Prime Minister

Chapter 780

Facing the natural danger of Dangchang City in Minzhou, Zhong Shidao proposed his own method.

During the day, the Song army was ordered to storm the strongest fortress of Dangchang City, exhausting the defenders. At night, Zhong Shidao led 76 dead soldiers and quietly climbed up the mountain wall behind the fort.

Most of these dead soldiers were raised by the Zhong family, and most of them were from the party. The tough border residents recruited by the Fan tribe near Hengshan provided food and drink on weekdays, and they were strictly trained. All of them were loyal to the Zhong family. Incredibly.

And the other half were those who were brave enough to die and were recruited from the army.

Shidao Yezhong led these dead men to climb the cliff behind Dangchang Castle at a risk.

Zhang Yue led his staff to watch as Zhong Shidao took the lead and led 76 dead men to climb the cliffs without fear of death, all relying on ropes to hook them, while their feet were turbulent Qiangshui. If you go down, you will die.

Cai Jing said in admiration: "All I saw was sweaty hands and feet, but I never expected them to climb up."

Zhang Yue said to the left and right: "I don't know who can surpass the courage of being a teacher."

Zhang Yue's words made Wang Junwan look a little unsightly.

Wang Junwan never thought that Zhong Shidao would dare to attack the dangerous Dangchang Castle in this way.At this moment, he was ashamed and admired at the same time, and he didn't say a word beside Zhang Yue.

Zhong Shidao had already climbed to the top of the peak by taking the lead. At this moment, one of the dead men accidentally fell from the middle of the mountain, and the people watching below all uttered an exclamation in unison.

But seeing the dead man desperately stretched out his left and right hands in the air, but finally fell into the Qiang River with a plop and was swept away by the waves. But what is respectable is that in order to avoid alarming the defenders, the dead man The soldier didn't let out an exclamation from the beginning to the end, just fell down the cliff silently.

In this way, the 76 dead men became 75.

Zhong Shidao immediately led the dead soldiers to attack Dangchang Castle from the back mountain. Suddenly, the sound of killing sounded, and the defenders also discovered them, and a fight started.

From time to time there would be a horrific cry of despair coming from the fortress.

Zhang Yue paced back and forth in the city.

After a cup of tea, the city gate rope was cut by a steel knife, the suspension bridge fell with a bang, and the gate of the fortress was half opened.

Seeing this scene, everyone was overjoyed and knew that the matter was over.

Then the Song army ambushing outside the city took the opportunity to enter...

After dawn, when Zhang Yue arrived at the fort from the winding mountain road, he learned that the stubborn enemies in the city had been wiped out.

More than [-] soldiers were all wiped out. Except for hundreds of people who died in the stubborn resistance last night, the rest surrendered. In addition, there were [-] to [-] family members.

Zhang Yue saw that there were corpses everywhere in the stronghold, and Zhong Shidao was also injured on his shoulder. The dead soldiers killed 17 people after fighting last night.

Zhang Yue saw Mr. Zhong and said: "I thought that Uncle Yi was only good at both civil and military skills, but I don't think he is still a brave general!"

Zhong Shidao clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I made the commander laugh."

Zhang Yue asked Mr. Zhong to heal his wounds, while he himself met the captured city lord.

After the city lord knew that Zhang Yue was a Bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, he was immediately in awe.

The lord of the city, surnamed Mu, Fang Fang said to Zhang Yue: "Long Tu's subordinates are really heavenly soldiers, as if they are gods and men, I accept it!"

Zhang Yue said: "You Mu family and the seven clans surrendered first and then rebelled. I would not tolerate you, but I, the Son of Song, have the virtue of loving life and don't let me kill more, so this time I can exempt you from the death penalty."

"Thank you Longtu, thank you Longtu!"

Zhang Yue said: "I can spare your life, but you want to help me convince Zuojin Fortress to surrender, can you do it?"

The other party said: "My family's life is in the general's hands, so I must work hard. Besides, the general has these heavenly soldiers and generals under his command, and our people dare not resist."

Zhang Yue laughed loudly when he heard the words, and immediately ordered someone to untie the other party, and then bestowed wine and meat to suppress the shock.

After eating and drinking, the other party went out of the city to lobby for a fortress. The owner of this fortress was the other party's brother. If you can climb the cliffs, you feel that the other party is blessed by the gods.This brother also offered the city to surrender immediately.

Driven by these two people, all the more than ten fortresses in Dangchang City surrendered within a day.

Zhang Yue borrowed the power of being a teacher, and captured Wang Shao within a day, and Dangchang City, which Wang Junwan could not take for a month.Zhang Yue moved out all the Fanmin in the fortress, moved away all the food, grass and supplies, and finally set fire to solve this heinous trouble.

After Xihe implemented the art of war, he was divided into three armies, and Wang Junwan was the third general, with 8000 troops at the earliest.After Zhang Yue was transferred to Beijing, Wang Shao increased the number of troops to more than 1, and at the same time gave him the best treatment and resources.

Because Wang Junwan's team followed Wang Shao at the beginning, many soldiers in the army were Wang Shao's cronies.Wang Shao's dismissal this time must have had a considerable impact on these people.

However, Zhang Yue's direct lineage was Jing Sili's first army, but suffered a lot of losses in Tabai City, but Wang Shao did not give them reinforcements.

The battle between the first and second in command between Zhang and Wang was also reflected in the army, and the generals below could not help but stand in line.Now, although Zhang Yue has pushed Wang Shao to the end, he has reused his confidant general Wang Junwan, but it does not mean that the past is over.

Regarding the personnel affairs of the third army, Zhang Yue still made a cleanup.

It is inevitable to arrange a idle job with Wang Shao's confidant or find a reason to dismiss him, and the vacant position is to be filled by his confidant Zhang Yi and Zhong Shidao.

Zhang Yi, Zhong Shidao must arrange his cronies in the army to control the entire military power.

Of course, these actions can't be done too much, otherwise it will affect the combat effectiveness of the army, so Wang Junwan must be appeased, but he is gradually being emptied.

As for Wang Jun Wan Zhangyue, he promised to recommend him as the imperial envoy, and the governor of Yingzhou as a consolation.

Wang Junwan knew that he was in the wrong team, but Zhang Yue was still willing to guarantee his promotion, so he had nothing to say for this sake.

After conquering Dangchang City and regaining Minzhou, Zhang Yue can justifiably show his merits as a teacher, and promote him to the military supervisor of Xihe Road, as Wang Junwan's deputy general.

As for Zhang Yu, he knew that the Tongyuan Army was actually the supervisor of Wang Junwan's third army. Through this series of methods, Zhang Yue minimized the impact of Wang Shao's dismissal.

It cannot be said that Zhang Yue is nepotism and excludes dissidents.

Officials are accountable only to their own source of power.

If you promote him, you can move him, but the person who replaced Wang Shao just can't move him, or he will act in a positive way, and these people will not work hard in the event of a big battle.

Zhang Yuedang reported the news of Minzhou's recovery to the officials, and at the same time asked Zhang Shen to lead Qinfeng Road's soldiers and horses to take over Minzhou.

Knowing the news that the Song army broke Minzhou, the leader of the Fan tribe in Diezhou ordered Zheng Zheng, and the leader of the Fan tribe in Taozhou Guo Si successively led troops to the Zhangyue army to express their submission.

At the same time, Zhang Yue took Wang Junwan, Zhong Shidao, and many soldiers from Minzhou, Diezhou, and Taozhou to Hezhou to rescue.

As for the news that Zhang Yue captured Minzhou in two or three days, Wang Shao was extremely unhappy.

(End of this chapter)