Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 212
It was already the end of September when Goryeo sent reinforcements, and more than 30 ships of all sizes came at once, including warships and requisitioned civilian ships.However, it is clear that the Koreans are very taboo about naval battles, and they did not directly seek to wipe out the Song fleet, but unloaded the infantry first.

But now the Koreans are facing a serious problem, that is, there is no food.

After the war started, Song people forced to buy again, whether it was newly harvested grain or the original grain.There is only a little food ration left for the Tamna people.Yan Xiushi sent troops out to fight twice, but was beaten back, so he could only watch helplessly from now on.

There are only more than 2 aborigines on Tamna Island, and even if they are searched, they will not be able to find much surplus food.Now more than 3000 infantry and more than 2000 sailors have poured in all of a sudden. In a few days, everyone will have to starve.

If you don't want to be hungry, you have to defeat the Song people as soon as possible.A group of Koryo generals decided to send troops as soon as possible after a simple discussion, vying for greater losses, and using crowd tactics to overwhelm the Song people.

But before the Koreans could act, the Song fleet came to the door that night.For a whole night, thousands of Koryo officers and soldiers and Tamna people stood by the sea and watched the Koryo ships being burned into torches one by one.

The Song Dynasty fleet still took advantage of its fast speed and strong long-distance output. It did not compete with the hard steel of the Korean navy, but dragged the Koreans around on the water.The small boats of the Korean people could catch up with the boats of the Song people, but their long-range output was not strong enough. As long as they were hit by the concentrated fire of the ballista, they would either burn out or leave the battle with all casualties.Goryeo's big boats couldn't catch up with Song boats, not to mention shooting sticks, even bows and arrows were difficult to use, and jumping to attack was even more difficult.

Moreover, the Korean navy was obviously poorly drilled, and the ships were both fast and slow. In terms of coordination, it was completely incomparable with the Song navy commanded by lights.In the end, more than 20 boats were burned, and others fled northeast.Although three ships in the Song people's fleet were damaged, they can still be used after repairs.

Early the next morning, nearly [-] Goryeo troops marched towards the Song-controlled area with a width of more than one mile.No one dared to wait, because there were too many people, and if they stayed for a while, they would be hungry.

But what I encountered this time when I went out was not as simple as harassment.The cavalry of the Song people appeared in front of the Goryeo team from the very beginning, but the Goryeo brought some cavalry this time. The problem is that Tamna’s horses are originally short, and they are all poor horses for pulling carts and plowing fields. The Koryo scouts on pony horses were quickly lost under the successive raids of Song cavalry on Mongolian horses.General Sha, who came to command the army this time, had no choice but to strengthen the vanguard and order a centurion to stand guard in front.In order to prevent the Song people from attacking from both sides of the marching team, he also chose to march on a road close to the sea.

Just in front of the Korean team, Shi Feng rode on a group of Mongolian horses and set up an arbor for a look, and said to the cavalry beside him: "Okay, the Koreans have a hundred forwards, let's eat him according to the earlier plan. You lead people to drive them to the middle, and don't let the Koreans find out the ambush."

The Koreans have learned the lesson of the last time. All the forwards are wearing armor, and most of them are archers. They are tightly packed together for fear of being scattered by the cavalry. Unknowingly, they are actually walking towards Shifeng Hope they go the route.

In this way, the Koreans followed the Song cavalry and walked two miles in step, and suddenly without warning, dense arrows flew out from a place less than 30 meters away from the group of Koreans, and many Korean soldiers did not have time to shout. He was shot like a hedgehog.

The Korean team was clever, and quickly asked several people to hold up shields to cover themselves, but suddenly there was a piercing pain in the back, and then the strength of the whole body was taken away.

He glanced back before falling to the ground, but a crossbow arrow flying from behind immediately pierced his head.

In less than 5 minutes, under the blow of 100 bows and crossbows, more than [-] Koreans were either killed or injured, and those who were able to run back with their beards and tails were all of high character.

The Koryo officer behind saw that the avant-garde was in an ambush, and quickly ordered hundreds of people to rush to the bushes where the crossbow was being fired.But before they got close to the bushes, a group of people suddenly stood up from the ground, and then there was a flash of fire, and immediately some Koreans were knocked down without even having time to react.

The rest of the Koreans raised their shields subconsciously, but in the ensuing bang, the shields were also pierced, and the person holding the shield fell to the ground wailing.

The weapons of the Song people also released a large amount of white smoke when they roared, making it difficult for the Koreans to see the situation in front of them clearly. However, amidst the smog, the roar continued, and people who rushed ahead were constantly knocked down.

Frightened by this sudden blow, the Koreans stopped, and as a result, the bows and crossbows ambushed in the bushes had time to divert their shots.At this time, in a ditch half deep in front of the bushes, someone was yelling loudly to remind everyone to charge the gunpowder again: "Hurry up, tamp the gunpowder! Don't forget to 'songzi', don't forget to pretend Lead!" "Pack up the explosives!"

Under the operation of a skilled shooter, two hundred firecrackers put the gunpowder wrapped in wax paper into the gunpowder in advance with only a dozen breaths, tamp it with a wooden stick, then put it into a wooden "songzi", and then put it into two Take a lead shot, smash it with a wooden stick, and then sprinkle the blasting powder on the fire door.

The wind had already blown away the smoke from the first round of firecrackers. The captain of the firecracker team was about to direct the firecrackers to fire another round, but saw that the Koreans who had been hit just now had begun to retreat under the blow of the crossbow. And more Koreans are coming.Some musketeers felt that it was not enough, so without waiting for an order, they used a matchlock to ignite the explosives and shot at the Koreans who were running away.

It's hard to hit at this distance.The captain is a veteran of the rebel army, and has more experience in the battle than these peasant boys who used to be pure gunners. Knowing that doing this is just a waste of gunpowder and lead, he hurriedly stopped it loudly.Fortunately, many members of the fireball team were from the rebel army, and they received a lot of discipline education when they were in prison in Chunze, and immediately stopped the people around them from firing their guns in disorder.

An orderly riding a pony came out of the woods and shouted, "I ordered you to retreat to the next position immediately!"

The Song people on Tamna Island emphasized on orders and prohibitions in their daily training, and the team immediately ordered to retreat, and the young gunners ran down the trench into the woods unwillingly.

At this time, the Koreans had already surrounded them from both wings, but the crossbow arrows constantly flying in the distance caused them continuous casualties, so that they did not dare to let go of their hands and feet to chase, and watched the Song people retreat to the sea.

General Xie and Yan Xiushi who led the troops this time couldn't help being shocked when they got the report: "What kind of weapon is this Song people?"

The messenger continued to report: "Another large group of Song people on the other side of the sea did not escape!"

Yan Xiushi was already helpless by the Song people's harassment and play. When he heard that the Song people had lined up, he was overjoyed immediately, and said to General Xie: "It's great that the Song people are here. We have a lot of people, so we can fight around them." , will be wiped out in one fell swoop."

General Xie also had a headache from the harassment, and he really wanted to fight a good battle, so he immediately ordered to rectify the formation and approach those Song people.

The two rode pony horses and ran to the front of the formation after the messengers, and saw hundreds of Song people gathered in the distance.General Xie was defeated in a sea battle, and the forward was beaten into a dog again. He was so annoyed that he immediately ordered 500 people to attack the Song people.

Guo Huo saw the Koryo army slowly approaching from three directions, and ordered: "Back to the sea!"

Yan Xiushi asked strangely: "Why did the Song people retreat? What are they doing here?"

General Xie said carelessly: "Whatever they do! At least four of them would fight one at a time. As long as they rushed close, the Song people's methods would be useless! Once the Song people retreated, people's hearts would be confused, and they would fight. Easier."

Yan Xiushi was a little worried: "The Song people's team is still very strict! Your subordinates and mine can't reach this level, can they?"

General Xie said: "Could it be that there is an ambush? We have so many people, how can the people of Song set up an ambush?"

Having said that, he still ordered to send another thousand soldiers to join the attack, and the others lined up to closely monitor the situation of the cycle.

The Song people and the Korean people just retreated one by one, chased by the other, and gradually approached the coast.But the Koreans were in a state of pursuit, and there were many people, so their pace gradually accelerated.

Guo Huo reckoned that the Koreans had entered a distance of [-] paces, and ordered: "Crossbowmen! Shoot alternately!"

The team officers of each team gave the order, and immediately a row of crossbowmen spread out to set up arrows, and raised their crossbows to aim.After the team officer gave an order, he fired a row of crossbow arrows, and without looking at where they landed, he walked back five steps away with the crossbows in hand, and stepped on the iron pedals behind the other row of crossbowmen, hooking the crossbows with the iron hooks on their belts Xian straightened his waist, hung the crossbow string on his teeth, and then loaded the crossbow arrows.

At this time, the second row of crossbowmen had already fired their crossbow arrows, and then took five steps backwards.These Xuanyi Army veterans bought from Salmon Island have been trained for many years, and they have already penetrated into the bone marrow of the formation combat technique, and they are considered to have died once, so they are naturally more calm than soldiers who have just entered the battlefield.

The screams of arrows continuously slowed down the pace of the chasing Koreans, but the Koreans on the two wings were still running fast. Seeing the sea in front of them, they would soon surround the Song people.

(End of this chapter)