The attack on Shouzhou was in vain

Zhan Si City took the lead

At the beginning of April, he led 10,000 soldiers from Zhenjiang to the north and stationed in Yangzhou, and ten days later, he received a secret letter from the Privy Council, and the secret order immediately sent troops to the north.

Guo Ren and Lianghuai sent Deng Youlong to convene a meeting of generals to formulate operational arrangements. Decision: The subordinate troops are divided into three routes on the left center flank, the left route is led by Li Yi, the commander of Chizhou, to attack Shouzhou, the Chizhou Tun Army and the Yangzhou Shenwu Army, Guo Ming, the deputy commander of Chizhou, and Li Ruyi, the official in charge of the Ma Military Division, lead the front army of the palace to attack Suzhou, and Chen Siqing, the commander of Zhenjiang, and Bi Zaiyu, the deputy commander of the Infantry Division, lead the Zhenjiang Wufeng Army to attack Sizhou.

In the afternoon, Li Shuang's troops marched towards Beishouzhou City.

After reconnaissance, the Jin army garrison stationed in Shouzhou noticed that due to the weakness of the troops, the defenders of all passes withdrew and held the city.

Li Yi discussed with the deputy general and divided his troops to attack the south gate and the east gate. The city wall is about one zhang five high, and there is a moat that is five meters wide and more than three meters deep on its periphery, the river surrounds the city, and there is a bridge in the moat in front of the city gate, which is the passage in and out of the city, but it is a movable suspension bridge.

The city wall is full of golden soldiers, drawing bows and arrows, and according to the condescending position, if the besiegers are not covered, they are living rakes, and they cannot reach the moat at all.

The Song army hid in the siege engines, pushed forward, slowly approached the moat, and then brought large wooden planks, spread them on the moat, crossed the moat, and then approached the city gate.

More than two hours later, at the cost of more than 100 casualties, the troops attacked the two city gates. The sentry reported to Li Yi that the Jin Bozhou guard would bring a large number of men and horses to support.

Obviously, if the city cannot be captured before the reinforcements arrive, then the siege of the defenders and reinforcements will be dangerous.

On the way to Suzhou, the troops led by Guo Zuo and Li Ruyi eliminated two groups of dozens of Jin troops, camped in the woods thirty miles away from Suzhou City, and sent sentries to investigate the situation of the Jin army around Suzhou.

Guo Zuo told Li Ruyi that only by knowing this and knowing the other can we win all battles, and we must find out the enemy's situation and formulate appropriate means before we can act.

Zhenjiang Wufeng Army also in the afternoon, arrived at Sizhou Xuyi Army Wohu Mountain, this place is a hilly area, surrounded by many mountains, more than 30 miles away from Sizhou City, Bi Zaiyu suggested to Chen Siqing: the troops are resting here, and he will lead people to reconnoitre.

An hour later, Bi Zaiyu came back and reported to Chen Xiaoqing: The gates of the east and west cities of Sizhou were closed, and the soldiers on the city walls were patrolling, obviously on guard.

Chen Siqing said: Guo Shuai asked us to attack the city tomorrow, let the soldiers rest well, and attack the city tomorrow morning.

General, our three-way army was ordered to attack Shouzhou, Suzhou and this Sizhou respectively. We are the closest, the fastest. The gates were closed, and the soldiers were on guard, indicating that they had realized that it was now less than two hours before dark, and they must have thought that we would attack the city tomorrow, and that we would take the city by surprise, before dark, and take it under siege this evening.

Chen Siqing wondered, can it be done in such a little time?

Bi again met Chengzhu in his chest, the art of war has always paid attention to the virtual and real, ever-changing, the plank road is repaired in the open, the warehouse is in the dark, and the enemy is attacked by surprise. General, don't worry, I'm here. However, it is necessary to organize a daredevil's army, led by me, as a vanguard, to raid and siege the city.

Chen Siqing's eyes lit up, good, good, you pick it yourself.

There were a total of 87 siege soldiers, all of whom were tall, flexible and witty.

At sunset, Bi Zaiyu entertained the soldiers with good wine and food, and said to everyone: Brothers, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, and take fame immediately, now is the time for us to serve the imperial court, after a while, you listen to me, follow me, rush up, and capture Sizhou City. Chen Dashuai is rewarded.

At the time of the battle, Bi Zaiyu led the troops to approach Sizhou City. The city of Sizhou is divided into two parts, east and west, and there is a river in the middle. In the southeast corner of the eastern city, outside the city walls are hills. He divided the daredevils into two groups, each in two groups, and pushed the chariot up the hill.

At this time, the soldiers guarding the eastern and western cities were still patrolling.

Chen Xiaoqing led most of the men and horses to attack Xicheng with great momentum.

The Jin army concentrated its forces to defend the western city, and the eastern city was empty, and when the ladder was erected on the chariot and set up the city wall, the defenders on the city wall did not find it. Bi Zai met with a wave of his hand, raised his feet on the ladder, and quickly climbed up, although he was sixty years old, his dexterity was not inferior to that of young adults.

The four of them went up to the city wall and were looking around, when they suddenly heard someone shouting: The Song soldiers have attacked the city.

Bi Zaiyu also shouted: Brothers, rush, kill me. A scuffle broke out between the two sides. In less than half an hour, hundreds of Jin troops were killed and wounded, and a large army also entered from the city gate.

Attack Xicheng again in one go. After capturing the east city, Bi Zaiyu led people to attack the west city from the other side. The eastern city was lost, and the soldiers defending the city were panicked, and it was already difficult to resist Chen Xiaoqing's attack, but suddenly, reinforcements were added, and it soon showed a declining trend.

The walls of the two cities near the river were not high, and there was no way to effectively counterattack them. The two warships of the Song army were in the river, and the soldiers stood on the chariots, condescendingly, shooting arrows at the city wall, killing many Jin troops, and artillery and earth-shaking thunder were fired into the city from time to time, and a large area was blown up.

Bi Zaiyu played the general flag, majestic, and shouted loudly:

"General Song Bi is here, you are the remnants of the Central Plains, come and surrender quickly."

Just when the city gate was hit by artillery, a white flag was erected on the city wall, and Huaiping Zhixian surrendered the city.

The next day, the marshal Guo Ren rushed to reward the soldiers, and took out the imperial gift of the history of the assassin to give Bi Zaiyu, but Bi Zaiyu resigned: "The country has eighty-one states south of the Yellow River, and now only two cities in Sizhou will be rewarded with a stabbing history, what will be used to reward it in the future?" Besides, how many pieces of the imperial court's tooth cards can Zhaofu have? ”

Guo Ren was in a good mood and led his troops to inspect. Climb the Sizhou East City Tower, and look around. Sizhou is a good place. Deng Youlong said: Zhishuyun, Sizhou overlooks the Huaishui in the south, controls the Bianliu in the north, although the land is flat, and the ridges are coiled, the mountains and rivers are arched, the wind is condensed and green, and the area of the shape is victorious. The water and land transportation here is developed, it is the throat of the Central Plains, the key point of the north and the south, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

When the good news reached Kyoto, it was late at night. Zhou Yunluan, who was on duty in the speed room, hurriedly went to South Park to report the good news. The housekeeper told him that King Pingzhang had been drinking with Mantouhua and the Sixth Lady last night and had just fallen asleep.

When Han Yanxuan woke up, it was already a day of life. Han Yanxuan was so happy that he couldn't even take care of eating, and hurriedly went to the court.

Before the speed room was settled, there was good news: Xu Jin, the commander of Jiangzhou, led more than 1,000 troops to recover Xinxi County. Loyal and righteous people Sun Cheng and Zhu Yu led the righteous army to recover Baoxin County.

The Jinghu battlefield of the Song army was mainly in the southern part of Henan. Zhao Chun led his troops into Tangzhou, Wang Fubin led his troops into Dengzhou, and Wang Daxing, the commander of Jingnan, led his troops into Caizhou.

After three days, the troops arrived at their destinations and formed an encirclement of the above three states. In a short period of time, it is difficult to see.

Uncle Xue seems to have a long history under his subordinates, and he gave him an idea. The Eastern Route Army may have succeeded in retribution, so we might as well send a small force to attack the nearby small counties, and then we can report the victory to the imperial court.

Uncle Xue seemed to think about it, and he was right, occupying one or two small counties can also boost morale. asked Xu Jin to lead the troops straight to Xinxi County. Seeing that Sun Cheng and Zhu Yu were eager to try, they sent 500 soldiers to them and let them sneak attack Baoxin County.

Before Xu Jin led his troops to the city gate of Xinxi County, he let the artillery hit the city gate twice, and the defenders in the city were alarmed. There were not many defenders in the city, and they did not expect that the Song people would have so many troops attacking, and after a little resistance, they abandoned the city and fled.

The same is true for Baoxin County. Sun Zhu and the others went around the city and found that the city wall was an earth and stone structure, about eight feet high. And he secretly jumped up the wall from the southwest corner. The city wall was not wide, no one guarded it, dozens of loyal and righteous people rushed forward with swords, and the Jin soldiers found it and hurriedly shot arrows. The Song army was fearless and killed the Jin soldiers. Soon the county seat was occupied.

Han Yanxuan entered the palace to report the good news, but before he could speak, the good news arrived: the guards and the pro-army Ma Junsi commanded Chen Xiaoqing to recover Hongxian.

Emperor Zhao Kuo was very happy when he learned about it. "I can comfort my ancestors and ancestors." So he instructed on the good news: the feud of the northern captives, the revenge for a long time, the observance of the ancestors, the decision to remove, the edict should be issued, and the sea should be clearly stated.