Longshang, Diaoyin County.

The red sun is in the sky, giving the early winter noon to the warm ocean, on weekdays, such a good weather afternoon, it is completely dozing off. However, at this time in Shangxian County, the defenders who were in a hurry wearing armor, carrying spears and horizontal knives, and bent bows were all pale one by one, and cold sweat flowed on their foreheads.

This was not the warm sun, but hundreds of steps away from the city, the nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Chen army was shocked.

The Chen cavalry that suddenly appeared under the city came up to surrender the city within a limited time.

Then there was a quarter of an hour of indright, indecision.

The defenders of the city had not yet arrived and had time to make a decision, and a quarter of an hour had already arrived. The Chen army under the city did not hesitate for a moment, but a sound of horns sounded, and dozens of war drums had been beating, making the flag waving and the battle flag shaving.

In the next moment, two cavalry suddenly galloped out of the neat cavalry formation, and smoke and dust billowed behind them, but dozens or hundreds of chariots were dragged behind the horses.

The war horse galloped to a hundred and fifty paces under the city and stopped, and immediately the knight quickly turned over and dismounted, and quickly pushed the chariot to set up several long formations in front of the city gate.

The general of the Chen army, who only listened to the chariot, waved a small red flag, and then heard a sudden thunderous sound, like a landslide and a crack, and the next moment, a puff of white smoke came out of the chariot position of the Chen army, and then only the whistling sound was heard on the head, and then one after another missiles emitting fireworks and gunpowder smoke fell.

Thundered......

The city was densely packed. Hundreds of defenders standing with guns in their guns were blown up in an instant. The battlements collapsed, and corpses were strewn everywhere.

The three rapid firing of a hundred small lightly assembled mine-throwing vehicles and three hundred bursting shells immediately completely deprived the defenders of Shangxian County from their morale.

When the three rounds of projectiles stopped, before Chen Jun could prepare for the next round of shooting, a white flag had already been raised on the top of the city.

The few defenders who only listened shouted in embarrassment on the city: "Surrender, surrender!" ”

However, the Chen army under the city seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the practice of the Shangxian defenders before surrendering, and the young commander of the Mo Qilin Treasure Armor under the black flying eagle battle banner did not immediately accept it.

The marshal did not accept the surrender and gave the order to stop the attack, and Lao Liu of the engineer battalion would certainly not give up at this time.

"Three bursts of explosive shells were fired freely. Put! Liu Deshui, the captain of the engineer battalion, shook his shoulders, and the red order flag in his right hand waved. A hundred lightly assembled mine-throwing vehicles that had just been fired fired again.

There was a howl of wolves at the head of the city, and although the defenders tried desperately to dodge, they were above the bare-light walls. It is not easy to dodge the broken nails that burst open with the exploding bomb. If you are not careful, you will be beaten into a sieve by the shrapnel that explodes around you, and the unlucky ones will even be cut in two.

Chen's fierce attack made the defenders in the city desperate. During this time, several houses near the gate tower and the city walls caught fire, and the whole city seemed to burn with the help of the wind. In desperation, the defenders of the city organized two breakouts, but unfortunately there were nearly 10,000 Chen army light cavalry outside the city, and they endured several rounds of intensive arrow rain. After leaving behind the corpses, he had no choice but to retreat to the city.

It wasn't until a full two quarters of an hour later that Chen Kedi, who was under the Flying Eagle Battle Flag, finally waved his hand with a cold face and signaled to stop the attack.

By this time, there was no longer the slightest hint of resistance in Shangxian County.

A small force of Chen's army successfully opened the city gates and entered the city.

There were originally 5,000 defenders in Shangxian County, but most of them were old and weak, and many of them were actually the private soldiers of the generals defending the city. Hundreds had already died in the first round of shelling, and after that, nearly a thousand more had died in the breakout. The rest had already broken up by this time, taking off their robes and throwing away their swords. They scattered and fled into the homes of the people.

When Chen Jun entered the city, there were still many people scurrying around the streets like headless flies, and most of them were killed by Chen Jun. A few acquaintances threw their weapons and knelt down as soon as they saw Chen Jun, which can be regarded as picking up a small life.

When Chen Kedi, Hu Hai and other generals led their troops into the city, they had already seen a team of four or five hundred people coming straight from a distance.

Without waiting for Chen Jun to step forward. The gang had already dropped their knives and guns, and they all knelt down.

The first was a fat man with a long robe and a jade belt. Kneel there and kowtow like pounding garlic.

"The general spares his life, don't kill the villain, and the villain surrenders. Don't kill the villain, the villain is useful! ”

Chen Kedi glanced at this fat-brained guy with some disdain: "What is your identity, report your name quickly." Tell me what you are for, but you can't say it, and you will be dragged down with a knife and cut off. ”

The man was prostrate on the ground, his head next to the ground, and his farts and urine flowed all the way to Chen Kedi and the others. Covered in mud and soil, most of his clothes were dirty, his face was scorched and his face was black, and he kowtowed again and again, and he said in a trembling voice: "Villain Liu Shiguang, I have seen all grandfathers." ”

"I knew this was the case, why didn't you refuse to surrender in the first place?" Chen Kedi said coldly. Just now, he didn't accept the surrender of the city, but wanted to attack and kill like this, of course, for the sake of prestige. Although this time the emperor meant to send 100,000 troops into Longshang.

However, at present, there are only 50,000 horses who can enter Longshang, and there are only 10,000 of his pioneers, and they have to queue up to cross the river for a while. Moreover, in a moment and a half, although people can arrive, the logistics grain, grass, equipment and other materials cannot be transported immediately.

At this time, the war has begun, and the news of Chen's army crossing the river here will definitely not be hidden for long. Now that I am unprepared, it is natural that the road will go smoothly. But then, he will definitely have to fight hard with Liu Wuzhou, and he may even face the soldiers and horses of the Yuwen clan.

Therefore, in the shortest possible time, Chen Kedi also needs to establish a logistics base in Longshang. Shangxian is the closest city to the Yellow River rope bridge, and the city is quite strong. In Chen Kedi's plan, this place is to be used as a temporary rear base, and the grain and grass that will be transported later, and even the grain and grass that will have to be sent out to collect grain and grass in the near future will have to be temporarily transported here in the end.

In case Chen Jun and Liu Wuzhou lose the battle temporarily, they can still have a place to rely on. Only then can you attack and defend.

However, in order to avoid any bad intentions from the people in the city, Chen Kedi planned to show a thunderous method and deter them fiercely, so as not to make trouble secretly in the future.

That Liu Shiguang trembled: "The small original is also a local wealthy family, and the Liang division raised troops at the beginning, and they were coerced into trouble. Later, he was appointed as the Taishou of Diaoyin County, and after the Liang division was merged by Liu Wu and Zhouhuo, the small one was also demoted to the county commander of Shangxian County. Where did the small one dare to fight against the Heavenly Army, as soon as the marshal led the troops before, the small one proposed to surrender the city, but the Taishou Yang Du and the garrison general Ma Wu were both Liu Wuzhou's cronies and refused to surrender. Although the little one has a heart, he is also powerless. ”

"What about Yang Du and Ma Wu?"

Liu Shiguang hurriedly changed his hand and beckoned his hand back, and among the group of people behind, two people immediately walked out.

The two stepped forward, each carrying a head in their hands. Liu Shiguang said with a smile on his face: "Back to Da Shuai's words, Xiao Yi's heart is towards Da Chen, and when he saw that these two people resisted the Heavenly Army, he took advantage of the war just now to stab these two people to death, and now I am offering the heads of the two." ”

Liu Shiguang is a local wealthy family in this county, and he can be regarded as a local snake. At the beginning, Liang Shi raised troops, so he responded with the private soldiers of serfs and won the position of carving yin and guarding. Later, after Liu Wuzhou swallowed the capital of Liang Shidu, he regarded him as a subordinate of Liang, demoted him to a county order, and sent two of his subordinates, Yang Du and Ma Wu, to serve as Taishou and garrison generals respectively. Between these three people, there is incompatibility.

Now that Chen Jun is attacking, of course Liu Shiguang will not hesitate to defect to Chen Jun. However, although he has a subordinate, he can't kill Yang Du and Ma Wu on his own. When Yang Du and Ma Wu shelled before, Yang Du was unlucky and was really blown out of his chest. When Ma Wu broke through the siege later, he died under the arrow, but Liu Wuguang was also shameless, cutting off the heads of the two corpses, but he was ashamed to say that he assassinated the two in response.

Chen Kedi didn't care about this, anyway, he was just a local snake, if this kind of person was willing to submit, it would also be convenient for Chen Jun to control the place. At the moment, I don't care if he is sincere or false, anyway, in the face of Chen Jun's absolute strength, a small role like Liu Shiguang can't make any waves. "You say you're useful, but you don't know what your use is?"

Liu Shiguang wiped the stains on his face and said with a flattering smile: "The villain has a major military report. I heard that Liu Wuzhou recently ordered the soldiers and horses of all counties to assemble in Pingliang County. It is said that it is to form an alliance with other countries and prepare to send troops to fight against Da Chen. ”

This news is not surprising, Pingliang County is in the northwest of Chang'an, and the south of Pingliang is Xiaoguan, one of the famous four fortresses in Guanzhong. It is regarded as the northwest gateway of Guanzhong, and entering Xiaoguan is Guanzhong. Out of Xiao Pass, the northwest is Longyou West Qin Xue Ju, and the northeast is Longshang Liu Wuzhou. This time, the countries formed an alliance to send troops, and according to the information obtained by the Chen army, the coalition troops were divided into two routes, of which Xu, Zhou, Qin, and Liang sent 100,000 troops along the way, Xu Guo as the main force sent 50,000 troops, Xue Ju 20,000, Liu Wu 30,000, and Li Liang paid for the grain and grass army.

Xu Shiji's brows furrowed, and he stepped forward and asked coldly, "How can you know such a confidential matter with a small county order?" ”

Liu Guangshi hurriedly said: "The villain has a fellow clan, but he is too guarded to do things in the mansion. Three days ago, Yang Du and Ma Wu were drinking in the Taishou Mansion, and my fellow clansmen accidentally overheard it. "His fellow clan is actually just an eyeliner he arranged in Yang Du's mansion, Xu Shiji naturally understands this matter, but he has already believed it in his heart.

This confirmed the conjecture in his heart, and turned to Chen Kedi: "This time, Liu Wuzhou only needs to send 30,000 troops to the coalition of various countries, but now he has dispatched elite subordinates from all over the country, which seems a bit strange. ”

There is Longshan in Pingliang County, there is Xiaoguan, and it is the border of Xu, Zhou and Qin. At this time, Liu Wuzhou gathered all his troops here, which seemed to imply some conspiracy. Chen Kedi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Pingliang is in the west, and we are in the east." No matter what conspiracy Liu Wuzhou engages in, this is great news for us. In this way, it happens that the emptiness in Longshang is the opportunity for us to destroy Zhou in one fell swoop. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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