Wang Shao first asked his men to come down to the city of Huangzhou and shouted, those who resisted were killed, all surrendered were released, or other similar words.

In fact, Hehuang was the three giants at this time. Wang Shao and Zhang Feng were reduced versions of Li Jing and Li Ji. One was good at growing up and opening up and weaving fine nets. But there was another person, Zheng Lang, who was not as good as Wang Zhang in details, but Wang Zhang was not as good as Zheng Lang in strategic vision, and he also had experience leading the era. For example, when dealing with the issue of prisoners, not killing prisoners not only helps to easily manage this land in the future, but also helps to disintegrate the morale of the enemy.

Screaming now certainly won't work.

After shouting for a while, the Tubo people were asked to repel the shouting soldiers.

Wang Shaoren was over and began to order the siege of the city.

For the Battle of Hehuang, the court spent a lot of money to replace it with new armor and equipped it with a large number of advanced weapons, which made the war more expensive, but the effect was quite good.

More than a hundred cannons were pushed to the edge of the moat, and a thousand soldiers held divine arm bows. The combination of bows and cannons suppressed the opponent's firepower. The Tubo people also had catapults, which were even more behind the Xixia. With the cover of battlements, the two sides were barely equal. But the Tubo people lost the advantage of the city wall.

Guo Cheng, Jia Yan and other brave generals, with their soldiers and siege equipment, came to the city of Huangzhou under the cover of bows and cannons. One by one, tall ladders were set up, and the Song army began to climb the ladders or other siege ladders. At the critical moment of life and death, the Tubo people did not care about casualties, and stood out from the walls, holding bows and arrows or other weapons, and launched a heroic and stubborn resistance.

After a whole day of bloody battle, when it was approaching dusk, Guo Cheng was injured by two arrows. He took the lead in taking his men to the top of the city and opened up a base on the top of the city. Then the Song army continued to rush up to the top of the city from this gap, and even crossbowmen climbed up to the top of the city with their divine arm bows and shot on both sides.

This gap is getting bigger and bigger.

Suddenly, a horn sounded in the city. Hearing this horn, Tubo soldiers on the top of the city flocked, fled to the top of the city, rode on war horses, and fled to the west gate. Some Tubo soldiers lit the warehouses and houses in the city together.

Although there were already many Song troops on the top of the city at this time, there were hundreds of people, but compared to the Tubo soldiers in the city, they were unable to stop them. Guo Cheng ran to the city gate hatefully and opened the city gate. When the Song army poured into the city, there was already a fire in the city, blocking the two armies and unable to pursue them.

Wang Shao frowned and said, "Open the water village and release the water into the city to put out the fire."

The capture of Huangzhou is of great significance. Huangzhou has many important military places, such as Zhubaozhai, southwest of Hezhou, which is still under the control of Dong's family, Yegongcheng, Hehuang military places controlled by the Sijun tribe of the Chamengchang, Wachuzhai, Qiudangcheng, Danancheng, Dangbiaocheng, Michuancheng, Fugongcheng, and Baodungu, Xigecheng controlled by Xibawen, but Xibawen was not the largest clan in the Jishi Army. Originally, the first clan was the Solid Yongle tribe, and later was replaced by the Guozhuang tribe where Guizhang was located. The Guozhuang tribe spanned many areas of Jishi Army and Guzhou in Henan, and there were more important castles in the Huangzhou area.

But the four most important castles are Huangzhou City, Zongge City, Qingtang City, and Lijing City, all under the control of Dong Wen. They are extremely densely populated (historical records say that when the Song Dynasty recovered the three prefectures of Huanggushan, they recruited more than 2,700 leaders and more than 700,000 households. This is definitely wrong. Then the land of the three prefectures is three times denser than Hangzhou? It is estimated that the more than 700,000 households refer to the total number of households in Hehuang, which is equivalent to the total number of households in Xixia, but the territory is much smaller than that of Xixia. At this time, the land of Hehuang water has not been destroyed, so Hehuang is denser than that of Xixia).

Since Huangzhou, it has been Dongjiu's sphere of influence. Dongjiu is the banner of Huangzhou Tubo. Once it is destroyed, the overall situation of Huangzhou will be settled.

However, nearly two thousand soldiers were sacrificed in this battle, and Wang Shao felt a little displeased because of a fire.

Wang Shao stopped and repaired Huangzhou City, reporting the whole process to Zheng Lang.

Then some soldiers were left to station in Huangzhou City. Miao Jue led a subordinate to attack Longzhu Heicheng and led his main army to attack the Thunder Ridge Ridge. The Thunder Ridge Ridge is an important gateway to Zongge City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Longzhu Heicheng is in the southeast direction of Huangzhou City and the southwest direction of Miaochuan City, and is not far away, less than a hundred miles away. The city is 500 steps from east to west and 100 steps wide from north to south, and three city gates from east to west, with a wall of two feet high. The city is Chisha Ridge 30 miles east to south, Gongzang Ridge 35 miles south, and Mazong Mountain 25 miles west, and the terrain is also very dangerous. At this time, under the control of the Danbo tribe.

The Danbo tribe is one of Dong Wen's loyal tribes. If it is not taken down, it will not have much impact on Miaochuan City. After all, the Danbo tribe is far less powerful than the Wen tribe, and there is a Shao family in the middle. But it is hard to say that the north of the Huangshui River is the powerful territory of the tribe, and the territory of Lanzhou controlled by the Xixia people is not far away. The tribe is also the Dong Wen tribe. If the Western Xia sends troops, the tribe and the Danbo tribe join forces, Miaochuan City will also be lost. Or if two tribes and one country attack, Huangzhou City will also be lost, and the Song army will be isolated in this small area between Huangzhou and Zongge City, and this expedition will undoubtedly be defeated.

Miao Zuo sent troops to Longzhu Heicheng was a well-known tactic.

The Song army came in a mighty way. Although the Shao family is not small in size, it is far less powerful than the Danbo clan, and there is no danger to defend. They surrendered after hearing the news.

Don't take it seriously. If the Song Dynasty could defeat Dong Wen and the subsequent governance policies were appropriate, the Wen people would surrender to the real surrender, and the Shao people would also surrender. If they were defeated, the two tribes would quickly turn against the water.

Miao Su did not establish his authority and quickly rushed to the bottom of Longzhu Hei City.

When some leaders in the city heard the arrival of the Song army, they wanted to ask for surrender and let the heads of the Danbo clan beheaded.

Miao Su was not in a hurry and led his troops to the front of Longzhuhei City. Although the Danbo tribe was powerful, he did not dare to go out to fight and closed the three city gates. Miao Su rode a horse and looked at it, and rushed to the ridge east of the city, quickly destroyed a camp on the ridge, and built a camp based on the terrain.

Like Wang Shao, he shouted to the city to persuade him to surrender. The leader of the Danbo tribe refused to listen. Miao Shu asked the soldiers to carry the cannon catapult to the East Ridge and launch a fierce attack on the city.

A large number of shells and gunpowder bags fell into the city, causing panic in Longzhu Hei East City. The Song army took the opportunity to launch an attack in Dongcheng. After a bloody battle, the Tubo people in the city were defeated, but it was impossible to learn the Huangzhou City model. There were vast mountainous areas in the south of Longzhu Hei City, with only a few small paths connected to Guzhou. Seeing the Song army enter the city, many Tubo soldiers put down their weapons and surrendered. Miao Shu left a Song army to garrison and led the main force to reinforce Wang Shao.

Wang Shao was in trouble at this time. Seeing that Zongge City was in danger, the tribesmen came out of the army from Shengduogu ​​to help Thunder Ridge, and the Tubo army retreated from Huangzhou and the reinforcements from Zongge City, the Tubo people took advantage of the terrain and launched a tenacious counterattack.

It was not until Miao Zuo's reinforcements arrived that the thirsty donkey was taken down. However, at this time, the Song army suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

With several brilliant victories, more than 3,000 casualties of the Song army were nothing, but as the casualties increased, a disadvantage of the Song army was revealed, with fewer troops! Moreover, although the Thunder Ridge was lost, the Tubo people took advantage of the cavalry to retreat to Zongge City in time, making Zongge City more obvious military strength. In order to pursue speed, they only developed the southern bank of Huangshui, which was easily attacked on both sides. Therefore, each area occupied, they had to divide their troops to garrison. The military strength disadvantage was more obvious.

Wang Shao led the main army to Zonggehe.

The Song army came with a great victory and had high morale, but the Tubo army was not weak because Aligu was in charge, and the two armies stood against each other.

Wang Shao asked Miao Shu to sneak into the northern mountain of Zonggechuan in Ye. The next day, the Song army began to force the crossing of Zongge River. Originally, Zongge River was a good natural chasm, and the water level rose again in summer. However, Zongge River was not Huangshui, but only a tributary of Huangshui. The narrowest part was only about one hundred meters wide. It was already covered by the range of the Song army's magic bow and artillery. Aligu had to lead the army out of the city. On the other side of the river, he watched the Song army laying a floating bridge.

As the Song army set up several floating bridges, some troops began to cross the river forcibly, and Aligu led his men to charge. At this moment, Miao Su rushed down from Beishan and rushed straight into the Tubo army. There were mountains and Chongling on both sides of Zongge City, but in the east of the city was the Zongge River, which was the best terrain for field combat.

Aligu sent troops to fight the Song army. The Dong Jie forces fought with the Song army many times ahead, but Miaochuan City did not count, but Wen family, Huangzhou City and Huolouling were not counted. They had few troops and could not go out of the city to fight. The main purpose was to delay time and kill the Song army the largest. Although they lost two strategic areas, they would at least achieve some tactical goals.

This is a real field battle between the Song army and Dong Jie's subordinates.

Aligu expected that this Song army was not as rumored by the outside world. It was useless except for the Shanchang defending the city and sharp weapons. Although his subordinates kept increasing troops to attack, the Song army still stepped into the central army step by step. Aligu had to constantly increase troops to encircle and suppress the troops. This division of troops gave the Song army the other side the opportunity, and more Song troops crossed the Zongge River. Seeing that they were unable to defeat, Aligu hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops and retreated into the city.

However, the Song army's military strength disadvantage gradually magnified. Even because Yuan Hao was defeated by Yu Siluo in the Zongge River and drowned countless soldiers. Wang Shao had to build several floating bridges on the Zongge River and then divided his troops to camp in Hedong to prevent the soldiers in the city of Tubo Xingling to seize the retreat. In this way, the troops used to attack the city were even less.

At this time, Zongge City, as the capital of Tubo, was larger in area than Huangzhou City. The troops in the city were reduced to nearly 40,000, and there were dangers of large and small gorges on both sides. If the Song army attacked for a strong force, nearly 10,000 people might be sacrificed to take down Zongge City. If there were such casualties, Wang Shao would definitely not dare to attack. One general succeeded and ten thousand bones were undried. That was the Tang Dynasty's business. However, in Zheng Lang's intentional or unintentional conversation, Wang Shao knew that if a general succeeded in the Song Dynasty, ten thousand bones would be undone, there would be huge trouble. He did not dare to attack. There was still behind Zongge City, with too much sacrifice and fewer troops, which meant that there was only the word "failure".

Wang Shao estimated it and climbed the Beishan Mountain to inspect. Although Huangzhou City was lost, it brought valuable experience to the Tubo people. A trench was dug under the city wall. It was impossible to use gunpowder to blow the city wall. Wang Shao had to let the Song army stop the attack and rest outside Zongge City. Because of the side harassment of the tribe, Hebin led some of the troops back to the Thunder Ridge to build a military camp. This part of the troops became even more exhausted.

And another disadvantage is highlighted, supply.

The army arrived at the foot of Zongge City. Since ancient times, the journey of Weicheng to Zongge City has been more than 700 miles, and the supply has become increasingly difficult.

Therefore, at the beginning, the Song army was still invincible and powerful to the point where it was beyond words. However, the speed became slower and slower, and until Zong Gecheng stood in front of each other, some decline had already appeared.

At this time, Wang Shao was unable to advance or retreat. Once he retreated, all his efforts were wasted. The advancement was insufficient and the supply was very difficult. Even Li Shunju, who was behind, noticed this embarrassing situation and asked Zheng Lang worriedly: "Mr. Zheng, our army is a little bad."

Zheng Lang put down the chess pieces in his hand, and there were two eunuchs in the army, Li Shunju and Li Xian.

The two were not too evil, and Zheng Lang had a good relationship with them. Of course, there was no need for Zheng Lang to curry favor with them, but there was no need for evil. For example, report the results, one of them was his own, and the two were Li Xian and Li Shunju. Wang Shao was invincible all the way, but if the two were careful and highlighted the sacrifices of more than 3,000 soldiers brought by Wang Shao's repeated attacks, it would cause trouble in the court.

After coming to Ancient Weicheng, Zheng Lang received many visits from tribal leaders, as well as learning about the terrain and tribal situation of each tribe, and arranging logistics supply. Sometimes he even played a few games with Li Shunju. It seemed that he was really relaxing in the northwest.

If you win in this way, it is Xie An’s elegant thing. If you lose, you will be attacked by many people.

Zheng Lang said: "Public servant, don't worry about Wang Shao, what you are worried about is the other side."

As he said that, he pulled out a piece of information.

After seeing this, Li Shunju took a long breath of air conditioning. The people of Xixia finally took action. Wang Shaocai led his army to leave Hezhou without taking action. Until Wang Shao was unable to advance and retreat in Zongge City, the people of Xixia took action and collected 150,000 troops, claiming to be 200,000. From Tiandu Mountain, he was setting off towards Xizhou and Guwei City.

This is the real crisis.
Chapter completed!