Chapter 355: Advancing to the Central Plains 2
The Jurchen soldiers threw down their weapons one after another.
They still fell to their knees, all with their hands raised in the air.
Their hearts are terrified and apprehensive!
The Song army had already come from all directions, surrounding them, and at this moment they had no possibility of escaping.
It was getting brighter and brighter, and it was supposed to be sunrise, but today the sky was covered with dark clouds, and after a while, there were scattered light raindrops.
The general of the Song Army who spoke before was standing on the bank of the Yellow River, watching the rolling Yellow River.
There was a big boat coming towards this place on the opposite side, and all the soldiers of the Song army were standing on it.
Soon the Song soldiers landed on the shore, and one of the lieutenants came towards the Song generals on the shore.
"General Qu, the Jurchen Xing King Wanyan Zongmin, and the Ten Thousand Commanders Wuyanhu Shahu have all been killed by us, and now their bodies have been transported." The lieutenant said.
"Very good, send the corpses of Wanyan Zongmin and Wuyan Huhu to those golden soldiers!" It turned out that the general of the Song Army on the shore was Qu Duan, a famous general of the Western Army, and Qu Duan said lightly at this moment.
At that moment, a group of Song soldiers sent Wanyan Zongmin and Wuyan Huhu to the kneeling Jurchen soldiers. Seeing both of them die here, the Jurchen soldiers were in complete despair, and they knew that they were completely finished.
The Song soldiers were busy, some were watching these Jurchen prisoners, and some were tidying up the battlefield, they gathered up the bodies of the Jurchens and buried them in the surrounding mountains, and they also gathered up the Jurchen weapons, which could be used in the future. Tens of thousands of Song soldiers were already erecting pontoon bridges, preparing to enter Hedong and advance into the Central Plains through pontoon bridges.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from the direction of Xiayukou, and I saw dozens of cavalry coming here, led by a young man who looked like a literati, and it turned out to be Yu Yunwen.
Yu Yunwen quickly passed through the battlefield, and a quarter of an hour later rushed to the bank of the Yellow River and came to Quduan.
"General Qu, congratulations, you have defeated Guan Shaanxi Jurchen!" Yu Yunwen jumped off the horse and said with a smile.
"I guess that Guan Shaanxi Jurchen is bound to retreat to Hedong, so she has laid an ambush here early! Sure enough, Guan Shaanxi Jurchen quit much faster than we thought! There were a total of 40,000 Jurchen soldiers in Guanshan, of which nearly 20,000 were killed in battle, and thousands of them jumped into the river, some were drowned, and some were killed by soldiers in ambush downstream of us! The remaining Jurchen soldiers were only 15,000, and now all of them have surrendered. Qu Duan also laughed and said.
"It's wonderful! Of the 40,000 Jurchens in Guanshan, none of them were able to escape! Yu Yunwen said.
"What to do with these surrendered Jurchens? You don't need to kill them all! Qu Duan's face showed a hint of coldness and said.
"No, you don't." Yu Yunwen said.
"Oh? So what to keep them for? Qu Duan said.
"In the past two years, Guanshan has been overhauling roads. The official road from Hanzhong to Guanshan has been repaired, but the official road from Chengdu to Hanzhong is extremely difficult to build. The road to Shu is difficult, and in just a few months, we have lost hundreds of youth! These Jurchens are just right for them to build roads! In addition, we drove many Tangut Dangxiang to the northwest, and now these Tangut Dangxiang have also been ordered to build roads and water conservancy. Yu Yunwen said.
"Good! Then spare the lives of these Jurchen dogs. They burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil on our land of China, and they should have died without certainty, but now they can survive for a while. Qu Duan looked in the direction of the Jurchens over there and sneered.
"Your Majesty wrote to say that in the future, the Jurchens in the Central Plains will also be dealt with in the same way, and they will not have to kill them all, but they can be allowed to engage in some heavy labor to build roads, docks, water conservancy facilities, etc., for the benefit of our China. Since the Jurchen invasion, our Chinese people have suffered great casualties and lack labor, and these Jurchens are the best free laborers. Yu Yunwen said.
"That's a bargain! However, they do labor, and it does not make it easy for them! Qu Duan said.
"It's nature! There were twelve hours in a day, and they could rest for a maximum of three or four hours. They have to work all year round and have no holidays. There are too many roads to be built in the future, from Jiangnan to the Central Plains, from the Central Plains to Yanyun, from Yanyun to Zhongjing, Shangjing and other places, these roads will have to be built. In the future, our Great Song Dynasty will be accessible in all directions, and these people are indispensable if we want to be completely connected. Yu Yunwen said.
Qu Duan nodded.
"General Qu, you are about to enter the Central Plains, remember not to rush. The destruction of Wanyan Zongwang in the Central Plains does not depend on your army all the way, but on all the soldiers and horses of my Great Song Dynasty. Wait until all our soldiers and horses arrive, and then encircle. Yu Yunwen said.
"Of course I know! This is a policy formulated by the General Staff Headquarters, and I am the head of the Operations Division, so of course I will firmly follow the previous operational plan. Don't worry, this time I go north, I will first occupy Puzhou Prefecture, and then Pingyang if possible, and then I will never go north again, I will just block the road for the Jurchens to go south. Qu Duan said.
Puzhou Mansion is where Yuncheng is now located in the south of Shanxi, and Pingyang Mansion is where Linfen is located in the south of Shanxi. Datong, Yanmen and other places in northern Jin will also be occupied, and the Jurchens will be trapped in the northern part of central Jin. To the west is the Luliang Mountains, the rolling Yellow River, the army can not cross, to the east is the Taihang Mountains, although it can be passed, but the road is also very difficult.
The purpose of the arrival of Quduan's army was to force Wanyan Zongwang and others to go east.
"It's been more than six years since the Jurchen invasion, and we're finally going to return to the Central Plains!" Qu Duan looked at the other side of the Yellow River and said excitedly.
"Yes! We're going back to the Central Plains! After Guan Shaanxi's 40,000 army was wiped out, Wanyan Zongwang only had 160,000 troops left, and there were tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers stationed in Daimyo's Mansion, Zhending Mansion and other places, and the total would not exceed 200,000! The number of soldiers and horses we used far exceeds theirs, and the combat power of our army is now not below the Jurchen! The Central Plains is our homeland again, and the people of the Central Plains will inevitably support us, and the elimination of the Central Plains Jurchens and the restoration of the Central Plains are just around the corner. Yu Yunwen was also unusually excited in his heart.
It's a pity that Yu Yunwen himself couldn't leave Guan Shaanxi! He still needs to stay in Guanshan and deal with the problem of Guanshan's Jiangnan army. The number of those Jiangnan troops is hundreds of thousands, and if there is an accident, the soldiers bomb the camp, or the generals rebel, it will have a huge impact on Guan Shaanxi. Therefore, Yu Yunwen must stay here, not only himself, but also the 100,000 infantry of the forbidden army are still staying in Guanshan, and they are still defending Zhongnan Mountain, defending countless jungles and passes between Chang'an and Fuping County and Wugong County to prevent turmoil. In addition, the hundreds of thousands of young people in the production and construction corps west and north of Chang'an did not dare to take it lightly. After Qu Duan entered Hedong, he occupied Puzhou and Pingyang, but he would also pay attention to the intelligence of Guanshan at any time, and once Guanshan changed, he would immediately abandon Hedong and return to Guanshan. It is a distance of two or three hundred miles from Puzhou to Guanshan, and the turmoil in Guanshan can be quelled at any time.
Until noon, more than a dozen huge pontoon bridges were erected in the gentle part of the Yellow River.
There was still a light rain in the sky, and Qu Duan personally led an army of 150,000 to pass over the pontoon bridge and head towards the opposite bank.
Yu Yunwen has been standing on the bank of the Yellow River, watching the scene of these soldiers passing and seeing them off.
It wasn't until late at night that all the soldiers had finished their way.
At this moment, the Jurchens have already been sent away from here one after another. These Jurchens were no longer armed, and after kneeling for another day, they had no possibility of rebellion. They would first be sent to Hancheng and then to the area of Bupyeong, where 20,000 forbidden infantry were stationed. Once there, they will be sent to the rest of Guanshan and Sichuan to build roads.
There are still thousands of Song soldiers left here at Longmen Ferry, and they will set up camp here to prevent further accidents at Longmen Ferry.
"Lord Yu, Lord Wang Shipeng is here." Yu Yunwen was about to pass through Xiayukou and rest for a night in Longmen Town today, when a guard came running at this time and said.
After a while, a young man came to Yu Yunwen, it was Wang Shipeng.
This Wang Shipeng, like Hu Quan, joined the Military Aircraft Department last year, but they are not the Minister of Military Aircraft, but Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department, who is mainly responsible for handling things. The water conservancy construction and road construction in Guanshan, Hanzhong, and Sichuan and Shu are now under the management of him and the remaining dozen or so young people who have entered the Military Aircraft Department.
Soon, Wang Shipeng came to Yu Yunwen's face.
"How's the food and grass ready?" Yu Yunwen said.
"We have prepared hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, and tomorrow we can transport some of it to Hedong, and some of it to Hebei! There are more than 100,000 arrows, which will be transported to Hedong tomorrow. As for the areas of Datong, Yanmen, and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the grain and grass here have already been transported to Xiazhou, Yinzhou and other places, and from those places to Datong, Yanmen, and Yanyun. Wang Shipeng said.
"It's soon time for the wheat harvest! The wheat harvest is very busy, and after the wheat harvest is over, we have to put the rest of the things aside, and we have to discuss the affairs of the Central Plains! After recovering the Central Plains, we will send a large number of young leaders to the Central Plains to take charge of the governance of the Central Plains! In addition, there may be large-scale migration, and many young people may have to migrate to the Central Plains. Yu Yunwen said.
"Do we need to mobilize and rally young people again?" Wang Shipeng said.
"This is for Your Majesty! It should not be possible in a short period of time, and the three million young people in Hanzhong and Sichuan and Shu have already left their hometowns, and more young people cannot be transferred, otherwise the labor force in these places will be reduced, and it will be very unfavorable to local construction. Your Majesty has already conquered Jiangnan, and the Propaganda Department has also entered Jiangnan in a big way, hoping that in a year or two, we can mobilize young people from Jiangnan to go north. Yu Yunwen said.
Wang Shipeng nodded.
"You and Hu Quan are both from Jiangnan, and now that Hu Quan has gone to Yanyun, it is very likely that you will be sent to Jiangnan." Yu Yunwen said again.
"Ahh Wang Shipeng's face showed a look of surprise.
He secretly ran away from home from Jiangnan alone, and to be honest, he is very much looking forward to returning home now.
Seeing his surprised appearance, Yu Yunwen also laughed.
After laughing for a while, Yu Yunwen said: "Now General Zhao Zhe should have passed by Chang'an, right?" Soon, he will reach Tongguan! ”