There were only 500 civilians and 500 new soldiers in the food supply camp. Although they had not participated in the siege, they had seen the mutilated corpses and horrific wounded soldiers after the bombardment, and they had long been frightened out of their psychological shadow. Seeing the Mongolian cavalry running away, someone shouted "Run away quickly", and these civilians and the newly attached soldiers followed the Mongolian cavalry and fled towards the camp on the mountainside. In fact, the civilian husband and the newly attached troops suffered no casualties. The biggest damage caused to them by the shelling was just mud and water splashing all over them. The warships and artillery shells all came towards the Mongolian cavalry. These Mongolian cavalry were mounted on horses to prevent the water from soaking their boots. It was really easy to identify Liao Nilu, who was directing the artillery bombardment. Ouyang Xuan's task for Liao Nilu was to seize grain. He only wanted to drive away the people carrying the grain, not destroy the grain. Therefore, the artillery bombardment order issued by Liao Nilu required the use of solid bullets with point-line damage, instead of shotgun shells with a large killing area. Otherwise, the casualties of the Mongolian cavalry would not be in single digits. Although there is currently enough food, and the autumn harvest is only about a month away, the top brass of the Perak Army no longer worry about food. But according to Ouyang Xuan's words, "If you have food in your hands, you will not panic in your heart." Of course, the more food you have, the more food you will need. The better.
Following the Mongolian cavalry, they fled to the mountainside to recruit new troops and civilians, but were driven back halfway. The Mongols were also extremely cruel. When they saw that the new vassals and civilians were cowering and refused to go back to carry food, they first shot them with arrows and then trampled them with their horses. After killing more than ten people in a row, these people returned to the food and grass delivery camp in fear. But before they even got close to the granary, the warships in the river opened fire again. Liao Nilu's shot was just a warning shot and did not hurt anyone. In this way, he told the Mongols that the grain and grass supply camp already belonged to the Pili Army and they should not think about taking grain anymore. Not surprisingly, as soon as the warship's cannon opened fire, the newly attached soldiers and civilians dispersed one after another. "The lesser of two evils", the reason why they are willing to be slaves is because they can survive as long as they work under the intimidation of the Mongols' bows, arrows, swords and axes. Now that they will lose their lives if they work, how can they not escape? It's just that this time they no longer fled to the mountainside, but fled to the camp of the newly attached army and civilian husbands in a chaotic manner. After the two shellings, not only the Mongolian generals, but even the ordinary soldiers and civilians of the New Affiliated Army also noticed that the targets of the warship bombardment were all the grain and grass supplies camps, but neither the New Affiliated Army camp nor the civilian husbands camp on the same riverside. Under fire. Obviously, the Perak Army has regarded the food as a treasure in their pocket, and anyone who dares to get close will be bombarded.
However, the soldiers and civilians of the New Affiliated Army who had fled to the camp were still breathing, so Mi Zhehuoli sent another ten-man team to the New Affiliated Army camp. They first killed the New Affiliated Army soldiers and civilian husbands who took the lead in escaping to establish their authority, and then again Intimidating the others to carry food. The new auxiliary generals in the camp had no choice but to send soldiers to the civilian camp to take people to the grain and grass camp. Seeing that the Mongols sent people to carry food again, Liao Nilu was obviously annoyed this time. He ordered the gunner to use shotgun shells instead, aiming directly at the Mongolian team of ten who oversaw the work. These Mongolian soldiers were hiding at the back and were covered by horses, but they were also covered by shotgun fire, beating both men and horses into a sieve. It was just that the newly attached soldiers and civilians who were used as human shields by the Mongols also suffered. They were also knocked down in large areas, and at least dozens of people were killed or injured. When it comes to shotgun blasts against soft targets, the killing effect is truly astonishing. This is just one warship's eight cannons firing at the same time. If the other four warships also fire at the same time, the lethality will be even more terrifying.
The secret agent Huoli knew that the warships would not be able to carry food unless the problem was solved, but there was currently no way to deal with it. The continuous rain made it impossible to use the siege equipment in the camp. Using rockets to deal with warships may be a useful method, but this requires braving artillery fire to get close to the warship. Moreover, enemy warships will obviously move away to avoid fire attacks. After careful consideration, he decided to send archers to attack the warships with rockets, but he sent infantry archers from the newly attached army instead of Mongolian cavalry. "A dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist." In the eyes of the secret observer Huoli, the new auxiliary troops are just low-value consumables, how can they be compared with the noble Mongolian cavalry. After the newly attached troops have exhausted the warship's ammunition, the cavalry archers charge forward to deliver a one-hit kill. But what Mi Zhehuo didn't expect was that when he sent people to the new auxiliary army's camp, the new auxiliary army not only refused the order, but also drove out the person who sent the order. In anger, he ordered Jiagu Longgu to lead 500 Mongolian and Han troops to "persuade" the new auxiliary army to carry out the order. If this kind of disobedience occurred on a normal day, he would definitely have used all his cavalry to defeat the new annexed army camp in one fell swoop. It's just that the situation is stronger than the people, and these new auxiliary troops are still of great use against powerful enemies.
The reason why Mi Zhehuoli forced the new annexed army to transfer food was because the Mongolian army could not need other baggage, or even give up attacking Hengyuan Fort, but it could not do without this food. There were 22,000 people and 5,000 troops here. three months of food. In fact, war horses are the major consumers of food. War horses that only eat grass cannot fight. On average, the food consumption of one war horse is equivalent to that of five soldiers. As long as these grains are kept, the Mongolian army can remain invincible even if the Sandu water and grain road is cut off by the Perak Army. There is also food in the cavalry camp on the mountainside, but the quantity is very small, and it cannot support the food to mature - even though the autumn harvest will be in a month. If all this food is lost, the Mongolian army will be unable to continue attacking the besieged city and will have to retreat to Chengdu, Pengzhou and other places - retreating to Qiongzhou requires crossing two large rivers, and Chongqing Mansion is about to be attacked.
Secret Master Huoli was thinking about the importance of food, and Ouyang Xuan was also thinking about this batch of food. Yang Xiucai estimated the enemy's baggage based on the troops attacking Hengyuan Fort. The food and grass stored in the baggage camp could supply the 50,000 soldiers fighting for three months. If you are a commoner, if you eat sparingly, you can last for half a year. If these grains are captured, it will play a great role in the development of the Perak Army. Not only will the Mongolian army retreat, but it will also prevent the Secret Fire Department from carrying out large-scale military operations for a long time. It will even change the offensive and defensive postures of both sides in western Sichuan.
The 500 Mongolian and Han troops led by Jiagu Longgu were all elite cavalry. In terms of field combat, they were almost as powerful as the remaining 4,000 new auxiliary troops in the camp. He believed that as long as he cut off the heads of a few generals, he would be able to "persuade" the newly attached soldiers to regain their courage to fight. But what he didn't expect was that the new auxiliary army closed the camp door tightly and refused to open the door no matter how they shouted. It can be said that this camp is only surrounded by wooden fences, and the surrounding trench is not wide, but it is impossible to rely on cavalry to attack it in a hurry. Jiagu Longgu was so angry that he cursed and ordered his men to fire arrows. Unexpectedly, the newly attached soldiers dared to fire back. The arrows fired from these newly attached army camps were far less powerful and accurate than the Mongolian and Han troops, but they also caused chaos among them. It is said that in their eyes, the new annexed soldiers are just a group of cowardly cannon fodder. When fighting, they only know how to run away. When they were slaves, they were humble and submissive. Now they actually disobey orders and dare to resist Beidi Ying'er. This is amazing. ? With a whistle, Jiagu Longgu ordered his men to retreat to the camp gate and assemble two hundred meters away. He was determined to teach these southerners who "eat grass seeds" a lesson.
Just as Jiagu Longgu led his five hundred cavalry to assemble, the sound of cannons rang out again.
