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

Chapter 547: Quite hostile to Song people
Zhao Ping is still very experienced, or the superior officials have already told them: "It's okay if we can recruit ships. The big ships can be more than a thousand stones."

"Vietnam people use a lot of boats here. Almost every household near the Red River Plain has a boat. Everyone gives priority to recruiting boats."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand quickly: "Time is running out, don't let the brothers from other cities get the lead, let's go."

He led a whole group of people out of the camp in a mighty manner.

Their sentinels set out first, responsible for exploring the terrain and population centers ahead.

The infantry camp followed the sentry cavalry behind them, walking first along the road.

They were usually well-trained, but now Zhao Ping didn't have any requirements after coming out. They all walked in a group and chatted while walking.

Several fellow villagers gathered around Zhao Ping. The so-called fellow villagers were those who came from high-ranking positions just like him.

Dayuan was one of the earliest strongholds in Hainan operated by Zhao Yurui. After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, a large number of Jurchens and Khitans moved there, and then continued to immigrate from Fujian and Guangdong.

Therefore, among Da Yuan’s fellow villagers, there are Jurchens, Khitans, and Fujian and Cantonese people.

After everyone heard Zhao Ping's explanation, everyone understood that they should grab a wave first, and then there would be no need to transport food from Hainan and other places later.

"Someone, it exploded."

Seeing that everyone did not take the Yue people seriously, Zhao Ping said: "The Yue people are brave and brave. Men, women, old and young can become soldiers. We must not take them lightly."

Song Jun followed closely and soon came to a large courtyard. At first glance, he knew that this was a rich man in the village.

A few seconds later, there was a loud bang and the door was blown open.

Song Jun released two dogs first. Whoosh, the two dogs immediately ran inside as soon as they got off their leashes.

As soon as Song Jun came up, he kicked, bang, bang, bang, kicked hard several times, and shouted to open the door.

After a while, they saw thick smoke rising in the distance. The Song army should have used incendiary bombs to burn the village.

Although it was said above that only rich landlords would be robbed, Zhao Ping knew in his heart that this was superficial talk and was meant for the common people. No matter who the household was, the goal of one thousand dan must be achieved first.

Zhao Ping slapped the man on the forehead: "There are still more than ten days to harvest. Of course we have to collect food first."

"Is there a boat nearby?" Zhao Ping asked the sentry as he walked.

The smoke of the explosion hadn't dissipated yet, and the two had just entered.

When he arrived at the first village, he saw that the village was full of Song troops. Some Song troops were already collecting food. The village was in a panic. This wave of Song troops had already found more than a dozen boats and lined up on the river. side.

While he was talking, a sentry rider came galloping in front of him: "Report".

Then the Song army began to collect grain on the spot as soon as they arrived, and they arrived in November. After ten days of persistence, they could directly harvest rice locally, and subsequent grain and grass were no longer a problem.

Zhao Ping was extremely jealous and hurried to the next village.

As for how many villages will be divided, is it your turn to have the final say? Let's go and grab it quickly.

"Okay, okay." Zhao Ping was overjoyed.

The sentry rider said: "There are many waterways nearby. Every household in the area has a small boat. Because our army is approaching, they have all been hidden in their homes. You can find them when you go there."

"Hold the grass." The two Song troops cursed and retreated.

"Shhh" Zhao Ping signaled to stop talking. After the smoke from the explosion at the door cleared for a while, he turned around and took a shield: "Give me the shield."

Woof woof woof, the dog stood at the door and yelled inside.

Everyone immediately ducked behind the walls on both sides. Someone hung a grenade on the door knocker, lit it, and ran away.

Zhao Ping trotted away with his men, warning his subordinates not to conflict with his colleagues, each grabbing what he had, no, everyone conquered what he had.

Everyone laughed, some people disagreed.

Logistics is very important when fighting against the Yue people. The Northern Song Dynasty also fought against the Yue people, and the result was a tragic victory. Although it was known as a victory, it lost a large number of people and even cut off territory.

"There are arrows, and there are arrows inside the arrows."

After a while, they came to another village. The terrain of this village was a bit special. There was a hill in the north. The village was built against the mountain. When the Song army entered, it was quiet inside, and the whole village seemed to be empty.

The sentry rider said that there were several villages two miles ahead. Among them, a Song army had arrived before them and was collecting grain and grass. The sentry rider saw that there were many villages, so he discussed with the other Song army and gave them some. The other party agreed to allocate a village to them.

Puff puff, a few soft sounds, and several arrows were shot at the shield.

Woof woof woof, the dog led by Song Jun barked first, and Zhao Ping knew there was someone in the village as soon as he heard it.

Only one of Zhao Ping's men was carrying a shield. The two sergeants with shields bent over holding their shields, almost covering their whole bodies in the shields, and walked in slowly.

Several fellow villagers gathered around Zhao Ping and discussed the war. In their opinion, Shenglong City could be breached in less than a day. After they left today, Shenglong City might have been breached by the time they came back.

"Let the dogs out," Zhao Ping ordered.

The next three Mongolian expeditions were repeatedly defeated due to lack of food.

"Damn it." Zhao Ping cursed one after another. They calculated that the camp was faster, but they didn't expect anyone to be faster than them.

Now that Zhao Yurui has made preparations, first of all, it will not happen like in the Northern Song Dynasty, when more than half of the sergeants were killed or injured due to the epidemic. Secondly, the Song Navy's navy far surpassed the Mongolian Army. The Vietnamese Navy has not yet appeared. Even if it does, it will not happen. Definitely not a match for Song Jun.

The Song army arrived so suddenly that no one from Yue had time to harvest the rice. Someone asked Zhao Ping, "Why bother to collect grain when there is so much rice around?"

When Kublai Khan's son became the commander-in-chief, the Mongolian army transported a large amount of food by sea, but was defeated by the Vietnamese navy. All the food and baggage were seized by the Vietnamese army, and they were finally defeated.

The direction they assigned was towards the mansion. There are many waterways and trails here, and there are paddy fields all around. It is November now, and the Vietnamese rice harvest is about to happen. The rice fields are all golden and very beautiful.

Zhao Ping looked amused and angry: "The more people can understand me calling you sister."

Then he ordered two more people and one of them took a shield. The three of them formed three corners to protect each other's left, right and front.

Then he asked someone to get an incendiary bomb, and then said: "Light it up."

"Ah?" The subordinate was stunned for a moment.

"Ah, what, click." Zhao Ping said angrily.

Each of the three of them held a shield in one hand and an incendiary bomb in the other. His subordinates hesitated and quickly lit it for them.

Zhao Ping held the shield, bent down, and moved in quickly. His helmet was right on top of the shield, and even his eyes were not exposed.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered, pounce, this time more than a dozen arrows shot at me.

Fortunately, the three of them were prepared. They bent down and protected their bodies in Song Jun's long shield, and they were not hit by arrows.

Then Zhao Ping and the others squatted on the ground, then raised their heads.

With only their eyes exposed outside the shield, the three of them saw many Vietnamese in the corridor in the yard at the same time. They did not look like sergeants, but many of them had bows and weapons in their hands, and some had hoes in their hands.

This wave did not hit them, and the other side was loading arrows into their bows.

"Throw it." Zhao Ping gave the order, and the three of them threw the incendiary bomb at the same time.

Bang bang bang, incendiary bombs exploded among the crowd in the corridor, and the scene was ablaze. "Ah" many Yue people were set on fire, and the Yue people were instantly in chaos and fled in all directions.

"Come in." Zhao Ping yelled.

A group of fusiliers came in first, bang bang bang, hitting the fleeing Yue people, then the archers came in, and finally the other sergeants.

Song Jun came in and launched a long-range attack, and the resistance on the scene was instantly wiped out.

Then started cleaning house by house.

This was a large family in the village. This family also gathered many common people in the village who were similar to tenant farmers to help him guard the house. Unexpectedly, the Song army's weapons were so powerful and their attacks were diverse. They were defeated as soon as they came in.

To be honest, only bows and arrows for the Yue people can cause certain damage to the Song army. Without bows and arrows, the Yue people have almost no chance to get close to the Song army.

Zhao Ping's team brought a group of fusiliers, and most of the others brought cold weapons, including bows and arrows.

In this way, the same number of regular Vietnamese troops are generally no match for them, let alone organized by the common people.

In this way, they cleaned house after house. Some resisted, while others surrendered. Those who resisted were shot and killed.

Zhao Ping led a few people inside and soon saw a large room. Song Jun went up and kicked the door with his shield on his head.

Boom, the door was kicked open.

Then, just like before, someone in front held up a shield and went in to observe. After a while, Song Jun inside said: "It's safe."

Only then did Zhao Ping and a few others follow.

After entering, everyone was stunned. There were several people huddled in the corner, all women and young men. One of the young men looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, looking at them with hatred in his eyes.

"Drag the people out and don't touch the women." Zhao Ping said.

"Nuo" Song Jun was about to go up.

Suddenly, the young man's hands came out from behind, holding a miniature bow in his hands.

This bow is not a regular model and should be given to him to play with, but he has a real arrow in his hand.
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"Hey, hey, don't move." A Song soldier pointed a flintlock gun at the boy, but did not dare to shoot because the boy was too small.

The young man didn't care, he bent his bow, loaded the arrow, and then raised it.

"Shoot!" Zhao Ping shouted.

Song Jun, who raised his gun, was stunned, but still did not fire.

Phew, an arrow from the opposite side shot Song Jun in the chest.

"Hold the grass" The scene was full of curses.

The young man turned around and took another arrow.

The woman behind him was saying something in Vietnamese and handed him an arrow.

Several Song soldiers rushed forward, wanting to capture the young man alive. The young man turned around skillfully and fired an arrow.

Whoosh, the second arrow shot out again.

Fortunately, at this time, the Song army held the shield in front, and the arrow hit the shield.

The young man still wanted to take the arrow, but the Song army rushed forward and pinned the young man to the ground.

Before the Song soldiers could speak, one of the women suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed a Song soldier in the back.

Ah, this Song Jun screamed on the spot after being stabbed.

Zhao Ping was furious, grabbed the flintlock gun that had not been fired just now, and bang, shot the woman first.

After he fired the shot, he calmed the scene, and the Yue people in the room did not dare to move.

Zhao Ping was so angry that several women and young men actually caused him to get injured.

Fortunately, the young man's arrow was not the standard bow and arrow in the regular army. In addition, the Song army was wearing armor, so the arrow did not shoot very deep.

The other woman was also weak and her stabbing was not deep. However, whether the two Song soldiers could survive depends on luck. They were both seriously injured.

At this time, a fellow villager came over, lowered his head and said sternly: "These people are difficult to tame, please kill them all."

This fellow is a Jurchen like him, and he is quite angry now. If he hurts two people, he will have to be reprimanded when he goes back.

It's two different things if you lose something on the battlefield and if you lose something here.

Zhao Ping looked at the woman and the boy, gritted his teeth and thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "Forget it, I can keep it and use it as a civilian husband."

After all, he was not cruel.

The fellow looked disappointed and stamped his foot.

Song Jun found a lot of grain stones in this wealthy family, and even forced him to find a grain kiln. This wealthy family alone could get thousands of grains. Because there were two wounded, Zhao Ping's subordinates were very annoyed, and they were a little ruthless from behind. They usually opened the door. When he went in, he saw people throwing grenades first, and then throwing incendiary bombs if there was any resistance. Zhao Ping couldn't control it, or turned a blind eye. After a while, the whole village was on fire.

An hour later, the Song army collected a large amount of grain and grass, several horses and mules, a dozen carriages, and three ships.

Then they began to transport the grain to the ship. If the ship could not finish loading, they would load it on the carriage. Finally, if the carriage could not finish loading, they would load it on the horses and mules. If it was still not finished, each person would carry a little.

They went out early in the morning and returned to the barracks at three or four in the afternoon.

Because the wounded were sent back by the sentries first, the first thing after returning was that Zhao Ping went to see the wounded. The doctor in the camp said that the two men were not seriously injured and should be able to save their lives, but they would definitely not be able to participate in the battle later, which meant that Zhao Ping There have been two reductions in personnel.

Sure enough, before five o'clock in the afternoon, he was called over by the battalion commander and scolded.

The commander of the Song Dynasty scolded him, "You were shot by an arrow, I can treat you as if you couldn't defend yourself, but you were stabbed by a woman with a knife, how did I teach you?" What did the teacher in the military class say?

Zhao Ping lowered his head and did not dare to refute. It was indeed his fault.

After being scolded, he learned another thing. In the afternoon, the Vietnamese Navy arrived and had a big fight with the Song Navy near the Fuliang River. Almost the entire army was wiped out.

Today, the Song army still did not attack the city. Li Tingzhi planned to encircle the point and send reinforcements to see if the Vietnamese army would come to rescue Thang Long.

However, Li Tingzhi obviously thought too much. After the Vietnamese navy was defeated, no reinforcements came.

As he did against the Mongols later, Chen Yu led his troops to retreat to Thanh Hoa, while Chen Guojun gathered his troops in Wanjie to prepare to fight against the Song army.

Wanjie is still northwest of Haiphong. It seems that Chen Guojun wants to raid the Song army's base in Haiphong and cut off the Song army's retreat.

But the Song Army's navy is so strong that even if it loses the coastal defense station, the navy can ensure the safe retreat of the army. What's more, it is impossible for the Vietnamese army to defeat the Song Army in a positional battle.

Li Tingzhi had 20,000 horses and 5,000 civilians, of which 1,000 civilians and 2,000 troops were stationed at the coast to protect this stronghold, where the Song Army's subsequent resources and supplies would be disembarked.

The rest of the troops gathered near Sheng Long.

After Zhao Ping came back, he got a new task. Each one had to select a few people from Yue who could speak Chinese to serve as translators. This request was not difficult. Annan had done frequent business with Song Dynasty in the past few years, and there were many people who could speak Chinese, especially some. moneymen and officials.

Then Zhao Ping also brought back the latest news. Judging from today's grain collection process, Thang Long is relatively wealthy, and the local people also support Chen's Dai Viet and are quite hostile to the Song people.

(End of this chapter)