Lord of the House

The Shengzhou generals and the Tian clan filled the four city gates with earth and stones, and defended the city. He couldn't get in from the city gate, and even if he crashed the car, he couldn't collapse the solid city wall covered with blue bricks. Under the command of Ao Canghai, in addition to using the siege equipment transported from Shangyu, the Huaidong Army used local materials to build a large number of nest cars that were more than ten feet taller than the city head of Shengzhou, and placed strong bows on the nest cars. The heavy crossbow, together with the catapult, consumes the strength of the Shengzhou defenders.

The Shengzhou defenders' will to resist is not weak, but not everyone can become Dong Yuan, and Ao Canghai has rich experience in sieging cities when he was in the East Fujian Army.

Ao Canghai chose the Nancheng Gate as the focus of his attack, filled the city hall, and piled up soil platforms on both sides of the Nancheng Gate that could build a siege cloud bridge, almost attracting thousands of defenders to Nancheng to defend...

In the traditional city defense system, the brick and wooden towers are the most important commanding, trooping, defense, lookout and shooting positions on the city wall. Generally speaking, as long as the city tower is not lost, even if the narrow city wall section is temporarily lost, it is easy to counterattack and regain it.

But in the face of more than 30 large-scale counterweight catapults, the multi-storey brick and wooden towers on the south gate of Shengzhou became the fatal weakness.

Ao Canghai used the nest cart to cooperate with the strong bow and heavy crossbow to compress the defenders of the southern city of Shengzhou, and they could not show their heads. Only then did he order to remove the high pole curtain that covered the catapult in front of him, revealing a hideous murderous intention. More than 30 catapults equipped with more than 600 battalion soldiers, including calibration, cast more than 120 stone bullets ranging from 20 to 50 pounds, and the building of the South Gate of Shengzhou collapsed with a bang. .

Nearly half of the thousands of city defenders hiding in the city towers were buried in the ruins of the city towers. The defenders who fled hastily shot and killed the crossbows in the nest cart. Ao Canghai wasted no time in ordering his generals to set up cloud bridges and cloud ladders to attack the city head, taking advantage of the chaos to cover up the defending soldiers, but before the reinforcements from outside Shengzhou arrived, he ordered a retreat and was not in a hurry to forcibly seize the city.

Lin Fu looked at it and sighed: Ao Canghai's killing intent was still too heavy.

Shengzhou is a small county with only five or six hundred households in the city. The Huaidong Army came to attack on behalf of the imperial court to recover lost ground, and it did not disturb the ordinary people of Shengzhou. Few refugees from the countryside fled to the city for refuge, and they watched the Huaidong Army attack Shengzhou City calmly.

In addition to the defenders and the clan soldiers recruited by the Tian clan into the city, there are more than 1,000 Ding Zhuang people in Shengzhou who can be recruited to defend the city. The defenders came—Ao Canghai obviously wanted to use this battlefield that was beneficial for the Huaidong Army to siege the city, and turned Nancheng into a slaughter field for strangling the Shengzhou defenders, indirectly achieving the goal of killing the city and deterring the local forces in eastern Zhejiang.

On the other hand, it also shows that Ao Canghai has not let go of his hatred for the death of the She family.

Eight hundred defenders were annihilated in a short battle, and then the repeated competition around the Nancheng section was especially tragic for the defenders. Ao Canghai even used the nest cart to build two siege cloud platforms with a square of nine feet in front of the South City Gate. Each cloud platform was equipped with twelve heavy crossbows and a large number of crossbows, and there were almost no shootings. What an obstructing defender.

In the case of being sealed off in Chengmendong, as long as the Shengzhou guards and the Tian clan, who had been appointed by the She family, refused to surrender, the guards could only be forced to stalemate. By April 12, more than 2,000 defenders had been annihilated on the southern city wall alone. To the Huaidong Army, it was more like an actual siege exercise, and only the inexperienced new soldiers suffered slightly more casualties.

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Compared with Tian's family in Shengzhou City, the situation in Mingzhou City is much more complicated. After all, there are only a few local forces in Mingzhou Prefecture who really have the heart to go the same way with the She family. More people have to bow their heads and give up resistance after the She family controls eastern Zhejiang.

The Huaidong Army came back on behalf of the court, and many local forces began to suspect that the Huaidong Army was not strong enough.

The time lasted until the first ten days of April, and the main force of the She family in eastern Zhejiang was never able to cross the Cao'e River to counterattack, and the Huaidong Army landed more and more troops and horses. The battle in Dongyang County broke the myth that Bamin's elites were invincible.

Slightly daring and thinks that the She family did not leave any bad marks during the She Family's brief rule of the Mingzhou Prefecture, from the beginning of April, they began to contribute to the Huaidong Army to clear the remnants of the She Family in the Mingzhou Prefecture.

Some local forces with stains on their bodies, after seeing no hope of the She family's counterattack, have to consider the issue of the way back.

The city of Mingzhou City, which was still stubbornly resisting behind closed doors for the time being, was also surging. Even the defenders of the city, in addition to the Bamin children who were loyal to the She family, also began to secretly communicate with the Huaidong Army outside the besieged city.

On the morning of the 12th, Mao Tengyuan, the commander of the Mingzhou government, led his troops to kill the Dongcheng defender and opened the Dongcheng gate. Chen Kuili led the Hailing House Army together with Mao Teng's far-flung troops to attack Mingzhou City from Dongcheng. The battle lasted until noon on the 13th. With the cooperation of local affiliated forces, they wiped out all the remnants of the She family who were stubbornly resisting in Mingzhou City. Recover Mingzhou City.

Ao Canghai also sent troops on the 13th to forcibly seize the city of Shengzhou, where the morale of the defenders was almost collapsed.

By this time, except for Xiangshan, Changguo, Daishan and other areas, the Huaidong Army occupied almost the entire territory of Mingzhou Prefecture.

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On the 21st, Liu Zhi and Meng Xinshi, accompanied by Chen Mingzhe, crossed the Qiantang River from Jiaxing and entered Mingzhou. Lin Fu also returned from Shengzhou on this day and entered Mingzhou City for the first time.

Mingzhou originally belonged to Kuaiji. It has a history of nearly 300 years since it was established in the middle of the previous dynasty. The prefecture is the same as Yinxian, Huiji and Jiahang. It is the essence of Zhejiang County. It is not only a land of fish and rice, but also a place where people gather. .

The Siming Academy, located in Siming Mountain in the southwest of Fucheng, is slightly less famous than the Xixi Academy in Jiangning, but it should not be underestimated. Above the temple, Zhejiang officials form their own faction. stock power. After the fall of eastern Zhejiang, the forces of the Zhejiang faction suffered a severe setback. After the imperial court removed the two governors of Zhejiang, set up the envoys of the northern Zhejiang system, and returned to Jiangdong County, the forces of the Zhejiang faction completely became vassals of the Wu party.

Lin Fu looked at the towering city of Mingzhou and was filled with emotion.

Since the middle of the Yue Dynasty, Mingzhou has been a famous city in the sea and frontier. The luxury family raised their flags to rebel, and the power of the East China Sea pirates has risen sharply. Zhejiang County also attaches great importance to the defense of Mingzhou. This majestic city with a height of eight miles and a height of more than three feet and covered with bricks and stones, is far from a small town like Shengzhou, which is not as wide as a mile.

However, this heroic city has changed hands twice in recent years, and it was too easy to play its due role.

The first time Tian Chang raised the city to cast his vote, the She family won this heroic city without spending a single soldier.

This time, the She family's troops in eastern Zhejiang were too scattered. When Mingzhou City was besieged, there were less than 2,000 defenders in the city. The Mingzhou garrison recruited Min Yong to participate in the defense in the city, but the garrison was mixed up and there was a fatal differentiation. Not only did the Huaidong Army easily seize the East Gate, but even after entering the city, they joined the army to become a soldier. The main force to attack the remnants of the luxury family guarding Mingzhou.

If the luxury family had been vigilant against Huaidong before the war and hadn't been deceived by Huaidong's strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west, and there were more than 5,000 troops left behind in the city of Mingzhou, the situation of this war would be difficult to say.

Now Chen Kuili leads the army of Hailing Prefecture to take over the defense of Mingzhou City. Under the protection of the three layers of inner and outer layers, Lin Fu rode through the city and entered Mingzhou Prefecture. He joined Liu Zhi and Meng Xinshi from Jiangning. When people meet, they must also meet representatives of local affiliated forces in Mingzhou.

Liu Zhi and Meng Xinshi were both acquaintances. When Lin Fu led his troops northward for the first time, Liu Zhi served as the deputy envoy of Guanjun Rong. After that, Lin Fu dealt with him many times. He was the head of the officials in Prince Ning's house. Meng Xinshi was originally the magistrate of Jiyang County. During the **** war in Jiyang, he was considered to have a friendship with Lin Fu to fight side by side. As an official of the Wu clan, he was later promoted to the Pingjiang Prefecture General Judgment by Jigong.

From the fact that Jiang Ning chose Liu Zhi and Meng Xinshi as special envoys to Mingzhou, we can see that Jiang Ning's attitude changed towards Huaidong's attack on the east and west in the name of the King of Qin.

Yanjing was besieged, She Feixiong was advancing by leaps and bounds on the western front, the situation in northern Zhejiang was critical, and the southern Jiangning was in an emergency. What qualifications does Jiangning have to hold Lin Bie for the crime of bullying the king?

Of course, since Lin Fu led his troops to rush to eastern Zhejiang on March 23, he would either send messengers or inform various places through Tangpaoyiqi, and Jiangning remained silent for almost a month.

As far as Jiang Ning's attitude was at that time, even if he was unable to investigate Huaidong's crime of bullying the king, he never meant to agree with Huaidong's behavior. In the eyes of the scholar Qingliu, Huaidong is naturally rebellious and reviled; even in Huaidong, there are many disputes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Liu Zhi and Meng Xinshi came over on behalf of Jiangning, which also shows that Jiangning is low in the face of the situation He nodded and officially recognized Huaidong's approach.

Liu Zhi, Meng Xinshi, Chen Mingzhe and others, along with Fu Qinghe and other Huaidong officials and representatives of local forces in Mingzhou Prefecture, all lined up to greet him on the stone-paved grounds in front of the office. Lin Fu got off the horse, handed over the reins and whip to the attendants, bowed to Liu Zhi, Meng Xinshi and others, saying, "Sin is a sin," pretending to blame Fu Qinghe, "How could Mr. Fu be so scornful of Master Liu? , Lord Meng, let the two adults wait outside for a long time?"

"Dr. Lin was able to turn the tide in the southeast. He was the mainstay of the court. He bleed and sweated. I did my best. I waited in the yamen for a while. It was too trivial. If it wasn't for Mr. Fu's insistence, I felt that I would go out of the city to greet me, and I could show my respect." Liu Zhi squinted and smiled, and came up enthusiastically to take the reins and whip from the attendant, and lead the horse away for Lin Fu.

Meng Xinshi was a bit stubborn, unable to make such a gesture as Liu Zhi, and made a bow, it was considered a courtesy.

After Liu Zhi, they walked to the mansion together.

Meng Xinshi followed behind, taking care of Lin Fu secretly.

Since Jiyang's farewell, he has not seen Lin Fu again. When he was in Jiyang, Lin Fu felt like a sharp blade unsheathed, with a sharp aura; at this time, Lin Fu should be gentle and restrained. Very, but the more gentle and restrained, the more Meng Xinshi can understand how sharp his gentleness and restraint are!

The situation has developed to this point, and Jiang Ning has no ability to refuse Lin Fu's recommendation to Liang Wen to exhibit the book of the prefect of Mingzhou. Meng Xinshi came here to strive for favorable conditions for Jiangning in the arrangement of other officials of Mingzhou.

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