Merry Xianggong Ximen Qing

When they got the news, Ximen Qing and Da Dao Guan Sheng had already led their troops to the north of Gaizhou Prefecture, thirty miles away. The two discussed, one is to set up camp here so that Niu Wenzhong can know; the other is to order Qin Ming and Lu Zhishen's troops to take advantage of the situation And entered, taking advantage of the opportunity to take Yangcheng and Qinshui counties.

There were only a few hundred soldiers left in Yangcheng guarding the gate, and within half an hour after Saburo Shixiu showed his mighty head to Chu Heng, those soldiers raised the white flag and surrendered.

Therefore, Lu Zhishen and Shi Xiu won Yangcheng County without bloodshed. Lu Zhishen, who thought that there was still a big fight to be done, was a little disappointed.

Qinshui County is another story.

The head of Pi Wei An Shirong was smashed by Qin Ming, and he couldn't recognize it at all, so he couldn't show it at all; Zhen Sanshan Huang Xin had a plan out of his mind, and ordered hundreds of soldiers to wear Beibing uniforms, the first ten or so were They surrendered and pretended to be remnants of the city gate, and swarmed in. After a battle, they drove away the remaining northern soldiers and occupied Qinshui County.

Lu Zhishen had 1 people under his jurisdiction, with hundreds of casualties; Qin Ming's 1 people had more than 2000 casualties; less than 4 people defeated [-] horses, this deal is indeed worthwhile.

Dadao Guan Sheng was overjoyed when he heard the news, so he asked Lu Zhishen and Qin Ming to temporarily station in Yangcheng and Qinshui counties respectively; they will make plans after the whole territory is recovered.

In this way, only Gaizhou Mansion, thirty miles to the south, remained.

As long as the capital of Gaizhou is captured, the entire territory of Gaizhou can be recovered.

Dadao Guan Sheng discussed with Ximen Qing, and it was still more important to attack the heart, to retain some strength, and to exterminate Tian Hu would be more helpful.

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August eighteenth.

When Pai Wei general An Shirong and Biao Wei general Chu Heng died, Niu Wenzhong couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Siwei will have a great reputation, but now it has become four corpses.

Of the sixteen lieutenants under the command of the four mighty generals, only Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, and Sheng Ben were left. Niu Wenzhong's situation was really miserable.

Thinking back to the time when hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers marched into Gaizhou, Jin Wang Tianhu personally sent them off, what a scene?Niu Wenzhong wanted to rely on this great achievement to show his strength.

I didn't expect that the strength was not displayed, but the strength was lost.

No wonder Niu Wenzhong vomited blood.

Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Sheng Ben and other three generals came after hearing the news, and saw Niu Wenzhong sitting alone under the oil lamp, miserable, with a haggard face, not like a living person.

The three generals stepped forward to comfort him, but Niu Wenzhong gave a wry smile and ordered to ask Zhaode Mansion for help.

There was really no other way. Niu Wenzhong asked for help from Zhaode Mansion, but Niu Wenzhong lost face and indirectly admitted his failure in Gaizhou.

But at the same time, Niu Wenzhong also made up his mind to use these soldiers in the city together with the people to drag the Song army here.

The food and grass in the city, under Niu Wenzhong's distribution, is enough for half a year; although the number of soldiers is less than [-], and thousands of them are newly "recruited", more than [-] of them are Niu Wenzhong's old troops, all of whom are good at fighting The generation, the combat ability is extraordinary.

These soldiers are also the most critical factor for Niu Wenzhong to make this decision.

The Song army had already camped thirty miles north of the city, and could launch an attack at any time; Niu Wenzhong braced his sick body and personally inspected the four gates in the south, east, west, and north to see how the defense equipment such as rolling stones and trees were prepared.

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August nineteen.

The Song army pulled out their camp and re-entered the village three miles north of the city, but there was no sign of attacking the city.

Niu Wenzhong, Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, and Sheng Ben could have a panoramic view of the Song army's barracks from the city wall, and the sound of Song soldiers' drills came along with the wind.

Ximen Qing and Guan Sheng demonstrated their military strength in this way.

This made Niu Wenzhong so angry that he almost stopped vomiting blood; Qin Sheng said angrily, "Sanli! Only Sanli! What are they trying to do!"

"Stop talking about it." Mo Zhen pointed to the Song army camp: "They did this just to make us lose our fighting spirit. But what they didn't expect was that once the Zhaode Mansion got the news, they would send reinforcements soon. They delayed The longer it takes, the more beneficial it will be to our army.”

These words seemed to hit Niu Wenzhong's sore spot. After a cough, his body was so weak that even his armor seemed to be several times heavier, making him breathless.

"Could it be that we should remain indifferent?" Sheng Ben suggested, "Why don't you come to a night attack just like last time?"

"The Song army has been prepared for a long time. If our army does not rely on the city wall, is it possible that we still have to fight in the field?" Mo Zhen shook his head and said, "Of course not!"

"If you haven't tried it, how do you know?" Sheng Ben persisted in his point of view.

Qin Sheng interjected, "Do you think we still have the money to try?"

This sentence silenced the people present, and the most obvious sound was Niu Wenzhong's unsteady panting.

After a long time, Niu Wenzhong regained his breath and made a judgment directly.

"Our army can only wait for help, and there is no other way out." Niu Wenzhong squinted his eyes and looked at the Song Army camp: "With their strength, they can completely surround three or four gates, but right now they are only at the north gate. It’s nothing more than trying to make our army lose their fighting spirit, and if that’s the case, then they’ve won.”

Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, and Sheng Ben nodded silently.

Niu Wenzhong continued: "There will be various ways to make our army lose fighting spirit in the future. The headless post used by our army before is one of them, but now the city is monolithic. Just be more careful , Ximen Qing can't get in."

What Niu Wenzhong thought was right, but what he didn't expect was that the methods used by Ximen Qing were beyond his imagination, and of course, beyond this era.

August twenty.

Outside the range of the north gate, the Song army began to build a high platform on which the armor of the four mighty generals was displayed.

To be precise, it was the armor stripped from Siwei's corpse.

At the same time, thousands of Song soldiers began to tell the story of how Siwei died with one voice and vividly.

The story, of course, has a lot of water in it.

With Ximen Qing's hard work, the moisture was not as big as usual.

"It's said that Fang Qiongsheng's rat-headed and deer-eyed General Yan Wei, his whole body has no bones... When he saw our army, he rolled off his saddle and got off his horse. He threw away his weapon and raised his hands high, shouting that the hero has mercy!"

"Xiong Wei general Yulin's martial arts skills are mediocre, not as good as a groom in our army...he was picked off his horse in less than one hour."

"Piwei made An Shirong even more stupid..."

"Biaowei general Chu Heng? You don't need to mention it, it's really ponytail tofu, you can't lift it..."

This kind of joke mixed with water was repeated hundreds of times throughout the day. Although Niu Wenzhong and others knew it was false, they were unable to refute it.

The soldiers gradually felt like throwing up on this kind of joke, but "playing" can always catch up with them when they are eating.

And there is an inexplicable emotion spreading among the people in the city.

It turned out that these bandit soldiers who occupied the city and treated them like pigs and dogs were just people like them. Although there were five people and six people in front of them, they were still flesh and blood.

After the joke was "played" for three days, the soldiers in the city were already vomiting, and there were also a small number of incidents of civilian resistance.

Three soldiers were stoned to death by angry people.

Niu Wenzhong used iron fists to arrest dozens of civilians, and executed them one by one at the place where they received their rations.

The bad signs were suppressed for the time being, but the anger in the eyes of the people was still there. Niu Wenzhong was quite aware of this.

The sent messenger should have arrived at Huguan?

Niu Wenzhong was thinking about it, but what he didn't know was that this last hope had already been shattered in Baodu Mountain.

Long before him, Ximenqing's messenger had already arrived at Baodu Mountain, and informed the three village owners of the recent movements that needed to be paid attention to in advance.

So when the messenger sent by Niu Wenzhong finally stepped into the territory of Zhaode Mansion, he was warmly welcomed by the three village owners of Baodu Mountain headed by Tang Bin.

Please go to the cottage, and after eating and drinking, Niu Wenzhong's messenger was "very politely" sent on a road of no return.

Huangquan Road.

The letter written by Niu Wenzhong was also sent to Ximen Qing.

August 25.

Weather: Sunny, crisp autumn air, making people feel happy.

Niu Wenzhong, who had prepared cotton plugs to deal with "playing", couldn't feel happy no matter what.

Because the content of "playing" has changed today.

Soon, Niu Wenzhong realized that what was "played" today was a letter.

A letter written by Niu Wenzhong asking for help.

The letter for help that should have arrived at Zhaode Mansion.

Niu Wenzhong's expression changed. He vomited blood and was bedridden that day.

Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Sheng Ben and other three generals seemed to have seen the moment when the city was breached, and their state of mind soon affected the soldiers in the city.

A cloud of gloom hangs over Gaizhou.

At night, the warehouse where the grain and grass were piled up caught fire, which was naturally the work of Gu Shangchao Shiqian and others.

This time, Niu Wenzhong's hope was completely cut off.

After counting, the remaining grain and grass were not enough to last for ten days.

Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Sheng Ben and the other three generals clearly realized that even if the rations of the common people were canceled from now on, and the rations of all soldiers were distributed according to the minimum standard, it is estimated that after a month, they should eat people.

Niu Wenzhong was hit one after another and fell into a semi-comatose state.

August 27.

There was a turmoil in the city, and the newly "recruited" soldiers united with the common people to rob the remaining food. After Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Sheng Ben and other three generals sent troops to suppress it, the number of soldiers in the city dropped to [-]% of what it was before.

Less than 7000 people.

Niu Wenzhong did not get the news because he had been in a coma for two days.

At the same time, the "playing" that had been going on for seven or eight days suddenly stopped.

Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Sheng Ben and other three generals knew that this was a signal.

It is also the last chance they can get.

August 28.

partly cloudy.

Niu Wenzhong was beheaded in a coma and sent to the camp of the Song Army.

After Guan Sheng and Ximen Qing verified Niu Wenzhong's head, they agreed to the conditions of Qin Sheng and others.

The north gate of Gaizhou Mansion was opened, Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Sheng Ben and other three generals gathered soldiers, walked out of the city gate, and surrendered to the Song army.

Ximenqing took Gaizhou capital without bloodshed.

The entire territory of Gaizhou was recovered.

It wasn't until this moment that the generals realized the heaviness behind the terms "psychological warfare" and "intelligence warfare" that Ximenqing often said.

The good news was sent to Bianliang.