The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The climate in the northwest is cold spring, drought in summer, and rainy in autumn. It is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. The sky is like a hole being poked, and the rain keeps falling. Lingzhou is originally an continent on the river, and the Yellow River before the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The mainstream and tributaries form a considerable river bay that is nearly 200 miles long from north to south and sixty miles wide from east to west. The center is this continent.

This is unique in the entire Yellow River Basin and can be called the first. The ancients exclaimed "Heqi" and Lingzhou" and believed that the land must have spiritual energy, so it is called Lingzhou. However, this magical land was cut off by tributaries when it arrived in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

This huge continent has been cultivated into a piece with the Ordos platform in Hedong. The terrain and geographical sense of "Lingzhou" no longer exists, leaving behind this new Lingzhou. Although the land is fertile, it was a river in its previous life.

It is deposited and the land is rich in water. With the soaking of rain, it becomes a mud, making it difficult for people to walk.

Seeing that the weather was not good, Zhao Qi did not have the ability to call the wind and rain. Now that the camp was soaked in the rain, people were living in the mud pond. The firearms they used were most afraid of getting damp, so they could not fight the battle, so he could only temporarily

Give up the camp, and retreated ten miles away to choose a place with a solid high ground to re-departure.

It is gratifying that Zhao Yong led his troops to quickly break through Yaode City with the support of the army's direct artillery battalion. The Xixia defenders of Pule City, which were attacked from both sides, collapsed without fighting, and the large army of Shaanxi's Jingyuan Road was able to pass. Then the two armies were

It took more than ten days of fighting here before the Shaanxi army was able to pass. Unfortunately, most of the Mingsha City's "Imperial Warehouse" grain storage was transferred by Xixia. However, he swept it.

The warehouse also received 100,000 stones of grain. On the tenth day of August, the two armies finally met. Zhao Qiong re-issed the defense zone. Although he retreated ten miles back, the encirclement was not at all.

It was a happy event for the two armies to join forces, but Zhao Qi became depressed. The offensive ability of the two armies of Shaanxi Road was disappointed. Pule City and Mingsha City were not strong cities, but they were blocked for more than ten days.

If they could not pass, they were hoped that they would break through Lingzhou City Zhao Qi was in a loss of confidence.

A series of siege battles carried out in the early Song Dynasty were based on the powerful military foundation of the Later Zhou Dynasty. When Zhou Shizong was in power, he sent troops to defeat Later Shu, Southern Tang, and Liao. After Song Taizu established the Song Dynasty, he inherited one after another.

The army that had experience in siege combat between generals and soldiers was undoubtedly of great help to the success of its siege combat. The military strength in the later period was different from that. The Song Dynasty army did not conduct large-scale siege wars for a century.

Before this, the wars that the Song army had come into contact with were either mainly defending the city or building forts. The army lacked the necessary training to attack the city and was mostly good at defending.

After the Song army captured Taiyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, for a long time, if it were not for the strategic mistakes of the defending side, the Song, Liao and Xia rarely had successful battles with direct siege tactics. In the face of direct attack, in the face of direct attack,

In the city, the shortcomings of the Song army's generals should be one of the reasons. Even the war to capture Xihe during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the results were mostly consolidated by building cities and villages. They rashly sent troops to siege the other city and hoped to attack.

The method of fighting is obviously difficult to win. As the city defense construction on both sides of the war becomes stronger, how to rationally use military equipment in direct siege battles has gradually become a problem that the generals must solve, and the improvement and good use of siege equipment has become urgent.

The problem solved.

Zhao Qi recalled a passage that the Western scholar Archer Jones said about the direct siege in his previous life. He believed that if you have enough time, huge human and material advantages, and take appropriate measures, the besiegers must have high fighting spirit.

, , sacrificing one's own life to launch an attack on the enemy's city; secondly, you need to have enough siege equipment to ensure that things are available during the siege; finally, the siege army also needs to have enough war supplies to ensure that the army gets during the siege

Sufficient logistics supply.

Now the Song army has reached the city of Lingzhou, with a total of 100,000, and there are 50,000 soldiers and civilians, and there are no shortages. However, the lost land has been recovered continuously, although there are slight setbacks, and the morale is still strong. The seized grain and the recently collected grain and grass are being collected.

It's enough to eat for two months, and it still has potential to be tapped. If the city of Lingzhou is captured, the food stored in the city will be enough for them to eat for two years, and the food will not be a problem. Although there are not many siege tools, Zhao Zhen will do it.

Many trees were cut down in Qingling, but they were useless at Tiemen Pass. He asked the military and civilians to drag them here. Now he gathered the craftsmen of the loyal and brave generals and the craftsmen in the engineering camp to create attacks.

City equipment.

Zhao Qi was worried about the two armies' use of siege tactics and equipment. The Zhongyong Army did indeed have successfully captured Fengzhou City and Xiazhou City after this training, but faced with the high and deep walls of Lingzhou City.

It is the first time that the city is tightly built, with many buildings and crisscrossing roads. After entering the city, they have to face fierce street fighting. These are unfamiliar to them and they must worry. What Zhao Qi can do now is to choose nearby.

An abandoned lonely city allowed the army to carry out pre-war training in turn, and at the same time, the two armies were able to work together to get familiar with each other's tactics so as not to accidentally hurt their own people when fighting. However, now the autumn rain is continuous, the training is naturally difficult...

"I reported to the prince. My subordinates seized two teams of people who violated military discipline because they were Shaanxi generals. I asked the prince to decide!" Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he was about to go to the battalions to express his concern, but just now, Zhao Yi came in.

Report.

"Oh, who are they? What did they do?" Zhao Qi turned around and asked.

"Prince, one team was from the Fuyan army. They went to the nearby fortress to blackmail and rob cattle and sheep, and were seized by soldiers patrolled by the military and legal team; the other team was from the Jingyuan army. They left the camp without authorization and returned to the camp.

He was stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp, but he refused to listen to the dissuasion and forcibly broke into the camp. He was taken and sent to the military law team!" Zhao Yi reported.

"This is not a big deal. Just take the initiative to deal with it yourself. Just tell me afterwards!" Zhao Qi said casually after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, the matter is not big, but it involves the chief general of the two armies. The subordinates are still in a dilemma and dare not make decisions without authorization!" Zhao Yi said, but he was very dissatisfied. The crimes of these two teams were enough to behead him.

, but the prince said it was a trivial matter.

"Oh, it's interesting. Could it be that their commander was breaking the discipline?" Zhao Qiong said with some confusion.

"Your Majesty, no, it was the two masters who committed the crime. One was Yao Zhongping, the son of Yao Gu, the governor of Jingyuan, Shaanxi, and the other was Liu Guangshi, the second son of Liu Yanqing, the governor of Fuyan Road. The subordinates wanted them

We are affiliated with the Shaanxi Army and we have punished it without authorization. Now that the war is imminent, will it affect the two armies..." Zhao Yi said hurriedly.

"Well, you have considered it well, but if you are not punished, will it ruin the morale of the army?" Zhao Qi said, but he thought in his mind that Tong Guan has a lot of money. This is to train the reserve army, and these two officials

The second generation is also famous. How to deal with this matter is really difficult. No wonder Zhao Yi dared not deal with it himself.

Yao Pingzhong, his father Yao Gu, is now the governor of Jingyuan Road; his grandfather Yao Yi and his uncle Yao Xiong have been famous Western generals for generations. The Yao family has been as famous as the Zong family for decades, and the "Yang family generals" who are familiar to later generations.

But it is far less famous than imagined. Although this kid is young, he is already the best of the three armies. He was only eighteen years old in the Battle of Zangdihe, and he killed many enemies, and no one can stop him, but he doesn't know how to please the children

Guan, who did not receive any reward, was praised by the heroes of Guanzhong and was nicknamed "Little Taiwei".

Zhao Qi's understanding of this person was not at this time, but in historical books. He made the greatest contribution in the Battle of Fang La, so he met Tong Guan and said, "I don't want to get rewards, I just want to meet the emperor."

Tong Guan hated him even more. Other generals were summoned by the emperor, but only Yao Pingzhong was not summoned. Later, during the Second Tokyo Defense War during the Jingkang period, he happened to be in the capital and was summoned by Zhao Huan to Funing Hall and gave him generous gold and silk.

, promised a reward, so Ping Zhong asked the dead soldiers to kill the camp and capture the captains and commanders to offer. Unfortunately, he broke into two camps in a row, but was trapped, and the soldiers and generals were damaged. He ran away without a trace. Decades later,

He only showed his face but became a hermit.

Another Liu Guangshi was not yet visible at this time. His father Liu Yanqing was more famous than him. He made many military achievements in the war with Xixia, captured the marshal of Xixia, surrendered to the prince of Xixia, and accumulated merits to the governor of Baoxin Army.

Later, he followed Tong Guan's grandfather Fang La in the south and attacked Khitan in the north, and supervised 100,000 troops as the commander of Xuanfu. He was a general in the late Northern Song Dynasty. During the Jingkang Incident, Liu Yanqing and his eldest son Liu Guangguo both died in battle and sacrificed their lives for the country.

The son of a martyr. Liu Guangshi was not very famous at this time, but his official position was not small. He appointed Yinzhuan as a third rank, and was promoted to the commander of the defensive commander and the commander of the military commander of the Fuyan Road. His reputation was also in the Jingkang Rebellion

Later, he became one of the four generals of ZTE who were as famous as Yue Fei.

Now that these two people have made a mistake, Zhao Qi is also very embarrassed. It is a pity to kill them according to the rules. But if they don’t kill them, they have to find some reasons and teach them a lesson. It’s not in vain that I’ve been there, at least to make the famous historical books.

The two generals were rectified and they were a little satisfied.

"This matter has nothing to do with General Liu, it's all my idea. Just kill me, don't wrongly accuse others..." At this time, a scream came from outside.

"Who is making noise outside?" Zhao Qi made up his mind and was about to meet these two people, but something went wrong. He turned around and asked Zhao Yi.

"Prince, the one who shouted outside must be Han Shizhong. He is just a team leader, but has a good temper and good kung fu. He injured several brothers to control him. However, this person is very famous in the Shaanxi army!" Zhao

Yi said.

"Haha, tell me!" Zhao Qi smiled. This person himself was not unfamiliar with Huang Tiandang's battle, and he and his wife were both famous, but they didn't know much about his past.

"Yes, Prince!" Zhao Yi seemed to have investigated several people, and when he saw the prince ask, he started talking. Han Shizhong was an alien when he was young, born in a poor peasant family. He was extremely courageous when he was young and could ride a horse.

The untamed foal is good at drinking and not restricted. She has been a gangster and a bandit. When she was eighteen years old, she suddenly realized that she would join the army and serve the country...To be continued...

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