"Boom!"

The sound of blasting through the city gate exploded like thunder, and the huge sound spread throughout the entire mountain forest in the dark night, and a large number of birds and beasts were shocked, which naturally alarmed the Song army camp ten miles away.

"What is this?"

Song Wanzhang was woken up by the loud noise, and hurriedly came out to check, only to see that the other three had already looked in the direction of Shichengguan.

"This should be the earth-shattering thunder of the Song people!" Patriarch Luo of the Shuixi Luo clan said with a solemn face.

"Nope! This is even more powerful than the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, which is ten miles away from Shicheng Pass, and can still be heard clearly. Yang Changchun said with a hint of shock.

They were called Southwest Yi by the Song people, and it can be said that they were semi-independent of the Great Song Dynasty, and they did not have the intention of emulating Dali to become a country of their own, and now the Great Song Dynasty has shown its supreme weapon, which completely shocked them, so that they can no longer raise a little dissent.

"I'm afraid the Shicheng Pass has been broken at this moment!" The patriarch of the Sizhou Tian clan sighed.

The biggest advantage of Shicheng Pass is that it is dangerous, but under the sneak attack of the Song army, coupled with such a powerful gunpowder weapon, I am afraid that Shicheng Pass will fall.

The other three patriarchs nodded approvingly.

"The four patriarchs, the Shicheng Pass has been broken, and Fan Taicheng has an order, leave immediately, and stay at the Shimen Pass tonight." Soon, a Song soldier came to report.

"So fast!"

The four of them couldn't help but be shocked, when Fan Zheng proudly said that he would stay at Shimen Pass tonight, they didn't think so, but now it has become a reality.

When the explosion sounded, although they had already guessed that Shimen Pass could not be saved, they did not expect that the Song army would be able to fight down.

"Now the stone gate is broken! The Dali army is confined to the west and the north, and I am afraid that there will be no more troops to resist the East Route Army, and Dali will die in this battle! Yang Changchun's eyes flashed.

"The Song soldiers are so strong, Dali will die, and we are waiting for 5,000 troops to be sent is not too little!" Song Wanzhang exclaimed after realizing it.

Fan Zheng promised that all the seizures of the four major ethnic groups did not need to be handed over, and the Song army had gunpowder weapons and would definitely attack everything.

Yang Changchun sneered in his heart, he had already made sufficient preparations, let the Banzhou Yang clan dispatch as many people as possible to follow the Song army to attack Dali, this time, the Banzhou Yang clan would take this opportunity to grow stronger in one fell swoop and become the head of the four major families.

The patriarch of the Luo clan and the Tian clan also had a twinkle in his eyes, obviously having the same intention.

The camp of the Song army was only ten miles away from Shicheng Pass, and soon Fan Zheng led the four patriarchs to Shimen Pass.

When passing through the stone city gate, the four patriarchs couldn't help but gasp, only to see that the outside of the city gate was scorched black, and the city gate was torn apart.

There was silence in Shicheng Pass, and there was no sound of resistance.

"General Qi Fan, the last general will live up to his mission and break through Shicheng Pass." Yang Bangyi was covered in blood and hurriedly came to report.

Fan Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "What about the casualties of our army?" ”

"Our soldiers died twenty or hundreds of people, and the Shicheng Pass guards committed suicide, but the last general was incompetent, and failed to annihilate the two thousand defenders, so that hundreds of defenders escaped from Shicheng Pass, Dali may have gotten the news of the East Route Army." Yang Bangyi pleaded guilty.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "It's okay, the surprise attack can only be used once, after breaking through the city gate, there is only one military order for us to wait, and that is to sweep the entire Dali." ”

"The Banzhou Yang clan will raise the strength of the clan and follow General Fan to level Dali!" Yang Changchun immediately said.

The other three major families also couldn't wait to express their attitudes, and anyone could see that as soon as the Song army with gunpowder came out, Dali was no longer able to return to the sky, and a whale fell into all things.

Now that Dali, a huge whale, is about to die, they naturally have to take the opportunity to share a piece of fat.

"Tomorrow's soldiers will send Dali, where are the soldiers and horses waiting for you?" Fan Zheng turned around and looked in the direction of Dali and said, this battle of the Great Song Dynasty easily broke through the Shicheng Pass, and there was not much loss, and there was no need to repair at all.

Moreover, the top priority of the Song army is to attack Dali as quickly as possible, so that Dali has no time to guard against it, and it is in this way that Fan Zheng will give Nanxi Yi a lot of benefits and let him follow the army to go on the expedition.

Yang Wanchun said without hesitation: "Don't worry, my lord, the soldiers and horses of the Yang clan in Banzhou are already thirty miles away, and they will arrive soon!" ”

"Thirty miles away!"

The other three patriarchs couldn't help but glance at the Banzhou Yang clan in surprise, they didn't expect Yang Changchun to have such a scheming.

"The soldiers and horses we are waiting for will arrive as soon as possible! It will definitely not delay General Fan's big event. The three of them also hurriedly said.

"I hope so! If you wait for the strength to be late, don't blame Fan for not giving you a chance. Fan Zheng said lightly.

The four patriarchs couldn't help but glance at each other, secretly competing in private.

On the second day, the soldiers and horses of the Song army of Shichengguan gathered, and the only difference was that there were more than 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Yang clan in Banzhou.

"Lord Fan, rest assured, not only did the Yang family send 5,000 troops, but there were also soldiers and horses coming in the future." Yang Changchun bowed and said.

Fan Zheng nodded, looking at the 10,000 elite forbidden troops under his command, 20,000 soldiers, and the 5,000 Yang soldiers and horses who only arrived, if this was in the eyes of others, it would definitely be a rabble.

However, Fan Zheng is full of confidence, this time, he will rely on this group of rabble to strike a fatal blow to the hinterland of Dali.

"Troops!"

Fan Zheng gave an order, and the army immediately set up camp and set up camp and headed towards Shicheng, an important town in Dali.

Shicheng is an important city in the northwest of Dali, and it is also one of the barriers of the Gao fiefdom of Dali, once the stone city is captured, it can directly threaten the core of the Gao clan.

"General Qi Fan, Shicheng County has received the news that the Great Song Dynasty has sent troops, and many walled cities have been fortified and cleared, guarding the army of the Heavenly Dynasty!" Yang Changchun hurriedly came to report.

The Banzhou Yang clan is the head snake of the southwest, and its tribe is most familiar with the terrain and climate of the southwest, and it is most suitable to use it as a scout to open the way.

At first, they encountered small villages and small villages, and the people of the Banzhou Yang clan easily broke through them.

And with the advance of the army, the Song army encountered more and more obstacles, this time encountered the first large walled city into Dali, Yang Changchun did not have the certainty of victory, and specially came to ask for help.

"Clear the wall!"

Fan Zheng smiled coldly when he heard this, and the strong wall meant that most of the people were concentrated in a few walled cities, and this strategy was the right thing in previous wars.

However, in the era of the rise of gunpowder, the fortified city was no longer a shelter, but a cage.

"General Yang! Bring gunpowder to help the Yang Clan break through the walled city! Fan Zheng ordered.

"Yes!"

Yang Bangyi bowed down to receive the order.

"Thank you, General Fan!" Yang Changchun was suddenly overjoyed, with the help of the Song army's gunpowder, the property of those walled cities would definitely become the Yang family's pocket.

With the help of the Song army, the Yang clan's soldiers and horses easily broke through the Dali walled cities and plundered a large amount of property, which made the other three patriarchs envious.

What made them even more helpless was that the Song army was marching quite fast, and their men and horses had not yet arrived, so they could only do it in a hurry.

Seeing this, Fan Zheng didn't pay attention to it, the reason why he allowed the Banzhou Yang clan to loot was to stimulate the other three patriarchs, only by letting them see huge benefits, can they wholeheartedly help the Great Song Dynasty attack Dali.

Moreover, the Yang family's three-foot looting can also provide a large amount of grain and grass for the Song army, so that the Song army, which was already on an expedition, did not have to worry about the danger of lack of food.

"General Qi Fan! After this village, there are still twenty miles to the stone city! Yang Changchun once again captured a large walled city and came to report excitedly.

Although the Banzhou Yang clan has gained a lot along the way, everyone knows that most of the wealth of the entire Shicheng County is concentrated in Shicheng, and there is a wealth there.

"Stone City!" Fan Zheng's heart was shocked, and he immediately knew that the first tough battle of the Song army was coming.

"The soldiers and horses of the three clans haven't arrived yet?" Fan Zheng looked around at Song Wanzhang and the three of them, and asked coldly.

Song Wanzhang said with a sneering face: "Fan Taicheng is like a god with soldiers, no one in Dali can stop the army of the Heavenly Empire, and I can't catch up with others." ”

Their men and horses have not yet arrived, and they can't be blamed, Fan Zheng used his troops too quickly, Shicheng Pass was broken with one blow, and the villages along the road were like mantis arms as cars, vulnerable under the attack of gunpowder weapons, and the army barely stopped, which made their soldiers and horses unable to catch up at all.

"Please also ask General Fan for a few days!" The patriarchs of the Luo clan and the Tian clan also pleaded one after another.

The huge wealth that Luo has obtained in the past few days has already made them salivate, and they did not expect that Dali, which has been in Chengping for two hundred years, is so rich.

It's just that several walled cities along the way have such wealth, so how rich should the more stone city and the richer Shanxian Mansion in the future.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but be anxious, and they couldn't wait to let the men and horses in the rear hurry over, so as not to miss this feast of wealth.

"Reorganize the army on the spot for three days, build siege equipment, and after three days, if the people and horses you are waiting for have not arrived, then you can't complain about this official!" Fan Zhengdao.

The Song army has also been tired after continuous marching, and now it is about to arrive in Shicheng, so it naturally needs to be repaired, and the scale of this village is quite large, enough to accommodate the Song army.

"Thank you, General Fan, for your leniency!" The three patriarchs couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the Song army finally repaired for three days, giving their men and horses time to catch up.

With Fan Zheng's order, the Song army immediately began to camp with the help of the original Dali walled city.

"Lord Qiqi, the army has been settled!" After settling the army, Yang Bangyi came to restore his life.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Be more vigilant, send more scouts, and pay attention to the movements in Shicheng." ”

Although the Song army currently has the advantage, after all, it is a lone army, and it is not too careful.

"The last general obeys!" Yang Bangyi gave up his hand to take the order, thought for a while, and said: "Lord Fan, our army is to exterminate the Gao family's traitors and occupy the name of righteousness, why don't you take the initiative to surrender Shicheng!" ”

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Shicheng is adjacent to the Gao clan's fiefdom Shanxian Mansion, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade to surrender, not to mention, our Eastern Route Army has no outstanding results, empty mouth and white teeth, who will surrender." ”

According to the intelligence of the four major families, the Shicheng Order has always been based on the Gao family's horse head, and the two families are each other's in-laws, if the Great Song Dynasty breaks the city again and again, there may be a chance to persuade Shicheng to surrender, and now the Song army will choose the first battle in Shicheng, Shicheng Ling will naturally not surrender easily.

"Of course, it should be persuaded to surrender, but Shicheng is the name of the other three major families, if it is easy to surrender, I am afraid it will not be beautiful." Fan Zhengdao.

Yang Bangyi suddenly realized: "Lord Fan wants the three major families to capture Shicheng and make them completely hostile to Dali. ”

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, now the three major families have already been coveted by the wealth of the Yang family, after the capture of Shicheng, the wealth of the entire Shicheng County is not in the bag, and the four major families are driven by the Great Song Dynasty, and even other tribes in the southwest will be moved by the wind and follow the Song army to carve up Dali." ”

You must know that Fan Zheng has the power to mobilize the entire southwest, this time the four major families are only the latest ones, and other southwestern tribes are also under Fan Zheng's recruitment.

Only by letting the tribes of Southwest Yi see the tangible benefits can they enter Dali one after another, and Shicheng is the first fat meat thrown by Fan Zheng!

"General Fan is wise!" Yang Bangyi hugged his fists.

Three days later! The other three families finally arrived, and the Song army at this moment was as high as 50,000 people.

"Bingfa Stone City!"

Fan Zheng saw that the time was ripe and waved his hand.

Immediately, the army gathered and began to march towards the stone city.

The Song army was only twenty miles away from Shicheng, and soon the Great Song coalition army arrived at Shicheng, and at this moment, Shicheng was already a big enemy and heavily guarded.

Fan Zheng waved his hand, and a village owner who had been captured by the Yang family brought him up, walked tremblingly to the front of Shicheng, and shouted the words of the Song army to persuade him to surrender.

"Whoosh!"

Several sharp arrows broke through the air, and the captured owner of the village was immediately shot into a hedgehog.

"Shicheng Ling is so ignorant of what to do, and he also asked General Fan to help with gunpowder, and the Yang family is willing to be the striker, and Shicheng will be decided in a battle." Yang Changchun stepped forward and said proudly.

The other three patriarchs were anxious when they saw this, the Yang family's people came the earliest, and the Dali walled city along the way had already given the Yang family a big advantage, if Shicheng let the Yang family occupy the first credit, then they were afraid that their share of the benefits would be less.

"We are willing to be the vanguard, and we will definitely help the Celestial Empire army break through the stone city." Song Wanzhang and others hurriedly expressed their loyalty.

Yang Changchun couldn't help but sigh, he took the initiative to propose to be the striker, part of the reason was to help Fan Zheng force the other three clans to be the striker, anyone knew that there would be casualties when attacking Shicheng, and the other three clans would be killed and injured, and the Yang clan could take the opportunity to become bigger.

Part of the reason is that if the three major families are timid, they will definitely dislike Fan Zheng, and it will also be beneficial to the Yang family, even if the Yang family is appointed as a pioneer, with the help of gunpowder weapons, it is not difficult to break through the stone city, and the Yang family can also get the greatest benefit.

Not to mention, now is the first battle to attack Dali, Shicheng is the easiest battle, and the future attack on Shanxian Mansion or Dali City is the real vicious battle!

"Accurate!"

Fan Zheng didn't mind the Yang family's careful thinking, as long as the Great Song Dynasty controlled the gunpowder weapons, it was impossible for the four major families to pose a threat to the Great Song Dynasty.

"General Yang, you lead the soldiers to cover with magic crossbows and gunpowder weapons to assist the three major families in attacking the city! Don't be stingy with gunpowder and try to capture the stone city as quickly as possible. Fan Zheng ordered.

At this moment, he did not have any selfish intentions, and decided to use all his strength and the three major families to break the city. (End of chapter)