"You call Chen Yu to Lao Tzu, even his kid doesn't dare to be arrogant in front of Lao Tzu, his mother is Lao Tzu, hurry up and open the door when Lao Tzu protects you, I'm afraid that he will be a bird.
The captain guarding the gate was shocked by Zhou Yang's domineering momentum, and the captain of the gate guard immediately ordered: "Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate, and put down the drawbridge."
At the moment when the city gate slowly opened, a strange smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yang's mouth, and then he ordered in a low voice: "After the city gate opens for a while, immediately rush up and take down the city gate to welcome the prince into the city." ” "Understood" After the gate of Changzhou City slowly opened, Zhou Yang walked to the city gate on foot with more than 100 soldiers under his command, and the captain of the gate personally went out of the city to greet Zhou Yang and bowed to Zhou Yang and said: "I met the general with a humble position, and I wanted the general to atone for my sins just now." ” "It's okay, General Ben won't blame you."
Zhou Yang walked to the captain's side and said; "It's just that I'll take you to Hades."
The captain was stunned on the spot, Zhou Yang had already pulled out the dagger on his waist and inserted it into the captain's body, and the captain guarding the city looked at Zhou Yang in disbelief with his eyes; At the same time, more than 100 elite soldiers under Zhou Yang's command also began to act, quickly solved all the Song troops at the city gate, and also wanted to launch a surprise attack on the city tower, in the face of the sudden attack of the Xia army, the Song army could not defend the entire city gate and fell in less than a quarter of an hour.
"Lord Wang, General Zhou has taken the city gate" "Order the whole army to raid and take Changzhou City as quickly as possible."
"Obedience" 40,000 Xia army iron cavalry immediately launched a surprise attack on Changzhou City, in the face of the Xia army's raid, the Song army in the city was unprepared at all, and they were still sleeping, the Xia army cavalry quickly occupied the barracks, granaries, arsenals, city gates and other strategic positions, and when the Song army found that it was too late to counterattack, the Xia army carried out a brutal massacre after breaking into Changzhou City, and all the men, women and children in the city did not let go.
Early in the morning, when the first rays of sunlight shone into Changzhou, Changzhou was already under the control of the Xia army; Zhou Yang reported to Li Qingyu: "Lord Wang, our army has successfully taken Changzhou City, and has seized more than 7 million stones of grain and grass, countless weapons and armor, more than 300,000 taels of gold, more than 5 million taels of silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, and about 170,000 people captured by the Song army, and about 30,000 dead and wounded of the Song army; The losses of our army were less than a thousand. ” "How many people are in the city?"
"Most of the people have already moved out, and there are probably more than 100,000 old and young."
"All the prisoners of war were killed, and all the grain, grass, weapons, and armor in the city were piled with charcoal, and gold, platinum, and jewelry were buried on the spot."
Li Qing said indifferently.
"Lord Wang, so many people are killed" "Execution of military orders" "Yes, the last general commands" In the next three days, the Xia army slaughtered the 170,000 Song prisoners of war in Changzhou along with the 130,000 people, and the news of the fall of Changzhou reached the Song army's Suzhou front camp. ” "Your Majesty is angry."
Chen Lin persuaded Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty: "According to the report of the defeated army of the spies, the Xia army used 100,000 iron cavalry this time, and it seems that the Xia army has received reinforcements; The fall of Changzhou was not good for our army and its detriment, our front-line army would lose all its grain and grass, and it was very likely that the Xia army would advance west from Changzhou to attack Jingshi Jiangning Mansion. ” "Then what do we say now?"
"The last general suggested that a group of soldiers and horses should be left behind to defend Suzhou City, and the main force of the army should return to Changzhou, and then solve the worries first."
Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty thought for a while and said: "It takes a month for the army to come and go, isn't this just a waste of fighters; The herald ordered the army to return to the north tomorrow, and I left you with 100,000 troops to garrison Suzhou, as long as Suzhou is not lost. ” "Yes, the last general commands," Chen Lin took the military order.
Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty led the main force of the Song army north to encircle and suppress the Xia army the next day, so far Li Qing's plan was basically completed, but this was only a beginning, and when the Xia army did not return to the Changzhou area, Li Qing's plan could not be regarded as a success; In addition, after the Xia army stayed in Changzhou for three days again, under the command of Li Qing, it continued to move north along the canal, sweeping all the villages and towns on both sides of the canal.
Xia Jun this time is destruction, pure destruction in addition to the necessary necessities of life, everything was burned out, Yan King Li Qing also saddled a notoriety for killing butchers, with the increase in killing, the 40,000 Xia troops under Li Qing's command also began to change quietly, their killing skills improved quickly, every soldier knew how to kill with one move, they could kill people in the fastest and easiest way.
In addition, their thinking is also changing to Li Qing's obedience, they have gradually broken away from the Xia army, become the private army of the King of Yan, except Li Qing no one can command them, they are not afraid of death is a group of warriors from hell, according to statistics, the Song people who died in their hands on the way are no less than four million, that is to say, each of them basically has more than 100 people, and the richest place in the entire Jiangnan has basically been destroyed; The reason why Li Qing did this also had his own considerations, but in fact, it was largely a last resort. 40,000 Xia troops outside Runzhou City; Zhou Yang, who couldn't sleep late at night, came to Li Qing's Chinese army tent, and Zhou Yang asked Li Qing: "Lord Wang, there is something unclear in the end, and I ask Lord Wang to give advice." ” "Just say whatever you want."
"Lord, isn't it too cruel for us to kill like this; Everywhere our army passed, villages and towns, fertile fields, pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, women and children were either destroyed or killed by us, and even newborn children were not spared; The last general heard that many of the local people called us the Devil's Army, and that we were a bunch of inhumane beasts; The last general doesn't understand why we treat them like this because we are enemies of the Great Song Dynasty, but these people are innocent."
"You are wrong, they are our enemies."
Li Qing said to Zhou Yang; "They have committed heinous crimes against us, their sons, husbands, and fathers are serving in the Song army, and the grain they produce will be transported to the front line as military food, and every piece of cloth they weave and a pair of shoes they make become the baggage of the Song army, and it is precisely because of these that the Song army can maintain its combat effectiveness and be able to duel with us, so they are the most terrible existence in the Great Song Dynasty; We killed them, burned down houses, destroyed fertile land, and did this in order to weaken the comprehensive national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty were tens of thousands, and these were just a drop in the bucket for them, even if we destroyed the entire Jiangnan today, it would only affect the harvest of the Great Song Dynasty, but this is too important for us, without this season's harvest, the military rations of the Song army's millions of troops will be seriously affected, and this is the best fighter for our army."
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