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Lin Jinghui cupped his fists and bowed: "Yes, I will give Phantom an order when I get back, let him act as soon as possible and act accordingly!"

After breakfast, all ministers and ministers came to the commander's tent one after another, and they had to be there to accompany Zhao Junsheng when they were going to give the army a march.

At this time, a small school came in quickly and reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the army is ready for the expedition. General Su asked the small school to come over and ask your majesty and all the generals to do a good job for the soldiers!"

"Masters, let's go!" Zhao Junsheng said something to the crowd, got up and walked out, and all the ministers, ministers and generals followed one by one and marched towards the assembled army.

Soon, everyone came to the swearing-in platform in front of the army formation, and the salute officer shouted: "Your Majesty is here—"

The soldiers of the dark army bowed down one by one and shouted: "See Your Majesty—"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and shouted: "All the generals are flat!"

Everyone looked at the swearing-in platform in unison, only to hear Zhao Junsheng say loudly: "At midnight last night, we made a plan to defend the army at the Dongcheng Gate, and lost 2000 troops. All good fighters! The defenders are stubborn, but it's just their dying breath, it won't last long!"

"This time I decided to attack other towns first, and completely isolate the defenders in Chengdu, leaving them helpless, fearful, and hopeless. Without hope, there is no need to defend Chengdu, and their morale will inevitably drop. , Waiting until then is the best time for us to attack the city!"

"Come on, bring the wine!"

Altar after jar of fine wine was brought over, and soon every soldier poured a bowl.

Zhao Junsheng took a bowl of wine brought by an imperial guard next to him, and he raised the bowl and said loudly: "Soldiers, after drinking this bowl of wine, I wish you all the best and come back triumphantly, do it!"

"Do it!" Everyone stood up and shouted, and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhao Junsheng carried it to the next door, wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, raised his hand and waved to the right: "All armies set off in turn!"

Soldiers and horses left the camp one by one.

This time, a total of five groups of soldiers and horses were sent out, each with 3000 soldiers. They will attack in different directions. When they set off, they also brought a lot of siege equipment and craftsmen.

In addition to these five groups of troops, there are also three thousand-man cavalry teams. They will go to the pre-arranged location to station. The role of the cavalry is to stop the enemy's rescue force.

Su Ji, who was in charge of commanding the battle, stayed in the camp outside the city to sit in command. He was fully in charge of the battle and set up a commander alone.

The Song generals Chen Xian and Ye Tongzhang who were defending the city of Chengdu believed that the Gan army would definitely attack the city the next day after suffering such a big loss at the east gate, but they were wrong, and Zhao Junsheng suppressed his anger and did not Siege.

Chen Xian and Ye Tongzhang had a very bad feeling about the nonchalant appearance of the army. The calmer the army camp outside the city, the more uneasy they felt.

On the night of the third day after the Fifth Route Army left, a fire suddenly broke out in the city, and there was more than one fire, three places caught fire one after the other, within two quarters of each other.

The three places where the fire broke out were all the places where the defenders stored food in the city. After the fire ignited, Chen Xian and Ye Tongzhang's expressions changed drastically, and they immediately sent people to put out the fire. Burning their granaries.

Chen Xian also took precautions beforehand. He divided all the food and grass into five places to stockpile, and sent heavy soldiers to guard them. But no matter how fierce the tiger was, it would still take a nap. The spy phantom of the army sneaked into the city again and found three food storage places. , and set fire to the three granaries one by one at the first time.

After realizing the purpose of the army's secret operations, Chen Xian immediately ordered additional troops to strengthen the protection and security of the other two granaries, and at the same time sent troops to search the whole city again.

After setting fire to three granaries, Phantom, the secret agent of the dry army, temporarily lost the opportunity to continue committing crimes. As the guards searched more and more strictly, he could no longer stay in the city, so he could only leave the city at night.

The three granaries that were set on fire could not be saved, and the phantom burned them all with a torch. This loss made Chen Xian and Ye Tongzhang heartbroken. Originally, the food hoarded in the city was enough to feed the defenders for half a year, but with the three granaries After being burned down, the remaining two granaries did not have enough grain to feed everyone for two months.

Chen Xian had no choice but to appease the soldiers under his command and conceal the fact that there was only enough food for two months. On the other hand, he hoped that the imperial court and other places in Sichuan and Sichuan would send reinforcements.

On July [-]st, the day after the three granaries in the city were burned, Zhao Junsheng remembered something and asked Li Bao: "We fought all the way from Han Dynasty, and captured some city officials and generals in the cities we captured on the way. , how many people are unwilling to surrender?"

Li Bao replied: "Half of them are unwilling to surrender, there are thirteen!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, and ordered: "Tomorrow morning, gather troops and horses and march outside the east gate, and escort those Song officials and generals who are unwilling to surrender!"

"promise!"

In the morning of the next day, thousands of cavalry from the Gan army assembled and arrived outside the east city gate. The cavalry squares were set up one by one, the banners were flying, the drums were rumbling, and the horns were desolate.

The defenders at the top of the city looked like they were facing a big enemy, and a large number of soldiers rushed to the city wall, one by one nervously preparing the defense equipment.

Chen Xian went up to the tower and looked down, his expression relaxed a lot, he waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, they are all cavalry, they don't bring siege equipment, they are just scaring people!"

At this time, a group of dry cavalry escorted a dozen men with wooden shackles to a stone's throw away from the city wall.

On the tower, Ye Tongzhang's eyes froze suddenly: "Wait, those people seem to be the magistrate of Mianzhu County, the magistrate of Fu County, the magistrate of Luo County, the guard of Fushui Gate, the magistrate of Xindu County... What are you going to do?"

I saw the dry army cavalry forcefully order these prisoners to kneel facing the direction of the tower, and the dry army cavalry was behind them.

Yazhu, a dry cavalry soldier, looked up at the city tower and shouted: "Does anyone know them? Presumably someone should know them! Everyone listens to the order and kills—"

A spear stabbed out, and the officials and generals of the Song Army who knelt in a row fell one after another in a pool of blood. The guards on the tower looked angry and couldn't bear it, shouting and cursing.

Lord Qianjun Ya once again shouted to the tower: "This is the end of the officials and generals of the Song Dynasty who are against me and unwilling to submit. It will be your turn soon!"

Chapter 1008 Lonely City

More than a dozen people who were high-ranking officials and generals were chopped off by the army outside the city like melons and vegetables, which had a great deterrent effect on the defenders on the tower.

These high-ranking officials and generals who are usually instigated and yelled are as powerful as they want, but now they have their heads chopped off like pigs. Extremely, such a person can be easily beheaded, so what about these low-level fish and shrimp?

During the whole beheading process, everyone on the city wall held their breath. It was scary. They didn't come back to their senses until the executioners left and returned to the team. Everyone had deep fear in their hearts. .

Chen Xian knew that he had to say something at this time, otherwise the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers would be ruined, so he took a deep breath, "Don't be afraid, soldiers, this is just to scare us, and he wants to use this method to hit our morale And fighting spirit! Think about it, soldiers, those captured officials and generals are usually high-ranking and powerful, and they will be killed casually by the army. If it were us shrimp soldiers and crab generals who were captured, wouldn't they be even more unscrupulous? ?So if we want to survive, we have to take up our knives and guns and fight them to the end. Either he dies or we live. We can't just wait for death. "..."

In front of the army formation outside the city, Zhao Junsheng heard Chen Xian's words clearly while riding on horseback, and he couldn't help saying to the generals around him, "This Chen Xian has a way of leading troops, but he has little ability to boost morale." Someone can compare! Look, just now the defenders on the top of the city were all terrified and silent, but they were encouraged by Chen Xian, and the morale was completely different. Just a few words made everyone share the same hatred! Yang Lie, do you have this ability?"

With shame on his face, Yang Lie clasped his fists and said, "I have a stupid mouth and can't say such disgusting words..."

"Disgusting? Yang Lie, Yang Lie, you have been a general for so many years. You think these words are disgusting, but the soldiers below can listen to them at this time. They need someone to cheer them up and give them courage. This is also the role of a general, and it can better reflect a general's ability to lead troops!"

Yang Lie said "Yes, Chen..."

"Okay, I still need to practice more in the future!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng pulled the reins, turned the horse around, waved his hands and shouted, "Withdraw the troops and return to the camp!"

"Withdraw the troops and return to the camp!" Following the shout of the herald, the soldiers and horses of each army turned around and returned to the camp one by one.

In the morning of the next day, Su Ji came to the commander's tent and reported to Zhao Junsheng, "Your Majesty, the First Route Army has captured the entire territory of Xindu County, Fu County, Mianzhu County, Zitong County, Shifang County, and Qi County. The county magistrate of Shifang, the county magistrate of Qixian and others have already been escorted over this morning!"

After Zhao Junsheng listened to it, he looked at the imperial guard next to him, and the imperial guard immediately went to the sand table and planted a few small flags of the army on the captured sites.

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked to the sand table to look at it, and asked, "Give the First Route Army an order to march northwestward and take down Gangdi Road, Dianshi Road, Baishui County and other places. We must ensure the logistics supply line and the transportation of troops. The line is unimpeded!"

Su Ji cupped his fists and agreed, "Obey!"

"By the way, is there any news from the other soldiers and horses?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there is no news yet, but it must be soon, news will come one after another tomorrow at the latest!"

At Shenshi in the afternoon, Zhao Junsheng summoned Li Bao and said, "In the morning, the First Route Army sent people to bring the captured officials, such as Shifang County Magistrate and Qixian County Magistrate, and you will take some troops to the east gate later. , cut off the heads of these people, erected some wooden poles outside the city, and hung the heads of these people on the long poles. If any captured officials were escorted over in the future, they would also be escorted to the east gate and beheaded for public display. Hang it up again to scare the defenders!"