Qian Song

Chapter 256 Taiyuan City Breakdown (Ask for a monthly ticket!)
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"Taiyuan was besieged, and it has been more than eight months now. There was no food in the city, and the armor was used to fill food for more than [-] days. Later, the Emperor Daqian gave food, and the whole city survived. Today, many soldiers have died because of the kindness of the Emperor Qian. I have the intention of committing myself. I feel deeply that the responsibility is heavy, and I feel uneasy. Although I can barely support it for the time being, if the reinforcements do not arrive within a few days, I will make a mistake. I will do my best to die, and I have already prepared for self-destruction. However, today Your majesty is not the master of the world, and the ministers are not allowed to join the ranks of the ministers, and you can't wait to die, and you can't die in peace! It is very fortunate for the imperial court to make extensive visits, think long and hard, and make a plan for the society!"

"I have heard that the envoys of the Xuanfu system and other Taoists gathered together. I am afraid that they will not only rescue Taiyuan, but also regain the lost land. However, because the situation of the government is in danger, it is impossible to wait. The minister has already sent the Xuanfu system to set up troops. Wait for the report. If the king and the teacher advance together, if you have won, please command the generals not to worry about the survival of Taiyuan, and come to take advantage of the victory. The ministers are still defending, and they still covet the king and the teacher to come."

After reading the two appeal letters written by Zhang Xiaochun to Zhao Huan, Li Cun sighed leisurely!
Historically, when the cities of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were vulnerable to the attacks of the Jin soldiers, Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Tian led the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City to hold on for more than eight months.

Wanyan Zonghan, who is good at fighting, tried all kinds of siege methods, but he had no way to take Taiyuan City, which was united as a city.

It was not until Taiyuan City was shot and food was exhausted that Wanyan Zonghan was able to attack Taiyuan City.

Historical records: "However, the people were short of food. The three armies ate cattle, horses and mules first, and then cooked bows and crossbows and leather armor. The common people cooked pingshi, chaff, and bamboo shoots to fill their stomachs, and then people ate each other. The city was broken..."

Although the defense of Taiyuan failed in the end, the soldiers and civilians who defended the city of Taiyuan, as well as the two generals Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Tian, ​​were enough to be called anti-gold heroes.

After the city was broken, Wang Teng led the hungry soldiers of the Song Army to fight the Jin Army in a street fight, and they were shot dozens of times.

Left and right advised Wang to surrender.

Wang Jin sighed and said: "The city has fallen, the soldiers have no will to fight, and the city gate is blocked. It is the death of heaven. How can you regret death, and violate the destiny and lose the court!"

In the end, Wang Bao threw the portrait of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi enshrined in the Taiyuan Temple and his son Wang Xun into the Fen River to die.

There is no doubt that Wang Ting is an anti-golden hero, just like his hymn: correcting the tiger and defending the city.Exhausting his intelligence, he rushed to the whale.If the attack exceeds nine months, the thieves cannot take advantage of it.With no food and no aid, a hundred pheasants will fall.The negative image goes to the water, and the righteousness is unyielding.Great festival Zhuowei, a thousand years of light.

After the fall of Taiyuan City, Wan Yan Zonghan sent his troops into the city, killing anyone he saw, regardless of age, almost massacring the city.

Zhang Xiaochun originally wanted to commit suicide with a knife, but his knife was snatched by the guards on the left and right, and he eventually became a prisoner of the Jin army together with other government officials.

Later, Zhang Xiaochun was escorted before Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zonghan said to Zhang Xiaochun: "How dare you refuse to defend because of a city? Daliao will be destroyed by me. I have already won this city, what can you do?"

Zhang Xiaochun said neither humble nor overbearing: "If I have food in my hand, how can you fulfill my ambition? I heard that since ancient times, those who have ruled the world will strive to expand their virtues and not expand their land. You will destroy the Daliao, not to make successors, and destroy people's ancestral temples. If virtue is not applied, even though the land is vast, it will decline when it is extremely prosperous. Soldiers should not be aggressive, and those who are warlike will surely perish!"

Wanyan Zonghan debated with Zhang Xiaochun, Wanyan Zonghan was overwhelmed by Zhang Xiaochun's integrity, and then persuaded him to surrender.

But Zhang Xiaochun said: "I am only ordered to command this side. The world has received the favor of the country, how dare you betray it? I heard that the soldiers who do not fight and subjugate the enemy are the best. I have attacked the city several times, but I have not succeeded. Now because our soldiers are hungry, the old city is for nothing. What you have gained, let alone attacking the city is the worst strategy, what a shame! Xiaochun can only die to repay the imperial court, so don't say too much."

After speaking, Zhang Xiaochun closed his eyes and waited for death.

Seeing this, Wanyan Zonghan was very angry.

Seeing that Yan Zonghan was angry, the Jin men rushed forward and kicked Zhang Xiaochun and his son Zhang Jia to the ground.

Wanyan Zonghan said condescendingly: "If you obey me, you can live. Otherwise, I will tell you, father and son, that if you want to survive, you must not seek death."

Zhang Jia said loudly: "My father and son are worthy of the court, and would rather die!"

Zhang Jia resisted with all his strength and refused to give in.

At that time, Zhang Xiaochun, Zhang Jia and his son must have been determined to die.

If Zhang Xiaochun and his son were really dead at that time, Zhang Xiaochun must be an anti-gold hero just like Wang Tian.

But after Zhang Xiaochun was captured, Wan Yan Zonghan did not kill him, but persuaded him to surrender wholeheartedly, hoping that Zhang Xiaochun could serve the Kingdom of Jin.

Zhang Xiaochun refused to surrender at first, so Wanyan Zonghan kept Zhang Xiaochun imprisoned in Yunzhong Mansion.

In the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, four years after the end of the Taiyuan Defense War, the Kingdom of Jin supported Liu Yu to establish a puppet Qi.

In order for Liu Yu to help the Kingdom of Jin rule the Central Plains, the Kingdom of Jin sent Liu Yu a group of officials from the original Zhao and Song Dynasty who were either captured or surrendered for his use.

Among them, there is Zhang Xiaochun.

Liu Yu appointed Zhang Xiaochun as the prime minister of the puppet Qi officials.

Since then, Zhang Xiaochun has completed the transformation from an anti-golden hero to a traitorous high-ranking official.

From the perspective of the world on both sides, this is unavoidably a pity, and even heartbroken.

But in Li Cun's view, Zhang Xiaochun is already worthy of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

You know, after Zhang Xiaochun became the prime minister of the puppet Qi, he took the initiative to secretly report the information that Liu Yu's son Liu Lin was planning to kill Zhao Gou to the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, and presented the information of "Ten Things about the Puppet Qi in Song Dynasty" to Zhao Gou.

After the Kingdom of Jin abolished the puppet Qi, Zhang Xiaochun was transferred to Bianjing to serve as Prime Minister Zuo of the Kingdom of Jin.

But Zhang Xiaochun only worked for one year, and he resigned on his own initiative.

Therefore, although Zhang Xiaochun is not as heroic as Wang Tin, but from the bottom of his heart, Zhang Xiaochun is not willing to work for the Jin people. He wants to be an official of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and even wants to be loyal to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

But Zhao Gou was too disappointing and shameless. His father, mother, wife, five daughters, and all his clans were all caught by the Jin people and humiliated in every possible way in the Kingdom of Jin. He didn't think about rescue and revenge, let alone recovering the lost land, he was focused on negotiating peace with the Jin people, even at the expense of killing his own country's generals to negotiate peace with the Jin people, he didn't give Zhang Xiaochun a chance to keep his reputation.

He didn't want to work for the Jinren, and the Zhao Song Dynasty didn't give him a chance to play for him, and his bones weren't so hard that he really didn't care about it and wanted to die.

What can Zhang Xiaochun do?
Zhang Xiaochun's experience is not an isolated case at the turn of the Song Dynasty in history. He can be regarded as the epitome of many officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasty at that time.

For example, famous generals of the Western Army can get discounts.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty in history, Zhe Keqiu was very active in fighting against Jin. He took the initiative to rescue Taiyuan City, led his troops to serve the king, and took the initiative to accept the command of the Zhao Song court.

But the Zhao Song Dynasty not only failed to live up to expectations, but later abandoned the north.

Being in the east of the river can be found, so he completely lost contact with the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and was forced to surrender after being threatened by his family members by the Jin army.

Such a surrender, it is difficult for you to say whether you should or should not.

If the Song army can fight back near Fuzhou, which is far away from Zhe Keqiu, I believe that Zhe Keqiu will continue to secretly support the Zhao Song Dynasty to fight back just like Zhang Xiaochun.

It can even be said that the military offensive of the Zhao Song Dynasty was strong, even if the attitude was a bit strong, most officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty who surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin voluntarily or forced to surrender at that time should be more willing to work for the Zhao Song Dynasty, right?
But the leader of the Han people at that time was the cowardly Zhao Gou...

Originally, Li Cun was not planning to go to the Hedong battlefield.

But after reading the distress letter written by Zhang Xiaochun to Zhao Huan, Li Cun decided to go to the Hedong War Zone to have a look. Anyway, the Hebei area does not need Li Cun to be in command, and Zhao Li can also attack the city.

Therefore, Li Cun led the front guard army, the rear guard army, and the You Yi army who had just returned from the Hedong battlefield, and entered the Hedong area from Feihujing.

As soon as Li Cun led his army through the Bauhinia Pass, before Li Cun could advance further, Wu Lin personally led Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Yang Zhi and other generals to lead [-] cavalry to meet Li Cun.

After Li Cun saw Wu Lin and other generals in the Hedong theater, he praised without hesitation: "The battle was well fought."

With Li Cun's affirmation, from Wu Lin down, all the officers and soldiers in the Hedong theater were all overjoyed, especially Yang Zhi, whose big mouth was so happy that he could see Song Jiang and Wu Yong in Li Cun's team. He shook his head with a straight smile.

Came to the city of Taiyuan.

Li Cun raised the large tent of the Chinese army, then looked at the densely packed generals below, and asked, "Who is willing to break through this Taiyuan City for me?"

As soon as Li Cun's words fell, almost all the generals came out to fight: "I am willing to go!"

This momentum is so great that it is like overwhelming mountains and seas.

No one is stupid, this kind of opportunity to express oneself in front of the emperor is definitely a godsend opportunity for promotion and fortune?

Zhai Jin was originally the fourth general in Hebei during the Zhao Song Dynasty. When Li Cun went south last year, he defeated Zhai Jin and took Zhai Jin prisoner.

After that, Zhai Jin was thrown into the tour group by Li Cun for a year, and Li Cun took the tour group wherever he went.

Therefore, Zhai Jin was able to see what kind of person Li Cun was, how he governed the country, and how he governed the army.

Li Cun's wisdom, vision, structure, and benevolence to the people, etc., all showed to Zhai Jin and others that he is really a good emperor.

Fascinated by Li Cun's charm, a few months ago, Zhai Jin followed Zhao Ding, Ma Zhi (Zhao Liangsi, he changed his real name back), Cai Jing, Xu Cai, He Yunzhong, Wuhan Ying, Zhe Zhongan, Wang Tong Waiting for a large number of people to surrender to the Daqian Dynasty together.

Later, Zhai Jin, Wuhan Ying, Zhe Zhongan, Wang Tong and other former generals of the Zhao and Song Dynasties passed the retraining and ideological education of the Daqian Dynasty teaching class (Li Cun still took three days out of his busy schedule to teach them) Three days of classes), and was appointed by Li Cun as the deputy commander of the Yanshan Youjun.

Not long ago, when Wu Lin was about to fight Zhang Hao's Song army for a decisive battle, Li Cun worried that Wu Lin's troops were insufficient, so he sent the Yanshan Left Army and Yanshan Right Army to reinforce Wu Lin's army just in case.

So Zhai Jin is also here at this time.

At this moment, seeing that all the generals came out to ask for a fight, Zhai Jin hesitated for a while, but did not come out.

——Zhai Jin thinks, firstly, he is a general of the Zhao Song Dynasty, so it is not good to be too active when attacking the city of the Zhao Song Dynasty; secondly, this place is full of stars, it is impossible for him to be alone Thirdly, Zhai Jin knew Wang Tin, and he also admired Wang Tin's loyalty and ability, so he didn't want to fight Wang Tin.

Who would have thought that because there were too many generals who asked for the battle, Zhai Jin and the few others who did not come out to ask for the battle would be more eye-catching.

Li Cun glanced at the generals who did not appear, and then naturally turned his attention to Zhai Jin: "Zhai Aiqing, you don't want to share my worries?"

Zhai Jin heard the words and hurriedly said: "I would like to share the worries for Your Majesty."

What Zhai Jin, including others, never expected was that Li Cun said happily: "Then go and fight."

Zhai Jin was taken aback!
——Zhai Jin really never expected that this god-given opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor really hit him in the face.

From the moment Zhai Jin voluntarily surrendered to the Daqian Dynasty, he was completely convinced by Li Cun, who was brave, magnanimous, knowledgeable, smart and martial, and helped the world and the people.

Therefore, Zhai Jin has no reason not to respect Li Cun's order.

Besides, Zhai Jin is not a fool, how could he not understand that Li Cun ordered his generals to flatter him?

Therefore, Zhai Jin bowed to the ground without saying a word, and replied loudly: "No!"

After the task was accepted, Zhai Jin was a little embarrassed!

This is not to say that Zhai Jin regrets taking over this important task, but that Zhai Jin has just arrived as a general in the Gan army, and he has no cronies under him, and he doesn't know who can fight, which makes Zhai Jin a little unsure who to ask for help He attacked Taiyuan City?

Just when Zhai Jin was thinking about discussing with the commander and supervisor of the Yanshan Zuo Army on how to attack Taiyuan City, two strong men wearing school captain's shoulder badges took the initiative to approach Zhai Jin.

"The last general Niu Gao/Dong Xian is willing to act as the vanguard for the general!"

Niu Gao is as strong as a bull by nature, and he walks like flying with a load weighing more than 500 kilograms. Every time he goes up the mountain to cut firewood, he will cut a strong tree to make a shoulder pole, and then carry more than 500 kilograms of firewood into Lushan Mountain County to sell.

Moreover, Niu Gao has been fond of slingshots and archery since he was a child. With continuous practice, he almost hits every shot with every arrow.

Shibeigou Village, where Niu Gao grew up, has plenty of forests and birds, which gave Niu Gao the opportunity to fully display his archery skills.Every time he went to the city to sell firewood, Niu Gao would bring some prey such as hares and pheasants, so that his life would not be worrying.

What's more, in the day after day of hard work, Niu Gao not only developed a strong body, but also developed his shooting and hunting skills to the point of proficiency, which virtually helped him become an excellent soldier in the future. some preparation.

Last year, the Dagan Dynasty recruited recruits in Hedong. At the request of Li Cun, the recruitment documents were even distributed to Henan and Shandong.

Niu Gao had long heard that Li Cun really distributed land to the common people after he conquered the country, and that he was an emperor who sincerely conquered the world for the people.

Therefore, after learning that Li Cun was going to recruit new soldiers, Niu Gao deliberately crossed the river to Hedong to enlist in the army.

After Niu Gao joined the army, he quickly showed his talent as a fierce general, and he made great contributions every time.

What's even more rare is that although Niu Gao can charge forward, he is not a reckless man. He is very smart and can use some tricks on the battlefield.

Niu Gao seemed to be born to lead troops to fight.

As a result, after several battles, Niu Gao has been promoted to the rank of captain in command of 500 people.

Dong Xian was in a similar situation to Niu Gao.

Dong Xian was from Luoyang, and he also ran from Henan to Hedong to join the army.

As his name suggests, in every battle, Dong Xian takes Shi Shishi as the leader of the army. He is the vanguard of the three armies on the battlefield. Now he is also the school lieutenant in command of 500 people.

However, Niu Gao and Dong Xian were obviously not willing to be just a small captain.

No, as soon as they heard that Zhai Jin had got the chance to attack Taiyuan City in front of the emperor, Niu Gao and Dong Xian immediately rushed to fight for the chance.

However, Niu Gao and Dong Xian are not the only smart people.

Soon, a large number of generals heard that Zhai Jin had picked up the pie thrown by Li Cun, and came to ask Zhai Jin for a fight, wanting to drink some broth along with him.

Later, even the commander and supervising army of the Yanshan Zuojun came to Zhai Jin together, telling Zhai Jin that the fat and water should not flow into the fields of outsiders, and this piece of fat must be left to the soldiers of the Yanshan Zuojun.

Seeing this, Zhai Jin began to dispatch troops and generals honestly and bluntly.

On the other hand, Wang Teng also felt that the frequently mobilized cadres had to make big moves, so he also actively prepared for the battle.

Soon, Zhai Jin led his troops to the outside of Taiyuan City and ordered a general attack.

Under the command of Zhai Jin, the Gan army launched an attack from all sides at the same time.

Among them, the offensive in the north was the fiercest. Nearly [-] stone and [-] tiger squatting guns bombarded the tower together.

The stone is also a kind of stone cannon, that is, a trebuchet - a large trebuchet, which is very powerful.

As soon as the war drum sounded, nearly a hundred stones and five hundred tiger squatting cannons were fired at the same time.

In an instant, flying stones are like rain, and lead is like wind!
Huge stones were thrown into the city, and all the oars were damaged, and the lead everywhere covered almost every corner of the city wall.

The dry army's offensive was so fierce that it far exceeded Wang Tin's imagination.

Fortunately, Wang Ting had set up a lot of virtual fences on the city wall in advance to help the defenders in the city attract a lot of artillery fire.

Moreover, Wang Ting also stored a lot of chaff bags in advance, so that if the oars were smashed, he would personally lead people to repair them immediately.

Therefore, although this wave of attacks by the Gan army was fierce, it did not cause a devastating blow to the Song army.

After the shelling, Zhai Jin began to organize the siege.

If you want to climb the city wall, the first thing must be to break through the moat.

In order to break through the moat, Zhai Jin prepared two hundred holes to fill in the moat.

The so-called cave is that the cart is loaded with huge wood and built into the shape of a house. The outside is covered with raw cowhide, and then wrapped with iron sheets, so that even a bow with a magic arm cannot penetrate it.

This kind of siege equipment similar to an armored vehicle was invented by the Jinren. Li Cun took it without any politeness, and promoted it among the dry army.

Relying on the hole, Zhai Jin filled up the moat.

But the process was not smooth.

Wang Ting sent people to dig tunnels along the city wall in advance, opened holes, and hid the firewood inside. When the straw mats and branches in the river were piled up, they would put lamps on the water, and the lamps would ignite the firewood, and the fire gradually grew , the flames reflected red half of the sky, the cave and the soldiers inside were all hard to escape.

After finally breaking through the moat, Zhai Jin began to attack Taiyuan City with a goose cart.

But Wang Teng led the soldiers and civilians in the city to resist.

However, although the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City resisted tenaciously, Zhai Jin used it. Li Cun personally taught the generals and soldiers the tactic of repairing the plank road and crossing Chen Cang secretly.

Specifically, while the battle between the Qian and Song armies was in full swing, Niu Gao and Dong Xian each led a team of death squads to pile up explosives under the city walls in the east and west directions under the cover of darkness.

Then, just as the sky was getting dark, two loud noises exploded almost simultaneously, and a huge gap exploded in the east and west directions of Taiyuan City.

The [-] cadres of tigers and wolves, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately flocked to Taiyuan City from east and west directions at the same time.

Seeing this, Wang Teng immediately organized people who were willing to fight with him in street fighting, and prepared to fight against the Gan army.

But no one expected that at this moment, Li Cun suddenly asked Ming Jin to withdraw...

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