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Chapter 486 Some other situations (two chapters in one)

While the singer was gossiping, he was describing to Hu Biao how a girl, the imperial concubine, got out of Yang Zaixing's tent in the middle of the night.

When there are all kinds of suspicious movements and movements, and various abnormalities, etc.,
The fire of gossip was burning in their hearts, but what they didn't know was that at the moment, they were directly south of them, about 20 miles away from the camp of the Jin Ren Zhongjun.

This Jin Kingdom's Song Dynasty army included all the ten thousand commanders, and even some thousand commanders; there were a total of two to three hundred people, and they all gathered here.

Shengsheng squeezed a big tent of the Chinese army so tightly that it couldn't get through.

With so many of them gathered here, they are still holding a meeting regarding the situation of today's battle and the battle between the two sides in the past few days.

This meeting started after nine o'clock in the evening, after the people gathered together ate and drank vigorously.

It has been going on for two or three hours now, but it seems that it is far from the time to end.

Let the golden commanders Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan hold such a large-scale meeting in such a solemn manner, and it lasted for such a long time.

The reason is actually very simple to say, they want to unify the thinking of the whole army, and then continue to die here.

You must know that in the formation of the entire army of the Jin Dynasty to conquer the Song Dynasty this time, the West Route Army originally had a huge force of 31 people, but in fact there are not many pure Jurchen troops.

All told, there were only 3000 people.

However, because there are 5000 iron Buddhas and 5000 kidnapped horses among them; the remaining 3000 are also Yishui cavalry with good armor, good horses, and well-equipped equipment.

They are considered to be the most powerful group of soldiers in the entire Song Dynasty army.

This is the size of the force that was pieced together after most of the adult males among the Jurchens in the Kingdom of Jin were mobilized to conquer the Song Dynasty this time.

After all, 13 years ago, when the old Jurchen emperor Wanyan Agu started his army, he was so poor that all the men who could fight under him were mobilized with a mere 2500 men.

After more than ten years, even if the Jurchens in black, three and white waters are basically gathered together, counting men, women, old and young, the number is still no more than 10,000+.

In it, there are quite a few newborns and young children.

It is all a result of their explosive births in recent years because they have grabbed a large number of women and food.

Among the above 3000 Jurchens, there are clearly divided into several groups.

He only obeyed the orders of Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongbi and other people.

The concept of the so-called Jurchens is nothing more than a tribal alliance nowadays, and there are many different hills in it.

As a result, the remaining two 10,000+ armies.

Basically, they are a motley army composed of surrendered Xi people, Bohai people, Liao people, Han people, military leaders large and small, and local powerful people.

There are more troops under his command, but they can have tens of thousands or even more soldiers and horses.

For those with fewer troops, if all the subordinates are added up, there are only more than a thousand people.

In short, these people may gather together temporarily for various reasons, such as getting promoted and getting rich, or for a better background for their descendants, or for a good chance in Song De.

Each of them has some secret plans of their own.

Under normal circumstances, Wanyan Zongwang and others, who had the strongest cavalry in hand, would naturally be able to firmly control such an army under invincible conditions.

Commanding these military leaders and powerful people, no matter what difficult battles are executed, it is not a problem.

The crux of the problem is that the development of the war is not smooth.

As of today, the army has killed or injured a total of almost 7 people; one of them counts as one, and they are all motley troops composed of the above-mentioned Xi people, Bohai people, Liao people, and Han people.

The Jurchen has never made a move at all, except for serving as the supervising team.

In terms of casualties, none of them exceeded a pair of fingers.

Among the 7 casualties, about 3 died on the spot during the attack, and after the remaining 4 escaped back, most of them died after suffering a lot. up.

What the hell!That miserable appearance before death is better than a happy death in battle.

To say that until now, the leaders of the motley army in the Song Dynasty army did not have any ideas in their hearts, which is simply impossible.

In fact, these people have been secretly contacting each other in private.

Because they also know that in such an age, the people under them are the family behind them and their backs, the biggest capital for a person to live and work.

Without their horses, they are nothing.

So Wanyan Zongwang and the others, after sensitively sensing a more dangerous trend in the army.

Decided to continue to die here, we must strangle Hu Yitong's confidantes in the bud, and they have a meeting like today.

To put it bluntly, I still want to fool these people and continue to consume Song people...

Under the scrutiny of all the leaders of the Song Dynasty army with various expressions, Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the golden man, stood up first.

Pointing to a pile of blood-stained weapons and equipment in front of him.

More specifically, it was during these two days that they paid a considerable price from the Song people to snatch all kinds of weapons and equipment back.

After skipping over helmets, visors, breastplates, knives and guns, etc., the types of equipment that everyone can understand, he began to explain to a group of gunpowder weapons.

First of all, he held a long and a short firecracker, and opened his mouth:

"Song people are very ingenious, and these firearms have indeed caused us a big loss; but you don't need to worry too much, these items are not without shortcomings.

According to the information passed on by my Dajin insider among the Song people.

This kind of iron pipe that can shoot lead pellets amidst a loud noise after firing is called a fire blunderbuss.

Shorter guns are less powerful, but long guns can pierce leather armor within a hundred steps, and iron armor within sixty to seventy steps; as long as they are hit, they will not die, and lead poisoning after lead bullets enter the body is also very difficult. Keep people alive.

Fortunately, through our observation and personal use, they are not without some shortcomings.

First, the filling is quite trivial. Even after hard training, the new soldiers of the Song Dynasty still need a dozen or two to complete a filling.

During this period of time, our archers can shoot as many arrows as possible.

Second, the farther the object is from the head, the worse the aim will be. Those Song people will then form a line and fire their guns at the same time to ensure a sufficient lethality.

In addition, although a spike can be mounted on the long blunderbuss, those Song people's melee martial arts skills are extremely poor. Fighting with this kind of lance that is only one person tall is still inferior to our swords and guns.

So as long as they break through their formation, the rest is nothing to worry about. "

Hearing this, all the military leaders nodded, thinking that what Wanyan Zongwang said was quite pertinent.

While everyone was nodding, Wanyan Zongwang's introduction was still going on.

"This thing is called a 'grenade', and it is similar in principle to the explosive bag used by the people of the Song Dynasty. They all rely on those invisible air waves and splashes to hurt people.

It's just that after making this shape, it can be thrown farther in the flat ground.

If there are some brave men, jumping on them before they explode can reduce most of our army's casualties.

In addition, Song people still have a kind of thick iron pipe called artillery, but unfortunately I have not been able to get some back; they can fire a large amount of iron pellets, or a large number of finely divided iron pellets.

I admit that the power and range of this thing are really amazing, but it also takes longer to reload.

After firing a certain amount, it takes a while before continuing to fire. "

When Wanyan Zongwang said this, he finally introduced the advantages and disadvantages of all gunpowder weapons; I have to say, it is very reasonable.

In the following time, Wanyan Zonghan also stood up and added:

"I admit that even if you know the shortcomings of the Song people's firearms, if you want to take down the Song people's camp, you will really have to pay an astonishing number of casualties.

But if you think about it carefully, this is what Hu Yitong and others have developed into in less than a year.

If it takes another two or three years, how amazing will it develop?At that time, our Jurchens will naturally be eliminated and soon, but you?
With all the things that Hu Yitong showed, I am afraid that you will not end well. "

Under such a statement, all the military leaders looked at each other in blank dismay.

Which of them didn't know how much blood debt was stained in their hands; to put it bluntly, when they entered the Song Dynasty, they burned, killed and looted no less than the Jurchens.

If he really wants to be strengthened by Hu Yitong and others, his end will definitely be extremely miserable.

After thinking of this, the eyes of the army leaders and Hao Qiang were a little different immediately.

At such a critical moment, Wanyan Zongwang added another fire: "If everyone trusts me, the second prince, here are some guarantees.

First, as long as people like Hu Yitong are eliminated, this world will be ours; everyone present in the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River will be able to share a piece of land.

At that time, no matter how many soldiers and horses you want to replenish, how many weapons and armor you want to build, will you still have it?
But how much territory can each person get?Whether it is one state, one capital, or just a remote small county, it depends on your contributions in this battle.

Second, in the subsequent battles, we Jurchens will not continue to sit and watch.

Later, we will come out in an order, and everyone will take turns to attack with their soldiers and horses; and as long as the opportunity is right, our Tiefutu and kidnapped horses will definitely attack with the whole army, and all the Song people will be wiped out in one battle. "

In short, after Wanyan Zongwang and other coaches explained with great effort that they had used all of these threats and lures, all the military leaders were encouraged one after another.

A decision was reached to continue to attack the Song people's camp in the early morning of tomorrow.

It's just that when the other military leaders retreated one after another, and only Wanyan Zongwang and others were left in the big tent, after these people looked at each other, they could all find that each other's eyes were full of bitterness.

Talk!But as long as there is some possibility, they don't want to use such a tactic of killing people.

If they can have these firearms, especially if they can take a kind of artillery and blow up the camp of the Song people little by little, it will be the best thing at present.

The problem is, they can't do it.

The master craftsmen of the Daikin Military Supervisor who accompanied the army have said that although those firecrackers look simple, the pipes and reeds of the fire are surprisingly difficult.

Master craftsmen may be able to make some with their own hands.

However, the imposing Dajin Kingdom may not be able to make a few in a month; as for the weapon called artillery, it is impossible to make it at all.

Even the same gunpowder was made, and their explosive packs weighing twenty catties may not be as powerful as the Song people's, which weigh only ten catties.

At this moment, they finally felt the despair crushed by technology.

In the following time, holding a musket that looked like a work of art, I played with it a lot in my hand.

Then Wanyan Zongbi pointed to the imprint of a wolf's head on the handle of the gun, and muttered: "If only Lang Qing, the servant of the Ministry of Industry of the Song people, can be absorbed into our Great Jin Kingdom.

Even if it is to give the prince's reward, it is extremely worthwhile. "

Hearing such a statement, Wanyan Zongwang replied: "If there is a chance, just find a way to try to recruit them.

High-ranking officials and generous salaries, rich women, as long as he wants, he can give them anything,
But what I hope is that it is best to have a heavy rain; in the heavy rain, the power of those Song people's firearms will be greatly reduced, which is the best situation. "

Having said that, he walked straight out of the big tent and stared at the sky filled with stars.

He never imagined that the Jurchens, who are full of enemies, will one day need to rely on the weather to defeat their opponents.

*******
On the second day, that is, in the early morning of the sixth day of October, after passing through the army of Jin people with a unified mind, they began to attack Zhuxian Town again.

It's still the kind that the infantry cooperates with the cavalry to constantly attack.

After one attacking army after another was defeated, soon there was only a brand new army, and they started to attack Zhuxian Town again.

Compared with the previous period of time, the fighting intensity has increased all of a sudden.

Fortunately, after the two independent artillery brigades of the new army were exposed, they stopped hiding and started firing with all their strength from today on.

Relying on the massive consumption of shells and gunpowder, it withstood the deadliest cavalry attack.

But it was also from this day that the casualties of the defenders on the position began to increase.

Anyway, it is both sides of the battle, and in such a battle that hurts each other, it is constantly and rapidly consumed, and human life becomes extremely cheap at this time.

It doesn't matter who you are, the governor of the Jin Dynasty, the chief of the Wanfu, or the third-rank officials of the Song court like netizens, there is no sense in such a battle.

One by one, they became consumables on the battlefield.

What needs to be explained is that it is on some other battlefields.

For example, in Kaifeng City, in Xiangzhou, in Yanshan Mountain in the North and surrounding areas, some battles that may not be so large in scale, but are equally important, are also going on at the same time.

And it will have some very critical impact on a main battlefield like Zhuxian Town...

On the seventh day of October, about half an hour before dawn.

On a pier in Kaifeng City, because they hadn't slept for several days, Lang Qing and Yu Hanfeng, whose eyes were red like rabbits, appeared here together.

That's because at such a time, every day after nightfall, the fleet will set off, and the fleet that started to deliver supplies to Zhuxian Town will return.

The premise is that such a fleet will not be completely wiped out by the Jinmen on the way.

Because in the past few days, the Jin people finally discovered such a fleet of them.

Then on both sides, a large number of archers and trebuchets were arranged; even in the river, several iron chains were connected, and a chain crossed the river.

Even if they are in the fleet, they have deployed a lot of musketeers, as well as small Frang cannons.

The process is still very dangerous, and there will be at least a few ships that will not return every day.

Sure enough, when the two of them arrived here, they heard a sound of steel rubbing, and at the moment when the heavy iron water gate was raised, a flying tiger boat driven by wheel oars plunged in. .

Seeing the arrows of weeds growing wildly after the rain on the side of the ship,

Even on the hull, there are many large and small holes, mottled blood stains, these traces after the war, just knowing that this trip, the fleet will not be easy at all.

When the warship was just approaching, a small school just jumped off the warship.

He took out a secret letter sealed with wax paint from his arms, and when Lang Qing delivered it, he also reported in his mouth:
"Mr. Wolf, when we came back this time, we transported a total of 920 horses that died in battle.

Originally, I wanted to transport some seriously wounded people back, but five small boats were sunk when I went there, so I didn't bring them back for safety. "

"Hurry up and organize some women to deal with the horse meat; the old rules give priority to military members and workers."

After Lang Qing heard the words, at the same time as he said something in his mouth, he tore open the secret letter after receiving it, and read it under a torch.

Yu Hanfeng also leaned over to give a head, looking very concerned.

As for the casualties of the fleet, it can only be said that the two of them are used to it, or they are numb; as long as they have a ship in hand, they will not stop the transportation to Zhuxian Town to ensure the safety of such a lifeline.

It turned out that after reading it in a hurry, Lang Qing cursed bitterly: "What the hell! Hu Biao's grandson just forced me to death."

Yu Hanfeng looked at Hu Biao's expression, it was also a face of sympathy...

(End of this chapter)