Heavenly Genius

Chapter 706: Slaughtering the City

Knowing that it had withstood the large-scale attack of the Song army, and found that Yanjing, which thought it was decayed, was not so vulnerable, all the officials in the court were slightly relieved.

Some people who couldn't bear it after staying up all night finally collapsed and rested.

The Song army wanted to rest and suspended its attack. People from the city were also sent out to take the opportunity to reorganize the trenches outside the city. The trenches had been filled with corpses.

The disposal of the corpses and the treatment of the wounded in the city are proceeding in an orderly manner.

Various supplementary city defense facilities were moved to the city, and those that were not enough were directly demolished houses for materials.

The poor, who usually have a hard time eating their stomachs, suddenly found that the arrival of this war did not seem to be a bad thing, and suddenly they could eat their stomachs full.

I would also like to thank Tong Mo, in order to prevent chaos in the city, Tong Mo forced those rich and powerful households to spit out the large amount of food they had hoarded. The capital is a place where rich and powerful households gather, and the harvest can be imagined!

Others don't know, but this Da Sikong knows the approximate amount of grain stored in the city, and he seems to have a book in his stomach, so he can check every one for sure!

Usually he turns a blind eye to him, but at this time, his power and position are related, so he became ruthless, and directly handed over a note to ask people to pay according to the number. , all of them were ransacked and beheaded for the crime of hiding evil intentions and collaborating with the enemy country.

He cleared out all the grain hidden in private grain storage and cellars.

After this encounter, Shang Jianxiong discovered that the food problem he was most worried about was the least of his worries. As long as the city can be kept, a large amount of food is enough to feed the whole city for several months.

This was a good thing, but it made him very angry. He thought it was only a small number of people before, but now he realizes that there were so many people who did not want to serve the country before the dignitaries in Beijing. of.

But he was helpless, and he didn't dare to do anything to those people at this time.

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"So that's it! This Meng Shanming is really a master!"

Qi Jing, in Fenglei Hall, Huyan Wuhen who was standing in front of the map stared at the map and suddenly realized.

With the investigation of the battle situation afterwards, Meng Shanming's method of forcibly crossing the Gunlong Gorge has been leaked. After all, there are monks from Qi State on Meng Shanming's side to assist in the battle. He was greatly amazed when he found out.

Cha Hu on the side smiled and said: "Is it worthy of the general's praise for taking human lives to the past? In my opinion, it's not as good as him flooding the Jiangfang people in a flood!"

Huyan Wuhen turned around, shook his head and said, "It's not as easy as you said, you can ask others to pile it up and see if you can take your life to pile it up? You have to wait until the river surges so that the people who are forced to cross have a chance to climb to the other side. .Do you still remember that his waiting in Dongyujiang made people puzzled? Everyone thought that he was running out of food. I don’t know what he meant by consuming it like this. A torrential rain!"

He returned and pointed on the map, "Gunlong Gorge! Not only did he choose warriors and horses to forcibly cross, for this surprise attack, he even counted the timing and location. He even counted the heavy rain a few days later. , people and harmony have all merged into this battle. It seems simple, but in fact it is so brilliant that it is difficult to add. It is amazing. I have to admit that this Meng Shanming is really powerful. He even used the time of day. It is not an exaggeration! There is such a person in Yan State, but he does not know how to make good use of it, it is really humiliating!"

At this moment, a young general hurried into the room and said, "General, the Song army has begun to attack Yanjing!"

As soon as this remark came out, both Huyan Wuhen and Zha Hu were shocked, and Huyan Wuhen was surprised and said: "Isn't there a peace talk? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

The young general held the intelligence and signaled: "It is reported that Meng Shanming tore up the foundation of the peace talks, buried 600,000 prisoners of the Song Army alive, and angered the Song Army!"

Bury 600,000 people alive? Both Huyan Wuhen and Zha Hu gasped, and the former quickly took over the intelligence check.

After watching it, Huyan Wuhen was silent for a long time, and finally sighed softly, "He doesn't care about the life and death of Yanjing, Meng Shanming is determined to beat Song Guo to half death! He did it out of love, so The reason is to eliminate the threat to the east of Yan State for a certain period of time, so that Song State will not dare to offend Yan again for a certain period of time. It is also to push Song State into a desperate situation, drag Song State into the water, and resist South Korea together! This old guy wants to save Dayan In order to create a stable environment for Dayan to breathe, he did not hesitate to bear the infamy of the whole life. It was really a poisonous hand. He couldn't say whether he was right or wrong, but he was so cruel that he was like a devil. Song Guo was broken into by him. It is going to be ruined!"

Zha Hu frowned, "It's common for people to die on the battlefield, but to bury 600,000 people alive is indeed too much!"

"Why do I feel that he is intentionally provoking Song Jun to attack Yanjing!" Huyan Wuhen squinted his eyes, his eyes flickering, "Could it be that he has other ideas, is it Shang Chaozong's instruction?"

Zha Hu realized something, and tried to ask, "Use Song Jun's hand to destroy Shang Jianxiong's power base?"

"Alas!" Huyan Wuhen sighed suddenly, "I can understand his thoughts."

Zha Hu groaned and asked, "How?"

Huyan Wuhen said rather melancholy: "He has been a soldier all his life, guarding the country of Yan, and how many people around him have lived and died for it. Now he has witnessed the state of Yan becoming like this with his own eyes. Declining. You don't understand the grief and indignation in his heart...I understand!"

"Report!" There was another urgent report from outside, and the young general entered again, delivered a piece of information, and reported, "Meng Shanming has slaughtered the city in Song Dynasty!"

Massacre? The two were surprised and looked at each other.

Huyan Wuhen snatched the information and checked it, and shook his head after reading it, "As I expected, it really is the loss of life, and Meng Shanming is really killing people!"

Zha Hu took out the information in his hand and looked at it.

After eliminating Jiang Fang's men and horses, the Yan army who invaded the territory of the Song Dynasty could hardly meet a decent opponent. Meng Shanming dispersed the men and horses in a group of 100,000 horses, and then divided them into groups of 10,000 people. Sweep across the country and wreak havoc.

Wherever the Yan army passed by, all the villages and towns in Song State were set ablaze, and all the houses where they went were burned down.

They also sent monks to harass some city walls in depth, and attacked and killed them on the way outside the city, forcing the people in the city to dare not flee.

A small county with a population of about 30,000 was besieged by the Yan army. The county magistrate and guard were father and son.

The result can be imagined, how could the small county stop the Yan army's attack, the guard's son was killed in battle, and when the city was broken, the county magistrate drew his sword and killed his wife and daughter, and then slayed himself to thank Da Song!

In the end, just as the Yan army threatened before attacking the city, after the city was broken, the Yan army went on a killing spree, killing every dog ​​and dog, and slaughtering the entire population of the city!

After searching again, another fire broke out, burying the small county town in a sea of ​​flames!

This is the pattern implemented by the Yan army who cast a net to suppress them. First, they besieged the city and ordered to pay the food. The people could evacuate the city where the food was paid, but the city was still burned.

Wherever the Yan army went, Song people had nowhere to live, and were forced to flee all the way to the depths of Song State.

So far, the Yan army has advanced without haste, and has slaughtered three cities, and more than ten cities have been burned everywhere!

"This Meng Shanming has gone too far!" Zha Hu looked at the information in his hand and said coldly.

"Excessive? It looks like there are more than two million people, but in fact it is a lonely army without any supplies. The food in his hands will not last long in the Song Dynasty. What else can he do besides burning, killing and looting? There is no food, more than two million The people will have to starve to death in Song State, and the strategy implemented by this team will bear the life and death of the entire Yan State, what would you do instead?" Huyan Wuhen asked with squinting eyes.

Zha Hu: "Then there is no need to massacre the city, right? If you succeed, you burn the city down. This is committing crimes!"

"If you persuade people with good words, you can obediently hand over the food? Do you believe that the people in the city will either carry the food and run away, or the city guard will burn the food? Tiger, on the battlefield, there is no right or wrong in this kind of thing If the Song State provokes a war and invades the Yan State, it must be mentally prepared to bear the price!"

Huyan Wuhen said as he walked to the map, and pointed to Yanjing, "Meng Shanming seems to be burning, killing and looting in the territory of the Song Dynasty, but in fact the ultimate goal is to target the Song soldiers who attacked Yanjing! Meng Shanming This move is firstly to raise military rations for himself, and secondly, to deliberately create a large-scale panic in Song State, forcing a large-scale people in Song State to flee, he is clearing the field on a large scale!"

"Clear the field?" Zha Hu doubted, a little puzzled.

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"I heard that a large amount of grain has been found in Yanjing."

Outside a city buried in flames, Meng Shanming, who was sitting in a wheelchair, handed out a piece of paper with information to Gong Lince who was beside him.

Gong Lince nodded after seeing it, "That's what happened, this Tong Mo is quite capable, he has offended many people this time in order to defend Yanjing!"

Meng Shanming: "I don't care how capable he is, or how many people he has offended, I will inform the people of the three major factions in Yanjing to gather the grain for easy destruction. All the food is burned, and it must not fall into the hands of the Song army!"

It would be a pity to burn it! Gong Lince sighed in his heart, but what the other party said made sense, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Meng Shuai, he will follow suit, how can Song Jun be cheaper!"

...

Zi Pingxiu came back in a hurry in Song Jing Prime Minister's Mansion.

A thin and elegant man was waiting in the courtyard early, with three long beards like black ink, quite delicate, he bowed his hands and saluted, "Prime Minister!"

This person is Jia Wuqun, Zi Pingxiu's confidant and adviser.

Zi Pingxiu stepped forward to support his arm, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jia is finally back."

After the two sat down in the room, Zi Pingxiu asked with a smile: "Sir, do you still have a good time traveling in the clouds?"

Jia Wuqun smiled: "I wanted to visit several trading places where monks gathered, but when I arrived at the Bingxue Pavilion, I heard that something happened at home, so I rushed back. I heard that the prime minister asked my son-in-law Chen Shaotong to lead the army to fight against Meng Shanming?"

Speaking of this, Zi Pingxiu was a little embarrassed, sitting there patting his thigh and sighing: "I really didn't expect that Jiang Fang's troops were caught off guard, and with a little selfishness, he lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot, and said it in front of His Majesty. I can’t take back my words, so I can only bite the bullet, presumably the husband’s return will relieve my distress!”

Jia Wuqun said: "Prime Minister did the right thing, Chen Shaotong should lead the army, if Chen Shaotong goes out, Meng Shanming must be defeated!"

"Can Shaotong be Meng Shanming's opponent?" Zi Pingxiu was suspicious, even he himself didn't believe it.

"Let's talk about this later!" Jia Wuqun waved his hand, dipped his finger in the tea, and drew a line on the table. On the east and west sides of the water mark, he pointed to the west side, "Yanjing! Don't get angry with Yanjing. Immediately enter the palace and ask His Majesty to order Luo Zhao's army to retreat quickly! Yanjing cannot be broken, and Shang Jianxiong's team that controls the Yan Kingdom must be retained. The situation is like this, and Shang Chaozong must not be taken advantage of. Shang Jianxiong collapsed, and through this, the Yan Kingdom The three major sects will definitely support the Shang Dynasty. Prime Minister, the Yan Kingdom under the control of Shang Jianxiong and his group is the most beneficial to the Song Kingdom. With these people, Meng Shanming without the support of King Ning is a warrior , no matter how much you can fight, you won’t be able to recover!”

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