Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

The siege of Hanzhong Mansion happened about fifteen days ago. At that time, Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai were leading an army to clean up the south of the Jin Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty had just occupied the four continents of the Jin Kingdom.

When Wokuotai and Zhang Yong led the army to besiege Kaifeng Mansion, everyone in the Southern Song Dynasty court believed that the time had come and immediately launched a general offensive.

After a year, the assembled army marched towards Hanzhong Mansion in a mighty manner.

Since occupying Hanzhong Mansion, Zhang Yong has been deploying tight defenses. There are about 10,000 permanent troops here. As long as the Southern Song Dynasty army makes any offensive movements, 20,000 troops will immediately come from Guanzhong to support.

When they come, they will carry mines, the latest weapons developed by Zhang Yong. Landmines are very suitable for defensive warfare, especially for the defense of cities.

Before the arrival of the Southern Song Dynasty army, a large minefield had been laid nearby and all the people within a hundred miles radius had been moved into the city.

Then, the heroic and high-spirited Southern Song Dynasty army stepped into this trap that had been ambush for a long time.

These mines have made the Song army miserable in the past ten days. Before reaching the city of Hanzhong, the army was blown up by the minefield and turned upside down.

There are several minefields nearby, and Zhang Yong asked the nearby defenders to refer to the militia training manual for their layout plan. This was the combat experience summed up when dealing with the small life.

The large army of the Southern Song Dynasty was walking smoothly, and suddenly there was a roar, and a few horses and several people were gone in an instant. All this happened so fast that people could not react.

As long as you step on it, there will be a roar, and then the frightened horses, war horses and pack horses will start running wildly, and then step on more landmines, and then there will be continuous roars! Rumble.

Under this situation, the Southern Song Dynasty's army could only stop advancing and then send people to investigate. But the people sent to inquire.

Also while walking, there would be a loud bang, and the whole person would disappear. Then the Southern Song Dynasty army summed up an experience, that is, as long as there are places that have been stepped on, there will basically be no more landmines.

The Southern Song Dynasty army stepped on a safe minefield with human lives, but then encountered the second type of landmine prepared by Zhang Yong.

This is a manually triggered landmine, which pulls a rope tens of meters long, and then hides in the dark. When the Southern Song Dynasty army passes by, find the right opportunity and pull the rope.

It is absolutely believable that these demolition soldiers responsible for pulling landmines are the center of Zhang Yong's secret training, and what they learn is not cover-up and kill in war, but how to hide themselves.

For example, when fighting, they don't wear soldiers' clothes at all, but dress up as ordinary people, carrying hoes and wandering around in rags.

In this way, even if the Southern Song Dynasty army discovered them, they would not pay too much attention to such people. After all, such people are everywhere.

After that, these people would start taking action, ambush a large number of manually triggered landmines in places planned in advance, and then find special targets to detonate when the Southern Song army passed by.

For example, a general who rides on a horse and wears bright armor looks like the leader at a glance. Zhang Yong and all the demolition team members have said that such a person is a key figure. If you want to explode, you must explode. Such a person can explode ordinary soldiers. It makes no sense.

In addition, the second target is the logistics transport troops. Especially when there are many horses, the detonating rope must be pulled. The huge roaring sound will frighten the horses.

This results in a better blasting effect.

After discovering some triggering minefields that had been ambushed in advance, the Southern Song Dynasty army would ask the soldiers to withdraw first, and then use some of the pack horses accompanying the army to trigger these mines, and then let the army walk where these horses had walked.

In this way, they safely passed through the minefield, but when they encountered the manually triggered location, the Southern Song Dynasty army was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.

Moreover, the Southern Song Dynasty was bombed to death and injured many vanguard generals during this period. Five vanguard generals were arranged in succession, and they were all killed by the enemy when passing through such minefields.

Two of them were seriously injured by the bombing, both missing arms and legs, and died soon after returning to the military camp.

As the vanguard generals, packhorse troops, and logistics troops were continuously bombed, the Southern Song Dynasty generals also discovered some problems. These triggered explosions were indeed man-made.

Because they chose the target of the explosion very well, the vanguard generals, logistics troops or a large number of packhorse troops at the forefront of the team, as well as ordinary soldiers walking over, would not be bombed at all.

In the end, the Southern Song Dynasty army was forced to have no choice but to order all the vanguard generals to stop riding tall horses and walk at the forefront of the team wearing bright armor for all the soldiers to see.

Instead, he put on an ordinary soldier's armor, blended in with the soldiers, and dressed inconspicuously, thus avoiding the landmines.

The advantage of doing this is that after going through a lot of hardships, several people died in a row.

The vanguard general and his army arrived at Hanzhong City safely.

The bad news is that the morale of the Southern Song Army has been extremely low. After all, the generals who lead them cannot even be seen, and ordinary soldiers are still very emotional.

From the time we set out until now, we have suffered heavy losses without even seeing the shadow of the enemy. This battle was considered very unlucky by many Southern Song soldiers.

For this reason, the pioneer officers could only slaughter a large number of livestock accompanying the army and let the soldiers have a good meal of meat to boost morale.

"Hahaha! What you mean is that the Southern Song Dynasty army has been here for so many days and has not even launched a decent siege." Sitting in the main hall of Hanzhong Mansion, Zhang Yong listened to the report of his subordinates and smiled. He smiled and asked.

I really didn’t expect it. You and the Southern Song Dynasty army arrived at Hanzhong Mansion almost at the same time!

The Southern Song Dynasty's army arrived two days earlier than us, but they had been resting and making engineering equipment under the city. By the way, test the area nearby to see if there are any more minefields.

The Southern Song Dynasty army was really frightened by landmines!

"Your Majesty! We made the minefield strictly in accordance with your instructions. It took these Southern Song troops more than ten days to reach the Hanzhong City safely. About four or five days ago, the vanguard army arrived first, and then two days ago , The Southern Song Dynasty’s large forces arrived.

According to some of our estimates, more than 10,000 people were killed in the Southern Song Dynasty army, and more than 20,000 people were injured. The current number of combatable soldiers is only 70,000 to 80,000. Zhang Danshen, who was responsible for guarding Hanzhong, said.

He has been following the King of Guanzhong for almost five years. He has learned a lot of novel tactics and tactics from the King of Guanzhong.

Especially mine warfare. The King of Guanzhong told him in detail that he completely copied the ideas of the King of Guanzhong regarding the use of this novel method of warfare.

Before the fighting even started, the Southern Song army suffered such losses. In this battle, even if the King of Guanzhong did not bring anyone to support him, he was confident that he could defeat the Southern Song army.

"Well! You thirty thousand people haven't left the city for a while, right?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Your Majesty, we strictly followed your request, and only a demolition team of more than a thousand people came out of the city to attack the Southern Song Army.

All the remaining people stayed in the city and cut down all the surrounding trees and made them into rolling logs so that they would not be left for the Southern Song army. "Guard Zhang Danshen said.

He clearly remembered Zhang Yong's instructions to him before, to clean up all the resources outside the city and leave no trace to the enemy.

If the Southern Song Dynasty army wanted to build some engineering equipment, they would either have to transport it from the Southern Song Dynasty, or they would have to go dozens of miles away to cut down trees, because Zhang Yong had already sent people to cut down all the larger trees in advance.

The advantage of this is to further delay the Southern Song Dynasty army's siege time.

"Hahaha! Yes, yes, you did a good job. This is the effect I want, now that I am here.

So, from now on, our goal is no longer to repel the attack of this Southern Song army, but to annihilate them all here. "Zhang Yong said.

The troops brought by himself and Chahan totaled 50,000 people, and together with the 30,000 defenders in Hanzhong City, there were a total of 80,000 troops.

After the Southern Song Dynasty army experienced a baptism of landmines, the total number of soldiers was only 80,000 or 90,000, and only 60,000 to 70,000 could fight.

In this case, it is natural to annihilate them all. After annihilating this Southern Song army, the Southern Song Dynasty will not be able to organize a decent force to attack itself for at least five or six years, or even ten years. "King of Guanzhong! The general asked me to lead my troops to attack the food roads of the Southern Song Dynasty army and kill their military affairs." Bart said.

"King of Guanzhong! The general is also willing to lead his troops to cut off the food route of the Southern Song Dynasty army." Cha Tuohua knelt on the ground and said.

When cavalry deals with infantry, the number of cavalry means nothing at all. A few thousand cavalry can even defeat tens of thousands of infantry.

The Southern Song army already lacked horses. In order to survive Zhang Yong's minefield, a large number of pack horses and war horses were lost.

The number of cavalry that can run now is pitifully small. Facing 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and 3,000 armored heavy cavalry, the result is a no-brainer.

"Well! Don't worry. We have just arrived at Hanzhong Mansion. Let's rest for one night and order the whole army to slaughter 10,000 sheep. Let all the soldiers drink some mutton soup and eat some mutton." Zhang Yong said.

To be honest, many Mongolian generals under Zhang Yong did not want to waste time with these Southern Song troops.

They planned to ask Zhang Yong to propose that the 10,000 Mongolian cavalry be directly divided into two groups to outflank the left and right wings of the Southern Song Army respectively.

Then three thousand armored heavy cavalry charged head-on to the Southern Song Dynasty's central army formation, and then a large group of infantry pressed forward, completely defeating the Southern Song Dynasty army.

"Generals, with our current strength, we can indeed easily defeat the Southern Song Dynasty army, but if we attack head-on, we will definitely lose some men. After all, the Southern Song Dynasty also has flint cannons, sky-shattering cannons, and some fire guns." ( When I checked the information, I discovered that the firecracker was invented in the Song Dynasty, and even played a large role in the Mongolian Western Expedition, which refers to the third Mongol Western Expedition.)

A frontal attack can indeed break down the Southern Song Dynasty's army formation and completely defeat the Southern Song Dynasty army. But on the way to the charge.

The Southern Song Dynasty army will definitely use flint cannons, sky-shattering cannons and some fire guns to fight back. By then, the King of Guanzhong has worked hard to build 3,000 heavy armored cavalry, and I am afraid there will be heavy losses!

"Some losses are inevitable, but it would be really good if we could reduce some soldiers' injuries. I wonder if General Zhang has any suggestions?" Cha Tuohua said.

He has different ideas from other Mongolian generals. After all, he has followed Zhang Yong for so long. He has learned a truth, that is, the ultimate goal of a battle is to exchange the least casualties for the greatest victory.

"King of Guanzhong, generals, my suggestion is that we defend the city first, and then consume the Southern Song Dynasty army for a period of time. During this period, the Mongolian cavalry troops will leave the city in batches to harass the Southern Song Dynasty's logistics supplies. I dare to say that within half of the Within a few months, they would be unable to support themselves and retreat.

When they retreated, we sent out a large army to chase and kill the Southern Song army along the way. "Zhang Danshen said.

Hearing this, Zhang Yong nodded. This kid's thoughts were similar to his own.

"The whole army will rest here on the city tower first. Set up all the cannons without flying thunderbolts for me. When they attack the city, they will bomb them first." Zhang Yong said.

If you set up a thunder cannon on the tower, the range will be longer. After all, it is from a high place, and the range is much farther than shooting on land.

The Song Dynasty army's flint cannons and Thunder Leopards could not reach the city wall of Hanzhong Mansion. After all, the range gap between the two sides was too big. Without conscience, the range of the cannons was basically crushed.

It is even okay to set up some trebuchets on the tower to launch explosive packets. However, the space on the tower is limited after all, so it is better to set up all the unscrupulous cannons.

After all, erecting a head stone requires four to five square meters of land, while erecting a heartless cannon only requires a pit, occupying no more than one square meter in front and back.

At this time, in the military camp of the Southern Song Dynasty, the general who led the army to attack Hanzhong was named Wen Xi, a general in his forties.

This time he was sent to attack Hanzhong Mansion, and the pressure on him was really too great. This war launched by the Southern Song Dynasty against Mongolia can be said to be crucial. If you can't win!

I can’t even imagine the consequences!

"Everyone, you should have received the news. Not long ago, our scouts discovered it.

The Mongolian army in Guanzhong has returned. Guanzhong Wan led an army of 50,000 and was stationed in Hanzhong.

Now the number of troops stationed in Hanzhong City is almost the same as ours. "Wen Xi said.

Hearing this, all the Southern Song generals present lowered their heads, not daring to look at the general's face, let alone speak.

What can they say about the current situation? An army of hundreds of thousands. They drove towards Hanzhong Mansion, but they didn't even see the enemy halfway along the way, so they suffered heavy losses. Five of the vanguard generals alone died.

Less than half of the pack horses originally used to transport grain and grass were lost. The fire that the Mongols buried underground was simply too powerful.

They had absolutely no way to deal with it. At the beginning, they could only send officers and soldiers to fill the gap with human lives, but in the end they used pack horses instead.

But even for pack horses, these generals felt very distressed. In the Southern Song Dynasty, to put it bluntly, a war horse or a pack horse was even more valuable than a person.

When attacking Hanzhong Mansion, their number should be ten times that of the defenders. Only then would they have a chance to win in a single battle.

but now. After the reinforcements from Mongolia arrived, their number was almost the same. In this case, if the enemy could not hold on, they would not be able to get out.

If they send cavalry to harass their logistics troops, the entire army will be in danger of being destroyed. How can they fight this battle?

"This is a time when the country is facing a crisis. Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?" Wen Xi said.

"General! Let's launch two tentative attacks, and then withdraw our troops!" A Southern Song officer said tentatively.

"You bastards! We didn't achieve any military exploits. We just pretended to attack twice and then withdrew. What kind of talk is this?" Wen Xi was furious when he heard this and said.

"General, do you have any good ideas for defeating the enemy?

Tens of thousands of tribesmen went to attack the city where the Mongols were stationed. How many cavalry did they have in Mongolia? From what I can see, there are at least 20,000 cavalry.

If the Mongols charge us directly regardless of losses.

The most we can do is use flint cannons, fire guns, and sky-shattering cannons to cause some trouble to them, and then we will end up being completely wiped out. "A Southern Song general said.

"We have flint cannons, we have sky-shattering cannons, and they are not inferior to the Mongols' thunder cannons at all. Why can't we defeat them?"

"Our flint cannon can only fire 160 to 170 steps, and the sky-shattering cannon is about the same. The fire cannon can fire 200 or even 300 steps, but its lethality is limited, and it is not effective at all. The Mongols don't cause much trouble," a general said.

"I know that our army is in great difficulty right now, but we cannot give up just yet.

Officials, civil and military ministers of the dynasty, and people all over the world are looking at us.

If we return without success, won't the world laugh at me, the Song Dynasty? "Wen Xi said.

"This is all the fault of those Jin people. When they were at Tongguan, they only defended it for fifteen days before being captured by the Mongols.

This time, Kaifeng Mansion only defended it for a few days before it was breached, and even its own emperor was captured. "A Southern Song general said angrily.

According to their original plan, the Jin people could stay in Kaifeng Mansion for at least half a year.

It is even possible for a year, and then the Mongolian army and the King of Guanzhong will be held back.

As a result, the Jin Kingdom only defended for less than five days before the Mongols broke through, causing the King of Guanzhong to arrive early.

It's good now. Your Kingdom of Jin directly destroyed the country and destroyed the family, but it also caused the Song Dynasty to suffer.

Now our expeditionary force is in the same embarrassing situation as the previous expeditionary force. It is neither possible to advance nor to retreat.

"Don't say any more. Tomorrow we will launch an attack. We will first use flint cannons and sky-shattering cannons to set up a posture, and then equip the soldiers with fire blunderbuss to attack Hanzhong Mansion." Wen Xi said. (End of chapter)