Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 213 Strong Formation
Before the Koreans put the distance between the two sides into the effective range of bows and arrows, Guo Huo had already commanded the troops to retreat to the rocky shore by the sea.From here, you can see dozens of small boats moored by the sea, and more than a dozen large ships moored in the sea in the distance, so I feel confident.

He ordered one hundred shieldmen to erect a shield wall with the shields that had been placed by the sea to form a semi-circular position, surrounded by two hundred musketeers and two hundred crossbowmen, and kept firing bows at the approaching Koreans. crossbow.When the Koreans fired bows and arrows, the musketeers had to hold up their shields to protect themselves. Only the heavily armored crossbowmen were basically not affected by the Korean bows and arrows.

When the flanking Koreans set foot on the reefs by the sea, the big ships at sea began to fire ballistas.This time there are not only javelins, but also mud bombs the size of melons.

These mud bombs are made of clay and dried in the shade. Under violent impact, they will be broken into pieces as hard as iron. Hitting people is like being hit by a mace.Moreover, these mud bombs are also mixed with a lot of stones. After hitting the rock, it will produce the same effect as a shell explosion. Even if the Koreans do not directly hit the mud bombs, they will be smashed to pieces. Broken head and even broken bones and tendons.

From time to time, the ballista on the Song people's ship would shoot out a few kerosene cans tied to the top of the wooden stick.After these oil tanks were smashed against the rocks, the kerosene flying out would be ignited by the flames on the surface of the oil tanks, and anyone who stuck to them would burn and squeal.

After such a blast of ballistas, the Koreans who originally wanted to surround the Song people from the sea retreated in a panic to a place far away from the sea.

Wearing heavy armor and having a gold seal tattooed on his face, the veterans of the Zhenwu Army have a clear division of labor. One person fires the crossbow arrows in front of the side board, and then hands the fired crossbow to another person. As a result, the other person has already wound the crossbow and put it away. Some of the strong crossbows with arrows took over the crossbows fired by the crossbowmen, and used the iron hooks at their waists to string the crossbows, and they cooperated tacitly.

There are also some veterans squatting on the ground and shooting with steel crossbows.Although the range and penetration of these steel crossbows are not comparable to the strong crossbows smuggled from the Song Dynasty, but because of their small size, they can use an iron "Y"-shaped lever winding device, which not only saves the shooter's physical strength, but also With a faster rate of fire, it is best used to shoot enemies missed by the crossbow.

These veterans received this kind of fighting training in the army. Even if the arrows falling from the sky crackled and hit the nail leaves, they should calmly operate the crossbow to shoot and kill the approaching enemies.

Although the Koreans had the upper hand in numbers, the Song people gathered at the beach so that the Koreans could not form a formation, and they could only attack from the front, so they crowded into a pile.The crossbow arrows don't even need to be aimed. Anyway, the crude shields and armor of the Koreans can't stop the crossbow arrows fired at this distance. As long as they are fired, they will definitely penetrate the human body.In addition, the ballista on the Song ship blindly fired at the Koreans from both wings, and a mass of corpses and dying people had already fallen in front of the Korean team.

But making a crossbow is also a laborious task, and the bow will be damaged, especially in a relatively humid place like an island. Under high strength, each crossbow firing more than ten arrows will damage the crossbow. Guo Huo had to order the firing speed to slow down.The Korean people cheered, and the people in front began to move and run. Guo Huo quickly ordered: "The crossbowmen retreat! The firearms are on!"

The distance of more than a hundred steps does not take long for a runner.Soon the Koreans approached the Song people's shield wall, and stopped shooting with their bows and arrows in order to avoid accidentally hurting their own people.Guo Huo ordered: "Get ready!"

The gunners threw away their shields, and a group of people put the loaded guns on the shield wall, clamped the gun rods under their armpits, and blew on the matchlocks.Seeing that the fastest Goryeo was approaching ten paces away, Guo Huo ordered: "Fire the blunderbuss!"

In the bang bang, the running Koreans seemed to hit an invisible wall, and some people were even beaten backwards and rushed out to hit the people behind them.

Without looking at the shooting effect, the musketeers who let go turned away from the shield wall and squatted down to reload gunpowder.There was another explosion, and the Koreans fell down again.

Guo Huo immediately ordered: "Crossbowmen!"

The crossbowmen held up their well-strung crossbows and shot crossbow arrows from the hands of the squatting gunmen and shields, and the Koreans screamed again.After the crossbow was fired, the musketeer appeared again, crackling and hitting, and the projectiles flew across.

Most of the Koreans who rushed to the front fell on the way of the charge, and a few who were not hit rushed to the shield wall but were unable to break through the shield wall supported by wood on the ground for a while.With such a delay, he would either be assassinated by the shieldman's long spear, or be killed by a firecracker or pierced by a crossbow arrow.

The Korean people in the back were terrified when they saw this situation, especially the fire and smoke weapons did not know what they were, and they only saw that they beat people to blood.They finally lost the courage to attack, and fled to a distance screaming, even the officers did not stop them.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, corpses could be seen outside the shield wall.Cheers erupted from inside the shield wall, but Guo Huo didn't dare to be careless, and ordered: "Get ready, be careful that the Koreans attack again."

Guo Huo was too careful, and the Koreans did not attack again until an hour later.But this time it was obviously not as resolute as the first time. After shooting with bows and arrows for a while, they retreated, and they didn't even come close to the effective range of the firecrackers.

Yan Xiushi and General Xie stood at a high place and looked at the battlefield on the coast, his face was almost unreadable.Just look at the corpses outside the shield wall of the Song people. Even these two people are scared, so definitely don't think that the soldiers below have the courage to launch another attack.The attacking troops watched the waving flags and shouting with great momentum, but every time they couldn't advance much, they were shot back by the Song people's arrows, which could be seen.

General Xie looked at it for a long time and finally lost all confidence. He said to Yan Xiushi: "Otherwise, stop the attack. The Song people have the support of sea ships. Such an attack will cause too many casualties."

Yan Xiushi hurriedly dissuaded him: "You can't do it, general. If you can't wipe out these Song people, the soldiers will lose their courage, and they won't be able to fight below. Besides, the Song people should still have iron armor, and the Song people in other places may not be easy to deal with. Once in other places If they are beaten like this, what should the Song people here take the opportunity to rush out? So we must first take down these Song people before talking about other things."

General Xie struggled for a long time, finally agreed to Yan Xiushi's suggestion and urged his subordinates to step up the attack.But the Koreans were obviously frightened, and even if they were urged by military officers, they were still slow, causing more casualties instead.

When Yan and Xie were anxious, they suddenly saw that the attacking troops began to advance slowly.It's just that the sky has darkened at this time, and the situation on the coast can no longer be seen clearly, so Yan Xiushi quickly asked the messenger to inquire about the situation.

Not long after, Tan Mafei came running back: "Report! The Song people have escaped!"

"What? Escaped?" The two asked in unison, "How did you escape?"

"The Song people got on the boat and fled. They didn't even have time to take the shield away and were captured by our army."

Yan Xiu asked hurriedly, "How many enemies have you killed?"

"I don't know. Song people didn't leave any corpses behind."

"No body left?" The two were shocked again, and hurried to the beach under the protection of their own soldiers.At this time, the Song people's fleet had already left, and only the shadow of sails could be seen in the twilight.

The two walked into the shield wall and saw that the ground was clean except for the arrows, and there was not a single corpse left.

After such a battle, the Song people did not even leave a body, so there is only one possibility, that is, the Song people did not lose much.This made the backs of both of them shiver, and they didn't know how to fight the decisive battle with the Song people.

All of a sudden, both of them lost the courage to continue fighting.General Xie sent an order to set up camp on the spot, and then asked Yan Xiushi, "How do you think we should fight tomorrow?"

Yan Xiushi said with a bitter face: "The general thought that we could only go forward desperately and fulfill our duty as soldiers. It is impossible to drag on any longer. Without food, the soldiers will soon collapse."

No one can do anything about it.Tamna Island has a total of more than 2 aborigines, and a small half are distributed in the central and western parts of the island, which are controlled by the Song people.It is simply impossible for the remaining people to support thousands of troops.

It is also difficult to transport grain from Koryo to the island.There is no decent wharf on the island, and the food is not human. It takes a long time to disembark, transfer from a large ship to a small boat, and then transport it ashore by a small boat, enough for the Song fleet to come and burn the boat.And now it is impossible for a boat to come over in a short while.

So in order not to starve the army to death, we can only gamble.

The two of them planned in the middle of the night, and they felt that they were not sure about each plan. In the end, they had no choice but to try their luck tomorrow.But they couldn't sleep well either. Song people kept beating drums and trumpets around them, and the two of them could only take a nap with their clothes untied.

But just after midnight, there was a sudden chaos in the back camp, and the two ran out of the tent to see that the flames were already raging into the sky.

The Koryo soldiers got up from the ground in panic and looked over there and asked, "What's going on?" But now they were answered by thundering drums and shrill horns outside the camp.

(End of this chapter)