The World Online - Chapter 1038

[Chapter 1028 The Most Savage Siege]

Ever since he took over the job of “demolition and relocation office”, Lu Xiufu had a headache.

It is human nature for people to care about and love their families. Even during the war, it is very difficult for them to move out of the house they have lived in all their lives.

After the discussion was over, Lu Xiufu posted a notice announcing the demolition.

Years of wars have caused people to be displaced, causing heavy casualties. Even the capital city of Lin’an is empty, so the people who have moved out don’t worry about having no place to live.

Even so, there were very few people who were really willing to move away obediently, which made Lu Xiufu very anxious.

Demolition is the first step in resettling the city defenders. It must be resolved as soon as possible. When Ouyang Shuo got the news, he immediately gave Lu Xiufu advice. There are two suggestions.

First, inform the people living near the city wall that the Mongolian army brought a large number of return artillery this time, which can be directly fired into the city wall.

If you don’t want to suffer from the disaster, you should move obediently.

Mongolia’s three western expeditions brought back many outstanding craftsmen from the Middle East, which to a certain extent promoted the upgrading of Mongolian weapons and equipment, and the return gun is one of the best.

Huihui Cannon, also known as Xiyu Cannon and Xiangyang Cannon, is a new type of stone throwing machine.

This kind of trebuchet is improved by two Muslims who believe in Islam. On the basis of the ancient trebuchet, it has been improved and innovated to be more advanced and more powerful.

During the Battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Huihui Cannon showed great power and broke through the thick city wall of Xiangyang City in one fell swoop.

Second, directly resort to means against the real diehards, mobilize the army to demolish them, and show no mercy.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

Lu Xiufu is a civil official, and he likes to follow the ideas of a civil official when doing things. Ouyang Shuo is a typical realist, and he will adjust whatever method works best.

Sure enough, hearing the power of the return cannon, the people living near the city wall ran faster than rabbits.

Not only the people within 500 meters, but also those 500 meters away voluntarily evacuated.

This is the herd mentality of the people.

When the people evacuated, a large-scale renovation kicked off, which lasted for several days.

Strange to say, the Mongolian army outside the city has been quiet these past few days, with no movement at all.

And just as the troops were changing defenses, a rumor spread in Lin’an City.

It is said that the

Mongolian army is cruel and ruthless, slaughtering the people of the Central Plains, and God will punish it.

For this reason, the Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to assist the imperial court and jointly fight against the Mongolian army.

Some people living near Daying in the west of the city vowed that on that day, the sky and the earth changed color, and they saw groups of dazzling white lights flashing, and 400,000 heavenly soldiers and generals appeared out of thin air.

Because there are many people who have seen this matter, it is natural that the rumors become more and more evil. Even the soldiers in the military camp are talking about this matter, and they are convincing and sure.

In addition, the armies on all sides have started to change their defenses recently, and it is easy for the people to see them. Seeing these troops wearing armor that is obviously different from that of the Song army, the people are even more convinced.

The theory of heavenly soldiers and generals gradually became convinced.

At this time, the imperial court made a decree to make Ouyang Shuo the king of Xia, and was ordered to fight against the Mongolian army.

Some people say that King Xia is an immortal sent by the Jade Emperor, who can summon the wind and rain, and summon the ancient gods, such as Elai, such as Xu Chu.

Elai rode the Rakshasa around the city, causing bursts of exclamations.

This time, the people were convinced.

Taoism flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and reached a peak in the Song Dynasty. The theory of immortals has become popular, so this rumor has a very popular foundation and is easily accepted by the people of Lin’an.

Once you accept this statement, your confidence will naturally double.

Although the Mongolian army is very scary, no matter how powerful it is, it can’t compare with the heavenly soldiers and generals, right?

!

In just a few days, the panic-stricken people were slightly appeased.

All of this was naturally planned by Ouyang Shuo behind the scenes.

When Xiongba got the news, he shook his head amusingly, “I didn’t expect it to be that simple!” Indeed, many seemingly complicated things are actually simpler to deal with.

The difference lies in whether you can diverge your thinking.

… …

The sixth day of the battle, early in the morning.

There has been no movement from the Mongolian army for the past few days, which made Ouyang Shuo quite uneasy. The troops from all sides have sent scouts out of the city to investigate, trying to find out what the Mongolian army was doing.

Accompanied by Guo Ziyi, the General of the North Gate, Ouyang Shuo climbed up the North Tower and looked into the distance.

Looking around, there are densely packed Mongolian military camps outside the city, and the white yurts are connected one by one, and the edge cannot be seen at a glance.

And this is only the vanguard of the Mongolian army. The real main force is not in the suburbs, but in the city garrison farther away.

The siege of a city by millions of troops is just a game, and it simply cannot happen in reality.

Among other things, the consumption of food and grass materials alone can eat up the entire Jiangnan in half a year, leaving nothing behind, and it truly becomes a wilderness of ruins.

Apparently Gaia is blurred in the campaign map.

“What do you think the Mongols are planning?” Ouyang Shuo asked suddenly.

Guo Ziyi was obviously taken aback. These days, he was mainly busy with setting up the North Gate Command Post to communicate with the Southern Song Dynasty court. At the same time, he was leading a team to familiarize himself with the city defense facilities in the north, checking for omissions and filling vacancies, but he hadn’t given much thought to this issue.

Since Ouyang Shuo asked, Guo Ziyi had to answer carefully.

After thinking for a while, Guo Ziyi replied: “There are two reasons for the enemy not attacking the city. Either they have changed internally, or there is something that is not ready.”

“In the current situation, the chance of internal changes is very small. , the biggest possibility is that he is preparing some trump card.” Guo Ziyi expressed his judgment.

“Then, what will be the trump card?”

Ouyang Shuo looked at the Mongolian military camp in the distance, not sure if he was asking Guo Ziyi or himself.

“Your Majesty, please rest assured. It is expected that the scouts will bring news in the next two days, and everything will be clear by then.” Guo Ziyi said with relief.

Ouyang Shuo was noncommittal, “This king faintly feels that in a farther place, there is a monstrous resentment slowly gathering, and I don’t know what the Mongolian army is doing again.”

Guo Ziyi’s heart trembled when he heard this.

Huang said that King Xia not only governs martial arts, but also has amazing personal cultivation, and he practiced the most top-level mysterious skills.

With this perception, it is estimated that it is close to ten.

Guo Ziyi clasped his fists and said, “Your Majesty, don’t worry, you will step up your guard in the end.”

Ouyang Shuo nodded, and then walked down the tower. He faintly felt that this was the last calm before the storm, and a bloody battle was about to kick off. .

……

I have to say that Ouyang Shuo’s premonition was very accurate.

On the seventh day of the battle, the Mongolian army, which had been silent for a long time, finally took action.

On this day, just after dawn, tens of thousands of Han people suddenly flocked from all directions outside Lin’an City.

They were all ragged, emaciated, and frightened. They were driven towards Lin’an City by the Mongolian army like a flock of sheep, and they didn’t stop until they were a stone’s throw away from the city wall.

Upstairs in the South City, Zhang Shijie looked at the refugees outside the city with an extremely ugly expression, “I knew this group of beasts would use such a method.”

Wen Tianxiang on the side also looked solemn, clenched his fists, and his eyes were burning.

Judging from the situation, both Zhang Shijie and Wen Tianxiang seemed to know what the Mongols were going to do.

The reason why the Mongol army didn’t attack the city these days was that they went everywhere to plunder the Han people, drove them together like cattle and sheep on the grassland, and then gathered outside Lin’an City.

What happened next made Ouyang Shuo and the others see each other with tears in their eyes.

I saw these sallow-faced and emaciated people holding simple tools, digging soil on the spot under the supervision of Mongolian soldiers, and then building earth forts with soil.

In the process, if there are those who dare to be lazy or move slowly, the whip of the supervising army will fall mercilessly.

These supervising soldiers had grown up on horseback, and the whips were so cruel.

As soon as the whip came down, not only the clothes of the beaten were torn, but the flesh and blood were ripped apart.

The expressions of the Mongolian soldiers made people even more angry. Depending on the situation, they didn’t treat these people as human beings at all. They beat and scolded wantonly, and even laughed pervertedly while beating, as if they enjoyed it very much.

“A group of beasts!” The

Mongols regard the Han people as fish and meat, and their brutal conquest of civilization really makes people grit their teeth.

Seeing their comrades being mistreated like this, the city guards really couldn’t bear to kill them. If they really wanted to do that, they would be no different from animals.

In this way, the Mongols smoothly used the Han people to build earthen castles around the city walls.

Depending on the situation, this earthen castle might be higher than the city wall of Lin’an City.

If these bunkers were to be completed, they would become an excellent outpost for the Mongolian army to attack the city, more effective than mobile arrow towers.

What is even more sad and indignant is yet to come.

These captured people were already hungry, and during the process of building the earthen fortress, they could only receive gruel with clear soup and little water for one night.

Not being able to eat enough and having to do heavy work, how could they sustain themselves? Since the afternoon, some people have been exhausted and fainted to the ground.

How did the Mongolian Supervising Army deal with these fainted people?

Not to mention carrying away for medical treatment, they didn’t even have the time to whip a whip, they hacked to death with a knife, and threw the corpse into the earthen castle under construction as “building materials”.

Such acts are really appalling.

By the second day, the behavior of the Mongols had completely exceeded the category of “human”.

I saw the Mongols among the bunkers, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com suddenly set up boilers as tall as a person, and Ouyang Shuo and others were confused.

“What are they going to do, make a fire and cook?” Feng Prisonhuang was puzzled.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, he didn’t know either.

Fortunately, the answer will be revealed soon.

I saw that the Mongolian army threw the living people into the boiler one by one and burned them alive. The purpose was to use the living people to refine corpse oil.

The mournful wailing of the people in the boiler made people pale.

“Ouch~~~”

Seeing that the Mongolian soldiers asked people to collect corpse oil from the boiler, Feng Prisonhuang couldn’t bear it any longer and vomited on the spot.

Ouyang Shuo’s face was extremely ugly, he stared at the Mongolian army outside the city, and said coldly: “These beasts are not worthy of living in this world.” It

was the first time that Ouyang Shuo hated a group of people so much.

[End of this Chapter]