Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 259 You hit me in the face

No one can make everyone else like them, but it is much easier to make most people around them reject themselves.

In the next few days, refugees, bandits, and bandits from Dezhou and nearby states all swarmed towards Dezhou City. The government office in the city issued a notice clearly stating that officers would be awarded based on the strength of the "rebels" from all walks of life.

Liu Guangshi still wondered why he recruited all these rotten fish and shrimps here, and
"It's enough to recruit these bandits privately. If you give them additional officials, you will definitely be held accountable by the court afterwards."

"The current situation is special. Anyone who dares to oppose the Hebei soldiers and horses at this time will definitely be praised by the court afterwards." Yang Weizhong replied.

"But these people are just a bunch of bandits."

Liu Guangshi was not afraid that he would not be able to control the troops who had come to recruit him, but he was just worried that he would be deprived of his official position after the incident.

Wang Zhen answered simply: "No, these people are our loyal ministers and righteous men of the Song Dynasty."

Liu Guangshi: "."

The three people put together a plan and decided to delay this period as much as possible. Among those who wanted to seek "official positions" were not only bandits and bandits, but also local landlords and squires. As long as Liu Guangshi was willing to give For official positions, they would rather give large sums of money and food.

However, in the Song Dynasty, there was no such thing as "retirement" in theory. It was common to serve as a soldier until death. Once the war was tight, the officials at the top did not care whether you were a local army or a Western army. , why don’t you fight as a soldier?

Even though Dezhou City may be attacked next, the morale is still reasonable.

At this time, even the local Baojia militiamen were mobilized urgently. The Han army attacked fiercely. After being stunned in the early stage, the Song people finally took a breath and came to their senses and began to prepare for the battle.

"Thank you so much for your kindness, my brother. My mother-in-law and my wife are very grateful. When Haosheng comes back, I will definitely invite you to have a drink with me!"

In the local area, there are still many people like Linzhou Zhizhou Sun Ling. Even the surrender faction like Zhe Keqiu only surrendered after desperately defending the city. Therefore, it confirms what Qu Duan said from the side:
There are four to five hundred fortresses in Shaanyou City, and they are attacked everywhere. Even if only half of them will fight to the death, it will be enough to block the Han army in the Yongxing Military Road, making it difficult to advance.

The Shangguan allocated troops and civilians from our place to go to the rescue. Fortunately, our family has some savings over the years, so we can send an order to join the army for the expedition.

Fifteen to join the army, eighty to return.

Within a few days, Liu Guangshi actually received a large amount of military rations.

While eating, I looked at the soldiers eating dry food in twos and threes on the top of the city. In fact, most of these soldiers knew the current situation of their own army. Although there were deserters, many of them were willing to continue to follow Liu Guangshi after he assured that he could supply food. He was stationed in Texas.

"Oh, I understand, brother, this is..."

"Brother, our family is having a hard time?"

Wu Jie slapped his younger brother on the shoulder, and forcefully slapped back the words the latter wanted to say. A smile appeared on his face, and he smiled at the soldiers walking not far away: "Erlang, Xiaosi You are all here, have you explained to your family?"

"Brother, why are you pretending to be extravagant at this time?"

War has broken out in Yanzhou on the Yongxing Army Road.

Many people in the army only had one meal to eat. Those who were short of dry food on the road, I bought food for them to take with them. Those who were short of clothes, I pulled some pieces of cloth to make clothes for them. Don't look at the people in front of you. In summer, when you don’t know how long you will have to fight again, it’s good to prepare the next piece of clothing in advance. "

Wu Lin wondered: "Even if these Qiu Ba Shi Han have money on weekdays, they might spend it on some girl's belly. What do they care?"

The big man's name was Wu Jie, and he was now the tenth general of Jingyuan Road. Hearing his woman crying in the house, he felt irritable and said coldly: "Hebei mutiny, the imperial court first dispatched three Western armies to march eastward. Now that the Yan thieves are moving south again, where will the soldiers and horses on the Yongxing military road be able to resist?

"Brother, it's all agreed."

Soldiers kept walking out in the courtyard, carrying grain in their hands, and women's cries could be heard from the inner house. Wu Lin leaned against the courtyard door. The tall man standing opposite him was tall and strong, wearing leather armor. Only the chest and some key locations on the torso are dotted with armor.

Wu Jie rolled his eyes at his younger brother and said softly: "When you go to the battlefield, I think you are an official, but if you don't convince the crowd, who will listen to you in a real fight?"

Liu Guangshi withdrew his gaze, thinking about what he had experienced in the past six months, and with a cruel heart, he cursed in the direction of Kaifeng Mansion: "Damn, this is too serious!"

The two Han armies began to attack the city regardless of the cost. When attacking the city, they not only used Han soldiers to attack the city, but also used auxiliary soldiers and civilians and surrendered Song soldiers to first consume the defenders.

The Han army's artillery carts had been bombarding the city wall since the morning. The newly appointed former military commander Han Chang spat at the city wall and cursed: "Are all the artillery carts in the camp here? Send more people to get them. Stone!"

There are currently only 200 people in his army, and because he is a Jinren general, many middle and low-level generals of the Han army are dissatisfied with him after he takes office. Therefore, Han Chang is holding his breath and just wants to capture the city quickly.

But the Yanzhou City in front of us is not the kind of city that can be captured in a hurry. To the north of Yanzhou is Xixia. Many years ago, the Xia people liked to go to the border of the Song Dynasty to harvest grass and valleys. The local city's defense ability was slightly poor, but the Xia people captured and massacred the city. Plundered.

After the founding of the country, Liu Ling also tried his best to promote some civilized governance and promote Gongyang Confucianism in the country. This led to some voices. Among them, some people felt that the King of Han was too harsh on the Xia Kingdom, and could even be called cruel.

But the Xia people would not be kind at all when they were harvesting grass and valleys on the border of the Song Dynasty. The women of the Song Dynasty were kidnapped, and the men were slaughtered or brought back to be slaves. Weeds grew in the city, and corpses were everywhere outside the city. That was about that time The scene of the city being captured by the Xia people.

Therefore, among Liu Ling's army, some generals from the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, headed by Han Shizhong, would always cause as much killing as possible when they led the army to conquer Xia, without any mercy, because this was a blood feud that had been engraved in the bones of both sides for many years.

Even Zhong Shidao, who didn't want to surrender at first, finally put aside his dignity and was willing to do things for him after Liu Ling promised to destroy Xia.

"Put it back!"

Han Cheng roared.

Behind him, more than 20 craftsmen accompanying the army were urgently repairing the artillery carriage that had been damaged due to too long operation time. The King of Han spared no effort in investing in this area, and the craftsmen were able to create more sophisticated and durable artillery carriages. In addition, There are "cannonballs" fired from artillery trucks.

As time went by, more and more artillery carts were in urgent need of repair. Han Cheng had no choice but to shout: "Fire oil tank!"

Artillery carriages will also be needed for the subsequent siege, and they cannot be used up all at once. After Han Chang gave the order, piles of kerosene cans were filled at the launching point of the artillery cart. Because of the multiple rounds of throwing in front, the soldiers responsible for launching the artillery cart had already determined the target. After waiting for a while, hundreds of Thousands of fire oil jars flew towards the city head, and the turbid liquid flowed from the city head to the city wall.

After this throw, all the artillery carriages began to be disassembled and then retreated backwards.

A large number of archers, supported by shield soldiers, approached the city wall. There were a whole team of cavalry waiting slightly behind on the east and west sides, totaling more than 400 cavalry, to guard against the city defenders suddenly coming out of the city to attack.

"ignition!"

The captains and generals in the queue immediately began to pass on orders after seeing the flag order at the rear. The arrow shafts were tied with linen soaked in grease, which ignited at the touch. Hundreds of arrows trailing flame tails flew toward the city. The first round of arrows did not completely ignite the kerosene covering the city head, so the second round and the third round followed.
The dense rain of arrows finally ignited the fire, and also caused considerable damage, which once again destroyed the morale of the defenders at the top of the city. When a smell of burning smell floated from the top of the city to the outside, Han Chang hesitated for a moment, and then led Press on with your own army camp.

He must make a name for himself in this battle.

In the sea of ​​flames, the city guards left the city wall with the support of their own soldiers, then pushed away the soldiers, gritted their teeth and gathered their troops at the city gate again;

The guard stood on the spot with his sword in hand and shouted to the frightened soldiers around him: "Behind us are your and my family members. This is our home. We have our grandparents, wives and children. If you protect them, we will die. They Live; the city is destroyed, no one can survive!
Today, let the Yan thieves see the bloody nature of our Song Dynasty man!
Song Army, fight to the death! "

Fire spread across the city, and the defenders on the other walls quickly collapsed. Seeing the Han army flags that kept appearing on the city wall, the Song guard showed a trace of hatred in his eyes, and said in a ferocious voice: "The Yan thieves like fire. Attack? Let you see, we Song people can do it too!"

Outside the city, Han Chang saw that his soldiers and horses had already attacked the city wall. He was about to order to continue to add troops and horses, but suddenly he saw that except for the northern city wall that was set on fire by the Han army, which was currently burning, the other three walls were burning. Fires actually broke out one after another!
For a time, the Han army that had already attacked the city had no time to retreat immediately, even if it had discovered that the Song people had piled flammable materials on the city. Because when attacking the city, the people from behind were pushing the front. There is a way to survive, but you will only be trampled by the crowd in the future.

Therefore, the Han soldiers who had already attacked the three walls all stepped into the fire zone, and screams continued to be heard.

Seeing this scene, the Song guard general who was gathering his defeated troops grinned and smiled.

"The whole army is pressing forward!"

Han Cheng saw fires burning on all four city walls, but he still issued the order to march. The two lieutenants next to him looked at each other and immediately scolded: "Is the commander-in-chief crazy?"

"Quickly withdraw your troops and rest before fighting again!"

"The Song people in the city are already at the end of their game!" Han Cheng turned back to glare at the two men and said loudly: "Hundreds of extra soldiers died. The commander-in-chief should have to bear the blame afterwards, but since he is already dead, we must continue Fill it in!
Give it to me and level this city!
I am the commander-in-chief of the former army, and you are all deputy generals. The Han army only pays attention to the orders of the superior officers before the battle. Do you obey my orders? "

Anger welled up in the eyes of the two lieutenants. They were both from Yan people and now considered themselves Han. Although Han Cheng was also Han from Liaodong, he was a surrendered Jin general and could not be considered as one of his own in the eyes of the Yan people. people.

So at this time, Han Chang's words angered them even more.

One of the lieutenants spat and was about to say something when he saw Han Cheng tightening his armor and shouting: "In the personal camp, follow me to attack the city!"

The night was deathly silent, and the military camps of the Han army stretched for miles. Soldiers delivering orders could be seen everywhere. The lights were brightly lit everywhere in the camp, and the firelights were like stars.

In the commander's tent, Liu Ling was sitting on the ground, and Kang Gongbi was delivering a military report to him.

"The two Han armies suffered casualties when they attacked various cities. So far, there have been more than 600 casualties. Some of the newly appointed generals have been incompetent in their governance, and some serious problems have been exposed."

Speaking of this, Kang Gongbi added: "In my opinion, the military generals still have their own origins in their hearts. In fact, the sooner this kind of thing occurs, the better, so that it can be solved now."

"It's all because he was so full."

Liu Ling said indifferently: "Those who commit crimes will be punished according to military orders, and those who disobey Shangguan's military orders will be severely punished!"

"Now is the time of war. You girls are chirping. What kind of sectarian opinions are there? With my king's warrant, send people to ask those idiots who committed the crime. If you don't want to go to the front line to lead troops, then go back to my tent and raise horses. !”

Kang Gongbi hesitated to speak. More than once, he felt that Liu Ling was too radical. The latter seemed to read his thoughts and spoke again: "Do you think it is inappropriate to handle it alone?"

"Your Majesty has led the army for many years. I don't understand military matters and dare not speak nonsense. However, your Majesty's family background is from the Yan people. Now he severely punishes the Yan people's generals and trusts foreign generals. Isn't this a bit strange?"

"I'll tell you when to treat Yanyun people kindly."

Liu Ling stared at him and said: "Most of all the gains from conquering cities and territories were used to subsidize the soldiers and civilians of Yan. Even the previous seven states of Hebei, Yinshan Mansion, Grassland, and Wu Lahaicheng had only slightly relaxed restrictions. For example, Talking about taxes and many supply inputs, in the next few years, these places will all have to bear the bulk.

People in Yanyun can then study, be officials, and fight in the army, but most of the people in those places can only be craftsmen, farm, and do business, and at the same time bear more taxes. At the same time, many places in Yanyun can reduce taxes. , and even exempted some taxes, allowing every household to have sufficient warehouses.

This is called treating the people of Yanyun well, instead of treating one favorably and favoring others during the war!
Many of Gu's subordinates are foreigners. If they only use Yan people, then this war will not be fought. Everyone can just close the door, seal a piece of land, call themselves powerful and wait for death. If it is a big event, Gu Zi will do something. I care about it, but now I am a person from the past, and the people below actually dare to disobey orders?

Don't say he is a Yanren Yunzhongren!

Let me tell you, if it weren't for Gu Nian and all of them were from Yanyun, I would have sent people to kill them right now to serve as a warning to others!

Those are the generals sent by this king. What do they want to do if they disobey orders?
wanna die? "

Kang Gongbi lowered his head, and cold sweat slowly broke out on his forehead. The King of Han was usually gentle in speech, but he had never been so angry.

Liu Ling stood up and said coldly: "After five years of fighting, these bad things in the army still happen from time to time. You are right. The sooner the problem occurs, the better it can be solved. Proclaim it to the entire army. Anyone who holds this King Tiger Talisman can order the entire army." "If his subordinates are not strict with their military orders and do not obey their superiors' orders, they will be killed!"

"Urgent report!"

While he was talking, an announcement sounded outside, and then the curtain was lifted. Shi Liai walked in with a military envoy. He seemed not to notice the atmosphere in the handsome tent, and bowed to Liu Ling.

"I'm telling you, Your Majesty, Song Shuai's division has led a group of Western troops to return reinforcements. Within half a month at most, they will encounter our army, with a strength of about 20,000.

And the Song people on Qinfeng Road have devoted all their troops, claiming to be 200,000, and they have all moved towards Yongxing Military Road! "

(End of this chapter)