The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 562 Decisive Battle in Dadu ([-])

"Your Majesty." Wu Jiu looked gloomy, got up and said, "Two or three months ago, the Mongols increased taxes massively. There was a family named Hong in a small hometown. Because they had no money to buy the so-called war bonds, the old man of the Hong family was arrested. Detained by the local government, she died in prison. As a strong woman, she forced her way into the yamen and beat drums to redress her grievances. Unexpectedly, she was convicted by the government as a spy of the Song Dynasty, saying that she deliberately undermined the policies of the court, and was sentenced to be executed immediately. The little one After the cousin found out about this, he disregarded his status as a deserter and wanted to reason with the government. This gave the government an excuse, saying that the young cousin and the woman from the Hong family were all spies sent by the Song Dynasty. If nothing can be done, I brutally killed my little cousin and the daughter of the Hong family."

Fang Ling said angrily: "Isn't this just disregarding human life? Don't the Mongols follow the king's law?"

Wu Jiu didn't know what kind of person Fang Ling was, but seeing that he was with me, he must have a lot of background, so he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately replied: "Although the Mongols also have laws, it is only for the Han and Jin people. As far as these laws are concerned, they are in vain."

"The country is about to perish, so go against the law." I sighed and said, "Wu Jiu, I will definitely avenge your cousin's revenge. By the way, do you know the defense situation in this city?"

"Your Majesty, Xiao's military rank is very low, so he knows very little about the situation."

Although I was a little disappointed, I still smiled and said, "It's okay, just tell me what you know."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wu Jiu told me one by one what he knew. These facts are not very helpful to our army. The only thing that can be used as a reference is that the Yuan army's defensive positions are basically in the south of the palace.

"Wu Jiu, go down and rest first."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Jiu said before leaving, "Your Majesty, you can change into the military uniform of our Great Song Army after eating. You and the others are quite familiar with the terrain of the city, so it can be useful. , the emperor does not hesitate to order."

"Okay, Wu Jiu, after you change into your military uniform, the military painter will work with you to draw a detailed map of the capital city."

"Yes, my little one obeys."

"Wait, Wu Jiu, do you know the Baoen Temple in the city?" I suddenly remembered Duan Donglou's proposal last night.

Wu Jiu nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I know that about half a year ago, the underground waterway in the capital city underwent a major renovation. At that time, the army that I belonged to went to the underground construction, and the small department happened to be in charge. We know about the underground works around Baoen Temple."

"Really?" I asked quickly, "I heard that the underground waterway has an entrance and exit not far from Baoen Temple, is that true?"

"Your Majesty, it was originally, but it was changed during the renovation."

"Where did it go?"

Wu Jiudao: "The current entrance and exit is in the backyard of Baoen Temple."

"In Baoen Temple?" I suddenly felt ecstatic and stood up involuntarily.

"Exactly." Wu Jiu replied respectfully.

I thought for a while and said, "Wu Jiu, go to dinner first, I have something to look for you after dinner."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

At around [-] o'clock in the evening, Duan Donglou came to me again and said, "Your Majesty, in today's battle, the commando team has achieved remarkable results. Please approve it. The general will take people to Baoen Temple tonight. On Yuan Jun's heart."

"Okay." I nodded without hesitation this time, "It's just that the action plan will change."

Duan Donglou froze, "Your Majesty?"

I smiled and said: "Before dinner today, a Yuan army turned against the water and surrendered to our army collectively. The Han army of this centurion happens to be familiar with the situation of Baoen Temple. The centurion's name is Wu Yunfeng. According to him, The entrance and exit of the underground waterway has been changed to the backyard of the Baoen Temple half a year ago. This Baoen Temple is only four or five miles away from our army's forward position. Therefore, I plan to send a large army to attack the Baoen Temple directly from the underground waterway, and then cooperate with the inside and outside. "

Duan Donglou was overjoyed and said: "That would be great." However, Duan Donglou quickly asked again: "Your Majesty, is there any fraud in this?"

"Probably not. Wu Yunfeng's cousin is named Wu Liu. He was once a prisoner of our army. I just happened to meet him. Of course, for safety reasons, I will send a commando to Baoen Temple first. General Duan, tomorrow In the early morning, you and Wu Jiu led this commando to explore the way, if it is true, then I will send a large army from the underground waterway to Baoen Temple in the early morning of tomorrow, and then attack south, and the two sides will attack with half the effort."

"Yes, Your Majesty, then we will prepare first."

"Okay, East Building. After sneaking in, the commandos can just find out the way."

"Yes, don't worry, Your Majesty."

After Duan Donglou left, Wen Zhang and others entered immediately, hoping that I would allow them to go to the enemy-occupied area again tonight.However, I resolutely rejected their request. During today's battle, everyone was very tired. Although these people are highly skilled in martial arts, I still ordered them to have a good rest.

With the help of Wu Jiu and the others, the military painter drew a map of the capital city, which was much more detailed than the map transferred by shopkeeper Longya He last night.With this map, everyone will be more and more confident.

After deliberation, Lu Wenhuan and others changed the original troop deployment plan, and dispatched a brigade of Imperial Forest Army and [-] infantry, led by Wen Zhang and Wu Songhan, to enter Baoen Temple before nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and wait for the battle From the very beginning, get out of it.

In addition, I also specifically ordered that starting tomorrow, the number of commandos will be increased to rescue more civilians who are tied up with the Yuan army.

That night, the artillery battalion that had found the attack point brought in another ten artillery pieces.These [-] artillery pieces were scattered in several civilian houses. According to my instructions, the Yuan army's catapult machines should not be moved, nor can the artillery be fired, so as not to injure more civilians.In my plan, the next target of the artillery is Kublai Khan's palace.

After midnight, Duan Donglou and Wu Jiu led two hundred carefully selected soldiers into the ground from a sewer entrance in the south of the city.

The smell in the waterway is unpleasant, but fortunately, the space is not small, and the highest point is more than three meters above the ground, so you can move straight forward.Everyone covered their noses and followed Wu Jiu one by one.

After walking forward for more than ten meters, everyone found that the sewer was getting narrower and higher, and there were several steps at each increased height, and every ten steps on the arch wall had a diameter of about 30-40 cm. Wu Jiudao, these are underground drains.About fifty steps forward, you can hear the sound of rushing water.

If I saw this sewer, I would be amazed that the underground drainage works in the Yuan Dynasty were so neat and advanced, even compared with the Qingdao underground waterway built by the Germans in later generations, it is almost the same.

This is the real "once in a century" project.

Arriving at the next step with different heights, Wu Jiu said, "General Duan, it's here."

Duan Donglou gave an "En" and turned to the soldiers behind and said, "Everyone, General Wu Jiu and I will go up first. If there is nothing wrong, you will come up one by one in the agreed order."

After finishing speaking, Duan Donglou jumped lightly, using both hands and feet, hung on the top, put his ear close to the ground, listened intently for a while, then pushed open the iron cover on his head with all his strength, and jumped up.After reaching the ground, Duan Donglou looked around and saw that there were no patrolling sentries from the Yuan army in the backyard of the temple, so he sent a signal downward.

Wu Jiu was the second to climb up. Immediately afterwards, a hundred soldiers of the Restoration Army wearing the uniforms of the Yuan Army came up one after another, and under the leadership of a lieutenant general, they spread out close to the wall.After that, a hundred musketeers also climbed out.

Duan Donglou made a gesture to make everyone hide, but he left the backyard without a sound.About a quarter of an hour later, Duan Donglou returned to the backyard and asked all the commando members to return to the sewer.

"General Duan, are there Yuan troops stationed in the temple?" Wu Jiu asked after covering the iron cover of the entrance and exit.

"There are only five monks in the temple, and there is no army guarding them." Duan Donglou whispered, "General Wu, lead everyone back and report to Marshal Lu."

"it is good."

I was still asleep when the big fight started on the third day.

I handed over all the specific on-the-spot battle arrangements to Lu Wenhuan, Yin Yinglei and Zhao Huai.Throughout the day's fighting, I rarely went to their command post so as not to interfere with their plans and mentality.I have told them about the theory of street fighting long ago, but the on-the-spot command is what they are good at, so I, a layman, shouldn't intervene casually.

At about eight o'clock, Duan Donglou, Wen Zhang, Wu Songhan, and Wu Jiu came to the exit of the waterway below Baoen Temple again.Duan Donglou, who was familiar with the road, opened the iron cover, and Wen Zhang and he jumped to the ground.

Baoen Temple can be said to be the private temple of the queen of the Yuan Dynasty. Even during the war, the Yuan army did not send troops to garrison it, only a few soldiers were placed around it, which is unique among the temples in Dadu.

At this time, the battle outside had already begun. Although there was still some distance from the battlefield, the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing could still be heard.Duan and Wen moved very quickly, one left and one right left the backyard, and quickly restrained the five monks in the temple. Not long after, they returned to the exit of the backyard at the same time.Afterwards, the underground soldiers of the Song Army climbed to the ground one by one, and moved the objects that could be borrowed from the temple to the courtyard wall.

Two quarters of an hour later, although more than half of the soldiers did not come up, Wen Zhang and Duan Donglou gave the order to shoot without hesitation.

The musketeer quietly appeared on the courtyard wall of the temple. After receiving the order, everyone lit the guide rope at the same time.

Wen Zhang standing on the wall said loudly: "Soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army, shoot."

Thousands of muskets fired in turn, and the explosion of the bombs made a deafening sound, which knocked the Yuan army around Baoen Temple dizzy at once.No matter who it is, they will feel terrified if they are not prepared, let alone the Dadu Yuan army who has lingering fears about firearms?