Chapter 961: Pacify Shuzhong
"It's... The army of the King of Shu is really vulnerable! "Zhou Bofu has followed Li You to fight for many years, and he has seen a lot of opponents, from the Tatars in Mobei to the barbarians in Hedong, from the subordinates of the King of Qi to the exiles in Yunzhou, but he has never seen such an incompetent army of the King of Shu, and the barbarians in the north and Hedong do not mention it, even if it is the subordinates of the King of Qi and the exiles of Yunzhou, at least they still have the courage to fight with Zhou Bofu, but these troops of the King of Shu, Zhou Bofu's army is still more than ten miles away from the city, and they just sent a few rangers to find out the news, When the rangers appeared outside the city walls, the defenders of the city scattered and fled, and the dangerous city was easily taken by Zhou Bofu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"It's a good thing that this is the case, it's all my atomic people, why bother to fight you to the death." Sun Chuyang said with a smile, originally according to his estimate, if you want to take this city, it will take at least three days of effort, hundreds of casualties and countless gunpowder projectiles, I don't want to take the city without even firing a cannonball now, if the future war is like today, how good it would be, if this is the case, then I am afraid that the materials prepared this time will not even be used up.
"These people are spineless." Zhou Bofu has been preparing for many years in order to pacify Shuzhong, but he didn't expect that now the enemy would retreat without a fight, which made him feel as if he was punching but hitting the cotton.
"General Zhou, don't delay Your Majesty's important affairs." Sun Chuyang knew Zhou Bofu's belligerent character, and hurriedly persuaded him, "This may be the arrogant strategy of the Shu army, in order to dispel our vigilance, and then take advantage of our relaxation to launch a surprise attack, so we must not be careless." ”
"I know, it's not the first time I've led an army on an expedition, how can I not know this?" Zhou Bofu just complained a few words, he didn't dare to delay the war because of his temper.
Encountered three cities that surrendered without a fight, Zhou Bofu finally encountered some decent resistance, Luo Zhaoyuan, who led the army to spy on the capital in Shannan East Road, was urgently transferred to the front line to block Zhou Bofu's army, this Luo Zhaoyuan also has some ability, first killed a few generals who were afraid of the enemy, and then said that he moved the big households in the city, and made up a sum of money and food to motivate the army, coupled with his prestige in the army, he finally temporarily calmed the army's heart.
But even he couldn't let these troops go out of the city to fight, so he could only stay in the city and try to stop Zhou Bofu's advance with high walls and thick walls, strong bows and crossbows; However, Luo Zhaoyuan's efforts did not cause much trouble to Zhou Bofu, he had already fought countless such siege battles in Shannan Dongdao.
Zhou Bofu gave an order, and his army immediately made various preparations according to the arrangements made during the original training, the artillery quickly found a suitable gun position and fired shells at the head of the city, the musketeers fired at the Shu army at the head of the city under the city, and the sappers began to prepare for the destruction of the city according to the characteristics of the city.
Shuzhong has not been at war for many years, and where have these soldiers seen such a ferocious offensive? Moreover, they also had no experience in fighting with artillery muskets, and they suffered great casualties as soon as they engaged, and the incentive of silver money and Luo Zhaoyuan's prestige gradually became useless, and gradually people began to try to escape.
Luo Zhaoyuan also tried to restrain these deserters with his cronies, drive them back to the city wall, and continue to resist Zhou Bofu's attack, but he didn't want those big families in the city to have secretly colluded, so he opened the city gate when Luo Zhaoyuan went to intercept the deserters and welcomed Zhou Bofu into the city.
These people have long realized that Luo Zhaoyuan alone can't stop Zhou Bofu, and the more fierce the battle, the more their property will be lost, you don't see just a moment of effort, many people's houses have been hit by shells, if this continues, even if the city can finally be defended, I'm afraid there won't be many intact mansions left in the city, and their fertile land is outside the city, so they have to make this decision for their own interests.
Zhou Bofu immediately rushed into the city with his men and horses, and quickly annihilated the few remaining Shu troops who dared to resist, and even Luo Zhaoyuan did not escape and became Zhou Bofu's prisoner.
Zhou Bofu naturally had no good impression of the gentry who surrendered in Kaecheng, but Sun Chuyang knew that in order to reduce losses in the future war, he had to entertain them, so he came forward to appease them and sent troops to help them guard the gate to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to rob their property.
Not only that, those soldiers who entered the city also quickly attacked, killed those who dared to take advantage of the fire to rob the green-skinned hooligans, maintained the situation in the city, in addition to helping the people whose houses were damaged in the war to repair the houses, and the doctors who accompanied the army also came forward to help the injured Shu army and the people for treatment, under the use of a variety of means, the people in the city and the defeated soldiers gradually let go of their worries, and began to obey the arrangements of the Jiazhou army in peace and security, and assisted them to restore the post-war order together.
Seeing this scene, Luo Zhaoyuan had nothing to say, for the sake of their family's future, he put down the block in his heart, and was willing to help write to his clansmen to persuade them to give up resistance and surrender to the Jiazhou army.
At the same time, the members of the Black Ice Platform lurking in Shu also love to be active, and contact the powerful factions in Shu to persuade or force them to surrender to the Jiazhou army, because there are two strong armies of Zhou Bofu and Xu Guang to support them, so this action is also going very smoothly, few people in the states and counties along the way will choose to resist resolutely, as long as the army arrives, they will usually make a wise choice, open the city gate and surrender to Zhou Bofu or Xu Guang.
It didn't take much time, Zhou Bofu and Xu Guang arrived at the city of Yizhou almost at the same time, surrounded the city, and now the king of Shu and Su Zican and other people who were unwilling to give up their glory and wealth were in the city, and they were followed by tens of thousands of troops.
Now, the Jiazhou army finally encountered a slightly difficult battle, but this did not cause them much trouble, after surrounding the city for many days of fierce assault, the walls of Yizhou City were finally blown open by the gunpowder planted by the army engineers, and the army swarmed in.
This explosion not only blew up a path, but also shattered the only courage of the Shu army, after the Jiazhou army entered the city, their resistance became more and more slight, and soon Zhou Bofu and Xu Guang attacked the Shu Wangfu, the Shu King and Su Zican and others chose to surrender, and Shuzhong has since been pacified.