Chapter 71 go all out
In the barracks of the right army sent by Zuo Houde, Zhang Yuan looked at the lieutenants in front of him, and said, "Generals, my lord, I will take Qingzhou in two months, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly!"

For a while, the rest of the lieutenants also sighed a little. The 20 army of King Yanhong in the past half a year set Qingzhou in awe, but now the same 20 army, just over ten days, Zhang Yuan and others have arrived Under the city of Wuchao.

Of course, this is Zuo Houde's arrangement. There are almost all Zuo Houde's shadow guards in these cities. Although there are few shadow guards in the city, they can't help them open the gates, but they can help them quickly remove the city gates after the war. Law and order cleared quickly.

As a result, this army rarely spends time in the post-war city, and spends most of its time marching or attacking the city.

Of course, it only took a short time to siege the city. The 20 army was divided into groups, and there were many pioneers. Each vanguard carried dozens of tiger squatting guns. When they reached Wuzhang, how could they resist, and they surrendered voluntarily under the firing of dozens of cannons.

What's more, Zhang Yuan and the others felt unreal as the news of the vanguard's success came in these past two days. The main force of their army hadn't been dispatched, and the whole Qingzhou now felt that they couldn't hold on anymore.

After Zhang Yuan looked at the people's exclamation, his expression became serious, and he said: "In Qingzhou today, there are only two important checkpoints, Diancheng and Wuchao! Who would like to break them?"

Guan Ping stood up, clasped his fists and said, "General, the general wishes to destroy the city of Dian in the end!"

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Dian City will be destroyed within three days!"

"promise!"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while and then said: "Wuchao, this commander will lead the army there in person, and each general will be ordered to pull out the camp!"

"promise!"

……

In Seoul, Shi Wansui looked at the state capital of Hanzhou.

He also sighed that in the past half a month, it was easy to march and fight. To be precise, it was easier for them than Zhang Yuan. Hong Zaixing had more than [-] troops in Qingzhou. After all, Qingzhou is close to the southeast.

But in this Hanzhou, only a few defenders were left in each city, which could not stop Shi Wansui's marching pace at all. In just over ten days, most of the time was spent on the march, and there was no resistance at all in the siege.

As long as the artillery fire of the army was fired, most of the cities would fall. Shi Wansui, all the way to the north, took down forty or fifty cities, and now he has reached the last place in Hanzhou-Hancheng.

Once in Seoul, Shi Wansui's mission for this trip is considered over.

Shi Wansui ordered the soldiers to pull out the tiger squatting cannons, and thousands of cannons aimed at the city of Seoul.

Shi Wansui gave an order: "Fire!"

At this time, thousands of cannons fired at the same time, and the sound was like thunder. For a while, Shi Wansui was shocked by the sound of the cannons, let alone the defenders of Seoul!

Seoul was Li Shouye's old nest before, so it is naturally tall and thick with walls about [-] feet long. Such a mighty city can only be used as a mantis' arms in front of thousands of cannons, and many gravels on the walls fell off in a short while. .

The guards on the city were even more afraid to stand on the city wall, not only for fear of the city wall falling down, but also for fear of being hit by shells.

The morale in the city was completely gone, and Shi Wansui also pushed the boat with the water, making people go to surrender.

……

Tongguan, Hong Zaixing's army retreated to the city, the number of the army was large, and half of the army was camped outside the city. Hong Zaixing predicted that Han Ting would win Guanzhong, so he waited here for Han Ting's army.

And Lu Xiaoxian brought the vanguard army to Tongguan. Both sides had hundreds of thousands of troops. When the two armies faced each other, there was a sense of urgency for the city to be destroyed by black clouds.

At this time, Lu Xiaoxian came to Hong Zaixing's camp with thousands of Qingqi to call for battle. Hong Zaixing also knew Lu Xiaoxian's reputation, so he ignored Lu Xiaoxian, and directly sent a general with a Qingqi to kill Lu Xiaoxian.

The two cavalry were fighting together, and there was no winner for a while. Although Lu Xiaoxian beheaded the enemy general at once, after all, both sides were elite, and they didn't take advantage of it, so they had to withdraw their troops!

Lu Xiao first returned to the camp, Han Tingzhi looked at the generals and said, "Our two armies are at a stalemate, who has a clever plan!"

A man dressed as a scribe stood up, smiled wildly at first, cupped his hands slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there has been no victor in the south and the north. , Tongguan must be broken, this is difficult! Besides, even if we take Guanzhong, we can't decide the north!"

Han Tingzhi looked at the scribe in front of him, and asked lightly, "Oh, why!"

This scribe's name is Gongyang Yin, he was born in the Gongyang family, he is usually the most dissolute, he likes to drink and have fun, but he is also the most resourceful person in the army, he can often strategize and win thousands of miles away, Han Tingzhi knew him Because of his talent, he was named "Military Master Sacrificial Wine".

Gongsun Yin continued: "Guanzhong is an important city in the world. The northern heroes can rule the world if they get it, but I can't get it in the south. First, we have no foundation in the north. A mere Guanzhong is like a cage. What's the use?

Secondly, this pass has always been a battleground for heroes in the north. Even if we win it, we will lose our troops and lose our generals, and it is even more difficult to pacify the Northland! "

Han Tingzhi heard Gongsun Yin's words, and asked again: "What do you think?"

Gongsun Yin looked at Han Tingzhi and said, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, it has been difficult to attack and easy to defend. Hong Zaixing's retreat to Tongguan is to change the offensive to the defensive, so as to make the enemy stronger and weaker. We and other southerners are good at water warfare. Why don't we use it?"

Han Tingzhi looked at Gongsun Yin and said with a puzzled expression: "Hong Zaixing is already retreating to Tongguan, how can we use the navy!"

Gongsun Yin said, "Your Majesty, remember the two important towns of Jiujiang and Jianmen!"

Han Tingzhi asked doubtfully, "Jiujiang and Jianmen?"

Seeing that Han Tingzhi still didn't understand what he meant, Gongsun Yin said, "Hong Zaixing changed from attacking to defending, and we can still wait. Your Majesty can send troops from Jiujiang and Jianmen to Youzhou. When the two armies encircle Hong Zaixing army surrounds Guanzhong!

Of course, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, so Hong Zaixing's grain and grass must have been transported from Youzhou, so we can cut off his grain road, and Hong Zaixing will be trapped to death in Guanzhong! "

Han Tingzhi also hesitated when he heard Gongsun Yin's words!
Gongsun Yin saw it, and understood his Majesty's worry, so he said: "Your Majesty, why worry, the troops of Jiujiang and Jianmen stay in the south, although they can stabilize the rear, but the lion is still going all out to fight the rabbit, this is Dingding In the first battle, His Majesty still has to make up his mind!"

Han Tingzhi heard Gongsun Yin's words and said, "According to what you said, the Jiujiang and Jianmen armies attacked Youzhou!"

(End of this chapter)

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