The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 641 Bombing Huining Mansion

"Zhongjing has fallen?"

Wanyan Cheng was stunned, dumbfounded, hearing the news was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, the 30 army was defeated by more than 30 Song army, Wanyan Zongwang and other generals were all killed in battle, no one was spared.As for the 20 army, [-] were lost, and [-] fled everywhere, which made Wanyan Sheng dumbfounded.

I used to think that the Song Army was vulnerable, but it turned out to be the result.If it hadn't been for taking the initiative to tear up the covenant and invade the Song Dynasty in a large scale, it would not have ended like this, and it would be difficult to end.

"Brother, am I wrong?"

"Oh, you are so wrong!" Wanyan Aguda's voice sounded suddenly, and then his figure appeared in front of Wanyan Sheng, his appearance was still so familiar, "Fourth brother, you don't know how powerful Song Jun is, especially Zhao Gou. This person. Not only is he versatile in both civil and military affairs, but he is also the Generalissimo of the Song Army. He dared to negotiate with me alone, which shows that he has extraordinary courage."

"As far as his talent is concerned, the Song Dynasty is top-notch, let alone find someone who can match him in my dynasty. If he does not die, the Song Dynasty will definitely rise. It's a pity that you are staring at the Song Dynasty, and I have no choice. Remove all your powers, you are my fourth brother, how could you really have the intention of murdering you!"

"I just don't want to see you inherit the throne and use troops against the Song Dynasty. That's a bitter fruit for yourself. I'm afraid it's too late to regret it at that time. If you can give up the idea of ​​​​being an enemy of the Song Dynasty, then I'm really happy. It’s just wishful thinking.”

"Fourth brother, after you inherit the throne, you must remember what I said today. You must not underestimate the combat power of the Song army, let alone provoke a war between the Jin and Song Dynasties, and you must not ignore Zhao Gou. Insufficient premise to launch a war, especially the Song Dynasty, the day of the Song Dynasty's rise is not far away, if you are not willing to listen to me, I am afraid that the future of the Jin Dynasty is in danger, you must remember it!"

"Brother, I just want my people to have a stable life and no longer live a life of wandering and helpless, and I don't want them to starve to death or freeze to death in the cold winter!" Wan Yancheng said what was in his heart , but found that Wanyan Aguda's figure gradually disappeared, and hurriedly shouted: "Big Brother! Big Brother!..."

"emperor!"

Hearing Wanyan Sheng's screams, the guards rushed in quickly, wanting to protect him, but the moment they pulled out their swords, a cold light shone on the pale Wanyan Cheng's face, which made him wake up suddenly, recalling the memory of killing him with his own hands. After defeating Wanyan Aguda, he won the throne of the Jin Dynasty and became Emperor Taizong.

Back then, when he led the guards into the palace, Wanyan Aguda didn't have any fear, as if he had been mentally prepared, he gave Wanyan Sheng a few words of earnest advice, and then he killed him.At this moment, Wanyan Sheng's heart was full of helplessness, unwillingness, and regret, if he had obeyed his elder brother, it would not have caused such a situation.Not to mention the successive defeats and retreats of the army of the Jin Dynasty, even the city of the Liao Dynasty that was finally captured was lost within a year. Instead, he abandoned the city and fled, returning to the original place, Huining Mansion.

The Jin Dynasty fought against the Song Dynasty year after year, consuming a lot of supplies, and suffered heavy losses in this battle, with corpses strewn across the fields, this made Wan Yancheng bear too much pressure in his heart, but he had nothing to say.That's it for being alone.Wanyan Sheng was physically and mentally exhausted, so he asked the prime minister, generals and others to come and discuss what to do.

"Your Majesty, to this day, we can only seek peace!"

"Seeking peace? It's not easy!" Wan Yancheng said bitterly, "If I could ask for peace, I would have already done it. Since the last time I sent out envoys with decapitated bodies, no one dared to go to Song Dynasty. Even if we took the initiative Asking for peace, he may not agree."

"No matter what the result is, at least we have to try. With our supplies, we may not be able to survive this winter, I'm afraid it will be too late by then."

Wanyan Sheng replied helplessly: "Then do as you wish!"

With Wan Yansheng's approval, the ministers immediately started to prepare for the peace.Now that winter is coming, they have to do all the preparations before.

When everything is ready, immediately set off for Bianjing City to meet the Emperor of Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Jin Dynasty ask to see you!"

"Biography!" Zhao Gou expected that the Jin Dynasty would send envoys, and he didn't want to come so soon.

"The envoys of the Jin Dynasty are meeting His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!" The envoys of the Jin Dynasty came to the court hall under the leadership of the eunuchs. He did not have the previous high-spirited expression, and he was completely a courtier.

If it wasn't for the army of the Song Dynasty forcing them to nowhere, and the army retreated repeatedly, how could they be so humble with their temperament.

"My lord messenger, what's the matter with me?"

"Reporting to the emperor, we came here today based on the suggestion of our emperor, and we came to ask for peace, and decided to sign an alliance with the Song Dynasty, and the two countries stopped fighting. In addition, our dynasty is willing to compensate for the losses of the Song Dynasty. Those cities are also divided into the territory of the Song Dynasty, I wonder if the emperor agrees?"

"Negotiate peace?" Zhao Gou smiled meaningfully, and snorted coldly: "When I was the King of Yan, I never planned to go to war with the Jin Dynasty, and even went to Liaoyang Mansion to negotiate an alliance in person when I was the Generalissimo matter."

"Emperor Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda kept his promise, and he never coveted the Song Dynasty in his lifetime, and the two countries lived in peace. But later, after Wanyan Cheng ascended the throne, how did he treat my Song Dynasty?"

"Actively provoked the flames of war, sent people to capture the second emperor of Huiqin, and now his life and death are unknown, and sent troops to attack the land of Yanyun again and again, and how many people in the Song Dynasty suffered from the disaster of war. All of this is not my Zhao. You took the initiative, but were forced to fight. Now that our army occupies most of the territory, and victory is in sight, you actually think that negotiating a peace at this time can erase everything, then you are too underestimating me, Zhao Gou, and even more Look high on yourselves."

"During the development of the past few years, the Song Dynasty has been completely restored, and the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful. If you hadn't made progress, how could there be wars again? All of this was done by a good emperor of yours, and you ministers never discouraged it. Helping the evildoers, do you really think that my Great Song is easy to bully? You retreated steadily, thinking of negotiating peace and compensation to resolve the immediate crisis, and then turned around and tore up the covenant again. Do you really think that my Great Song has no one to use, or is it meat on the chopping board? , let you take it at will?"

"The two countries are at war without killing you. I won't kill you today. You tell Wan Yan Sheng for me. I knew why I had to be responsible for what I did today. Don't think that peace can solve the problem. It's a shame at that time. I, Zhao Gou, will take it back myself."

Under Zhao Gou's momentum, the envoys of the Jin Dynasty could no longer ask for peace, so they could only leave in despair.This time, they didn't complete the task, and everyone was frowning until they returned to Huining Mansion and reported the truth to Wanyan Cheng. Wanyan Cheng heard about it and didn't say anything to blame. He had already calculated this matter and was mentally prepared.

When they went back, Wanyan Sheng could only order the entire Wanyan tribe to prepare for the winter, to be vigilant at all times, and to guard against the invasion of the Song army.

This year's winter came a little early, and the temperature dropped suddenly.No matter whether it is the soldiers of the Song Dynasty or the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty, they dare not go out casually in this season. You must know that the heavy snow is flying and it is easy to lose your way.

The Song army had already prepared, and all the warm clothes had been delivered, but the Jin Dynasty lived an unimaginably cold winter, starving to death, freezing to death everywhere, and continuous wars made their follow-up supplies unable to keep up. The army occupied the granary, and in the end they could only live the nomadic life before, and began to hunt for a living, barely getting by.

Six months later, the severe cold has passed, and a new round of spring is ushering in.The cold in the Central Plains has passed, and the people have already sown the seeds and waited for several months for the harvest.While Zhao Gou was stationed in the same place as the army, in order to wait for the next year's war, he once again mobilized food and grass and other materials to send to the front line.

Zhao Gou once again decreed to attack Huining Mansion in an all-round way!

After Zhao Gou returned to Beijing, Zhao Yougong once again became the commander-in-chief of the army. After receiving the imperial edict, he immediately issued a commander-in-chief ordering the army to continue moving eastward.After some rest, the Song Army has adapted to the cold winter, and the court has fully assisted them, so that they have no worries.

The Song army crossed the Songhua River safely and went straight to Taizhou, but they did not encounter any obstacles. They took Taizhou unimpeded, and then continued to march eastward, approaching Zhaozhou.The cold winter made the guards in Taizhou and Zhaozhou unbearable. They had given up resistance, and they were powerless to resist.

Originally there were tens of thousands of defenders in the two places, but 1 died because of the cold winter, and [-] could not bear it and became deserters, took off their military uniforms, and passed the life of herding.Wu Lin and Wu Jie led more than [-] soldiers and horses to attack Jeju, but they encountered strong resistance.

Wu Lin and Wu Jie were not in a hurry to attack. They just besieged and did not attack. They waited quietly for Marshal Zhao Yougong to lead the army to join them, concentrate their forces completely, and then break through Jeju.Wu Lin and Wu Jie ordered to encircle but not to attack, and Jeju defender Wanyan Loushi was a resourceful general.

It's a pity that the sky failed. Even though Wanyan Loushi was brave and resourceful, he couldn't stop the Song Dynasty army. Wanyan Loushi ran out of food and ammunition after guarding Jeju for a month. In the end, he had to fight the Song army and died. In the hands of Wu Lin and Wu Jie.

Zhaozhou was captured by the Song Army, and Zhao Yougong also led an army. The Song Army's [-] troops were stationed in Zhaozhou, just across the river from Huining Mansion.Now people don't know the enemy's situation, and they sent spies to inquire about the news, but they found nothing.

"Now there is only a river between Huining Mansion and our army. If you want to break Huining Mansion, you have to cross the river. There are very few generals who are familiar with water warfare. This burden will be entrusted to you two generals. Based on the current situation Said that the Jin Dynasty will never allow us to cross the river, and will definitely take precautions."

After several months of recuperation, Zhang Jun was safe and sound, and went into battle again. He said in a deep voice: "At present, our army has wiped out about [-] Jinbing soldiers, and those scattered soldiers are nothing to worry about. The real worry is that Huining With Wanyan Sheng in charge of the government, there must be a follow-up army to support, and I don't know how many troops there are. If only two generals Wu Lin and Wu Jie go in our army, I'm afraid we won't get any benefits, and maybe there will be a crisis."

"Looking at the current situation, if we want to attack by land, we will not only have to twist and turn, but also delay time. The most important thing is that we are not familiar with those places, and there are rivers around Huining Mansion, so water battles are inevitable. Therefore, the general suggested that detours are not advisable, and the only way is to cross the river and fight with them directly to reduce casualties."

Zhao Yougong asked everyone what they meant, and everyone agreed to cross the river directly. Finally, Zhao Yougong decided to order the army to build ships by themselves, and only sent spies to inquire about the news. The others stood by and waited for the ships to be built before attacking.

Zhao Gou immediately ordered officials from the Ministry of Industry to go to support and use local materials to build large ships.In addition, Zhao Gou selected smart and capable craftsmen from the Song Dynasty to go there. There were a total of 5000 people. This team was escorted to Zhaozhou by [-] elite soldiers led by Gao Chong.

Zhao Yougong ordered the army to transport timber from the Daxinganling area, and Changbai Mountain was not far away. When the craftsmen arrived in Zhaozhou, the army had already prepared all the materials and was waiting for them to build.With 1 craftsmen and [-] elite soldiers, there are a total of [-] people. With the participation of military personnel who know some skills, there are more than [-] people.

Originally, shipbuilding was difficult to complete within a few months. Under the supervision of Zhao Yougong, the craftsmen also went all out, day and night, and carried out the construction with a clear division of labor. It took only three months to build [-] large ships. Each ship can take There are more than [-] people, and some large ships can even carry [-] soldiers.

After the ship was built, Zhao Yougong ordered Zhaozhou to leave [-] troops, and the rest of the troops were all on board. Wu Lin and Wu Jie commanded more than [-] troops as the vanguard, and they were familiar with water warfare.In addition, after the ship was built, Zhao Gou sent someone to send cannonballs. This was Zhao Gou's use of the experience of later generations, researched together with the Ministry of Industry and the Arsenal, and added it to the ship.

Moreover, Wu Lin and Wu Jie also ordered the soldiers to experiment and get familiar with it, and finally mastered how to use it.Wu Lin and Wu Jie took the cannonballs, set sail and walked in the front.Sure enough, the Jin soldiers had already set up defenses in Yan'an, Wu Lin and Wu Jie immediately ordered to fire, and saw the continuous bombardment of artillery fire, completely destroying the enemy's defense line.

When the shells bombarded the enemy's line of defense, everyone was stunned. Everyone was dumbfounded. They had thought about the power of the shells, but they had never thought about the power of the shells. This made everyone amazed. With this fetish, how could the Jin soldiers resist , and soon broke through the line of defense.

Originally, the Jin soldiers thought they could resist for a while, but they suffered heavy losses after just a short effort. The battle on the river didn't last long, and the Jin soldiers were defeated as if they were crushed, but the soldiers of the Song army were not injured at all. Bring the shells.

"The emperor has this fetish, why didn't he take it out sooner!" Zhao Yougong saw that the shells were so powerful that he didn't need a large army to fight them. Any formation was not a problem in front of this fetish. How can I resist it.

Gao Chong marveled at the power of the shells. He also knew that Zhao Gou had been researching this object in secret all this time. He had also witnessed that this fetish had the power to open mountains and crush rocks, but he only used it this time. After seeing the bombing, the enemy soldiers Only surrender, there is no way to stop it, even a strong shield is blown into beams by the power of the shells.

"The emperor secretly researched this thing, and I have also seen it, but it has been unstable. At that time, the emperor sent people to experiment, and it failed many times. It was not fully completed until the emperor returned to Beijing last time. If it succeeds, the emperor's It is impossible not to use your temper."

Gao Chong explained on his behalf that this thing has been under research for a long time, but it is powerful and can cause great damage. If it is not handled carefully, it will cause casualties to one's own side, which is why Zhao Gou has been reluctant to take it out.If it was brought out earlier, let alone a million-strong army of golden soldiers, no matter how many people there were, they would not be able to withstand such a bombardment.

(End of this chapter)