After Li Cun arrived in Jiangzhou, he asked people to line up a hundred fake cannons with a caliber of more than half a zhang and a length of more than two zhang at Jiangzhou City, and then called someone to inform Xin Xingzong, the guard of Jiangzhou City, to quickly lead people out of Jiangnan West Road, otherwise he would bombard Jiangzhou City, and then there would be no rubble in Jiangzhou City.

After receiving Li Cun's ultimatum, Xin Xingzong hurriedly gathered a group of generals under his command together to discuss what to do?

Zhe Kecun said: "Our army is defending the city according to this, how can he Li Cun withstand our army?" ”

Jing Yi said, "What about you? You haven't seen that his more than 100 flying thunder cannons have been aimed at our city, if these more than 100 flying thunder cannons are fired in a salvo, these tens of thousands of horses in the city will be left with no bones in an instant. ”

I don't believe it: "Is this flying thunder cannon really so powerful?" ”

Seeing that Zhe Ke didn't believe it, Jing Yi looked at Qu Duan: "Zhengfu, you talk to Zhe Xuanzan about how powerful the flying thunder cannon is." ”

Qu Duan listened to the words, and said with a heavy face: "Where the flying thunder cannon passes, the boulders, people and horses will be blown away, I have seen with my own eyes, countless flying thunder cannons fired in a volley, and the officers and soldiers of our army fell in pieces, and more than 10,000 people were blown down in an instant, and the power was terrifying, which made me unbearable. ”

Although Qu Duan has already said so, he still doesn't want to believe it: "It's really terrifying? ”

Jing Yi said impatiently: "I can't think of it, can't I see it?" This flying thunder cannon is dozens of times thicker than the iron artillery, and the power is dozens of times that of the iron artillery, otherwise can An be able to completely annihilate Liu Dutong's army of more than 100,000? ”

Hearing Jing Yi say this, he couldn't help but be a little shaken.

Jing Yi then looked at Xin Xingzong: "Tong Xuanfu has an order, if you can't keep it, tell us to retreat to Jingzhou on our own, or even return to Xiangyang directly, for the sake of today, why don't I act according to my orders?" ”

Xin Xingzong was a little hesitant!

On the one hand, Xin Xingzong really didn't want to, as soon as Li Cun came, he was scared away by Li Cun, which made him lose face and make it difficult for him to gain a foothold in the army in the future.

But on the other hand, Xin Xingzong was really afraid of the two artifacts of "No Conscience Cannon" and "Thunder Thunder" mastered by the Tiger Army, especially the former, looking at the coarseness, if more than 100 salvos were fired, it was really possible to raze the solid Jiangzhou City to the ground.

Moreover, this is Jiangzhou City, the gateway to Jiangdong, it is easy to lose it, but if you want to regain it in the future, it will be extremely difficult.

After thinking about it, Xin Xingzong decided to send people to guard against it strictly, and at the same time send people to send news to the seed master Dao who was sitting in the Xingguo Army, and let the seed master Dao make this difficult decision.

After the seed master learned of Li Cun's ultimatum, he was also very embarrassed.

Now the Song army on the Western Front has become the last backbone of the Zhao Song Dynasty and the last hope of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

The key is that the geographical location of Jiangzhou City is too important.

If according to the idea of the Seed Master, Jiangzhou City cannot be lost no matter what, and the more times like this, the more you have to find a way to win a few games against Li Cun, even if it is only a small victory.

But Li Cun used soldiers, not a drop of water, and he didn't drill for the planter at all.

The key is that after the cultivation master Dao is afraid that after angering Li Cun, Li Cun will start a full-scale war with the Song army on their western front.

Be.

The seed master Dao did not want Liu Yanqing to be his successor.

But this does not mean that the Seed Master Dao cannot face up to Liu Yanqing's ability.

Liu Yanqing was killed little by little from the talented Western Army, and the level could never be too bad, otherwise, Tong Guan would not be able to support Liu Yanqing to take over his class, you must know that Tong Guan is not a person who does not understand military affairs.

Moreover, Seed Master Dao had analyzed Liu Yanqing's defeat in detail, and felt that even if he and Liu Yanqing were relocated, it would be difficult for him not to lose to Li Cun.

There is no way, Li Cun's troops at that time were too strong, and what is even worse is that Li Cun did not take the initiative to attack like Fang La, but used a large number of siege equipment to force Liu Yanqing to fight, and in addition, the Tiger Ben Army also had two artifacts, the conscience cannon and the thunder.

To be honest, the seed master Dao is actually very skeptical about the power of the conscienceless cannon and the thunder, he really finds it hard to believe that there is such an artifact in the world that can kill thousands of people at once, if there is really such a powerful artifact, then who else in this world can stop the rise of people with such an artifact?

But Liu Yanqing and the others are conclusive, the key is the fact that more than 100,000 elites of the Song army were completely annihilated, and this is not to be believed.

In addition, Tong Guan also specially sent someone to explain the cultivation of the Dao, no matter what, he could not let Li Cunquan annihilate the Song army on the Western Front in his hands, and when necessary, even if he temporarily gave up the Jingxiang area, he must not wipe out the Song army on the Western Front, otherwise he would be the biggest sinner of the Great Song Dynasty.

Under this kind of pressure, the seed master Dao could only write a reply letter to Xin Xingzong, asking Xin Xingzong to decide whether to defend or retreat according to the situation, but he must pay attention to Li Cun must not let Li Cun eat the tens of thousands of horses in his hands.

Xin Xingzong saw that the seed master kicked the ball back at his feet, and dared to embarrass him.

At this moment, someone came to report that the Tiger Army seemed to be testing the artillery.

Xin Xingzong hurriedly led his soldiers to climb the city wall to watch.

As a result, as soon as Xin Xingzong and the others climbed the city wall, they saw in the afterglow of the setting sun that the flying thunder cannon with a caliber of more than half a zhang and a length of more than two zhang went down, and a huge boulder the size of a house in the distance was shattered, and then the gravel fell from the sky like a stone rain.

Seeing such a terrifying scene, Xin Xingzong and the others were all stupefied!

They all thought: "With the same power as destroying the world, the walls of Jiangzhou City were destroyed without a single shot, how can this city be defended?" The key is that the ant thieves have more than 100 such flying thunder cannons, if they fire a salvo at Jiangzhou City, will they not raze Jiangzhou City to the ground? ”

After seeing the "true power" of the conscienceless cannon, Xin Xingzong immediately wanted to order a retreat.

But this was opposed by Wang Yu.

Wang Yu believed that it was about to get dark now, and if he suddenly ordered a retreat, it would definitely cause panic among the soldiers and then cause chaos.

Wang Yu suggested that even if they wanted to retreat, they would not be able to retreat in batches until dawn tomorrow when they had arranged the retreat.

Undoubtedly, Wang's suggestion is very reasonable.

Therefore, Xin Xingzong ordered that the army immediately prepare to evacuate, and as soon as it dawns tomorrow morning, they will withdraw from Jiangzhou City.

Because he was worried that the Tiger Ben Army would attack the city tonight, Xin Xingzong was worried all night and had no sleep.

It wasn't until dawn that Xin Xingzong fell asleep in his chair.

But at this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "Chief, the big thing is not good, the ant thieves may be attacking the city!" ”

Xin Xingzong was taken aback, and hurriedly climbed the wall with a group of Song army generals to see the movements of the Tiger Army.

I saw that under the city wall, at least 100,000 people suddenly appeared, they were preparing siege equipment in an orderly manner, and the smoke curled in the large camp of the Tiger Ben army in the distance, obviously making rice.

Four more to make rice, five more to attack the city?

Xin Xingzong was afraid, and hurriedly returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and ordered: burn the grain and grass, and the whole army retreated in the direction of the Xingguo army.

After the order was given, Xin Xingzong rode a very big white horse, and under the protection of a large group of personal soldiers, he took the lead in opening the city and fleeing westward.

After the armies received Xin Xingzong's order, some immediately burned the grain and grass, and some ran away regardless of it, and the people in Jiangzhou City shouted and screamed, and there was chaos, especially after the Song army soldiers heard that the main general Xin Xingzong had run away.

Seeing this, Wang Yu was so anxious that he stomped his feet and scolded Xin Xingzong: "How can there be a soldier who has not retreated, but the main general has run away first?" ”

Wang Yu immediately made a decision and prepared to lead the people of his headquarters as the queen of the army.

Li Cun laughed when he heard that the Song army had opened the city and fled westward in a hurry!

Li Cun asked people to make this kind of fake cannon, but in fact, it was just a huge iron bucket, where could it really be fired.

It's just that Li Cun had people pile up explosives bags under the boulder in advance, and at the same time filled a lot of projectiles in the huge barrel.

A little fire here, and a dynamite bag is lit there.

Of course, the timing has to be mastered.

Li Cun's pure purity is just to scare Song Jun.

The reason why Li Cun did this was mainly because Wu Desi and the secret agents of the pro-army Duwei Mansion sent back the news that the Song army had already passed on the conscienceless cannon and the thunder to the sky, and he was afraid that these two weapons would be scared to death.

Li Cun thought about it, if he didn't make good use of it, it would be too wasteful of the prestige of these two "artifacts".

So, there is the current result.

Li Cun immediately ordered Han Bei and Yao Xing to lead 5,000 men and horses each to cover up and kill the Song army.

——The last time the Song army on the northern front was completely annihilated in Suzhou, Li Cun got nearly 10,000 good horses, and many Song generals and soldiers had already voted for Li Cun, so Li Cun asked Jun Cao to screen out 4,000 Song army soldiers who had been reformed with better riding skills and superb riding skills to fill into the two pro-guard horse armies, so that each of them became a horse army of 5,000 people, in addition, Li Cun also gave new names to these two horse armies, the one led by Han Bei is called the "Tabai Army", and the one led by Yao Xing is called the "Beiwei Army".

At this time, the light of day had already brightened, and Han Bei and Yao Xing respectively led the Tabai Army and the Beiwei Army to chase all the way along the road of the Song army's rout.

Along the way, the armor and baggage discarded by the Song army were all over the ground, and it was a mess.

Seeing this, Han Bei laughed: "The Song army is so poor, An Neng is the opponent of my family's wise and martial capital?" ”

Yao Xing also said with emotion: "Zhao Song is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, how can he get a strong army, sooner or later he will be the governor of the capital." ”

The words of the two were listened to by the former Song army officers and soldiers in their respective armies, which strengthened their determination to serve Li Cun and the Tiger Ben army.

The Tabai Army and the Beiwei Army had not pursued far to the west, and a scout came to report: "There is a Song army of three or four thousand men and horses in front of it that is setting up an ambush." ”

Han Bei and Yao Xing listened to the report, glanced at each other, and made eye contact: "Song Junzhong is not all wine bags and rice bags." ”

After a little discussion between Han Bei and Yao Xing, one continued to pursue this Song army from the front, and the other made a detour to attack this Song army.

The Song army that was setting up an ambush was none other than Wang Yu's department.

Wang Yu expected that the Tiger Ben Army would definitely pursue, so he wanted to find a place to ambush the Tiger Ben Army to see if he could defeat the Tiger Ben Army.

But the speed of the attack of the White Army and the Beiwei Army was too fast, so that before Wang Yu could ambush it, the Beiwei Army led by Yao Xing was killed.

Wang Yu saw that there was still something in ambush, and ordered to charge directly at the Beiwei army.

Immediately, Wang Yu took the lead in the charge.

Seeing this, Yao Xing was not afraid, and also took the lead in leading the Beiwei army to meet Wang Yu's army.

Soon, Wang Yu and Yao Xing, who rushed to the front, fought each other in close quarters.

There are no dozens or hundreds of rounds in the romance.

Yao Xing, who was only one person, with higher martial arts and better age, almost picked off Wang Yu with one shot.

This made Wang Yu, who rarely encountered opponents, couldn't help but be shocked: "There is such a master among the ant thieves?!" ”

At this moment, Wang Yu finally realized that the prestige of the Tiger Ben Army was not a fluke.

It's too late, it's fast.

In the blink of an eye, the two horse armies were killed together.

But just when the two sides were in the middle of a fierce battle, Han Bei led the Tabai army to kill from behind.

Originally, Wang Yu's troops did not have as many people as the back army, and there was another white army, how could Wang Yu not be defeated?

After defeating Wang Yu's troops, Han Bei and Yao Xing led their respective men and horses to continue to pursue and kill the Song army.

Most of the Song army were infantry, how could they outrun the White Army and the Beiwei Army?

Not only can they outrun the White Army and the Beiwei Army, but they will fight in the field on this plain, and the infantry army will fight against the horse army, just like a flock of sheep against wolves on the prairie.

As a result, the Song army was killed and rushed to flee for their lives, trampling on each other, killing and injuring countless people, and many fell from the bridge into the river and drowned because of crowding, and the armor, banners, and baggage were discarded all the way.

The Tabai Army and the Beiwei Army have been covering up and killing the Song Army to the Xingguo Army, until the Seed Master Daoqin led more than 10,000 horse troops to meet them, and Han Bei and Yao Xingcai led the Tabai Army and the Beiwei Army to return the same way.

Three days later, Li Cun left Zhang Goudan and 50,000 troops to garrison Jiangzhou, and then led the army to Hongzhou.

But without waiting for Li Cun to arrive at the city of Hongzhou, Han Shizhong, who led the army on the left to Hongzhou first, sent someone to report to Li Cunyu, saying that the central part of the division had been withdrawn.

It turns out -

Han Shizhong's orders this time were to prevent the Song army from entering the Liangzhejiang region again, and to put pressure on the Song army to see if he could force the Song army to withdraw from Hongzhou.

Therefore, after Han Shizhong's troops arrived in Hongzhou, they did not besiege the city, but set up camp in the east of the city, deliberately leaving room for the Song army to evacuate.

Last night, the drums were beating all night in the city of Hongzhou.

Han Shizhong felt that something was wrong, and he was afraid that the seed master would come to steal the camp in the middle of the night, so he had been on guard, and even wanted to fight the seed master to fight back.

But who would have thought, the next morning, the drums were still beating in Hongzhou City, but there was no one on the city wall.

Han Shizhong climbed the watchtower and used a clairvoyant mirror to check the movements in Hongzhou City.

As a result, there was no one in the city.

Han Shizhong sent people into the city to take a look, and saw many live sheep hanging upside down in front of the war drums.

- Last night's war drums were beaten by these sheep, and the centaurs in the middle of the breeder didn't know when they ran away.

Now that the strategic goal has been achieved, Han Shizhong naturally did not pursue it.

- The main Han Shizhong is also afraid of being ambushed by the planter.

After occupying Hongzhou City, Han Shizhong sent people to report to Li Cun.

After listening to the report of the person sent by Han Shizhong, Li Cun couldn't help but admire the decisiveness and sophistication of the planter.

Li Cun did not stop there.

After leaving the two poles and 50,000 troops to garrison Hongzhou, Li Cun led the remaining men and horses to continue westward and made a posture of a decisive battle with the Seed Master.

It's a pity that the Seed Master Dao didn't give Li Cun a chance to fight him at all.

——By the time Li Cun led the army to the Xingguo Army, the Song Army on the Western Front had already evacuated the Xingguo Army and entered Jingzhou, and made a posture to evacuate Jingzhou.

This time, Li Cun did not continue to press, but confronted the Xingguo Army and the Song Army on the Western Front, and at the same time, Li Cun sent Han Shizhong, Fang Qifo and others to fully recover Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road.

Li Cun defeated the Song army on the Western Front and drove all the Song troops on the Western Front out of Jiangnan West Road, which was soon learned by Tong Guan.

Tong Guan was furious, and at the same time lowered the punishment of Seed Master Dao, Xin Xingzong and others, he hurriedly sent someone to report the news to Zhao Ji, urging Zhao Ji to make a decision quickly, and pointed out that after seizing Jiangzhou and Hongzhou, Li Cun's western front had been stabilized, and Li Cun was likely to lead his army north to attack Bianliang City in Tokyo in the next step......

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