Qian Song

Chapter 441 Li Cun: Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me perish (ask for a monthly ticke

Chapter 441 Li Cun: Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me perish (ask for a monthly ticket!)

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After a bloody storm that swept almost every corner of the capital except the imperial palace, the once prosperous international metropolis Shangjing became devastated and dilapidated.

On the streets, burned houses and corpses can be seen everywhere, and there are ruins and flames that have not been burned everywhere.The air smelled of ashes and death.The terrified and miserable cries of Jurchen women and Jurchen children can be heard everywhere.

These are intertwined to form a bleak picture, which makes people feel heavy and depressing.

The streets that were once full of vitality have become deserted now, only some rebel soldiers who have begun to maintain law and order and fight fire occasionally rush past them quickly.

The river was stained blood red, and the trees along the river were scorched, leaving only black trunks and withered branches and leaves.

Many people who were crazy like demons last night hid in their homes at this time, looked at their own blood-stained hands, listened to the complaints of the Jurchen women who lost their husbands and the Jurchen children who lost their fathers, and kept questioning themselves What did you do?Their eyes are full of self-blame and confusion, wondering whether what they did is right or not?And then let out a cry of regret and pain...

Standing on the top of the city gate, Yuwen Huangzhong, watching all this, let out a long sigh: "Alas~ human life in troubled times is like a piece of grass, and the ancients never deceived me!"

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the national population was nearly 6000 million. By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the national population was only about 500 million. In just over ten years, the total population dropped by almost [-]%.

During the Five Dynasties, the population declined by about [-]%.

If it was the time when the Mongols rose in history, the national population would be less than 20.00% of the original, and the total number would decrease by as much as 80.00%, which is rare in the world.

This is the cruelty of war.

As a very knowledgeable person, Yuwen Huangzhong is very clear that if Li Cun cannot be beaten, the world will definitely continue to be in turmoil, and more people will die. They deserved to end up in such an ending, and they deserve no sympathy.

At this time, someone came to report that Jin Wushu's cavalry had arrived at the city, and the army would be able to approach the city in the evening at the latest.

When Yuwen Huang Zhong heard this, he quickly notified the soldiers and civilians all over the city, and made preparations to stand by and wait for help.

In fact, there was no need for Yuwen Huangzhong to send someone to notify, the news that Jin Wushu led the army would soon return to Shangjing had already spread like wildfire, and Shangjing was already in a state of panic, people panicked, worried, and at a loss.

But soon, without the need for Yuwen Huangzhong to send people to urge and threaten, the soldiers and civilians all over the city immediately actively obeyed the command of the civil and military officials, monks, Taoists, and elders, and made full-scale preparations, repaired buildings and sculls, hung felt curtains, installed gun seats, and set up crossbows Beds, bricks and stones, torches, lumber, fire oil, and all equipment needed for defense have been fully prepared.

This is Yuwen Huangzhong's biggest gain from killing all the Jurchens, that is, they tied everyone in the capital to their chariots, let the people in the capital work together to stand by and wait for help, and let the people in the capital work together. Not only did the people in the capital dare not give birth to two minds, they even dared not try their best.

——Everyone understands that if they can't defend the upper capital, let Jin Wushu lead the Jin army back to the upper capital, and see that they have killed the Jurchens, they will definitely kill them all to avenge the Jurchens, so, now It's not fighting for others, it's fighting for themselves and their families, it's a fight for survival! ! !

In a short period of time, under the leadership of Yuwen Huangzhong and others, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Shangjing City were quickly formed and began to operate at high speed.

Yuwen Huang Zhong is well aware of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and dare not neglect in the slightest.He used the hundred-step method to divide the troops, and divided the city wall into four defense zones, east, west, south, and north. Each defense zone sent more than 1 people as frontal combat troops, and was also equipped with auxiliary militia teams.

For these four defense zones, Yuwen Huangzhong each arranged a civil official and a general to serve as the promotion officers of the defense zone, and each arranged a cronies to inspect.

Each city gate is the focus of defense, and Yuwen Huangzhong sent safe people to guard it.

At the same time, Yuwen Huangzhong also quickly summoned more than 8000 horse troops and infantry troops, divided them into five armies, front, back, left, and middle, each with [-] soldiers, and established an organizational system such as control, command, generals, and team generals.

Yuwen Huangzhong arranged for the former army to be stationed outside Tongjin Gate to protect the granary in the city (there are more than [-] stones of soybeans and millet in the warehouse, which will be the most important food and grass for the dry army who came to reinforce), while the left, right, and central troops They are all stationed in the city as a strategic reserve for emergency use.

——For the lack of manpower, immediately select brave people from the city to supplement.

As the capital of the Liao and Jin dynasties, Shangjing is the political, economic, and cultural center of the Northeast, as well as a military center. Its fortifications are well built.

There are fourteen gates on all sides, including seven water gates, and each gate is equipped with a round or square urn to strengthen the protection of the gate entrance.

There is a battle shed above the urn for the defense and rest of the soldiers defending the city.

There is a horse face every sixty or seventy steps on the outer city wall. The horse face protrudes outside the city wall and can be used for cross-shooting to protect the city wall from enemy damage.

There is a warehouse about every 200 meters, which contains various weapons and military supplies.

In order to strengthen the city defense, a moat was excavated around the outer city, and elms and willows were planted on both sides of the river, which could also pose obstacles to the enemy attacking the city.

Under the leadership of Yuwen Huangzhong, the soldiers and civilians in Shangjing City worked together as one, and soon used all the city defense facilities in Shangjing, making Shangjing City as solid as gold.

In the evening of that day, Jin Wushu led the cavalry of the Jin Army to the outside of Shangjing City. They marched vigorously with drums, mighty and powerful, and a large cavalry force rushed towards Shangjing City.

Apparently, Jin Wushu, who had been sent back to explore the horses with multiple waves, had found out the news that Shangjing City had been occupied by the rebels.

However, Jin Wushu didn't start attacking the city immediately, but seized a highland in the northwest of Shangjing and set up camp there.

At this time, all the city gates in Shangjing City have been closed, martial law is enforced throughout the city, and the city guards are waiting in full force in their respective positions.

Yuwen Huangzhong judged that the Jin army would definitely develop an attack at night. He did not dare to slack off, and had been patrolling the various defense areas of the city wall with Han Qi first.

really!

That night, the Jin army began to attack the city.

They attacked Xuanzemen first.

Holding torches, they entered the moat along the river in dozens of large boats and descended one after another.

Yuwen Huang Zhong came to the scene to command the battle in person. He deployed the two thousand daredevils he had recruited under the city of Kidnap, and let the hero Han Chang command them.

When the enemy ship approached, Han Chang led the defenders to hook the ship with long hooks and pull it to the shore. At this time, the soldiers and civilians who had already prepared threw large stones on the ship and smashed the ship.

At the same time, Yuwen Huangzhong ordered the soldiers and civilians defending the city to set up wooden fences in the middle of the river, and arranged for people to throw wooden thunderstones into the river to stop the enemy ships from moving forward.

After the two sides made such a simple test, Jin Wushu knew that the upper capital was well prepared, and he wanted to retake the upper capital casually by frightening him, rescued Wanyan Quan and the royal family and clan of the Jin Kingdom, and brought back their families. Then flee, there is no door.

Jin Wushu looked up to the sky and sighed!

Sigh, Jin Wushu can only call Jin to withdraw troops.

In this battle, the defenders won a complete victory and captured more than 100 gold soldiers from the boats in the water.

The first attack of the Jin army was repelled, and the defenders' confidence increased greatly.

Until dawn, the Jin army did not dare to attack Shangjing again.

And in the morning, from the distant horizon, a group of black cavalry galloped forward, and the black battle flag they were fighting against fluttered in the wind.

The Dagan Dynasty was the Shuide Dynasty, which was still black.

Reinforcements are coming! ! !

Seeing this, extremely warm cheers erupted in the capital, and tears of excitement were left on many people's faces.

They are saved!

Next, more and more dry troops gathered. Just after noon, they gathered almost 7 to [-] horses, not much less than the Jin army led by Jin Wushu. Tit for tat.

Seeing this, Yuwen Huangzhong hurriedly sent people out of the city to report the situation in the capital to Han Shizhong, the commander of the support army.

Han Shizhong, who also sent a lot of sentries to inquire about the news, and also met the person sent by Yuwen Huangzhong to ask Yue Fei for help, actually knew about the changes that happened in Shangjing for a long time, and knew that Shangjing basically belonged to the Daqian Dynasty.

Han Shizhong immediately stated his position and asked the people in the capital to rest assured that tomorrow he would send troops to defeat Jin Wushu's remnants and liberate the capital.

In order to appease the soldiers and civilians living in the capital, Han Shizhong also said that they are just the former army, and there are millions of troops behind them who are advancing to the capital under the leadership of Yue Fei and others, and Jin Wushu has no chance of winning.

After receiving this news, the soldiers and civilians in Shangjing City were determined.

However, before the next day, Jin Wushu, who was unwilling to be driven away like this, took advantage of Han Shizhong's unsteady foothold and the arrival of heavy weapons, and launched an attack on Han Shizhong's department, wanting to defeat Han Shizhong's department in one fell swoop and deter them. Go to the soldiers and civilians in the capital, and then blackmail Wanyan Quan and other royal families and clans of the Jin Kingdom and their families.

Who would have thought that Han Shizhong had long guarded against Jin Wushu's move. When the Jin army came to kill him, Han Shizhong decisively ordered to line up to fight the Jin army who came to attack. Cheng Min, Xie Yuan, Wang Sheng, Hu Yantong, Xu Shian Waiting for all the troops to fight with the Jin army.

In order to rescue their family members, the Jinren fought very fiercely. At one point, they besieged the generals of the Qian army under the isolated mountain, and the fierce general Cheng Min was even shot and almost fell off his horse.

When the victory or defeat was pending, Han Shizhong personally led the reinforcements to join the battle in time to stabilize the front line.

The two sides fought from dark to dawn, and there was still no winner.

Just at dawn, Yuwen Huangzhong sent Gao Hailong and Han Chang to lead the Bohai Navy and Liaodong Han'er Army out of the city to reinforce Han Shizhong's cadres and defeated the Jin Army.

Seeing this, Jin Wushu knew that they would not have a chance to rescue Wanyan Quan, the royal family and clan of Jin Kingdom, and their families, so he could only order to retreat westward.

Han Shizhong did not pursue again.

These remnants and defeated generals, like duckweed without roots, are no longer a concern. Maybe without fighting, they will fight among themselves and collapse. The most urgent task is to take over the upper capital and stabilize the huge victory that will be obtained.

Afterwards, Yuwen Huangzhong and others opened the gates of the city and released Han Shizhong's cadres into Shangjing.

Seeing this, Han Shizhong boldly led only [-] relatives into the city, and placed the rest of the dry troops outside the city, so as not to cause panic among the soldiers and civilians in Shangjing.

Han Shizhong did the right thing, and the soldiers and civilians in Shangjing City breathed a sigh of relief seeing this.

Later, under the mediation of Yuwen Huangzhong, all the Jin troops in Shangjing City left the city, handed over the city defense of Shangjing City to Han Shizhong's pro-army, and accepted Han Shizhong's reorganization.

The two sides peacefully completed the handover of the upper capital.

After the handover, Han Shizhong discussed with Yuwen Huangzhong, Han Qixian and others, and decided to quickly send Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyanquan father and son, all the royal family and clan of the Jin Kingdom, and all the Jurchen nobles to Vladivostok, and then sent them back to Daqian by sea Yingtianfu in Nanjing was dedicated to Li Cun.

This is not only a great achievement, but also sent away a hot potato.

——Without these people, Jin Wushu probably would not have attacked Shangjing again.

Everyone expressed their support, including Yue Fei in the rear.

In this way, after the second batch of dry troops arrived in Shangjing, Han Shizhong immediately sent Wang Sheng to lead 3 horse generals Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Quan and his son, all the royal family and clan of the Jin Kingdom, and all the Jurchen nobles to escort them to Vladivostok.

Also sent away are the first batch of gold and silver jewels from the Kingdom of Jin, which were counted by the officials of the household department of the Dagan Dynasty who arrived in Shangjing with the Second Cavalry Army and worked overtime...

Half a month later, Wan Yanquan and more than 5000 royal families and clans of the Kingdom of Jin, as well as Jurchen nobles, were taken to Jinling City.

In history, when the Kingdom of Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, it captured Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and thousands of women such as the Queen Mother, Queen, Concubine, Emperor Ji, Zong Ji, court ladies, and clan wives.

These women, no matter the concubine or the princess, were all raped wantonly by Jin Bing, and more than half of them were ravaged to death.

Then Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, Empress Dowager Zheng, and Zhu Lian had to bare their upper bodies, kneeling and parading through the streets amidst the crowds and cheers of countless Jin people.

The scene was more than miserable!

When the Kingdom of Jin annihilated the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Yanxi was chased like a mouse, and finally ran into the desert. An emperor almost starved to death in the desert. The ending of killing.

Moreover, after the Jin man killed Yelu Yanxi, he trampled him into a puddle of meat with his horse, leaving no bones of Yelu Yanxi.

Similarly, Jin Bing raped the daughters of the royal family and clan of the Liao Kingdom wantonly, and more than half of them were ravaged to death, and those who survived were treated as playthings or goods by them.

All of the above are enough to show the ferocity and tyranny of the Jin Kingdom when it destroyed other countries.

Therefore, Li Cun has no psychological burden at all for what happened in Shangjing. This is the retribution Jurchen deserves.

The point is, in Li Cun's current position, it is impossible to think about such a trivial matter as revenge, he also has to consider future troubles.

Li Cun did not forget that in history, the Jurchens would make a comeback.

But now, a large number of things similar to those in the upper capital have been discovered. The Jurchen whose ancestors are almost killed will definitely withdraw from the stage of history completely, and there is nothing to worry about.

Of course, you can also understand that although Li Cun never gave the order to massacre the Jurchens, to some extent, Li Cun must have connived the Khitan people to seek revenge from the Jurchens.

It can only be said that the law of heaven is reincarnated, and the retribution is not good. If you come out to mess around, you will have to pay it back sooner or later.

Li Cun did not humiliate the royal family and clan of the Kingdom of Jin like the Jin people humiliated the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasties in history. Instead, he did not even see Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Quan and his son, so he simply ordered that since Wanyan All the men from the royal family and clan (including the Jurchen nobles) of the Kingdom of Jin below the Qin Dynasty were imprisoned for life in Wan Guo City, and all the women were entered into their own harem for their own enjoyment...

As of this moment, the Jin Kingdom, which has experienced three generations of emperors for a total of 22 years since the founding of the country, is basically over.

Li Cun ordered to change the original Shangjingcheng Road in the Kingdom of Jin. Pin Road, Huo Suguan Road, and Huli Gai Road; six counties, namely Huining County, Qujiang County, Yichun County, Shixing County, Lishe County, and Wuchang County. Probably Heilongjiang, part of Jilin and the entire Far East in later generations ) to Beining Road, changed Shangjing City to Beining City, as the capital of Beining Road, Ren Yuwen Huangzhong was the prefect of Beining, Han Qi first served as Beining's judge, and then sent Gao Qingyi to serve as Beining Tongzhi, and strictly ordered the three to restore the stability of Beining Road as soon as possible , Cooperate with the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Communications, and the Ministry of Households to establish a railway that is fully connected with the Dagan Dynasty, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Households to open up wasteland and cultivate black land...

——This is only temporary. In the future, Li Cun will definitely divide Beining Road. After all, the Far East alone has more than 600 million square kilometers.

At the same time, Li Cun sent Sun Sandai to reorganize and teach all the surrendered troops in the Northeast (including the Khitan army who surrendered to the Dagan Dynasty before, and the Jin army who surrendered to the Dagan Dynasty later), and dispersed them into various Dagan dynasties. Li Yanxian was appointed as the commander of the Beining Military Region, and Yao Youzhong was the Governor of the Beining Military Region, so that the three of them could wipe out all the resistance forces on the Beining Road as soon as possible, and eliminate the war in the Northeast...

Li Cun also ordered Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Li Yanxian to eliminate Jin Wushu, Wan Yanchang and other remaining forces of the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible.

Finally, Li Cun sent Ma Zhi, Ma Kuo, Wang Lun and a large number of envoys from the Dagan Dynasty to Xixia, Tubo, Mengwu, Kumoxi, Yujue, Shiwei, Tieli, Wure, and Wugu. , Dilie, Zub, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Hezhuo Xiaofan, Ganzhou Uighurs, Gaochang Uighurs, and more than [-] tribes of Zbu Simu, Poli, Paisa, Pulu, Yejiangua, Duying and the Tatar tribe north of Yinshan Mountain, etc.), and the six major tribes separated from Zhabu (Woring Gai Ministry, Juris Ministry, Menggu Department, Meilijiu, Nianbage Department), and the Sukunna Department in the east of Wugu Mountain, and other countries, tell them: Those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish...

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