Chapter 513 Re-enter Xiangyang

"Your Majesty, the little ones are good, they're good."

"Very well, I will lead the generals to welcome our hero home."

Wei Guo's tiger eyes were wet and said: "Your Majesty, how can the little He De let the emperor come out to greet him?" ”

"Haha." I smiled and said loudly, "General Wei, in order to defend Fancheng, you are a hero of our army regardless of your own safety. General Wei, a good life will rest for a few days, and I will be rewarded for my meritorious deeds. ”

"Your Majesty."

In addition to the generals, there were also representatives of various armies and reporters accompanying the army at the gate to welcome Wei Guohu's return. The purpose of this is very simple, that is, to set up a model in the army and establish a heroic image.

The times create heroes, and with a hero, you can bring out more heroes. History is created by all mankind, and even I, a half-human and half-god emperor, need a lot of green leaves to match.

At the end of the afternoon (five o'clock), the scouts reported that the Yuan Army shipyard located west of Baihe City, by the Han River, suddenly burst into flames, and the fire became bigger and bigger, strangely, the Mongols did not seem to have any signs of fighting the fire, and the specific cause could not be found.

In the evening, the scouts kept sending back news that the Mongol army had left the fortress of Baihe City and headed north.

"Is Kublai Khan going to withdraw his troops?" Fang Ling asked.

"Quite possibly." Yuan Jian said with a smile, "Kublai Khan must have thought that the earthen walls of Baihe City still can't block the bombardment of our artillery, and if it persists, it will be a copy of the Lumen Mountain camp at most, so it is better to withdraw the army." ”

Fang Ling nodded and said, "Brother, then do our army want to take advantage of the situation to pursue?" ”

"It is impossible to pursue, our army does not have a large number of cavalry, not to mention, even if there are enough cavalry, it is not the opponent of the Yuan army in horse warfare."

"That's right."

At noon on the 7th day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Xianchun, all the scouts sent out sent back the same news, the Mongol army had all withdrawn from Beihe City, and the other fortresses were also empty, and the fire of yesterday was set by the Yuan army itself, which burned all the warships.

In the evening, Lu Wende, the commander of the Xiangyang Military Region, also sent someone to report to me that the Mongols had withdrawn.

When these news came, the entire Guanzitan camp boiled at once, just like the New Year, with continuous laughter and laughter.

I was also very excited that the Yuan army's withdrawal to the north marked the early end of the six- or seven-year-long Battle of Xiangyang, and ended with the complete defeat of Kublai Khan. However, I also admired Kublai Khan's decisiveness, and even the fortress of Yongchang, which had taken years of painstaking efforts, and the shipyard that had cost people and material resources, did not hesitate to abandon it.

On the afternoon of 8 July, I led the main generals of the army, under the protection of 200 personal guards, and entered Xiangyang City from the east gate. As soon as I entered the city, I saw a sea of people on both sides of the street, and it seemed that all the people of Xiangyang City had gathered in this area, these people came to celebrate the victory of Xiangyang and spontaneously walked on the streets, and secondly, they wanted to witness the demeanor of the emperor under me, and most of them had no chance to see the emperor in their lives.

Lu Wende was still worried about my safety and wanted to order the clearance, but I did not hesitate to stop his actions: "The victory of Xiangfan is the victory of our army and the victory of the people of Xiangyang. ”

I rode on the Imperial Horse Feiyan and slowly entered the main street of Xiangyang City. Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan, who greeted me outside the city gate, personally opened the way, Zhang Quanyi and Shen Mo walked in front of me, Yuan Jian on the left, Fang Ling on the right, Hu Yande and Meng Tianxiang followed closely behind, and then behind were a group of generals and personal guards, there were so many expert guards, even if the two Yin Tianya wanted to attack me, they would definitely not be pleased.

"Long live the emperor."

"Long live the Great Song."

I told Lu Wende in advance that today is the day of the great victory in Xiangyang, and all the people do not have to bow down. The people along the street saw me passing by, and they all shouted slogans, and along the way, there were passionate cheers and slogans everywhere, I don't know whether it was the people who spontaneously shouted or the organization of Xiangyang Prefecture, but it can be seen from their faces that this is the voice from the heart. Every now and then I wave my hand in greetings to my people.

More than 100 years ago, the famous general Yue Fei led his army to recover Xiangyang City, and since then, the city has been an important gateway to the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is also an important place for soldiers to compete between Song, Jin, Song and Mongolia. After the rise of the Mongols, from 1235 A.D. for more than 30 years, Xiangyang City experienced the arduous process of losing and recovering, and then losing and recontributing, and the people of Xiangyang City have always shared the fate and hardships with the city. Compared with the past, this victory was achieved under the personal command of my emperor, and the battle of Xiangfan dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the Yuan army, so that the losses of the invincible Yuan army under the city of Xiangfan exceeded at least 80,000 people, which was the most brilliant victory of the Song army in all the battles that took place in the Xiangfan area for more than 30 years.

From the east gate to Xiangyang Shuaifu, it only takes less than a quarter of an hour to ride a horse, but we walked for more than half an hour, which shows the excitement and enthusiasm of the people of Xiangyang.

This is the second time I have come to Xiangyang City, but it is the first time I have entered Xiangyang Shuaifu.

The guards of the Shuaifu were all replaced by the most elite black charcoal regiment of the Xiangyang Military Region, and the leader Lu Wenxin was holding a broken broadsword and personally stood guard at the door. Although I have never met Lu Wenxin, I know this captive sword.

"General Lu Wenxin?"

Lu Wenxin recognized me at a glance, and suddenly felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said: "The last general, Lu Wenxin, knocks on the emperor." ”

"Well, the commander of the Black Carbon Regiment, known as Daolu, has fought two battles with Ashu, regardless of victory or defeat, good, a good tiger general."

"Emperor Xie praises, Emperor Xie gives a knife."

"The blade is given to the hero, and General Lu will use this knife to fight for me."

"The emperor can rest assured, the last general will live up to the emperor's grace."

"Okay." I laughed and walked into the Xiangyang Shuai Mansion.

The main generals in the Xiangfan area are all gathered in the meeting hall of the Marshal's Mansion, most of the generals from the Xiangyang Military Region I don't know, after Lu Wende introduced me one by one, I smiled and said: "Generals, starting from the Yuan Army's Ashu soldiers to Anyang Beach, to this day, the battle of Xiangfan is over, and with the courageous struggle of our army and soldiers, our Great Song Dynasty has won a complete victory. The victory of the Xiangfan Campaign is of great significance, this battle is a turning point in the Song and Yuan Dynasty wars, marking that the war of our dynasty to recover the north has since entered a new stage, this battle not only greatly improved the morale of our soldiers, but also proved that the firearms of our dynasty will become the mainstream of the war, and firearms will also become an important weapon of our army to recover the north. When it comes to firearms, you all know their power, but the number of artillery and projectiles is limited after all, and the most in our army is muskets. In fact, it is the same, the cavalry has a big goal, even if it is a cavalry shield army, it can only protect people, not the war horse, as long as the gun sounds, although a shot, it may not be enough to kill the war horse, but the wounded war horse will not be controlled by the cavalry, it will definitely make its formation chaotic, coupled with the cooperation of the projectile, as long as the cavalry does not rush to the front of the gun array of my musketeers, the Mongolian iron cavalry, which is known as invincible, can only lose its armor and run away. ”

After a pause, I continued: "I am very satisfied with the performance of the Xiangyang Military Region, Lin'an Military Region, Jianghuai Military Region, the Imperial Forest Army, the Zhongshun Army and other units that participated in this battle. ”

"The end will be."

"In the entire battle of Xiangfan, Fancheng suffered the heaviest pressure and the greatest casualties, for this reason, I decided to award all the officers and men of the defenders of Fancheng with a collective third-class meritorious service, rewarding each soldier with 500 yuan Huaxia coin, all seriously wounded soldiers with an increase of 500 yuan Huaxia coin, and the fallen soldiers with an increase of 1,000 yuan Huaxia coin.

"Your Majesty."

According to the current prices, 500 Chinese coins are enough to maintain the basic life of a family of four in various cities outside Lin'an City for a year.

"The commander of the Black Carbon Regiment, Lu Wenxin."

"The end will be."

"General Lu, you are the commander of the Yuan Army, Ashu, and you will not fall into the morale of our army, and I will crown you as the captain of the light car, and give you a gold belt."

"Your Majesty."

"General Lu Shikui."

"The end will be."

"In the face of the bombardment of hundreds of dimensional army stone throwers, your department has always adhered to the east gate, and has not left a single step without permission, and it is indispensable.

"Your Majesty."

In the Battle of Xiangyang, as the supreme commanders of the two cities of Xiangfan, Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan commanded well, and they were meritorious, but in view of the mistakes of the private field in the early stage, the two offset each other, I did not reward or punish, but only hinted at Lu Wende in the way of rewarding his son Lu Shikui, I know the merits of the Lu family, and the reward for rewarding Lu Shikui with gold belts is equivalent to Niu Fu and other generals, but Lu Shikui's merits are far inferior to the three generals who guarded Fancheng.

"General Wu Songhan is the commander of the third chamber, General Zhu Huan is the commander of the sixth chamber, and General Jiang Cai is the commander of the Broken Army."

"The end will be."

"In the crucial battle of Guanzitan, you led your troops to withstand the attack of the Yuan army, and bought enough time for the second firing of the artillery battalion.

"Your Majesty."

"General Hu Yande, General Meng Tianxiang."