Chapter 560: Decisive Battle in Dadu (1)

"Kublai Khan's trick is ruthless and yin enough." I thought for a moment and said, "It's getting late, it's impossible to have a large-scale battle, so order all the troops, build a defensive line on the spot, take turns to eat and rest, and all the scouts enter the sentry posts." In case of attack, greet with a grenade. In addition, the passage of the city gate was cleared overnight, leaving a brigade of the Imperial Forest Army, two armies of sword and shield men, and my 4,000 personal guards in the city, and the rest of the troops were all posted outside the city gate to rest, so as not to be too concentrated and attacked by the Yuan army's stone throwers or arrow rain. After the passage was cleared, ten pieces of artillery were brought into the city. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Wenhuan and the other three replied in unison.

"General Lu Wenxin."

"The end will be."

"The officers and men of the Black Carbon Regiment are well-trained, and they are the most elite cold weapon fighters in our army, and they will take on the heavy duty of night tonight, and there must be no mistake."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will take the order."

"Gongsun Xiaochen, you go and call Meng Tianxiang, Duan Donglou, Wen Zhang, and Li Long together."

After a while, Wen Zhang and the other three came to the bunker where I was one after another.

"Generals, do you remember what I told you about the special forces?"

"Back to the emperor, remember."

"Well, when night falls, it is just right to give full play to the flexible and mobile characteristics of special forces. I want you to go to the depths of the capital to learn about the enemy's situation, for example, the distribution of the Yuan army's large weapons, how many people in the city have hidden enemy troops in their houses, and so on. However, you can't be exposed at will, let alone fight with the Yuan army, I know that several of you are all strong in martial arts, even if you can enter and enter freely in thousands of troops, however, you are not familiar with the terrain of the capital, plus the Yuan army also has a number of good players such as Ah Shu and Boyan, and there are peerless masters of the level of Yin Tianya, if the Yuan army is well defended and has no chance, then quickly retreat, rather return without success than do their own work, understand? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general understands."

"In short, we can only act if we save ourselves. General Duan, you are proficient in the art of night walking, and you can teach this skill to Tianxiang and Wen Zhang. ”

Duan Donglou, who was born as a ranger, smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

I nodded and said, "It's still early, around midnight (three o'clock) is the time when humanity is most tired, and then you will take advantage of the night to act. ”

"Yes, the end will be done." The three of them said excitedly.

"Alright." I smiled and said, "Let's go down." ”

The three of them were about to leave, but they heard Zhang Quanyi, Tian Xiuyan and Hu Yande say in unison: "Your Majesty, the last general will also go." ”

"Huh?" I was stunned and said, "Okay, the three of you will go too, don't mess around, and each of you will bring more enhanced grenades, just in case." In the East Building, you have to find the shopkeeper He in charge of the dragon tooth in the capital city and ask him about the situation. ”

The six of them said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Gongsun Xiaochen hesitated for a moment, knowing that there was still a lot of gap between his martial arts and these six people, and finally remained silent. There is also Fang Ling beside me, who is also eager to try, but Fang Ling knows that his identity is special, and he has no words.

After a while, Li Long entered and said, "See the emperor." ”

"Flat, General Li, during the war, there is no need to give a big gift."

"Your Majesty." Li Long stood up and said.

"General Li, in the street battle in Zhaozhou, snipers played a great role, killing many middle and lower-level generals in the Yuan army, and also saving our soldiers at a critical time. The street fighting in Dadu is more brutal, more intense, and longer than the Battle of Zhaozhou, so each sniper team must work hard to find and seize a strong position to continue the good results in the Battle of Zhaozhou. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Generals, let's discuss it again, how to deal with the people in the city?"

Yin Yinglei first said: "This matter is quite tricky, most of these people in the city should be my Han Chinese, and our army can only try its best to protect them within its ability." ”

Lu Wenhuan and Zhao Huai also agreed with Yin Yinglei's opinion, I discussed with everyone for a long time, but I didn't find a way to get the best of both worlds.

Finally, I said, "There's still a lot of time until dawn, so everyone is thinking about it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

At the repeated requests of the generals, I came to the city gate, and like all the soldiers, I rested against the wall. With Yuan Jian and Fang Ling by my side, and 200 guards guarding me tightly, I don't have to think about safety.

In a daze, I don't know how long I slept, when I heard a shout, I opened my eyes sharply, and listened carefully, it was the shouts of the soldiers, mixed with the crash of boulders.

"Your Majesty, it's the stone thrower of the Yuan army." When Yuan Jian saw me wake up, he immediately spoke.

In the night, the Yuan army's stone thrower was not accurate, but due to the small range of locking, the stone landing point was only within fifty meters of the south gate of Dadu, which was considered to have a high hit rate. Fortunately, the Song army was small in number, and they were all in the bunker fortifications, and the stone thrower was not like artillery, and it would not explode after landing, although it had a great impact on the defense line built by the Song army, but the soldiers were rarely injured.

I pulled out my pocket watch and looked at it, it was about one o'clock in the morning. The error of this pocket watch is much larger than that of later clocks, and there is no punctual timekeeping equipment, so we can only know an approximation.

"Has the artillery been brought into the city?"

Gongsun Xiaochen said: "Back to the emperor, not yet, the passage into the city will take a while to be cleared." ”

"Xiao Chen, let the soldiers in the city pay attention to concealment, in the middle of the night, the Yuan army will only use long-range weapons."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After being woken up by the Yuan army's stone thrower, I also lost my sleepiness. Inadvertently, I took out the golden pistol and fiddled with it as I pondered. The Yuan army's stone throwers were intermittent and never stopped.

Half an hour later, when I saw that the passage was cleared, I ordered ten cannons to be dragged into the city.

"General Wanyan, General Crete, can you determine the location of the Yuan army's stone thrower?"

The two understood what I meant, looked at each other, and said to Yan Tianlei: "It's okay in general." ”

"Okay, in the interval between the firing of the Yuan army's catapult, set up the artillery and return fire, but the firing frequency does not have to be too large, just make it no longer fire."

"The last will obey."

Not long after, when the Yuan army's catapult fired again, our artillery immediately returned fire. The sound of artillery covered the sound of the crashing stones, which immediately shook the Song soldiers in the city.

After two rounds, the Yuan army's stone throwers stopped firing. After that, no more stones were thrown, and I don't know if they were destroyed by artillery fire, or if they didn't dare to shoot at each other.

When the sky was slightly brightened, Tian Xiuyan and the other five people returned to me one after another. Judging from the situation found by the five people, the fortifications of the Yuan army in the ten miles from the south gate to the imperial palace were all built based on the residences of the original people, and all the people, including officials, could not leave at will. Kublai Khan's intention was very obvious, and the people and even officials in the city wanted to live and die with the city. As for the arming of the Yuan army's long-range weapons, there were roughly thirty stone throwers every fifty meters.

"Only General Duan is left." I was a little worried.

"Your Majesty, rest assured." Wen Zhang comforted, "The night walking technique taught by General Duan is really exquisite, even the last general and others can return safely, let alone General Duan?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Duan Donglou appeared in front of me: "See the emperor." ”

"Excuse me, East Building, what's the situation?"

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Duan Donglou took out a map from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, this is a map of the capital drawn by Shopkeeper He. ”

"Really?" I hurriedly opened it and saw it.

"Your Majesty, there is a small temple four miles away from the palace of the Yuan Dynasty, called Bao'en Temple, it is said that the prince Namuhan built for his mother before going to the northwest, a few months ago, the queen of the Yuan Dynasty returned to Shangdu Province, and this place has been empty." Duan Donglou pointed to the Bao'en Temple on the map, "Although this temple is small, it is the tallest building south of the imperial palace, and its walls on all four sides are very tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The last general thought that the last general could lead a death squad of about 200 people to infiltrate it tomorrow night, and defend the stronghold, using it as Xiangyang to attract the Yuan army, and our army could strike from the periphery. ”

"Encirclement and counter-encirclement?" I asked, "Donglou, there are six miles from here to Bao'en Temple, and it is possible that hundreds of daredevils will sneak into the temple without being discovered by the Yuan army?" ”

"Your Majesty, He shopkeeper said, this capital city was built in the construction of a perfect underground drainage system, He shopkeeper's father is an old craftsman, participated in the construction of one of the sections, this section is just from the south gate to the vicinity of Bao'en Temple. Therefore, from the underground in the south of the city, you can go directly to the back of the Bao'en Temple about fifty steps, the death squad wants to enter the temple, only the risk of these fifty steps, the end will come out of the north of the palace He shopkeeper shop, then check it on the way, this distance is quite remote, it seems to be the back wall of a large family, two hundred people passed, when it is not a problem. ”

"Although this method is not small, it is also very effective, but it is ......," Duan Donglou said easily, but I don't think it's that simple.

"Your Majesty, as long as you bring more grenades, the last general feels that he can still hold on for a while."

Wen Zhang said: "Your Majesty, General Duan's method is feasible, and the last general is willing to lead two companies of musketeers to sneak in." ”

"General Wen, as a division commander, you need to command the first division to fight, how can you easily leave the main battlefield." Duan Donglou smiled and said, "You only need to transfer one of my company of musketeers, plus select a hundred strong martial artists from the Xingfu Army." ”

"You should be prepared for this first, and then we will decide after today's battle."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the city, Lu Wenhuan temporarily commanded the post.

Yin Yinglei spent the whole group of senators and whispered: "General Lu, General Zhao, the emperor is merciful, it will be difficult to decide, according to Yin, there is no need to ask the emperor for this matter, and when our army launches an attack today, Yin will give the order." ”