The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 560 Decisive Battle in Dadu ([-])

"Kublai Khan's move is ruthless and sinister enough." I thought for a while and said, "It's getting late, and a large-scale battle is impossible. Order the troops to build a defense line on the spot, and take turns to eat and rest. All scouts Enter the sentry post. Once attacked, greet with throwing bombs first. In addition, clean up the city gate passage overnight, leaving a brigade of imperial forest soldiers, two armies of sword and shield soldiers, and my [-] personal guards in the city. The rest of the troops are all Post it outside the city gate to rest, lest our army be too concentrated and be attacked by the Yuan army's catapults or arrow rain. After the passage is cleared, ten artillery pieces will be transported into the city first."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Wenhuan and the other three replied in unison.

"General Lu Wenxin."

"The end is here."

"The officers and men of the Heitan Regiment are well-trained, and they are the most elite soldiers with cold weapons in our army. They will take on the important task of night duty tonight, and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general takes orders."

"Gongsun Xiaochen, go and call Meng Tianxiang, Duan Donglou, Wen Zhang, and Li Long together."

After a while, Wen Zhang and the other three came to the bunker where I was.

"Generals, do you still remember what I told you about the special forces?"

"Go back to the emperor, remember."

"Okay, as night falls, you can use the flexible and mobile characteristics of special forces. I want you to go to the depths of Dadu to learn about the enemy's situation, for example, the distribution of large weapons of the Yuan army, how many people's houses in the city hide enemy troops, etc. However, you must not be exposed at will, and you must not fight with the Yuan army. I know that all of you are highly skilled in martial arts, and you can enter and exit freely even among thousands of troops. However, you are not familiar with the terrain of Dadu In addition, there are many masters such as Ashu and Boyan in the Yuan army, and there are even peerless masters like Yin Tianya. If the Yuan army is well-armed and there is no chance, then retreat quickly. It is better to return without success. You can't do your own thing, understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will understand in the end."

"In short, you can only act when you preserve yourself. General Duan, you are good at night travel, and you can teach this skill to Tianxiang and Wenzhang."

Duan Donglou, who was born as a ranger, smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

I nodded and said: "It's still early, around Yinshi (three o'clock) in the early morning is when human beings are most sleepy, so you should take advantage of the night to act."

"Yes, the general will obey the order." The three said excitedly.

"Okay." I smiled and said, "Go down."

The three were about to leave, but they heard Zhang Quanyi, Tian Xiuyan and Hu Yande say in unison: "Your Majesty, the last general will also go."

"En?" I was stunned and said, "Okay, the three of you should go too, don't mess around, and each of you should bring more enhanced throwing bombs, just in case. Donglou, you find a way to find the Shopkeeper He, the person in charge of Longya, ask him about the situation."

The six said together: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Gongsun Xiaochen hesitated for a moment, knowing that his martial arts still had a lot of gap with these six people, so he finally kept silent.And Fang Ling next to me is also eager to try, but Fang Ling knows that he has a special status, so he has no words.

After a while, Li Long entered the room and said, "See Your Majesty."

"Pingshen, General Li, during the war, no big gifts are needed."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Long stood up and said.

"General Li, snipers played a very important role in the street fighting in Mingzhou. They killed many middle and low-level generals in the Yuan army. The Battle of Mingzhou is more brutal, more intense, and lasts longer, therefore, all sniper teams must work hard to find and seize a strong position, and continue the good results in the Battle of Mingzhou."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Generals, let's discuss later, how to deal with the people in the city?"

Yin Yinglei first said: "This matter is quite difficult. Most of the people in the city should be Han Chinese. Our army can only do its best to protect them within its capabilities."

Lu Wenhuan and Zhao Huai also agreed with Yin Yinglei's opinion. After discussing with everyone for a long time, I couldn't find a way to get the best of both worlds.

Finally, I said: "There is still a lot of time before dawn, everyone is thinking about it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Under repeated requests from the generals, I came outside the city gate, and like all the soldiers, I leaned against the wall to rest.With Yuan Ji and Fang Ling beside me, and two hundred personal guards protecting me tightly, I don't have to worry about safety.

I was in a daze, and I didn't know how long I had slept, when I heard a cry. I opened my eyes suddenly, and listened carefully. It was the cry of soldiers, mixed with the sound of boulders hitting.

"Your Majesty, it's the stone throwing machine of the Yuan Army." Yuan Ji said immediately when he saw me wake up.

In the night, the Yuan army's trebuchets were not accurate, but because the locking range was not large, the falling point of the stones was only within 50 meters of the south gate of Dadu, which can be regarded as a high hit rate.Fortunately, the number of the Song army was small, and they were all in the bunker. In addition, the trebuchet was not like a cannon, and it would not explode after landing. Although it had a great impact on the defense line built by the Song army, the soldiers were very nervous Less traumatized.

I took out my pocket watch and looked at it. It was about one o'clock in the morning.The error of this pocket watch is far greater than that of later generations of clocks, and there is no punctual timing device, so I can only know a rough idea.

"Have the artillery been brought into the city?"

Gongsun Xiaochen said: "Go back to the emperor, not yet, the passage into the city will take a while to be cleared."

"Xiaochen, let the soldiers in the city pay attention to concealment. In the middle of the night, the Yuan army will only use long-range weapons."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After being awakened by Yuan Jun's trebuchet, I also lost sleepiness.Inadvertently, I took out the golden pistol and fiddled with it while thinking.The Yuan army's trebuchets continued intermittently.

Half an hour later, seeing that the passage had been cleared, I ordered ten artillery pieces to be dragged into the city.

"General Wanyan, General Crete, can you confirm the location of the yuan army's stone throwing machine?"

The two understood what I meant, looked at each other, Wanyan Tianlei said: "Generally yes."

"Okay, in the interval between the Yuan Army's catapult firing, set up the artillery and fight back, but the firing frequency does not need to be too high, just make it stop firing."

"The end will follow the order."

Not long after, when the yuan army's trebuchet fired again, our army's artillery also immediately fought back.The sound of the artillery covered the sound of the impact of the stones, which immediately shocked the soldiers of the Song army in the city.

After two rounds, the Yuan army's trebuchet stopped shooting.After that, no stones were thrown again. I don't know if they were destroyed by artillery or dared not shoot at each other.

When the sky was slightly brighter, Tian Xiuyan and the other five returned to me one after another.Judging from what the five people found out, the Yuan army's fortifications within ten miles from the south gate to the imperial palace were all built based on the residences of the original people, and all the people, including officials, were not allowed to leave.Kublai Khan's intentions are very obvious, the people and even the officials in the city will live and die with the city.As for the defense of the Yuan army's long-range weapons, there are roughly 50 trebuchets every [-] meters.

"Only General Duan is left." I said with some concern.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Wen Zhang comforted, "The night travel technique taught by General Duan is indeed exquisite, and even the last general and others can return safely, let alone General Duan?"

As soon as the words finished, Duan Donglou appeared in front of me: "See the emperor."

"Wai Li, Donglou, how is the situation?"

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Duan Donglou took out a map from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, this is a map of Dadu drawn by Shopkeeper He himself."

"Really?" I opened it hastily.

"Your Majesty, there is a small temple called Baoen Temple four miles away from the Yuan Palace. It is said that it was built by the prince Namuhan for his mother before he went to the northwest. A few months ago, the queen of the Yuan Dynasty returned to Shangdu to visit her relatives. It's empty." Duan Donglou pointed to the Baoen Temple on the map, "Although this temple is small, it is the tallest building south of the imperial palace. The walls on all sides are very tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. I think that the last general can lead a death squad of about 200 people, sneak into it tomorrow night, and defend it as a stronghold, using it as Xiangyang to attract the Yuan army, and our army can attack from the outside."

"Surround and anti-encirclement?" I asked, "East Building, Bao'en Temple is six miles away from here. Is it possible that hundreds of death squads will sneak into the temple without being discovered by the Yuan army?"

"Your Majesty, shopkeeper He said that when the metropolis was being built, it had a complete underground drainage system. Shopkeeper He's father was an old craftsman and participated in the construction of a section, which happened to be from the south gate to Baoen Temple. Nearby. Therefore, from the underground in the south of the city, you can go directly to the Baoen Temple about [-] steps behind. The death squads want to enter the temple, and there is only the risk of these [-] steps. , This section of the journey is quite remote, it seems to be the back wall of a certain big family, and it should not be a problem for two hundred people to pass through."

"Although this method is risky, it is also very effective, but..." Duan Donglou said it easily, but I think it is not that simple.

"Your Majesty, as long as you bring more throwing bombs, you will be able to defend for a while in the end."

Wen Zhang said: "Your Majesty, General Duan's method is feasible. At the end, the general is willing to lead two companies of musketeers to sneak into it."

"General Wen, as the division commander, you need to command the first division to fight, so how can you leave the main battlefield so easily." Duan Donglou smiled and said, "You only need to assign me a company of musketeers, plus a team from Xingfu. Just select one hundred martial arts fighters from the army."

"You guys make this kind of preparation first, and wait until today's battle is over to make a decision."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the city, Lu Wenhuan's temporary command post.

Yin Yinglei sent out all the counselors, and said in a low voice: "General Lu, General Zhao, the emperor is merciful, and it will be difficult to make a decision. According to Yin, there is no need to ask the emperor about this matter. When our army launches an attack today, it will be up to Yin to make a decision." A certain order."