Capturing the thief first is a irrefutable tactic in any dynasty.

Compared to collapse of the city gate, it is obviously much more meaningful to assassinate the Yuan army leader.

When the city gate was broken, the robes outside the city still had to risk their lives to rush into the city. Killing the chief general of the Yuan army was enough to make the Yuan army in the city lose their positions.

In fact, the Yuan army was indeed panicked.

They had just been gathered by the Lord General and were about to go to the city to set up defenses. But in the blink of an eye, the Lord General was dead.

He is dead, who will take charge of the overall situation?

The establishment of the Yuan army was not like that of the Song army. Their chief generals had absolute authority in the army. Although they also had deputy generals, they were almost equivalent to an air rank, which was only designed to supervise the chief general. Not to mention whether there was such prestige in the army, they might also be a layman in terms of leading troops to fight.

As for those generals, most of them can only control their subordinates.

With the death of the main general, there was a panic shout, "General is dead! General is dead!"

A group of low-level generals in the army looked at each other and looked at each other.

The deputy general and the military supervisor were even more disdainful.

In the army, the only one who is truly capable of commanding the battle is this fallen general.

The originally neat horse formation gradually became a little scattered.

The Yuan army was at a loss.

And on the top of the city, artillery fire was still spreading.

Under the city, a shell landed outside the city gate. With a loud bang, the city gate was blown up to pieces.

Countless people behind the Yuan army turned around and looked even more panicked when they saw this scene.

"The Song army is coming in!"

"The Song army is coming in!"

I don't know how many people are shouting.

These Yuan troops who lost their chief general became even more panicked and then scattered in birds and beasts.

They hurriedly ran along the streets to the depths of the city. Naturally, they could no longer care about finding the priests of the Wuding Hall who assassinated their chief generals.

In just a few minutes, the sound of cannons on the city wall stopped.

The sound of killing outside the field was shocking.

In less than ten minutes, the Song Dynasty imperial guards appeared outside the city gate corridor. They rode their horses and carried the Shenlong gun, and rushed into the city like a rainbow.

In the air, those hot air balloons spewed by flames also spread over the city.

Afterwards, guns and cannons were chaotic in the city.

The Tianfan Army and the Luzhou garrison soldiers cleaned up the disintegrated Yuan army in the city.

The war did not end until it was almost dawn.

There were 5,000 defenders in Shangluo Mansion, and more than 3,000 were killed. Only less than 2,000 people, most of them were captured.

Zhang Guangbao and Yuan Kangbo led their personal soldiers to take down the government office, but the government office was empty at this time.

They did not send troops to chase after him. While asking the soldiers to clean the battlefield, they only sent people to the top of the city and the government office to hang the Song Dynasty flag.

Two flags fluttered in Shangluo Mansion.

At this time, Batong led the Tiangui Army soldiers to join Shangluo Town and Liangjingshan and rushed towards Luonan County.

Just after taking down Luonan County, the entire Shangzhou territory would be trapped in the hands of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

In Jingzhao Prefecture, Qianyou Town.

Shi Kaiji led the Tianshen, Tianmeng, Tianchuang, Tianqiao, and Chengdu Prefecture Garage Army, and the Chongqing Prefecture Garage Army gathered here.

This made the mere Qianyou Town gather in 80,000 soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, such troops are not impossible to try to attack Jingzhao Prefecture. But Shi Kaiji did not do this.

After five days of reaching here, he did not even send out a soldier or a soldier.

At this time, in his commander's tent, Wang Dagang, Wei Feiying and other military chiefs, vice presidents, and Du Yuhou were gathered.

Shi Kaiji just routinely asked the soldiers in the army how they were doing.

After Wang Dagang and others reported their own reports, Wang Dagang couldn't help but ask, "Marson, when are you planning to send troops to Jingzhao Mansion?"

Shi Kaiji just chuckled and said, "Why are you in a hurry to take down Jingzhao Mansion like this?"

Wang Dagang said: "If we delay, the Yuan army gathered in Jingzhao Prefecture will only be more, and the preparations will only be more sufficient! Wouldn't we lose many soldiers in vain at that time?"

Shi Kaiji shook his head gently, "The emperor asked us to make steady progress and develop the base first. It is determined that the Yuan Dynasty will not waste our Song Dynasty. If you take Jingzhao Prefecture, there is no rush. When Deputy General Zhang leads his army to capture Shangzhou and Guozhou, our territory on this Jingzhao Prefecture Road will be similar to that of the Yuan army. If we don't attack them, they will find ways to fight. Fighters may also appear."

"What if there were no fighter planes?" Wang Dagang asked again.

Shi Kaiji said: "Can't our more than 100,000 troops still deal with the Yuan army?"

Wang Dagang was stunned and didn't say anything. So were the other generals.

Although they were eager to destroy the Yuan Dynasty, they also understood the plans of Zhao Dongting, Shi Kaiji and others. The emperor, what they were looking for is stability.

Shi Kaiji said again: "Remember to pass on the order. The soldiers in the army shall not take a grain of the people and shall not bully any people. Violators shall be dealt with by military law!"

"The last general will receive the order!"

All the generals in the tent handed over.

Two more days have passed.

Batong led the Tiangui Army outside Deluonan County.

Although it was just a soldier of less than 10,000 in Tiangui Army, it still looked crowded. This made all the defenders in Luonan County panic.

After the army was pressing outside the city, the Yuan Dynasty officials and defenders in the city chose to surrender.

Batong led his army into Luonan County.

Later, two thousand light cavalry were sent south to Huangchuan Town. In the evening of that day, the two thousand light cavalry also successfully captured Huangchuan.

At this point, the entire Shangzhou area was captured by Tiangui, Tianbao and the Luzhou garrison.

The next day.

Batuan sent a letter to send a message to Zhang Guangbao, and then led his army to the east and rushed to Guozhou.

At this time, Xiao Yulin also approached the outside of Nanyang City from Rangdong.

After Dengzhou removed the main palace Rangcheng, there were only two county towns, namely Nanyang on the east side and Neixiang on the northwest.

The spread of war has long been spread here.

Xiao Yulin was leading the army and before he could reach Nanyang City, he saw a few fleeing people on the official road. Most of them were dusty.

The reason why there are only such a few refugees here is undoubtedly that most people choose to flee to the north.

Xiao Yulin rode a high-headed horse in the army. Seeing the refugees ahead taking them to both sides of the road, lowering his head and smiling.

Of course, he did not laugh at the humility of these people, but laughed at their choice.

After they head south to Rangdong Town or Rangcheng, they will find that it is not hell on earth.

Under the guards of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, although there was no government control, the people of the Yuan Dynasty felt that they could continue to live because no one would rob their food.

Before I knew it, I arrived outside Nanyang City.

Xiao Yulin led the Tianjie soldiers to stop hundreds of meters outside the city. He raised his telescope and looked up at the top of the city.

You can see many Yuan army defenders standing on the top of the city, and you can also see the cannon bores of the gunshots and several grenade barrels.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yulin waved his hand after pondering for a few minutes, and said, "The hot air balloon army is ready to attack!"

Someone behind agreed.

In a short time, two hundred hot air balloons slowly expanded in the Tianjie army formation.

Xiao Yulin said again: "Grenade launcher, stare at the cannons on the top of the city! Blast them to the head of the governor!"

Shortly after the words were finished, many grenade launchers were running up with grenade launchers in the military formation.

They knelt on one knee in front of the army, then adjusted the cannon bore together, aiming at the grenade launchers on the top of the city with the cannon bore exposed.

The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty came in full force. It was impossible to compare them with these defenders alone, rather than the main force of the Yuan army.

As the hot air balloon slowly took off, under Xiao Yulin's order, the grenade launchers carried the grenade launchers and advanced forward again.

Blue smoke came out from several grenade launchers on the top of the city, and after they advanced for more than ten meters, they fired the cannon.

Masses of smoke exploded on the wide flat ground outside the city.

The Tianjie Army's grenade launchers knelt down on one knee in this sparse shell, put the grenade launcher, and adjusted the barrel again.

The moment they fired, the situation was completely different in an instant.

More than a hundred grenade launchers fired at the top of the city, and in a blink of an eye, the grenade launchers of the Yuan army were buried in the smoke and dust.

As the chief commander of the Tianjie Army, Xiao Yulin was also a well-known general in the Song Dynasty who was good at fighting. It was no problem to capture this mere Nanyang City.
Chapter completed!