With the experience of Shicheng Pass, Shicheng Pass should have already obtained the method of the Song army to attack the city gate with gunpowder, and I am afraid that the city gate has already been blocked.

And now there is only one road in front of the Song army, and that is to storm Shicheng Pass.

Fortunately, the Song army had already built a lot of siege equipment in the three days of the army, and with the three major families who were eager to make meritorious contributions, this battle had a great advantage.

"Knock knock!"

The huge war drums sounded, and Fan Zheng gave an order, and the Song army immediately began to attack the city.

Although Shichengguan is an important town in the southwest, its city walls are not high, but the southwest is full of rain, and the wide moat outside the city has become the biggest trouble for the Song army.

"Get in the carriage!"

Yang Bangyi, who was in charge of the siege, waved his hand and shouted.

Suddenly, the people and horses of the three major families launched a huge large carriage, the wheels were rolling below, huge stones and trees were placed on it, and the appearance was wrapped in raw cowhide and iron sheets, and the carriage did not need to be too heavy, only to ensure that it could sink into the water, without too many manpower, it could be pushed behind the carriage, and this weapon was the weapon that the Song army built in three days to fill the moat.

"General Fan's plan is okay, Shicheng Pass will be broken!"

Yang Changchun, who was on the side, saw this strategy and couldn't help but exclaim, Yang Changchun was not malicious flattery, in his opinion, the Song army would definitely use the method of filling the soil to fill the moat of the stone city.

However, there is one of the biggest drawbacks of the method of filling the negative soil, that is, the Dali army on the city wall will naturally not sit idly by, and will definitely attack with bows and arrows, causing a large number of casualties among the soldiers who fill the river with negative soil.

Filling the moat directly with horse-drawn wagons not only greatly speeded up the filling of negative soil, but also protected the soldiers who were responsible for filling the moat.

Fan Zheng said disapprovingly: "It's just the old strategy of the Great Song Dynasty to block the river breach!" ”

Although the water of the moat is not urgent, the arrows on the city wall are like a storm, and the faster the speed of filling the moat, the smaller the casualties to the Great Song Dynasty.

As the huge carriage slowly approached the moat, the Dali defenders in Shicheng suddenly became anxious and released arrows one after another, intending to prevent the Song army from approaching.

"Whoosh!"

The defenders of Dali were not stingy with arrows, but with the protection of the carriage, there was little damage to the three families, and seeing this scene, the three families couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Yang Bangyi sneered in his heart, the original Yellow River could be blocked, not to mention the small moat.

"Divine Arm Crossbow, cover immediately!"

Yang Bangyi saw that the carriage filled with negative soil was about to approach the moat, and immediately ordered.

At that moment, the Great Song Divine Arm Crossbow immediately counterattacked the defenders of Shicheng.

The defenders of Stone City occupy the advantage of the city, but the range of bows and arrows is limited, and the effective range is only about 100 paces, while the effective range of the Divine Arm Crossbow is 200 steps.

Even if you attack the stone city wall upwards, the effective range is still outside the range of the stone city's bow and arrows.

"Buzz!"

A large number of divine arm crossbows were fired in unison, like a black cloud pressed into the city wall, rushing towards the stone city wall.

The defenders of Stone City did not notice it for a while, and the power of the Divine Arm Crossbow was amazing, and they were immediately killed and wounded. The originally dense rain of arrows instantly became sparse.

"Rush!"

The men and horses of the three major families who were responsible for filling in took this opportunity to immediately push the carriage into the moat, and then carry the wooden shield and quickly retreat, and the next wave of carriages will then make up for it and continue to fill it!

As the Song army continued to suppress, the moat outside the stone city was filled at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Stone City can't be saved!"

Yang Changchun couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, he had personally seen the power of the Song people's gunpowder weapons, once the moat was filled, the Song people's gunpowder weapons would be powerful, and at that time, Shicheng would no longer have the power to fight back.

Sure enough, seeing that the moat was filled, the defenders of the Great Song Stone City suddenly couldn't sit still, and at the risk of the divine arm crossbow, they were ready to continue to get up and stop the Song army from attacking the city!

"Louche, attack the city with earth-shattering thunder!"

Yang Bangyi gave an order, and a large number of building carts that were almost the same height as the stone city wall were pushed out.

When the building car approached thirty paces away, one by one the smoke-emitting wooden handles shook the sky and flew towards the stone city wall.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The defenders on the walls of the stone city were like live targets, and in the violent explosions, they suffered heavy casualties and collapsed.

"Drum attack!"

Yang Bangyi immediately ordered.

Suddenly, the drums sounded loudly, and the men and horses of the three major families immediately rushed to the city wall, and under the cover of the Song army's earth-shaking thunder and divine arm crossbow, they quickly rushed to the city wall, and the entire city wall suddenly burst into a loud killing sound.

However, although the defenders of Shicheng suffered heavy casualties under the earth-shaking thunder, the men and horses of the three major families were a rabble after all, coupled with the desperate resistance of the defenders of Shicheng, there was a faint tendency to be driven off the city wall.

"Sniper Stone City reinforcements!"

Yang Bangyi immediately ordered.

In an instant, the Song army's divine arm crossbows and sky-shaking thunder attacked the assembled defenders of Shicheng, causing the resistance that Shicheng had just gathered to collapse again.

At the moment, more and more men rushed to the city wall, and even the Song army sent the most elite forbidden army to attack the stone city wall with earth-shattering thunder.

Once encountering the stubborn resistance of the defenders of Shicheng, the Song army opened the way with earth-shattering thunder, and the defenders of Shicheng were defeated and retreated.

As the advantages of the Song army continued to expand, more and more Song troops entered the stone city and opened the gate of the stone city.

Seeing the Song army pouring into the stone city, the defenders of the stone city saw that the general trend had gone, and immediately collapsed.

"Congratulations to General Fan! Stone City fights down! ”

Yang Changchun clenched his fists in congratulations, but his lowered head could not hide his shock.

The first Shichengguan Song army mainly relied on sneak attacks, and even the Yang people and horses could easily pacify the villages along the way, so it was naturally difficult for the Song army.

And Shicheng is a famous fortified city in Dali, and there are even more Dali defenders who hold on, but Rao is like this, the Song army only uses the heaven-shaking thunder and the divine arm crossbow to cooperate, and the kind of goods of the three major families can easily capture Shicheng.

"The advent of gunpowder weapons has changed the mode of warfare." Fan Zheng sighed in his heart.

If you talk about the traditional way of besieging the city, even if the Great Song Dynasty can capture the stone city, I am afraid that it will be damaged, let alone let the three major families do their best to attack the city.

The appearance of gunpowder made the Dali defenders who did not understand the power of gunpowder a live target, and the battle situation was already doomed.

More and more Song troops invaded Shicheng, and the shouting and killing in Shicheng gradually subsided.

"General Qi Fan, I am fortunate not to be dishonored!"

Without waiting for Yang Bangyi to come, Song Wanzhang, who was eager to invite merit, hurriedly came to Fan Zheng and said excitedly.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "This official will give you five days to calm down all the surrounding villages that refuse to surrender, and all seizures do not need to be handed over to the public." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Song Wanzhang was suddenly ecstatic in his heart.

Along the way, Yang Changchun broke several walled cities and captured countless cities, which made them quite greedy, and now it is finally their turn.

Now that the stone city has been broken, there is no strength around them, and Song Wanzhang immediately gathered people and left in a hurry.

The Luo clan and the Tian clan also learned well one after another, and left with their men and horses, which made Yang Changchun envious.

They entered Dali from Shicheng Pass and only captured the villages along the road, while the other three were able to wipe out most of the villages in Shicheng County, which made him regret it a little.

He didn't expect that it would be so simple to follow the Song army to attack the city, otherwise he would definitely not give the other three a chance.

"Go too! Sweep away all threats from the rear of the army! ”

Suddenly, Fan Zheng's voice sounded, which immediately made Yang Changchun stunned.

"Thank you Fan Taicheng!"

Yang Changchun's mind turned sharply, and he bowed solemnly to Fan Zheng.

The Yang clan only attacked the villages along the way, and some of the villages were far away from the route of the army and did not pay attention, and Fan Zheng left these villages to the Yang clan.

At that moment, Yang Changchun hurriedly gathered people and hurried away along the original road.

After the four major families left, Fan Zheng looked at Shicheng from afar.

Shicheng is the first city he captured Dali, and if it goes further, it will directly threaten Gao's old nest, Shanxian Mansion, and now that Dali has probably gotten the news, Gao Shengtai may not be able to sit still.

Dali City!

After receiving the news that the Song army sent troops, Gao Shengtai was not worried but happy.

"Qiyu official family, the Great Song Dynasty is ambitious, first captured Qingtang and Tubo, and now he is plotting my Dali, which is really the ambition of the wolf."

Now that the Great Song Dynasty has raised troops to go to the army, it just confirms the intention of the Great Song Dynasty that he has been propagating against Dali's ill intentions, and temporarily maintains the political situation in Dali.

Duan Zhengchun smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Gao Xiangguo, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, attacking from both sides, now Qingtang and Tubo are not their opponents, and this time I am afraid that Dali will not be able to escape this catastrophe." ”

Although Duan Zhengchun is mediocre and lascivious, he also knows that his life is now in the hands of Gao Shengtai, and Gao Shengtai has made an oath in front of Cangshan and Erhai and the various departments of Dali to return the throne.

Even if the Gao family continues to control the power of the court, he is still the emperor of Dali, and there will be no chance of taking power in the future, and once the Great Song Dynasty captures Dali, then he will be at most like the prince of Qingtang blindly recruited by the Great Song Dynasty, and he will be given an official position.

During this period of time, Duan Zhengchun tried his best to cooperate with Gao Shengtai, and the Gao family coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so that Dali could work together to send troops to resist the Great Song Dynasty, and finally gathered the strength of Dali to block the attack of the Song army.

However, Rao was like this, under the attack of the Song army's gunpowder weapons, Dali was still defeated and retreated.

Gao Shengtai couldn't help but say proudly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, although the Great Song Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, but my Dali is by no means without a chance of winning, there are two natural dangers in Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass, when the 100,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty were wiped out here, how can the Great Song Dynasty be compared with the Tang Dynasty now." ”

What Gao Shengtai said was the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao, and the 100,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty wanted to destroy the Nanzhao, but the whole army was wiped out at Longshou Pass, which led to the later establishment of Dali.

And the Great Song Dynasty has always had a weak Song Dynasty, although it has risen in recent years, but compared with the Tang Dynasty soldiers who were known as invincible, I am afraid it is even inferior.

"Dragon Head Pass, Dragon Tail Pass!"

Duan Zhengchun was a little calm.

These two passes are the gateway to the capital of Dali, especially when Longshou Pass is Nanzhao, Dali was built specifically to defend against the extremely powerful Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, although hundreds of years have passed, but Longshou Pass has blocked the enemy again and again, and has never been broken head-on, which makes Duan Zhengchun a little more confident.

"Please don't bother too much, Lord Xiangguo, and be sure to keep Dali Guozuo!" Duan Zhengchun entrusted.

"The old minister will definitely bow down and die!" Gao Shengtai arched his hand.

In the imperial city of Dali, a picture of monarchs and ministers working together was staged, but only when he knew that Gao Shengtai had just usurped the throne not long ago, did he understand how ridiculous this scene was.

"Report! Father is not good! Evil doctor Fan Zheng led the Song army to attack Shicheng Pass and break through Shicheng! ”

Suddenly, Gao Taiming came in a hurry and said with a panicked face.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng!"

"The Song army is attacking from the east road!"

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In an instant, the entire Dali Palace was in an uproar, the Song army attacked from two sides, and Dali was already tired of coping.

But I didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty would have a third army, led by the evil doctor Fan Zheng himself, and he broke through Shicheng County as soon as he made a move.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng, is the evil doctor Fan Zheng of the Great Song Dynasty forensic doctor?" Duan Zhengchun couldn't help but be curious.

He was an idle prince of Dali before, and Rao is still famous for the evil doctor Fan Zhengjiu.

Gao Taiming smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the evil doctor Fan Zhengfei is not only a celebrity around the Great Song Dynasty's official family, but also the first to shake the sky and thunder, win the battle of Pingxia City, and is also a master of using soldiers!" ”

"Not good! The Song army has broken through Shicheng County, I'm afraid the next step is Shanxian Mansion! Evil Doctor Fan is just poisonous. Gao Shengtai suddenly exclaimed.

Gao Taiming nodded bitterly, Shanxian Mansion is the fief of the Gao family, and it is the foundation for the Gao family to control the military and politics.

"I also ask my father to order troops to be sent to rescue Shanxian Mansion!" Gao Taiming didn't care about covering it up, and directly asked his father for help.

Gao Shengtai immediately ordered: "Allocate 30,000 soldiers and horses for your father, and you must guard the Shanxian Mansion!" ”

"Thou shalt not divide the troops!"

Suddenly, there was a voice of opposition in the court.

Gao Shengtai frowned, the father and son of the Gao family have always been the same in the court, who dares to oppose them.

Gao Shengtai took a closer look, but found that the opponent turned out to be Duan Zhengchun, who he single-handedly supported the throne.

"The official family doesn't know, the evil doctor Fan Zheng has always had the evil side of the golden body is not broken, and he used the Song army on the west road and the north road to contain it, and attacked the Great Song Dynasty from the east road, which is like hitting the weakest abdomen in Dali, if the evil doctor Fan Zheng is indulged, it will definitely cause a catastrophe to Dali." Gao Shengtai shouted loudly.

Now most of Dali's soldiers and horses are in Dali City and Longshou Pass to defend the Song Dynasty army, the rear is all empty, and the Song army will directly attack the hinterland of Dali, which will cause incalculable damage to Dali.

More importantly, the Gao family's fiefdom, Shanxian Mansion, is also under Fan Zheng's troops, once the Shanxian Mansion is lost, the Gao family will lose its strength and completely lose control of Dali.

Duan Zhengchun was unmoved and said: "I naturally understand that the evil doctor Fan Zheng's evil prescription is not broken, and I also understand the ruthlessness of the evil doctor Fan Zheng's plan, and now Dali is seven hundred miles away from Shanxian Mansion, and it takes more than ten days for the army to walk, and when Dali's reinforcements arrive, our army is exhausted and more likely to be ridden by the Song army." Besides, the walls of Shanxian Mansion are high and strong, and it is impossible to be easily broken, so it is better to let the surrounding provinces go to the rescue. ”

"But the Song army had gunpowder weapons, and Shicheng was ...... in a battle." Gao Taiming was so anxious that there was more military information coming, and the Song army brought a large number of people from the southwest, and everywhere he went, almost all the chickens and dogs in Dali villages were not left.

It is conceivable that if the Song army breaks through Shanxian Mansion, it will inevitably suffer even greater damage, and the Gao family's century-old experience will also be ruined.

Duan Zhengchun said lightly: "The evil doctor Fan Zheng broke through the Shanxian Mansion, just to capture the Shanxian Mansion, and if Dali divides his troops and is captured by the Western Route Army and the Northern Route Army and enters Dali City, then Dali will really die." ”

For Duan Zhengchun, the reason why he is willing to cooperate with the Gao family is to protect Dali.

And now the Gao clan is putting the entire Dali in danger for the sake of his fiefdom, Shanxian Mansion, which Duan Zhengchun can't accept no matter what.

"I also ask Lord Xiangguo to put state affairs first." A group of Dali ministers echoed one after another.

"Wait for ......" Seeing that the ministers of Dali, who had previously supported the Gao clan on one side, suddenly stood on the opposite side of the Gao clan, Gao Taiming couldn't help but be shocked.

"Obey." Gao Shengtai stopped his son, who still wanted to argue, and bowed down to receive the order.

He naturally knew why the ministers were like this, and only the Gao family was damaged when the Shanxian Mansion was attacked, and their net worth and lives were all in Dali City, so Dali City was naturally the mainstay.

"Evil Doctor Fan is just a poisonous strategy."

Gao Shengtai gritted his teeth.

At this moment, he finally realized what the evil doctor Fan Zheng's evil prescription is unbreakable, and he simply plays with human nature in applause, so that you know the other party's plan, but there is nothing to be done at all. (End of chapter)