"I believe that the strength of our army in Ningbo City is not enough to stop Xia's army. If this continues, the city may be insecure in a few days... For the current plan, we can only delay for time!"
"Just now, Cai Chen heard what Shi Wansui said and asked the officials to open the city. I thought that our army might as well implement a false surrender strategy and sent envoys out of the city to ask Shi Wansui to postpone the offensive!"
Tang Si retreated and said respectfully.
"Fake surrender? Shi Wansui is a famous general. How could he be persuaded to retreat by such a simple trick?"
Zhao Xin frowned and said in a deep voice.
"The officials said that in order to get better treatment in the future, they need to negotiate terms with Lord Xia first. Before the terms are negotiated, Xia soldiers will not attack the city!"
Tang Situi said.
In any case, Zhao Hao is an emperor, and his status is one level higher than that of a general like Shi Wansui. One is a monarch, and the other is a minister. If Zhao Hao really opens the city and surrenders, Shi Wansui will also give him enough respect.
In just a few days, Zhao Song could take a breath and organize and train the soldiers recruited in the city. The Qinwang soldiers from the surrounding cities would also gather in Ningbo.
King Qin's soldiers are all ordinary soldiers who maintain the place, and their strength is average. However, as long as they can reach the city and climb the city wall, they can still play some role with the help of the power of the large formation.
"Try it! I will give you 10,000 gold crystals, three volumes of military secrets, and a pair of three treasures... I will appoint you as the envoy of the festival. Go out of the city and talk to Shi Wansui!"
Zhao Yu was silent for a moment before reluctantly speaking.
Now Zhao Song was almost at the end of his rope. He knew that Tang Sihui's idea was a bit unreliable, but he had to try it anyway, just in case it succeeded.
Tang Si was stunned for a moment, not expecting that he had been appointed as the envoy.
He pondered slightly in his heart, thinking that Shi Wansui didn't seem to be a person capable of killing an envoy, so he agreed immediately.
Half a day later.
The sound of fighting on the city wall gradually became quieter, and Daxia's elite soldiers began to withdraw their troops and return to the camp.
Although Xia Jun is strong, it cannot maintain continuous attacks for a long time, and it still needs necessary rest time.
At this time, Tang Situi was riding in a hanging basket and holding a staff, hanging from the city wall.
Yu Yunwen, who was patrolling the city wall, could naturally detect the other party. Yu Yunwen's expression was complicated, but he still watched the other party go down to the city.
The sky gradually darkened, and at dusk, the soldiers of the Xia army began to clean up the corpses outside the city. On the Ningbo city wall, a large number of young men who had been forcibly recruited carried the corpses and carried the supplies for the city defense with pale faces.
Xia Jun camp.
Shi Wansui looked at the gifts that were delivered to the camp. There were three volumes of secret strategies of military strategists on the wooden case... The gift sent by Zhao Song, ten thousand gold crystal coins, was nothing, but three volumes of secret strategies of military strategists who could practice to the ninth level, and The Three Treasures Ruyi, which can protect the soul and assist in understanding the laws of heaven and earth, is very precious.
Even Shi Wansui cannot ignore it.
"Manager, you don't really believe what Zhao Yu said, do you?"
Next to Shi Wansui, there are two generals who assist in leading the army, namely Zhu Yi and Shen Tianzi. Among them, Zhu Yi can command on the spot, and Shen Tianzi can charge into the battle. They are good helpers beside Shi Wansui.
Zhu Yi glanced at these gifts and asked worriedly.
Shi Wansui withdrew his gaze, smiled suddenly, and said, "Don't worry, how could I believe Zhao Yan's lies? They just want to delay time."
"Zhao Zhen will not open the city to surrender unless it is absolutely necessary. Don't forget that there is Yu Yunwen on top of the city. If Zhao Zhen wants to surrender, Yu Yunwen will not agree!"
"Then why did the manager agree to them?"
Zhu Yi asked.
Shi Wansui laughed loudly, pointed at the gift in front of him, and said, "Tell me, if I were to expose Zhao Min's plan to open the city to surrender and publicize it in the city, would the Song army still be willing to fight to the death?"
Zhu Yi and Shen Tianzi's expressions changed slightly, and they suddenly understood.
Shi Wansui didn't stop thinking about attacking the city at all. The opponent came out of the city and pretended to surrender. Instead, he could use this incident to undermine the morale of the Song army.
Zhao Hao and Tang Si retreated by pretending to surrender and delay their troops.
The plan completely copied Yang Guang's first attack on Goguryeo in the history of the original world, and Goguryeo's side pretended to surrender.
However, today is different from the past, and Wang Jing is not Yang Guang.
Goguryeo pretended to surrender because the city had been breached, and their slogan was to protect their hometown, so their morale would not be easily reduced. At this time, the Song army had no determination to protect their hometown.
It has been less than ten years since I arrived in the world of China, and I have just been forced to move to Ningbo. How can I have a hometown?
At present, the Ningbo city wall has not been broken. If Zhao Hao suddenly comes to Kaicheng to surrender, the morale of the Song army will be greatly reduced, and the Song army will feel that it is not worthwhile to work hard for him.
After Zhao Xun surrendered, he was regarded as a prince, but what could these small soldiers get? They fight life and death, but in the end they get no benefit at all, and no one feels better.
"This method is very good, General Manager! The morale of the Song army is turbulent. Our army can take advantage of the situation and attack fiercely. Maybe we can break through the two-layer formation in a row!"
Zhu Yi smiled.
the next day.
Accompanied by the dull sound of horns, Daxia's soldiers and horses once again formed an array, like a red torrent coming to the front of the city. Yu Yunwen, who heard the sound, immediately came to the top of the city.
"It seems the surrender failed!"
Yu Yunwen shook his head slightly. He himself had little hope in Tang Si's plan to fake surrender and delay his troops. He asked Tang Si to withdraw from the city mainly to protect Zhao Xi's face.
Now the situation was exactly as he expected. Shi Wansui didn't care about surrender or not.
We have already reached the city and will be able to conquer the city in a few days and achieve great success. Why should we give our opponent a chance to breathe? If it were Yu Yunwen, he wouldn't agree.
"Everyone in the city, listen, your official Zhao Yu is ready to open the city and surrender. These are the gifts your emperor gave to my manager. You will also be the people of Daxia in the future. We are all one family. Now we are ready to take over the city. , you should stop resisting...if you die in battle now, what benefits will you get..."
Just as Yu Yunwen was preparing to mobilize troops and horses to defend the city, a group of Xia Army cavalry brought the gifts sent by Tang Sihui yesterday and kept shouting with a loudspeaker in one hand.
Even in order to let the Song army on the city wall see more clearly, Shi Wansui also misappropriated some captured treasures.
The strings of treasures are dazzling and eye-catching.
When the Song soldiers on the city wall saw this scene, they couldn't help but look at each other. Their original mood of sharing the same hatred and fighting the enemy with all their might suddenly dropped a lot.
"This is a stratagem of the enemy, don't believe it!"
Yu Yunwen's expression suddenly changed. He didn't expect that Shi Wansui would do this.
He was careless.
After the Xia army's cavalry announced three times around the city, they immediately retreated. On the top of the city, generals such as Yu Yunwen and Lu Wende quickly explained loudly to maintain morale.
They move quickly, but have little effect;
Because the soldiers of the Song Army on the city wall had obviously lost most of their fighting spirit. As for whether they believed what Xia Jun said outside the city, to be honest, they all believed in their hearts that what Xia Jun said was true.
Because the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties had a tradition of negotiating and seeking peace.
Taizu Zhao Kuangyin swept the world, and Taizong Zhao Kuangyi was barely okay. But starting from Emperor Zhenzong, the Song army won a battle with the enemy, and finally made peace with the enemy. Even if you have to pay a fortune, you're just short of getting married.
Zhao Yu, the first Ming army in the Southern Song Dynasty, was no exception. Taking advantage of the chaos in the Jin Kingdom, he launched the Northern Expedition, but was severely defeated in Fuli.
Finally gave up the dream of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, recognized the reality and signed the Longxing Peace Agreement...
There are also things that happened during the Jingkang period. If we want to put it into perspective, Emperor Zhao and Song have too many dark histories. Even ordinary people in the fields know that the bones of the official family are a bit soft.
All kinds of criminal records convinced the Song troops on the city wall to believe Shi Wansui's words.
At this moment.
The soldiers of the Xia army began to hold up the ladders and columbines and began to climb the city. This time Shi Wansui did not use spiritual fire bombs or powerful siege equipment, but just used the simplest ladders and columbines.
And it is precisely this method that produces miraculous results.
On the top of the city, generals such as Yu Yunwen and Lu Wende kept shouting and commanding.
However, the morale of the soldiers of the Song Army dropped sharply, and they no longer had the will to fight to the death. Shi Wansui did not bombard them as indiscriminately as he did in the past few days, which further proves that the Xia Army did not want to go to war because of the lives of the defenders.
boom!
In the rush, a group of Xia army elites had already rushed to the city wall. This group of people ran rampantly, and wherever they went, the Song army defending the city avoided them.
"Those who retreat will be killed!"
A beam of Gangqi sword roared in the distance, killing many Song soldiers who were retreating from the battle. Lu Wende strode over with his soldiers, his eyes filled with fire, and he roared repeatedly.
Under Lu Wende's forcible compulsion, the Song soldiers had to step forward...
Seeing this, Shen Tianzi, who was at the bottom of the city, used the ladder to fly up. The moment he climbed onto the city wall, the Dharma-Xiang Qi on his body was suppressed to a very weak level, and he almost fell from the eighth level to the seventh level.
kill! Shen Tianzi didn't care. He was wearing heavy armor and was as fast as a galloping horse. He rushed towards Lu Wende with a long knife, not giving him time to command.
Soon this area of the city wall was occupied by the Xia army.
Seeing that the city wall is in crisis.
boom!
An unparalleled impact roared at the top of the city. Shen Tianzi and hundreds of elite Xia soldiers at the top of the city were thrown away. A large formation guarding the city wall began to shake due to the extraction of a lot of power.
"Pity!"
Seeing this, Zhu Yi from the city shook his head.
Shi Wansui's eyes were always locked on Yu Yunwen and said: "It's not a pity. The morale of Zhao and Song's troops has dropped sharply. If Yu Yunwen uses the power of the city defense formation, it will only speed up the collapse of the formation!"
If it is a formation that can absorb the power of Earthly Evil, the formation can be maintained as long as the soldiers on the city wall do not collapse.
The Taoist array currently used in Ningbo City is inconsistent with the evil spirit of the army flooding the battlefield. Only large formations can be used to extract void energy. If the energy extracted is too large, it will cause backlash to the spiritual objects holding the formation.
The objects holding the formation are destroyed, and the formation collapses without attack.
"Send an order and send someone to shout again, saying that the general guarding the city of Zhao Song insists on disobeying Emperor Zhao Song's order and wants to die with all the soldiers and civilians in the city... If there is a righteous man who can kill this thief, he will be rewarded with a reward and a knighthood!"
Shi Wansui suddenly gave the order.
Zhu Yi couldn't help but glance at him, and secretly sighed in his heart. With Shi Wansui's continuous attacks on the heart, coupled with the army's continuous siege and suppression, I am afraid that the city in front of him will be breached in less than three days.
The city of Ningbo is in danger, and its destruction is imminent.
at this time.
The messengers sent by Zhao Xun and Yu Yunwen were already working hard and reported the critical situation in Ningbo to Han Shizhong and Meng Gong at the front two or three days ago.
The Song troops on the front line, especially Han Shizhong and Meng Gong, also wanted to send troops back for reinforcements.
But they dare not.
Because Daxia's main army of 600,000 to 700,000 people has covered hundreds of miles of land, any movement of the Song army cannot be hidden from Daxia's sight.
Han Shizhong and Meng Gong's ability to maintain defense was the limit. Once the Xia army starts a full-scale attack, they may not be able to escape unscathed. How can they mobilize troops and horses to return?
Inside the Xia Army camp in Xiaoshan.
Secret agents from the Military Intelligence Department are reporting on the situation in Ningbo.
Wang Jing, Fu Youde, Liu Bowen and others lined up on the left and right. When the generals among them heard that Ningbo was about to be captured, they were all eager to try, with irrepressible fighting spirit on their faces.
It's just that Wang Jing issued a military order and was temporarily ready to go. Except for small-scale battles, there was no decisive battle with the Song army.
"With Ningbo now in doubt, Han Shizhong and Meng Gong have no choice. Now they can only give up their defense and fight us quickly!"
Liu Bowen said with emotion.
Now Zhao Song has been pushed to the limit, without any chance of comeback.
The reason why Wang Jing never ordered an attack was to prepare for a three-way encirclement and take advantage of the general situation to suppress and surrender hundreds of thousands of Song troops without starting a field battle.
This is not Wang Jing’s whim.
Ningbo was about to be taken, and Zhao Hao and Yu Yunwen were absolutely unable to break through. After Shi Wansui captured the city, he could cut off Meng Gong's retreat from the east.
Fang La was able to cut off Han Shizhong's retreat.
To the west of Han and Meng were hundreds of thousands of Daxia's main forces. When the three armies and horses gathered together, they firmly blocked the hundreds of thousands of Song troops in the north of Shaoxing.
Now it is Han Shizhong and Meng Gong who are eager for a decisive battle.
As long as Wang Jing stood still and prevented the hundreds of thousands of Song troops in front of him from moving, he could easily win a victory.
"Mr. Bowen is right, our army is now in an invincible position!"
Wang Jing had a smile on his face.
Shi Wansui did a great job this time, and he lived up to his reputation as the most powerful general in the Sui Dynasty and a famous martial arts general. After losing face several times in a row, he successfully restored his reputation.
As long as Ningbo is conquered and Zhao Yu is captured, he will be the first hero of this southward campaign.
"Generals, don't be impatient. There are many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Defeating the main force of the Song Army is only the first step. Next, we have to sweep across all parts of the south. You have your place to work!"
Wang Jing noticed the expressions of many generals and comforted them.
"The general will understand!"
Fu Youde, Xie Xuan, Wei Rui and others all responded. He secretly made a decision in his heart that he would give some explanations to his generals when he returns home.
After the discussion was over, most of the civil servants and generals left.
Wang Jingcai called Liu Bowen, Gao Xi, Zhang Juzheng, Fu Youde and Wei Rui and handed everyone the military report from Anqing.
When it is circulated among people.
Wang Jing sighed with emotion: "I thought there would be a big battle this time when we went south, and a lot of soldiers were lost, but I didn't expect that the greater losses would be caused by the Anqing camp! Lan Yu and Zhang Dingbian, these two people defended Jiujiang and the Anqing camp was destroyed. There are quite a few soldiers and horses!”
Gao Xi, Zhang Juzheng, Liu Bowen and others looked at each other.
Liu Bowen, in particular, knew Zhang Dingbian's abilities very well.
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