Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 933 Decisive Victory over the South China Sea 1
The Sanfoqi army, under the command of Janawang, was aggressive from the very beginning, trying to overwhelm the Song army with manpower superiority and start a battle of annihilation.

In fact, when Janawang saw that the Song army had few soldiers, he also became contemptuous, thinking that he had a huge army and could not deal with more than ten thousand Song troops, which was simply too humiliating.

Unexpectedly, the Song army formed a tight infantry phalanx, which can also be said to be a stacked formation, rejecting horses in front, and waiting with bows and crossbows, withstood the attacks again and again. , almost made it impossible for the opponent to move forward. Even those who approached the Song army's formation were shot and killed by the black lacquer bow at close range.

Between 250 steps and [-] steps, it is simply a purgatory on earth, with the bones of countless Sanfoqi people piled up.

The sword and card players of the Song Army unexpectedly became the focus. These officials wearing infantry armor can become heavy infantry. In hot weather, they wear several layers of thick linen clothes and heavy iron armor. They are not afraid of the opponent's bow and arrow. More than a hundred swordsman and poker players attacked and defeated the right wing of the Sanfo Qi Army at one time. In the close combat, the heavy infantry of the Song Army was extremely fierce.

Srivijaya's infantry are tough, but their iron smelting technology is backward, and they don't have excellent armor for full body protection. Due to race and environmental constraints, they don't have excellent armor, even if they have it, they can't bear it.

In this way, you can't cut someone to death, even if the knife cuts on the armor, it just rubs out shining sparks, and someone cuts you with a single knife.

In the end, the heavy infantry dealt a fatal blow to Sanfoqi's right wing. Zhang Guo led seven hundred horsemen to rush through the scattered formation of tens of thousands of people on the right wing.

However, he didn't stay any longer, leaving the battlefield to the infantry, and he led the team to the back of the Srivijaya Army.

It was Zhang Guo who led the army in a detour and successfully laid the foundation for victory. The collapse of the right wing of the Sanfo Qi Army also gave Li Changsheng time to penetrate the battlefield.

The result is obvious. The morale of the Srivijaya army is low. The leaders of some tribes retreated first. They are afraid that their soldiers and horses will be hit hard and will eventually be swallowed up by other tribes. No one is a fool. By this time, everyone can see that Janawang is over.

Because the retreat of those tribal leaders led to chaos in the local troops, in the end even the generals had no heart to fight.

Janawang saw that he was powerless, so he had to retreat with hatred. His royal guards resisted heroically. These people were relatively well-equipped, and at least half of them died in battle, but they could not recover from the defeat, because they were facing the guards of the Song Dynasty. navy.

There was no order in the various tribes of the Sanfo Qi Army. They fled in panic and were massacred by the Song Army. After a burst of arrows, they were a piece of corpse. A large number of tribal troops surrendered in an organized way, and some smart people even contacted the Song Army on the spot. , On the battlefield, they turned against the water directly, and everyone ganged up on the Royal Guards.

This battle was decisive. The Song army destroyed the most elite force of Sanfoqi, and there was not much suspense about victory.

The land of Sanfoqi is not small, but most of the areas are very barbaric, and there are not many large cities and fortresses. If the environment of the Central Plains is changed to the city-lined environment, thousands of people will not be able to tolerate the arrogance of thousands of people.

Li Changsheng controlled the rapid progress of the army, and did not even encounter large-scale resistance. The village settlements along the way either surrendered or ran away.

Of course, it would be easier to deal with resolute resistance. With Zhang Guo, the murderous devil, attacking the city directly with the tribal army, and the Song army supported it with strong firepower. Few cities can last for three days. Take it down It is an inhuman massacre.

Many cities and tribes were scared out of their wits. The Song Army was simply a country-by-country tour, and it was easy to reach Zhanbei.

Janawang was almost at the end of his life. He tried to rely on the strong city to make the final struggle. In the eyes of the Song army, the city known as the most prosperous and strongest was just a city equivalent to a medium-sized military state. It is not as complete as the Bowang Army North and South City, and it is almost dismissive with ease.

However, in order to reduce the casualties of the expedition generals, Li Changsheng decided to surround Zhanbei City and wipe out the surrounding resistance forces.

More than [-] soldiers of the Song Army supervised [-] mobs to besiege Zhanbei City, which is indeed a bit arrogant, even to the point of being overwhelmed.

Li Changsheng concentrated the main force at the four gates, and the other troops took teams as units to monitor the movement in the city and behead those who dared to break through. The stone catapult bombarded the city day and night, putting pressure on the Srivijaya people.

However, there was a plague in the camp of the Song Army, and domestic researchers and medical officials such as Gu Liang got busy. They rushed to make immune decoctions, isolated sick officials, and used herbs to repel mosquitoes and insects. Officials had to take a bath every day. Clothes.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of clean water sources. Drinking needs to be boiled and disinfected, and bathing is much simpler. It can limit the spread of plague to the greatest extent and keep soldiers healthy.

Gu Liang led the researchers to configure gunpowder, of course it is ordinary black medicine, and they have no conditions to make yellow medicine for the time being.Just like that, the trebuchet and the bed crossbow showed their power. The city was busy fighting fires every day, and it was almost three times a day, almost on the verge of collapse.

Of course, psychological warfare also needs to be fought. The silk that the Song army shot into the city declared that the Great Song Dynasty invaded the country and leased land on the coast of Srivijaya to dry the goods. Janawang was jealous and intercepted the sea fleet , killing the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, trying to destroy the city wall and looting property, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to conquer Janawang, but did not kill innocent people.

Those in the city who do not want to be contaminated by the scourge of war immediately leave the city and surrender, or kill the rebels, the court will not pursue them, and the warrior who killed Janawang will be awarded an official position.Those who are unwilling to submit to the imperial court will be regarded as rebels on the day the city is destroyed, and they will all be killed.

There are precedents of resisting the slaughter of cities. The strategy of holding honey in one hand and steel knife in the other has indeed played a deterrent effect, and it has quite disintegrated the meaning of resistance.

Many people at the bottom don't understand it, but it's okay for them to know the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, and their old capital has a shrine to the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

It is true that the Bowang army was attacked first. Seeing that the Sanfoqi army is pale and the country is besieged by others, the two ways of treating people are too oppressive. One side is life and the other side is death. The sensory stimulation is too strong. Eerily calm.

I have to say that I heard from people who fled to Zhanbei that the Song army treated the resisters cruelly. Several cities were razed to the ground, and all the people inside and outside were killed and burned. Especially the torment of the imminent massacre, which is even more tormenting than the massacre.

(End of this chapter)