Chapter 529: In the center of Chengdu, Tubo attacks the city
This is the benefit of having absolute power and power! Back then, Shen Tang was just a white man. Even if Wei Xun took a fancy to him, he was still an out-and-out little person in Shanyin.
Therefore, if he wants to deal with those grain merchants, he not only needs to plan secretly, but also needs to rely on the power of Baijinlou.
But now, he controls hundreds of thousands of troops and has the arbitrary power of Linji.
Not to mention a few grain merchants, even the officials of the Chengdu Prefecture, their fate is determined by Shen Tang's thoughts.
Therefore, the prerequisite for becoming an opponent is to have a force that can be counterbalanced.
Those grain merchants were not fair at all in front of Shen Tang, and they deserved their current outcome.
Compared to Shen Tang, Shao Hongyuan's life was not so easy in Chengdu, a capital city hundreds of miles south of Mianzhou.
In this battle, he was extremely frustrated.
Originally, he was very high-spirited when he led the army alone.
However, when he entered Chengdu Mansion, he found that he had become blind.
He is also a veteran on the battlefield, so he naturally knows the impact of terrain and news on the battle.
Therefore, the first thing he did after arriving in Chengdu was to send out many of his cronies and detective horses to search for information and draw topographic maps of some important places.
However, the people he sent out were like a stone sinking into the sea. Only a few people responded, and all the others disappeared.
At this time, he felt something bad!
Not long after, he got the news and discovered the traces of the Tubo people.
However, he did not know that this news was deliberately revealed to his spies by the Tubo people and local tribes.
What happened next was normal. The news was unknown, the situation was unknown, and even the terrain was unfamiliar. The troops he sent to support stepped directly into the Tubo trap! Fifty thousand soldiers and horses were damaged, and 20,000 were injured. The remaining Apart from huddled within Chengdu Prefecture and relying on the high walls of Chengdu Prefecture for defense, these people could not do anything at all.
Fortunately, Shao Hongyuan made a decisive decision and directly dispatched his troops to take control of the entire Chengdu Mansion.
Although he didn't know whether the officials in Chengdu had secret contacts with the Tubo people, he just didn't have any courage to take risks now.
Therefore, even if he tries to punish him afterwards, he is not willing to trust others now.
Chengdu Fucheng is the core of the entire Chengdu Fucheng Road. The city wall is tall and the moat is several feet wide.
Therefore, although Shao Hongyuan has few people in his hands, there is no problem in guarding the city for a short period of time.
He could only hope that the imperial court would send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise, he might be trapped in the city by the Tubo people.
After taking control of the Chengdu government office, Shao Hongyuan occupied the magpie's nest and regarded the original government office as the location of his central army.
In the past few days, I don't know what went crazy with the Tubo people. They were uncharacteristically attacking the city at all costs. This made Shao Hongyuan feel great pressure.
"Commander Qi!"
A messenger came in quickly and said to the frowning Shao Hongyuan: "Early this morning, the Tubo people attacked the city in four directions, with ten to twenty thousand soldiers and horses in each direction!"
"According to the commander's order, we gathered the young and strong people among the people into our army. Now, our army numbers more than 40,000. Therefore, although it is tight, we can handle it. However, the biggest problem now is , the city of Chengdu originally had insufficient defensive materials, and the recent wars have consumed a lot of them. Now, on the four walls, all the defensive materials are in short supply."
"In addition, we originally didn't carry much food and grass. Although we got some supplies after entering Chengdu Prefecture, the treasury of Chengdu Prefecture is now empty.
We can only hold on for about ten days at most."
Hearing the difficult questions one by one, Shao Hongyuan had a splitting headache! He led his troops here just as a precaution, and did not expect that the Tibetans had actually invaded.
Therefore, preparations in all aspects were insufficient, and now, these problems have been exposed.
"I know it!"
The soldiers heard the sound and left. Shao Hongyuan couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and led his guards to the south city wall.
Outside the city, about 20,000 Tibetans were attacking the city.
The Tubo army was also dominated by cavalry, but among their army, they coerced many Song people to serve for them!
The Song army on the city wall fired waves of arrows towards the outside of the city wall, and the Tibetan cavalry also cruised to fight back.
However, the casualties on both sides were very small. After all, the accuracy of shooting across a wide moat was really poor.
"Why did these Tibetans suddenly attack?"
Shao Hongyuan was a little confused.
He had been trapped in Chengdu Prefecture for a long time, but before that, the Tubo people were only stationed in key areas around Chengdu Prefecture and had no intention of attacking the city.
However, four or five days ago, these Tubo people suddenly gathered tens of thousands of troops and began to attack Chengdu.
Today, all four sides are attacking the city together. It is obvious that the Tibetans are very determined to attack the city.
In fact, the reason for this still lies with Shen Tang and others.
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Song troops put great pressure on the Tubo people. In addition, although these local tribes were nominally united with the Tubo people, they still went their own way and rarely had head-on conflicts with the Song troops.
If they don't capture the Chengdu Prefecture before the hundreds of thousands of troops arrive, I'm afraid they won't have much of a chance.
Therefore, the Tibetan commander gave an order, and nearly 100,000 Tibetan troops around Chengdu gathered together and began to attack the city at top speed.
As long as Chengdu Prefecture is captured, they can rely on Chengdu Prefecture to suppress the army led by Shen Tang in the northern part of Chengdu Prefecture. Then, they will have enough time and means to slowly defeat the Song army.
Therefore, even though they knew that a forcible attack on the city would cause considerable losses, Tubo still made such a decision.
After inspecting the four city walls, Shao Hongyuan felt a little relieved. Although the enemy's offensive was fierce, they could not break through the city wall in a short time.
Now, the most important thing is to solve the matter of defending the city's supplies and food.
After returning to the Yamen, Shao Hongyuan finally made a decision after thinking for a long time!
"Someone is coming!"
With a sharp shout, Shao Hongyuan's personal guard commander entered the room!
"Zhang Qin, you lead my personal bodyguards and invite all the wealthy families in the city. Tell them that I will entertain them tonight!"
Shao Hongyuan said slowly.
Zhang Qin took the order and left! However, an hour later, Zhang Qin returned.
"Commander, all the wealthy households in the city have been notified.
However, except for a few who agreed to attend the banquet, the others either had unknown voices or declined directly..."