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

Chapter 456 is a war to destroy the country

On the first day they arrived, the three of them felt pretty good. They were not as tired as they were rumored to be, and Li Piao slept soundly.

Unexpectedly, before dawn the next day, I was woken up by someone.

Li Piao opened his eyes in confusion, but it was a strange Song Jun, not their corps commander.

"Get up, get up quickly." Song Jun woke up the three of them one by one.

After the three got up, they found that it was still dark outside, but there was the sound of intensive running outside, and Song Jun had already started running.

"You three are new here, right? I am Zheng Hua, deputy commander of the Sixth Corps, and I will take you with you for a month."

The three of them had not slept well at this moment, and their heads were drowsy, but Zheng Hua's next few words suddenly woke them up.

"Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders. In the military, you only need to do three things well."

"One, obey orders, two, still obey orders, three, still obey orders."

Zheng Hua started talking about the eight cuts, the eight most basic military rules.

"Let me ask again, did you run the entire distance?"

Zheng Hua looked at Li Piao again. Li Piao felt a little panicked, feeling that Zheng Hua knew something.

Gao Zhong was the commander of a battalion under Dusi in Shandong. In his early years, Gao Zhong was a member of the Song Army in Chuzhou, under the command of Yao Chong, the then ruler of Chuzhou. Later Zhao and Rui sent Du Gao, Lu Wende, Yue Ke and others to raid Chuzhou and kill Li After that, the entire Shandong was included in the Song Dynasty. In the Battle of Chuzhou, Yao Chong was as timid as a mouse, afraid of hands and feet. After killing the enemy and making great achievements, Yao Chong went home to farm, and some young soldiers such as Gao Chong were recruited by Du Gao.

He also followed Yue Ke into Goryeo and participated in the Battle of Goryeo. After defeating Goryeo, the Song army occupied five cities in Goryeo. He followed Yue Ke back to Shandong and has been stationed in Jinan ever since.

The mountain didn't look high, but it was quite a long run. The three of them had climbed mountains before, but never ran like this. There was no one around, so they simply ran and walked. When they reached the top of the mountain, they actually saw three guns. They were delighted. When I got it in my hand, I saw it was a fake gun made of wood and iron. It was quite heavy because it was as heavy as a real gun.

So simple? The three of them looked at each other, and then looked up. They felt that the mountain was not high, only one or two hundred steps at most, but the mountain road was a bit twisted, and it was estimated to be several hundred steps long. They were not ordinary weak-minded writers. They usually exchanged military information, and also Naturally, he didn't take it seriously if he got into a fight with someone in Lin'an.

After finally reaching the bottom of the mountain, Zheng Hua pointed at Wang Deng and said: "You are the last one to come down. Run again. After you go up, put the gun on the mountain and then come down."

Gao Zhong started to show his face after Zhao Yurui came to power. In more than ten years, he participated in two battles to kill Li Quan and fight against Goryeo. He spent most of his time stationed in various places and his promotion was not fast.

The three of them trembled with fright, and then they came to their senses. They were no longer in Lin'an, but in the army.

He expressed his willingness to share the joys and sorrows.

Guo Gao thought to himself that it was still dark now, and he couldn't see the top at the foot of the mountain. I just refused to admit it, so he didn't say anything.

The two of them continued running up the mountain.

It's heavy and long, and it's a cumbersome thing to carry around.

His son Gundam is undergoing recruit training as a senior officer, and his father Gundam has also received new orders.

Zheng Hua did not take them to run around, but took them to the foot of a mountain hundreds of steps away, telling them some military matters that needed to be paid attention to along the way.

I was dizzy, Wang Deng's vision went dark, his whole body went limp, and he almost sat down on the ground.

Zheng Hua pointed to a road at the foot of the mountain: "The three of you run along this road to the top of the mountain. There are three flintlock guns on the top of the mountain. Each of you takes one, and then come back."

Zheng Hua looked at Gao Da first, and Gao Da moved his mouth. Then he looked at Li Piao from the corner of his eye, but in the end he remained silent.

Zheng Hua fulfilled his small request.

Gao Zhong has been under Yue Ke's command since then and has moved to many places in Shandong, including Dongping, Linqing, Qingzhou and other places.

"Chief Zheng, we have to leave." Li Piao gritted his teeth for the last time.

The sky was still dark at this time and the sun had just risen, but they were blocked by the mountains and the sun was not reaching them yet.

The two of them were stunned and didn't dare to hum.

Li Piao looked up in the distance. He couldn't see Wang Deng, but he was afraid that someone was ambushing him on the mountain.

"Remember, run, prepare, run." Zheng Hua gave the order, and the three of them hurriedly ran up.

When the trembling three people got dressed and went outside, they saw a hundred steps away from the barracks, the entire battalion of soldiers, led by commander Zhang Gang, were running in circles around the barracks.

Li Piao didn't dare to look at him and said bravely: "Chief Zheng, I want to run with Gundam again."

"Today is the first day. You heard me clearly. Anyone who disobeys the superior's orders will be beheaded. Anyone who is afraid of death and is afraid of danger and wants to be a deserter will be beheaded -"

He had no choice but to turn around and continue running. He did not dare to disobey the military order.

Gundam looked at him in surprise, and then quickly said: "We are leaving."

Li Piao and Gundam were secretly rejoicing. Fortunately, they were not at the end. Zheng Hua suddenly asked: "You are in the middle, did you walk? Or did you run the whole way?"

Halfway through the run this time, the two of them remembered what Song Jun who sent them here said before. Before they came, they thought about getting a gun every day, but now that they got the gun in their hands, they found that it was really boring.

After hearing his statement, Gundam's expression softened slightly.

They were still new recruits and did not have armor. Thinking of the Song Army's armor weighing dozens of kilograms and having to carry such a gun to fight, they couldn't help but feel chilled. It is true that being a soldier is not easy.

"Very good. Li Piao is more honest. Go ahead and run again, put the gun on the mountain and come down again."

In the eighth year of Yuanzhen, Mongolia and Song Dynasty launched great wars in many places.

"..." Gundam almost fainted with anger, and he looked at Li Piao angrily.

The three of them had no choice but to grab a flintlock rifle each and ran back.

On the way, Gao Da angrily accused Li Piao of betraying him. Li Piao could only say in a good voice, be careful that Zheng Hua sent a spy to spy on him halfway up the mountain.

Wang Deng was the least physically fit among the three. At the end of the descent, he was so tired that he slowly fell behind.

In late January, not long after his son left, an order came from above. The two armies of Shandong Dusi Jinan Army stationed in Jinan were to deploy one army to the front line. Gao Zhong was also selected this time.

After receiving the order, Gao Zhong was still very happy. Among the brothers who participated in the killing of Li Quan, he was the slowest to rise.

Mainly, he has been stationed in various places with Yue Ke.

Although Yue Ke is the grandson of Yue Fei, he was not Zhao Yurui's confidant before, and to be honest, this person has no outstanding place in history. Lu Wende took him to fight against the Goli Mongolian army, and then he was specially assigned to garrison. People from all over the country were probably afraid that he would make a mistake, so they even wrote to Zhao Yurui, saying that Yue Ke was more than successful.

Yue Ke is now the commander of the second army of Jinan Army, the capital of Shandong Province. He has two generals and more than 6,000 people under his command.

The two armies were all stationed in Jinan City. At that time, Peng Yibin, the commander of Shandong Dusi, was fighting with the Mongols in Hebei. Zhu Rong, the deputy commander of the commander, thought carefully and transferred Yue Ke's army to the front line.

Yue Ke's army is an infantry and cavalry army. There are two generals in the army, each with six battalions, a total of twelve battalions. Because most of his soldiers and horses are mainly used to defend the city, especially in the past five or six years, they have been defending the city. Therefore, only four of the twelve battalions were equipped with fusiliers. Each battalion had more than a hundred fusiliers, and the entire army only had more than 500 fusiliers.

This is a fairly small proportion. Those who were fighting the Mongolian army in the front, except for those who entered the territory of the kings in the west of the Mongolian land, were relatively small. In the Song army here in Hebei, some of the twelve battalions of the army already had flintlocks. There were more than 500 fusiliers in one battalion, or even the entire battalion was made up of fusiliers.

Yue Ke's army had few fusiliers and heavy infantry. When they defended the city, they wore sixty or seventy kilograms of heavy armor (basically protecting the upper body). They could stand on the top of the city and shoot at each other from below. It was difficult for the Mongolian army's arrows to break their armor.

The weight of the Song Army's city guard armor is all on the upper body, making it top-heavy when walking, so it is not suitable for field battles.

Now Yue Ke's men and horses are going to the front line. Yue Ke has been very busy these days.

The whole army changed their armor and got their guns one after another.

Because they were given priority to combat troops, Gao Zhong's battalion received flintlock rifles three times in the past year. They practiced for half a month each time and fired more than twenty shots a day.

The rest of the time, there are no flintlock rifles, so the training is far inferior to the Song army on the front line.

Gao Zhong thought that he would be able to fight and gain merit, but soon found that his happiness was in vain.

I thought that the entire army was going to change their armor and get guns. Unexpectedly, just one day later, Yue Ke's messenger said, Gao Zhong, your battalion should not change its armor and get guns. It is better to bring heavy armor, bows, spears, shields and other equipment.

"What?" Gao Chong was unhappy.

The messenger said, there is no other way. The Song army captured Gucheng (formerly Jinzhou) and asked them to defend Gucheng.

"I'll go." Gao Zhong was so angry that he went to defend the city after working for a long time.

But there was nothing he could do about the military orders.

In early February, high-ranking people got on boats and sailed from Jinan along the Daqing River, and then from Wei River to Cangzhou.

On the second day of the lunar month, his fleet entered the Weihe River from the sea and headed for Cangzhou.

Gao Chong looked at the endless fleet and felt proud in his heart.

The current national power of the Song Dynasty can no longer be described as tyrannical, and even these middle and low-level military attachés can feel it.

Looking down at the deck in front of him, he saw boxes of flintlock guns neatly arranged.

The next moment, Gao Chong was unhappy again.

These flintlock guns were transported to Hebei by them, and not all of them belonged to their army.

Despite his high rank, he was assigned to defend the city.

I want to fight, Gao Zhong just wants to cry.

"Old Gao." Just when he was extremely depressed, the battalion deputy commander Ma Jian came to him and squeezed him with his shoulder. He looked unhappy: "Why are you defending the city again? Have you told Yue Zongzong? We have been together for several years. There is no war anymore, and if this continues, it will be abolished.”

The corner of Gao Zhong's mouth twitched slightly: "What I said is useless. This is not something that the control can decide."

"Does Zhu Rong look down on us? Damn it, we don't have a share in every war?" Ma Jianshe immediately scolded Zhu Rong, the deputy commander of Shandong Dusidu.

"No, no, no, don't talk nonsense." Gao Zhong was startled and quickly motioned to Ma Jian to lower his voice.

Then he said: "Skills have specializations. Our equipment is suitable for defending the city. If you ask those who know how to fight in the field to defend the city, they will not be as good as us."

After Ma Jian thought about it, he seemed to think it made sense.

At this time, there happened to be a group of birds flying over the lake. Ma Jian thought about it again but was not convinced and said loudly: "Come here with a gun."

Not far behind him, a fusilier gunner trotted over, handed a flintlock gun and came forward.

Ma Jian cursed and wanted to load ammunition. Then he saw the waterproof leather sheath on the butt of the flintlock. He couldn't help but glare at the sergeant.

The sergeant smiled and quickly took it back. He first removed the waterproof holster, then loaded the ammunition for him, and then handed it to Ma Jian.

Ma Jian turned around and looked at the sky.

At this time, the group of birds had flown far away. Gao Zhong glanced at them and found that they were at least two or three hundred steps away from them.

Bang, Ma Jian shot decisively.

Of course the shot missed. The birds in the sky were frightened and flew faster.

The sergeants around looked at each other and did not dare to flatter him.

Ma Jian cursed and returned the gun behind him.

One day later, they entered the Wei River and went from Wei River to Cangzhou. It was actually faster to take the land route than the water route, but since they had a lot of luggage, they gave priority to the water route.

When approaching Cangzhou, Gao Zhong pointed to a river not far away and shouted, this is where our Majesty was ambushed by the Mongolian army last year. Fortunately, His Majesty is the right one, and with the blessing of God, he escaped.

There was a burst of curses all around, calling the Mongolians despicable and vicious.

When they approached the shore, they could see the overwhelming number of boats on the shore.

Not long after the Song Dynasty occupied Cangzhou, troops and supplies from all over the Song Dynasty gathered here one after another.

After Gao Zhong got off the ship, he heard something strange said by a group of sergeants next to him while they were moving things. He ran over and asked, and found that it was actually the Fujian Navy on the other side.

Gao Zhong looked at the river. There were many troops on boats from Fujian heading down. Emperor Zhao Yurui had already mobilized the soldiers and horses of the Fujian capital department thousands of miles away.

Is this really like a war to destroy a country? Even Gao Chong felt emotional in his heart.

This Song-Mongolia war is of great significance to both sides. No matter who loses, it will not be easy for them.

The Song Dynasty may be better, because now the attacking side and the war are taking place in the enemy's territory.

Just as Yue Ke said to him before he came, for so many years after the founding of the Song Dynasty, except for the early days of the founding of the country, there were very few active attacks on enemy countries to start wars.

If the Song Dynasty lost this battle, it would be a great loss of vitality, but if the Mongols were defeated, the country might be destroyed.

Song Jun's wave of nests is not in a hurry. They are all slowly drawing. They have made a chance to occupy a piece and no longer give Mongolia.

Gao Zhong got a lot of carriages in Cangzhou, but most of the carriages were not from the Song army. They were all original from Cangzhou city. Then he got a lot of horses and mules. They led six battalions of more than 3,000 people, and brought tens of thousands of troops with them. Horses, mules and various supplies went to Drum City.

The Song army walked along the Hutuo River, walking on the south bank of the river, because it had now entered the war zone. Although the nearby areas were captured by the Song army, the Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind and would still appear.

After walking on the south bank of the river, the Song army had the Hutuo River to the north, which was quite safe. It was impossible for the Mongolian army to cross the river to attack.

When it's cold here, the river will freeze. It was already early February when the Song Army arrived, just a few days after the freezing.

In this way, it would be impossible for the Mongolian army to cross the river to attack, and the Hutuo River is relatively long, so it is unlikely to take a detour.

The next day, Gao Zhong and the others were about to arrive in Xianxian County. As everyone passed outside the city, they also took a slight breath of air-conditioning.

(End of this chapter)