and their bodies are covered with mud.

What's even worse is that after a day of fighting, it started to rain heavily, and water from the ground filled the insteps. The rain flowed into the trenches, overflowing the thighs, and overflowing deep into the waist and eyes. The two sides were fighting on land, just like fish in the water fighting. And they were bathed in red water, which was the blood dyed the rain water red, and the mud oars stepped on by the soldiers on both sides. From a distance, the entire battlefield was covered with black red water belts, scattered in chess and stunning, and the Wei was a wonder.

In this case, Guo Kan had no intention of stopping the attack. He knew very well that the Song army had firearms. If it was sunny, the firearms would be put into battle, which would be extremely unfavorable to the Mongolian army. He wanted to tear a hole open when the Song army's firearms could not be put into use and break through the encirclement.

After Li Jun's efforts, the combat effectiveness of the Song army was greatly improved, but compared with the Mongolian army, the best army in the world at that time, there was still a big gap. The firearm could not be used, so the Song army lost a sharp blade and was immediately at a disadvantage, and the trenches were lost one by one.

In the face of the heroic resistance of the Song army, the Mongolian army had to pay a great price for every step forward. Looking at the position that extended forward at the speed of earthworms, as long as this momentum is maintained, it is a matter of time to break through. As long as the encirclement is broken, before Li Jun has not changed the deployment, use the maneuverability of the Mongolian cavalry, either give Li Jun a counter-encirclement, eat Li Jun, or throw Li Jun away, and attack Lin'an. Lin'an now must be an empty city, and as soon as his army arrives, it will be taken down immediately. Needless to say, the moody and indifferent man couldn't help but smile with a gratitude when he thought of a happy ending.

"Your Majesty, let me go." Zhao Qian stood behind Li Jun, looked anxiously at the fierce battlefield, and asked Li Jun for battle.

Li Jun, Liao Shenggong, Gao Da, Zhao Qian and others stood on a mountain, looking at the hot battlefield. Li Jun smiled at Zhao Qian and said, "Don't always think about eating meat, but also leave some soup for others. No one dares to take it lightly for opponents like Guo Kan. He will break through at any cost. We have prepared a sharp knife for him in our calculations. Don't hurry, let them fight again, and drag Guo Kan to fatigue and burden first."

Zhao Qian thought that the sharp knife in Li Jun's hand was the Xuan Armored Cavalry and Special Forces, as well as the later artillery. The Xuan Armored Cavalry was not sent up, and the artillery could not be fired. The special forces could not be involved in this melee, so where could new assault forces come from? He was very confused and couldn't help but look at Liao Shenggong.

Liao Shenggong looked at the battlefield, pointed his right hand intentionally or unintentionally to the right. Zhao Qian looked in the direction he pointed, and saw tens of thousands of tall Song soldiers standing in the distance to watch the melee. These Song soldiers were very tall, and they looked like an iron tower. Many of them were warriors known to Zhao Qian. These warriors had made great contributions in the Lin'an Defense Battle and the Songjiang Battle. Logically speaking, they should be put into the battle and restored the decline. Li Jun was so good that he actually wanted such a powerful army to watch the wall and ask them to watch their companions fight to the death. It was too unreasonable. He said in surprise: "Master, why is this?"

Before Li Jun answered, Gundam slapped Zhao Qian on the shoulder and said, "Don't ask about this matter. Don't think about beautiful things. The emperor said, I will eat this meat, so you don't have to think about it anymore. Haha!" He smiled happily. Zhao Qiansu knew that Gundam was straightforward and didn't keep it in a silence, and he actually started a puzzle, which really made him ignore it. As he looked at him, he saw a little smile of a wolf grandmother hanging on the corner of his mouth.
Chapter completed!