Southern Song Dynasty military god

Chapter 244
The blue-tiled roof quietly climbed the thatch, and the corners of the red brick walls began to spread green moss.

It was the end of another year, this year, Liu Wei did not leave Bashu, and even stayed in Gaojiazhuang most of the time.

For Gaojiazhuang, this is an extremely important year.

At the beginning of the year, the Ping family and the government office were swept away, bringing the prestige of Gaojiazhuang to the whole of Yizhou, let alone Chengdu County. With the logical acceptance of the Shi Family Courtyard, the territory of Gaojiazhuang has expanded to Chengdu County The entire southwest direction of the city did not infiltrate Chengdu County, not because Gaojiazhuang did not have the ability, but because Liu Wei didn't want to.

It is better to develop behind closed doors outside the city than to be glamorous in the city on the surface, at least Liu Wei thinks so.

For Gaojiazhuang this year, there are still a few very important things happening. For example, Gao Jin has his own son, and Anna's belly is getting bigger. Anna performed a simple ceremony, considered concubinage.

Anna didn't care too much about formal things, but Gao Yuniang, a kind-hearted and simple woman, was busy all day because Anna was pregnant, saying that she must ensure that Liu Wei's first child was a boy.

In fact, in Liu Wei's view, boys and girls are not important, as long as they are healthy babies.

The second is Gao Chong's letter, saying that he has successfully joined Yue Fei's army and is highly valued. Because of Niutoushan's "heroic deeds", he became a general as soon as he left, and now his rank is no lower than that of Liu Wei.Even in the letter, Liu Wei can still feel a kind of pride from Gao Chong's words.

This pride is not derogatory, but actually a sense of satisfaction when one's ambitions are fulfilled.

With a large amount of wealth plundered from the Shi family and the magistrate's family, Gaojiazhuang has embarked on a road of rapid development, and the scale of Gaojiazhuang's children under Liu Wei's personal supervision has also increased by leaps and bounds this year, with a total number of more than a thousand people.

Thanks to the expansion of the territory, Liu Wei included all the hills outside the city into the inner courtyard of Zhuangzi, so that he could hide such a "huge" army without the outside world knowing it.For Liu Wei, this year he was like a hermit, living in seclusion in Gaojiazhuang next to Chengdu County, accumulating his own strength little by little.

And the changes in the outside world have also been not small in this year.

Just at the beginning of this year, when Liu Wei took care of the Dingjia and Zhifu Yamen, the team led by Han Shizhong also began to attack Jianzhou City. Although this battle could not be regarded as a big battle, it had an important historical position.

Because this battle that actually involved artillery is also the earliest record of the official use of artillery on the battlefield in the world.It is said that the reason why artillery was able to be made was actually because Chen Gui began to study firearms and artillery after being inspired by Liu Wei's battle in Gaojiazhuang.

Compared with muskets used by individual soldiers, cannons are easier to cast in bronze. Even though the early cannons are still cumbersome, for the party being attacked by the cannons, it is only the sound comparable to thunder and the ultra-long-range attack. distance, enough to make it crash
While researching artillery, Chen Gui also developed more than 20 long bamboo pole muskets. This newly developed firearm soon played a role in the battle to defend De'an City.This is also the earliest tube-shaped firearm in the world, which has a very important historical significance.

Liu Wei didn't know about this at first, but it was explained in Gao Chong's letter.

In Han Shizhong's battle, at first he could not hold on, and later, after Han Shizhong got the newly developed artillery, he used flyovers, opposite buildings, ladders and artillery to launch a fierce attack on the bandits defending the city.

However, Han Shizhong can be regarded as a general who cherishes his subordinates. Most of the time, he still bombs with artillery, and rarely sends troops to attack the city. After five or six days like this, the bandit soldiers at the top of the city will slack off.

After noticing the change of the bandits, Han Shizhong immediately ordered a night attack on the top of the city. The soldiers went up the ladder, hacking and killing all the way. After taking the top of the city, the city was broken.

That night, blood flowed like rivers of blood. According to statistics after the battle, tens of thousands of bandits guarding the city died, and more than [-] people including the leader Zhang Xiong were captured alive. The leader Fan Ruwei fled back to the source cave and burned himself to death. , his general Ye Liang led the deployment to attack Shao Wu's army, and was beheaded by Shizhong himself.

After entering the city, Han Shizhong worried that the people in the city were the eyes and ears of thieves, and he was afraid that if he led his troops away, there would be rebellion here, so he discussed with his subordinates, if he couldn't make a choice, he would push everyone in the city to the ground While beheading, then report to the imperial court and attract people from other places to come and live.

Fortunately, Li Gang, a scholar of Zizhengdian, was in Fuzhou at this time. After hearing the news, he hurried to see Han Shizhong and said, "The people in Jianzhou are so innocent."

It was because of Li Gang's persuasion that Han Shizhong treated the people in the city differently. Farmers distributed cattle and seeds; merchants released them after interrogation.For those suspected of being thieves, strict interrogation and interrogation were carried out. Those who were threatened were let go of the past and were simply expelled, while those who actively attached themselves to the culprit were beheaded.

Relatively speaking, Han Shizhong is tantamount to implementing "benevolent government". The common people are grateful and want to set up a longevity tablet for Han Shizhong. Willing to fight for this credit.

It was equivalent to Han Shizhong's battle in Fuzhou, but Yue Fei fought a heavyweight opponent.

This opponent is not a golden man, but the bandit Cao Cheng.

Regarding Cao Cheng's records, Liu Wei had also read a lot from novels and local chronicles, but none of them were as true as what he learned from Gao Chongxin.

Not long after Gao Chong left Gaojiazhuang, he found Yue Fei and successfully became a general in the Yue family army.

At that time, when the imperial court learned that Cao Cheng had invaded Dao and He Erzhou, it was quite nervous. Just as Lu Yihao and Qin Yu said, "This world's great plan should use the financial resources of Erguang to repair the two roads of Jinghu. This world The right arm. Just like the eastern states of Beijing are occupied by traitors, just like the east of the country at the beginning of the country, they were left to hide the enemy. All roads are determined first, and it is time to try to make it, it seems that it is not too late."

At that time, Qin Xie asked himself to go to suppress the bandits, but the emperor refused, saying: "Qing and others should be in the middle of the execution, and you should not give others a handle." In the end, he ordered Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, who was then the pacifier of Hudong, to lead Hudong. Deputy Chief Ma You and generals Li Hong, Han Jing, Wu Xi and others jointly attacked Cao Cheng.

On the surface, this is a simple battle to suppress bandits, but in fact the inside story is not so simple.

You must know that raising thieves to be self-respecting is something that ancient Chinese border guards often did. If you don’t raise thieves, you won’t be able to reflect the importance of the army. Half of the world has been taken by Jin people, and there are still generals who cannot get rid of this bad habit.

When Yue Fei received the order, Cao Cheng was in Daozhou, Ma Youtanzhou, Li Hongyuezhou, and Liu Zhong was between Tan and Bing.Don't look at the fact that officers, soldiers and thieves sometimes attack each other, but they actually collude secretly, each occupying his own territory and making his own fortune.

Now, Cao Cheng has attracted the attention of the imperial court, and sent Xuanfu envoys to exterminate them. What are the thoughts of those officers, soldiers and generals who were equivalent to the Emperor Tu?Would they be worried that the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court, in the name of suppressing bandits, were actually going to wipe them out?
Yue Fei was also worried that those generals would turn their backs on the frontlines, or make trouble secretly, so he tried not to mention Cao Cheng first, and led his troops to Yuanzhou to invite Ma You, Liu Hong and others to attack Liu Zhong together.

Before leaving, Yue Fei reported his opinion to the imperial court. After research by Prime Minister Lu Yihao and Qin Yihao, the emperor finally issued an order, basically agreeing with Yue Fei's intention, and issued an edict to tell Yue Fei to let him measure the situation of the thief himself. If it really doesn't work, just wait for Han Shizhong in Yuanzhou.

It's a pity that when the imperial edict was issued, Cao Cheng had already begun to invade Lingnan, and Yue Fei had also moved his troops to Chaling.

Cao Cheng had just won Hezhou, when he heard that Yue Fei had led troops, fearing Yue Fei's reputation, Cao Cheng sent troops to guard Moxie Pass.

Yue Fei sent Zhang Xian, the former commander of the army, to attack the key point, and Gao Chong, who had just joined the Yue Family Army, volunteered to go to the level with Zhang Xian, and took the lead in taking the lead.

Gao Chong who climbed to the top of the city, although he was not on the horse, the power of the tiger-head chiseled golden gun in his hand was not weak at all. Cao Cheng's garrison saw Gao Chong's mighty power, and his men were invincible. He faced the battle, but Gao Chong shot a transparent hole and killed him.

Once the flag head dies, the bandit soldiers will be in chaos.Zhang Xian, who was commanding from behind, hurriedly beat the drums and the whole army charged, and soon captured Mo Xieguan.

After the officers and soldiers entered the customs, Cao Cheng's soldiers and horses were scattered immediately, but at this time there was a small episode, Han Shun, the fifth general of Yue Fei's wine cup, captured his wife and served wine.Inadvertently, a man named Yang Zaixing led a crowd to attack the camp. Because of the sudden incident, the officers and soldiers were repelled, but Han Shunfu was killed by Yang Zaixing!
When the news reached Gao Chong's ears, he was really shocked!There really are people with the same name and surname in this world!

Yue Fei was very angry when he received the news, not only angry about Han Shunfu's death, but also angry about Han Shunfu's disrespect of orders and rebellion in the army. In order to enforce the law of the army, Yue Fei ordered Han Shunfu's personal soldiers to be beheaded in front of the formation!

Originally, Yue Fei wanted to order Han Shunfu's deputy general to capture Yang Zaixing to make amends, but Gao Chong stood up and said that because the thief had the same name and surname as his apprentice, his hands were itchy and he wanted to go with him.

At this time, the whole Yue family army had a new understanding of Gao Chong's strength, and when no one objected, Yue Fei nodded in agreement, but asked him to go with Zhang Xian.

Yang Zaixing's martial arts skills are also amazing. When Zhang Xian led the army to fight with him, Han Shunfu's lieutenant first stepped forward to fight Yang Zaixing, but after three or two rounds, he was picked off by Yang Zaixing and died unexpectedly!
Seeing this scene, Yue Fei's younger brother Yue Fan asked Zhang Xian to join the battle, and was going to challenge Yang Zaixing one-on-one.

Gao Chong was also standing beside Zhang Xian at this time, but he was a step slower when he spoke!Watching Yue Fan beat Yang Zaixing against Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong broke into a cold sweat for Yue Fan.

With Gao Chong's insightful vision, it is natural to see that Yue Fan's combat effectiveness is still a level behind Yang Zaixing's!
(End of this chapter)