Chapter 373: Under the City of Yuzhang

The Song army's attack on Jiangzhou was like opening a big hole in Chen Youliang's defense in Jiangxi, and Zhang Dingbian's army defeated Jiangxi, and the entire Han regime was shaken. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Hao Ren personally commanded the main force, chased Zhang Dingbian, Zhang Dingbian's army was defeated like a mountain, and before he could gain a foothold in Ruichang, he was defeated by the Great Song Army, and Zhang Dingbian, who had only one life left, was nowhere to be found.

The Song army captured Ruichang, which became the front barrier to consolidate Jiangzhou, and Jiangzhou was firmly in the hands of the Song army.

Hao Ren originally planned to lead the army to attack Chen Youliang's old nest Hankou, and the sentry reported that the enemy was locking and controlling the Yangtze River in Huangzhou, Hao Ren expected that it would be difficult for him to conquer Huangzhou and attack Hankou in a short time, so he led the army south to rescue Yuzhang, preparing to cut off Chen Youliang's other arm - Zhang Bixian.

Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River were almost all absorbed in the two key passes of Jiangning and Yuzhang, and the Song army passed through the prefectures and counties all the way, and almost encountered decent resistance, so they successfully conquered Jianshui, cut off the connection between Yuzhang and the rear, and isolated Yuzhang City.

The Jiang Defense Army, with Wu Liuqi as the marshal, pacified the city along the river, and the Navy Yu Tonghai guarded the Yangtze River Pass.

The army was divided into two divisions, one with Zhang Poyu as the marshal of the unified army, and continued to pacify various places to the west; The other way, composed of Yu Tongyuan's department, Yutonghe's department, Jiao Yu's firearms battalion department, and Suwei's general management department, was personally led by Hao Ren, and went straight to Yuzhang City.

Zhang Bixian heard that Jianshui was lost, and he was afraid that he would be trapped and died in Yuzhang City, and wanted to take advantage of Hao Ren's foothold to recapture Jianshui and ensure that the back road was unblocked.

Zhang Bixian took tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, traveled lightly and hurriedly, and rushed straight to the rescue of Jianshui, just in front of Hao Ren's horses.

Zhang Bixian was a light soldier and did not carry heavy weapons, although he had more troops than Hao Ren, but he could not deal with the Song army's pear flower gun array and heavy artillery, and in a single encounter, the army was defeated by artillery.

The Song army followed, and chased Zhang Bi to Yuzhang City first, and joined forces with Chang Yuchun and Deng Yu, who had fought here before.

"Your Majesty! But wait for your reinforcements! Outside Yuzhang City, Chang Yuchun had bandages on his shoulders and said excitedly.

"General Chang is injured?" Hao Ren asked with concern.

"It's fine!" Chang Yuchun said with an indifferent look: "The enemy has too many artillery at the head of the city, and when I attacked the city, I was scratched by the artillery!" ”

"At this time, I am waiting for reinforcements, and His Majesty is coming with artillery in person, the end of Zhang Bixian has arrived!" Deng Yuxing rushed to the road.

Chang Yuchun also patted his ass and said: "The two of us have the wise leadership of His Majesty, and Yuchun will inevitably lead the crowd to break the city!" ”

Chang Yuchun has been fighting hard with Zhang Bixian for days, because the army can not be conquered, now Hao Ren is coming with reinforcements, Hao Ren does not want to fight with his generals because he is the emperor, and his own generals for credit, if Chang Yuchun has a few thousand artillery in the early days, Yuzhang City may have been conquered long ago.

Hao Ren has already checked the city defense of Yuzhang, although Yuzhang City is difficult, the strategic significance for Chen Youliang is far less important than Jiangzhou, and the artillery on the head of the city is far less than Jiangzhou.

Hao Ren waved his hand and said: "The two generals Chang and Deng are working hard, and the command task of attacking the city is still under the command of the two generals, and the soldiers and horses I brought are all under the dispatch of the two generals!" Oh, by the way, including my majesty! ”

Hao Ren actually handed himself over to Chang Yuchun to command, although this was only a temporary siege, Hao Ren was the emperor, Chang Yuchun was just a privy deputy envoy, Chang Yuchun suddenly changed color and said: "Your Majesty is going to laugh." Yu Chun is just a pawn under His Majesty, and he dares to dispatch His Majesty's soldiers and horses! ”

Hao Ren said with a smile: "You and General Deng Yu know the situation of Yuzhang City Defense best, so let's do it, I will only keep the guards by my side with the soldiers and horses I brought, and the rest will be handed over to General Chang to command!" General Chang is a world-famous general, so he should share more for me, right? ”

Chang Yuchun felt that he was greatly trusted by Hao Ren, and 'pounced' on his knees and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty trusts the minister so much, the minister is willing to serve the dead!" ”

"General Chang doesn't have to make such a big salute!" Hao Ren pulled up Chang Yuchun and said to the generals behind him: "All the generals go to General Chang's tent and wait for the general's order!" ”

The generals knew that Chang Yuchun knew the enemy best, and Hao Ren trusted him deeply, and the position of the privy deputy envoy was higher than everyone else, and everyone had no objections, and they held their fists and took their lives.

"Sinner Ding Pulang, see Your Majesty!" While speaking, a white-faced man was already kneeling at Hao Ren's feet.

Hao Ren pulled Ding Pulang up and said, "The general surrendered to the land of Fuzhou, what is the crime?" ”

Ding Pulang said: "As an old disciple of Peng Zu, the minister stooped down to serve Chen Youliang, who killed the king, this is a great crime of rebellion!" ”

"Chen Youliang killed the king and stood on his own, this is not the general's fault. It's a pity that Peng Zu's beloved disciples Zhao Pusheng and Li Pusheng used to be friends with me in the past, and now they all died tragically at the hands of Chen Youliang, which makes me regret it. Hao Ren began to buy people's hearts again, and said very sadly.

"Your Majesty!" Ding Pulang said: "Chen thief friend forgive usurping the throne and stand on his own, thanks to the power of Zhang Dingbian and Zhang Bixian's two eagle claws, today Zhang Bixian was besieged in the city, and he has been unable to escape. ”

Ding Pulang has recently returned to the country, and he has no merit, and now he wants to make meritorious contributions for himself, which is understandable.

Hao Ren had just defeated Zhang Bixian outside the city, and now that the Song army reinforcements had arrived, the morale was greatly boosted, and it was best to send a Bixian deceased person into the city to persuade him to surrender at this time, but if Zhang Bixian was willing to surrender, the two sides avoided a lot of unnecessary casualties, which was the best thing.

When Hao Ren heard that Ding Pulang was willing to persuade him to surrender, he was overjoyed, but he was very concerned: "General Ding must not be in danger!" If Zhang Bixian has unfavorable behavior towards the general and breaks Peng Zu's beloved disciples, Guozuo is ashamed of Peng Zu's spirit in the sky! (Hao Ren's words are too false, he has never even seen Peng Yingyu's face, what does Peng Yingyu's apprentice have to do with him?) It's nothing more than warming Dingplang's heart! )

Ding Pulang heard that Hao Ren respected his master so much, and his good impression of Hao Ren increased greatly, and he felt that Hao Ren cherished himself a lot, and said firmly: "The last general is just a martial artist, with my own life, if I can save hundreds of innocent lives in vain, I will be willing to take a risk." ”

Hao Ren saw that Ding Pulang insisted on going, and didn't want to put the crime of Ding Pulang's murder on his confidant, leaving a stigma of using the generals to take the lead, but said to Chang Yuchun: "General Chang, you are the commander of this siege, with your understanding of Zhang Bixian, how sure do you think General Ding will go to surrender?" ”

Zhang Bixian is known as 'Splash Zhang', his temperament is extremely violent, he often meets the spring and fights more than ten battles, he knows it well, and his heart says, 'Ding Pulang will die if he goes', but he doesn't want to give up this opportunity, but he said: "Zhang Bixian is under siege, and now there is only a way to surrender, and the last general thinks that General Ding will go to surrender at this time, and he will definitely be able to succeed!" ”

"Oh!" Hao Ren seemed to have an understanding and said to Chang Yuchun: "You are the main general of the siege, this matter is up to you!" But he got rid of his own involvement. (To be continued.) )