Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 732

Sun Ji hugged his knees and looked at the setting sun in the sky, feeling bored.Those thieves have occupied the stockade for more than ten days now.You are only allowed to go out, not to enter, and you can't leave if you want to.Living in Pan's father's house these days, he ate a lot of rice, and Sun Ji felt a little embarrassed.

It's almost mid-autumn, and although the leaves of the trees are still green, they have lost a lot of their color, not as vibrant as in summer.In the nearby bamboo forest, there seemed to be fewer birds, and they no longer kept singing all day long as they did a few days ago.

When Father Pan came back from Zhailizi, he hurriedly saluted Sun Ji when he saw him.

Sun Ji returned the gift.Said: "Are those thieves in the village still there? When will such a day be the end!"

Adie Pan said: "Officials don't need to worry. I heard people say that those people will leave soon."

After hearing this, Sun Duan jumped up from the ground.Asked: "Are they going? Why are they going?"

Adie Pan said: "This afternoon, many people came down from the Guanshui River Valley, carrying many large copper pipes. I heard that they are called cannons, and they are very powerful when used on the battlefield. The people who came from the village are the golden men. , Hiding here, just waiting for the artillery. Now that they have snatched the artillery, if they don’t rush back to the north, the imperial army will definitely wipe it out.”

Sun Ji nodded.Said: "It turns out that—"

As a native of Luoshan, Sun Ji had heard the name of artillery before.It's just that what it looks like and how to use it is not clear.It must be very useful for Jin Jun to spend so much effort to grab it.

This stockade is located in the mountains, not far from Shang Town, it is indeed a good place to hide soldiers and horses.To the north of the mall, you will soon leave the Dabie Mountains, which is an endless plain.After the puppet Qi occupied Shouchun, the Song army had only one stronghold in Lu'an, and there was no way to take the Jin army.

Back at Father Pan's house, Sun Ji was restless.Although I am just a commoner, I have seen the vicious Jin army in the past few years, and I have also experienced a stable life under Wang Xiaolie's rule.The artillery is an artifact of the Song army, and it was snatched by the Jin army, so I thought it was very hateful.

After dinner, Sun Ji couldn't help it.Tell Father Pan and come outside the village.I heard the people in the village shouting horses neighing, and it was a mess, and I don't know how many Jin people came.When the people's homes were robbed by the gold men, some people scolded them.At this time, the Jin army was not as kind as it was when they came here. Anyone who dared to scold them would kill them randomly with their knives.In the stockade at this time, more than half of the people died under the knife in just over an hour.

Lying in the shadows outside the village, looking at the miserable images in the village by the moonlight, Sun Ji felt mixed feelings.These are my own fathers and folks. It is really pitiful to die so tragically.What can I do if I am alone?
After watching for a while, he sighed, and Sun Ji turned to leave.Suddenly, a scream was heard in the village.Looking up, I saw a man suddenly ran out of the house, with disheveled hair, looking terrifying.

On the street, a golden soldier was patrolling with a knife.Seeing someone coming, he cursed angrily, and slashed at him with a knife.

He was stabbed, and the man was covered in blood.Pointing at Jin Bing, he cursed loudly: "I am from the Song Dynasty. If I die here today, I will not go back with you!"

Jin Bing stepped forward and stabbed the man's chest with a knife.He laughed and said, "Since you want to die, then die! There are so many nonsense!"

As soon as the words were finished, a general of the Jin army came out from the corner of the street carrying a pot of meat.Looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but wonder: "Who did you kill just now?"

Jin Bing pointed to the house in front of him and said, "The one coming out of here—"

"How dare you!" Jin dropped the basin in his hand to the ground, and the juice splashed everywhere. "That room is locked up with a cannon craftsman, how dare you kill him!"

After hearing this, Jin Bing was stunned for a while, not knowing what to do.Just now I killed him smoothly, but I didn't expect to cause a catastrophe.

At this moment, more than a dozen people rushed out of the room and rushed towards the golden soldier holding the knife.Someone shouted: "Daddy Xin was a good man, he died here! We are originally from the Song Dynasty, how can we go north with these Jin people who are not as good as pigs and dogs! It is better to die, not to humiliate our ancestors!"

From Tuanfeng Town to Macheng, it took two hundred miles a day and a night, and more than a hundred gold soldiers ran to death.When the waterway was exhausted, a large wooden frame was used to lift the artillery.A two-thousand-jin cannon needs fifty men to carry it.Traveling all the way in a hurry, we arrived at this stockade.Along the way, more than 200 people died.Arriving at this stockade, the Jin army was already exhausted and on the verge of collapse.Many people killed people in the stockade just to vent their anger.

The captured Song Dynasty craftsman suddenly became violent, and the Jin soldiers who were eating around didn't even think about it, so they picked up their knives and guns and killed them.Hurrying for the past few days, many Jin Jun's minds are muddled, why do they think so much?
Before the generals of the Jin army gave orders, all the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty had been killed, and the ground was in a mess.

The general of the Jin army was also petrified by his subordinates.He is old in the army and knows that he cannot be suppressed at this time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.We can only wait for the matter to pass and the mood of these soldiers calm down, and then slowly think of a solution.

When Sun Ji saw it outside the village, he was stunned for a moment.On the ground in the stockade, there was a mess of flesh and blood, and the corpses were almost incomplete.

The breeze is blowing, already bringing a cool feeling.

Autumn has come.

In the Henan government office, Wang Xiaolie slammed the official document on the table.Angrily said: "This poor quality is not enough for success, but more than failure!"

Wang Ruohai picked up the official document and read it.After a moment of silence, he asked, "The artillery has been snatched by the Jin army, and there is no chasing army around. What should I do?"

Wang Xiaolie stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the yellow leaves falling outside.

After a while, he said: "What else can we do? We have artillery in the army, and the Jin army will learn it sooner or later. It's just that I didn't expect it to be like this. When Zhe Yanzhi came to Luoyang, he was afraid that the court would not be able to learn how to cast artillery. The ready-made cannon, the craftsman who cast the cannon, and even the pattern of the cannon, all of them were taken away. Who would have thought that they would all be given to the Jinren! Zhiniang thief, Orihiko deserves to be killed!"

Wang Ruohai had been with Wang Xiaolie for many years, this was the first time he heard Wang Xiaolie scolding others, and it was also the first time he heard Wang Xiaolie say that a person should be killed.Seeing Wang Xiao in front of him full of murderous aura, standing there, he didn't know what to say.

It took a long time for Wang Xiaolie to calm down his emotions.He said in a deep voice, "Once we have the cannon, the Jin army will definitely learn how to use it as soon as possible. It will take time. This autumn, there may not be a major war. But next year, the Jin army will definitely attack in a big way. We must prepare early."

Wang Ruohai nodded.Said: "If the Jin army does not consider the cost, they can cast a lot of cannons in a year. But their army needs to learn how to use them, and I am afraid that there is not enough time."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's definitely not enough. We spent several years, how many drills, and how many people offered advice, but we still didn't use it well. The battle in the west of Beijing at the beginning of this year, although the results were brilliant, the price was really high. Quite a few. In fact, more than half of the artillery in the army is broken. It’s just that artillery, as long as it doesn’t blow up, is not difficult to repair. The golden army’s cannons have no fewer problems than ours.”

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie turned around.

Just as Wang Ruohai was about to speak, Wang Xiaolie raised his hand to stop him.Dao: "I have always said that artillery is a powerful weapon in the army, but we cannot rely on artillery. It is not one or two weapons that really determine the outcome of a war, but the army itself. In the next year, while building artillery, the most important thing is Train the army. Our main attack direction remains unchanged, and it is still in the east of the river. We must use this year to form a certain victory against Taiyuan!"

(End of this chapter)