The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 355
Fang Qifo lingered in Qingliang Temple for a long time, compared Li Fei's secret letter, and asked Luo Jinshui many things, including how to communicate code words between outside the city and inside the city, how to distinguish the saints inside the city, and so on.

Zhao Tun had explained these things carefully long ago, Luo Jinshui answered them one by one, and Fang Qifo couldn't help nodding his head.

In the letter Zhao Tun wrote to Fang Qifo in the name of Li Fei, there was a strategy, that is to cooperate with the inside and outside, secretly open the gate of Jiangning city, and amplify the army to sneak into the city.

This is a clever strategy. If you want to minimize the loss of seizing the city, other than the opponent directly surrendering the city, this strategy is the best way to attack.

Fang Qifo didn't doubt it in his heart, but it was really hard to have any doubts. Li Fei was the bright right envoy of the Ming Cult. It's number three.

And these believers in front of them can't pretend to rob and kill the fleeing gentry. They have heads and genealogy as evidence. Who would dare to kill such a large gentry?Unless you want to rebel, you dare to swing the butcher knife at these people.

So Li Fei's strategy may not work, but it will definitely not be a scam.

But Fang Qifo didn't feel that it was useless at this time, he just felt that this plan was very clever, once it was manipulated properly, the fall of Jiangning would be in sight.

So, after asking about the details again, Luo Jinshui and Wu Song were asked to pack up their belongings, bring their men, and follow him to the army...

In the evening, Zhu's family sent someone to the Xuanfu Department to pick up Zhu Xiuniang, but Zhao Tun refused to let her go, so she replied, "Wu Niang will study with this king, stay here for a few days, and return soon."

When Zhu Que heard the news in the mansion, his face immediately changed drastically, he almost jumped up and cursed, and hurriedly summoned his family members to discuss.

The elders of the family were divided into two groups. One group said that now that the Zhu family was seeing decline, they just took this opportunity to send Wu Niang to the King of Qin.

The other faction said that Wu Niang had a reputation as a talented woman, which of the nobles in the world didn't know it?It's a pity to be a junior for the King of Qin, and the King of Qin is not the prince. Maybe in the future, after changing the official family, he will be squeezed out by the new emperor. Housewives, or recent top picks, and potential Hanlin officials are all better.

Zhu Que had a headache when he heard that, but all the people wanted to trade his daughter for power. These tribesmen were just fighting for the best price, and none of them was trying to find a way to bring Wuniang back.

He was so angry that he immediately dispersed to discuss, and everyone dispersed in a hurry. Sangong was the slowest to walk, and when he reached the door, he paused the bird stick in his hand and said: "Everyone is left behind, you Can you still grab it back? Is this really Shezhou? This is Jiangning!"

"I, I... When the thieves are settled, I will unite a few in-laws and go to Tokyo to find the officials to sue the king of Qin for robbing the daughters of the people!" Zhu Que said angrily.

"Say a fart, Wuniang's children may all be born by then, so you can sue if you're not afraid of embarrassment!" Sangong shook his head, walked to the door, and said as he walked, "It's really not as good as one generation after another. You shouldn't be the patriarch!"

Zhu Que was so angry that he trembled all over his body. These Jiangnan gentry are not afraid of any princes. Once united, most of the court will belong to them, but things are just like what Sangong said, this is Jiangning, and he Zhujia has no strength here. Going to the door to rob people, if you really wait for the thieves to be quelled before going to Tokyo to file a complaint, you can't say how long it will be, I am afraid that Wu Niang will even have a child by then.

Thinking of this, Zhu Que suddenly felt dizzy in his head, and fell weakly on the chair...

Zhao Tang went to the guest room at the back of the Xuanfu Division after dinner, and saw that Ding Daxie was guarding here in front of the door, so he couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong?"

The corners of Ding Daxie's mouth twitched, not knowing what his lord wanted to do, he said: "It's not noisy, but it just doesn't eat or drink."

Zhao Tong said, "Maybe you're not hungry?"

Ding Daxie clicked his eyes and said, "Maybe... yes."

Zhao Tong said: "Open the door, I'll go in and have a look."

There was no lock on the door, but it was tied on the outside, Ding Daxie removed the bolt, Zhao Tang opened the door and walked in, and saw Zhu Xiuniang sitting beside the table in a daze.

Seeing him come in, Zhu Xiuniang looked embarrassed, she stood up and said in shame, "How long does the lord want to lock up the daughter of the people?"

Zhao Tang looked at the furnishings in the house, nodded and said: "Let's stay for a while, and let Xiuniang leave after the bandit army has withdrawn."

Zhu Xiuniang said coldly with her eyes: "The girl has not yet left the court, how is it proper to live here? Even if the prince is a gentleman, how will the girl face her relatives at home and the people outside after she leaves? The reputation of the girl will be wiped out." how to survive in this world?"

Zhao Tong smiled and walked forward, Zhu Xiuniang hurriedly backed away, Zhao Tang came to the table and sat down and said: "I think too much, this king is here to protect you, there are 10,000+ bandits outside the city, in case you defend The city is not good, if you are killed, your family will be in danger, I heard that those bandits only kill the big families of the nobles, but they don't move the people at all, if that happens, I'm afraid there will be rivers of blood."

Zhu Xiuniang was slightly flustered when she heard the words, and then said: "Xiuniang lives with her family, and dies with her family. The city is really broken, how can you live by stealth? The prince still let me go back, Xiuniang is very grateful!"

Zhao Tong said: "This king said to keep you here, so I will keep you here. You have sent a letter to your home, so don't say any more. If there is nothing to discuss about learning, this king will leave here."

Zhu Xiuniang was stunned, with a tinge of anger on her calm face, she said: "I have heard about the virtues of King Qin, but I never imagined that he would be so rude and coercive. It seems that the rumors in the world are all false. I regret that I should have believed the rumors and was deceived to come here!"

Hearing this, Zhao Tama squinted her eyes and looked at Zhu Xiuniang up and down, seeing that her eyebrows were like black mountains, her eyes were like stars, and her cheeks were like jade. At this moment, she was slightly angry and slightly angry, which added a bit of color, so she couldn't help smiling.

Zhu Xiuniang saw that his eyes were blank, and she couldn't help but slammed her heart. She backed up again, until she hit the edge of the couch, and then she let out an exclamation.

Zhao Tang shook his head: "This king just wanted to keep you here, but he didn't force you rudely. Let's talk about it when something really happens. Now, talking about these things is of no benefit to you, and it will arouse this king's temper. You can't really do anything. I'm afraid it's too late for you to regret it!"

Zhu Xiuniang bit her cherry lips, she didn't dare to speak anymore, she was afraid that Zhao Tian would do something forceful according to her words, so she leaned in even more, lowered her head slightly, and two tears fell silently.

Zhao Tang got up and walked out, turned back after leaving the door and said: "I'll call two maids to come over and give you orders later, just talk to them if you have something to do, remember to eat, otherwise there will be no strength to fight with this king. Debating?"

After he finished speaking, he left. Zhu Xiuniang threw herself on the bed when the door closed with a bang, sobbing uncontrollably...

The next day, Fang Qifo's army began to move towards Jiangning City. Many soldiers carried trees and vines, and used shield carts to clear the way in front, and set up on the moat against the rain of arrows on the top of the city.

The shield chariot is thick, and it is the most effective against feathered arrows. It is a must-have tool for siege. Fang Qifo's army has the most of them. With this thing to protect the soldiers, two wooden bridges were built in a short time.

But when Shi Bao commanded the army to cross the bridge and charge down the city, he only heard a few violent roars from the top of Jiangning City, and then several huge bluestones hit over, and some of them hit the pontoon bridge. The bridge was broken up, and the soldiers on it were directly beaten to a pulp and fell into the river.

Seeing this, Shi Bao couldn't help frowning. As a vanguard officer, he naturally initiated the first battle of the siege, but this Jiangning is really different from other cities. Not to mention the wide moat, what he didn't expect is that the city is still powerful flying cannon.

The Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty had a special battalion called the Feipao Battalion, which specialized in all kinds of large and small stone cannons, the most powerful of which was the "Feipao". It can also fix a range target, so as not to hit indiscriminately.

The first bluestone cannon in Jiangning City flew towards Shi Bao, and Shi Bao's side was immediately dumbfounded. The shield car can defend against arrows and flying arrows, but it can't defend against this stone cannon, and even one shield car has been smashed by the stone cannon. Lose.

Shi Bao didn't expect that Jiangning had such things as flying cannons. Although there were stone cannons in the Dasong city that was captured before, they were all small cannons, and they couldn't hit heavy stones. But it was these small cannons. Soldiers are still not good at using them, and they are even in a hurry, so they can't cause too much damage to the attacking team.

But here in Jiangning, both the stone cannons and the gunners are obviously different from those cities. Shi Bao thought that this must have been brought over by King Qin from Tokyo, so he couldn't help cursing: "Damn the king of birds, wait until Jiangning is captured to see how I deal with it." to you!"

He hastily mobilized his men and horses again, divided into different directions, and rushed towards the moat together with more than a dozen groups, intending to continue to forcefully cross the river.

This was ordered by Fang Qifo. Although Fang Qifo had already planned to use Li Fei's strategy to attack Jiangning from inside and outside, the necessary steps to attack the city were indispensable. I want to find out the strength of Jiangning's defense. After all, even if I use a sneak attack, I need to know the strength of Jiangning City's army, so that I can make corresponding plans and deployments.

Right now, the dozen or so passers-by gave up the method of using shield carts to clear the way, but tied the wooden planks to their backs, half-slung their waists, carried trees and other objects and continued to rush towards the moat.

The wooden boards on the back can resist the damage of some bluestones, but when encountering large stones, the soldiers were still crushed to death on the spot. A dozen passers-by only passed five or six roads in the end, and a wooden bridge was built on the moat again.

After several wooden bridges were erected, the army behind rushed forward with a "hula", facing the rain of stones and arrows, stepped on the wooden bridge and rushed to the opposite side of the moat. But it's part of the past.

As the mouth of the moat was opened, it proved that carrying wooden boards could somewhat resist those stone cannons, and many soldiers relied on this method to go to the moat.

But at this moment, when the soldiers passing through the city were rushing towards the city gate, there were bursts of "plop, plop" sounds, and many people disappeared in place. Looking closely, they all disappeared. Fall into a camouflaged ditch.

Seeing this, Shi Bao was stunned for a moment, then he clenched his fists and cursed angrily, "The king of dogs and birds is really too cunning!"

It turns out that moats cannot be dug in the moats of ordinary cities. The distance between the moats of many small cities and the city walls is relatively close. If the trenches are dug, they will collapse.

But this Jiangning is different. Jiangning, the ancient capital of the six dynasties, has the word majestic under the four cities, and the moat is still some distance away from the city wall, so it can be completely covered by digging ditches.

The trench was camouflaged, and the soldiers who crossed the river were already panicking, so many of them fell into it no matter how carefully they looked.

All kinds of antlers, thorns and iron forks at the bottom of the ditch immediately caused these soldiers to cry and howl, and many of them were directly stabbed to death in the ditch.

Seeing this, Shi Bao immediately issued an order: "Everyone pay attention to your feet, and use your weapons to open the way!"

After a while, all the camouflage on this trench was lifted, looking at the various suppressors inside, all the soldiers above couldn't help feeling numb.

How easy is it to attack a city, especially a city like Jiangning, if you want to attack from the outside, you have to be prepared for heavy losses, but it is still futile!

Under normal circumstances, if this kind of city is attacked by force, there is no five to ten times the strength of the army, so don't even think about it, you can only plan to surround and trap it.

But now it was just to test Jiang Ning's combat power, so Shi Bao once again ordered the rear army to catch up, and forcibly crossed the moat and slammed into the city gate.

Now that the ditch appeared, the soldiers jumped over it cautiously. Some saw that there were many bridges on the river, so they pulled out one or two bridges and put them on the ditch.

But after passing this ditch, within a few steps, the sound of "plop, plop" came again, and it turned out to be another ditch.

Zhao Tun ordered people to dig a total of two trenches in front of Jiangning City. These two trenches took a lot of work. After all, the excavated soil could not be directly thrown into the moat, but had to be transported far away, but at this moment it was finally It came in handy.

With these two ditches, it would be extremely difficult for Fang La's army to attack the city with a ladder or transport some other siege equipment, unless the ditches were filled.

But how?I have to go to the other side of the river to carry soil and then fill it, but this is not filling the ditch with soil, it is obviously filling with human lives, and many people may die every time they come and go.

Shi Bao roared angrily at this moment: "King Qin, a certain family is at odds with you!"

In the central army, Fang Qifo looked at all this with a blank expression, while Baodaoyi on the side snorted coldly: "The bird king boy is too shameful to dig two trenches in front of the city to trap my holy army soldiers!" !"

Fang Qifo glanced at him when he heard the words, this Daoyi was dressed in half-class and half-vulgar clothes, short and fat, wearing a Taoist crown, half black and white hair, dark and cold face, wearing an apricot-yellow robe, with a yellow handle on his back A sword wrapped in yellow silk and red silk.

Fang Qifo said: "The two armies are fighting each other, and they will do everything they can."

Bao Daoyi said: "If we meet before the battle, the left envoy can watch my sword take the life of this bird king."

Fang Qifo shook his head and said, "How can such a person be easily met? Most of them sit in the center of the town and point in all directions, so they won't show up easily."

Bao Daoyi was silent when he heard the words, knowing that what Fang Qifo said was right, he couldn't help but look even colder as he looked at the soldiers rushing to the city ahead.

At this time, a lot of dead bodies had piled up under the Jiangning city, but the soldiers finally came to the city, and some equipment was barely transported, but the rolling wood and stones began to be thrown down from the top of the city, causing countless deaths and injuries.

As for the city gate below, dozens of soldiers rushed into it with thick logs, but they did not move. A large piece of bluestone was thrown from the city, and the soldiers who hit the gate were so frightened that they dropped the logs and ran away, but they still did not move. More than half of them were smashed to death.

As for the ladder that had just climbed onto the top of the city, it was overthrown by the Song soldiers at the top of the city with their bows and arrows before they could be caught dead.

Fang Qifo looked at the back for a while and saw that the casualties were too heavy, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops. The Holy Army's first attack on Jiangning City was declared a failure...

(End of this chapter)