Chapter 70: The Siege of Dangshan (15)

A man of Sima was sent to escort the prisoners to the city, and the brigade representatives separated the various companies and guarded several important directions to prevent a possible counterattack.

In view of the chaotic structure of the defenders below, only a few soldiers took the lead in the scattered charge, and the brigade representatives also made a quick decision to gather the elites of each company.

In teams of five, one of the best marksmen was responsible for firing and the remaining four were responsible for reloading to deal with this scattered counter-shock.

The brigade representative stood diagonally behind a large gravel, raised his musket, and waited quietly for a shouting soldier to rush within thirty paces, and then pulled the trigger, and the long-stored leaf spring struck the flint, sparking and taking the life of the counterattacker.

The man behind quickly handed over the musket that had been loaded, took it and fired it, and continued to reload.

The brigade representative gently stroked his mustache and asked the company commander next to him with a smile: "What, you have made up your mind to leave the camp first?" ”

The company commander pulled the trigger, and while sending out the musket, he replied casually: "Yes, if the above allows, I will leave." I've already handed in the report. ”

Before this general mobilization, the Mo family issued an order, saying that there would be a big island to cross the sea in Juli, north of the Qi country, and that big island was about the size of the Sanjin Dynasty.

There weren't a lot of people, and according to some fishermen who had been there, the people were still in the age of knotted ropes and pottery instead of copper, so the expedition only needed about 300 men.

When the company commander heard the news, he immediately submitted a report and wanted to participate, but this required a conversation between the brigade representative and him to determine the purpose, and this procedure had to be followed.

After the company commander killed another person, he took advantage of the change of guns and said, "You know, I'm not a person who is afraid of death. ”

The brigade representative nodded with a smile, fired a shot by the way, and said: "If you can become a company commander in the first battalion, you are naturally not afraid of death, you don't have to say this." You also have a few medals on you. It's just, to be honest, I'm reluctant to let you go. ”

Most of the elites in the first camp were elites, especially those who could be company commanders in the first camp were all struggling out of the mountain of blood and corpses.

The company commander smiled: "I am relieved that you say so, at least it proves that I have done too well and not enough." ”

"I was originally born in Zhaodi, studied when I was a child, and later entered Sishang, fighting all the way. I am in the interest of the world, but ...... But to be honest, I know my own means, and I am a little impatient, and I can't do it if I am asked to be a brigade commander and staff officer. ”

"Everything must be done well, I have done what I can do well in the camp first, and then I will accumulate meritorious service and go to the military academy to study, I am afraid that I will not be able to do anything in this life, and I will not be able to play my usefulness."

"Since the master of the giant said that there is more gold and copper there, there will be more of it, and it is a great move to find it, and I think that kind of life is more suitable for me, it is all good for the world, and I choose what I can do better and like more. I love to travel and I like to take risks, and it was too boring for me to go to camp and fight first. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and killed another enemy, looked at the brigade representative and said: "Anyway, it's all good for the world, everything is the same, since I prefer to take risks, and I also understand that I am the company commander at most in the army, you better let me go." ”

The brigade representative stretched out his hand and waved the smoke in front of him, and quipped: "If you say so, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the political trial." What is a company commander who does nothing? ”

The company commander hurriedly said, "No, no, no, I mean ......"

The brigade representative smiled, chuckled and shook his head, "Okay, I know what you mean. If you want to go, you can't stay, do you think that those few people in the South China Sea broke through a city and became famous all over the world, it was very heroic, and you want to do such a thing? ”

The company commander nodded a little embarrassedly and said, "To say that there is no such idea is hypocritical." I'm looking forward to doing something like this, and it's dangerous, but I like it. That year, when I attacked the city, I was the first to climb the city. ”

"Honestly...... In fact, I didn't think about any righteousness such as benefiting the world at that time, what I thought was that if I went to the city first, I would become famous in the army, and what life and death would be, it was just a trivial matter. ”

In the battle of Qimo that year, the company commander took the lead in the city, won the medal, and indeed became famous in the first battle, and the brigade representative heard this: "Okay, I wish you to be famous again this time." I approved it, but I don't know if the above selection approval will be approved, and I don't know if it will be canceled because of the Song Guo incident. ”

The company commander was overjoyed and said, "Hey, how can it be canceled?" What kind of characters are the giant and the seven realizations? How can you not know that the Song Kingdom will be in chaos sooner or later? If you know it early, but you continue to select the people of the expedition, this matter will definitely not be canceled. ”

The brigade representative scolded: "You have a bright brain. ”

There are many things that are different from the old world, and the brain is also one of them, because the old world believes that people's consciousness and thinking come from the heart, because when you are sad, your heart hurts.

This kind of silent change is reflected in all aspects, but more often than not, it is accustomed to not taking it for granted and gradually taking it for granted.

The two men talked and laughed, and after killing about a dozen people, the brigade representative looked back and found that the men supported by the 1st Division had climbed up with earthwork firewood and grass on their backs, and the artillery that had stopped for a while had also resumed the bombardment.

The brigade representative laughed: "The enemy has missed the only chance to counterattack, and the battle is over." When this battle is over, I will hand over your business. ”

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Brigade-level cadres already have the ability to look at a certain overall situation, and when the brigade representatives on the bulge fort lamented that the battle was about to end, the six fingers in the command post also made the same sigh about everything they observed through the binoculars.

"This battle is over. Record the time, send someone back to Pengcheng, and tell the giant that Dangshan has been broken, and the siege will end tomorrow at the latest. The month of January is too long. ”

There is really no possibility of any accidents when the battle is fought, and the siege will be over tomorrow at the latest, perhaps tonight at the earliest.

Dangshan, which does not have a double fortress, as long as it is broken at one point, the entire city defense system will completely collapse.

Now it seems that the artillery has adjusted its direction and angle, and the infantry of the 1st Division has pressed on the fortress, in fact, the most unexpected time is the quarter of an hour after the first camp and the reinforcements of the 1st Division did not keep up.

At that time, if the defenders in the city could seize the opportunity of the artillery to shift direction and not be able to support, and counterattack with all their strength, it would be possible to push the army of Sishang down temporarily.

However, one is that the mortar artillery crossed the fortress and directly bombarded the defender's assembly area, and the other is that all this happened too suddenly, and the city did not respond at all, and missed the best quarter of an hour.

In today's situation, Dangshan City really has no possibility to defend it except for the mechanical sΓ©ance.

The rest of the people also agree with the opinion of the six fingers, Sishang has attacked the city a lot, for this kind of siege without waves, no tragedy and too much bloodshed, I just feel normal.

Six Fingers was also relieved in his heart, this was the first time he had been entrusted with the task of leading the army to fight alone, although the task of capturing Dangshan within a month was not difficult, but in fact, he was also worried in his heart.

If this battle is not fought well, I am afraid that it will directly affect his status and prestige in the army, and at least Sishang will set off some waves.

He is a suitable descendant, and some things are not only related to external wars, but also involve some internal disputes in Sishang.

Now that the overall situation has finally been decided, Six Fingers only feels that he deeply understands the idiom he has learned, and he is full of spirit.

"There is no experience to sum up in this siege. However, after this battle, you all go back and stand in the perspective of the Imperial Father's family, and write about the lessons you can learn from defending the city this time. ”

"It's not that you can hold on, but in the case of limited troops and such morale, can you hold on for a while longer."

"Now the 1st Division has gone up and built the proposed earthen ramparts according to the established plan. Don't be impatient. ”

"If there is a counterattack inside the city, then we just need to hold on tonight and continue the siege tomorrow. If they don't fight back, then they have already given up resistance, and the morale of the army has completely collapsed. ”

"If that's the case, you can send someone to persuade you to surrender, and if you can have fewer dead and wounded, you can have fewer dead and wounded."

In fact, even if it is a counterattack now, it is just a dying struggle, and there is no difference in the overall situation, but there is a huge difference in whether it can be persuaded to surrender.

If a counterattack is still organized under such circumstances, it is meaningless to persuade surrender.

The emperor's father, Yue Ling, is not important to the Mo family, whether he lives or dies, but it is very important to judge him, this is another opportunity for the hierarchical system that has been entrenched for thousands of years to be completely trampled under the feet of the people, and the Mo family will not give up any possibility.

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In the city, the imperial father Yue Ling looked at the banner of Sishang raised in the Bulge Fort, his expression was indifferent, this was a doomed fate, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

"The city is broken."

He said three words indifferently, and many of his cronies and advisers around him had indifferent faces, and since the ending was already doomed, he had already been mentally prepared.

A close confidant said: "There is no point in fleeing. The Mo family's siege soldiers, but on May Day, the rest of the cavalry are waiting for us to throw themselves into the net. Today, the city is broken, and I am willing to die for righteousness. ”

"Besides, a soldier can be killed, but not humiliated. If we are captured by the Mo, we will be judged for the crime of killing the people, and it will be difficult to bear this great humiliation when we are instructed by the foolish untouchables. I am a scholar, and the doctor can judge me, but the common people cannot. ”

These words touched the emperor's father Yue Ling very much, the matter has come to this point, there is no need to choose whether it is the Mo family or the Dai family, it is impossible to let him go, and the crime is nothing more than killing some people, but these crimes that he seems to want to add will definitely sentence him to death.

When the time comes, it is better to judge than to be judged, so as not to be humiliated.

At this time, it is meaningless to fight back, even if the countries have sent troops to intervene since the day of the coup d'Γ©tat in the Song State, and now they can't go to Dangshan, all this is too fast, Sishang's reaction speed is too fast, and the speed makes him caught off guard and at a loss.

He sat on his knees in a daze, rubbing the sword used for suicide, and once again remembered the story that circulated from Si Shang, "the poisonous plan before death made the enemy seventy heirs extinct", and considered whether his death should also leave such a legend?

In the silence, there were constant impatient reports on the situation at the city walls.

"The army of Sishang has strengthened the city walls with firewood."

"Sishang artillery shelling both sides."

"Sheep are piling up under the city."

"The hearts of the defenders under the city have been scattered, and there are many who have fled and surrendered......"

One by one, one by one, without any accidents.

It wasn't until a long time later that someone reported: "The Mo family sent lobbyists to persuade him to surrender." ”

The imperial father, Yue Ling, suddenly opened his eyes and snorted: "Surrender is death, and be humiliated by lowliness; If you don't fall, you die. Why should I descend? ”