Just as Ye An and Liu Yong had guessed, Li Yuanhao's target was Huizhou, and the plan that had been prepared since the beginning of last year was successfully implemented under his command.
Under the leadership of the general Ye Li Yuqi, the party's troops quietly entered the boundary of Huizhou through the path of Rouyuan Mountain, bypassed the forts near Lingbo Mountain and Rouyuan Mountain, and went straight behind Huairong Fort!
The sudden Dangxiang army hit the Song army in Huairong Fort at a loss. The night attack awakened the defenders in Xu Fort from their sleep. Although the warning gong sounded in the fort, many soldiers had not even had time to put on their armor.
Killed by a thrown arrow.
Being able to throw arrows into the castle means that the enemy is close at hand!
The panicked Huaide Army was unable to organize effective resistance at all, and Huairong Fort was breached by Dangxiang's army in just half an hour. Huaide's army abandoned the fort and fled without putting up much resistance.
However, Li Yuanhao did not order the army to pursue him, but ordered the elite cavalry to follow him. His general Ye Liyu begged: "Is your Majesty going to use them to "knock open the city gate" for us?"
Li Yuanhao laughed, patted Ye Li Yuqi on the shoulder and said: "He is indeed my "Mountain Realm General"! There are many deserters, and our party's elite are closely following them. When the fortresses open their doors to welcome them, it will naturally be time to charge!
Lead the troops and drive all the defeated troops to other forts. As long as we capture the fifth fort in Huizhou, the entire Shichuan City will be within our grasp!"
Ye Liyu Qi cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty!" After saying that, he led his men to fall far behind the defeated troops of Huaide's army. The defeated troops would not be scattered, and they would feel safer with more people.
As long as there are lone defeated troops, Yeli Yuqi will send cavalry to kill them decisively to prevent the news from leaking to other forts. As for Huairong Fort, the cavalry sent to warn at the beginning of the attack has already become the dead soul of the party scouts.
, there is no need to worry at all.
In just three days, the fortress outside Shichuan City was completely cleared by Dangxiang's army. The defeated troops of Huaide Army rushed to Shichuan City, but Liu Chi, the general who defended the city, refused to open the city gate.
At this time, he already knew the reason why the fortress outside the city was captured by Dangxiang's army. Once thousands of defeated troops entered the city, they would definitely become a stepping stone for Dangxiang's army.
The only thing he can do is to stick to Fuchuan City. The beacon fire has already been sent out. Soon the entire Qinfeng Road will get the news, and even the Yongxing Military Road will send reinforcements.
But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. How could Li Yuanhao not think of what Liu Chi could think of? Looking at the defeated troops outside the city, Li Yuanhao made people stare at them. These were not one or two hundred soldiers, but more than a thousand.
A soldier!
There are many local men from Huizhou in Huaide's army. Even if Liu Chi is cold-blooded and ruthless, others in Fuchuan City will not just watch thousands of people die tragically outside the city.
Likewise, Liu Chi cannot bear the reputation of refusing to save anyone. Now he just wants to make a good show in front of him. Li Yuanhao believes that it won't be long before he quietly lets people into the city. These more than a thousand Huai German troops are also big.
Song’s fighting power!
Sure enough, on the second night of the siege of Shichuan City, there was movement at the city gate. The originally chaotic Song army suddenly became silent. Such an abnormal situation gave Li Yuanhao an opportunity to see it.
Immediately he said to Ye Liyu: "The Song people are about to open the city gate and order all the soldiers to prepare to attack the city. The first person to climb the city will be rewarded with a thousand cattle and sheep and a thousand acres of fertile land! Take Shichuan City and allow you to plunder for three days!"
Such rewards were a great temptation for the Dangxiang people. They were short of supplies under the blockade of the Song Dynasty, and the things that were sparse and ordinary in the eyes of the Song people were extremely needed living materials for them.
After plundering the city for three days, they can rob a lot of daily necessities!
However, Yeli Yuqi heard another meaning from Li Yuanhao's words. This attack on the Song people would not last long, nor would it continue southward. Instead, they would withdraw after taking Shikawa City.
There is a lot of wealth in Shichuan City and the needs of the party members. Once Li Yuanhao leads the various parties to capture Shichuan City, the three-day harvest will bring his prestige to its peak.
At the same time, it also completed what Li Deming had not completed, seizing the capital city of the Song Dynasty, allowing Dangxiang to completely show his power and get rid of the nominal control of the Song Dynasty.
Yeli Yuqi general Li Yuanhao's military order was fully implemented, and the entire party and army were excited. In their opinion, the first person to climb the city was rewarded with a thousand cattle and sheep, and a thousand acres of fertile land was nothing. The most important thing was that they could plunder the city!
Shikawa Castle is not just a simple border city. It is also the place where trade with Dangxiang takes place. Although the imperial court has ordered a ban on trade with Dangxiang, there are still many people who are facing Dangxiang's needs through special relationships and channels.
People do business.
Although this kind of business is shady, it has the acquiescence between the Song Dynasty court and the party nobles. In many cases, conflicts do not affect the smuggling trade, and even make smuggling more rampant.
Fuchuan City in Huizhou was the transit point. The Dangxiang army launched an attack on this "fat feast". Now nothing could stop their enthusiasm for looting.
Liu Chi was still gathering his defeated troops, but the ground began to tremble, and the rumbling sound like muffled thunder shook people's hearts, and Dangxiang's army was about to arrive in an instant.
The defeated soldiers poured into the city crazily, but the White Army defending the city tried their best to close the city gate. The more they did, the harder it became to close the city gate. The broken soldiers had blocked the city gate.
The defenders on the city wall began to fire their bows and crossbows frantically, but the locust-like rain of arrows could not stop the almost crazy party cavalry.
When they rushed to the city, they threw the gunpowder bombs in their hands at the crowd. The sound of explosions and huge sulfur smoke instantly filled the city gate. The Song army, who could not breathe, became even more desperate and struggled and stampeded in the pungent sulfur smoke.
Liu Chi on the city gate was almost desperate. Seeing the panicked people and defenders in the city, he could only frantically order to block the city gate with rolling stones and wood. At this time, he could not control the life and death of the defeated troops under the city gate.
Huge stones and logs were thrown down, and the defeated soldiers who had just escaped from the city gate were facing catastrophe. This hell-like scene on earth is beyond description in words.
The soldiers of Huaide's army on the city wall even broke down and cried, they did not want to bury their lives in Pao Ze with their own hands.
However, the party members had already reached the bottom of the city and began to climb the city along the huge ladders and hooks. Bu Bazi, who was among the party soldiers, was flexible and moved upwards while avoiding the spears probing from the city wall. Soon someone climbed up the city wall.
Liu Chi led his army to defend. He and Huaide's army in the city had no way to retreat, so a huge trebuchet was set up. This was a powerful siege weapon that Li Yuanhao obtained from the Western Regions.
Stones the size of copper bells are not very effective against city walls built with rammed earth and covered with bricks and stones, but they are extremely effective against border cities like Shikawa Castle that are built solely on rammed earth.
The strong warrior held a huge wooden hammer to hit the machine. With a heart-wrenching sound, the huge long handle threw the stone as big as a millstone, drawing an arc in the air and hitting the city wall with a piercing roar.
On top of it, the battlements and the soldiers behind them were smashed into pieces in an instant.
More than ten trebuchets were launched at the same time, and huge boulders hit the city walls or the city like raindrops, making loud roars.
Li Yuanhao watched all this with satisfaction, while Yeli Yuqi had already led an army to carry out a full-scale attack on the city. Zhang Yuan, who was standing next to him, looked at the shocking scene in front of him and said: "Fuchuan City is about to be conquered. Please be kind to the king and leave ordinary people behind."
People’s lives.”
Hu Hao looked at Zhang Yuandao dissatisfied: "Have you forgotten what the king said before?"
On the contrary, Li Yuanhao looked at Zhang Yuan, and when he saw his firm and persistent eyes, he smiled and said: "You can admonish me again and again even though you know the consequences. You are indeed a wise minister! As long as the people of Song Dynasty do not resist, they will not
Your life will be in danger!"
Zhang Yuan was overjoyed and bowed with folded hands: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Hu Hao's face was full of embarrassment. Li Yuanhao looked at him and said: "You can remember what I said, which shows that you are loyal to me in your heart. You know the pros and cons in the face of justice. You are also my good minister and general."
This imperial method was naturally brilliant, and Hu Hao bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have learned from this!"
Li Yuanhao smiled, but he had different opinions about these two people. Zhang Yuan is the kind of person who insists on doing what is right in his heart, while Hu Hao is the kind of person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. The former can be reused, while the latter can be used, but they cannot be the same.