I am Da Song

Chapter 24 Dao Ancestor Appearance
Zhao Huan stood still under the gate of Baokangmen, leaning on the battlements and looking out of the city quietly.

This scene finally inspired the officials and soldiers of the Song Dynasty who had been doing nothing. Countless soldiers of the imperial army stared at the figures of the officials in amazement for a long time.

From the curiosity at the beginning, to the astonishment in the middle, to the shock at the end, everyone was finally sure that if the officials had to avoid Yashishi, they would advance and retreat with a group of lowly soldiers like him, and they would die together!
The officials who had been anxiously admonishing and obstructing them were all stopped by the officials of the Imperial City Secretary.The attitude of the officials to fight to the end is extremely firm.

As an emperor, if he wants to act arbitrarily, under the feudal dynasty system, no one can force Zhao Huan to change his course.

Seeing this, countless Forbidden Army soldiers gradually fell silent.Is it the righteousness of a courtier to sit idly by and do nothing to save someone who is usually favored by the country when he is in danger?

A mid-level officer in the Imperial Army suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "The country is in danger, and the country is in danger. Is there no one in the Imperial Army who is loyal to the king and serves the country?"

"Huaizhong Guyi, who can serve the courtiers and strive for the country! Come with me to carry some sets of defense equipment over here!"

With a loud shout, at least a hundred people shouted in response, and ran towards the Suzaku Gate in high spirits, preparing to bring a few sets of bed crossbows and cannon mounts over.

Looking at these high-spirited forbidden soldiers, Zhao Huan showed relief.It is these soldiers who loyally serve the country are the backbone of a nation and the mainstay of a country.

Maybe they are in decline now, but only by gathering more and more loyal soldiers can they form an army with faith and military spirit.In the end, the majestic mountains and rivers shine on the sun and the moon.

While Zhao Huan was thinking, Wu Ge suddenly brought dozens of officials from the imperial city to Zhao Huan with shields, and shouted: "Officials, the Jin people are starting to test the cannon!"

Following Wu Ge's loud roar, the busy guards showed despairing expressions.The cannon mounts installed on the city wall have not yet been assembled, and the Jin army has already started firing cannon stones.

Dozens of shields were guarded in front of Zhao Huan, and the official of the imperial city was worthy of being a brave soldier selected from the whole army. No matter in terms of bravery, military discipline or morale, it was beyond the comparison of ordinary imperial guards.

Even though they knew that their bodies might be smashed to pieces, these people still stood in front of Zhao Huan holding on to the huge shield.

The burly body, the solid heavy armor, and the thick shield jointly build a steel wall and an iron wall, the Great Wall of flesh and blood.

Before the successful construction of this steel line of defense, the last scene Zhao Huan saw was a flow of stones covering the sky and the sun.

At this moment, Zhao Huan finally saw the horror of the battle between Song and Jin.

Zhao Huan had only heard of the rain of arrows covering the sky before, but he never imagined that in the age of cold weapons, such a situation of cannon stones covering the sun could be seen.

For a while, arrows and stones rained down on the city wall, especially the arrows, the defenders had no place to stand, and the screams were endless.

Zhao Huan clearly saw that a large amount of rubble was shot into the banner of the driver.From time to time, the roar of crushed stones hitting the huge shields carried by the officials in the Imperial City, followed by the low and muffled groans of the officials.

Standing with a shield behind them is an important experience that the Forbidden Army has summed up from their blood and tears in the outer city defense battle.With the back against the thick giant shield, the impact of the boulder can be mitigated to the greatest extent.

For this reason, when defending the four walls of the outer city, the soldiers stood with their shields behind their backs and could not sleep for a long time.In addition to the cold and heavy snow, the ground is several feet deep, and the fingers are frozen.

This is also what Zhao Huan admires the most about the Song Dynasty, not one of them.The degree of appreciation is even far above the so-called civilization and prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

This dynasty always has the courage to sum up experience and make bold reforms and innovations.

"The Book of Songs Daya King Wen" said: "Wen Wang is above, Yu Zhao is above heaven. Although Zhou is an old state, its life is restored."

The spirit of praise in the Book of Songs can be said to have run through the Song Dynasty.

The emperors, generals and bureaucrats of the two Song dynasties will try to reform the shortcomings and try to reform the law to make it stronger.

This is the most in line with the characteristics of the traverser's mind, and it is also the most convenient dynasty for the traverser to show off.

In the Song Dynasty, if the transmigrators did not reform the political system and try to improve themselves, the whole country would not agree.

Of course, there is never a shortage of diehards and opposition.

But in general, as the Book of Songs says, in the Song Dynasty, innovation is the Manifest Destiny!
Zhao Huan was glad that he decided decisively to stay in Baokangmen today. If he had hesitated at that time, the situation in Baokangmen would be out of control now.The Jin army was about to attack the city, but the Song army still hadn't recovered from the fluctuating hearts and organizational chaos caused by the fall of the outer wall.

At this time, the Jin army's arrows and stones were like rain, and the defenders on the city were completely passive, and they were likely to collapse again.

Under the heavy shield, Zhao Huan's calm and resolute voice came: "Quiet, everyone go back to their duties. I will stand here to supervise the battle today. I guarantee that on the city wall of this battle, everyone will advance and retreat together, live and die together. Never There will be no chance for anyone to passively avoid the battle and step back from the walls."

"Below me, everyone obeys the command of the Sibi Commander. The whole army unifies the law and fights to the end!"

If the officials are so determined, the whole army will immediately be silent, knowing that there is no possibility of passively avoiding the war.After all, the officials once executed nearly a thousand rout soldiers without success.With this precedent, the Jin army will not retreat today, and no guards can walk down the city wall alive.

After the imperial army gradually calmed down, Liu Fan's calm and heroic voice sounded: "All the artillery and crossbows of the whole army are aimed at the siege Jin army, mainly to kill the Jin people!"

It will take time for the guards to regroup and restore the organizational system, and orders that are too complicated are not suitable for the moment.Liu Fan is proficient in military affairs and knows very well that the most important thing at present is to unify the laws and make the army unite as one.

Sure enough, after Liu Fan shouted, the soldiers on the city wall jumped for joy, and aimed their artillery and crossbows at the siege Jin army.Without restricting the target in detail, it means that after the command of the commander, each gun mount can fire by itself.Without high-level interference, the proactive Song army could still kill the Jin people and achieve considerable results.

The loyal soldiers of the Forbidden Army cheered thunderously, knowing that at least hundreds of Jin soldiers could be killed or wounded in this battle.He was no longer anxious and desperate, and devoted himself to assembling the defensive equipment.

Seeing that there was no reaction on the city wall, the Jin army under the city also laughed wildly and arrogantly.Wanyan Shema smiled arrogantly, and said: "There are heroes in the Song army, but the rulers and ministers who are in power are all weak bones. They have not fired guns all the time. They are afraid that the soldiers are approaching the city, and their knees are weak again. They want to ask for peace. .”

The others also laughed wantonly. If the Song army were not under the emperor's control, they would be like dragons, horses like tigers, and heroes of all kinds.

But once under the coercion of the court, Jin Jun would not be surprised at how stupid things he did.

From Jin Jun's reaction, it can be imagined that everyone in Jin Jun did not take Song Dynasty's resistance to heart from top to bottom.After all, wars and peace have been repeated many times since the siege.Wanyan She also thought it was a whim of the defenders, and the main combat faction in the city had the upper hand again.

So he yelled: "Aim the cannons at me, aim at the soft-boned emperor of the Song Dynasty! As long as he is so frightened that his liver and gallbladder are torn, he flees before the battle. The Song defenders will collapse and flee, and they can enter the city today."

All the Jin troops cheered happily. After the first round of testing, all the catapults of the Jin army basically had a general understanding of the direction of the catapult, and adjusted their positions one after another. Hundreds of catapults aimed at the gate tower of Baokangmen.

Both sides have made their own deployments according to the situation. With the sound of a cannon from the Jin army, Zhao Huan's first battle since crossing officially started.

Under the city, the golden army's artillery and crossbows fired at full speed, and the arrows and stones blocked out the sun.Zhao Huan felt that the light dimmed under layers of protection, as if there was a black cloud over the city.

Immediately there was a tragic impact sound, the city wall roared, and gravel flew randomly.A guard from the imperial city guarded by a shield grunted, vomited a large amount of blood, mixed with a broken liver, collapsed heavily on the ground, and died in front of Zhao Huan.

For the dead soldiers, the shields behind them had been completely broken, and the thick iron armor had also been deformed.

This tragic scene made Zhao Huan's hair stand on end in an instant, and he clenched his fists tightly, suppressing his desire to scream.

At this time, it is necessary to stabilize the morale of the army, and any panic will shake the morale of the defenders.

Zhao Huan tried his best to endure the discomfort in his heart, and Wu Ge's excited roar came from outside the layers of protection.

"Soldiers, have you seen it? The artillery stones of the Golden Army are either monumental stones, stone mills, or sheep and tiger stones in the tomb. They are of different sizes and cannot be uniformly fired. Hundreds of gun mounts fired a salvo, and very few hit them!"

Immediately there were thunderous cheers on the city wall, and countless imperial guards shouted excitedly.Although I don't know why, the Jin army's siege performance today is indeed far below the standard.

In the days of bloody battles in the past, the Song army would die or injure hundreds of people.But today, after a round of shelling by the Jin army, there were almost no casualties anywhere on the city wall.The main casualties were near the official home.

Most of the artillery stones of the Jin army hit the front of Baokang Gate, the Forbidden Women Taoist Temple and De'an Gong Temple on the east and west sides.

Even the soldiers of the forbidden army who had been numb all the time were boosted in morale, and they shouted excitedly: "The Taoist ancestor has manifested, and he gathered all the cannon stones of the Jin army to the Taoist temple with his divine power."

"It's really a blessing from the gods. Daozu wants to protect us and win this battle!"

"It must be the Daoist ancestor who manifested his holiness, otherwise why did most of the golden army's cannonballs fly into the Taoist temple?"

Hearing all kinds of cheers, Zhao Huan under the shield was dumbfounded.Is there still such a miracle happening?Is it really the Daoist ancestor who manifested his holiness?
The emperors of Zhao and Song believed in it, and even Huizong was honored as the emperor of Taoism.Couldn't it be that piety moved Daozu, so Daozu ordered himself to travel through and protect himself to guard Tokyo?
If the feudal army believes that it has divine help, the morale of the army will be greatly inspired.

Especially after the second round of bombardment by the Jin army, there were still very few casualties on the city wall, and most of the artillery stones gathered near the gate tower.

The guards were finally convinced that Taoist ancestors were indeed guarding the guards on the city wall by passing the Forbidden Women Taoist Temple in front of the city gate and the De'an Gong Temple.For a while, the morale of the three armies was like a rainbow.

Only Zhao Huan, who was near the city gate tower, fell into deep self-doubt. Does Daozu have any opinions on himself, a materialistic warrior?
Why did Pao Shi come rushing towards him? The entire city wall was full of cheers from soldiers, and there were very few screams.But right in front of his eyes, three elite personal servants had already been smashed to pieces and died tragically in front of him.

Song Jun's huge shield and heavy armor can only block gravels of the level of more than a dozen catties. If a boulder weighing more than a hundred catties hits it, it will be smashed to pieces in an instant, and it cannot be defended at all.

But to Zhao Huan's relief, this effect is enough.The soldiers of the imperial army carried shields to defend, and the main purpose was to block these denser small stone throws.There are not many real boulders, and because the Jin army can't unify the standard of cannon stones, the hit rate is extremely poor.The stones thrown from the eaves of the gate tower flew everywhere, but there were very few boulders that directly hit the defenders below the gate tower.

(End of this chapter)