Wanyan Zonghan was overjoyed. He took it and looked at it carefully. After looking at it for a while, he put it on the desk. "You have made a great contribution! You will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins! You will be promoted to the third level!"
After the man kowtowed repeatedly, he retreated.
Wanyan Zonghan glanced at the general twice and was in a good mood, "The truth has been revealed. There is no sorcery at all! Now that the enemy's defense force has become exhausted, and without the help of this magical weapon, our army will attack the city tomorrow. Capture Chanzhou in one fell swoop!"
The suspicion of sorcery dissipated and the generals in the tent laughed heartily. However, at this moment, the scout brought a piece of news that completely stopped Wanyan Zonghan from laughing.
"What? Xingzhou and Cizhou have both fallen? How could this be?"
After learning that Zhao Zhen had arrived in Wei County with nearly 20 troops, Wanyan Zonghan was so shocked that he could not say a word. After a long time, he came back to his senses and said, "Now that Xingzhou and Cizhou have fallen, our army is attacked from both sides. What do you think?"
Deputy Commander Wanyan Yinshu said, "Now our army's food and grass supply has been cut off for several days, so we should not delay it for too long. I think that since the sorcery words have been resolved, we can lead the east route Wanyan Zongfu and lead the army to attack Puzhou again. Wait for a place to support our army! Let Wanyan Lou's family leave Jingxing in the east and go south to attack Xingzhou! In this way, the dilemma can be solved."
Wanyan Zonghan nodded, Yin Shuke's strategy was probably similar to his own, but in addition to the groups of people he mentioned, he also planned to have Wan Yanchang, who was in charge, lead [-] elite cavalry to quickly go south from the right. After joining Wanyan Zongbi, they attacked Zhao Yingluo's tribe together.
After everything was arranged, in order to prevent Zhao Yingluo from crossing the river south, Wanyan Zonghan ordered the army to dismantle the pontoon bridge and erect wood, stones and other obstacles on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent him from landing by boat.
After everything was arranged, Wanyan Zonghan reorganized his army and demanded that Chanzhou be captured on April [-]th.
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Zhao Yingluo's army moved. It took less than two days for the 30 to [-]-strong army to reach the north bank of the Yellow River, with Chanzhou City on the other bank.
Seeing that the pontoon disappeared, Zhao Yingluo chuckled, "Wanyan Zonghan still knows how to delay our advance! But without the pontoon, can we stop my army?"
Zhao Zhen asked curiously, "Is the princess already prepared?"
Zhao Yingluo nodded, "Of course! I once advised General Han to intercept the Jin people when they were halfway across the river, but General Han was defeated too quickly, and this extraordinary force was useless. Feng Jing! Order them to sail eastward immediately."
Feng Jing took the order and left in a hurry. Half a day later, about thirty warships came from the upper reaches along the north bank of the Yellow River and docked on the shore one after another.
Each of these warships is over ten feet long, more than three feet wide, and can carry hundreds of people! After the navy leader Shen Lang ordered his men to stop the ship, he jumped off the ship and knelt down on one knee towards Zhao Yingluo, "Princess! The general has been waiting here for a long time."
Shen Lang was originally a member of Zhao Yingluo's private soldiers. Before being recruited as a private soldier, he once led a group of brothers to make a living on the Yellow River by boat. He had good water skills and strong strength!After being recruited as a private soldier, Zhao Yingluo ordered him to form a navy and conduct exercises on the Bian River.
After about half a year of preparations, the size of the navy has reached more than [-] people and fifty order to prepare for the battle with the Jin people, Zhao Yingluo ordered Shen Lang to lead [-] naval troops and [-] warships to the east from the canal, enter the Yellow River, and wait for the opportunity to fight.
Zhao Zhen looked at these thirty huge warships and couldn't believe how much strength he, the imperial sister, had hidden, and she actually had so many warships.
Zhao Yingluo took a look at the sky and saw that the setting sun had already sunk into the western mountains and night was approaching, so she ordered, "Have a rest today and cross the river at Yin time tomorrow to attack them unprepared!"
"General, I obey!" After the army took a break, Zhao Yingluo boarded the ship and came to her own cabin. Although the furnishings in the cabin were not gorgeous, they were exquisite everywhere.
The bedroom and living room are separated. After entering her cabin to simply freshen up and wash away the dust of the day's march, Zhao Yingluo summoned Shen Lang, Zhao Zhen, Feng Jing, Wen Boyuan, Ma Guang, and Zhao Bangjie in.
"Chanzhou City can no longer hold out for a day or two. We will cross the river tomorrow. His Highness King Xin can go with me, but someone must stay on the north bank of the Yellow River. After all, there is Liu Yu's army on the north bank. I think the two generals Ma Guang and Zhao Bangjie very suitable."
Zhao Zhen nodded and immediately ordered, "You two will lead 5 troops to guard the north bank. Don't make any mistakes!"
Ma Guang and Zhao Bangjie took the order and said, "Your Highness, don't worry."
"In addition, I want to separate the Fire Gun Team and the Cavalry Team, land from the side and rear, and outflank Wanyan Zonghan's army on the left and right. In this way, Wanyan Zonghan will have Han Shizhong's army in front of him, and there will be men and horses on the left and right, and he will try to escape. , it’s as difficult as climbing to heaven, what do you think?”
Zhao Zhen said convincingly, "Everything follows the princess' orders!"
"Okay! The cavalry team will be led by Wen Boyuan for the time being, and the fire gun team will have to work hard for you, Feng Jing! Your Highness King Xin can sit with me in the middle army to besiege Yan Zonghan."
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On April [-]th, as soon as the eastern sky turned white, Zhao Yingluo's warship had already set off to cross the thousand-foot Yellow River!At this time, the defenders on the south bank also noticed the changes on the river. Seeing so many warships suddenly appearing, they hurriedly ordered archers to prepare to prevent Zhao Yingluo's warship from approaching.
Standing on the bow of the big ship, Zhao Yingluo saw the enemy archers lined up on the south bank. With a wave of her right hand, the trebuchet on the warship started and threw clay mines one after another towards the south bank.
Although a small number of earth mines fell into the water, most of the earth mines accurately hit Wanyan Zonghan's army on the shore!
Poor those archers, they were preparing to fire a volley after the opponent's warship came into range, but they didn't expect that before they could reach the ship, they were blown to pieces by waves of earth mines, causing them to scream in agony.
Upon seeing this, the garrison generals hurriedly reorganized their archers to counterattack, but!Zhao Yingluo's boat was far out of range, and the arrow she shot was still ten feet away from her boat when it stalled and fell into the river.
Shen Lang continued to order the trebuchet to throw the ignited earth mines towards the shore in waves! Due to the absolute disparity in strength, the defenders on the south bank suffered heavy casualties and were unable to organize effective resistance. Zhao Yingluo's warship took advantage of the situation and accelerated towards the south bank and successfully landed.
Morale was ebbing and flowing. After the nearly [-] infantrymen guarding the shore lost their fighting spirit, they retreated southward!
At this time, Wanyan Zonghan was ordering the army to attack Chanzhou City quickly.
Due to the lack of supplies in Chanzhou City, the combat power of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei's army was rapidly weakened. Facing the fierce attack of Wanyan Zonghan's army, they gradually became unable to sustain themselves.
Wanyan Zonghan laughed happily when he saw that his army finally attacked the city wall and the city gate was broken down! "Come into the city! Massacre the city, kill all the men, and let you rob the women."