Chapter 234: 'Let the Tiger Return to the Mountain'

As the Dali army approached, rapid-fire guns, machine guns and bead guns began to fire, and they were knocked down by the dense rain of bullets, and they could not break through to within a hundred steps of the Song army, but they still did not give up, and still surged up like moths to the flames.

"There are really people in the world who are not afraid of death, concentrate their firepower and fight hard!" Seeing the fearless Dali army fall in front of the formation one after another, and those behind were still shouting and rushing forward, Li Quan spat and shouted. The guns of the Song army suddenly intensified, and in front of their formation, they weaved an impermeable net of fire with iron and blood. The Dali army was like a group of wild beasts caught in a net, struggling and howling in it, but unable to break free until it turned into a corpse......

Li Quan can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, he has fought the party members who dared to fight hard, beaten the Khitans who once swept East Asia, and fought with the Jurchens who trampled all over the north and south of the Yellow River with iron hooves and were known as invincible, but he had never encountered such a large number of casualties but still charged the army, and he thought that the only way to do this might be the loyal and brave army of the year, I am afraid that he will have to be more careful in the future.

This one-sided battle did not stop until the Dali army blew the horn of the army, the night wind blew, the smoke dissipated, the pungent smell of blood came to the face, looking at the mountains of corpses piled up in front of the battle under the moonlight, some recruits who had not experienced the battle before the battle couldn't help but vomit, even those veterans who had been in the army for many years were a little dazed, where is the battle is simply a slaughter of a group of people with knives and guns, they are a little soft after hitting the worst, if it were not for the constraints of military discipline and the consciousness of the soldiers, they could not bear to pull the trigger, these people shocked them too much!

In fact, the soldiers of the Dali Army are not stupid, and they also know that it hurts to pierce the knife into the flesh. Bullets can kill them when they pass through their bodies, but they can still overcome the fear in their hearts and charge. Mainly due to the strict military law. The Wuman tribe is a clan organization linked by blood relations, and the people of the tribe are usually people. In wartime, the primitive military democracy was relatively strong, and they trained intensively every year in their spare time, and they also had to conduct strict inspections, which ensured that they could have a certain combat effectiveness.

There are not many standing troops in Dali, only about 30,000 people, but they are all selected young and strong. If you are wounded in front of you when you go into battle, you will be allowed to recuperate after being rewarded. However, if the back is injured, it is considered to be an escape from the battle, and the killing is carried out. Therefore, the formation of the Dali army 'Shang died in battle. It is precisely this strict system of rewards and punishments and the martial spirit that fully guarantee the combat effectiveness of the troops and form a strong armed force......

When Song Jun's sympathy exploded, Gao Shunzhen looked at the corpses outside the city, the wounded and the disabled team everywhere, her face was full of horror, and her heart also made waves. His army suffered more than 2,000 casualties after just launching a charge, but they didn't even touch the hair of the Song army. This is something that has never happened before, and think about how ridiculous your previous judgment was. But now he has realized that the Song army is not easy to mess with, and since there is no way to retreat, field battles are not possible. Let the city be held and see what else they are capable of......

Li Quan Hengge stayed all night and did not wait for the second charge of the Dali army, and when he saw Gao Shunzhen at dawn, he also knew that he was afraid. When the turtle gets into the city and doesn't come out, it's to consume with them! Not to mention. This trick really hit the death hole of the Song army, and they didn't want to expand the war and trap it in Dali. It's about getting the maximum benefit through a limited war, and then withdrawing as soon as possible, and I really can't afford to spend it with him.

Looking at the inland river fleet of the navy army that came to rendezvous, Li Quan suddenly had an idea, and after discussing it with the commander of the navy, he lined up and set up a battalion to come to the city. He ordered someone to shoot a letter to Gao Shunzhen, asking him to respond to the holy decree of the lord of the country to negotiate a solution to the domestic turmoil, and not to be obsessed with self-destruction. Gao Shunzhen read it and was so angry that he jumped like thunder, he has always been a man of his word in the country, when he let others count down, he immediately came to the city and started a debate with Li Quan, counted Gao's great achievements in Dali, and scolded the Song Dynasty for interfering in other countries' internal affairs and meddling in Dali's affairs.

Li Quan has accompanied the emperor to read books for a few years, and he still knows some truths, quoting scriptures and adding some slang to scold him, saying that Gao Shunzhen is the source of turmoil in Dali, and it is precisely because he set up the Duan clan and dictatorial government that everyone is dissatisfied with the Qing monarch and returns to the Duan clan, he is a chaotic minister and thief. Besides, Dali is a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, as the suzerain, naturally can not sit idly by, this time at the request of the lord of the country is to preside over justice, punish adultery and eliminate evil, and also Dali a Qing Ping world.

Gao Shunzhen is so angry, what kind of thing is the Duan family, his throne is just given by his ancestors, and he usually eats and drinks for him, but now that the civil strife is repeated, he doesn't help himself, but he invited outsiders to beat him. This person was so angry that he didn't hold back his mouth, and he said everything that should be said and what he shouldn't say, but Li Quan grabbed the handle and beat him with a gun and a stick.

The soldiers on both sides also clamored and coaxed, the Dali army was going to go out to fight to the death with the Song army, which meant that people could not be ashamed to die; Song Jun shouted that he had the ability to come out and fight, don't shrink in the city like a woman and dare not come out, and pretend to be a good man. Gao Shunzhen's face was red and white for a while, but her mind was still clear, and she knew that the gap in strength between herself and the Song army could not fall for their scheme, and she couldn't go out of the city to fight a decisive battle if she was scolded to death!

Just when the wives on both sides were scolding in full swing, there was a sudden loud noise, Gao Shunzhen felt that the city was trembling, and the Song army outside the city also stopped the abuse and lined up in battle formation to attack. "Report to Xiangguo, the Song army destroyed the Xicheng Water Gate and entered the city!" At this time, a soldier came running to pray.

"Watergate destroyed?!" Gao Shunzhen was taken aback, he thought that Shanyan City had Dianchi Lake as a natural danger and could block the enemy's attack, but he didn't expect it to become a fatal weakness at this moment, the Song army actually broke through the city from the water gate, and the only dry road was blocked by the Song army, and Shanyan City has become a dead place.

"Ha Luha, Gao Xiangguo, my emperor is benevolent and righteous and unequaled, I don't want to kill more, look at the people and tribesmen behind you, do you want them to die because of you, and Dali Kingdom falls into war? The previous words didn't count, as long as you are willing to obey the holy oracle and accept the mediation of the Great Song Dynasty, I can let you out of the city! Li Quan shouted at the city.

Gao Shunzhen saw that the Song army in front of the city had already approached the city, and then looked back at the gunboats of the Song army on the Panlong River in the city constantly spitting flames, the soldiers on the ship had landed on the shore, and the defenders in the city were repulsed and retreated to the north gate. He has realized that he has no way out, and he really wants to jump down and die, but he is unwilling, he doesn't know who is cheaper for his death, and the Gao family will also be cleansed.

"I would like to respond to the edict of peace talks, ceasefire!" Gao Shunzhen's heart is horizontal, it is better to die than to live, as long as he is alive, he will have a chance, and he decided to surrender.

"Stop the attack and prepare to enter the city!" Li Quan also breathed a sigh of relief and gave an order. Yesterday's battle, let him also scruples, if the strong attack into the city with their own strength is not unable to take the city, but the city is densely populated, the palace is lined up, the power of firearms will be greatly weakened after the street battle, and the Dali army will fight to the death, the Song army will also suffer huge casualties, then it is a situation of endless death, and it will be difficult for the two sides to sit down and talk.

Therefore, Li Quan attracted Gao Shunzhen's attention in front of him, and let the navy sneak attack the water gate and enter the city, but he didn't expect the navy to make such a big move, and listening to the explosion, it would definitely not be less than 500 catties of gunpowder to be detonated. In fact, he still estimated that it was less. The water gate of Shanxian City was also fortified, not only with two wooden gates made of half-foot-thick wooden planks to control the flow of water, but also with an iron fence made of arm-thick iron bars in the middle to block the passage of ships, and the city was also guarded by soldiers.

If it is impossible to enter the city and climb the city by water, it is necessary to destroy the water gate, and after reconnaissance, the navy army lowered a small boat full of gunpowder down the river to reach the water gate, and secretly sent the water ghost to detonate it. The huge explosion force not only destroyed the three water gates at the same time, but also shook the defenders on the city, the Song army's naval fleet took the opportunity to enter the city, while bombarding the defenders on both sides of the strait with naval guns, while sending the infantry on the shore to control the water and land docks in the city, cutting off the connection between the two sides of the city, and also breaking Gao Shunzhen's idea of going out of the city by water.

With Gao Shunzhen's edict, the Song army entered the city, and the battle in Shanxian City also came to an end. While taking over the city defense and disarming the Dali army, Li Quan reported the victory to the commander Gao Chong and asked for instructions on how to settle the Gao family. The next day, Gao Chong and Ma Kuo led the Second Brigade of the Wolf Wing Army and the personal guards into Shanxian City, and secretly met Gao Shunzhen in the camp that night, and the two discussed for a long time, as for what they said, no one knows.

The next day, Gao Shunzhen led his family and a group of clansmen to leave Shanxian Mansion and go to another fiefdom of the Gao clan, Huichuan Mansion, where the Song army took control of the city. For Gao Pet to let go of Gao Shunzhen, and also allowed them to take away their property and clansmen, not only those Dali who fought with the army were puzzled, but even Li Quan and others were confused. Everyone knows that Lu Dao's control of the Gao clan is equivalent to controlling the Dali Kingdom, but now it is easy to release it, isn't it a legacy of raising tigers and bringing trouble to the Great Song Dynasty.

But Gao Chong had other plans, he let go of Gao Shunzhen to tell him that the Great Song Dynasty was not afraid of him, and that he could catch him again if he could let him go, and the attack on Shanxian Mansion did not want his life, but only prompted him to give up the idea of being an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time showed the leniency of the Great Song Dynasty; The second is that Gao's has been running the good mansion for many years, and its strength is intertwined, so that its withdrawal is like a dragon swimming in shallow water, and its strength will be damaged; The third is that if the Great Song Dynasty wants to control Dali for a long time, it can't just support the Duan family to come to power, so that the Gao family is dominant, and the Gao family still has its use value, which can be used as a force to balance the Duan family...... (To be continued......)