Chapter 708: Slaughtering the City
Knowing that it had withstood the large-scale attack of the Song army, and found that Yanjing, who thought it was rotten, was not so vulnerable, the officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people who couldn't bear it all night finally collapsed and rested.
The Song army wanted to rest and recuperate, so they suspended the attack, and the city also sent people out to take the opportunity to reorganize the trenches outside the city, which had been filled in by corpses.
The disposal of corpses and the treatment of the wounded in the city are all carried out in an orderly manner.
All kinds of supplementary city defense facilities were moved to the city, and those that were not enough were directly demolished for materials.
The poor people, who usually had a hard time to eat, suddenly found that the arrival of this war did not seem to be a bad thing, and suddenly they could eat their stomachs.
Speaking of which, thanks to Tong Mo, in order not to cause chaos in the city, Tong Mo forced those wealthy families to spit out a large amount of hoarded food, the capital is a place where wealthy families gather, and the harvest can be imagined!
Others don't know, but this big boss knows how much food is stored in the city, and he seems to have an account book in his stomach.
Usually he turns a blind eye, but at this time it is already related to his position, he is ruthless, directly handing over the note to let people pay the grain according to the number, and those who dare to talk nonsense are directly copied by him by someone to investigate, once the grain is found, they will all be copied and beheaded on the charge of hiding evil intentions and forbidding with the enemy country.
He cleared out the grain that was hidden in the private granary and cellar.
After this experience, Shang Jianxiong unexpectedly found that the food problem he was most worried about was the one that he didn't need to worry about at all, as long as the city could be defended, a large amount of food was enough for the whole city to eat for several months.
This was a good thing, but he was so angry that he thought it was just a small number of people, but now he found out that there were so many people in Beijing who didn't want to serve the country before, and when he requisitioned grain, he complained and deceived him one by one, and he was worried at that time.
But he was helpless, and he didn't dare to do anything to those people at this time.
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"I see! This Meng Shanming is really a master!"
Qi Jing, in the Wind and Thunder Hall, Hu Yan, who was standing in front of the map, stared at the map without hatred and suddenly realized his appearance.
With the investigation of the battle situation afterwards, Meng Shanming's way of forcibly crossing the Rolling Dragon Gorge has been leaked, after all, Meng Shanming still has monks from Qi to assist in the battle, which made him amazed after knowing it.
Cha Hu on the side said with a smile: "Is it worthy of the general's praise for piling up human lives? In my opinion, it is better for him to flood the Jiangfang people and horses in a big flood!"
Hu Yan turned around without hatred, shook his head and said: "How can it be as easy as you say, you let others pile it up and see if you can pile it up with human lives? Do you still remember that his previous waiting in the Dongyu River was confusing? They all thought that he was not enough food, and I don't know what he meant by consuming it like this, although they knew that he must be thinking of a way, but they didn't expect that he was waiting for that rainstorm!"
Returning his hand and pointing on the map, "Rolling Dragon Gorge!" not only selected the warriors and horses to force the crossing, for this surprise attack, he even counted the time and location, and he even counted the heavy rain a few days later, the time, the place, and the people were all integrated into this battle, which seemed simple, but in fact it was so clever that it was difficult to repeat, which was breathtaking. I have to admit that this Meng Shanming is really powerful, and he has even used it in the sky, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the god of war! Yan Guo has such a figure, but he doesn't know how to use it well, it is really humiliating!"
At this moment, a young general hurriedly entered and said, "General, the Song army has begun to attack Yanjing!"
As soon as these words came out, Huyan Wuxian and Chahu were both surprised, and Huyan Wuxian was surprised and said: "Aren't you going to talk about peace?
The young general held the intelligence and signaled: "It is reported that Meng Shanming tore up the foundation of the peace talks and buried 600,000 prisoners of the Song army alive, which angered the Song army!"
600,000 people buried alive? Huyan Wuxian and Cha Hu both gasped, and the former quickly received the information to check.
After reading it, Hu Yan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed slowly, "Regardless of the life and death of Yanjing, Meng Shanming is determined to beat Song Guo half to death! He did this, Yu Li wanted to eliminate the threat to the east of Yan for a certain period of time, so that Song Guo would not dare to attack Yan again for a certain period of time, and also to force Song Guo into a desperate situation, drag Song Guo into the water, and resist Korea together!" In order to save Dayan, in order to create a stable environment for Dayan to breathe, this old guy did not hesitate to bear the infamy of a lifetime, he was really poisoned, he can't say whether it is right or wrong, but he is so ruthless, like a devil, Song Guo was broken into by him, I am afraid that he will be ruined!"
Cha Hu frowned, "It's common for people to die on the battlefield, but burying 600,000 people alive is indeed too much!"
"How do I feel that he is deliberately provoking the Song army to attack Yanjing!" Hu Yan squinted without hatred, his eyes flickering, "Could it be that he has other ideas, could it be that Shang Chaozong instructed him?"
Cha Hu realized something and tried to ask, "Borrow the hand of the Song army to destroy Shang Jianxiong's power base?"
"Alas!" Huyan sighed suddenly, "I can understand his thoughts. ”
Cha Hu sighed and asked, "How do you say that?"
Hu Yan Wuxian said sadly: "He has been fighting horses all his life, guarding Yan Kingdom, how many people around him have lived and died for it, and now he has witnessed Yan Kingdom become like this, being wantonly humiliated, and it is no longer possible to win a battle to recover the decline." You don't understand the grief and indignation in his heart... I understand!"
"Report!" There was another urgent report outside, and the young general entered again, presented a piece of information, and reported, "Meng Shanming has slaughtered the city in the territory of the Song Kingdom!"
The two of them were surprised and looked at each other.
Hu Yan Wuxian grabbed the information and checked it, and shook his head after reading it, "As I expected, it was really a disaster, and Meng Shanming really started to kill!"
Cha Hu easily pulled the information in his hand to see.
Wiped out the Jiangfang men and horses, and the Yan army that invaded the territory of the Song State almost did not meet a decent opponent, Meng Shanming scattered the men and horses, with 100,000 horses as a group, and divided into 10,000 people as a group, scattered and swept across the territory of the Song State, wreaking havoc.
Everywhere the Yan army passed, the villages and towns of the Song Kingdom were burned to the ground, and all the houses in the place were burned down.
He also sent monks to harass some of the cities in advance, attacking and killing them on the way outside the city, forcing the people in the city not to dare to flee.
A small county town with a population of about 30,000 was surrounded by the Yan army, and the county commander and the guard were father and son, and the father and son were foolish and loyal, and refused to open the city and surrender, and swore to live and die with the county seat.
The result can be imagined, the small county town where to block the Yan soldiers and horses attacked, the guard of the son of the son was killed, when the city was broken, the county commander drew his sword and slashed his wife and daughter, and then killed himself to thank the Great Song!
In the end, it was really like the threat of the Yan army before the siege of the city, after the city was broken, the Yan army opened a killing ring, killed a chicken and dog, and the population in the city was slaughtered!
After a search, it was another fire, burying the small county town in a sea of fire!
The pattern of the Yan army that spread the net to clear the net was like this, first besieged the city and ordered the grain to be delivered, and the people of the city where the grain was handed over could be evacuated, but the city was still burned.
Wherever the Yan army went, the Song people had nowhere to live, and were forced to flee all the way to the depths of the Song Kingdom.
So far, the Yan army has advanced unhurriedly, and has slaughtered three cities, and more than ten cities have been burned everywhere!
"This Meng Shanming has gone too far!" Zha Hu looked at the information in his hand and said coldly.
"Excessive? It seems that more than two million people and horses, but in fact, he is a lone army in depth, without any supplies, the food in his hand will not be consumed for long in the Song Kingdom, what else can he do except burn and loot? Without food, more than two million people and horses will have to starve to death in the territory of the Song Kingdom, the strategy implemented by this group of men and horses is responsible for the life and death of the entire Yan Kingdom, what will you do if you change it?"
Cha Hu: "Then there is no need to slaughter the city, right?
Do you believe that the people in the city will either carry the grain and run away, or the city guards will burn the grain with a fire? Tiger, on the battlefield, there is no right or wrong in this kind of thing, and the Song State must be mentally prepared to bear the price if it provokes a war and invades the Yan State!"
Hu Yan walked to the map without hatred and pointed to Yanjing, "Meng Shanming seems to be burning, killing and looting in the Song Kingdom, but in fact, the ultimate goal is to target the Song soldiers and horses who attacked Yanjing! Meng Shanming's move is first to raise military rations for himself, and secondly, to deliberately create a large-scale panic in the Song Kingdom, forcing a large number of people in the Song Kingdom to flee, he is clearing the field on a large scale!"
"Clear?" Cha Hu was suspicious, a little puzzled.
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"I heard that a large amount of grain has been turned out in Yanjing. ”
Outside a city that was buried in flames, Meng Shanming, who was in a wheelchair, handed out a piece of paper with information written on it to Gong Lince on the side.
Gong Lince looked at it and bowed his head, "There is such a thing, this Tong Mo is still quite capable, he has offended a lot of people in order to defend Yanjing this time!"
Meng Shanming: "I don't care how capable he is, and no matter how many people he has offended, inform the people of the three major factions in Yanjing to concentrate the grain so that it can be destroyed, once the city is broken, immediately pour fire oil on it, and burn all the grain, and it must not fall into the hands of the Song army!"
Gong Lince sighed in his heart, but what the other party said was also reasonable, and said: "Meng Shuai rest assured, he will do it, how can he be cheap Song Jun!"
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In the Prime Minister Song Jing's mansion, Zi Pingxiu hurriedly returned.
A thin and elegant man was waiting in the courtyard early, with three long beards like ink, quite delicate, and he bowed when he saw it, "Prime Minister!"
This person is Jia Wuqun, a confidant and strategist beside Zi Pingxiu.
Zi Pingxiu stepped forward and took his arm, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jia is finally back." He stretched out his hand and gestured, and there was something to say in the room.
After the two of them sat down in the room, Zi Pingxiu asked with a smile: "Mr. is going to travel here, can you still have fun?"
Jia Wuqun smiled: "I wanted to visit a few trading places where monks gathered, but when I arrived at the Ice and Snow Pavilion, I heard that something had happened at home, so I rushed back. I heard that the prime minister asked his son-in-law Chen Shaotong to lead the troops against Meng Shanming?"
Speaking of this, Zi Pingxiu was a little embarrassed, sat there and patted his thigh and sighed: "I really didn't expect it, Jiang Fang's people were caught off guard, a little selfish, they lifted a stone and hit their own feet, and the words they said in front of His Majesty can't be recovered, they can only be hard-headed, presumably Mr. will be able to relieve my depression when he comes back!"
Jia Wuqun said: "The prime minister is right, Chen Shaotong should lead the army to the expedition, Chen Shaotong will go on the expedition, and Meng Shanming will be defeated!"
"Shaotong can be Meng Shanming's opponent?" Ziping Xiu was suspicious, even he didn't believe it.
"I'll mention this matter later!" Jia Wuqun waved his hand, dipped his fingers in the tea, and drew a line on the table, and his fingers pointed to the west on both sides of the water marks, "Yanjing! Don't be rash with Yanjing, Cheng quite immediately enter the palace, and let His Majesty quickly issue an order to summon Luo Zhao's army to retreat! Yanjing is unbreakable, Shang Jianxiong's team controlling Yan must be retained, the situation is like this, Shang Chaozong can't be cheapened." Shang Jianxiong collapsed, and after this, the three major factions of the Yan State will definitely support the Shang Dynasty to ascend to the throne. Prime Minister, the Yan Kingdom under the control of Shang Jianxiong's group of people is the most beneficial to the Song Kingdom, with this group of people, Meng Shanming, who is not supported by King Ning, is a martial artist, and he can't return to the sky no matter how he can fight!"