When attacking a city, the most difficult thing is to create a breakthrough.
In other words, once there is a breakthrough, the difficulty of siege will suddenly decrease.
The internal strife in the Qi army on the Jinan city wall was quickly developed by Su Ding. Then a large number of Huai'an army soldiers climbed up the Jinan city tower through this gap.
Su Ding himself climbed the ladder himself to the tower.
After going up to the city tower, he asked someone to hand the Huai'an Army's banner to the city tower. Su Ding reached out and took the heavy flag, and shook it violently on the Jinan city wall, shouting hoarsely.
"Master Chen Gongqi is here. Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Shout twice in a row!
Immediately afterwards, Chen Jun, who climbed onto the tower, began to shout loudly: "Surrender without killing, surrender without killing!"
At this time, the Qi army on the wall of Jinan City was already in a state of excitement. When so many people shouted at them, and when they raised their heads, they could see the big flag with the word "Chen" flying in the night sky, everyone couldn't help but cry. Shivering.
In addition, someone had already "rebelled" on the city wall before, and many Qi troops saw it. After Su Ding shouted, many Qi troops on the city wall immediately put down their weapons, showing no intention to fight. Word.
And some real Zhuli people who would never surrender also lost their will to fight.
They couldn't continue the fight because they didn't know whether the Han people around them who were comrades just now would turn against them and ask for rewards from them!
As a result, in just one stick of incense, a large area of the city wall was cleared. As ladders were erected, more and more Huai'an troops were on the city wall.
Seeing that the city wall was about to be filled with Huai'an troops, Su Ding waved his hand and roared: "Take down the city wall and open the city gate!"
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Huai'an Army were all extremely excited!
Because this is the first provincial city that the Huai'an Army will capture since its formation!
Moreover, once Jinan is captured, it means that almost all of Shandong will fall into the trap.
Following Su Ding's order, they began to form formation and rush down the tower.
It is worth mentioning that Jinan has a Wengcheng.
The so-called Wengcheng is to build an additional semicircular city wall at the city gate to surround the city gate inside, forming two city gates.
With this design, even if the enemy forcibly breaks through the first city gate and enters the urn city, the soldiers on the wall can easily kill the invading enemy as long as they shoot arrows at the half-moon-shaped urn city.
In other words, if there was no problem within the Qi army on the Jinan city wall, even if the Huai'an army opened the city gate of Jinan, after entering, they would still need to fill the urn city with human lives before they could break into the city.
But now, nothing is needed.
Su Ding quickly took control of the city wall near the city gate.
Moreover, at this time, the Jinan garrison had almost no fighting spirit at all. They were all running away and surrendering.
Half an hour later, Su Ding led hundreds of Huai'an troops and completely controlled the east gate of Jinan.
As the early morning light lit up in the east, Jinan's two heavy city gates were pushed open one by one.
At this time, it was already the twelfth lunar month of the fifteenth year of Hongde.
Shen Yi, who had been watching the battle all night, walked through the morning frost and entered the two city gates of Jinan.
In the city, Su Ding was arranging the follow-up battle. When he saw Shen Yi walking in, he quickly stepped forward, suppressed his excitement, bowed his head and clasped his fists at Mr. Shen: "Congratulations, Mr. Shen!"
He couldn't help but smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Now the Jinan defenders have no intention of fighting. Since the city gate is broken, it is only a matter of time before we occupy Jinan!"
Shen Yi also had a smile on his face and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Su."
After saying this, he paused and said, "But now is not the time to be careless."
Mr. Shen said slowly: "The main force of the Jinan Qi army has left the city, but it is not too far away. Although it is unlikely that they will turn back, it is not impossible. The final battle in Jinan city must be fought as soon as possible, and then Seal the city gates and strive to completely occupy the city within three days."
At this time, although the Huai'an army entered the city, there were still many Qi troops in the city.
If they resist desperately, the street fighting will take a long time. If one of them is not good, it may even take ten days and a half.
Mr. Shen touched his chin and said slowly: "Remember to communicate well with the right route army, and pay attention to the movements of Qi people outside the city at all times."
"Now, the Qi army in the city must be panicking and trying to escape from Jinan."
Shen Yi whispered: "If the main force of the Qi army turns back, we can consider releasing some of the Qi troops in the city to prevent them from cooperating inside and outside and causing us to suffer again."
Su Dingyi nodded, cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, the general will understand what should be done!"
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "The Left Route Army is the first to contribute to the attack on Jinan this time. General Su fought very well. I will write it down one by one."
Hearing these words, the smile on Su Ding's face faded, his expression became serious, and he lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, you have said many times that our Huai'an Army is integrated from top to bottom. This attack on Jinan is a credit to the entire Huai'an Army. The general will never dare to take credit."
"Everything is the same here."
Mr. Shen said with a smile: "But when you report to the Ministry of War, there are always some differences. If you tell the Ministry of War that the credit will be shared equally between the Huai'an Army and the lower ranks, I am afraid that the Ministry of War's seal will not be affixed."
Su Ding still looked serious and continued: "If we have to divide the credit, I will think that General Xue is the number one contributor."
"Until now, General Xue is still fighting for the Jinan battlefield, involving the main force of the Qi army."
At this time, the two of them had already received information about Xue Wei's current situation. Hearing Su Ding's words, Mr. Shen burst into laughter: "Xue Da is dragging Qi Jun. This is certainly a fact, but in my opinion..."
"Neither Zhou Yuanlang nor Tu Yuan are so stupid. And the reason why they are being led by Xue Da now is probably because they don't want to return to Jinan."
Zhou Yuanlang had already seen the problem of Shandong people's changing mentality. Staying in Jinan was just a matter of staying a few more days or staying a few days later.
Now that there are two princesses as a reason to escape, he is most likely not willing to return to Jinan. When the city of Jinan is destroyed, he and Tu Yuan return to Yandu to deal with Zhao Lianghu. Although he cannot escape punishment, most of the time No harm to life.
It is not easy to escape with one's life after throwing such a big blame on Shandong.
Mr. Shen rubbed his red eyes because he had not slept all night, and said: "Okay, there are still many things in the city. You can go and do your work and don't worry about me."
"I'll take a walk and see for myself."
Su Ding lowered his head and clasped his fists: "I will obey your orders!"
He turned around and strode away, continuing to preside over the war in the city.
Shen Yi stood there, looking back at the east gate of Jinan. When he saw the Shen flag hanging high on the gate, he felt like a dream for a moment.
The original plan made to the emperor was to capture Shandong Province, but now...
It has already been realized to some extent.
After all, Jinan, which was the hardest to chew, has already been chewed off.
Looking back on the Northern Expedition in the past few years, I feel a bit dreamy.
Mr. Shen was in a complicated mood.
But soon, he thought of the emperor's promise to him.
If you take Shandong, you will be granted the title of Marquis.
If you are really granted the title of Marquis by the imperial court, no matter where you go in the future, others will call you Lord Marquis. That would feel... pretty good?
Lord Shen...
Thinking of this, Shen Yi immediately felt happy. He waved to a subordinate from the Di News Department and ordered: "Go and deliver a message for me and tell Xue Wei that after making a circle in Qingzhou, he can return to Jinan."
"Ask them to get rid of Qi Jun as soon as possible. If they encounter any difficulties or are overtaken by Qi Jun, let me know immediately."
"If necessary, you can give up the two princesses and the acquired property."
"I obey my orders."
The messenger from the Di Di News Department lowered his head, clasped his fists, turned and left.
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In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.
In two days, the Qi army in Jinan City was finally wiped out.
Of course, they were not all killed. In fact, most of the Qi troops surrendered on the spot and became prisoners.
Of course, these prisoners will most likely not be captured as coolies.
On the morning of the third day, Shen Yi, who had finally slept peacefully, was woken up by Su Ding. General Su smiled with a smile on his face, clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said: "Mr. Shen, I am waiting in a big house in the city. I found that I met an interesting person.”
"Would you like to go take a look?"
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely: "How come you, an honest man, have learned how to show off?"
Su Ding chuckled and said: "Mr. Shen, sometimes the last general is not so honest."
Mr. Shen yawned and said, "Just lead the way."
After a while, under the leadership of Su Ding, Shen Yi came to the bedroom of a large house. This bedroom was very exquisite and luxurious, with a large bed installed.
The quilt on the big bed was bulging, and it was obvious that someone was hiding there. He was still shivering under the quilt, but he covered his head and refused to come out.
Su Ding and Shen Yi looked at the squirming bulge hiding under the quilt, then looked at Shen Yi and asked with a smile: "Guess who he is, Mr. Shen?"
Mr. Shen frowned and thought for a moment, then looked strange: "Could it be that Prince Rui?"
After hearing the word "Prince Rui", Prince Rui, who was hiding under the covers, subconsciously poked his head out.
At this moment, Shen Yi was also looking at him.
The two people looked at each other, Zhao Lianghu looked horrified and retreated into the quilt again.
Mr. Shen, on the other hand, smiled.
"nice one."
He clapped his hands, then said with a smile: "This year's New Year gift for Your Majesty is here."