In the afternoon, the weather was very hot, and the air was a little dull.

Song Shida, Wu Yongzi, and An Deyu continued to walk on the street, they walked for a while, and saw that the flow of people in the city today was much less than usual, and some of the defenses in the city had almost been explored.

Song Shida was a little worried, and he said, "Sir, will you be that apprentice?" ”

Wu Yongzi has also been comforting Song Shida, he said: "At present, there are poor road disciples, I am very relieved, everything in the city will be handed over to them, and poor road also looks at the military layout in this city, it is not very complicated, the military discipline of those soldiers is not very good, it is estimated that they are new soldiers of the Tang army." ”

Song Shida knew that Wu Yongzi was confident, so he didn't say much, the task was important at the moment, and the three of them discussed for a while, and then they were going to the post house.

At this moment, Song Shida suddenly said goodbye: "Sir, I will go back to my residence first, and I will do the pigeon matter as soon as I go back." ”

"There's Luxda." The three of them talked as they walked, and then Song Shida returned to his residence, and he felt it necessary to inform the governor Ding Deyu and them of the situation in the city.

Song Shida returned to his residence and immediately sent a letter to the barracks near Maoshan Mountain, and the carrier pigeon skimmed the sky, coming and going freely, and everything was as usual.

Far away in the Maoshan military camp outside Jurong City, all the soldiers are preparing, after noon, Ding Deyu has already sent 5,000 soldiers to start the front of the front, but because it is a sneak attack, so they are all lightly armed, these 5,000 soldiers are divided into three teams, under the leadership of several students of Kaifeng martial arts, they disguised themselves, sneaked in the mountains and forests, and did not let the Tang army scouts them find the traces of the Song and Wuyue armies.

From the military camp to Jurong City, the distance of one or two hours was originally one or two hours, but today it took an extra hour, because of the sneak attack, you must be careful everywhere.

Soon after Ding Deyu set off for the soldiers, he received a letter from Song Shida, a military post in the city, and everything in the letter also made Ding Deyu feel at ease.

After Ding Deyu took the letter and discussed it with Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, for a while, he planned to divide the remaining 35,000 horse infantry troops into two groups of men and horses, withdraw from the camp one after another, and then garrison the army fifteen miles away from Jurong City, so that the follow-up troops could be replenished at that time.

This plan, that is, the front army first, the middle army continues, and the rear army is responsible for cleaning up the surrounding enemy situation as three axes, so that the scattered forces are also based on the layout of not letting the enemy find out, and it is precisely to find out the details of the enemy army, so Ding Deyu dared to give such an order, and the rest of the Song and Wu Yue generals were also very calm after listening to Wuyongzi's arrangement for the army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, after listening carefully, Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, and others listened carefully, and agreed to Ding Deyu's request, and the two armies of Song and Wu Yue also began to mobilize troops and carry some ordnance and other things for the siege, they only brought ten stone throwers, twenty artillery carts, etc., and the materials they brought were only one-tenth of the ordinary.

The latter two armies were beginning to set off in an orderly manner, estimating the time, and perhaps arriving near the city of Jurong from the first half of the night to the second half of the night.

Along the way, the soldiers only brought some coarse grains and went on the road, the heat of the sun made them a little dehydrated, so they had to walk in the mountains and forests, drink the water flowing down from the mountains, and eat coarse cakes.

This front from Maoshan to Jurong was temporarily dispersed by the Song and Wu Yue armies, and the Tang army was mainly defending Jurong.

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At this moment, on the city wall of Jurong, under the scorching sun, the soldiers of the Tang Army were a little drowsy and staggered by the sun, and today is the Duanyang Festival, and the hearts of these soldiers are also looking forward to getting together with their families, but now they are at war with the enemy country and receiving low salaries, and their hearts are not good.

Jurong City was occupied by Lin Renzhao's army for a period of time in the previous days, and Lin Renzhao was a general who loved the people like a son, and after occupying Jurong, he did not exploit the people there, but appeased the people, but soon after Lin Renzhao's army left, the Lishui garrison of Tang State took the opportunity to recover Jurong under the banner of recovering Jurong.

As a soldier in troubled times, human life is like a mustard, and Jiangnan money is cheap, and the salary of an ordinary soldier is only 30 wen a month, barely able to survive, and the grain and grass roads in Jiangnan are blocked by several Song, Wu Yue, and (Southern) Han armies, and the grain and grass are also a little poor, so the Tang army began to loot the grain in the hands of the people.

The soldiers endured the scorching sun, they were originally the people, they had only been soldiers for a few days, and at the moment they were drooping their heads, standing a little crookedly, these soldiers defending the city did not do their best, and because of the particularity of the place where Jurong was located, they agreed in their hearts that the army of Maoshan would not be able to break through the city of Jurong so easily.

Antonye had been pretending to be a soldier, mingling with the city gate, he looked at the lakes and rivers in the distance, and his eyes were firmly fixed on a mountain col not far from the city gate, where the army of Song and Wu Yue was hidden, and at the same time, he was also hoping that the army would reach the city gate at night.

It's night now, and although it's night, the wind is blowing and it's warm.

The rest of the garrison had already rotated, but Antono remained here, lowering his helmet and observing everything around him.

And at this moment, those Song soldiers also quietly changed into the armor and clothing of the Tang army guards, and mixed up with the city, An Dongye looked at those Song soldiers and nodded slightly, and the rest of the Song soldiers also looked at each other and nodded secretly.

After they stood in their positions, Antonye counted them, there were about twenty-five defenders on top of the entire tower, and eight of them were his own people, and Antonye secretly thought that if he wanted to completely control this city gate, he must get rid of these guards of the city.

It's just that before waiting for the signal in the distance, Antonye and the others still have to grind and soak for a while.

At this moment, in the city, those Jurong officials and generals have invited Wuwei Daoist and others to have a dinner in the Assassin's Mansion, and at the banquet, Wuwei Daochang, Wuyongzi and others have been accompanying the officials.

Wuwei Taoist picked up the teacup and toasted those officials and generals.

After a few cups, some of the officials and generals became dizzy.

Daoist Wuwei, Wuyongzi and An Deyu glanced at each other, pursed their lips and smiled.

Seeing this, Wuwei Dao Chang picked up the teacup again and said, "Li Tingshi, Wang Yuhou...... Thank you for your hospitality. ”

"Please...... Drink ......" The other party was in a daze, but he didn't expect that he was not strong enough to drink today, and several people also laughed again and again,...... Then, after less than half a cup, these officials and generals fell on the table one after another, and the cups and other objects on the table were also touched by them and fell to the ground.

As soon as Wu Yongzi and the others saw that those officials and generals had all fallen on the table, he immediately went over to check their condition in person.

"Brother Wuwei, Brother Yu, all the people have been put in, and the medicine of the sweat medicine really has some curative effect." Wu Yongzi went over, and searched for some military talismans and other things from the officials and generals who dispatched the generals, and then Wu Yongzi said, "With these generals' talismans in hand, this sentence Rong Chengchi is equivalent to being held in the hands of our army, and then we will find out the Tang Army's deployment drawings in the city." ”

Then Wuyongzi asked Daoist Wuwei, An Deyu and the rest of the Song army soldiers who were pretending to be Taoist priests to immediately exchange clothes with these officials and generals.

Wuyongzi then asked An Deyu to bring some ropes and tie up all these officials and generals.

After everything was done, Wu Yongzi asked one or two Song soldiers to immediately take the talisman to appease the Tang soldiers in Jurong City and let them withdraw from the city gate, and then looked for the military deployment map in the city in the palace.

Next, Wu Yongzi and the others hurried to the city gate.

Today is Duanyang, and the sky only has a sickle-like moonlight, but this sickle-like moonlight is like a sharp knife, hanging in the air, falling from the sky all the time, poking hard.

Wu Yongzi and the others had already approached the vicinity of the city tower, and not far from the city gate, they immediately released fireworks. The fireworks were brilliant, rising, like nine heavens, and the brilliant petals fell again and again, only for a moment.

At this moment, someone on the city tower had already seen clearly. "Master, they succeeded." The signal of this firework is all too familiar to Antonye.

It's time to do it, the soldiers of the Song Army looked at each other, for the students of the special training troops of Kaifeng Martial Arts, sneak attacks, assassinations and other things are like commonplace for them.

For them, the remaining troops on the city gates, they can deal with two by one, which is extremely simple.

The requirement of martial arts special forces students is that when dealing with the enemy, the means are clean and neat, and the enemy does not have the slightest chance to breathe, which is a must for special forces when performing tasks.

After a cup of tea, only An Dongye and the soldiers of the Song Army were left on the city gate.

And at this moment, Wu Yongzi and the others also hurried to the tower of this city gate.

Wu Yongzi concocted the same method, the fireworks came up again, and the Song soldiers lit many torches, each holding two torches in their hands, and then crossed them on their chests, operating them over and over again.

Fireworks shoot straight up, like petals, scattered all over the place, dotting the night sky sporadically.

Fireworks, with torches, this is a signal.

After the five thousand Song and Wu Yue soldiers who were ambushed near Jurong saw it clearly, they immediately arrived not far from the gate of Jurong.

The 5,000 soldiers had already seen the fireworks in the sky, and the scout immediately said, "General, the military division has already succeeded." ”

"Well, give me an order, and our army will enter through the city gate at once." As soon as the military order was given, the five thousand soldiers left near the city gate together.

Soon after, there was a loud "click" of wooden planks around the moat of the city gate, and the ground around it also shook faintly, and the moat suddenly became a thoroughfare, and the difficulties in front of the Song army were also lifted.

"The drawbridge is lowered, quickly, the whole army accelerates the impact." The head of the army, the ten generals and others have all set off.

Five thousand soldiers marched in order, and at this moment they were passing over the drawbridge.

An Dongye, Wu Yongzi and others were relieved to see that Sergeant Song was entering through the city gate.

The 5,000 soldiers have all entered the city, and the next step is to capture the four gates in batches and take out some of the most difficult enemies.

Wuwei Daochang, Wuyongzi, An Deyu and An Dongye stood on the city gate, this gate has been planted with the banners of the Song army, under the blowing of the warm wind, they heard the sound of the Song army's flags blowing, under the light of the torches, these Song army flags are also like brilliance, reflected in the hearts of the four people.

It was already the second half of the night, but the rest of the reinforcements had not yet arrived, and the four people watching from the city tower were also looking forward to the arrival of the remaining 35,000 soldiers.

An Dongye muttered and said, "Why haven't they come yet?" ”

"Don't worry, the goal of 30,000 people is too big and may still be on the way." There is no way to do it.

At this moment, hundreds of horsemen suddenly rushed out on the horizon in the distance, and the four of them had clearly noticed that the ground around them was shaking, and many foot soldiers rushed out behind those cavalry, all holding torches in their hands, illuminating the entire Jurong City Outside the city with great light.

"That's our army, Master, they're coming." Antonye suddenly felt the momentum of the soldiers on the other side, and he was pleasantly surprised.

On the horizon in the distance, the earth shook regularly undulating, and the light of the torches became bright in an instant, and after a while, the eunuch Ding Deyu and the king of Wuyue, Qian Yu, rushed to the front and rode horses to the city gate.

The four of Wuyongzi poked their heads out of the city gate, and when they saw Ding Deyu and Qian Yu under the city, they immediately shouted: "The lord of the country, the capital eunuch, now that the south city gate and the east city gate have been controlled by our army, please ask the capital eunuch and the lord of the country to immediately order the soldiers to enter the city." ”

Immediately, Wu Yongzi remembered one more thing, and he said: "Metropolitan Supervisor, this is the talisman of the generals of the Tang Army, as well as the deployment map of the Tang Army's troops. ”

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yongzi took out the talisman and the troop deployment map from his body, then took off the clothes on his body, wrapped them in them, and threw them under the city tower.

Ding Deyu immediately asked the sergeant to pick up the clothes from the ground, and then took out the talisman and the troop map, he saw that this was really the talisman of the Tang Army's mobilization of soldiers and horses and the Tang Army's troop map, he immediately raised his head and said: "Thank you to the military division, thank you Wuwei Dao for your help, soldiers, tonight we will immediately lead the army to capture Jurong and clear the rebellion." ”

The soldiers were extremely excited, and the thunderous shouts of the soldiers immediately sounded near the tall Jurong city wall: "Clear the rebellion and capture Jurong." "

Immediately after Ding Deyu's order, 35,000 soldiers and horses were divided into two teams, and they had already led the army to enter from the south and east gates.

In Jurong City, there were more troops from Song and Wu Yue all of a sudden, and the Tang soldiers in the city did not expect that the enemy army would suddenly come to the city tonight.

Because of the transfer of soldiers in advance, most of the Tang army had just been transferred out of the important garrison position and replaced with the 5,000 troops of the Song military who entered the city first.

In all the main roads in the city, except for the Tang army guards and soldiers who resisted and the Song and Wu Yue armies who resisted stubbornly, the rest of the Tang army had already put down their swords, and most of them were ordinary people who had been hastily pulled up in this war.

Immediately afterwards, several other city gates and urn cities also fell into the hands of the Song and Wu Yue armies.

The Song army occupied important yamen such as the Jurong Mansion and the armory, and then ordered the soldiers to stabilize the situation in the city and not hurt the people.

In the west of the city, close to the river outside the city, and connected to the lake, there are a lot of Tang army sailors stationed here, and Ding Deyu's generals have taken the talisman in advance to transfer part of the Tang army.

"What's going on, they're not our people?"

"Oh no, Marquis Ma Yu, Li Dutou, ...... in the city The city has been occupied by the Song army, and our people ...... Surrendered......" The man had no end to his words before he fell headlong on the deck of the ship.

"Damn." Instead of rescuing the sergeant, the two ordered them to retreat with the battleship, because the battleship was the most important thing to them.

The navy deployed but did not follow the orders of the soldiers, and what happened in the city made them realize that there was a mistake in the military situation.

In order to prevent the Tang army from escaping through the ships in a fit of rage, Ding Deyu dispatched 10,000 troops to plant troops near various waterways and lakes on the Qinhuai River, and sank several stubborn Tang army sailors with artillery trucks, stone throwers and other equipment.

The Song army quickly boarded the warships and blocked some of the fleeing Tang navy, and now these warships of the Tang army are very damaged, and they may be used in the next battle of Lishui.

For a time, the water was rough, the ships were turbulent, and the Song army searched for the fierce fire oil used in the Tang army's warehouse. At this moment, the entire water surface is full of fire oil.

Dozens of large warships of the Tang Army became a light on the water in the lake, and the fire spread everywhere, and the stench of burning also filled the lake.

The fire on the lake has not yet been extinguished, and the pungent smell of burning wafts in the wind...... Until dawn, charred corpses, blackened planks and other objects floated on the water, and the whole scene was very miserable.

Before dawn, a thunderstorm quietly fell from the western sky, and everything on the lake officially came to an end. In the end, half of the Tang army was killed and wounded in desperation, and all the remaining troops surrendered to the Song army.

On the morning of the sixth day of the fifth month, the whole Jurong has been dissipated, the streets and houses are full of rain, and a thunderstorm has fallen.

Ding Deyu and others comforted the captured soldiers in the city, as well as the frightened people of Jurong, not long ago, they were still the people of the Tang Kingdom, but now the fall of Jurong, the Tang Kingdom has become a thing of the past, the soldiers of the Song Army are not as barbaric as the soldiers of the Tang Army, and when the city is broken, they will vent their anger on the people, and they can still see the Song Army loving the people like sons.

The edicts of the Song Emperor were also transcribed in countless copies, posted in the city government offices, prisons, county schools, restaurants, pavilions and other places, and those illiterate people were also under the guidance of literate scholars and scholars, and looked forward to everything that followed.

"Emperor Song decreed, all new Shunzhou, government, county, Taiwan, one should be exempted from one year of taxation, two years of labor, the government shall not forcibly oppress the people, the whole world is not the king's land, you and others are my Great Song people, except, Jiangnan coins are temporary, currency transactions are daily, other usual ......"

Under the edict, the people who read the edict were also amazed, but everything was as usual, and taxes were exempted, and nothing happened to the people.

At this moment, in the Yamen of Jurong Mansion, Ding Deyu, Qian Yu and the rest of the generals, Wuwei Daochang, and Wuyongzi Master and Apprentice were all in the Yamen Hall to discuss military affairs.

According to the statistics of the secretary of the army, Cao Yan and others, after the whole battle, the Song and Wu Yue armies suffered a total of 10,000 casualties and captured 60,000 enemy troops.

Those soldiers who had just been recruited by the Tang Army, and those who did not want to be soldiers were dismissed and received an objective consolation money.

The fallen soldiers of their own Song army are also counted, and their relatives and dependents will also receive a rich pension for the fallen soldiers.

Although the Song and Wu Yue armies were victorious, but Wu Yongzi and others were not so happy, the war was cruel, and the soldiers between the two countries were also killed and wounded innumerable, and there were many unfortunate families in this world. The so-called war still paid a lot of price.