Chapter 525 Wang Family Ancestral Hall

Boyan continued: "When the Southern Korean army enters the area of Shifo Temple, our army will immediately go out and besiege from all directions, as long as there is an attack all the way, we can give full play to the speed advantage of our cavalry, directly smash its artillery battalion, and force the musketeers of the Southern Dynasty to engage in hand-to-hand combat with our army. Generals, according to Boyan's estimates, the Southern Dynasty attacked Dengzhou only by shelling the South Gate and not besieging it, because its firearms could only exert the greatest effect if they were used intensively. Therefore, our army only needs to adopt a multi-pronged offensive to disrupt their firearms pattern. ”

Ah Shu nodded and asked, "General Shi, in your opinion, if the Southern Dynasty army loses its firearms, will our cavalry have an advantage in the field battle?" ”

Shi Yuqi said: "Dashuai, there should be no doubt about this. It is said that even the emperor of the Southern Dynasty once said that in the sports war, they were inferior to the cavalry of our dynasty. ”

"Sports warfare?" Boyan said thoughtfully, "This word is used very well." General Shi, you are familiar with the Southern Dynasties, do you think this method is feasible? ”

"If the Song army can be surrounded in a range and use archers against firearms, it may be possible to fight, but the Southern Dynasty army also has nearly 100,000 men, and although the artillery battalion moves slowly, its use of grenades is very simple, so it is not an easy task. The last general thought that the multi-way attack mentioned by General Boyan was a desirable method, and if the Song army could be cut into two sections, and then concentrate superior forces to attack one section first, it might have a better chance of victory. ”

Ali Hague asked, "General Shi, how can our army divide it into two parts?" ”

Shi Yuqi said: "Form a death squad, led by the cavalry and shield army, launch an attack from both flanks, and force a breakthrough." ”

Ah Shu said: "General Shi's method also has merits, generals, everyone just have to speak freely, whether it is effective or not, you can put it forward." ”

After about an hour, the generals of the Yuan army still did not agree on the details of the attack, and although there were merits in various methods, there was always one problem that could not be overcome, that is, how to break through the firearms array of the Song army.

Ali Hague was a little irritable, and couldn't help but pat the table and said, "Great commander, the last general is willing to lead the death squad to attack the enemy." ”

"Wait." Ah Shu stared at the table in front of Ali Hague, and suddenly said thoughtlessly, "Table, table." ”

"Table, what do you mean?" Ali Hague didn't know what was going on, but he also looked at the table in front of him.

"The shield is too small, even the shield of the divine force can't protect many people, Ben Shuai just thought, if you use a table instead of a shield, is it feasible?"

Boyan reacted very quickly and said with a smile: "Dashuai, it's completely feasible, just cover the table with a layer of iron sheet, and then cover it with a wet quilt." According to Boyan's judgment, the musket was impenetrable, and even if it encountered a fireball, it would be largely unharmed as long as it hid under the table, except for the artillery, of course. General Shi, you brought a musket this time, and we'll know when we try it. If this method is feasible, then the cavalry should give priority to the large shield, and the infantry army will take this kind of table first, which should greatly reduce the damage of muskets to our troops. ”

Shi Yuqi said: "You can give it a try, and the last general also thinks that the musket is difficult to penetrate." ”

"Alright, act now, Athman."

"The end will be."

"Go and summon all the excellent craftsmen of Nanyang to the Shuaifu, Ben Shuai thinks that even the cavalry can use the modified table."

"Yes, Marshal, the last general will obey."

Whether it worked or not, he finally found a method that seemed to work, which made all the Yuan generals angry. Half an hour later, all the outstanding craftsmen in Nanyang City and the middle route army of the Yuan Dynasty came to the martial arts field in the Shuaifu.

Shi Yuqi personally raised his gun and fired one shot at the target five meters, ten meters, and twenty meters away. After test firing, the musket could not penetrate the processed table top at a distance of ten meters, and even at a close distance of five meters, the effect of the musket was not great, although it barely penetrated the tabletop, but it did not hurt the objects placed behind the table.

Ah Shu said loudly: "Okay, General Ashuhan, you are responsible for supervising it, and it will be made immediately." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

The city walls around the south gate of Dengzhou City almost completely collapsed under the repeated bombardment of 55 artillery. I held up my binoculars and looked north through the smoke intervals of the artillery, and the walls were empty.

"All escaped?"

After receiving my instructions, Lu Wenhuan gave an order, and the soldiers of the Second Carriage and the Zhongshun Army, which were the vanguard, immediately rushed to the city gate under the leadership of Wu Songhan and Meng Tianxiang. There was no resistance, and when the cavalry and loyal soldiers of the second chamber stormed the city gates, they found that the defenders of the city had all withdrawn.

About a quarter of an hour later, a scout came to report that the defenders of the city had retreated from the north and east gates of Dengzhou City during the bombardment of our artillery.

Although Dengzhou City is not large, it has been an important military base in southern Henan for more than 100 years. Since it belonged to the Jin State in 1141, Dengzhou has become the bridgehead of the long-term confrontation between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin State, and after the Mongols destroyed the Jin, it became the forefront of the Mongol invasion of the south.

From the outside, the walls of Dengzhou City look similar, but when you enter it, you find that the city is in a depression.

I walked around the city, and saw that all the houses were closed, there was no one to be seen, and there was no lively scene of "liberation" at all. "Generals, is this Dengzhou City empty?"

Jiang Wanzai said: "Probably not." When Duanping entered Luo, our army also recovered Dengzhou, and the scene at that time was the same as today, the people in the city were all hiding in their houses, and no one dared to go out. ”

Why is that? Could it be that the people of Dengzhou were willing to accept the bullying of the Mongols, and did not welcome our army? "My thinking may still be stuck in the movies and television of later generations, once the People's Liberation Army invades, there will be people everywhere holding red flags and chanting slogans.

Jiang Wanzai smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is not. Dengzhou City has been through many wars, whether it is for our Song army, or the Jin people in the past, or the current Mongols, the people in the city are wary. In their opinion, everyone comes the same, and it is always them who suffer. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Wanzai shook his head, his expression became a little gloomy, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has heard a colleague in Dengzhou say that when our army passed through Dengzhou and went to Bianjing, some of the people in the city were still willing to provide all kinds of help, after all, they were all Han people. However, when our army was defeated and retreated, and came to Dengzhou again, the officers and men of our army robbed everywhere because they had no food, and ......"

I sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "All the policies about our army have been propagated." ”

"Your Majesty rest assured." Lu Wenhuan said, "The last general held a special meeting on this last night, and anyone who disturbs the people will be dealt with in accordance with military regulations." After entering the city, the last general had already sent people to post notices everywhere. ”

"Well, generals, do you have any familiar people in the city?"

Wang Anjie, deputy marshal of the Middle Route Army, said: "Your Majesty, the ancestral home of the last general is Dengzhou, and the Wang family is the surname of Dengzhou. ”

"General Wang, do you know where your people live?"

"The last general once heard my father say that the Wang Family Ancestral Hall is located in the northeast of Dengzhou City, close to Huazhou Academy."

"Huazhou Academy? I know that during the Qing Dynasty of my dynasty, Fan Zhongyan, who was the governor of Dengzhou at that time, founded a lecture hall in the academy, and there was a Jiangnan-style garden on the east side of the academy, called Baihuazhou, which included Lanxiu Pavilion and Chunfeng Pavilion, etc., so the academy got its name. ”

Wang Anjie said: "Your Majesty is very knowledgeable, and the last general is a native of Dengzhou, but he doesn't know his origin. ”

I smiled and said, "General Wang, go to your ancestral hall to have a look." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Huazhou Academy came into view.

It is very different from what I imagined, this famous academy in the Northern Song Dynasty is dilapidated. When I got closer, I saw a stone tablet in front of the academy, which was engraved with a poem written by Huang Tingjian himself, which was written in cursive script, but I couldn't recognize the handwriting on it.

Gongsun Xiaochen said: "Your Majesty, the last general has learned cursive, and what is written on it is, 'Fan Gong planted a bamboo waterside pavilion, and wandered to swim a guest star.'" God should not end here, and the grass and trees are still green for a hundred years. ’”

"Although the grass and trees are green for a hundred years, this place of study has been deserted." I sighed, "Huazhou Academy has been through ups and downs for a hundred years, and has witnessed the rise and fall of our dynasty, and I should learn from it." ”

"Brother, do you want to go in and have a look?"

I shook my head and said, "No need, when this place reappears in the glory of the Wen Zhenggong (Fan Zhongyan) period, I will have to come here again." ”

After passing Huazhou Academy, and then walking forward for more than ten meters, I saw a simple ancestral hall with a closed gate.

"This should be it." Wang Anjie said.

"General Wang, go in and see, is there anyone inside?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Anjie walked to the door, knocked on the door for a long time, and only then did a small crack open the door, and a human head poked out of it, and whispered: "What is the matter with the army, the military master?" ”

"Old man, don't be afraid, my ancestor Wang Jian, on the Lower Wang'an Festival, came to worship the ancestors."

"Wang Jian, Wang Zhongzhuang?"

"It's the Father." Wang Anjie said as he handed a jade pendant to the old man who opened the door.

Wang Jian, a native of Pengqiao, Dengzhou, first joined the Zhongshun Army, and later followed Meng Heng to fight in the north and south, and knew Hezhou (now Chongqing). In the sixth year of Baoyou (1258), the Mongol Khan Meng Ge personally supervised the battle under the city of Hezhou, and Wang Jian ordered people to fire cannons to seriously wound him. The next day, two 30-pound fresh fish in the pond were made into dough cakes and thrown to the Mongolian army under the city, and sent a letter to Meng Ge, "If you attack for another ten years, the city will not be gained." After Meng Ge read it, he burst into pain and died soon after at the foot of Diaoyu City. In the fifth year of Jingding (1264), Wang Jian died, and he was "loyal and strong".

"Anjie? Yes, Ann Son. The jade pendant is also good, it is the token of my Dengzhou royal family. The old man looked at the front and continued, "Anjie, are you Song Jun?" ”