Chapter 569: Surrender Hu San
Hu San is a Han man, but he is not an ordinary Han man, because he used to be a Western Xia person, and he also participated in the Western Xia capture army, the so-called capture army, in fact, is the army that specializes in capturing Han people from the Song Dynasty to sell slaves in the Western Xia, it can be said that Hu San's actions should have died a long time ago, but his luck was good, when the Song army attacked Mingsha City, his commander surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, and as a result, they saved their lives, and this time they were transferred to Jiaozhi to fight.
Hu San has never read since he was a child, and naturally he doesn't know how to read, but he has a smart brain, and it is precisely by relying on this spiritual head that he was able to survive by sneaking and abducting after his parents died early, and finally in order to support himself, he joined the capture army, and he has always thought that he has not done anything wrong, after all, he does all this to live, as long as he can live, he is willing to do anything.
This time Hu San followed his old boss to Jiaozhi here, originally they were unwilling to leave the Western Xia, after all, they were all natives of the Western Xia, naturally they were not willing to stay away from their homeland, and secondly, they were also confused about their future, only staying in the familiar Western Xia can make them feel at ease, if they are far away from the Western Xia, I am afraid they will feel unstable even when sleeping.
However, Da Song was determined to let Hu San and them leave Xixia this time, and even directly coerced them in the end, if they didn't go to Jiaozhi, Da Song would turn out their old bottoms, according to the crimes they committed before, it was absolutely lifeless, of course, in addition to the threat, Da Song also used some means of inducement, such as the loot obtained from Jiaozhi this time only needs to be handed over 20%, and the rest all belong to individuals, and there are people from the bank accompanying them, so that they can deposit these loot at any time, So that they are killed in battle. Their families can also get their hands on the loot.
Of course, in addition to the above, the Great Song Dynasty had some other threats and temptations, and the Great Song Dynasty used some means to make the high-level of the Western Xia surrender army succumb, and finally made Hu San and others be transferred to Jiaozhi to fight.
In fact, the above does not have much to do with Hu San, he is an orphan and has no other relatives in the world. If he dies in battle, I'm afraid that the world will never remember him again, so he just wants to live well, and when he has saved enough savings, he will go to the grassland to buy a daughter-in-law, where women are very cheap, and then there will be a group of children, which can be regarded as the ancestors of their Hu family.
Hu San is only in his twenties this year, but he has been in the army for seven or eight years. It is considered a veteran of the army, relying on his agile skills and flexible head, so that he survived on the battlefield again and again, this time fighting with the Jiaozhi people, he found that these short Jiaozhi people are simply too weak, and even he can fight three of them, but the bad weather on the Jiaozhi side has made him suffer enough, especially when the sun rises. The clothes on his body were dry and wet, and the sweat kept pouring out. It can heat people to death.
However, although the environment was bad, Hu San found that the people here in Jiaozhi were quite wealthy, especially in some of the rich families in the walled city, it was easy to find some gems, and it was said that there were all kinds of gems here, which made Hu San and them make a windfall. In addition, Jiaozhi also believes in Buddhism here, and many temples can see Buddha statues made of pure gold, but Hu San and most of the Xixia people also believe in Buddhism, and generally do not dare to touch the things in the Buddhist temple, but those Song people have no scruples. Not only did they remove the pure gold Buddha statues, but even the gems inlaid on some stone Buddha statues were pried out, and I don't know where they got the courage, aren't they afraid that the Buddha will blame them?
Hu San's luck is good, he encountered danger on the battlefield several times but was lucky to survive, only suffered a small injury in the previous battle of Fuliangjiang, and he was fine for two days, and then followed the army to besiege Thang Long Mansion, the capital of Cochin, originally he heard that the governor Guo did not plan to capture Thang Long Mansion, but later knew that Thang Long Mansion was hidden in countless wealth, so he changed his mind, and as a result, he ordered them to be a strong enemy for two days, and once Hu San also climbed the head of Thang Long Mansion, but unfortunately he was quickly driven down, Almost left his life there.
After two days of strong attack, Hu San and these Western Xia troops suffered heavy casualties, and even Hu San had heard some news from the army, as if the Great Song Dynasty sent them to Jiaozhi this time, in fact, they wanted them to fight with the Jiaozhi people to lose both, after all, they were not treated by the Great Song Dynasty, and every time they died, there would be one less trouble.
For this kind of rumor in the army, Hu San is actually not the first time to hear about it, when the Western Xia has not yet left, there are already people who are spreading such rumors, Hu San is also skeptical, but now it seems that the Great Song Dynasty really wants them to fight with the Jiaozhi people to lose both, after all, the casualties in the past two days are too great, not to mention anything else, Hu San's battalion alone has lost nearly half of the troops.
In fact, not only Hu San thought so, but the other Western Xia troops who lived in the same tent with him also had almost the same idea, and even after the siege battle the next day, the still alive people got together and discussed for a long time, and finally the more they discussed, the more they felt that the Great Song Dynasty was really ill-intentioned to transfer them to Jiaozhi, but it was a pity that they were all small soldiers, even if they knew this, they couldn't do anything, unless someone provoked trouble, otherwise they really didn't dare to say anything.
Early in the morning of the third day, Hu San and the others went to have breakfast slowly, all of them looked a little listless, after all, they had already decided that the Great Song Dynasty wanted to send them to death, and naturally they were not willing to work hard to attack the city, and in addition, more than 10,000 people had been killed and injured in the battle in the past two days, which made the military camp empty a lot all of a sudden, and there was no need to fight for it like before when eating.
When Hu San and they finally had breakfast and were about to go to the battlefield to set up a formation, they didn't expect that suddenly a Song army rushed to the barracks from the northwest, and they also pulled a lot of carts, which looked like baggage, but what Hu San didn't expect was that this baggage team was personally greeted by the chief manager Guo Kui to the barracks, which immediately aroused the curiosity of many people, and then someone spread the news that this baggage team pulled the urgently needed firearms, and finally they didn't need to take human lives to fill in the siege.
Hu San heard the word firearms, the whole body couldn't help but shudder, the reason why they surrendered to the Song army, mainly was to see the fear of firearms, the whole army lost the confidence to resist, so they had to surrender, but this time when attacking Jiaozhi, they have not used firearms, according to the above, the climate of Jiaozhi is humid and rainy, and the firearms prepared in the military camp are damp and cannot be used, of course, for this explanation, Hu San They don't believe much, but now there are new firearms transported to the barracks, This made Hu San believe a little bit in the previous explanation that the gunpowder was damp.
After a while, the commander of their Governor Guo finally issued an official order, this time the siege will use firearms, and after the firearms break the city, the army must fight hard into the city and capture the Thang Long Mansion in one fell swoop!
Hu San and they heard this official order, they were all shocked, although they have an indescribable fear of firearms, but at the same time there is a kind of blind confidence, I believe that as long as the firearms are dispatched, it will definitely not be a problem to blow up the other party's city gate, and then they only need to rush into the city, with the combat effectiveness of the Jiaozhi people, there is no need to worry at all, plus they thought of another rumor in the army, that is, the wealth in the Shenglong Mansion is amazing, although the fattest of them will definitely be taken away by the Great Song Dynasty, but they can drink soup without meat, Maybe they grabbed more loot this time than they had grabbed before combined, after all, this is the capital of the Cochins.
It was precisely because of the above that Hu San and other soldiers also swept away their previous malaise, and their eyes towards Thang Long Mansion became like hungry wolves, as if they wanted to swallow Thang Long Mansion in one bite.
With the beating of a snare drum, today's siege battle officially began, but this time the first in the Great Song Army was not Hu San, the Western Xia army, but the 10,000 Great Song Forbidden Army that had been staying in the camp and did not move, I saw them push the ballistas to the front of the formation, and then with one order after another, so the ballistas were ready, and then the first round of shells flew to the city head of Shenglong Mansion, and for a time the explosion was endless, and the screams and wails of the Jiaozhi people also sounded on the city.
Seeing the tragic situation of the Jiaozhi people at the head of the city, Hu San, the Western Xia army, felt a burst of fear while rejoicing, the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty were too terrifying, which also made them feel a little dissatisfied in their hearts and immediately turned into nothing, and they could no longer give birth to the leader of resistance, it is estimated that this is also one of the reasons why Guo Kui used firearms at this time.
With the launch of the ballista, the Jiaozhi people on the city head were temporarily suppressed, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, there were immediately Song soldiers pushing a special car to run quickly to the city gate of Shenglong Mansion, the car was blocked by an iron plate on the top, so that the Jiaozhi people on the city could not attack the Song army below, and these Song troops were busy under the city gate for a long time, and finally pushed the car away again, but at this time there seemed to be a lot of things under the city gate.
"Ignition!" With Guo Kui's order, someone immediately ignited a few leads under the car, and after a while, he heard a loud noise under the gate of Shenglong City, and even the ground shook.
By the time the smoke of the explosion dissipated, half of the originally very strong Shenglong City Gate had been blown open, and only the upper half was still left on the city gate, which also made the Song army cheer here, and with Guo Kui's order again, Hu San, these soldiers who were already like hungry wolves, immediately rushed to the city gate, their eyes were full of greed, and they seemed to have seen the women and treasures in the city beckoning to them! (To be continued......)