Zhao Bingyan waved his hand and said: "Brother Zhao doesn't need to come in person, but I can send a letter to them. If they are willing to surrender, they will surrender. I will not force you."
Zhou Fu nodded repeatedly and said to Zhao Mengxin: The purpose of the King of Han's expedition to Annan was to train his troops. If Zhenyi Pass is surrendered without a bloody battle, we won't be able to find a place to fight for a while.
The generals laughed heartily.
Zhao Bingyan told them seriously: No matter how useful the cannon is, there will be a time when all the shells have been fired. The magic cannon still belongs to Mr. Zhuge. If we can't hire the magic cannon, we will have to fight with our lives.
The generals stopped laughing and took the order and left.
At Jingjiang Mansion on Guangnan West Road, the guard Ali Hague only then realized that the Song army's crossing the sea to attack Annan was real, and they were about to reach Zhenyi Pass.
This is why the ancient information transmission speed was too slow.
Song Jun did what he said.
The Yuan Dynasty was still collecting and confirming intelligence, and the Guards were about to reach Zhenyi Pass.
Ali Hague immediately sent a letter to the generals at Zhenyi Pass to be on high alert, and ordered troops from Hengshan Village, Taiping Village, and Lianzhou to be mobilized for emergency support.
Two days later, the Song Dynasty Guards arrived at Zhenyi Pass, and the defeated Annan troops who fled from Liangzhou also fled to Zhenyi Pass and asked Dayuan to take them in.
The Yuan army is definitely not Guanyin Bodhisattva, so naturally they will not let the Annan army enter the pass to avoid fighting.
Zhao Bingyan asked Xiao Chengzhang to use 107 rocket launchers to wash the ground, use the Annan Army to commemorate the brothers who died in the battle, and immediately bombard the city wall after the attack.
Zhou Fu asked him with some reluctance: "Why don't we wait any longer and see if the city's defender surrenders?"
He shook his head and said: The letter urging surrender has been sent in a long time ago. If people want to surrender, they should have opened the door long ago and captured Annan's defeated army, eating pots of pulp and greeting the general. Is there any need to go to such trouble? "
He pointed to the ready-to-fire trebuchets on the city wall and the turrets with barrels raised and said, "How do those people know that the pot is made of iron unless we let our artillery fire speak?"
"Do it." Zhao Bingyan yelled.
Soon, rocket launchers roared, and three rounds of artillery fire tore the limbs of thousands of people in front of the pass. The artillery fire extended to the city wall, sweeping away the defenders and all weapons on both sides of the city gate building, and even the female wall was flattened.
Zhou Fu praised and said: No matter how strong the city wall is, it cannot withstand such a powerful artillery attack. It will be very troublesome to rebuild it in the future.
He said that the key point of Zhenyi was to defend the south. After Annan's return, this area was just a traffic artery, so who else could we defend against.
Zhou Fu suddenly realized.
As he spoke, Zhao Bingyan invited the Zhuge Divine Cannon. He personally fired the cannon and fired directly within 800 meters. Two cannons penetrated the gate of Zhenyi Pass.
He asked Xiao Chengzhang to calibrate and continued shooting. Ten cannons passed through the door to see where they could hit the farthest.
Not long after, the military flag of the Yuan Dynasty was lowered on the city, and the golden dragon flag of the Song Dynasty was raised.
He laughed and said to Zhou Fu: "This is called no acquaintance without fighting."
The Song army blew the charge horn and rushed into the pass, continuing to mop up the remaining enemies.
Just when Zhao Bingyan captured Zhenyi Pass and occupied Pingxiangdong, Wang Bao successfully attacked Xuanhua. Zhang Qi's troops disguised themselves as rout troops and captured Guangyuan Prefecture. Most of the main prefectures and counties in northern Annan had been occupied by the Song army.
Zhou Fu regretfully said that he had not been able to fight a tough battle this time, as the Third Brigade had not yet experienced it.
Zhao Bingyan smiled and said that the third brigade had also accumulated a lot of experience in street fighting. Reinforcements from the Yuan Army were about to arrive, which would keep Brother Zhou busy.
He asked Zhou Fu to designate a restricted area for the Yuan army, and the Yuan army was not allowed to station within a hundred miles outside Zhenyi Pass.
Zhou Fu was shocked. Tatars were not allowed to come and go within this area. That would be enough to beat them.
He said: "We took Zhenyi Pass not only to prevent the Yuan army from attacking, but also to open the door to welcome the anti-Yuan martyrs from all directions to join the anti-Yuan army, to establish a practical training ground for the Guards outside the pass, and to open up the A land line of communication with the mainland to make a living.”
Zhou Fu's eyes lit up. It turned out that the King of Han conquered Annan for these important events. It was really difficult to control an area hundreds of miles outside the pass.
Zhao Bingyan said with a smile that we should also expand the army. Brother Zhou and Brigadier Zhang selected some veterans from the team and gave them to Liu Dali. We formed the 6th Brigade of the Guards and asked Zhao Mengxin to be the commander. Didn't he bring thousands of soldiers with him? People come here to select the young people of a group.
Zhou Fu was impressed by Zhao Bingyan's non-suspicious mind and asked him to rest assured and take care of it with his brothers.
He opened his arms and warmly hugged Zhou Fu, waved goodbye, and quickly turned back with Sun Huchen's brigade, heading straight for the southern battlefield.
At this time, on Hainan Island, Queen Mother Yang Shufei had already seen reports from the official documents and memorials about the victory of the Song Dynasty Guards and the smooth progress.
Left Prime Minister Lu Xiufu excitedly used the "Hainan Xunbao" to publicize the Song Dynasty's Western Expedition against Annan, and encouraged Song people to go west to Annan to guard the border areas and make a living. Ship after ship of Song people landed from Yuntun Bay and rushed to various places in Annan.
In the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the north, Emperor Hu was still discussing with the minister of military aircraft to annihilate the Southern Song Dynasty. Ali from Guangnan West Road rushed to Hague 800 miles away. Only after reading the memorial did Emperor Hu know that the Song army had really gone out to attack Annan.
Emperor Hu was overjoyed and praised Zhang Hongfan and Boyan, the great heroes of the Southern Expedition, on the spot.
He believed that the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty had nothing to eat on Hainan Island and no military courage. The western expedition to Annan was just a helpless move on the way to escape. Sooner or later, all the dregs would be eaten by Annan.
Unexpectedly, only two days later, Ali sent another 800-mile rush to the Hague: the Guards of the Song Dynasty suddenly attacked Zhenyi Pass, and the garrison at the pass was defeated. The garrison soldiers fought bloody battles until the pass fell.
Emperor Hu slapped the memorial on the table and asked sternly: "Why now?"
"Why did the Song army raid Zhenyi Pass?"
His favorite general Boyan also felt a little thump in his heart, secretly thinking that the Song army was very powerful. According to his judgment, it would be extremely difficult for the most elite Yuan army to dispatch the troops from the sea to land and attack Zhenyi Pass in less than a month.
Seeing that Emperor Hu was extremely angry, he thought for a moment and said: "The Song people are extremely cunning. They are determined to win Annan. The Xiaonan barbarians captured Zhenyi Pass and did not enter the pass to occupy the territory. I am afraid that our Chinese army will send troops to suppress it."
Emperor Hu's frown relaxed.
Yes, the Southern Song Dynasty was at the end of its rope, and it must have fought to the death to capture his Zhenyi Pass for defense. The Song army is still fighting with the Annan army. How can more soldiers enter the pass to seize territory?
This also created a great opportunity for his Yuan Dynasty to annihilate the Song Dynasty.
At this time, the defense of Hainan Island was empty. How could the Yuan Dynasty not attack?
Emperor Hu waved his hand and asked them to quickly formulate a plan to annihilate the remnants of the Song court on Hainan Island and implement it immediately.
Zhao Bingyan led his special operations brigade quickly southward and crossed the Fuliang River to Shilipu, southeast of Shenglong City, where he met Wen Tianxiang who had arrived earlier.
Wen Tianxiang looked tired and solemnly told him that the fifth brigade should not only prevent Emperor Xiao Chen from sending troops to the south, but also intercept the main force of Annan returning from Champa. The two fronts were under great pressure and suffered heavy casualties.
He told Wen Tianxiang not to worry, the north was already stable, and we could just concentrate our forces to eliminate Annan's stubborn enemy.
Wen Tianxiang finally had a smile on his face.
Early the next morning, they rushed to Xianzi Pass.
Zhang Shijie and Liu Shiyong both looked tired. Zhang Shijie said unhurriedly: Yesterday, the Annan army sent elephant soldiers to raid the position. The sniper battle was extremely fierce. The soldiers were not afraid of sacrifice and they blocked the gap one after another.
However, the casualties of the fifth brigade skyrocketed, and he did not have the face to report it to the King of Han.
At present, the number of capable soldiers in the fifth brigade is less than 5,000.
Zhao Bingyan nodded and told the defenders to immediately retreat ten miles to rebuild the defense and implement the plan to lure the enemy deeper.
Liu Shiyong worriedly said that the team was exhausted. Once they retreated, he was worried that the defense line would collapse.
Zhao Bingyan confidently asked him to tell his brothers: The King of Han has arrived, the Guards Special Forces Brigade has arrived, and they will win. The King of Han will personally lead the team to the forefront.
"Execute immediately."
Zhao Bingyan dropped four words, picked up the 800 million pole and left.
Zhang Shijie hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Is the King of Han going to the front?"
He said that the general could go back to coordinate the rear, take charge of the overall situation, and listen to the report of our army's victory. Zhao Bingyan pushed Zhang Shijie back three steps and urged the brothers to hurry up.
Liu Shiyong said carefully: "Today the enemy will attack with elephant soldiers again. We have thought about it and will attack with fire."
Zhao Bingyan confidently shouted, "Don't be afraid." The soldiers of the special force ran while shouting: "Brothers, give way, the King of Han is coming."
One sentence is worth ten thousand words, this sentence is the most inspiring.
