At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 189: Caging the Army’s Heart

Bailuji, ninety miles west of Wuchang County, is located in the north of the Yangtze River. There is Shenren Mountain, ten feet high and ten miles around.

Kublai Khan stationed here and built a pontoon bridge during his personal conquest. Jia Sidao assisted Ezhou, supervised the army to fight here, and ordered Xia Gui to use Liu Zheng's strategy to lead the boat division to attack the pontoon bridge.

In order to stop the Song army, the Yuan army established a military stronghold here and deployed fifty artillery pieces to control the river.

On the sentry tower on the top of the mountain, several Yuan soldiers kept looking downstream.

Suddenly, dots of black shadow appeared at the end of the river. Yuan soldiers immediately sounded the gong and shouted: "Song boat~"

"The Song Army is coming, get into the trench quickly."

"Hide it, hide it."

"Hurry up, hurry up."

Unspeakable fear.

The news of the navy's defeat has spread. The Yuan soldiers don't know the details, but they know that the Song army has developed a very powerful new weapon, the kind that has been worn for dozens of miles.

Everyone knows that this is an exaggeration, but we are sure that it will be no problem to kill 80 or [-] people at once, because it is many times more powerful than Tianlei.

On the flagship, Guan Da put away his telescope and said: "Go close to the river and capture Yuezhou before we worry about it."

This is the plan. Compared with capturing Bailuji, it is more important to hunt down the remnants of the Yuan Army's navy.

It is not yet known whether Master Yuanshui hid in Dongting Lake or in the Han River, but taking Yuezhou will control the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, the Yangtze River downstream of Yuezhou turned a corner and drew a "ji" character. Ezhou and other places were on the protrusion. After capturing Yuezhou, they could besiege the Nanchang Song Army from both sides and completely surround the Ezhou Yuan Army.

Therefore, the fleet changed its formation and crossed Bailuji along the south coast.

"You are so arrogant!" Bailuji's chief general Yang Wen'an was cold, but relaxed.

The battle report he received was much more detailed, and he was already prepared to die for his country. Now that he was ignored by the Song army, it would be nice if he didn't have any fun.

At noon, the fleet arrived in front of Qingshanji.

There was Yangluo Fort on the north bank. Boyan did not attack by force at first. Instead, he first seized the south bank and surrendered Ezhou. Then he turned back and captured Yangluo Fort. After the capture, the Yuan army mobilized the people to demolish Yangluo Fort completely. Therefore, the Song Dynasty The army reached Qingshanji without any obstruction.

There is no way to jump over here, because the waterway is divided by Jiangxin Island. If left alone, the river surface will be bombarded by return artillery.

Therefore, the Yuan soldiers stationed in the water village faced a disaster.

The gunboats surrounded them and fired five rounds. Yuan Bing could only hide in the water and tremble, letting the good water stronghold be blown into ruins.

The return cannons and crossbow carts arranged were actually useful, but the whole army was frightened, and Song soldiers knelt down when they set foot on Jiangxinzhou.

After passing Qingshanji, there is no obstacle on the river.

The Song army was too fast and the Yuan army did not have time to make arrangements.

General Guan divided his army into three parts. One part patrolled and controlled the river. Whenever the Yuan army had the idea of ​​setting up a water fortress, they would immediately go there and bombard them. The other part went up the Han River to chase down the Yuan army's navy while showing off their power. The main part Then he went straight to Yuezhou.

In Yuezhou City, Shi Ge was mobilizing troops.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has allocated fields to you and exempted you from corvee labor. If the Song thieves come, will your fields be preserved?
Today, it’s just a fight to the death!

It's not to repay His Royal Highness the Prince's kindness, but to protect the family's ability to have enough to eat. " Shi Ge shouted hoarsely.

"Repay Your Highness for your kindness."

"Fight to the death!"

"Resist the Song thieves."

More than ten thousand soldiers shouted wildly.

Morale is available!Shi Ge expressed satisfaction with his mobilization ability and immediately arranged for soldiers to build fortifications.Originally this was the work of civilians, but in order to win people's hearts, Zhenjin strictly prohibited generals everywhere from forcing people to work, let alone using them as cannon fodder, so the soldiers had to do it themselves.

Seeing that Shangguan Baihu was far away, Wu Commander Zhong Anan said in a low voice: "Brothers, do you really want to fight Master Wang to the death?"

Zhong Anan had always been active in training, and when he said such words at this time, the fellow soldiers were all surprised when they heard it.

Soon, a soldier whispered: "General, you can't wait too long for me, can't you?"

"Not thin?" Zhong Anan said: "Do you know that the imperial court only charges [-]% of the tax? Now we have worked hard to cultivate the land, but we have to pay [-]% to [-]%. How can we say it is a generous treatment?"

"That's because we rented cattle seeds."

"The imperial court also rents, but it's free. How can we compare?" Zhong Anan looked at the Shangguan in the distance and didn't pay attention, and continued: "We are all Han people, how can we be inferior to the Tatars? Look at them Those three braided hairstyles are really disgusting!

The Tatar prince guards Ezhou and has countless elite soldiers and generals, but he is defeated by the king's army. How can he resist with more than ten thousand new soldiers from Yuezhou?Rather than risk your life in vain, it’s better to plan ahead! "

What's the plan?They all understand each other tacitly.

Zhong Anan did not urge him and allowed his subordinates to digest the news.

After a while, someone said: "Commander, what should I do?"

Anyway, it is careless, and everyone will not have any psychological burden. Returning to Song Ting's arms will be more beneficial, and he can still survive. How can he not be tempted?

Zhong Anan said: "When Master Wang arrives, I will wait for the uprising in front of the formation. As long as the hundreds of households don't stop us, it will be easy to get together and disperse. If we stop it, it will be no wonder that we are not showing mercy."

Since the war, the Jianghuai Yuan Army headquarters has suffered too many losses. There are no Mongolian soldiers stationed in Yuezhou, and only [-] soldiers under Shi Ge serve as officers at all levels. Therefore, military discipline is stricter and the soldiers are more convinced.

If there are another three to five years, I will be desperate, but I am afraid of comparison in everything.

There is not enough money and food for the two roads in Jinghu, so the military camp naturally has to charge more, which is much worse than Song Ting.

It was such a critical moment again, and the secret work that had been latent for a long time naturally started to move.

Shi Ge had a family background and had already taken precautions, so when Zhong Anan returned to the city in the evening and continued to communicate, he was captured on the spot and sent to Shi Ge.

"You have become slaves, but the prince freed you to become a people. You were given money, food and tools, and you were given money, food and tools to build houses and open fields.

Isn't it a shame that you are so ungrateful despite being treated so kindly? "Shi Ge yelled.

Zhong Anan replied: "I am originally a citizen and have my own farmland. However, the Tartars robbed me. If the imperial court was not powerful, how could I be released back to the people?"

The words were so overwhelming that Shige didn't know how to answer.

Yes, they used to be common people, digging in the soil for food, but now they have just gone around in a circle.

"You are also a Han Chinese, so why bother helping Zhou to abuse..."

Shi Ge waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, take me to the cell and deal with you after the war."

The guards on the left and right hesitated for a moment and said: "To shake the morale of the army in this way, why don't you kill him to frighten the army?"

"It's not something to worry about, just the captain of the army, but the Song army is what you need to worry about! If we can defeat it, all the armies will naturally return to their homeland." Shige thought for a moment and said: "Scatter all the belongings out of the mansion to keep the army's morale."

The Yuan Dynasty did not have high wages like the Song Dynasty, and Shi Ge was not a greedy person. In fact, he did not have much savings, so he only gave each soldier two hundred coins, which had no effect at all.

When Liu Zheng surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty and the Song army launched a crusade, they gave each soldier three taels of silver and more officers, which immediately won over the morale of the army.

"I will do my best to eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor. Success or failure will be determined by destiny." Shige comforted himself.

As Shi Tianze's son, Shi Ge knew very well that using money to win over the military's morale was a bad idea, and exchanging sincerity for sincerity was the right way to go.

For example, when Kublai Khan personally conquered Ezhou, he strictly prohibited soldiers from entering people's homes and ordered Boyan not to kill people indiscriminately. This included the earlier rule of using Han laws to rule Han Dynasty, all in order to win people's hearts.

But this series of policies seems too weak in the south.

It's not that Kublai Khan or the real money don't work hard, but the little emperor is ruthless enough, [-]% of the tax, all corvées and miscellaneous taxes are exempted, how dare you!
(End of this chapter)