Chapter 108 Provocation
In the city of Wohan, Pu Xianwannu listened to the report of the defeated soldiers who had fled back, and his face was as gloomy as if water could drip out. He did not expect that the elite of the Great True Kingdom he was proud of would be gone.
Even the general he trusted, Pusandalai, was directly captured by the Mongols!
Even before this, he had some expectations of the Mongols' power. He even felt that even if his elite cavalry did not win a great victory, he could escape at least half of them. But now, three thousand people were eager to go out of the city to fight the enemy, and less than three hundred people fled back.
The rest are either killed in battle or captured.
Moreover, according to this person's statement, when fighting head-on, the Mongols did not use the legendary firearm. Instead, they rushed by sabers and relying solely on the rush to defeat their own army without fear of death.
But later, due to the capture of Pusandalai and the collapse of the morale of the army, the Mongolians took out firearms and launched a fierce pursuit of their deserters. It was precisely because of the terrifying roar that many fleeing soldiers thought they had been punished by the gods, and stayed in fear and were obediently captured by the soldiers of the Ulutus tribe.
"Let's discuss it, the Mongols should arrive too." Pu Xianwannu asked with a calm face when he saw the silence below. With the speed of the Mongols' march, it is indeed time to come to the city. Therefore, the most difficult question at the moment is how to block the Mongols' upcoming siege.
"The defeat of the king of the country, General Pusan is the main cause of the great defeat. As long as we are united and rely on the city of Wukan, the Mongols will lose their own success after a long attack." A military general suggested.
This is a typical ostrich form! Although according to the siege of this era, as long as the terrain is dangerous, the city is strong enough, and the food and grass in the city are sufficient, it can indeed waste the enemy to retreat, but the Mongol firearms can knock on the gate of a certain city.
Therefore, after the general finished speaking, someone immediately responded: "What a strategy to defend the enemy? Did you forget the lessons of the previous ones in Tewang City?"
In terms of height, danger and strength, the special city is far higher than that of Wo Khan City. However, even such a city was still breached by the Mongols. What reliance does Wo Khan City have to be confident that the Mongols' firearms cannot be defeated?
So after saying this, the field returned to silence. The military general Pu Cha Shouyi, who was asked by him, immediately turned red with a flushing face: "Where is General Li who has a good plan? Are you sure to destroy this invading Mongolian army?"
As the close army of the king of the country, Li Shi relied on the Li family to have strong power, and other troops in the army would be afraid of him, but Pu Cha Shouyi, who was born in the Jurchen clan, was not afraid. Moreover, their family also had good friends with the Pusan family and was one of the backbones of the Jurchen generals in the army.
When he said provocatively to Li Xiao, he directly retorted without hesitation.
"The king of the country, the last thing we think is that we should strengthen the defense of Ah City and Nanjing City, and speed up the collection of food and grass. The garrisons in Liaodong can also be transferred back as soon as possible. This Mongolian army is different from any Mongolian army we have seen in the past.
I heard that everything they did was not infringement. Moreover, there were people who plundered themselves in the army and immediately executed them. Such military discipline has already made many people praise him as a benevolent and righteous army. I am afraid that the people of Dazhen National Congress will be unstable under the long battle!" Li Xian said worriedly.
In fact, his worries were not wrong at all. Previously, due to the looting of the Dazhen Army along the way, many people who fled into the mountains had secretly disturbed the army's food and grass. After all, this was not the Central Plains, and the people in Liaodong did not have the gentle temperament of the Central Plains Han people. They have always had grudges and revenge. Since the Dazhen Army's army did not let them live a good life, they naturally would not let the other party live a good life.
The food and supplies that disturb the army were only a slightly less serious revenge.
As for whether there are shadows of secret guards in it, it is difficult for Li Shi to thoroughly investigate.
Compared with the military discipline of their Dazhen Army, the Mongolian army represented by the Ulutus tribe is really too kind. Not only does it not burn, kill, rob, but it also takes the initiative to pay for their food and grass.
Even if they don't sell, they won't force them to sell with a knife. But often there is no need to do this to embarrass the military and civilians, and the transaction has been reached. However, Ulutus uses goods produced in the tribe, which are all of which are of high quality and low price, and can easily get enough food and grass from the people.
Many people even thought that the Ulutus tribe had insufficient goods, which caused them to be replaced by others before they could change it. In addition, the Ulutus tribe abolitioned the Jurchens' social status and declared that all the people were his people. They forced the "abolition" decree, which greatly attracted a lot of people's hearts.
Not to mention that Ulutus also redistributed the wasteland near Shangjing!
Since ancient times, the Han people have attached great importance to land. Shangjing City was once a place where the Dragon Rise of the Great Zhen Kingdom was moved. A large amount of arable land was reclaimed, and it was no problem to support Shangjing Huining Prefecture.
Influenced by the sinicization, the Khitans, Jurchens and other tribes also learned certain farming techniques. Therefore, the decision to divide the land is definitely a great benefit for these ordinary people. Only those Jurchen nobles and local upper-class officials who went to the capital would feel the pain.
But Ulutus has guaranteed their interests to the greatest extent!
Anyone who can get a land deed will admit it. If you can't get it, you can only treat it as a homeless place. In addition, the personal strength of Ulutus, these officials who have suffered losses feel pain, but they dare not complain too much.
However, the ordinary people who benefited were still the majority! They had doubts about the rule of the Mongols, but now they would get benefits immediately after changing their masters, so they would naturally feel at peace. Some people from Dazhen Kingdom who heard about the division of Huining Prefecture in Beijing took the initiative to move to the occupied areas of the Mongols in order to get rid of their status as slaves for generations and obtain their own piece of land.
In later generations, the Northeast Plain was an important granary for China!
In this era, the Northeast was still a barren land. Even though the Dazhen Kingdom had developed a lot of land, it still seemed insignificant compared to its vast area. Ulutus was not greedy and immediately developed the Northeast into a granary!
He knew that it was difficult to open up land, so he just wanted to gather more people to reclaim the land that had been abandoned. The output was not required too much, as long as it could support the current population of the Northeast. If there was more population in the future, he would not mind developing the Northeast to a certain extent.
Of course, this is a relatively distant idea. The ordinary people who are currently benefiting are grateful to the Mongolian master Ulutus. Therefore, they are willing to take the initiative to show kindness to the Mongolians, such as saying good things about the Mongolians to their relatives or family members in the Dazhen Kingdom. That is a natural thing.
Although the Northeast has always been a strong person and speaks with fists, it does not mean that there is no need to consider the people's hearts at all. Especially when a country's overall strength is on the decline, the people's hearts are quite important.
Unfortunately, even Li Xian, a military general who saw that the people were shaken by the hearts of Dazhen, did not take the people's hearts too much. In his eyes, he only felt that the Mongolians' move could easily infiltrate spies into the territory of Dazhen, resulting in the defeat of Dazhen Kingdom on the battlefield.
"Dongliao is a new land! Although the original Liao chief has been driven to Goryeo, there are still many Khitans in the territory who are interested in their homeland. If they withdraw their troops at this moment, they may lose the land of Dongliao!" Pu Cha Shouyi was dissatisfied with the power of the Li family in the court, so with the support of the other party, I immediately spoke out: "And the people's hearts are actually useless. The Mongols burned, killed, robbed, and destroyed countless cities. There were thousands of people who did not accept them, but they still acted as a blessing on the land of Jin and Xia. If the people's hearts were really effective, then the Mongols should have been driven back to the grassland long ago."
Sometimes, in the face of absolute power, the people's hearts will only be suppressed. But what Pu Cha Shouyi didn't know is that suppression will always be relaxed. Even if the Mongolian cavalry, which seems so arrogant now, will still have the day to be driven back to the grassland in the future.
But at that time, he was destined to be unable to see it.
Just as the two sides were arguing, soldiers came to report that the Mongolians had already arrived outside the city.
Now, everyone present closed their mouths. Pu Xianwannu immediately stood up and left, rushing to the top of the city.
Under the city, A Danghan looked at the walls of the slightly shorter Wuhan City in Bit City, holding a simple wooden trumpet and shouted: "Listen to the turtle on the top of the city. I am your Grandpa A Danghan. If you are a man, go out of the city to compete with us. It is also easy for us to know that you Jurchens are not women who can only hide on the city wall and tremble!"
"Mongolian Tartars!"
"Bah! Dog Tartars, you are the ladies!"
"You Mongolians are all women!"
Hearing A Danghan's provocative words, the city wall immediately started to curse. Although they did not have simple speakers and the sound was not loud enough. But so many people shouted and scolded each other, it was still very impressive.
But Adamhan was not the only one on the Mongolian side, and more people immediately joined the ranks of scolding. The two sides were very lively.
But the Jurchens did not dare to leave the city, so their momentum became weaker.
It was in this situation that Wannu of Puxian led people to the city.
"Go and get my bow!" When the Mongolians below said something unpleasant to them, some people even shit and pee at their city walls, which was really too much. So they ordered people to take their bows.
It was a good bow he had carefully crafted by craftsmen, with a much longer shooting range than an ordinary bow. Even if the Mongolian Tartars were used to shoot the provocative group of Mongolian Tartars below, they could at least scare them away.
Soon, the guards received the bow and arrow.
Because Kong Wu was powerful when he was no longer in his prime, Pu Xianwannu still struggled to pull the bow. But in front of so many people, he must not be embarrassed. The generals below also saw that their king was a little weak, but they all looked awe-in, as if they saw the heroic scene of Pu Xianwannu pulling up the bow and shooting the eagle.
Whoosh!
Finally, Gong Xuan was pulled over. The arrow was like a meteor and galloped downward at a high speed.
"Oh! No, this Jurchen barbarian shot an arrow!" Some soldiers who were still provoking quickly raised their pants and ran back. But the arrows were very fast and they instantly caught up with a fleeing soldier.
Thorn...
His calves were scratched by arrows and his pants were immediately scratched.
Seeing that he was not injured, the soldier was frightened for a while and immediately slapped his butt towards the top of the city. Pu Xianwannu was so angry that he shot several arrows, and the archers at his command also pulled their bows and shot them down.
But the soldiers of Ulutus already knew the danger and ran a little farther away and were completely out of range. Therefore, the archery ordered by Pu Xianwannu was just wasting a bunch of arrows.
"Zhimo! Those who wanted to play with you were just using force." A Danghan cursed angrily: "Everyone, light the fire tube for me and shoot hard!"
Because the fire tubes carried are of a fixed number each time, each large-scale shooting must be approved by the main general. In this way, the firearm can be used on the blade.
Now that he received the order from Adamhan, the soldiers were also very happy.
They have already seen the power of the firearms in the deserter's reaction. If the arrogant group of people in the city can also be seen, they may also be seen.
With this idea in mind, forty cavalry lined up in four rows and approached the city wall in an orderly manner. The person walking in the front held a shield, tightly protecting the people inside like a turtle shell.
"Are they here to die?" Pu Cha Shouyi said suspiciously when he saw the Mongolians sending such a small group of men to attack the city. Although he knew in his heart that the Mongolians were not that stupid, he still couldn't guess the other party's intentions.
However, Li Shi remembered something and said, "I heard that the range of the fire tube is shorter than that of the bow and arrow. Is it true that they rely on the rules like this??" Thinking of a terrible consequence, he immediately asked Pu Xianwannu to allow him to shoot and retreat to the top of the city first.
Just as I was about to explain the reason for this, a roar was already roaring next to me.
"Oh! The accurate head was actually tilted!" The veteran said with regret. However, the first beam of heavenly fire did not hit a single person, but hit the cold and thick city wall, leaving a black burn mark on it.
But it was the first time that the people in the city saw the power of the firearm. The roar made them think that the sky was blue and white, and it was really thundering.
As the king of the country, Pu Xianwannu suddenly felt a sudden slap in his heart and became a little scared.
Chapter completed!