The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 692 Sun Kewang's Ambition
The Guangning garrison surrendered without a fight. After hearing the news, more than a dozen surrounding counties responded one after another, killing the officials sent by Zhang Xianzhong.

There are even many people who volunteer to join the army, serving as guides for the army or transporting logistics and ammunition.

Many people burst into tears when they saw the officers and soldiers, complaining about the atrocities committed by the Great Western Army.

Di Qing was also quite surprised by this situation. Although he knew something about it before, he was still shocked when he actually saw it.

However, he soon realized that the people's support was available, and he left a small number of troops in Quang Ninh City to be responsible for the logistics and transportation of food and grass.

Regarding their behavior of surrendering Zhang Xianzhong before, Di Qing made it clear that as long as they sincerely return to the court, His Royal Highness the Regent will not blame the past.

If they still have good friends Paoze in other cities, they can write letters to persuade them to surrender, and credit them with credit afterwards.

Mei Shajia and the two were overjoyed. They thought it would be a great favor for the court not to pursue their crimes of thieves, but they did not expect that they would not only be exempted from the crime, but also continue to hold their original positions. Live up to the trust of Prince Regent Da En and Marshal Di Qing.

Di Qing also gave them the right to recruit troops on the spot, and asked the remaining officers to help them train, and the two were even more excited.

With these troops anyway, Di Qing didn't have to leave a large number of troops stationed behind.

After a brief rest in Guangning City, Di Qing continued to attack in two groups.One was led by himself to Bazhong City, and the other was led by the deputy general to Dazhou City.

As soon as the defenders of Bazhong City saw the banner of the official army, they had already opened the city gates and left the city to surrender. Bazhong soldiers recovered without bloodshed and returned to the court.

Dazhou took a little bit of twists and turns, probably because the location is remote, so the guards didn't quite understand the strength of the officers and soldiers, and even made a look of resisting to the death.

Of course, Guan Jian is the guard of Dazhou, and the supervisor sent by Zhang Xianzhong put a knife on his neck, so he can't do without resistance.

After the officers and soldiers set up cannons and fired a round of shells at Dazhou City in a demonstrative manner, the Dazhou defenders quickly collapsed and immediately raised a white flag.

In less than half an hour, the gate of the city was opened wide, and the guard took the initiative to plead guilty and came out to surrender.

There is a small episode in it, that is, a shell landed behind the supervisor sent by Zhang Xianzhong, and the blast wave knocked him to the ground and passed out.

The guard was safe and sound, and the first thing he did when he came to his senses was to cut off the supervisor's head with a single knife, and then immediately raised a white flag.

The three cities of Guangning, Bazhou, and Dazhou were successfully captured, and dozens of surrounding cities, large and small, were also restored one after another.

In less than a month, the entire northern part of Shuzhou has been completely recovered.

This speed is still on the road most of the time. After all, the road to Shu is difficult to reach the blue sky. For the officers and soldiers, the most worrying issue is not how to attack the city, but how to march safely.

During the march, the number of people who fell off the cliffs and valleys due to various reasons has reached hundreds, which greatly exceeds the number of battle casualties since entering Shuzhou.

In particular, the officers and soldiers carried a large number of cannons. Although these cannons were much lighter than the red-clothed cannons before, they were cannons after all, and no matter how light they were, they could still be considered huge.

The rugged and narrow mountain roads in Shuzhou, coupled with mudslides and landslides caused by rainy weather, made it even more difficult to travel.

Even during this period, there was a small earthquake. Although the magnitude was not high, it was enough to make people frightened.For this reason, dozens of mules and horses were startled and fell into the bottom of the cliff.

Although Di Qing had a headache for this situation, he also prepared a plan, selecting elite personnel, walking in the car, forming a vanguard, and other logistical troops followed the local guides and then slowed down.

The local people had already adapted to living in this environment. Many mountain people walked like flying in the mountains. After Di Qing saw it, he realized that it was necessary to form such an army suitable for walking and fighting in the mountains in the future.

It was Di Qing's idea that also laid the foundation for the establishment of the first mountain combat unit in the National Defense Forces sequence in the future.

After the recovery of all the northern parts of Shuzhou, there was only Mianyang City left in front of Jinguan City, the capital of Daxi Kingdom.

Although there are some cities behind Mianyang, none of them can compare with Mianyang.The city wall of Mianyang is tall and strong, and it is also protected by a moat. Surrounded by mountains on both sides, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If you want to go to Jinguan City from north to south, Mianyang is a must.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong sent a confidant general Sun Kewang, who was also his adopted son, to guard Mianyang in person.

Di Qing led the vanguard troops to Mianyang City and set up camp. Instead of attacking the city immediately, he led people to observe the topography and landforms near Mianyang, draw maps, and make sand tables after returning.

These materials are not only useful for this war, but also have far-reaching significance in the future.

After two days of investigation, Di Qing found that the battle in Mianyang must be a tough one, and there was no way to take advantage of it.

There are Daxi troops stationed on the hills on both sides of Mianyang City. Even if there is a trail, it is impossible to pass.

Di Qing knows very well that it is impossible to rely on surprise soldiers forever in wars, and to win with surprises. It is always the mainstream to face the enemy head-on, and surprise soldiers will only play a role at certain times.

What's more, he climbed high and looked far away in the past two days, and saw that Mianyang city was waving flags, rolling stones and trees, gold soup and oil pans, crossbow carts and other defensive equipment.

Seeing the defensive posture of the defenders, Di Qing secretly thought that Sun Kewang did have some skills.

However, Di Qing didn't care too much about this skill. When the artillery troops arrived and the cannons were set up and fired, no matter how strong the city was, it would be breached.

However, obviously Sun Kewang in the city did not intend to let Di Qing slowly attack the city so comfortably.

The rapid fall of the northern part of Shu Prefecture made the soldiers of the Great Western Army who had begun to corrupt and degenerate quite panicky.

In addition, their strengths are running around and fighting, fast like flying horses, hanging the officers and soldiers behind, and using speed to drag them down and defeat them.

Now they have lived a happy life in Shuzhou for two years. I don't know how much of the skills they had back then, but their courage is obviously much less.

Coupled with the fact that the officers and soldiers are invincible and invincible, the artillery fire is fierce and invincible, which makes people panic.

Sun Kewang is well aware of these floating undercurrents in the current army, and he knows that if the Great Western Army can regain its courage, it must be stimulated by a victory.

He was very worried that the officers and soldiers would start besieging the city with cannons as soon as they arrived. If that was the case, he could only plan to fight with the officers and soldiers in a street fight.

But he didn't expect that the forward troops of the official army didn't start attacking the city immediately after they arrived. Instead, they set up camp in a leisurely manner, which made him suspicious.

So he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity.If you can defeat the forward troops of the official army in one fell swoop, it will definitely boost morale, and maybe there is a chance to smash the follow-up troops of the official army.

Zhang Xianzhong has no heirs, and although he has many adopted sons, Li Dingguo and others are not bad, so if he chooses an heir in the future, he must choose among them.

This is naturally an opportunity that the ambitious Sun Kewang cannot let go.

So he needs to add a huge chip to himself with a huge and brilliant victory.

Just in the early hours of the second day when Di Qing's vanguard army came to Mianyang City, everything was quiet, the moon was dark and the wind was high. Dozens of ropes hung down from the top of Mianyang City, and figures silently climbed the ropes and hung down from the top of the city. .

After these figures landed, they gathered together, and after quietly observing for a while, they continued to move towards the quiet military camp in the distance.

(End of this chapter)