"The saying that there is no killing without resistance is disgusting!"
Wang Anshi dropped the chapter in his hand and angrily pointed at the memorial that Yun Zheng had just written.
Yun Zheng raised his head and looked at the angry Wang Anshi with a smile: "It's indeed disgusting, but considering that we are fighting in an area full of enemies, even if it is disgusting, I can tell it at this time. Whether you insist on it or not is one thing.
, but we must say it.
Han Niu has been injured by others, and I don’t want to cause more unnecessary casualties because of our soft-heartedness.
At that time, Han Zhigui was pulled by the horse's head by the family members of the dead and wounded soldiers and asked where his family was. As a result, Han Zhigui was almost knocked to death by the horse.
I don’t want to try that kind of feeling. It would be better to kill someone else than to kill one of my own. At least the Liao people will only hate me and won’t pull my head to question me.”
"Just this sentence, if Sima Junshi writes history, you will never get off the pillar of shame of history. He will not hide it for the venerable and keep it secret for the elders."
Yun Zheng put down his pen and laughed and said: "Will you, Wang Jiefu, hide it for the sake of the elders? You and Sima Junshi are both the same thing, and both like to impose your own subjectivity on others. What you write will be in the future."
To become a copy for future generations to learn from, I don’t know if you will create countless Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi, but it will definitely increase the understanding difficulty and ideological burden for future generations.”
Wang Anshi also laughed and said: "You Yun Changsheng doesn't care about his own affairs, and I certainly don't care about his own affairs. As for causing trouble to future generations, they deserve it. Trouble is accumulated from generation to generation.
It was not created by our generation. Aren’t we just reading through the vast piles of books?
Knowledge is time-sensitive. Outdated knowledge is not knowledge, it is just a burden. Future generations will naturally delete it and will not accumulate more and more.
Talking about these irrelevant things is actually very meaningless, you should consider how to capture Hongzhou City, which is the most important thing."
Yun Zheng squinted at the busy crowd outside the Chinese military tent, and said with a smile: "I underestimated the enemy. I originally thought that it would be reasonable to attack the small town with more than 5,000 people in one fell swoop. I didn't expect the people here to be so stubborn.
He would rather die for the Liao Kingdom than surrender.
In fact, I have not figured it out. Why do they still defend when they know they are outmatched? Why do they still do this when they know that the more they kill and injure our soldiers, the heavier our punishment will be? Is it true that being loyal to the Liao Kingdom is more important than
Is your own life still important?"
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Isn't it the destiny of our scholars to be loyal to our country?"
After saying this, Wang Anshi stared at Yun Zheng and said, "If Marquis Yun is in the position of the Lord of Hongzhou City, what will you do?"
"It's very simple. Withdraw the common people, women and children from Hongzhou City, leaving only the strong men to guard the city. After relying on the strong city to inflict maximum damage to the Song army, immediately withdraw from Hongzhou City. This is the so-called saving people and losing land.
Gain, save land and lose people, lose both people and land!”
"What if the emperor orders you to defend Hongzhou City?" Wang Anshi asked.
"Do you think I will listen to such an order? There is a limit to being loyal to the country. Asking a person to do something that he simply cannot do. There must be something wrong with the emperor who issued the order. He cannot be selfish enough to ask others
Risk your life to protect the safety of others."
Wang Anshi took a breath and said, "Is this what Marquis Yun thinks and does?"
Yun Zheng chuckled and said: "Yes, so the Song Dynasty is actually very lucky. It has always used me as a sharp knife instead of a solid shield.
I am a sharp spear, and I can never make a strong shield. Unlike others, my shield is very likely to run! I can run faster than the emperor!
Therefore, our Majesty has always known people well and assigned them well, at least he did not make any mistakes when using me, Yun Zheng."
"You used to always speak in a cloudy manner, why do you no longer hide your true thoughts now? Why is this?"
"Why? Because it's unnecessary. Even if I say that I plan to surrender to the Liao Kingdom, no one will believe it. Besides, didn't I tell Wen Yanbo that after this battle, I will carry my king and go to the sea to relax. When I get to this
Isn’t it time that I’m not allowed to say a few bold words?”
Wang Anshi asked in surprise: "Don't you have any nostalgia for the Song Dynasty? Here is your hometown, your old friends, and your relatives. Are they just a passing cloud in your eyes?"
The reason why General Hongzhou fought desperately was actually to slow down your progress so that more Liao people could run further. Such sacrifices are respected anyway. Why did he change when he came to you?
It's meaningless?
If this is really the case, Yun Changsheng, you are the most heartless and unjust person I have ever seen."
Yun Zheng listened to the movement outside the big tent, picked up his helmet and said with a smile: "Brother Jiefu, I will prove to you whether Yun Zheng is a heartless and unjust person.
Now that Sun Jie's cannons are in place, I would like to ask you to appreciate what a true artillery fire melts the city, so that you can see the effectiveness of the highest force of our Song Dynasty, and see how weak a strong city is in the face of artillery fire.
So that you know that the way of war has completely changed. From now on, there will no longer be that barbarian who can use his height and strength, skill in bow and horse to say evil words to me, the Song Dynasty, and anyone who is disrespectful to me, the Song Dynasty.
Everyone will be torn to pieces by gunfire.
As long as we, the Song Dynasty, rely on the power of cannons, we can remain undefeated on the grasslands!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Anshi happily took his helmet and followed Yun Zheng out of the military tent. When he stood in front of Hongzhou City, more than thirty artillery pieces were lined up in the middle, and the black muzzles pointed at the Hongzhou City in front of him.
All the cannons have been loaded. As long as the gunner ignites the powder line, the city in front of him will immediately turn into a pile of ruins.
"Marquis Yun, how come our army has so many cannons?"
"The Eagle's Nest gave us the first batch of three cannons, and His Majesty issued a decree to specially equip the second batch of thirty cannons to Zhonge. Zhonge was blind and thought that these things were too heavy to be used.
After extorting 6,000 horses from me, they sent the entire artillery team to me."
"The power of artillery is infinite, doesn't Zhonge know the joints in it?"
"He doesn't know how to use cannons. Although these things are very powerful, they are really not as useful as cavalry in the hands of people who don't know how to use them."
Wang Anshi saw Chen Lin running over from the artillery team with great joy, and said to Yunzheng: "As long as it is a victory, this old guy will be so happy."
Yun Zheng said in surprise: "I'm very happy too!"
Wang Anshi frowned and said, "Have you never thought about the people under fire? No one knows how terrible gunpowder bombs are than you."
Yun Zheng said angrily: "If it's not powerful, why did I spend all the effort to build it? Do you know how much fine iron and how much silver a cannon costs? Even the cannon shells are expensive each one.
of.
As for the person you are talking about, in my opinion, an enemy who has not surrendered is not considered a person!"
Wang Anshi sighed with emotion: "Maybe it's because of the huge disparity in strength that I feel such emotion that I shouldn't have at this time.
I know the cruelty of war and the necessity of killing every enemy, but I just can't help but talk about human nature in front of you.
I have never had such a mood before. When Han Zhigui went to Xixia, I also participated in military affairs in Huanzhou. At that time, I almost counted how many enemies my army had killed, and how many more enemies could be killed in the next war.
How many enemies.
Perhaps only when I am in front of you and have no fear of defeat, I will have these strange thoughts. Marquis Yun does not need to take it to heart, these are all problems caused by leisure."
Yun Zheng pointed to the big flag written in blood at the top of the city and said: "Look, they want to defend Hongzhou City. That flag with "People are in the city" written in blood is probably from Hongzhou.
The oath that the Lord will shout out.
If you look at the messy flags on the city wall, it is obvious that they are a defensive army formed by the people in the city spontaneously. They already share the same hatred with the enemy. If we are any more merciful, we will be doing injustice to our own soldiers."
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "Before you said you were going to massacre the city, those people's flags didn't exist at all. Since you said you were going to massacre the city for three days, the people in the city had to resist. If you don't resist, you will massacre the city for three days after you enter. Everyone will
Everyone will die. It would be strange not to resist."
Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "The massacre of the city is inevitable, otherwise there will be no way to continue the siege war in the future.
If the Liao people want to surrender, they should surrender when our army arrives. Our army will not waste a single soldier to capture the city. Only if this is possible, will we give them preferential treatment.
Now these people have killed and injured 600 of my soldiers, and they almost lost their lives. Even if they surrender at this time, my commander will order the massacre of the city, for no other reason than to avenge the soldiers and remove any trace of anything in their hearts.
Lucky thoughts.
When fighting, we fight with indomitable momentum. There is no shortage of strong generals under my command. After the momentum of our Jingxi Army is displayed, even rabbits will dare to chase away the wolves."
Chen Lin ran over panting. It was very difficult for an old man in his seventies to run up and down the military formation all day long.
"Shuai Yun, the cannons are ready. I just took a look at them. They are all made of iron. I feel angry just looking at them."
Wang Anshi said angrily: "You will be more angry after a while. According to the power of those three artillery pieces, after the city was bombarded by thirty artillery pieces, it would be about to find a complete tile.
It’s all difficult.”
Chen Lin was overjoyed and urged Yun Zheng: "Please give me the command, Commander-in-Chief, to bombard Hongzhou City now! This will allow me to broaden my horizons!"
Yun Zheng ordered the monkey, who immediately waved the red flag in his hand, and the gunners neatly lit the gun ropes with torches.
Looking at the sizzling matchstick, Yun Zheng took out two cotton balls from his arms and stuffed them into his ears. He looked pitifully at the Hongzhou defenders who were showing off their power and shouting in a hissing voice. (To be continued)