The three-way army on the Dongguang Road has been launched, all the way to the northwest, all the way to the north, and all the way to the northeast, attacking in a fan-shaped radial shape. It's like shooting three arrows straight into the heart of your enemy.

The middle route was personally led by Zhang Cheng. The town cheats in the middle lane are also large in area and the strength of the garrison is also high. Then the northwest direction is a little easier. After all, it is sparsely populated.

Ten days after the army was opened, Zhang Cheng came to Jiangyang Mansion, an important town on the Lianghu Road. The two Hu roads are divided into two roads, Xihu and Donghu, and they intersect side by side. And Jiangyang Mansion is at the intersection of the two hus. It is a large city with a population of hundreds of thousands, and the defense is naturally the highest level.

The spies came to report that there were 100,000 defenders in Jiangyang Mansion.

Zhang Cheng sat in the big tent and looked at the map, and when he got the report, Zhang Cheng frowned, he understood, this Jiangyang Mansion was a big city near Dongguang Road, and it seemed that this was to prevent the northern expedition of the Han army. And Zhang Cheng led a total of 100,000 people. In the first battle, he faced an opponent of equal strength.

However, Zhang Cheng also knew that as long as he took this big city, the central hinterland would be unimpeded. He concluded that at this time the main army of the central Tatar was probably deployed here.

Of course, there were no 100,000 Tatar troops in the city, and these 100,000 troops were guarding the passage to the central part, and it was not easy to get through. Gu spies inquired that there were 40,000 Tartar slaves in Jiangyang Mansion. And other soldiers and horses are ready to come to the aid of the besieged Jiangyang Mansion.

Chen Cheng decided to divide a part of his troops and horses to contain the Nanu army deployed outside the city, and only used 50,000 men to attack the city. As long as Jiangyang Mansion is taken and this hard bone is gnawed, the Northern Expedition will be much easier in the future.

He had received an edict from Emperor Liu Yong, informing him that the plan to contain the Tatar army in the north had succeeded. It can't help but be so, and the Tarnus will send troops to the north of Wenzhou to defend Cheonanfu. In this way, the middle becomes a vacuum. This is the best time to seize the central part.

What Zhang Cheng has to do now is to capture Jiangyang Mansion, which will open the gateway to the central part.

The soldiers were fast, and Zhang Cheng did not wait for Jiangyang Mansion to take precautions, so he began to launch a general attack. He personally led 50,000 men, armed with artillery and muskets, and marched to the city of Jiangyang.

When he came up, he opened fire on the city gate, and it only took half an hour to coax the city gate open.

The general of the Tatar garrison immediately sent an order to the defenders in other places, that is, the defenders of other counties, to rush to help. But those armies are no longer coming. They were restrained by the troops sent out by Zhang Cheng. Can't doppelganger.

Here, Zhang Cheng's army has already attacked Jiangyang City. This is the time for the musketeers to exert their might. The Han people in the city learned that their own Han army had entered the city, and while rejoicing, they also helped the Han army to fight back against the Tatar army. For a time, the 40,000 people in the city soon died and wounded 30,000. The remaining 10,000 men fled north under the leadership of the defenders.

Zhang Cheng naturally couldn't let him escape. Quickly ordered 5,000 Huoqiang troops to pursue. Five thousand musketeers, lightly armed, quickly pursued out of the north city gate. The Tatar army, which was no less than 10,000 men, lost their armor and ran in disarray.

There is a mountain in the north of the city, which is not high, but it is lush with vegetation. The 10,000 men learned that there were pursuers behind them, and immediately hid in the mountains.

The 5,000 musketeers did not dare to be careless, and under the leadership of the unit commander, they entered the mountains in groups of three and opened fire whenever they encountered the enemy. At this time, the robbery they used could hold five rounds of ammunition. And the speed of changing ammunition is also fast.

Five thousand men went into the mountains, and they saw nothing outside. But after a while, gunshots will be heard. and the screams of the Tars.

Then, the gunfire became more and more intense, and so did the screaming.

The unkilled Tatar soldiers ran down the mountain. But Zhang Cheng had already given the order that the enemy must be annihilated. The 5,000 musketeers did not dare to slack off and continued to chase out of the woods.

In the battle in the woods, the five thousand musketeers were only a few dozen wounded. And it's all right. The injury was due to the Tarnu army using shady tricks behind their backs, such as throwing stones and skimming darts.

But as mentioned before, in order to be able to withstand the bows and arrows of the Tarslaves, the musketeers deliberately equipped them with hard armor to protect the most important parts of their bodies. The armor was divided into two layers, the outer layer being a thin, tough piece of metal. This piece of metal is made of a mixture of iron and pain. The bow and arrow are very penetrating. Even if it is penetrated, there is still a layer of cowhide inside. With such a double protection, a few darts can't help the armor.

The injuries were only minor injuries to the arms and legs.

But the Tarnu soldiers were different, although some of them wore armor, but a bullet from close range could still penetrate the thin layer of armor.

There were less than a thousand Tatar soldiers left who had escaped from the mountain. The musketeers were in hot pursuit, chasing and shooting as easily as hunting.

In the end, the remaining desertion troops of less than 10,000 were returned home and the musketeers were wiped out. The soldier cut off the head of the main general and showed it to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was already sitting in the yamen of the state capital. The Tatar officials of the state capital Yamen had also fled. At this time, Zhang Cheng was waiting for the fighting situation in other counties. After taking Jiangyang City, Zhang Chengcheng immediately sent troops to rush to help.

When the commander of the musketeer army brought the heads of the Jiangyang defenders, the soldiers who attacked the other Tatar defenders also returned to restore their lives.

At this time, the sun was setting, the red glow was all over the sky, and in less than a day, the entire Jiangyang Mansion was taken by Zhang Cheng.

However, Zhang Cheng did not celebrate, because this was not the time to celebrate, he immediately ordered to reorganize the three armies, repair for a day and continue to attack north.

And what about Jiangyang Mansion? Zhang Cheng left 10,000 people to defend the city, and sent people to spread the message to Guangcheng, so that the army on the sea sent 20,000 people to defend the city together. For the time being, Jiangyang County ordered to take charge of Jiangyang Mansion. This county order is a Han people, and they hate the Tartar slaves to the core. Zhang Cheng felt that it was most appropriate for him to take charge of Jiangyang Mansion.

Zhang Cheng immediately sent people to Fuquan Road to play the emperor and report the battle situation.

And his army to the east has easily captured the Xijiang Road bordering Fuquan Road. He gave the main general Zhang Cheng a battle report. Zhang Cheng immediately asked him to leave a part of the defenders and join him with the Huaizhong Road in the central part of the country.

What made Zhang Chengnei think was that since he captured Jiangyang Mansion, he had not encountered strong resistance on this way north, and soon he arrived at Huizhou Mansion on Huzhong Road. There the two armies from the east and from the east met together. By this point, most of the Middle East had been occupied by Liu Yong's army.

At this time, the army in the northwest was met with strong resistance, and at this time they had just reached the Xiqian Road. Because of the high mountains there, it was easy for the Tatars to hold on.

After Zhang Cheng received the battle report, he immediately sent an army of 100,000 to attack directly to the west. After he gave the order to hit Chengchuan Road, he would fight south. The west side turned out to be a plateau, so don't attack it for the time being.

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