The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Zhao Qiong held a telescope and watched the fierce battle outside the south gate of Huining City. It seemed that the Jurchens had really put in the city defense. They built a defensive position with a depth of 100 steps in front of the city. The main body was 30 to 40 seconds apart.

The rammed earth wall with different steps and a width of two meters was reinforced with logs and stones, but the height was less than one meter. This obviously learned from the previous failure of the boundary trench, and reduced the wall by increasing the thickness of the wall.

The height allows the wall to withstand direct fire from artillery, and reduces the chance of hitting, and the cavalry cannot cross it.

The Jin army also partitioned it with a solid rammed earth wall and divided it into independent spaces, covered with logs and soil as a cover. It can be used as a place for garrison and reserve materials, and it can also be left in it.

The mutual support between passages and passages is simply a fortification that can be cracked and hidden. The stone throwing machine arranged on the city wall at this distance can provide support to them. Even if the Song army breaks into it, the Jin army on the city wall can still be condescending.

Use bows, stone throwers and artillery to kill and injure the enemy.

In addition, the deep trenches that were four to five meters wide and three meters deep dug by the Jin army to build a wall became an insurmountable obstacle. The enemy took the fortified area in front of the city, and it was fifty steps in front of the city.

It is a wider moat. If you want to pass this level, you have to withstand the attacks of the enemy on the city wall. After crossing the river, you have prepared wooden and stones and tincture oil on the city. As long as you reach the city, you will pour down.

.There is a urn city built in the city gate. Even if the city gate is blown up, there is an inner city gate waiting inside, but there are several obstacles to the inner city and palace city.

The focus of both sides is now on the battle for the construction of the building outside the city. Although the interlaced and dense low walls they built limit the soldiers' maneuvers, they also greatly reduce the damage of artillery fire to the defenders. The Jin army arranged the soldiers in it.

The resistance was also very tenacious. Unexpectedly, other cities panicked when they heard the cannons. The Song army was advancing forward despite the casualties and shot dense rain of arrows, and at the same time, they destroyed the trench and bridge vehicles with stone throwers hidden in depth.

The advancement.

Seeing the soldiers who were attacking continuously fell, Zhao Xiao ordered the artillery fire to increase the intensity of the enemy's stone throwing machine and slow down the speed of advance. By building simple fortifications, digging traffic trenches and approaching forward. At the same time, the machine gun was used to suppress the hiding behind the low walls.

Jin army archers to reduce casualties of attacking soldiers exposed to open battlefields.

Zhao Qiong understood that Huining City was built in imitation of Bianjing City. The city was large in area, large in population, and it was stocked with a certain amount of materials. It also had complete defensive measures, and the additional facilities would become more solid.

Even if there were no such cases in the Bianjing city in Jingkang years, the Jurchens could not fall several times. Nianhan and Hanli were unable to capture Bianjing, mostly because they were the blessings of the great immortal Guo Jing, Zhao Ji and the son of the surrendered faction, otherwise Jin would have been

It is impossible for the country to occupy Bianjing so easily.

But Zhao Xiao knew that there was no immortal Guo Jing in Huining City at this time, nor did the best emperor Zhao Ji and his son. Wanyan Tan, who had turned aside his evil spirit, fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the military and civilians in the city to fight the enemy. Even if he had a powerful firearm, if the Jin Kingdom had a strong firearm,

The monarch and ministers can always maintain a strong will to resist, the military and civilians can use their lives, make full use of existing fortifications and buildings in the city to gradually compete with the Song army, and finally, the Song army will suffer extremely heavy casualties if they can attack.

"Zhao Xiao. Come here!" Zhao Qi didn't want to fight hard. If he wanted to defeat the enemy with the least casualties, he had to destroy the enemy's will to resist. The most shocking thing was the artillery.

"Your Majesty, what are your instructions?" Zhao Xiao, who was standing behind the emperor, immediately responded.

"Can our ammunition reserves support the needs of two major battles?" Zhao asked.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem at all." Zhao Xiaoluo thought for a while. He knew that what the emperor said must be the big shot of ten thousand cannons at the same time, and the ammunition consumed would be calculated in a thousand pounds.

"Okay, concentrate all artillery brigades and give you a day to destroy all the enemy fortifications on the outer line of the south of the city." Zhao Qi pointed to the barrier in front of the city and said solemnly.

"Yes, I obey the order!" Zhao Xiao replied without hesitation.

"Zhao Yong. Keep putting pressure on the enemy and don't let the enemy be idle. Arrange more sharpshooters and the enemy will attack when the enemy appears. Let them feel the threat of death at all times, and at the same time, keep a good rhythm." Zhao Qi said to Zhao Yong next to him again.

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"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yong nodded and replied...

The rumbling cannon sounds lasting for a long time, and the palace ten miles away from the battlefield could be heard clearly. The night was already deep, and the white frost on the ground was pale under the moonlight. The candlelight in the emperor's study was not extinguished, and the voice of conversation could be heard faintly.

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"Xue Hai, what is the situation in the city?" Zhao Qiong asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Your Majesty, we have continued to attack the city these days, and we have used artillery fire to flatten the camp outside the city, making the soldiers and civilians in the city frightened. But Wanyan Tan is in the city every day to boost morale and appease the people, so no major happens.

"Xue Hai entered the city long before the siege. After receiving the order, he sneaked out of the city to meet the emperor in the dark night.

"Well, I thought Wanyan Tan made the country miserable, and complained from all over the country. A little pressure would cause chaos. I didn't expect that he could do such a move in this critical moment and stabilize people's hearts. It seems that I still underestimate it.

He's there." Zhao Qiong said in surprise when he touched his chin.

"Your Majesty, not everyone advocates resistance to the end. Wanyan Zongxiong, the left prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, has submitted a series of memorials to request the resumption of peace talks in recent days. Obviously, he still has hope for peace talks." Xue Hai said.

"What is Wu Shu's attitude?" Zhao Qi nodded and asked again.

"According to our eyeliner report, Wu Shu learned that Wanyan Qiying was killed in battle and the army led by him was almost wiped out, and he vomited blood that night and his condition worsened. He had not been to court for many consecutive days. Wanyan Tan entered the palace several times to visit and ask for advice.

, his face was dull when he came out, and he probably won't be alive for a few days." Xue Hai replied.

"Wu Shu is the backbone of the Jin Kingdom after all, Wanyan Tan's backbone. He will not be in chaos if he lives for a day!" Zhao Qi sighed and looked up at Xue Hai and said.

"Your Majesty, you mean to get rid of him!" Xue Hai said softly.

"Wu Shu is sick, not stupid. He must have known that we have our spy in the city. In this chaotic world, I don't know how many people want to kill him. The Grand Master's Mansion must be on high alert, and very few of them leave the mansion to kill him.

It's too difficult." Zhao Qi shook his head gently.

"Your Majesty is expected to be well. There is an elite team of thousands of people stationed around his mansion. There are hundreds of people accompanying him to guard him when he goes out. There are still people who can open the way along the way, so it is difficult to get close to him. But if you can find out his residence, choose an elite team to sneak into his mansion.

If you attack his residence, you will definitely be able to kill him." Xue Hai thought for a while and said.

"This deal is not cost-effective, and it is not worth wasting a few of our elite soldiers for a dying person." Zhao Qi shook his head. He knew very well that once he was found in the assassination of the mansion, he would never get out of the trap under heavy siege. It can be said that it was suicide.

Attack, which did not conform to his combat principles, was rejected immediately.

"Your Majesty, then will we let him go?" Xue Hai said with some reluctance.

"No, we will piss him to death!" Zhao Qi smiled and said. In fact, his greatest desire was to be able to kill Wushu. This wish even exceeded that of Wanyan Tan, but it may be difficult to realize now. It may be considered fulfilled to kill him.

A wish for two lifetimes.

"Your Majesty, my subordinate is stupid, please ask for instructions." Xue Hai was silent for a moment, but still couldn't find the point, so he asked the emperor for advice.

"You are like this..." Zhao Qi asked Xue Hai to lean against him and said, Xue Hai nodded frequently, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty, I admire you very much. After these moves, Wu Shu will definitely return to the west." After the plan was completed, Xue Hai praised with convincing expression.

"Haha, I'm just a knock on a dog that's fallen into the water. Even if I succeed, I won't be able to win!" Zhao Qi smiled embarrassedly, bullying a dying person was so immoral that he smoked...

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The battle between the Song and Jin armies at Huining City lasted for ten days, but the two veterans whom they rely on made Wanyan Dan a little disappointed. Wanyan Zongxiong, who had made great contributions in the battle to destroy Liao in his early years, was his eldest son Alin.

After he died in the battle, he became frightened and uneasy. At first, he could still swear to avenge his son on the surface, but after the Song army joined forces to siege the city, he became completely degraded and became a cowardly general who ruined the country. He wrote many letters to demand peace talks at any cost.

When the "angry young people" of the Jin army broke into the inn to attack the Song envoy, causing the peace talks to break down, Wanyan Zongxiong insisted on killing the Jin soldiers and compensate the Song Dynasty for the losses in order to continue the peace talks. After the Song army launched a large-scale attack on the city, the

The northern city where Zong Xiong was responsible for was not the main attack direction of the Song army, but he still did not dare to launch an active attack, and even saw that the Song army filled most of the trench. The war had begun, and he was still having a stupid dream of peace talks.

It aroused dissatisfaction among the Jin army soldiers. They were excited and were noisy and chaotic throughout the city. They complained to the emperor and demanded the removal of Zong Xiong.

The Taifu Wanyan Zongmin also fell into a state of degeneration, and its degree was quite serious. When the battle started, the south direction of the city where he was responsible was attacked by the most fierce attack by the Song army. The artillery fire for a day and night flattened the barriers in front of the city to the ground. Watch the battle on the city tower

Zong Min was so scared that he was speechless and looked disgusted, and he also suffered from deep fear of Song Dynasty. When the Song army launched a cold gun to attack the generals on the city, he was so scared that he dared not climb to the city. Whenever Wanyan Dan climbed to the city to express condolences

, which made all the generals complain to the emperor about the incompetence of the general.

Emperor Wanyan Tan was not that perfect, and he also made some ridiculous things and came up with some strange strategies to fight against the enemy. He first agreed ingeniously to develop the so-called dike breaking strategy. After the dike breaking failed, he proposed a peace plan.

During the peace talks, he was timid and afraid of the war and wanted to leave, but he almost missed the opportunity to defend the capital. Of course, his new strategy and new tactics were not limited to this, and he continued to practice himself with the lives of the soldiers and the safety of the capital.

Strategy...(To be continued)