Just when he didn't know what to do, another news came from the east, saying that Wang Jujun's army had set out from Shicheng County, and hired many people from the local area to escort a large amount of grain and grass to the Songming Department.

This hiring is actually very interesting, specifically inviting relatively poor people, which is actually a disguised funding.

Of course, Gao Zhisheng in the back automatically filtered it out, he was thinking about Wang Ju's intentions. Thinking about it, I felt very distressed, Shicheng was too close to Shanyanfu City. What's worse is that he took 30,000 soldiers and horses to Huanzhou Village, and the troops of Langdong Mansion will never dare to withdraw back, and the defensive forces stationed in Xiushan City will also dare not draw back. If it is drawn, let the Song army on the South Road break through Xiushan City, as long as it goes up to the northwest of Zhenchi, Shanyan Mansion will become a real lonely city, and the Gao family will be completely finished.

But he's not for nothing.

Fighting here, even if Wang Ju will bring out the banner of Duan Zhengming, the advantage of people and people is in the Gao family.

It can only be said that having Duan Zhengming is much better than not having Duan Zhengming.

I can't expect the governance in the past few months, as an outsider, Wang Ju can make the local people not so hateful, even if it is a great miracle.

Therefore, in terms of intelligence, Gao Zhisheng has a huge advantage.

So at the same time that Wang Ju quickly took down the Songming Department, another piece of news came to Gao Zhisheng, Wang Ju seemed to have a large army to the west, but when he was actually going west, he transferred 5,000 troops from the rear to chase Duan Zhengming's 10,000 army, and the 5,000 Song army was all cavalry.

In fact, the troops in Wang Ju's hands are not much.

In the Battle of Wenshui, 50,000 Song Dynasty officers and soldiers went west, and the other was the 10,000 Song troops who were transferred from the rear to support Yao Lin, and they were accompanied by grain and grass supplies after spring. Another 10,000 officers and soldiers arrived.

As for the more than 10,000 soldiers recruited by Wang Ju from Wuman and Luodian. Gao Zhisheng was not afraid. Everyone is with each other. If you only talk about the number of troops, is there any need to be afraid of the Song army?

What I am afraid of is these 70,000 officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, but there have been nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers reduced, that is, if the troops in Wang Ju's hands are thrown away from Yan Da's subordinates and the 15,000 officers and soldiers who support, only 30,000 Song soldiers are really afraid of Gao Zhisheng, and the rest is the more than 10,000 recruits who are indiscriminate.

Gao Zhisheng is also desperately thinking about if he fights in the field. The troops in his own city are less than others, and his combat effectiveness is worse than others, and his ability to use troops may be worse than others...... That's looking for death.

But I have a city.

If you want to break through the city of Shanxi, is it that easy?

Then he was thinking about the two Song armies in the north, which really can't be underestimated, with 30,000 Song Dynasty officers and soldiers, coupled with Duan Zhengming's appeal, and his two families are not united, maybe the 70,000 soldiers under the Huanzhou village will be defeated.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand Wang Ju's intentions. first let Yanda defend, and by the way, provoke the discord between the two families. Then he sent 15,000 officers and soldiers from the rear to help, and Duan Zhengming's call to attack inside and outside, first take down his 30,000 soldiers and horses, turn around, and then deal with Yang Yizhen's 40,000 soldiers and horses.

As soon as the 70,000 army was defeated, half of the two families were removed, and they couldn't fight together, so if they didn't fight, they would either surrender or prepare to flee to the end of the world.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible, so he gathered all the generals together and said what he thought.

And said a key reason, is the city so easy to attack? But as far as he knew, there was not much grain and grass under Yanda's tent, and the 15,000 Song troops who rushed to help also did not carry much grain for the sake of speed.

And when he said this, his eyes lit up.

A series of orders were issued.

Immediately send 5,000 soldiers from the city to Luquandian, which is about the same as Ziqi, high in the northwest, mountainous in the northwest, low in the southeast, and has many flat valley meadows.

And Luquandian is the only way for the Song army to reinforce the army, so as long as there are a few treacherous places in the northwest of Luquandian, the defense line will be arranged immediately, plus 5,000 soldiers, it is enough to block the Song Dynasty reinforcements on the east road. As long as the two families take advantage of the advantages of the vast mountains and arrange their troops, Yanda's Song army will be difficult to fly. Once the grain and grass were exhausted, the 15,000 Song troops would be defeated without a fight, and the two coalition forces would turn east and take down the 5,500 Song troops. The 30,000 main forces were defeated, Wang Ju went back obediently.

Of course, after the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers, the defense force in the city is a little tight, but can't it be held for more than ten days? As long as it is held for more than ten days, Yanda's army will be cannibalized.

5,000 soldiers quickly set out from the city of Shanyan.

The order also came to Gao Shengtai, and Gao Zhisheng couldn't order the Yang family's 40,000 soldiers and horses, so he had to let Gao Shengtai explain the stakes to that side on the front line and let them cooperate.

Gao Shengtai immediately sent someone to inform the Yang family, and they also quickly gave a reply, and after a few days of strong attack, that side suffered heavy losses, so why not besiege it without attacking, and wait for its defeat?

Wang Ju also placed a general.

But his intention is not to know the generals and the soldiers, but to facilitate the command.

Just like now, more than 30 generals and deputy generals are sitting here, and they can almost discuss their next move while eating and drinking. Otherwise, if it is replaced by the previous one, each of the main and deputy commanders, it will be nearly two hundred people.

When Wang Ju received the news, he was stuffing a piece of mutton into his mouth.

In ancient times, some old-fashioned scribes paid attention to food and silence, and Wang Ju followed the customs of the locals, and sometimes when talking with some scholars and doctors who were not close, he was also silent.

But in the military, everyone doesn't care.

After receiving the news, Yao Lin said: "As Shaobao expected. ”

A military general asked, "Shaobao, why didn't the Gao family transfer troops back from Nongdong Mansion?" ”

Most of these generals were gradually promoted from those who had performed well in the previous battles on the Quang Nam West Road.

So thanks to Yanda's overseas combat training, it was that training that made some well-behaved native soldiers stand out, and then gradually became middle-level generals in the army.

Of course, when it comes to the step of military generals, they can be regarded as middle and high-level or even high-level generals.

However, they have not yet been recognized by the imperial court, or many ministers think that although the extermination of Jiaozhi is cruel, it is not really fought. The city also used natives to contain it, and seventy percent of them were barbarians. So they did not recognize their exploits. At least I don't think they're worthy of being generals.

This insider Wang Ju concealed it. Otherwise it will discourage this general will be motivated.

This question is well asked, just like the Yongzhou tragedy, if Su Mian did not abandon his martial arts, there were 10,000 officers and soldiers in the city, would Jiaozhi be able to break through Yongzhou City. Now the reason is the same, if there are enough troops in the city, even if they are well prepared, it will still be very difficult to take it.

Wang Ju patiently explained: "The Gao family withdrew their troops from Nongdong Mansion. Will Yang Yizhen take the opportunity to occupy the Langdong Mansion? ”

"It won't be."

"Let me tell you the story of Guan Yu's defeat and departure from Maicheng." Wang Ju said before and after the death of Guan Yu.

"I'm so proud."

Guan Erye did not have a later reputation, so after listening to it, many generals said disdainfully.

Wang Ju told the origin of the Sun and Liu families for Jingzhou again, and then talked about the direction of the final Three Kingdoms.

"You will understand it this way, the Sun and Liu families are very weak, and Cao Wei is very strong. If Guan Yu flooded Cao Jun's death, Sun Wu immediately used troops to Jianghuai, and Cao Wei was in danger. But Sun Wu in order to recover Jingzhou. caused the two alliances to be suspicious and even use troops against each other. In fact, since Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, it was impossible for the two families to defeat Cao Wei. This is Sun Quan, can Yang Yizhen and Sun Quan? Besides, the two of them still have a feud. As long as Gao Zhisheng dares to withdraw the army, Yang Yizhen will definitely not mind taking charge of the Gao family for the time being. ”

However, Wang Ju put down the leg of mutton in his hand and said, "The poor dagger has appeared, so we set off immediately." ”

The previous arrangement was deliberately to give Gao Zhisheng the illusion that he would place the main battlefield in Huanzhou Village.

If he really uses his troops to explain the city, Gao Zhisheng is not allowed to withdraw his troops from Langdong Mansion just in case.

In that way, he was self-defeating, and was even forced to go north and fight hard with two 70,000 troops in the bitter terrain of Huanzhou Village.

The three armies immediately opened up.

It was nearly evening. However, the generals and commanders of the various armies looked calmer, and they heard many stories about Wang Ju from the mouths of the various generals of the Song army, including Wang Ju's love for night battles.

Isn't it normal that it's just a night march now?

Moreover, it is the beginning of March, the weather is neither hot nor cold, and it is a flat road from here to Shanxian City, so no one doubts it.

Not only is the weather good and the roads are smooth, but it's close.

The sky was dark, and Gao Zhisheng took the news from his subordinates, saying that Song Jun was about to approach the city of Shanxi.

"Is the Song army really coming to attack the city?" Gao Zhisheng asked incredulously.

Does that make sense?

He couldn't believe it, and soon batches of Song troops came to the city. The city was not immediately attacked, and a part of the army was ordered to prevent the Gao army in the city from attacking out of the city, and the rest of the officers and soldiers cut down trees together and set up camps. Then countless people who were carrying grain, grass and baggage also arrived.

In fact, at this time, Gao Zhisheng still had a chance, and immediately ordered the subordinates of Lang Dongfu to withdraw, so he still had a few chances to turn the tables. Although this group of soldiers and horses was inevitably defeated by Wang Ju's siege, Yang Yizhen's army was put in. The two armies were pinned, and it became difficult for Wang Ju to break through Shanxian City. On the other hand, the grain and grass in Yanda's hands can indeed only last for more than ten days. As long as Wang Ju attacked for a few days in a row, he couldn't attack it, so he had to go to the rescue.

However, Gao Zhisheng is too superstitious about his good interpretation city.

The three armies were busy, and Wang Ju looked at the tall city in front of him.

Shanxian City is Kunming City, as a city, the history is longer than Dali City, plus the Gao family has been repaired for so many years, it is no less than many male cities in the Song Dynasty. In addition to the city walls, there is also a clear moat.

But Wang Ju brought a lot of good things this time, but he did not immediately attack the city, but ordered the three armies to continue to rest, recuperate, and sent many scouts to investigate.

Night soon fell, and the city was still full of people shouting and shouting.

Shicheng County is too close to Shancheng City, so since Wang Ju used Shicheng County, Gao Zhisheng has prepared a large number of defensive weapons in the city, and it is not a clever defensive weapon, it is the rolling stone and the wood, but the common weapons to defend the city in this era are them.

The Song army was resting, and the guards and people in the city carried these rolling stones and sassalwoods one by one to the city.

The Gao Mansion is also brightly lit.

One of the generals asked, "Why didn't they attack the city?" ”

"Maybe it's resting." The other will say.

"Can you go out of the city and attack?" Another general questioned, since the Song army came so quickly, it must have been a night trip yesterday. Then set up camp. Bury the pot for cooking. Waiting for the people to bring grain and grass to the baggage, they unloaded it again, and did not rest until the afternoon. The three armies are tired, and now is the time to sleep soundly.

However, at first, the general sneered: "How many troops in the city dare to take the initiative to attack out of the city?" ”

Gao Zhisheng smiled bitterly, it has nothing to do with the strength of the troops, the combined strength of the Gao family and the Yang family is not better than the Song army. When Zhang Xun Xu Yuan defended Juyang, his troops were pitifully small, and he still attacked out of the city many times, defeating An Lushan's army.

The main reason is that the combat effectiveness of his own army is inferior to that of the Song army.

So he shook his head, but luckily he didn't agree to go out of the city and attack the camp, otherwise he would have died a terrible death.

Gao Zhisheng said again: "Did the Song army really attack the city? ”

After the attack, the Gao family was in danger, and the consequences were unimaginable. If it can't be attacked, Yanda's 15,000 Song troops are turtles in the urn, waiting to die.

But when is the city of truth and goodness so easy to conquer? If Wang Ju doesn't understand military affairs. He also believes that Guan Jian has heard some news. said that this son is very good at using soldiers, so why did he play this stinky move?

After a long discussion, no one could make a judgment.

In fact, they didn't have to think about it, and soon there was an answer.

Went to bed early, woke up early, and at the fourth watch, the soldiers of the Song army couldn't sleep together and got up one after another.

Yao Lin also made a joke and said: "It's still a normal climate here." ”

For him, it's not normal either, because it's not too hot in the summer and not too cold in the winter. But this is the most normal time.

"Cooking." Wang Ju ordered.

The defenders of the city looked at the city strangely, the lights were blind, what was the Song army doing?

However, some soldiers woke up and couldn't sleep, so they immediately went to report to Gao Zhisheng.

When Gao Zhisheng heard this, he didn't care about his sleepiness and came to the city.

In fact, there is really no need to worry, now Song Jun is just cooking and eating, and even because he can't sleep, he also gathered in a team and went to practice outside the camp.

"General Dong Jun, General Tian, it's your turn."

Wang Juzhi's generals were basically five battalions and one general, and the 5,000 officers and soldiers led by Tian Dong's second army were all logistics soldiers, and it was only after spring that they came to the front line with the escort of grain and grass.

However, these two armies are not just responsible for escort logistics......

"Whew," the two generals went down and began to assemble their men. As for the soldiers of the Gao family at the head of the city, they were still curiously watching the Song army practicing.

But by this time, the sky was getting longer, and the sky began to be cloudy. If you can see it, you can do it. 5,000 officers and soldiers began to assemble two kinds of equipment, the first was a real ladder, but it was also improved by Wang Ju and turned into a ladder that could be assembled and disassembled, although the cost was higher, but it was easy to carry. The second is the Tiger Cannon, and it is also a super-large Tiger Cannon.

Wang Ju has led the army into Dali for so long, and in order to fight a critical battle, these two things have not been used.

In addition, in addition to being responsible for transportation and logistics in the rear, these two officers and soldiers learned to operate these two equipment.

"What then?" The soldiers of the Gao family at the head of the city looked at these behemoths standing up one by one, and asked in surprise.

Gao Zhisheng could see at a glance that this was the legendary ladder and trebuchet.

The main reason is that the ladder is inconvenient to carry, the trebuchet is troublesome to operate, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dali has rarely had large-scale battles, and there are no trebuchets and ladders at all. Therefore, many soldiers of the Gao family couldn't recognize it, but Gao Zhisheng was well-informed and read many books, but he guessed it.

"Prepare to defend the city." Gao Zhisheng said in a cold sweat.

Since these two things have been brought over, the Song army is undoubtedly really going to attack Shanxian City, no wonder they brought so many people.

But the Song army did not immediately attack the city, and when it was dawn, the rest of the officers and soldiers began to work, taking out straw bales and shovels, and then taking mud with the people and filling mud bags.

If you want to capture the city, you must first fill in the moat.

The moat outside the city is more than 20 meters wide in some places, and nearly 10 meters wide in even the narrow places. It's a good cover, but it's relatively gentle, and the river has been silted up for a long time, with an average depth of only about a meter, making it easy to fill. It's a nuisance, but not too much of a nuisance.

Wang Ju saw that he was almost ready, and the sun also rose, and said, "General Dong Jun, General Tian, you are starting to prepare for the attack." ”

Then the troops were dispatched one after another.

The ladder was assembled, but instead of being pushed out, two hundred extra-large tiger cannons were first pushed to the front of the moat. Wang Ju ordered again: "Use stone bullets first." ”

Stone bullets are the least cruel. The main reason is that the current tiger cannon still can't master the accuracy of operation. This is to reduce the number of people in the city who are injured by mistake. So say hello with a stone bullet first.

The officers and men of the two battalions began to load the stone bullets with the tiger cannon, and Gao Zhisheng gasped, because the stone bullets were so big that some of them were so big that four or five soldiers carried them with poles before they were lifted onto the trebuchet. He thought to himself, is there such a powerful trebuchet? While giving orders non-stop.

Wang Ju waved his flag, and two hundred huge stone projectiles flew into the air.

The soldiers of the Gao family at the head of the city were frightened one by one, and the people in the city also looked at the air in surprise. Then someone shouted frantically, "Run." ”

Because some stone bullets do not fall towards the top of the city, but towards the middle of the city, and the trajectory will fall far away.

Immediately the city was in chaos.

The stone projectiles were large, and the throwing speed was not too fast, but it was also very fast, some fell outside the city walls, some fell on the top of the city, and some fell in the middle of the city.

Just two waves of stone bullets made the defenders on the city change color together.

Then 5,000 Song Dynasty crossbowmen stepped forward together, but the crossbows in their hands were not ordinary crossbows. It's a god arm bow of all colors, but the god arm bow has already appeared on the battlefield.

Under the pressure of five thousand divine arm archers. The rest of the officers and soldiers were divided into two groups, with large rattan shields in front of them covering and the river filling in the back. As for the people in the rear, they continued to load mud bags.

Gao Zhisheng hid behind the wall buttress and couldn't help but scold: Nima, how many bags did you bring here? Do you want to fill in the moat?

As the sky approached dusk, Wang Ju ordered the troops to be withdrawn. However, more than 50 wide dikes have appeared on the moat, so that the water upstream has to spread down, but this problem is no longer big, just a shallow layer of water, which cannot stop the Song army's attack.

Both sides healed their wounds, although the city was not officially attacked, casualties were inevitable, but because of the advantage of the divine arm bow, the Gao army stayed in the city, and the casualties were a little heavier.

However, neither side can be called miserable at the moment, and the tragic one is tomorrow......

It was dawn again, and Wang Ju said in the barracks: "Second son, it's your turn to appear." ”

Duan Zhengchun nodded.

Wang Ju said again: "Change the flag." ”

Now there is no national flag, only the flags of the generals, and the surnames of the main generals are on them. However, with an order, the banner of the king character was replaced together and replaced with the banner of the word duan, and this word was embroidered in both Chinese and Sanskrit characters (Sanskrit is also more popular in Dali).

There are some soldiers in the city who are also literate, and when they saw that they were replaced with the Duan character flag, some people in the city whispered, the chief general surnamed Duan in the Song army?

Gao Zhisheng also wondered, didn't he say that Duan Zhengming went to Huanzhou Village? Suddenly he came to his senses, and there was another highness.

Wang Ju took Duan Zhengchun on his horse and slowly came to the city, and when he saw Duan Zhengchun, thousands of barbarian soldiers in the barracks cheered loudly: "Second Highness." ”

Wang Ju is also not tasteful, and he is a barbarian soldier, if the Duan clan does not even have this appeal, then there is no need to rescue the Duan brothers. He made a gesture, and another barbarian soldier immediately shouted loudly to the city: "Second Highness Duan Zhengchun asked you to open the city gate and surrender." ”

There are only a few nephews of Duan Lianyi, although there are not many people who know Duan Zhengchun, but many people have heard of this name. Wang Ju and Duan Zhengchun rode around Shanxian City and walked slowly, and the barbarian soldiers behind them also shouted.

Of course, no one will really open the city gate and surrender, this is the Gao family's lair.

But this shout, some of the soldiers of the Gao family have some floating hearts, why do they raise troops, under the banner of fighting to destroy the traitors, but what is the matter now?

Wang Ju returned with Duan Zhengchun and ordered, "Let's start." ”

This time it was no longer a stone bullet, but two other weapons, one was a huge thunderbolt weighing nearly 100 catties, and the same was a round porcelain bottle containing fierce fire oil, but each bottle also contained nearly 100 catties of fierce fire oil.

One by one, thunderbolts fell, some exploded in the air, some exploded in the city, some exploded in the city, and a few exploded outside the city. Not only the lethality of the explosion, but also a lot of iron nails and thistles in it. It was not only these iron nails and thistles, but also the porcelain bottles of fierce fire oil, which were all refined fierce fire oil, fell on the ground or on the head of the city, and immediately splashed all over the ground, and immediately burned with the temperature generated by the explosion.

It's better if it is replaced by Western Xia, and there is already some experience in coping with it, but when did Dali see such a weapon? This is completely beyond their understanding.

And the city is full of Gao family's cronies, although they can guarantee loyalty, but the strongest troops in Dali are not them, but the barbarians, golden teeth and Baiyi, these soldiers, that is, the Yi soldiers mentioned by Dali, although these soldiers lack cooperation with each other, but the various departments like vendettas, not lack of fierceness. However, most of the Gao generals at the head of the city are the children of the Shanshu Mansion, and they usually come from the vendetta?

After several waves of throwing, Wang Ju had not yet given the order to push out the ladder, and the city itself was in chaos, and some soldiers saw the miserable appearance of their comrades being burned, and they ignored the order and fled to the city......

Coupled with the transfer of 5,000 troops, the troops in the city were already empty, so Gao Zhisheng muttered, "It's over." (To be continued......)