"How is the military situation inside and outside the city?"
Another day later, after breaking through Changge City, Jin Wushu led the main force of tens of thousands of Jin troops to continue southward. In the afternoon, the troops arrived at Changshe City. Before he could order the complete encirclement of Changshe City, he immediately called in the advance troops.
Wanyan pulled away quickly and asked him carefully by the Gushui River outside the city.
"Han Shizhong saw that he had fled into the city, but he should have been injured." Ba Lisu passed by and met the day before yesterday. He was a lot more honest after seeing what he saw, and his reply was very detailed. "There were also four to five thousand people who followed him into the city. In the city
He originally had four to five thousand soldiers and horses left to support him, totaling ten thousand people... As for his general Wang Sheng, according to the report from the detective horse, it was seen that he fled into Yanling in the east with three to four thousand people."
When the surrounding generals and soldiers heard that Han Shizhong was besieged in the city, many of them were happy. Only Wanyan Wushu, who dismounted and sat on a fur-wrapped horse, frowned slightly:
"I just came here. Although I haven't explored it clearly, I can see that the city has been reinforced and repaired a lot...The earthy color of the moat indicates that it was newly dug, right?"
"good."
Wanyan Balisu didn't pay attention to Wu Shu's expression, and continued to play the story without looking back. "On the way, I captured a few minor officers of Han Shizhong's department, and also forced several local officials to surrender in the surrounding villages and towns. According to these people
It is not just that there are five or six big cities in front of me, including Changshe City, Yingshui, Weishui, Lushui, Shangshui, and Rushui, including Yancheng, Xiangcheng, Linying, Xiping, and Wuyang.
The whole place has been reinforced and repaired in the past few months, and there are also a large amount of ordnance and grain to supplement it..."
"Where are the soldiers, horses and civilians?" Wanyan Wushu's brows furrowed even more.
"Of course I have been prepared for it." Ba Lisu shook his head and laughed, obviously not knowing why Wu Shu asked such a superficial question. "The official family of Zhao Song in Nanyang has been there for several months. It is obvious that he is not a person who is waiting for death. Since he wants to be here
Fortification, how can we only build a city to transport grain, but not prepare troops and horses? I have already asked clearly... several big cities have generals at the first level of command leading troops and horses to garrison, and they have previously recruited civilians from the refugees in the north, and put them on the spot.
They repaired the city, and after the repairs were completed, they garrisoned the city with the army. For example, in Xiangcheng, there was Lu Qing from the former Sishui Pass; in Xiping, there was the local tycoon Zhai Chong; in Yancheng, there was Xu Shi'an, the general of the rear army of Han Shizhong's headquarters; that is what is in front of you.
Changshe also has the guard general sent by Zongze before, and the commander Wang Shan."
Wanyan Wushu's face became increasingly ugly, but Ba Lisu still didn't care... because ever since he joined forces with the fourth prince in Henan, the other prince had never shown a good face at all.
After pausing for a while, seeing Wanyan Wushu not speaking, Ba Lisu couldn't help but couldn't help but hand over his savings: "Fourth Prince, according to the rules, I should send people into the city to persuade him to surrender. But for a general like Han Shizhong,
I don’t dare to decide easily what reward should be given..."
Wanyan Wushu finally squeezed out a smile, but it was even uglier than not smiling at all: "If Han Shizhong surrenders, plus the contribution of his subordinates to the four states in Huaixi and these cities, there is no harm in giving him the title of Emperor of Henan."
, but if he can surrender, I might as well hope that the Zhao Song officials in Nanyang will surrender..."
The golden people around him burst into laughter, and even Ba Lisu laughed.
"It's just the fourth prince, do you still want to send someone to persuade him to surrender?" After laughing, Ba Lisu Lianrong faced him. "After all, this is the rule of this march, and you have never made an exception..."
"Of course we can't make an exception." Wu Shu turned around and pointed at a Han scribe who was still smiling, but it was the newly surrendered man who was patting him when the fighting was in full swing that night. "Go ahead and tell Po Han Wu, if he opens the city and surrenders before sunset today, I will sacrifice my own future to allow him to separate the west of Beijing and become the emperor of Zheng. But if he does not surrender, I will definitely massacre the city after the city is broken!"
This person was stunned at first, and then panicked. The people around him were also shocked at first, but then they all sneered.
It was getting late, and a full hour had passed since Wang Shan, the commander-in-chief of Tokyo's remaining division who was guarding the city, threw the head of the person who wanted to surrender to the outer edge of the moat with his own hands. In the slightly crowded and noisy Jin army camp, Wanyan Wushu was discussing military affairs with Wanyan Bazhu, Han Chang, Da? and other ten thousand households.
"The Fourth Prince is right. The moat is newly expanded and the city is newly reinforced and raised. If Han Shizhong in the city is not dead, don't expect the defenders in the city to lose their momentum. Therefore, after all, it is just a road. ..." At this point, Han Chang, who had a serious appearance and was sitting cross-legged, rubbed his eye sockets, paused for a moment, and then said those words. "Smash the city with cannons!"
"If you launch cannons to hit the city, you will launch cannons to hit the city." Da?, who was the younger brother of Data Buye, a member of the Bohai Thousand Households before, was a blessing in disguise because of his brother's death. He was promoted to Ten Thousand Households, which is the seniority among the people. Among the most superficial people, only the Da family represents the Bohai people who have intermarried with the Jurchen Wanyan family for a long time, so their status is not low. "Our army has a large number of people, and there is no shortage of manpower in the villages and towns of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng behind us, so we can drive those people away. Come here, fire cannons from three sides, and smash the city to pieces!"
"This is the only way to break the city." Han Chang continued to rub his eye sockets and said. "But I have something to say first. People like Po Han Wu cannot be treated with common sense. So what if they break the city wall? There is no need for street fighting. What if we succeed in seizing the city in street fighting? Can we really keep this person? This battle must have plans for the Taiyuan battle..."
"How can this city be compared with Taiyuan City?" Sitting in front of a group of the Fourth Prince's confidants, Ba Lisu didn't want to interrupt, but when he heard Han Chang's words, he still laughed dryly and instinctively retorted. "The terrain of Taiyuan City, The use of cannons in Taiyuan City and the fierce battles outside Taiyuan City are truly experiences that I will never forget after decades of service in the army..."
"I'm not talking about a mere Changshe City, but about the five rivers and six cities here, or the five rivers and seven cities..." Han Chang put down his hands and faced each other calmly. "These cities are the Tokyo Left-behind Division and the Jingdong System Envoy , after Li Yanxian of Shaanxi Province, the second pass prepared for us by the official family of the Song Dynasty. I am not saying that the Zhao Guan family of Nanyang expects these cities to stop us, but our army seems to be advancing rapidly and with great momentum, but wait How long will it take to defeat these cities in turn, and then reach Nanyang City? How much loss will it take? How much strength will we still have? And if Nanyang City has become a fortress at that time, are we going to do it? Can we wait until next summer for the city to be occupied and wait for the plague to break out in the army?"
Ba Lisu remained silent, and the people around him were also thoughtful... This was not just because Han Chang was a veteran in the army, nor was it just because what this man said did make sense, the key point was that everyone knew Han Chang He is Wanyan Wushu's confidant.
"Send a Meng'an to rush to Puzhou in person to tell Talan." Wanyan Wushu, who was sitting at the top, suddenly looked at Ba Lisu. "Tell him that I don't care what he does, it is to break Huazhou's rule. Come from the north, or defeat those soldiers and horses of the Tokyo Remaining Division from the south, as long as he quickly sends reinforcements here within ten days..."
Ba Lisu asked helplessly: "Does Tokyo really not care?"
"Didn't you say that Zongze is about to die?" Wu Shu responded coldly. "Don't say that Zongze is dead, but if Zongze can't stand up and take command, wouldn't the Tokyo Stay-at-Home Department be abolished? Wouldn't Tokyo City still be an empty city?
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Ba Lisu had no choice but to lower his head and think, and then asked: "How many reinforcements does the Fourth Prince need?"
"I don't care, just tell Ta Lanxu that I will take you, Han Chang, Da?, and my own troops of at least four thousand households to attack Nanyang City. When I was attacking Nanyang City, he Ta Lanxu
Take care of Tokyo, take care of Han Shizhong, and take care of these Five Rivers and Seven Cities for me!" Wu Shu replied calmly.
Ba Lisu was silent for a long time, intending to refute, but was speechless... because this was exactly the Jin people's combat ideas during the two southern expeditions that yielded the most fruitful results.
At that time, while the Jin army was besieging Taiyuan City, they desperately headed south to Bianliang, and they succeeded in destroying the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. Even if Wanyan Nianhan came over, it cannot be said that there was anything wrong with Wanyan Wushu's strategy.