Vol 6 Chapter 51: Kaohsiung

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The naval ships of the Yuan Army lined up an imposing array of long snakes, firing in turns, bombarding the port of Kaohsiung. The smoke from thousands of artillery pieces filled the sea, but the results were not ideal because they did not dare to shoot close. Several warships in front of them tried to break into the harbor, but they were sunk by coastal defense artillery.
The Song Army built nine gun turrets along the coast of Kaohsiung, covering the sea with no dead ends. The turrets are located on a high ground. The bronze artillery has rifling in the barrel, and the ballistic trajectory is straight. The initial velocity and accuracy are much higher than that of smoothbore guns. The cost is complicated manufacturing process. , The wear rate is fast, and the construction cost of the fort itself is also extremely high. The base is made of rocks and reinforced with cement made from shells. The gun position is also reinforced with iron plates. The artillery shells of the Yuan army can only be hit on it. A pit was made.
The fort exploded and knocked down the arrogance of the Yuan army. Wen Tianxiang, who came to the front line to command the battle, was very pleased. He thought he had a dispute with the Patriotic Party when the fort was built. It is an offensive navy. The limited financial and material resources should be used for the construction of warships, not for the fort on the land. However, the party patriot is very stubborn and insists that the port must be protected by the fort. In the end, the court compromised. The plan to reduce the number of turrets to three, and the number of cannons from eighteen to twelve, I really regret now that I think of it. If the construction is planned as planned, then Kaohsiung will be as good as gold.
The naval battle lasted for three full days. The Yuan Army navy didn’t get any money at all. They tried to land from other places several times, but they were all blocked by the Song Army navy. Several transport ships full of soldiers slipped to the shore in the dark, but ran into it. After the reef, three thousand people made fish food.
On the fourth day, Fan Wenhu became anxious. After all, the Navy was no better than Master Lu. He consumed a lot of drinking water, dry food, gunpowder, and ammunition every day. One day, if he was unsustainable, he would have to go home.
So Fan Wenhu, the southern province, called the generals to discuss matters related to the retreat. Fan sat on a big tiger-skin chair, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor. This is not a real metal armor, but a common use in the Song Dynasty. The paper armor is made of silk cloth and paper. It is sturdy and lightweight. The surface is coated with gold paint. It shines brightly under the sun, and the tiger is awe-inspiring, but in Ji Yuqian's eyes, Fan Wenhu is an out-and-out paper tiger.
"If you can't attack for a long time, let's go back to Penghu to replenish food and then come to attack them." Fan Wenhu said.
All the generals nodded and said yes, most of them were descended generals from the Southern Song Dynasty, they were not scumbags, but there were always psychological barriers in attacking the old team. The boss said to retreat, then retreat.
Ji Yugan went out and said: "My lord, it is absolutely necessary. The Song army is already exhausted and rushes into the harbor. The battle will be won. If we retreat halfway, our morale will be vented. This battle is not easy to fight."
Fan Wenhu squinted his eyes to look at Ji Yugan, and said with a smile: "This commander didn't see that Song Jun is exhausted." To be honest, he looked down on this deputy who was born in commoner clothes very much, but Ji Yugan was deeply favored by Emperor Kublai. The northerners were slightly higher than his own southerners in terms of status. The emperor decreed that the two of them should work together and be of one mind. It was possible that they had not checked their thoughts, so they were treated with courtesy.
The generals also spoke in succession to support Fan Wenhu's decision. Their reasons were very good. There was not enough fresh water and not much ammunition. The Song Army’s artillery had a long range and great power. Our warships couldn’t do them. They just didn’t want to fight hard anyway.
Ji Yuqian’s anger accumulates little by little. He knows Fan Wenhu’s routines, his professional teammates for decades, and hundreds of thousands of expeditions to Japan, he can pit him in and he is unharmed. The 100,000 navy soldiers are considered to be unharmed by him. I am blind, and I can lose any battle I can win. I have spent 11 years, not playing with people like Fan Wenhu!
He patiently explained that we are difficult, and the Song Army is even more difficult. Although their artillery is sharp, continuous firing will cause the chamber to explode. If we disregard the casualties and the onslaught, as long as we rush into the port and fight the Song Army in close combat, the fort will be useless. As long as a thousand elite soldiers landed, the odds of winning would be 80%.
Fan Wenhu didn't like to listen to this at all. He pretended to think for a while, and decided to withdraw.
Ji Yu kept it silently.
The Yuanjun navy returned without success and retreated overnight to Penghu.
After nightfall, a dark figure climbed into Fan Wenhu's cockpit from the side of the ship, and spilled some colorless and odorless powder on the teapot of Lord You Cheng...
Fan Wenhu was thirsty when he woke up at night, grabbed the teapot and poured two sips, and fell asleep. He did not wake up until noon the next day. Master Ji Yugan and the generals came to ask for an order. The soldiers kept getting in the way, but finally stopped. Unable to stop, Ji Yugan and others rushed in anxiously, only to find that Fan Wenhu was in a deep coma.
The commander lost his commanding ability, Ji Yuqian took over the navy as a matter of course. The Yuan army turned around before reaching Penghu and rushed towards Kaohsiung again.
Wen Tianxiang and others never expected that the Yuan army would kill a carbine so quickly, and it was aggressive, changed conservative tactics, and stormed into the port regardless of the cost. The three gun turrets and twelve artillery guns were all red and still blocked. Unable to stop the Yuan army's offensive.
As soon as Ji Yu had the power in his hand, he would execute the order. Fan Wenhu's generals did not fear him, but they were deeply afraid of Kublai and the Yuan Dynasty behind Ji Yuqian. He was cutting his head and sacrificing the lives of soldiers. Next, they resolutely chose the former and forced the ship to charge to the death, for which they killed no less than a dozen rebellious mid-level officers.
After paying the price of fifty warships and thousands of lives, the Yuan army finally rushed into Kaohsiung Port. Soldiers in paper armor landed in small boats. The Song army fired them with bows and crossbows. Not only did the strength of the paper armor not decrease, on the contrary, it was more tenacious, and the arrows could not be worn. They swung a scimitar and killed the Song army. The naval battle finally turned into land battle.
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Looking at the corpses floating in the harbor, Ji Yuqian deeply realized what it means to be successful, but he did not have any compassion. These people should have died. Even if they did not die in Kaohsiung, they would die during the expedition to Japan in 1281 AD. In a battle, when there are more people dead, the lives become numbers and become NPCs in the game. He doesn't care.
The Yuan Army successfully landed in Kaohsiung. They have a large number of troops. The entire fleet has 100,000. Excluding sailors and artillery, half of the infantry can land. The population of the Southern Song Dynasty is only 300,000, and there are less than 50,000 soldiers to fight. Evenly matched, each occupying half of the city, engaged in desperate street fighting, fighting from street to house, and suffered heavy casualties every day.
However, with the steady arrival of reinforcements and supplies across the strait, the scale of victory was tilting toward the Yuan army. The scorched courtyard in the east of Kaohsiung city was the forward command post of the Song army. Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie commanded the battle here, and Lu Hideo protected the emperor and escaped into the mountains. As for Chen Yizhong, he had slipped a long time ago, but was sunk by a warship blocked by the Yuan army on the way to Champa. The whole family was lost.
The two loyal ministers looked at each other for a long time, and their eyes were full of loneliness and sadness. They thought that God blessed him and Song was able to survive overseas, but he did not expect that God was actually joking with them.
"Perhaps it is God's will and shouldn't drive them away." 　Wen Tianxiang suddenly realized, "We are offended by God, so we should have this disaster."
"Why not send a boat to Mayi for help." Zhang Shijie said.
Wen Tianxiang smiled sadly: "Even if they are willing to send troops to help each other, the Zhao family is finally over, you and I have been favored by the emperor for many years, how can you hand over the orphans and widows to a group of chaotic officials and thieves? It's descending, and it's more decent than a messy palace."
Zhang Shijie is also a face-saving person, not to mention that the current situation is not as desperate as it was at Yashan. He gritted his teeth and said: "The prime minister said it is extremely true, we don't ask for any one of us, the big deal is to take the emperor to go overseas and go to Korea. Go to Japan or Champa."
The battle continued. On the tenth day of street fighting, the Southern Song Dynasty was exhausted and the gunpowder was exhausted. In a fierce battle, Zhang Shijie took the lead and died in a battle with arrows. The Yuan army used artillery to launch tens of thousands of persuasion letters. The letter of persuasion to surrender fell on the Song army's position like snowflakes. Many people surrendered. Wen Tianxiang was defeated and captured.
Seeing that the general situation was gone, Lu Xiufu took the advantage of the night to take Zhao Bing and Shi Yu to escape by boat, and a small boat headed south towards Mayi.
At dawn, Lu Xiufu inadvertently looked back and asked for directions~EbookFREE.me~ He was shocked to find that the Yuan army's warship was chasing, and hurriedly ordered the sailors to sail, but their small sails were weak and the speed was far less than the Yuan army's. The three-masted ship was about to catch up with his eyes, and Lu Xiufu sighed, "Heaven is dead, Song Dynasty." Zhao Bing was about to throw himself into the sea.
A shadow of a sail appeared in front of him, Lu Xiufu rubbed his eyes, and vaguely saw the banner of Song, Ma Yi’s reinforcements had arrived! He had mixed feelings and tears filled his eyes.
It was indeed the reinforcements led by Liu Yanzhi himself. Their entire army dispatched only fifty warships. They fought fierce naval battles with the Yuan army’s pursuers. The hot artillery shells flew by and after firing hundreds of artillery each other, the Yuan army The navy was defeated, and Lu Xiufu climbed onto Liu Yanzhi's warship with Zhao Bing on his back.
Lu Xiufu put down the emperor and hid his face with his sleeves: "I am ashamed to not meet the Taishi."
Liu Yanzhi ignored him and helped Zhao Bing up: "No, the emperor was shot!"
Zhao Bing was blushing on his back, and he was killed by a shot in his heart.
"Master, save the official's house!" Lu Xiufu was shocked and fell to his knees.
Liu Yan shook his head straight: "The gods can't save the officials either."