In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 457: Take you to see the blood

The city of Xianxian County was scorched black, with smoke everywhere.

Outside the city, some civilians were digging pits to bury corpses. There were mountains of corpses piled up at the site. I don’t know how many.

Later, Gao Zhong inquired and learned that the resistance in this small Xian County was very fierce. After the Song army entered the city, they also engaged in street fighting. After the war, the furious Song generals almost killed all the people in Xian City. I heard that they were even punished. .

The fighting in Xian County was so fierce because the defender was a Mongolian named Kuo Kuo Bu Hua.

When they attacked Cangzhou, the Mongolian army also resisted at first. Later, Kuokuo Buhua felt that he could not withstand it, so he asked Yan Shi to stay as a successor. He led his men to retreat first to Xianxian County and continued to build a defense line in Xianxian County, because Kuokuo Buhua couldn't bear it. Hua planned the Song army to engage in street fighting, but the buildings in Cangzhou City were not dense enough and were not suitable.

Xianxian County is relatively small, the city has a large population, and the buildings are very dense, so Kuokuo doesn't focus on managing the street battles in Xianxian County.

Yan Shi thought Kuo Kuo Bu Hua wanted to escape, so he asked others to stay and guard him while he retreated towards Zhending.

Before this, the Mongols would have had to behead him.

But now Wokuotai is besieged on all sides, and the Mongolian army is having a hard time, and they have not pursued him.

After the two left, Cangzhou surrendered to the Song army.

After Gao Zhong and more than 3,000 people arrived at Gucheng, they saw black smoke rising into the sky, and faint gunfire could be heard. It seemed that the city was not completely cleared.

Although they have been ruled by the Jin Kingdom for hundreds of years, they are still considered Han people.

Their general is Niu Xiaoyong, and their deputy is Tang Bo.

Then the Han people in Hebei became accustomed to it. When the Jin came to recover, they attacked, and when the Mongols came over, they surrendered.

Only to the west is Zhending still undefended, to the south is Luan City, and Zhaozhou has not been conquered.

So after Gao Zhong came to Gucheng, he quickly got an important task.

Of course, some continued to resist. Shenzhou, Shulu County, etc. still continued to resist, but there were no street fighting.

The Song army was also surrounding three buildings and wanted to force Dong Jun to retreat directly to Zhending.

Dong Jun has been stationed in Gaocheng since 1220. It has been in operation for twenty years now. The city defenses are quite complete. Outside the north city is the Hutuo River that passes by and is connected to their moat. The Song army has not attacked Gaocheng for the time being because there is a moat. The city is difficult to conquer, so the river must be filled in first.

When Mongolia and Jin fought for Hebei, as soon as the Mongols came, the locals tried to surrender. If the Jin came back, the Mongols would not surrender and would have to attack by force to defeat them.

Gao Zhong noticed that there were people from the Song Dynasty working outside Xianxian County, but there were no people from the Song Dynasty here. He immediately thought that almost all the people in Xianxian County were killed.

It was also because he had not fought many battles before, so he had been stationed in the place.

But someone in the army quickly raised concerns because most of the people in Hebei are of Han descent.

Gao Zhong later received the news that the fierce local resistance was actually Han Chinese and Han troops.

Yong'an Prefecture was promoted from Gaocheng during the Muhuali era. Dong Jun has been stationed in Gaocheng. Historically, he participated in the Battle of Guide and was killed. However, in the hands of Zhao Yurui, the Mongolian army did not fight against the Jin Kingdom. After the battle, this guy survived again. Logically speaking, he has to thank Zhao Yurui.

But Qiangjinshan's move still worked. Kaiqiang, Jiaohe, Fucheng, Wuyi, Hengshui and other counties around Xianxian County surrendered one after another.

During this period, the Song army continued to move north, clearing various points around Gaocheng, and successively captured Gucheng, Wuji County, Shenze County, etc.

Because there were still many cities occupied by the Mongolian army nearby, the Song army also garrisoned various cities, garrisoning a wave of troops every time they attacked a city. Gradually, the strength of the troops was a bit insufficient, so they recruited troops from Jinan Prefecture to garrison.

Zhending is also a fortified city. The Hutuo River passes directly through the middle of Zhending City. During the Jingnan Campaign in later generations, Zhu Di failed to capture Zhending in a frontal attack on the city.

The Song army captured Gucheng first. Dong Jun is still stationed in Yong'an Prefecture, which is only a few dozen miles away from Gucheng. Arriving at Gucheng is considered the frontline of the Song and Mongolian armies, and sentries from both sides are fighting every day.

In this way, most of the three directions around Gaocheng in the east, south and north have been occupied by the Song army and surrounded.

Suddenly the earth in Hebei shook.

The Song army attacked Xian County again, but Kuokuo Buhua defended the city and refused to surrender. After the city was broken, street fighting took place again. The casualties suffered by the Song army in the attack were not as many as those in the street fighting behind them.

Anyway, even if the Jin people win, they won't do anything to them, but the Mongols will massacre the city.

After the Mongols entered the Hebei and Shanxi areas, those who surrendered to the Mongols were all local landowners and military leaders, and some were granted the title of Ten Thousand Households.

Qiang Jinshan, the chief general who massacred Xianxian County, was punished, demoted, and transferred to other places.

Now after the Song army encountered fierce resistance, they did not hesitate to kill everyone in Xian County.

The commander-in-chief of the Song Army was furious and ordered everyone in Xian County to be killed.

Similarly, children may not have a good attitude towards parents who love them, but they may behave better in front of fierce outsiders.

Somewhere on the bank of the Hutuo River, a large number of prisoners were digging holes. After digging, they would be beheaded by the Song army.

The meeting place was in Niu Xiaoyong's camp. The camp was backed by the city wall, and the sergeants were setting up obstacles outside to prevent the Mongolian army from raiding.

Why are the local Han people resisting fiercely?

Because after Zhao Yurui conquered the Kingdom of Jin, he first killed the landlords in every city he visited, then confiscated the property and divided the fields, and then exempted them from taxes for three to five years depending on the situation. The killing is over.

It is said that these two people were from Prince Duyi's palace and were His Majesty's cronies.

This trick was commonly used by the Mongols in the past, so every time the Mongolian army invaded, everyone in various places tried to surrender for fear of being massacred.

But Dong Jun worked hard to manage Gaocheng for twenty years and refused to retreat at all, so he stayed in the city.

Dong Jun, the former general of Longhu Guard and deputy marshal of the left, was stationed in Yong'an Prefecture (Gaocheng).

These landlords and military leaders knew that the Song army would raid their homes after coming in, so they resisted fiercely.

"Gao Zhong and Ma Jian came over for a meeting." Gao Zhong and the others were camping under the north city wall when someone outside called him to a meeting.

Gucheng was originally called Jinzhou, but Wokuotai spread Jinzhou two years ago and changed its name to Gucheng Wanhufu.

This is the weakness of human nature. Usually people are more submissive to those who are cruel to them, and more picky to those who are kind to them.

To the north of Gucheng is the Hutuo River.

Gaocheng is dozens of miles away from here, and the Mongolian army has sentries coming to watch every day.

When Gao Zhong and Ma Jian passed by, they could still see the Mongolian military sentries passing by a few hundred steps away.

The Mongolian army sentry cavalry did not dare to approach. There were more Song army sentries and cavalry around, and they were also stuck. They would take a quick look every day, mainly to see how many people and horses the Song army had come, and what movements and changes there were.

The Mongolian army sentry cavalry could not come over, and the Song army did not care about them.

When Gao Zhong arrived at the main camp, it was overcrowded, including the deputy commander and above.

There was a simple map hanging on the tent behind Niu Xiaoyong. Gao Zhong could tell at a glance that it was the map of the inside of Gucheng newly drawn by Song Jun, as well as the map of the situation outside the city.

Although it is simpler than the diagram, many important places are marked.

Zhao Yurui still has relatively high requirements for the literacy rate of officers. On-site commanders and above are basically literate, and the only difference is that they know more and less.

"Our army was ordered to garrison Gucheng. Look, this is Gucheng. The closest to us is Gaocheng in the west, which is less than twenty miles away. There is a Mongolian general Dong Jun stationed inside. The city defense is complete. This guy is a Mongolian millionaire. He has tens of thousands of troops under his command. In addition, some of the defeated Mongolian troops fled to Gaocheng some time ago. It is estimated that this man has nearly 20,000 troops."

"So we will stay outside the city for the next two days. After the city is cleared, we will immediately enter the city." The Mongolian army is too close. Seventy or eighty miles to the west is Zhending, which is a large town of the Mongolian army in Hebei. It has heavy troops. Gather.

When everyone looked at the situation map, they knew that the pressure on them to garrison in Gucheng was quite high, as it happened to be on the front line of Mongolia and Song Dynasty.

Niu Xiaoyong added that Zhending and Gaocheng were difficult to fight because they both had very wide moats. Zhending's moat had become wider in recent years to seven or eight meters wide, mainly to prevent the Song army from attacking.

So what I said above is to clear out the surrounding areas that are easy to fight first, and ignore Zhending and Gaocheng. After all the surrounding counties and cities have been attacked, these two places will have to be surrendered sooner or later.

In order to prevent soldiers and horses from these two places from coming out to look for supplies, the Song army defended every city they occupied.

They will now be the main defenders of Drum City, facing the front line of the Mongolian army.

The main tasks are, first, to defend the city, and second, to ensure their own supplies.

The Song army had already captured Qing County for supplies.

Then depart from Cangzhou by boat, first go north to Qingxian, and then transport it along the Hutuo River to the counties along the coast.

After occupying Qing County, the Song army's ships could sail directly to Zhending.

Of course, Niu Xiaoyong said that the Mongolian army now also has artillery. Although it is far inferior to the Song army, it is still lethal, so the Song army's current ships will not pass Gucheng.

Niu Xiaoyong then slowly assigned tasks. They would have six battalions at a time. One battalion would set up obstacles, including blocking horses and ditch walls, between the wharf outside Beicheng and the Hutuo River, and gather all the fusiliers there. Here, protect the transportation line of Hutuo River.

More than 2,000 people from the remaining five battalions entered the city and arranged garrison positions respectively.

"Gao Zhong."

Gao Chong was looking at the map when suddenly Niu Xiaoyong called his name loudly.

"Arrived." Gao Zhong responded subconsciously.

"Do you have the confidence to guard Beicheng Pier?"

Niu Xiaoyong actually asked Gao Zhong to guard the dock.

Suddenly there were many envious looks from all around.

If the Mongolian army wanted to attack the Song army, they would definitely attack the docks first.

"Yes, of course." Gao Chong was extremely excited.

Niu Xiaoyong said, there are three battalions of fusiliers in their general, and each battalion has a capital. One of them is Gao Zhongyong, and now the capital of the other battalion is also transferred to Gao Zhongyong.

In this way, the high-level battalion changed from five capitals to six capitals, with more than 600 people, including two fusiliers, two divine arm archers, and two spear and shield soldiers (because they were on the garrison side, these two spear and shield soldiers Soldiers all carry foot bows or divine arm bows)

The North Gate Pier was originally relatively small, because the utilization rate of the Mongolian army was not high, and the Mongolian army did not have large naval warships.

But now that the large transport ships of the Song Army can come in, the North Gate Pier is a bit insufficient.

Ma Jianfuer and Niu Xiaoyong said a few more words. Niu Xiaoyong nodded and said to Gao Zhong again: "I'll give you two more people."

Gao Zhong was also given one fusilier and one crossbowman.

In this way, Gao Chong was the commander of a battalion of more than 500 people, and his subordinates changed from five to eight.

He had more people under his command, but the task was also heavy. He wanted to expand the defense line of the North Gate Pier so that the ships transported by the Song Army could dock safely.

More than 800 people formed a long and deep defense line, but it was actually a bit inadequate.

But fortunately, they had their backs against the northern city wall, and there were other Song troops supporting them on the wall. In addition, ten artillery pieces from the Song army's siege were left here, all placed on the north side. If the Mongolian army really attacked the dock from the north, the artillery could Support them.

After assigning the tasks, Niu Xiaoyong called Gao Zhong over alone to talk for a while, and then Gao Zhong left happily and returned to his camp.

According to Niu Xiaoyong, they only have to work hard for the first one or two months, and the Song Army's base camp will continue to transport men, horses, weapons and equipment later.

Artillery and flintlock guns will also be transported along the waterway. By then, the number of men, horses and equipment guarding the dock will increase.

Of course, Niu Xiaoyong estimated that it would be a month or two, but he couldn't say how long it would actually take.

After Niu Xiaoyong's general Song Jun came over, he left more than 800 people outside the city, and the rest all entered the city.

The Song army inside was in the final stages of clearing out the resistance. After Niu Xiaoyong's Song army went in, they had to do a big thing, which was to seize all the fields, properties and property of the big landlords in the city, especially those who had previously contacted the Mongolian army. There were many ministers and many productions and transactions. As for the original officials and military generals, they would not leave any one alive and kill them all.

Using the experience of the Song Army in destroying the Jin Kingdom, they tried to kill most of the wealthy landlords and leave only ordinary people, which would facilitate subsequent management.

After that, the Song army only needed to divide the fields and tax exemptions, and the hearts of the local people would soon stand with the Song people.

Of course, some scholars, doctors, craftsmen and other Song soldiers would not suppress them too harshly. Among the scholars, those whose families had more than 200 acres of land were recognized as landlords, and 100 acres were directly confiscated, leaving them with less than 100 acres.

In short, after the inspection by the Song Army, there will no longer be any large families with more than 100 acres in Gucheng.

Niu Xiaoyong and his men were preparing to go into the city to check, but Gao Zhong had already returned to his camp.

He first waited for the other two men and horses to arrive, and then called the eight heads of the capital to his tent.

"You go back and gather all the new recruits who have never been on the battlefield and those who have never killed anyone."

Gao Zhong had been in the army for more than fifteen years and had moved to many places. The soldiers and horses under his command also changed one after another. Every year, new people came in and old people were transferred away.

Therefore, among the more than 800 people among them, more than half are new soldiers and those who have never been on the battlefield.

In less than half an hour, a dense crowd of people gathered in the middle of their camp.

No one was wearing armor or carrying weapons. Gao Zhong stood in front and looked around, then turned and asked Ma Jian: "How many people are there?"

Ma Jian smiled and said: "There are five hundred and sixty-eight of them. There are so many special ones."

They didn't expect that there were so many new recruits and people who had never killed anyone in their camp.

There was no other way, they were city defenders, and they were in the middle and rear of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, many of them cannot be considered new recruits. They have served in the military for four or five years, but there are also many who have never been on the battlefield.

Because the Mongolian army has not attacked Jinan City in the past ten years, it is normal.

"Let's go." Gao Zhong waved his hand: "I'll show you the blood."

Everyone went to the northwest of Gucheng in a mighty manner.

Soon I saw more and denser crowds ahead.

On the north side of the city, there are countless flat areas surrounded by horses and wooden fences, which are full of Mongolian prisoners.

(End of this chapter)