Prime Minister

Chapter 720
In front of them, the soldiers and horses of the Qing, Tang and Tibetan tribes fled watching the wind, and had no intention of resisting at all. Therefore, for the Song army, it can be said that they captured Xiangzi City without any effort.

This Xiangzi City was built in the fourth year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty. It was named after the many fragrant camphor trees nearby.

Xiangzi City is in the shape of a long tongue, long from east to west and short from north to south. The outer city is two feet high, and the inner city is one foot high.

When the Song army invaded the city, they accidentally found [-] shi of grain and grass.

Wang Shaoxi said: "Sun Tzu's art of war has a saying, if you eat an enemy for one minute, you will treat me for twenty minutes; if you avoid a stone, you will treat me for twenty stones."

"How much does it cost to transport grain from outside the pass to Qinzhou? How much does it cost to transport grain from Qinzhou to Xizhou? How much does it cost to send troops from Xizhou to Hezhou?"

"According to Sun Tzu's Art of War, the 60 shi of grain can be worth [-] shi."

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It can be regarded as a victory. I think Xiangzi City is the most important place. Once lost, the army will have no way back."

Wang Shao said: "That's right. I'll capture Hezhou and capture Muzheng alive according to the original discussion. As for the strategy, please stay in Xiangzi City and dispatch the food and grass in the rear."

Zhang Yue said: "With these [-] shi of grain in reserve, there is no need to adjust the grain for a while. Let the people go to Xizhou to report the victory first, so as to stabilize the hearts and minds of the army."

Wang Shao laughed and said, "I really don't know how angry Gao Zunyu will be when we take Xiangzicheng?"

Then Wang Shao paused and said, "How do you plan to deal with the more than 2000 Tibetan tents in the north of the city?"

Zhang Yue said: "Most of these Fan accounts are Mu Zheng's subordinates. As long as Mu Zheng is captured alive, these Fan accounts will belong to him."

"But what if these people rebel?" Wang Shao asked, "While the army is here... it's better to do it once and for all."

Wang Shao made a killing move.

Zhang Yue said: "No, our army is here to appease Mu Zheng, so we can't add more killings. Guard the city tightly, so we won't be afraid of them making trouble."

Wang Shao smiled slightly and said, "It's kind of a woman's benevolence to be a gentleman, so I will suffer from it."

The next day Wang Shao went out to fight, leaving Zhang Yue and his son Wang Hou to defend the city.

Wang Shao is also very considerate, knowing that Zhang Yue is not good at fighting, he sent his son to assist Zhang Yue, and at the same time, it also made Zhang Yue feel at ease.

Qiang general Wensi envoy Xi Qi left [-] soldiers to guard the outer city of Xiangzi, while Zhang Sai led [-] soldiers from the original Guangrui army to guard the inner city.

At dawn the next day, the Song army pulled out the camp. Zhang Yue, who was standing on the top of Xiangzi City, watched as Wang Shao clasped his fists at him on the horse's head, and then rode away westward.

The main force of the Song army followed Wang Shao and left Xiangzi City to attack Hezhou. They saw the Song army marching in mighty force, with countless banners flying...

This scene is exactly where everyone is wearing battle robes, and the flags are tightly tied.

After Wang Shao's army left, Zhang Yue asked Xi Qi to send someone to take wine and meat to appease the leader of the Fan tent in the north of the city.

However, the person who sent the consolation returned without success, and the other party refused to accept even wine and meat.

Zhang Yue asked Xi Qi, Zhang Sai to guard the city, and waited for the news of Wang Shao's attack on Hezhou.

On this day, Zhang Yue was about to take a lunch break in the inner city, but he was half asleep when an urgent military report came.

Zhang Yue immediately put on his clothes and stood up. The other party was a soldier under Wang Shao's tent. He reported to Zhang Yue: "Mr. Jinglue, great victory!"

Zhang Yue smiled and sat on the bed and said, "Speak slowly from beginning to end."

The other party said: "Our army set off early in the morning and arrived at Hezhou when we arrived at Sishi. Just in time, we met Mu Zheng who was about to escape from the west of the city. Our army pursued him. After only one battle, Mu Zheng was defeated and left. Our army beheaded more than a thousand people. level, captured Mu Zheng's wife and her three sons... Now that our army captured Hezhou, Deputy Wang Jinglue continued to send troops to sweep up the various tribes in Hezhou, and personally led the army to pursue Mu Zheng."

Zhang Yue was overjoyed that the victory came so easily. Wang Shao really lived up to his expectations and won a big victory. Even Mu Zheng walked away in embarrassment and even his wife and children were captured by the Song army.

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Someone said before that this Mu Zhengxiong is a great man, like Liu Bang among the Tibetans. I think the point of abandoning his wife and son is very similar."

Everyone laughed out loud.

Zhang Yue said: "Tell Wang Jinglue that he needs to treat Mu Zheng's wife and children well, and send the captured Tibetans to recruit Mu Zheng again, and tell him that the emperor of Song Dynasty treats him the same as before. Be the governor of Hezhou!"

This is what the officials repeatedly told Zhang Yue to capture Mu Zheng alive.

Zhang Yue rewarded the other party with ten pennies and a meal and wine.

Zhang Yue sent people to Xizhou to win.

Wang Houyan was nervous for several days in the city not knowing the good news ahead, now that he heard the good news, he should prepare wine to celebrate.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that the soldiers had really worked hard for several days, and it was okay to celebrate, and it could also be inspiring, but Zhang Yue told them to celebrate a little, and the city defense should not be relaxed.

That night when the Song army was celebrating in the city, Zhang Yue also drank two glasses of wine and was about to go back to his house to rest, when suddenly he heard shouts outside the city, Zhang Yue knew something was wrong, and immediately ran to the top of the city.

At this time, at the time of the second watch, I saw that all sides of the city were brightly lit, and I saw the people nearby riding horses and dancing with torches in their hands.

And there were shouts of killing from farther away, and it was hard to see how many people there were in the darkness.

Zhang Yue immediately said: "Quickly send the soldiers to the city!"

Wensi envoy Xi Qi drank a lot of wine tonight, and when he heard that there was an enemy, he immediately sobered up and took dozens of people to the top of the city.

And the Fan army under the city did not attack the city, but held a stalemate with the Song army under the city.Unexpectedly, after Mu Zheng's defeat, the Qingtang and Tibetan tribes would make a comeback.

If Mu Zheng intends to feign defeat, lure Wang Shao's army to go deep, and then send someone back to capture Xiangzi City and cut off the Song army's food road, then all his army will be in Hezhou.

But now it seems that Mu Zheng really has this plan, otherwise, after Mu Zheng was defeated, how could he have the troops to counterattack Xiangzi City.

Zhang Yue stood at the top of the city and said that he was supervising the war, but in fact he was restless. Before, he looked down on Mu Zheng, but now he thinks highly of Mu Zheng again?
At dawn the next day, Zhang Yue also saw clearly the reality of the Fan army under the city. There were only more than 3000 horses, but some of them were from the Fan tribe in the north of the city to join them.

Wang Shao asked Zhang Yue to smash all the accounts of the more than [-] Tibetan tribes outside the city, and it really made sense.

But Zhang Yue heaved a sigh of relief, if Mu Zheng really had such a great talent, these people would not be the only ones.

Although there are only [-] Song troops in the city, all of them are elite soldiers after weeding out the weak and retaining the strong.

Li Kui, Wang Hou, and Xi Qi all offered to fight.

Zhang Yue asked Wang Hou, Li Kui, and Xi Qi to lead 500 men to fight.

The Song army immediately drove to the south city, and the Song army went out of the city to meet the enemy.

Zhang Yue could see clearly from the top of the city that although the Song army was few in number, they had the upper hand after the First World War.

Zhang Yuexi is overjoyed, it seems that the soldiers trained in the art of war can really fight, but Fan Jun is a mess, but they all fight very bravely, it seems that they are fighting extraordinarily hard to defend their homes and land, many Even if a person is injured, he refuses to retreat.

The two sides fought all morning, the Fan army killed or injured 600 people, and the Song army had only dozens of people. When they saw that they were about to defeat the Fan army, a group of reinforcements from the Fan army rushed to the city of Xiangzi in the distance.

Zhang Yue immediately ordered Jin to withdraw his troops, and asked Wang Hou and the others to retreat back to the city.

Fan Jun surrounded Xiangzi City again.

(End of this chapter)