Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

In July, the weather began to turn cooler and more pleasant, and the city of Shangjing was a bit bleak.

On the streets of Hancheng in the south of the city, there are Qin troops everywhere. Many people are hiding and dare not come out. ""The dead grandfather has long been looking forward to Wang Shi going north to recover his homeland", "Saving me is like being in the water and fire", "I have long been hearted to the Southern Dynasty" and other words.

There will always be people who are dissatisfied in any place, and most of the Han people in the south of the city are Han people, Xi people and other people of various ethnic groups. What resistance is encountered.

Even though many people were afraid, they just hid. After entering the city, there was basically no resistance in the south. The defenders at the top of the city almost surrendered under the guidance of Xiao Siwen's son.

The Qin army entered early in the morning, and various battle reports quickly spread to Emperor Shi's ears.

In the morning, Emperor Shi hurried to capture Yeluxian, and when he entered the imperial city of Da Nei, Jing Si led the troops to occupy the bridge over the Baiyingolo River between Seoul and Da Nei, and took down the Dashun Gate in the south of the imperial city.

Then Haijin led a battalion to Xiangdong, took down the Andong Gate on the east side of Da Nei, fought for two quarters of an hour, killed more than [-] people and captured the city wall, because the Qin army suddenly launched a surprise attack from the back of the city, and at that time the Liao Kingdom The defenders never expected that the Qin army would attack from behind them. It was not bright at that time, and many defenders were still asleep, and they didn't resist for long.

In the hand-to-hand combat between the narrow city cave and the narrow wall, the Qin army's elite full-body thick iron armor shows its advantages. There are often scenes of five or six people chasing and killing dozens of people with Liao army scimitars and arrows. .

After that, the Anton Gate was opened, and the army from the east poured into the city.

As for the Gande Gate in the west of the city, there are more defenders, because there is a tributary of the Shali River in the east of the city, so the army cannot be deployed too much, and the terrain in the west of the city is open, and it is the main road for the tribal troops in the northwest to go south. The army, about [-], is deployed in the west of the city.

In contrast, [-]% of the defenders temporarily organized by the Liao Kingdom were deployed in the west of the city.

Therefore, the competition for Qiande Gate in the west of the city was too fierce. At the beginning, because there were not many people entering the city, the elite was taken by Emperor Shi to raid the palace, so Li Chuyun sent Yang Ye to lead a battalion to attack the palace. Unfortunately, they did not succeed. Waiting for the Liao army to respond After coming over, immediately retreat to Anguo Temple south of Gandemen to gather resistance.

Anguo Temple is a highland in the city. Its terrain is higher than that of the city. It is a raised hill in the city.

Yang Ye saw that the Liao army gathered thousands of people, abandoned Qiandemen, and turned to Anguo Temple to resist. He knew that it would be difficult to fight. The Liao army took the lead. The gate is out of place, but to seize the high ground in the city.

Yang Ye led people to compete with the Liao army at the Confucius Temple at the foot of the mountain. After killing more than a hundred people, they captured the Confucius Temple.

So he gave up the occupied Confucian Temple, turned his head to control Gande Gate, and sent someone to explain the situation to the coach Li Chuyun, and asked for reinforcements.

As the Dashun Gate in the south of the city, the Gande Gate in the west of the city, and the Andong Gate in the east of the city were captured by the Qin Army, a large number of Qin Army troops were transferred into the city.

Li Chuyun did not immediately send troops to support Yang Ye. He knew the priorities until the imperial city of Dao was occupied by the officials and the false emperor of Liao was captured. After the death, he ordered Li Jilong to lead the troops to gather the follow-up troops to enter the city. Once there were five battalions, he immediately went to reinforce Yang Ye.

With the arrival of Li Jilong's reinforcements, the Qin army quickly surrounded the hillside where the Anguo Temple is located, and then reinforcements joined in one after another. By the afternoon, the Qin army had gathered 8000 battalions at the foot of the mountain, with [-] troops, while the Liao army on the mountain was estimated to have only three. It reached about [-], but the Qin army still did not launch an attack immediately. They were waiting for the artillery camp to be in place.

Due to heavy equipment, inconvenient transportation and other reasons, the artillery did not arrive in time.

Half an hour later, the artillery of the two battalions was transferred to the foot of the mountain. After preparing for the artillery fire, the Qin army began to attack the mountain. They first took down the Confucian Temple and its nearby buildings as a support, and then attacked upwards.

Originally, a feint attack was the most difficult to fight, and it was laborious and difficult, especially for the vanguard of the Qin army wrapped in iron armor. Fortunately, the shells that were originally planned to fight for a month were saved after Xiao Siwen took the initiative to open the city and surrender. The ammunition was sufficient and the firepower The abundant artillery of the Qin Army found the pleasure of fighting with hands and feet on this hill.

After nearly half an hour of firepower preparations, the Qin army began to attack the mountain. After sufficient firepower preparations, the Liao army on the mountain actually had no combat effectiveness. The battle lasted until the afternoon, and most of the Liao army surrendered.

The Qin army captured and beheaded more than 4000 people, of which more than 70% were prisoners. Most of the killings were during the artillery preparation period. The Qin army had very few casualties, only six to seventy people were injured, and five died in battle. They completely controlled the Anguo Temple. Before dark , The battle report has been sent to Emperor Shi.

At this point, Shangjing was completely under the control of the Qin army. Emperor Shi was very happy and sent someone to inform Yeluxian to pack up his things, and he could either go to Daliang by himself or take his head away.

Ye Luxian was very knowledgeable and had already started to pack his things, but tears streaming down his face, he didn't dare to mention Xiao Chuo's matter again.

There are still many people at the North Gongchen Gate of the Great Inner City who are desperately resisting, but they are completely different from the previous defenders. According to the report, those are the Khitan nobles in the Great Inner City, their families, and private soldiers. They belong to the entire Liao Kingdom. The core power level gathered thousands of people to resist stubbornly.

After hearing the news, Emperor Shi asked Xiao Siwen and Han Derang, and after checking, the report was indeed correct, and then ordered to send [-] battalions of horses and two artillery battalions to surround them and kill them all.

Emperor Shi's orders were ruthless and cruel, and there was no room for negotiation. The Qin army faithfully carried out the orders without the slightest hesitation, and no one in his subordinates objected.

Emperor Shi rode out of the inner imperial city on horseback and led his soldiers towards the residence of Princess Xiao’s patriarch. Agreed to protect his nephews and let him take someone to identify them and take them away.

Emperor Shi understood the power structure here, because Han Derang had told him in detail before that if he wanted to maintain a stable control of Shangjing and support the Han family as puppets, the best way for these noble Khitan royal families was to kill them all. core of political power.

There has never been any method that is more useful than killing people. This is a cruel and true fact.

Physical annihilation is the fastest and most effective method in the short term. Just like the Qin State ruled the world, it was struggling at the beginning. Later, after Bai Qi rose up, Qin State discovered that the most depleting opponent's national power is to kill their people.

People will remember Qin Shihuang's great achievements in unifying Liuhe, and will also cast aside Bai Qi's reputation as the first executioner of the Warring States Period, but the objective fact is that Bai Qi killed the vital forces of the six countries on a large scale, making it more difficult for countries to organize effective resistance. , reality is always cruel.

As for Qianqiu's infamy, firstly, Emperor Shi didn't care, and secondly, he didn't care.

For the emperor, people's judgments are loose. For example, Guo Rong actually massacred prisoners of war in history. Call him the first enlightened master of the Five Dynasties.

Emperor Shi asked himself, should he be restrained?But given the current conditions, there is really no other way. Perhaps as the emperor, he is destined to abandon benevolence and righteousness.

That night, a large number of Khitan nobles and nobles from the Liao Kingdom were besieged near the Gongchen Gate. In fact, after several rounds of shelling, they had already dropped their weapons and asked for surrender. In the end, only Xiao Siwen took a few people away, and the others were all besieged. The water is tight, and there is no way to get out.

That night, the Qin army's shelling did not stop, and the screams in the north of the city continued like boiling, like a raging tide, and the thunder continued, and did not stop until midnight.

Emperor Shi settled down at the Princess Chang's mansion and fell asleep without taking off his armor. He slept for about two hours. In the middle of the night, Emperor Shi was woken up by the guards around him. .”

Emperor Shi nodded, he didn't see blood, he didn't see the tragedy, but he had seen swords and swords, blood and rain, strong winds and waves for more than ten years, and he knew what kind of scene it was.

I have seen more bloody and cruel ones, but if you can't see them, you will be more hard-hearted. For the emperor, the final report is just some numbers.

"Properly handle the funeral affairs to prevent epidemics, clean up as soon as possible, and don't cause panic." Emperor Shi ordered.

"Promise!" Hai Jin took the order, and when he was about to leave, Emperor Shi said again: "The generals and soldiers have worked hard."

At this time, the sun rose eastward, the sky cleared, and the overall situation in the capital was settled. It seemed that yesterday's chilling had passed. The soldiers of the Qin army in black armor patrolling and shuttling back and forth seemed to have nothing changed, and everything seemed to have changed.