Chapter 1039

Ouyang Shuo's words made the members of the Military Aircraft Department very excited, and unanimously approved Jia Xu's plan.

When the discussion is over, everyone must act immediately.

In view of Wu Qi's excellent performance in commanding the raid, upon Ouyang Shuo's proposal, Wu Qi was not only included in the Military Plane Department, but also appointed as the commander of the Southern Song camp.

After Lu Xiufu's death, Ouyang Shuo was already the undisputed ruler of the Military Aircraft Department.

At the same time, some adjustments were made to the deployment of troops.

This time, the city gate that the Han people took the initiative to open was selected as the North City Gate, facing the Mongolian North Camp. If there is no accident, Kublai Khan’s golden tent will also be placed in the north.

In Ouyang Shuo's words, it is to use the strongest troops to confront the strongest side of Mongolia.

Ace against ace.

To this end, all the 150,000 cavalry troops of the Alien Legion were dispatched. In addition, 50,000 infantry troops from the Alien Legion were also deployed to assist, a total of 200,000 troops, led by Guo Ziyi.

Only 90,000 alien infantrymen and 50,000 Great Song Forbidden Army were left behind in Lin'an City. The 140,000 city guards were naturally far from enough for the large Lin'an City.

As soon as the discussion of the Military Aircraft Department was over, the imperial court's conscription order was issued.

It is customary for the Mongolian army to massacre the city. The Southern Song Dynasty had just won another battle and dealt a severe blow to the Mongolian army. Once the court said it, the people in Lin'an believed it, actively responded to the court's call, and devoted themselves to the upcoming war.

Young and middle-aged people bid farewell to their parents, wives and children, went to the conscription point in the city to enlist in the army, and then went out of the city under the leadership of the officers, and picked up weapons and equipment at the ruins of the battlefield before the Mongolian army reached the front line.

The Southern Song Dynasty did not respect force at all. Unlike the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, there were no weapons and equipment in the capital treasury. If you want to solve the equipment problem for recruits, you can only rely on leaks.

Fortunately, after the raid was over, the battlefield hadn't had time to clean up, and the corpses of nearly 200,000 Mongolian troops were scattered everywhere, some of which were equipment and weapons.

Two days later, the corpses exposed to the sun were already swollen and gave off a stench. As soon as a person walked in, countless flies were startled, like black clouds, which made people's scalp numb.

Because it was a battlefield, the death patterns were different. It was normal to be missing arms and legs. Some were directly split in half, and the internal organs were exposed to the air, making people sick; some had their heads smashed and their brains overflowing.

The whole battlefield is like hell.

The recruit Danzi, who had just joined the army, endured nausea and fear, walked with difficulty in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and took off the equipment from the dead one by one, and some rough guys who didn't pay attention to it put them on themselves in a blink of an eye.

Most of the recruits didn't have that kind of guts, nor did they have such big nerves. They all turned pale and vomited endlessly. In the end, they really had nothing to vomit, so they could only vomit bitterness.

God is pitiful, they were just ordinary people before they joined the army, and many of them had never seen a dead person in their entire life, but now suddenly faced with such a bloody scene, vomiting is a normal physiological reaction.

Not everyone has such big nerves.

This move can also be regarded as a welcome gift for the recruits, allowing them to truly experience the cruelty of the battlefield. Only by seeing blood can they not be unable to walk in the future city defense battle.

Except for the young and middle-aged, everyone else also took action.

The woman donated the vegetable oil that was very precious at home and was reluctant to use at ordinary times. The neighbors were used as a unit, and they were gathered together in large tanks, and then transported to the city wall.

Under the command of the officials of the Ministry of Industry, the craftsmen began to demolish the idle houses, and then transported pieces of wood and carts of stones to various sections of the city wall for storage.

Buildings such as temples and Taoist temples also suffered, because most of these buildings were built very majesticly, and they used beams and good wood, which were most suitable for defending the city.

Seeing Guanyu being demolished, the monks and priests could only sigh silently: "The world has changed!"

There were also young monks and Taoists who simply turned around and ran to the conscription point to join the army. There are many monks and chivalrous people among these people, and they are very capable.

The major blacksmith shops in the city are working day and night, making bundles of arrows, and people send iron pots, iron basins and other utensils spontaneously every moment.

Even the royal family has moved, not only fully opening the inner warehouse, but also actively raising ironware. The eight-year-old emperor Zhao Bing even wanted to tear down the palace to avenge Mr. Lu, but was stopped by the minister.

A minister couldn't help crying, and choked up and said: "Your Majesty, no matter how difficult the court is, it is still not enough to demolish the palace. It is a symbol of the dynasty and must not be dismantled."

"Yes, Your Majesty, even if it is to be demolished, it will be the mansion of our courtiers." A minister agreed, and directly arranged for the servants to demolish the house without the officials of the Ministry of Industry leading people to do it.

This was simply unimaginable before, as if overnight, people's ideas suddenly changed drastically and took on a new look.

The court was united as one, and went to the national calamity together.

Facts have proved that a nation that is driven into a desperate situation can often burst out a power that amazes the world.

The battle of Yashan in history, the epic feat in which one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians would rather jump into the sea than surrender to the Yuan Dynasty, is the most intuitive reflection of this power.

Going back further, the Qin State in history was in the period of Qin Xiaogong, ceding land and seeking peace.

At this moment, the people of the old Qin uttered the cry of "Join the old Qin, and go to the national crisis together", and they worked together to make great efforts to govern the country, officially kicking off the prelude to the unification of the world by the Qin State.

There are countless similar examples in China's vast history of 5,000 years.

The city of Lin'an on the battle map is destined to write a legendary history.

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Overnight, the entire Lin'an city was in motion.

In the face of life and death, people only think that there is not enough time, and they wish that the Mongolian army will arrive later.

This is of course wishful thinking.

On the twentieth day of the battle, when the frontline scouts reported back, Kublai Khan had set off from Sanhe City to formally conquer. Calculated according to the marching speed, Kublai Khan and his party will arrive at the front line by tomorrow morning at the latest.

As soon as the news came out, the whole Lin'an was in a busy and restless mood.

As the saying goes: the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. In the face of a national crisis, if there are generous and elegiac people, there will be scum and poisonous people, who will rise up and cause chaos everywhere.

There are ruffians and hooligans everywhere in the city taking advantage of the chaos to rob, and some people even rape women in the street, plus the Mongolian spies lurking in the city took the opportunity to spread all kinds of rumors, and Lin'an City was in chaos.

When Ouyang Shuo got the news, he didn't think anything else. He arranged for the Shenwu Guards to go out and patrol the city. However, he found those who robbed houses, those who molested women, and those who spread rumors. They were punished on the spot without censorship.

In troubled times, heavy codes must be used. Under Ouyang Shuo's iron-fisted rule, Shenwuwei killed several groups of local ruffians, and finally stabilized the situation in the city again.

In the rush, the moment of the final decisive battle was approaching.

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On the twenty-first day of the battle, Lin'an City.

Just after zero o'clock, Lin'an City, which had just fallen asleep, quietly woke up.

"Squeak~~quack~~"

In the dark night, the suspension bridge of the north city gate was slowly lowered, and then the city gate opened wide. On the streets near the city, teams of troops have already quietly gathered.

On both sides of the street and on the top of the city, torches were lit one by one. Under Guo Ziyi's unified command, groups of troops marched quickly in the darkness with the help of the faint light of the torches, and passed through the city gates one by one.

First the cavalry, then the infantry.

The whole process was tense and orderly, and no disturbances were caused. By the time the 200,000 troops had all formed their formation outside the city, it was already seven in the morning, and the sun had just risen, shining brightly.

In the northern suburbs outside the city, a 200,000-strong army was arrayed in four squares, and the army was at its peak.

The sun shone on the shoulders of the soldiers' armor, and on the tip of the spear, shining brightly.

Only by overlooking from a high altitude can we truly see the formation of the 200,000 troops. On the left and right wings, there are two strong generals, Elai and Zhaozhuang, each leading 50,000 elite cavalry.

In the rear army, 50,000 infantry were led by the veteran Lian Po who was good at defense.

The most peculiar thing is the Chinese army.

In the front of the Chinese army were 25,000 Luofengcheng cavalry, in the middle were 25,000 Great Xia Forbidden Army, and behind them were 3,000 Shenwu Guards led by Xu Chu.

Ouyang Shuo was dressed in military uniform, riding the sub-divine beast Xiaoqing, standing in the middle of Shenwuwei.

It also means that Ouyang Shuo will also personally conscript this time.

At first, no matter it was Feng Qiuhuang, Elai, Jia Xu and others, they all disapproved of Ouyang Shuo's personal conquest, but Ouyang Shuo insisted.

Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo, as the King of Xia, has seldom fought in person.

But this time is different.

Somehow, from the moment he came to the battle map, the murderous aura in Ouyang Shuo's body became active uncontrollably. After witnessing the cruel methods of the Mongols, his hatred turned into murderous intent, which was even more irresistible.

Ouyang Shuo had to unleash this murderous aura on the battlefield.

Ouyang Shuo used to have his blood surging, and he didn't want his blood to turn cold after ascending to the throne.

Apart from personal factors, Ouyang Shuo's personal expedition was also to cooperate with Jia Xu's battle plan. As a top strategist, Jia Xu's strategy is of course not as simple as saving the 100,000 people who were kidnapped by the Mongols.

That can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and is not enough to reverse the entire battle.

If you want to solve the battle once and for all, the best way is to kill Kublai Khan like killing Boyan, or even inflict severe damage on Kublai Khan, scare him away, and withdraw the troops voluntarily.

To this end, Jia Xu formulated a set of battle plans.

The 200,000 troops outside the city are the core force to carry out this plan, and a key person is needed in the whole plan to be responsible for the final blow.

No matter how you look at it, Ouyang Shuo is the best candidate. Apart from his personal strength, Ouyang Shuo also holds two secret weapons.

Even so, Feng Zhuhuang and the others still disagreed, and it was not until Ouyang Shuo showed off the substitute doll that he was wearing that he finally convinced Feng Zhuhuang and the others.

In the army formation, Ouyang Shuo, who was heavily guarded by Shenwuwei, looked to the north and muttered to himself, "Kublai Khan? Let's have a king-to-king duel!"

The blood in Ouyang Shuo's body began to boil gradually.