Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 495: Meng Gong martyred his country and pacified Ezhou
"Brothers, fight to the death and guard the city gate." A military general from the Southern Song Dynasty rushed out with hundreds of soldiers. Plan to take back the city gate.

If the enemy troops rushed in, it would be over. No matter what, he would have to fight to the death to hold on.

"Kill, kill, kill, brothers, take back the city gate, take back the city gate."

"Hmph! The shield soldiers are in front, and the musketeers are advancing behind." The Guanzhong general in charge of the attack gave the order.

A large number of shield bearers blocked the front.

Dozens of musketeers appeared from behind, set up their muskets, and pulled the triggers on the charging Southern Song soldiers.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
It doesn't matter whether you are wearing armor or holding a shield, but in front of a gun, all living beings are equal.

I don't care what kind of armor you are wearing, you will be knocked down in one shot by a gun. Ordinary soldiers don't have a suitable price, so wearing a leather armor or even cloth is good. Even the armors worn by these generals are just traditional pierced armor, and pierced armor is completely unable to defend against muskets. (Here is an introduction to the protagonist’s musket. It can be said to be a musket from the peak period of black powder. It is not the earliest matchlock gun. There are detailed design drawings in the military firearms design book.)
After being hit by muskets, a large number of Southern Song soldiers suddenly fell to the ground and twitched continuously.

The leading general was shot several times and fell in a pool of blood, his eyes widening with disbelief on his face.

After the first row of musketeers finished firing their bullets, they quickly retreated to the second row, followed closely and started shooting again.

There was another burst of gunfire, and a large amount of white smoke appeared. Hundreds of death squad members fell into a pool of blood in an instant. A few were lucky enough to be alive!
They were also quickly killed by the Guanzhong army. The death squads of several hundred people rushed out bravely, but they were all wiped out in just one encounter.

This is a huge gap caused by backward weapons. It’s not that the soldiers defending the city in Ezhou City are not brave and they don’t dare to fight desperately, but faced with the huge gap in weapons, they have no chance of winning.

The defenders of the Southern Song Dynasty were retreating steadily. The Guanzhong army rushed into the city gate, and large numbers of shield soldiers rushed in. The musketeers followed closely behind and began to advance.

The same scene was also staged on the four city walls. The four city gates were breached at the same time, the city towers were successively captured by the Guanzhong army, and the entire outer city fell.

All the officers and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty who were guarding the city began to retreat towards the inner city, but their retreat speed was not even as fast as the advancement speed of the Guanzhong army.

"Brothers on the other side, as long as you throw down your swords, kneel on the ground and surrender, the King of Guanzhong will forgive you."

"Surrender without killing, surrender without killing." The Guanzhong army shouted loudly as they advanced.

After hearing this, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty began to waver. Weapons such as muskets gave them a great shock, especially when shooting in groups, the power was extremely terrifying.

It’s really daunting.

"Brothers, surrender, surrender, you can survive, surrender, you can go home." The leading Guanzhong Army general said again.

"General, we are willing to surrender, we are willing to surrender, don't kill us, don't kill us!" At this moment, the Southern Song army no longer had the consciousness to resist.

Large numbers of Southern Song soldiers knelt on the ground, threw away their weapons, and surrendered to the Guanzhong army.

"Okay! All the surrendered soldiers, please stand still and don't move. After we advance, we will immediately withdraw from the city and cook you a high-quality mutton soup outside the city for you to drink." The general in Guanzhong spoke.

"Thank you so much, King Guanzhong, and thank you so much, general."

"Brothers, keep pushing."

"All the people, we are the Guanzhong army. As long as you don't come out, nothing will happen. All the people stay at home or hide in the cellars and are not allowed to come out." The army shouted loudly as they advanced.

In this chaotic army, it is really difficult for ordinary people to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

The battle on the city tower has also ended. The clamoring Southern Song generals fell one by one to the muskets or the swords of the Guanzhong army.

"Brothers, the city tower has been occupied by us. Go down to the city to support us."

"Kill! Kill!"

After seeing the four city gates being breached, Zhang Yong immediately sent a large number of troops to support the operations in the city.

"Send all the reserves out, all the surrendered soldiers out of the city, and all the people stay at home. I want to sit in the Marshal's Mansion in Ezhou City tonight." Zhang Yong said.

"We will obey the military orders of the King of Guanzhong!" A large number of generals knelt on the ground and said to Zhang Yong.

Subsequently, large numbers of generals from Hebei, Guanzhong, Sichuan and Sichuan, generals from the Central Plains, and thousands of Mongolian households.

They all rushed into Ezhou City with their own soldiers.

About two hours later, the Guanzhong army cleared the entire outer city, and all the enemy troops had been annihilated or surrendered.

The Guanzhong army that set out from the four city gates met at the gate of the inner city, and the heavy artillery from the rear was also pushed up.

"Brothers, the King of Guanzhong said that he will rest in the Marshal's Mansion tonight." A Hebei general raised the sword in his hand and said.

"Capture Ezhou City, capture Ezhou City." All the officers and soldiers began to roar loudly.

"Attack, attack, blast their gates, blast their gates."

Boom! Boom!
Ezhou City was not originally a military powerhouse, and the inner city towers were not even as good as the outer city walls. After the Guanzhong army came with artillery, they destroyed the inner city gate with just a few cannons.

"Kill! Kill!"

It was still the same style of play, with the shield soldiers advancing forward and the musketeers shooting behind. The Southern Song Dynasty immediately organized brave death squads, but almost all were lost before they could reach the enemy.

boom! boom! boom! The sound of gunshots is the sound of death, the sound of killing people.

Every gunshot means that a member of the Southern Song Dynasty death squad fell in a pool of blood.

Countless teammates died tragically, and the leading generals died in battle. The troops of the Southern Song Dynasty could no longer hold their nerve, and their morale began to collapse completely.

"Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!" The Guanzhong army began to enter the inner city with neat steps. There is no sloppiness.

They did not give the Southern Song Dynasty forces any chance to resist, and continued to advance with the army.

"We are willing to surrender! We are willing to surrender!" The soldiers guarding the outer city also knelt down at this time.

Several generals also sighed and threw away the steel knives in their hands, but some retained the last bit of blood. Instead of surrendering, he wiped his neck with his own knife and committed suicide.

"Kill! The city will be destroyed today."

"The King of Guanzhong has an order! Anyone who captures the enemy's general Meng Gong alive will be granted a hundred households and a thousand gold rewards."

"Capture the enemy general alive, seal hundreds of households and reward him with a thousand gold coins."

"Brothers, kill! Kill, kill into the city!"

"Capture Meng Gong alive, capture Meng Gong alive."

Countless Guanzhong troops roared and began to attack the inner city as if they had been given blood.

At this time, Meng Gong sat helplessly on the ground in the Marshal's Mansion in Ezhou City, listening to the shouts of death coming from outside the city, and sighed helplessly.

"This is not a crime of war, this is God's intention to destroy our Song Dynasty, God is going to destroy our Song Dynasty!" Meng Gong said helplessly.

He never dreamed that the battle would reach this point. The weapons and tactics used by the Guanzhong army were so powerful that after a full-scale attack on the city, I couldn't even defend it for a day.

This was the result of the King of Guanzhong wanting to protect the people in the city a few days ago and not attacking Ezhou City with all his strength.

"Marshal Meng, please come with us quickly. We will escort you out. You can also go to Huangzhou. You can also go to Jiangzhou to continue organizing soldiers to resist." Mao Jie said.

When he was in Xiangyang Mansion that day, Marshal Meng was determined to die, and he was forcibly taken out by him. But today, it has only been more than a month, and it is less than 1 months! Another crushing defeat.

"The cities in Huangzhou and Jiangzhou are about the same as Ezhou, or even slightly inferior. Going there will only increase casualties." Meng Gong said.

If you want to defeat the King of Guanzhong, you must have weapons of the same level as the opponent and an army of the same size. Otherwise, even more people will be useless. In the face of the opponent's sharp firearms, the numerical advantage has been lost. There is nothing left, not to mention they have no numerical advantage. He now knows why the King of Guanzhong and his army were able to sweep across the Jin Kingdom and Xixia. Even during the Western Expedition, the Western countries were unable to fight back.

"Marshal Meng, you, you can't do this! The emperor, the official is still waiting for you at Lin'an Mansion!" A military general named Wang said.

"Alas! The Jianghuai defense line that we have worked hard for several years has been completely torn apart by the King of Guanzhong, and it was even broken up in less than half a year.

We have no chance. Even if I run to Huangzhou and Jiangzhou, after the army of the King of Guanzhong comes, I will run away again or be loved. What's the point? "Meng Gong said.

If there was even the slightest chance of winning, he would not leave, but after two consecutive battles, the Battle of Xiangyang and the Battle of Ezhou, he had completely recognized the reality.

"General Meng, we, we will die fighting with you."

"Marshal Meng, if you don't leave, we, we will die fighting together with you."

A group of people who followed Meng Gong and the generals who were promoted by Meng Gong spoke together.

When Meng Gong heard this, he shook his head helplessly, then waved his hands and said. : "Brothers, why are you doing this? Just surrender the King of Guanzhong! Don't let the soldiers die in vain anymore."

After the war has reached this stage, and then you lead the soldiers under you to die, you are sorry for the soldiers under you, and you are not a general.

"Marshal Meng, otherwise, you, please lead us to surrender to the Guanzhong army. The King of Guanzhong will definitely treat us kindly." A military general asked.

But before he could finish his words, a person beside him immediately knocked him to the ground and even pulled out a saber and put it on his neck.

"You bastard, you dare to confuse the public with your monstrous words and disrupt the morale of our army. I will kill you now." After that, he will cut off the opponent's head. But at this moment, Meng Gong suddenly stepped forward and held the handle of the knife with his hand.

A trace of blood slipped from Meng Gong's palm.

"Okay! Everyone has his own ambitions. Besides, the building is about to collapse, why bother embarrassing the former brothers? If all of you want to surrender to the King of Guanzhong, leave immediately and surrender to the Guanzhong army with your own troops. ! I don’t blame you.” Meng Gong said.

What is the end at this time? The city is broken.

"Marshal Meng, you, you."

"Stop talking. If you want to surrender, just leave, take your troops out and surrender, and tell the brothers to stop resisting. If you continue to resist, you will die. These ordinary soldiers also have wives, children, and young and old. "Meng Gong said.

"Marshal Meng, we will repay your great kindness in the next life." After saying this, a dozen generals ran out directly. They still had a bright future, and they really didn't want to die here and be buried in the Zhao Dynasty.

There are many people who want to surrender, but no one proposed it just now. Now that Marshal Meng has said this, there is nothing to worry about. It will be dangerous to stay in this room any longer.

In the huge room, there were still seven generals left with Meng Gong.

"Generals! You are not willing to surrender, and I am not willing to surrender either. But I don't want to hurt other people's lives anymore. Let's just hang ourselves here!" Meng Gong said while looking at the generals who were still in the room.

He could see that the remaining people would rather die than surrender, and were loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty. In this case, there was nothing more to say, so he would take everyone with him!
Others can surrender to the Guanzhong army, but he can't, only he, the marshal, can't!
"Marshal Meng, if there is an afterlife, we are willing to follow you again." A group of generals knelt on the ground and said with choked voices.

"Yeah!" Meng Gong nodded.

Then the group of people took out their swords, or took off their belts and hung them on the beams, or took out the poison they had prepared.

Then he tidied up his military uniforms and put on his armor.

Either they cut themselves, or they took poison, or they hanged themselves, and they died in the room one after another.

These last loyal ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty died collectively.

An hour later, the Guanzhong army completely breached the inner city, and a large number of Southern Song generals and soldiers surrendered.

Then we came to Meng Gong’s mansion.

"Generals, Marshal Meng, he, they are inside." A surrendered general sighed helplessly and said. There was no movement inside. He also guessed what happened.

Several Guanzhong generals nodded together and stretched out their hands to open the door of the hall. What they saw were several generals lying on the ground or people hanging on the beams. The one in the middle was Meng Gong.

"Marshal Meng, woo woo!" Several surrendered generals saw their commander hang himself to death. It's all extremely painful.

They resented themselves, resented themselves for being timid, resented themselves for being afraid of death, but I was afraid of death, so what sin did I have?

Human beings are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless?

They also wanted to follow Marshal Meng and die for their country, and they also wanted to maintain their last loyalty, but at the last moment, they became afraid again.

"Take down the corpses of the generals and put them in place. Let's report it to the King of Guanzhong first and see how he handles it." The Guanzhong general who took the lead in rushing in said.

"It's the general!"

In the evening of that day, Zhang Yong led people into Ezhou City, ordered people to clean the battlefield, and began to issue notices to calm the people. All people can go out tomorrow, but they are not allowed to leave the city within seven days.

"Your Majesty, this time we captured more than 30,000 people, annihilated more than 10,000 enemy troops, and more than 30 generals from the Southern Song Dynasty surrendered to us.

However, Meng Gong, the coach of the Southern Song Dynasty, committed suicide in his palace.

There are several other generals accompanying him. I would like to ask the prince to tell me how to dispose of their bodies. "Xu Haifeng knelt in front of Zhang Yong and said.

"This man is indeed a loyal minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is righteous to sacrifice his life for the country. In this case, let's bury the remains of these generals alive!" Zhang Yong said.

It seems that the plan to capture Meng Gong alive has failed.

But there was nothing he could do. With Meng Gong's character, he would never surrender to himself. Death was the best outcome for him.

"Your Majesty! How should we deal with the surrendered soldiers in the city?" a general asked.

“For those who are older, forty or above, just let them retire and return to their hometowns, and for those who live nearby, just let them disband on the spot.

For those whose homes are not nearby, let them stay with the army first, provide logistics for our army, and serve as civilian husbands. After the war is over, they can go home.

As for the young and strong, they were all broken up and incorporated into our army, as were their generals.

Anyone who surrenders to me will have their official positions unchanged. After the war, they will be allowed to go to Guanzhong Academy to learn new fighting methods and tactics. Those who fail to pass the test will not be able to become generals. "Zhang Yong said.

Among the generals in Guanzhong, if you want to stand out, having such a prominent status is not enough. You must have real talent and learning, even your own son is no exception.

Among the generals in Guanzhong, those who wanted to take the back door were all nipped in the cradle by Zhang Yong. After all generals have completed their studies, they must also undergo regular assessments, and the assessment generals are randomly selected.

There must not be any person who is just trying to make up for it.

"Your Majesty, some grain and grass, some warships, and weapons and armor were also found in Ezhou City." A general who was responsible for searching the arsenal ran over and said.

"Yeah! Distribute all these weapons to Hebei and the Central Plains army, and use them as military rations." Zhang Yong said.

After five days of rest in Ezhou City, the army made some repairs, appeased the people in Ezhou City, and restored Ezhou City to its original order.

After leaving 10,000 troops to guard, Zhang Yong took the remaining troops and headed towards Huangzhou.

The five-day rest, in addition to giving the army a rest, also had another purpose, which was to spread the news of the fall of Ezhou City.

This will further damage the morale of the generals and soldiers who defended the cities of other state capitals.

　It seems that the Yuan Dynasty has the most people.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)