Sanhe City, Khan’s golden tent.

Zhang Hongfan, who was tied up in big ties, finally met the Yuan Dynasty emperor Kublai Khan.

"Tell me, what happened last night?"

Kublai Khan has calmed down from his rage. He is a hero of a generation and will not be judged by emotions. Otherwise, Zhang Hongfan would not have lived now.

Zhang Hongfan felt relieved. He dared not hide it and told him everything about last night. When telling the story, Zhang Hongfan tried his best to be free from personal feelings and restored 100%.

Kublai Khan made his own judgment. Zhang Hongfan didn't dare to make any tricks on this, as it would only backfire. I have to say that Zhang Hongfan really knew Kublai Khan.

After listening to Zhang Hongfan's explanation, Kublai Khan refused to comment and then asked, "What are your plans next?" This statement actually means pardoning Zhang Hongfan's death penalty and giving him a chance to make meritorious service.

Zhang Hongfan suppressed his excitement and said concisely: "Last night's defeat was mainly due to the morale defeat of the army. It was not really a problem for our army. After all, the main force is still there. As long as the plan is appropriate and if Your Majesty personally fights and boosts morale, Lin'an will be defeated."

Depending on the situation, Zhang Hongfan was not discouraged at all and seemed full of confidence.

"To be more specific," Kublai Khan said.

"Through these days of war, we will eventually find that the enemy has a fatal weakness." Zhang Hongfan finally used his trump card and said slowly: "Some time ago, when we arranged for the Han people to build a earthen fort, the Southern Song army did not stop it. It can be seen that the Song people are weak by nature, have the kindness of women, and are unwilling to attack their compatriots."

"What do you mean?" Kublai Khan gradually became interested.

"Just collect another group of Han people, drive them to the front line, and reach the foot of Lin'an City Gate, and shoot them and force them to attack the city gate. You are not afraid that Lin'an will not open the city gate on its own initiative." Zhang Hongfan said.

"Once the city opens, Lin'an will be broken."

If there was a Han man here, he would probably want to peel Zhang Hongfan and eat meat.

"This person is so bad!"

For the sake of personal life, death, honor and disgrace, Zhang Hongfan actually had to take the lives of countless Han people, which is really hateful. Don’t forget that although Zhang Hongfan did not live under the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty, his bloodline was filled with pure Chinese bloodline.

But Kublai Khan was very happy. Zhang Hongfan's suggestion was very appealing to his appetite. He had decided to massacre the city for three days after conquering Lin'an City despite the opposition of the Han ministers around him.

No one can do nothing to pay the price of blood after killing the Mongols.

Kublai Khan asked someone to loosen his ties to Zhang Hongfan and said, "I will leave this matter to you to deal with. I will conquer Lin'an. I will not only forgive you for not guilty, but also give you an additional title!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Hongfan's face was flushed.

"Go down and prepare. In three days, I will personally conquer Lin'an."

"promise!"

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On the 18th day of the battle, Lin'an City.

Two days have passed since that raid. Starting yesterday, the Mongolian army left at six bases have successively set off camps and gathered on the front line again.

After the raid, the Beida Camp gathered 250,000 Mongolian troops, and six bases including fleeing soldiers were around forty-five people.

This means that during that night, the three large camps in Mongolia, east and south, had a total of 300,000 troops, with 100,000 people escaping from heaven, and the number of casualties was 200,000, which was indeed a disastrous defeat.

The Mongolian army suffered casualties in just one night, which was twice the sum of the casualties in the previous few days.

At this point, only 700,000 Mongolian troops remained.

Even so, it is still an insurmountable mountain for the Southern Song camp.

Yesterday afternoon, the specific damages were counted.

After a series of battles, only 290,000 of the 340,000 Indies Legion were left, including 150,000 cavalry and 140,000 infantry; the 100,000 Song Dynasty imperial guards were even worse, with only more than 50,000 remaining.

According to common sense, Lin'an City has 340,000 troops to guard it. Facing the 700,000 Mongolian army, it should be no problem to hold on for twelve days. After all, the miscellaneous troops of the Mongolian army, such as the auxiliary troops, have been exhausted, and even the Hui artillery has suffered heavy losses, so it is difficult to replicate the initial siege tactics.

The Mongolian army did not have the upper hand in siege head-on.

That's right, after the raid, a whirlwind underestimating the enemy blew in Lin'an City, and even Chunshenjun and others were optimistic about this battle.

But somehow, Ouyang Shuo always felt uneasy.

As soon as the war ended, under Ouyang Shuo's insistence, the Military Affairs Office did not really relax its vigilance. In the past two days, it has been arranged to go out for investigation and grasp the movements of the Mongolian army at any time.

Soon, the Mongolian army arrested the Han people and reported them to the Military Affairs Office.

"What are they going to do? Will they arrange for the Han people to build a dirt fort?" Ouyang Shuo was very puzzled. Without the puppet army charging forward, how could the Mongolian cavalry dare to attack the city?

If that is true, Ouyang Shuo is not afraid. With the seized food and supplies, Lin'an can stick to it until the end of the month, and then all the problems will be solved.

In the hall, Zhang Shijie and Wen Tianxiang's expressions suddenly became solemn. "Things are probably not that simple." Wen Tianxiang's face looked extremely ugly.

Ouyang Shuo's eyes froze and he asked, "Did you think of something?"

Xiongba and others also watched.

Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie looked at each other and said in a deep voice: "According to the combat habits of the Mongolian army, they used to engage the people. In addition to building earthen forts and refining corpse oil, there is another tactic, which is to drive the people away, force us to open the city gate, and let the people enter the city. Once the city gate is wide open, the Mongolian army will take advantage of the situation."

Xiongba asked, "Since that's the case, why didn't they use such tactics early in the morning?" No matter how you look at it, the latter tactics are more convenient and effective than the former one. Xiongba doesn't understand why the Mongols looked far away.

Zhang Shijie replied first: "Generally speaking, the guards would rather watch the people outside the city be shot and killed by the Mongols than open the city gate. Therefore, this tactic is difficult to make up for it and is not the first choice for the Mongols. It's just that we didn't attack the earthen castle in the previous episode, and the Mongols saw through the reality of the virtuality and reality of the Mongols."

“…”

The atmosphere in the hall was a little weird.

Zhang Shijie obviously did not agree with being too kind to the people outside the city. When he voted for whether to attack the castle, Zhang Shijie voted in favor.

At present, Lu Xiufu has died, and there are only six people left in the Military Affairs Office. Ouyang Shuo, Guo Ziyi and Wen Tianxiang are definitely not supportive of refusing the people to enter the city. Therefore, Zhang Shijie lost no matter how he voted.

The best result is just a draw and a stalemate cannot be reached.

Unexpectedly, Xiongba took the initiative to stand up this time, "Since you have done it, you must persevere. If the Mongols really want to use this despicable tactic, then we can only fight to the death with them in the city."

Zhang Shijie looked at Xiongba in surprise, and his face became more and more ugly. Xiongba's statement was equivalent to completely blocking another possibility. When Zhang Shijie thought of the 700,000 Mongolian troops entering Lin'an City, he felt aching in his heart.

Ouyang Shuo was calm and said with a smile: "There is a way to defend the city, and there is a way to defend the city without defending the city. We can defeat the Mongolian army once and defeat them twice."

"It's light, how can you fight if you don't defend the city?" Zhang Shijie was not so optimistic.

Seeing that Zhang Shijie seemed to be intentionally making things difficult for the king, Jia Xu stood up decisively and said, "General Zhang doesn't have to be discouraged. I have a way for you to find out."

"Sir, please speak!"

Who do not know Jia Xu's name as "poisonous warrior"? They all have high expectations for Jia Xu.

Jia Xu said: "My king is right. If you don't defend the city, there is a way to defend the city. Since we have concluded that the enemy will use the tactic of driving the people to attack the city, then just open a city gate and let the people in."

"What should I do after I open the door?" Zhang Shijie asked.

"It's very simple. While opening a city gate, an army is arranged in advance outside the city gate to act as a wall of people to isolate the enemy to take advantage of the ease into the city."

Jia Xu's approach is new.

Zhang Shijie still had doubts, "I'll forget it. If the army arranged outside the city is not wiped out by the Mongolian army, at least 200,000 will be drawn. If Lin'an City comes, will be empty, so how can you defend the city?"

When Ouyang Shuo saw this, his expression suddenly became somber. Although his voice did not increase, he added a few killing intentions out of thin air. "How to defend Lin'an City is not just a matter of the army, but also a matter of our Yiren Legion."

"We have to make it clear to the millions of people in the city. Once Lin'an City is broken, the Mongols will definitely slaughter the city. If we don't want to be lambs to be slaughtered, we have to spontaneously contribute to the war."

"If people want to survive, they still have to rely on themselves."

When Zhang Shijie heard this, a hint of shame flashed across his face. Yes, the people of Lin'an and even the entire Southern Song Dynasty were too dependent on the Yiren Legion. They even forgot that the Yiren Legion was just a guest, and they were the real masters of this city. There was no reason why the guests were just charging forward but the master was indifferent.

Ouyang Shuo didn't care, and continued: "If there were insufficient troops in the city, then I would temporarily recruit young and middle-aged people to join the army. Without weapons, I would go to the battlefield outside the city to find them; without wood and stone to defend the city, I would demolish the houses in the city; without oil, I would gather the vegetable oil from each household; without iron ore forging arrows, I would smash the pots and pans at home."

"We must make the people of the whole city realize that this is not a simple battle to defend the city, but a battle of life and death that concerns the existence of civilization. In order to win, we can do whatever we can and bet on everything!"

Ouyang Shuo's passionate speech was deeply shocked by everyone here. This is by no means a high-sounding word, but Ouyang Shuo's heart.

One of the reasons for the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty in history was that the entire nation had lost the determination to bet on everything.

If it were the Han and Tang Dynasties, it would be more than so embarrassing.

This battle gave Ouyang Shuo a deep impression, so the above words were met. He firmly believed that only by mobilizing the power of the entire city could the victory of this battle have real significance.
Chapter completed!