Chapter 20 Captive Policy
On September 15, the sky in Jiangnan was cloudless. Under the bright sunshine, twenty battalions of Song troops from Haizhou marched south to Yangzhou.
On 16 September, 10 battalions of the Song Army from Fuzhou landed at Qingyuanfu (Ningbo) as the vanguard.
The Mongol army guarding Qingyuan Mansion numbered more than 3,000 people. Upon hearing the news of the arrival of the Song army, the Mongol army immediately began to debate whether to flee or not. These northern Han people feel that they have no face to run away like this, but their face is very insignificant compared to their lives. By the time they felt that it might be time to run away, the infantry of the Song army had already blocked the four gates of Qingyuan Mansion.
The moon was sixteen round, and the bright moon in the sky illuminated the ground white. The Mongol army on the night vigil saw that the lights were bright in front of the Song army's position, and those Song troops were carrying out work that the Mongol army could not understand.
The defender Qianhu prayed to all the gods and Buddhas he knew, hoping that the Mongol army in Lin'an and other places would come to the rescue as soon as possible. It took two or three days from Lin'an to send troops to Qingyuan Mansion, and the Qianhu leader silently said in his heart: It's time, it must be time!
Two days later. Outside the city of Qingyuan Mansion. Mongol Qianhu raised his head, and clouds began to appear in the sky that blocked the sun, and under the clouds, a flock of geese could be seen passing through the sky in a herringbone formation. Those beautiful creatures soar high above the sky, gracefully free, heading towards their destination. Looking at the posture of the wild goose, Qianhu was extremely envious in his heart. If only he could be like a wild goose, he could fly to the hometown of Yandi in the north.
'Smack'! The whip was whipped on Qianhu's body, and Song Jun, who was in charge of guarding the prisoners, shouted: "Look at what, hurry up and dig a pit!" If you are lazy, you will be allowed to eat the whip. ”
Anyway, he is also a general, he was whipped so much by the soldiers, and more importantly, he was exhausted after digging a pit for half a day. Qianhu raised his head unconvinced and shouted: "Do you understand the reason, where is there a thousand households to do this......"
Song Jun, who was in charge of guarding the prisoners next to him, saw that this traitor did not obey the order, and immediately raised his shotgun, and opened a hole in the head of Qianhu with one shot. The corpses of the thousand households were limp and fell into the big pit they had dug.
The captives were frightened, and some of them could not help but start running around, and they were killed by the defenders one by one. There is no need to talk nonsense about some things, seeing the attitude of the Song army, those prisoners continued to dig the pit with their heads down, and there was no other sound left on the entire excavation site except for the sound of digging pits.
After the pit was dug, the Song army was buried in the best position. Accompanying the commander Song Jie was Lu Hong, a member of the society, who spoke in front of the troops, "Many people are doubting whether we can counterattack and win. Now it has been proven that we can defeat the Mongol army. This is the result of the courageous fighting of all the commanders and fighters, and it is also the result of the efforts of those comrades-in-arms who have been glorious. This is just the beginning and we will continue to work hard until we get the final victory. Now, let's sing a song for them in front of the glorious commanders and fighters. If they had knowledge underground, they would have known that we would fight. Come, everyone sing, and the big sword will cut off the heads of the Tartars......"
When 10,000 people sang in unison, it was really earth-shattering, and the Mongol captives were only given one meal after being captured, and there were pits that were dug for almost a day. Hearing such a song at this time, I didn't know that the Air Force and Hunger had a greater effect, and everyone trembled anyway.
The dead of the Song army were buried, and the dead of the Mongol army who died in the battle were thrown into other pits in a bad position and buried. The Mongols were surprised and delighted to find that they had not been buried in the pit they had dug. After Song Jun gave them another meal, they locked them up.
In the evening, Song Jie talked to Lu Hong about the captives. Song Jie asked Lu Hong puzzled, "Do you think those Mongolian troops can do a good job of mining?" Stumped won't run away? ”
Lu Hong smiled: "If they are allowed to escape, it means that the people in charge of the mine have failed to manage it well." As long as I don't let them run away when I send them away. ”
Song Jie thought about it the same way, and his job at this time was to launch a feint attack on Lin'an, so that the Mongol army near Lin'an could not smoothly support the Mongol army fighting in Yangzhou. Escorting prisoners is nothing compared to war.