Chapter 106: Bloody Jiang Han

Gundam had to admit that A Shu's handling was extremely correct. Under the circumstances at that time, the Mongolian army did not have the ability to fight against the Song army's naval artillery on the top of the city. A Shu had to shrink the army into the city to prepare for street fighting, which was a very good decision. However, A Shu did not expect that the current Song army was very different from the previous Song army. After the bloody battle in Jiaxing last year, Li Jun considered that street fighting was a major weakness of the Song army and had to stop the pursuit of Boyan's army.

At Huang Han's suggestion, he made efforts specifically for street fighting. He not only developed hand-thrown bombs, but also regarded street fighting as an important technique and tactic. Because Li Jun and the generals of the Song army were very clear, that is, in the future war, street fighting would be a major challenge for the Song army. To recover lost territory and to attack the Central Plains in the north, street fighting is an unavoidable reality. There were too many lost territory in the Song Dynasty, and a large number of cities must be recaptured through street fighting.

It is precisely based on this consideration that Li Juncai listed street fighting as an important topic and conducted targeted training, which made the Song army's street fighting ability leap. In addition, the hand-thrown cast iron bombs were much more powerful.

After the Mongolian army suffered heavy losses, A Shu realized that it was not the opponent of the Song army in street fighting, but he still evacuated the army from Wuchang and used the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry to fight against Gundam on the vast Jianghan Plain. The benefits of fighting were obvious. First, the Mongolian army had many cavalry, and they could wait for work, maneuver quickly, and catch the right chance of fighting Gundam off guard; second, it made the most sharp weapon artillery of the Song army unable to come in handy.

Everyone has to admit the power of the cannon. It is indeed very powerful and very popular, but the disadvantages of the cannon are also obvious, that is, it is too bulky, inconvenient to move, and poor mobility. You can naturally show your power when fighting a position war. Once a mobile war is started, it may not be useful.

A Shu, an excellent military strategist, quickly found a solution to the problem and evacuated the Mongolian army from Wuchang instead of defending Wuchang. His courage was really extraordinary. Gundam had to admire him from the bottom of his heart and said, "A Shu's reaction is really clever and he is not very brave."

Gundam fought a lifelong battle and had a very rich combat experience. He knew that if A Shu ran to the plain and fought with him in a field, there would be many problems. As soon as he received news of the retreat of the Mongolian army, he immediately ordered the Song army to pursue him.

Unfortunately, the Song army was landing for combat. Although the Southern Song Navy was powerful, it was not as powerful as being able to send tens of thousands of troops at one time. The landing troops were only 30,000. In addition, the naval guns could not provide fire support, so it was not easy to stop A Shu's evacuation of 100,000 people. Therefore, A Shu's evacuation was not troublesome at all, and he quickly left Wuchang.

Although Gundam hated A Shu, he did not lose his mind because of this. He knew that he would not be sure to win the battle with the 30,000 troops who were now on the shore and the 100,000 troops of A Shu. He made a quick decision and ordered the follow-up troops to go ashore with all their might, while sending troops to restore order in Wuchang.

The issue of restoring order is not a problem at all. The people here are always looking forward to the court returning, so they naturally work together. Sometimes there are a few people who make trouble, but they are just shrimps and they can't make waves at all.

Of course, the most important thing is to send a large number of spies to reconnaise A Shu's whereabouts. This resulted very well. The news from the court was already inspiring enough. The people naturally wanted to inform him. Therefore, A Shu's whereabouts were clear. When the army gathered 60,000 people, they immediately went out of the city to pursue A Shu.

Wang Jing had a lifetime of military service and knew the Mongols very well, and immediately suggested to Gundam: "General, the Tatars have tens of thousands of cavalry, but we don't have many cavalry. If we start a field battle, we don't have firepower support and the chances of victory are not high. Should we wait?"

He made a lot of sense. There are not many troops who can defeat the Mongolian army when fighting field battles with the Mongolians. The Song army now does not have this ability. Gundam certainly knew this. He stroked his white beard and said, "What are you afraid of? The Tartars are also humans and do not know how to eat people. As long as we dare to fight, we are still afraid of him."

Dare to fight is an important factor in the victory of an army, but it is not the only factor. In this situation, if you dare to fight, you may not be able to win. Wang Jing hurriedly said: "General, we are not afraid, but the truth is that. First, our troops are not superior, and further, artillery cannot provide support to us in the movement. Without artillery, it is very difficult to win this battle."

"What is this? Isn't this firepower?" Gundam swayed the hand-throwing cast iron bomb in his hand, and was unmoved at all, saying, "There are so many things. If I don't give it to A Shu and the Tartars to try, I will not understand."

The advantage of hand-thrown cast iron bombs is that they are light, easy to carry, and easy to use. It is precisely because they are too small that they greatly reduce their power. They are good in melee combat, and the effect of concentrated use to deal with cavalry is also good, but they are far inferior to the power of artillery.

Wang Jing followed Gundam for many years and knew that the veteran was determined and could not change, so he had to say, "General, let the last general go ahead." What he meant was that he was walking ahead, and if there was danger, he would be responsible for it himself. Gundam would be safe. This is because Gundam was brave and good at fighting, and was loved by his subordinates.

Gao Da laughed and patted Wang Jing on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as we hold on to A Shu, there will naturally be someone to deal with him, so he will not be able to escape."

"Who?" Wang Jing didn't think about it and blurted out, "General, is the emperor coming?" Wang Jing thought about it, if Li Jun, who had made a decision, could not escape even ten A Shu. When he thought of this, he looked happy, as if Li Jun had already arrived.

He threw the cast iron bomb in his hand, and Gundam said with a smile: "The emperor is worried about buying this thing without money, so how can he have time to come here?" He said: "Just A Shu, this Tartar, is worthy of the emperor's personal expedition? Don't look down on him. It's enough to have me alone. Let's go." Wang Jing, who was stunned, took the lead with a horse's belly.

The vast Jianghan Plain, with a flat horse, is a paradise for cavalry. It is logical that the one who prevails in this pursuit and being pursued is A Shu, not Gundam. It is precisely based on this consideration that A Shu gave up Wuchang with the determination of a hero to cut off his arm. However, unexpectedly, the one who prevails is Gundam. Not only Wang Jing did not expect this result, but even A Shu did not expect it.

After all, Gundam is a famous general. He is very clear about the pros and cons of the Song army and will never fight against A Shu on the plain. His method is very simple, just follow A Shu, but you must avoid a big battle with A Shu. If you have the chance, give A Shu a ruthless one. Knock off part of him to be considered a part. The result of the battle will be as great as the result. Never be greedy and leave as soon as you get it.

This "eighteen-smashing" style of playing really gave A Shu a headache. He originally thought that Gundam would follow him and find an opportunity to fight him, but he never expected that Gundam would take this move. In the first few days, A Shu didn't care. Later, he realized that Gundam's hand brought him a great threat, which was too great for him to bear. He had to find an opportunity to fight Gundam as soon as possible, otherwise if time dragged on, he might be destroyed on the Jianghan Plain.

The reason is not other than that, but that Gundam and him are the best propaganda. The Jianghan Plain belongs to the occupied area. The people here are always looking forward to the Song army coming back and rescuing them. The arrival of Gundam's army gave the people hope, so they naturally responded to Gundam's call to "not give the Tartars a grain of food", "not give the Tartars a sip of water", and "let the Tartars have no way out". When A Shu came, the people would firmly clear the walls and clear the fields, bury the burials and hide the things that can be hidden, and then hide them, and wait for A Shu to leave before coming out.

A Shu originally expected to get supplies during exercise, but he didn't expect that he fell into a big quagmire and could not move. He could not get supplies at all. He even had to be careful when drinking water. If he accidentally got poisoned, he would be poisoned or drank dirty water filled with manure. I don't know how many times this happened. A pool of clear water looked clear. The Mongolian soldiers rushed to drink it. After drinking it, they would die of poison.

What A Shu remembers most forever is that once he drank the dirty water that poured manure into the common people, and almost spit out all the yellow gallbladder water.

Furthermore, there were many lost Song troops on the Jianghan Plain, who were still insisting on resisting. When Gundam arrived, they seemed to have seen light in the darkness. Needless to say, they naturally came to surrender to this respected general. Gundam comforted them with kind words, gave them supplies, and gave them equipment to make them eat well. After calming down the morale of the army, Gundam ordered them to mobilize the people and did not cooperate with A Shu. These soldiers and Song naturally followed the correct answer. They had been in this area for a long time and were very familiar with the situation here. There were more ordinary people who participated in the mobilization. A Shu would not be unlucky.

A Shu realized just now that the Jianghan Plain was no longer what he imagined. If the Jianghan Plain was a pile of dry firewood, Gundam would ignite the spark of dry firewood. The Jianghan Plain would soon ignite the prairie fire to resist the Mongols. A Shu was struggling.

The helpless A Shu didn't think about occupying Wuchang City again, but he was not brave. Because the information he received showed that Wuchang City is now like an iron barrel. Not only were there a large number of fleets parked on the Yangtze River, but hundreds of artillery were deployed on the top of Wuchang City. If he dared to attack Wuchang City, he would not be able to pass the artillery level alone.

If you want to solve the current dilemma, you can only fight Gundam as soon as possible. The sooner you defeat Gundam, the better. A Shu is determined and immediately leads his army to chase Gundam.

Not cooperating with others has always been a virtue of Gundam. Not cooperating with Jia Sidao back then made Jia Sidao’s head a big deal. Now of course he doesn’t cooperate with A Shu anymore, and he doesn’t know what he did. Suddenly he disappeared, as if it had evaporated. A Shu spent the boss’s efforts and couldn’t even find his shadow.

A Shu was anxious. For Gundam, he ordered the army to gather in secret and then sent a small group of troops to move around to harass A Shu, making A Shu’s head big.

This pursuit and being pursued on the Jianghan Plain gained complete initiative, but the matter did not end, it was just the beginning of the war.

A tall officer rushed over and the sudden sound of hooves alarmed the Song Jun on duty. Just as he was about to step forward to stop him, the officer flipped his right hand and showed a token. The soldiers recognized that this was Gundam's token, so they had to let him in.

The officer went straight to Gundam's command center. I don't know what happened. According to Wang Jing's later recollection, when the officer arrived, Gundam drove all the others out. Wang Jing and the others heard Gundam's relieved laughter floating out of the house from afar and said, "Hehe, you are here now, I've been waiting for you for a long time. It's good that you come, the end of the Tartars will come."

Not long after, the officer left, and Gundam personally sent him to the gate of the camp, and he stopped until the officer's figure was lost. Wang Jing depicted Gundam's expression, "General Gao looked at the officer's back, reluctant to leave, as if a lover in his first love was bidding farewell to his lover. I really don't understand why he is so old, why is he still in such a mood."

After seeing off the officer, Gundam immediately ordered a battle to fight against A Shu on the Jianghan Plain.

Wang Jing was very clear about the current situation. Although A Shu was very arrogant, his strength did not lose much, especially a large number of cavalry troops were still there. If he fought against A Shu now, the Song army's current strength would not have a great chance of winning. He hurriedly suggested to Gundam: "General, A Shu is now in a hurry to fight us in a decisive battle. We have the initiative, and the battlefield time is up to us. We can transfer some artillery to provide us with sufficient fire support."

He is worthy of being an officer who has been tested for a long time. He hits the point with one word. The Song army can choose the battlefield and mobilize artillery to effectively kill and hurt A Shu. In that case, the chances of victory will be much greater.

The famous general Gundam should understand this truth, but his answer almost made Wang Jing fall out of his eyes. He said: "I need a friend. This is enough." He clapped his hands and threw cast iron bombs, as if this most primitive grenade had magical power and could defeat A Shu.

Wang Jing opened her mouth and wanted to say something again, waved her hand to stop her, and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. In this battle, we will fight against A Shu and fight head-on to see who is harder."

Speaking of this, Wang Jing was not good at talking about it anymore, so he had to follow the order.

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A Shu had to sigh that Gundam was really powerful. When he hid, he disappeared without saying that he could not see him, as if he had disappeared out of thin air. He appeared as soon as he appeared, as if he had fallen from the sky, and suddenly appeared not far in front of him, and was still waiting in line, as if he was ready to fight him.

The decisive battle was exactly what A Shu wanted most. He studied the situation, formulated a combat plan, and immediately ordered the army to go over, set up a formation, and prepare for the decisive battle.

A Shu rode on the horse and looked at the neatly formed Song army. He had to admire from his heart that the changes in the Song army over the past year were so great that it was unimaginable. Not to mention anything else, the will to seek war was very different from the past. If it were in the past, the Song army would have a change of color when they saw the murderous Mongolian army and were afraid before fighting. Although not all troops were like this, at least a large number of Song army performed this way. The Song army now looked at the Mongolian army quietly, and their eyes were very hot. A Shu, a famous general who was used to soldiers, naturally knew that it was because the Song army was eager to seek war.

Now the Song army has won many times, with high morale and strong spirit, clear rewards and punishments, and orders and bans. In addition, the treatment and status of soldiers have been greatly improved, and they are no longer the Song army that was defeated repeatedly in front of foreign enemies.

"This is a tiger and wolf army!" A Shu exclaimed in his heart and thought: "The eagles on the grassland are not easy to mess with, so let's talk to see who is stronger." He ordered the cavalry to launch an attack.

Gundam said he wanted to fight A Shu head-on, but he did what he said. He really fought a tough battle with A Shu without any tricks. He ordered the Song army to fight against the Mongolian cavalry, and threw the hand-thrown cast iron bombs overwhelmed, causing the Mongolian cavalry to overturn. A Shu paid a considerable price, but he still couldn't step beyond the line.

The best way to deal with hand-throwing iron bombs is to rush in and fight with the Song army, and not give the Song army a chance. This trick is not unknown to the famous general A Shu, so he ordered the cavalry to attack in turn. However, the Song army's reaction was so fast that he could look at him sideways. The hand-throwing cast iron bombs were not thrown out in a scattered manner, but were thrown out in a concentrated manner. Once they were thrown, they were covered in a large area, and they were thrown in crowded places. The Mongolian cavalry would not be unlucky.

This is the case with the war. You are studying my weaknesses, and I am also studying your weaknesses. Li Jun knows that for a long time, the Mongolian cavalry is still the biggest threat to the Song army, especially if they face the Mongolian cavalry in encounters or mobile wars, the Song army has very little chance of getting artillery support. If the Song army does not have a sharp weapon to deal with the cavalry, the chance of winning will be much smaller. After repeated consideration, I think that using grenades in a concentrated manner is a good way to deal with the Mongolian cavalry. Li Jun's idea is indeed a clever idea, and it is immediately recognized by Liao Shenggong and others and implemented it throughout the army.

Occasionally, there were cavalrymen who rushed to close range, and the Song army was not timid at all. They started hand-to-hand combat and killed the cavalry. Or they forced grenades into the saddle and exploded his corpse without any remaining.

This war was carried out in the midst of shock and counterattack. There was no trick. The battle was in a stalemate and no one could win in a short period of time. The Mongolian cavalry has always been the sharp blade of the Mongolian army, which made people feel scared. The Song army could resist it. It can be seen that the progress of the Song army was very huge, and Gundam was very satisfied with the performance of his army.

The battle continued, and more and more corpses were piled up. The blood had no time to soak in the soil, gathered into a stream, flowing to the low-lying area, making a rustling sound, becoming a special song on the battlefield.

A Shu couldn't win, so he kept telling himself that he had to find another way to defeat the Song army in one fell swoop and constantly examine the Song army's formation. The Song army was guarding the left and right wings and backs, and he had no chance at all.

Gundam is a famous general, and A Shu is also a famous general. This is a dialogue between the strong. It is really impossible for A Shu to find a way to deal with the Song army in a short period of time.

A thunder sounded from behind, trembling the earth. When A Shu looked back, his face turned pale. It was not anything else, but because a Song cavalry with bright armor came from behind. A Shu could see from the sight of a military strategist that this Song army was an elite that A Shu had never seen before. He was extremely tall and seemed to be an iron tower. They were all extremely fierce and murderous. The murderous aura in the sky was already palpitations.

A Shu and Gundam were hard to tell the winner. When this Song army arrived, the balance of the balance would tilt towards the Song army at once. A Shu knew that something was wrong and was about to order the Mongolian army to stop the cavalry, Gundam did not give him any chance. He shouted: "A Shu, listen to you, the person who dealt with you is here. Haha! A Shu, you Tartar cannot escape!" With a wave of the sword, he rushed out, and the Song army followed him and rushed up.

The sound of killing shook the sky. The Song army was like a tiger in the South Mountain, and a tiger entered a flock of sheep. The Mongolian soldiers who used to be like wolves and tigers have now become meat on the chopping board, and they can only be slaughtered by the Song army.

Wang Jing's eyes were sharp-eyed and saw a young officer in the cavalry team. He screamed in surprise: "Isn't that him?" This officer was the officer who sent away Gundam as his lover, and it was no one else who was traveling to the European army.

A Shu's army made dumplings under the attack of Gundam and Jin cavalry.

If you look from the air, at the beginning, the cavalry of Jie Jin was a huge triangle with Jie Jin as the peak, and ruthlessly wedged into A Shu's formation. Later, Jie Jin's cavalry unfolded and turned into a smooth water line with Jie Jin as the midpoint, rushing towards A Shu's army. Finally, this iron-blooded hero turned into a surging sea tide, flooding A Shu's army.

This is a beautiful war picture. The earth is the background of this picture, but the background color is: a piece of red!

The setting sun beats blood, and Gundam reconciled Jie Jin and walked side by side, walking on the battlefield filled with corpses. Gundam patted Jie Jin on the shoulder and praised: "Good boy, you really have you. I am old. The future of the Song Dynasty depends on you young people."

Xie Jin smiled and said, "General Gao is so serious. Blood is the best testimony of General Gao!" He stomped his right foot and a beautiful blood flower flew up, which was particularly gorgeous.

A Shu, who was pale-faced, rushed around in a hurry. The sound of killing behind him shook the sky. A Song army rushed over like a flying boy and shouted, "Catch A Shu alive!"

For A Shu, today is the most unlucky day in his life. Not only did he lose the battle, he also chased the Song army and fled in panic, as if he was a dog that was strayed. He looked back at the Song army, who was chasing like a wolf or a tiger, fled on a horse and ran north.
Chapter completed!