Whether it was the Dangxiang people or the Han people who originally lived in Jingyuan Fort, everyone seemed so frightened.
They never thought that they would encounter such a terrifying and devastating siege method, which made the solid fortress of Jingyuan Fort completely useless as a defense.
In less than a morning, Jingyuan Fort had already become the spoils of war for the Song people.
Gao Zhang stayed outside the city, chatting nonsense with Cai Laoliu. As for Tong Zhisheng, he had already rushed in wearing armor.
And Zhao Yaban also led a group of Imperial City Secretary's men into Jingyuan Fort on the pretext that he wanted to contact the Imperial City Secretary's detectives in the city.
Gao Zhang glanced around and saw that the flying thunder artillerymen in front had already dismantled and cleaned up the flying thunder cannons.
And an escort was commanding the powerful agents of the Imperial City Division, pulling the long rope to slowly lower the Immortal Boat.
After all, now that the war is over, the city will be far safer than outside the city in the coming time.
Even if he ascends to the Immortal Boat again, he should be inside the city, not outside it.
At this time, a large number of people came out of the east gate, and the leader was Fang La. His armor was covered in blood, and he rushed straight towards this side to report the good news.
All remaining enemies in the city have been cleared, and the commander-in-chief is respectfully invited to enter the city.
"...In addition, Male Dubu, the commander of the Dutong Army of Xixia Xishou Baotai Military Division, has been captured alive by our Song Dynasty soldiers and is currently being held in the former Dutong Army Mansion."
Gao Zhang couldn't help but be overjoyed. He captured Du Tongjun, one of the Twelve Military Divisions of Xixia, alive. This was definitely another good news.
"Let's go, I also want to take a good look at the Jingyuan Fort that has become the trophy of my Song Dynasty."
The city is still in a mess, but the fires on the buildings that burned due to the explosion have been put out.
On the streets, the smell of blood was everywhere, and there were even some broken limbs that had not yet been restrained.
Cai Laoliu had his eyes tightly closed at this moment, and he was leading his mount forward with his followers.
He didn't dare to look at these things because he was afraid that he would have nightmares at night, and he was even more afraid that he would be frightened and call him daddy. He, the Qilin son of the Cai family, really didn't want to embarrass this person in public.
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In the palace of the original capital commander, Gao Zhang stood in the lobby, with all the imperial guards and generals of the Western Army standing on the left and right.
Following the shouts coming from outside the lobby, Gao Zhang saw two soldiers, pushing the commander of the Xishou Baotai Army who was staggering with his hands tied behind his back, and the commander-in-chief Maledubu entered the lobby.
"Are you the commander-in-chief of the Baotai Army?"
Gao Zhang looked at the prisoner who was as depressed as a dying chicken and asked.
Meledubu raised his head and looked at the excessively young senior official of the Song Dynasty in front of him, his eyes full of confusion and doubt.
"This is me, a member of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty who signed a letter, a bachelor of Hanlin, a deputy envoy of Shaanxi Road Economic Strategy, and a high school scholar who was the top scorer in high school at the age of eleven."
After hearing this flurry of titles, Mele lowered his head with a numb look on his face.
"The defeated general is willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty."
"Take him down. If he's injured, treat him. I'll keep him for now. He may be of great use."
Gao Zhang waved his hand to signal, and then glanced at the generals who stood solemnly.
"May I ask which general captured this beast alive?"
At this moment, Liu Fa came out of the crowd and saluted Gao Zhang and spoke loudly.
"Commander Gao, the one who captured this beast alive was Dutou Han Shizhong under General Yang Weizhong."
"When they attacked the Dutong Army Mansion just now, he was the first one to climb on the wall, shoot and kill several Xia soldiers behind the door, and help the general to break open the door."
"..." Gao Zhang looked at Liu Fa blankly, and only then asked softly.
"His name is Han Shizhong, the Han of Han Feizi, the world of the world, the loyal Cheng?"
"Reporting to Gao Shuai, Han Dutou's name is indeed these three characters. Does Gao Shuai recognize it?"
Gao Zhang slowly shook his head and smiled at Yang Weizhong who opened his mouth to answer.
"I just feel that the name sounds familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere."
"His name is just a small capital, but Gao Shuai actually knows it? There must be a talented person with the same name in Tokyo..."
A young Western Army general heard this and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
It's a pity that the loud voices of the rough warriors are always loud. Even if they are muttering, they are not much lower than ordinary people speaking.
Yang Weizhong immediately glared over there and shouted.
"So that General Xiao Zhe will know that Han Dutou is skilled in bow and horse, and is brave enough to defeat the three armies.
Since joining the army, he has participated in no less than a hundred battles, big and small, and has repeatedly made military exploits. He has killed no less than ten heads of Xixia generals.
The last general led his army to fight the enemy in the Haopingling area four years ago. At that time, the Xixia army came to help, and even the Xixia army and the heroic general Ye Licang came to the rescue. He was also beheaded by Han Du, who jumped on his horse and beheaded him. If it weren't for the imperial court..."
Seeing Yang Weizhong blushing and shouting for support for his beloved general, Gao Zhang's eyelids jumped and his heart really beat like a deer.
Sure, such an awesome general seemed to match the later generations' depiction of Han Shizhong.
Yang Weizhong, who was just talking too excitedly, just mentioned the imperial court when Cai Yanzhi coughed hard.
"General Yang, my cousin just made a mistake and confessed to the general."
"Yes, yes, everyone is noisy, don't hurt the harmony..."
Gao Zhang didn't understand what was going on, so he pretended not to hear anything and raised his hand.
"Since he is a subordinate of General Yang, I would like to ask General Yang to summon him as soon as possible. I would like to meet this Han Dutou."
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The next moment, Han Shizhong, who was tall and majestic, and his armor looked like he had been splashed with several basins of blood, stood in the lobby.
Looking at Han Dutou, who is only in his early twenties, his demeanor of remaining determined and neither humble nor arrogant in the face of so many important ministers of the Western Army cannot be matched by ordinary people.
After Gao Zhang smiled and asked about the details of Han Shizhong's capture of Maledubu alive, he glanced at the soldiers in the hall and then spoke in a deep voice.
"Han Dutou, this time you captured Maledubu alive and made great achievements. Naturally, I will reward you for your merits.
I heard General Yang say before that you have made many military exploits in the past, but the imperial court's negligence has resulted in you still being a captain. "
"Let's see, Han Dutou is extremely brave and has bravely fought through the three armies. Today we will capture Jingyuan Fort and capture Mule Dubu alive.
The reward is a hundred pieces of gold, fifty bolts of silk, the sword of the Xia Kingdom that Meledubu is wearing, and the collared armor are yours..."
Overjoyed, Han Shizhong saluted Gao Zhang and thanked him loudly.
"It doesn't have to be like this. You should be rewarded for your merits. These should be yours."
Han Shizhong looked at the handsome, elegant and clear-eyed scholar in front of him. He could only clasp his fists again as a salute before leaving.
"General Han, please stay..."
(End of chapter)
