Huang Xu was in Zaoyang early to listen to Meng Heng's order in the direction of Ezhou, when several fast horses rushed into the camp of Zaoyang's Zhongshun army, Huang Xu received the military order given to him by Meng Hui, and he smiled and ordered loudly: "The herald beats the drum and raises the account!" ”

Not long after, the loyal shun army was ready to gather the above officers in Huang Xu's big tent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "General Zhao has an order, after ordering our army to receive the order, he will start troops and attack Tangzhou immediately, Lao Tzu doesn't talk much, everything that should be arranged has already been arranged, don't fucking embarrass Lao Tzu at this time!" If you haven't packed up and left the camp yet, wait for Lao Tzu's military stick to serve! Scattered! Huang Xu adhered to his brother Huang Yan's style, and loudly ordered his subordinates, and without even saying a word of nonsense, he arranged things.

Those loyal army generals immediately received the order together, turned around and didn't talk nonsense, then strode out of the big tent, and each returned to the camp to start nervously arranging...

Before the time came, the 10,000-strong Zhongshun army began to rush out of the camp and drove in the direction of Tangzhou, a team of cavalry walked in front of the team in high spirits, a small number of scouts urged the horses to leave the camp in advance, and began to be on guard along the way, a team of infantry then carried all kinds of grain and heavy loads to the front, and a shiny artillery with a wiped door was pulled by mules and horses in the team and pulled out in the direction of Tangzhou.

Countless people of Zaoyang heard the noise of the barracks outside the city, so they walked out of Zaoyang City to see off the loyal army, looking at the demeanor of the loyal soldiers who were fully equipped and the military discipline was solemn, the people and the families of the soldiers who saw them off kept cheering, and the atmosphere in Zaoyang was extremely warm. Although the main body of the Zhongshun Army is composed of the people who fled from the Jin State to the Song Kingdom, but these people all hate the rulers of the Jin State to death, and they have long held their breath and want to fight back, and settle accounts with the Jin magnates who bullied them before, and now the Zhongshun Army has changed a few soldiers, but the soldiers are getting better and better, and the combat effectiveness has always been second to none in western Beijing, and they have their unique army slogan, that is, to fight back to their hometown!

After learning the news that the army was finally sent to invade the Jin State, the soldiers of the Zhongshun Army, who had been in full swing for many years, were elated one by one, as if they were going home, and drove in the direction of Tangzhou.

Tangzhou is only about 200 miles away from Zaoyang, and for the mobility of the Zhongshun army, it only took four days to rush outside Tangzhou...

After so many years of operation, the Song Dynasty's fine work continued to be active in this area, and lobbied a lot of Jin soldiers to secretly surrender to the Song Dynasty, waiting for the arrival of this day, so the towns along the way basically did not organize resistance, Huyang County, the only place to Tangzhou, and when the Zhongshun Army arrived outside the city, the defenders immediately opened the city and surrendered, and submitted to the Southern Song Dynasty, The Jin army's defenses on the outskirts of Tangzhou collapsed.

Huang Xu effortlessly led the officers and soldiers of Zhongshun, and arrived ten miles outside Tangzhou City in four days and nights before setting up camp.

The general of the Jin army in Tangzhou had already received an edict in advance, asking him to defend Tangzhou to prevent the Song army from entering the territory of Jin from Tangzhou and ensure that the south gate of Jin was not lost. But several Jin officials and guards in Tangzhou shook their heads and smiled bitterly, all in their hearts This is simply an impossible task, they have often dealt with the Song people over the years, and naturally they have learned a lot of news about the Song army in the western part of Beijing, after Meng Zongzheng formed the Zhongshun Army, even the servants scattered An Zhen led the army in front of the Zhongshun Army, these more than ten years, they Jin people regard Zaoyang as a forbidden place, and never dare to set foot in a step, and now they hear that the loyal Shun army of Zaoyang is coming, they are numb one by one.

Poor Jin State has become weaker and weaker over the years, as their southern gate of Tangzhou City, a total of less than 3,000 regular troops, the rest of the elite have already been transferred to the Tongguan area, to resist the Mongol army, although it was learned that the Song army may soon invade Tangzhou, Tangzhou officials hurriedly recruited strong men to enrich the army, but how can these new recruits be powerful?

Even so, before the Zhongshun Army arrived in Tangzhou, they only recruited more than 3,000 strong men, which was still forced to coerce the strong men in Tangzhou, and the combat effectiveness can naturally be imagined...

The available soldiers in Tangzhou are only 9,000 people, plus the young people in the city are temporarily organized, and there are only about 10,000 people, and the Jin generals are not stupid, of course, they will not be stupid enough to take these 10,000 people out of the city to fight to the death with the Song army, their only chance is to defend Tangzhou, send fast horse messengers to Dengzhou for help, or go to Caizhou for help, hoping to get the help of the Jin army in these places as soon as possible, so that they can take Tangzhou...

Tangzhou is the important land of the Jin people at this time, and it must not be lost, because for more than a year, the city opened by the Jin State and the Song Dynasty is in the territory of Tangzhou, Tangzhou is an important grain reserve place in the Jin State, and there are still nearly 100,000 stone grain in the city, which is the last life-saving money of the Jin State, once it is lost, most of the soldiers and horses in the south of the Jin Country have no hope of eating horses and chewing before the wheat harvest of the Jin State, and Tangzhou is also related to the safety of Dengzhou, Tangzhou is lost, Dengzhou has become a lonely city, so the importance of Tangzhou in the Jin Country is self-evident. Therefore, Wanyan Shouxu attaches great importance to Tangzhou, and the main general sent is the general of the Jin State to move the thorn Pua, and before transferring the Thorn Pua into Tangzhou, Wanyan Shouxu personally wrote a letter to the Thorn Pua, asking him to guard Tangzhou and not lose the southern gate of the Jin State. . . .

With only 500 personal soldiers, he hurried from the direction of Tongguan for several days, and finally arrived at Tangzhou City before the Song army moved.

His arrival made the situation in Tangzhou a little better, and the officials and generals of Tangzhou, who had been wandering, were immediately moved to Pua to suppress it, and only then began to prepare for defense.

However, their movements were still a little slower, and before they could fully defend themselves, the loyal army rushed to the city of Tangzhou, and immediately moved a large number of soldiers and civilians outside the city into the city, and closed the city gate to make a posture of stubborn defense.

After Huang Xu led the army to the outside of Tangzhou City, he first settled down, and sent people to find a way to contact the city to investigate the details of the Jin army in the city, this time they went out to say that they have been holding back for many years, Huyang County is not a battle, but Tangzhou is the first battle they sent troops, Huang Xu's soldiers and generals are holding back to show off their might, and won the first merit of the Northern Expedition.

Don't look at Huang Xu's age, but he should not be underestimated, compared to his brother Huang Yanlai, the killing is more decisive, since Huang Yan left, the Zhongshun Army has essentially been handed over to him, this kid has used all his tricks to make the Zhongshun Army more elite, no worse than Huang Yan when he was in the Zhongshun Army.

At this point, the loyal army obeys Huang Xu, so Huang Xu is now the absolute backbone of the loyal army, and the dispatching generals can be said to be like an arm.

After walking around Tangzhou, Huang Xu scratched his head slightly, there is a wide moat outside Tangzhou City, and looking at the posture, Tangzhou has no intention of surrendering at all, and the flags on the city are like a forest, and there is a sense of fighting to the death with the Song army. . .

And Tangzhou City is very important, and the city walls here are also quite strong, with the 10,000 people under him, it is really a little difficult to take Tangzhou in a short period of time.

"Have you made contact with the small work in the city?" Huang Xu held a horsewhip and beat his boots, looked at the black walls of Tangzhou City, and asked his subordinates.

"In the afternoon, I have been contacted, and my own people in the city released pigeons, saying that there was a sudden move in the city, this guy is an important minister of the Jin State, with five hundred elite soldiers, plus three thousand defenders in the city, and five thousand newly convened strong men, so I finally got together a thousand people, don't look at the banners above to show swords and guns like a forest, that is all virtual, but the two thousand people who can fight are insufficient, but this move to move Pua is not easy to deal with, the official oppresses people, it turns out that some people in the city who want to surrender to our dynasty have also been stable in the past two days, It seems that they want to see the limelight, and then we can't count on them for the time being! "A young officer under his command is obviously in charge of intelligence liaison, and told Huang Xu in detail about the information he received...

Huang Xu immediately laughed after hearing this: "How powerful am I to them, just order soldiers and horses, and plan to take Tangzhou City!" Hum! Those things that don't open their eyes are still waiting and watching, so okay! Just let them wait and see! Knock them hard first! You release the pigeons and tell our people in the city, tell the things that don't open their eyes, let them take it easy! If you don't surrender to us at this time, don't be polite to them after Lao Tzu enters the city! ”

"Obedience!" Huang Xu's subordinate immediately nodded in agreement.

Huang Xu did not delay time, after figuring out the strength of the Jin army in the city, he immediately began to arrange the siege of the city, the loyal army now has 3,000 cavalry, and the siege of the city naturally does not need them, these cavalry were immediately sent out, around the city guard, the other gates of Tangzhou City are closely monitored, cut off the contact between Tangzhou City and the outside world, Huang Xu's words are to close the door and fight dogs, and not let the Jin army run away.

And the main force was immediately pushed by Huang Xu to the west gate of Tangzhou City, stopped in the open outside the city, and began to build all kinds of siege equipment on the spot, and now the Song army attaches great importance to the craftsman battalion, in essence, the craftsman battalion has actually become the engineer unit of the army, so the loyal Shun army is not short of such a formation.

After the craftsmen of the craftsman camp were ordered, they immediately began to take local materials and build all kinds of equipment, but the Jin army was not stupid, and prepared in advance, and cut down the trees within five miles outside the city, and those who could be pulled into the city were pulled into the city, and those who could not be pulled away were also set on fire in advance, so that the craftsman camp had to run far away to cut down wood and materials, and waste a lot of time in pulling back to build tools.

There are updates to the latest chapters in a timely manner