Chapter 562: Decisive Battle in Dadu (3)

"Your Majesty." Wu Jiu's expression was gloomy, and he got up and said, "Two or three months ago, Mongolia increased taxes wantonly, and there was a family surnamed Hong in the small hometown, because he had no money to buy the so-called war bonds, the old man of the Hong family was detained by the local government, and then died in prison. His women were fierce, so they forced their way through the yamen and beat the drum to avenge their grievances. Unexpectedly, he was convicted by the government as a spy of the Song Dynasty, saying that he deliberately undermined the policy of the imperial court, and sentenced him to be immediately beheaded. After the little cousin knew about this, he ignored his identity as a deserter and wanted to reason with the government, which gave the government an excuse, saying that the little cousin and the Hong family woman were in cahoots, and they were all spies sent by the Song Dynasty, and they didn't even go through the reporting procedures, so they brutally killed the little cousin and the Hong family woman. ”

Fang Ling said angrily: "Isn't this just a matter of disregarding human life? Don't the Mongols talk about the king's law? ”

Wu Jiu didn't know what kind of person Fang Ling was, but seeing that he was with me, he must have a great background, so he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied: "Although the Mongols also have laws, for the Han and Jin people, these laws are useless. ”

"The country is about to die, and it is perverse." I sighed and said, "Wu Jiu, your cousin's revenge will definitely be avenged." By the way, do you know the situation in this city? ”

"Your Majesty, the small military rank is very low, and I know very little about the situation."

Although I was a little disappointed, I still smiled and said, "It's okay, just tell me what you know." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wu Jiu told me everything he knew, and these situations were not of much help to our army, the only thing that could be referred to was that the Yuan army's defensive positions were basically south of the palace.

"Wu Jiu, you go down and rest first."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Jiu said before leaving, "Your Majesty, the little ones can change into the uniforms of my Great Song Army after eating, and the little ones are quite familiar with the terrain in the city, and they can use the places that are useful, although the emperor commands." ”

"Okay, Wu Jiu, after you change into your military uniform, the military painter will work with you to draw a detailed map of the capital."

"Yes, little one."

"Wait, Wu Jiu, do you know the Bao'en Temple in the city?" I suddenly remembered the proposal of Duan Donglou last night.

Wu Jiu nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the small one knows that about half a year ago, the underground waterways of the capital city underwent a major repair, and that time the small one went to the underground construction, and the small department happened to be responsible for the underground works around the Bao'en Temple, so I know." ”

"Really?" I hurriedly asked, "I heard that there is an entrance and exit in the underground waterway not far from Bao'en Temple, is that so?" ”

"Your Majesty, it turned out to be yes, but it was changed in the renovation."

"Where?"

Wu Jiu said: "The current entrance and exit are in the backyard of Bao'en Temple. ”

"Inside the Bao'en Temple?" I felt a feeling of ecstasy and involuntarily stood up.

"Exactly." Wu Jiu replied respectfully.

I thought for a while and said, "Wu Jiu, you go to eat first, I have something to look for you after eating." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Duan Donglou came to me again and said: "Your Majesty, in today's battle, the effect of the commando is obvious, please ask the emperor for approval, the last general will take people to Bao'en Temple tonight, and it will definitely be like a sharp knife stuck in the heart of the Yuan army." ”

"Okay." I didn't hesitate this time, and nodded, "It's just that the course of action will change." ”

Duan Donglou said: "Your Majesty? ”

I smiled and said: "Before dinner today, there is a Yuan army against the water, collectively surrendered our army, this hundred-man Han army happens to be familiar with the situation of Bao'en Temple, its centurion is named Wu Yunfeng, according to him, the entrance and exit of the underground waterway has been changed to the backyard of Bao'en Temple half a year ago. This Bao'en Temple is only four or five miles away from our army's forward position, so I plan to send a large army to attack Bao'en Temple directly from the underground waterway, and then join forces with the outside. ”

Duan Donglou was overjoyed and said, "That's great." However, Duan Donglou quickly said: "Your Majesty, will there be fraud in this?" ”

"Probably not, this Wu Yunfeng's cousin is named Wu Liu, who was once a prisoner of our army, and I just happened to see it. Of course, for the sake of safety, I will first send a commando team to Bao'en Temple, General Duan, in the early morning of tomorrow, you and Wu Jiu will lead this commando team to explore the way, if it is true, then I will send a large army from the underground waterway to Bao'en Temple early tomorrow morning, and then attack south, two phases of attack, it is bound to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, then I will go and prepare first."

"Okay, East Building. Once inside, the commandos can clear the way. ”

"Yes, the emperor can rest assured."

After Duan Donglou left, Wen Zhang and the others also entered, hoping that I would approve them to go to the enemy-occupied area again tonight. However, I decisively refused their request, and everyone was very tired from today's battle, and despite the high level of martial arts of these men, I ordered them to rest.

With the help of Wu Jiu and others, the military painter drew a map of the capital, which was much more detailed than the one that was transferred by the shopkeeper of Longya He last night. With this map, everyone is more and more confident in their hearts.

After discussion, Lu Wenhuan and others changed the original troop allocation plan, and transferred a brigade of the Imperial Forest Army and 10,000 infantry troops, led by Wen Zhang and Wu Songhan, to prepare to enter the Bao'en Temple before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and when the battle began, they would be killed from it.

In addition, I also specifically ordered that from tomorrow, the number of commandos will be increased to rescue more civilians who are tied up with the Yuan army.

That night, the artillery battalion, which had found a good point of attack, brought in ten more guns. These 20 guns were scattered in several houses, and according to my instructions, the Yuan army's catapults did not move, and the artillery could not be fired, so as not to injure more civilians. In my plan, the next target of the artillery was Kublai Khan's palace.

After midnight, Duan Donglou and Wu Jiu quietly entered the underground with two hundred carefully selected soldiers from a sewer entrance in the south of the city.

The smell in the waterway is unpleasant, but fortunately, the space is not small, and the highest point is more than three meters high from the ground, so you can move forward straight. Everyone covered their noses and followed Wu Jiu forward one by one.

After moving forward for more than ten meters, everyone found that the sewer was getting narrower and narrower, and going higher and higher, there were several steps at each height, and there was a water pipe with a diameter of about 30-40 centimeters every ten steps on the arch wall. After about fifty paces forward, you can hear the sound of rushing water.

If I saw this sewer, I would be amazed that the underground drainage project in the Yuan Dynasty was so neat and advanced, even compared with the Qingdao underground waterway built by the Germans in later generations, it is not much different.

This is the real "once in a century" project.

Coming to the next step of the wrong height, Wu Jiu said, "General Duan, it's here." ”

Duan Donglou said "En", turned to the soldiers behind him and said, "Everyone, General Wu Jiu and I will go up first, if there is nothing to do, you will come up one by one in the agreed order." ”

After saying that, Duan Donglou jumped lightly, used his hands and feet together, hung on the top, put his ears close to the ground, listened attentively for a while, and then forcefully pushed open the iron cover on his head and jumped up. Going up to the ground, Duan Donglou looked around and saw that there were no Yuan army patrol sentries in the backyard of the temple, so he sent a signal downward.

Wu Jiu climbed up the second, and immediately after, a hundred soldiers of the Xingfu Army wearing the uniforms of the Yuan Army came to it one after another, and under the leadership of an adjutant general, they scattered close to the wall. After that, a hundred musketeers also crawled out.

Duan Donglou made a gesture to make everyone hidden, but he left the backyard without a sound. After about a quarter of an hour, Duan Donglou returned to the backyard and asked the commandos to return to the sewers.

"General Duan, is there a Yuan army stationed in the temple?" Wu Jiu asked after closing the iron lid at the entrance.

"There are only five monks in the monastery, and there is no army to guard it." Duan Donglou whispered, "General Wu, lead everyone back and report to Lu Shuai." ”

"Okay."

I was still asleep when the third day of the battle began.

I handed over all the specific on-site battle arrangements to Lu Wenhuan, Yin Yinglei and Zhao Huai. Throughout the day's fighting, I rarely went to their command posts, so as not to affect their plans and mentality. I had already told them about the theory of street fighting, but the on-the-spot command was what they were good at, and I, as a layman, should not meddle in it casually.

At about eight o'clock, Duan Donglou, Wen Zhang, Wu Songhan and Wu Jiu came to the exit of the waterway below Bao'en Temple again. Duan Donglou, who was familiar with the road, opened the iron lid and jumped to the ground with Wen Zhang.

Bao'en Temple can be said to be the private temple of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, even during the war, the Yuan army did not send troops to garrison it, only a small number of soldiers were arranged around, which is unique in the temples of Dadu.

At this time, the big battle outside had begun, and although there was still some distance from the battlefield, the sound of gunfire and shouting could still be heard. Duan and Wen were extremely fast, leaving the backyard one left and one right, and quickly restrained the five monks in the temple, and not long after, the two returned to the exit of the backyard at the same time. Subsequently, the soldiers of the Song Army underground climbed to the ground one by one and moved the items that could be borrowed from the temple to the bottom of the courtyard wall.

Two quarters of an hour later, although more than half of the soldiers did not come up, Wen Zhang and Duan Donglou did not hesitate to give the order to shoot.

The musketeers crept up on the temple walls, and when they received the order, they lit the ropes at the same time.

Wen Zhang, who was standing at the head of the wall, said loudly: "Soldiers of the Royal Forest Army, shoot." ”

Thousands of muskets fired in turn, coupled with the explosion of the projectiles, made a deafening sound, and the Yuan army around Bao'en Temple was stunned. No matter who it is, if they are not prepared, they will feel terrified, let alone the Dadu Yuan army, who has lingering fears about firearms?