Chapter 1053 Commitment
The war to attack Shangjing was carried out slowly and slowly. It seemed that Yun Zhao had no intention of accomplishing it overnight. After more than ten days of leveling the external trenches, the wide moat outside Shangjing was steadily unfolding. With the strength of the Zhengbei Army, they could directly fill the moat, but considering that the Shangjing moat was connected with the water system in the city, once the outside moat was filled, it would affect the city. Yun Zhao directly rejected this proposal. It was easy to fill it, and it would be difficult to dig it later. The Zhengbei Army still adopted the plan to deal with the moat when he was in Jiangling, and the logistics and supplies were rushing.
The factory made a large number of hollow siege cars and pushed them directly into the moat. In this way, the soldiers could step across the river without affecting the circulation of the river. The only thing that can counterattack in the city was to use thunderbolt cannons to destroy these siege cars. Qin Sheng had not used thunderbolt cannons finally started to fight back, but the price was extremely high. After each time a siege car was destroyed in a section of moat, the thunderbolt cannon exposed the target brought a storm-like blow. Seeing that the loss of thunderbolt cannons exceeded the replenishment, Qin Sheng was worried, but he could not afford it.
Yun Zhao is not focused on siege now. His generals have more experience than him in how to siege the city, and his energy is now more involved in the situation in the country.
With the besieged of Shangjing, the general trend of the world has been basically determined. This game of chess competition has come to a close. It is not up to the point that the areas that have been captured by the Northern Army have not yet been involved. In addition, it is time for some areas that the Northern Army has not yet been involved in. If there is no expression at this time, they will wait for the Northern Army to come to the Northern Army to come to the Northern Army to come. This is a conceivable situation.
No one would think that the Li Dynasty had a chance to turn the tables at this time. Combined with the death of Li Mian, the young emperor of the Northern Court, the Northern Army did not establish a new puppet again. Yun Zhao's thoughts were already the heart of Sima Zhao, and everyone knows it.
Now it's time to get there sooner or later.
Yun Zhao did not take any slowness to those who could surrender now. He only had one requirement. These places must send an army, regardless of the number of people, even a hundred people. Just shine their local flag. Yun Zhao needed them to go up to the capital and make their position clear to the world.
Everyone must participate in this battle to siege Shangjing.
As the local Shangzhen Army became more and more flags, the despair in Shangjing became stronger and stronger. As Shuzhou, Bazhou and other places raised flags outside the city, the world of Dayue had collectively turned against each other. The territory of the Li Dynasty was now only the isolated island of Shangjing.
With the forced landing in the war, Yun Zhao hopes that there will be some changes in the city. After all, Shangjing City is the capital of the Li family for hundreds of years. After hundreds of years of operation, the name of the world's No. 1 heroic city was not called in vain. If you fight hard, you will have to pay too much. Yun Zhao doesn't want to have a huge price at the last moment. This is not a good deal. If you can exchange the changes in the city from external siege and strong coercion, and then scoop down the capital at the lowest price, it is what Yun Zhao is most happy to see.
In the capital, not everyone wants to be swept into the garbage dump along with the Li Dynasty.
A truly fierce battle came a month after the soldiers surrounded the capital, the Anqing Camp of Su Dingfang was first launched. Tens of thousands of Anqing Camp soldiers rushed across the moat like ants under the cover of countless thunderbolt cannons and crossbows, and launched the first frontal attack on the wall of Shangjing. A specially-made extended ladder mounted the city head. Mengchong City's cone hit the thick city gate hard, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout Shangjing.
The first day of the attack ended in vain. As Qin Sheng said, the soldiers in the city were not good at fighting in the field, but defending the city could still come in handy. Although the losses were a little greater, the Northern Expedition Army did not gain any advantage.
The next day, it was replaced by Hu Zehua's Panshi Camp and changed the direction of the attack.
On the third day, Lucheng Camp, which became Meng Yao, changed its direction.
On the fourth day, Quan Yifeng wore a ward.
Next, there is a main battle camp every day, changing different attack points every day.
It seems that the Northern Army is looking for loopholes in the defense of Shangjing City.
Qin Sheng couldn't figure out Yun Zhao's thoughts. If it was a test, there was no need to test for such a long time. Every time he went to a battalion and attacked a place, if the Zhengbei Army surged up, Qin Sheng would definitely be in a hurry with the quality of the soldiers in the city. What made Qin Sheng even more frightened was that almost every day, the Zhengbei Army would change to attack another battalion, and the intensity of the attack and the intensity of the war did not weaken at all with the change of the army's number. This also means that the combat power of the main battalions of the Zhengbei Army was almost different. Compared with the city, Qin Sheng was despair except for despair.
Yun Zhao is showing his strength. He wants some people in the city to take a look and think about it, and thus make certain decisions.
Soon, there was a response in the city, but the responders were surprised by the entire Northern Army. It was actually the Cao family, and it was actually the Cao Xiang.
The person who came was Cao Fang, who was Cao Xiang’s uncle.
Looking at the sixty-year-old man in his sixties, Yun Zhao narrowed his eyes, "What does the Chief Auxiliary say?"
Without asking Cao Xiang, ask Cao Yi directly. Yun Zhao naturally knew that only Cao Yi could make this decision. In this life, Cao Yi turned his hand into Yun, turned his hand into Yun, Li Jian, Li Xiao, who was not in his hands? Even the old emperor Li Jia was inevitably stabbed by Cao Yi after his death. This was a real treacherous guy like a fox and wolf. Yun Zhao was full of vigilance. He didn't want to follow the footsteps of these people above. It would not be an exaggeration to look up to him by someone like Cao Yi.
"It has nothing to do with the Prime Minister, it is the decision of General Cao Cao." Cao Fang's answer made Yun Zhao even more surprised and full of doubt.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, because the Prime Minister has now become a prisoner!" Cao Fang replied with a wry smile, "It was the prince's work. Lou Xiang's betrayal directly knocked down our Cao family. Now the Prime Minister and the Minister of War Wang were all held in the palace by Qin Rounniang. Qin Rounniang even threatened their lives and asked General Cao to defend the city to the death, otherwise he would kill everyone in the Cao family."
"Since that's the case, why did Xiang Cao surrender? Could it be that he wasn't afraid that Qin Rouni would kill them?" Yun Zhao asked.
"The Chief Aunt said that the destruction of the two families of King Cao is a foregone conclusion. Whether he can defend or not in the capital, he will definitely not see this day. Since that is the case, why not give the prince a big gift?" Cao Fang said.
Yun Zhao turned his head and looked around. Han Zhongyi was recruited by him from the north. At present, in addition to military generals, there were many more civil officials in his tent. Wang Gui, Zhuo Yiming and others stood on one side. She Wenzhuang had also returned, and there was a disabled person with broken legs and crutches sitting on the side. Of course, this person was Suo Wenhai.
"What does Cao Xiang say?" Han Zhong saw Yun Zhao looking at him and immediately asked, "What are his conditions?" If Cao Xiang could surrender, it would be a good thing for the Northern Army. Even if he had no problem leaving his life, Han Zhong believed that Yun Zhao thought so too.
"General Cao has no conditions. If you really want to say anything, you are asking the prince to let General Cao leave after breaking the city. From now on, the sky is high and the water is long, and there will be no more time to meet each other." Cao Fang said.
"That's just one condition?" Han Zhong felt a little incredible.
"That's the only condition!" Cao Fang nodded and said affirmatively.
If something goes wrong, there will be a demon! Everyone in the tent was filled with storms and waves, and their hearts were full of doubts, but they could not find any problems.
"If the prince allows it, three days later, the south gate guarded by General Cao Xiang will be wide open, and the soldiers there will be transferred to other places. I believe that with the strength of the Zhengbei Army, the South Gate can be controlled and blocked the reinforcements transferred by Qin Sheng in a very short time. As long as the Zhengbei Army enters the city, without the obstacles of the city wall, the soldiers in the city will have no power to fight. It will be easy for the Zhengbei Army to scoop down the capital." Cao Fang said: "Your Majesty, don't worry about what tricks my generals play. In fact, what tricks can we play now? In the face of absolute strength, no tricks will be destroyed."
Everyone naturally understood this truth, but they just couldn't figure it out why Cao Xiang was like this?
With a few ticks, Suo Wenhai walked out of the shadow behind the crowd with a crutch. "Prince, can you allow Suo to ask a few questions?"
"Of course!" Suo Wenhai was sinister and resourceful, but he was not favored by Yun Zhao. However, this person was indeed wise and made great contributions to the annexation of the Bailian Army of the Northern Army. Although he was not happy, Yun Zhao never treated him badly. Besides, Suo Wenhai had the backer of Hong Niangzi, so he lived a prosperous life in the Northern Army.
"Do you dare to ask Mr. Cao Fang, is General Cao Cao leaving alone, or should you take Jia Xiao with him?" Suo Wenhai stared at Cao Fang and asked.
When Cao Fang was seen by So Wendi's eyes with a slight glow, he felt panicked for no reason. "Of course he wanted to bring Jia Xiao. If General Cao was alone, what else would he care about in the field? How could he surrender?"
Suo Wenhai lowered his head, thought for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "I understand, among the so-called small families such as Prince and Cao Xiang, there must be descendants of the Cao family, and even descendants of the Wang family."
"You are slandering, and it's all about General Cao's own family!" Cao Fang was shocked and angry, and immediately retorted.
Suo Wenhai laughed in a dark smile, "Mr. Cao Fang, you probably don't know who I am, what I did before? Let me tell you the truth, I used to be a housekeeper who specializes in the field at the Fourth Prince's Mansion. I have seen many secret secrets in the courtyard. As the extremely core general of the Cao family, Qin Rouni detained the Cao family. How could you let your family go? Cao Yi was already in prison, but he was still planning it hard and alone. Could it be that it was for Cao Xiang, and naturally it was for his Cao's cigarettes?"
Cao Fang was sweating all over his face, "General Cao's family was naturally detained, but General Cao had his own dark room outside. It was for these reasons that General Cao decided to surrender."
"There are some in the outer room, but it is not General Cao's name, but Cao's direct descendant!" Suo Wenhai turned around and bowed to Yun Zhao, and retreated into the shadow.
Suo Wenhai's words immediately woke everyone up. Looking at Cao Fang's face, he was full of sarcastic smiles.
Yun Zhao smiled, "Mr. Cao Fang, I think Master Suo's opinion is correct, right? Is this all Cao Yi's arrangement? Awesome, powerful, in prison, can still determine the life and death of a dynasty. Cao Yi's life is not in vain!"
Cao Fang's legs became weak and he sat on the ground.
"Go back and tell Cao Xiang that I promised him that I will not pursue the investigation whether he took away Cao Yi's descendants or even Wang Jingluo's descendants." Yun Zhaolang said.
"Prince!" Everyone in the tent spoke out, obviously trying to stop Yun Zhao from cutting the grass without removing the roots. The spring breeze blew. Cao Yi was a scheming person, and he might have something to do if he left the descendants of the Cao family.
Yun Zhao waved his hand, "Go back and tell Cao Xiang that since he has tried his best to save his bloodlines, it is best to be a person who is the only one who is responsible for the future. If he has any ideas, he knows the consequences."
Cao Fang was sweating profusely, but he was overjoyed. "The prince promised a thousand gold, so he would not regret it. He would burn the bridge across the river."
"Yun never loses his trust. If Yun was a person who broke the bridge and killed donkeys across the river, could he stand outside the capital today?" Yun Zhao laughed to the sky, "Even if Cao Wang Er is a centipede worm, he will die without being stiff, or he can turn over the salted fish and make trouble, they can only lie at Yun's feet."
Chapter completed!