This siege and annihilation battle was completely infantry against cavalry, so defeating the enemy was not the goal, Zhao Tianci's real intention was not only to defeat them, but also to leave them behind.

Therefore, after gathering troops in the dark night, Zhao Tianci immediately issued an order, and the eight-color battalion, under the leadership of their respective leaders, launched a surprise attack on Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, and Yingzhou, while he himself went straight to Luzhou with 20,000 horses.

The strategic goal is clear, only occupy the province and not attack the city. In fact, except for Luzhou, which was really guarded by Jin soldiers, the other four states only nominally belonged to Liu Yu's puppet Qi regime, but in fact did not actually control them.

Therefore, when the day was bright and the soldiers defending the city suddenly found that so many brightly colored troops had emerged from outside the city out of nowhere, they were first in a panic, but when they saw the big "Song" characters on the banner, they quieted down.

The governor of Dengzhou turned out to be a person named Du Yunshen, this person was still a bit of a backbone, he was unwilling to submit to Liu Yu, so he left Dengzhou with his family overnight, and his whereabouts were unknown. So there is actually no governor in Dengzhou, only a city guard named Liu Quan, who is responsible for watching the city gate of Dengzhou.

Under the city of Dengzhou are the red camp of red silk and the orange camp of Shen Mingzhu, both of whom are wearing silver masks and standing at the front of the army.

Liu Quan craned his neck and looked down, and a military general next to him asked, "My lord, are they really from the south?" ”

Liu Quan glared at him, "What is in the south and north, didn't you see the words on the banner?" It's our people! I don't know if it's someone from the Eight-Color Battalion who came. You have a loud voice, ask if the master of the two camps of red and orange has arrived. ”

The military attache nodded, opened his voice and shouted, "Is this the master of the two camps of Red and Orange down there?" ”

His voice was really loud enough, and this roar was enough to go a mile or two away.

Hong Aya and Shen Mingzhu glanced at each other, both of them were a little inexplicable, what does the master mean?

They don't know that the leaders of the eight-color battalion of the pro-army around the emperor are all the emperor's women, because of the "Xinmin Daily", so these are no secrets, in the eyes of outsiders, what else can they be if they are not masters?

Seeing that there was no reaction below, Liu Quan stretched his neck and shouted, "The last general Dengzhou City guards Liu Quan, if the two masters arrive, the last general will go down to welcome the masters in!" ”

"Liu Quan, is it? Are there Jin Bing or Liu Yu's men and horses in the city? Red Aya asked in a loud voice.

When Liu Quan heard this, although this person was shrouded in iron armor, he was clearly a delicate woman when he heard the voice, and he was even more determined at the moment, "The two masters will wait for the end and open the city immediately to greet them." With that, he trotted down the tower.

Soon, the city gate creaked open, and Liu Quan led more than two hundred city defenders to trot all the way to Hong Aya and Shen Mingzhu and knelt on the ground, "The last general Liu Quan sees the two masters!" ”

Red Aya asked, "You haven't answered my question yet!" ”

Liu Quandao, "Back to Hongshuai, there are no Jin soldiers in the city, and there are no people from Liu Yu, please rest assured that the two masters will enter the city." ”

Shen Mingzhu asked, "Who is in charge of Dengzhou City now?" ”

Liu Quandao, "Hui Mingshuai,...... Lord Du didn't want to obey Liu Yu's orders, so he took the whole family to avoid it, and now there is no owner in the city! ”

Shen Mingzhu said curiously, "Do you know us?" ”

Liu Quandao, "The emperor's personal soldiers are in the eight-color battalion, and the eight masters are famous, how dare the last general not know it?" ”

Hong Aya said, "Since this is the case, Liu Quan, then I will announce the decree on behalf of the emperor." ”

Liu Quan said in a loud voice, "Minister Liu Quan takes the order!" ”

Hongyan said, "Liu Quan, from now on, you will act as the governor of Dengzhou, and immediately dispatch your subordinates to act according to the emperor's secret decree." Come here! ”

Liu Quan answered, got up and came closer, Hongyan took out a pattern and handed it to him, "It must be completed before noon tomorrow, and I will inspect it then, do you understand?" ”

Liu Quan took the pattern and glanced at it and said, "The minister's decree!" He paused, "The minister still has one more matter, please let the two masters do it!" ”

"What else is going on with you?" Shen Mingzhu asked.

Liu Quandao, "Please also ask the two masters to stay for a while, so that the people in the city can see the demeanor of our emperor's army." ”

"Why is that?" Red Aya asked curiously.

Liu Quan was a little embarrassed, "The two masters don't know, and the people in the city don't want to serve Liu Yu as the master, so the minister's words ,...... They won't listen, and it would be different if they let them see the arrival of our heavenly army with their own eyes! ”

Hong Aya and Shen Mingzhu glanced at each other and nodded, "It's okay, you just open the city gate." But be sure to inform the people that we are at war, and that no news about the Celestial Army is to be leaked, or there will be no forgiveness! ”

"Yes!" Liu Quan was overjoyed, he turned around and ordered, "You go quickly, inform the whole city along the street, the emperor has come to rescue us, and the army has arrived outside the city!" ”

The defenders of the city answered the call and ran back to the city, and after a short time, they heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from far and near the city, "The emperor's army has arrived in Dengzhou!" ”

So the people in Dengzhou City, who got the news, poured out of the city, and faced the neatly arranged two-color officers and soldiers, first stunned, then ecstatic, and then fell to their knees, weeping bitterly about their own sufferings, and the scene was chaotic.

Liu Quan took out the pattern and said loudly, "The emperor has an order, the people of the whole city are willing to contribute to the resistance of the golden dog, and those who build fortifications, from now on, all those who participate in the construction of fortifications will be issued by the imperial court according to the capitation of ICBC and provide three meals." ”

The crowd fell silent all of a sudden, and after listening to Liu Quan's words, they shouted at the same time, "Long live my emperor!" The scene became very heated again.

Hong Aya and Shen Mingzhu nodded secretly, and ordered their subordinates to leave two hundred people to supervise the fortifications, and the others followed them to Xiangyang Mansion in the south.

They're going well here, and the other states are pretty much the same. The main reason is that the signs of the eight-color camp are too obvious, and with the god-like propaganda on the "Xinmin Daily", people can recognize them at a glance wherever they pass.

Although Tangzhou did not have a governor like Dengzhou, as soon as the governor of Tangzhou saw the yellow and green officers and soldiers under the city, he immediately decided to open the city. In fact, he had to do it, because the people of the city had already flocked to the city gates.

Gu Hong'er and Wang Zhan'er easily took their 20,000 men into Tangzhou City, and immediately began the construction of fortifications after promulgating the Anmin Notice.

The same is true of Caizhou, Mei Xiangyu and Wang Po didn't even call the city gate, but just walked around the city, and the soldiers guarding the city threw down a person's head, and then opened the city gate and welcomed them in. After entering, they learned that the owner of the human head was Caizhou Zhizhou, and he didn't think about not opening the city gate, but just hesitated, and as a result, he became a ghost under the knife in a daze.

Fan Ting'er and Lin Fengxian encountered a little "trouble" in Yingzhou, and the generals who defended the city were not very obedient, and they did not dare to open the city. Because this place is relatively close to Yan Zonghan's Luzhou station, they are afraid that the Jin soldiers will come back and their lives will not be guaranteed. As a result, Fan Ting'er got angry, took out the hook from her waist, climbed the city directly, and pressed the steel knife on her neck, scaring the city guard half to death, and obediently opened the city to welcome them in.

Compared with them, the Luzhou that Zhao Tianci faced was a hard bone. Although Wanyan Zonghan took all the men and horses of the Southern Expedition to support the garrison in Jiangjiang, there were still more than 10,000 golden soldiers stationed in the city, and there was no need to think about opening the city gate.

"If they don't come out, we'll have to attack!" Zhao Tianci looked at the tall city wall of Luzhou and said.

Yang Zizi shook his head, "No, that will hurt the people in the city." The people here have a deep affection for the imperial court, and they have been looking forward to the imperial court to rescue them for a long time. ”

"What then?" Zhao Tianci frowned and said, "We must hurry up, once the main force of the Jin soldiers returns to help, and our arrangement has not been completed, it will be troublesome." ”

Yang Zizi thought for a while and said, "No." We sealed the four gates of Luzhou City, and their news could not be delivered. ”

The general who stayed in Luzhou was Zong Han's eldest son, Sheyema, and if this person came out of the city, Zhao Tianci would definitely remember who he was. And the main general Wanyan Zongying was ordered by Zonghan to rush to aid Yangzhou, but he found that he was a step late, and Yangzhou had already been lost, so he directly led his troops to Sizhou, which was equivalent to getting out of the control of Wanyan Zonghan.

Sheyama has a hobby, and that is women. When he followed his father on the expedition, he had just accepted two concubines, and those two little beauties were also very good at pleasing him, and it was when he was reluctant to let go, so he secretly took matters into his own hands and hid them in the army and brought them over, but accidentally let Zong Han find out, not only killed his two delicate concubines, but also opened his buttocks, so he could only stay in Daben and nurture his injuries.

When he learned that the Song army suddenly came from outside the city, the wound on his buttocks was not healed, otherwise he, who had always been arrogant and conceited, would not have cowered in the city anyway.

He can not shrink out, but the people in the city also got the news, the army of the imperial court has arrived in the city, although the Jin soldiers have a strict order, the people are not allowed to walk around the streets at will, but there are still people who are bold and have high means. What's more, the people in the city have long been looking forward to the imperial court coming to rescue them, and once they have the opportunity to go out of the city, they don't take the golden people's orders as one thing at all.

Therefore, before Zhao Tianci's men and horses were stationed, some people in the city sneaked out at the risk of death and informed the helpless little emperor of the location of the golden soldiers in Luzhou City, which made him overjoyed.

As for where the Jin soldiers are distributed, he doesn't need other people's guidance, but since someone can come out, it means that there are still loopholes in the defense of the Jin soldiers.

As a result, a bold plan was formed in Zhao Tianci's mind. (To be continued.) )