Chapter 558 Qin Yuan Chun

Fanyang County (Zhuozhou) has an outstanding status in the Song Dynasty for only one reason, the ancestral home of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, is here, that is to say, this is the hometown of the Zhao family of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the real hometown of my body, Zhao Yu.

After Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, this Fanyang County was the territory of the Liao State, although it was recaptured by the Song Dynasty during the Xuanhe period, but it was occupied by the Jin people not long after, and after the Jin State was destroyed, the land under its jurisdiction became the territory of Mongolia.

Since Taizu, no one has been to the descendants of the Zhao family, although I am not a complete descendant of the Zhao family, but I am also quite excited, after all, Zhao Yu, who is integrated with me, is the first emperor of the Song Dynasty since Zhao Kuangyin to return to his hometown. If it weren't for the fact that the old mansion of the Zhao family had long been missing, I would definitely go to pay homage with great fanfare, so as to show that the territory around this capital was originally the land of my Great Song Dynasty.

About 30 miles north of Fanyang County, there is a town called Huangcun, which is very large-scale, once the county capital of Jixian County in ancient times, and also the place where people from the south and the north meet.

On October 16 of the sixth year of Xianchun, Wen Zhang and Meng Tianxiang led the army into Huangcun, and began to build a camp in Daxing Village, ten miles north of Huangcun, as the base for our army to attack Dadu, this camp is huge, stretching for several miles, its northernmost point is nearly ten miles away from Huangcun, and the distance from Dadu is about fifty miles. On October 21, the 100,000 Northern Expeditionary Army entered the camp, officially opening the prelude to the attack on Dadu.

On 25 October, another batch of grenades arrived in Huangcun Town along with grain and grass. The total number of these projectiles was 4,500, but the difference was that 1,000 of them had a special appearance, and this batch of projectiles was slightly larger in appearance, but it was a new generation product developed by the Gunpowder Administration, and its power was about twice that of the original projectile. Together with the original stocks in the army, the total number of projectiles in our army exceeded 35,000.

With so many projectiles, I am full of confidence, even in the open plains, the cavalry of the Yuan army is attacking from all directions, I have no fear at all.

In the north in October, winter has already begun.

That night, a heavy snowfall came, and although it was not a blizzard, it was much heavier than the snow in the south.

After the night, the ground was covered in silver, and no matter what direction you looked, it was a white expanse, white and peaceful.

There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists.

This snow came and went as fast as it came. At noon on the 26th, the weather suddenly became clear, the sun was shining, the temperature immediately rose, and the snow that had just formed on the ground gradually began to melt, as if washing the earth.

Early in the morning of the 28th, I left the camp with 30,000 troops, surrounded by a group of generals, and headed north. There was no artillery in the accompanying army, but the main generals of the artillery battalion were all among them. This is the first time that our army has marched into Dadu, and the purpose is to observe the terrain and landforms of the Dadu city wall and its surroundings. Since the Yuan army near Dadu had all withdrawn into the capital, the army did not pour out. However, in order to prevent accidents, I ordered the soldiers to bring 20,000 grenades.

At a distance of about 400 meters from the city wall of Dadu, Lu Wenhuan gave an order, and the army immediately stopped.

As the capital of future generations, I aspire to it. I stood at the front of the line, raised my binoculars, and looked at Dadu, the predecessor of the city of Beijing, from afar.

Although the height of the city wall of Dadu is slightly inferior to that of Xiangyang, the scale is much larger, and the city walls on both sides of the city gate are all made of large boulders, which looks very solid, and it is no less than the city wall of Xiangyang City. There is a moat several meters wide outside the city, and the flags are waving on the city wall, and the crowds on it can be faintly seen.

It was astonishing that the gates of the capital were open on the opposite side, and even the drawbridge was not closed, but it quickly occurred to me that under artillery fire, there was not much difference between the gates being open and not being opened.

After a while, I said to Wu Songhan behind me, "General Wu, come forward to deliver the letter." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Coming to the front single-handedly, Wu Songhan raised his breath and shouted: "Listen to the people in the city, I am the vanguard of the Great Song Army, Wu Songhan is also, on the order of His Majesty the Emperor of my Dynasty, I have come to send a letter to your Great Khan. ”

Boyan in the city said coldly: "General Wu, are you here to write a war letter?" ”

"No, no." Wu Songhan took out the Cloud Piercing Bow as he spoke, and said loudly, "General Boyan, that day outside Lumen Mountain in Xiangyang, His Majesty the Emperor of my dynasty once wrote the second half of the word plate called "Qinyuan Spring", and asked you to comment on it. Two nights ago, it snowed heavily, and I touched the scene towards His Majesty the Emperor and completed the whole masterpiece, which was named "Qinyuan Spring". Snow", specially ordered Wu to come and hand it over to you Great Khan, with the words of the day. At the same time, I also said to His Majesty the Emperor that the only one who can really understand this poem is your Mongolian Great Khan in the whole world. ”

With that, Wu Songhan shot out the letter tied to the shaft of the arrow.

The feather arrows were at a normal speed, and they slowly flew towards the city. Boyan stretched out his hand and gently took it in his hand, then broke the shaft of the arrow, took the letter, and handed it to Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, who was standing behind.

There are only half words on the letter, and nothing else. Kublai Khan opened it and saw:

"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, only reckless; Up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging. Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test. It must be a sunny day, and look at the red dress, which is extraordinarily enchanting. ”

Kublai Khan read it two or three times, and then recited the second half of the words silently.

The past, the number of romantic figures, but also look at the present.

As the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan was eloquent and able to understand the meaning of this poem.

"Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu. A good sentence of 'I want to compare with the heavens', and a good one 'I still look at the present day'. Kublai Khan sighed secretly in his heart, and suddenly gave birth to a kind of "If you are born of Yu, why is it bright?" "Feelings. However, there was no sign of discouragement on Kublai Khan's face.

After thinking for a while, Kublai Khan took a few steps forward, walked to the city wall, stared into the distance and said: "The Southern Dynasty generals below have listened well, and brought a message to His Excellency Zhao Yu for me, this song "Qinyuan Spring." The majestic momentum and the vigor of the style of words are what I have seen in my life, and it also reflects my mind and ambition, General Wu, thank you for the words that your master has made for me. ”

The generals of the Yuan army in the city and Wu Songhan had not seen the letter, so they didn't understand the meaning of Kublai Khan's words, so Wu Songhan said to Kublai Khan in the city: "I will say goodbye below." ”

When I listened to Wu Songhan's paraphrase, I smiled and said: "Kublai Khan, his face is really thick. ”

"Brother, what do you mean?" Fang Ling on the side didn't know why, and asked.

"I wrote this poem to express my ambitions, and this Kublai Khan actually used it on himself, so I say he was thick-skinned."

Then again, just from the fact that Kublai Khan changed the name of the country to Dayuan, it can be seen that his mind has surpassed that of Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongolia. It's just that Kublai Khan met me, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, but my tiger is a strengthened version of a tiger, which itself is not on the same starting line.

Of course, I'm also thick-skinned, because I'm not the author of this poem. "It turns out that the emperors of ancient times were very thick-skinned." I chuckled to myself.

When we return to the camp, they will be gathered together in my tent to hear my instructions.

"Generals, the First Battle of Dadu is about to begin, and I have said that it is only a matter of time before our army wins, although the result is clear, but the process is also very important, and our army must completely defeat the Yuan army with minimal casualties. Since the advent of firearms, the techniques and tactics of warfare have changed, and the city walls will no longer be an obstacle to attack, and I estimate that Kublai Khan will definitely engage in street battles with our army after the city is broken, and the Battle of Zhaozhou is a precedent. According to the latest information, the Yuan army has imitated the musket, although its power is unknown, but I believe that its quantity and quality will not surpass ours, not to mention, the role of throwing bullets in street battles is huge, Kublai Khan pinned his hopes that the Yuan army outnumbered us, this can only be a fool's dream. For the first battle of Dadu, the basic strategy adopted by our army is the same as that of the first battle of Laozhou, and after summing up the gains and losses of the battle of Laozhou, our army has a deep understanding of street fighting. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any thoughts and suggestions for the Battle of Dadu? ”

"Your Majesty." Fan Tianshun, who had recovered from his injuries, said first, "In the first battle of Zhaozhou, our army failed to completely annihilate the enemy army, should we divide our troops to surround Dadu this time?" ”

I shook my head and said: "General Fan, with the strength of my mid-route army, we can't completely annihilate the enemy army, and the purpose of the first battle of Dadu is only to drive the Yuan army back to the desert, and as for the complete elimination of the Yuan army, it is a matter of the future." ”

Li Longdao, commander of the Third Division of the Imperial Forest Army, said: "Your Majesty, our army has set up a hundred sniper squads, but the scale of the capital is far larger than that of Zhaozhou, and our army does not have a detailed map, so the last general proposed that after attacking the capital, it is necessary to slow down the pace of the attack and fight steadily." ”

I approving, "General Li, I agree with that. I have discussed with Lü Shuai that after attacking Dadu, except for some commandos, the rest of the army will advance in three directions, left, center, and right, and the command of these three armies will make General Zhao Huai, General Lü Wenhuan, and General Yin Yinglei cooperate with each other and advance synchronously. This will give your Imperial Forest Sniper team plenty of time to find a good sniper spot to kill the Yuan Army's generals or musketeers. ”

"Yes, the Admiral understands."

Subsequently, the generals successively expressed their opinions and discussed the details after the invasion of Dadu.

On 29 July, the armies held their last pre-war tactical arrangements and pre-war mobilization meeting.

On October 30, I led an army of 70,000 to the outside of Dadu and began the first artillery bombardment of Dadu.