Chapter 70 The Siege of Dangshan (15)
A Sima man was sent to escort the prisoners to the city, and the brigade representatives separated the companies and guarded several important directions to prevent possible counterattacks.
Given that the system of the defenders below was in chaos, only some scholars took the lead in charging randomly, the representatives of the brigade made a quick decision and gathered the elites in each company.
In a group of five people, the one with the best marksman is responsible for shooting, and the remaining four are responsible for loading to deal with this scattered counter-shock.
The brigade representative stood obliquely behind a large piece of gravel, raised the musket in his hand, and quietly waited for a scholar who was shouting to rush to within thirty steps. Then he pulled the trigger. The leaf spring that had accumulated a long time fired the flint, sparking and taking away the life of the counterattacker.
The people behind quickly handed over the loaded musket, took it over and fired it, and continued to load it.
The brigade representative fired a gun with him. The brigade representative gently stroked his beard during the shooting, and asked the company commander beside him with a smile, "Why, have you made up your mind to leave and go to camp first?"
The company commander pulled the trigger and sent out the musket at the same time, he also replied casually: "Yes, if the above allows me, I will leave. I have handed over the report."
Before this general mobilization, the Mohist family issued an order saying that there would be a large island in Juli crossing the sea north of Qi. That large island is about the size of the Three Jins. According to the two hermits of the Giant Zi during his lifetime, it was said that there were many gold and copper on the island, but it was very dangerous. Therefore, I hope to screen out a person with strong qualities, superb methods, and political qualifications to participate in this expedition.
The number of people does not need too many. According to some fishermen who have been there, the people there are still in an era when knotted ropes and recorded things, using pottery without copper, so this time the expedition only requires about three hundred people.
After hearing the news, the company commander immediately submitted a report and wanted to participate, but this required a brigade representative to have a conversation with him to determine the purpose. This procedure is to be done.
After the company commander killed another person, he took advantage of the gap between changing 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, and said, "If you can become the company commander first, you will naturally not be afraid of death. You don't need to say that. You also have several medals on you. But to be honest, I am reluctant to let you go."
Most of the elites in the camp first, especially those who can become company commanders in the camp first, all of them struggled from the blood sea of corpses.
The company commander smiled and said, "I feel relieved when you say this. At least it proves that I did too well rather than not enough."
"I was born in Zhao. I went to study when I was a child, and later went to Si Shang and fought all the way. I was very beneficial to the world, but... but to be honest, I knew my own methods and was a little impatient. I couldn't do it if I was a brigade coach."
"Everything you have to do well when doing things. I have already done what I can do before going to camp. Then I will accumulate merits and go to the military academy to study. I am afraid that my mediocrity will not be used to my purpose in this life."
"Since the master of the giant said that there is more gold and copper there, there will be more. Being able to find one can be considered a benefit to the world. I think that kind of life is more suitable for me, and it is beneficial to the world. I choose things that I can do better and prefer. I like traveling and adventure. It is too boring for me to go to the camp to fight first."
While speaking, he raised his hand and killed another enemy, stared at the representative of the brigade and said, "Anyway, it's all beneficial to the world, everything is the same. Since I prefer to take risks, I understand that I am the company commander at most in the army, so you should let me go."
The brigade representative reached out and waved the smoke in front of him, quipped: "If you say that, you may not be able to pass the political review level. What does a company commander mean to be mediocre?"
The company commander hurriedly said, "No, no, I mean..."
The brigade representative smiled, shook his head with a chuckle and said, "Okay, I know what you mean. If you want to go, you can't stay. Do you think that those people in the South China Sea were very heroic in the past that they had broken a city and made a name for themselves. You also want to do such a thing?"
The company commander nodded embarrassedly and said, "It is hypocritical to say that there is no such idea. I hope to do such a thing. Although it is dangerous, I like it. When I attacked the people in the city that year, I climbed the city first."
"To be honest... Actually, I didn't think of any great things like benefiting the world at that time. I was thinking of if I climbed the city first, I would become famous in the army. Life and death are nothing but trivial matters."
In the Battle of Qi Mo, the company commander took the lead in the city and won the medal. He really became famous in one battle. The representative of the brigade said, "Okay, I wish you a new reputation this time. I approved it, but I don't know if the selection or approval from above will be cancelled because of the Song State."
The company commander was overjoyed and said, "Hey, how could it be cancelled? What kind of characters are Juzi and Qi Wulai? How could he not know that the Song Kingdom will be in chaos sooner or later? Since he knew it earlier, he continued to select people from the expedition, this matter would definitely not be cancelled."
The brigade representative cursed: "Your brain is so bright."
There are many different parts of the world on Si, and the brain light is also one of them, because the world believes that human consciousness and thinking come from the heart by relying on its sentiment, because the heart will hurt when you are sad.
This silent change is reflected in all aspects, but it is more accustomed to being accustomed to not taking it differently and gradually taking it for granted.
The two of them were chatting and laughing, killing about a dozen people. The brigade representative looked back and found that the people who were supporting the First Division had climbed up with earthen firewood on their backs, and the artillery soldiers who had been resting for a while also started bombarding again.
The brigade representative smiled and said, "The enemy has missed the only opportunity to counterattack, and this 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. When the brigade representatives on the brigade castle sighed that this battle was about to be over, the six fingers in the command post also sighed the same way they observed through the telescope.
"This battle is over. Record the time and send people back to Pengcheng to tell the master that Dangshan has been broken and that the siege will end tomorrow at the latest. The one-month period is not too long."
There is no surprise to the war to this extent. At the latest, tomorrow, the siege may end as early as tonight.
Dangshan, without a second-level fortress, will be completely broken as long as it is broken.
Now it seems that the artillery has adjusted its direction and angle, and the infantry of the First Division has been pressed onto the fortress. In fact, the most unexpected time is that after entering the camp first, the reinforcements of the First Division did not keep up with that quarter of an hour.
At that time, if the defenders in the city could seize the opportunity of the artillery transfer direction and use all their strength to counterattack, it would be possible that the army in Si Shang would be temporarily pushed down.
However, one is that the mortar cannon crossed the fortress and directly bombarded the defenders' assembly ground, and the other is that all this happened too suddenly and the city did not respond at all, missing the best quarter of an hour.
In the current situation, Dangshan City is really no longer possible to defend it except for mechanical saps.
The others also agreed with Liuzhi's opinion. Si Shang had already siege a lot of times. For this siege, there was no tragedy and too much blood. I just felt that this siege was normal.
Liuzhi was relieved. This was the first time he was entrusted to the General Leadership Army to fight alone. Although it was not difficult to capture Dangshan within a month, he was actually worried.
If this battle is not good, it will probably directly affect his status and prestige in the army, and at least some turmoil will be caused by Si Shang.
He is a direct descendant, and some things not only involve external wars, but also some disputes within Si Shang.
Now that the overall situation has finally been settled, Liu Finger only feels deeply experiencing the idiom he has learned, and is full of energy.
"This time, there is no experience to summarize. However, after this battle, you all go back and stand from the perspective of the emperor's father's clan and write about the experience you can learn from defending the city this time."
"It's not that it can be defended, but that with limited troops and morale, can we hold on for a longer period of time?"
"Now the First Division has gone up and built recommended soil building according to the established plan. Don't be impatient."
"If the city counterattacks, then we just need to defend tonight and continue to attack the city tomorrow. If they don't fight back, then they have given up on resistance and the morale of the army has completely collapsed."
"If this is the case, you can send someone to persuade the surrender, which will cause less casualties and less casualties."
In fact, even if it is a counterattack now, it is just a desperate struggle. There is no difference between the overall situation, but there is a huge difference between whether we can persuade the surrender.
If you still organize a counterattack in this situation, it will be meaningless to persuade the surrender.
The emperor's father Yue Ling is not important to the Mo family. Regardless of life and death, he is very important to judge him. This is another opportunity to completely put the hierarchy that has been deeply rooted for thousands of years by the people. The Mo family will not give up any possibility.
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In the city, the emperor's father Yue Ling looked at the flag on Si rising from the turret castle, with a calm expression. This was a destined fate, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
"The city is broken."
He said three words calmly, and the trusted advisers around him looked calm. Since the ending was already destined, he was already mentally prepared.
A close confidant said: "Escape is meaningless. The Mo family's soldiers attacking the city are just on May Day, and the rest of the cavalry are waiting for us to commit suicide. Today, the city is broken, and I am willing to sacrifice for justice."
"Besides, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated. If he is captured by the Mo, he must be judged for the crime of killing the people. If he is guided by the fools and untouchables, he will be uncomfortable with this great humiliation. As a soldier, a doctor can judge my sins, but the common people cannot."
This touched the emperor's father Yue Ling. Now that things have come to this point, he no longer needs a choice to live and die. He also understood that neither the Mo family nor the Dai family could let him go. The crimes he had inscribed were nothing more than killing some people, but these crimes he thought would be punished by him.
Instead of being judged, it is better to stop early to avoid being humiliated.
At this time, the counterattack was meaningless. Even countries had sent troops to intervene since the day of the Song Dynasty's coup, and now they could not go to Dangshan. All of this was too fast. Si Shang's reaction was too fast, which caught him off guard and at a loss.
He knelt on the ground blankly, rubbing the sword used for suicide, and remembered the story of "the poisonous plan before death caused the enemy to be extinct in seventy families" that circulated from Si again. He considered whether his death should have left such a legend?
In silence, people kept impatiently reporting on the situation of the city wall.
"The army on Si has strengthened the city wall with earthen firewood."
"The Si Shang artillery bombarded both sides."
"Sheep are piled up under the city."
"The morale of the defenders under the city has been dispersed, and many people flee and surrender..."
One by one, one by one, without any accidents.
Until a long time later, someone reported: "The Mo family sent lobbyists to persuade them to surrender."
Chapter completed!