At the first watch, Chen Qing sent someone to find the surrendered general Zhao Yong and asked him with a smile: "Does General Zhao know the chief general in the city?"
Zhao Yong cupped his fists and said: "I know a thing or two about humble positions. The general in the city is called Mo Wangu, a captain of thousands. He is actually from the East Hu of the Bohai Sea. He has a very bad temper. He especially likes to whip soldiers. In addition, he does not understand Chinese, and he promulgates various
Orders needed to be translated, resulting in poor language communication, so he would often get angry and beat people. Even Wanyan Helisha didn't like him, so he was sent to guard Longzhou."
"Why do the puppet Qi armies use barbarians as their leaders?" Chen Qing asked in confusion.
"This is a new rule that has just been set. It is said that the repeated defeats of the puppet Qi army made the Jin Kingdom feel distrustful, so it is stipulated that all first-level generals should be held by Jurchens, but not all, and the specific subordinate positions are not clear, at least
This is like this on Shaanxi Road."
Chen Qing nodded, "Then tell me how to attack Mianyang City?"
Zhao Yong knew that the commander-in-chief was testing himself, so he racked his brains and said: "If the commander-in-chief decided to attack the city in the middle of the night, I would very much agree with it. In fact, to deal with the defenders of Mianyang County, just one word, 'surprise!', would be enough."
Able to defeat others without fighting."
Chen Qing became even more interested and said with a smile: "Tell me more about it in detail!"
"The humble post suggested that the commander-in-chief attack the south city. Don't rush into the city when you attack the city. First, beat the drums like thunder, and then set fire to the south city tower. The soldiers in the city will be frightened. They will flee from the north city gate. The commander-in-chief only needs to be in the north city.
There is an army ambushing outside the door, and they are all the turtles in the urn of the capital."
"But why do you say soldiers are frightened and flee north?"
Zhao Yong smiled slightly and said: "How many people like Mo Wangu are willing to sacrifice their lives for him? Besides, these soldiers are not fools. Everyone knows that three thousand people cannot defend the city. At the critical moment, who doesn't want to save his life?"
Yang Zaixing said from the side: "Du Tong, Bei Shi also thinks General Zhao's words are reasonable, Bei Shi is willing to lead troops to attack the city!"
Chen Qing nodded, "Then you will be the commander-in-chief, General Zhao will be the deputy-general, and he will lead 5,000 people to attack the city. Gao Ding and Niu Gao will lead 6,000 people to ambush outside the north gate!"
At the third watch, Yang Zaixing and Zhao Yong led 5,000 people to the outside of Nancheng. Zhao Yong was really uneasy. He didn't understand how Chen Dutong allowed a man like him who had just surrendered to lead the army, but wasn't he worried that he would go back on his word?
Yang Zaixing saw his uneasiness, so he smiled and said to him: "We all agree to trust those who employ and those who doubt. If he doesn't trust you, he will never give you any chance. He is actually giving you a show."
Opportunity."
"I also understand that it's just me who surrendered just now! If I go back on my promise and run away with the army, wouldn't the loss to the commander-in-chief be too great?"
Yang Zaixing laughed, "Then you are wrong. The prestige of the commander-in-chief is built on every soldier. Even if you want to take them away, they will never go with you. Not even you, not even me.
In order to prevent accidents, I announced the mission to each of the following commanders before dispatching the troops. If the mission was changed midway, I would also give the order to change the mission to each commander for review. If I went out alone, all of them would be
You will give me a golden arrow with which to issue orders."
Zhao Yong was ashamed, it turned out that this was what happened, he really thought too much.
Yang Zaixing said calmly: "This is the system. The so-called system is applicable to everyone and will never favor one over the other. Therefore, everyone lives very easily and works according to the system. If you work hard to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, you will be promoted. In other interpersonal relationships, you can brag and flatter others.
Just don’t think about it at all.”
"It's best this way. We generals are afraid of dealing with civilian officials. If we can't fight them, we will be pinched by them miserably."
"I am also afraid, and so is the commander-in-chief. Therefore, there will be no civil servants in the Xihe Army. If strictly speaking, then the commander-in-chief is a civil servant. After all, he is also Dr. Yinqing Guanglu. This is a civil servant.
Casual official title."
"It turns out that the governor is also a civil servant!"
"He's a military envoy! He's good at both civil and military affairs."
Just as he was talking, a young general of eighteen or nineteen years old jumped over and said to Yang Zaixing: "Master, my disciple has already investigated clearly. There are only two patrol teams at the top of the city, with fifty people in each team. Maybe some people are sleeping and can't be seen!"
Yang Zaixing smiled and nodded, "It's up to you to go to town today, don't let me down!"
"Don't worry! My disciple is leading his army to the city from the easternmost point. Even if he is discovered by them, it will be too late to run over."
"Okay, get ready to go!"
The young man turned around and walked away. Zhao Yong said with a smile: "Commander Yang's apprentice has a great aura, so he must be very skilled in martial arts!"
"His name is Sun Jian. He is from Huangzhou. The young man is very smart, and he has strong martial arts skills and excellent archery skills. He didn't need to be my teacher at first, but he wanted to learn the Yang family's gun, so I made it possible for him."
In fact, Sun Jian wanted to take Chen Qing as his disciple, but Chen Qing refused to accept him as a disciple, so he got involved with his second admirer, Yang Zaixing. Seeing that his character was good and his martial arts skills were good, Yang Zaixing agreed.
Yang Zaixing glanced at the city and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, get ready to start!"
"I understand the humble position!"
Zhao Yong immediately led 2,000 people to explore the western half of Nancheng.
Sun Jian did not join the Huangzhou garrison, but became Yang Zaixing's general. Chen Qing also hoped that Yang Zaixing would train him to be an effective right-hand man.
Dozens of scouts had already placed long planks of wood on the moat. Sun Jian led his men to appear about eighty steps away from the city wall. This was an extreme distance, and he would be easily discovered if he moved forward.
Sun Jian stared at the patrolling soldiers on the top of the city. When they turned around and walked towards the city tower, he waved his hand and led the first team of fifty soldiers to rush towards the city wall. There were too many soldiers and they could easily be attacked by the enemy.
I spotted it out of the corner of my eye.
Sun Jian and fifty of his men rushed across the moat like a gust of wind and clung to the city wall.
At this time, the patrol team at the top of the city was halfway there and no longer walked close to the battlements. This was the best opportunity. Three hundred soldiers rushed over, carrying three siege ladders.
The soldiers of the Song Army did not hesitate to mount the siege on the top of the city. Sun Jian took the lead and quickly climbed up. When he was about to reach the top, a face suddenly appeared on the top of the city. It turned out that there were soldiers hiding and sleeping on the top of the city, and they were planning to attack.
The sound of the city ladder's iron hook alerted them.
The first person to wake up came forward to check the situation. Sun Jian reacted very quickly. He raised his spear and pierced the throat of the soldier at the top of the city. The soldier let out a muffled scream and rolled over from the top of the city.
Sun Jian ran two steps quickly and jumped to the top of the city. The defenders who were lying on the top of the city were so startled that they stood up and started shouting.
The patrol team also discovered the situation and quickly rushed here. The soldiers under the city also climbed up in a turbulent manner. Thousands of Song soldiers in the distance rushed towards the city wall together.
Sun Jian brandished his spear and killed seven or eight soldiers in a row. The other soldiers were frightened, shouted, turned around and fled. It turned out that the Song army had surged up the city from three siege ladders.
‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The alarm sounded loudly on the city top, resounding throughout the city.
Fifty patrol soldiers finally arrived, but the Song army had already boarded the city with more than 200 people. Sun Jian roared and led 200 people to fight.
At the same time, Zhao Yong of Xicheng also led two thousand soldiers to forcibly attack the city. He did not use a forward or any strategy, but directly hung twenty siege ladders on the city at the same time.
The defenders on the city wall were distracted by this, and Zhao Yong basically attacked the city wall without paying any price.
This made Yang Zaixing secretly admire. No wonder everyone valued this person. He was really capable, pragmatic and smart.
The Song army set fire to the south city tower and opened the south city gate. Chen Qing led four thousand cavalry into the city.
As soon as they rushed into the city, they saw the enemy general Mo Wangu leading seven to eight hundred soldiers rushing towards the city gate.
Chen Qing opened his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow from eighty paces away. The speed was unparalleled. Before Mo Wangu could react, the arrow was right in front of him, and it was too late to hide.
‘Poof!’ The arrow hit the center of the eyebrow, powerful force penetrated the entire body, and the tip of the arrow came out of the head with bloody brain tissue.
Mo Wangu fell from his horse on his back and died instantly without even a scream.
The soldiers behind him were so frightened that they turned around and fled. The North City Gate had been opened. Just as Zhao Yong had predicted, a large number of soldiers fled out of the North City Gate.
Unfortunately, they were greeted by 6,000 ambushes, and not a single one of them could escape.
It was getting daylight. The Song army escorted more than 2,000 prisoners of war in from the north city gate, as well as more than 600 prisoners at the south city head, and 3,000 defenders. Except for more than 300 who died in battle, the rest all became the Song army's
Prisoners of war.
The core area of Longzhou is on both sides of the Qishui River, with a total of two counties. After Qianyang County was captured, Qianyuan County, another small county without garrison, would surrender without a fight.