Chapter 1037: Going to the National Disaster Together

Ouyang Shuo's words made the members of the Military Aircraft Department excited, and unanimously approved Jia Xu's strategy.

At the end of the meeting, everyone immediately took action.

In view of Wu Qi's excellent performance in commanding the raid battle, Ouyang Shuo proposed that Wu Qi not only be included in the Military Aircraft Department, but also appointed Wu Qi as the commander of the entire army of the Southern Song Dynasty camp.

After Lu Xiufu's death, Ouyang Shuo was already the undisputed ruler of the Military Aircraft Department.

At the same time, some adjustments were made to the deployment of the army.

The city gate opened by the Han people was selected as the North City Gate, which is facing the northern camp of Mongolia, and if nothing else, Kublai Khan's Golden Horde will also be placed in the north.

In Ouyang Shuo's words, it is to use the strongest troops to confront the strongest side of Mongolia.

Ace vs. ace.

To this end, all the 150,000 cavalry troops of the Inhuman Legion were dispatched, and in addition, 50,000 infantry of the Inhuman Legion were also deployed to assist, a total of 200,000 troops, led by Guo Ziyi.

There are only 90,000 infantry of the Inhuman Legion and 50,000 forbidden troops of the Great Song Dynasty left behind in Lin'an City, and the 140,000 garrison troops are naturally far from enough for Lin'an City.

As soon as the deliberations of the Military Aircraft Department ended, the imperial court's conscription order was issued.

It is customary for the Mongol army to slaughter the city, and the Southern Song Dynasty has just won another battle, giving the Mongol army a severe blow, as soon as the court said, the people of Lin'an believed it, and actively responded to the call of the court and threw themselves into the upcoming war.

The young man said goodbye to his parents, wives and children, went to the recruiting point set up in the city to enlist in the army, and then went out of the city under the leadership of the officer, taking advantage of the fact that the Mongol army had not yet arrived at the front line, to pick up weapons and equipment at the battlefield ruins.

The Southern Song Dynasty did not respect force, and unlike Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, there was no weapons and equipment left in the treasury of the capital, and if you wanted to solve the equipment problem of recruits, you could only rely on picking up leaks.

Fortunately, after the end of the raid, the battlefield had not had time to be cleaned up, and the corpses of nearly 200,000 Mongolian troops were scattered everywhere, some with equipment and weapons.

Two days have passed, the corpses exposed to the sun have been swollen, emitting bursts of foul smell, as soon as people walk in, they can startle countless flies, like black clouds, one after another, making people's scalp numb.

Because it is a battlefield, the state of death is different, it is normal to have missing arms and legs, and some are directly split in half, and the internal organs are exposed to the air, which makes people sick; Some of their heads were smashed and their brains overflowed.

The whole battlefield is like hell.

The newly enlisted recruit Danzi endured nausea and fear, walked hard in the sea of corpses and blood, and stripped off the equipment on the dead one by one.

Most of the recruits don't have that guts, they don't have such big nerves, they all turn pale and vomit, and in the end they really have nothing to vomit, so they can only vomit bitterness.

God is pitiful, before joining the army, they were just ordinary people, many people have never even seen a dead person in their lives, and now they are suddenly faced with such a bloody scene, vomiting is a normal physiological reaction.

It's not that everyone's nerves are that big.

This move can also be regarded as a welcome gift to the recruits, so that they can truly feel the cruelty of the battlefield, and only by seeing blood can they not be unable to walk in the future defense of the city.

In addition to the young adults, everyone else has also taken action.

The woman contributed the vegetable oil, which was already very precious in the family and was usually reluctant to use, and gathered it together in large vats in the neighborhood, and then transported it to the city wall.

Under the command of the officials of the Ministry of Works, the craftsmen began to demolish the idle houses, and then transported the timber and cartloads of stone to the various sections of the city wall and stocked them.

Temples, Taoist temples and other buildings also suffered, because most of these buildings were built very majestic, and they were all beams and good wood, which were the most suitable for defending the city.

Seeing that Guanyu was demolished, the monks and Taoists could only sigh silently: "The world has changed!" ”

There are also young monks and Taoists who simply turned around and went to the recruitment point to join the army.

The city's blacksmith shops worked around the clock, creating bundles of arrows, and at all times the people spontaneously sent iron pots, iron basins, and other utensils.

Even the royal family moved, not only completely opening the inner treasury, but also actively raising iron tools. The eight-year-old emperor Zhao Yu even wanted to demolish the palace to avenge Mr. Lu, but was stopped by the minister.

Some ministers couldn't help crying, choked up and said: "Your Majesty, no matter how difficult the court is, it is not to the point of demolishing the palace, it is a symbol of the dynasty, and it must not be demolished." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, even if it is to be demolished, it will be the mansion of our courtiers." Some ministers agreed, and instead of leading people to work with officials from the Ministry of Labor, they directly arranged for the family to be demolished.

This was unthinkable before, as if overnight, people's perceptions suddenly changed dramatically and took on a new look.

The court is united in going to the national disaster.

Facts have proved that a nation that has been cornered can often burst out with the power to amaze the world.

The epic feat of 100,000 soldiers and civilians who would rather jump into the sea and die than surrender to the Yuan Dynasty in the Battle of Yashan in history is the most intuitive reflection of this power.

Going back further, the historical Qin State in the period of Qin Xiaogong, cut land, sought peace, domestic people's livelihood withered, internal and external troubles, and the joy of being oppressed by the Wei State could not survive.

At this time, the old Qin people issued a cry of "Defend the old Qin, go to the national disaster together", and they worked hard to make the country prosperous, officially opening the prelude to the unification of the world by the Qin State.

There are countless similar examples in the vast history of China for 5,000 years.

The battle map of Lin'an City is destined to write a legendary history.

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Overnight, the entire city of Lin'an was in motion.

In the face of life and death, people only think that there is not enough time, and they are eager for the Mongolian army to arrive later.

This is, of course, wishful thinking.

On the twentieth day of the battle, the front-line probe returned that Kublai Khan had set out from Sanhe City and officially conquered in person. According to the speed of the march, Kublai Khan and his party will arrive at the front line by tomorrow morning at the latest.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Lin'an was in a busy and uneasy mood.

As the saying goes: when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. When the national disaster is at hand, there are people who are generous and sad, and there will be dregs and poison haunting, taking advantage of the chaos and causing chaos everywhere.

There are ruffians and hooligans everywhere in the city who take advantage of the chaos to rob, and some people even serve as ** women on the street, plus the Mongolian spies lurking in the city take the opportunity to spread all kinds of rumors, and Lin'an City is in chaos.

When Ouyang Shuo got the news, he didn't think about it at all, and arranged for Shenwuwei to attack and inspect the city, but he found people who robbed houses, molested women, and spread rumors.

In the troubled times, it is necessary to use heavy codes, and under Ouyang Shuo's iron-fisted governance, Shenwuwei killed several batches of ruffians and hooligans, and finally stabilized the situation in the city again.

In the midst of the chaos, it was time for the final battle.

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On the twenty-first day of the battle, Lin'an City.

Just after midnight, Lin'an City, which had just fallen asleep, quietly woke up.

"Squeak~~Ga~~"

In the thick of the night, the drawbridge at the north gate was slowly lowered, and then the city gate was opened. In the streets near the city, a large army of its troops had already quietly gathered.

On both sides of the street and on the top of the city, torches were lit one after another. Under the unified command of Guo Ziyi, groups of troops quickly advanced in the darkness by the faint light of torches, passing through the city gate in turn.

First the cavalry, then the infantry.

The whole process was tense and orderly, and there was no disturbance. By the time the 200,000-strong army had all lined up outside the city, it was already seven o'clock in the morning, and the sun had just risen and was shining brightly.

In the northern suburbs outside the city, 200,000 troops lined up in four square formations, and the army was at its peak.

The sun shone on the shoulders of the soldiers' armor and on the tips of their spears.

Only by looking down from a high altitude can we really see the deployment of the 200,000-strong army. On the left and right wings, two fierce generals, Evil Lai and Zhao Zhuang, each led 50,000 elite cavalry.

The rear army, which was personally led by Lian Po, a veteran general who was known for his defense, personally commanded 50,000 infantry to suppress the formation.

The most peculiar is still the Chinese army.

At the front of the Chinese army were 25,000 Luofengcheng cavalry, in the middle were 25,000 Great Xia forbidden troops, and in the back were 3,000 Shenwu guards led by Xu Chu.

Ouyang Shuo was dressed in military uniform, riding a sub-divine beast Xiaoqing, and stood impressively in the middle of the Shenwu Guard.

It also means that Ouyang Shuo will also be in person this time.

At the beginning, whether it was the phoenix prisoner, or the evil lai, Jia Xu and others, they did not agree with Ouyang Shuo's personal expedition, but Ouyang Shuo had his insistence.

Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo, as the king of Xia, has rarely gone on expeditions, and even if he goes out, he never really goes to the battlefield to fight.

But this time is different.

Somehow, from the moment he came to the battle map, the murderous aura in Ouyang Shuo's body became uncontrollably active, and after seeing the cruel methods of the Mongols, the hatred turned into killing intent, and it was even more irrepressible.

Ouyang Shuo must release this murderous aura on the battlefield.

Ouyang Shuo in the past was also full of blood, and he didn't want his blood to turn cold after ascending to the throne.

In addition to personal factors, Ouyang Shuo's personal expedition was also to cooperate with the battle plan proposed by Jia Xu. As a top strategist, Jia Xu's strategy is certainly not as simple as saving 100,000 people who were coerced by the Mongols.

That would only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it would not be enough to turn the whole battle around.

If you want to settle the battle once and for all, the best way is to kill Kublai Khan like killing Boyan, and if it is not good, you must inflict heavy losses on Kublai Khan, scare him back, and take the initiative to withdraw the army.

To this end, Jia Xu formulated a complete set of battle plans.

The 200,000-strong army outside the city is the core force to carry out this plan, and a key person is needed in the whole plan to be responsible for the final blow.

No matter how you look at it, Ouyang Shuo is the best candidate, in addition to his personal combat power, Ouyang Shuo also has two secret weapons in his hands.

Even so, Phoenix Prisoner and the others still disagreed, and it wasn't until Ouyang Shuo showed the stand-in doll he was wearing that he finally persuaded Phoenix Prisoner and the others.

In the military array, Ouyang Shuo, who was heavily guarded by the Shenwu Guard, looked at the north from afar and muttered: "Kublai Khan? Let's have a pinnacle showdown between kings and kings! ”

The blood in Ouyang Shuo's body began to boil gradually.