"Brother Song, with the methods of the Dijon people, if you see Ao Gui's appearance, maybe he will really slaughter the city and retaliate, anyway, he is also an insignificant person, why don't you let him go back intact?" Jiang Yuntian said worriedly.

Song Che shook his head,

"The time has come to attack the city, why should you let him go back?"

"How?" The generals gathered around, and they were looking forward to it. Song Che said with a smile: "The reason why Dijon will send an envoy to negotiate peace shows that they have been physically and mentally exhausted by the artillery, and when the enemy's will is weak, the combat effectiveness is definitely not high, isn't it the best time to attack the city?" He also ordered: "Generals, you each go down and prepare, let the soldiers have a good rest, tonight the third watch gets up, the fourth watch cooks, the fifth watch when the weather is the coldest, the people are the most tired, let's take this opportunity to take down Chen Liu." ”

"Yes!" …… The artillery fire was more intense than usual this night. It didn't stop until the fourth watch.

Half an hour after the artillery fire stopped, the army moved quietly. Just when all the Dijon soldiers thought that they could take a short rest tonight, the drums and shouts of the charge resounded into the night instead of artillery fire.

"The Great Beam is attacking the city!" The Dijon soldiers defending the city, dragging their tired bodies and minds, quickly formed a defense. A tough battle began.

Under the cover of guns and crossbows, the vanguard soon crossed the moat, built bridges with blood and life, and used wall ladders to reach the top first.

Dijon's defenses were also extremely fierce, throwing explosives, rolling stones, logs, and crossbow arrows to keep the Great Liang soldiers out of the city.

It's a pity that the wind direction is still not right today, and the hot air balloon can't play a role, so you can only take the most primitive means to attack the city.

Unsurprisingly, the first wave of tentative sieges ended in failure, but the Liang army was not discouraged, quickly gathered forces, and prepared to launch a second siege at the end of the night and when the vision was better.

"What happened to the crack in the stone door?"

"According to the orders of the military advisor, sixteen large seams have been chiseled in front and back, each of which is at least a foot deep!"

"Very good, the next wave of the offensive, fill the gap with gunpowder, and it will definitely be blasted!" The gate of Chenliu was blocked with stones by Dijon, and the only way to blow it open was to use gunpowder, so the first wave of siege was testing the surface of the city, but in fact the cracks were chiseled so that the gunpowder could be more powerful.

When it was dark, the second round of siege battles began. The vanguard crossed the river with a bridge, and the shield soldiers covered the blasting, bringing more than 300 catties of gunpowder to the door, and every step required a huge sacrifice.

Covered with blood and flesh, the Demoman finally reached the city gate and filled the hole in the gouge as planned.

"Ignition!" The soldier burned and ignited the explosives. The soldiers quickly retreated, scrambling to jump into the moat first.

"Boom!" The explosion was earth-shattering, and the stone chips at the city gate flew everywhere.

"Aim at the gates and fire!" The artillery had already been aimed at the stone gate, and a round of artillery came down, and the crumbling stone gate was blasted open.

"Cavalry!" Jiang Yuntian reined in his sword and shouted, "Follow me into the city!" ”

"Rush!" Thousands of horses step on the snow, and they come out! Chen Liucheng is broken, it is a foregone conclusion! The battle into the city continued until the evening, and just before the night approached, the banner of the girder was finally raised on the city wall.

In this capture of Chenliu, a total of 20,000 troops were killed and wounded, and more than 30,000 enemies were annihilated, and the enemy troops were forced to move to Bianliang through the waterway, leaving no prisoners.

The capture of Chenliucheng is only one step away from recovering the old capital.

"Brother Song, good news!" Jiang Yuntian pushed open the door and said excitedly: "Good news has come from Yingzhou, Dijon has abandoned Yingchang, and the whole line has retreated north!" Song Che frowned, shook his head and said, "This is not good news. ”

"Oh? How so? Jiang Yuntian asked. Song Che said: "Dijon gave up Yingchang, its purpose must be to reinforce Bianliang, now Bianliang Dirong army is only 100,000, plus Yingchang retreated, not to mention 1670,000, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of our siege," he got up and said: "But for the Han family father and son, it is good news, they didn't spend much effort to get Yingchang." Jiang Yuntian frowned and said, "Then they should join us and attack Bianliang together." ”

"Oh, I don't think so."

"And why?"

"Because this is not in the interests of the Han family's father and son," Song Che said, "If nothing else, they will definitely attack Luoyang." Now that almost all the defenders of Luoyang have been dispatched to Bianliang, it must be much easier to fight, and Luoyang and Bianliang are both Beijing divisions, and they must want to take the lead in front of us. ”

"I'll repair a book and send it back to Jinling urgently, so that the emperor can order a meeting!" Jiang Yuntian was about to leave, but Song Che stopped him: "There is no need to do more, from Chen to Jinling, it will take four or five days as soon as possible, at that time, they will already be in Luoyang, and they will not be subject to foreign military orders, how can the old fox spit out the fat in his mouth?" He added: "Actually, it is not a bad thing for them to attack Luoyang, they can contain the soldiers and horses in the west, and it will be more advantageous for us to recover Bianliang." Jiang Yuntian said: "But Bianliang is different from other cities, and the narrowest moat has more than ten zhang, not to mention three layers inside and three layers outside, and 178,000 Dijon troops defend the city, alas...... I really don't understand how such a strong capital fell in the first place. Song Che smiled and said: "Brother Jiang, don't worry, I have a secret weapon, just wait for a northwest wind, it only takes one night to break the city." Jiang Yuntian raised his eyebrows,

"The siege of Dijon took more than a month, and you only need one night?" Song Che smiled and nodded his head,

"I have more than a thousand years of wisdom here. All you need to do is ask the soldiers to prepare siege equipment such as trenches, ladders, and chariots. ”

"I believe in you."

"Then let's wait for a northwest wind!" …… The sky is unpredictable. Who can be like Zhuge Liang

What about "borrowing the wind"? Song Che would stand on the city wall every day, looking up at the banner of the girder to observe the direction of the wind. Regarding the Han father and son, as Song Che expected, after recovering Yingchang, they sent troops to Luoyang the next day.

November 12 was the fifth day of the occupation of Chenliu. Han's father and son should have also arrived outside Luoyang City, but there was no news of their siege, and it seemed that they were waiting, waiting for the Northern Expeditionary Army to fire the first shot.

Finally, on November 13, the snow stopped and the wind turned sharply. The northwest wind is blowing.

"It's coming!" Jiang Yuntian ran up the city wall excitedly, he, like Song Che, was looking forward to it every day.

"yes, here it is." Song Che took a deep breath, the wind is coming, and the final decisive battle is coming.

"Pass the order, gather the whole army, and march in the direction of Xuanwei Gate in Bianliang East City!"