Looking at the black Mongolian soldiers under the city wall, Zhang Jue's heart couldn't be calm. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is true that there are only 10,000 people guarding the imperial army of Xingyuan Mansion, and it is not the main force, mainly composed of the Xuan Feng Army, the Xuan Feng Army, the Youyi Army, and the Left Army and the Rear Army, but Zhang Jue, who is the commander of the Imperial Army of Xingyuan Mansion, personally came to Bazhou Prefecture City, which attracted some attention.

Zhang Jue came to Bazhou in person under the condition that he was aware of many deployments, just to command the sergeants to desperately resist the attack of the Mongol Tatars and buy time for Wu Shaogang's overall deployment arrangements.

Without early investigation, he couldn't reveal any news, and he watched the Mongolian Tatars enter Bazhou and Langzhou, where Lizhou East Road belonged, and he had to make a panicked and hateful look, which was also embarrassing for Zhang Jue.

However, after all, Zhang Jue is experienced in a hundred battles, so he will not mess up, and after learning the information that the Mongolian Tatars have come to the city of Bazhou, he still calmly deployed, and warned all the soldiers guarding the city that they must resist desperately.

It's a pity that this kind of determination is only possessed by Zhang Jue, and the morale of the sergeants under his command cannot be raised at all.

The people in the city are even more difficult to stabilize, the incident happened suddenly, there were some rich families who knew the news before, quickly acted, carried the soft at home, secretly left the state city, fled in the direction of Tongjiang, trying to avoid this fight, but what these rich families did not expect was that they were robbed and killed by the Mongolian army on the official road, not only lost their money, but also lost their lives.

These news gradually spread back to the city of Bazhou, some of which were said by people who desperately sought it back, and some of which were said by people who were specially released by Mongolian soldiers, and their purpose was self-evident.

Stabilizing the people in the city has become Zhang Jue's most headache, too many rumors are circulating in the city, and the people of Bazhou know the cruelty of the Mongolian Tartars, many places in Sichuan have suffered the end of the slaughter, after the Mongolian Tartars captured the city, they acted recklessly in the city, and after the Mongolian Tartars left, there were almost no living people in the city.

This is not just anecdotal, it is something that someone has seen with their own eyes.

The people in the city had no confidence in the imperial army of Xingyuan Mansion stationed here, thinking that the city was difficult to hold, and if there was no aid from the imperial army, the city would be broken by the Mongol Tartars sooner or later.

The people in the city did not have the confidence to defend the city, which was a very fatal thing for Zhang Jue.

The Mongol Tatars had already surrounded the city, and it was already very difficult to think about sending a sergeant to Hezhou to ask for help at this time, and at this moment Zhang Jue understood why Wu Shaogang was so worried about the matter of garrisoning the city of Bazhou.

When it came to the end, Zhang Jue could only ask all the sergeants to defend to the death.

At the same time, Zhang Jue invited the rich gentry in the city, specially to the wing of the state government, and told these gentry and rich families that things have come to this point, and the people in the city must work together with many soldiers to defend the city, if they can't hold the city, the Mongolian Tatars have broken the city, that is the situation of jade burning, at that time, no matter what you do, it has no effect, of course, Zhang Jue also emphasized that the imperial court will not give up Bazhou, and will not let the Mongolian Tatars attack the city, A large army will definitely be sent to help.

After Zhang Jue's efforts, Bazhou City finally barely stabilized.

At this moment, Zhang Jue also made up his mind, he must defend the city of Bazhou, drag Liu Yuanzhen and the Mongolian army, he believes that the imperial army of Hezhou has already acted, maybe it is about to arrive in Chengdu Fucheng, once the Hezhou imperial army occupies Chengdu Fucheng, then the Mongolian army attacking Bazhou will definitely give up the attack and withdraw in the direction of Chengdu Fucheng, and at that time, the opportunity to besiege the Mongolian army will come.

There is another thing, Zhang Jue did not say, before leaving Hezhou, he had already issued an order that the soldiers of the 20,000 Xingyuan Mansion Imperial Front Army stationed in Hezhou secretly assembled in the direction of Fuyu Mountain in Pengzhou, and the assembly must be completed within ten days, and the news cannot be leaked.

Pengzhou is close to Bazhou, and once there is danger in the capital of Bazhou, then the army stationed in Pengzhou will definitely rush to help.

All the arrangements and deployments are already in place, but whether there will be special circumstances, or accidents, Zhang Jue does not dare to guarantee, after all, the Mongolian Tatars are eyeing the tiger, bent on capturing the city of Bazhou, if the soldiers in the city can not hold on for a long time, can not complete the task of defending, then for the entire campaign deployment, it is very unfavorable.

In the military tent, Liu Yuanzhen had a satisfied smile on his face.

Starting from Chengdu, to Lizhou Prefecture, a full 600 miles, Liu Yuanzhen only took five days, wind and rain, without the slightest delay, after the army was assembled in Lizhou, Liu Yuanzhen decisively issued an order, gathered in Xingyuan Mansion City 10,000 troops, from the direction of Lianshui into Bazhou, along the direction of Liangjiao Mountain and Nanjiang towards Bazhou Prefecture, and at the same time divided 5,000 troops, from the direction of Lizhou Jiachuan into Langzhou, Xingyuan Mansion 10,000 troops The main task is not to directly attack Bazhou Prefecture, Instead, they occupied the prefectures and counties along the way, and at the same time collected grain and grass to control the localities.

The 30,000 troops led by Liu Yuanzhen came from the direction of Jiachuan in Lizhou and directly into Qipan Town in Bazhou and came towards the capital of Bazhou.

God willing, everything is going well, after a few days of marching, whether it is Bazhou or Langzhou, there is no slightest guard, the cities along the way are quickly occupied, and the collection of grain and grass is also very smooth.

Of course, the so-called collection of grain and grass is actually the looting and looting of grain and grass.

This was the habit of the Mongol army, and everywhere they went, they wanted to plunder on a large scale.

On 15 July, the army arrived in the state capital of Bazhou and completely surrounded the state capital.

The Song army stationed in Bazhou and Langzhou did not have the slightest preparation, and many prefectures and counties along the way saw the fierce Mongolian army, but they all surrendered in despair, and there was no decent resistance at all.

The main target of Liu Yuanzhen's expedition was the state city of Bazhou and the Song army stationed in the state city of Bazhou.

In Liu Yuanzhen's view, the combat mission of occupying Bazhou, Langzhou and Yangzhou is no longer a difficult problem, and the only thing to worry about is to capture the capital of Bazhou and annihilate the Song army stationed in the state city.

After besieging the state city of Bazhou, Liu Yuanzhen did not order the army to attack immediately, but adopted the advice of the strategists around him and asked the Song army stationed in the state city to surrender and open the city gates.

Liu Yuanzhen did not hold out hope, and sure enough, the Song army in Bazhou City did not intend to surrender.

Naturally, the siege of the city was about to be rolled out.

Liu Yuanzhen has sufficient self-confidence, and he believes that in half a month at most, he will be able to completely capture the state city of Bazhou.

The vanguard of the siege has been prepared and is waiting for Liu Yuanzhen's order.

Liu Yuanzhen was not in a hurry, and for two consecutive days, he ordered the sergeants to move back and forth outside the state city.

The momentum of the sergeants under his command is still very good, the cavalry is at the front of the team, the foot soldiers follow closely, and all kinds of siege equipment are displayed, which is a huge oppression for the Song army stationed in the city.

Liu Yuanzhen's hand should be said to have played a very good role, two days have passed, and the city of Bazhou Prefecture is very quiet, and the silence is a little unsettling.

Such an atmosphere is what Liu Yuanzhen is willing to see, he knows that the momentum of the Song army in the city has been suppressed, and the people in Bazhou City must be panicked at this moment.

"Report, marshal, the last general is willing to lead the troops to attack the city of Bazhou...

The vanguard officer entered the Chinese military tent and knelt on one knee and saluted for battle.

Liu Yuanzhen looked at the pioneer officer kneeling in front of him, and spoke with a smile.

"Okay, order the soldiers to make all preparations and start attacking Bazhou City tomorrow."

After the pioneer officer left, Liu Yuanzhen waved his hand.

A herald waiting outside entered the tent.

"Order scouts, close investigation, especially the intelligence in the direction of Hezhou, if you find a large-scale deployment of the Song army, you must report it quickly, in addition, the situation in the direction of Langzhou must also be reported at all times."

The inside of the Chinese military tent finally fell silent.

Liu Yuanzhen stood up and began to pace, in fact, Liu Yuanzhen, who has experienced a hundred battles, is not without worry, although he led the army to suddenly attack Bazhou, Langzhou and Yangzhou and other places where Lizhou East Road belongs, which will catch the Song army off guard, and it is too late to make other arrangements, but if you want to think that the Song army does not rush to the aid of Bazhou Prefecture, it is also unlikely, Liu Yuanzhen arranged for the Xingyuan Mansion troops not to participate in the combat mission of directly attacking Bazhou Prefecture, in fact, it is to resist the Song army that came to help at all times.

Liu Yuanzhen must capture the city of Bazhou in the shortest possible time, so that the Song army will not have time to rush to help, so that the Great Song court will not have time to make other arrangements, to say that to do this, Liu Yuanzhen is completely confident.

After the capture of Bazhou City, the battle was basically over, Liu Yuanzhen would arrange for some of the sergeants to be stationed in Bazhou, Yangzhou and Langzhou, and he would lead the army to withdraw to Chengdu Prefecture, as for the arrangement of attacking Tongchuan Mansion and other places, there was no such thing.

According to Liu Yuanzhen's understanding of the Great Song Dynasty, even if Langzhou, Bazhou, Yangzhou and other places are lost, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will not care very much, and according to the combat effectiveness of the Song army, it is impossible to recover the lost territory.

Over the years, Chengdu Fu Road, the entire Lizhou West Road and many cities on Lizhou East Road have been occupied by the Mongol army, and the Great Song Dynasty has not sent a large army to recover, and the Song army has almost responded passively to every battle.

Looking at the direction of Bazhou City, Liu Yuanzhen's face showed a rare smile.

Liu Yuanzhen was resentful in his heart, especially when Liu Quan surrendered, the army led by him Liu Yuanzhen had already occupied the city of Tongchuan, but everything was lost overnight, the city was lost, and the five thousand soldiers under his command no longer existed, and even he was captured alive.

This kind of huge humiliation, Liu Yuanzhen will never forget it for the rest of his life, this time he attacked the city of Bazhou, he just wanted to completely vent his inner grievances. (To be continued.) )