Chapter 4 The Metropolis
Chang Yuchun sighed: "Brother Sect Master, don't you know the bitterness of ordinary people who want to cultivate but don't have a good master and good martial arts." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Turning around and looking at the battlefield, the Holy Sect cavalry army under the leadership of Ouyang Zhi rushed all the way, due to the geographical conditions, Agu Buhua originally planned to use cannons and bed crossbows to sweep the Butterfly Valley, which was basically an infantry formation, and the war horses were all encircled in the camp.
Therefore, most of the Tartars on the battlefield are fleeing with two legs, and when the Mingjiao cavalry kills them, it is completely a one-sided slaughter like chopping melons and vegetables, and there is no suspense.
The Ming army was already attacking, and on the other hand, the Mongolian naturalized army shouted loudly, kneeling on the ground and surrendering without killing, and many of the Tartar soldiers who were rushing trembled and knelt down, put their foreheads on the ground, and waited for the choice of fate.
Chang Yuchun said with emotion: "I never dreamed that my Holy Sect could have such an elite cavalry, this is a cavalry army armed with gold." And watching the Tartars slash and kill the Tartars, why is it so cool in my heart? ”
Hou Cheng said with a smile: "What is this, the Holy Sect has more war horses in the Western Regions, and according to the time, the Holy Sect's Western Regions Cavalry Regiment should also be formed." ”
"And? Bigger? Chang Yuchun asked in surprise.
Zhang Wuji laughed and said: "What is this, the world will be ours in the future, why should you be so surprised, Brother Chang?" ”
"Hehehe......" Chang Yuchun smirked.
A few people chatted as they watched their cavalry make the final finishing touch.
"Is this a victory?" Guo Zixing and the others all had this thought in their minds, and Tartar had been so unbeaten once upon a time.
Xu Da's brows furrowed, the battle on the battlefield has always been his dream, and he has put a lot of effort into it, but from today's decisive battle, it seems that most of his efforts have been in vain.
War is no longer the kind of form he has reviewed, whether it is the appearance of artillery, or Zhang Wuji's god-like methods, it has never appeared in previous wars.
But one thing he was sure of was that because of the advent of artillery and Zhang Wuji's methods, the form of war had completely changed, the battlefield had become simpler, and the duel of forces had become more obvious
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were blazing, and his mood was surging, this is the cavalry of the Holy Sect, the power of the Holy Sect, and he is a member of the Holy Sect, so this force naturally has his share, and his heart is more persistent in the current power.
Guo Zixing's face was full of joy, and he was overjoyed that the Holy Sect could have such power, which had a very positive impact on the action he was about to undertake.
Zhang Wuji watched it for a while, and then went back to Butterfly Valley to rest. Wei Yixiao, as a leading general, stood aside, watching quietly, often Yuchun was reluctant to feel this big victory in front of him, and stubbornly accompanied Wei Yixiao with an injury.
When the battle was over, Ouyang Zhi also walked over to Wei Yixiao. The entire collection and surrender work was carried out overnight, and the two of them supervised it all night, and Guo Zixing and others also watched it with great interest.
After dawn, Wei Yixiao and Ouyang Zhi made a battle summary for Zhang Wuji, and after Zhang Wuji heard it, he gave instructions on the follow-up arrangements.
Bidding farewell to Guo Zixing and others, he took Wei Yixiao, Ouyang Shengwei, Ouyang Shengwen, and the personal guards on the road to the north.
Dadu, since the founding of the capital in the fourth year of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, is a well-known capital city at home and abroad, and it is also a big city full of the blood and tears of the Han people.
The construction began in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, which lasted more than 20 years, and completed the construction of the palace city, the palace, the imperial city, the capital, the palace and other projects, forming a new generation of imperial capital. However, due to the edict of the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty (1285), the wealthy and those who held official positions must be given priority when moving into the new city of Dadu, as a result, a large number of ordinary people had to remain in the old city of Zhongdu. Therefore, from the beginning of its establishment, this capital city has reflected the unequal policy of the rule of the Tatar race, and the Han people have suffered the most from this policy.
The Tartars are nomadic and accustomed to living in pursuit of water and grass, and the construction of most capitals also reflects this. Therefore, the most distinctive feature of the metropolitan planning is that the water surface is the center to determine the urban pattern.
However, due to the arrangement of the palace room around the water, and the southern side of the new city was limited by the old city, most of the urban area had to be moved to the north. The commercial markets in the new city of Yuan Dadu were scattered in the urban areas around the imperial city and the residents at the city gates. The Middle East City is a concentration of government offices and aristocratic residences, and there are many commercial markets, including the East Market, the Corner Market, the Literary Market, the Paper Market, the Boots Market, etc., and the nature of the commercial market clearly reflects the needs of officials.
Due to Guo Shoujing's opening of the Tonghui River, Beicheng District has made Haizi the terminal wharf of the North-South Grand Canal, and a prosperous commercial area has been formed along the coast. The Xiejie on the north bank of Haizi is even more lively, where all kinds of Getai taverns and daily necessities are gathered, such as rice market, noodle market, hat market, satin market, leather hat market, gold, silver and jewelry market, iron market, goose and duck market, etc. The Bell Tower Street a little north is also very lively, and what is particularly striking is that there is also the largest "poor man's market" in the city near the Drum Tower, which is a market for the urban poor to sell their labor.
Xicheng District has a camel market, a sheep market, a cattle market, a horse market, a donkey and a mule market, where livestock trading is concentrated, and the level of residents is lower than that of Dongcheng District. Nancheng District is the old city of Jinzhongdu, with Nancheng City, Steamed Cake Market, Poor Han City, as well as the car market, fruit market, vegetable market, grass market, poor Han City and so on in the area outside the three gates of the new city. Because the first three gates are the confluence of water and land transportation, the commercial market and residents gather, forming a prosperous area at the junction of urban and rural areas and the junction of the old and new cities.
The city defense system of the Yuan capital included city walls, city gates, and moats. The walls are made of rammed earth, with a circumference of 60 li and 240 steps, a height of about 10 to 12 meters, a base width of 20 to 24 meters, and a top width of 10 to 15 meters. When building the city, the old method of the Song Dynasty was adopted, that is, Yongding wood was set up in the wall first, and then horizontal wood was added, and then soil rammed was added. Due to the rainy summer in most cities, the earthen walls are easily soaked by rainwater and cause them to collapse, so at the beginning of the construction of the city, some people suggested that they should be clad in bricks and stones, but due to lack of financial resources, they gave up. The Later Yuan Court specially dispatched the army, responsible for harvesting reeds, weaving reed mats, and covering the city wall with reed mats every summer, called "reed city", and the folk commonly known as "the city of cloth".
The days of the Tartars are worse than one day at a time, and now, the financial resources are even more scarce, and the original tall and magnificent city walls look mottled, just like this empire, it is already wounded all over its body, and it only needs to hit hard, it will collapse with a bang.
Zhang Wuji looked at the tattered clothes on the city wall and was speechless, if such an empire did not collapse, it was really intolerable.