Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 263 Blocked by a Shield

There was a faint sound of piercing the air that was different from the other flying arrows. In the noisy siege sound, no one could hear it, let alone notice that one of the flying arrows was much faster than the others, and even the defenders of Shaozhou City The naked eye can't catch it at all.

Chen Shouyi was behind the wall, and any flying arrows would not turn halfway, so they couldn't hit him, and even if they were thrown in, they would be blocked by the shield.

The iron arrow Ye Chen shot naturally wouldn't turn, and he didn't choose to throw it, but his arrow could pass through the wall. With a bang, the special steel arrow passed through the two-foot-thick wall in front of Chen Shouyi, and shot at It hit the shield, passed through it again, and stuck it on Chen Shouyi's chest.

Chen Shouyi's body shook, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he grabbed the steel arrow that almost pierced his chest, spat out hot blood, and fell to the ground.

At this time, the soldiers nearby discovered that Chen Shouyi was dead.

"General Chen is dead!" A soldier shouted in horror.

The whole city was suddenly quiet, everyone on the city, from the prefect Li Congxin up to every soldier, was at a loss for a moment, and then a little at a loss.Except for Chen Shouyi, the death of anyone, including the death of Li Congxin, the prefect of Shaozhou, would not make everyone in the city like this.But Chen Shouyi was the backbone of the whole city. Once he died, these people's will to stick to Shaozhou City disappeared almost instantly.

Originally, if Chen Shouyi was alive, after a wave of arrows rained, he would command the defenders to pour oil on fire, throw logs, push ladders, shoot arrows, etc. as quickly as possible.It's a pity that he died at this time, without his command, his lieutenants were far inferior to him, and even the first thought was to turn around and run away.

In addition, because of his death, the defenders were instantly stunned, and the final result was that most of them splashed, threw, or smashed the weapons in their hands in panic, thanks to the fact that they had some weapons just now. According to experience, most of the Song soldiers were smashed down, but it was the momentary slowness of the few defenders with poor psychological quality that allowed a small number of Song soldiers to take the opportunity to climb up.These Southern Han defenders were not opponents of the Song Army at all, and four or five screams sounded from the top of the city at the same time, making all the Southern Han soldiers excited.The last point insisted on a complete breakdown.

"The Song army has attacked the city, run!" A defender screamed, dropped his weapon, got up and ran down the city wall.

This scream was like throwing water into the oil pan, and a fire in the gunpowder depot. The last trace of persistence of most of the defenders on the head of Shaozhou City was instantly broken. Amidst the horrified shouts of the defenders, they dropped their weapons. Turn around and run down the city wall.Long before this, Li Congxin, the magistrate of Shaozhou City, and several generals had already descended the city wall first.

More and more Song troops climbed to the city wall. Although nearly two-thirds of the defenders are still working hard, their combat power and lack of effective command are doomed to lose their advantage in defending the city. In hand-to-hand combat, he was no match for Song Jun at all.

The defeat at the top of the city only took ten breaths of time, and the army of the Southern Han Dynasty completely collapsed. After being killed by the Song army for a while, they fled desperately to the inner city wall. In order to snatch the stone steps of the city wall, many People were squeezed off the city wall and fell half to death.

The Song army above and below the city shouted like a tide, and Shaozhou City was broken.

After Ye Chen shot that arrow, he was protected by Luo Yaoshun, Cao Wei, Yang Yanping and his personal soldiers and retreated to the rear.Hearing the shouting, he turned his head to look, and heaved a long sigh of relief.

This was the first city he captured with an army, and also the first battle he fought, and it seemed he had won.

Everything behind is a matter of course. Ye Chen and the five generals have already made a series of plans. Cao Wei's troops in charge of opening the city gates quickly opened the four city gates. No matter what kind of decent resistance they encountered, as long as they caught up with them, the Southern Han army quickly knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy.

Zhan Xiongwu led people to stop Li Congxin, the prefect of Shaozhou, at the south gate and captured him alive.When Li Congxin saw Ye Chen, he knelt down on the spot and expressed his willingness to surrender to Song Dynasty.After discussing with the five generals, Ye Chen asked him to temporarily continue to serve as the prefect of Shaozhou to appease the people. Li Congxin was overjoyed and worked very hard.

There were two reasons for Ye Chen's move. On the one hand, they attacked Shaozhou very suddenly, and the local officials responsible for taking over the counties had not yet arrived.On the other hand, Li Congxin was also established as a signboard to weaken the loyalty of other Southern Han local officials.

Shaozhou City took less than two hours from the start of the attack to the breach and occupation.

The sun is hot, and the land of Sichuan and Shu has always been rainy and humid, but this year there is a rare drought. There was only one rain after the beginning of spring. Under the continuous drought, the peaks of the Shu Mountains also lost their green color and turned into a scorched withered yellow. color.

The Maitreya monks used this as a pretense, saying that Emperor Song did not have the heart of heaven and violated the heart of the earth. The land of Sichuan and Shu has never been dry. If it does not rain today, it is God's punishment for Emperor Song, and the people of Sichuan and Shu are implicated by Emperor Song. up.It is also said that Maitreya taught Daming Wang's leader, Shangti Tianxin, to seek a chance for the people in Sichuan and Shu to go to heaven. As long as Sichuan and Shu are separated from the Song Dynasty, the weather will naturally be smooth.

This absurd rhetoric in the eyes of later generations has won the approval of almost everyone among these displaced people who are hungry.

If it is said that the five thousand bandits were coerced and lured by Maitreya Sect Shangguan Bingyun with tricks and lures, then the refugees who continued to join them were quite willing. They are well fed and able to live before their eyes.From the perspective of long-term goals, the deceitful lie of Maitreya religion gave them a way out and hope, allowing them to rely on their spiritual beliefs.

In Guangyuan County, Chengdu Prefecture, cigarette butts were scattered everywhere, countless bandits surged in the streets and alleys, and the dead and injured people everywhere in the city were crying everywhere.On the east gate of the city, a man wearing a civil service uniform was kneeling on the ground, his hands were firmly tied behind his back. His official uniform was torn, his black gauze hat was taken off his head, and he threw it on the ground aside. Footprints made of dirt.

The official's hair was disheveled, and he looked down at the ground. In front of him was a pair of black tartar boots. As he walked up the pair of shoes, the current owner of the shoes was standing in front of him. Excellent chain mail, a blackened red cloak behind him, a weed-like beard growing on his dark and yellow face, and a tyrannical look in his eyes, which makes people dare not look directly at him. At this time, he is crossing his hands Standing there, there is a circle of guards in different colors behind him.Next to him is a monk wearing a bright yellow cassock with a compassionate and holy face.

"Master Wang, is that what you said back then to serve the country with one death?" The dark middle-aged man glanced at the monk, and the unknown disgust deep in his eyes flashed away, and a creepy expression appeared on his face. Smiling, showing a few yellow die teeth, squatting down, leaning his head close to the official, squinting his eyes and said, "When you insulted Lao Tzu on the city wall the day before yesterday, do you know what will happen now?"

The official raised his head, his disheveled hair fell in front of his eyes, but his bloody face was full of determination. He was Wang Rili, the county magistrate of Guangyuan. I only hate that I am a literati, I am unable to kill a thief, since I fell into your hands today, no need to say more, the only thing I can do is die! Bah!" Then he spit on the dark middle-aged man's face.

"Looking for death!" Several guards next to him yelled and were about to rush up and kick him.

The swarthy middle-aged man waved his hand, motioning for several people to back off, without wiping the saliva on their faces.He laughed again, looking at the official with great interest, as if admiring a work of art.

"It's the only death? How about you just choose to die? I have prepared several ways to die for Master Xu. Ordinary people are crude, so please don't laugh at me."

As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand and opened his fingers like treasures, "There are five horses cutting corpses, skinning people alive, boiling people alive, Ling Chi..." At this point, he kindly added: "Ling Chi three thousand dollars, less than three thousand dollars." If Qian dies, I will kill the swordsman and bury him with you."

Wang Zhixian began to tremble, and kept cursing: "Xu Qingfei! The imperial court's deputy envoy Cao Dashuai will lead the army in a short time. You have lost all conscience and poisoned the people. Although I am dead today, you will die in my court in the future." Under the big saber."

The Song court sent Cao Bin with 5000 forbidden troops to lead the local forbidden army in Sichuan and the southwestern forbidden army, a total of [-] people, to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits in Sichuan and Shu. When they set off from Kaifeng, the leader of the Sixteenth Route Rebels in Sichuan and Shu knew the military situation in advance from Shangguan Bingyun, the king of Maitreya.Even according to the deployment of the latter, a series of preparations have been made.

These sixteen bandit bandits were the sixteen bandits who first formed an alliance to attack Dazhou. Shangguan Bingyun took these sixteen bandits as the core and designated them as the Eighteenth Bandit Anti-Song Army, and sent these sixteen bandits together. The leader was appointed as the protector of the Maitreya sect, allowing them to absorb refugees and grow their power.

Now, nearly a month has passed, the largest number of rebels along the way has nearly 5 people, and the least number is two to three thousand, adding up to 5000 people.Of course, most of them are just refugees with simple weapons.This Xu Qingfei is the leader of one of the anti-thieves, with [-] people under his command.They just broke through another county seat under the guidance of the internal response who had sneaked into the city in advance.

According to Shangguan Bingyun's order to the leader of the Sixteenth Route rebels, grab as much food as possible before Cao Bin's army encircled and suppressed them, and then gathered everyone in several Dazhou cities. The [-] horses who came here formed an army of horse thieves, who came and went like the wind to kill, burn, and loot everywhere.

"Kill me?" Xu Qingfei stood up abruptly with a ferocious expression on his face, raised his foot and kicked the official fiercely, within a few strokes, the magistrate collapsed to the ground, spitting blood at the mouth.

"Okay, Protector Xu, it's still useful for this person to stay, and Venerable King Xiaoming has his own way to make him obey." The monk who had been watching coldly said suddenly.

Xu Qingfei let out a cold snort, stopped beating Wang Rili, turned around and said politely to the monk: "Obey! This subordinate will send two people to escort this dog official to the Venerable."

(End of this chapter)