Chapter 1025: The Battle of the Heart
Everyone exchanged a few words of greeting and sat down, Li Yanqing smiled at everyone: "Let me inform you of the battle situation in Hebei, the Yellow River has been completely blocked, and more than 500 ships patrol the Yellow River, unless the Jin soldiers put on their wings, they will not be able to pass through the Yellow River moat."
The second is the battle of the Daimyo's Mansion, the Gaoqing army is not worried, they are not really working hard to attack the city, but three days ago the Jin soldiers launched an attack of 25,000 people, and we annihilated 15,000 people, and finally retreated in defeat, the Jin soldiers did not attack in the past two days, but besieged the city, it is estimated that they are considering the method of attacking the city, or are waiting for the news of the Yunzhou Jin soldiers. ”
"But weren't the Yunzhou Jin soldiers completely annihilated?" Han Shizhong asked.
"But Wan Yan Xian doesn't know this news, the Daimyo Mansion is their intelligence transit terminal, whether it is Bianliang or Lin'an, all the Jin Bing's flying pigeon information must be concentrated in the Daimyo Mansion first, and then distributed by the Daimyo Mansion, now that the Daimyo Mansion is occupied by us, of course they will become blind and deaf, unless they use the news of the people, as far as I know, many merchants have their own carrier pigeons, can you think of this after reading Yan Xian."
"When is Du Shuai going to attack Bianliang with all his might?" Yue Fei also raised his hand and asked.
Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "The army is plotting, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, the next is to attack the city, the method of attacking the city is a last resort, now that Liu Yu's overall situation has gone, Liu Yu may not want to surrender, do his subordinates plan to bury him?" ”
Yue Fei heard what Li Yanqing said, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Du Shuai already has an internal response?" ”
"I can't talk about it, but the soldiers have picked up eight letters of integrity in the past few days, and they are all generals in the city, expressing their willingness to make meritorious service and atone for their crimes."
At this time, Liu Guangshi, who had been silent, said slowly: "If it is a letter, I will still doubt its credibility, but now it is eight letters, it seems that the general in the city has indeed deviated from morality, how does Du Shuai plan to deal with it?" ”
Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Whether it's a surrender letter or eight surrender letters, you don't need to pay attention to them, and you don't have to deliberately contact them, just follow our steps." ”
After speaking, Li Yanqing asked Sima Li Meiwen, who was sitting in the back, "Sima Li, have you finished what I told you?" ”
"And one last thing, I make sure that all the printing is done before dark today."
Li Yanqing nodded, "Everyone go back and straighten out the soldiers and horses, just look at the actions tonight." ”
Everyone dispersed, but Yue Fei stayed and asked Li Yanqing: "After the battle of Bianliang, will we go north directly to Hebei?" ”
Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said: "Frankly speaking, now the army in Hebei, I only care about the Jin soldiers, the Jin soldiers still have nearly 80,000 people, this number is enough to fight with us, and it will not lose to us, I wanted to build the famous city into a meat grinder, and maximize the loss of the Jin soldiers, but Wan Yan Xian also seems to have woken up and has not attacked the city for two consecutive days, so I am thinking about how to divide the Jin soldiers." ”
Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Then if we can attack Yanshan Mansion, Wan Yan Xian will most likely divide his troops to help." ”
Li Yanqing nodded, "I also used to think about it like this, let Liu Kuan's army go to Jingcheng to attack Hejian Mansion, and after completely annihilating the Ji army of Hejian Mansion, then turn around and go north to Yanshan Mansion, even if Yan Xian finishes it, he can endure the annihilation of the entire Ji army, but he must not be able to bear the Song army attacking Yanshan Mansion, either he will divide his troops, or he will all retreat north." ”
After a pause, Li Yanqing said again: "But this idea should be put aside, and we will talk about it when Liu Jian takes Datong Mansion!" ”
Yue Fei was taken aback, "General Liu has already sent troops to Datong Mansion?" ”
Li Yanqing nodded, "Liu Kuo's 100,000 army should have already set off, as long as we take Datong Mansion, we can attack Yanshan Mansion from the north." ”
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Night was quietly coming, and Li Yanqing's 100,000-strong army began to deploy outside Bianliang City, waiting for the moment when the city was broken.
Wang Gui stood on a mound, looking at Bianliang City from afar, at this time, Cao Meng appeared beside him, Wang Gui saw that Cao Meng seemed to have something to say, so he smiled and said: "You kid can still hold things in his heart?" ”
Cao Meng smiled bitterly and said, "Some things are too big to hold in my heart!" ”
"Then tell me about it." Wang Gui said with a smile.
Cao Meng sighed, "Actually, I haven't been able to figure it out, the Great Song Dynasty has become weak, why don't they replace Du Shuai?" ”
"This kind of thing really has to be held in my heart!"
Wang Gui looked around and laughed in a low voice: "Are you worried that your interests will not be protected in the future?" ”
Cao Meng nodded, "I'm worried that Emperor Song will ascend the throne in the future, in case something happens to Du Shuai, aren't we, the old people who have followed him for many years, the first person to be cleaned up by Emperor Song?" ”
Wang Gui smiled and said, "Tell you, I'm not worried at all. ”
"Why?"
"Because I know Du Shuai too well, I grew up with him, how many twists and turns in his belly, I don't know? Let's tell you so! How the Emperor died, the one above us knows better than anyone else. ”
Cao Meng was taken aback, "Isn't the Emperor too indulgent?" ”
Wang Gui sneered, "Overindulgence will only make the thing below work, and it won't give away your life, if you don't believe it, go find Imperial Doctor Xia again, and ensure that no one knows where he is." ”
"But I've never felt the ruthless side of Du Shuai!"
"That's because we are his people, you don't need to say it, it's his brother-in-law, I am his little brother, and I have been following him, so he trusts us very much, like Zhang Rong, if you don't believe it, just look at it, Du Shuai doesn't believe him at all."
"How can you tell?"
Wang Gui patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little guy, don't you understand?" ”
"Go!" Cao Meng broke free of his hand and said angrily: "Do you say it or not? ”
"Then I'll tell you, Shi Xiu is the most cunning, why did he ask him where he was the local commander, when the capital said that he was named the commander of Jeju, he immediately agreed, Shi Xiu also saw that Zhang Rong would become a disaster for Liangshanbo, so he had to step on Zhang Rong and go up!"
"How do you know that Zhang Rong will become a disaster for Liangshanbo?"
"Because I took over Zhang Rong's army, I found that there were three hundred people missing, that is, the water thieves that Zhang Rong raised in Liangshanbo, these three hundred Zhang Rong did not hand them over, he left them by himself, he thought he had done it seamlessly? Let me tell you, Shi Xiu has already reported to Du Shuai behind his back, so Du Shuai installed Shi Xiu in Jeju, and also sent people to monitor Zhang Rong, once Zhang Rong continues to block the road in Liangshanbo and rob, the person who killed Zhang Rong must be Shi Xiu, Du Shuai's deployment, you don't understand! ”
Cao Meng nodded and sighed: "If you don't say it, I can't dream of it." ”
"So don't worry, Du Shuai is far-sighted, after more than ten years, everyone will forget about the Zhao family, and the damned people will also die, who will care if the world is not the Zhao family?"
"I have to wait more than ten years to find out the answer, won't it suffocate me?"
Wang Gui laughed, "Then you will learn from me, and fully believe in Du Shuai, will he not consider the safety of his children and grandchildren?" ”
Cao Meng suddenly came to his senses, scratched the back of his head, and smirked.
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At this time, three super trebuchets were slowly driving in the southeast direction, and they slowly stopped four hundred steps away from the city, at this time, the defenders at the head of the east city suddenly found three giant trebuchets, and immediately shouted loudly, and immediately someone rushed to the palace to report to Liu Yu.
Three super trebuchets creaked apart, three huge wooden balls were placed on the throwing pocket, each big wooden ball contained 10,000 leaflets, which was printed by Sima Li Meiwen by hand, the big wooden balls had two semicircles on the left and right, buckled together, there was a connection in the middle, and the two hemispheres were held by a cannon, when the cannon exploded in the air, the wooden balls were naturally opened, and all the leaflets would float into the city with the wind, and the Song army tried several times before determining the final throwing plan.
It's not a war tonight, and there's no need for any military orders, so launch when you're ready.
At this time, the thrower gave an order, and the three super trebuchets were launched, only to see three huge wooden balls streak across the sky, flying towards the city, and just after crossing the city, the cannon battle above was 'bang!' The explosion exploded, the wooden ball opened, and tens of thousands of leaflets inside rolled out, drifting towards the city with the help of the east wind.
The city suddenly snowed like June, and leaflets were flying all over the sky, and at this time, Liu Yu was hurrying towards the city under the escort of dozens of personal guards.
He stopped, looked at the leaflet fluttering in the sky in surprise, a personal soldier grabbed one and handed it to Liu Yu, the title is 'Tell Bianliang Soldiers', it is written by Li Yanqing himself, the leaflet pointed out that the soldiers and generals surrendered to the Jin soldiers, aided and abetted, and have become national traitors, and will also affect their children and grandchildren if they become prisoners of war in the future, and now they have only one way to atone for their crimes, that is, to surrender the city, so that they will not be held accountable for treason, otherwise the army will capture Bianliang, and they will no longer have a way out.
Those who are the first to donate the city will be rewarded and awarded the title of first-class commander, and 20,000 soldiers will be advised not to miss the last chance.
Liu Yu was immediately furious, tore the leaflet to shreds and shouted: "Go and collect the leaflet immediately, whoever dares to hide the leaflet privately will be regarded as a collaborator and immediately beheaded!" ”
At this time, three more large wooden balls exploded in the air, and new 30,000 leaflets flew in the air, and hundreds of soldiers searched everywhere for leaflets, and at the same time collected the leaflets in the hands of the soldiers, and the city was in chaos.
Fan Qiong, the defense of Bianliang, rushed over and said to Liu Yu: "Your Highness, the Song army is ruthless in this move!" ”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth and said: "This is not attacking the heart, this is punishing the heart!" ”
"So what are we going to do?"
"Send someone to keep an eye on it, as long as there is a gathering of generals, arrest them immediately!"
Fan Qiong sighed secretly in his heart, this is really not good, he had to bite the head of the battalion, send three hundred soldiers to inspect everywhere, and at the same time send people to warn all the generals above the commander that it is strictly forbidden for the generals to gather in private.
But whether it is Liu Yu's killing order or Fan Qiong's warning, it has no meaning, and the battle launched by Li Yanqing has brought a huge impact to the soldiers in the city, especially the generals who surrender first, and will receive the title of first-class commander, which makes all the generals unable to sit still.
For soldiers, becoming prisoners of war will affect their children and grandchildren, which is also a terrible thing, maybe the generals still have some scruples, but the soldiers have no scruples, and at the end of the watch, some soldiers began to use ropes to go down to the city, run to the Song army camp to surrender, or flee directly home.
The tide of fleeing became more and more violent, and it turned into the flight of soldiers in droves, battalion after battalion, and by the time of the second watch, more than 2,500 people had fled.
Fan Qiong received the news and scolded, he immediately made two decisions, first, to hide Liu Yu and not let him know the news of the soldier's escape; Secondly, let his own soldiers watch the city separately, and report to him immediately if anyone dares to flee.