"It's in the northeast corner."

The third uncle pointed out to a few scouts and told them the location of the hole, and several soldiers immediately wrote it down, and took out a piece of paper and drew it in circles, but the third uncle didn't dare to look at it, but he knew that it must be a record of the direction.

To be honest, the third uncle is still dizzy.

They were taken to Wang Shao's camp, and after careful questioning, they told the whole story of the journey from Lanzhou to Qingtang without success, lost their way, captured by Western Xia, and served hard labor in the city.

In fact, the third uncle was very scared, digging graves, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it was a sin to lose his head, he heard that the reputation of King Shao of the Qingtang Dynasty was very good, and he was a very honest and capable official, and the third uncle was really afraid that he would be angry and click him.

How do you know that Wang Shao not only did not do this, but also served wine and hospitality, and asked a lot in front of the banquet, especially about what he saw and heard about Lanzhou, and the third uncle and apprentice answered them one by one.

Wang Shao was finally sure that there was no problem with them, and he was overjoyed.

"You came out of the Water Gate, you must know the situation?"

"Yes." The third uncle replied: "There are five feet high, eight feet wide, all made of stones, it seems to be repaired in the Kaiyuan period, so many years have passed, the sediment has accumulated, and the debris is piled up, and it is impossible to distinguish it, maybe the Xixia people don't know, so we let us slip out." ”

Wang Shao was even happier, he already had a plan.

In the past, in the face of Jiancheng, in addition to the ants attacking the city and taking human lives, it was to use trebuchets to smash it little by little, hoping that God would bless it and smash it as soon as possible.

But since the large-scale application of gunpowder, things have become simpler, using the demolition team, rushing to the city, burying gunpowder, and after detonating, it can destroy the strong city wall.

Of course, the other party will also guard to the death, and it is not easy to bury gunpowder under the city wall, you must send the dead to dig, you have to carry the stones on the top of the bow and arrow, and roll the ash bottle, which is very dangerous.

Therefore, the demolition team has the highest mortality rate among all types of soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, and it must be the strongest and bravest people to be competent. And once selected for the demolition group, they can enjoy a higher salary than cavalry, and every time they conquer a city, they will get the most generous rewards.

After three years in the demolition team, you can be promoted and become an officer, and many soldiers who are adventurous and eager to climb up are willing to enter the demolition team.

This has been the case in the past, but this time it is much easier.

The most critical tunnel has been dug by the three tomb robbers, as long as they can put gunpowder in it.

Wang Shao suddenly thought that a demolition soldier was very difficult to train, and it would take a lot of effort, but if all the tomb robbers were recruited, their ability to rob holes would be the best in the world, and they would just give full play to their talents.

After the war, he was responsible for the siege of the city, and in normal times, he went to dig graves and find treasures. Anyway, the tombs in the Western Regions are all ownerless, and there is a lot of gold in them, so I'm really sorry for God if I don't start.

Thinking of this, Wang Shao's eyes changed when he saw the three masters and apprentices, full of blazing, as if he had seen a baby!

The third uncle didn't know that they had found a way out for the tomb robbers, and the third uncle at this time led the Song army, disguised as ordinary herdsmen, and walked far away from the periphery of the city wall.

They went back and forth three times, and finally figured out the situation.

When night fell, a demolition team of less than 100 people quickly approached Ganzhou City.

The soldiers in the city were very vigilant, and they often sent out patrols to constantly spy on the situation and prevent the enemy.

The demolition team had to use the Heihe River, craggy rocks, and dense reeds as cover to quickly approach Ganzhou. Even so, it took them two nights to get enough gunpowder under the walls.

At the moment when the blasting was about to be carried out, the three masters and apprentices were full of excitement, and they followed the instructions of the soldiers, opened their mouths wide and covered their ears.

It's a short time, but it's a long time...... Suddenly, a flame erupted from the ground, like a magma eruption, and the flames soared into the air, filling the air with gunsmoke.

By the time the wind had blown away the dust, a section of the city wall of about ten feet had disappeared. At both ends of the city wall, it was also badly damaged, and the stones and bricks were blown loose.

The worst were the neighboring soldiers, many of whom were deaf to the ears and ingular, and their mouths were spurting blood, and some were stoned and their limbs were broken, blood, bones, and wails of pain, like the hell of Shura.

The soldiers who were really on the part of the city wall that was bombed were lucky, they just disappeared and didn't know anything!

Ignorance is a blessing at times like these!

It took a while for the three masters and apprentices to wake up from the shock.

That's amazing!

March Flower suddenly thought of something, "Master, if we get some gunpowder, we may be able to use it when we fight in the future." ”

"Phew!"

Zhang Daaxe smacked him hard, "We have studied with the master for so many years, and we still use explosives, aren't you ashamed?" ”

Marchflower's face was flushed when she was said, and she could only justify: "Isn't it convenient!" ”

"Convenient? There is also a way to steal, and if you do this, the treasures in the grave will be destroyed. ”

The two apprentices argued, and the third uncle just looked at it with a smile...... He suddenly sighed, maybe in the future, this ability to rob tombs will never be passed on again.

They didn't mention it, after Wang Shao sent out the demolition team, he had already sent 10,000 horses, divided into two teams, and quickly killed Ganzhou.

Along the way, they encountered some sporadic cavalry, which could not stop their speed at all.

Less than 5 miles away from Ganzhou, the defenders had no time to react.

An earth-shattering explosion sounded, and Wang Shao threw his fist excitedly.

"It's done!"

They picked up speed, and at dawn, they finally appeared outside the city. The defenders were still carrying stones and bricks, trying to plug the gap, but time was not on their side.

The Song army swarmed in, pouring into the city like a flood from the gap.

The explosion just now had scared the defenders to death, and at this time they were completely a flock of lambs, and they didn't even have the courage to resist. Wang Shao's men were the most capable soldiers, and they were extremely fierce and slashed and slashed. Everywhere he went, there were piles of corpses and rivers of blood.

After a brief period of resistance, the Tangut men surrendered.

Others fled the city and headed north.

They want to return to the Loop, but most of them have died in the desert, and there are few who can return safely.

In this way, Wang Shao successfully took possession of Ganzhou, and he bared his teeth and showed a smug smile.

The prince is not as fast as himself!

It's time to celebrate!

At this moment, someone suddenly came running.

"Good news, good news!"

"It's the prince who won!"

Wang Shao was overjoyed and immediately took it, but he took it in his hand, but he found that it was not Wang Ningan's news, but Murong Qingchen's!

In the past short period of time, the Western Regions have fallen into a lonely battle, but their results are not bad at all!

Relying on Lü Huiqing and Zhang Dun, two masters of internal affairs, to quickly control the Uighurs in Xizhou, and let them be willing to serve as servants of the Song army, Murong Qingchen organized the Uighurs to attack the Qarakhanid three times in a row, and after the defeat of Xizhi's army, the Qarakhanid state existed in name only. In the Western Regions, failure means death, and there is no reason to say that.

By devouring the flesh and blood of the Qarakhanids, the development of the Song army was satisfied, and the appetite of the Uighurs was satisfied, and they felt that it was also a good thing to fight for the Great Song Dynasty.

Murong Qingchen selected 30,000 men from among the Uighurs to form a powerful army of servants.

In addition, he helped Khotan to restore 5,000 men and horses, plus 20,000 Song troops, he already has more than 50,000 people.

Murong had launched attacks on both Shazhou and Guazhou, and occupied both places.

After recuperating his strength, the ambitious Murong Qingchen targeted Suzhou, and the famous Jiayuguan was in Suzhou.

Originally, there were a lot of soldiers in Xixia, but in order to deal with Wang Ning'an, Wei Minglangyu withdrew a group of men and horses from Suzhou, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled.

After Murong studied it, he decided to launch a strong attack.

The Uighur servants became his best vanguard, and Murong rewarded them to boost their morale, and the Uighur soldiers were so excited that they screamed.

The next situation is simple, endless siege, day and night, sleepless.

Zhao Zongjing has always felt that Murong's heart is made of iron, but this time, he wants to correct it, this guy's heart is fundamentally diamond, and it is extremely hard.

In order to prevent the Uighurs from slacking off, he divided his servant army into four teams and attacked the city from four directions, preventing them from communicating with each other.

Everyone could only rush up with their heads covered.

On the third day of the battle, the defenders of Suzhou surrendered.

Murong Qingchen did not accept a single prisoner, he threw all the people to the servant army.

The Uighurs lost more than 10,000 people, and they were already red-eyed. Slaughtering, killing, looting, madness...... They are like a bunch of devils who do all kinds of evil.

And the real initiator, Murong just watched coldly, as if he had nothing to do with him!

"Believe it or not, if you do this, you'll go to hell!" Zhao Zongjing said viciously.

Murong shrugged his shoulders, "It doesn't matter, anyway, whether I do it or not, I've gone to hell a hundred times...... By the way, Lord Wang, I want to congratulate you! ”

"Congratulations?"

"That's right, your best friend is coming!"

Zhao Zongjing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Yes, Wang Erlang!" It's finally here! ”

Zhao Zongjing's expression changed, and he suddenly gritted his teeth.

"Wang Ning'an, you are so shameless, you threw Lao Tzu to the Western Regions, and let me be with a bunch of crazy people, fighting heaven and earth, fighting people and ghosts...... Lao Tzu's standards of life have fallen! You compensate, you have to pay Lao Tzu! ”

Zhao Zongjing seemed to be crazy, shouting at the top of his voice, as if he was crazy.

Not only him, everyone is like a ball of coals, finally about to meet their relatives, and they are looking forward to this day!

Wang Ning'an, you're hurrying!

Wang Ningan is also aggrieved, I gnaw bones, you pick up cheap, one seized Ganzhou, the other took Suzhou, and you dare to let Lao Tzu hurry up, where is your cheek? Wang Ningan was speechless and looked at the sky.

Fortunately, his movements are not slow, the men and horses of Wei Minglang have begun to rout, and a team of cavalry has turned around and fled, the battle of the Shandan River has been divided, and the iron cavalry of the Wang family army led by Wang Ningze broke through the people and horses of Wei Minglangyu...... The Hexi Corridor all fell into the hands of the Song Army!