There was a time when Canzhou belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, and during this time, in order to consolidate its defenses, with the approval of the Song court, ten walled forts were established near the city of Canzhou.

At the same time, the city walls of the city were also strengthened, and even several tunnels were dug in the city that were conducive to defense.

This was supposed to be a city that was quite difficult to capture, but after hearing that Yan Lou led an army of 100,000 people all the way over, he simply surrendered.

The Jin people took Canzhou without a single soldier, and together with the six nearby counties and twelve walled forts, they all fell into the hands of the Jin people.

In the previous era when the Liao State occupied Xuanzhou, Tang Ning once captured the city of Xuanzhou. But at that time, the walled fort near the city of Canzhou was not dense, and it would take several days for reinforcements to arrive.

Today, with the six newly built forts of the Song people, the defense system near the city of Canzhou is closely connected. For example, Tang Ning's troops are coming to the city at noon today, so at dusk, or at night, the reinforcements from the surrounding areas will arrive near the city of Canzhou to participate in the battle.

Therefore, rashly attacking Canzhou City is something that a reckless man will do, and if he doesn't care about casualties, it doesn't matter if he attacks Canzhou City directly. But Tang Ning still wanted to rely on these 200,000 people to directly recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, so he would not directly attack the city of Xuanzhou.

At this time, some capable generals are needed to share his worries and solve problems.

Huang Jin, Liu Qi, Xiao Shi, Wu Dazhuang and other six lieutenant generals each led 20,000 soldiers, divided into six routes, and attacked the nearby walled fort and county seat.

On the way, the troops were divided into two roads again, and they were divided into twelve routes, and marched into twelve walled forts, not seeking to hurt the enemy, but only to confine them to the walled forts, so that they could not support the other walled forts.

After that, find another opportunity to slowly uproot them one by one.

Tang Ning led a large army to the city of Canzhou, surrounded the city, and prevented the Jin army in the city from supporting the area outside the city.

If you use a general's cannon and gunpowder, the battle may be easier. But one state has been taken, and there are still fifteen states waiting for it.

Moreover, the difficulty of attacking Canzhou is simply worlds apart from that of Youzhou and Yunzhou. In addition, the gunpowder rationed by the imperial court was not so abundant, and even if the prison was kept running for twelve hours a day, it would have to be made for another half a year, which would be enough for Tang Ning to squander for a while.

Therefore, it is naturally the best to save and take Canzhou City without blood.

It's just that the people in Canzhou City have suffered, and even if the golden people of the dog day surrendered, they didn't let go of the innocent people in Yingzhou City.

Should the city be slaughtered or slaughtered, should it be burned and plundered, or burned and plundered.

You can't expect an orangutan to suddenly become human, the Jurchens were a bunch of howling barbarians just a few years ago.

I don't know if this time the Song army surrounded the city of Canzhou, and the Jin army in the city would vent their anger on the people.

If they really do

With such bestiality, Tang Ning will only mourn for them for a while. Victory is often accompanied by sacrifice, and success without paying a price is almost non-existent in this world.

When the 80,000 Song troops arrived at the city of Canzhou, Tang Ning announced that his arrival was rude, pulled out three general cannons, and fired three cannons directly at the southern city wall.

Afterwards, Downing asked the soldiers to line up and withdraw the three cannons. The soldiers didn't have to do anything else, they just shouted 'kill, charge'.

The ground shook and the mountains shook, the stones collapsed and the walls collapsed, and the Jin defenders on the city wall were scattered.

After the buzzing in their ears subsided slightly, they heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing. The Jin army thought that the Song army was going to take the city of Canzhou directly.

The dust was flying in the sky, and they couldn't see what was happening in front of them, and in a panic, they threw gunpowder into the air and shot arrows.

Hearing the crackling sound near the southern city wall, and seeing one arrow after another drilled out of the flying dust, the soldiers felt that Tang Ning was really too powerful, could it be that the reaction of the Jin army was also expected by his old man?

Looking at this posture, if you really rush up to attack the city, the casualties will definitely not be a few.

Although I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Tang Ning's gourd, Tang Ning consumed the opponent's defensive materials in vain, and no soldiers were injured because of this, so the soldiers felt that Tang Ning was really a god.

I had heard that the Marquis of Danyang had used his troops to make a difference, and many of them still thought that it was just a victory with the power of gunpowder.

Now it seems that the truth is not exactly what I thought. It is true that there is gunpowder, but it is more that Danyang Hou is clever and can take advantage of his opponent in vain.

Fighting a war is a matter of seeing who can take advantage of it better. A little bit of cheapness is taken advantage of, and sooner or later one day you can take advantage of all the cheapness.

Thinking of this, all the soldiers admired Tang Ning. I heard that his worries about disagreement with the official family have disappeared invisibly, as long as he can take himself to earn military merits and win the battle, he is at odds with the official family, so what does it matter?

The Song army outside the city of Canzhou was unmoved, and had already divided their troops in all directions to encircle the four sides of the city.

In the city of Canzhou, there is a scene of chaos.

After Yan Lou took over Canzhou a year ago, he had no intention of continuing his expedition to the south. So he left only one deputy general to stay in Canzhou, and he took the rest of the soldiers back to the court.

Later, almost 20,000 people came one after another, stationed in the city, and entered the forts to consolidate the defense of the area.

That lieutenant general is not a good person himself, the same character as Guan Qing, send him to the battle to kill the enemy, he will definitely not disappoint your expectations.

But if he were to govern the state capital, it would be an insult to the state capital.

The government of the state of Chan

Standing at the top of the attic, you can overlook the whole city.

Hu Lu, who was in the palace and was proclaiming ~ lewd with a few women, suddenly heard a few loud bangs. He hurriedly put on his clothes and went out to check, and at a glance he saw the dusty southern city wall.

He stared at the city wall in a daze, and it took him a long time to come to his senses. His scouts had detected the movements of the Song army, and he knew that the Song army had divided its forces and headed for the various forts.

Therefore, he felt that it should be impossible for the Song army to directly attack the city of Canzhou as soon as they came up, and they should besiege this city and then wait for themselves to go out and surrender.

The troops deployed in the entire Canzhou were only 50,000, which was certainly not the opponent of the 200,000 Song army. The 100,000 reinforcements led by General Lou are still on the way, as long as they hold on until the day the reinforcements arrive, there will always be a way.

So he was not in a hurry at all, even if the Song army was coming to the city, he was still in the mood to be lustful.

Until the city wall on the south side of Canzhou was attacked by the Song army, he thought so.

"Oh no! Oh no! Outside the door, a small soldier came running from a distance on horseback.

When he saw Hulu standing at the door with a pale face, he didn't even stop his horse, jumped directly from it, stumbled to Hulu and said, "General! The Song people have been killed! ”

"I know!" Hulu shouted angrily: "Do you think I am blind or deaf, I won't see such a big movement?" ”

"That ......"

"That's that, that! Why don't you gather the brethren and prepare for a counterattack? Hulu hated that iron could not become steel, so he raised his leg and kicked it over: "The city wall in the south is already in tatters, and it is very likely that the Song army will attack directly from the gap in the city wall."

So ......"

"General! Checkmate! Just as he was giving the order, another soldier came running.

Hulu's heart jumped, and he asked nervously, "What's wrong?" Why are you so frightened? Could it be that the Song people have already attacked? ”

The little soldier hurriedly shook his head, reined in his horse and stopped in front of Kulu, then jumped down and said, "No, General. On the contrary, the Song people did not attack at all, they just attacked the southern city wall, and then stood in place and shouted to kill. ”

"What?" Hulu's eyes widened: "What kind of road is this?" But I heard the explosion of gunpowder just south ......"

"General, it was the brothers on the southern city wall who couldn't see the situation in front of them because of the dust, and mistakenly thought that the Song army had killed them, so they threw out all the gunpowder......"

"What?!" Kurudu was about to pop his eyes out, and unlike his previous surprise, this time it was due to anger.

"We don't have much gunpowder ourselves, who made you waste it so much? What if the Song army really attacked the city, but we didn't have gunpowder to defend it? Yes?! ”

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