You can go from Taihu Lake to Wuling County by land and water. There are two rivers passing through Wuling County by water alone. One big river is the Yuanjiang River, which flows three miles south of Wuling County and finally flows into Dongting Lake. The other smaller river is Dingshui, which flows from
It flows to the north of Wuling County, and Wuling County is actually sandwiched between two rivers.
The Yuanjiang River is wide. The Song Army built a long pontoon bridge on the Yuanjiang River. More than a thousand cavalry crossed the pontoon bridge. Chen Qing looked at the county seat not far away. Wuling County is governed by Changde Prefecture. It is a large county. The perimeter of the city wall is about thirty
For the rest of the day, the city wall was tall and solid, and the city wall was filled with soldiers guarding the city. After walking around, I found that there were at least 20,000 soldiers guarding the city.
Chen Qing pointed his riding whip at the soldiers at the top of the city and laughed: "Even children are being forced to defend the city. Does Yang Yao really think he can defend Wuling County?"
Zhang Xiao also smiled and said: "He has no choice. There are only five thousand people in total. I doubt they have ever defended the city at all."
Zheng Ping scratched his head and said: "I heard that Changde Mansion produces giant trees. We can make a temporary battering ram and directly break open the city gate!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "Have you not discovered where Wuling County's greatest defensive advantage is?"
Everyone's eyes are looking towards the moat. Indeed, the biggest advantage of Wuling County is the moat, which is at least twice as wide as the moats in other places. This is also the reason why the county is sandwiched between two rivers, especially Dingshui, which is directly connected to the moat.
Integrated into one, when Yang Yao first started to rebel, Changde officials took advantage of Dingshui to greatly widen the moat.
But it was still in vain. The rebels attacked the city and Wuling County surrendered without a fight.
Zheng Ping sighed and said: "Not to mention using a battering ram to attack the city gate. Even if you attack the city wall, it is difficult to cross the moat. Why do these bastards dig the moat so wide?"
Chen Qing smiled lightly: "Everything has two sides. Wuling County relied on the moat for defense, but their final failure was also because of the moat."
Seeing that no one had reacted, he smiled and said: "Have a good rest during the day and take Wuling County directly tonight. Don't let Yang Yao escape this time."
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At the first watch, a fleet appeared on Dingshui, consisting of dozens of large, medium and small boats. The largest boat was Chen Qing's five thousand stone boat, which was as high as a four-story building. Hundreds of soldiers acted as temporary trackers to pull it.
The big ship moved slowly, followed by more than a dozen three thousand stone warships, and behind them were medium-sized ships of five hundred stone and one thousand stone.
The five-thousand-stone ship was filled with soldiers, and the trebuchets were ready. The fleet was still one mile away from the county city wall, and the alarm bell sounded on the city wall with 'Dang! Dang! Dang!'.
Yang Yao had just fallen asleep when he heard that the Song army was attacking in large numbers. He was so frightened that he quickly put on his armor and ran towards the city wall. Military advisor Huang Cheng had already arrived first.
At this time, the fleet has sailed into the moat and is slowly heading west along the moat. These are huge ships. The five-thousand-stone warship is even taller than the city wall.
The soldiers on the top of the city were stunned. Huang Cheng suddenly realized that if the Song army wanted to attack the city, they only needed to put a plank on the boat.
"Your Majesty, the Song army is going to attack, so shoot with bows and arrows!"
Yang Yao shouted, "Bow and arrow shooting! Bow and arrow shooting!"
After Yang Yao gave the order, only the people around him heard the order, and everyone on the city wall needed to blow the trumpet.
"Woo~wu~wu~"
The rapid sound of the horn sounded, which was the order for the soldiers at the top of the city to fire arrows, but it was already too late. The Song army on the ship launched an attack first, firing random arrows and dense crossbow arrows at the defenders at the top of the city.
A large area was shot down immediately, and there was chaos on the top of the city. The experienced soldiers fell down one after another, while the civilians shouted in fear and ran towards the bottom of the city.
Yang Yao was furious, "Whoever dares to go to the city will be killed without mercy!"
But an even more terrifying scene came. The ship was too close to the city wall, and there was no need for a trebuchet. The burning kerosene balls were thrown directly onto the city wall by the soldiers.
In just a moment, the city suddenly turned into a sea of fire. The city was completely in chaos. The soldiers who were lying on the ground jumped up and ran wildly. Many soldiers were also ignited by the fire, crying and running, and some fell down on the city.
However, someone jumped directly into the moat. On top of the city there was a roar of ghosts and wolves. Even Yang Yao and Huang Cheng were guarded by soldiers and fled to the bottom of the city.
The entire northern city turned into a sea of fire, and several other city walls also caught fire one after another, but it was not as exaggerated as the northern city. It still triggered a chaos among the defenders. Countless civilians who were forced to go to the city took the opportunity to take off their armor and throw away their weapons.
, fled to his home.
The purpose of the northern city wall was to create an atmosphere of fear and force the soldiers to leave the city, but it was the east wall that launched the real attack. A three thousand stone ship was filled with soldiers, and more than a dozen two-foot-long planks were put up by the soldiers.
At the top of the city, soldiers rushed to the top of the city with spears in hand.
Several medium-sized ships were put together to form a temporary pontoon. More than 2,000 soldiers on the shore rushed to the ships in a steady stream, rushed to the top of the city through the 3,000-stone warship, and then rushed down the corridor to the city.
At this time, Yang Yao was a little at a loss. Like other generals, he had no experience in defending the city. He didn't know how to put out the fire on the city, and he didn't know what to do now.
At this time, a general stumbled over and reported, "Your Majesty, the Song army has entered the city from the east wall. I don't know how many people have entered the city."
Yang Yao was dumbfounded. He suddenly shouted, "Heaven will destroy me too!"
"Your Majesty, the county seat cannot be defended anymore, retreat quickly!"
"Where is the military advisor?" Yang Yao asked anxiously.
"The military advisor is heading west!"
When Yang Yao turned around, Huang Cheng had disappeared. He immediately understood that Huang Cheng must have left him and ran away.
Yang Yao was angry and anxious. He got on his horse and shouted: "Retreat to the west city! Retreat!"
He led a thousand close soldiers and ran along the street towards the west gate. From a distance, he saw the west gate opened and Huang Cheng rushed out of the city with dozens of soldiers.
"Damn this!"
Yang Yao gritted his teeth and cursed, then led the soldiers and ran towards the west gate.
At this time, the East City Gate was opened, the suspension bridge creaked and lowered, and thousands of Song troops outside the city rushed into the city...
Yang Yao rushed out of the west city gate and had just taken more than a hundred steps when a soldier suddenly pointed to the ground and shouted: "It's the military advisor!"
I saw a man lying on the ground with his horse, his body covered with arrows and covered like a hedgehog. It was none other than Military Advisor Huang Cheng.
Yang Yao was shocked. The military advisor was shot dead just after he came out. There was an ambush around him.
Suddenly there were loud shouts of killing, and thousands of cavalry were coming from all directions. Yang Yao was so anxious that he held a gun in one hand and the reins in the other. His horse circled around, but he could not find a way to break out.
At this time, a young general came from a diagonal stab, carrying a Fangtian painted halberd. It was the coach Chen Qing.
Chen Qing had been staring at Yang Yao for a long time. He had met Yang Yao on the Yangtze River. Although they only met once, he remembered Yang Yao's wolf-like face.
Chen Qing burst out laughing and said, "Zhai Leader Yang, we meet again!"
"Who are you?" Yang Yao asked in surprise.
"I saw it on the Yangtze River last year, have you forgotten?"
When Yang Yao saw the Fang Tian Hua Ji in Chen Qing's hand, he suddenly remembered and his eyes widened, "Are you...the human demon Chen Qing?"
"Since you know a certain family, if you don't hurry up and arrest them, the certain family will spare your life!"
"Chen Thief, take a shot from me."
Yang Yao feinted with his gun and stabbed Chen Qing. Chen Qing dodged sideways. Yang Yao clamped his legs on the horse and tried to escape. He had seen Chen Qing's martial arts with his own eyes. He was like a god of death. How could he be his opponent?
, his stabbing was fake, but his escape was real.
Chen Qing laughed, "You want to escape before I take action?"
With a wave of the halberd, a cold light flashed through, and with a sound of 'Crack!', the hind leg of the war horse was cut into two pieces with a knife. The war horse fell down, throwing Yang Yao more than ten feet away. Chen Qing's soldiers rushed up and threw Yang Yao.
Press the unit to the ground and tie it up.
"Chen Qing, kill me!" Yang Yao shouted in despair.
Chen Qing smiled faintly, "The emperor has offered a reward. Anyone who catches Yang Yao will be promoted to the third level and given the title of Duke. My glory and wealth will be with you! How could I kill you?"
Chen Qing ordered the soldiers to plug Yang Yao's mouth with rags. He turned around and said coldly: "But your henchmen are doing many evil things and will only harm the world, so there is no need to stay!"
He immediately ordered, "If you don't accept surrender, you will be killed without mercy!"
Five thousand cavalry surrounded a thousand Yang Yao's trusted soldiers and started a bloody massacre.