Even Zhang Hongwei sighed beside him, "It's indeed a pity." ”

At this time, Zhang Hongwei suddenly slapped his horse and walked towards the army.

He knew it was almost impossible, but he wanted to try.

Hong Wutian and Jian Fourteen hurriedly patted their horses to follow.

The three of them went to the front of the army, and then they arrived only a hundred meters away from the city, on the side of the moat.

At the head of the city, Bai Zhengxin narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the end, he still did not order the soldiers to release the arrows. 's eyes were just staring at Liu Zhuwen who was wearing ink armor and a cloak.

It can be seen from the armor style that Liu Zhuwen's status in the Great Song Army is not low.

Liu Zhuwen also looked at the head of the city and shouted at Bai Zhengxin: "It is the general trend for our army to break the city, why should Lord Bai resist stubbornly?" ”

Bai Zhengxin didn't answer, because he had the heart of death, and he already felt that there was no need to talk to Liu Zhuwen at all.

Liu Zhuwen shouted again: "Could it be that Lord Bai only has loyalty in his heart, but he doesn't care about the lives of the people in the city? Why bother to drag them to die for the Duan family? I think that I have heard of the emperor's benevolence and love for the people, and Liu Zhuwen, the commander of the Great Song Dynasty's Tianxian Army, is willing to make an oath for the emperor here. If I break my oath, I Liu Zhuwen will pay with my life, how about it? ”

Bai Zhengxin couldn't help frowning slightly.

Liu Zhuwen's words are indeed to the point.

Bai Zhengxin actually really didn't want these people to follow the city to resist the Song army. It's just that he couldn't persuade these people before.

And on the city wall, among the garrison of Shicheng County and the people, there are more moved.

If they lived, no one wanted to die.

The commander of the Great Song Dynasty made such an oath, and in their minds, surrender may also be a good choice.

As long as the Song army does not slaughter the city, who is the emperor, they will live how they should live?

In the past, Zhang Jue led the Zhennan Military Region to attack Dali, and he did not poison the people in the whole process. This is no secret in Dali.

These defenders and the people felt that what Liu Zhuwen said should not be false.

When Bai Zhengxin was silent, a general of the defending army hesitated at him and said, "Lord County Guard, or we ...... The Emperor of Song was not a tyrant, perhaps......"

Bai Zhengxin's eyes suddenly became fierce, and he glared at the general, "Disloyal and unjust!" As a general, you are qualified to say such things? ”

His eyes swept over the people of the city, "Do you think you are the same as these villagers?" ”

But then, he suddenly put his sword across his neck.

A sword slashed.

The sword fell to the bottom of the city, looking so desolate.

"Lord Gunjo!"

Bai Zhengxin's body fell softly to the ground amid the exclamations of everyone.

Tou Cheng, he can't live with the Dali royal family. If he doesn't surrender, he can't live with the people in the city, so Bai Zhengxin made a choice like Ah Shu.

He left the opportunity of choice to the people in the city.

In fact, in his heart, he has already chosen to favor Toucheng. It's just that with his character, he doesn't allow himself to surrender.

It's just that no one expected that the trend of things was beyond the expectations of Liu Zhuwen and Bai Zhengxin.

Although Liu Zhuwen showed surprise at the moment when Bai Zhengxin committed suicide, in his heart, he could probably guess why Bai Zhengxin committed suicide.

He thought that Bai Zhengxin committed suicide, and the defenders of the city had no psychological pressure, so they would inevitably choose to surrender.

But at the moment when Bai Zhengxin's body fell, there was a defender general at the head of the city who shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

This is undoubtedly Bai Zhengxin's die-hard loyalty.

He blamed Liu Zhuwen for Bai Zhengxin's death. In his opinion, if Liu Zhuwen didn't come outside the city to persuade him, the county guard would not choose to commit suicide.

Dozens of arrows shot towards Liu Zhuwen with a sound of breaking through the air.

This was all a reflex of the general's soldiers after hearing the order.

The artistic conception on Hong Wutian's body emerged, and the fourteen long swords danced like a waterfall. Dozens of arrows were twisted into powder in front of the two of them, and they couldn't hurt Liu Zhuwen in the slightest.

And immediately after, in front of the Great Song Forbidden Army, there was the sound of cannons.

It was Zhang Hongwei's order.

He didn't care what happened in the city, as far as he was concerned, the defenders of the city dared to shoot Liu Zhuwen with arrows, which was a provocation.

A dense rumble spread over the city.

At the top of the city, there was a scene of smoke and dust.

There were screams.

"Don't!"

Liu Zhuwen turned around, but naturally it was too late to stop it.

He closed his eyes slightly, and then looked back at the city, and could only watch the defenders and people of Shicheng County on the head of the city staggering and fleeing under the cover of artillery fire.

After all, it was a confrontation.

Of course, this is not what Liu Zhuwen wants to see.

Being able to take Shicheng County without blood is the best result.

Liu Zhuwen patted his horse and returned to the army.

He returned to Zhang Hongwei and the others, and he had no intention of blaming Zhang Hongwei and the others. Because he knew in his heart that when the army ordered the cannonball, he was completely worried about his Liu Zhuwen's safety.

"Stop!"

Two rounds of artillery rang out, and Liu Zhuwen loudly ordered the artillery to stop.

The sound of the cannon stopped abruptly.

The city, which had been bombarded by hundreds of shells, was already in ruins in an instant.

There were quite a few bloodied corpses lying on the top of the city.

Many of the defenders and civilians of Shicheng County looked blankly at this scene as hell on earth.

They had never seen the grenadiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and they had never thought that there were such powerful weapons in the world.

How did this make them defend the city?

Throwing artillery wagons?

They didn't even have time to drop a thunderbolt on a gun thrower just now. After two rounds of artillery, the artillery trucks on the city were almost destroyed.

And at this time, the hot air balloons of the Song army were still in the air and did not attack the city!

"Drop the drawbridge! Those who descend will not be killed! ”

In the army, Liu Zhuwen let out such a loud shout.

"Drop the drawbridge! Those who descend will not be killed! ”

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army roared along, and such a voice soon sounded in the army. and spread towards the city.

The city was unusually silent.

After only a few minutes, in the creaking sound, the suspension bridge of the southern city wall was finally slowly lowered.

There were Shicheng County defenders walking out of the city.

Bai Zhengxin is dead, and there is no hope of defending the city. They simply have no need to insist.

Their loyalty to the Dali Duan clan is not to the point where they have to die for the Dali Duan clan like Bai Zhengxin.

Surrender is really expected, but reasonable.

The defenders who walked outside the city gate had already left their swords behind.

When Liu Zhuwen saw this scene in the army, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there was a slight accident, in the end the situation developed in the direction he wanted to see.

With a wave of his hand, some of the soldiers in the army ran towards the Shicheng County defenders in front of him, and then surrounded these Shicheng County defenders as well.

In front of the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army, Andongnan, who led the army to face the city, led the soldiers of his Tianwei army to take the lead in the city.

The soldiers stepped onto the drawbridge and slowly disappeared into the city gate.

Then just a moment, on the head of Shicheng County, the Dali military flags were all withdrawn.

A flag was erected at the head of the city.

It is the national flag of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liu Zhuwen, Zhang Hongwei, and Miao Cheng successfully took Shicheng County without losing the slightest amount of troops.

This is the first city in Dali to be hung with the flag of the Great Song Dynasty.

Then, Liu Zhuwen and others also led the army into Shicheng County.

They really didn't bother the people in the city, and there were even military doctors who treated the wounded people in the city.

This surprised the people at the head of the city.

They had just experienced the bombardment, and they hated these Song troops. But now that I see this scene, the hatred can't stop and gradually disappear.

The soldiers of the forbidden army who were camped outside the city were no longer camped, and they all came to Shicheng County.

The four empty military camps in Shicheng County were soon garrisoned by the Great Song Forbidden Army.

Only Liu Zhuwen and the others did not go to the military camp.

They were at the head of the city, looking at Bai Zhengxin's corpse, Liu Zhuwen said: "Although Lord Bai is old, he is really an iron-clad man. ”

He personally sent his soldiers to Bai Zhengxin's county guard mansion and informed his family of the news of Bai Zhengxin's self-execution.

Then, he handed over Bai Zhengxin's body to his weeping family.

From beginning to end, Liu Zhuwen and others did not lead the army to the county guard.

This is the last respect for Bai Zhengxin.