The common people may have such and such shortcomings, and even many people secretly eat a lot more when they heard that they could feed their families together, which is obviously beyond the amount of food of normal people.

If nothing else, I should think about playing more, so that the family can suffer less hunger when there is no work tomorrow, which seems to be very discredited.

But when it was time to start working in the afternoon, no one was lazy, and they all worked hard.

Niu Zhuang specially observed a few people who stole the most food, and worked the hardest. Pick the most tired to do it, and they don't rest when others rest.

He told Fumiki about it.

Wen Mu sighed and said, "Your Majesty once said that you can't get it when you are a slave, they are like this, they are all to live." ”

In ancient times, which family of the people in the city did not have three or five relatives living outside the city?

After making sure that the Tang people would not harm them and giving them the opportunity to work, they went to the countryside to find relatives to come and work.

Some people didn't believe it, but most people joined in, and the next day more than 10,000 people came to work.

It's just that the tools in the hands of the people are too simple, and there are few metal tools.

As mentioned earlier, the iron output during the Jin Dynasty was only one or two hundred tons, and it only reached one thousand tons at the peak of the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty exceeded four thousand tons.

The output of one or two hundred tons also coincided with troubled times, almost all steel was used in the military, and it was difficult for the people to obtain metal tools.

Most of the knives used for cooking are metal daggers, not large kitchen knives that were common in later generations, and there are even few metal farm tools.

Working with such rudimentary tools can be imagined as efficient.

Since the Tang State sent troops to pacify the world, it naturally considered it very comprehensively. When the army was dispatched, they brought a lot of tools, and at this time they could just take some and distribute them to the people to work.

And every soldier has a tool shovel, made of stainless steel, which has a variety of functions.

Of course, this kind of thing is better than the general cold weapons of this era, and it will not be lent to the people.

Anyway, with the metal tools provided by the Tang Kingdom, the people could work faster.

Tens of thousands of people worked for two days to build an improvised pier by the sea and level a large area of land on the beach.

On the third day, Liu Meng's army of 50,000 arrived.

Wen Mu handed over the work of Dongmu County to them, and then led the army back to the ship.

Since they are here to fight the world, it is impossible to bring only the army over, and there are a large number of civilian officials who come with the army.

Liu Meng was followed by a group of more than 1,000 civil officials, led by Wang Youkun, who immediately commanded his subordinates to take over everything in Dongmu County.

Liu Meng did not care about this aspect of the matter, but had a meeting with He Fang.

He Fang asked, "Does Your Majesty have any new instructions?" ”

Liu Meng said: "No, it's still the original plan." I'll rest here for the night and attack early tomorrow morning. ”

He Fang said: "Okay, then I'll set off into Huaishui now, defeat the Jin State Water Division, and completely cut off their retreat." ”

Liu Meng made a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

He Fang asked, "If you have any suggestions, just say it directly, don't hide it." ”

Liu Meng hesitated and said: "This matter may offend the mother......

He Fang was stunned for a moment, his face became serious, and his eyes subconsciously looked at the map, the direction where Yuzhou was located.

"You mean ......"

Liu Meng nodded and said, "Wu Yigong is in Shimen...... When His Majesty made the plan to send troops, he took into account Niangniang's feelings and left a flaw. ”

"In fact, the best way is to enter Huaishui and attack Yuzhou directly, and then go north from Yuzhou and snatch Shimen from Wuyi Gong."

"Then I attacked Qingxu from the land, cutting off their escape route from the land. His Majesty's 150,000 troops entered from the Yellow River, which could form a three-sided attack. ”

"At that time, the 50,000 men of the Qin army, all the Huan Wen army, and the main force of the Yan army will fall into our encirclement, and there will be no escape......

The only way they could escape was to the north, but to the north was the heartland of the Yan Kingdom, and it was impossible for Murong Trai to get out of the way.

Unless Huan Wenneng and Murong Trai reach an alliance agreement, Murong Trai would get out of the way and allow him to enter the northern hinterland of the Yan Kingdom, but this is almost impossible.

Besides, Huan Wen may not dare to go, if he really goes to the north, he is a rootless wood and a sourceless water, and the Tang army only needs to attack to the north.

The end result is still the same.

He Fang also hesitated: "That's Wu Yigong, we can't help but consider Niangniang's feelings." ”

If you don't fight Yuzhou, you will give Xie Yi a chance to escape. But doing so is likely to let Huan Wen run as well, and if Huan Wen survives with his tail, he will be able to run at least part of it.

Liu Meng said: "But if Huan Wen runs away, more people will die later...... And there is no need to lay down the stone gate, as long as some people are left to trap Wu Yigong. ”

He Fang smiled bitterly: "To do this is to embarrass Your Majesty." ”

Liu Meng said: "But I believe that Your Majesty will not blame us for this, will you?" ”

He Fang nodded subconsciously, and even the distracting guard Si Linhong was knighted, and His Majesty's generosity is obvious to everyone.

As long as they do not make mistakes of principle, as long as everything is for the sake of military affairs, they will certainly not be blamed.

"But the mother's side ......"

Liu Meng said: "Niangniang will definitely be angry, but as long as Wu Yi'an is safe and sound, she won't say anything." And it's a battle for the deer, and I'm sure I'll understand why we're doing it. ”

He Fang hesitated for a long time before he smiled bitterly: "You said so, what else can I do?" ”

Then Zhengse said: "I will immediately lead the army into Huaishui and go straight to Yuzhou, but in this way, I will not be able to cooperate with you in the battle, and you will rely on yourself on land." ”

Liu Mengxi said: "The privy envoy can rest assured, beating them is just destroying them. ”

Then He Fang led his army south into Huaishui with a heavy heart, and encountered a small group of Jin warships along the way, which were either sunk or fled in embarrassment.

Driving all the way to a place called Fuling Lake (the predecessor of Hongze Lake), he encountered a large number of Jin army snipers.

He Fang, who was in a dull mood, was not polite at all, and directly ordered the shelling.

The dozen or so ships that were at the forefront began to adjust their direction and aimed their guns at the Jin warships.

There were only more than 2,000 sailors in this Jin Kingdom, and they were frightened when they saw such a huge fleet, and suddenly found that the enemy had turned the ship sideways.

What kind of combat is this?

They didn't dare to approach for a while, but only dared to watch from afar.

Then "boom, boom, boom...... hundreds of cannons fired in a salvo, and clusters of huge splashes splashed on the water. Of course, there are also a lot of wood chips flying.

Although the hit rate was not as high as expected, hundreds of cannons fired a salvo, and the sound alone scared the Jin army.

What's more, the few shells that hit are often shipwrecked and killed.

The Jin army had never seen this kind of attack, and they fled like a lifeless.

This round of shelling made He Fang sober up, and since the decision had been made, there was no need to look ahead and backward.

Immediately ordered, except for encountering a large number of Jin State sailors, nothing else needs to be ignored, and directly speed up to Yuzhou.

……

In Dongmu County, after a night of renovation, Liu Meng also began to act, leaving a brigade to guard Dongmu County, and at the same time attacking the rest of Dongmu County.

The main force was divided into two routes, all the way he personally led 20,000 people to attack the county of Donglai - Qingzhou Zhisu Guanggu - Jinan County, and it was almost not far from Fangtou to hit here.

On the other hand, Li Zhong led 25,000 men to fight Changguang County, Gaomi, Xuzhou, Pengcheng, Pei, Qian, Yingchuan, and He Fang.

The Tang Kingdom is different from other countries in war, and everyone in this era pays attention to surprise attacks, and they besiege the city to attack while people are unprepared.

Tang Guo, on the contrary, leaked the news that we were going to attack the city in advance, so that you could transfer the main force to these cities and destroy them in one fell swoop.

This is how it was operated this time, when Wenmu landed in Dongmu County, there was no way to hide the news, and in fact, there was no way to hide it.

Therefore, Tan Yue, the assassin of Donglai Kingdom, got the news two days ago, but the news he got was different from the real situation.

It was not the Tang State that came over, but the Jin people who came from the sea.

Tan Yue didn't have any doubts, it was well-known news that the Jin State Naval Division was powerful, and it was not strange to launch an attack from the sea.

His response was not to send troops to drive the Jin army into the sea, but to hold on while passing the news to the king of Beihai, Mu Yao, who was sitting in Qingzhou.

The troops in Mu Fang's hands were all used to resist Huan Chong's attack, and there were not many people to support.

But the direction of Yecheng was Guanggu's flank, and he couldn't ignore it, so he reluctantly transferred two thousand and gave them to them, and ordered Tan Yue not to go out to fight to hold on.

Tan Yue also knew this, and took the approach of clearing the wilderness, and all the materials such as the people and food were moved to Yecheng. And blocked the city gate with earth and stones, making a gesture of perseverance.

During this period, there were also people who fled back from the direction of Dongmu and told him that Dongmu was not a Jin sailor, but a Tang person.

Tan Yue naturally doesn't believe it, Tang people? Why don't you say it's Tianzhu people.

However, on the morning of the fourth day, when he saw the blood-colored Tang Banner, he had to believe this fact, and then his heart sank to the depths.

At this critical moment, the Tang State sent troops, and the Yan State was in danger.

Then he showed his doubts again, why did the Tang people attack Qingzhou? Wouldn't it be better to hit the empty rear?

But when the cannon went off, he knew why.

……

Liu Meng led the army to arrive, and when he saw the ironclad wall, he smiled contemptuously and said, "Artillery cannons, boom." ”

More than a hundred cannons were fired, and then the moats were first shelled.

Here is an introduction to the structure of the city, which is not a narrow moat that can be filled with wooden planks that you see in film and television dramas, but after crossing the moat, you will reach the bottom of the city wall.

The real city is complex, with a moat at the outermost periphery, but the moat is wide. Take Xiangyang City as an example, its moat has an average width of 180 meters.

Behind the moat was also not a city wall, but a moat, similar to a trench. A meter or two above the ground, the defenders first defended in the trenches and attacked the enemy who tried to cross the river.

Or take Xiangyang City as an example, there are several moats, and if one is lost, you can retreat to the next. When all the moats are laid, it is the city wall of Xiangyang City.

As for the structure inside the city wall, it is also very complicated, and there are urn castles and the like.

Therefore, the Southern Song Dynasty relied on Xiangyang City to block the Mongol Empire for six years, and also killed the Mongol Khan Meng Ge.

Xiangyang is a rare fortified city in the world, and Yecheng is only the seat of a small county, so naturally there is no way to compare.

But its moat is also more than twenty meters wide, and behind the moat is a moat.

The Yan army hid behind the moat, waiting for the enemy to attack the city, but what they waited for was a deadly cannonball.

More than 100 cannons, all of which were flowering shells, washed the moat as if it were washing the ground.

On the city wall, Tan Yue and the others watched this scene in amazement.

All three thousand defenders had been killed in a quarter of an hour, and the moats were littered with mutilated flesh and the wails of those lucky enough to survive.

It's like purgatory on earth.

The stench inevitably appeared, but no one had the heart to pursue it at this time.

Tan Yue stammered and asked, "Is this ...... This...... What is this? Could it be that I saw the thunder? ”

No one answered him, because no one knew what kind of weapon it was. It doesn't matter if it's a thunderbolt or not, it's important to ......

"Tan Tingshi, what should we do? Do you still have to send people to defend the city? ”

Everyone's eyes looked at the person who spoke, defending the city? Are you going?

Tan Yue wanted to say it very much, and sent someone to guard it, but his mouth seemed to be sealed, and he couldn't say a word.

But the next moment he lost the opportunity to speak forever.

"Boom!" A shell landed accurately under the turret, and Tan Yue, including the surrounding soldiers, generals, and officials, was killed and wounded.

Then more shells fell, and the city was reduced to rubble.

Needless to say, the next thing is needless to say, the city surrendered after being frightened by the cannon and losing its backbone.

Liu Meng rested here for a day to completely take over the city, and then left a battalion of soldiers to guard it, and led the main force to attack the next target, which was also the main goal of the trip, the Qingzhou Governance Office.

A large city with a length of more than 800 meters and a width of more than 400 meters, and a tight defense.

On the other side, Li Zhong's situation was very similar to him, and when he came to the outside of the city, he washed the ground with cannonballs without saying a word. Under the combined effect of the lethality of artillery and the psychological deterrent power, there are few that persist in not falling.

The two armies destroyed all the way and occupied one city after another.

And the news of the invasion of the Tang Kingdom finally spread out and became known to the world.

……

Let's say that when Liu Meng led his troops to attack Guanggu, Wen Yi led a main force of 150,000 to the Changshan Islands.

Jiang Zheng, who was stationed in Dongmu County, came over to meet the driver and handed over a letter left by Liu Meng.

Wen Yi smiled bitterly after reading it, he will not accept the life of the foreign monarch, and the ancients will not deceive me. It was only three or four days before and after that, and the generals under his command revised his battle plan.

At the beginning, he didn't let He Fang directly follow the back road of Huaishui to copy Yuzhou, just because he didn't want to embarrass Xie Yi and give him a chance to escape.

It can be said that Xie Yi's family members who surrendered and stayed in the Jin Kingdom would be embarrassed, and it would be difficult for him and Xie Daoyun not to surrender.

But at this point, he has nothing to say, can he still blame his subordinates for serving the country wholeheartedly?

This matter can only be carried down by himself, and when Xie Daoyun asks about it in the future, he will say that it is his own idea. He can't do this kind of thing by letting his subordinates take the blame for himself.

However, Liu Meng and He Fang changed their battle plan, and they could no longer follow the old plan, and they had to make corresponding adjustments.

"The order went down, and 50,000 troops landed on the north bank of the Yellow River, fought all the way south along the Yellow River, and went straight to Yecheng."

"The sailor and the rest of the army will follow me up the Yellow River, let's go directly to Fangtou to meet and become a world-famous general for a while."