Chapter 1
Of course, Tan Fei knew this truth when capturing the thief and capturing the king. Moreover, Tuohuan was the youngest son of Kublai Khan of the BC, and the brother of the current Khan, who was now the King of Zhennan who had been pacifying Jiangnan for many years. It is self-evident how important it is to capture such a big figure alive. It will not only add a strong mark in the young emperor's ruling career, but also leave it in history. Even if his personal factors are eliminated, it has significant practical significance for the Song Dynasty, which was once destroyed, and can boost morale and strengthen confidence among the government and the people, especially to block the mouths of those court officials who have always opposed the Northern Expedition and change the direction of the court.
"Your Majesty, I will lead the army to intercept him. If I can't bring up my head to see you!" Tan Fei said solemnly.
"Tsk, don't you understand the principle of not chasing the enemy? His head is not more useful than yours. I will not do a loss-making business!" Zhao Bing turned around and glared at Tan Fei, then said, "It's a blessing to have a loss. In fact, it's not a big deal for us to run away from the Huan. However, it may not be a good thing for the Mongolian and Yuan court. Who knows what will happen? But I warn you, you will be rotten to me when you happen just now, otherwise... hum!"
"Yes... I understand!" Tan Fei was stunned for a moment, but he still replied habitually, but immediately understood what His Majesty said. In other words, he just ordered the guards to force him to control him, and he would not pursue him or take it seriously, so he would not stop here. But if he didn't pursue him, it does not mean that others would take the opportunity to cause trouble after hearing this, so they should control their mouths and not cause trouble by themselves.
"Yes!" Zhao Bing nodded and focused his attention on the battlefield again.
The battle situation changed quickly, and reinforcements arrived quickly and cooperated with the personal guard regiment to block the gap. Fortunately, the breakthrough was narrow, and the enemy troops who broke through flocked to rush out, and they all wanted to rush out, and they could not help but collide with each other, even killing each other, just to break out. No one obeyed the officer's orders, especially when Tuo Huan escaped first, which led to the fact that the dragons had no heads and no desire to fight, leaving the troops out of control. However, Tuo Huan, who broke out, had no intention of turning back. As soon as he escaped, he fled north, and the remaining soldiers who responded to him also left.
As a result, the pressure of the personal guard regiment suddenly decreased, eliminating the dilemma of being attacked from both sides and fighting on both sides, concentrating firepower to bombard the enemy in the circle. Guan Hong also mobilized artillery troops to launch an indiscriminate bombardment on the enemy. The Song army that captured the city wall also shot at the enemy soldiers at the city from a high point, suppressing the momentum of the enemy soldiers breaking through, and the personal guard regiment also took the opportunity to block the gap.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"...
The exit was blocked again, and the enemy's remaining enemies fled in scattered under the bombardment of artillery fire, but at this time they found that the Song army formed a formation from the west and south with a scattered momentum, and the road to the east to the city had long been blocked, with the flags of the Song army large and small generals waving in the wind on the city wall. At this moment, they might be worried about accidentally hurting their friendly troops, and the artillery fire gradually became thinner. Looking at the approaching Song army, the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and they were oppressed and gathered together. Listening to the Song army shouting the surrender's call for the surrender to not kill, they couldn't help but fall into confusion, not knowing what they were thinking.
The overall situation has been decided, Zhao Bing breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that according to the evaluation standards of the current era, when the troops lost one tenth of their losses, they still had the power to fight; when the casualties reached 20%, they lost their offensive ability; when the losses reached 30%, they were already on the verge of collapse. Of course, this is the standard for ordinary troops, and the Mongolian and Yuan army was strict in military discipline and tightly organized. Even if the current situation is not the same as the early stage, their combat effectiveness has been reduced. However, under the heavy siege, their combat power is still shown. However, the city has been lost, the breakthrough has failed, and more than half of the casualties have dropped to the extreme.
"Haha, Tuohuan is losing a lot this time, and his old capital is thrown under the city!" Zhao Bing was in a better mood. He pointed at the pack horses scattered everywhere in the field with a horse whip. There was no need to ask that this was definitely the family that Tuohuan was about to take away, but he didn't care about it and threw it here. At this moment, the battle was a little rest, and the living pack horses gathered in a corner, but no one cared about it.
"Your Majesty, Tuohuan has accumulated so much wealth in Yangzhou for only three years, which shows the hardships of people's livelihood!" Tan Fei also looked at it and said.
"I don't know what good things are there, and how valuable they are!" Zhao Bing did not follow suit, but said with a green light on his chin.
"His Majesty……"
"Why do you look at me like this?" Zhao Bing heard Tan Fei's voice was wrong, and turned his face to look at his face full of confusion and cursed, "Do you know that in this war, our dynasty mobilized nearly 100,000 troops, and the husband and wife were basically equal. It took two months to siege Yuxi Timur into the hub, and the cost was all over a million yuan. The next time the troops entered Lianghuai, the cost was even more scattered. What's wrong with finding some repairs from them? Besides, I have been away from Beijing for several months. The three concubines are all pregnant with the six Jia, and the empress dowager is still worried about national affairs. Shouldn't I pick a few things and send them back, express my feelings?"
"Haha...it should, it should!" Tan Fei said with a stunned smile.
"Look at your expression at this time, you are smiling and not smiling. You must be whispering me in your heart!" Zhao Bing looked up and down and said angrily, "Although I am an emperor, I am also a human being. I have a wife, children, and children have long love. I have never wanted to be a saint king, learn how to spend three years of family life without entering, and I also hope to live a stable life, rather than pursue fame throughout the ages and leave a name in history!"
"Your Majesty has worked hard for the country and the people!" Tan Fei was called to pieces and looked embarrassed. He said with a polite look. However, he disappeared from what he had just thought. Instead, he suddenly remembered that Your Majesty was only fifteen years old this year, but everyone often ignored the fact that he was just a young man. He should have been at a worry-free time, but he took on the important task of restoring the country, managing the huge country, and leading troops to fight in the east and west.
"Your Majesty, the enemy army at the city is in conflict. After capturing Tuohuan's eldest son Lao Zhang and his second son Tuobuhua, please surrender. What should I do? Please tell me!" As he spoke, Guan Hong, the commander of the third division, came to see him and bowed to him.
Zhao Bing soon learned what had just happened from him. The surrounding Mongolian Yuan soldiers saw that there was no hope of breaking through the siege and had no intention of fighting again. When he rescued Tu Huan from the trap, Lao Zhang, who rushed into the encirclement, fell off his horse and injured because his war horse was shot dead. When he found the horse and the broken rear could no longer go out. Tuobuhua, who was responsible for escorting the escort team and the escort team, failed to break through successfully because of the siege team slowdown and was trapped in it.
The two brothers still wanted to reorganize the troops and fight again, but at this time they split. The heavy cavalry that broke through with them was originally formed by the remnants of Badu, Brother Du and others. The chief officials were all replaced by Qiexue, which made them feel dissatisfied, but they did not dare to do anything. During the breakout, they suffered extremely heavy losses as vanguards and were unable to fight again.
But Lao Zhang was unwilling to tie his hands and wanted to fight to the end. Seeing that the heavy cavalry did not obey the general, he killed several people to establish his authority. However, the children of the hostage, Hanhou, who were the sons of Qinxue, worked as cannon fodder in war, and became promoted and made money, and had no share. They also had a strange intention. The two groups of people thought of one thing and killed Lao Zhang and Tuobuhua's confidants together, tied up the two and surrendered.
"Okay, it's good to catch the two young ones after running away!" Zhao Bing nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "After you confiscate the weapons of the surrendered soldiers, you can quickly escort them to the camp to be detained. The injured will be treated and not abused. The two captured princes should be detained separately and taken care of them well, and there will be great use in the future."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Guan Hong accepted the order, thought about it and walked forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are a lot of money left on the battlefield. I think those surrendered soldiers are indispensable. Can they search their bodies?"
"The national law is like a furnace, and the warlords are like iron. How many of your heads are enough to cut off, but you dare to deceive me!" Zhao Bing suddenly turned his back after hearing this.
Since the establishment of the General Army, all seized on the battlefield will be returned to the public and distributed uniformly. The discipline was established that the prisoners were not allowed to be killed or abused at will, and ordinary prisoners of war were generally not allowed to plunder their property. In this battle, the third division was responsible for the task of preventing the enemy from breaking through. It was originally just an auxiliary task, but unexpectedly it won the lottery and caused casualties in a fierce battle. The meaning was very clear. The consideration of merit was definitely no better than that of the first division that siegeed the city. Tuohuan would definitely be punished if he left. However, in order to calm the morale of the army, he wanted to allocate more from the capture, or hide it privately.
Previously, in order to quickly break the city, Zhao Bing deliberately relaxed the strength of using weapons, but these generals thought there was a gap and wanted to lose some benefits from it. In terms of boosting morale and maintaining his own group, it was understandable to give some small favors, but he knew that this evil example could not be opened. Otherwise, they would regard this as a convention and the gap would become bigger and bigger until it was out of control. Private seizures would also lead to corruption and bribery, internal struggles caused by the competition for property, killing good people and taking credit, etc.
"Your Majesty, I will strictly abide by the sacred orders and strictly abide by military discipline." Although the young emperor's voice was not high, it was not easy for Guan Hong to hear the sound of five thunders. He felt a chill in his neck, and he was sweating heavily, and he hurriedly said.
"After taking these little thoughts, do your own thing well. I will not treat you badly in my opinion on merits and rewards!" Zhao Bing said with a slow expression, and there were no lack of warnings in his words.
"Yes, I will remember Your Majesty's teachings in the end!" Guan Hong also stood attentively and said in a solemn manner.
The skill was not great, and Chen Fenglin, the commander of the first army, rushed over and reported that His Majesty's city had been broken. The first division entered from the north city, seized the city wall first and controlled the commanding heights. Then he opened the second gates in the south and north to connect the second division and the land combat brigade into the city. After each division entered the city, he opened the road with artillery fire and advanced along the streets in the city to control the main passages, bridges and commanding heights.
Chapter completed!