Chapter 486 Some Other Situations (Two Chapters in One)
Chapter 486 Some other situations (two-in-one chapter)
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 486 Some other situations (two-in-one chapter)
Just when the singer had a gossipy look on his face and was describing to Hu Biao how a girl like the imperial concubine got out of Yang Zaixing's tent in the middle of the night.
When there are various suspicious movements, various abnormalities, etc.,
What the two people, with the flames of gossip burning in their hearts, actually didn't know was that at this moment, they were directly south of them, about 20 miles away from the Jinren Central Army Camp.
This Jin Kingdom's army to defeat the Song Dynasty included all the commanders of ten thousand, and even some commanders of thousands. There were two to three hundred people in total, all gathered here.
A large Chinese army tent was so crowded that it was filled to the brim.
There are so many of them gathered here, and they are holding a meeting based on the situation of today's battle and the battles between the two sides in the past few days.
This conference started at around nine o'clock in the evening, after everyone gathered had a hearty meal and a meal.
It has been going on for two or three hours now, but it seems that it is far from over.
How could Jin commanders such as Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan hold such a large-scale meeting with such solemnity and last for such a long time.
The reason is actually very simple. They want to unify the thoughts of the entire army and continue to fight here.
You must know that in the entire composition of the Jin army's attack on the Song Dynasty, there were originally 310,000-strong Western Route Army, but in fact there were not many pure Jurchen troops.
All in all, there are only 53,000 people.
However, because there are 5,000 iron pagodas and 15,000 kidnapper horses among them; the remaining 33,000 people also have good armor, good horses, and well-equipped cavalry.
They were considered to be the most powerful group of soldiers in the entire army that defeated the Song Dynasty.
This was a force scale that was pieced together after most of the adult men among the Jurchens in the Kingdom of Jin were mobilized to attack the Song Dynasty.
After all, 13 years ago, when the Jurchens' old emperor Wanyan Agu started his army, he was so exhausted of all the men he could fight that he could only mobilize a mere 2,500 men.
After more than ten years, even if the Jurchens in the black, three and white waters are basically gathered together, counting all men, women, old and young, the number is still only over 200,000.
There are also quite a few newborns and young children here.
This is all the result of their explosive births in recent years after grabbing a large number of women and food.
Among the above 53,000 Jurchens, they are clearly divided into several groups.
He only obeyed the orders of Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongbi and other people.
The main concept of the so-called Jurchens is now just a large tribal alliance, and there are many different mountains in it.
As a result, there were only over 200,000 troops left.
Basically, they were a miscellaneous army composed of surrendered Xi people, Bohai people, Liao people, Han people, military leaders of all sizes, and local powerful men.
There are more troops under his command, but they can have tens of thousands of soldiers, or even more.
The troops are smaller, and the total number of men under them is only more than a thousand.
In short, these people may have gathered together temporarily for various reasons such as promotion and fortune, a better background for their descendants, or a good chance in Song Dynasty.
Each of them has some secret plans of his own.
If under normal circumstances, Wanyan Zongwang and others, with the strongest cavalry at their disposal, would naturally be able to firmly control such an army under an invincible situation.
Commanding these military leaders and powerful men, no matter what kind of difficult battles are carried out, it will not be a problem.
The key to the problem is that the war is not going smoothly.
As of today's battle, the army has suffered a total of almost 70,000 casualties, including a miscellaneous army composed of Xi people, Bohai people, Liao people, and Han people.
Up to now, the Jurchens have not taken any action at all, except for serving as supervising the battle team.
The number of casualties does not exceed the number of fingers.
Among the 70,000 casualties, about 30,000 were killed on the spot during the attack. After the remaining 40,000 escaped, most of them died after suffering so much pain that their wounds turned into a ball.
Already.
Damn it! That miserable look before death is better than dying happily in battle.
It is simply impossible to say that until now, the leaders of the motley army in the Song Dynasty army did not have some ideas in their hearts.
In fact, these people have been in contact secretly in private.
Because they also know that in an age like this, the people under their command are the greatest asset for themselves and the family behind them.
Without the men and horses, they are nothing.
So Wanyan Zongwang and others sensitively sensed a dangerous sign in the army.
Decided to continue fighting here, and to nip Hu Yitong and other serious problems in the bud, which led to the emergence of such a meeting today.
To put it bluntly, I still want to fool these people and continue to consume them with the Song people...
Under the scrutiny of the army chiefs who were attacking the Song Dynasty with various expressions, Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the Jin Dynasty, took the lead to stand up.
Pointing to a pile of weapons and equipment in front of him that were still stained with blood.
More specifically, in these two days, they paid a considerable price to get back all kinds of weapons and equipment from the Song people.
After skipping over the types of equipment that everyone could understand such as helmets, visors, breastplates, swords and guns, etc., he began to explain various gunpowder weapons.
First, he took a long and short fire blunderbuss and spoke:
"The people of the Song Dynasty are very ingenious, and these firearms have really caused us a big loss; but you don't need to worry too much, these items are not without their shortcomings.
According to the information passed on by my insider Da Jin among the people of Song Dynasty.
This kind of iron pipe that can fire lead pellets with a loud noise after being fired is called a fire gun.
The short ones are less powerful, but the long guns can penetrate leather armor within a hundred steps, and iron armor within sixty or seventy steps. As long as you are not dead after being hit by the gun, the lead poison after the lead bullet enters the body is very difficult.
Let people survive.
Fortunately, through our observation and personal use, they are not without their shortcomings.
First, filling is quite trivial. Even after practicing hard, the new soldiers of the Song Dynasty still needed dozens of numbers to complete a filling.
During this period of time, our archers were able to shoot numerous arrows.
Secondly, the further away the object is, the worse the accuracy will be. Only when those Song people formed a line and fired their guns at the same time can they ensure sufficient lethality.
In addition, although the long gun can be equipped with a spike, those Song people's close combat skills are extremely poor. They fight with such a spear that is no taller than a person. Compared with our swords and guns, it is still much worse.
So as long as we break through their formation, the rest is nothing to worry about."
After hearing this, all the military leaders nodded, thinking that what Wanyan Zongwang said was quite pertinent.
While everyone nodded, Wanyan Zongwang's introduction was still continuing.
"This thing is called a 'hand grenade', and it is similar in principle to the explosive packs first used by the Song Dynasty. They rely on invisible air waves and splashing objects to hurt people.
It's just that after it is made into this shape, it can be thrown farther on flat ground.
If there are some brave men who pounce on them before they explode, most of our army's casualties can be reduced.
In addition, the people of the Song Dynasty also had a kind of thick iron pipe called artillery, but unfortunately we were unable to snatch some back; they could fire a large lump of iron pellets, or a large number of finely divided iron pellets.
I admit that the power and range of this object are indeed amazing, but it also takes longer to recharge.
After firing a certain amount, you still need to wait for a while before you can continue to fire."
When Wanyan Zongwang said this, he finally introduced the advantages and disadvantages of various gunpowder weapons; I have to say, it is very reasonable.
In the following time, Wanyan Zonghan also stood up and added:
"I admit that even if we know the shortcomings of the Song people's firearms, if we want to capture the Song people's camp, we will indeed have to pay a staggering number of casualties.
But if you think about it carefully, less than a year has passed before Hu Yitong and others have developed into this.
If there are another two or three years, how amazing will the development be? By then, we Jurchens will naturally be eliminated and then quickly, but you?
With what Hu Yitong has shown, I'm afraid you won't end up in a good end either."
Under such a statement, all the military leaders looked at each other.
None of them knew how much blood debt was stained on their hands; to put it mildly, when they entered the Song Dynasty, they burned, killed and looted no less than the Jurchens.
If Hu Yitong and others really want to strengthen him, his end will definitely be miserable.
After thinking of this, the group of military leaders and powerful men immediately looked a little different.
At such a critical moment, Wanyan Zongwang added fuel to the fire: "If you can trust me, the second prince, I will guarantee a few things here.
First, as long as people like Hu Yitong are eliminated, this world will belong to us; everyone here in the fertile land of Jiangnan will be able to get a piece of territory.
No matter how many soldiers and horses you want to add and how many weapons you want to build, you will still have no armor?
But how much territory can each person get? Whether it is a state or a prefecture, or just a remote small county, it all depends on your contribution in this battle.
Second, in the subsequent battles, we Jurchens will not continue to sit idly by.
Later, we will arrange an order, and everyone will take turns to attack with his soldiers and horses; and as long as the opportunity is right, our Tiefutu and Guaizima troops will definitely attack with all their troops, and the Song people will be wiped out in one battle."
In short, after Wanyan Zongwang and other coaches worked hard to explain, and all the threats and inducements were used, all the military leaders were inspired one after another.
A decision was reached to continue the violent attack on the Song camp after tomorrow morning.
However, when the other military leaders retreated one after another and only Wanyan Zongwang and a few others were left in the tent, after these people looked at each other, they could see that each other's eyes were full of bitterness.
By the way! If there is any possibility, they don't want to use such a tactic that costs people's lives.
If they could have these firearms, especially a kind of artillery, and blast away the Song camp bit by bit, that would be the best thing at the moment.
The problem is, they can't do it.
The great craftsmen who followed the army and were in charge of weapons said that even though those fire guns looked simple, the tubes and the reeds for the big fire were surprisingly difficult.
Master craftsmen may be able to make some with their own hands.
But even a majestic Jin Kingdom would not be able to make a few of them within a month. As for the weapons called artillery, it would be impossible to make them at all.
Even with the same gunpowder, their explosive packets weighing twenty kilograms each may not be as powerful as the Song people's which only weighed ten kilograms.
At this moment, they finally felt the despair crushed by technology.
In the following time, I took a musket that was like a work of art and played with it for a while.
Wanyan Zongbi pointed to the mark of a wolf's head on the handle of the gun and muttered: "It would be great if Lang Qing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Song Dynasty, could be absorbed into our Kingdom of Jin.
Even if you are given a princely reward, it is still worth it."
After hearing such a statement, Wanyan Zongwang replied: "If there is a chance, just try to recruit them.
High officials, generous salaries, rich women, as long as he wants, he can give them anything.
But what I hope is that it will rain heavily; I think that in the heavy rain, the power of the Song people's firearms will be greatly reduced, which is the best situation."
Having said this, he walked straight out of the big tent and stared at the stars in the sky.
He never thought that the Jurchens, who were absolutely invincible to them, would one day have to rely on the weather to defeat their opponents.
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On the second day, that is, early in the morning of the sixth day of October, the Jin army, which had passed through the unified ideology, began to attack Zhuxian Town again.
It's still the kind where infantry cooperates with cavalry to continuously attack.
After one attacking force after another was defeated, a brand new force soon appeared and launched another attack on Zhuxian Town.
Compared with some time ago, the fighting intensity has suddenly increased a lot.
Fortunately, after the two independent artillery brigades of the New Army were exposed, starting from today, they no longer continued to hide and tuck in, and began to fire with all their strength.
Relying on the massive consumption of artillery shells and gunpowder, it withstood the most deadly cavalry attack.
However, from this day on, the casualties of the defenders on the position began to increase.
Anyway, they are two sides fighting each other. In such a battle that hurts each other, they are constantly and rapidly consumed, and human life becomes extremely cheap at this time.
Regardless of whether you are a governor of the Jin Dynasty, a captain of ten thousand men, or a third-rank official in the Song Dynasty court, you have no meaning at all in such a battle.
One by one, they became consumables on the battlefield.
What needs to be explained is that on some other battlefields.
For example, in Kaifeng City, in Xiangzhou, in Yanshan and the surrounding areas in the north, some wars that may not be as large in scale but are equally important are also going on at the same time.
And it will have some very critical impacts on a main battlefield like Zhuxian Town...
On the seventh day of October, about half an hour before dawn.
On a dock in Kaifeng City, Lang Qing and Yu Hanfeng, whose eyes were as red as rabbits, appeared together because they had not slept for several days.
That's because at this time, the fleets that set off after nightfall every day and started to deliver supplies to Zhuxian Town will all return.
The premise is that such a fleet will not be completely destroyed by the Jin on the way.
Because in the past few days, the Jin people finally discovered such a fleet of theirs.
Then, a large number of archers and trebuchets were arranged on both sides of the river; several iron chains were even connected in the river to create an iron cable across the river.
Even if they have a lot of musketeers in the fleet, there are also small Folan cannons and so on.
The process is still very dangerous, and every day there will be at least a few ships unable to come back.
Sure enough, when the two arrived here, they heard a "clang" sound of steel friction. When the heavy all-iron water gate was raised, a flying tiger boat driven by wheels and oars rushed in.
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I saw those arrows on the side of the ship, like weeds growing wildly after the rain.
Even on the hull of the ship, there are many large and small holes, mottled blood stains and other traces after the war. You know that this trip, the fleet is not easy at all.
When the warship was just approaching, a small colonel jumped off the warship.
He took out a secret letter sealed with fire paint from his pocket, and when Lang Qing delivered it to him, he also reported:
"Mr. Wolf, when we came back this time, we brought a total of 920 horses that were killed in battle.
Originally, we wanted to transport some seriously injured people back, but five small boats were sunk when we went there, so we didn’t bring them back when we came back for safety reasons.”
"Hurry up and organize some women to process the horse meat and distribute it. As a rule, military families and workers are given priority."
After hearing the words, Lang Qing said something in passing, took the secret letter, tore it open directly, and read it under a torch.
Yu Hanfeng also leaned over and looked very concerned.
As for the casualties of the fleet, it can only be said that the two of them are used to it, or they are numb; as long as they still have a ship in hand, they will not stop transporting Zhuxian Town to ensure the safety of such a lifeline.
As a result, after reading it in a hurry, Lang Qing cursed bitterly: "What the hell! This grandson of Hu Biao might as well force me to death."
Yu Hanfeng looked at Hu Biao's expression, which was also a look of sympathy...