On the fifth day of the siege, the shouting and killing of the head of Shizhou Mansion continued. XsHuotXT

After the onslaught of the previous few days, the defenders were greatly demoralized in terms of numbers and morale. In line with the attitude of proper training, the soldiers under Mo Guohao returned to the barracks to rest. The troops of the main attack were replaced by recruits from the second division of Shi Yuanliang.

The previous river reclamation operation had already made these recruits feel the atmosphere and cruelty of war. After a few days of recuperation and adaptation, these recruits are a little different from what they used to be. The will is firmer, and there is less hesitation when killing. Even if they were not issued armor, with the weapons and cooperation in their hands, and the fact that Shizhou Mansion no longer had much resistance strength, they still completed the suppression of the defenders.

At this moment, at least three hundred recruits landed in the city and fought with the last of the remaining defenders.

The city defense camp of Shizhou Mansion was crippled as early as the third day of the siege. Subsequently, the black-clothed guards, some of the recruited outlaws, and the purchased death row prisoners did not last long. Now fighting the Songjiang Army is the group of lumberjacks under Kang Mingde.

These perennial hard workers, dealing with axes and saws, are born qualified soldier embryos. In addition, Kang Mingde was kind to them on weekdays and was quite favorable, so these carpenters were used by Kang Mingde and the black guards, and loyally fulfilled the duty of fighting against the Songjiang army, or sending them to death.

It is precisely because of such a group of people who act as the main force to defend the city that the defense line of Shizhou Mansion on the verge of collapse can be supported until now.

However, there is a limit to the number of these loggers and their ability to sustain casualties.

As the recruits of the four wings under Shi Yuanliang took turns to attack the city, fighting from morning to afternoon, each attacking in two rounds, the defenders, who also suffered heavy casualties, finally came to the brink of complete collapse. If it weren't for the leader of the black-clothed guards who gathered up a group of remnants of the army, personally launched a wave of counteroffensives, and forcibly defeated the attack of the Songjiang army, maybe the Songjiang army would have broken the city in one fell swoop.

In the end, Mo Guohao still failed to break through Shizhou Mansion in five days.

The last burst of strength of the defenders undoubtedly surprised him a little. After tonight's night, the defenders in the city have been given a little respite, and tomorrow will undoubtedly bring more casualties to the Songjiang army. However, no matter how the defenders delayed, this farce would end here.

Day 6!

After breakfast, a large number of Songjiang troops once again launched an attack on Shizhou Mansion City with a cloud ladder. Knowing that the defenders were crumbling, they looked like they were in high spirits.

The previous Changlu Mansion and Nanfeng Mansion were taken lightly without fighting, which greatly disappointed many officers and men of the Songjiang Army who were waiting for meritorious service. Seeing that the great achievement of Shizhou Mansion was in front of him, no one could hold back, and everyone wanted to seize this opportunity to fight for a fortune. Governor Chen Wu never hesitated to reward those who had made meritorious contributions, and that was known to all the soldiers of the army!

"Kill!"

"Attack Shizhou Mansion! Capture the traitor Liu Quan! ”

With their backs to the rising sun, the elite soldiers of the Songjiang Army climbed to the top of the city and fought the final battle against the defenders of Shizhou Mansion, who were already panicked and filled the army with an atmosphere of defeat and despair. This time, even if there was a team of warlords sent by the city guard to supervise the battle, it could not stop the soldiers from retreating and fleeing.

A section of the city wall near the west side was the first to erupt in deafening cheers.

The Matsue army, which had climbed up from two adjacent ladders, launched a flanking attack on the defenders in the middle, and took a complete section of the city wall as a foothold.

This was undoubtedly a signal of victory, and more and more Songjiang troops climbed the city wall along this breakthrough!

Seeing that the opportunity had come, Mo Guohao decisively sent reinforcements and launched a fierce attack on both sides along the open gap, so as to consolidate and expand the results as quickly as possible.

By this time, the victory of the Matsue army was really unstoppable. Mo said that it was an ordinary defender, and even a few soldiers of the Overseer team couldn't help but throw their knives and flee from the city. The entire line of defense began an irreversible and total rout. The officers and several city guards who were still holding out had reached the point where they couldn't even stop the killing. A large number of routs easily scattered them.

In the confusion, I don't know who pushed the officer, and immediately made the temporarily promoted captain lose his balance and fall to the head of the city.

More routs then stepped on him......

After camping outside the city for half a month, filling the river for two days, and besieging the city for six days, the army was openly raised against Liu Quan, the governor of Songjiang and the envoy of Tiannan, the city guard of Shizhou Mansion, and the city was defeated and broken.

Tens of thousands of troops swarmed in and began to capture the entire city of Shizhou.

"It's no fun!"

On the Red Stone Restaurant about a mile away in the city, several black-clothed guards disguised as ordinary people from Shizhou Mansion secretly shook their heads. I prepared for so long, but I didn't expect to last so long. If it weren't for their upfront investment, the business would have almost lost money.

Now, it is still acceptable, after all, the food and salary expenses of tens of thousands of people in the Guangsongjiang Army, and the pensions for the dead and wounded, are a lot of gold coins, and how to resolve the hostility of the people of Shizhou Mansion afterwards is even more difficult.

"Let's go!"

One last glance saw an officer trampled to death by the rebels, and the leader of the black-clad guards made up his mind.

Connande's eyes flickered in the midst of several people, and he asked, "Don't you bring Liu Quan?" ”

"Take him?" The leader smiled lightly, and anyone could hear the disdain: "Why bring something that has no use value?" ”

These cold words made Connande's heart chill, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he obediently bowed his head and followed.

………

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, all the Songjiang troops entered the city. Except for sporadic resistance, basically no one dared to launch an attack on the soldiers of the Songjiang Army who entered the city.

The people in the city had already received the news at this time, and they were all worried in their hearts, for fear that the Songjiang army would be angry and discourage the people in the city. Those wealthy and powerful families who had sent private soldiers to support Liu Quan and participated in the defense of the city were even more panicked. Either they are ready to show their loyalty to their new masters, scatter their wealth and relieve their difficulties, or they have packed their things in advance and try to escape from the city while they are in chaos.

Liu Quan is also one of them.

As early as an hour ago, the Songjiang army captured an entire section of the city wall, and after the defenders of the brigade began to break and flee, he gave up the hope of defending the city after receiving the news, changed into a plain clothes, and brought a black melon hat to cover up, preparing to evacuate by water through Guò Ninghai County under the response of the black-clothed guards.

However, when the appointed time came, the black-clothed guard did not show up for a long time.

Disturbed, he immediately sent people to the location of the black-clothed guard and Connande's villa to investigate, but the news of his return made him cold all over. The two places have already been empty!

Even on weekdays, Liu Quan has enough troops in his hands to blockade the whole city to hunt down criminals, and it is very difficult to catch a few famous black-clothed guards among the 100,000 people in the city, and he must search from house to house. Not to mention that there is chaos in Shizhou Mansion City now, and there are Songjiang Army soldiers everywhere.

Abandoned by himself!

Liu Quan finally realized this, but unfortunately, this realization was too late.

"No, I can't die here yet!"

After a brief panic, Liu Quan quickly came to his senses, and his godless eyes were full of fear. Realizing what would happen to him if he fell into the hands of the Matsue army, he decided to flee with his own strength.

After recruiting the only dozen or so henchmen left, and hurriedly bringing a batch of valuable belongings, Liu Quan mixed with the fleeing people and prepared to leave the city from the east gate.

However, long before the official siege of the city was launched, the Songjiang army had already deployed men outside the four gates of Shizhou Mansion City. After the city was broken, it took over the four gates as quickly as possible, and the people were strictly forbidden to enter and exit. Although Liu Quan rushed out of the city before the city gate changed hands, he could not escape the Songjiang Army soldiers intercepted outside the city gate!

………

In just one day, the chaos in Shizhou Mansion was initially pacified, and the situation was completely controlled by the Songjiang Army.

The more than 1,000 defenders who fled were basically captured and purged, except for some who took off their military robes and hid among the people. The treasury of Shizhou Mansion and all important official documents and files were also taken over unharmed. Even Liu Quan, the former city defender who tried to change his face and escape, was finally intercepted by the Songjiang army.

Except for a few black-clothed guards who took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Songjiang Army to attack and flee, there were no accidents in other processes.

"Finally lived up to the Governor's expectations!"

Sitting in the city guard mansion of Shizhou Mansion, Mo Guohao breathed a sigh of relief and sent someone to send the good news of the capture of Shizhou back to Dengzhou in the form of an urgent report.

Nanfeng Mansion, Changlu Mansion, and the county town of Tianlong also received the news at the same time.

Despite the purge of the Songjiang Army, there were still some forces in the three prefectures that were hostile to the Songjiang Army, but they did not dare to openly express themselves. Especially in Tianlong, the county seat, many dignitaries and nobles discussed in private, and there were many who gloated, or were not optimistic about the Songjiang Army, believing that they would plant a heel under the city of Shizhou Mansion and suffer a big loss.

When the good news came, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face.

It didn't take much sacrifice, and in just a week or so, it seemed like a matter of course, and it didn't take much effort to capture Shizhou. The combat strength of the Songjiang Army once again surprised all strata of Tiannan County. With mixed feelings, they had to bow their heads to reality, reflecting on their next attitude and position, and how to face the new owner of Tiannan County.

Compared to the various minds of Tiannan County, there is only one voice on the side of Songjiang County, whose rule has been basically consolidated. In particular, officials at all levels in Dengzhou were overjoyed when they learned that Chen Wu had suppressed the rebellion in Shizhou Mansion in a short period of time and had secured the position of Tiannan's envoy.

Most of their positions were given by Chen Wu, and they were also completely classified into the Songjiang faction by the imperial center. Now that Chen Wu's rule is solid, their power is naturally guaranteed.

Taking advantage of the great victory of Shizhou, the army led by Mo Guohao drove into Tianlong City with Liu Quan, who was loaded into a prisoner car and was already in despair, after resting for a week and initially stabilizing the shape of Shizhou Mansion.

A day later, Chen Wu also returned to Tianlong under the escort of cavalry.

Compared to the previous tepid arrival of the direct unit, this time, the nobles and officials of the entire Tianlong City collectively went out of the city to welcome Chen Wu's arrival, and no one thought that Chen Wu was just the new master of Tiannan County in name!