Chapter 352 Discuss the siege

The news of the Jiangdu mutiny spread all over the land of China in just a few days, and everyone in the world was shocked, and they all denounced Yu Wenhua and his great rebellion.

Not only local governments, civil officials and military generals have issued statements, denouncing Yu Wenhua and the usurpation of the monarch, vowing to eradicate Yu Wenhua and other rebel ministers to avenge the Son of Heaven, and even some civilian rebel organizations also scolded Yu Wenhua for his audacity and recklessness, expressing their willingness to work with the court to send troops to exterminate the monarch and rebel ministers.

Su Shang was no exception, and after getting the news, he immediately issued a statement as the king of Qi and the three horses, vowing to avenge his father-in-law Yang Guang.

At the same time, he instructed Du Ruhui and Wei Yunqi to issue a statement in the name of the military headquarters of the Allied Army and the county guard of Donglai County respectively, denouncing Yu Wenhua and other rebel ministers, and calling on local governments and garrisons to work together to eradicate the rebel ministers.

After receiving the marshal's attack order, a total of 150,000 elite soldiers of the three-way army entered Jiangdu County from three directions at the same time and killed Jiangdu City.

As the county where the Son of Heaven is located, most of the government officials and garrison generals in the counties of Jiangdu County are still loyal to Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, and after they learned that the incoming army is an allied army that vows to avenge the Son of Heaven, they have given up resistance and taken the initiative to welcome the allied army into the city.

The three-way army advanced all the way, without fighting, and it took less than four days to reach the city of Jiangdu successively, and successfully joined forces with Su Xingchen and others.

However, after they were divided, they did not attack Jiangdu City at the first time, but camped outside Jiangdu City.

The three armies were stationed at the east gate, the west gate, and the north gate of Jiangdu City, while Su Xingchen brought more than 10,000 naval soldiers and more than 100 large and small warships along the river, and set up a water camp near the entrance of the moat of Jiangdu City, which could sail into the moat at any time and kill under the Jiangdu City.

Early in the morning of the third day after the meeting, Su Xingchen, Xie Yingdeng and Qin Qiong came to Li Jing's big tent one after another, preparing to welcome Su Shang's arrival.

When he received the news of the Jiangdu mutiny, Su Shang was on his way back to Donglai City in Lu County, and after some consideration, he finally decided to personally command the army to capture Jiangdu City and personally avenge his father-in-law.

However, he did not immediately turn around and go to meet Li Jing and others, but returned to Donglai City first, comforted his wife who lost his father, and waited for two days to meet Qu Tutong and others, and successfully left Qu Tutong and others in Donglai City, so he took Wei Chigong and Huang Lin and other personal soldiers all the way to Jiangdu City.

When the time came, Su Shang and others appeared in front of the camp gate, Li Jing and others were already waiting at the gate of the camp, and after a salute, Su Shang directly asked Li Jing to take everyone to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Qingming, you tell me first, how many troops are there in the city, and what is the situation?" Su Shang was anxious about the situation in the city, and directly named He Qingming, who was in charge of the intelligence of Jiangdu City, to report.

"Report to the marshal, there are a total of 53,000 Praetorian Guards in the city, and there are 35,000 city guards, the situation in the city is temporarily stable, but because of Yu Wenhua and the killing of the king, as well as the killing of many ministers, there have been disagreements within the Praetorian Guard, and Sima Dejiao and Pei Qiantong and others did not get enough benefits afterwards, but were relieved of their military power, they have been dissatisfied with Yu Wenhua, and the Praetorian Guard is likely to have civil strife in the near future!"

Su Shang pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Which ministers were killed?"

He Qingming thought for a while, took out a notebook from his arms and read: "Tianbao General Yuwen Chengdu, Inner Shi Sheren Yu Shiji, Yushi Datian Pei Yun, Right Yiwei General Yuwen Xie..."

"These are talents, it's a pity!"

Su Shang sighed a little, but his face did not change, he was still calm as usual, and asked again, "How are the queen and the others?"

"The queen and some other harem concubines are fine for the time being, but many palace maids have been poisoned by Yu Wenhua and others!"

Su Shang thought for a while and said, "We will attack the city tonight, you arrange more spies to enter the palace, you must ensure the safety of the queen, if you have the opportunity, you can arrange people to rescue the queen first!" ”

"Yes, the Admiral understands!"

"Tell me about the rest of the city!"

"Yes!"

He Qingming opened the small notebook and reported: "One, Yuwen Shihe suddenly disappeared after the mutiny, and there is news that he has fled from the city, but it has not yet been verified. Second, the jade seal of the country has fallen into the hands of Yu Wenhua..."

Obviously, He Qingming's intelligence work was done well, and it took more than a quarter of an hour to report the various situations in the city, Su Shang did not say anything after listening to it, pondered for a moment, and then asked Li Jing and the others: "How is the military spirit of the soldiers, and how is the morale?"

"Report to the marshal, the morale of the soldiers is high, the military spirit is available, and they are ready to attack the city!" The four replied in unison.

"Good!"

Su Shang's face was straight, and he ordered: "Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Xie Yingdeng, after the three of you go back, immediately arrange for the soldiers to copy the note of persuasion, and use the trebuchet to project into the city at the same time in the evening, and at the same time let the soldiers prepare, and break through the three city gates at the same time tonight."

"Yes, the last general obeys!" The three of them answered in unison.

"Su Xingchen!"

"The last general!"

"You lead 10,000 soldiers to set up an ambush outside the south gate, once Yu Wenhua and others retreat from the south gate, be sure to drag them down, and at the same time arrange warships to block the river to prevent them from escaping from the waterway!"

"Yes, the Admiral understands!"

Su Shang thought for a while, and then ordered: "Inform the officers and soldiers of the whole army, Yu Wenhua and other monarchs seek to live or die, or capture or kill one, they will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to one level!"

"Yes!" The four of them said in unison.

"That's it!"

Su Shang waved his hand and said: "The combat mission is arranged like this, if you still have any questions, you can raise them now, if not, you can go back and prepare now!" ”

After thinking about it, he added: "You must remember that this mission has two goals, the first is to take over Jiangdu City, and the second is to eradicate the rebellion and avenge the saint, so you must not let Yu Wenhua and other monarchs escape."

The four of them nodded and looked at each other, Li Jing was a little puzzled: "Marshal, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers in the city, if it is attacked, it may cause heavy casualties, I don't know what method the marshal is going to use to break the door?"

"Don't worry about this Jing brother!"

Su Shang smiled slightly, "I have brought a secret weapon, tonight's fifth watch, the eastern, western, and northern gates will definitely be broken at the same time, Brother Jing just asked the soldiers to be ready to enter the city at any time!" ”

Seeing that Li Jing and the others were still a little puzzled, Su Shang smiled again: "It seems that everyone is a little curious, it's okay, let's go and see the secret weapon first, so that you can know some things to pay attention to tonight in advance."

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