The struggle of the reborn prince

Driving people to attack cities is a common method in war, whether it is the nomadic people who are considered to be brutal barbarians, or the Central Plains people who claim to represent civilization.And this is also considered the most inhumane act. Thousands of people who have no ability to resist are treated as cannon fodder and rushed to the city under the drive of swords and guns. If they advance, they will die, and if they retreat, they will die, leaving the last drop of blood in despair.

There is also a more cruel method, which is to use the relatives, friends, and clansmen of the defenders as the forerunners to attack the city. This can be said to be the most inhumane trampling on human nature. Both sides must kill their relatives to save their lives. , and the ending is often that the defenders ruthlessly kill their relatives or cannot bear this psychological suffering and surrender. Therefore, there is no such inhumane thing in the world, and it is also a huge challenge to human nature.

The Jurchens often used this magic weapon when encountering insurmountable cities during the founding of the country and subsequent wars. Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Zhending have caused countless people in the Central Plains to kill their relatives and fellow clansmen.But in the Song army, especially in the new army formed by the emperor, this kind of thing never happened, and it was strictly prohibited by the emperor.The reinforcements that the emperor mentioned today were a group of people from the Kingdom of Jin who had been captured, and their relatives were on the top of the wall, especially there were a group of unarmed women and children below the wall, how could it not be confusing. "Your Majesty, it has become an iron law in the army to strictly prohibit people from attacking cities. Is your behavior inappropriate today?" Gao Chong didn't understand the concubine's explanation, and said dissatisfiedly.

"Did you see that I sent troops to drive them away? I just let them go to the city to reunite with their relatives." Xin Zhao said innocently, blinking.

"Where did these people come from?" Gao Chong was indeed asked. They were still hundreds of steps away from the city, and they did not send troops to threaten, but just watched from a distance. The questioning was a bit abrupt, although the imperial concubine knew everyone well.But the status was different, and it was obviously rude, so he hastily changed the subject.

"The Jurchens fortified the walls and cleared the wilderness. But they only took away the young and strong men, but left the old and weak women and children in the wilderness to fend for themselves. The holy driver traveled all the way, it can be said that there are many mourners, and His Majesty took these people in for food and clothing, and prepared to choose a place Resettlement. But these people insisted on going to the city to reunite with their relatives, so I sent them here." Zhao Xin said.

"The last general thought that His Majesty drove the troops to attack the city. It was a huge misunderstanding." Gao Chong said, "But why did Your Majesty tell me that the city will be broken? Can it be broken like this?"

"Throw it with peaches. Repay it with plums. Commander Gao just needs to wait and see what happens, don't worry, just withdraw all the troops you lead!" Xin Zhao didn't blame him, but just smiled and asked him to withdraw the troops. "Yes, the last general obeys!" Gao Chong didn't really believe it, he had been fighting for several days and knew how fierce these people were, how could he be easily deceived by the emperor's little trick, but the sky is falling with the emperor The big one stands on top, and at this moment, the next emotional drama in Weizhou City has officially started, so let's watch the drama by yourself...

After the excitement of meeting relatives.The people in the city and the city are gradually calming down, and now a very real problem is in front of them, what should we do next?It is to let people from outside the city go in.Or let people outside the city leave and continue wandering.Seeing that the relatives outside the city have no food and clothing for many days, wandering around, and have to avoid the looting of the rebel army, how can the people in the city feel at ease, of course they hope that the city lord can take in their relatives.

However, the city lord of Weizhou has a different idea from everyone else.First of all, based on the overall situation, these people are too old and weak to participate in the defense of the city, and they have to waste food, increasing the supply pressure of the city, and no one knows when the war will end.How long will the Song army have to besiege the city again; who knows if this is a trick of the Song army, once the city gate is opened.The Song army took the opportunity to attack the city, and it would be a big deal if they lost the city by surprise; besides, the Song army would not take the opportunity to attack the city.However, spies are hidden in it, and when they suddenly attack and secretly open the city gate to lure the enemy into the city, it will also bring disaster.

Ordinarily, there is nothing wrong with the Weizhou City Lord's consideration in this way, but he forgot that there are tens of thousands of young men in Jishoubao, while his own defenders are only ten thousand.And these days, the young and strong have become the main force in the battle. They are not only responsible for transporting the supplies needed for the defense, rescuing the wounded and other auxiliary tasks, but also going to the city to defend against the enemy when the casualties of the defenders are increasing, becoming the frontline fighters. important force.But the reason why these people fought against the Song army without fear of life and death was mainly because their relatives were living abroad. Only by defeating the enemy as soon as possible can they regain their homes and reunite their relatives.

On the one hand, there are relatives who are crying miserably, and on the other hand, is the city lord who is full of voice and expression, which makes these young adults fall into a state of hesitation.No matter how much they begged, the city lord remained unmoved and insisted on refusing to open the city to let people from outside the city enter. However, in the tribe-dominated society of the Kingdom of Jin, the country was just a concept, and the emperor was very far away from ordinary people like them. Far away, tribes and relatives are their sustenance and support.Especially from the cries of relatives in the city, knowing that the Song people who gave them rescue and sent them here were regarded as enemies, the contrast between the two sides inevitably reversed.

After repeated pleas to no avail, the hesitant young adults became angry, but the city that they spared their lives to protect turned away their relatives and pushed them to the side of the enemy, so what's the point of fighting on their own.So the angry young adults broke out. They knew that only by surrendering the city could they save their families. In the chaos, they didn't know who made the first move.Ding Zhuang expelled the soldiers guarding the city, opened the city gate to welcome the Song army into the city, and Weizhou City changed hands in a blink of an eye.

Gao Chong and the others were still in a dream when they led the army into the city. The emperor relied on a group of helpless old and weak women and children to take the city that he had failed to capture for many days. This kind of magical turning point also kept them in a dream generally.In fact, Zhao Tong's trick was bad enough. Although he didn't use force to drive the people to attack the city, he made full use of human nature. People's inseparable family affection and the natural opposition between the two classes stimulated the mutiny in a disguised form!

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Zhao Tun outwitted Weizhou, and Ma Wei successfully captured Xiangzhou. However, the Zhongyong Army encountered troubles all the way in Pennsylvania. The water surface is several miles wide, and the terrain of the city site is extremely dangerous. If it is the throat of the river, it will be difficult to start without the cooperation of the navy.Although it was impossible to communicate with the West Route Army through water for a while, after capturing Xiangzhou, they gained control of the lower reaches of the Huntong River, blocking the connection between Huanglong Mansion and Huining Mansion.

Although the pre-war plan could not be completed as scheduled, it did not affect the attack on Huanglong Mansion. After discussing with Gao Chong, Zhao Tong and Gao Chong ordered Ma Wei to lead the Dengzhou Navy to reinforce the Zhongyong Army and continue to attack Pennsylvania, while the Leopard Wing Army stayed behind. Xiangzhou blocked the reinforcements coming from Shangjing, and he couldn't wait to move to Huanglong Mansion with the army.

It is only forty miles from Weizhou to Huanglong Mansion, which can be reached in one day according to the normal marching speed, but there are many castles scattered in the distance, the big ones are several miles around, and the small ones are only a few miles away.These fortresses are generally built on the main roads, and are garrisoned by Meng'an and Mouk, who live here. Most of them are Jurchens and Bohai people who have lived here for a long time. Naturally, they hated them to the bone, and the resistance became more intense, so that the Song army had to eradicate them one by one, so as not to be attacked by the enemy, until the Song army arrived at the city of Jeju at the end of July.

The Song army went to the village ten miles away from the city, and the emperor camped in the middle army.Afterwards, they scouted around and quickly sent the situation to the emperor's desk. The city of Huanglong Mansion is relatively large in scale, with a square city seven miles around. In the middle of each city wall, there are turrets on the four corners of the city wall, and a moat outside the wall. There are tens of thousands of households and [-] defenders. The details of the city are unknown.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Tun had just finished his meal when he heard the alarm bell in the camp ringing. Someone entered the account and reported that a Jin army from outside the camp had come to challenge him.In the past, when the Jin army heard that the Song army was coming, they would often close the gates of the city tightly, as if they would not leave the city even if they were killed, but today they took the initiative to challenge them.If there is a lot of fun, it's still Zhao Tun, the crowd couldn't persuade them, so Lei Zhenshan, the commander of the guards, led a brigade of guards, and accompanied the emperor out of the camp.

When Zhao Tun arrived, the Song Army had already lined up, and the tiger head on the general flag flying high indicated that it was the Song Army Tiger General who was fighting today.But as soon as the emperor arrived, they had to settle for the next best thing. Even Gao Chong's commander-in-chief had to retreat to the second line, replaced by the apricot-yellow banner representing the emperor, and the Chinese army erected a yellow umbrella to indicate his identity.He had just settled down, but before he could see the formation of the Jin army, the sound of drums on the opposite side was loud, and a cavalry army of the Jin army rushed out of the formation on horseback, trying to take advantage of the Song army's unstable foothold and formation.Upon seeing this, Gao Chong immediately sent troops to meet him.

For a moment, the sound of drums and hooves on the battlefield was thunderous. Zhao Tang looked at the battlefield with his binoculars, and saw about a thousand Jin soldiers charging into the battle. They came in line of geese. The leader was a general in black iron armor. , with long hair loose, holding a spear in his hand, behind him wrote the flag "Wanyan" to Wanhu, Jeju Road.The Song army was fighting with a brigade of tiger generals, and they were still in the most adept stone wall formation, with the battalion as a unit lined up in four rows to confront the enemy.

"Bang, bang..." The soldiers of both armies tried their best to increase their horse speed. After entering the range of the continuous guns, the dragoons raised their guns and fired continuously, trying to disrupt the enemy's formation.The Jin army rushing to the front was shot and fell from the horse from time to time, but the general of the Jin army seemed not to be affected at all. He lowered his body, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, stretched forward with one hand, and stabbed forward fiercely at the moment of contacting the enemy. out……