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First Acquaintance with the Temple Chapter 274: Huanglong Water Battle

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    Chapter 274: Huanglong Water Battle After waiting patiently for another ten days, the fastest news from the Royal News came.  Hebei Military Road Inspector Li Bangyan, a first-rank minister of the imperial court, was killed. According to reports from reporters accompanying the army, Li Bangyan was affiliated with the Hebei Military Road Appeasement Department and worked with Jin Si to appease the local Jurchens.  His work was patient and meticulous and won unanimous praise from the Forbidden Army.  However, the Jurchens were dissatisfied with the king's will and were ungrateful. They were not satisfied when they obtained certain benefits and materials. Driven by ambition, they even attempted to kidnap Lord Li, a first-rank minister of the Song Dynasty, in order to obtain more materials.  Because he was deeply involved in the tribe, Mr. Li only had about ten followers. Facing the wolf-like Jurchens, Mr. Li was not afraid and said: A gentleman should sacrifice his life for righteousness.  So he called and drew his sword to fight against the powerful enemy.  Helplessly outnumbered, Li Da fought to his death. Before his death, he shouted: The Jurchens are in danger, and the immortal nine springs are in trouble.  His head was cut off by the Jurchens and thrown at the gate of the county government office in a small county.  The Jurchens demonstrated to the Song Dynasty and bullied me into having no one in the Song Dynasty.  ¡°Well¡­this is the version processed by Ouyang.  The real version is that Li Bangyan was suddenly attacked by a group of masked men who could speak Jurchen. Li Bangyan died, and only one of his followers was seriously injured and survived among more than a dozen people.  The next day, Li Bangyan's head appeared at the door of the county government office.  As soon as the news came out, the people in the court were in an uproar.  The reason for the uproar was not entirely because of Li Bangyan's death, but mainly because of the Jurchens' arrogant attitude.  This is a naked challenge to the imperial army and the emperor.  The newspaper also published an incident where Jurchens gathered in groups to attack the logistics supplies of the Forbidden Army.  Chen Dong and Li Gang sighed after reading the newspaper. They all knew that there must be something fishy about it, but they also understood that even if there was something fishy about this matter, the emperor must be an insider, otherwise no one would dare to do this.  People like them, based on the traditional thinking that a father is not as close as an emperor, will definitely not conduct an in-depth investigation into this matter.  On the day of decision-making and voting, Zhao Yu first expressed his opinion: "Perhaps you all don't know something. Mr. Li Han, my imperial envoy was detained by the Qiang people for two months not long ago. Because I went to war with Liao and Jin, I attacked the border Qiang.  I can only tolerate it. Now that the Jurchens have killed me, a first-class minister of the Song Dynasty, whether I should tolerate it or not depends on your opinions." "There is no suspense. After the vote, most of the proposals supported Ouyang and others, and there was a small part.  His attitude is even more extreme and he wants to exterminate the Jurchen clan.  This was an era in which national self-esteem was strongly inflated, and the military and economy were extremely strong.  When Zhao Yu raised a single incident to the height of group politics, no matter what his motives were, he could no longer be benevolent, righteous, and moral.  In the end, Zhang Jun will dedicate half of the imperial army to relocate the old and weak Jurchens who were occupied by the land, and all of them will move to Suzhou.  It is under unified management by Hebei Military Road.  Suzhou is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the pass leading to Chenzhou is heavily defended.  The imperial court will set up porridge factories in several counties in Suzhou.  At the same time, all young Jurchen men and women will be transported to Xixia in the Song Dynasty and the areas under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Military Road to work. Suzhou Jurchens will be sent away after they turn thirteen.  Under the auspices of the emperor, this large-scale migration with anti-human nature finally began.  Why do we say anti-humanity? Because in Suzhou, the Jurchens will only slowly decrease and disappear.  There will be no further increase.  Of course the Jurchens are not willing to leave their homeland, but this time the Forbidden Army has received clear instructions, and they do not have a good impression of the Jurchens. Many of their brothers died at the hands of the Jurchens.  Faced with resistance, they carried out brutal massacres, which affected the entire clan.  This kind of genocidal massacre is almost impossible to happen in modern times, but in ancient times, not only the original ones, but also many records of ethnic massacres abroad, especially driven by the power of religion, foreign countries are definitely more serious than this time.  cruel.  Attila the Hun, the Macedonian hero Alexander, the Roman Emperor David, the Frankish Charlemagne, the Russian Peter the Great, the French Emperor Napoleon, etc. all left records of large-scale massacres in history.  The Royal Newspaper ignored this matter because, except for the frontline reporters, all the Jurchen reporters were transferred to Yangping for retraining.  Ouyang is worried that these people have too strong a sense of justice and leave things behind that shouldn't be left behind.  In fact, there are indeed a few thorns, but thorns also have the advantage of being thorns. They will not report non-factual reports. As long as they have not seen it with their own eyes, they cannot report it.  Around October, more than half of the large-scale migration was completed, and most of the Hebei military returned to the front line.  The remaining rear affairs will be completed by the new recruits.  By the twelfth lunar month, the plan was basically completed.  By June of the next year, the census showed that there were a total of 18,000 Jurchens in Suzhou, and more than a thousand young people who had migrated to Xixia.  But almost at the same time, a plague broke out in Suzhou These things are not what everyone cares about. What everyone cares about is that the economy is starting to recover again.  Due to the huge land vacancies and abundant natural resources, the Southeast Business Association has strongly moved into the occupied vacancies, and the required labor vacancies have become astronomical.  Moreover, local cities and towns need to be built, and various processing talents from stone to iron are needed. The investment report of Yangping Bank pointed out that at least 100,000 people are needed. After three years of hard work,Only with great strength can it be possible to fill in the gaps here.  Zhao Yu also issued an imperial edict to support the government, and implemented a three-year tax exemption and five-year tax reduction policy to stimulate business investment**.  Moreover, this place was approved as a working place for prisoners.  Finally, according to Ouyang's suggestion, Zhao Yu will build a state-owned planting enterprise to plant wheat on a large area of ??land.  At the same time that the Jurchen decision was issued, Han Shizhong completed the expulsion of the Liao army. In order to avoid being encircled, the enemies of Tongzhou had no choice but to retreat.  But things didn't go as smoothly as Han Shizhong thought.  Yelu Dashi gave full play to the power of his chewing gum, taking advantage of the terrain, resisting step by step, and sneak attacks on the Song army's food and grass and other methods to delay the Song army's advance.  Although the Forbidden Army continues to advance, Changchun Prefecture and Taizhou, the two gateways north to Tokyo, have been defended.  The Korean front is too long, the right-wing Huanglong Mansion is threatened by Jurchens, and it has to guard against sabotage by Yelu Dashi faction spies. Therefore, it is expected that it will be an impossible task to open the gateway to Tokyo this year.  However, Zhao Yu did not blame Han Shizhong, but instead praised him.  Because the losses in South Korea were much smaller than expected.  Zhang Jun was under great pressure, especially since Ouyang was sent to the front line as a supervisor, which made him feel even more stressed.  There were originally two military road supervisors in Hebei, one was Xue Bing and the other was Li Bangyan.  Li Bangyan died inexplicably, and Xue Bing was now assigned as the chief general stationed in Su Chenzhou, so it was normal for the imperial court to send a supervisor.  But when Ouyang is sent here, the invisible pressure becomes even greater.  In Ouyang's supervision of the army or the imperial envoy, his troops always easily defeated the enemy, and their results were extremely brilliant.  Winter came very early this year, with freezing temperatures starting in November.  However, due to the selfless efforts of the Hangzhou Fleet, the Xiang Army, and the commercial association, the warm logistics of Hebei Military Road has been well guaranteed.  Moreover, a special charcoal bunker was opened to cope with this severe winter.  Ouyang left the tent wearing a cotton coat and a fur coat. When the cold wind blew, he couldn't help but shiver.  Looking at the sentinels makes me feel less comfortable than myself.  Near Ouyang Zaijun, there is one tent for every ten soldiers, which is quite crowded.  The sentries work in shifts, patrolling, standing guard, and setting up secret sentries at various intersections.  Although the imperial court solved many material problems, it was still too cold at night, and it was common for sentries to have their hands and feet freeze.  But compared to fighting in the snow before, it was much better for everyone to huddle together in the open air to keep warm.  In other words, there was generally no fighting in winter in ancient times.  Today the army will march to the front line. Zhang Jun wanted Ouyang to stay here, but Ouyang didn't agree and decided to go to the front to have a look.  When the sun came out, the army began to count the numbers. An hour later, the army set off.  Compared with the Forbidden Army, the Xiang Army was more difficult. They had to send the supplies needed by the army to the front.  After walking for an hour, I made food and rested.  Then they will march to the front line and set up camp a hundred miles away.  Got into position at noon the next day.  More than three miles away from Huanglong Mansion is the real front line. On one side are the Jurchens who are heavily guarded, and on the other side are the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army who are building fences and digging trenches.  The Jurchen archers who arranged this defense were very good. As long as the Song people were within 500 steps, they could basically shoot accurately.  The Jurchens also tried to sneak into the camp at night and raid, but Zhang Jun always told the generals to be careful. In addition, with the help of firearms and obstacles, the Jurchens could not take advantage at all.  The Jurchens did not expect that the Song people would launch a large-scale attack in winter, but Zong Han was very smart. He was sure that the Song imperial army was going to attack after seeing the movements of the Song people, and ordered to strengthen the defense.  Compared with the Song people, the Jurchens were more tolerant of the cold.  Legend has it that Zonghan once crawled in the snow for a day and a night in order to hunt bears.  But the Song army had pretty good thermal equipment and a lot of fire-making supplies.  But even so, the morale of both sides is not high, and no one is willing to fight in this season.  When Ouyang arrived, Zhang Jun was supervising people to break the ice. About a mile from the front line, there was a small pond formed by the rivers led by the Song Army.  It can be used to resist the impact of enemy cavalry during defense, and can obtain a large number of artillery shells during attack.  The scattered water trucks are gathering. Chen Gui, as the commander, gathers all the water trucks according to military orders.  We can¡¯t attack yet because the sun is shining during the day and the temperature is still relatively high.  God also provided for it. In late November, light snow began to fall on the front line and the temperature dropped sharply.  The next day it snowed, Zhang Jun launched an attack.  ¡­ At dawn, the Jurchen soldiers who were in charge of lookout from the high tower on the city wall took a look outside and saw that the Song army had already formed a formation.  The infantry and cavalry were neatly arranged, and there were two rows of wooden machinery that looked like trebuchets spread out in a row.  The Jurchen soldiers immediately beat the gongs, and the sound of gongs in the city became one. Under the coordinated command, the Jurchens quickly climbed up the city wall, squatted down, and prepared to face the enemy.  Zong Han was also on the city wall, looking a little confused at the dark Song army. According to him, if the Song army wanted to attack the city, of course it would be a sneak attack.  The night was cold and there was light snow. Except for the soldiers on guard, everyone went back to rest.  But the Song people obviously gathered at the fourth watch and waited until dawn, and had no intention of sneak attack at all.  The deputy general said: "General, Mr. Ou, the enemies have gathered at the top of the city." "Fight," Zhang Jun said, "Yes" the deputy general ordered: "fight"  As soon as the military messenger waved the red flag, the heavy artillery commander in charge at the front shouted: "Hit". Zong Han was even more confused about this hit. The city wall was not within the range of the heavy artillery at all.  Then he saw the infantrymen carrying shields forming a phalanx and advancing towards the city wall.  Zong Han asked the deputy general in confusion: "What are the Song people doing? Do they think they can climb across the moat or climb the wall with shields?" "Generalissimo." The deputy general pointed to a trebuchet behind the soldiers and said:  "They followed up." "It's inexplicable." Zong Han said: "Send the order, don't waste arrows without my order. The Song people were worried that their heavy artillery would be detonated by my rockets, so they used trebuchets?" While speaking, the soldiers holding up their shields stopped.  He squatted down and raised his shield at a 45-degree angle.  Zong Han was still wondering, but the two water trucks had already begun the first round of attacks.  But this is a stone thrown.  The two stones only reached the base of the city wall.  So the infantry continued to advance to a position two hundred steps away from the city wall, completely exposed to the Jurchen's range.  "Hit" Zong Han finally gave the order. With a gong sound, thousands of arrows fell down like locusts. Although they were protected by shields, several Song troops fell to the ground.  Well, a few.  These soldiers did not carry long weapons, only a short sword stuck at their waist.  The shield he held was a big thing wrapped in iron.  The Jurchen lieutenant general asked: "Generalissimo?" "We can't shoot them, and they can't attack them. Let everyone save their arrows." To deal with such an iron turtle formation, the only way to deal with it is to send cavalry to trample them, but the Song army also has cavalry, and they all  Watching from both sides.  Zong Han knew that once his cavalry attacked, he might be robbed of the drawbridge and city gate.  When Zong Han saw the catapult starting to attack, he shouted: "Be careful to crouch down to avoid it." He shouted, but he was still standing.  A stone flew towards him.  The lieutenant hurriedly pulled Zong Han down, but Zong Han pushed him away and hit the stone with a mace in both hands.  Morale is very important, and a good general can ensure that morale can be boosted at any time.  Zong Han knew this well and planned to hit a home run first.  "It's a pity that although he is brave and wise, he is not sinister.  Little did he know that the stone-like cannonball was not a stone, but a thin pottery. It shattered when hit. The pottery shattered and the water inside splashed Zong Han all over.  Like taking a cold shower in winter, Zong Han froze, and then shouted in shock: "Leave the city." But it was already too late, a row of water bombs came over, and four to five people out of ten were hit.  The water mixed with light snow made the walls very slippery.  When the cold wind blew, everyone began to shiver.  Behind the water truck, a large area of ????water is being boiled to melt ice. The weather is cold, and several ponds have frozen because there is no flow. Although artificial stirring is carried out continuously, there are still many floating ice.  Then the infantry advanced another fifty steps, and half of the water tankers advanced to bombard the city.  Zhang Jun ordered, and the whole army shouted.  Zong Han, who got off the city wall, was shocked and ordered: "Song army attacks the city and defends the city wall." He didn't have time to change his clothes, so he wrapped himself in a half-dry leather coat and climbed up the city wall.  But it was not Song Jun who greeted him at all, but still ceramic water bombs.  Zong Han had no choice but to order: "Evacuate". He knew the consequences of soaking in water in this weather, ranging from cold to cold to death in severe cases.  A fire has been lit under the city wall, and a group of Tangji soldiers are shivering and warming themselves up to the fire.  They were lucky, but the sharpshooters in the tower were unlucky. They were targeted by the water tanker that advanced fifty steps to attack.  Needless to say, the whole bullet hit the tower body, and water poured in. They tried to escape for their lives, but their hands and feet were numb, unable to hold the ladder, and they accidentally fell on the city wall.  There are no helpers on the left and right sides of the city wall, so I can only soak in the water.  They also became the first batch of soldiers to freeze to death and fall to death in the Huanglong Siege.  As soon as Zong Han was on fire, Song Jun shouted again.  At this moment, he had the urge to strangle himself. Song Jun was obviously playing the trick of 'crying wolf'.  The deputy general volunteered to go up the city wall. As soon as he stood up, a ceramic water bomb hit his head, and he rolled down the stairs. He obviously couldn't survive.  But before he died, he said to Zong Han: "Heavy, heavy" "What is heavy," and he immediately had an answer.  Due to the suppression of the waterwheel, the heavy artillery was pushed to the front and began to bombard.  The heavy artillery does not bombard the city wall, and it has little effect. The heavy artillery is an extended attack on the water bombs, and bombs the inside of Huanglong Mansion.  Since all the equipment this time was explosive ammunition, hundreds of heavy artillery covered almost all targets in the front section of Huanglong Mansion.  Whether in a house or on the street, as long as you are within the killing range, you will die without injury.  Under such conditions, the difference between injury and death is actually not big.  Zong Han fully understood the sinister intentions of the Song Imperial Army.  Water bombs suppress the defenders, and water is more of a deterrent than heavy artillery in such weather.  Although the direct lethality is insufficient, if it is not treated immediately, the water will freeze and stick to the skin, causing a bloody mouth when pulled.  Moreover, the road surface of the city wall was slippery, making it impossible to effectively mobilize soldiers.  "The Song army is coming up," a soldier who was not afraid of the cold shouted loudly at the top of the city. More than a thousand Song troops rushed out from a dozen positions, using ladders as tools, preparing to occupy the city wall.  "Brothers, for the sake of"True." Zong Han gritted his teeth and pulled himself out and shouted: "Beat them, kill them."  " "Howl" The Jurchens responded collectively, took off all their clothes, and rushed to the city wall with the generalissimo. When they arrived, the Song siege troops were still about a hundred steps away from the city wall. Ouyang shouted: "Let them withdraw.  " "No withdrawal is allowed," Zhang Jun said. "The Jurchens are stripped naked. If they don't fight, they will freeze to death.  You send people up now, not only causing heavy casualties, but also keeping them warm.  "Ouyang said: "Withdraw" Zhang Jun suddenly ordered: "Mingjin's siege troops retreat immediately.  " Although Zhang Jun immediately adjusted, he still paid a huge price. Several rounds of Jurchen arrows rained down, the Song army lost hundreds of people, and a heavy artillery exploded because the ammunition was ignited. Zhang Jun sighed deeply when he saw the battle situation,  Fortunately, he didn't persist, otherwise a thousand people would have died. The Jurchen's fighting spirit and willpower were beyond his expectation. He had never seen anyone who could fight naked in the winter. Once the Song people retreated, the city wall was gone.  The Jurchens on the battlefield were dumbfounded. The Song army withdrew without confusion, and the shield soldiers stood still without blinking. The overwhelming water bombs were still raging on the city wall. Zong Han could only tremble and order: "Retreat". This is really true.  The wind blew down my lower body, chilling me to my core.
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