Chapter 1121: Taking Qingzhou City, Murong Yanran starved herself to death

The day of decisive battle is coming soon.

Zhang Shuye sent someone to beat the drum to gather the troops early in the morning.

After three drums.

All the generals brought by Zhang Shuye, the generals who came to support from Qizhou and Zibozhou, and the local generals from Qingzhou, all gathered in the military tent, waiting for orders.

The roll call is over.

Zhang Shuye looked at the first person on his right and smiled gently:

"General Qin, today I will fight Liangshan. Although I expect to win this battle, I would like to ask General Qin to stay in the city to guard it. How do you think?"

When Qin Ming, the commander of the Qingzhou Command, heard that he was to stay behind to guard Qingzhou City, he immediately stood up, knelt down and asked for battle:
"My Lord, I am impatient and it is not suitable for me to stay behind. I am willing to be the pioneer. Please allow me to do so!"

Zhang Shuye was immediately displeased when he heard this:

"General Qin, you are a local general in Qingzhou, and you are unwilling to stay. Which other general is willing to stay?"

Everyone present believed that in this decisive battle, the imperial court would win and Liangshan would lose, so they were all eager to fight and vowed to fight for a title for their wives and children.

Therefore, those foreign generals were unwilling to stay no matter what.

Zhang Shuye knew people's hearts well, so he deliberately mentioned Qin Ming's name first, and then went with the flow and let Qin Ming decide who would stay behind.

Anyway, Zhang Shuye would avoid doing anything that would offend people if possible.

Qin Ming was fooled. In order to go into battle and kill the enemy himself, he directly named several of his generals.

When these generals heard that they had to stay behind and could not leave the city to earn military merit, they wanted to argue, but when they remembered that they had a bad relationship with Qin Ming, they could only agree with sad faces.

The final battle was scheduled to take place beside the Mi River.

It was just past noon in the morning.

The 150,000 troops on both sides have already deployed their troops and are ready for battle.

Su Mingzhe looked at the 100,000-strong army on the opposite side, and for a moment, a sad expression appeared on his face:
"There are a hundred thousand soldiers, and I don't know how many of them will survive!"

Qiao Lie, holding a sword to show his loyalty, heard Su Mingzhe's whisper and couldn't help asking:
"My lord, is that landmine really that powerful?"

"nature!"

Su Mingzhe showed sympathy, but that didn't mean he was soft-hearted.

Traveling through so many dimensions, each time trying to unify the world, the number of people killed on the battlefield by the army led by Su Mingzhe must have been tens of millions, if not 100 million.

At this time, Su Mingzhe showed sympathy, but it was just false compassion.

Just a show.

As the drum beats sounded.

Su Mingzhe immediately suppressed the pity on his face and ordered his personal guard Li Shou:
"Order the artillery battalion to light the fire!"

Firearms existed in the Northern Song Dynasty, and came in various types.

After Su Mingzhe established Liangshan, the first department he set up was the Firearms Battalion.

Due to the lack of supporting industrial base, the firearms battalion can only rely on manual polishing to produce 3,000 "Hanyang-made" guns, more than 30 "General Cannons", and more than 10,000 mines.

This time, in order to set up an ambush in Qingzhou City, Su Mingzhe brought all the more than 10,000 mines.

As the fiery red flags were waving.

The firearms battalion immediately lit all the mine fuses.

With a loud bang.

Where the imperial court's 100,000 troops were originally standing, a cloud of dust immediately rose up in the air.

A strong smell of sulfur and blood wafted over.

The Liangshan army was also terrified by their own "magic weapons".

I don’t know how long it took.

The gunpowder smoke, carrying a nauseating smell of blood, slowly drifted over.

The scene of flesh and blood flying and blood flowing like a river came into everyone's eyes.

Even though the Liangshan leaders had attacked cities countless times, it was still the first time they had seen such a hell on earth.

Only Su Mingzhe was accustomed to such scenes, and he directed the messenger with an indifferent expression:
"Bang the drum, attack!"

The imperial army is in such a state, it's not an attack, it's clearly a harvest!
The 50,000-strong Liangshan army quickly rushed towards the purgatory on earth.

Ten thousand mines may not kill ten thousand people, but they will definitely make one hundred thousand people dizzy, tinnitus-ridden, and weak in the legs.

Some timid people were even scared to death.

When the Liangshan army surrounded them, they captured more than 60,000 people without bloodshed.

The remaining 30,000-odd imperial troops were either killed in the explosion, had their arms and legs cut off, or were trampled to death by the crowd in panic.

At this moment, in front of the gate tower of Qingzhou City.

"My lord, surrender!"

The four generals defending the city watched helplessly as the imperial court's 100,000-strong army was destroyed in an instant. How could they have the courage to go against the Liangshan army? They all tried to persuade Qingzhou prefect Murong Yanda.

"Surrender? You can surrender, but how do I surrender?"

Murong Yanda smiled miserably:
"I am a relative of the emperor, and I shall live and die with the country! Hahahaha...I shall live and die with the country!"

Seeing that Murong Yanda seemed to have gone mad, the commander of the militia and the military commander who were guarding the city stopped questioning him and simply opened the city gates and raised the white flag in surrender.

After sending troops to take over Qingzhou City.

Su Mingzhe immediately called over ten leaders including Qiao Lie, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Chao Gai, Yang Zhi, Sun Li (surrendered when attacking Dengzhou), Liu Bai, Luan Tingyu, Hua Rong (Hua Rong surrendered voluntarily when attacking Qingzhou), Zhu Tong, Yang Xiong, and Shi Xiu, and asked them to each lead two thousand soldiers and horses to sweep across Qingzhou, Zibo, and Qizhou.

Zhang Shuye's army of 100,000 was destroyed, and even Zhang Shuye himself was killed in the explosion.

However, generals such as Qin Ming and Huang Xin were protected by armor. Although they were in an area where mines were concentrated, they only suffered internal injuries and were not killed.

Su Mingzhe thought that these generals were quite good, so he persuaded them to surrender and accepted quite a few of them.

I believe the result of the battle in Qingzhou was reported back to Bianliang City.

The next time the imperial court sends a large army, it will definitely not be a "rabble" like Zhang Shuye.

"At present, Zhao Song still has idle troops, and it seems that the only one left is the Western Army!"

The Western Army was the most powerful army in the late Northern Song Dynasty, without a doubt.

Su Mingzhe guessed that they would face the Western Army next. In order to prevent the Liangshan army from suffering too many casualties, he decided to "keep the enemy out."

Therefore, he had to control the two routes of Jingdong before the arrival of the Western Army.

After Qiao Lie left, all military affairs, big or small, were left to the "wise man" Wu Yong.

For Wu Yong, this was a mixture of pain and joy.

As for Su Mingzhe, he is now hiding in Murong Yanda's mansion, enjoying singing and dancing.

Miss Yue'er, the most beautiful woman in Qingzhou City, was wearing a long waisted dress that trailed on the ground.

The long skirt was made of thin gauze that revealed the bones, allowing men to easily see the seductive scenery inside the gauze.

Miss Yue'er's slender waist, which was so slender that it could not be held in one hand, was wrapped with soft tassels, which slowly floated along with the sound of the piano.

The song and dance ended.

Su Mingzhe couldn't help but applaud:

"As expected of Qingzhou's most beautiful lady, Miss Yue'er is not only beautiful, but also a great dancer!"

The praised girl, Yue Er, smiled shyly at first, her eyes moving around, as if she had all kinds of charm, overflowing from her eyebrows:
"Your Majesty, the title of Qingzhou's most beautiful woman is nothing but a rumor. Didn't Your Majesty taste the real most beautiful woman last night?"

"Well, Yue'er, you and Yanran are both beauties, equally beautiful!"

Su Mingzhe thought of the romantic night last night, and his lower abdomen began to heat up again. He turned to look at the maidservant and asked:
"How is your lady now?"

The maid was originally Xiangcao, a servant girl who served Miss Murong Yanran in the government office.

After taking Qingzhou City yesterday, Su Mingzhe learned that the Qingzhou prefect Murong Yanda would rather die than surrender. He did not force him to work for him, and even provided him with good food and drink.

However, as the saying goes, a death penalty can be avoided, but a living crime cannot be forgiven.

That night, Su Mingzhe took possession of Murong Yanda's only daughter, Murong Yanran.

This vanilla was loyal to her master and in order to save her young lady, she was also possessed by Su Mingzhe.

Unlike Murong Yanran who wanted to commit suicide after waking up this morning, Xiangcao accepted her fate after waking up this morning.

Hearing the man's question, Vanilla immediately replied:
"The young lady has stopped crying, but she still refuses to eat."

"Are you planning on a hunger strike?"

Su Mingzhe sneered, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and poured out a small yellow pill:

"Give this to her and tell her that it is the Seven-Step Heartbreak Pill. If she really wants to die, it will be easier to eat this!"

(End of this chapter)