Chapter 1320: Reinforcements Arrive
At this time, because Song Wangyan took the initiative to concede, and Song Wangzhen did not immediately clean up Song Wangyan's cronies after ascending the throne, and he also maintained enough respect for Song Wangyan, and also continued to reuse Song Wangyan's trusted Song Prime Minister Tang Ying and Song general Cao Bin.
As a result, many ministers who were originally loyal to Song Wangyan quickly returned to their hearts when they saw the new king's move, coupled with the persecution of the armies of various countries outside the city.
The two forces that were originally distinct in the city merged in an instant.
Then, the news of the ascension of the new king of the Song Kingdom reached the city, and the people in the city heard that the root cause of the Song State's condemnation, the target hated by all countries, and the source of the troubles of all countries, the King of Song, who was called the Song Dynasty by all countries, had officially abdicated under the pressure of various countries.
At this time, not only did the countries have no excuse to attack the Song, but the newly enthroned King Song had decided to take the crown prince as a hostage and ask the Chu State to send troops to rescue.
Seeing that the crisis of the destruction of the country had subsided, the people in the city all rushed to tell each other and shouted:
"The new king is on the throne, long live the king, and the Song country has been saved. The new king ascended the throne ······"
As all the people in the court gathered around the new king, and as all the people in the city who had seen hope returned to the new king, the entire Shangqiu City twisted into a rope at this moment.
Then, with the new king Song Wang Zhen and the previous Song king Song Wang Yan side by side, he took his ministers to inspect the city.
For a while, the soldiers and people in the city shouted happily: "Long live the king..."
At this time, the cheers in the city were one after another, and the morale of the defenders in the city was also rising, and soon, Shangqiu City became stable from the original precarious.
On the other side, in the formation of the Qi army, seeing that the Qi army was about to break through the tentacles of Shangqiu, first heard waves of cheers from the city, and then the Song army quickly drove down the Qi soldiers on the city wall as if they were helped.
Seeing this, the tentacles were stunned, completely unable to figure out what was suddenly happening in the city.
At this time, a scout ran over quickly: "Report to the general, the spies are coming, today Song Wangyan will give the throne to Song Prince Zhen, Song Wangzhen has officially ascended the throne and is patrolling the city."
At this moment, all the Song people in the city were shouting long live the new king. ”
"The crown prince is enthroned as king? Song Wangyan actually took the initiative to abdicate? The tentacles were in disbelief for a moment.
Subsequently, the tentacles immediately realized that attacking Shangqiu City had become very tricky.
Not only because the culprit Song Wangyan abdicated and apologized, so that the coalition army had no excuse to continue attacking the Song State. More importantly, the coalition army had an important advantage in attacking the Song Dynasty, that is, the Song Wang's father and son were not compatible, and the Song Dynasty was in turmoil, and it was difficult to exert fifty percent of the strength.
At this time, Tentacle stood in the chariot, tilted his head slightly, and listened to the cheers of the city, and saw that the cheers in the city continued to reach his ears for a long time.
Touch's heart couldn't help but sink.
Then, the tentacle turned his head to look at the south, not far away was Pengcheng of the Song State, where was the 100,000 army of the Song State, which originally belonged to the crown prince Zhen, and now belongs to the 100,000 army of Song Wangzhen.
And further south, there is also the army of the state of Chu.
Based on the relationship between the King of Chu and Song Wangzhen, if Song Wangzhen asks for help, then the King of Chu will agree to send troops to save Song.
So······ If you want to quickly destroy the Song State, you can only take advantage of the future reinforcements of the Chu State and forcibly take Shangqiu City.
Thinking about it, Tentacle's face turned cold, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "The Song people are doing the last game, as long as their morale is suppressed, they can attack Shangqiu City in one fell swoop."
Pass on my general's order, the army presses up, and attacks Shangqiu City with all its might. ”
"No."
"Pass my general's order, as long as Shangqiu City is conquered, the army will sack Shangqiu City for three days, and all the gains of the soldiers will be distributed by the soldiers of the whole army."
"No."
"Summon, inform the Wei State of Yan, as long as the Shangqiu City is conquered, Ben will be the master, thank the Wei State with Tao City, and thank the Yan State with the five cities between the rivers."
"No."
The military order was issued, and the inspired coalition soldiers rushed to Shangqiu City frantically again.
At the same time, in the city of Shangqiu, under the encouragement of two generations of Song kings, the morale of the soldiers and people in the city was high.
Then, although the coalition forces stormed Shangqiu City, and even the offensive was much stronger than the previous month, the defenders in the city had been firmly in control of the city walls and did not give the coalition forces any chance.
At the time of the bloody battle of Shangqiu City, Song Wangzhen sent a messenger for help to go south along Surabaya, and arrived in Pengcheng in less than a day.
Then, the prince who guarded Pengcheng heard from Zang Zi, and the king of Song Yan Chan let him, and the prince Zhen became the king.
So, after confirming that the news was true, the crown prince who was named the crown prince immediately took a few henchmen and two hundred guards from Pengcheng to the south of Pengcheng and went to Shouchun in Chu via Surabaya.
Zang Zi immediately reorganized the army and prepared to lead the army to support Shangqiu.
A day later, the palace of the king of Chu.
"What? King Song abdicated, and Prince Zhen ascended the throne? When Xiong Huai heard Deng Lingguang's report, he couldn't help but be surprised.
The change in the situation in the Song Kingdom was really unexpected to him.
He never thought that the father and son of King Song, who were originally incompatible, would now reconcile and return.
After inquiring in detail about the changes in Shangqiu City, Xiong Huai's eyes narrowed slightly.
The situation in Shangqiu City has reached the point where the city is ruined and the country is ruined, so the king of Song was forced to abdicate in desperation.
In other words, Shangqiu City can't hold out for long.
So... If the Chu army dragged on for two or three months, then Shangqiu City would definitely not be able to hold on.
Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately made up his mind that if Song Wangzhen sent someone to ask for help, then he would drag it out for a while.
Half a day later, Prince Song came.
Xiong Huai immediately summoned the prince's suit, and then, in the face of the prince's request for help, Xiong Huai agreed to come down, and in front of the prince's suit, he directly issued an edict to Sima Jingque, preparing to recruit 200,000 troops, together with the 100,000 army under Tang Yu's command, a total of 300,000 troops to aid the Song State.
At the same time, for the hostage of the crown prince, Xiong Huai did not agree on the grounds of the close relationship between Chu and Song, but directly sent the prince back to the Song Kingdom.
The other side.
On the second day after receiving the edict of Song Wangzhen, Zang Zi led 100,000 Pengcheng Song troops to the north, traveled 100 miles every day, and on the fourth day of Song Wangzhen's edict, that is, on the evening of the third day from Pengcheng, he killed 50 miles away from Shangqiu City.
That night, General Qi couldn't help but be startled when he heard that Zang Zi, the general of the Song Kingdom, had led his army to kill fifty miles south of the city.
"Zang Zi came so fast."
Tentacles hesitated for a moment, and then muttered: "Pengcheng is about four hundred miles away from Shangqiu, calculate the time, Zang Zi's march time is less than three days, calculate the distance, Zang Zi needs to lead the army to travel more than 100 miles every day."
After three consecutive days of rapid marching, coupled with the fact that Zang Zi's soldiers were not elite divisions, but a rabble of hasty troops, Zang Zi's 100,000 army must have been very exhausted.
However, our army stormed Shangqiu for four days, but found that the morale of the defenders in the city had always remained high.
Therefore, since it was impossible to quickly conquer Shangqiu City in a hurry, the general would first break Zangzi, and then use Zangzi's head to knock on the gate of Shangqiu City. ”
After making up his mind, Tentacle began to calculate Zangzi again.
"When Zang Zi first arrived, if I stopped attacking the city and then led a large army to press on it, then Zang Zi saw that Shangqiu City was stable, and he would avoid it without fighting.
Therefore, tomorrow I still need to continue to feint and attack Shangqiu City to lure Zang Zi to attack.
Zang Zi comes, I reject it with a partial teacher, and after the partial division entangles Zang Zi, my army can use the momentum of thunder and rush to attack Zang Zi, so that Zang Zi will be captured by me. ”
After deciding on the plan, Tentacle muttered again: "Han and Yan and the two countries, when attacking the city, they were passive and sluggish, so the next step should be to lure Zang Zi with the combined forces of Han and Yan and put him to death, and then the battle will be won." ”
After saying that, Tentacle immediately ordered: "Pass my general's order, let the Han Yan coalition army go south tomorrow to intercept Zang Zi's troops, and after they engage the Song army, Ben will immediately send reinforcements to support them." Tell them that Zang Zi's subordinates are a tired rabble, and if the combined forces of their two countries can't even stop Zang Zi, then don't blame Ben for being polite and deal with them martialally. ”
"No."
"Send an order to Lu Wei and the other coalition forces, so that they can prepare and be ready to go south tomorrow to support the Han Yan coalition army that intercepts Zang Zi."
"No."
"Send an order to the Zhao and Wei coalition forces, let them attack Shangqiu City tomorrow, and when the general breaks through Zang Zi's department, he will join forces with them to attack Shangqiu."
"No."