As an important stronghold in the north of Cochin, the level of Menzhou city fortifications has always been second only to Thang Long Mansion, and it is one of the most important checkpoint fortresses in Cochin.

However, under the offensive of the Song army, Menzhou was a battle, and the garrison in the city was unimaginably weak, and the Song army successfully climbed to the top of the city and occupied the city without hindrance.

Although it cannot be said that the morale of the defenders collapsed after seeing the spaceship, the psychological blow of the spaceship painted with ghost faces to the Jiaozhi soldiers was beyond expectations, and the Song people, who were accustomed to seeing the spaceship and the hot air balloon and understood their principles, could hardly imagine the fear of the ghosts and gods of the four barbarians, and the fear of foreign objects flying in the sky.

The few casualties in this battle were basically concentrated after the city was broken, and in the process of sweeping the defenders in the city, it should have been the most difficult to climb the city, and the total number of minor and serious injuries was only a dozen people.

"The thieves won't even defend the city."

The day after the war, Zhang Dian and Li Xian also rushed to Menzhou. Sitting in the hall with Han Gang and Yan Da. Outside, a group of marching battalions are counting various data and summarizing the battle.

"It's inexperience." Without actual experience, no matter how much military books you read, it's useless, not to mention the specific military books on offensive and defensive tactics, this era is not something you can find if you want to find it, Han Gang has always looked down on the tactical level of the Jiaozhi people, "For more than a hundred years, except for Emperor Taizong, he was attacked once, and at other times, he was safe and sound, where do you know how to defend the city and attack the city?" Relatively speaking, field warfare is a little better. ”

"Haven't you ever bargained in Yukun for a field battle?" Zhang Dian shook his head at Han Gang and snorted again, "If you don't live a peaceful life, you just want to come to find death." How can China afford to be provoked by such barbarians as theirs? You will not live! After this battle, Annan Jingluo's confidence was high, and he smiled highly, "Yukun took 1,000 Jingnan elite soldiers and 5,000 Guangyuan troops to defeat Li Changjie's 100,000 army. Now Menzhou City, which has 5,000 troops, and my 2,000 Tiger Ben are also defeated in a battle, and if you want to Shenglong Mansion, you can't stop the power of my army! ”

Li Xian also laughed heartily: "If the Son of Heaven learns the results of the first battle in Menzhou, I don't know how happy he will be!" ”

"Menzhou, up to the Fuliang River, it is said that there are no city walls in the prefectures and counties along the way, so there is no need for the officials and soldiers to bother. We have to let the barbarians sell more strength and lead the thieves across the river. Yan Da also smiled easily, "Presumably, after this battle, the barbarians will work harder." ”

In this battle, the Song army directly involved in the attack on Menzhou City was only in the early 2,000s. The purpose of deliberately reducing the number of troops in this battle was to further deter many barbarian troops and give enough confidence to the generals and soldiers in the officers and soldiers.

However, the scouts who were outside to sweep the mountains and forests and on the roads to intercept possible reinforcements were as many as 5,000 troops. And there were several barbarian tribes of nearly 10,000 people following, and they also played the same role. After stabilizing the periphery, the Menzhou battlefield became a stage for officials and soldiers to show their strength.

It was not only the Jiaozhi soldiers in Menzhou City who were frightened, but also the soldiers who broke through Menzhou City without much effort, and although the representatives of the barbarian tribe who were specially hired to watch the battle were all surprised, they were by no means as frightened as they were after seeing the flying artifact. After hearing that the spaceship was built by Han Gang, his awe of Han Gang was also several times heavier.

Yan Da still remembered that a group of barbarians came to see Han Gang yesterday, and when they left after the last time, they moved their knees and retreated to the door of the hall before they got up and left the hall, "Because the spaceship is a thing, these barbarians are in awe of the deputy marshal like a god, as long as the deputy marshal urges them to enter the army as soon as possible, they will not dare to slack off." ”

"Are you afraid of me? It's these barbarians who are afraid of ghosts! In other words, if it is the capital, if you have a little craftsmanship, you can sew a balloon to sell for money, who will be scared by a spaceship. Han Gang shook his head and smiled, "But that's fine, with the support of ghosts and gods, presumably their actions can be a little bolder." ”

In the outer hall, the summary of the results of the camp soldiers was finally completed, and one of Zhang Dian's staff members took a stack of pages full of words and handed it to Zhang Dian, he was the representative of the camp to recruit the driver Yiwen, and he was also the representative of the camp to join the army, "Bachelor, this is the statistics of the results of the first battle in Menzhou, including beheading, capture, the list of captured enemy generals, captured military rations, materials, everything has been listed. There are also casualties in the army later, and a detailed list of meritorious service is also attached to the end. ”

Zhang Dian took the statistics of the battle results and battle losses, and looked at them intently.

Han Gang took the time to order: "In addition, we must sum up the experience and shortcomings of this battle as soon as possible." Even if it is a big victory, there are always some unsatisfactory points. When you join the army, you should go down more often, ask the non-commissioned officers, team leaders, and leaders, and ask them what they think are lacking in this battle and what needs to be improved. These are all life-threatening matters, and they generally do not talk nonsense, but listen carefully and record them carefully. Three times a day, I have to ask myself often when I march and fight. ”

Han Gang was the direct leader of the soldiers in the camp, and Zhang Dan's staff did not dare to ignore his orders, and they were all things that Han Gang had said before, "Long Xue's orders, the lower officials will do it." ”

It's just that when he walked out of the road, he looked at Zhang. Zhang Dian ignored it, and looked down at the statistical report in his hand, "Eleven people were killed in the battle, and fifty-six were lightly and seriously injured, of which nineteen were seriously injured. One thousand one hundred and thirteen beheaded, and four thousand one hundred prisoners. Zhang Dian handed Han Gang a page of the report recording the casualties, "Most of the casualties are after entering the city, when the other three city gates are fought for in addition to the north gate. There are many who want to escape out of the state, but the number of casualties among the officers and soldiers is only so small, and there are inevitably fewer people who resist? Hasn't the news of the execution of all the cochins and Dingkou been spread to Menzhou? ”

"It should have been spread all over the place." Han Gang thought for a while, "Presumably Li Changjie threw out all the opponents who disagreed with him, these people probably didn't dare to go back, and they didn't want to fight hard after the city gate was sealed." Prince Hong Zhen, the general of Menzhou, is Qiande's own uncle, if Qiande dies, after Qiande's younger brother, it will be his turn to take over the throne. ”

"Prince Hong Zhen ......" Zhang Dian lowered his head and looked at the results of the battle, and at the top of the beheading page, was the name of Prince Hong Zhen, "It's a pity that he is already dead, how good it would be to surrender early." Even if it is impossible to sit on the king of Jiaozhi, at least you can enjoy your old age in the capital. ”

In addition to Li Changjie and other courtiers who participated in the northern invasion, the king of Jiaozhi - Li Gande, who was only seven or eight years old - and the empress dowager Yilan, as well as a cadre of clans, according to the practice of the Central Plains Dynasty, will be raised in the capital well. Just like Li Hongzhen, no matter how he can get a knighthood and an official position, he will not suffer much harm at all if he gets a mansion in the capital to live in.

It's a pity that he was stubborn to the end, even if the official army had already landed in the city and was still standing on the top of the city, he didn't retreat into the city, let alone escape. As a result, he was hacked to death with an axe by the army who was the first to enter the city.

Yan Da sighed: "Although this person is a little incompetent, he is also a brave man. ”

Zhang Dian flipped through the report and said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter if he is good or bad, he is already dead, just a head." ”

Han Gang proposed: "It's better to bury him with a good life, even if he is a loyal minister and a filial son, it is not good to have a different head." ”

Wrinkles appeared between Zhang's eyebrows: "Do you want to encourage the people of Jiaozhi to follow their example, and they can't resist to the death?" ”

"Hong Zhen's reputation is not far away in the near future." Han Gang smiled: "In the future, if the thieves want to resist, who will they resist?" ”

Han Gang hoped that the upper echelons of Jiaozhi would master the culture, and they would all follow Li Hongzhen's example and resist desperately. As long as they all die, the country of Cochin will be ruined. Uneducated people cannot inherit civilization and culture.

Zhang Dian nodded silently, and the only ones who would suffer would be the barbarians who cut off Jiaozhi later, handed the summary report in his hand to Yan Da and Li Xian to circulate, and said: "Compared with Yongping Village, Menzhou has a better location and more complete city defense. This city will also be occupied in the future, and it must be cleared as soon as possible. ”

"The thieves in the city must be taken away, or it will be trouble in the future." Hangang Road.

"There are 4,000 captives in the city, and because of the sweep of the 36 barbarians in recent months, there are more than 10,000 people in Jiaozhi who have avoided entering the city." Yanda asked, "What are you going to do with them?" ”

"Let the ministries exchange people." Han Gang and Zhang Dian thought about this problem at the beginning, they didn't plan to directly execute the captives, whoever did the thing, the resentment would be attributed to whom, and neither of them wanted to carry it by themselves, "Use people in exchange, one for another, and try to exchange all the men in their hands back." In the future, the captives will be exchanged for the captive people of the Great Song Dynasty, and if there is still any left, it will be distributed to the departments as part of the reward according to the amount of effort. ”

If the captives are exchanged for gold and silver treasures, they will inevitably be caricatured as human teeth, and they will inevitably be impeached by the imperial historians. But now it is used to exchange for the captive Han people, which is a rare virtue and politics, no matter who proposes it or who presides over it, it can be stained. Han Gang and Zhang Dian were both rewarded and praised by the imperial court because they bought back nearly 10,000 Han people with silver silk and other things.

After the battle, a series of trivial chores did not delay much of the time of the Annan camp.

Two days after easily capturing Menzhou, the official army continued to march high, passing through the mountains of the northern frontier of Jiaozhi without hindrance, and the endless delta and the core area of the Jiaozhi country appeared in front of the Song army.

At the same time, the barbarian army that went south together also entered this alluvial plain from dozens of roads of different sizes. The anointed land, which had been calm for a hundred years, was engulfed in the blood and fire of vengeance in a matter of days. Seventy or eighty thousand people, divided into hundreds of teams, wandered between the countryside and the towns, and the repertoire of killing and looting was staged all the time on the land of Jiaozhi on the north bank of the Fuliang River.

The urgent document crossed the Fura River like snowflakes and was sent to Thang Long Province, and the wails of hundreds of thousands of people on the north bank filled the lines.

To save or not to save, that's the question.