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

Chapter 360 Human Heart
"More than a hundred pseudo-Yuan warships entered the open sea?" Zhang Shijie asked with a frown.

"Yes." Zhu Zhenxing, who was delivering the message, was a little nervous, fearing that Marshal Zhang would go crazy.

Enemy ships wandering outside, not to mention transport ships, would be in danger all along the coast, and the implications were too great.

"I know, let's go down and rest." Zhang Shijie waved his hand and said nothing more.

After the soldiers left, Chen Wei asked: "Marshal, will you launch the attack on time?"

"Leave one regiment to guard the port, and the rest will proceed as planned." Zhang Shijie said.

Ammunition, medicinal materials, etc. are all ready, and some grain and grass can be transported later, but it is really not possible to travel by land.

Just when Zhang Shijie's troops were making final preparations, Lin Guifang led his troops to Chengdu. Just when the Yuan army thought he would attack immediately, the Song army was divided into two. One part faced off outside the city, and the other diverted southward.

They wanted to open up the channel between Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan and receive more Song troops into Sichuan.

Timur Buhua saw Lin Guifang's plan, but was unable to do anything.

In fact, at this point in the battle, the meaning of holding on to Chengdu is to delay time.

On the fourth day of March, the Song army arrived at Shuangliu and defeated them in a battle. On the eighth day of the third month, they arrived at Xinjin and surrendered without a fight. On the same day, Pengshan sent an envoy to ask for surrender and entered Meizhou on the fifteenth day.

What is overwhelming?

This is!
In the north, Yang Zhenlong has arrived at Xiongding Pass. As long as he takes this place, he can drive straight into Shanxi.

Originally, Taihangxing Mountain was full of dangers, but once their morale dropped, they really couldn't stop it.

Ananda did not dare to neglect, and sent an additional [-] troops and more than a hundred artillery pieces to stabilize the gate of Shanxi.

At this time, we can see the benefits of Zhenjin's tolerance of Ananda. It can really draw troops at critical moments.

At this time, Chen Wei arrived in Qingzhou with [-] troops.

With Qingzhou City as its core, the Yuan army built a large number of fortifications and deployed a large number of artillery and guns.

In the city, Ah Shu looked at Song Jun silently.

Historically, the grass on Ah Shu's grave has changed several times, but now, perhaps because it has been wandering around the Central Plains, Ah Shu is still alive and kicking.

"Marshal, why don't you go out and fight for a while while his footing is not stable?" Councilor Zhang Yi said.

"We've just arrived, and our morale is so high that it's hard to shake." Ah Shu rejected Zhang Yi's proposal and said, "When the city is frustrated and the teacher is tired, we may have an opportunity to take advantage."

"If the city's defenses are strong, the Song army will definitely be frustrated!" Zhang Yi said confidently.

The Song Dynasty revived, history changed drastically, and the fate of many people changed accordingly. Ah Shu was one of them, and Zhang Yi was also one.

In the original history, when Wang Zhu assassinated Ahema, the wig Prince Zhenjin ordered Zhang Yi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council at that time, to transfer troops, and then the case broke out and Zhang Yi was killed.

Outside the city, Chen Wei was also looking at the Yuan army's fortifications.

The ditches are intertwined and the castles are densely lined. Yuan soldiers are hidden among them and there is no trace.

The Song army did not rush to launch an attack, but built a camp first to ensure a place to rest.

Three days later, the construction of the Song Army's camp was completed, and the engineers began to dig trenches toward the Yuan Army's defense line.

Fast.

Since the large-scale application of gunpowder, the Song army began to use trenches to approach the defense line. Now they have reached full proficiency in this skill, which is not only fast but also top-notch in protection.

In just two days, five criss-crossing trenches reached two miles outside the Yuan army's defense line.

In order to hinder the Song army's advance, the Yuan army fired artillery bombardments, but the general's artillery with flat trajectories was indeed powerless against the trenches.

When the Song army reached a distance of [-] steps, the Yuan army used a trebuchet to release thunder.I saw a black dot suddenly flying out of the ground. After the black dot hit the ground, it exploded and a cloud of dust flew up.

Although the accuracy of the trebuchets was only average, but there were too many of them, some of them would eventually fall into the Song Army's fortifications, causing casualties.

After enduring for two days, the Song Army's mortars destroyed all the Yuan Army's trebuchets found in one fell swoop, and then the artillery fire spread to where the Yuan Army's cannons were.

The fortress of the Yuan army's artillery was half buried underground. Even without reinforced concrete, it could not be easily destroyed by mortars.

Two days after the bombing, Chen Wei discovered that if he wanted to destroy all the Yuan army fortifications, the artillery shells he carried were definitely not enough.

"Send the order, the infantry attack!" Chen Wei ordered.

A fierce and tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

Fierce refers to the Song army, which was organized into teams and launched attacks on three sides at the same time, day and night.

The tragedy refers to the Yuan army. Although they had trenches and fortresses, they suffered heavy losses under the attack of cannons, large spray guns, grenades and mortars.

In half a month, the Song army sacrificed 2000 men, killed and wounded more than [-] Yuan troops, and arrived at the city wall.

After blowing up the city wall, the Song army entered the city.

There are also many fortifications in the city, but the process is completely different from that outside the city.

Because most of those who were not afraid of death had died outside the city, and the situation was over, the morale in the city was low, and Yuan soldiers continued to surrender. In just five days, A Shu had only three thousand available soldiers, and his territory was only a small area in the north of the city.

"Marshal, there is nothing to be done, are most people just thinking about breaking out?" Zhang Yi said with a disheveled face.

"That's all." Ah Shu shook his head and said, "I thought that when I joined the army to attack Dali, I would always be the first to attack Dali, and I never lost a single battle. For the next 18 years, I won many battles until I encountered a setback outside Yangzhou City.

At that time, I thought that Li Tingzhi was the only rival in the world, but the situation in the Song Dynasty was over, so there was nothing to worry about.

But I didn't expect that the children of the Song Dynasty used gunpowder to break the formation and suffered a huge defeat. It has been 20 years since then, and they have been defeated again and again, to this point.

The tide is gone..."

Hearing that Ah Shu was determined to die, Zhang Yi hurriedly advised: "The generals of the country are withering, and the marshal is the magic needle that stabilizes the sea. You should continue to be in charge.

The power of the Song Dynasty lies only in its weapons. The territory of the country is vast, so it can resist continuously. Given time, it will definitely be able to restrain it. The marshal should retain his usefulness for the future. "

"Is it really a weapon issue?" A Shu laughed and asked.

Zhang Yi immediately hesitated.

"What taboos can be said now?" A'shu said with waning interest: "Looking at the generals, only those who have Coward Xue to lead the troops and supervise the battle can fight to the death. Once Coward Xue is gone, regardless of the Mongols, they will surrender immediately. There are countless people.

When people’s hearts are lost, how can we restore the situation?
After all, the Mongols are barbarians, unorthodox, and cannot completely win back people's hearts. This can be seen from the people in the north welcoming the Song army. "

"Marshal..." Zhang Yi didn't know what to say.

He is a traditional Han Chinese who values ​​​​the most: "If the king treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if the king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as such." Kou Yu" this set.

When he was recommended by Liu Bingzhong to enter Kublai Khan's shogunate, he gained trust, and eventually he became the right prime minister of Zhongshu and deputy privy envoy, which can be said to be the best among Han people.

When Zhenjin succeeds to the throne, his honor and favor will not diminish. Under such circumstances, he is unwilling to betray.

But given the current situation, there are indeed not many people willing to fight to the death for Yuanting, especially the grassroots soldiers.

Although Zhen Jin adopted a series of burden-reducing policies after he ascended the throne, there was only so much food, and no further reduction would be able to reduce it much. In addition, with the powerful hands of officials, the burden on the people was not actually much lighter.

You still work hard when you don’t have enough to eat?It was impossible not to put the muzzle of the gun to the forehead.

In particular, the Song Army has obvious advantages and is unlikely to achieve wealth and achieve success, so no one is willing to sacrifice their lives.

(End of this chapter)