Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 426 0421 [North Shenggong] (For the leader tree is like this 12 more)

"Dong dong dong dong!"

There was loud drumming in the camp, and even Deng Chun took the light cavalry and ran on foot to chase down the defeated Chu army.

Instead, the heavy armored soldiers and gunfire soldiers who had just made meritorious service chose to retreat silently to the battalion.

The Chu army was not an elite golden soldier, and was defeated several times in a row. If there was no decisive force to join the battle, the rest of the battle would be completely one-sided.

However, the unlucky Gong Bin encountered the maddened enemy army, and nearly a hundred of his sword and shield fighters were killed or injured (there were more injuries and fewer deaths), which has reached one-third of the ratio.Because among the three thousand soldiers, there are only 250 sword and shield hands.

While Gong Bin was fighting hard, the Chu army on the left was defeated.

Get rid of the friendly army on the left side of the battle, immediately attack the side of the crazy Chu army, and work together with Gong Bin to defeat the enemy in front of you.Gong Bin also quickly got rid of the bitter battle, and then rushed forward to cooperate with the friendly army on the right, continuing to form a two-sided attack.

Pincer attack, collapse.

Flank again, then crumble.

The advantages of the Chuanxia Rebel Army on the entire battlefield expanded like a snowball.

Due to the fact that there were too many routs of the Chu army, the reserve team who came to meet them was tottering when they were routed by their own troops.

Zhong Xiangqian led his headquarters to join the battle, and as far as the eye could see, they were all defeated soldiers, and they didn't know where to save them.Even if he knew it, he couldn't make it through, the way forward was blocked by rout soldiers, and the soldiers under his command pulled him and tried to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, let's go, we have already lost!"

Zhong Xiang glanced at Zhu Ming's camp, feeling resentful and powerless at the same time, turned around and fled back to Jiangling City with his own soldiers.

The deserters and pursuers ran hard through the mud, and some people fell to the ground from time to time.

It's a pity that they couldn't use the cavalry to chase and kill them. They could only watch a large number of rout soldiers, and fled in the direction of Jiangling City just like that.

Zhu Ming asked the heavy cavalry retinue, and some returning civilians to clean up the battlefield and control the prisoners. He smiled and said to the people behind him, "The south is stable."

Zhang Tong asked: "There will still be many enemy troops fleeing back to the city, are they going to stay and continue to attack the city?"

"Naturally it is best to be able to negotiate," Ju Ming looked to the north. "Our enemy is not in Jinghu, so there is no need to increase unnecessary casualties. It's just that one Jiangling is definitely not enough for this negotiation, and Yidu and Changyang must also be taken!"

Yidu is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Songzi can be attacked by land. If Zhu Ming occupies there, Zhong Xiang will be even more disturbed.

Gu San's chest continued to bleed, and he came back with a strange spear: "Marshal, look at this, it can pierce heavy armor."

Zhu Ming glanced at it, and said, "Iron cone guns are not rare, they are found in "Wu Jing Zong Yao."

It is impossible to pierce heavy armor by manpower with a gun attack, but it can pierce the gap between armor pieces.

Yue Fei's son, Yue Yun, did not use a hammer as written in the novel, but a heavy version of a special iron cone gun.In the early Northern Song Dynasty, in order to deal with the heavy armor of the Liao Kingdom, the Song army was equipped with iron cone guns on a large scale, but it was gradually used less, and it was not picked up again until the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin soldiers.

This is not a strange weapon, and there are so many of them in the world, and more than 200 of them were excavated at one time by later archaeologists.

"Its blade is four-edged, quite strong and unbreakable, shaped like a wheat ear, and people around it call it a wheat ear gun." This is the written record of the iron cone gun.

When stabbing heavy armor repeatedly, the lance and spear points would slip, slipping from the plate into the crevice.

Ordinary spears slid towards the gap, the strength weakened a lot, and it was difficult to penetrate even the gap.The special structure of the iron cone gun can use the remaining force to easily pierce the gap between the nail plates.

If the piercing is deeper, the wound left by the pyramid can still make the enemy bleed profusely.

Wang Ting glanced at it: "It may be that the army staff warehouse in a county in Jinghu stored some iron cone guns decades ago, which were obtained by the clock thief and ordered the craftsmen to imitate them. The army of Song Dynasty has rarely used them because It is not easy to make, and even if it is made, it is disliked by the soldiers. Because in the past few decades, a large number of weapons in the Song Dynasty have been made of steel. The tip of the iron cone gun is too thin, and the steel is not hard enough, and it is easy to break during combat."

"Hurry up and bandage it!" Zhu Ming scolded.

Gu San was stabbed by the square pyramid, but luckily it didn't go deep into the flesh, otherwise the wound would be really difficult to deal with.

Zhong Xiang's headquarters was the first to escape back to Jiangling, and as soon as he entered the city, he shouted: "Only open the north urn gate!"

He let the remaining troops stand above the urn city, ready to throw rocks and roll logs at any time, and led his troops to ambush on both sides of the gate of the inner city.As long as the enemy dares to chase after the rout, it will immediately attack in all directions.

Gong Bin chased the enemy to the moat. The water level of the moat had already risen sharply, but the water flow was not too fast.

Some of the Chu soldiers who were chased by him fell and were captured halfway, some lost their strength and knelt down and surrendered, and some were trampled to death. Nearly half of them fled here and jumped into the moat.

Inside the moat, densely packed and full of people.

No matter how good the water quality is, you can't swim. There is no space for your arms to stroke the water, so you can only use your feet to keep treading water.

The Chuanxia rebels who chased here stood on the bank and repeatedly poked into the water, and the bright red blood began to boil in the water.

There were also some Chu soldiers who were out of strength, their feet could not support their feet on the water, they subconsciously hugged the people next to them, and then sank to the bottom of the river together.

Those who can get close to the opposite bank are the lucky ones. There is no need to climb at all, and the river has risen to a height close to the bank.Just put your hands on the shore and use your strength, turn over and roll up.

The several bridges on the moat were also full of crowded routs, people were squeezed into the river from time to time, and there were many trampled dead bodies on the bridges.

The Wengcheng was already crowded with rout soldiers, and the latecomers couldn't get in at all, so they could only run around the city wall desperately.

In the outskirts of the city, scattered soldiers can be seen everywhere. They fought in the wrong direction and could not escape towards the city. They could only flee wherever there was no pursuer.

"Hurry up and leave me alone!"

Dongting hero Yingxuan roared, he had a deep wound, he bled too much and his body was weak, he couldn't hold on after running for a while, he was almost dragged away by his own soldiers.

"When we were sworn brothers, we said that we would live and die together. How can we abandon elder brother at this moment?"

"A man's life is nothing more than a righteous word, and today he will accompany his brother to die!"

"We can't talk, anyway, this life is sold to brother."

"..."

There are about 30 to [-] people left around Yingxuan, all of whom are rangers in the waters of Dongting Lake.

Armed with weapons, they surrounded the Yingxuan group, trying to pull a few of them to their deaths.

More and more rebels were chasing after them, and some mandarin duck teams had already dispersed, and upon seeing this situation, they immediately formed a temporary formation.One after another, hundreds of people form here, feeling that Yingxuan is a big man, once captured, it is more cost-effective than ordinary routs.

Yingxuan is indeed a big shot, he brought money into the group, and won two counties to join Zhong Xiang.

After Zhong Xiang proclaimed himself emperor, he bestowed rewards on the heads of various ministries, originally to give Yingxuan the title of county king.But Yingxuan didn't want to show off too much and resolutely declined the title of king, and finally named Bei Shenggong.

Yan Qi, who was defeated by Han Shizhong and Chen Ziyi in Zhijiang, had only the title of Marquis of the West.

Yingxuan couldn't bear the sudden death of these rangers, so he pushed away the two men who were protecting him, and said to the pursuers who formed a siege, "I am the Duke of the North of the Great Chu Kingdom, if I surrender, can I spare their lives?"

An officer said: "Since it is Beishenggong, I will take it into custody and hand it over to the Generalissimo."

Yingxuan said: "Mr. Zhu's name, I've already heard it like thunder, and I just happened to go to meet the heroes today."

Although You Xia'er was not afraid of death, he didn't want to die either. He honestly threw away his weapon and was escorted back to the camp by the soldiers.

"Bei Sheng Gong?"

Zhu Ming looked at this person carefully, he had some impression of Yingxuan, he was Zhongxiang's capable general, and died in battle before Yang Yao became the leader.

Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao were very popular in the early stage of the uprising.

There were even heroic deeds in which the officers and soldiers looted the people, while the rebels desperately protected the people.

At that time, Kong Yanzhou, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty (later surrendered to the Jin Dynasty), suppressed the uprising and plundered small towns and villages along the way.Although the general of the rebel army, Xie Baoyi, had few soldiers, he fought hard against the officers and soldiers, and the villagers also came to help.He defeated Kong Yanzhou and robbed the officers and soldiers and warships, which greatly increased his strength.

"It is the Grand Duke of Chubei who is here!"

Yingxuan was about to lose his footing, and he cupped his hands and said, "They are all gangsters, please let Mr. Zhu let them live."

Seeing that his face was pale and the wound was bleeding profusely, Zhu Ming ordered, "Call the military doctor and bandage this Bei Shenggong."

The Chuanxia rebels had withdrawn their troops and were escorting the captives back one after another. More civilians were called back to clean up the battlefield.

Ju Ming was sitting next to him, watching the military doctor wash the wound with spirits, then apply ointment and wrap it with sackcloth.

"In Chu State, there are four saints, right?" Zhu Ming asked.

Yingxuan said: "One prince, four holy kings, four holy princes, and four holy princes."

Zhu Ming smiled: "Using the title of North, South, East and West, and adding a holy word, this title is given without thinking. Do you believe in Zhong Xiang?"

Yingxuan said: "I believe in equality between rich and poor, high and low."

Zhu Ming asked, "That is to say, you don't believe in Manichaeism?"

Yingxuan remained silent.

Zhu Ming asked again: "Zhong Xiang became the emperor, and you became the saint. How can he be equal to the common people?" Zhu Ming pointed to the prisoner camp, "I don't have enough strong wine and ointment, and I have to heal my own soldiers. You are seriously injured They can be healed, but the other captives can only be bandaged simply. Not to mention being equal to the common people, even the soldiers cannot be equal to the noble or humble.”

Yingxuan was speechless, and could only go around and say: "In any case, it can make the poor live better."

Zhu Ming said: "I can also make the poor live better."

Yingxuan said: "I have read Mr. Zhu's "Discussing the Du Fu Zhao Ji"."

"Would you like to submit to me?" Zhu Ming asked straightforwardly.

Yingxuan said: "It's hard to betray the old master."

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "You come here, if you don't fight against Xiang Zhong's army, you will fight with me from now on."

Yingxuan is still hesitating.

Zhu Ming pointed to those rangers: "If you don't want to surrender, they will all die!"

Yingxuan and the rangers looked at each other, and after a while, enduring the severe pain of the wound, he knelt down: "Greetings, Duke Ming!"

"Okay!" Ju Ming happily supported him.

Not long after, the soldiers came back carrying a corpse: "Marshal, when we were cleaning the battlefield, we found a high-ranking official, who was crushed by the corpse and never saw it."

Zhu Ming asked, "Who is this person?"

Yingxuan glanced at it, and said with a sad face: "Dong Shenggong Xia Cheng."

Zhu Ming immediately ordered: "Send Xia Cheng's body to Jiangling, just say that I want to talk to Zhong!"

(End of this chapter)