Chapter 19: The Storm
Duan Chong thought about it, but finally wrote a letter to Xiao Beiping, because Duan Chong really didn't know how to face his former brother, maybe still is, but there is destined to be a rift between the two, so if he suddenly ran into the palace of Nanliang and told Xiao Beiping "I'm sorry, I can't stop my brother from sending troops", Duan Chong really couldn't open his mouth, but in the letter, Duan Chong just told Xiao Beiping to be more careful, if he couldn't resist, don't hold on, And Duan Chong couldn't tell Xiao Beiping that there were weapons like cannons in this section of Zhuang's armament, there was no doubt that he would have slapped his brother's big mouth, and there was no doubt that this letter fell into Xiao Beiping's hands and would be regarded as Duan Chong's ridicule of himself, Duan Chong expressed his helplessness, cannons and bombs were originally his secret weapons, but they were used by Duan Zhuang, which became a dead end now, once Duan Zhuang used the cannon, I am afraid that there is no army in the world that can resist it, which means that Dali is about to dominate the world, and thinking of this, Duan Chong suddenly felt that what he was doing now was too much, and there was no point in doing it himself, this best wedding dress had been given to Duan Zhuang, and he should tell the old man to return home and hug his son.
But there is always an extremely uneasy feeling in Duan Zhongzhong, feeling that with cannons and bombs alone, this Zhuang's offensive will not be so smooth, there will always be some variables, and after everything is arranged, Duan Zhong has all his forces in Nanliang and retracted all his forces in Nanliang back into the valley of the "Snowy Night Phoenix", in Duan Chong's view, maybe only the valley is the safest at the moment, and the next thing, Duan Chong has no plans except for going to pick up Su'er and Liao Jiajia. I just want to quietly watch the trend of this battle.
Duan Zhong only stayed in the valley of the "Snowy Night Phoenix" for one day, and after handing over all the matters to Jiang Mingchen to deal with, he immediately turned over and rushed to the direction of Changsha Mansion, this Princess Suo Yali and Miss Su Mei had zongzi to take care of, and they should be able to reach the valley safely, but Su'er and Liao Jiajia stayed in Changsha Mansion, Duan Zhuang did not bring them out, so Duan Chong's most urgent task at the moment was to bring his two wives back, and then he could only wait and see what happened.
Duan Chong only took four days to rush to Changsha Mansion to meet with Su'er and Liao Jiajia, and then rushed back with the two girls non-stop, there was no time to linger with each other and confide in each other about the long-lost depression and longing, and on the way Duan Chong went to meet his wife, this Zhuang had already pulled the army out of Fuzhou and rushed towards the hinterland of Nanliang.
Originally, this section of the village wanted to go deep into the hinterland of the Southern Liang, and the first fortress to face was the heavily guarded Jiangzhou City, but this Jiangzhou City was in the northwest of Fuzhou, and Duan Zhuang did not show the willingness to attack Jiangzhou City at all, and directly continued to go deeper, and the entire Southern Liang forces were concentrated in several important towns, after Duan Zhuang Dali's army entered the hinterland, it was to directly face the army of the Northern Liang stationed in the field, and Duan Zhuang did not show his own inclination and position, but as long as a forbidden army, There is no doubt that the interests of the Northern Liang will be touched first, and the general of the Northern Liang stationed in the west is the right general Zhao Qishi, who is notoriously cautious, of course, this is just to sound good, to put it bluntly, it is timid, this time he has 50,000 heavy soldiers, responsible for isolating the two important towns of Jiangzhou and Bingzhou from the hinterland of Jiangnan. Although it seems that the task is important, but in fact it is extremely idle, after all, the strategy of the Southern Liang to defend the city determines that the army of the Southern Liang will not attack easily, and this time, General Zhao Qishi, who was originally very comfortable, met Dali's 30,000 troops, so our right general has a headache.
General Zhao Qishi sent three messengers to write a letter to Duan Zhuang in a row, but it was no surprise that Duan Zhuang killed all the messengers, as for the letter, it was thrown into the furnace without even seeing it, Duan Zhuang naturally showed hostility, and our right general Zhao Qishi naturally had to deal with it. Although such a response is very reluctant, after all, with 50,000 against 30,000, how can there be any reason to be afraid? In the eyes of our right general Zhao Qishi, this battle is naturally going to last a few days, but unfortunately this first burst, Dali's military camp is pulling out hundreds of swarthy iron heads, the shape is extremely strange, this is like a cylinder, pushed by manpower is very eye-catching, there is no doubt that this is the cannon developed by Cui Rixing and Tie Dan.
At the time when the battle of General Zhao Qishi's army in Dali was very curious, the hundreds of cannons were fired in unison, only to hear the sound of "boom" countless loud noises, this General Zhao Qishi's promise was blown up, and in an instant, almost 5,000 soldiers were killed by a terrifying salvo of this unknown weapon, and when our General Zhao Qishi was dumbfounded, this second round of salvo arrived again......
It was a battle, the 50,000 army commanded by the right general of the Northern Liang was almost wiped out under the fire of the number of artillery, only thousands of remnants of the army were able to flee in embarrassment, the right general Zhao Qishi disappeared in the war, it should have been blown into powder by the shells, and in this battle, the casualties on the Dali side were one hundred and twenty-one people, and the casualties of the one hundred and twenty-one people were because the manipulation of a cannon accidentally shot a cannonball into his own camp, otherwise, it was absolutely standard...... Zero casualties.
And after this battle, Dali's army did not have the slightest repair, directly advanced up overnight, only used a hundred cannons, only took an hour, and collapsed in the south of Jiangzhou City, there are 5,000 Southern Liang soldiers stationed in the city wall of Hongzhou City, and it took an hour to encircle and suppress the 5,000 Southern Liang soldiers in the city, but the casualties were less than 100 people, and then swaggered into the city to rest.
In just two days, Dali's 30,000 troops broke the 50,000 military horses of Zhao Qishi, the right general of the Northern Liang, and captured the important town of Hongzhou City, there is no doubt that it is declaring war on both sides at the same time, and this battle, Dali's extremely terrifying weapons, the cannon has also been unveiled, just three days, the news of this Dali's mysterious weapon spread, for a while, whether it is the general Meng Chaoda of the Northern Liang, or the commander of the Southern Liang Jiangbei Battalion Yang Lijie, they all feel frightened, just a hundred cannons, What a terrible thing to be able to destroy an army of 50,000 men! Overnight, the original 150,000 Northern Liang army was sharply reduced to 100,000, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Northern Liang, but the retreat of Northern Liang's power was not good news for Southern Liang, because both Yang Lijie and General Meng Chaoda realized that with their own strength, they could no longer compete with Duan Zhuang's army, so both sides had a tacit understanding of an idea: unity.
This Meng Chaoda wrote a letter to Emperor Xiao He of Liang Wu to report the current situation, and on the other hand, he had already begun to assert himself and began a private meeting with Yang Lijie, of course, this Lord Yang Lijie also started the cooperation agreement between the two sides after Xiao Beiping's approval.
And in the time when the news spread, Duan Zhuang's army continued to drive after resting in Hongzhou City for a day, but it bypassed Jiangzhou City in the north and directly rushed towards the military town of Nanliang.
And in the process of marching, the Northern Liang army originally stationed in the open space chose to retreat very well, and did not dare to confront the army of Dali head-on, and the only one who suffered was the 15,000 Southern Liang soldiers in this Chizhou City, which was originally an important town in the military town of Southern Liang, the city is high and deep, backed by the Yangtze River, surrounded by moats on three sides, and the end is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but this time, Duan Zhuang mobilized two hundred and fifty cannons, Compared with the right general Zhao Qishi, the number of cannons was more than doubled, and it still only took an hour to trample on the walls of Chizhou City, and the rest was a brutal massacre.
Duan Zhuang has always been a ruthless person, this point, even Duan Chong will also feel cold, and Duan Zhuang's subordinates have never been captured, because if they are caught by the enemy, they will be executed on the spot immediately, and there will be no chance of becoming a prisoner at all, and after attacking Chizhou City, Duan Zhuang directly ordered it...... Slaughtering the city, just overnight, nearly 100,000 people in Chizhou City were slaughtered clean, the original military town of the Southern Liang became an empty city overnight, there is no doubt that this village is to use this to exalt its prestige, so that the North Liang and the South Liang feel the fear deep in the bone marrow, to enter the Central Plains with an unstoppable momentum.
And after Duan Zhuang's move, the commanders of the Northern Liang and the Southern Liang finally made up their minds, and immediately united very closely together to deal with this new terrible enemy, the Northern Liang still has 100,000 troops, and the words of the Southern Liang plus the forbidden army in Nanjing City and the garrison troops and horses of the major towns are also as many as 150,000, and the two are combined, there are 250,000 horses.
With 250,000 to 40,000, what a huge gap and disparity this is, but it is a pity that the commanders of both the Northern Liang and the Southern Liang are extremely uneasy in their hearts, because the weapons of the Dali army are ...... It's terrible,