Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 210
"Landmine? What is that?"

In this era, it is undoubtedly difficult, or even impossible, to build a real punishment mine. In fact, even black powder that is not pure enough is not that lethal at all.

The most important thing is that it is not stable at all.

Flint fire is too unstable, and black powder of insufficient purity cannot be ignited by a spark. So much so that the Song Dynasty now plays with firearms and uses the principle of fire. It was Zhao Dezhao who demonstrated it at the shareholders' meeting before and almost caused it to ignite. That thing that the entire shareholders meeting sent away.

But Zhao Guangmei was really annoyed by Yelujing. He was a dignified Liao emperor, and he didn't plan for the overall situation or a region. He chased after his own prince as a dog-skin plaster. Isn't he crazy?

Of course, what was more frustrating was the fact that the infantry fought against the cavalry. Although the battle only lasted two days, the fire in his heart could no longer be suppressed and began to burn out.

The Song army is far more elite than the Liao army. As long as there is a formal fight, at least five of the ten Liao armies that attack the Song army's formation will die. The formation protects itself, so in fact, the Liao army only needs to dispatch 1000 people to harass their [-]-strong army to the point where they cannot move and are troubled.

At this moment, Zhao Guangmei finally understood why since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, when the Central Plains Dynasty was fighting the Khitan, there would always be generals who couldn't help but rush in.

It had only been two days of fighting, and he couldn't help but want to take the plunge.

As a result, the Song army simply set up camp and stopped leaving. Countless grenades that Zhao Dezhao finally made were dismantled and used for land mines. Zhao Guangmei even started making homemade explosives by mixing explosive bags with sugar and stones.

Although the power of black powder mines is very small, they can actually kill people if used properly. During the Anti-Japanese War, most of the so-called landmine warfare used black powder, and the purity of the saltpeter was not as good as what Zhao Dezhao did.

Like this, two days passed by.

Countless amounts of gunpowder were buried,
It must be arranged properly and the mines must not be buried too shallowly. Zhao Guangmei is not a master in using gunpowder, and he actually doesn’t know how to explode it. He can only simply and crudely increase the amount, hoping to win with quantity, and directly bury all the mines. Under their respective camps.

Then these Song troops continued to retreat secretly at dawn and throughout the night.

"Your Majesty, the brothers just said that the Song army seems to have left, and the camp seems to be empty."

"Gone? How long have you been gone?"

"It looks like he didn't eat breakfast and left overnight, maybe at dawn."

Yelujing smiled disdainfully when he heard this and said: "It seems that although this King of Qin, who was said to have been around for a thousand years in the Song Dynasty, has the Midas touch, he is still not good at leading troops in battle. Although the Song army is elite, But after all, they are just foot soldiers, so where can they go? Do you really think he can go all the way back to Yinzhou?"

After saying that, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and couldn't help laughing.

King Qin of the Song Dynasty had a huge character flaw.

In fact, it is not incomprehensible. After all, he is just a pampered young man. He has never been on the battlefield seriously, let alone faced the harassment of tens of thousands of cavalry. It is normal for him to become impatient.

When using foot to control cavalry, the most taboo thing is to abandon the camp and run away, because every bit of supplies is crucial to the infantry, not to mention such an embarrassing escape will have a great impact on morale, and the harassment of cavalry His abilities are almost unlimited, at least for him.

At this moment, Yelujing had even begun to fantasize about whether he could capture the King of Song and Qin alive.

If he could be captured alive, should he directly trade his life with Zhao Kuangyin and let him cede territory and pay compensation?Or should he accept him as his adopted son and force him to use his clever mind to help him build Daliao?

"Your Majesty, is there any fraud in the Song Army's camp?"

"It's okay, just go check it out."

After that, Yelujing ordered the vanguard to enter it first and conduct careful reconnaissance. After verification and confirmation that there was no ambush, he ordered the entire army to garrison inside.

It is impossible not to garrison. Again, the Liao State has a conscription system rather than a recruitment system. There is no way to enforce orders and prohibitions. Moreover, Yelujing does not pay military pay to the soldiers. The seizure is their military pay. Facing an empty Yes, no one wants to raid the Song Army camp that may not have had time to move out.

Although the leftovers are definitely things that the Song people don't want, everyone knows that the Song people are rich. In contrast, the Khitan people are very poor. It's extremely difficult to just draw some leftovers from the Song people. Okay, if nothing else, at least the fabrics used for making tents are all of the highest quality in the eyes of the Khitan people.

"Your Majesty, Song Junzi left a lot of wine and meat in the camp. Is this... could this be a scam? How about giving some to the dog first?"

"Is there a scam? I usually read less of the Song Dynasty's novels. They are all made up. This...maybe there is a conspiracy, but it is definitely not poisoning."

Poisoning is extremely nonsense. In the real world, poisoning is still very difficult. With the level of poison in ancient times, it is not easy to poison people to death. Even if it is arsenic, if it is not pure enough, it will only It can make people injured but not die. Many ministers who were given poisonous wine in the past drank the poisonous wine and rolled around in their stomachs, but they could not die. In the end, they were beaten to death with sticks.

When the Song army went out to fight, it was naturally impossible for them to bring hundreds of kilograms of poison that was difficult to determine whether it was poisonous or not. Besides, the Liao army was not stupid. It is almost impossible to have any colorless and odorless poison these days. Even if there was, It must be a good product sold by the gram and not for military use.

"Could it be that the Song army deliberately left all this wine and meat to delay our army? Or did he imagine that this little wine would make my [-]-strong army drunk, so that the Song army could take the opportunity to steal the camp? This is... too You’re so naive.”

After thinking about it for a long time, they still couldn't figure out what trick Zhao Guangmei was playing, but after the soldiers of the Liao Army entered the camp, they discovered that there were large pots everywhere, and the meat and even wine were being cooked in the big pots. When I was eating, I couldn't help but take something out of the pot and eat it after a while.

Herdsmen all like to drink, but in fact, there are not many opportunities to eat meat and drink in large quantities on weekdays. There are so many people, if they don’t rush to eat, they will be snatched by others in a while, so they can only eat the bones and dregs.

As for poison?How can it be poisonous? The meat just taken out of the pot has been sterilized by high temperature to kill all the poisons. This is not smelly meat.

Then soon they started feasting, the kind that would not work no matter what anyone said.

As for why the Song army deliberately left food and wine behind after retreating, whatever they liked, these conspiracies were naturally considered by the big shots.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's so delicious. Why is Song Jun's stewed meat so fragrant?"

"That's because Song Jun put soy sauce in the meat."

"What is soy sauce?"

"I don't even know about soy sauce. What a bunch of old haters. This soy sauce is a specialty of the Song Dynasty. I heard that it was invented by the King of Qin. When you stew the meat, you only need to add a little bit, and the stewed meat will be particularly good. Eat, hasn’t Nanyuan always had trade relations with the Song Dynasty, and this soy sauce is the big one, I heard that the meat after adding this soy sauce doesn’t even need to add salt.”

"Ah? No need to add salt? Wouldn't that mean..."

"Shh~, low-key, low-key." Salt is so important to the Khitan, and it is not the same concept as the Song Dynasty. It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why Yelu Abaoji was able to unify the Khitan was because he controlled Yancheng. This is The economic foundation of Yelu Abaoji.

Otherwise, why would all the Khitan emperors in the past dynasties be members of the Dela tribe?Among the eight Khitans, are you the only one with flowers growing on your head?

In recent years, the national system of the Liao Kingdom has gradually taken shape. It is naturally different from when Yelu Abaoji founded the Liao 50 years ago. But in fact, 50 years is not too long, and the national identity is still lacking. , the word salt is still the foundation for the Diela tribe to rule the Liao Dynasty. Since this soy sauce contains a large amount of salt, and the trade with Song Dynasty is in the hands of the Shulu tribe, this has actually greatly shaken the foundation of the Liao Kingdom. .

It just so happens that the queen of Daliao of this generation is not named Xiao!

As a result, those Khitan soldiers who could understand these things wisely shut their mouths or stopped talking. After all, these upper-level struggles have nothing to do with the vast majority of herdsmen. They just eat meat and drink alcohol.

After a while, Yelujing, who made sure there was no ambush in the camp, also came in. After thinking for a while, he used his dagger to pick up a large piece of meat from the pot and gnawed it.

Have fun with the people?

"Song Jun actually wants to use this method to delay our pursuit. Haha, it's so naive. It's rare for our brothers to have good food and drink, so let's fulfill their wish. Let the brothers eat and drink first, and then go after those Song dog, hahaha.”

After saying that, Yelujing pretended to laugh boldly.

In fact, he hates eating meat with soy sauce. All his chamberlains know that he hates soy sauce the most. Anyone in the palace who eats soy sauce will be executed for treason!

But at this time, in the military, naturally I can't care so much.

But he didn't notice that not far behind the big pot where he was eating meat, next to an inconspicuous stove, a small wooden board was lifted from the ground, and a pair of smiling eyes came out of it.

"The Liao Emperor is actually here with me. I really deserve my luck. I'll blow your mother to pieces."

As he said this, he took out a fire stick from his arms, blew it hard twice to make the fire on it strong, and lit another pine torch.

"Father, mother, the child has not brought shame to our Zhang family. After my death, His Highness will definitely rehabilitate me. And Erzhu, your father and I are not a prisoner. Your Highness promised me that he would accept you as a young soldier and personally Take him with you to teach him, hey hey, our old Zhang family will finally have a high official."

This man's name is Zhang Erniu. He was originally a guilty person in Kaifeng Mansion, that is, he was a warrior who killed heroes.

He is also an unlucky guy, but he is different from those who were wrongly accused. After all, Kaifeng City is at the feet of the emperor. After all, there is no reason to slap the blame randomly, but it is still a misdemeanor and a heavy punishment. He just stole a bag I gave the food to my son who was very hungry, and then he was caught here.

I thought that this would be the case in this life. If the Song Dynasty used prisoners to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty and Houshu, one or two out of ten might come back. If it was to attack the Khitan, it would be really difficult to survive, almost to the point of death. deal.

It's impossible not to be resentful, but after all, he still has a son, so naturally he doesn't have that much time to complain. He is just worried about whether this child, as the son of a sinner, will be bullied and criticized in the future. He was looked down upon by others, and he didn't know whether the bag of grain was enough to eat.

If someone else were to tell him what kind of promises he made, he wouldn't believe them. He would only think that they were trying to trick him into taking the initiative to die. After all, even if he is a warrior who kills heroes, he still has a life after a narrow escape.

But when the King of Qin spoke, he believed it.

He is from Kaifeng, and everyone in Kaifeng knows that King Qin's heart is for the people, especially for the poor people and the homeless people who have lost their land.

Therefore, when Zhao Guangmei recruited the daredevils, he was the first to stand up without hesitation.

There is nothing to say, His Highness King Qin believes everything.

His Highness King Qin said that although he had made a landmine, he had not been able to find a reliable fuse, so the landmine had to be detonated by manual ignition. In other words, the person who ignited the fire was bound to die.

His Highness did not lie in any way and was still so upright.

Of course, he could actually hide in that small underground pit and never come out. Anyway, the Song army has withdrawn. Who knows whether he rushed out and died?The Liao army did not find him. When the Liao army withdraws, maybe he will survive, and the shackles of this heroic warrior will be gone.

But how can a great man do such a villainous thing?
It's rare that the King of Qin trusted him so much and kept his promise. How could he break his promise and say he would die?

"His Royal Highness King Qin, I, Lao Zhang, died today as promised!"

After saying that, he jumped out violently, shouted and jumped towards Yelujing not far away in the eyes of all the Khitan people who were confused.

"Escort!"

"Guard..."

"Boom~!!"

After a loud noise, Yelujing flew up, and then felt a sharp pain in his body. When he fell to the ground, his vision went dark and he fainted.

At the same time, countless old Zhangs also climbed out of the holes in the ground and lit the fuses not far from the mouth of the hole.

After all, gunpowder had just been used on a large scale on the battlefield not long ago, and landmines were used for the first time. The Liao army had no preparation for this. Almost all the mines that had been laid in advance exploded.

The place where the mine was buried was naturally the big pots where the meat was stewed.

The reason why so much stew was left for them to eat was to prevent them from searching carefully for fear that they would find the dead soldiers buried underground and ready to be set on fire.

The more important thing is of course to allow them to gather around the meat pot, so that it will be more convenient to fry.

Just listen, boom, boom, boom, the sound of thunder is continuous, bursts of fire rise into the sky a moment later, one fireball after another, accompanied by the exploded iron pot, fragrant stew, and full of A pot full of boiling water was flying freely in the air.

Three miles away, Zhao Guangmei rode up a hill and watched her camp burst into flames. After a long silence, she got off the horse, took off her helmet, and said:
"Brothers, observe a moment of silence and salute to the 74 warriors who died for the Queen!"

　My toothache has been severe these past two days, and it hurts so much that I have no intention of overdoing it. I would like to take a smaller amount. I hope all the parents who have food and clothing will be considerate.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)