"Brother Song, with Dijon's methods, if he sees Ao Gui's appearance, he might actually massacre the city in revenge. He is an insignificant person anyway, why not let him go back intact?" Jiang Yuntian asked worriedly.
Song Che shook his head,
"The time has come to attack the city, why let him go back?"
"What do you say?" The generals gathered around, they were looking forward to it. Song Che smiled and said: "The reason why Dijon sent an envoy to negotiate for peace means that they have been exhausted physically and mentally by the artillery. When the enemy's will is weak, the combat effectiveness will definitely be low. Isn't it the best time to attack the city?" He ordered again. : "Generals, you all go down and prepare. Let the soldiers have a good rest. Get up at the third watch tonight and cook at the fourth watch. The weather is the coldest and people are the most tired at the fifth watch. Let's take this opportunity to conquer Chenliu in one go."
"Yes!"...The artillery fire this night was more intense than usual. It didn't stop until the fourth watch.
Half an hour after the artillery fire stopped, the army moved quietly. Just when all the Dijon soldiers thought they could take a short rest tonight, the drums and shouts of the charge replaced the artillery fire throughout the night.
"Daliang is attacking the city!" The Dijon soldiers defending the city quickly formed a defense with their tired bodies and minds. A tough battle begins.
Under the cover of guns, cannons and crossbows, the vanguard quickly crossed the moat, built bridges with blood and lives, and used wall ladders to climb to the top first.
Dijon's defense was also extremely fierce, throwing explosives, rolling stones, logs, and firing crossbows to keep the Liang soldiers at bay.
Unfortunately, the wind direction is still wrong today, and the hot air balloon cannot play its role, so we can only use the most primitive means to attack the city.
As expected, the first wave of tentative siege ended in failure, but Liang Jun was not discouraged and quickly assembled his troops, preparing to launch a second siege when the night came and the view was better.
"How's the gap in the stone door?"
"Following the military advisor's instructions, sixteen large slits have been cut on the front, rear, left, and right, and each slit is at least one foot deep!"
"Very good, in the next wave of offensive, if you fill the gaps with gunpowder, you will be able to blast it!" Chenliu City Gate was blocked by Dijon with stones, and they could only use gunpowder to blow it open. Therefore, the surface of the first wave of siege was testing, In reality, cracks were made to allow the gunpowder to exert its power more effectively.
When it gets dark, the second round of siege battle begins. The leading soldiers built a bridge across the river, while the shield soldiers covered the blast and carried about three hundred kilograms of gunpowder to the door. Every step they took required huge sacrifices.
Paved with blood and flesh, the demolition soldiers finally arrived at the city gate and filled the gap with explosives as planned.
"Light the fire!" The soldier lit a torch and ignited the explosives. The soldiers quickly retreated and jumped into the moat first.
"Boom!" The explosion was earth-shattering, sending debris flying across the city gate.
"Aim at the city gate and fire!" The artillery had already been aimed at the Shimen. When a round of artillery came down, the crumbling Shimen was blasted open.
"Cavalry!" Jiang Yuntian reined in his horse, flashed his sword, and shouted with his real arm: "Follow me into the city!"
"Charge!" Qian Qi stepped on the snow and shouted out! The destruction of Chenliu City is a foregone conclusion! The fierce battle into the city continued until the evening. Just before nightfall, the flags of the beams were finally raised on the city wall.
The capture of Chenliu resulted in a total of 20,000 casualties and the annihilation of more than 30,000 enemy troops. The enemy troops were forced to move to Bianliang through waterways, leaving no prisoners behind.
Capturing Chenliu City is only one step away from regaining the old capital.
"Brother Song, what good news!" Jiang Yuntian opened the door and said excitedly: "Good news came from Yingzhou. Dijon abandoned Yingchang and retreated northward!" Song Che frowned, shook his head and said, "This Not good news."
"Oh? Why do you see it?" Jiang Yuntian asked. Song Che said: "The purpose of Dijon abandoning Yingchang must be to reinforce Bianliang. Now the Dijon army in Bianliang is only 100,000. In addition, the number of soldiers who retreated from Yingchang is at least 160,000 to 70,000. This will undoubtedly increase the number of our siege forces." "It's difficult," he stood up and said, "But it's good news for the Han family and his son. They got Yingchang without much effort." Jiang Yuntian frowned and said, "Then they should join us and attack Bian together." Liang."
"Heh, I don't think so."
"Why?"
"Because this is not in the interests of the Han family and his son," Song Che said: "If nothing else happens, they will definitely attack Luoyang. Now that almost all the Luoyang defenders have been deployed to Bianliang, it will definitely be much easier to fight, and Luoyang We and Bianliang are both capital cities, so they must want to get ahead of us and take the lead."
"I will compile a letter right now and send it back to Jinling as soon as possible so that the emperor can order the rendezvous!" Jiang Yuntian was about to leave, but Song Che stopped him: "There's no need to waste time. It will take four or five days from Chenliu to Jinling no matter how fast it is." , by that time they have already arrived in Luoyang, and they will not accept military orders from abroad. How can the old fox spit out the fat in his mouth?" He added: "In fact, it is not a bad thing for them to attack Luoyang. They can contain the soldiers in the west. Ma, it will be more advantageous for us to recover Bianliang." Jiang Yuntian said: "But Bianliang is different from other cities. The narrowest moat is more than ten feet long, not to mention three layers inside and three layers outside. The army defended the city. Alas... I really don't understand how such a strong capital city fell in the first place." Song Che smiled and said: "Brother Jiang, don't worry, I have a secret weapon. I'm just waiting for a northwest wind. The city can be destroyed in one night." Jiang Yuntian raised his eyebrows.
"The siege of Dijon took more than a month, and you only need one night?" Song Che smiled and nodded his head.
"I have more than a thousand years of wisdom here. You only need to ask the soldiers to prepare trench bridges, ladders, rams and other siege equipment."
"I have full faith in you."
"Then let's wait for a northwest wind!"... There are unpredictable weather conditions. Who can be like Zhuge Liang?
What about "borrowing the wind"? Song Che would stand on the city wall every day, looking up at the flags and observing the wind direction. As for Han and his son, as Song Che expected, they sent troops to Luoyang the next day after regaining Yingchang.
November 12 is already the fifth day of occupying Chenliu. The Han family and his son should have arrived outside Luoyang City, but there was no news of their attack on the city. They seemed to be waiting for the Northern Expedition to fire the first shot.
Finally, on November 13th, the heavy snow suddenly stopped and the wind direction changed sharply. The northwest wind is blowing.
"Here it comes!" Jiang Yuntian ran up to the city wall excitedly. Like Song Che, he was looking forward to it every day.
"Yes, it's coming." Song Che took a deep breath, the wind was coming, and the final battle was coming.
"Send the order, the entire army must gather and march towards Xuanwei Gate in the east city of Bianliang!"
