The team of the Fifth Brigade of the Imperial Front Guard was the captured Han army, and it was mixed with the Hakka people in the south of the Yangtze River. The Han people in the north basically lived under the rule of foreign races after the Tang Dynasty, went through Liao, Jin, and returned to the Yuan Dynasty. They lived in wars for a long time, and lived with nomadic peoples, forming a spirit of martial arts and developing a brave and fierce character. In the environment of regime change, they also lost their sense of national identity and the concept of the country, and became a special group that only surrendered to the strong, depended on the strong, and wandered from the orthodox Han people.

However, in the eyes of the foreigners, they are still Han people, not the same race as themselves, but are just controlled and tools for them to drive and contribute taxes. Therefore, most of them are still at the bottom of society, they are oppressed and exploited by foreigners and act as objects of cannon fodder, resulting in their hardships and hardships in life, but under the oppression of power, they can only follow the trend and find it difficult to change their driven destiny.

The Hakka people were Han people who migrated south during the Northern War. They were large in scale and large in population, which brought advanced technology and culture to the southern region. However, they always had the heart to regain their hometowns and hoped to return to their hometowns one day. However, the southerners regarded them as aliens, and were "robbers" who occupied their own land and seized their own production resources. In addition, the differences in customs and living habits led to constant conflicts between the South and the North, forcing the Han people who migrated south to try to protect themselves, forming a unique Hakka group that is brave and fierce, unites against the enemy, and maintains their own customs and living habits. It is still difficult to completely integrate after a hundred years.

Although these two groups of people were from the Han people in the north in history, they had long been divided into different ethnic groups. They seemed to have nothing in common except bravery and warlike, but Zhao Bing just tied them together. However, the group that everyone was not optimistic about was surprising after joining the imperial guards, the reality was amazing. They not only quickly adapted to their new life, but also felt very happy, and the two sides were "playing" together very well.

Of course, this stems from the fact that Zhao Bing was a turtle team when he formed the General's Office. The members were very complicated, but they did not care about their background or qualifications, but they all used them in terms of their background. Everyone came from all over the world, whether they were slang, Han, with prominent family background or small families. As long as they had the ability, they could be awarded and promoted, so they had good tolerance for the New Song Army. When these people came to power, they also followed this convention. Brother, let alone the second brother, your superior might have been a surrendered soldier in the past, so no one looked down on anyone's background.

At the same time, the army also has its own special features. There are not so many twists and turns here, especially the New Song Army. As long as you abide by military discipline and national laws and obey orders, no one will interfere with your belief in Buddhism and channels, it is relatively loose. In addition, the Song army is well treated and rewarded and punished. No one will cheat your life money, no one will embezzle your bounty, and embezzle your military merits, and will not let you do things other than performing military duties. It is a hundred times stronger than the Mongolian and Yuan army.

Therefore, these surrendered soldiers quickly found a sense of belonging. They felt that even if they worked hard, they would find a good boss. In today's battle, they were a little timid at first and strictly followed the military rules. However, when the two armies entered close combat, they gradually found the feeling that they were originally from swords and guns, and they were even more convenient to play with cold weapons than muskets. In addition, their courage in their hearts was violently aroused, and they fought more bravely. Although there were constant casualties, they did not affect their morale at all. Not only did they defend the city, but they also repeatedly fought back the enemy troops in the city.

When the fierce battle was in full swing on the city, the Sima Huang Fan of the Fifth Brigade also led his army out of the city from the Zhenshan Gate, quickly defeated the siege of the Mongolian Yuan army, seized the predetermined mountain, and quickly deployed it, building a defense line as the center to protect the artillery and establish a position. The Mongolian army was stunned by the sudden attack of the Song army, and then woke up and launched a siege. The Weiyuan artillery of the Song army on the city immediately began to shoot, blocking their attack paths and assisting the Song army leaving the city to consolidate their position.

At present, mortars are all supported by firepower. Each battalion has one squad, which consists of three artillery squads and one ammunition squad, and each squad is equipped with two guns. The squad sent this time is the mortar squad of the Third Regiment. The mortars they equipped are large in diameter and small in size, but are of the same level as eighteen guns. After they arrived at the predetermined location, they arranged positions without hesitation, set up artillery, and measured the shooting elements. After the preparations were completed, they immediately fired guns at the enemy attacking Xicheng.

The advantages of mortars are that their gun body is light, their positions are simple, their shooting speed is fast, and they can fight cattle across the mountains and convert their shooting targets quickly. The artillery detachment is divided into two groups, one group to attack the enemy troops siege the city, and the other group is responsible for intercepting the subsequent enemy troops. The killing area of ​​three-inch shells is more than two meters, and a volley can cover an area of ​​twenty meters in radius. For a time, the explosions under the city continued. The enemy troops who climbed the city were destroyed by ladders and were scattered to avoid them, but how could they have a place to stay under the dense artillery fire?

The door panels and shields of the Mongol reinforcements who arrived later could not even block the bullets. How could they stop the shells that were whistling down from the sky and easily penetrate the door panels they held up to try to cover the bullets, and then exploded in the crowd. The people at the center of the explosion were crushed to pieces and could not even fight. Although the people around were covered, offsetting the power of some of the explosions, the broken shrapnel flew everywhere and penetrated the armor and human bodies without any obstacles, so the people at the explosion point were almost spared.

‘Huh…’ Luo Datong looked at the enemy soldiers who were retreating like a tide in the artillery fire, wiped the blood splashed on his face and breathed a sigh of relief. The soldiers on the city cheered. They threw the corpses of the enemy soldiers on the city down to the city, and smiled on their faces that they had for the rest of their life after the war.

‘Woooo…’ Suddenly, the sound of the enemy camp horns sounded again, and everyone immediately stepped in and opened. The soldiers quickly entered the battle position under the supervision of the officers, but they found that there was no enemy in front of the city.

"No, I'm fooled!" Luo Datong looked north of the city through the smoke of gunpowder, and saw flags erected in the direction of the Yushan city wall. The mountains and fields were filled with Meng Yuan enemy soldiers. They changed their slow attack method just now, but rushed towards the city wall at an extremely fast speed.

He immediately realized that the enemy's main attack was Yushan, and the West Gate was a feint. When they took advantage of their busy resistance to the enemy attacking Ximen and had no time to pay attention to other directions, they quietly sent troops to gather troops at Yushan and used the mountain to hide and approach the city wall. When their troops were attracted to the direction of Xicheng, they were firmly restrained. At this time, they suddenly launched a full-line attack on Yushan City Wall. Although the mountain road was rugged and difficult to move, the city wall was low, which was conducive to climbing. The defenders faced the attack on the entire line regardless of casualties, and they were inevitably missing one another. The artillery just disrupted the enemy's attack rhythm and forced them to launch in advance...

At this time, he felt that the situation was not good. He was deceived. He had already received the news that Yuxi Timur led a 100,000 army to smuggle the Yangtze River and attack Jiangnan. The court was filled with joy, and he felt full of confidence. He deeply believed that as long as the army regained Jiangnan and conquered the pseudo-dynasty, all the current problems could be solved.

But after the Zhenjin calmed down after he was joking, he felt uneasy again. He felt that it was too easy for a hundred thousand army to cross the Yangtze River so easily and attack the hinterland of the Southern Dynasty. Of course, his plan to invade the south was carefully considered. He considered various difficulties and made corresponding countermeasures in targeted ways. Before the implementation, he even secretly summoned Yuxi Timuer to Beijing to discuss the details, and then made up his mind to invade the south.

Zhen Jin knew that the battle plan was not perfect and did not conform to his attitude of seeking progress with stability. He even said that it was a risk and gambling with national destiny. But he also knew that he had no choice but to overcome the current crisis. He could only win by quickly fighting and decisively rushing to seize the enemy's important land, then divide and surround, and annihilate the main force of the enemy.

First, after the Song army recovered Jiangnan, the court realized that their own human and material resources were insufficient and they could not stand up for a protracted war. They could only fight quickly and decide quickly. Before the opponent's strong strength was fully utilized, they used a quick surprise attack to determine the winner and lose. This precedent appeared repeatedly during the rise of Mongolia. With its rapid maneuverability, they destroyed Jin, Xia, and plundered the northwestern countries. The generals of each army were very familiar with this tactic and were able to organize the southern invasion.

Since Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, an important problem that always plagued them was that he fought on both sides. Due to the limitations of national strength, it was difficult for him to fight on both sides at the same time. The current situation is even more serious. Haidu frequently disturbed the border and contacted the countries to invade them. The Southern Dynasties seemed to want to maintain the status quo, but Zhenjin understood that the little emperor did not give up on the idea of ​​advancing the Central Plains, but was just accumulating strength. Without the ability to start a war between the two sides, he could only choose to attack the Southern Dynasties, which pose the greatest threat to him, and use the wealth and resources of Jiangnan to buy the kings in the northwest and eliminate Haidu in joint war.

In addition, Zhen Jin also realized that the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian and Yuan army was gradually declining. Veterans with rich combat experience either fell in the battles of the south and north, or felt a pleasure, and devoted their thoughts to making money. He thought that the longer the time delayed, those veterans who had the ability to command the troops to use rapid mobile tactics to command the troops to encircle, siege, annihilate the opponent's troops, and quickly developed in depth. After the victory gradually faded, no one could command the army to cross the south and recapture the south of the Yangtze River.
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