The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 558 Qinyuanchun

Fanyang County (Zhuozhou) has an outstanding status in the Song Dynasty, and there is only one reason. The ancestral home of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, is here. home.

After Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, this Fanyang County was the territory of the Liao Kingdom. Although it was taken back by the Song Dynasty during the Xuanhe period, it was not long before it was occupied by the Jin people. After the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the land under its jurisdiction became Mongolia. territory.

Since Taizu, no descendants of the Zhao family have been here. Although I am not a complete descendant of the Zhao family, I am quite excited. After all, Zhao Yu, who is integrated with me, is the first emperor in the Song Dynasty since Zhao Kuangyin. A person who returns to his hometown.If it wasn't for the fact that the Zhao family's old house had disappeared long ago, I would definitely visit it with great fanfare, to show that the territory around Dadu was originally the land of my Song Dynasty.

About 30 miles north of Fanyang County, there is a town called Huangcun. This Huangcun town is huge. It used to be the county seat of Jixian County in ancient times, and it was also a meeting place for people from south to north.

On October 21th of the sixth year of Xianchun, Wen Zhang and Meng Tianxiang led their troops into Huangcun, and began to build a camp in Daxing Village, ten miles north of Huangcun, as the base for our army to attack Dadu. This camp is huge and stretches for several The northernmost point is nearly ten miles away from Huangcun, and the distance from Dadu is about fifty miles.On October [-], [-] Northern Expedition troops entered the camp, officially kicking off the attack on Dadu.

On October 25, another batch of bombs arrived in Huangcun Town along with the grain and grass.The total number of this batch of throwing bombs is [-]. The difference is that one thousand of them have a special shape. The appearance of these throwing bombs is slightly larger. About twice as much as the original throwing bomb.Including the original inventory in the army, the total number of throwing bombs in our army exceeded [-].

With so many throwing bombs, I am full of confidence. Even in the open plains, I don't have to be afraid at all when the Yuan army cavalry attacks from all directions.

In the north in October, winter has already entered.

That night, a heavy snowfall came, although it was not a blizzard, but it was much heavier than the snow in the south.

After one night, the ground was covered with silver cords, no matter which direction you looked, it was a vast expanse of whiteness, white and peaceful.

There are so many splendid rivers and mountains, which has attracted countless heroes.

The heavy snow came and went quickly. At noon on the 26th, the weather suddenly became clear, the sun was shining, and the temperature immediately rose. The snow that had just formed on the ground gradually began to melt, as if it was washing the earth.

In the early morning of the 28th, surrounded by a group of generals, I left the camp with an army of [-] and headed north.There was no artillery in the accompanying army, but all the main generals of the artillery battalion were among them.This is the first time our army has marched into Dadu, and the purpose is to observe the topography and landforms of the city walls of Dadu and its surroundings.Since the Yuan army near Dadu had all withdrawn into Dadu, the army did not come out in full force.However, in order to prevent accidents, I ordered the soldiers to bring [-] throwing bombs.

About 400 meters away from the city wall of Dadu, Lu Wenhuan gave an order, and the army stopped immediately.

As the capital of future generations, I am very yearning.I stood at the forefront of the team, raised my binoculars, and looked at the predecessor of this Beijing city - Dadu from afar.

Although the height of the city walls of Dadu is slightly lower than that of Xiangyang, the scale is much larger. The walls on both sides of the city gate are all made of huge boulders, which look very strong, and they are no less than the city walls of Xiangyang City.There is a moat several meters wide outside the city. Flags are flying on the city wall, and the crowds of people on it can be vaguely seen.

Surprisingly, the gate of Dadu City directly opposite was open, and even the drawbridge was not closed. However, I quickly realized that under the attack of artillery, there is not much difference between whether the gate is opened or not.

After a while, I said to Wu Song who was behind me: "General Wu, go forward and deliver the letter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When Wu Songhan came to the front alone, he raised his breath and shouted: "Listen, people in the city, I am Wu Songhan, the pioneer of the Great Song Army, and I am here to send a letter to you Khan by order of His Majesty the Emperor." seal up."

Boyan in the city said coldly: "General Wu, are you here to fight?"

"No, no." Wu Songhan took out his cloud-piercing bow and said loudly, "General Boyan, that day outside Lumen Mountain in Xiangyang, I wrote a poem titled "Qinyuanchun" in front of His Majesty the Emperor. The second half of the Que, and I ask you to comment on it. Two nights ago, it snowed heavily, and I sent to His Majesty the Emperor to complete the whole masterpiece, named "Qinyuanchun. Snow", and specially asked Wu A certain person came here and handed it over to you Great Khan, with all the words of the day. At the same time, I told His Majesty the Emperor that you are the only one in the world who can really understand this poem."

After saying that, Wu Songhan shot out the letter tied to the shaft of the arrow.

The feather arrow flew at normal speed and slowly flew towards the top of the city.Boyan stretched out his hand and took it gently in his hand, then broke off the shaft of the arrow, took down the letter, and handed it to Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty who was standing behind.

There are only half-que words on the letter, and no other handwriting.Kublai opened it and saw:

"Northern scenery, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but turbulence; up and down the river, it suddenly loses its torrential flow. The mountain dances with silver snakes, and the original galloping wax figure. I want to compare myself with the gods. I must see the red clothes on a sunny day. Plain wrapped, extraordinarily enchanting."

Kublai read it over and over again two or three times, and then connected the second half of the words together and recited silently.

All going forward, count the romantic figures, but also look at the present.

As the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan was so talented and general, so he could understand the meaning of this poem.

"Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu. It's good to say 'I want to compare myself with the God of Heaven', and it's good to say 'I still look at the present'." Kublai sighed secretly in his heart, and immediately had a feeling of "If you are born Yu, how can you be born bright?" Feel.However, there was no sign of discouragement at all on Kublai Khan's face.

After thinking for a while, Kublai Khan took a few steps forward, walked to the side of the city wall, stared into the distance and said: "The general of the Southern Dynasty below, listen up, and take a message for me to Your Excellency Zhao Yu, this song "Qinyuanchun. Snow "The majestic momentum and the majestic style of the words are what I have seen in my life, and they just reflect my mind and ambition, General Wu, thank you, your master, for the words you wrote for me."

Neither the generals of the Yuan army nor Wu Songhan on the city had seen the letter, so they did not understand what Kublai Khan meant, so Wu Songhan said to Kublai Khan on the city wall, "Let me take my leave."

After listening to Wu Songhan's report, I said with a smile, "Kublai Khan, you really have a thick skin."

"Brother, what do you mean?" Fang Ling asked, not knowing why.

"The poem I wrote was to express my ambition, but Kublai Khan actually used it on himself, so I say he has a thick skin."

Then again, just from the fact that Kublai Khan changed his country name to Dayuan, it can be seen that his mind has surpassed Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongolia.It's just that Kublai Khan met me. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, but my tiger is an enhanced version of the tiger, which itself is not on the same starting line.

Of course, in fact, I have a thick skin, because the author of this poem is not me. "It turns out that the emperors in ancient times were very thick-skinned." I laughed secretly.

Back at the camp, all the generals gathered in my big tent and listened to my instructions.

"Everyone, the First World War is about to begin. As I said, it is only a matter of time before our army wins. Although the result is clear, the process is also very important. Our army must completely defeat the Yuan army while minimizing its own casualties. Since the advent of firearms, Since then, the techniques and tactics of the war have changed. For the city wall, it will no longer be an obstacle to attack. I estimate that Kublai Khan will definitely engage in street fighting with our army after the city is broken. The Battle of Mingzhou is a precedent. According to According to the latest information, the Yuan army has imitated muskets. Although its power is unknown, I believe that its quantity and quality will not exceed ours. What's more, throwing bullets in street battles has a huge effect. Kublai Khan pinned his hopes on The Yuan army outnumbered us. This can only be an idiotic dream. For the battle of Dadu, our army adopted the same basic strategy as the battle of Mingzhou. After summarizing the gains and losses of the battle of Mingzhou, our army has already gained a lot of experience in street fighting Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any other ideas and suggestions for the battle of Dadu?"

"Your Majesty." Fan Tianshun, who had recovered from his injuries, said first, "Our army failed to completely wipe out the enemy's army in the battle of Mingzhou. Do we want to divide our troops to surround Dadu this time?"

I shook my head and said, "General Fan, with the strength of our army in the middle, we still can't completely wipe out the enemy army. Most of the purpose of the First World War is to drive the Yuan army back to the desert. As for completely destroying the Yuan army, it will be a matter of the future." .”

Li Longdao, Commander of the Third Division of the Imperial Forest Army: "Your Majesty, our army has already set up a hundred sniper teams, but the scale of Dadu City is much larger than that of Mingzhou, and our army does not have a detailed map. After the majority, we need to slow down the offensive rhythm and play steadily."

I praised: "General Li, I agree with this point. I have discussed with Lu Shuai that after the attack on Dadu, except for some commandos, the rest of the army will advance step by step in the three directions of left, middle and right. The commanders of the three armies, General Zhao Huai, General Lu Wenhuan and General Yin Yinglei will cooperate with each other and advance synchronously. This will give your sniper team of the Imperial Forest Army enough time to find a good sniper point to kill the generals of the Yuan army Or the Musketeers."

"Yes, I will understand later."

Afterwards, the generals expressed their opinions one after another, and discussed the details of the invasion of Dadu.

On the 29th, the armies held the last tactical arrangement and pre-war mobilization meeting before the war.

On October [-], I led an army of [-] to the outside of Dadu and started the first shelling of Dadu.