I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 180
The first step in capturing a strong city is to build siege equipment.

Then, fill the trench with negative soil.

Perhaps because they were driven to a desperate situation, the rebels in Huainan changed the strict military discipline in Jiangnan.

After Pochao County, a large number of people were driven out to participate in the siege.And wantonly plundered within Luzhou.And the Huainan people who had just suffered the military disaster of the Honglian uprising a few months ago, did not expect that an even greater disaster would come just after the coming year.

However, Lujiang and Shucheng in Luzhou fell successively.A large number of people were driven to act as pioneers in the siege of the city in the cold spring of early February, and took soil to fill the deep Hao in Luzhou.

Afterwards, the rebel soldiers carried the ladders one by one to the top of the city, and the light soldiers began to climb the city.

The defenders on the top of the city, relying on the strength of the city, continued to kill the rebels attached to the ants with bows, crossbows, rocks and logs.

The siege party chose to fight desperately from the beginning, and officers at all levels were required to take the lead in order to boost morale.

The archers of the rebel army directly pressed within seventy steps to suppress the defenders at the top of the city.

The tragic siege battle will naturally bring huge casualties.

In one morning, more than a thousand rebels were killed or injured.

The army also suffered hundreds of casualties.

Sima Han Cheng of Luzhou led his soldiers and kept rushing everywhere. As long as a large number of rebels climbed to the top of the city, they would immediately fill them up.

Maintain Luzhou City, which was a little crumbling from the beginning.

Both Governor Zhao Yi and Sima Hancheng knew that Luzhou City would not be able to defend against such an attack.

And there will be no reinforcements in Luzhou.

Although Chao County was breached, emergency documents were sent to Yangzhou and surrounding counties.But it is very clear to both of them that the imperial court does not have many soldiers in Huainan at present.

Although there are more than [-] people from the Longwu Army and Guangrui Army and the East Palace Guards in Yangzhou City, there are many nobles from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Marshal Xingyuan.Moreover, the strategic significance of Yangzhou is much higher than that of Luzhou, so Yangzhou's army will not or cannot be dispatched until Wu'an Hou Fu Jinchuan rushes back from Jiangnan.

The original garrisons in Haozhou, Shouzhou, and Chuzhou in the surrounding area have long been withdrawn by the imperial court. Now the defenders only have the power to protect themselves, and they don't even think about going south to rescue and fight with the rebels.

The response given by the Marshal's Mansion after receiving the emergency document was to stick to it and wait for help, but in fact it only needs to look at "stick to it".

Even the fall of Luzhou is already expected by everyone, but Luzhou can defend for a few days, which is very important for Shouzhou and Haozhou behind it.

After Wang Tingshan, the captain of the rebel navy, transported the army to the city of Luzhou, he immediately dived into the river again along the Ruxu River, and then went down the river.

Then, at night, they broke through the blockade of the government army at Caishiji in Hezhou, and on the river to the north of Jianye City, they received Wu Wang Zhao Deyu, his third son Zhao Chengqi, and all the officials and family members of the palace.

The eldest son Zhao Chenghao chose to stay in Jianye and defend the city with Wang Bing.

"If my father and son are not in Jianye, the hearts of the people in the city will be fluctuating. At that time, Jianye will not be able to hold on. With me in Jianye, I can barely support it for a while. Aye can lead the army to the north by himself, in order to plan the great cause of the Qing emperor's rebellion. .Otherwise Jiangnan is completely out of my hands, morale will be slackened, and the morale of the army will be useless."

After hearing what the eldest son said, Zhao Deyu left in tears, and then led everyone to follow the navy to the south.

After receiving the letter from Jiangbei, Fu Jinchuan of Jiangnan immediately gathered the entire army of [-] cavalry and all the horses, and took Su Duan, the envoy of the Shence Army, as the general, and ordered him to lead the [-] cavalry to the mining area quickly. Stone, crossing the river north to Shanghezhou.

Linglong Jiejun envoy Du Keshi temporarily took photos of the troops in the south of the Yangtze River.

Afterwards, he only brought dozens of pro-satellites to Runzhou overnight, preparing to return north to Yangzhou.

And Lei Bo, who was far away in Huangzhou, immediately ordered the Jingnan Army units still in Anzhou and Huangzhou to gather in Guangzhou after receiving the emergency document from Chao County that the rebel army had gone north to Luzhou and captured. Quickly inform Cheng Jintang.

The various units of the Jingnan Army were assembled in Gwangju at the beginning of February, and then Lei Bo summoned the generals and expressed his plan.

"Luzhou is at stake. It's too late for us to rescue it now. The only plan for now is to go north to Shouzhou. As long as Shouzhou is kept, this day will never be over!"

A series of important military towns on the Huaihe River in the south are used to guard the Huaihe River and the intersection of the Huaihe River.In Huaixi, there are mainly Shouchun and Zhongli, and in Huaidong there are mainly Shanyang and Xuyi.

The only direct currents in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River are the Yinghe River and the Wohe River.The confluence of Yinghe River and Huaihe River is called Yingkou, and the confluence of Guohe River and Huaihe River is called Wokou.Among them, Shouchun is facing Yingkou, which can block the incoming enemies from the direction of Yinghe and Huaihe.And Zhongli is facing the mouth of the whirlpool, blocking the rush of the whirlpool river.When the north and the south were facing each other, Zhongli and Shouchun, that is, Haozhou and Shouzhou, were both important towns in Huaixi.

At the same time, the first generation of Shouchun was a part of the Huanghuai Plain, with fertile land and convenient irrigation, suitable for farming, and the land was favorable enough to defend in battle. There was also a large amount of grain in Shouzhou City.

Therefore, whether it is Shouzhou or Haozhou, they are extremely important military towns. Once one of them falls into the hands of the rebels, the rebels can go up along the Wohe River or Yinghe River, which means they have entered Gyeonggi Province.

Once the rebels enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, it will inevitably shake the Quartet.

So Lei Bo didn't wait for Cheng Jintang's military order, and quickly led his army to help Shouzhou with a notification.

And Lei Bo also believed that there was nothing wrong with the choice he made.After all, the Jingnan Army was originally under the rule of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, and now it is not even counted as crossing the border when it is in crisis.

Because the Jingnan Army has the responsibility to defend Shouzhou.

And he also knows that the Jingnan Army is currently the closest support army to Shouzhou.

Lei Bo's decision did not have any opinion from the five Du Yuhou, and they had already had enough of the bird spirit of the Tianwu Army.

Now that they are rushing to help Shouzhou, they can just get rid of Cheng Jintang's command and don't have to work with the Tianwu Army.

But when King Wu's banner appeared under the city of Luzhou, the morale of the rebels was greatly shaken, and after the defenders on the city persisted for five days, a large number of defenders died in battle.

Luzhou Sima Han Cheng was also beheaded on the last day by the rebel general Wang Yang who personally led the army to attack the city.

The governor, Zhao Yi, died for the country, but before he died, he ordered the treasury to be burned.Otherwise, the property and food in the belly will fall into the hands of the rebels.

After the rebels entered the city, although they immediately organized fire fighting, they still burned about half of the food. However, the food stored in Luzhou City was still enough for the rebels to use for a month.

However, most of the property in the treasury was burned. In order to honor the pre-war reward, Xue Julin made a difficult decision to plunder.

At the beginning, it was only intended to "recruit" a few wealthy households to supplement military rations and property rewards.But who knows, although no one of the rich households in the city goes to the city to help defend the city, they are very hardworking in guarding their homes.

As a result, the resistance aroused the fierceness of the rebels, and the planned "recruitment" began to turn into disorderly burning, killing and looting.

The unarmed Luzhou people faced the rebels armed with sharp knives and murderous intentions, and the final situation finally slipped in an uncontrollable direction, and the fire of disorder quickly burned all over Luzhou City.

There are thousands of households and tens of thousands of people in the city. When the King of Wu ordered all the ministries to withdraw from Luzhou City, there were only a few hundred poor households left.

Zhao Deyu, king of Wu, stood at the head of Luzhou city, looked at the chaos in the city and cried bitterly: "I wanted to help the country, but I didn't expect to do such a thing that both people and gods are angry with. I am ashamed of my ancestors."

As for how sincere the tears were, only he knew.

But those Lishu people who died under the knife of the rebel army could never live again.

(End of this chapter)