Chapter Ninety-Six: Defeat in the First Battle

Just when Song Jiangwu was temporarily standing still under the city, the 30,000 army led by Gao Shide was divided into two routes. One is led by Lu Junyi to sneak into the gate of Yangzhou City through the waterway, and the other is to join the vanguard troops of Song Jiang and others according to the original plan.

"Marshal, Yangzhou City has been strictly defended in the past few days, and there will be no progress in the end." Song Jiang told the truth.

But Gao Shide doesn't care about this, anyway, he is the decision-maker, and you Song Jiang is the executor. What's more, Gao Shi's original intention was to drive the wolf and devour the tiger, and he simply forced Song Jiang to die. Who cares what he thinks, but having said that, the words of the scene are still to be said.

"It is common to march to war, and it is common to encounter difficult battles. But when there is a problem, then we go to solve it. Win or lose? We all have to do it, after all, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. So be it! I'll give you half a month, and you can take Yangzhou City for me. I'll take credit for you and the officials. ”

As soon as he heard Gao Shide's words, Song Jiang didn't dare to show his resentment. No matter how you say it, you haven't entered a state of war yet, so you will admit it first. How will I see people in this army in the future?

Gao Shide's move was to retreat, but it forced Song Jiang to a corner where he could not resist. After speaking, he didn't leave Song Jiang a chance to speak, turned around and left.

During the three days when the soldiers were in the city, Song Jiang's side did not move. Gao Shide was also happy to do so, and did not blindly put pressure on him, but let it go.

"Dad, you see that the people and horses of this Song court have been camped under this city for three days, and there is no movement, could it be a suspicious plan?" The eldest son, Chen Yi, looked at his father Chen Guan with a suspicious face.

"It's not impossible, but what's the use of them staying here for the last three days? It's not right to repair the plank road in the dark. If you want to bypass Yangzhou City, you must take the waterway, and the waterway is heavily guarded by Pang Wanchun's brothers and sisters, and there must be no accidents. However, I hope that they will do this, so that as long as we stick to Yangzhou City, the officers and soldiers who are alone in the deep army will inevitably become turtles in the urn, and they will not be able to escape. "Chen Guan is worthy of being ginger is old and spicy, and he looks at the multifaceted nature of things.

"Daddy, if it weren't. So what are they trying to do? Could it be that the siege is besieging us? The father and son looked at each other and smiled.

"If Gao Shide really only talks on paper, then it's not impossible." Both father and son knew in their hearts that although Yangzhou was not as good as Pingjiang Mansion, it had been an important military town since ancient times. The original grain and grass were enough for five or six years, and they were not afraid of siege at all. If it is a real siege, they can afford it. I don't know if Gao Shide can't afford it?

"Boss, then Song Jiangwu hasn't moved for three days, don't you urge?" Even the one-eyed dragon couldn't stand it anymore, and said in Gao Shide's ear.

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and it's not so easy to take Yangzhou City. You send someone to inquire, if the estimate is good. Song Jiang should be collecting timber and gathering carpenters these days. Gao Shide took a sip of the dragon well before the rain that is unique to the south of the Yangtze River, and said leisurely.

After a while, the spies sent the latest information of Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others, and the one-eyed dragon took a look, and sure enough, it was just as Gao Shide said.

"One-eyed dragon, you've been with me for five or six years. Usually I always let you take care of the logistics, it seems that you have been wasted. When you have time, it is better to read more military books, and if you want to do something, you will definitely sharpen your tools. They should be building equipment in the past three days, as expected, I don't know Song Jiang, this person, and he is known as Bo Yuntian outside. It is extremely important to have a reputation and face, and since I told him to give him half a month, he must want to take Yangzhou in the safest way within this half a month. Gao Shide took advantage of the free time now to open his mouth and tap the one-eyed dragon before saying what he had guessed and analyzed.

"What the coach taught me was that I thought that Song Jiangwu had any skills, and it turned out that he was also preparing to attack." The one-eyed dragon said unconvinced.

"This is the most straightforward and effective method. Not to mention that I'm waiting for him to attack. Gao Shide put down the teapot in his hand, and a malicious smile appeared on his lips. Seeing that the one-eyed dragon was frightened, he secretly decided in his heart that he should study more, otherwise he would not be able to keep up with the thinking of this uncertain master.

"Dad, it's not good! The enemy built a lot of ladders in the past three days. With an exclamation, Chen Tai trotted towards his father who was watching the movement under the city tower.

"Got it! Don't you see it's all coming? Chen Guan was engrossed in staring at the dynamics of the Song army under Chen Cheng.

"The whole army is attacking, launching an offensive." The trumpet of the charge, the drums of war, the wave of the warrior flag, the five thousand men and horses assembled, the front pushed the shield and rushed the cart, followed by the ladder. Finally, on the fifth day of the army, they launched a strong attack on Yangzhou City.

The Chen father and son, who had already been ready to go, were obviously not vegetarians, and the guns and arrows were heading down towards the Song army. The soldiers on both sides were killed at once, red-eyed, climbing, killing, stumbling, disabled, and dying. The cruelty of the entire battlefield is incomparably bloody, and one after another is not afraid of death.

At this time, Gao Shide led 10,000 soldiers under his command to watch the battle from the wall 800 meters away from the siege battlefield, watching the battle from the wall.

Seeing that person's life worthless die in front of him, Gao Shide's heart was very entangled, but there was no way. Because this is war, they paid with their precious lives in order to secure the position of those higher classes.

Seeing too much death, the whole soul is numb. But there is one thing that is very firm in my heart, I want to survive, I want to survive in this coming troubled times. And in order to survive, it is necessary to accumulate sufficient capital. Therefore, Gao Shide had to be cruel, close his eyes, and hold back from looking.

After a day's attack, Song Jiangwu had already lost two or three thousand of the eight thousand vanguard troops on his side. This is still a well-prepared situation, and such casualties have greatly exceeded expectations.

And the stalemate lasted until dark, and I saw that the Song army had already withdrawn its troops. Chen's father and son suddenly swelled in confidence. What Liang Shan Kou, what Song Court forbidden army, don't dare to do this. Looking at the corpses of no less than two thousand Song soldiers under the city tower, and his side only lost less than six or seven hundred people. Such a disparity in proportions made their three fathers and sons overjoyed.

"Dad, after this battle, we finally figured out the other party's men and horses, plus the 10,000 horses in the military camp, the total number of Song troops who came this time was less than 20,000." Chen Tai, who was in charge of intelligence, hurriedly shared the news he had discovered.