[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

A Siha only shouted when he saw the Great Zhou Emperor's Banner. This emperor of the Southern Dynasty who had been in power for 20 years could indeed be called the emperor of Fengyun.

Since his ascension to the throne, he has purged the court, stabilized the country, built factories, "invented" soap, broke the monopoly of dioramas, reformed commercial taxation, and promoted high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes.

Because Dajin was blocked, he yearned for the prosperity of the Southern Dynasty even more.The Song Dynasty was also very prosperous, but the prosperous civilization and military capabilities were often not directly proportional. Didn’t their Jurchen ancestors still destroy the Northern Song Dynasty?The senior leaders of Dajin all had such a mentality, so they suppressed Jinzhou when the war between the south and the south was stalemate.However, reality broke their dream of making history repeat itself.

One is that as an Eshan Guzhen, A Siha also has the heroic spirit of being a hero, and he will live up to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty; Thirdly, the Shoucheng soldiers were not ready yet, and the shells of the red cannons had not been transported to the fort, so delaying for a while was also buying time.

At this moment, when he finished speaking, he shouted loudly to the soldiers on the southern city wall: "The emperor of the Southern Dynasty was tyrannical, so he will not allow me to wait. We can only be loyal to Dajin in order to repay the emperor's kindness! The emperor of the Southern Dynasty is arrogant and arrogant. In this battle, all the soldiers must be wholehearted and fight to the death to show the majesty of our Jurchen Batulu, and make the emperor of the Southern Dynasty pay the price in blood!"

The soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner shouted loudly, full of violent howls, and the oppressive feeling that the god of death was approaching stimulated the nerves of this group of bloodthirsty butchers who were born in the fishing and hunting nation.

Asha shouted: "Teach Nan Dynasty a lesson! Capture the emperor of Nan Dynasty alive!"

"Teach the Southern Dynasty a lesson! Capture the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty alive!"

This slogan was conveyed, and one batch after another was shouted, and the soldiers on the city wall with a radius of several miles all shouted.Fortunately, they spoke Jurchen dialect, most of the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not understand them, but only the two translators brought by Tu Yuanyi could understand them, but they dared not speak.

Suddenly the artilleryman Niulu Guanbao came up to report that the shells had been loaded, and all preparations continued.

Asiha had the desire to slaughter. If Panjin hadn't been Dajin's own city, a nail inserted in the east of Jinzhou in the Southern Dynasty, it had great strategic significance, and the Jurchens would have preferred to fight on horseback.In this way, it was their turn to defend the city, and when the Southern Dynasties attacked the city, I am afraid that only Tang Dynasty's extermination of Goguryeo has a lesson from the past, right?

However, the Art of War of the Southern Dynasties also said: Siege is the bottom line.It is only because the defenders rely on the city to wait for work with ease. At this time, the enemy is outnumbered, and Ashha cannot be willful and brainless.

"Aim the cannon at their imperial flag, aim at their emperor, and hit me hard!"

Guan Bao couldn't help but go back to supervise the fort with great fighting spirit, and all of a sudden the cannons were fired, and the sound was loud, very bluffing.

It's just a pity, if they drink horses in the Central Plains, it may be a good weapon to go to attack the city with red cannons, just like in the official history, the Qing army bombarded Yangzhou City with red cannons presented by traitors, causing Shi Kefa to die in the city.

But Hongyi cannons are good at attacking cities, but clumsy at field battles, so they are even weaker at defending cities.

The Hongyi cannon is a type of receding front-loading smoothbore artillery. Every time it is fired, it will seriously deviate from the original shooting position.According to the normal operating procedure, it needs to go through the steps of resetting, reloading, and setting the azimuth and elevation angles again.The most well-trained British navy can only fire once every 2 minutes.

To ensure absolute safety, Tu Yuanyi hid in a trench temporarily dug by the soldiers. There were brocade guards on the left and right, ready to serve as his human shield at any time.

If these ten red barbarian cannons fired at the Great Zhou army, it would be treated like an emperor, worthy of my status.It wouldn't be the 21-gun supreme welcome salute that Xiuxiu talked about, would it?These wild boar skins don't understand this kind of etiquette.

After this battle, is he going to set up a salute standard?

After thinking about it like this, their first round of bombardment was over, and Tu Yuanyi jumped out of the trench to see the damage.

First of all, it overestimated the effective range of the opponent's shelling. There were only four solid shells that fell into the army formation, and their lethality was limited.

At this time, the position of the opponent's fort was completely exposed/exposed, and the artillery of the Hubei New Army had already comprehended it.Artillery is the god of war, and the artillery construction of the new army has always been the focus, and the imperial court invested a lot of money.

The artillery of the new army mostly has Sichuan-made mortars and tiger squatting guns, but there are fewer cannons (Hongyi cannons are also cannons), but this less is relative to itself.

At this time, Xiao Jingyun gave an order, and the thirty cannons were adjusted, and the shells were fired at the position of the enemy's tower and fort, giving priority to clearing them at fixed points.

The Houjin Artillery, who were still waiting for the barrel to cool down, was suddenly disrupted. Cannons are good at attacking cities and are used to attack fortifications. The shells hit the target and generate destructive power with kinetic energy.

But after a round of bombardment, Dazhou’s artillery did not stop. At this time, it was the turn of the mortar to step forward. As a kind of arc-shaped artillery, it can cause lethality to the enemy after falling into the city wall from a high place. .

The archers that Asiha had prepared originally, as well as the soldiers who were going to use kerosene, stones, etc. to intercept the Southern Dynasty army that was attacking the city, all messed up on the city wall, especially those that were precious to them. The kerosene, ignited by the flames of the explosion, became a suicide weapon.

"Calm down! Calm down!" Asha yelled in panic, but the body was on fire, no matter how calm they were, no one could calm down.

Mortars are now the main force of artillery in the New Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The artillery establishment of an army has reached the brutal manpower of three battalions of a regiment, of which two battalions are the main combat force, and the other battalion is mainly a reserve force. Most of them are novices. Lots of shell logistics.According to the structure of the new army of the Great Zhou Dynasty today, they have 120 mortars. At this time, they are greeted by three rounds of continuous fire. After one batch has been fired, it needs to be cooled and adjusted, and the other batch will be fired.Each of their mortars is equipped with two base shells, up to [-] rounds. The gunners have never been so extravagant during the exercise, and each of them has not saved money for their stingy emperor, who is actually a stingy barbarian. mean.

Then Jin Dajun didn't have the thinking of clearing the artillery battlefield at a fixed point, and secondly, they didn't think they had such a tool, so they could only stare blankly.

Jin Yiwei Lin Jing has practiced martial arts. Back then, he was a poor young man who was supported by the emperor who was still Prince Su as a bodyguard, and he taught martial arts himself, so he dared not slack off his martial arts.

At this time, as a personal protector of his master, who could do his best for him, he watched the cannon fire burst into the sky, and the screams came one after another from a distance, and a sense of sinking sadness welled up in his heart.

What's the use of my generation who learn martial arts?Is there still a place for us martial arts learners?Lin Jing felt that he had to rethink his five-year-old son's future plans.

In fact, Xiao Jingyun also feels this way. Although he is the commander (commander) of the Hubei New Army, he has a very positive attitude towards accepting new things and learning new things, but as a man with high martial arts skills, he can't help but produce such voice of the heart.

The mortars stopped shelling, the city walls and towers were already dilapidated, and the cannons were cooled and reloaded before going on the field. At this time, they all bombarded the city gate.

Although the city gate is made of hardwood with a thousand years in the northeast, and there are still things blocking it behind the gate, how can it withstand such shelling and break a gap.

Xiao Jingyun ordered an infantry regiment to protect the engineer battalion to go forward, and there was a moat in front of the city, and the engineers went forward to build a bridge and pave the road.However, there are only three or four of the Jurchen warriors on the city wall. Asha has long been dragged off the tower by his subordinates. To fight back, the range of firecrackers is far longer than that of bows and arrows. Under the sound of gunfire, most of the people on the city wall were cleared.

After the bridge was erected, with an order, the infantry bravely rushed across the pontoon bridge first, covering each other to the gate of the city, and shot sporadic arrows from inside.

After all the troops had flowed across the moat, Houjinnan's city gate was gone. Engineers and infantry cooperated to clear the barriers of the city gate. Generals Tu Yuanyi and Xiao Jingyun also rode across the pontoon bridge.

The army rushed into the city, and the Houjin Remnant Army was powerless to fight with them in the city army, and one by one resisted and was massacred.Tu Yuanyi entered the city and ordered the massacre of all the men who could not speak Chinese, and the women who resisted were also shot to death.Because the population of Hou Jin Jurchen is small, in fact, all the people are soldiers, and only the Han people have pure-farm common people.

The white shirt army led by Zhou Xianchuan fought from the west gate, and the process was similar. The firearms of the white shirt army were not as good as the Hubei new army, but they were enough.

In grief and indignation, Asiha threw more than 1000 remnants of horses and escaped from the north city gate. Tu Yuanyi ordered 1000 light cavalry of the white shirt army to pursue the more than [-] remnants of the army.This kind of battle example of chasing more with less is really strange, but the cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have the slightest fear.

And the Red Shirt Army, which had dug trenches on the main road thirty miles north of Panjin City, had already encountered large troops of the Zhengbai Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner.There was an encounter where the times were unequal. Jin Yunli, the owner of the Zhengbai Banner, was the emperor's uncle, and he was ruthless again and again to let people charge forward on horseback. As a result, he was called out one by one by the Da Zhou army hiding in the trenches.

When he wanted to retreat, he was bombarded and turned his back on his back. He lost more than 3000 people on the battlefield. The Red Shirt Army also cleaned the battlefield and got [-] intact war horses outside the customs, which made Zhao Wenlong very happy.

The Red Shirt Army beat them away, and they were really unsatisfied. After waiting for a long time, they saw Zhenglan Banner Asiha fleeing with the remnant soldiers. Zhao Wenlong guessed that they were remnants. The opponent's numbers and morale were low, so he was really frightened. After that, it decreased by [-] to [-]%.Then Zhao Wenlong ordered the cavalry to charge, so suddenly, plus the white shirt army cavalry who were chasing after him.Zhenglanqi's entire army was annihilated, and Asiha was injured and captured alive.The white-shirted army took advantage of it and captured people and returned to the city. At this time, a bloody massacre was taking place in the city, and the dragon flag was planted on the city wall.

But he said that Tu Yuanyi took down Panjin City, but the Jurchen warriors around him didn't feel too relieved. The troops rested overnight, and he ordered the white shirts to take over Panjin, and he led the troops back to Jinzhou the next day.

At the same time, in the continuous combat plan, Xing Xiuyan ordered the troops to pull out the camp, and only Tan Qian was left in Jinzhou City to lead the guards to prevent it.Xing Xiuyan and Tu Yuanyi didn't have time to wait for the two armies to meet, and then they were inseparable. The soldiers were extremely fast, so she directly led the two armies to the north.

A large part of the road to Siping was the same as that to Shenyang. Two days after the march, Xing Xiuyan got the news from the scouts that he saw the troops of Zhengbai Banner and Xianghuang Banner walking from south to north twenty miles away.

Xing Xiuyan guessed that at this time, it was probably the time to support the troops that Panjin was unable to reach.At this time, the opponent will definitely find out the clues of the encounter. If they see that they are going to march far to attack Siping and launch an attack to hit them in the back, they will be passive and ugly.

Offense is the best defense. Xing Xiuyan left the Sichuan Army as a reserve, and led the Yellow Shirt Army to pursue it bravely.

Jin Yunli and others gritted their teeth at Da Zhou's cowardly and despicable tactics.At this time, it is not that the Jurchens are dissatisfied with ten thousand, and they cannot fight when they are full, because the Southern Dynasty will go to the ground and shoot coldly at them, shooting and killing their cavalry from a long distance.But their bows and arrows do not have a good angle to get a larger effective shooting area.It is already a dream to massacre the infantry of the Han army with mobile impact.

But they also had scouts who discovered another large army of Dazhou. They didn't drill underground, and Jin Yunli still had a fighting spirit.

Besides, while playing Panjin, another large army appeared here. Could it be to attack Shenyang?At this time, Shenyang only had elite soldiers from the two banners, and the combat effectiveness of those Han troops was limited.

While letting Hai Dongqing go back to Shenyang to report the letter, Jin Yunli ordered to stop the enemy.

In this way, the two armies had to start a head-to-head battle.

And now it is 5000 yellow shirts against about [-] elite white and yellow banners and some Han infantry.

Tu Chang has been marching for the past two days, but he really felt the hard work of being a soldier. Fortunately, he has been in the army for some time, and he has to train and run every day, otherwise he will not be able to keep up.

Hearing that the company commander said that he had entered the first-level combat readiness state, Tu Chang's heart was pounding. This was an encounter with an enemy army. They obeyed orders and marched long distances. In fact, at their level, they didn't know where they were going to fight.

Tu Chang was nervous, but he found that the veterans who had fought in the war were very excited.As a prince, he must not let people see that he is nervous, otherwise they will know his identity in the future, and they will be able to laugh at him behind his back for the rest of his life.

Obeying the order, the soldiers stood at attention, and the army parted the middle passage again. Tu Chang's artillery marched in the middle protected by infantry and cavalry.He happened to approach the corridor, but saw the phoenix flag fluttering, and a group of brocade guards who had also changed into camouflage combat uniforms were guarding a woman in camouflage uniforms and boat-shaped hats.Tu Chang couldn't help feeling excited, he missed his father and empress, the empress had never come to the barracks to see him, but Yuanyuan had been to his camp, but she just pretended not to know him.

Xing Xiuyan rode his horse to the front of the army, and Lu Kun was already waiting here. He was also wearing a convenient camouflage uniform, because the new army basically had no chance for him to fight with a knife. Instead of wearing heavy armor, it would be better to let those loads Used to bring more ammunition and dry food.

Jin Yunli took a look through the binoculars, and saw that the bright yellow Huofeng flag was gorgeous and eye-catching, with a big "Xing" character in the middle, while the flag of the Yellow Shirt Army of the Imperial Army in the Beijing Camp was one size smaller than it, with the word "Lu" written on it.

After the fall of the late Jin spy group, many specific news are not available, but he still knows that the queen of the Southern Dynasty once asked the absurd emperor of the Southern Dynasty to send her husband to drive the Southern Expedition, and the queen's surname is Xing.

Jin Yunli said: "This... is it possible that she is the queen of the Southern Dynasty? Let a woman beat me?"

The owner of the Xianghuang Banner is Jin Hongli's younger brother, Jin Hongdan. Jin Hongdan was brought up by Jin Hongli.

Jin Hongdan said: "I'm afraid this demon queen who doesn't abide by women's morals is a bit evil. Those Han people have heard that this demon queen has the same smell as the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. Is she bloodthirsty?"

Jin Hongli said: "As long as they don't get into the ground, I don't believe that we can't break their formation! You let the red cannons prepare, wait for three rounds of bombardment, then we lead the cavalry to charge the formation, and then let the Han infantry charge. Come up."

"Yes, Uncle Huang!" Jin Hongdan took the order to do it.

Jin Hongli pulled the reins and said loudly: "Who is in front? This king is Prince Da Jinyong!" Most of the senior Jin officials were proficient in Chinese. As early as the Hongtai period, the Sinicization reform was carried out.

Xing Xiuyan mentioned his inner strength, and said: "I am Xing Xiuyan." Xing Xiuyan didn't shy away from being afraid, and he didn't pretend to be coercive about his name, he simply stated it straightforwardly.

Jin Hongli couldn't help being taken aback, for a woman to be able to speak like this, it's obviously a skill in the inner circle.

Jin Hongli said: "You are the queen of the Southern Dynasty!"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "That's right! Tu Yuanyi is my husband, taking your head as me will not humiliate you!"

Jin Hongli couldn't help snorting coldly, for delaying the arrangement of the cannons in red, Jin Hongli had a chat with her, and the formation behind Xing Xiuyan still had to be prepared.

Jin Hongli said: "You in the Southern Dynasty lived in Huaxia, a country of etiquette, and the women of the Southern Dynasty were virtuous and beautiful. As the queen of the Southern Dynasty, the rooster is the morning, so it can be seen that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has perverse behavior, and you are not worthy of being a king!"

When these words were uttered, all the officers and men of Da Zhou's army were angry and wanted to beat them hard.

Xing Xiuyan chuckled, still with a very good demeanor, and said: "China is naturally a country of etiquette. Let me ask you, will you Houjin people be polite enough? You salute a dog? You are just human skin Beasts have wanted to drink horses in the Central Plains and slaughter my people for a hundred years. As the Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I help my husband, but I am an enemy outside the country, and protect the people of the country. Distinguishes Chinese etiquette, dwells on pedantry, and does not know the righteousness, it is ridiculous to laugh at the generosity here!"

Jin Yunli couldn't help feeling angry in his heart, and said: "We Jurchen warriors are all brave and fearless. If you want to seek my fortune, we will not give in!"

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "Then we should let you fight and take advantage of it, and ask for compensation? For thousands of years, it was your northern wolves who invaded the Central Plains time and time again and slaughtered my people. Today, what you say is nothing but Take a bite back. Are we Han people going to be slaughtered like two-legged sheep, and it is natural to be your slaves? The hatred of Yashan's subjugation must never be repeated! As long as the emperor and I are here, no minister in this dynasty can feed you with the rice grains of the people Wait until the wolves, the wolves grow up, and then come to slaughter our people. No marriage, no cede land, no compensation are also our principles. Jin Hong wants to learn from his predecessor Hong Tai's method of dealing with the previous Ming, and fight a dozen local wars to get benefits. Accumulate strength to wait for the future to rule the Central Plains, then he is wrong! It is not you who rule the Central Plains, but the land that we Han Jiaerlang set foot on. We have always had the final say! The shame of Jingkang 600 years ago has not been revealed The blood feud between the common people and you in the early days of the founding of the dynasty has not been avenged, and today we will settle with you! Now that this has happened, you have no choice but to kneel down and surrender to the country!"

Jin Yunli said: "You are a girl, so arrogant! Today, the king captured you and offered it to my emperor as a concubine, and let the emperor of the Southern Dynasty be a tortoise bastard! Hahaha!"

Damn it, she can speak yellow accents if she can't say it?

Xing Xiu was so smoked that he drew out his Mo Dao and raised it, shouting: "Soldiers! Teach them a lesson for the governor! Let them know why the flowers are so popular!"

Because it is a blood flower!