Qiming 1158

Chapter 1091 Our Responsibilities

Wen Anzhi choked, while the surrounding officers and instructors were silent, looking at each other without saying a word.

Zhang Yuejing stood there for a while with a black face.

Then he raised his head and looked at the place where Xiangyang City was located in the south.

"There are still many people caught in Xiangyang City, right?"

Wen Anzhi nodded.

"Yes, more than half of the captured strong men and strong women are in Xiangyang City, and there are only a few in Fancheng."

Zhang Yuejing laughed miserably.

"We are all sinners. For the sake of the so-called strategic overall situation, we have ignored this kind of thing. If you think about it with your toes, you should understand, how can Song Jun love the people?
They only treat the people as consumables, and while forcibly driving them to work, they abuse them and kill them. The stronger our attack, the more cruel the people will be treated by the Song army..."

Wen Anzhi heard the words, sighed and closed his eyes.

"I also had such worries before, but I never thought that they would be so cruel. In just over two months, they tortured 1 people to death, 6000 people a month, and 200 people were tortured to death in one day... I am the clerk. ,It is my responsibility."

"It's not you alone, but we all have responsibilities. We just want to surround ourselves with help, think about annihilating them all, and think about leaving a name in the history..."

Zhang Yuejing clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"But the purpose of our expedition is not these, we are fighting all the way, in order to liberate everyone, to smash the chains on their bodies, to let them live a good life, eat well, and wear warm clothes.

This is our responsibility, we should have thought of it long ago, they are alive, all we do is meaningful, if they die, what will we smash?Everyone is dead, where did the chains come from for us to smash? "

Everyone's hearts were sour and tormented, and some of the sense of accomplishment that had just broken through Fancheng disappeared, only a deep sense of remorse remained.

At this moment, they suddenly remembered that the goal of their battle along the way was not to build a career, not to make a name for themselves in the history, but to make the people at the bottom fed and warm.

This is the most important thing. Everything else is based on this foundation. If this foundation is lost, what is the difference between the Ming army and the Song army?

Zhang Yuejing's words were like a whip, slapping the hearts of every officer and instructor who heard him speak.

There was a scar on everyone's heart.

No matter when it heals, there is always an indelible scar left there.

From this, a nameless fire rose in everyone's heart, and this flame burned more and more vigorously.

Zhang Yuejing has been the commander of the army for some years. This position requires him to cultivate his self-cultivation, be calm, read more and practice calligraphy, and cultivate his own self-restraint and calmness.

He is the commander of the army, and he must be calm, so that the army can follow him calmly.

So he has been developing in this direction over the years.

But this incident did destroy all the achievements of his self-cultivation for so many years.

He couldn't control the anger in his heart.

There is no need for him to continue to control the anger in his heart.

In the current situation, it is no longer a necessary option to continue to surround and fight for assistance, or in other words, from the beginning, it is not a necessary option to surround and fight for assistance, it is only the best choice for military affairs.

The Ming army already has the ability to defeat any army of the Song army head-on. The strategy and tactics are used to reduce its own casualties, reduce losses, and reduce war losses.

Not that you can't win without doing it.

"The whole army is ordered to eat, rest, and immediately attack Xiangyang City at dawn tomorrow."

Zhang Yuejing looked at the generals and instructors beside him, and said, "All the officers go back to prepare for tactics. I won't talk about tonight, but before the war starts tomorrow morning, all the secretaries and instructors will go to the grassroots and tell them the tragedy in Fancheng. , there must be no concealment.

From tomorrow onwards, I will attack Xiangyang City day and night, no matter what the cost. All the troops will take turns to attack the city, and there will be no rest. We cannot break the city of Xiangyang within ten days. All of us are sinners, which is equivalent to fail!
After the capture of Xiangyang City, give me an order, don't let Wang Yan go, and don't let him commit suicide, I want to put him on trial, chop off his head in front of everyone, chop him into mashed meat, Bone to ashes! "

Zhang Yuejing looked at Xiangyang City, his eyes burning with anger, and the anger was enough to destroy the entire Xiangyang City defense.

The dinner that night was very hearty. All the soldiers of the Ming Army had a very hearty dinner. Chicken, duck, fish and meat were readily available.

All the soldiers had a good meal and replenished enough energy.

However, because of the deliberate blockade, the news inside Fancheng has not been disseminated within the entire army for the time being.

Not to mention, it is to let the soldiers sleep well and keep their spirits up.

The next day was just dawn, and all the soldiers of the Ming army got up on time, had breakfast, and prepared for battle.

Before the battle began, all the secretaries and instructors were dispatched to tell all the soldiers of the Ming army exactly what happened in Fancheng.

Then, at four quarters of the hour on May 36th of the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhang Yuejing gave an order that the [-] artillery groups of the generals currently capable of fighting launched bombardments on Xiangyang City from three directions: the south, the east, and the west of the city.

The Ming army navy entered the Hanshui waters by boat, and set up chariot and cavalry generals on the boat to launch artillery fire on the north wall of Xiangyang City.

Besieged from all sides, leaving no room, and annihilating all the Song army in the city, we will not give up.

Zhang Yuejing has already ordered that this time, except for Wang Yan, the other prisoners are [unnecessary], not to say [no], but [unnecessary].

Zhang Yuejing did not say anything, but as long as it is in war, as long as the war does not stop for a moment, it is not a sin to kill the enemy soldiers.

The Ming army shelled the city wall on all sides, and the Xiangyang city wall was hit hard. The brick-clad and repairable parts were again devastated. The internal rammed earth was exposed and became the target of direct shelling.

This unprecedented ferocious firepower made the Song army in the city unable to raise their heads to fight back during the shelling. Only during the intermittent period of artillery fire could they quickly go to the city to check the degree of damage to the city wall, and then report to the general for repairs.

However, this time, the artillery of the Ming army was not only more ferocious, but even the attack of the Ming army began to become sharp.

The Ming army did not continue to shell and the infantry did not move.

Infantry was out.

Because the passage to the city was occupied, and a large number of ships were arranged in the moat to bombard the tower with chariot generals to cover the infantry, a large number of Ming infantry successfully passed the passage with the support of artillery fire.

During this period, the Song army in the city also tried to use catapults to attack Ming army ships and infantry to hinder it, but the effect was very poor, and it was basically impossible for the Song army to successfully counterattack on the city head.

It was not until the Ming army was ready to attack the city that the artillery fire stopped. The Song army in the city quickly climbed the tower and began to prepare to attack, but they were greeted by the firing of the Ming army musketeers.

White smoke billowed up, bursts of explosions exploded, and lead bullets flew around the city. From time to time, soldiers of the Song army were hit, killed and injured by lead bullets, and the ground was bleeding.

Song soldiers had to hide behind the city wall and dare not show their faces to avoid being hit by Ming army muskets.

The Ming army's Jinglan, Linchong chariots and other large-scale siege equipment also entered a state of war, posing a huge threat to the Xiangyang city wall.

The Song army on the top of the city was very difficult to resist under the sharp suppression of the Ming army's powerful firepower. It was only by the large amount of money promised by Wang Yan in the city or the stimulation of the beauties that he could arouse the courage to go to the city and cast defense weapons.

Such as stones, such as wood, such as thunder and fireballs such as firearms.

The Song army also stockpiled a large number of firearms, but the effect was not very good, and it was more troublesome to launch, which could not bring much damage to the Ming army, but it was not bad to hear the sound.

When a firearm such as Zhentianlei is thrown from the tower, it is a loud noise, which is a big threat to the Ming army under the city, but this does not stop the Ming army soldiers from advancing.

With the flames of anger in their hearts, they have a strong subjective initiative. With the arrows, stones, and thunderbolts of the Song army, they march forward bravely and attack the city at all costs.

The rushing vehicles moved forward one after another, arrived near the city wall, and set up a cloud ladder to allow the soldiers to pass and rush to the city wall.

The Song army tried to burn the Linchong vehicle with firearms and flames, but the Ming soldiers in the Linchong vehicle threw the lit Thor cannon towards the city wall.

After the violent explosion, the soldiers of the Song army could no longer be seen standing on the city wall for a while, so the soldiers of the Ming army rushed to the city wall through the ladder and seized the city wall.

When he learned that the Ming army rushed to the city wall, Wang Yan was shocked, and immediately increased the number of elite troops to fight the Ming army in the city.

The number of Ming troops on the city was limited, so Zhang Yuejing also arranged for musketeers on the lower level of the Linchong car to assist in the battle. They hid in the Linchong car and shot at the Song army on the city wall. The distance was only five or six meters, and the accuracy of the launch was quite high. .

With their assistance, the Ming army's hand-to-hand combat progressed relatively smoothly, continuously beheading the Song army.

Some Ming soldiers couldn't take care of their backs when fighting, while musketeers in the rushing cars shot at those Song soldiers, covering the Ming army's melee troops to continue to seize the advantage on the city wall.

The battle continued until the sun went down, and it lasted all day.

The Ming army fought bravely, but after all, there were few people and could not resist the desperate resistance of the Song army, so Xiangyang City was still kept by the Song army.

After the Ming army retreated, Zhang Yuejing did not make the Song army feel better. He ordered the artillery group outside the city to take turns to rest, and then began to implement the night bombardment strategy from now on.

Now adjust the launch direction, and fire a cannon into the city every half an hour at night, making the Song army in the city panic all day long and dare not fall asleep.

consume them.

This strategy was quite successful. When the Ming army attacked the city the next day, the Song army was in a trance and lacked energy due to the continuous artillery bombardment last night. The elite pushed back and barely kept the city wall.

The Ming army continued to shell at night, and the Song army was not allowed to rest for the whole night, and Wang Yan was unable to rest. .

Zhang Yuejing then increased the number of troops and horses, and dispatched the elite of the elite to join the battle in the city, killing a large number of Song soldiers at the top of the city and giving them a severe blow.

At the same time, the Ming army itself suffered heavy casualties.

The casualties of the past two months combined are not as many as those of the past three days.

But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to break through Xiangyang City, break through this city, and save the hard-working people inside.

Maybe they are dying now, but the sooner the city is broken, the more people will survive, and their pain will be less.

This is the top priority now.

For this mission, the Ming soldiers attacked the city like crazy, almost forgot their own lives, desperately trying to kill more Song soldiers, and even a Ming soldier fell with three Song soldiers. The battle of the city wall.

The fierce siege momentum of the Ming army greatly shocked Wang Yan. He never thought that the real full-strength siege of the Ming army would be in such a state.

Not to mention the usual shelling and harassing shelling at night, the combat effectiveness and combat quality of the Ming soldiers in the hand-to-hand combat on the city head also greatly shocked him.

Even if there are only two or three people left, Ming soldiers will form small-scale army formations and fight with each other.

Their tactics are very skilled, and everyone can complete their tasks well, and it has the effect that one plus one is greater than two, which can often bring great damage to the soldiers of the Song army.

The Song army could hardly encounter the Ming army soldiers fighting alone, and once the Ming army soldiers formed a street fighting group, the Song army would have to pay huge casualties to eliminate them.

His most elite direct line troops are all powerful and powerful. They are powerful elites that he specially selected and used in the final decisive victory, but they lost more than half of the three-day battle.

Even if there is only the last person left, the soldiers of the Ming army will fight to the death, never surrender, never lay down their weapons, and even if they fall down the city wall with the enemy, they will not give up the fight.

Why are they attacking the city so fiercely?

Why is there only one person left who can continue to charge and fight instead of collapsing and retreating?
What kind of people are the Ming army?

What kind of group of people is he fighting?

Wang Yan couldn't figure it out.

And what he is more worried about is that his elite soldiers and horses will be wiped out in the end, how can this day go on?
But he won't have to worry about it any time soon.

Because the city is broken.

(End of this chapter)