"Brothers, if you don't care for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. As long as we kill Wu Guang, we still have a chance to survive. If we don't kill him, we will all die!"
This sentence became the last straw for Wu Guang. The Jin soldiers could no longer bear it. They surrounded Wu Guang and hacked him to death. Then they opened the city gate and dedicated the city to surrender.
After Zhao Fan entered the city, he immediately took over the entire city and ordered people to issue notices to reveal his identity and not to kill anyone in order to appease the people.
Later, Zhao Fan ordered his generals to go to the surrounding counties to surrender those that could be surrendered, and to attack those that could not.
Those counties were all small and had no resistance at all in front of the Song army. When they learned that Haizhou City had been defeated and Wu Guang was killed, they all surrendered in despair.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Fan began to vigorously promote Zhao Yun's new law in Haizhou and encouraged the people of Haizhou to live in Song Dynasty.
No matter where you are, there are always good times and bad times. Many people in Haizhou live in poverty and have nothing to do with their lives. Now after hearing about the new law of the Song Dynasty, each household can be allocated thirty acres of land, and it can be free of charge.
After studying, I also saw that Zhao Fan managed the army well and did what he said. He didn't care about so many things and actively signed up to follow the Song army by boat to the south.
Then Zhao Fan encouraged young men to join the army, provided them with accommodation and food on the spot, and gained another three thousand soldiers in Haizhou.
"Report, report to the general, Wanyan Sabu has fled into Xuzhou, and is in the process of consolidating the city defenses and arresting strong men in Xuzhou."
Zhao Fan nodded, "Let's explore again."
As soon as Tan Ma left, Zhao Fan immediately ordered Zhao Kui to lead the main force and follow him to Xuzhou.
At the Xuzhou government office, Wanyan Sabu frowned, while Xuzhou Zhizhou Zhangru sweated on his forehead. He said: "What on earth does the Song Dynasty want to do, and how did it come over so easily? If I had known this, I would have done nothing."
No matter what, I would never come to Xuzhou and become the magistrate."
When Wanyan Sabu heard this, he shouted angrily: "What are you talking about? If you are afraid of death, get out of here now!"
Zhang Ru knew she had made a mistake and was so frightened that she shut up and did not dare to say anything more.
Later, Wanyan Sabu asked his confidants, "Where are the Song troops?"
"Back to the general, Zhao Fan is still in Haizhou. Haizhou guard Wu Guang dares to fight and die. I guess Zhao Fan can do nothing for him for a while."
"Um."
Wanyan Sabu nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "According to the general's order, the walls should be strengthened and the fields cleared, all the woods, houses, and wells outside the city should be destroyed, and all the population should be moved into the city."
After hearing this, Zhang Ru said cautiously: "General, if Xuzhou is besieged by the Song army, our situation will be difficult. If there is a shortage of food and chaos occurs, I'm afraid..."
"Hmph, if the mere rioters dare to cause trouble, I will kill them as many as they want. It depends on whether they have the courage."
Soon, the Jin soldiers began to burn the woods and destroy the houses outside the city. The people complained incessantly. Some of them were excited and wanted to stop the Jin soldiers from burning their houses, but they were hacked to death by the Jin soldiers. How could they stop them.
After two days of this, a Jin soldier hurriedly came to report and preached to Wanyan Sa: "Report to the general, the Song army is coming towards Xuzhou, and the number of troops is about 30,000."
"So fast!"
Wanyan Sabu was surprised. He didn't expect Zhao Fan to come to Xuzhou so quickly. If you think about it this way, wouldn't Haizhou have already been defeated?
At this moment, Wanyan Sabu truly realized Zhao Fan's terrifying strength.
"Come here, please urge the imperial court to quickly mobilize troops to support Xuzhou."
"Yes, General."
After that, Wanyan Sabu walked up to the city and inspected the defenses on the city again.
Fortunately, Wanyan Sabu reinforced the city wall in advance and forced the young men to defend the city. Now Xuzhou has three thousand gold soldiers and seven thousand young men. Although it is difficult to win in a field battle outside the city, it is more than enough to defend the city as long as no big mistakes are made.
On the third day, Zhao Fan led 25,000 Song troops to Xuzhou City. Wanyan Sabu did not go out of the city to fight with him, but chose to stay behind closed doors and wait for reinforcements from the court.
Zhao Fan sat on his horse and walked around Xuzhou City for a while, surrounded by his confidants. He saw that there were enough soldiers on all sides of the city wall and they were in good order.
He also saw that the nearby woods were burned, houses were destroyed, and there was no one among the people. Zhao Fan knew that Wanyan Sabu had issued an order to strengthen the walls and clear the country, and it seemed that he was planning to defend the city.
In this way, if you want to attack forcefully, you will probably suffer huge casualties.
"Send the order and set up camp."
Zhao Fan ordered the camp to be set up, but did not attack the city immediately. At the same time, he ordered detective horses to look around in case the Jin Dynasty court sent troops to rescue him.
"General Wanyan, the Song army is setting up camp. Do you want to steal the camp at night and test his true identity?"
His general Li Renzhi was dissatisfied and proposed to steal the Song army's camp at night.
Wanyan Sabu said coldly: "After several battles, do you still think that Zhao Fan is a paper tiger?"
Now Xuzhou City does not have enough soldiers to fight. If another one or two thousand troops are stolen and built, then Xuzhou City will not need to be defended.
Wanyan Sabu's words can be regarded as setting the tone for dealing with the Song army, which is to defend, defend wholeheartedly.
Looking at the Song Army again, after setting up the camp, Zhao Fan ordered the soldiers to rest, while he himself carefully watched the terrain of Xuzhou in the big tent and calculated the time.
After studying for a while, Zhao Fan frowned and murmured: "Calculating the time, there is at most half a month before Jin Kingdom reinforcements are coming."
If Xuzhou can be successfully captured within half a month, we can continue to attack the city and seize territory. If not, we can only withdraw our troops.
Zhao Fan then ordered his people to step up their exploration of various places, and at the same time urged the troops in the rear to speed up the escort of the people to the south to avoid being unable to retreat in time.
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On the second day, Zhao Fan ordered his army to attack the city, and Wanyan Sabu personally defended the city and commanded from the top of the city.
"fire."
Zhao Fan gave an order, and Yang Qing's artillery team began to ignite fire, firing thunderbolt cannons and iron artillery towards the top of Xuzhou City. For a time, countless stones and gunpowder fell on the top of Xuzhou City and were harvested.
Jin Bing's life.
However, Wanyan Sabu was fully prepared. He had already ordered people to spread sand at the top of the city. Even if the gunpowder burned, it would be difficult to burn it. When the stone fell on the sand, seven to eight points of its strength would be dissipated. As long as it was not
If it hits someone directly, it will be difficult to cause damage to the golden soldiers and city walls.
The Jin soldiers were also protected by multiple layers of armor, and with Wanyan Sabu at the head of the city, the morale of the soldiers was quite stable and there was no panic.
Zhao Fan sat on the horse and looked far away. He saw that the battle at the top of Xuzhou City had been going on for several hours. It was still orderly and without chaos. Zhao Fan showed a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth and said: "This Wanyan Sabu is quite good."
ability."
"General, I would like to be the vanguard!"
"The last general also petitioned to go to war."
Zhao Kui, Xu Chi, Zhang Manjin and others asked for battle one after another, without any fear of life or death.
Zhao Fan waved his hand and said: "At this time, if you attack the city, your life will only be exchanged for one or two stones and arrows. What a loss."