Ten days later, the integration of Chizhou City was completed and the army set out!
In just three days, tens of thousands of troops from the Wulin Alliance arrived at the scene about ten miles outside Lin'an City.
In the big tent, Xiaolongnu went up to the tent, and everyone gathered in the tent to discuss how to attack Lin'an.
"General Zhong, report on the military situation."
After the battle of Chizhou City, the army was reorganized. Xiaolongnu is now in charge of the central army, Zhong Mingliang is the commander-in-chief, Yue Suo is the deputy commander-in-chief, Di Fan, Guo Jing and others are either military advisers or leading generals, all of them are integrated into one army, just to give priority to breaking through the city of Lin'an!
Zhong Mingliang stepped forward and said, "Alliance Leader, the Wulin Army has expanded to 6,000 men. We also have 10,000 Jianghu Army (formerly the Wulin Army's reserve troops) and 50,000 Green Forest Army. All are fully integrated and ready to go into battle at any time!"
The Jianghu Army was the original reserve force of the Wulin Army. All of them were post-natal masters. Only those who had reached the mid-stage post-natal stage could join the Wulin Army. As for the Green Forest Army, needless to say, it was the original vassal army, formed after the integration of the Song Dynasty's 100,000 Imperial Guards, selecting the best from the best. It is still under the command of Wang Jian and Zhang Yu!
"very good."
Xiao Longnu nodded in satisfaction. "Lin'an is just before us, gentlemen. This is the capital of the Song Dynasty, now under the control of Jia Sidao. Nine days ago, the Song Dynasty imperial family moved the capital to Quanzhou. This is the information the Beggars' Sect just passed on. Please take a look."
Inside the account, the guard distributed a copy of the intelligence to each person...
When everyone opened it, they saw... Oh, the royal family of the Southern Song Dynasty really followed the habit of their ancestors. They moved the capital as soon as Chizhou City was captured, and left Jia Sidao to take the blame, not even giving the prime minister any face!
However, it must be said that Jia Sidao did have some talent. As soon as he took over Lin'an City, he expelled all the beggars from the city, sealed off all the sewer exits, and patrolled the streets, prohibiting any gatherings of more than ten people...
Once discovered, we will kill him with all our might!
Moreover, he gathered the guards of all the wealthy families in the city and forcibly formed for him a guard team of over a thousand acquired masters and a full force of 50,000 soldiers... Adding to the original 150,000 troops of the imperial guards, there were 200,000 troops and a group of 1,000 masters in Lin'an City!
His defenses against the Beggars' Sect and even the Wulin Alliance were simply extreme!
Zhao Yun looked at the distribution of the troops in Lin'an City, frowned slightly, and asked, "Where are the royal guards? Are they involved?"
Peng Twelve (one of the candidates for the Beggars' Sect competition and the current Beggars' Sect elder) shook his head and said, "The inner guards have all escorted the royal family to Quanzhou and have not stayed in Lin'an."
"What about the guards at the Xiaoling Mausoleum? If I remember correctly, the guards are all descendants of the inner guards when Emperor Taizu of Song started his rebellion. Their combat effectiveness is astonishing, and their strength is not much worse than that of the Wulin Army."
Zhao Yun asked again, and everyone else was shocked. It turned out that the royal family still had such a team?
"Nothing has been transferred." Another elder, Zhang San (another disciple who was a candidate for the arena competition and had also been promoted to the position of elder), explained, "The inner guard tiger talisman is in our hands. Neither Zhao Chen nor Jia Sidao can transfer it."
"Oh, I forgot about that."
Zhao Yun patted his head, took out a box from his pocket, and handed it to Elder Zhang: "Please take my handwritten order and go to Xiaoling Mausoleum. Tell them to stay where they are. No one is allowed to be transferred!"
Zhang San glanced at Xiaolongnu, who nodded slightly. He then bowed to everyone and rode out quickly.
Zhao Yun smiled at everyone and said, "I just grabbed a few tiger talismans and ran out without noticing which armies they belonged to. But the tiger talismans should have been reset. Apart from this one, the others are no longer useful."
"Nothing," Xiao Longnu said. "He's gone. Emperor Taizu of Song overthrew the chaotic world and ended the chaotic wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. His tomb should be protected by a team of guards."
"Thank you, Alliance Leader, for your understanding."
Zhao Yun bowed in thanks and then returned to the civil service ranks.
Di Fan carefully examined the city's defenses, but couldn't find a way to launch a surprise attack or infiltrate. He looked at everyone and asked, "Generals, do you have any plans to attack Lin'an?"
Zhong Mingliang shook his head: "Jia Sidao's defense is basically correct. In addition, he has a large number of people. A sneak attack is useless. The only way is to attack with force!"
Yue Suo also echoed, "I can't find a way to use this strategy either."
The rest of the people shook their heads, except Dong Songchen, who was accompanying Zhao Yun. He hesitated for a moment but did not speak.
Xiao Longnu noticed his expression and asked, "Dong Songchen, I see you seem to be hesitant to speak for a while. Do you have any suggestions?"
"I..." Dong Songchen was still hesitant. Zhao Yun, standing beside him, was helpless and slapped Dong Songchen on the back: "Dong Banban, you've already joined the Wulin Alliance and are a congenital master. Your rank is higher than mine. Why are you still so self-deprecating?"
"Officials..."
"Don't call me the emperor! There's no emperor of the Song Dynasty here, only Zhao Yun of the Zhao family!"
Zhao Yun glared at Dong Songchen fiercely and said, "Do you think my identity is not sensitive enough? Do you still want to remind them that I am the emperor?"
"Yes, Lord Zhao."
Dong Songchen finally realized what was going on and quickly apologized: "Dong does have a plan, but it's a bit vicious..."
"Tell me?"
Xiaolongnu looked at Dong Songchen with great interest.
Dong Songchen walked to the right side of the Lin'an Prefecture map and pointed to its city port...
"I'm talking about using this port!" Dong Songchen spoke slowly, then opened his mouth with a vicious plan: "As the saying goes, water and fire are merciless. Xiantian Zhenren has already achieved a preliminary communication with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, releasing his internal force to cause great damage...
Our army has arrived at the scene with a total of five innate masters, enough to raise a devastating tsunami on the sea..."
"I don't agree!"
Before Dong Songchen could finish his words, Wen Tianxiang stood up and angrily retorted, "The purpose of our uprising is to protect the people. How can we stir up such a huge wave just to capture a city? Lin'an is still mostly populated by poor people. This goes against our purpose and cannot be done!"
Dong Songchen retorted, "War does not tolerate the slightest mercy! All is fair in war, and water and fire attacks are not uncommon!"
"But you can't flood the city. You're just a eunuch, how can you really..."
“That’s enough!”
Seeing that Wen Tianxiang was becoming increasingly agitated and was about to launch a personal attack on Dong Songchen, Xiao Longnu roared and scolded Wen Tianxiang: "Now we are asking about marching strategy, you can argue, but the brothers present are all family. As a great scholar, how can you speak without restraint!"
"I..." Wen Tianxiang wanted to argue, but seeing Xiaolongnu's faintly angry eyes, he had no choice but to bow to Dong Songchen: "Brother Dong, please forgive me, it was my fault!"
Dong Songchen looked at Wen Tianxiang in surprise. You know, as a great Confucian scholar, he had often scolded him for bringing disaster to the country and the people in the court! But he didn't expect that in this Wulin League, Wen Tianxiang would actually bow and apologize to him? He was a great Confucian scholar, respected by everyone!
Deep down in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a little recognition for the Wulin Alliance...
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