Chapter 270: Burning Bianliang
Whether it is the cold weapon era in the past or the high-tech era in the later generations, street fighting is unsolvable.
The Battle of Stalingrad took street fighting to the extreme, and hundreds of thousands of German elite troops were all wiped out, which also became a turning point in World War II. Of course, at the same time, when Japan attacked Nanjing, there were also street battles, but this street battle was very inconspicuous, more of which was the surrender of the national army, as well as the tragic Nanjing Massacre.
In later generations, some bricks called beasts and put forward various tactics to crack street battles, but the casualties were still tragic.
In this era, there was no artillery to open the way, no rocket artillery strikes, no tanks and armored vehicles to cover, and no aircraft to reinforce in the air, and the street fighting was even more tragic and even more unfavorable to the attacking side. In the battle, the advantages of the cavalry of the Jin army and the advantages of bow and arrow shooting were eliminated, but they had to fall into the streets and alleys in close combat, and the losses far exceeded the field battles and siege battles.
And to crack the street fight, there are only two moves, one is flooding, and the other is fire attack.
Historically, when the Qin State destroyed the Wei State, when the Great Liang was conquered, it was absolutely necessary to guide the water of the Yellow River and flood the Great Liang, which was to use the water to break through the street battles and nip the street battles in the bud.
During the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi conquered the ancient city of Taiyuan, but fell into the street battle of the people of Taiyuan, so this goods, ruthless, burned Taiyuan.
Taiyuan has been burned down, and there is a fart in the streets!
Pity the thousand-year-old city, destroyed in one fell swoop, and the ancient Taiyuan City was completely destroyed.
During the American Civil War, Sherman, the general of the Northern Army, was also caught in street fighting when he conquered Atlanta, so Xiao Xie was angry and burned Atlanta to the ground. In the ruins, what kind of street battles are fought, and the street battles are self-defeating.
And at the moment the beam is too big. The drainage facilities are so good that it is almost impossible to flood; It could only be a fire attack, and the fire burned Bianliang into a ruin.
In this era, the building materials were simple, mostly bricks and wood, and wood was the mainstream. The buildings in Bianliang are very dense, and it is winter again, the weather is dry and dry, and a mistake is a fire. Bianliang City has a special water dragon team responsible for the fire.
At this time, once the fire is lit, Bianliang is very likely to become a ruin, even if there are 150,000 defenders at that time, there is nothing to be done.
Something to watch out for: The Song army fought back on the verge of death before the desperate situation!
Suddenly, the appearance of the Bianliang fire appeared in front of the eyes of the Golden Vulture Technique. The wails continued. The bustling Bianliang was once again in ruins.
"No!" Unexpectedly, Zong Fu objected, "Fire attack Bianliang, this battle will be won, but the fourth brother has thought about burning the imperial capital of the Song Kingdom." This is a big enmity with the Song Kingdom! ”
War is not only about winning or losing, but also about political influence.
If this fire is set aside, then it will ............
"Second brother. There is no other way but to attack with fire. There are 150,000 Song troops resisting inside, if a house or a block is captured, what a heavy price we need to pay to break the city! Jin Wushu said, "We can't drag it on, in just eight days, our army has suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and we can't afford to die!" ”
Sosuke was silent.
The plan of fire attack hurts the enemy and hurts himself, but the fourth brother is right, the Jin army can't afford to die.
At that time, the sack of Bianliang and captured tens of thousands of people from the royal family, ministers and residents of the Song Dynasty to the north, and the Song people called it the shame of Jingkang, which was comparable to the Yuanjia funeral of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. From that time on, the Song people were particularly hostile to the Jin army, and fought extremely desperately, in stark contrast to the previous cowardice and cowardice, which was overwhelmed.
Some high-ranking members of the Jin Army didn't say anything, but they already had remorse in their hearts.
In private, Wanyan Zonggan said that if he hadn't sacked Bianliang and aroused the anger of the Song people, maybe the Jin army had already set foot on the south of the Yangtze River at this moment. And Wanyan Xiyin also said that the sacking of Bianliang was the biggest mistake made by the Jin army.
And now, burning Bianliang is another big mistake.
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On the ninth day, the Jin army was dispatched, but instead of attacking the inner city, the Jin army used gunpowder, fierce fire oil, wood, etc., and then divided it into nine places and set fires.
The flames began to rise, the flames rose into the sky, the smoke was enveloped, and suddenly thick smoke billowed over the sky, and under the blowing of the breeze, the fire burned even more vigorously, and large swaths of houses burned and crackled. Some of the soldiers were hidden in civilian houses, and countless people were burned and choked to death.
The extremely powerful street fighting was broken like this.
"The fire is gone!" Tears flowed from Zhang Suo's eyes, and his body softened, "Order the whole army to withdraw to the inner city!" ”
The water and fire were ruthless, under the invasion of the fire, the Song army could only retreat, and fled in embarrassment again, trampling along the way, some Song soldiers fled slowly, and were burned alive. And with the help of the fire, the Jin army also launched an attack, like a storm, constantly destroying, destroying, and destroying.
When they all evacuated back to Bianliang, there were only more than 50,000 people.
More than 100,000 Song troops were lost in the fire, or captured by the Jin army, or beheaded by the Jin army, and some surrendered.
Standing on the wall of the inner city, Zhang Suo was bitter, fighting to this moment, the victory and defeat had already been decided, and he continued to fight, just to fight for that breath and repay His Majesty's trust.
The area of the inner city is not small, one hundred and fifty-five steps in circumference, which is wider and larger than the city wall of the general state.
I just can't hold it!
Fighting a war is not more about people, but more about morale. The city wall is tall, which is conducive to defense, but the soldiers defending the city must also have the heart to fight, the will to kill the enemy, and the belief that they will win.
Possibly, three days later; Or maybe a day later, the inner city will be broken.
He's going to die, too.
Patrolling the city defenses, most of the soldiers defending the city were wounded, their morale was extremely low, and the whole city was shrouded in death, without a trace of life, like a living coffin, which was the feeling of heart death.
"They are alive, but they are dead; And when they die, they are still alive! Zhang couldn't help but think.
As he walked, Zhang Suo vaguely heard a sobbing sound, turned his head to look, and saw a small soldier holding a spear, crying in the shadows of the city corner, his voice was very low, as if he was afraid of being heard, but he was still heard by Zhang.
Zhang Suo walked over, and the footsteps alarmed the little soldier, who reacted, stopped sobbing, and said in panic: "General, I ............"
There was trembling and fear in his voice.
There are seventy-two prohibitions in the army, fifty-six beheadings, and the soldiers don't know what they are. It's just that the little soldiers know that crying in the army is considered to disturb the morale of the army, and the light is to beat the military stick, and the heavy is to behead. Now that he was caught, he couldn't help but panic, and said in a panic: "General, I didn't cry, I didn't disturb the army's heart......"
There are no three hundred taels of silver here, don't recruit yourself!
Zhang moved his throat and wanted to reprimand a few words, but when it came to his mouth, he said, "Are you homesick?" ”
There is no blame in the tone, there is only guilt, and there is sadness.
"General, I miss Mom. I don't want to die! The little soldier said dryly, and as he spoke, tears welled up again.
"Don't worry......" Zhang Suo wanted to comfort, but when it came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything.
This little soldier is only thirteen or fourteen years old, still a child, has already gone to the battlefield, killed people, seen blood, may fall in the next moment, die in the defense of the city, never see his relatives again, can't drink the gruel at home, can't eat steamed buns.
Zhang Suo turned his head and left, he felt a chill in his heart, without a little temperature, like a living dead.
Knock knock!
The drums of war beat again, like a burst of muffled thunder.
The Jin army brigade appeared below, quietly scanning the prey on the city, flashing with bloodthirsty light, the city was close in sight, and death was so close.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The Jin army roared, like a huge thunder, and the Song soldiers in the city had no fear, no panic, only the calmness of a dead man.
Zhang Suo looked at all this indifferently, and his heart was like ashes.
The emperor said: "Sometimes for the sake of dignity, you have to fight a battle that you know is a lose-lose, or even a must-lose." ”
Now, vaguely, Zhang Suo understood.
Because dignity is there, the qi is there, and the qi is in the people who live; And the dignity is not there, the gas is gone, and the living is also a zombie.
The ministers always said that they were not afraid of running out of firewood to keep the green mountains, so they negotiated peace with Jin Jun in exchange for a chance to breathe and recuperate. However, His Majesty said that the enemy is not stupid, and will not leave a chance for green mountains to grow trees, a chance to breathe, and a chance to recuperate.
The so-called negotiation and compromise will only lose dignity and anger, and finally become a living dead.
Qingshan is not set aside, and the opportunity to cultivate and recuperate is not negotiated and recuperated, but fought for. When you are weak, you can't take a step back, even if your leg is broken, you have to stay in place, because if the weak take one step back, the enemy will take three steps forward; The faster you retreat, the faster you die.
Only standing still, or even rushing forward, may lead to a miserable death, or it may shock the enemy.
The strong are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal are afraid of dying!
As a weak person, if you want to resist the strong, you can only play tricks, and you can only die. If you are strong, I will be cross; If you are strong, I will not die. If you want to swallow me, be prepared to have a few taels of meat torn off.
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Riding a war horse, Jin Wushu was full of spirit and looked arrogant, this hard bone was so hard, wasn't it gnawed down by him?
There is only one inner city, and it is not far from Bianliang City.
"Zhang Suo, uncle came to talk?" Jin Wushu shouted loudly.
"I'm Zhang Suo!" Standing next to the battlements, Zhang said.
"General Zhang, surrender!" Jin Wushu said, "After a few months of fierce fighting, the general's bravery, my Jurchen man also admires it to the extreme. It's a pity that General Zhang is not a Jurchen, otherwise he would definitely have to drink with the general. The war has reached this point, and the general is worthy of the emperor of the Song Dynasty! ”
There were many generals in the Song army, but they were afraid of the enemy, and most of them fled for their lives, and those who dared to fight to the death were only Zhang Suo.
Only Zhang Suo is qualified to let him call General Zhang! (To be continued......)
PS: The update is late. My typing speed is very slow, but each chapter will be exciting, so as not to talk about hydrology, historical fiction, and not too much water.