Chapter 72 He roared
Zhao Yulin asked his brothers to go to the back to rest.
Gao Jin happily ordered the artillerymen to quickly set up the barrel cannon.
The enemy rushed over quickly, but after a round of charge they failed and immediately dispersed. Surprisingly, a group of cripples rushed out from behind.
Fairy Banban, Chai Bao is about to serve the main dish.
This crooked horse was used in the battle between Jin Wushu and Grandpa Yue. The men and horses are covered in armor, and they are like a cluster assault team similar to tanks. Each of them is invulnerable to swords and guns.
Zhao Yulin saw it clearly in the magic mirror and immediately ordered the catapults to concentrate their attacks on the vanguard of the Crooked Horse Army. They must be stopped.
Gao Jin saw it more clearly from the front. He knew how powerful the giant beast was. The muscles on his face twitched, and he immediately ordered the iron barrel cannon to intercept at the maximum range.
The Crooked Horses rushed to the front of the position in an instant, and the two forward positions were immediately destroyed. The battlefield was already full of danger.
At this time, Fan Zheng nervously reported to him that a fleet from the Dali Kingdom appeared on the river.
Zhao Yulin shouted: Where is Zhou Ping? Go into battle immediately.
Two miles downstream, Zhou Ping, the captain of the Shenwei Army's navy, could no longer hold back. In the past two years, he saw his brothers fighting on the battlefield, while he had always been a supporting role, and he felt very aggrieved.
When he saw the command flag waving, he immediately ordered an attack, and the four chariots and ships immediately rushed towards the battlefield like arrows.
Back to the Shika battlefield on the east bank of the Mahu River, the Dali crooked horses were scattered under the interception of the splitting bombs thrown by the catapults, but they still rushed out. Soon they entered the range of the barrel cannon. The deafening explosion made the horses crazy, and they rushed forward, knocking over and trampling the Dali soldiers around them to death.
The few remaining horses rushed into the minefield laid by the Shenwei Army. After a burst of explosions, a few horses still broke into the trenches, and the trenches immediately turned into a living hell.
The soldiers raised their anti-Japanese swords and rushed forward to chop off the horse's legs without fear of death. The successive attacks finally knocked the crooked horse down and killed it.
Gao Jin ran back and forth in the trenches, reorganizing the resistance.
However, Dali's warships immediately joined the battle after approaching the battlefield. The huge stone shells from the catapults on the ships hit the front of the position, detonating the mines buried underneath, which was equivalent to clearing the minefield for the Dali soldiers. The situation was still very serious.
Lai Chuanfang, standing behind Zhao Yulin, said that he didn't expect the enemy's attack to be so powerful.
Zhao Yulin said that this was nothing, the Mongolian horse was also called Iron Pagoda, that guy was more powerful, faster, and had more impact, we might not be able to withstand it.
Preparing to attack, Zhao Yulin roared.
At this time, there was a commotion on the Dali warships on the river.
It turned out that Zhou Ping's catapult launched a long-range shot at the Dali navy. Although it missed, the chief of the Dali navy was hit before he even saw Zhou Ping's ship. How could he not be panicked?
This is because Zhou Ping's ship is large, and the catapult is equipped with springs for power assistance. The energy released by the killing weapon is definitely much greater than that of the catapult installed on the small boat of the Dali Kingdom.
When the Dali soldiers looked carefully, they saw four large ships on the river downstream and they panicked.
Their ships were small and their weapons had a short range, so they could only use wolf pack tactics and get close to the enemy and fight them off to be effective. So the navy chief ordered the fleet to go down the river and speed up to rush towards the Shenwei Army's fleet.
Zhao Yulin saw from the magic mirror that Dali’s navy had moved, and ordered them to immediately pull up the rope net to block the river.
In fact, it is called a net, but it is just a wide mesh similar to a fishing net, with iron cones at the bottom, iron chains at the top, and small iron chains in the middle.
The command flag was waved, and the soldiers on both sides of the river pushed the winch, and the river-blocking rope net slowly rose.
The enemy ship in the front seemed to have observed the soldiers pushing the capstans on both sides of the river. Probably thinking of the ropes blocking the river, it immediately fired stone bullets at them. The capstan on the west bank was hit, and a large number of brothers pushing the capstan fell down.
Lai Chuanfang hurriedly ordered his men to charge forward. The enemy ship continued to fire stone bullets, which directly hit the capstan.
It was stuck and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't push it. We could only pull it slowly with the help of the winch on the east bank. It was a heart-wrenching scene.
Zhou Ping also observed the enemy's intention and ordered the warships to cross the river, using stone bullets to concentrate on bombarding the enemy ships in the front. The four ships immediately turned around and slowly lay across the river, and twelve catapults fired at Dali's fleet at the same time.
Fortunately, the water surface chosen by Zhao Yulin was a good battlefield. The river below Zhou Ping was several times wider, and the slow water flow was just right for stabilizing the large ships, so his fleet's shooting accuracy was higher.
Seeing that the enemy ship was about to cross the river-blocking rope net, he sank the large ship in front. The enemy ship sank and happened to be hung on the river-blocking rope net. The impact of the water flow pulled the rope net straight up, and Dali's fleet quickly crowded in front of the rope net.
Zhao Yulin saw it from afar on the shore and immediately ordered the catapults to fire thunder bombs at the enemy fleet. Gao Yuxiang's infantry catapults desperately threw stones at the catapult positions of the Shenwei Army, and the two sides attacked in relays and mixed together .
The follow-up fleet of the Shenwei Army Navy had already arrived and was deployed on the river, continuously firing at the Dali Navy. Warships on both sides continued to catch fire and sink. Zhou Ping's ship was hit by a stone bullet, and the violent shaking of the ship threw him into the water.
When he grabbed the side of the boat, he was stunned by the scene in front of him: Dali's warship sank and rushed to the river blocking net, which actually blocked the water head more than two meters high, and it looked like it was still getting higher. He climbed while shouting, "Start the boat, the bow meets the enemy, the bow meets the enemy."
All the ships noticed the change in the river water, and the navy of the Shenwei Army immediately moved. The four ships moved with difficulty in front, and the soldiers on the ships were still firing artillery shells at the enemy.
There was a loud creaking and crashing sound, and the river-blocking rope net could not bear the huge burden and finally broke. The warships upstream were drifting in the waves like a leaf and swarmed down .
On the shore, the soldiers of both sides were stunned. Zhao Yulin shouted to Lai Chuanfang: "Blow the charge horn and attack."
At that moment, the trumpet sounded loudly, and the Shenwei Army rushed towards the enemy position with shouts. The Dali soldiers retreated immediately after a brief resistance, and Gao Jin and Lai Chuanfang led the team to chase after them, taking turns to cover them.
Zhao Yulin followed behind, walked across Bajiao Beach, crossed Guanyin Cliff and caught the Dali soldier.
It turned out that after defeating the enemy in the middle, Miao Gui immediately sent Feng Guiqi to lead an advance team of 800 people to the Mahu River. They used the enemy's eight wooden boats at the ferry to force a crossing of the Mahu River, successfully penetrated into the enemy's rear, and cut off the Dali soldiers' return journey.
When Gao Yuxiang received the report that the Shenwei Army was discovered on the rear road and the ferry was occupied, he panicked, abandoned his subordinates, and immediately fled through a shortcut with the special envoy sent by the prime minister.
The Dali soldiers were leaderless, and each general led his soldiers to form their own formations and flee in all directions. The Shenwei Army took advantage of the situation to pursue them.
The Central Army and the Eastern Army joined forces and marched south, chasing all the way to Shimen and approaching the pass.
The Western Army fought and pursued, advancing 200 miles south along the Jinsha River, and set up a large camp deep in the Wumeng tribe and the capricious Miti tribe.
Zhao Yulin said that since rebellions had occurred repeatedly here, he should set up a Yongshan Village and mobilize the Yi people to denounce the chiefs' bad deeds in order to correct the atmosphere.
At this time, the Shenwei Army came out in full force and rushed towards the Dali Kingdom. The Fire Phoenix was protected by armor, so the injury was not too serious. After resting for two days, it would go into battle again.
Zhao Yulin did not allow her to go to the front line, saying that there were so many prisoners who needed to be managed, and asked her to arrange personnel to go to various concentration camps to carry out propaganda and education. Those who are willing to stay are welcome; those who are willing to continue to serve as soldiers and eat food will be treated equally by the Shenwei Army; and those who want to return to their hometown will not be stopped by the Shenwei Army.
Zhao Yulin was not optimistic about the long-term detention of prisoners. First, they needed to be guarded and detained. Second, it consumed food and grass. Third, it was always an unstable factor, which was equivalent to installing a time bomb for himself.
Therefore, he was eager to solve the problem of prisoners.
In Yibin city, Jiazhou prefect Zhen Da Da, Xuzhou prefect Chen Yun and county magistrate Yang Zhishan were all anxiously awaiting news from the new town. Finally, the latest battle report arrived.
Zhao Yulin only had eight words: "Advance one hundred miles south and win a great victory."
First, Chen Yun slapped the coffee table happily and said, "Great! We won." Then everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief and cheered excitedly.
Xinshi Town looks far away, but it is actually very close. The flow rate of the Mahu River is very fast, and the boat can reach Yibin in the blink of an eye. Therefore, whether Xinshi is in the hands of the Song army is a concern of every Xuzhou citizen.
The prefect Zhen Dexiu walked back and forth in the hall rubbing his hands, saying happily why didn't you be more specific? How could he report to the government?
Chen Yun said that maybe the war wasn't over yet, and Yulin was afraid of an accident.
Yang Zhishan added in a low voice that the Shenwei Army only had so many men and it was already difficult to defeat Dali. If they launched a counterattack, there would be many variables.
Lord Zhen came from Lin'an and was well aware of the usual methods of interaction between the two countries. He ordered the 3,000 soldiers who had just arrived in Yibin to disperse and board civilian ships and immediately set off for Xinshi Town, under the jurisdiction of Zhao Yulin.
Food and supplies from various places followed the advance.
He was building up momentum. Dali still had intelligence gathering agencies like the Imperial City Bureau and Shunfengchu. If the real Lord made such a move, the Dali Palace would definitely know about it immediately and quickly.
Then he gave a letter of divorce to the prefect Ding in Chengdu, saying that if you don't send troops, you should at least give them some food and weapons. In case Yibin can't bear it, the expenses will definitely be even greater if the Dali soldiers rush over.
This move was also to create momentum, to let Dali know that the Lin'an court was mobilizing for war.
Then he returned to the quiet courtyard arranged for him by Chen Yun to write an exquisite letter to the country, in which he was going to give Dali a good scolding and tell them to be obedient, otherwise the Song Dynasty cavalry would do such and such things to Yunyun. I won't go into details about this.
Zhao Yulin has ordered to stop advancing southward. After all, the Shenwei Army has less than 30,000 troops. It is easy to win a battle, but it is not easy to control and manage it.
Now, his army is divided into several groups to wipe out the remaining enemies.
The tribes of all sizes in various places were very smart. When they saw the Dali army was defeated, they immediately stood on the side of the Shenwei Army, actively provided and arranged food and lodging for the army, and helped capture deserters.
However, Zhao Yulin explained that those tribes that were impartial during the war were all good people, and they did not care about the enemy's food and supplies. Those who acted as vanguards and guides were absolutely traitors, and those who helped the Dali soldiers fight the Shenwei Army on the battlefield would be thoroughly liquidated.
He told his brothers: This is a matter of principle, do you understand?
