February 23, the eighth year of Hongwu, the Great Song Dynasty.

The 5-pound and 10-pound long cannons from one door were finally pushed to the cannon position on the city wall of Chenqiao Pavilion, and the muzzles were aimed at several forts on the west bank of the Chen River. All the siege troops had also arrived at Chenqiao Pavilion.

Chenqiao Pavilion, which was set on fire by Wanyan Yan, has now been occupied by the Red Turban Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has been renovated and restored to become a large fort. A city wall was built along the Chenhe River embankment, and 40 kilograms of cannons were placed on them. They were from the 13th Army, which was commanded by Liu Zhengyan and the 14th Army, which was commanded by Miao Fu.

Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu also fought with all their might! Although their troops were both infantry and had to attack the city and capture the village on the way to march. However, they still acted quickly. They set off from Daming Mansion on the same day as Yue Fei's 8,000 cavalry and advanced in two directions.

Among them, Liu Zhengyan led the 13th Army to defeat Puzhou and Jeju two prefecture cities. On February 15, he arrived at the outskirts of Pengcheng, Xuzhou prefecture city.

The 14th Army of Miao Fu marched along the eastern part of the Yellow River Flood Zone, and successively defeated Xingren Prefecture, Guangji Army, Shanzhou, and Songzhou. They also entered Xuzhou on the 15th, and joined the 13th Army on February 16th, and two days later they captured Pengcheng, the first county of Xuzhou.

After capturing Pengcheng, Liu and Miao led an army of more than 30,000 (the two armies had more than 40,000 people, but they had already distributed cavalry to Yue Fei, and left defenders in the occupied prefecture, so there were only more than 30,000 people left). After only one night, they carried dozens of cannons and marched to Pizhou to attack Zhao Gou while singing "Manjianghong". No, they were killing Wanyan Zonggou!

Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were all wrong. When they thought of killing Wanyan Zonggou, they were full of energy!

So this time, these two Western Army N generations were like Yue Fei, wearing leggings, setting an example, and taking the lead in walking. The group of soldiers below who were holding back their might and making a big vote saw that the two military commanders were like this, and they all thought there were mountains of gold and silver in Pizhou City!

So they marched like crazy, and the closer they approached Pizhou, the higher their morale and the faster their speed! In this way, the infantry army suddenly walked out of the speed of the cavalry and finally arrived at the Pizhou front line on February 22 and completed the meeting with Yue Fei's army.

This momentum and morale are almost overwhelming!

This is probably the case that "the north is settled in the south, like a broken bamboo" often occurs in Chinese history?

Southeast is so rich! And it's easier to fight

Because the southeast faces the sea and is backed by the hinterland of China, there is no need to maintain strong force at all, so it is difficult to raise strong soldiers.

The natural conditions of the northwest, northeast, and the territory along the Great Wall are too harsh or too unstable (easily affected by the Little Ice Age), and the transportation of goods is not very convenient, and they are faced with pressure from the northern nomadic peoples. It is difficult to get rich, but it is easier to launch a strong soldier.

How could a group of poor and arrogant northern troops not be very strong in the southeast, where they are rich and do not know how to fight (no war, they will naturally not be able to fight). How could it be that there is little motivation?

This is also the reason why Zhao Kai had to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun before and even went bankrupt!

As long as there is still the "oil and water zone" in the southeast that is full of appetite, Zhao Kai can fairly distribute the confiscated land to the meritorious soldiers, and the brothers below will be full of energy to help Zhao Kai pacify the southeast.

Because of the days of marching, Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, who were not sleeping enough, walked into a covered fortress made of sandbags and wood on the west side of Chenqiao Pavilion with red eyes. The fortress is not far from the wall of Pizhou City, and is only three or four miles in a straight line. There is only a not-so-tall embankment wall and several artillery towers in the middle, so you can see the situation on the Pizhou city wall without a telescope.

However, when Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu walked into the covert fort, they found Yue Fei standing behind the mercedes, holding a telescope and looking out.

The two hurriedly approached, stretched their necks and looked at Dicheng and several artillery towers, but found nothing.

"Yegong, what are you looking at?"

"Yes, there is nothing. Even the defenders didn't see many."

Yue Fei turned around and saw that it was Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, so he raised his hand and pointed to the Pizhou city wall in the distance, "You look up at the top of the city!"

"City?"

"I'll take a look."

Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu both took out a monocular telescope with crystal lenses, looked at Yue Fei's finger, and then was shocked!

"Oh, why are there so many heads? They are all picking up with guns."

"Who are these people? Are they loyal and righteous people in the city who want to surrender to the court?"

It turned out that the two of them saw many ferocious people with only heads and no bodies, and a spear was inserted under their necks.

The spears carry a lot of heads, all of which stand behind the battlements of the Pizhou City Wall opposite. On a large section of the city wall, there is a spear with heads behind almost every battlement. The total number is probably more than a thousand!

Yue Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know who those people are? I only know that the heads that were killed and cut off in Pizhou City every day in the past few days were taken to hang them on the wall of Chenqiao Pavilion! But looking at the hair on these heads, they didn't look like righteous people, but like thieves who surrendered to the captives!"

Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were anxious when they heard this, Zhao Gou was anxious to kill Yimin, but they were even more anxious to kill thieves. The thieves are rich!

"What? Zhao Gou is killing the thieves in Pizhou City? Is he crazy? Those are all his people!"

"This is not OK. We still have to catch those thieves and torture them! What should we do if Zhao Gou is killed all of this?"

"Yes! Ye Gong, let's attack the city quickly!"

"Yes, yes, you must kill all the thieves before Zhao Gou killed all the thieves!"

Yue Fei frowned. Why did this sound so awkward? He and Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu led so many troops to Pizhou day and night, and jointly saved these traitors who deserved to be cut into pieces?

But no matter how awkward this matter is, it has to be done like this!

Otherwise, the rich people would have let Zhao Gou kill him, and Yue Fei would go there with so many wolves and tigers?

"Then can you fight?" Yue Fei asked, "Are they tired these days?"

Of course, the infantry had to be brought to the siege. The cavalry under Yue Fei was not in this business. So after he arrived in Pizhou, he just surrounded the city and did not launch a strong attack. While besieging the city, he also ordered the Red Turban Iron Cavalry and their auxiliary soldiers to repair the Chenqiao Pavilion, and asked the light cavalry to search for many small boats along the Yellow River. Now they were dragged to the Chenqiao Pavilion and prepared to use them to cross the Chen River.

The infantry that followed Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were a little tired. According to the plan, they had to rest for another day.

"You have to be tired!" Liu Zhengyan said, "You can't let Zhao Gou kill all the fat sheep!"

"Yes, Zhao Gou must have killed himself crazy and killed so happily. Who would still work hard for him? Pizhou City must be vulnerable!"

Yue Fei nodded and said, "Okay, let's work harder, brothers! Let's work hard to enter Pizhou City and capture Wanyan Gou alive!"

"Okay, break into Pizhou City and capture Wanyan Gou alive!"

Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu also raised their arms and shouted. Like Yue Fei, they missed the word "Zong" and accidentally called out Zhao Gou's name in history Wanyan Gou!

With Yue Fei's order, the gunners who had already been in place quickly stuffed bags of gunpowder and shells into the barrel. The gunmen of each gun immediately used the ignition rods in their hands to stuff the fuse into the fire gates of these cannons.

The cannons roared, the earth trembled, and dozens of projectiles roared towards several cannon buildings facing Chenqiao Pavilion

The 13th Army, which had only been resting for less than a day, was also mobilized, and all rushed to the bank of the Chen River, unfolding a square formation. The selected soldiers began to board the sampan on the shore under the leadership of the officers, and then began to force the Chen River to cross!

When the sound of cannons siege sounded, Zhao Gou was killing criminals in the prison of the university!

He may have been really crazy these days, he was surrounded by Yue Fei in Pizhou City. Except for those eunuchs, he looked like a traitor!

These days, day and night, people never take off their armor and swords. They will never leave their hands. They will find charges to kill people if they don’t follow the heavens, and sometimes they will do it themselves! His current martial arts are not bad. He has not been greedy for the past few years in Goryeo. He is not greedy, nor is he lustful, nor does he recite poems. Instead, he is full of energy and can’t get along with the tiger. Sometimes he can kill the bear whip and it is very good to watch!

Although it has not been repaired, he has really been trained to be a warrior who assassinates tigers and kills bears! This martial arts must have no opponents in Pizhou City. Even if you meet Yue Fei, you may be able to compete with two moves!

Why is he a fierce man? He is still an official family? He has a group of obedient eunuchs around him. There are no powerful characters in Pizhou City. Why don’t he let him do whatever he wants?

He did this and made people suffer. The traitors and Jinshi who followed him on the pirate ship. They finally understood what it means to be "a company of the king is like a tiger". They also met a crazy tiger that specializes in eating their own people. They were really living with their heads on their backs!

And these people were cowardly and did not dare to resist Zhao Gou at all. They could only hope that Yue Fei would come in early and they would not necessarily die when they fell into Yue Fei's hands, but if they were in the hands of that crazy tiger, they would definitely die.

So when everyone heard the rumbling sound of cannons, they actually felt like they were about to be saved!

But at this moment, Wuhua was kneeling there waiting for the knife, but the former You Zhengyan Wanqien was only desperate in his heart. Why did he expect Yue Fei to come and save him?

And it's too late, it's going to be killed soon!

Wanqie is left with only crying: "The official family is spared, the criminals know that they are wrong. You spare the criminals. The criminals are willing to atone for their merits and fight Yue Fei for the sake of the official family!"
Chapter completed!