As soon as this statement was made, the generals were in an uproar. The decisive battle that determined the fate only sent 30,000 people, which was quite a bit like the feather fan and Lun Scarf destroying the thief. However, it should be noted that Zhou Gongjin and Liu Bei had 50,000 people in the combined, and this was already all the capital provided by Sun and Liu. Now there are at least 100,000 elite Tatar cavalry in the Mongolian army, and their combat effectiveness is far stronger than Cao Mengde's Qingzhou soldiers. Isn't it really my own way of killing me?

Bai Yijie shouted loudly at the uproaring generals: "After fighting for so many years, don't you know the military strategy? Today, the fog is locked in the river, and you are using a surprise attack. It is a burden to lead more troops. Do you still remember the result of the 400,000 troops in Jingkang's annual sneak attack? The initial surprise attack was enough!"

"I know you must ask, if the attack succeeds, what will happen next? If the attack fails, what should you do?" Zheng Yunming said with a serious expression: "Whether it succeeds or not, I will personally lead the army to advance from behind and fight the Tartars to the death. The rise and fall of the Song Dynasty depends on today! The world belongs, and a long autumn will be settled! I hope you all have twelve points of spirit and courage to win a brighter future for the world!"

The sudden arrival of white fog not only disrupted the deployment of the Song army, but also disrupted the Mongolian army's plan. Mengge, who was originally planning to take over the head of the Ezhou general Wei Sheng today, had to stop the attack fiercely. Fortunately, the gate of the old city of Ezhou was broken in an instant. The Mongolian army had already taken advantage of the thick fog to transport a large amount of gunpowder to accumulate beside the city gate, waiting for the fog to dissipate slightly, and immediately tried to blast the city gate. Because of the fear that the Song army would take the opportunity to attack, Mengge personally ordered the army along the river to enter alert, and all the archers and firearms were on standby. He also led the 50,000 cavalry of the Proton Army Marshal Alihan to lead the elite cavalry of the Proton Army to respond. Once the enemy was found to land, he immediately launched an attack to drive the enemy out of the river.

The wide general came from the west and made a bend in Ezhou, winding to the southeast. There were several places where the river surface was narrow and suitable for crossing the river. Among them, Sanjiangkou, which is most suitable for the army to pass through, was the largest floating bridge built by the Mongols with a large number of ships and countless manpower. Tens of thousands of cavalry could also cross the Yangtze River smoothly and orderly through this bridge. Huhuangzhou downwards was another ferry, and a floating bridge was also built at this time. The heavy troops were stored on both sides of the shore, and the troops from north to south could be crossed by wantonly. Only the Shawo River in the south of Ezhou had no floating bridges and rivers, and Shawo was washed down from the upper reaches.

The soil was piled up on the rocks in the middle of the river. This place was already the lower reaches of the river. The water was smooth and the accumulation of time, forming a sandbank at the center of the river, so it was also very easy to pass here. The Mongolian army did not have plans to build a floating bridge here, but after the Song army attacked Hanyang, Shawo section was directly attacked by the Song army's warships and army. In order to prevent the Shawo River from becoming a pipeline for the Song army's attack, the Mongolian army took the initiative to demolish the newly built floating bridge, and set up a cannon and crossbow on the riverside, and lined up the camp with musket bracelets and bracelets, making preparations for the Song army's attack.

The Song army attacked the Mongolian positions on the west bank of Shawo with fierce and rapid. The fog was blocking the river and there was no time to form a strict formation. The Song army dispersed, first seeking to land, and then seeking to establish a landing position. If you were a member of the Mongolian army who was aimlessly looking at a thick fog and dazed in the river bank, suddenly there was a horn and a war drum sound like rolling thunder. It seemed that the river water was rolling up thousands of waves, and waves came towards you, you would definitely be nervous and at a loss. If the headquarters of the Mongolian army stationed here, maybe they could gather immediately, or retreat on horseback and then fight back, or

They formed a formation on the spot to prepare for close-range battles. But the guards here were just a Tocharian light cavalry in Kharasan, the Western Regions. These Tocharian soldiers were originally part of the Khwarezm local garrison. Now they were sent to the east as subordinates of Chagatai to participate in the war. They were a little unfamiliar and fearful about such a wide river and the wet weather in Jinghu. When they saw the huge ship appearing from the white mist, they were even more shocked. After they hurriedly shot a wave of arrows at the countless sampans that came towards them, they rode on war horses and fled quickly, abandoning the embarrassing Han army crossbow gunners and cannonists on the position alone.

The tall Dongting cannon ship crossed the side and spread it into a line. It was too late to aim accurately under the fog, but it was just pouring the shells into a rough position that could barely be seen. They did not need to shoot very accurately, because the opponent's crossbow could only fire randomly in the fog. Second, the sampan, full of soldiers covered in all over the body, was constantly rushing to the mudflats. The soldiers jumped off the sampan with quick hands and feet, waved their weapons, shouted loudly and knocked on their shields, and rushed forward. The Mongolian archers and musketeers standing behind the fence also shot randomly without distinguishing the target, just trying to block the Song army's offensive. This effort was naturally better than nothing, so don't

It is said that the teams responsible for blocking are mostly Han troops under Shi Tianze's troops. Even if the Mongolian headquarters came in person, they could only barely shoot against the Song army on this narrow beach. This time, the direct firepower of the Song army's meteorites was much more fierce than before. The Song army's meteorites, holding a light and flexible new meteorite gun, not only greatly increased the shooting speed, but also had a much higher accuracy than before. This is mostly due to the use of a new type of drilling method, which makes the barrel quality better than before. With the reform of drilling technology, when the Mongolian army faced the Song army's new smoothbore gun, they felt that the other party's firepower was fierce and accurate, far from being matched by the clumsy meteorite gun they used.

But the Song army was obviously not ready to engage in more entanglement with the Mongolians. Under the cover of musketeers, the spearman waved his spear and rushed forward. The soldiers from Yiwu peasant families were fierce and brave, and they roared with spears and killed them. The spear phalanx tactics learned from the Southern Dynasty were once invincible when they fought against Goryeo and Dali in the south. However, at this time, they looked clumsy and ridiculous in the face of the improved new infantry attack tactics. The continuous fire of the Song army continued to suppress the Mongolian army's spear formation, and its fierce firepower made Mongolian

The ancients suffered consecutive casualties. The Song army used the same tactic used by the Mongolian army to fight against this large phalanx, which was to stick it up, lean over and avoid the bulky spears, and use close combat to break through the enemy's tight spear walls. However, the Song army's large phalanx would fire with superior muskets, which could block them before the enemy approached. There were also many swords and shields in the Song army to cover the spear phalanx of the army. The Mongolian army did not lack skilled melee warriors, but they were obviously at a disadvantage in using firearms.

While charging, the soldiers of the Shenwu New Army threw the lit thunderbolt bombs and fire gourds into the spear formation. The new thunderbolt bombs are still violent and have added many poisonous smoke components. The purpose of this is naturally to create chaos in the opponent's array. Such an attack quickly caused different degrees of chaos in Lin Li's spear formation. The most taboo thing about this large square formation is that chaos suddenly appears in the array. Once chaos occurs, the entire square formation will be affected.

In the past, the Mongolian army once used its courage to chaotic the Song people's phalanx. However, under the double pressure of firearms and heavy armored warriors, the Mongolian army's defeat was even more rapid and fierce. After the enemy escaped all over the mountains, Han Feng immediately began to build temporary fortifications. The Jinghu Navy's flat-bottomed ship immediately entered Huama Lake and transported chariots and construction materials from the water. While building positions, the Song army slowly but firmly began to advance towards Ezhou.

Han Feng's landing in Shawo sent a clear signal to the Mongolian army, who was nervously watching the movements of the Song army. The Shenwu Army advanced less than a mile, and the enemy's large cavalry immediately rushed over under the leadership of Marshal Nurphy.

After the defeat in Hanyang, Nurphy summarized the lesson of fighting against the Song army, which is that you should not play the trick of hunting rangers with bows and arrows as usual, because you will definitely find it difficult to get close to the heavily guarded enemy cavalry and infantry, and you will also be at a disadvantage when facing the enemy's firearms. The best way to deal with these new army is to be small, not afraid of casualties, and rush in bravely and use charges again and again to interrupt the enemy's advancement. The advantage of the Song army's use of short spears is that it is more flexible in action, but the disadvantage is that its ability to fight against cavalry has decreased. For every inch of length of spears, the distance to stop cavalry charges is reduced by one inch, so the square formation of short spears is not as effective as that of spears against cavalry.

More than 10,000 elite Mongolian cavalry rushed over from all directions and launched wave after wave of assaults towards the Song army in the long song of Hu Zai. Following the appearance of the Song army, they also tried their best to tighten their formation and attempt to use dense cavalry breakthroughs to destroy the resistance of the Song army's infantry.
Chapter completed!