Sun Ji hugged his knees and looked at the setting sun on the horizon, bored. The thieves have occupied the village for more than ten days now. You can only go out, but you can't go in. You can't leave even if you want to. Sun Ji felt a little embarrassed when he lived in Pan's father's house and ate so much rice these days.
It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and although the leaves of the trees are still green, they have lost a lot of color and are not as vibrant as in summer. In the bamboo forest next to it, there seemed to be fewer birds, and they no longer kept chirping all day long like they did a few days ago.
Pan's father came back from the village and saw Sun Ji, and he hurriedly saluted.
Sun Ji returned the gift. He said: "Are those thieves in the village still there? When will this day end!"
Dad Pan said: "No need to worry, officials. I heard that those people will leave soon."
After hearing this, Sun Duan jumped up from the ground. Asked: "Will they leave? Why will they leave?"
Dad Pan said: "This afternoon, many people came down from the Guanshui River Valley, carrying many large copper pipes. I heard that they are called artillery, and they are very powerful when used on the battlefield. The people who came from the village are the Jin people. , hiding here, just waiting for the artillery. Now that they have snatched the artillery, if they don’t run back to the north quickly, the imperial army will definitely clear them out. "
Sun Ji nodded. Said: "So that's it——"
As a Luoshan native, Sun Ji had heard of artillery before. It's just not clear what it looks like and how to use it. The Jin army spent so much effort to grab it, I guess it was very useful.
This village is located in the mountains, not far from Shangcheng Town. It is indeed a good place to hide soldiers and horses. To the north of the mall, we soon exited the Dabie Mountains and saw the vast plains as far as the eye can see. After the puppet Qi occupied Shouchun, the Song army only had one stronghold in Lu'an, and there was nothing they could do against the Jin army.
Back at Dad Pan's house, Sun Ji was uneasy. Although he is only a civilian, he has seen the ferocity of the Jin Army in the past few years, and has also experienced a stable life under Wang Xiaolie's rule. The artillery was a sacred weapon of the Song Army, and it was snatched away by the Jin Army. I felt that this matter was very abominable.
After dinner, Sun Ji couldn't bear it anymore. Tell Dad Pan and arrive outside the village. I heard people shouting and neighing in the village, and there was a chaos. I don’t know how many Jin people came. When people's homes were robbed by gold men, some people scolded them. At this time, the Jin army was not as kind as when they came here. If anyone dared to scold them, they would kill them with their swords. At this time, more than half of the people in the village were killed by swords in just over an hour.
Lying in the shadow outside the village, looking at the tragic scenes in the village under the moonlight, Sun Ji felt mixed emotions in his heart. These are our own fathers and fellow countrymen. It is really sad to see them die so tragically. I'm just alone, what can I do?
After watching for a while, Sun Ji sighed and turned to leave. Suddenly, a scream was heard in the village. Looking up, he saw a man suddenly running out of the house, with disheveled hair and a terrifying look.
On the street, a golden soldier was patrolling with a knife. When he saw the person coming, he cursed angrily and slashed him with a knife.
He was stabbed and the man was covered in blood. Pointing at Jin Bing, he cursed loudly: "I am from Song Dynasty. If I die here today, I will not go back with you!"
Jin Bing took a step forward and stabbed the man's chest with his knife. He smiled and said: "Since you want to die, then just die! Why do you talk so much nonsense!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Jin Army general came out from the corner of the street carrying a basin of meat. After seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but asked in shock: "Who did you kill just now?"
Jin Bing pointed to the house in front and said: "The one who came out of here——"
"How dare you!" Jin dropped the basin in his hand and the juice splashed everywhere. "The person locked in that room is the artillery craftsman, how dare you kill him!"
After hearing this, Jin Bing was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do. I just succeeded in killing him, but I didn't expect to cause a big disaster.
At this moment, more than a dozen people rushed out of the room and rushed towards the golden soldier holding a knife. Someone shouted: "Dad Xin, a good man, died here! We are originally from the Song Dynasty, why should we go north with these Jin people who are inferior to pigs and dogs! It is better to die and not to dishonor our ancestors!"
From Tuanfeng Town to Macheng, they traveled two hundred miles a day and a night, and more than a hundred Jin soldiers were killed. When the waterway was exhausted, we used big wood to build a frame and lift the artillery. A two-thousand-jin artillery piece requires fifty people to carry it. We drove quickly and arrived at this village. Along the way, more than two hundred people died. By the time they arrived at the village, the Jin army was already exhausted and on the verge of collapse. Many people kill people in the village just to vent their anger.
The captured Song Dynasty craftsmen suddenly rose up, and the Jin soldiers who were eating around them picked up their swords and guns and killed them without thinking at all. On the road these past few days, many Jin Jun's minds were confused. How could they think so much?
Before the Jin army generals could give orders, all the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty were killed, and the ground was a mess.
The generals of the Jin Army were also stunned by their men. He is experienced in the military and knows that he cannot suppress him at this time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. We can only wait for the incident to pass and the mood of these soldiers to calm down, and then slowly think of a solution.
Sun Ji saw it outside the village and was stunned for a moment. The ground in the village was covered in blood and flesh, and the bodies were almost incomplete.
The breeze blows, already bringing a chill.
Autumn has come.
In the Henan government office, Wang Xiao slammed the official documents on the table. He said angrily: "This Zheyanzi is not enough to achieve anything, but more than enough to fail!"
Wang Ruohai picked up the official document and read it over. After a moment of silence, he asked: "The artillery has been snatched away by the Jin army, and there are no chasing troops around. What should I do?"
Wang Xiaolie stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the falling yellow leaves outside.
After a while, he said: "What else can be done? We have artillery in the army, and the Jin army will learn it sooner or later. But I didn't expect to learn it like this. When Zhe Yanzhi came to Luoyang, he was afraid that the court would not be able to learn how to cast cannons. From then on The ready-made cannons, the craftsmen who cast them, and even the drawings of the cannons were all taken away. Who would have thought that all of them were given to the Jinren! Zhe Yanzhi deserves to be killed!"
Wang Ruohai has been with Wang Xiaolie for many years. This is the first time he heard Wang Xiaolie curse someone, and the first time he heard Wang Xiaolie say someone should be killed. Seeing Wang Xiao in front of him with a hunting spirit, he didn't know what to say as he stood there.
It took a long time for Wang Xiaolie to slowly calm down his emotions. Shen Sheng said: "After seizing the artillery, the Jin Army will definitely learn to use it as soon as possible. It will take time. This autumn, there may not be a big war. But next year, the Jin Army will definitely attack in a large scale, and we must be prepared in advance."
Wang Ruohai nodded. Said: "If the Jin army does not consider the cost, they can cast a lot of cannons in a year. However, they have not enough time to learn how to use them in the army."
Wang Xiaolie said: "It's definitely not enough. We have spent several years, gone through many drills, and had many people contribute ideas, but we still didn't use it well. In the battle in the west of Beijing at the beginning of this year, although the results were glorious, the price was also real. Quite a few. In fact, most of the artillery in the army are broken. It’s just that the artillery is not difficult to repair as long as it doesn’t blow up the barrel. The Jin Army’s cannons will have no fewer problems than ours.”
At this point, Wang Xiaolie turned around.
Wang Ruohai was about to speak, but Wang Xiaolie raised his hand to stop him. Said: "I have always said that artillery is a powerful weapon in the army, but we cannot rely on artillery. What really determines the outcome of a war is not one or two weapons, but the army itself. In the next year, while building artillery, the most important thing is Train the army. Our main attack direction remains unchanged, still in Hedong. We must use this year to form a sure-win trend against Taiyuan!"
