freenovelworld Chapter 313 Victory in the first battle
Chapter 313 Victory in the first battle
The large-scale thunder bombs made by the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor were extremely powerful. More than 20 of them landed on the city wall, and the broken limbs and bodies of the Liao army flew everywhere, and more than a dozen of the battlements on the city wall were blown away. The more than a dozen thunder bombs that landed behind the city wall just happened to explode above the heads of the Liao army troops who were busy supplying materials to the top of the city wall. There was also blood and flesh flying everywhere, and ghosts cried and wolves howled...
The Liao army that was not hit by the bomb was also frightened, and they shouted in fear: "The Song army's thunder is coming... Run!..."
Marshal Yelu Xiezhen and Marshal Yelu Xiuge did a good job in popularizing the knowledge of thunder to the Liao army. The original intention was to let the Liao army soldiers know that the Song army had such a powerful and even more deterrent thunder weapon, so that when they suddenly encountered it, they would not be scared and regard it as a punishment from heaven. Unexpectedly, it made the Liao army soldiers even more frightened and lost the courage to fight.
The Liao soldiers on the city wall had no way to run far away and could only push and shove to both sides, away from the explosion point of the thunder.
Yelu Buhua stood up and looked at the bloody mess, limbs and blue bricks all over the ground. The soldiers were screaming in fear and pushing each other to run to both sides. He suddenly woke up!
: "Don't run! Anyone who deserts the battlefield will be killed!..."
At this time, Cao Wei, who had witnessed the power of hundreds of thunders exploding simultaneously, was also trembling with fear and excitement. He directed the archers to take the opportunity to quickly run into the shooting range.
A thousand divine arm bows were divided into two teams, north and south. They all looked up and shot arrows at the Liao army that was in a panic.
Arrows rained down like locusts. The Liao soldiers who were crowded on the city wall fell down one by one with screams.
Yun Yi, who had been waiting for this moment, waved his hand, and twenty shadow guards and a thousand elite Mo Yun cavalrymen, carrying siege ladders, quickly ran towards the city wall.
The second round of thunderbolts fell on and under the city walls one after another. "The rumbling sound of thunder rose and fell. Commander Yelu Buhua was hit by an iron nail that flew out of the thunderbolt. He screamed and fell into a pool of blood, covering his face.
After each of the God-Arm archers shot three arrows, they stopped shooting. At this moment, siege ladders had been placed on the city wall.
The Liao army, having lost their leading general, was in great chaos and scrambled to escape.
When Cheng Yu saw Yun Yi and twenty shadow guards leaping onto the city wall along the siege ladder, his stunned mind finally came back to his senses.
He stammered, "Prince, fighting like this is too...too damn unreasonable!"
The elegant Cheng Yu spoke out his true feelings with a cough.
Regent Zhao Defang smiled calmly, "There is no justice for the enemy. It is a blessing for the Song Dynasty to have this kind of overwhelming war method and means."
Cheng Yu then realized that he had said the wrong thing in his shock and excitement. "Your Majesty, I was so excited that I said something that I didn't think right. Yes! This is a blessing for the Song Dynasty!
Your Majesty, let alone the Liao Kingdom, our elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty can sweep across the world with the divine arm bow and this powerful thunder!"
Zhao Defang was calm and composed despite his victory: "Although the Thunderbolt and the Divine Arm Bow are invincible in battle, the number of elite soldiers in the Song Dynasty is limited, and the national treasury is not abundant. After obtaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, we will temporarily defend the dangerous area and recuperate for two years before we can expand our territory."
Cheng Yu was full of admiration. The Regent was so young, yet he was neither arrogant nor impatient, and did not seek fame or advance recklessly. It was truly a blessing for the Song Dynasty!
"Your Majesty, with you in our empire, the Song Dynasty will surely be vast, prosperous, and will endure for thousands of years!"
Regent Zhao Defang just smiled. This was also his ideal.
Zhuozhou City was easily captured and the first battle was a victory!
The army's morale is high!
With the previous experience of the Song army beating the local tyrants and equalizing the rich and the poor after the four states of Yunying, Huanshuo were captured last year, many Khitan nobles in Zhuozhou city ran away with their gold and silver valuables when they heard that the Song army was coming.
But more than half of the Khitan nobles, reluctant to part with their huge fortunes, stayed in the city, hoping that the Liao army could hold the city. Even if they couldn't, it wouldn't be too late to flee when things got bad.
No one expected that the city would be breached in less than half a day after the 15,000 Liao soldiers defended it. When the Song army entered the city, it was too late to escape.
The three teams of elite cavalry of the Song army, each with 3,000 men, had already galloped to the south, north and east gates. A hail of arrows was shot back at the Khitan nobles and Liao troops who were crowded at the open city gates, trying to escape.
The Han people in the city began to hide in their homes and watch in fear. When they heard that the Song Dynasty's god of war Zhao Defang had led the Song army to break through the city, they all walked out of their homes and into the streets in ecstasy.
They enthusiastically helped the Song army clean up the battlefield and capture the Khitans and stragglers of the Liao army. Last year, the actions of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin to fight against the local tyrants and equalize the rich and the poor after conquering the four states of Yunying, Huanshuo, had been secretly spread by the Han people in the Sixteen States of Yanyun for a year.
As expected, the Song army did not harm the people except for capturing the Khitan nobles and the Liao army that had fled and hid. Even the ordinary Khitan people were treated equally without being beaten, killed or oppressed.
The King of Chu and the King of Xiang hid their identities and followed in the army, using the aliases of Wu Qi and Wu Ren, two seventh-rank civil servants, and took over the government affairs of Zhuozhou City.
The two princes who witnessed the Song army's attack on the city were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. The regent brother was indeed the war god of the Song Dynasty. This unprecedented way of war was absolutely invincible. Recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was just around the corner.
Regent Zhao Defang looked at the two busy and sweaty princes and laughed in his heart. The pseudonyms he gave them were suggested by Sima Qingyun. Sima Qingyun's pseudonym in Shu, "Wu Qiren", was just split into two.
Sima Qingyun was also dressed in ordinary civil servant attire. His task was to serve as the new highest local governor of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and be responsible for the implementation of this pilot new policy reform.
Sima Qingyun, wearing the uniform of a fourth-rank official, sat in the office drinking the fragrant tea sent by the prince. He watched the two prince's subordinates busy with the account books and land deeds. He was so happy that he wanted to find a feather fan to fan himself.
Regent Zhao Defang looked at him with dissatisfaction, "Sima Qingyun, you are lazy and thief, but you are not so rampant, right? Under my nose, you treat my two brothers as coolies, and enjoy yourself leisurely. Is this reasonable?"
Sima Qingyun said with a sly smile: "Your Highness, don't you see the enthusiasm of these two young people? I, an old man, will leave the opportunity to release my passion to them. Isn't that a favor to them?"
"Cunning, treacherous and shameless." Regent Zhao Defang gave an eight-character comment.
Sima Qingyun didn't care and smiled sinisterly, "Your Highness, once they are reformed, you will have less worries, right?
Besides, as the saying goes, "If you keep company with someone you know, you will be red." I am a follower of you and Senior Ghost Hand Poison Doctor. How can I not be cunning, insidious and shameless under your influence?" Sima Qingyun sent back the eight-character comment in a wicked manner.
The King of Chu and the King of Xiang, along with more than twenty minor officials, spent three days sorting out the land deeds that had been confiscated from the government offices in Zhuozhou City and the mansions of Khitan nobles, and prepared to implement a new policy that would be even more thorough and ruthless than that in Shu.
The aristocratic families and powerful landlords in Shu were given some face. As long as they did not resist, their land, except for a thousand acres of food-grain land, would be confiscated by the government, and all their gold, silver, jewelry and real estate would be kept.
In the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun ruled by the Khitans, all the property of the Khitan nobles was confiscated, the gold, silver and jewelry were put into the treasury, and the land was distributed among the poor people for cultivation at low taxes and rents.
The Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were classified as lowly pariahs by the Khitans, and most of them were slaves. Now, everyone can have land to cultivate at low rent, which is really a turnaround from the dire straits.
When Regent Zhao Defang led his army to leave Zhuozhou City and headed for the next battlefield, Youzhou, the city of Zhuozhou was caught in a cheering and enthusiastic atmosphere of equal distribution of land.