On the second day, each major legion only left 2,000 Wulin Army reserves to guard Jiankang, and with a total of 2,000 Wulin Army, 10,000 reserve troops, and 30,000 vassal troops (reorganized Song Dynasty border troops), a total of 40,000 troops, they headed straight for Chizhou!
Chizhou City is the last city to be attacked in Lin'an City, and it is also the last barrier outside Lin'an City!
The army set up camp ten miles outside Chizhou City. As soon as they set up camp, disciples of the Beggar Gang brought intelligence about Chizhou City!
Xiao Longnu immediately went up to the tent and summoned the commanders of all the legions to come in to discuss matters!
The generals who attacked Lin'an City this time, apart from Xiaolongnu and Di Fan, also brought the five legion commanders Zhong Mingliang, Yue Suo, Guo Jing, Tian Ming, and Ma Yu. They left Huang Yaoshi, Huang Rong, He Zudao and two thousand Wulin soldiers, ten thousand reserve troops, and thirty thousand vassal troops to guard the rear base. In addition, there were support personnel from all major sects in the Wulin Alliance, who were responsible for the allocation of supplies and other matters to prevent the Mongolian army from stealing their homes!
"Everyone, please take a seat. This is the intelligence that has just been delivered to Chizhou City. Please take a look."
Xiao Longnu distributed the information, and everyone looked at it and showed expressions of great surprise.
First, Chizhou City unexpectedly implemented a "fortune-clearing" policy against the Wulin Alliance! Simply put, this meant moving countless civilians from outside the city into the city, sending patrols from time to time, and implementing a collective responsibility system in every village and village, giving them no chance to incite the poor to revolt!
Secondly, by expelling all the beggars from the city, the power of the Beggars' Gang in Chizhou City has been greatly weakened. Even this information was only released with great effort!
The most crucial thing is that this time Jia Sidao did not withhold any food and wages. He distributed all the food and military pay, and transferred 100,000 imperial guards from Lin'an City to guard Chizhou... The enemy generals were also extremely smart. Even though they had the advantage in numbers, they still took a defensive posture. Wooden stakes and gold juice were placed on the walls all the time. In addition to the defenders, there were patrols every quarter of an hour. They took defense to the extreme!
It can be said that in response to the combat habits of the Wulin Army, Chizhou City has taken its defense to the extreme!
"It's them!" Zhao Yun showed an understanding look when he saw the list of defenders.
"Master Zhao, do you know the commander defending the city?"
Xiaolongnu, Difan and others all looked at Zhao Yun, waiting for his explanation.
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "General Wang Jian and Deputy General Zhang Yu are both generals I hold in high regard. General Wang, in particular, single-handedly led an army deep into Mongolia, burned down a shipyard, and destroyed over 2,000 ships, slowing down Mongolia's troop movements. This prevented the Duanping invasion of Luoyang from causing even greater losses, buying time for the Song border troops to establish defenses at Dasan Pass and Xiangyang."
But I didn't expect that the person who withheld the food and fodder was Jia Xiang, and now in this critical period, he actually transferred these two people back!"
[Wang Jian? Zhang Yu? Apparently... I have no impression of them at all?]
[I guess it's the Spring and Autumn style of writing in history books that has erased the achievements of these two men... I only know about the three heroes of the late Song Dynasty among the civil officials, and know very little about the famous generals of the late Song Dynasty.]
[But a famous general is a famous general. This series of defensive arrangements hits our weakest spot!]
"Regardless of whether they are famous generals or not, if we want to capture Lin'an, we must knock down the thorn of Chizhou City!"
Xiao Longnu looked around and immediately determined the purpose of this battle. "Chizhou City is a key point for our Wulin Army's attack on Lin'an. If we can't capture it, even if we bypass it and attack Lin'an, it will become our greatest threat! Gentlemen, do you have any suggestions for taking the city?"
Zhong Mingliang spoke first, "If we really want to disregard casualties and take the city, it's easy. We just need to dispatch Huang Yaoshi, along with the Alliance Leader, myself, and Mr. Huang, four innate masters, to lead the army to attack the four city gates... With the Wulin Army's combat power, we can still break through the city gates and march straight in."
But there's one thing...the enemy has already made sufficient defenses. Even with the four of us, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, which will have a huge impact on our subsequent strategy of unifying the Central Plains and attacking Mongolia!"
Zhong Mingliang was the first to propose the idea of a strong attack, but at the same time, he also pointed out its biggest drawback!
Di Fan shook his head and said, "No! Not only must the Wulin Army not suffer too many casualties, but these 100,000 Imperial Guards are also rare vassal troops, the rare elite troops of the Song Dynasty. We cannot let them go!"
"But if we don't resort to a violent attack, our usual fighting methods won't be suitable."
Yue Suo also frowned. As a descendant of the Yue Family Army, he cared more than anyone else about the damage to the civilians and the casualties caused to the army! Naturally, he didn't want to attack by force without finding a suitable method of attack.
Xiao Longnu glanced at Zhao Yun...
"Master Zhao, what do Wang Jian and Zhang Yu think of the Song Dynasty royal family? Are they confident they can persuade them to surrender?"
Zhao Yun thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "We can give it a try! We have the Tiger Tally in our hands, and with my identity as the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, if we can infiltrate them, these two are loyal ministers, and there's a good chance we can convince them!"
"Then tonight, I will personally take you to Chizhou City!"
"Leader, you can't do that!"
Zhong Mingliang, Wen Tianxiang, and Di Fan all changed color and stood up to stop Xiao Longnu! Even Zhao Yun was extremely surprised!
As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone the leader of the Wulin Alliance and the Wulin Army? Apart from that, he had just surrendered. Aren't they afraid that he was feigning surrender and would lead his men to attack after entering Chizhou City?
Although Xiantian Zhenren is strong, it is not so easy for him to escape from the siege of a hundred thousand troops in the city, right?
“Employ people with confidence, and don’t employ people you don’t trust!”
Xiaolongnu's eyes were cold, but her words were extremely confident and full of heroic spirit.
"If you come to surrender in person, I still won't believe you. Then who among the brothers who come to surrender will believe in my Wulin Alliance? Besides, the mere Chizhou City may not be able to stop my little dragon girl!"
After saying this, she looked at Zhong Mingliang and the others and said, "The Ancient Tomb Sect's Qinggong is unrivaled in the world. Even if I'm trapped by the enemy, I have an 80% chance of escaping. If you follow me, you'll become a burden to me. It's better for me to go it alone!"
"this……"
Zhong Mingliang still shook his head, and Wen Tianxiang even advised, "Leader, we are only taking people to persuade them. Why do you have to go in person? You are worried about the eloquence of General Zhong and General Yue. In that case, can I take Lord Zhao and his party?"
If we just talk about eloquence, I, a great scholar, am better than you, leader!"
"No need to say more," Xiao Longnu concluded directly. "As for the surrender of the enemy general, no matter how eloquent you are, your sincerity is far less than my personal presence. This matter is settled. Action will commence tonight at midnight!"
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