This whole set of siege tactics has not been practiced several times by the Victory Army, and there are some connection problems in the cooperation of all aspects.
However, under the leadership of high-quality grassroots officers, all aspects of the army complied with the requirements of the military order relatively well. They followed the instructions of the drums and trumpets and launched an attack on the city.
On the other hand, the Qufu garrison looked very stretched out.
Crossbowmen cannot shoot in groups. Basically, a single person counterattacks. A few sparse arrows cannot compete with the groups of crossbowmen of the Victory Army.
The offensive firepower below the city is strong, while the defensive firepower above the city is quite weak. Their amateurish behavior makes the Shengjie Army's offense look so professional, even though the Shengjie Army has just undergone expansion and is not a strong force in the world at all.
Obviously, there was no fight at all.
Only half an hour after the battle began, the victorious army had completely crossed the moat and began their attack on the city.
They did not stop the Shengjie Army's attack at all, and suffered heavy casualties. Facing the Shengjie Army's ants on the city, and looking at the red-eyed and murderous Shengjie Army soldiers, they collapsed.
The entire city tower was in panic. The soldiers of the Shengjie Army quickly climbed onto the city wall and slashed the defenders with swords behind the city wall. The defenders could not resist and fled one after another, or pushed their comrades to the front to die and took the opportunity to escape.
A few well-trained soldiers with good personal combat effectiveness cannot be used together and cannot fully exert their strength. They are trapped in the chaos and cannot exert their strongest strength.
The outcome has been decided.
Less than an hour after the war started, the west city gate tower was fully occupied by Shengjie's army. The city gate was opened and the battle line was quickly pushed forward, entering the stage of street fighting. Su Yonglin had already galloped into Qufu County - as a conqueror. Come.
If you don't listen to good words, of course all that's left is knives and crossbows.
Hesitation City was besieged on all sides, and the people in the city couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
Kong Zheng and Kong La took the entire Beizong Kong clan to hide in the Kong family mansion, and gathered the last armed forces in the city to defend the Kong family mansion, in a posture of fighting to the death, but they themselves no longer had much courage.
Kong Zheng was being scolded by other older elders. All the old people who were still alive expressed their hatred for Kong Zheng's stupid and reckless behavior, pointing at him one after another and scolding him, spittle flying everywhere.
Kong Zheng sat paralyzed on the ground and was at a loss. The courage he had just lost was gone. In his heart, besides annoyance, he felt regret.
I hate myself for being so obsessed that I chose to start a war with this bandit army.
This is great, what could have been discussed can no longer be discussed.
The huge gap in military force between the two sides has admitted Kong's failure, and what cannot be accomplished by force, negotiations certainly cannot accomplish.
There is no other armed force in Qufu County that can compete with the army.
In fact, this is also true.
The armed forces that the county magistrate hurriedly assembled were quickly annihilated by Shengjie's army. The Han county magistrate who advocated resistance was taken to the door of the Kong family's mansion by Su Yonglin and beheaded himself, and the bloody head was thrown into the Kong family's stronghold.
"Open the door within a stick of incense and surrender, otherwise when I break in, the lives of everyone in the house will be in danger."
Su Yonglin's murderous ultimatum directly penetrated the last psychological defense line of the Kong family.
A group of old guys didn't care what Kong Zheng thought. They rushed out of Kong Zheng's house in groups, opened the door, surrendered to Su Yonglin, and gave up resistance. They moved very quickly, very simply, and without any delay.
They handed over all their weapons and equipment, and all the guards at the hospital were disarmed, became prisoners, and were sent to the military camp of the Shengjie Army to await arrangements.
Su Yonglin entered the Confucian mansion as a conqueror, and a group of old and young people from the Confucian family looked down upon him and spoke harmoniously to him.
A knife is indeed better than words, even in the Kong Mansion where the talker is a master.
The Kong family mansion is said to be more than 100 acres in size. It was the residence of Duke Yansheng in the past dynasties. Not all other members of the Kong family live here, only those with the closest bloodline can live here.
The rest of the bloodline lives further away in the city, even outside the city, and even in other state capitals.
The Kong family has many bloodlines so far, and there are countless sects that have moved out and spread out branches at any time and place. Only one main lineage remains in Qufu.
But now, because of the existence of the Southern Sect in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Kong family of the Northern Sect is no longer the only main lineage of the Kong family respected by scholars.
But the Kong family mansion is really nice, antique and bookish.
The expensive-looking flowers and plants were trimmed very elegantly, without any extra branches and leaves, as if any more pruning would destroy its overall beauty and make it meaningless.
The seemingly ordinary calligraphy scrolls must be the works of contemporary or previous generations. In a peaceful era, any painting or calligraphy would be a treasure that is hard to find.
There are no gold and silver utensils, no jewelry, but the value of anything is not cheaper than gold and silver jewelry.
In layman's terms, the entire Confucius Mansion is low-key, luxurious and connotative - luxury is luxurious and connotative.
But so what?
Su Yonglin came here not as a guest, but as a conqueror. Everything here could be said to belong to him now.
Everyone in the Kong family depends on his breath to survive. If he is unhappy and wants to kill anyone, even if Su Yonglin has to pay the price later, they will indeed die now.
This deal was uneconomical, so they decided not to do it.
So Su Yonglin unceremoniously sat at the head of the main living room, looked at the two brothers Kong Zheng and Kong La standing in front of him, shook his head and sighed.
"You don't listen to good words and you insist on fighting me. It's fine if you win, but I still lose. What do you want me to do? It's hard for me to handle it too!"
Kong Zheng looked gloomy, Kong La lowered his head and sighed.
Their status is noble—it is just their status.
If Su Yonglin had not hesitated to order them to be killed, they would have no place to cry.
It's just a matter of one knife.
And they were now sure that Su Yonglin was powerful and a bold man who did not hesitate to mess around, so they did not dare to say anything and could only wait for his reaction.
"It is said that those who understand current affairs are heroes. You Kong family have always been a model of those who understand current affairs, but why did you fail this time? Do you feel that the Guangfu Army is a group of rebels and cannot defeat the Jin Army and seize the world?
It should be noted that there are no absolutes in anything. Things you think are impossible will often happen, and things you think will happen may not happen. No one can say for sure! "
Kong Zheng and Kong La didn't speak.
"I know what you are thinking even if you don't say anything, but you should think more about what it means that water from far away cannot quench the thirst that is near, and you don't know how to work around it, but don't you want to die of thirst?
Qufu is the hometown of the sage Confucius. It has a world-wide context. All scholars yearn for it and regard it as a holy place. Therefore, I did not want to attack Qufu, but you forced me to do so. "
Su Yonglin stood up and walked to Kong Zheng and Kong La, looking at them.
"Is it really that good to have a knife to your neck?"
Kong Zheng said nothing.
Kong Lai raised his head.
"It doesn't feel good to have a knife on your neck, but a knife can't do everything! Your Excellency looks very young and has an extraordinary conversation. He should have read a book, so he should know what the Qufu Kong family means. .”
Su Yonglin said "Oh" and looked at Kong Li.
"Yes, I know. Not only did I read books, but I also studied very well. I almost took the imperial examination. Of course, I was not in the Jin Kingdom, but in the Song Kingdom in the south. I am originally from the Song Dynasty."
Kong Lai was stunned, Kong Zheng raised his head and looked at Su Yonglin in surprise, and the people around him, old and young, also looked over in surprise.
"My grandfather is from Shandong. He was not willing to be humiliated, so he followed the Song Dynasty to the south. He served the country with passion and only restored the mountains and rivers for the Northern Expedition. He followed General Yue Fei in the Northern Expedition. After General Yue Fei died unjustly, he served as governor. The position of governor."
Su Yonglin briefly talked about his family background and then said with a smile: "So strictly speaking, although I am a rebel now, I was once a son of an official. I also know everything that should be known in the officialdom."
