Da Song: The opening game killed Ximen Qing

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

South bank of the Huai River, Shanyang City, Chuzhou.

The artillery of the Second and Ninth Armies of the Liangshan Rebels, which had gathered hundreds of guns, was launching a fierce shelling of the prefecture city.

One shell after another hit the wall, making the strong wall quickly become potholed.

Even if the state city is strong and the defense is strong.

But under the fierce attack of the Liangshan rebels, there was still a shaky feeling, as if it would soon be impossible to hold on.

On the city wall, the corpses of Song soldiers were everywhere. Some have become a pile of minced meat. Stump limbs and broken arms are scattered everywhere, looking very bloody, like hell.

“Crossbowmen advance and suppress the head of the city. Artillery ready, blow up the walls! Yang Zhi ordered.

“Yes, Commander. However, the walls of Sanyo City are very strong, and if you want to blow up the walls, I am afraid that you will have to prepare more gunpowder. Xie Bao said.

Yang Zhi nodded: “Let the artillery watch over there!” I don’t care what method they use, how much gunpowder they are prepared to use. All I have to do is see the final result. ”

“Yes, Commander!” Xie Bao replied.

After receiving the order, one by one, the phalanx of infantry began to advance towards the city wall.

Especially the crossbowmen, who were only one hundred and fifty meters away from the city wall, shot the Song army on the city wall with the crossbow of the divine arm.

In the era when there were no muskets, the divine arm crossbow, a weapon with a long range and extremely high accuracy, was undoubtedly an extremely sharp long-range weapon.

Especially after the improvement of the Liangshan Rebels, many of the weaknesses of the Divine Arm Crossbow have been improved, making it more suitable for use on the battlefield.

Under the suppression of the crossbowmen of the Liangshan rebels, the losses of the Song army on the city wall began to soar.

“Sir, the offensive of the Liangshan thief army is too fierce, and we can’t resist it. The casualties among the brethren were too great, and morale was in a desperate depression. A Song army general reported to Liang Ziye.

“What to do? What should I do now? “Liang Ziye is also the master of the six gods.

Originally, this time he commanded an army of more than 100,000 people to go north to conquer the Liangshan rebels, which in his opinion was an excellent opportunity to make meritorious achievements.

However, more than 50,000 people were lost in Haizhou and Lianshui. This was followed by heavy losses in Suzhou and Qianzhou. Now, I am afraid that this last bit of people and horses will all be lost in Shanyang City.

As the commander of the army, once defeated, especially after paying such a heavy loss, he naturally has to bear the corresponding responsibility.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a violent explosion like a mountain shaking sounded, as if the earth was already shaking.

“What’s going on?” Liang Ziye was suddenly anxious.

“Sir, the gate tower in the north has collapsed!” Soon, a general reported.

“Bastard! How could the gate tower collapse if it was good? Liang Ziye cursed even more.

“Sir, it was the Liangshan thief army that collapsed! Now, the Liangshan thief army has entered the city! “Pray to the general.

“It’s over, it’s completely over!” Liang Ziye fell to the ground as if he had been stripped of his bones.

After the Liangshan rebels blew up the gate tower north of Shanyang City, they directly attacked the city from the collapsed place.

In the face of these wolf-like Liangshan rebels, the troops of the Song army could not resist at all.

The only thing they can do is lay down their weapons and raise their hands in surrender. Other than that, there is no other option. Otherwise, you will be killed.

“Surrender, I surrender! Don’t kill me! ”

“I have eighty old mothers, and children who are still drinking milk, please don’t kill me!”

The Song Army’s will to fight seemed to have completely collapsed at this moment.

Countless Song soldiers gave up resistance and surrendered directly.

And the soldiers of the Liangshan Rebel Army all looked at these soldiers of the Song Army with a look of contempt.

In their opinion, these soldiers of the Song Army are simply cowards.

No wonder on the battlefield, they will be easily defeated.

The abandonment of resistance by the Song army made it easy for the Liangshan rebels to control the entire city of Shanyang.

Even Liang Ziye, the pacifying envoy of the Great Song Imperial Court’s Jiangnan East Road, surrendered.

Although he was a high-ranking minister of the imperial court, if he surrendered, he would inevitably affect his family.

But if he doesn’t surrender, he will die immediately.

Under such circumstances, he who is greedy for life and afraid of death will naturally consider his own little life.

After taking Shanyang City, the casualties of the Liangshan rebels were not large. But the Second and Ninth Armies had already captured more than 70,000 people on the battlefield. If you add the fact that the Seventh Army captured more than 20,000 people.

The more than 130,000 men and horses assembled by the Great Song Dynasty in the southern part of Liangshan Rebel Army have almost been lost.

More than 100,000 people were captured by the Liangshan rebels alone. Plus those who fled, and there are quite a few. Those who really died on the battlefield and were killed by the Liangshan rebels were probably only 20,000 at most.

After capturing Shanyang City, the Second and Ninth Armies of the Liangshan Rebels would also part ways.

According to the order given by Wu Song, the Second Army continued to attack south, and the water army would cooperate with them to cross the Yangtze River and attack the Liangzhe Road and even the Jiangnan East Road.

The Ninth Army will turn to the southwest to attack, attack Huainan West Road, and then capture the entire Jiangnan East Road, and wait for the opportunity to attack Jiangnan East Road or Jiangnan West Road, and even Jingbei Road.

As for the Seventh Army, which captured Suzhou and Qianzhou, it had already turned to attack the northwest road of Jingxi at this moment. It poses a threat to Gyeonggi Road from the south.

Although the Song army in these areas, almost all of them have been withdrawn.

The Liangshan rebels could completely sweep the entire Jiangnan region.

However, it is subject to the reason for the small number of troops. If the Liangshan rebels wanted to completely occupy these areas, their strength was slightly insufficient.

The further expansion of the Liangshan rebel army is imperative.

As the territory occupied grows, so does the population that rules.

The Liangshan rebels will gradually implement the rent and interest reduction policies that have been implemented on Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road, so as to win the support of the vast number of farmers. Gaining the support of these peasants would make the rule of the Liangshan rebels more secure. It is also easier to get the love of these farmers. At that time, the Liangshan rebel army will recruit young and strong and form new troops, and the difficulty will naturally be much smaller.

At that time, the entire Jiangnan region will not only not become a drag on the Liangshan rebels, but can provide greater help for the further growth of the Liangshan rebels.