"Lord Liu, should you think that the other prefectures in Tiannan County are so willingly taken over by foreign Songjiang people? They were just forced to take the lead, and no one was willing to come forward, so they were forced to cooperate with the Songjiang people. If Shizhou Mansion is willing to come forward, at least hold on for a while, Tiannan County, which sees the opportunity, will fall into chaos. We will also take the opportunity to contact all forces and work together to cut off the food and retreat of the Songjiang Army! ”

The tone of the black-clothed guard was a little more demagoguery, and he continued to provoke Liu Quan's power**: "Songjiang's gang was a rebel after all. The center was forced to be helpless, so he temporarily chose Zhao'an. As long as Lord Liu can replace him, the central side will definitely be happy to see it. ”

"By then, the castle guard might be able to go further!"

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if we fail, we can arrange someone to pick up Lord Liu from Ninghai County and leave by sea."

The black-clothed guard's coherent persuasion, as well as the guarantee given at the end, completely broke Liu Quan's psychological defense: "You are right, the Songjiang Army is unpopular in Tiannan. Chen Wuxiao'er, thinking that in the name of a Tiannan envoy, he could take Shizhou with his mouth, dismiss officials indiscriminately, disrupt the place, and fish the people, then he was very wrong! ”

Saying this, Liu Quan took a deep breath and made up his mind to raise troops against Chen Wu. He even began to think in his heart about how to mobilize several officers and local nobles who came to the banquet in the next banquet.

He didn't see the ridicule in his eyes that flashed under the black guard's felt hat.

………

Three days later, the army of the Songjiang Army set out from Nanfeng Province and marched into the confines of Shizhou Province.

At this time, Shizhou Mansion was already in chaos. Under the joint efforts of the Black Guards and Shizhou Mansion, all kinds of rumors spread wildly throughout Shizhou. For example, the Songjiang Army carried out large-scale liquidations in Changlu and Nanfeng Prefectures, looted the property of the rich, and forcibly confiscated land for sale; Another example is to try to publicize the former rebel status of the Songjiang Army, and imply that the imperial capital Zhongzhou has sent a secret decree to all parts of Tiannan County to resolutely resist.

All kinds of rumors greatly increased the panic and hostility of the people of Shizhou Prefecture to the Songjiang Army.

Many people already think that Shizhou Mansion is the territory of the Tiannan people, and it is not the turn of the Songjiang people to interfere. Now there is propaganda and darkness from the Shizhou government, coupled with various rumors, and the voice of dissatisfaction is becoming stronger and stronger. With the conscription order of Shizhou Mansion, it was easy to recruit thousands of people to practice.

Counting some of the strong support of the Songjiang army who were wary and resistant, and contributed people, when the Songjiang army approached Shizhou City, they were faced with a garrison of more than 3,000 people!

At the head of the city, where the flag was waving, the defenders were in full array, the rolling wood and stones beside it were all in place, and the drawbridge of the moat was also raised.

This battle is obviously different from the previous Changlu and Nanfeng Second Mansions!

The information from the military intelligence department had already made Mo Guohao and Shi Yuanliang feel bad. However, Changlu Mansion and Nanfeng Mansion were all taken by Shun, so that they still had a certain amount of luck for the last Shizhou Mansion, and sent people to the city to call the city as usual.

However, they were responded to by an arrow.

"This is the territory of the Tiannan people, the rebels of Songjiang, go back to your place!"

"It's not enough to kill Changlu Mansion and Nanfeng Mansion after the scourge, and they still want to fight our Shizhou idea, don't think about it!"

Several captain-level officers shouted and scolded at the top of the city, wantonly belittling and ridiculing the Songjiang army, which from time to time caused the defenders at the head of the city to laugh.

This kind of contempt and attitude of no one in sight made the officers and men of the two major brigades of the Songjiang Army furious.

Since Chen Wu raised his army, it can be said that he has been invincible, and even the Omani army has been driven away. The Shun lì, which had previously marched south into Changlu and Nanfeng Mansion, boosted the self-confidence and pride of the soldiers. Now there is only one Shizhou Mansion, and even dare to stop their footsteps. As the main force of the Songjiang Army, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division immediately asked Mo Guohao to fight.

"The people of Shizhou Mansion, are they crazy?"

Mo Guohao was not angered by the scolding from the city, and temporarily suppressed the invitation of his wing captain to fight. While muttering to himself, he looked up and carefully examined the scene on the top of the city.

The defenders of Shizhou Mansion should have been instructed by a master and looked decent, and they did not pull all the troops to the city. He couldn't estimate the number of defenders in the city. But some of the information sent by the Military Intelligence Department before, as well as the military system of the Empire, should be no less than two thousand, or even more.

Of course, he won't pay attention to this point, even if he doesn't have siege weapons now. The reason why I was puzzled was that I didn't understand the idea of Shizhou Mansion. The Songjiang Army has mastered the absolute general trend, even if Shizhou Mansion can delay some time with the city, what use can it be?

He couldn't think of anything other than to cause some trouble to the Songjiang Army and even more damage to Shizhou Mansion.

Or, the city guard of Shizhou Mansion was already dazed, did he really think that he could defeat the Songjiang army with this little man?

Naive!

Mo Guohao's face showed a hint of coldness, it seems that this time he really needs to kill and deter these guys.

"Order, the army retreats and camps three miles!"

Let the defenders at the head of the city shout and laugh, he was not moved at all. Although the soldiers under his command were a little angry, the military orders of the Songjiang Army were very strict, and naturally no one dared to disobey. Moreover, many soldiers with thinking ability also knew that if Shizhou Mansion really made up its mind to fight against the Songjiang army, they really didn't have a good way to do it before they didn't have enough siege equipment.

Forcibly attacking the city will only increase casualties in vain.

As the order spread, more than 8,000 soldiers slowly retreated and set up camp three miles away. Seeing that the Songjiang army didn't even dare to attack, they were "frightened" to retreat, and the defenders at the head of the city couldn't help but boost their morale. Many people who were originally sincerely scared now can't help but cheer with the people around them.

"Songjiang people, get out of here!"

"With such a cowardice, you can actually repel the Omanis, you have blown this battle feat!"

"Shizhou is ours, don't want to come in and harm the people!"

In the midst of jubilation, it was as if Shizhou Mansion had really won a battle and defeated the Songjiang army. However, behind the joyful atmosphere at the head of the city, several black-clothed guards who really understood the situation and were responsible for making suggestions had solemn faces.

The man who had followed Connand in and out of the inner hall of the castle guard's mansion seemed to be the leader of several people, and asked, "How?" ”

A black-clothed guard who was proficient in the military next to him shook his head, and while looking at the Songjiang army camped in the distance, he shook his head: "The general of the Songjiang Army who is in charge of unifying the army is too cautious, and it is a little bad. You see, even in the face of such a scattered defender, their camp is still in line with the emperor's discipline, and it is impossible to sneak out of the city. ”

Before the plan was formulated, the best scenario that several people expected was that the defenders of the Songjiang army were enraged, and they tried to attack the city immediately, regardless of it, although the Songjiang army did not bring anything like a stone thrower, a siege engine, a bed crossbow, etc., but there were still dozens of light and portable ladders. In that case, under their guidance and careful planning, the defenders of Shizhou Mansion may be able to make the Songjiang army suffer a small loss and frustrate the morale of the Songjiang army.

If it can make Songjiang army impetuous, then it will be better. It only takes a few days to hold on, waiting for an opportunity to attack the camp at night with a small number of elites supplemented by black-clothed guards, even if it can't defeat the other party, it can still cause heavy casualties to the Songjiang army.

But now......

Someone sighed: "In the next few days, continue to try to provoke them." If the Songjiang army remains unmoved, waiting for the siege equipment from the rear to be transported, I am afraid that our plan will be completely frustrated. ”

Listening to the discussion of several subordinates, the black-clothed guard led by him smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, this time, Lord Yan Xingbang didn't ask for a certain victory. Remember, our goal is to disrupt the current situation in Songjiang and create as much chaos as possible. It doesn't matter what the defenders of Shizhou Mansion can fight, it's the Imperial people who die anyway. ”

"Remember the teachings of your lords!"

Several black-clad guards saluted together, then split up and continued their actions.

………

Shizhou Mansion openly resisted the order of the Tiannan envoy and refused the information that the Songjiang army entered the city, and it quickly spread in Tiannan County.

As the black-clothed guards expected, there was a slight commotion in Changlu Mansion, Nanfeng Mansion, and even Tianlong City, where there was already a wing stationed.

However, Mok's message was delivered faster.

After being greeted by him in advance, the city guards of Changlu Mansion and Nanfeng Mansion and the replaced city defense battalion invariably raised their vigilance to strictly prevent any disturbances in the local area. At the same time, the Songjiang Military Department, which received the news, also quickly made a decision after reporting to Chen Wu, and sent two additional wings to escort a large number of city defense equipment to Shizhou.

To be honest, Chen Wu really didn't expect that someone in Tiannan County would dare to openly raise an army to resist him.

Like Changlu Mansion, who is unwilling to cooperate, or who cooperates on the surface and violates the yin and yang inside, he has enough psychological preparation. But like Liu Quan, the city guard of Shizhou Prefecture, who dared to fight against the entire Songjiang Army based on a thousand city defense battalions, how can he say that his courage is commendable!

Except for these four words, Chen Wu really couldn't think of any other words to evaluate.

Of course, due to the effective intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department, he already knew that there might be black-clothed guards behind Shizhou Mansion who were pinching on it, or even threading needles. While being annoyed, I couldn't help but feel a little more pity. That Liu Quan thought that he could use the power of the black-clothed guard to fight against Songjiang and keep his position, but he didn't know that in the eyes of others, he was completely a chess piece that could be discarded after using it.

Half a month.

Due to the heavy and difficult transportation of the ordnance, and the fact that the roads in Tiannan County were really not good, Mo Guohao's defenders had been outside Shizhou City for so long before the first batch of siege weapons arrived. It includes 12 bed crossbows, 20 torsion stone throwers of two sizes, a batch of grain and grass baggage, and five brigades of infantry and bow battalions.

These things, together with a batch of siege ladders that Mo Guohao ordered his soldiers to make in the past half a month, greatly strengthened the siege capability of the Songjiang army.

Shizhou Mansion City, which has been idle for half a month, finally ushered in a war that decided to belong!