Chapter 5 Yangzhou

The army's army marched in an orderly manner, and Tong Guan, who set off from Bianliang, also quickly went south along the Grand Canal! Zhang Yang learned from the Di newspaper that when Tong Guan led an army of 150,000 to the south, it was already five days ago. Coupled with the time it took to attack Jiangning Mansion, Tong Guan's army had already passed Chuzhou (Huai'an)! According to Zhang Yang's speculation, it is likely that he has reached the vicinity of Gaoyou.

In fact, the speed of Tong Guan's army was not bad as Zhang Yang expected, and Zhao Hu sent a message that night, saying that Tong Guan's vanguard army had arrived in Yangzhou!

At the same time, the dynasty's army finished replenishing in Runzhou and began to cross the Yangtze River.

Yangzhou has always played a pivotal role since the opening of the Grand Canal. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that 'the waist is wrapped around 100,000 yuan, and the crane is riding down Yangzhou', because of the prosperity of the Grand Canal, the city of Yangzhou is also extremely prosperous.

The prosperity of commerce has also created countless wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou, who compare with each other, repair gardens, raise ministers, and praise young officials... A life of opulence and luxury allows them to enjoy themselves.

When they heard that the rebels in the south were 'killing unkind and equalizing the fields', they naturally hated the root of their teeth! But after the rebels from the south captured Runzhou and Jiangning one after another, panic suddenly filled the whole city!

Just when the wealthy merchants felt that the sky was about to fall, the army of the imperial court arrived!

This is like a stimulant, which instantly brought the rich and wealthy families in the city back to life! They are all natives of Yangzhou, and after leaving Yangzhou, the gardens and fields they worked so hard to build are all someone else's. It's even more painful than cutting their flesh with a knife!

Well, now that the army of the imperial court is here, they don't have to flee for their lives.

That night, all the squires and wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou City came out to work in the army, and the enthusiasm was so great that the pioneer officer felt like drinking a bowl of chilled grape wine in midsummer, and all the 36,000 pores on his body were transparent and comfortable.

With such a big movement, Zhao Hu in the city naturally saw all of them. He sent the news to Zhang Yang and the dynasty, Zhang Yang looked at the news and sneered, and immediately ordered the dynasty to give them a big 'surprise' tonight!

At this time, the city of Yangzhou was full of chickens and dogs, and the border army stationed in the desolate place in the northwest all the year round had never seen such a prosperous place, and immediately after entering the city, they herded the sheep! As the saying goes, 'bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates', and those who are soldiers in this era are more ruthless than bandits.

The biggest reason is that they came to this place to fight, on the one hand, there was a lot of pressure before the war, and on the other hand, they patted their butts after the war and left, and the locals or something, they didn't care about it.

Although there have been a lot of vicious cases such as robberies and forced women, but now they are still counting on people to fight and fight knives, and the helpless Zhizhou can only suppress it, and after waiting for something, he will slowly settle accounts with this group of Qiu Ba!

In the early hours of the morning, Zhao Hu in the city sent a message to the dynasty - the Song army was slacking!

The dynasty, having received the news, immediately ordered the whole army to attack! Dozens of large ships drove into the canal, and the defenders on the side of the canal were terrified, beating gongs and drums and lighting beacon fires to warn them, while organizing a counterattack.

It's a pity that the dynasty, which has been fully prepared for a long time, not only installed the stone throwing machine on the big ship, but also installed the bed crossbow of the Jiangning Mansion defenders on the ship!

Although these bed crossbows are not as good as the eight-bull crossbows, they also have a range of two or three hundred steps! Coupled with the arrows equipped with explosives, the power is even more powerful, and it is only stronger than the Eight Bull Crossbow!

Where have these local armies ever seen such a terrifying weapon! It only took a few minutes to fight, and all the birds and beasts dispersed...

There was no decent resistance along the way, and the basic operation was to shoot a crossbow at the bed, and the loud sound of the explosion and the light of the fire frightened them into scattering and fleeing.

The army entered Yangzhou smoothly!

These border troops have all experienced battle formations, and immediately entered the combat state after receiving the early warning and hearing the loud explosion, although the armor is more or less loose, but they are all in full force. At this time, the pioneer officer didn't care about pursuing it, so he picked up his sword and went up to the city wall.

The vanguard officer's mind is not muddy, and he knows that the city wall is his greatest reliance! There was no recklessness to go out of the city to face the battle. And this is simply the most ideal state of war for the dynasty! If he were out in the field, he really wouldn't be able to kill these people.

The armyes of the dynasty disembarked in turn, but they only set up a posture outside Yangzhou City, and they were also not in a hurry to attack.

The vanguard officer on the city wall looked at the rebels under the city gate in a cold sweat by the light of the fire, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart. This army is well-armoured and forbidden. The military formation that looks like a tofu block is a killing weapon at first glance! Fortunately, there is no greed for merit, otherwise the outcome is unpredictable.

At the same time, the vanguard officer couldn't help but mutter: Isn't it said that these rebels are just a few leaders with 10,000 mud legs? Why do you feel that you are facing your own forbidden army the more you look at it?

As soon as the night breeze blew in early spring, everyone's drunkenness vanished...

At the same time, the dynasty's stone throwers and bed crossbows also arrived outside the city gates. Yangzhou is a big city, and the 10,000 people under the dynasty are not enough at all!

Fortunately, the dynasty didn't think about surviving three and missing one, and let the big families in the city run, so that it would be convenient for him to receive their land.

The dynasty wearing dazzling golden armor came to the front of the army, and the rebels suddenly broke out with an earth-shattering shout: "God Lord, God Lord, God Lord..."

The officers and soldiers on the city wall are sweaty, and this kind of momentum is not much better than that of the Western Xia Army and the Liao Army.

With a wave of his big hand, the shouting suddenly stopped, and the dynasty on the horse stood outside the range of the bow and crossbow, and the electric light flickered all around him, bright like a god in the dark night!

"Don't you surrender!"

The loud shouts exploded like thunder with the help of a megaphone! The hearts of everyone on the city wall were a pang, and they were a little swaying when they looked at the dynasty below that was covered in electric light.

"Humph! Pretending to be a ghost. ”

Which one of the people who can sit in the position of vanguard officer is mortal? In the past ten years in the army, he has killed countless people, and he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods at all. Kick the bed crossbow shooter who is trembling with his hands and feet, aim at the dynasty on the horse, and pull the motive without hesitation!

"Whoa—"

The arrows that were as fast as thunder shot at a rapid pace, and the dynasty was a robot after all, and he accurately calculated the trajectory of the arrows in an instant, and then grabbed the thick arrows that were fired!

"Mighty, mighty, mighty..."

The vanguard officers on the city walls were dumbfounded! Is it really human to grasp the bed crossbow that comes from the fire with his bare hands?

For the first time, the vanguard officer, who had never believed in ghosts and gods, was in awe of the doctrine of ghosts and gods.

The dynasty casually threw away the arrows under the adoring gaze of the ten thousand fanatics, and then shouted:

"Divine Thunder Launch!"