Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 478: Slaughter the chickens and dogs without leaving a trace, march into Yangzhou City
The next day, the generals of Jiangling Prefecture mobilized their own forces and began to take action.

Prepare to launch a search and massacre against some civil servant groups in the city, especially those sent by the Lin'an Prefecture Central Committee.

"Brothers, either we will die today or they will die. Remember not to hold back. After rushing in, kill them all, men, women, old and young." Liu Zheng said.

These civil servant groups can usually rely on some powers granted by the central government to suppress local military commanders like them.

The situation is different now. The invasion of the Guanzhong army has made the imperial court unable to govern some areas. Now is their good opportunity.

"General Liu, we have been waiting for this day for too long. We have always wanted to settle accounts with those sons of bitches, but we didn't have the chance before. Now our chance has finally come." A Southern Song general said.

Needless to say how miserable their military general group was suppressed by these civilian officials group.

These scholars described them as warriors. They don’t understand state affairs, they don’t understand politics, they don’t understand anything, and they even say they don’t know how to fight.

How many generals had really thought about it before? Should I report this matter to those civil servants? After all, what they did today was tantamount to a complete betrayal of the imperial court.

But then I thought about it, even if they told the civil servants about this, even if these civil servants were saved afterwards, what would they do as whistleblowers? Will they gain anything? They gain nothing.

The only thing they can get is continued suppression from the civilian clique, not to mention that since last night, they have been working in groups of three to monitor each other.

Now that all the troops have been concentrated, success or failure depends on this.

"Marshal Meng, it's not that we are disloyal to you, it's that you are all clay bodhisattvas and you can't protect yourself across the river. If it weren't for the fact that the court still needs you to fight against Guanzhong, you would have been demoted long ago." Liu Zheng said.

Many of them were single-handedly promoted by Meng Gong. Naturally, they were very convinced of Marshal Meng, but sometimes just convincing the other party was not of much use.

Marshal Meng can inspire them with words and make them fight for it, but in the end, Marshal Meng Gong will probably be punished by the court.

Even those damn civil servants will come up with other tricks to humiliate General Meng.

"General Liu, please give the order! We are all waiting for your words."

"Okay! Brothers, now pick up our steel swords and kill all these people. Remember, if you cut the grass but don't remove the roots, the spring breeze will grow again and kill everyone in their family." Liu Zheng said.

Since you have decided to do something, you must do it absolutely, otherwise, you will leave yourself with enemies. Therefore, none of the family members of these civil servants were left alive.

Soon, all the generals began to take action. With their own troops and horses, they rushed towards the homes of civil servants in the city.

boom! boom! boom!
"Here, who is here? My master has not seen guests recently." A man who looked like a housekeeper came with a frown and asked in front of the front door of his house.

"We are General Liu's subordinates. The war in Jiangning Mansion is tense. I have been ordered to protect Mr. Nie. Butler, please open the door quickly." The officer outside the door shouted.

The housekeeper didn't suspect anything when he heard this. After all, the current situation was indeed very tense. It was reasonable for Mr. Liu to send some people to protect the family members of the civil service group.

Without any hesitation, the old housekeeper immediately ordered his servants to open the door.

Immediately afterwards, a group of fierce-looking soldier leaders rushed out and kicked him to the ground.

"Ah! General, you, why are you like this? My master is your general's superior officer!" Before the old housekeeper could finish speaking, he was swiped on the neck with a knife.

"Brothers, rush in and kill everyone on sight. Kill everyone inside, regardless of gender, age or sex." The leading general roared, drew his sword, and rushed into the civil servant's house.

"You, what are you going to do? Are you going to rebel? Who asked you to come?" Nie Yuanfeng looked at the large group of officers and soldiers rushing in and asked in fear.

If this group of men dared to rush into his home, he would directly submit a memorial and even just report to his superiors to have them dismissed, but this was a special period.

We still need to rely on these warriors to protect our home and country. I don't expect these warriors to dare to lead troops into my home. Are they going to rebel?

"General, I'm here to lend you Lord Nie's head. I hope you won't be stingy." After the leading general finished speaking, he swung his sword and chopped off Lord Nie's head in an instant.

"Ah! Master! Master!"

"You, you bunch of evil thieves, what are you going to do?"

"Ah! Ah!"

"Help! Help! Don't kill me."

At this time, all the officers and soldiers had their eyes red with blood. After breaking into the civil servant's home, he immediately wielded his butcher knife and killed everyone, men, women, old and young.

The same scene happened in other areas of Jiangning Mansion. Countless officers and soldiers rushed into the homes of some civil servant groups and began to wave their butcher knives against these civil servant groups.

For a whole day and night, Jiangling Mansion was in chaos. Liu Zheng did not give these civil servant groups any chance, and even sent people to blockade the entire city.

They killed all the civil servants in the city, including their families.

The killing continued until the next day. It ended at noon. More than thirty civil servants, together with their families, a total of more than a thousand people, including the housekeeper's servants, were all killed by them.

"How is it? Have you killed them all?" Liu Zheng sat on his chair and wiped the blood from the tip of the knife and asked.

"General Liu, don't worry! I didn't leave a single person alive here. I have killed all the members of the dog officer's family."

"Don't worry, General Liu, we've also cleaned up over there."

"General Liu, several family members of civil servants appeared at the city gate. They tried to escape, but they were caught and killed by the general."

"Well! Very good, brothers, remember, they are the ones blocking our way. If they don't die, it will be you and me. Only by cleaning them up now can we eliminate all our escape routes." Liu Zheng He spoke.

Leading so many people to rebel collectively. If an informer appears, then everything is lost, so he must drag everyone down.

After killing these civil servants, their families in Kyoto will find out what is going on here. Completely cut off everyone's thoughts of returning to Song Dynasty.

Because even if they go back, they will be persecuted by the family members of these civil servants who are still in the capital.

"Without further delay, I will go see the envoy of the King of Guanzhong, write a letter, and tell the King of Guanzhong that all our generals in Jiangling Prefecture are willing to surrender." Liu Zheng said.

After eliminating the resistance of the entire Jiangling Mansion, Liu Zhen took full control of the entire city with the military officers of the entire Jiangling Mansion.

Soon a letter of surrender was quickly delivered to Zhang Yong's camp.

The entire Jiangling Mansion area is willing to surrender to the army of the King of Guanzhong, and has killed all the civil servants in the city, including their families, as a sign of surrender.

"Hahaha! What an unexpected surprise! This Liu Zheng actually surrendered to me." Looking at the surrender letter in his hand, Zhang Yong laughed and said.

This man is called Liu Zheng. In the original history, he was also persecuted by the Southern Song Dynasty civil servant group. In addition, his most admired idol Meng Gong resigned from office and died of illness, and finally surrendered to Mongolia.

Unexpectedly, this time he actually killed all the civil servants in Jiangling Mansion and then surrendered to him. This cut off all his options.

"Congratulations to the King of Guanzhong, Your Majesty, this man named Liu Zheng is also a ruthless man! He was worried that some of his generals would not surrender, so he cut off everyone's escape route." Liu Heima said.

"Well! We have also been delayed in Xiangyang City for so many days. It is time to march. We have sent an order to the army to set off immediately and target Jiangling Mansion." Zhang Yong said. After completely capturing Xiangyang City, the reason why they stayed here was firstly to attack Fancheng, and secondly to wait for reinforcements from Hanzhong.

After being besieged for several days, Fancheng was quickly defeated under the fierce artillery fire of the Guanzhong army. All the defenders in the city were killed, including the general who had previously killed Zhang Yong's envoy to persuade him to surrender.

Zhang Yong was not polite to him, he beheaded him directly, his head was hung on the tower, and all his family members were driven out and killed.

If he dares to kill his own envoy, Zhang Yong must kill him, otherwise his prestige as the King of Guanzhong will be completely lost. As for his family members, that will be embarrassing.

If I keep you, should I wait for your children to grow up and seek revenge from me? Zhang Yong would show no mercy to these factions who were die-hardly loyal to the Southern Song Dynasty.

There is no such thing as harming my family. Let my whole family go on the road together.

As for the surrendered soldiers, Zhang Yong was directly incorporated into the Guanzhong army, while all the people in Fancheng were retained.

After conquering Fancheng, Zhang Yong took the army to rest for a few days. When reinforcements from the Guanzhong area arrived, the two armies merged together.

"Let's go! Our army will set off for Jiangling Mansion first, then attack Changde Mansion, and then lead the troops to attack Ezhou." Zhang Yong said.

After Xiangyang was captured, the Southern Song Dynasty had no way out. At this time, Zhang Yong could attack wherever he wanted.

"Yes! Your Majesty's subordinates will arrange for the army to set off now."

Soon, the Guanzhong army moved out again and left Xiangyang Mansion, leaving 10,000 troops to guard the place before leaving.

All the way towards Jiangling Mansion, all the towns passing by on the way looked down upon the wind. After hearing the arrival of the Guanzhong army, they immediately opened the city and surrendered these small towns. Zhang Yong only accepted it symbolically, and then continued towards Jiangling Mansion. go.

The real main force in the Jianghuai area of ​​the Southern Song Dynasty had been completely disabled by himself.

When Zhang Yong's army was heading towards Jiangling Mansion, the battlefield on the other side was also advancing in the direction of Chuzhou City.

More than ten days after Zhang Yong arrived in Xiangyang Prefecture, Zhang Dingguan, Shi Tianze, Zhang Rou, Tu Lu and others led the army to Chuzhou City and joined the 20,000 troops stationed here.

Although they set off at the same time, they arrived in Chuzhou much later than Xiangyang Prefecture. After all, the distance between Xiangyang Prefecture and Guanzhong was too close, and they still had to walk two thousand miles in the direction of Chuzhou. road.

After resting for two days, the army immediately set off and headed towards Yangzhou City.

After walking for seven or eight days, everyone arrived at Yangzhou City. At the same time that everyone arrived at Yangzhou City, a battle report was also sent over. After receiving this battle report, everyone could not believe it.

"How is it possible, father? Father, it only took just a dozen days or a full fifteen days to conquer the Xiangyang Mansion." Zhang Dingguan held the battle report in his hand and said with a look of disbelief. said.

They had just reached Chuzhou. He joined the Chuzhou army, and after resting, he headed towards Yangzhou, but he didn't expect that his father's side had already conquered Xiangyang.

At this time, not only Zhang Dingguan, but also Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou who were standing aside were very surprised.

According to their estimates, the King of Guanzhong would have to besiege Xiangyang City for at least 3 to 4 months, or even more than half a year, to capture Xiangyang City. However, they did not expect that they had just left.

The King of Guanzhong launched an attack. As soon as they arrived in Chuzhou, they led their troops and began to move south. The army led by the King of Guanzhong actually defeated Xiangyang Mansion.

This is indeed a bit incredible!

"After all, there are 100,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, and they are connected with Fancheng. Jiangning Prefecture and Ezhou can support Xiangyang Prefecture at any time.

They, how could they lose so quickly, and that Meng Gong was not an incompetent person. This man is a famous general of his generation. "Zhang Rou sat aside and said.

"Eldest Prince, can you give me the battle report to see how King Guanzhong defeated Xiangyang Mansion?" Shi Tianze asked.

Now he is very, very curious about this battle report. He wants to know how King Guanzhong won this battle.

Zhang Dingguan nodded when he heard this and handed the battle report in his hand to Shi Tianze. It was indeed a bit unbelievable!

Originally, he thought of sharing the worries for his father. After leading the army to capture Yangzhou City, he went south to threaten Lin'an Mansion. However, he did not expect that his father had already captured Xiangyang before they reached Yangzhou City. Mansion.

Shi Tianze picked up the battle report and began to read it carefully, not missing every tiny detail. After about a stick of incense, Shi Tianze read the battle report and passed it to Zhang Rou.

"The King of Guanzhong is really a god. It's surprising that there is such a god." Zhang Rou said with admiration after reading the battle report.

The reason why the King of Guanzhong was able to win so beautifully this time was because he used a new weapon and then ordered spies to open the gate of Xiangyang City. The troops were divided into four groups to attack at the same time, and they captured Xiangyang City during the night.

Only then did Xiangyang Mansion be captured in such a short period of time.

"The Guanzhong army is really rich and powerful! They used so many artillery to continuously bombard Xiangyang City! Only the King of Guanzhong can do this." Shi Tianze said with admiration.

is not that right? This is completely different from other people's siege methods. When they attack a city, especially the Mongolian army, they used to send people to persuade them to surrender.

If you are unwilling to persuade them to surrender, then use trebuchets and explosive packs for long-range bombing, and then send slave troops to attack the city and consume the power of the defending army.

This was the first time that the King of Guanzhong consumed a large amount of artillery and gunpowder and carried out wild bombings. It is said that this time the King of Guanzhong also used a brand-new weapon. Can fly several miles to attack enemies.

It is said that this kind of weapon has a farther range than the octagonal ox-bow crossbow invented in the Southern Song Dynasty, and is more powerful, more powerful than thunder cannons, cannons, and heavy artillery.

As soon as this era-defining weapon came out, the morale of the Southern Song Dynasty army was in chaos. Shi Tianze suddenly understood that it was not that Meng Gong was not good, but that the King of Guanzhong was too strong.

No wonder, no wonder the King of Guanzhong was confident that he could take over the entire Southern Song Dynasty within a year, with this speed of advance and this speed of advancement.

It’s really terrifying. Maybe before the army of the King of Guanzhong has arrived in your city, you will receive the news that the city next door has fallen. As a result, before you wake up the next day, you will find that your city has also been defeated by the army of Guanzhong. Taken.

The emergence of this new type of weapon and the use of gunpowder weapons really changed the war situation in the entire world.

"My father is really powerful. I think my father will rest in Xiangyang City for a while, capture Fancheng, and join the army in Hanzhong. Then he may attack Jiangling Mansion or Ezhou. We must also speed up our pace here. That's it." Zhang Dingguan said excitedly.

"Hahaha! The eldest prince! We have arrived at Yangzhou City now. Actually, you don't have to worry. Yangzhou City should also receive the battle report soon." Shi Tianze touched his chin and said.

What is the most important thing in fighting? What is fought is the morale of the soldiers. Once the morale of one side is extremely low, then that side is defeated and there is basically no need to fight.

This is a good opportunity to demoralize the enemy. Let Yang Zhouchen and others know the news, and then they will send heavy troops to besiege Yangzhou City.

After receiving the news of the fall of Xiangyang City, the entire Yangzhou City will definitely be panicked. The best result at that time is that they can capture Yangzhou City without any blood and make all the defenders and garrison surrender.

"Shi Junhou, do you mean to wait until their military morale is in chaos, and we will take the opportunity to attack, or send envoys to persuade them to surrender?" Zhang Rou touched his beard and asked.

"Yes, that's what I planned. So just wait! Yangzhou City should receive news soon." Shi Tianze said.

Two days later, the garrison in Yangzhou City received news of the fall of Xiangyang City.

As expected, Shi Tianze and others fell into panic.

(End of this chapter)