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    Naturally, the Mongols' march would not be smooth sailing. There were as many as seven battles on the Yangtze River and Han River. The scale of the battles ranged from a hundred to a thousand ships. In total, the Song army won two and lost five.  After losing control of the river, the Mongols' tactics were exactly the same every time. They first used land artillery and crossbows to attack the Song army's warship vanguard, and then the tortoise-shell ships broke into the Song army's fleet. Taking advantage of the narrow river channel, the Song army fought  The ship was unable to evade, and the turtle-shell ship smashed through the side of the ship, breaking countless oars. The famous Dongting gunboats and Guazhou flying swans were powerless against such a simple and effective tactic.  The Mongolian army then took control of the water surface for hundreds of miles upstream and downstream of Sanjiangkou, so more than 10,000 people from the gunners and navy craftsmen Wanhu Yang Fu served as laborers and began to build pontoon bridges on the Yangtze River and Han River.  One of Meng Ge¡¯s core plans for this southern expedition is to build a super pontoon bridge large enough to cross the river.  As we all know, the river near Ezhou is wide and not suitable for building floating bridges.  However, no difficulty could stop the Mongol Khan's determination to conquer the south of the Yangtze River. Meng Ge summoned shipbuilding craftsmen and specially built a large plank ship used as a pontoon base. It was more than 20 feet long and six feet wide, using iron oxen as ingots.  Once the four iron oxen on the front, back, left, and right enter the water, the plank boats seem to be nailed to the water, as stable and solid as walking on flat ground. They connect the plank boats one after another with huge iron locks as thick as human arms.  Planks were laid on it and railings were built to build a gorgeous and magnificent pontoon bridge. At the bridgeheads on both sides of the Yangtze River, wrought iron wolf statues and white deer statues were set up, each weighing tens of thousands of kilograms. The pontoon bridge was tied with iron locks.  Fixed bridge.  There are three such bridges in total. One crosses the Yangtze River and connects the Ezhou besieging army and the large supply camp in the north of the Yangtze River. One crosses the Han River to integrate the New Phosphorus Army on the east bank of the Han River and the Ezhou besieging army on the east bank.  It was built upstream of Zhuankou, with numerous ballistas and firearms set up on the bridge. Three thousand shooting troops were deployed for defense, and dense fortifications and barriers were set up on both sides of the bridge.  This is a Great Wall on the water that rises out of thin air. Even if Zheng Yunming's navy can defeat the turtle ship, it will not be able to break through this solid defense line and rescue Ezhou from the waterway.  Perhaps the Mongolian Khan did not need to be so careful to guard against Zheng Yunming's troops coming all the way from the lower reaches, because in the initial vanguard operation, the Mongolian army found out the true strength of Zheng Yunming's new troops. Perhaps they were not as exaggerated as they had been.  As described, they collapsed at the first touch, but in essence, they were still delicate and extravagant carmelites, no match for the tough and brave Mongolian warriors.  The 11,000-strong horse infantry led by Zhang Shijie went west along the Yangtze River. They came into contact with the Mongolian army's rangers a hundred miles east of Hanyang City. Zhang Shijie led the troops to pursue the rangers, and soon caught up to Chenjiayu.  Chenjiayu is just a small village with only a few dozen households. It is located in a shallow valley. A small river runs through the village along the valley. There are low trees on both sides of the hillside. Although they are quite lush, they are all high.  It was very low, making it easier for cavalry to pass.  Zhang Shijie's vanguard cavalry saw vague signs of enemy activity in the village, so they rushed into the Chenjiayu valley without reporting back to the general.  The musketeers and sword and shield soldiers who followed behind didn't know what was going on, so they also rushed forward.  The battle started smoothly. What was in Chenjiayu was just a new shogunate army under Shi Tianze. After a day and night of march, they were stationed in Chenjiayu, where all the residents had fled, burying pots and making rice. When the Mongolian rangers passed through the village, they  It's not clear what happened ahead.  So when the Song Army's cavalry broke into the village, most people had not had time to pick up weapons.  It took the forward army a short time to capture three to four hundred Mongolian troops, and then continued to pursue them down the road.  This could have been a good start for the Shenwu New Army, but unfortunately that day Niphos was personally patrolling the front line.  Marshal Niu Phosphorus is a well-known general in the Mongolian army. He does not like to stay in the camp like other generals. Instead, he likes to lead dozens of followers to patrol the front lines. When encountering a war, he personally goes into battle to kill generals.  Banner, this is the most courageous talent among the later generation of Mongolian generals.  After receiving the news of the Tanma Red Army, they quickly dispatched 500 cavalry as the vanguard to curb the Song Army's offensive.  The cavalry of the Shenwu Front Army encountered Niulin's cavalry on the narrow road on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Since both parties were elites used by Song and Mongolia for vanguard operations, their equipment and training were roughly the same, and the Mongolian army was unable to exert the sprinting capabilities of the big food horses.  , the Song army was also unable to find a suitable position to place their unique cavalry artillery.  As a result, the two armies were entangled in a narrow road with no outcome, until Niu Phosphorus personally led thousands of elite cavalry to reinforce them.  The Mongolian army had a numerical advantage and forced the Song army's cavalry back into the valley of Chenjiayu.  At this time, the Song Army's cavalry made the second mistake. They did not occupy the hillside on both sides in time, which was not actually steep, and cover the retreat of the infantry comrades in the village. Instead, they retreated into the valley in a panic, andThe infantrymen who were passing through Chenjiayu were bumped into each other. The cavalry infantrymen in front and behind were mixed together. They could neither advance nor retreat.  At this time, Niu Phosphorus led his army to charge forward.  He commanded the cavalry archers and the mounted infantrymen carrying muskets to rush up the hillside and shoot from a high place. He also ordered the forward troops to use muskets to fire at the village.  Under attack from three sides, the Song army in the valley was in chaos, and Zhang Shijie in the rear completely lost control of the situation. For this young general, it was still a bit immature to deal with such an unfavorable situation.  He could only send out messengers again and again to let the troops in front get rid of the unfavorable terrain as soon as possible and retreat under the cover of his own army.  The chaotic battle finally came to an end when Wang Jian led his troops to rush forward for reinforcements.  In the intensive exchange of fire between the two sides and the trampling of each other by the Song army, more than 1,500 soldiers of the Shenwu Front Army were killed, missing or injured, and 327 were captured by the Mongolian army.  According to the description of New Phosphorus' report to Meng Ge after the war: "Although the combat effectiveness is stronger than expected, it is still a piece of cake. Our army's southern expedition will definitely go smoothly and go straight to the south of the Yangtze River." On the other hand, Zheng Yunming but  He did not give an extremely severe reprimand to the defeated officers and soldiers. After ceremoniously burying the officers and soldiers who died in the battle, he only summoned one person.  "Tomorrow you take the Shenwu Central Army, and don't come back to see me until you win the battle!" He said to Han Feng, the governor of Jinghu and Jinghu who had just resumed his duties as the commander of Shenwu Road.  The next day, at Bailing Village to the west of Chenjiayu, the defending Mongolian army was surprised to find that countless Song Dynasty horse infantry were advancing here. The defenders of Bailing Village were not some miscellaneous troops. They sent forward to harass the scattered cavalry.  , while organizing a small group of troops to break out of the formation, in order to harass the Song Army's array, prevent the Song Army's attack from going smoothly, and buy time for the arrival of the main army.  However, the Song army did not seem to be prepared to let their delaying plan succeed. When the enemy's cavalry team rushed into close range, the soldiers holding new matchlock guns formed three rows and launched a shocking volley at the enemy.  The advancing small artillery also opened fire, using shotgun shells to knock off the enemy cavalry who were trying to charge into the formation.  The Mongolian cavalry had never encountered such a large number of muskets and light artillery fire interception. All cavalry assaults failed without exception, and even the harassing archer cavalry had to retreat under intensive firepower.  The Song army did not wait for the arrival of the mortars before attacking the enemy's stockade as usual. After hearing an order from the front army, the musketeers rushed forward and fired a round of volley at a very close distance.  Reloading, the front army shouted, and the spearman rushed forward with a spear. Although this Song army's spear was much shorter than the mainstream spears used by the Song and Mongolian armies, it was wrapped with a spear behind the spear head.  Wrought iron, this made it difficult for the Mongols to use sharp swords to cut off the spear shafts to defeat the Song Army's spear array.  The most important thing is that these spearmen do not seem to lack courage as Marshal Niu Phosphorus concluded. They shouted loudly in Jiangnan dialect that the Mongols could not understand, and charged forward in a coordinated manner, each trying to charge with a sword.  The Mongolian soldiers who entered the spear formation had to stop and retreat in front of the iron spears.  As early as when Zheng Yunming was preparing to form a new army composed mainly of Jiangnan children, he had talked to Han Feng about the so-called selection issue.  "There is a common saying in the market: the same rice feeds hundreds of people. The area south of the Yangtze River is so vast and the population is so prosperous. How can it be possible that there are always timid people everywhere?" Zheng Yunming pointed out a few places on the map and said: "Taizhou folk customs  Brave, trafficking in private salt is prevalent. Recently, the government-run salt fields have been liberalized. The official salt is fine and cheap. Most of the private salt dealers are unprofitable and unemployed. They are very likely to become bandits. Yiwu County in eastern Zhejiang has many miners.  Why can't we recruit and recruit the local residents as soldiers when we fight with them on a large scale? As for the men in Hangzhou, Changzhou, and Mingzhou, although they are weak, if they are carefully selected, there will be only one or two strong ones in ten. The population of these places is often in the millions. Why?  Will we not be able to recruit good soldiers? " "The concern is that in the prosperous area south of the Yangtze River, the conditions for the soldiers are too good, they are exposed to too many temptations, and the supervision given by the generals is too weak, so that they cannot understand the military.  It's just strict discipline." Zheng Yunming slapped the table and yelled at Han Feng and Gongdu: "Use the skills you learned on the battlefield of life and death to the greatest extent, and train these farmers who were ridiculed for being cowardly and timid.  Top-notch warriors! " In this battle at Bailing Village, the spearmen recruited in large numbers from Dongyang County finally lived up to the reputation of Zheng Yunming and the invincible Han Dutong. Their spears were filled with the tragic results of the Mongols.  Yelling, when he stepped over the corpses of the enemy that were pierced by spears one after another, it proved that as long as they undergo absolutely rigorous training and have a brave and strategic commander, there will never be a natural coward.
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