At eight o'clock in the morning, Kublai Khan arrived as scheduled. [with _ dream]ā

Kublai Khan was accompanied by an army of 200,000 stationed in Sanhe City, and Kublai Khan's golden luanjia was heavily guarded by the army, which was both eye-catching and magnificent.

Zhang Hongfan rode a black war horse and served on Luan's side.

In front of the army were 100,000 Han people, with the same yellow faces and thin muscles, blank eyes, the same tattered clothes, skinny as firewood, and the same panic.

Since the Mongol attack on the Song Dynasty, the entire land of China has groaned under the iron hooves of the Mongols, countless Chinese sons and daughters have been ravaged and killed, and the entire nation has been experiencing a dark period.

After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty in history, in order to maintain the ruling power of the Mongolian aristocracy, the fourth-class system was implemented, with first-class Mongols, second-class Semu people, third-class Han people, and fourth-class southerners.

The third-class Han people do not refer to the Han people, but to the Han, Khitan, Jurchen and other ethnic groups in the territory of the former Jin State north of the Huai River, as well as the Sichuan and Dali people who were conquered by the Mongols later, and then the Goryeo people in the northeast.

The fourth-class southerners are the people of all ethnic groups in the former Southern Song Dynasty who were finally conquered by the Mongols.

In other words, the real Han people were at the bottom of the entire dynasty, and suffered all kinds of unequal treatment and discrimination, which were no different from slaves, such as forbidding Han people to hunt, learn boxing martial arts, possess weapons, gather to worship gods, rush to the market for trading, and walk at night.

The Yuan Dynasty's control over the weapons of the Han people reached an unbelievable level, and every ten Han households could only share one kitchen knife, and they had to support one Mongolian soldier to monitor them. Whoever marries a girl must give it to the Mongols on the first night. Han Chinese can't even have a name, only a date of birth.

The laws of the Yuan Dynasty also stipulated that killing a Mongol would pay for his life, killing a Semu person would be fined 40 bales, and killing a Han Chinese would require only the price of a donkey.

In the event of a conquest war, the differential treatment was even worse than usual, such as in 1286, in order to attack Annam, the whole country was requisitioned, and only two of the three horses of the Semu people were levied, while the horses of the Han people were all levied no matter how many.

The local governors above the first lord were all Mongols, and when the Mongols were not enough to distribute, or when the Central Asians had enough bribes, the Central Asians were to hold the positions.

Most of the Mongolian officials were hereditary, and every Mongolian administrator, such as a governor or county governor, had a state or county under his jurisdiction as his fief, and the Han Chinese were his serfs, and they had no political responsibility, let alone legal responsibility, for the Han Chinese.

The Mongol emperor could at any time treat the Han people as their life farmland, and together with the Han people on the farmland, they would be rewarded like slaves to the emperor's relatives, princesses, or meritorious heroes.

In a reward held after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the few rewarded dozens of hundreds of households, and the many rewarded 100,000 households. Each household was counted as five, and 500,000 serfs were given at a time.

The Mongols even encroached on farmland at will, often abruptly driving the Han Chinese from fertile farmland and leaving it barren to grow weeds for animal husbandry.

Or it was such a brutal rule that the Yuan Dynasty lasted only ninety-eight years before it was replaced by the Ming Dynasty.

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At eight o'clock in the morning, Kublai Khan's Luan drove into the camp of Beida.

After seeing the guards of the northern camp, Kublai Khan left Luanjia, climbed the command tower of the northern camp, and saw at a glance the 200,000 troops of the Southern Song Dynasty gathered outside the city, his eyes were fixed, and he said: "It's a little courageous!" ”

This move of the Southern Song Dynasty camp was also unexpected by Zhang Hongfan, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, should we attack the city according to the original plan, or will we deal with the enemy army first?" ”

"Go ahead with the plan!" Kublai Khan was arrogant, "Just leave 400,000 troops in the north, and the remaining 300,000 will be deployed to the other three sides, and Lin'an must be taken." ”

"No!"

According to the information previously transmitted by the secret agents in the city, the Southern Song Dynasty camp eliminated the 200,000 troops outside the city, and there were only 140,000 infantry left in the city. Once the city is broken and the army enters the city, these troops have nothing to worry about.

As for the recruits just recruited by the Southern Song Dynasty, they were not looked at by Kublai Khan.

Since the attack on the Southern Song Dynasty, the people of the Southern Song Dynasty have been synonymous with weakness in the eyes of Kublai Khan.

How can these people give birth to a strong army?

Although Kublai Khan's views were biased, they were also to the point, because it was an indisputable fact that the Southern Song Dynasty had been in a corner of peace for a long time, the people had long been away from the war, and the people's physical fitness was generally weak.

It's just that what Kublai Khan didn't know was that people can burst out with terrifying energy in despair.

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Soon, the Mongol army was scattered under the deployment of Zhang Hongfan, and the 100,000 Han people accompanying them were also divided into three routes and rushed to the three city walls in the east, west and south of Lin'an.

By 9 o'clock in the morning, the Mongol formations on all sides had been put into position one by one.

"Siege!"

With an order, the Han people were driven forward by the Mongolian cavalry like cattle and sheep, and if they took a slow step, they would be shot on the spot, and the scene was extremely bloody.

Stimulated by this, the people cried and screamed and pushed and rushed towards the city gates.

It is also strange to say that the suspension bridges of the three main city gates in the east and west of Lin'an have been lowered for the Han people to pass through, but the city gates are closed, and I don't know what they mean.

The Mongol cavalry, who was in charge of supervision, saw this and was preparing to fire a salvo to force the enemy to open the city.

At this moment, a pair of banners fell on the city tower, which read in large red letters, "Compatriots walk against the wall and enter through the north gate." ”

At the same time, there were soldiers at the head of the city who kept shouting, guiding the people to gather at the north gate.

The Mongolian cavalry was a little confused, and immediately reported it, and soon reached Zhang Hongfan's ears. In this siege, Kublai Khan did not personally command the city, and gave full authority to Zhang Hongfan.

This is already a great honor for Zhang Hongfan.

Zhang Hongfan got the report, frowned, he was not surprised in his heart, he had dealt with the Inhuman Legion a few times, and knew that the other party was not an easy person, and it was impossible to be so easy to comply.

At the critical moment, we must use some means.

"The order was given to allow the cavalry to fire freely and force the people to storm the city gates." Zhang Hongfan ordered.

"No!"

As soon as the military order was given, the people outside the city suffered.

The Mongol cavalry was skillful in arching and horses, and it was not enough to shoot the unarmed people with one arrow, and in only ten minutes before and after, the people at the back of the line fell in pieces.

The blood stimulated the survival of these people**, and they rushed forward one by one, some kept banging on the city gates, wailing in their mouths: "Let us in, let us in!" ”

They only thought about dodging the threat from behind, but they didn't have time to think about what kind of disaster would be caused to their compatriots in the city once the city gates were wide open and the Mongol cavalry drove straight in.

In the face of death, people are selfish.

There are also those who are clever, with the attitude of giving it a try, and run along the root of the city wall to the north gate.

When the Mongol cavalry saw this, of course, they would not let them go, and the focus of shooting shifted to those civilians who tried to escape. really let them go, how to force the Southern Song Dynasty to open the city gates.

Because the people were clinging to the base of the wall, and if they wanted to shoot them, the Mongol cavalry had to lean further. This one immediately came within the range of the defenders.

"Shoot!"

Hearing the order from the head of the city, the archers and bed crossbowmen began to counterattack in unison, causing the Mongol cavalry to flee in confusion and had to retreat from the city head of the city.

Jia Xu's plan was to make clever use of the structure of the city wall to artificially create a dead end, or a safe haven, for the people outside the city, so that they could escape from the shooting of the Mongol cavalry.

The fierce counterattack of the defenders at the head of the city made the people who were already walking at the base of the city wall see the hope of survival, and they didn't think much about it one by one, and ran desperately to the north city gate.

Some people take the lead, and some people follow suit.

The situation is already obvious, the city gate will not be opened, and you can only wait for death if you crowd here, so it is better to take a risk and run to the north gate according to the instructions of the banner.

In an instant, a large number of people rushed to the north.

The Mongolian cavalry didn't know what to do now, and even Zhang Hongfan was a little difficult, and he only now understood why the Southern Song Dynasty had deployed a full 200,000 troops in the north, but it was to escort 100,000 people.

In this way, Zhang Hongfan's plan has already failed halfway, thinking of His Majesty the Emperor's faint eyes, Zhang Hongfan unconsciously hit a spirit, and his whole body chilled.

Zhang Hongfan was ruthless and ordered the army on three sides to immediately attack the city.

The 100,000 people who were coerced were not useless, at least the drawbridges in Lin'an City were all lowered, making the moat around the city useless.

As long as you break through the gates, you can win.

Yes, the Mongol army is indeed dominated by cavalry, but that doesn't mean there are no infantry.

In addition to horseback archery, Mongolians also love wrestling and fighting, which is commonly known as "boke". Among the three major Mongolian sports - wrestling, horse racing, and archery, Boke ranks first.

The prevalence of Boke gave birth to a group of Mongolian warriors.

Zhang Hongfan is now going to sacrifice such a trump card, sending the most elite Mongolian warrior commandos to push the city cone and directly attack the city gate.

At the same time, the Mongol army introduced a number of return cannons, which were brought from six bases, in addition to a number of mobile arrow towers and ladders, although simple, but also considered siege equipment.

With Zhang Hongfan's order, a large-scale siege battle began on the east, west and south.

In Zhang Hongfan's mind, the Southern Song Dynasty camp dispatched 200,000 troops to be stationed outside the city, and the defenders in the city must be very empty, and they are afraid that they will not be able to hold out for a day under the attack of 300,000 troops.

When Lin'an City was conquered, the army stationed outside the city of the Southern Song Dynasty became an ornament.

"It's really stupid, just for the sake of the worthless 100,000 people, to waste the combat power of 200,000 troops in vain, and it is really pedantic." Zhang Hongfan despised the practices of the Southern Song Dynasty very much in his heart.

For the people of Lin'an, the biggest test came as scheduled, they had to withstand the onslaught of the Mongol army and create an opportunity for the 200,000 troops outside the city to kill.

Success or failure, in one fell swoop!