1347. Bloody capture of Tangzhou (middle)

Although it captured a large area in the southern urban area of ​​Tangzhou, the Xiangyang Prefecture Garrison really paid a considerable price for it.

Even looking at Zhao Dongting's success in his career in Guizhou, except for a few battles such as the Battle of Wuzhou City, the Song army rarely fought such a tragic battle.

Although the Yuan army was not familiar with the use of thermal weapons, it was still not as easy to deal with as before.

The ten regiments of the Xiangyang Prefecture Garrison led by Tan Siyuan, among which the first regiment was the first to take on the siege mission, suffered the most severe losses.

The deputy commander of the first regiment was killed in battle, and in the ten battalions below, more than half of the battalion-level generals were killed in battle.

The second group is not much better than the first group.

Every inch of land occupied in Tangzhou City was really exchanged for the soldiers with their lives.

The number of soldiers of the Xiangyang Prefecture garrison under Tan Siyuan's command has reached more than 2,400.

Of course, this is extremely tragic.

Including those who are seriously injured, the combat power of the Xiangyang Prefecture garrison has reached nearly 40%.

Only after listening to the general's report, Tan Siyuan didn't care about regretting it.

He turned around and said, "Term to treat these injured soldiers with all their might."

Then he walked out of the medical center.

The generals followed him into the temporary command post.

It is said to be a command post, but it is actually just a temporary requisition of shops.

But the shop has been redecorated.

There is a long strip-shaped calligraphy case spliced ​​with small square tables in the hall. On the wall, there is also a distribution map of Tangzhou City.

This arrangement comes from a military textbook written by Zhao Dongting. It is probably difficult to see in the Yuan Dynasty army.

After Tan Siyuan calmly came to the commander, he immediately asked his soldiers to call the commander of the ten regiments under his command to the commander.

He stood behind the desk, below the map.

After waiting for the generals to arrive, he said, "Sit!"

When the generals sat down, he looked at the deputy general next to him and said, "What is the Yuan army deploying now?"

The deputy general glanced across the generals in the room and said, "The Yuan army has been forced to retreat to the north of Chunhe Street by our army, occupying two streets of Siyang and Siyin."

Tan Siyuan said again: "How many troops are there?"

The deputy general said: "Preliminary estimates are that there should be less than two thousand left."

"Not less than two thousand..."

Tan Siyuan tapped his finger gently on the desk and said, "The Yuan army has only these troops left, and they are still brave enough to defend themselves. It seems that they still hold on to hope and want to hold on until their reinforcements arrive!"

A general who was sitting in the lower leader suddenly stood up and said, "Deputy Commander, let us join the regiment! Kill them at night and catch them off guard."

Tan Siyuan waved his hand, "You didn't fight like this. Now the Yuan army also has a dragon gun, waiting for it to work, and they must be on guard against our night attack. It was dark and it was so dark that you led people to rush up rashly, thinking that you could get what advantage?"

The general stammered and sat down heavily.

Tan Siyuan was silent for a while and said loudly: "Captain Gao, Commander Qiu obey the order!"

"The last one will be here!"

The two generals stood up. They were the commanders of the Fourth Regiment and the Eleventh Regiment of the Xiangyang Prefecture Garrison Army.

There were 20,000 garrison troops in Xiangyang Prefecture and 20 regiments, only half of them followed Tan Siyuan to Nanjing Road.

Tan Siyuan said again: "Never both of your regiments went up to participate in the war today, and the soldiers still have plenty of energy. I will order you to lead your army tomorrow and capture the two streets of Siyang and Siyin within half a day, which may be possible?"

"Receive the order!"

Both generals answered.

Tan Siyuan looked at the other two again, "Captain Ge, Captain He, you led your army to go around Siyang and north of Siyin Streets to block the retreat of the Yuan army!"

"Receive the order!"

The situation in Tangzhou City is quite clear now, and the generals have no doubts.

Whether it is a hot weapon confrontation or a cold weapon confrontation, in the end, it is just a competition between the soldiers, morale and firearms of both sides.

In these three points, the Xiangyang Prefecture Garage Army now has a great advantage.

It is only a matter of time to destroy the Yuan army in the city.

However, after the generals left the commander, Tan Siyuan still took hundreds of personal guards and the commander of the consecrated Lika toward Chunhe Street.

Even at night, many soldiers crawled behind the bunker and were waiting for the battle.

Although it was quiet, the sky above Chunhe Street, located between the two armies, seemed to have endless murderous intent surging.

The arrival of Tan Siyuan and his group of people slightly broke the tranquility here.

The Song army was all young and strong. When they saw Tan Siyuan, they kept calling out to the deputy commander.

Tan Siyuan also nodded all the way.

Until not far from Chunhe Street, he and his friends squatted down behind the cover.

Tan Siyuan looked at the guard beside him.

The guard smiled, stammered his neck and shouted to Chunhe Street: "General Yuan came out and answered!"

There was a response there soon, "I am Ge Shiheng here! I have a fart and let it go!"

"Ge Shiheng..."

Tan Siyuan muttered, his eyes slightly confused, and he had never heard of the title of this general.

The two armies had just clashed, and his understanding of the defenders in the city was limited. Perhaps, Ge Shiheng was not a very high-level general.

But he still shouted: "I general Tan Siyuan, I'm here to surrender you! With your strength, you can't defend Tangzhou City. Why not surrender? Our Song army has always treated prisoners preferentially. After you surrender, our army will pay money and let you go home to reunite with your family! How about it?"

There suddenly became quiet.

In the night, many Yuan troops did show their moving expressions.

Real gold can be imitated by chance by the Song Dynasty's hot weapons, but there are many things that he cannot imitate.

Zhao Dongting worked hard to improve the awareness of the people and soldiers in the Song Dynasty. I don’t know how many methods he used, but this is something that real gold cannot do.

Speaking of which, it is much more difficult to imitate Zhao Dongting's way of governing the country than imitating arms.

After all, the entire Yuan Dynasty would never have anyone with the vision of future generations like Zhao Dongting.

Even the whole world, there is only Zhao Dongting, the only one.

As the same goes, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty knew why they fought, but the Yuan army might not know it. This is the difference.

Some of the Yuan army were patriotic, some who joined the army to defend the court. But at the same time, many of them were forced to make a living and earn a living.

For the latter, survival is the most important thing. Whether it is to join Song or go home, it is better than staying here and continuing to hold on.

Ge Shiheng didn't answer, and he felt a little moved. But he didn't dare to speak easily about this.

If he really said he was willing to surrender, he would not be able to say that Zhang Liangdong would be beheaded and displayed immediately after He learned about it to boost the morale of the army.

And just then, Tan Siyuan shouted: "Our army will launch a large-scale attack tomorrow. If you want to survive, you will give up your weapons and surrender now. Just cross the Chunhe Street, our army will no longer regard you as enemies. The emperor of our dynasty said that you are mostly Han people, and we are too. Everyone has the same bloodline, so there is no need to kill each other. The Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty are all the Song Dynasty. Don't forget that the ancestors you wait for were also the people and subjects of our Song Dynasty. When you surrender, it is not a shame, but to go home."

There was still no one in the Yuan army answering.

Immediately, Tan Siyuan didn't say anything further.

In the darkness, he led hundreds of personal guards to the command post again.

On the way, a personal guard asked him: "Deputy Commander, do you think there will be a Yuan thief surrender?"

"Hopefully there is!"

Tan Siyuan sighed lightly: "Although I wanted to numb them just now, I really hope that someone among them could surrender. It is true that he would not kill them. Marshal Yue said something in the army before, do you still remember it?"

"What's the matter?"

"Master Yue said that the emperor once said that the people and soldiers in the world are all descendants of Yan and Huang."

After saying that, Tan Siyuan himself sighed softly, "I couldn't understand the meaning of the emperor's words before. I felt that the hatred between us and the Yuan army was as deep as the sea. I had to kill those Yuan army, so I could not let them go. But as General Lu surrendered, the emperor not only accepted us, but also trusted us, so I gradually understood the emperor's words. The emperor's vision is not comparable to us... The emperor can give us those who took the wrong path before, so why can't we give these Yuan army opportunities?"

"Fighting...fighting...to the end, it can only be endless hatred. The best result is to convince with sincerity! The Jin Dynasty destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty. I wanted to use our Han people to beat us Han people. If we are blinded by hatred, we will only hit their minds."
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