Chapter 41: Xiangyang Empty City
The 2,000 cavalry army was wiped out.
The Guanghua military festival made Zhang Chao die heroically.
The price is that after the second collision, the light cavalry on the two wings of the Jin people lost seven or eight, and only four or five hundred cavalry were left to bite behind the Great Song infantry soldiers, and after killing Guyi Town, they stopped and waited for the Jin army to follow.
From beginning to end, Tiefutu failed to compete with the cavalry led by Zhang Chao.
There is a feeling of exerting force but hitting the cotton.
Rao is like this, the four or five hundred light horsemen chased and bitten, from Wujiaji to Guyi Town, leaving more than 2,000 corpses of Song Dynasty foot soldiers.
The power of the cavalry is on full display.
At the most dangerous time, these four or five hundred light horsemen were only a thousand feet away from Zhang Mingzhi and the others who retreated......
If the pursuing Dajin cavalry knew that thousands of miles away in front of them, in the queue guarded by many foot soldiers, there was Zhang Mingzhi, the pacification envoy of Jingnan Road, if they were killed at any cost, it was likely that Zhang Mingzhi and his party would not be able to return to Xiangyang.
After reading the paperwork, Li Fengwu broke out in a cold sweat.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, where information transmission was extremely backward, it was difficult to achieve the immediacy of information, but even so, the Song people had various ways to transmit information as quickly as possible.
Especially in times of war.
When the army starts and departs, there will be military aircraft who will write a good document, send it to various ministries through special agencies, and then selectively send it to Lin'an.
And on the battlefield, there are also special military aircraft to keep an eye on the situation at any time.
Write down the latest situation into a document, ride a fast horse and send it to the rear, of course, there are faster ways, such as carrier pigeons, and Haidong Qing raised by a special agency in the court......
After arriving in Xiangyang with the documents of Wu Jiaji's defeat, Zhang Mingzhi and other defeated soldiers were still on their way back to Xiangyang.
Li Fengwu glanced at Lu Zhen, this kid's eyes are really vicious.
Of the more than 20,000 troops, less than 10,000 people were left to flee back.
The 2,000 cavalry army was wiped out.
Even the Guanghua Army made Zhang Chao generously die...... It's so embarrassing for Da Song to lose this battle!
So how to deal with it now?
Everyone looked at Di Shaosheng together, but saw Di Shaosheng looking at Wei Shusheng...... Officialdom Di Shaosheng is playing tricky, and the words on the battlefield are not as good as this real captain.
Everyone then looked at Wei Shusheng.
Wei Shusheng coughed, "Xiangyang Mansion is ready to welcome Pao Ze into the city, and after moving all the equipment to defend the city to the city wall and the city gate, the officials in charge of grain and grass should be tired, and be sure to rush ahead of the Jin army to transport enough grain to hoard in the city." ”
That's it?
The crowd was a little disappointed.
But Li Fengwu, who was holding the paperwork, said softly: "Also, all the Langzhong in the city should be gathered quickly, and the medicinal materials in the pharmacy should be taken over by the government. ”
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, this was an idea in place.
For a while, everyone made suggestions.
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After returning to the county government from the prefecture, Li Fengwu was exhausted.
Wu Jiaji was defeated, the battle of Xiangyang was inevitable, and as the prefect of Xiangyang, he was like the prefect Di Shaosheng, and he could not escape.
You can only hold on!
It was Li Fengwu who was in the government and said what he had been thinking in the past few days, hoping to help defend the city.
Regarding Lang Zhong and medicinal herbs, this person with a little common sense of the battlefield knows it.
But Li Fengwu also put forward a suggestion that made countless people baffled: collect all the silk fabrics in the city, collect all the silk cloth in the city, and bring them to the government, and let many tailors or little ladies rush to make them overnight, and be sure to make enough close-fitting silk underwear.
Not to mention Di Shaosheng and others, even Wei Shusheng, the real lieutenant, can't understand it.
What is the use of this move?
Li Fengwu didn't explain to everyone, but just briefly said to Wei Shusheng that after these close-fitting silk underwear are ready, they must be distributed to every soldier guarding the city.
Although he did not get a detailed explanation from Li Fengwu, Wei Shusheng complied.
Di Shaosheng, the prefect of Xiangyang, did not ask for reasons to support it.
In their opinion, Li Fengwugui is a great Song Dynasty undergraduate tanhualang, and he will always know some things that ordinary people don't know.
Perhaps this silk lingerie could play a role in defending the city.
This method is still unknown in the Great Song Dynasty today.
Li Fengwu in the memory of another life, but he knew, once watched a documentary, about the Mongolian iron horse, which has the effect of silk underwear: the leather armor of the Mongolian iron horse is very poor, but on the battlefield, especially in the face of arrows, the damage is always not high, which is related to the courage of the Mongolian iron horse, and also has the credit of this silk underwear.
The Mongolian iron rider was in leather armor and added a layer of silk underwear.
Although it does not prevent the arrow from piercing through the leather armor and penetrating the muscles, it can pull out the arrow well after being shot, thereby reducing the damage and allowing the soldier to recover his combat strength faster.
In the long battle of defending a city, resilience is actually a factor that should not be underestimated.
Back at the county office, Li Julu, who had not been on the road for a few days, was waiting for Li Fengwu.
There was a strong smell of blood on Li Julu's body, Zhu Zhao'er had frowned and moved away, but Li Fengwu was unaware and nodded, "How is it?" ”
At the beginning, the army took the initiative to attack, Li Fengwu was worried about the fine work of the Jin people, so he asked Li Julu to bring a group of soldiers, not many, only ten people, lurking in Xiangyang City, trying his best to find the fine work of the Jin people.
One is to prevent the theft of the city, and the other is to protect oneself for one's own safety.
Li Julu grinned, "The little official can rest assured, after many days of hidden investigation, he finally caught the Jin people a few days ago and made a small leader, and he confessed all under the means of the Sprinkle family. ”
No wonder there is such a strong smell of blood on the body.
Li Fengwu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Li Julu, who wanted to speak and stopped, and said in a daze: "What else?" ”
Li Julu said astringently: "Little official, why don't we withdraw, the leader of the confessed Jin Ren Xianzuo said, originally he was going to assassinate you while defending the city, but now all the fine work has been pulled out by the Sprinkle family, but the Jin people will definitely not give up." ”
Li Fengwu nodded, "You can't go." ”
At least you can't leave before the city is broken, if the city of Xiangyang is broken, you won't die.
Dying in Xiangyang has no value at all.
Li Julu's mood was a little gloomy.
"Wu Jiaji has been defeated, it is estimated that Zhang Mingzhi and others will lead the remaining soldiers and horses to withdraw to Xiangyang tonight, and the next Xiangyang may face the siege of the Jin army, Julu, you should be vigilant in recent days."
Li Julu didn't speak, but his hands tightened, and his muscles burst out.
The news of the defeat of the Song division of Wu Jiaji could not be concealed from the well-informed Xiangyang people.
There was a sudden turmoil in the city of Xiangyang.
If it weren't for Wei Shusheng's quick decision and ordering the government soldiers to kill more than a dozen ruffians who took the opportunity to make trouble, I am afraid that the hearts of the people in Xiangyang would be in chaos, and after being suppressed by strong means, the hearts of the people in Xiangyang City gradually calmed down.
But all the people of Xiangyang left the city......
At Lu Zhen's suggestion, except for the squire family, people from ordinary families can flee, women and children go first, and the remaining middle-aged men have brothers and brothers, and only sons go.
In the end, Xiangyang City was ten rooms and nine empty.
Except for the 2,000 soldiers who were newly recruited before, the more than 3,000 strong men who were forcibly recruited in the end, plus the officials of the Xiangyang Prefecture, the county government, and the pacification embassy, there were almost no people in Xiangyang City.
Xiangyang suddenly became an empty city.
In the end, the more than 3,000 strong men who were forcibly left behind would not put on armor on the city wall until the critical moment, and were mainly responsible for carrying boulders, boiling oil, and arrows to the city, or responsible for carrying the wounded soldiers when defending the city.
Of course, they also know very well that their fate is already doomed after being left behind: either they will guard Xiangyang together, or they will die together.
There is also a possibility that the city will break through.
But without any training, even if they break through, these newly recruited strong men will die nine times out of ten. (To be continued.) )