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The emperor's imperial decree arrived in the army one day after the army set out, such a speed is unimaginable.

After receiving the imperial edict, Chen Xinjia was very happy. His main concern was the attitude of the emperor. As for the so-called prudent requirements in the imperial edict, he would not care too much. The final decision is still to be made by yourself.

The sacred decree was read out among officers of more than a thousand households, which caused a great shock.

The next move of the army is to attack Yizhou.

Yizhou was built next to the Daling River, less than 150 miles away from Black Mountain, and only [-] miles away from Dalinghe City. Because its location is biased towards Mongolia, its strategic location is far inferior to Guangning, so in Liaodong, Yizhou The state has not attracted much attention.Even after Hou Jin occupied Yizhou, it was not built as an important military town.

There is a big difference between Yizhou and Heishan City. Heishan City is a temporary city built by the Houjin Dynasty. It is mainly used as a military garrison. Inside the city, there are all garrisons without residents and merchants. But Yizhou is different. There are Residents, as well as merchants, are not much different from ordinary cities in the mainland of Daming.

From Chen Xinjia's point of view, although Yizhou is not an important military town, capturing such a place will deal a heavy blow to the Houjin Tartars. In fact, in the initial combat deployment, there was no decision to attack Yizhou. After Ningyuan City, Yizhou will be destroyed by itself. There are not many garrisons here. If Guangning is lost, the Houjin Tatars will not continue to persist in Yizhou.But Chen Xinjia had a different understanding. He believed that Yizhou must be captured, which would help boost morale.

After capturing Montenegro, Chen Xinjia carefully analyzed many situations. He was definitely happy, but he also had to pay attention to whether there were any strange behaviors involved.In the end, he still believed that the fact that the army was able to easily take down the city of Heishan was due to the negligence and contempt of the post-Gold Tartars. The next step to attack Yizhou may face severe and cruel battles. After all, the battle has begun.After the Golden Tartars will be fully prepared.

On the ninth day of May, the army arrived at the outskirts of Yizhou.

The city of Yizhou is not big, but with the Daling River behind it, the army can only surround Yizhou City from three sides.

Chen Xinjia still kept a close eye on the defense of Yizhou City. What made him a little happy was that his judgment was accurate. Judging from the one-day march, he did not encounter any obstacles during the distance from Heishan to Yizhou.It seems that the Houjin Tartars did not pay much attention to the defense of Yizhou, thinking that it was insignificant.

Yizhou City, the city gate is closed when you come out. There are some post-Gold Tartar sergeants on the city wall, and there are no other warnings. The city wall of Yizhou is not high, and it is about three meters by visual inspection. Such a city wall.It does not have much effect on resisting the attack of the army.

According to the original plan.On the eighth day of May, the city of Yizhou was going to be attacked, but because the emperor's decree arrived at the army, it was delayed for a day, which was not a big problem. The battle in Liaodong had already started, and there was no issue of secrecy.In addition, after the army captured the city of Heishan, they had to rest for three full days, and the Houjin Tatars had already made all the preparations.

Chen Xinjia knew very well that the battle with the Houjin Tartars focused on two aspects.One is to occupy the city and territory, and the other is to exterminate the post-gold tartars to the greatest extent. Only after eliminating as many post-gold soldiers as possible can it be possible to truly shake the post-gold rule, otherwise the post-gold tartars will make a comeback .

At noon, the attack began.

It was exactly the same as the attack on the Heishan city. First, the artillery was launched. But this time, because the city wall of Yizhou was not high, Chen Xinjia adopted Zu Dashou's suggestion. The focus of the artillery attack was aimed at the city wall. If one channel comes out, a lot of things can be saved.

It's a pity that the artillery can't blow up the city wall. This is a place Zu Dashou is not familiar with. Yizhou belongs to the old city. The city wall has been repaired continuously. Although it is not high, it is very strong. It will not collapse for a while. The strength of the gunfire is completely different from when Su Tiancheng attacked Dalinghe City back then, but the effect of artillery fire is still significant. After experiencing the baptism of artillery fire on the wall of Yizhou, the original battle flag that was planted has long since disappeared. trace.

The pawn attack began.

Chen Xinjia, who had been holding up the binoculars to observe the battle situation, had a smile on his face. This scene was very similar to when he attacked Heishan city. On the city wall, there were not many post-gold tartars. He thought that capturing Yizhou would also It doesn't take long, maybe a few hours to take it down.

But this time, his prediction was wrong.

When the artillery attack ended and the infantry began to attack the city, a large number of post-gold tartars appeared on the city wall and began to resist tenaciously. When the first attacking frontier army reached the bottom of the city wall, they encountered countless rounds of arrow rain , The casualties were so high that the emotions of the frontier soldiers who charged behind were somewhat affected.

The two sides began a brutal strangulation, while continuously attacking, while desperately defending, flintlock guns and bows and arrows played a huge role at this time. During the attack, a large number of casualties on both sides began to appear.

An hour later, the second round of attack began.

After still being attacked by artillery, the second team began to charge.

On the city wall, a large number of post-gold tartars appeared again. The frontier soldiers who had learned their lessons held shields in their hands, so that they could always avoid being shot at vital parts by bows and arrows. The frontier soldier was hit by arrows in his hands and feet and fell to the ground in great pain. Of course, the frontier army's flintlock guns were also powerful. With the sound of the gunshots, the post-gold tartars on the city wall kept falling down.

From this time on, the frontier army's attack was extremely fierce, regardless of casualties, they rushed towards the city wall desperately.

The post-gold Tartars on the city wall obviously couldn't cope anymore, and the strength of their confrontation weakened.

Chen Xinjia, who has been observing this scene, does not know why, but his heart is more peaceful. If he did not encounter any resistance during the attack on Yizhou, he would really feel suspicious. Could it be that this is really The strategy devised by the Hou Jin Tartars showed the brutality of Yizhou's attack. He believed that the Hou Jin Tartars had attracted great attention.

While the attack was still going on, the scouts came to report suddenly.

"Marshal, there is an abnormal situation in the Daling River behind the city of Yizhou."

"What happened, tell me quickly."

"A lot of wooden boats appeared, and a large number of people gathered in this direction."

Chen Xinjia's body trembled, he turned around and spoke to Tang Haitai beside him.

"Tang Haitai, find Zu Dashou right away, tell him, just tell him what the commander asked, step up the attack, and take Yizhou City as quickly as possible, because the Jin Tartars are about to escape."

The sound of the drums became denser, and countless frontier troops began to rush towards the city wall of Yizhou from three directions.

Chen Xinjia held up the binoculars and remained motionless, because Yizhou was relying on Dalinghe City and could not be surrounded. The Hou Jin Tatars realized that the situation was wrong and withdrew from behind. This was unexpected to him, but this move also reflected it. , Yizhou is not an important military town. It is not surprising that the Houjin Tatars did not use heavy troops to guard it. Even if they arrange it themselves, after losing the city of Heishan, they will not place heavy troops in Yizhou. Yizhou can be defended But don't keep it.

Perhaps in order to cover the retreat, the resistance of the post-gold tartars on the city wall began to strengthen. This time, the fight was even more brutal. repelled.

Half an hour passed.

The corner of Chen Xinjia's mouth was bloodshot, and the scouts kept coming to report that several wooden boats had transported many people across the Daling River, and returned to pick them up again, but Yizhou could not be captured here. In the city, he could only watch the Houjin Tartars escape in a wooden boat.

The offensive continued until Haishi, when the turning point finally appeared.

After suffering a large number of casualties, the frontier soldiers finally made a breakthrough from the south. Part of the frontier troops attacked the city wall and fought with the Hou Jin Tartars. The fierce fighting began to shift to the city wall, and the frontier troops from the east and west directions also began to attack the city wall, and there were more and more frontier troops on the city wall.

Half an hour later, the south gate was opened by frontier soldiers rushing up the city wall.

A large number of frontier troops poured into Yizhou. At this time, Yizhou was truly broken.

The brutal fighting continued, and the frontier army that invaded Yizhou began to wipe out the Houjin Tartars in the city.

But this kind of fighting quickly changed its taste and turned into a killing of the people.

The people and merchants in Yizhou City who were too late to evacuate were all regarded as post-gold tartars, or spies who supported the post-gold tartars. They were brutally massacred. The women in the city were insulted and raped, and then were mercilessly killed. Numerous shops were ransacked, and gold and silver treasures entered the pockets of frontier soldiers, and some frontier soldiers even did not spare children.

When Chen Xinjia entered Yizhou City, it basically became a dead city. Except for the heavily guarded frontier soldiers, no other living people could be seen. There was blood everywhere, and the ground was full of corpses, especially the corpses of some women. The body is covered, and the lower body is even bleeding.

Chen Xinjia witnessed all this with his own eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Liaodong has been invaded by the Houjin Tartars for a long time. The crimes committed by the Houjin Tartars on the people of Liaodong are too numerous to write down. Many of the people who suffered are the family members of the frontier soldiers. This kind of hatred is difficult to resolve in a short time. , Chen Xinjia believes that this kind of hatred needs to be resolved somewhere. It is understandable that some atrocities occurred during the battle. (To be continued..)