The north bank of the Han River, Suizhou.

The warm spring sun always makes people lazy, and several Mongolian soldiers in Suizhou City are no exception.

They have never been worried that those timid southern barbarians on the opposite side of Hanshui may cross Hanshui to attack Suizhou, even if the main force of 150,000 Mongols in Xiangyang was wiped out overnight, but they still maintained more than 10,000 troops in Suizhou, not to mention that it also includes two Mongolian cavalry thousand people who were finally put together.

Although it is not as good as the cavalry of the Mongolian headquarters that had fought bloody battles in the Xiangfan area before, in the eyes of these Suizhou defenders, this is enough. There are so many people stationed in Suizhou, even if the southern barbarians on the opposite side eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, they don't dare to attack.

"Cheer up Lao Tzu, the Southern Barbarians have always been cunning, these days there has been no movement at all in Yingzhou in the south and Xiangfan in the east, no matter how Lao Tzu looks at it, he feels that these Southern Barbarians have ghosts." A commander walked on the city wall with his whole body draped, and kicked at the lazy and dozing soldiers.

A soldier rubbed his buttocks and stood up, and said in a solemn manner: "General, you really look down on those Southern Barbarians, now Marshal Boyan is fighting in full swing with his brothers in Lianghuai, and those Southern Barbarians on the other side are at most training and training every day and shouting two voices, if you want to say that they have the courage to fight, you ······can't say anything."

It's just that his words came to an abrupt end, because he was really frightened by the look of shock and fear on his own commander's face.

"Southern Barbarian, Enemy Attack ——!" The commander roared angrily, and slammed the few soldiers who were slowly standing up to the ground!

"Boom!" A loud explosion was heard at the city walls.

In the next moment, countless explosive packs were like a raging storm, cutting through an arc and smashing on the city wall, the explosions continued one after another, and several explosive packs rushed directly into the Tibetan Soldier Tower. The eyes of the soldiers who survived by being thrown to the ground in time widened in horror.

They clearly saw that the entire Tibetan military tower had already been lit into flames, and along the left and right of the city gate tower, rubble was flying, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled. The city gate tower, which was once regarded as the support of the Suizhou defenders, was torn apart by this sudden attack, and flesh and blood flew everywhere

"Southern Barbarian!" Several Mongol Han foot soldiers ran around the city walls in panic, but soon the explosives bags that smashed their heads and faces tore them to pieces. Although the explosives pack are all the most primitive black powder, and the power is not very great, but with such a dense hit, it is completely possible to replace quality with quantity.

The explosion of the entire Suizhou city was like spring thunder, stirring everyone's hearts.

"Nanbanzi, it's Nanbanzi, those damn Nanbans have come here!" A soldier who was dragged into the corner by the commander finally couldn't help but shout, and the whole person had fallen into madness, and he even ignored the pull of his companions, covered his ears with his hands and rushed towards the uptown trail.

"Come back!" The commander shouted as hard as he could, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the sound of an explosion. And the soldier disappeared in the firelight, and it is estimated that not even a single burnt corner of his clothes remained.

The city walls of Suizhou were even trembling constantly, and the commander of the thousand men carefully looked out through the battlements, and the figure of the warship could already be seen on the water, and the black pressure of the southern barbarian rode between heaven and earth, and the red flags fluttered in the wind, as if converging into the red waves that were constantly flowing and tumbling forward, wanting to crush everything in front of him.

"Arrive, Flying Thunder Cannon Bombardment!" Standing on the standing boat with his head held high, Liu Shiyong roared loudly.

One by one, the ships readjusted their hulls, and did not forget to continue to bombard the city walls with the thunder cannons on the bows. Anyway, after many years of operation in Suizhou, it has completely become a place for the Mongolian army, and almost all the people in the city are strong men who have been captured.

So even if the explosives bag fell into the city, the Tianwu army besieging the city did not have much regret.

Just fuck it as hard as you want!

"It's really refreshing this time." Sun Huchen laughed and walked over, looking at Liu Shiyong, the commander of the Xingzhou Navy Division who was standing at the bow of the ship, "Our last battle of Xiangyang was aggrieved, and now it is finally the turn of the Navy Division to take the lead." ”

Liu Shiyong nodded and looked at Suizhou City in front of him: "When you and I were stumbling before, did you ever think that one day you would bring such a sailor and such a firearm to cover the attack of the most powerful army in the Great Song Dynasty This city that has fallen into the hands of the Mongol Tartars?" ”

"I didn't think about it, I didn't dare to think about it," Sun Huchen said with a smile, "Don't talk about you and me, even a year ago, I'm afraid that when so many people from the martial army were scattered all over the world on this day, and even when the envoy retreated in Suizhou before the Xiangyang War, I never thought that there would be such a day, and there would be such a day when the Mongolian Tartars would also tremble under our sailors and iron hooves!" ”

There was no time to answer his companion's emotion, Liu Shiyong, who had been staring at the city wall in front of him, drew his sword, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at Suizhou City: "All departments of the Xingzhou Water Division, pass on a certain order, after the last shelling, attack the Water Gate, and be sure to take Suizhou City to Lao Tzu in one go!" ”

All the ships of the Xingzhou Navy Division rushed forward one after another as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they even left the flagship behind for a while. The battle of Xiangyang is also the Tianwu Army, as a result, the Tianwu Army fought in full swing in Anyang Beach, and became famous in the first battle, and the Xingzhou Navy Division could only watch the fire from the other shore, to say how aggrieved and how aggrieved, so that after the Xiangyang War, the Xingzhou Navy soldiers could not raise their heads in front of the other soldiers of the Tianwu Army, and now it is finally time for their sailors to make meritorious contributions, from the generals to the soldiers, who are unwilling to be the queen.

Let those who usually think highly of themselves see that the Xingzhou Sailor is not a dry eater, and the first victory of the Northern Expedition in the middle of the Great Song Dynasty is bound to be won!

"The last time I came to this water, I had to retreat in the end, and this time there is no reason for the Xingzhou sailors to retreat." Liu Shiyong faced the rolling wind and waves, and said loudly, "Flagship, move forward with a certain person!" ”

Looking at the warships passing by, the flagship sergeants and soldiers from Sun Huchen to the side, their eyes were already red, they roared loudly, and the flying thunder cannons were withdrawn, and the sailors simply pushed the bed crossbow forward bare-chested. More people are holding the Divine Arm Crossbow in their hands, pointing straight ahead.

Thousands of sails are competing on the water for a while!

"The Xingzhou Sailor is going to work hard this time." Tang Zhen stood on the hillside not far south of Suizhou with a few guards and sighed with emotion, Wang Jin with 5,000 Tianwu soldiers was still tired on the road from Lin'an to Xingzhou, so the Shence Army was commanded by Tang Zhen. Anyway, although Tang Zhen's performance in the Battle of Xiangyang could not catch up with Wang Jin and Yang Bao and others, after all, it was also indispensable, and his ability was also reflected at a glance, which was enough to take on such a heavy responsibility.

Behind him, a large group of soldiers marched forward quickly, the military columns were tightly organized, and the red flags were scattered.

"Can you not fight hard?" Yang Bao smiled and strode up the hillside, "The battle of Xiangyang, we are fighting happily, and the reward for the merits after the war is not a lot, it is absolutely impossible to say that the two Xingzhou sailors are not greedy, before the war, they shouted to join the war, but they were fooled by the envoy, and now it is finally their turn to play, naturally they plan to perform well, this is the first merit of the Northern Expedition, especially in the case of the defeat of Jingangtai and the annihilation of the Jiaozhou Navy, so glorious, who wants to give up." ”

Tang Zhen smiled and nodded, but then said teasingly: "Old Yang, why does it feel that something is not right, the Divine Guard Army is the personal guard who accompanies Wen Xianggong to sit in Xiangyang, it stands to reason that you usually don't give Wen Xianggong a lot of sycophants, why didn't this first effort fall on the head of the Divine Guard." ”

"Slap on the back?!" Yang Bao pretended to be annoyed, "In the eyes of your kid, a certain Yang Bao is this kind of flattering person who only knows flattery?" If you have the ability to pull out the Shence Army and the Shenwei Army to practice alone, Lao Tzu won't believe it, without Wang Jin's stinky boy to help, how much ability do you have to train out of the Shence Army that can be compared with the Shenwei Army! ”

"Hey, hey, let's just talk about things, don't talk too far, it seems that you have a ghost in your heart." Tang Zhen said with a smile.

Yang Bao snorted, pointed to the Suizhou City in front of him and the warships under the city and said: "Even if Xianggong Wen hands over the heavy task of attacking Suizhou to a certain person, does a certain have the courage to do next, I am afraid that I don't know how to be killed by the two madmen of the Xingzhou Navy Division at that time, we are walking on two legs, and if we want to cross the Han River, we have to rely on the water master, and when the time comes, what kind of moths will they make on the boat, won't Lao Tzu be unable to eat and walk around." ”

Tang Zhen couldn't help laughing at once, and the explosion on the side of Suizhou City had gradually subsided, replaced by the sound of bows and crossbows that were even more numbing than the explosions, and the mixed with overwhelming roars and roars. Yang Bao glared at Tang Zhen, these young people really didn't clean up, but General Yang thought that it was an adult who didn't remember the villain, and said with a straight face:

"It is estimated that the Xingzhou Sailor is almost there, let's hurry over, and it is estimated that we can still get a piece of the pie, after all, a good Suizhou can't let the Xingzhou Sailor swallow it alone."

"That makes sense, let's go!" Tang Zhen smiled and nodded, greeting the guards.

In Suizhou City, the flames rose, and I don't know which soldier who had taken the **** luck just now smashed the explosives package of the Flying Thunder Cannon into a place in Suizhou City where grain and grass were hoarded, and immediately ignited a fire in half of the city. However, fortunately, there is not much grain and grass in Suizhou City, otherwise it is estimated that Liu Shiyong will die of distress.

A large hole had been blown out of the wooden fence on the water gate, and countless warships rushed in, and the soldiers on both sides of the warships poured arrows on both sides of the river. As if they had been captured by the earth-shaking bombardment of the flying thunder cannon just now, most of the Mongolian soldiers didn't even have the will to resist, and they fell to their knees on the ground trembling and didn't dare to look at these southern barbarians who had been despised countless times in their hearts, as for their blades, they didn't know where to throw them for a long time.

"Boom!" There was another explosion, accompanied by the billowing smoke and dust from the South Gate. Obviously, the foot soldiers outside the city did not meet with decent resistance, so they easily blew the city gate open, and before the smoke and dust had dissipated, the roar echoed in the city like a tide crashing on the shore.

Liu Shiyong jumped onto the shore in three steps and two steps, and the sailors and soldiers of the brigade had already rushed past him with a roar, and red flags were stretching in the streets and alleys of Suizhou, like the tide irrigating the ravines. Sun Huchen patted Liu Shiyong on the shoulder, with an expression that you are the boss and it is your unshirkable responsibility to command in the rear, he roared with a crossbow in his divine arm:

"Brothers, kill the Tartars with so-and-so!"

Liu Shiyong couldn't help but smile bitterly, as the commander of the Xingzhou Navy, he naturally had no way to charge forward, this time it was cheap Sun Huchen, but thinking about something, Liu Shiyong shouted:

"Old Sun, the south gate has been broken, and our sailors can't say anything slower than them!"

The horse's hooves stepped on the road of Suizhou City, and Wen Tianxiang, who was dressed in armor, looked less bookish than usual, adding more heroic spirit. It's just that the pacification of Jingnan Road at this time made Wen Xianggong not so much leisure and care, whether he was handsome again, but his eyes were blazing, looking at Suizhou City that had just been conquered.

Along both sides of the street ahead, the ground was covered with severed limbs, and the traces of the thunder bombardment were left on the surrounding ruins, and the black and red spread across the once snow-white walls, and it was no longer known whether it was the fragments of gunpowder or human flesh.

The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, but Wen Tianxiang was also experienced in battle for a long time after all, but he did not feel uncomfortable, but many recruits of the Tianwu Army reorganized after the Xiangyang War couldn't help but vomit on the side of the road.

"The last general will see Xianggong!" Seeing Wen Tianxiang coming, Bian Juyi, who was in charge of the broken queen, hurriedly stepped forward and handed over, "The city gates on all sides have been occupied, and now the Divine Guard Army and the Divine Ce Army have been killed out of the city, but it is estimated that the two fleeing Mongolian cavalry thousand-man teams will not be able to catch up." ”

Wen Tianxiang nodded, jumped off the horse, and walked towards the city gate, while Bian Juyi did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly beckoned the guards to follow, the city gate was just hastily cleaned up, and no one dared to guarantee that there were no Mongolian Tatar remnants who had been ignored.

A group of captives walked past Wen Tianxiang with their heads downcast, many of them were covered with flesh and blood, looking at these passing Song army generals, in addition to being dazed and empty, there was only a strong fear, obviously the bombardment of the flying thunder cannon like purgatory and the ensuing Song soldiers and soldiers had already made them frightened, and they didn't think about revenge at all. Wen Tianxiang frowned, but he still didn't say anything after all, now the mines on Jiangnan West Road also need manpower, and these captives are a good choice.

After all, their family members are still in the north, whether it is Ye Yingwu before or Wen Tianxiang now, even if they can't get out of their soldiers, they don't have the courage to use these prisoners, after all, defection is the most troublesome thing.

"Those soldiers should also be properly organized," Wen Tianxiang remembered the soldiers he had seen on the side of the road before, "We still have too many bloody battles to fight in the north, and it is a good choice for these soldiers to take the lead." ”

Bian Juyi hurriedly responded, it was a normal thing to be cannon fodder in all dynasties, even if Wen Tianxiang didn't tell them, they would do it nine times out of ten.

Walking on the city wall full of potholes, Wen Tianxiang stood with his hands in his hands, the spring breeze was rippling, and the water was long, if it weren't for the countless corpses around him, if it weren't for the warships rushing to and fro on the water under the city, if it weren't for the rolling smoke rising in the city behind him, then it was really a beautiful picture of the spring field in front of him.

Peace and tranquility are all fought, Wen Tianxiang stretched out his hand and patted the battlements that were even stained with a faint stain of blood, in a corner, several Mongolian soldiers who were killed by the flying thunder cannon were stacked there, maybe they thought that they could survive by hiding behind the battlements, it would be too much to underestimate the power of the flying thunder cannon, especially after Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang, the two best craftsmen of this era, jointly debugged and transformed the flying thunder cannon.

"Xianggong, there is also a Mongolian Tatar commander here." Bian Juyi kicked the corpse under his feet in a little surprise, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's all buried outside the city." Wen Tianxiang sighed, "After all, it is the first battle of the Northern Expedition, so it's better not to have too much blood and hatred on our hands." ”

Knowing that the literati of Xianggong are appearing again, but they will be buried when they are buried, and Bian Juyi doesn't think there is anything wrong with this, after all, he will go all the way to the north in the future, drive directly to Heluo, and the places he has experienced are the territory of the northern Han people, for these people with the same ancestors and bloodline, the Song army can only take soft measures, after all, although they have been reduced to Hu Chen for a hundred years, but in the final analysis, they are also the sons of the Han family.

And now it is also a good way to bury these soldiers who died in battle.

"Suizhou has been taken," Wen Tianxiang Huo Ran turned around, looked at Suizhou City where the killing sound gradually subsided, and said in a deep voice, "This is the first city conquered by the Northern Expedition, since it is now the land of my Great Song Dynasty, then as long as the Tianwu Army is still there, this city will always be a red flag fluttering." Now, to the north! ”

Bian Juyi and the soldiers on the city wall looked at Wen Tianxiang's gaze, and everyone's waist was subconsciously straightened under the sun.

Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition! In the past three hundred years, the dreams of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, countless Han men have thrown their heads and spilled their blood, not just for this day!

Today, at the beginning of the Jinhu Rush Riding across the river, the red flag is rolling, pointing to the north.

What a blessing to be born in this world!

On February 20 of the third year of Xianchun of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Jingnan Road pacified Wen Tianxiang to control the Xiangyang Shenwei Army, the Yingzhou Shence Army and the Xingzhou Water Division, a total of 100,000 troops crossed the Han River, conquered Suizhou on the north bank of the Han River in one fell swoop, and the troops pointed directly at Nanyang Mansion in Mongolia, which shocked the world. (To be continued.) )