Chapter 495 Eight Hundred Miles Urgent, Counterattack Preparations

Author: solid state drive

Chapter 495 Eight Hundred Miles Urgent, Counterattack Preparations

Late at night, Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shizhong were driven into the city by car, and they could not sleep at their residence in Bianjing.

After visiting the Royal Army camp today, the Royal Army's equipment system, management concepts, and remote command capabilities all had a great impact on their thinking.

Especially during the subsequent viewing in the movie room, I saw Emperor Chongzhen thousands of miles away, and I could actually directly know where on the map each battalion-sized unit was.

By just looking at that map, they can tell where the army should pass through, not to mention that there are also several veterans nearby, and they can report the number of enemy troops encountered at the battalion level as soon as possible.

The air and ground cooperated together, helicopter rockets destroyed ships, army artillery and rocket launchers flew together, and machine guns and automatic rifles fired volleys. The Japanese pirates were destroyed like chickens, which perfectly reflected the process of Wanyan Yanmu and others being annihilated.

During the musket and artillery shooting drill, they just lamented the power of gunpowder weapons. If they were allowed to use these weapons in the same way, they would be able to compete.

The emergence of editable movies allowed them to intuitively understand that traditional infantry and cavalry, even enemy troops with "equal" equipment, could only be easily destroyed when faced with the Royal Army, and could not even get close.

Weapons such as rockets and high-explosive bombs during World War II were purely suppressive. Radio walkie-talkies were directly ordered from the emperor to the battalion and company level. Different combat ideas brought different command systems.

"Dad, the Supreme Being and the officials asked us to go to the Royal Army's camp today, and asked us to start tomorrow and follow the Royal Army Command back to Xijing to prepare to annihilate the Jin Army.

Are these arrangements going to allow us to supervise the Royal Army? Or will the Forbidden Army be restructured like the Royal Army? Is it that His Majesty is already worried about us in the Western Army?"

"It's probably going to be reorganized. It's not a big deal to say that I'm worried. It's just that in the Song Dynasty, the military system has not changed since Emperor Taizu established the Three Yamen. Over time, the disadvantages are indeed obvious.

Therefore, it is very likely that the Supreme Commander will follow the example of the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty, but this is not a bad thing and will not have much impact on us.

After all, the Royal Army seemed to have separate soldiers and generals just like the Song Dynasty, and the management was similar. After all, what the emperor needed was the sons of generals.

I just don’t know if the Supreme Leader has changed his views on the Third Division. The Third Division and the cabinet mentioned by Sun Chuanting are very similar. If there is no change in the Third Division, then there is absolutely no reason to move us..."

Zhong Shidao looked at the swaying lights. There was also hesitation in his heart, but not a lot. There was more expectation. He felt that the opportunity for the Zhong family to enter the political world was here.

They cultivate families and become generals from generation to generation. Under the anthracene system, as long as the higher the position held by the previous generation, the starting point of the descendants will be higher, but in the end they will still be generals and will never be able to enter the Privy Council.

In the military system of the Song Dynasty, soldiers and generals were separated. Even the so-called Zhong family army was not always led by the Zhong family. After the change of leadership and leaving Fuzhou, most of the troops still stayed in the local area and were led by different people.

Under such a system, it is extremely difficult for military generals to rebel, but it is easier to recruit enemy troops to surrender, so there is no need to worry about military power or the way of teaching.

When Shidao Zhong was thinking a lot, Gaoping Pass, thousands of miles away, lost the peace it had in the past. Even late at night, it was still full of noise and fire.

After Zhang Yusheng led his troops to surrender, Wanyan Zonghan led his troops to capture Pingyang Mansion without any troops. After that, the army went all the way south, winning consecutive battles, until today they captured Gaoping Pass.

At this time, the Jin army at Gaoping Pass was undergoing repairs, preparing to continue advancing to capture Zezhou the next day, and to prepare for the capture of Tianjing Pass, the last pass out of Shanxi.

In the camp at night, he and a group of Jin army generals drank fermented kumiss and talked and laughed with each other. No one was particularly worried about the upcoming battle.

"General, when we attacked Gaoping Pass today, several of the ropes of the three artillery carts were broken, and all the cowhide that could be used was used. Should we wait for two more days and wait for them to be sent to Beijing?"

"You want to tell me something like this? The fighter planes are waiting for no one. If they are not all destroyed, just dismantle one and save the other two. Send them outside Zezhou overnight, and wait for Zezhou to be taken directly tomorrow morning."

"yes!"

The engineering generals quickly took orders and left. Unlike the Khitan and Dangxiang, the Jin army not only had strong cavalry field combat capabilities, but also made great improvements in siege technology.

In the process of attacking the Yuan Dynasty, they had already learned the manufacturing techniques of trebuchets, iron artillery and other siege weapons that the Yuan Dynasty learned from the Song Dynasty.

There are records from the Song Dynasty that "the Jin people are good at using cavalry in field battles" and "the Jin people are good at using cannons when attacking cities."

The cannon used by the Jin soldiers to attack the city was actually a trebuchet. It was pulled by a long catapult. Using the lever principle, one end of the cannon tip was connected with a rope to a leather socket for holding stone bullets, and the other end was tied to

Dozens of long ropes.

When launching, a golden soldier is responsible for placing the stones on the leather nest. Dozens of other soldiers suddenly pull the rope, and the tip rod is flipped up, and the stones placed in the leather nest at the other end can be thrown far away.

go out.

Huge stones can not only destroy the defensive facilities on the city wall, but also kill and injure the soldiers defending the city. This is why the Jin army can quickly attack the city.

"Report! General! There is a letter from Lu Yundi, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, in Jincheng. The Eastern Army is in command. The general and the others have confirmed the truce with the Emperor of Song Dynasty and are preparing to withdraw to the capital."

"Letter to me."

After the soldiers left, Wanyan Zonghan held the letter in his hand, his face finally looked a little unkind, and he felt a sense of depression in his heart.

"Nianhan, is this true? The people of Song Dynasty really agreed to the peace terms negotiated by Yi Li?"

"I remember that the price offered by Onli cannot be very high. How dare the people of Song Dynasty dare to answer? Then they will definitely have more money. We can also get it ourselves. How can we not agree to it?"

"Could this be a treacherous plot by the Song people? This is used to delay time. I heard that General Zhong of the Western Army has been transferred to Tokyo by the Song people."

When the generals of the Jin army received the news, some looked at each other in shock. Wanyan Zonghan pinched the letter and shouted, and immediately a soldier came in.

"Reply a letter to the envoy of the Song Dynasty and ask him to bring the imperial edict. Prepare to go to Taiyuan in person to announce the edict and let the Taiyuan garrison open the city."

After the soldiers were ordered to leave, Wanyan Zonghan passed the specific letter to everyone, and at the same time confirmed that the matter was true, and the Song people had really agreed to Wanyan Zongwang's request.

"Onli refused to come down. I think the main reason is that the Song Dynasty's garrison in Tokyo gradually increased, and most of the Western Army arrived. Now Bianjing City cannot be captured at all with the tens of thousands of people that Onli can't help."

"But we are only a few hundred miles away from Xijing. If we stop, all our efforts will be in vain. Xijing of the Song Dynasty is right in front of us."

"Yes, most of the Song people's Western Army has been transferred to Tokyo. We can take advantage of the weakness of the Western Army now and continue to move south, making it difficult for the Song people to take care of the beginning and the end."

"No, although most of the Western Army has been transferred away, most of the Zhe family and Zhong family are still there, so our speed is still affected by Taiyuan.

If Oli doesn't agree to the conditions of the Ming people, he probably won't be able to capture the Song Dynasty's Tokyo. I should be responsible for this failure. Fortunately, the Song people have promised to give us Taiyuan and come back next time."

Wanyan Zonghan said with a frown, his teeth itching with hatred for the Taiyuan defenders.

"Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen in Taiyuan are really difficult to deal with. It's not that Nianhan you are being held back. It's just that Yanjing has the help of Pharmacist Guo. We are just unlucky."

"I remember that what Oli didn't mention was that the people of Song Dynasty should pay 50 million silver and 5 million gold, right? Can the people of Song Dynasty pay so much money?"

"Cede Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian to us... Song people are stupid, hahahahahaha."

Although Wanyan Zonghan still had some unfinished ideas, the Song people had been beaten to surrender and agreed to the harsh conditions, so Wanyan Zonghan and the others could only choose to accept it.

The Jin Kingdom themselves never thought that they could overthrow the Song Dynasty with one blow. Although they had begun to discover that the Song Dynasty's combat effectiveness was low under the system of separation of soldiers and generals, they were not fully prepared this time and had no plans for a long-term attack.

So the only choice the army can make now is to prepare to return to the court and wait for the next time.

If they continue to press forward step by step at this time, it will be equivalent to forcing the Song Dynasty to fight to the death. Then they may not be able to escape unscathed. This is good now, but it is a pity.

The soldiers sent by Jin Bing set out for Jincheng that night, but Lu Yundi was afraid that he would not respond, so they spent the night in peace.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the genius dawned, a large number of Jin troops were already preparing to attack the city outside Jincheng. The Jincheng County Prime Minister and the commander were so frightened that they rushed to the place where Lu Yundi was staying.

"Oh! Didn't you send a message to the Jin people yesterday, saying that the war has ceased? Why are you here again?

Quickly send someone to ask the Jin Dutong, and then call Xiuying over and go to the city head with me."

Lu Yundi listened to the commander's report about the large-scale Jin attack and said in a panic. After waiting for a while, he rushed to the city head with Teng Maoshi, who was also the envoy.

At this time, the messengers sent by Wanyan Zonghan had also come over, saying that the reason for their coming was because Lu Yundi was unwilling to go to Taiyuan to preach. The soldiers and people in Taiyuan must not believe it and suspected that he was stalling for time.

Listening to Wanyan Zonghan's words, Lu Yundi and Teng Maoshi looked at each other, a little dumbfounded. They were really unwilling to ask them to follow the Jin people to Taiyuan.

Who knows if they will come back if they follow them? Moreover, after Taiyuan was ceded and the Jin people took Taiyuan City, it is not certain whether the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan will come out alive. When the time comes, the world will be miserable, and they are kind-hearted and cannot bear to look at it.

"My general said that if you don't leave the city after a quarter of an hour, it will be regarded as stalling for time, and we will attack the city immediately.

If you follow the general to Taiyuan, and the general will ensure your safety to Taiyuan, and then send you back, if you want peace talks, you must show sincerity, otherwise your emperor's peace talks will be delayed, can you bear the responsibility?"

"This... this officer..."

Lu Yundi hesitated for a while, then nodded. Immediately, the Jin Army who had sent the message blew a whistle, and the Jin Army in the distance also began to whistle and prepare to retreat. It seemed that it was really just to confirm whether Lu Yundi was lying.

"Let me take care of it."

"Well, hurry up."

Although there were only four Jin army messengers, they remained calm in the face of the hostile Song army around them. They believed that the Song people would not dare to attack them.

Lu Yundi ordered everyone to get out of the way and was about to leave the city when suddenly the sound of horse hooves and shouts came from the direction of Nancheng.

"Great victory! Great victory! Great victory is here!"

"Your Majesty, the imperial chariot of the imperial family went on a personal expedition, leading an army to kill the Jin army's leader, General Wan Libu, capturing Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Zongbi and other clan generals alive, and annihilating 80,000 people in the Jin army's Eastern Route Army!

Where is Lu Yundi? Take us there quickly! Your Majesty has an order! All peace talks are cancelled! The officials have an order! Counterattack the Kingdom of Jin! Counterattack the Kingdom of Jin! Recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

"Great victory! Great victory!..."

The sound of continuous victory reports drowned out the sound of horse hooves. After the duel ended two days ago, Zhao Ji learned that Lu Yundi had already set off on the morning of his arrival.

He quickly ordered people to pass through 800 miles to intercept and stop, and by the way, he reported the victory to Xijing and Shanxi, forcing the Jin army to retreat and saving a few lives.

After running for a day and a night, the messengers rushed to Xijing. After reporting the victory, they could not find Lu Yundi. After learning that Lu Yundi had arrived in Jincheng, they crossed the Yellow River overnight to stop Lu Yundi from announcing the cession.

The contents of the report of this great victory made the soldiers and civilians in the city cheer instantly, and the defenders at the top of the city also became energetic instantly after hearing it clearly.

Lu Yundi listened to the sound that was getting closer and closer with a face full of disbelief. The messengers, carrying eight hundred miles of urgent tokens, quickly rushed to Lu Yundi under the leadership of the soldiers in the city.

The Jin Army messenger on the side was also dumbfounded as he looked at the group of out-of-breath messenger soldiers and Lu Yundi who was reading the letter carefully.

"Lord Lu, here is the keepsake of Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Zongbi, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army. This baggage is the inseparable head of Wanyan.

With this as evidence, the officials ask you to continue to be the envoy and ask the Jin army to withdraw immediately.

At the same time, officials have sent orders to Bianjing's 100,000 imperial troops to rush from Tokyo with heavy artillery to aid Xijing.

From now on, all the troops in Xijing will go all out to counterattack the Jin army northward and rush to the aid of Taiyuan City. There must be no mistake!"
To be continued...