Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Zhixian, Tan Yuliang, and Tan Tie to hand over the China City that they have worked hard for nearly two years so easily.
Seeing how Feng Changyu and others hurriedly fled into Zhongfang City, although Zhao Zhixian and others still didn't figure out why the Four Surnames suddenly sent troops to attack them, they could also guess that the Four Surnames must have fallen into the trap of Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son.
Even if the four surnames no longer gather troops to retaliate against the Han family and his son, in their eyes, although the Han family and his son have raised more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, most of them are a mob with fighting power as weak as a chicken, so there is no need to be afraid.
In addition to the five hundred remaining soldiers in the Chinese city, they also have two thousand women and children who can also help defend the city.
As soon as the agreed time for surrender passed, Tian Cheng also led his soldiers and horses out of the Jiangtan camp and pressed towards the south wall of Zhongfang City.
The war equipment brought by boat from Wuqiao River has been assembled overnight.
There were a dozen iron pulleys filled with fine steel spearheads, and the shield cart was in front to prevent the defenders from counterattacking from the city. Behind them were five hundred generals surrounded by four giant carts, slowly advancing towards the city gate tower.
Sixteen crossbows were placed on the carriages, and within the range of the shooting range, the huge crossbow arrows, which were as big as short spears, were like black meteors and shot towards the garrison at the top of the city.
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Tanzhou soldiers and horses originally had more than 30 bed crossbows hidden in the city, but in yesterday's fierce battle, more than half were lost, leaving sixteen or seventeen bed crossbows | The bows and arms of the crossbows were loose, making it difficult to shoot far. Compared with Xuzhou
More than a dozen crossbows with military fine steel reinforced with wooden bow arms and arrow clusters cast from fine steel were at a disadvantage from the start.
Four cyclone cannons were also successfully set up in front of the south gate of Zhongfang City before noon. They smashed stone bullets weighing more than a hundred kilograms into the brick and wood gate tower, destroying the defense facilities at the top of the city bit by bit, and then
It was more than a hundred soldiers who first climbed up the city. They used sturdy city climbing vehicles to forcefully rush up to the city wall more than two feet high. They brandished swords, spears and halberds to suppress the counterattack of the defenders at the top of the city and seize more space for more people.
The generals can scale the city walls to fight.
Kong Xirong strongly requested that he be the first to attack the city as a first soldier.
In the past, Kong Xirong obeyed Feng Yi's words. Everyone regarded him as Feng Yi's follower and often ignored him. However, at this moment, he was wearing two layers of armor, holding up an iron shield in one hand and a short spear in the other, holding the zero.
Arrows were shot randomly, and he took the lead to rush up to the city wall. He stood at the front, holding his shield against the remaining defenders who were desperately counterattacking. He stabbed out with the sharp short spear one after another, and then pulled it back. Blood was before his eyes.
There was a splash, but Kong Xirong's expression was as calm as if he was practicing assassination with a wooden stake.
Of course, Kong Xirong did not just stab and kill. In the chaotic battlefield, he also paid attention to the changes in the strength of the enemy's and our front lines at any time. If the enemy's army was too strong, he would unite his left and right generals to retreat to a corner and defend their foothold at the top of the city.
While waiting for the follow-up soldiers and horses to mount the city wall for reinforcements, and the enemy troops were in chaos, he did not hesitate to lead three or five men to rush deep into the city and tear the defenders array into pieces.
Han Qian held the bronze telescope and could clearly see the battle situation at the top of the city. He secretly felt that Kong Xirong usually seemed taciturn and kind-hearted, and he did not complain when Feng Yi sent him around. Perhaps he was the same kind of person as his father Kong Zhou.
A natural warrior on the battlefield, he seems a bit clumsy in dealing with others.
We have to admit that the Tanzhou soldiers and horses have a strong will to fight. Those who can be sent to Xuzhou to lurk are naturally elite soldiers loyal to the Ma family. They are completely different from the incompetence of the Tanzhou army in the Jingxiang War.
In the afternoon, Han Qian even transferred some of the soldiers of the second battalion stationed in Qianyang City to fight in turn, so as to reduce the consumption and casualties of the first battalion.
However, the bloody battle between the four hundred disabled soldiers in the city and the four surnamed soldiers yesterday was too exhausting. Almost all of them were injured. They were rushed into battle with their injuries, and their combat effectiveness was still seriously affected.
As for the two thousand old and weak women and children in the city, they are just old and weak women and children, and none of them is strong or strong.
They are the dependents of the remaining soldiers guarding the city, and they are connected by blood. They are willing to help defend the city without caring about their own lives, but after all, they are far from the opponents of the soldiers who defend the city.
The sources of Xuzhou's soldiers were complicated, and the newly recruited generals were not well trained, but the grassroots military attachés were all elites who had been tempered by the bloody battle of Xichuan. It was even rarer to have all the generals who climbed onto the city wall to fight. The soldiers and armor were so good that the defenders despaired.
The armored soldiers who climbed into the city either wore fine steel armor or an extra layer of leather armor underneath the iron leaf armor. The swords, spears, and battle axes they held were also extremely sharp. They could kill for a long time without even breaking a few of the blades.
The arrows shot through the opening were extremely powerful and had strong penetrating power. It was difficult for ordinary leather armor to effectively block them. The casualties between the two sides widened from the very beginning.
The siege continued intermittently for a day. Almost 300 remaining defenders and more than 500 women and children were killed on the top of the city. Guard Tan Tie was also on the southwest corner of the city wall, and was held captive by Kong Xirong, who was fighting on the city for the third time.
Shortly after being stabbed to death, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang saw the Xuzhou soldiers coming in one after another from the west city gate and the south city gate. In the end, they chose less than 200 remaining soldiers and more than 1,800 family members to surrender.
Tian Cheng led the first battalion to take control of Zhongfang City before dark, and drove more than a hundred remaining soldiers of the defenders and 1,780 remaining family members of the defenders to the river beach camp and imprisoned them.
Zhongfang City is not big, the perimeter of the city wall is only about four or five miles, and the inside of the city is only four or five hundred steps square. Moreover, for more than a year, Tanzhou soldiers and horses have closed the development of Zhongfang City, making it difficult for outsiders to see the secrets inside.
Han Qian did not need to charge into the battle. He waited for Tian Cheng and others to take the troops and clean the inside before entering the city with Xi Rong.
In almost two years, there were more than 3,500 soldiers and horses in Tanzhou, including women, children and their families. In addition to building the city and reclaiming thousands of acres of grain fields outside the city, they mainly worked in the city, and Tanzhou continued to
Bring resources over.
After entering the city, Han Qian discovered that although there was only one main street in Zhongfang City, there were more than a dozen alleys and nearly 300 large and small courtyards distributed in an orderly manner on both sides of the main street. In the center of the city, in addition to a large-scale building that could serve as the town general's mansion or the county government,
Outside the courtyard, there is also a three-acre school ground.
There are also eight wells dug in the city, and sewage canals connect to the Yuanjiang River outside the city through underground tunnels.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 people in the city stocked with 12,000 shi of grain that can last at least half a year; obviously they are also prepared for the possibility that Xuzhou soldiers and horses may suddenly come to besiege Zhongwen City before the grain fields outside the city are harvested; or perhaps
They thought that one day they would suddenly send two to three thousand more elite troops to completely control Xuzhou in their hands.
The town general's mansion is quite simple, with weapon racks and several long tables placed in the large hall.
In addition to Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang, who had been lurking in Xuzhou for a long time and needed a small family as cover, they were also detained by Han Qian in Qianyang City at this time. Tanzhou directly sent the generals to lead the troops, while the small family stayed in Tanzhou.
State, so the back house is quite simple.
Han Qian walked around and then returned to the lobby. Tian Cheng was escorting Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang in, who had been tied up. He quickly changed his smile and ran over to Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang to untie them and said:
"I have really wronged Mr. Zhao and Mr. Tan today. As you all know, there are some things that I don't want to do either."
They set a trap and made the soldiers of the four surnames fight with them. Later, Xuzhou soldiers came to pick up the leaks and killed seven to eight hundred of them including generals, women and children. However, Han Qian showed such an expression that Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang seemed to have been raped.
People stuffed with dirty and smelly tattered cotton wool.
However, the king was defeated, the bandits were defeated, the city was captured and the army was defeated, and they fell into the hands of Han Qian, what could be said?
"I have ordered someone to send Mr. Zhao and Mr. Tan's family's children from Qianyang. I wonder if Mr. Zhao and Mr. Tan are willing to stay in Xuzhou, or do you want me to send you a boat back to Tanzhou?"
Han Qian lifted his coat, sat up behind the central desk, and discussed with Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang in a friendly manner.
He set a trap to lure the four surnamed soldiers to fight with Zhao Zhixian and others, and then sent troops to capture Zhongfang City. This only shows that his father and son have the ambition to completely control Xuzhou and are not willing to be controlled by Tanzhou.
The imperial court has not yet gathered large-scale troops in Ezhou, so even if it can paralyze Tanzhou for one more day, it must try its best to fight for it.
Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang looked at each other in confusion for a while, and then they understood that the Han family and his son had set up such a big trap and almost wiped them out, but they still expected to gain the goodwill of Tanzhou!
In the eyes of Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang, the Han family and his son were wishful thinking, but their lives and wealth were in Han Qian's hands. If they had a chance to escape, they would not be stupid enough to conflict with Han Qian.
"At this time, Yingyu Village has fallen into the hands of Mr. Han. We have nothing to say, but we ask Mr. Han to release the remaining soldiers and other children to Tanzhou. Tanzhou should be able to feel the influence of Mr. Han.
bona fide."
Even if he can return to Tanzhou at this time, Zhao Zhixian still needs to consider that he and Tan Yuliang may be held accountable if they return to Tanzhou.
At this time, if the two hundred remnant soldiers and the 1,780 dependents could be brought back to Tanzhou, even if he and Tan Yuliang would be held accountable, the punishment should be reduced.
Han Qian laughed and said: "The two hundred guards are all injured. If we send them to board the ship with Mr. Zhao and Mr. Tan at this time, I am afraid that not many of them will survive to Tanzhou. And most of the family members
Well, all their heads had unfortunately died in the battle by the Lujiao River. Even if they didn't stay to guard the tombs, it would be difficult for them to make ends meet when they returned to Tanzhou. After all, Yingyu Village still had the fields they had cultivated in the past two years, and with them
I won’t make it difficult for them to build the house. I hope Mr. Zhao and Mr. Tan will not worry about it.”
Seventeen to eight hundred dependents, including seven to eight hundred young women, are precious labor resources wherever they are. How could Han Qian let them go back to Tanzhou?
There was no room for discussion on this matter. In order to show "sincerity", Han Qian could only join the middle and low-level military attachés who had no family and children in Xuzhou and return to Tanzhou with Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang.
Seeing Zhao Zhixian, what else Tan Yuliang wanted to say, Han Qian waved his hand and said: "It's getting late, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Tan, let's go and rest first. I will arrange a boat to take you back to Tanzhou tomorrow." He then sent Zhao Zhixian there.
, Tan Yuliang was taken down and imprisoned, and then said to Tian Cheng, "Immediately remove the military attachés who have no family here in Tanzhou, and then arrange for someone to talk to the ordinary generals, and then tell Tanzhou to redeem Zhao Zhixian and others.
, but gave them up..."
Ordinary generals have no loyalty to Tanzhou, not to mention that most of them have wives and children detained here, so they are the easiest to naturalize - even if these people are used to cultivate fields, Han Qian will not let them go.