Fanyang County (Zhuozhou) had an outstanding status in the Song Dynasty for only one reason. The ancestral home of the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, was here. In other words, this is the hometown of the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty. It is also the real body of my body, Zhao Kuangyin.
home.
After Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, Fanyang County became the territory of the Liao Kingdom. Although it was recaptured by the Song Dynasty during the Xuanhe period, it was occupied by the Jin people not long after. After the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the land under its jurisdiction became the territory of the Mongolia Kingdom.
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 still quite excited. After all, Zhao Fu, who I have merged with, is the first emperor in the Song Dynasty since Zhao Kuangyin.
I am a person who has returned to my hometown. If the Zhao family's old house had not disappeared long ago, I would definitely visit it with great fanfare to show that the territory around Dadu is the land of my Song Dynasty.
About thirty miles north of Fanyang County, there is a town called Huangcun. This Huangcun town is very large. It was once the county seat of Jixian County in ancient times and was also a meeting place for people traveling from south to north.
On October 16, the sixth year of Xianchun, Wen Zhang and Meng Tianxiang led their troops to Huangcun and began to build a camp in Daxing Village, ten miles north of Huangcun. As a base for our army to attack Dadu, this camp was huge and stretched for several kilometers.
Li, its northernmost point is nearly ten miles away from Huangcun, and the distance from Dadu is about fifty miles. On October 21, 100,000 Northern Expedition troops stationed in the camp, officially kicking off the attack on Dadu.
On October 25, another batch of grenades arrived in Huangcun Town along with food and grass. The total number of this batch of grenades was 4,500. The difference was that one thousand of them had a special shape. This batch of grenades had a special shape.
The grenade has a slightly larger appearance. It is a new generation product developed by the Gunpowder Supervisor. Its power is about twice as powerful as the original grenade. Adding the original inventory of the army, the total number of grenade in our army exceeds 35,000.
Thousands.
With so many projectiles, I was confident. Even in the open plains, when the Yuan cavalry attacked from all directions, I didn't have to be afraid at all.
In the north in October, winter has already entered.
That night, a heavy snow fell. Although it was not a blizzard, it was much heavier than the snow in the south.
After a night, the ground was covered with silver. No matter which direction you looked, it was a vast expanse of white, which looked white and peaceful.
There are so many beauties in the country that it attracts countless heroes to bow their waists.
This heavy snow came and went quickly. At noon on the 26th, the weather suddenly became sunny, the sun was shining, and the temperature immediately rose. The newly formed snow on the ground gradually began to melt, seeming to be washing the earth.
In the early morning of the 28th, surrounded by generals, I left the camp with an army of 30,000 people and headed north. There were no artillery in the accompanying army, but all the main generals of the artillery camp were among them. This is what I
The army marched into Dadu for the first time, with the purpose of
I observed the city walls of Dadu and the surrounding topography. Since all the Yuan troops near Dadu had withdrawn into Dadu, the army did not come out in full force. However, in order to prevent accidents, I ordered the soldiers to bring 20,000 projectiles.
About four hundred meters away from the capital city wall, Lu Wenhuan gave an order, and the army immediately stopped moving forward.
As the capital of future generations, I yearn for it very much. I stood at the front of the team, raised my telescope, and looked at Dadu, the predecessor of Beijing, from a distance.
Although the height of Dadu's city wall is slightly lower than that of Xiangyang, its scale is much larger. The walls on both sides of the city gate are all made of large boulders. They look very strong and are actually no less than the city wall of Xiangyang. Outside the city
There is a moat several meters wide, with flags fluttering on the wall, and the crowds of people above can be vaguely seen.
Surprisingly, the Dadu City Gate directly opposite was open, and even the drawbridge was not retracted. However, I quickly thought that under artillery attack, whether the city gate was open or not did not make much difference.
After a while, I said to Wu Songhan behind me: "General Wu, come forward and deliver the message."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Wu Songhan approached alone, he cheered up and shouted: "People in the city, listen, I am Wu Songhan, the pioneer of the Great Song Army. On orders from His Majesty the Emperor, I have come here to deliver a letter to you, the Great Khan."
seal up."
Boyan on the city said coldly: "General Wu, are you here to declare a war?"
"No, no." Wu Songhan said as he took out the Chuanyun Bow and said loudly, "General Boyan, that day outside Lumen Mountain in Xiangyang, our Emperor once wrote a poem titled "Qin Yuan Chun"
The second half of the poem, and I asked you to comment on it. Two nights ago, it snowed heavily, and I went to the emperor
His Majesty, inspired by the scene, completed the entire masterpiece and named it "Qinyuan Spring. Snow". He specially ordered Wu to come and hand it over to you, Khan, to complete the words of that day. At the same time, I also said to His Majesty the Emperor:
, the only people in the world who can truly understand this poem are you, the Great Khan of Mongolia."
After saying this, Wu Songhan shot out the letter tied to the arrow shaft.
The arrow flew slowly towards the city at normal speed. Boyan stretched out his hand and gently caught it in his hand. Then he broke the shaft of the arrow, took out the letter, and handed it to Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty who was standing behind him.
There were only half of the words in the letter and no other writing. Kublai Khan opened it and saw:
"The scenery of the North is covered with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness; the rivers up and down suddenly lose their roar. Silver snakes are dancing in the mountains, and wax figures are galloping, hoping to compete with the gods. It is a sunny day, and I look at the red clothes.
Wrapped in plain clothes, it is extremely enchanting."
Kublai Khan read it two or three times, and then connected the second half of the words together and recited it silently.
It's all gone, let's count the famous people, but let's look at the present.
As the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan was a man of great talent and strategy, so he could understand the meaning of this poem.
"Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu. There is a good saying, 'I want to compete with God's test', and a good one, 'It depends on the present day'." Kublai Khan sighed secretly in his heart, and suddenly he had a feeling of "Since Yu is born, how can Liang be born?"
Feeling. 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 and walked to the city wall. He stared into the distance and said: "Generals of the Southern Dynasty below, listen up. Please bring a message to Your Excellency Zhao Yu for me. This song "Qin Yuan Chun. Snow"
》The majestic momentum and vigorous style of poetry are what I have seen in my life, and they just reflect my mind and ambition. General Wu, thank you very much for your master's poetry for me."
Neither the Yuan generals nor Wu Songhan on the city had seen the letter, so they did not understand what Kublai Khan meant. Wu Songhan said to Kublai Khan on the city, "I'll take my leave."
After listening to Wu Songhan's narration, I smiled and said, "Kublai Khan, you are really thick-skinned."
"Brother, what do you mean?" Fang Ling on the side asked, not knowing what was going on.
"The poem I wrote was to express my ambition, but Kublai Khan actually used it on himself, so I say he is thick-skinned."
Then again, just from the fact that Kublai Khan changed the name of his country to Dayuan, we can see that his ambition has actually surpassed that of Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongolia. However, Kublai Khan met me
, as the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, but my tiger is an enhanced version of the fierce tiger, which itself is not on the same starting line.
Of course, I am actually very thick-skinned, because I am not the author of this poem. "It turns out that ancient emperors were very thick-skinned." I laughed to myself.
Back at the camp, the generals gathered in my big tent to listen to my instructions.
"My generals, the First World War is about to begin. I have said that 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,
Of
Later, the techniques and tactics of war have changed. For the city wall, it will no longer be an obstacle to the 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
Latest information learned
, 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, the role of throwing bombs in street fighting is huge. Kublai Khan hopes that the Yuan army will outnumber them.
We, this can only be crazy
People talk about dreams. Regarding 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 already has a deep understanding of street fighting. Everyone, regarding the Battle of Dadu, we all
Any other thoughts or suggestions?”
"Your Majesty." Fan Tianshun, who had recovered from his injuries, said first, "In the battle of Mingzhou, our army failed to completely wipe out the enemy. Should we divide our forces to surround most of the capital this time?"
I shook my head and said: "General Fan, with the strength of my army in the middle, we are still unable to completely annihilate the enemy. The purpose of most of the battle is to drive the Yuan army back to the desert. As for the complete destruction of the Yuan army, it will be a matter of the future.
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Li Longdao, Commander of the Third Division of the Royal Forest Army: "Your Majesty, our army has set up a hundred sniper teams, but the size of Dadu City is much larger than Mingzhou, and our army does not have a detailed map. Therefore, the final general proposes that after the attack,
After Dadu, we need to slow down the offensive pace and play steadily."
I approvingly said: "General Li, I agree with this. I have discussed with Commander Lu that after entering Dadu, except for some commandos, the rest of the army will advance step by step in the three directions of left, center and right.
These three armies
Under the command of General Zhao Huai, General Lu Wenhuan and General Yin Yinglei, they will cooperate with each other and advance simultaneously. This will give your Royal Forest Army sniper team sufficient time to find sniper points to kill the generals or musketeers of the Yuan Army.
"
"Yes, I will eventually understand."
Afterwards, the generals expressed their opinions one after another and discussed the details of the invasion of Dadu.
On the 29th, all armies held their last pre-war tactical arrangements and pre-war mobilization meeting.
On October 30, I led an army of 70,000 to the outside of Dadu and began the first bombardment of Dadu.