The generals respected their identities until the city gate was completely opened, and Cao Han led Wei Chizhong, Gao Ling, Zhe Congxun and other captains to ride in on horseback, and a Tang Army Heiyundu soldier knelt in front of the horse and said: "See Cao Xianxian's envoy, my general is waiting in the city tower, waiting to hand over the defense of the palace with the general." ”

"Oh?" Cao Han felt slightly unhappy in his heart, the Tang army palace guard did not greet him at the gate of the city, begging for his forgiveness, shooting his two brothers to death that day, is this account not settled? He snorted angrily in his nose, and said proudly: "You asked him to come here to see me!"

This Black Cloud Soldier's name is Ding Buxing, who was originally a reckless man, and was quite loved by Captain Ma Chengyan because of his bravery in battle. He has been in the army all the year round, and he only knows how to obey the orders of the captain, and he doesn't pay attention to the rest. This invitation to General Song is Ma Chengyan's general order, according to the rules of the black cloud capital, if the general order cannot be completed, it can only be rewarded.

Although the Song army was strong this time, this Ding Bu was still a straight temper, he looked up at Cao Han, and said strongly: "I only obey the military orders of my general, and invite Lord Cao to go to the city tower for a while." ”

"Do you just listen to your general's orders?" Cao Han's face twitched, he was slightly angry, stretched out his hand and beckoned the tooth army behind him, and said: "Pull down this unruly and supreme officer's subordinate and cut it down!" turned to the captain next to him and smiled heavily: "I'll wait and go to the city to meet such a general." ”

The generals followed Cao Han to the south gate of the palace tower, only to see Ma Chengyan leading a group of Heiyundu officers to greet each other in the building. Ma Chengyan didn't know that the military envoy he sent to greet Cao Han had been killed by the Song people, so he only bowed and said in a deep voice: "Ma Chengyan, the captain of Heiyun Capital, led the officers above the south gate of the Forbidden Palace to wait for Cao Xianxian, and all the military documents have been placed on the case. ”

Cao Han's eyes flashed, and he said: "Wait, since your lord has surrendered to the southern expedition camp, you can take off your blades and armor by yourself, and then you can leave." ”

The blade is the life of a martial artist, and as soon as his words fell, Wang Liang, the head behind Ma Chengyan, shouted: "Don't think!" The other officers of the Black Cloud Capital also glared angrily at Song Jun.

Cao Han looked calm, and said lightly: "Since it has surrendered, it should look like a surrender army, otherwise it will be regarded as a rebellion, and it will be seen if you can compete with the 200,000 Southern Expeditionary Army!"

The lord has descended, Ma Chengyan can't think about it, and his blind strength can only cost his life in vain, so he has to bow his head and say: "It's as General Cao wishes." He turned around and ordered: "Each battalion will disarm and abandon the soldiers, and the whole team will be formed with bare hands under the city tower, ready to drive back to the camp." ”

Heiyundu is the leading elite in Jiangnan, and he never thought of being humiliated like today, Ma Chengyan didn't care about being polite with Cao Han and the others after speaking, and took a kind of Tang Army officer out to prepare to return to the camp, but he didn't see a glimpse of cold light flashing in Cao Han's eyes.

The black clouds guarding the south gate of the palace were all under the city tower, and when they were about to leave, they found that the city gate was closed by the Song army when they came in, and there was even a team of Song army chariots that did not enter the city blocked outside. Ma Chengyan felt bad, looked up at Cao Han on the top of the city tower and shouted angrily: "General Cao, what do you mean by this, do you want to kill?"

Cao Han replied at the head of the city: "So that you can know that when you entered the city the last time, you shot my two brothers, and Han swore with his comrades at that time that he would kill all the Tang soldiers in this city tower to avenge this!

Cao Han fought hard to kill and surrender, and he also had to solve the black cloud capital guarding the Forbidden Palace, but it was not all a battle of will. Just because Heiyundu is one of the best elites in the world, and he is extremely loyal to the Cai clan in Jiangnan, under the pressure of the appropriate army, even a soldier in Ding Bu Province dares to use his strength as the vanguard of the southern expedition, which shows that his army is unruly and unruly, and it is really difficult to subdue. It would be a curse to stay. At this time, the Song army was up and down, and the expedition lasted for a long time, acting directly against the consequences, and unscrupulous means. And the fierce generals Cao Han and Wang Quanbin, who decided to kill, are especially so.

The crossbowmen of the Song army, who had already occupied the advantageous position of the city tower, immediately skillfully fired arrows at the Tang army in the urn city in turn, and the arrows rained down for a while, and within ten rounds, there was no black cloud soldier standing in the entire urn city. There was really blood flowing in the urn city, and the captain Ma Chengyan was pressed under him by a few loyal soldiers, and he was still inevitably shot to death by the bed crossbow with huge penetrating power.

In addition to this, the other three city towers all staged a similar scene, Heiyundu, the number one elite division in the south of the Yangtze River, more than 3,500 elites who were on duty in the Forbidden Palace failed to stain the battlefield with blood, and were slaughtered by the Song army so easily.

What a big deal it is to massacre and surrender soldiers, not to mention that before the Song army's southern expedition, Zhao Kuangyin personally explained that he wanted to appease the people in Jiangnan, because Cao Han deliberately arranged for his soldiers to take care of the surroundings of the palace, and he must not leak any rumors.

However, although Cao Han did this secret, the Song army was only a guest army after all, although they did not let go of a single living mouth. But after the change of guard, the soldiers of Heiyun did not leave the city for a long time, but they fell into the eyes of the sentry guards that Wu Yingying had already arranged outside the palace. When Wu Yingying learned of this news, he immediately passed it on to the various Tang troops in the city.

When he heard that his soldiers were actually slaughtered by the Song army, his eyes were shattered, and he immediately ordered the whole army to wear armor, and his helmet and left arm were hung with white linen. The remaining meat and grain in the camp were cooked in a cauldron, and the whole army was fed with a full meal, preparing to fight to the death with the Song army that entered the city. Most of the sergeants recruited by Heiyundu are from Huainan martial arts families, and many of the generals' sons, fathers, sons and brothers are serving in the army, because they have always been known as the first elite in the south of the Yangtze River, and the salary is higher than that of other soldiers, and the friendship between brothers and colleagues in the capital is extremely close. Hearing that the 1,500 soldiers who were in the camp without being on duty were crying and crying in the camp because of their comrades' suffering, many people ran directly to Yu Yan to ask for battle, and there were even more than a dozen Song officers and soldiers who were ruthless and immediately left in the camp with their swords, and turned most of them into meat sauce to show that they were not at odds with the Song people.

The rumors of the Song army's massacre of the soldiers spread ten, ten, and hundreds, and immediately caused an uproar in the Tang army camps in various parts of the city.

"His grandmother's black clouds have all been slaughtered by the Song soldiers. ”

"The Song people won't let me wait to live!"

"It's better to fight and die. ”

Watching all the units of the Song army, they found that there was a lot of noise in the Tang army camp, and after a while, the vigorous Tang army rushed out. Of course, the Song army could not let these Tang troops out of the camp, and the two sides were at odds with each other, so they immediately went to war.

If we talk about the strength of the troops and the fierce soldiers, the Song army of the southern expedition is of course far superior to the Tang army in Jinling. But since the surrender of the Tang army, the mentality of both sides has undergone a subtle change, and the Song army has promised itself a victorious army, mostly thinking about how to get the most benefits after the war. The Tang army, on the other hand, was full of grief and indignation, knowing that there was death and no life in this battle, and they all moved forward desperately, taking advantage of the victory of the mourning soldiers. Moreover, there were still many Song troops who were arranged to guard in important places such as the city wall, and the strength to monitor the Tang army's camp was inevitably insufficient.