A glimmer of light appeared in the sky, and the soldier of the watchtower of the one-wheeled village yawned, rubbed his eyes, and looked out. At a glance, he saw that the outside of the city was densely packed with figures that seemed to be human figures, and he suddenly hit a clever man and rubbed his eyes vigorously to see the situation outside the city. I saw that there were not many Song troops lined up outside the city, and I couldn't see it clearly. There is only one "Song" flag, fluttering in the early morning wind.

Hurriedly woke up the soldiers around him, pointed to the outside of the city and said, "Look outside, is the Song army going to attack the city!" ”

A few soldiers got up and saw the situation outside the city roughly by the light, and they were so frightened that their souls scattered. The little boss hurriedly went down to the city and went to report to the owner of the village.

Liu Sheng has been feeling restless for the past few days, got up early, and was about to wash. The little leader who was guarding the city rushed in and said, "The owner of the village is not good!" I don't know how many Song troops have come from outside the city, as if they want to attack our walled city! ”

When Liu Sheng heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't have any sleepiness, and hurriedly asked, "Can you see clearly!" ”

The little leader said: "The little one is true! If there is any falsehood, the master of the village will engage in military law! ”

Liu Sheng didn't dare to slack off, and was about to order to call the generals in the village to discuss matters in the village hall, when he heard the sound of "boom, boom" outside.

"Earthquake?" Liu Sheng was confused and looked at the little leader. "Listen to the sound coming from outside the city, what is this movement?"

The little leader was about to cry: "The owner of the village, the small estimate, this is the Song army bombarding the city gate with artillery!" ”

Liu Sheng was so frightened that he was shocked and shouted, "Hurry up, I'll go and see!" ”

With the small leader, Liu Sheng went to the north city wall, and heard two rounds of cannons, and cracks had already appeared in the walled gate.

"What are you doing standing, quickly block the gate of the wall!" Liu Sheng shouted as he ran up the watchtower quickly.

The village usually prepares some village materials to strengthen the walled door, which is nothing more than big trees and the like. After Liu Sheng's order, the soldiers guarding the gate of the village were in a hurry, carried a big log, and hurriedly pushed it behind the gate of the wall.

Liu Sheng went to the watchtower, looked outside, and gasped. At this time, the sky was just slightly bright, and it was not very clear in the morning light, but I saw a few Song military formations outside, blocking the north of the city. At this moment, I saw lights in several places, and then the sound of cannon fire was heard, and the smoke of gunpowder rose.

I don't know how many cannons were fired, and they smashed on the walled gate, and Liu Sheng felt that the entire city wall was shaking.

Things came suddenly, Liu Sheng only felt that his eyes were black, and he was a little unstable. Holding on to the wall, he forced himself to wake up, and Liu Sheng hurriedly looked around the wall. Fortunately, the Song army only surrounded the north, and there were only some rangers outside the south gate, leaving a way for the party soldiers in the village to survive. I don't know if it's because the troops are not enough, or if they deliberately set aside the south gate to prepare to chase and kill the rout.

At this time, the village was already in chaos, and many people were running around, shouting and shouting, as if the city had been broken. Liu Sheng didn't dare to slack off, and ordered the generals who were guarding the city, and hurriedly returned to the walled hall to gather the generals to discuss the matter.

Outside the city, Zhang looked at it in the blink of an eye, and he didn't know how many cannons hit the walled gate and the nearby wall, and praised: "The current cannons are really not comparable to before!" There are also newly built artillery guards on Linfu Road, but they are not so neat and accurate! If you don't see it with your own eyes, who will believe it! ”

Yao Shouxin said: "I use twenty-five guns, each in a group of five, divided into five groups, and fired alternately. Now after three rounds of shooting, the gate is already crumbling. I estimate that after five more rounds, the gate will be broken. The general was ready, and after the gate was broken, the fifteen cannons in front of the battle were grouped with three, and each group fired one cannon directly. After this round of artillery was fired, the general quickly led the infantry into the city. The twenty-five cannons in front of you are cooled down with water, and you will shoot at the wall after you lead your troops into the wall. Tell the soldiers, don't let me send a message, and don't go up to the wall! ”

Zhang nodded in agreement, and said excitedly: "I don't think we have lined up, there is no news in the village, and what I thought about before is useless." The so-called soldiers are fast and fast, and it makes sense to fight a war quickly! ”

"Yes, it's because we think too much," Yao Shouxin nodded. It was also the first time to command a war, and he was inexperienced. Any tactics such as luring the enemy out of the city are all redundant, and if you are prepared to fight unprepared, you just want to be quick and take you by surprise. It is the best policy to approach the front of the wall at the fastest speed, set up the position at the fastest speed, set up the artillery position, give full play to the advantages of the artillery, and attack the city with all its might. Absolute firepower superiority, any strategy is superfluous.

The battle plan before departure was changed several times, and this was the situation that was finally achieved. Of course, the plan only called for going outside the city at this point in time, and how to fight was the business of the two battlefield commanders. At what pace to march on the road, where to rest, the requirements for reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, etc., were determined before departure. When I arrived in the city, it was up to Zhang and Yao Shouxin to play.

Approaching Dulun Village at the darkest time before dawn, there was no leakage of news, and there was plenty of time to unfold, how could Zhang and Yao Shouxin not know how to fight in this case? Yao Shouxin is an expert in the use of artillery, and the artillery position is set reasonably, and the three directions are divided into oblique fire and direct fire to attack the city gate, which does not give the village time to react at all. After blasting open the walled gate, there were several more rounds of direct fire, and the infantry followed closely into the city, laying the battle in one fell swoop.

The hammer smashed open the hard walnut, no matter how you arrange it, as long as there is no accident, you will use the absolute firepower advantage to overwhelm the enemy, this is a point that Du Zhongxiao has always emphasized in the camp field. When officers study, they also talk about all kinds of strategies, but the focus is not on these, but on various strategic and tactical principles. The core of this is that we must form a local superiority on the battlefield, and we must not hesitate to achieve a local superiority, we must be decisive in combat, and we must not drag mud and water. Zhang is not this system, Yao Shouxin is an artilleryman, and he is a little hesitant when he encounters an accident.

Liu Sheng raised the tent, looked at the generals who came in a hurry, and was just about to speak, when a soldier rushed in and said, "The owner of the village, the gate of the village is about to break!" ”

Liu Sheng sighed: "The general trend is gone!" Gather your troops and horses quickly, follow me out of the city from the south gate, escape from the wall, and report to the minister of the country quickly! ”

Everyone shouted their promises together, got up and prepared to disperse. Liang Zuo was young and raised in the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was where the imperial court was located.

Liu Sheng and the generals went out of the walled hall together, wanting to beat Ning Deguang. At this moment, a loud noise was heard, and the gate of the north wall was blown down, and a section of the city wall was collapsed. Many of the soldiers were crushed in the rubble, wailing incessantly.

Liu Sheng shouted: "Quickly recruit soldiers and horses, block the gate of the village with me, and don't allow the Song army to rush in!" ”

As he spoke, he drew his waist knife, brought his own soldiers, and rushed towards the collapsed gate. As soon as he walked halfway, he heard a few cannons outside the city, and then a few shells flew in from the broken gate, and they were smashing on Liu Sheng and others at the front, crushing a bloody road.

The generals who came out of the walled hall were taken aback and hurriedly rushed up to check Liu Sheng's injuries.

The walled hall of the military village is facing the north and south two walled gates, and the three points form a straight line, and the walled hall is located in the middle. The small military village, the walled hall to the walled gate is only a hundred steps, and the cannon of the Song army outside the city can pierce the military village. As soon as the gate of the wall was broken, the Song army outside the city fired cannons, and the shells all hit the walled hall. Most of the party soldiers in the village are concentrated on the middle road, and the tea kung fu has become a bloody road between the north gate and the village hall.

Who has ever seen such a scene? After three rounds of cannons, a strange shout was heard, and the sergeant of the village exploded. All the people, relying on their own instincts, went to the south gate, and the generals couldn't stop them at all. I opened the gate of the wall, rushed out, and not far away, I heard the sound of cannons. Several Song army artillery positions set up outside the south gate fired guns together, and there was a ghost crying wolf howling at the walled gate.

After the five rounds of artillery were fired, Zhang entered the city with hundreds of infantry. I saw a mess, and the party soldiers in the village fled in all directions, screaming in horror, as if they were crazy. Some sat and watched the sky, and some killed indiscriminately with knives.

Zhang led the troops for many years, and when he saw that the momentum was not good, he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to line up at the city gate and stopped. Whenever an enemy approaches, they will be shot and killed, and try to avoid entanglement with the enemy at this time.

The party soldiers in the city had obviously collapsed and lost their minds, so they could only let them vent themselves and then step forward to deal with it. At this time, the party soldiers were either caught like fools, or they killed and slashed indiscriminately, and their strength was amazing, and it was not easy to catch them.

Qingning Deguang crawled out of the rubble, looking at the hellish scene in front of him, panicked. He only heard that the Song army was attacking the city, and before he knew what was going on, the house was blown down. By the time the soldiers pulled themselves out, the city was in complete chaos.

The red sun peeked out in the east, and the city finally calmed down. The crazy soldier lost his strength, the stupid one had just woken up, and everyone had no strength. In the face of the Song army entering the city, they had neither the strength nor the will to resist.

Zhang cautiously led the infantry forward, and seeing that no one resisted, he ordered the soldiers to collect all the weapons of the party members.

After receiving the weapons of the party members in the village, dividing them into small groups and sending people to take care of them, Zhang Cai breathed a sigh of relief.

Qing Ning Deguang came out of the hiding place, and when he saw that no one was going crazy anymore, he let out a slight sigh. Seeing a figure who looked like a general of the Song army in front of the walled hall, he was commanding the soldiers to look around, and hurriedly said in a loud voice: "I am Qingning Deguang, a member of the Qingning tribe, and I am working under the Prime Minister's Mansion!" Here I am the person with the highest official rank, and the other party's generals have come to talk! ”

Zhang turned his head to look at Ning Deguang, his face was indifferent, as if he hadn't heard his words, and ignored him.

Qingning Deguang was furious, and was about to step forward to theorize, when several Song sergeants came over and seized the swords and guns of his own soldiers.

Qingning Deguang said in a loud voice: "I am an important person from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the imperial court sent me here, so let your generals come over and speak!" ”

The soldiers ignored him, and the two of them came up to search Ning Deguang's body directly, touched a close-fitting short sword, and threw it on the ground casually. After searching, a few soldiers escorted Qingning Deguang and a few personal soldiers, and together with the officials in the walled hall, they sent someone to watch them.

Qingning Deguang shouted for a while, but Song Jun didn't answer or pay attention, just arrested people, searched their bodies, and then divided into small groups.

Tired of shouting, Qing Ning Deguang stopped his mouth, and suddenly felt cold on his body. It's still February, and the morning is unusually cold. After a cold war, Qingning Deguang suddenly found that the village was very weird. One by one, the party members seemed to have lost their souls, and Song Jun was all silent.

After taking care of the open space in the village, Zhang instructed his soldiers: "Bring all the weapons out of the city, and invite General Yao to come in!" ”

In a moment, the captured weapons were transported out of the city, and Yao Shouxin brought people in.

Zhang Dao: "It has been searched, more than 700 people have been arrested, and more than 200 corpses have been arrested, and the remaining 3 or 400 people have escaped from the south gate." The cavalry sent at the south gate has not yet returned, and I don't know how many have escaped. Such a large military fortress will inevitably be hidden from the party members if it is captured by us. We must leave as quickly as possible, and clean up all the forts in the south before the arrival of party reinforcements. Now the whole army is cooking, after eating, I will take people to the Tumao River, divide the troops with you, and you clean up the walled fort in the lower reaches of the Dulun River. ”

Yao Shouxin arched his hand: "That's how it should be!" There is no big city in the back, the gunner will arrange the gun emplacement, and the general is all right! ”

This is a route that has been set a long time ago, and there is nothing to say, the two of them each found their generals and made follow-up arrangements.

Qingning Deguang saw that Song Jun searched out all the food and materials in the village, piled them all together, divided some rice and began to cook. All the cattle and sheep in the village were slaughtered, part of the meat was cooked, and the rest of the skin and meat were collected, apparently to be taken away.