In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 319: Attacking the Kingdom of Jin (please vote for me)

"Kill." Li Liang and Zhou Yong attacked from both sides and chopped off the last enemy in front of them. Then they pushed open the city gate, and a large number of soldiers and horses behind them rushed into the city like a tide.

The two looked at each other and smiled, with extremely excited expressions, and finally entered the city.

Wait, Li Liang suddenly looked up and saw 'Caizhou' written on the city gate (i.e. Ruyang, it was called Caizhou in the Jin Dynasty, and the front was changed).

He lowered his head again and discovered that the ones on the ground they had just killed were Jin soldiers, and he was wearing Song army armor.

Am I not a golden soldier?Why did you follow the Song army into my hometown?

"Wake up, wake up, wake up."

In a daze, Li Liang was shaken awake. When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Yong looking at him with a strange expression.

"You can still fall asleep despite the sound of cannons in the distance?" Zhou Yong looked incredulous.

"Hiss—" Li Liang finally came back to his senses. He had just had a dream.

Last night, he and Zhou Yong were taken away from the camp by the Song army and went to the official road a few miles southwest to stir up horse ropes. There were only a few dozen people here. They lit torches and worked until twelve o'clock in the evening.

After sleeping for a while, there seemed to be a sound in the distance, but Li Liang still didn't wake up.

At around four o'clock in the morning, when the sky was slightly light, Li Liang and the others were woken up by Song Jun and started digging holes around them.

Then the sound of artillery began to be heard from several miles ahead, as if there was a fighting ahead.

They continued to dig holes and set up traps here until about seven or eight in the morning, when the Song army allowed them to rest and have breakfast.

The breakfast given by Song Jun was dried yak meat, which was hard, hard to bite, and not very tasty.

But they soaked it in hot water and ate it. They felt very satisfied, because when they were in Caizhou, it was difficult to eat meat in the Jin barracks.

After a simple breakfast, Li Liang fell asleep again. Following Song Jun these days was really tiring, and he was working every day.

"What time is it?" Li Liang rubbed his eyes, sat up, and found that there were many people sleeping around him.

"It seems that it's the time of day (about three or four o'clock in the afternoon in later generations)" Zhou Yong whispered: "The Song army has just arrived. The fighting in front is about to end. Food will be sent here soon. You can eat rice today."

Li Liang and the others only had one meal in the morning. They haven't had lunch yet, so they are indeed a little hungry.

But the Song army, the Jin army and the Mongolian army fought for a whole day without eating, so naturally they did not dare to say anything.

"Did you win?" Li Liang asked happily.

"Don't talk nonsense. If we lose the fight, can we sit here?" Zhou Yong gave him a blank look.

"Haha." Li Liang shook his head stupidly.

Li Liang also wanted to ask about the details of the battlefield. How could Zhou Yong know?

They didn't dare to ask Yuan Wu, and these three Song soldiers had been following them and were not on the battlefield, so they probably wouldn't know.

After a while, a carriage came from a distance. Two Song soldiers led the carriage and rushed here. Looking at their expressions, it was obvious that they had won the battle.

"Come on, come on, come and help." Watching them, Chief Yuan Wu of the Song Army woke up those who were still sleeping.

There was a big iron pot on the carriage, and a bag of rice was unloaded, along with some vegetables and a leather bag. I don't know what it contained.

Li Liang and Zhou Yong were overjoyed and rushed forward to help.

Following Song Jun for the past few days, they have become more skilled. A few people dug and built stoves, while others went to fetch water and firewood, and then set up pots to cook.

Neither of them had eaten rice as good as Song Jun's in Caizhou, nor had they seen such a big iron pot.

In addition to rice, this meal also has two dishes. One is dried yak meat, which can be eaten directly or boiled in water and cut into slices. Each person can share a few slices, but it has no taste.

There are also sun-dried vegetables that are boiled directly in water, and each person shares a few chopsticks.

The food is quite simple, but on such a day and on the battlefield, it is not easy to get hot food.

This was also a victory for the Song Army. If they were defeated, not to mention hot food, they might even lose their lives.

The three Song troops who led the team ate the same food as them. The Song troops who delivered the food went to other places, and they probably had to deliver more food.

Before leaving, Song Jun and Yuan Wu, who were delivering food, went to the side to have a conversation.

The two of them kept looking at the group of civilians while they were talking.

Zhou Yong and Li Liang reacted more sensitively. Zhou Yong suddenly whispered: "What do the people of Song Dynasty want to do? Don't they want to kill someone?"

Li Liang was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "Song Jun wants to kill people, so there is no reason to cook for us?" It's not a waste of food.

It also seems to make sense.

The two of them couldn't help but look up into the distance. They didn't know how far they were from the battlefield, but they could still hear the faint sound of cannons.

It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sound of gunfire from the front was still intermittent, proving that there was still resistance.

But the sound of cannons is no longer intensive, and sometimes it only sounds once during a meal.

"The fight is almost over. We are lucky. No one is running this way." Yuan Wuchang said to everyone with a smile.

The civilian husband didn't know whether to win or lose, but he was very happy to hear this.

Zhou Yong was stunned for a moment, then tried to ask: "Wuchang Yuan, what should we do if the Mongolian army comes?"

Are there just three Song troops here useless?

"There are several lines of defense around the front. We are the last. If the Mongolian army can get here, we can just dodge them without blocking them."

Zhou Yong didn't say anything, thinking that it wouldn't be in vain for us to do it, and it didn't matter whether we did it or not, but of course he didn't dare to say.

Wu Chang Yuan would not tell him that there were actually a small number of ambushes around.

After everyone finished eating, Chief Yuan called everyone into a circle, and then opened a leather bag that had just been delivered.

Crash, a lot of stuff poured out.

Everyone took a closer look and found out that he was a member of the Song Dynasty. Everyone's eyes were bright.

"The war is over. We Han people will not lie to Han people. Everyone has worked hard with us for a few days, and the money they deserve will not be less."

"Okay." Zhou Yong was the first to cheer, and there were cheers from all around.

Other civilian husbands also quickly applauded.

It's been really hard following Song Jun these days, working overtime every day, but now that I can get the money, it's all worth it.

Yuan Wuchang then began to divide the money.

Both Li Liang and Zhou Yong got the money they deserved. The moment they got the money, they both breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stuffed it into their arms.

At this time, Yuan Wuchang said again, there are two choices later.

First, if you want to go back to your home in Caizhou, have a good sleep tonight and gather together tomorrow. Song Jun will take you back.

Second, those who are willing to continue to be civilian husbands with the Song Army should be given money.

Someone in the crowd immediately asked: "Are we still fighting? Isn't it over?"

"Still fighting." Yuan Wuchang said: "But you still help with transportation and do chores, so you don't have to go to the battlefield."

"The Mongolian army didn't leave?" Zhou Yong couldn't help but ask again.

"Fight the Jin Army." Yuan Wuchang said directly.

"..." The scene suddenly became quiet.

Li Liang and Zhou Yong were stunned.

Then Yuan Wuchang spoke on the phone. Wanyan Heda's 10,000+ army was wiped out. The Song army also captured Caizhou. Follow-up troops from Caizhou came in and began to retake the homeland of Henan. Those who are willing to help retake the homeland can follow. They kept going.

After saying this, there was some commotion below, and everyone realized that when the Song Army pretended to attack Guo, they also occupied Caizhou and at the same time penetrated into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom.

According to Yuan Wu, the Kingdom of Jin is about to end.

But for the people below, whether the Kingdom of Jin is complete or not is secondary. The Caizhou family is more important.

So most people at the scene asked to go home, and a few were willing to follow the Song people to continue making money.

Yuan Wuchang did not force it, but quickly came to Li Liang and Zhou Yong.

The two of them suddenly looked a little nervous.

"You two used to be Caizhou defenders, right?" Yuan Wuchang asked.

"Yes, no, no-" Li Liang stammered, his face turning red.

Zhou Yong was already observing which way he could run, and was panicking in his heart.

"Are you willing to join the Song Army?" Yuan Wuchang said: "I see that you are relatively strong. With a little practice, you will become elites in the future."

"..." The two looked at each other.

"It's up to you. Don't force me. Nearly [-] Mongolian soldiers and horses were captured on the battlefield this time, and countless troops were surrendered. You can think about it. If you don't want to, go home with them. If you want, just stay."

Zhou Yong and Li Liang looked at Yuan Wuchang's armor. There seemed to be cotton armor inside, and he was almost armed from head to toe.

"Will Song Jun give me money?" Zhou Yong suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

"Do you think we are short of money?" Yuan Wuchang patted the hard armor on his shoulders, and then patted the cotton armor under his chest and abdomen: "I am a corps commander with two layers of armor."

"The monthly salary of five copper coins is a copper coin."

"You just came here, starting with copper coins per month."

"Is there--is there any meat to eat?" Li Liang asked stammering.

"On normal days, you have small meat on two days, and on six days you have large meat. You also eat meat during wartime. You don't eat it every day, but these are more unpalatable." Yuan Wuchang said with a smile.

"Caizhou is really occupied?" Zhou Yong asked again.

"Why are you lying to you? Wanyan Heda and Tuo Lei have been defeated by us. It won't be long before the Central Plains belongs to us in the Song Dynasty." Yuan Wuchang said proudly.

Li Liang was a soldier before, and Zhou Yong was a centurion after all, so he had some experience.

I heard before that the entire army of the Jin Kingdom came to fight Tuo Lei. They were going to lose. The Jin Kingdom was really in danger.

Li Liang wanted to ask something else, but Zhou Yong quickly patted him: "Okay, okay, let's abandon the dark and turn to the light and become the Song Army."

The two agreed to be soldiers of the Song Dynasty, but were taken away after a while. They soon met Zheng Youcai again, but did not see He Daniu.

After asking, I found out that He Daniu had returned to Caizhou. He was not a soldier and wanted to go home.

Zheng Youcai, like them, surrendered to the Song army.

There were about 400 people selected from this group of civilians, all of whom were young and strong, and most of them had been Jin soldiers.

Li Liang, Zhou Yong, and Zheng Youcai were directly incorporated into the same team.

The Wu leader is a Song soldier, his surname is Li, and his name is Li Changlin.

The deputy corps commander is also a Song soldier.

In addition, there are four Song armies in Wuli, a total of six Song armies.

Three people were incorporated into this army, and there were also two surrendered Jin soldiers in the army.

There are 11 people in this team. Li Changlin told them that starting from today, they are the infantry battalions of Henan Dusi, one army, one general, one battalion, one command, one capital and three corps.The first one is all one, which is easier to remember, and several people have memorized it.

Zhou Yong asked the other two Jin soldiers at this time, and then he realized that during the day, the Jin soldiers and the Song army defeated the Mongolian army first, and then the Song army suddenly turned against the enemy and used artillery and trebuchets to smash the Jin soldiers' infantry and cavalry. The soldiers dispersed.

Then 5 to [-] people from the Song Army blocked it from all directions, and pushed the cannon forward little by little, and the trebuchets smashed forward, and they continued to fight for a long time.

When the Jin soldiers defeated the Mongolian army, around noon, the Song army defeated the Mongolian and Jin troops again, which took more than an hour.

Finally, artillery and trebuchets were pushed to the Mongolian camp, and finally all the Mongolian and Jin soldiers were forced to surrender.

Of course, some Mongolian and Jin soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape, and most of them escaped by climbing Fangcheng Mountain.

In this battle, the Song army received at least [-] to [-] horses and [-] gold troops.

About three thousand Mongolian soldiers fled up the mountain, and about six thousand Jin soldiers fled in all directions. However, the Song army also had cavalry to chase them out. It can be said that they won a complete victory.

This time the Jin soldiers blocked the Mongolian army, and the Song army blocked the Jin soldiers. Moreover, during the battle between the Jin soldiers and the Mongolian army, the Song army blocked the Jin soldiers behind the Jin soldiers. The space was further compressed and smaller, and this was how they achieved great results.

It turns out that after the tow mine defeated Wanyan Heda's 10,000+ soldiers and horses in Sanfeng Mountain, Wu Xian was also in the formation at that time. After Wu Xian fled, he actually harassed another [-] defeated troops.

Therefore, the Mongolian army defeated the Jin soldiers at that time and failed to annihilate them all.

Then when Wuxian took these [-] defeated troops to support Nanjing, they were defeated by the Mongolian army. After Wuxian died, most of them surrendered to Mongolia, and the last main force of the Jin Kingdom was completely destroyed.

Now Yu Jie had almost wiped out Tuo Lei and Wanyan Heda's troops in a direct battle. Although the fight was disgraceful, no one on the Song Army side would feel embarrassed.

Li Changlin got acquainted with each other, and then everyone followed Li Changlin to a plain on the east side.

There are a large number of rebel horses forming circles here, and they are all filled with surrendered soldiers.

Li Liang, Zhou Yong and others were first assigned to wear a set of Jin soldiers' clothes and armor. All three of them were holding Jin soldiers' spears. Compared with the Song army's clothes and armor, they looked a little out of place.

A group of 11 people arrived at the scene, and Li Liang could see the darkness in front of them, filled with people, all of whom were Jin soldiers sitting there.

Li Changlin went in and quickly pulled a group of people out.

After the Song army put away the mixed horse ropes, one of them just tied a group of surrendering soldiers (ten people).

They led the group of surrender troops to the edge. After walking about fifty steps to the east, they saw a huge mass grave.

Li Liang, Zhou Yong, and Zheng Youcai all gasped when they arrived at the mass grave.

On the west side of the pit, all the soldiers were digging, and the pit was getting bigger and bigger.

The east side of the pit is full of corpses.

"Kneel down." Li Changlin pinned the ten surrendered soldiers to the edge of the pit one by one.

Li Liang and Zhou Yong were trembling a little. Only then did Zhou Yong realize that the ten people here were all centurions or officers.

And the place they just went to that was surrounded by horses was also filled with such high-level military commanders.

"Zheng" Li Liang drew his sword and stood behind the first Jin general: "Surrender or not? Are you willing to serve me, the Song Dynasty?"

Li Liang looked secretly and saw that General Jin seemed to be a Jurchen.

"Bah" the Jurchen spit on the ground: "With no faith and no righteousness, sneak attack from behind, Song Gou is really despicable."

Li Changlin took a step back, looked at Zhou Yong, then at the golden general, and then slashed the golden general's back heart with the long knife in his hand.

Zhou Yong swallowed hard, and without hesitation, he took a step forward, pounced, and stabbed the golden general in the back of the heart.

"Get out." Li Changlin cut the hemp rope with a knife and kicked General Jin behind him.

King slowly rolled the body into a mass grave.

Li Changlin came to the back of the second Jin general: "Surrender or not? Are you willing to serve me, the Song Dynasty?"

Jin Jiang's body was shaking a little, and he opened his mouth. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Li Changlin looked back at Li Liang.

Li Liang didn't hesitate, stepped forward and stabbed the man in the back.

"Get out." Li Changqiang cut the rope first and then kicked it down.

He walked behind the third one and hadn't spoken yet.

"Surrender, I am willing to surrender." The golden general almost cried. He didn't look like a Han, but a Jurchen or a Khitan.

"What's your name? Which camp?" Li Changlin asked.

"Jiagu Aida, the commander-in-chief of the Zhongxiao Army."

"Where is the family?" Li Changlin asked again.

Jiagu Aida was stunned for a moment: "In Nanjing."

"Go back to camp and leave your address and write a letter. When our army breaks through Nanjing, we will protect your family." Li Changlin said.

Jiagu Aida's face turned red. Song Jun asked him to write a letter, which was tantamount to pinching him.

"Yes, yes." He had no choice but to agree.

Then Li Changlin continued to ask.

These are all Jin generals, some are Han, some are Khitan, and some are Jurchens. Some will surrender and some will not.

If the enemy doesn't surrender, Li Changlin will ask Jiagu Aida to kill him.

In the afternoon, Li Liang and Zhou Yong kept dragging people out of the camp. They were in teams of ten. Many people were directly stabbed to death in mass graves. There were also a large number of Jin generals who were willing to surrender. There were also Song troops nearby like them. Do the same thing.

The killing continued until dark that day, but the killing was not finished, and the killing continued after dawn the next day.

The Song army took two days and two nights to kill the prisoners, and finally surrendered [-] gold and Meng troops.

Then most of the middle and high-level surrendered generals and about [-] surrendered troops were summoned to watch the killings on the spot.

Because many golden generals were captured in this battle.

The main generals of the Mongolian army followed Tuo Lei up the mountain and ran away. Tachaer died in the battle, and the Song army captured Yianzhu'er alive.

Among the Jin army generals, Wanyan Heda, Pucha Dingzhu, Dalu Yun, Wanyan Apai, and Yilapua were all captured alive and refused to surrender.

Pucha Dajibu, Yintemu, Fan Ze, and Monk Wanyan Chen died in battle.

Among the senior generals, Jiagu Aida, Gu Yiitela, Zhang Hui, Gao Ying, and Nahe surrendered.

In front of tens of thousands of surrendered troops and all the middle and high-level generals, the Song army ordered Gu Aida, Gu Yitela, Zhang Hui, Gao Ying, and Nahe to live in several places, and killed Pucha Dingzhu, Daru Yun, and Wanyan. Ah Pai, Yi La Pu Ah.

Only Wanyan Heda was left alive.

After a bloody storm, Li Liang and Zhou Yong followed Li Changlin back to Caizhou and their hometown.

The Song Army had already captured Caizhou, and Yang Cheng was stationed there. The Song Army left five armies, fifty artillery pieces, and a total of 5000 men in the city.

Among them, there were [-] Song troops and [-] surrender troops.

At this point, the Song Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom have been connected, and the door of the Central Plains of the Jin Kingdom has been completely opened to the Song Kingdom.

Li Liang and Zhou Yong later asked their fellow Jin soldiers, how did you surrender?

Is this also the case when teams are pulled out and beheaded?
Jin Bing said no. The Song Army gathered several hundred of his people together, and then asked directly, would you like to join the Song Army?
At that time, boxes of huizi were brought to the scene, and those who were willing were given money directly.

"..." Li Liang and Zhou Yong were speechless for a long time.

Jin Bing also said that the Song army promised to divide the fields among the officers, and if the soldiers performed well, they could also divide the fields.

The Song people said that they would capture every state and county in the Jin Kingdom in the future, and then raid all the landowners' grain fields in the states and counties.

This is what Song Jun said and this is what he did.

After Li Liang and Zhou Yong returned to Caizhou, they immediately followed the Song army to search the grain fields and properties of all landlords in the state, and then distributed them to some surrendered officers and some sergeants. Li Liang, Zhou Yong, and Zheng Youcai actually also Each person was assigned ten acres of land. At this point, the three of them were dedicated to serving the Song Dynasty.

Almost on the second day after defeating the Mengjin soldiers and horses, Yu Jie's troops were divided into three groups.

The first route was led by Yang Cheng, who gathered the surrendered troops and organized the Henan Dusi. The second route was led by Yu Jie himself, with [-] Song troops and [-] civilians, and marched directly to Chenzhou.

On the third route, there are [-] Song troops heading towards Nanyang.

At the same time, the Guanghua Army Liu Zheng and Xiangyang Wang Jian, with [-] soldiers and horses from the Song Army, crossed the Junshui River from the place where they dragged the thunder across the river, and entered the Jin Realm. Liu Zheng only had [-] soldiers and horses. After crossing the river, he and Wang Jian attacked Dengzhou first.

There was a wave of tow mines before, and they were all cavalry, so they could be defeated.

Liu Zheng and Wang Jian brought artillery, trebuchets, and petroleum bombs, making it almost impossible to stand on the top of the city.

He immediately captured it and then attacked Nanyang, joining Yu Jie's [-] Song army with [-] troops. By this time, Nanyang had already learned that Wanyan Heda's army had suffered a disastrous defeat and surrendered directly.

At this point, all the states and counties in the southeastern part of Henan were basically in the hands of the Song army.

On November 28, Liu Zheng led Tongguan Commander-in-Chief Nahe Maozhu and Zhongxiao Army Commander Gu Aida, and the [-] Song troops headed straight towards Wuguan and Tongguan.

Wang Jian led [-] Song troops to pursue Yu Jie in the direction of Yuzhou and Chenzhou. The Song troops went all the way, first attacked the county offices, recruited Jin soldiers, and then searched the local owners. The Song troops took the money and grain, and distributed the fields to the surrendered officers and soldiers, like Like locusts, they swept away all the landowners in Henan, distributed all grain fields to officers and soldiers, and levied a uniform tax of [-]% per mu.
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Lin'an City.

The autumn wind in Lin'an City at the end of November was gusty and a bit cold.

Today, Zhao Yurui personally met with several recently promoted commanders.

After Zhao and Rui ascend the throne, military attachés who are promoted to general level or above (including deputy general or chief general), commander and above must be summoned to the capital to face the emperor.

Among local civil servants, chief officials at all levels (county magistrates, prefecture magistrates, magistrates, etc.) must go to Beijing to meet the saint alone.

Four generals came to the capital today.

There are the commander-in-chief Chen Xiang, the commander-in-chief Wang Jian, the deputy commander-in-chief Hu Shida, and the deputy commander-in-chief Hu Xian.

The commander Chen Xiang, together with Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing, defeated the Jin soldiers near Xiangyang, and they have been stationed in Xiangyang ever since.

Now that Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing have passed away, Chen Xiang first served as Wang Jian's deputy under Zhao Yurui, and was promoted again this time.

When Zhao Yurui came to power, in order to arrange his own people and win over the new military attachés, Chen Xiang was suppressed. However, Chen Xiang performed well in recent years. After Zhao Yurui summoned him twice, he decided to reuse him.

The commander, Wang Jian, was Zhao Kui's old subordinate and the former deputy commander of the Qiangyong Army. He was later stationed in Luzhou by Zhao Yurui.

The deputy commander Hu Shida was previously a general and was the son of Hu Zaixing.

Hu Xian was also an old member of Zhao Kui's army and a former general of Wuding Army.

This time, all four of them were promoted. They came to the capital first and met with Emperor Zhao Yurui.

Zhao Yurui invited the four generals to have lunch at Chui Gong Hall, chatted about military affairs, gave some rewards, and sent the four generals off.

Zhao and Rui wanted to establish the Henan Dusi.

Liu Zheng is the commander-in-chief of the Henan Capital Division, and Chen Xiang is the deputy commander-in-chief. They will be stationed in Kaifeng in the future (i.e. Nanjing of the Jin Dynasty. After taking it over, Zhao Yurui will change his name and return to Kaifeng).

Wang Jian, Hu Shida, and Hu Xian were all stationed in Henan, serving as generals in various armies and stationed in various places.

After several generals leave Beijing, they will take a boat to Haozhou by water. Zhao Kui there has prepared more than 4 soldiers and horses and [-] civilians for them.

The four men led him from Caizhou into the Jin Kingdom and began to cooperate with Yu Jie to attack the Jin Kingdom.

Zhao Yurui planned to mobilize about 12 troops from Jinghu, Lianghuai and other places to attack the Jin Kingdom within half a year.

After the four generals left, Zhao and Rui changed into regular clothes and left the palace with Niu Bao and Hu Song.

(End of this chapter)