Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 480: The military is in confusion, and the annoying non-civilian officials are a clique of civilian officials who form cliques for selfish ends.

"Help! Help!" The soldiers on the tower began to run in all directions. How could they avoid artillery fire and explosions without systematic training? The lethality of artillery to the army is very terrifying.

At this time, a large number of Southern Song soldiers began to collapse emotionally and fled in all directions. Countless Southern Song soldiers who had their arms and legs cut off fell to the ground and wailed.

"Ah! Ah!"

"Run! Run for your life." Some soldiers who were still in good health immediately dropped their weapons and wanted to run down the tower.

"Come back, everyone, come back to defend the city. After the enemy's artillery fire, they will definitely send people to attack the city. Come back, all of you." The Yangzhou garrison shouted loudly.

But those soldiers didn't think so. For them, survival was the most important thing now. Staying on the city tower, it is not safe anywhere now. It is only safe to run down to the city.

"I stop, stop! You are the emperor's salary, so you should be loyal to the emperor. How can you escape on the battlefield? If anyone escapes again, I will deal with it according to military law." Yangzhou guard arrived after speaking.

"Sir! Please give us a way to survive! Staying here will lead to death!" A soldier who was stopped cried and said.

There were booming and booming sounds all over the turret, and these soldiers were extremely scared, because many of their brothers were blown up in front of them, shattered to pieces, or missing arms and legs, lying on the ground wailing uncontrollably. .

Can you imagine the scene of a person with one of his legs blown off and even his intestines blown out, crawling on the ground, and then calling for help?

At this time, in Yangzhou City, the emotions of the Southern Song Dynasty defenders began to collapse. They were not soldiers trained in big cities like Xiangyang. They were still very afraid of this kind of attack.

"If you go down, the enemy will take the opportunity to attack the city. If the enemy attacks the city and there is no one to defend it, our Yangzhou city will fall, and then your fathers and fellow villagers will be massacred by the enemy." The Yangzhou guard yelled. , said.

But no matter what he said, all the soldiers just couldn't listen. The Yangzhou guard sighed helplessly, drew out his steel knife, swung it at a deserter, and cut off his head with one blow.

"If anyone dares to retreat again, I will kill him without mercy."

"Kill without mercy! Kill without mercy!" The supervising team following behind also took out their weapons and began to persecute the soldiers.

At this time, a large number of soldiers gathered here, and many of those who rushed forward were directly killed by the people supervising the battle team.

"General, you, you are not letting us live."

"Go back! You are serving as soldiers to protect your home and country. Otherwise, why are you serving as soldiers? Come back quickly and return to your posts." Yangzhou guard said.

Just when the two sides were at war with each other, the Guanzhong army outside the city suddenly stopped shelling. The shelling lasted for a full hour and consumed a large amount of ammunition in the army, so there was no need to fight again.

Everything on the tower was under Zhang Bingguan's panoramic view. Before leaving, his father gave him an artifact called a telescope. Although it was not as good as his father's flying artifact, he could still see people on the tower.

My father's flying artifact can only fly in the sky for less than a stick of incense before it will come down. My father said that his battery is no longer working, and he will only be able to do performances in the future and will never go to the battlefield again. .

"Prince! The effect is good. The Song army on the tower suffered heavy losses!" Shi Tianze looked at the Song army fleeing on the tower and said.

With such ferocious firepower, no wonder Xiangyang City fell. He now finally has a clear understanding of the firearms of the Guanzhong army.

The explosive packets launched by catapults are better than those used by Mongolia in terms of range and power.

The same is true for the thunder cannon. After being buried in the ground and bombarded, the firing range is also extremely long.

In addition, the power of the heavy artillery used by the Guanzhong army is also very powerful. One shot can shatter a small piece of the city wall. Dozens of cannons are fired at the same time. This power is truly earth-shaking.

No wonder the Southern Song army on the city tower had an emotional breakdown. In this case, any army would have an emotional breakdown.

"Marquis Shi Jun, I don't think it will take three days of continuous bombardment. I guess if we send people in tomorrow to persuade them to surrender, it will have unexpected results." Zhang Rou looked at the panicked Southern Song soldiers on the city wall and said.

In this case, they could even lead troops to forcibly attack the city, hoping to knock the city down.

As long as the guard in the city is not a fool, he should have seen the situation clearly. Now that the Southern Song Dynasty is completely over, the army of King Guanzhong will completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty this time.

"Hahaha! Since we have decided to bomb for three days, we must bomb for three days. By the way, let all the scout troops do their investigation work. Strictly enforce my father's military discipline to prevent them from sneak attacks at night." Zhang Dingguan said.

This was his first time on the battlefield, his first time leading an army alone, and he was very excited at this time.

"Hahaha! Okay, after three days, we will send envoys to the city to persuade them to surrender. If they are unwilling to surrender, then we will directly attack them." Shi Tianze smiled and said.

The eldest son of the King of Guanzhong went on the battlefield for the first time and performed very well. At least he had the caution that a commander should have.

"The entire army is ordered to camp six miles outside Yangzhou City. All naval forces should rest ten miles away and light torches at night to prevent enemy troops from sneak attacks." Zhang Dingguan said.

The city of Yangzhou was in a bleak situation at this time. Many soldiers were collecting the corpses on the tower and carrying some of their surviving companions down.

At this time, there were mutilated corpses everywhere on the city tower, as well as those wailing soldiers. Some soldiers were injured by bombs and were now dead of pain without anyone caring about them.

"General, we, we are all dead. More than 900 brothers, more than 1,500 brothers were seriously injured, and more than 2,000 brothers were slightly injured." A deputy general came over and sighed. , clasped his fists at the Yangzhou guard and said.

It’s so frustrating, so frustrating. In previous battles, the defenders suffered the least casualties, but now it's the other way around. The engineering side suffered zero casualties, but their side suffered heavy casualties.

Hearing this, the guard general of Yangzhou City closed his eyes and sighed.

"They were all loyal to His Majesty, and they all died for our Song Dynasty. Your Majesty and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will never forget them." Yangzhou Guardsman said.

This is only the first day of official attack! The enemy didn't even carry out large-scale engineering, but just carried out artillery fire covering bombing, which defeated them like this.

If bombings continued like this every day, then this war would be impossible to fight.

"Hmph! The civil and military officials of the dynasty, as well as the emperor, don't care about the life and death of people like us." A young officer said.

The imperial court has always valued civility over military affairs, but their generals were treated like this, let alone ordinary soldiers, these ordinary soldiers in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The status is even lower than that of ordinary people. A person who slaughters dogs and pigs. Being a soldier is the most promising and least capable profession. This is the result of the centuries of peace in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Who would want to be a soldier unless they really couldn't survive at home, if they weren't forced to join the army, or if they committed something and were sent to join the army?

"You bastards, you are my subjects of the Song Dynasty. You should die for the Song Dynasty. You should die for your majesty. How dare you talk such nonsense." The Yangzhou City Guards roared and scolded.

"Am I wrong? What kind of future do we soldiers have in this life? Whether it's soldiers from the Kingdom of Jin, soldiers from Mongolia, or soldiers from the King of Guanzhong's army, the treatment is better than ours. ." The young general who spoke became adamant, stood up directly, and began to contradict his superior.

"You bastard, if you dare to say anything disloyal to the imperial court again, I will kill you on the spot." The Yangzhou guard snorted coldly, pulled out his steel knife, and said.

"Mr. Yang, you are different from us. Although you are a military general in name. But in your family, your grandfather, your grandpa, your two brothers, and even your younger brother are all civil servants in the court. Do you think we Don't you know?" A deputy general also snorted coldly and said.

As long as he is a normal general, he will not behave like you, because what all generals hope most is not to fight.

Once a war is fought, whether they win or lose, they will be suppressed by the civil service group. Only the direct military generals trained by these civilian families can be exempted from suppression.

Moreover, these direct line military generals would also receive some civilian posts in the future, thus joining the group of civil servants, and even the civil servants of the Southern Song Dynasty were divided into factions.

Many military generals relied on the factions of these civilian officials to survive. No military general dared to say that he was faction-free, not even General Meng, who had just entered his official career. "You! Do you believe it or not, I killed the person who came to you! Take him down." The Yangzhou guard roared and said.

He did come from a family of civil servants, and even his father and brothers were members of the civil service group, but he was the only one who started practicing martial arts since he was a child and dreamed of becoming a general.

Because he gave up his studies and joined the military, he was bullied and discriminated against at home. Unexpectedly, when he entered the army, everyone still couldn't accept his identity.

"Master Zhizhou has come to reward the three armies. Brothers, Master Zhizhou has come to reward the three armies." At this moment, a group of people came over beating gongs and drums.

The leader was the magistrate of Liangzhou Prefecture. He brought a large number of servants and some common people with them, pushing carts of food, including some meat, some wine, some cakes and the like.

"Congratulations to General Yang for successfully defending the city today. I brought something specially to reward the three armies. General Yang, what are you doing? Are you playing with the soldiers?" Wu Xingquan said.

At this point, the scene was a little awkward. Mr. Yang took out his saber and was holding a deputy general under him.

"It turns out it's Master Zhizhou, I, I was playing around with my brothers!" After speaking, the Yangzhou guard put away his sword and said a little embarrassed.

You can't tell this magistrate that you just got so angry that you wanted to kill your subordinates, right?

"My officers and men, I know that you have worked hard to defend the city today, so I have specially prepared a small amount of wine, meat, and various pastries to reward you. You are all welcome, come and eat!" Wu Xingquan, the governor of Yangzhou, said. .

"Thank you, Lord Zhizhou."

"Thank you, Master Zhizhou, for the reward. You are still thinking of us soldiers."

"Thank you, Master Zhizhou, for enjoying the wine and meat."

How can you control a bunch of soldiers? All his superior officers rushed over and started eating meat and drinking wine.

In the first few days of the city defense battle, the food was the best. The later it became, the more difficult it became. Now their Yangzhou city was surrounded. Unless someone outside comes to the rescue.

Or the Guanzhong army retreats automatically, otherwise, their food will become increasingly scarce. Now it is good to have enough to eat. Many city defense battles were fought to the end, and even some of the corpses in the city were eaten.

"General Yang, come over and have a glass of wine." Wu Xingquan arrived with a glass of wine. The Yangzhou guard said with a smile in front of him.

"Thank you, Master Zhizhou!" Yangzhou Guardsman did not refuse. He raised his glass and drank the wine. There were no outsiders around. This Shangguan would indeed call him Wufu, but when there were outsiders, the Lord Zhizhou would still leave some thin noodles for him.

"Master Yang, guarding this city wall now depends on you and the soldiers under your command. You must be kind to them. Otherwise, it will be terrible if the morale of the army is messed up." Wu Xingquan He patted the Yangzhou guard on the shoulder and said.

The morale of the army is in chaos. If you, bastard, hadn't allowed me to block the news, all the soldiers would have known about the fall of Xiangyang. How could I be so passive about the news of Jiangling Navy's defeat? Now no one under my command is willing to listen to me.

But on the surface, the Yangzhou guard did not dare to have an attack and just smiled.

Soon, Wu Xingquan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, rewarded the three armies, left some of the remaining cakes and cakes with the soldiers, and then left with his men.

"The morale of the army is unstable! I estimate that if nothing unexpected happens, the city will probably be broken in a few days." After returning to his government office, Wu Xingquan sat on the ground and sighed heavily, saying.

Today he even went to the tower to have a look. There were gaps everywhere, and here and there were the remains of some soldiers, blown to pieces.

The scene was simply horrific, and the faces of all the soldiers were full of despair, without a shred of hope.

With this kind of morale, let alone defending the city, it would be difficult for them to maintain law and order.

"Sir, we must do something, otherwise, the whole city may be attacked.

I heard that the Guanzhong army was not very friendly to our civil servants. Some fools once humiliated the Guanzhong king. "An official from Yangzhou Prefecture said.

"What the King of Guanzhong hates is not the civil servants. Do you think there are no civil servants in Guanzhong?

What the King of Guanzhong really hated was the group of corrupt civil servants who formed cliques, formed factions for personal gain, and tried to wrest power from the entire world.

These people are the real worms of the country, and will even restrict the emperor's orders to a certain extent. "Wu Xingquan said.

It’s not that the King of Guanzhong doesn’t like civil servants, or that he wants to kill them all. If that’s the case, how could Guanzhong be so prosperous?

Aren’t all government affairs in Guanzhong, big and small, done by civilian officials?
What the King of Guanzhong really hates and detests are those civil servant groups who form parties for personal gain, form cliques, scheming with people everywhere, persecuting this and framing that all day long.

"Sir! Do we, do we still have a chance? Will the King of Guanzhong really reuse us?"

"Yes! I feel that some of the policies of the Song Dynasty have become rotten in recent years. Sometimes the policies from above cannot be passed down to the lower levels, even if they are passed down to the lower levels.

All officials are acting in a shady and disobedient way. The roots of the entire Song Dynasty are rotten, such rotten roots. He will be uprooted by the King of Guanzhong soon. "Wu Xingquan said.

Shi Miyuan was once the most powerful official in the world, even compared to Dong Zhuo of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he didn't want to give in any more.

Dong Zhuo did something to depose the emperor, didn't this guy do it too?

The current emperor is not the son of the previous emperor at all, but is even just a collateral clan.

As a result, this Master Shi actually killed the current prince and put another sideline on the throne. With his own people controlling the government, how could the Song Dynasty get better?
And to put it bluntly, the current emperor is also a man who enjoys great achievements.

When he had just defended against the Mongolian invasion from the south, the emperor couldn't wait to launch the Northern Expedition. What was the result?
It's just a waste of people and money, and only increases the casualties of soldiers!

"I asked you to send people out of the city. How did it go?" Wu Xingquan asked.

"Master Wu, this matter is difficult to handle. The entire city is surrounded by water, and there is no place to go. Some trails are heavily guarded or even blocked." A subordinate official said.

"It seems that we can only wait until the Guanzhong army sends envoys to persuade them to surrender." Wu Xingquan said.

It's quite difficult for him. If this was an ordinary general, he would definitely be able to persuade the other party to surrender together, but this one is different! This Lord Yang has been an important minister in the court for generations!
Everyone in the entire city of Yangzhou could surrender, but he could not surrender, because if he surrendered and rebelled against the enemy, his entire family, including his father and brothers, would die.

"Master Wu, even if the envoy of the King of Guanzhong comes to surrender, this Master Yang will probably stand in the way."

"There's no need to worry about this. I can see that some of his generals are already dissatisfied with him as the night progresses.

We will visit the general in his hands separately, and then find a way to seize his military power. "Wu Xingquan gritted his teeth and said.

There was no other way. The arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

If he doesn't kill Mr. Yang, then he, the people in the city, and all the officers and soldiers will die.

"Sir! I will go see these lieutenants tonight."

　My cousin is getting married on May 2nd. The author took a day off. This is the first time I have taken a leave of absence for this book. I hope everyone can understand.

　　
　
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