Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 444 Another Sheng Zilong?

Qicheng, this is a very ancient city. It was recorded in Xunzi Confucianism that King Wu's punishment of Zhou was also eaten by Qi.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qicheng was an extremely important strategic hub. In the Spring and Autumn Period alone, there were seven times in Qicheng.

It's just that, after the Central Plains were unified and there were no more wars among the nations, Qicheng's geographical position began to weaken continuously.

Up to now, if it weren't for the war between the Later Jin Dynasty and the Khitan, Qicheng would still be a small and unknown town.

The specific location of Qicheng is in Hualong District, Puyang City, Henan Province in later generations.

However, there is one thing worth noting, that is, Puyang during the later Republic period and Puyang now belonging to Chanzhou are not the same place.

Puyang in later generations is north of the Yellow River, which is actually Qicheng at this time, and Puyang at this time is south of the Yellow River.

The reason why Qicheng is so important in the battle between Jin and Liao is because behind Qicheng is the Yellow River.

And on this section of the Yellow River, there is an extremely important pontoon bridge, which is an important way to cross the Yellow River at this time.

Because this pontoon bridge is not the kind of soft pontoon bridge in Majiakou that can be crashed with a battleship.

Instead, iron oxen are used as wooden piles, and iron chains are high-grade pontoon bridges made of Yizhe cables (woven of bamboo cables).

This kind of pontoon bridge consumes precious materials such as copper and iron. In history, the Tang Dynasty built the Puzhou Yellow River pontoon bridge, which is said to have used up 80.00% of the annual iron production at that time.

In the Five Dynasties, there were only three chain bridges of this kind that could still be used on the Yellow River.

The Sun Bridge (Sanmenxia) in the territory of the Baoyi Army Jiedushi in Shanzhou

Mengjin Bridge in Mengjin, north of Luoyang.

And the chain bridge behind Qi Cheng.

Therefore, after the failed crossing at Majiakou, if Yelu Deguang wanted to completely defeat the Later Jin Dynasty, he had to occupy Qicheng, and then reach the south bank of the Yellow River from the chain bridge behind Qicheng.

As for why the Later Jin Dynasty didn't destroy the Qicheng Iron Cable Bridge, cutting off the hope of the Khitan people going south?

Ha ha!Yelu Deguang really hoped that Houjin would do this.

Because the court of the later Jin Dynasty did this, it meant that they gave up the land north of the Yellow River, and Yelu Deguang could immediately turn around to appease the local area.

And the people north of the Yellow River who feel that they have been abandoned by the imperial court will definitely take refuge in Khitan.

That would be great fun. Once the Khitan people integrate Hebei and Hedong, they can choose places to build pontoon bridges from Shanzhou to the mouth of the Yellow River.

This is only a thousand days to be a thief. How can there be a thousand days to prevent a thief?Because you are totally defenseless!
The past dynasties have ruled by planning the river, which is also planning the Yangtze River.

Because the Yangtze River has a larger volume of water and a faster flow rate, there are many uninhabited places along the way. Due to transportation conditions and supply problems, the places to cross the river are very limited.

Moreover, the southerners are good at boats and can easily raise thousands of ships on the Yangtze River, making it impossible for the northern regime to cross the river.

In the Yellow River, both sides are cultivated land developed for thousands of years. The terrain is flat, and manpower and material resources can be mobilized to build floating bridges everywhere. The south bank of the Yellow River faces the north bank and there is no natural advantage of boats.

Therefore, in all dynasties, there has been no one who can row the Yellow River with the enemy and rule.

. . . .

At the end of December, the weather this year has become warmer and warmer. In the past five or six years, although the Yellow River has been frozen, it has not been able to carry an army across the river.

Fu Yanqing brought Fu Jiaerlang and four hundred cavalry he could mobilize, and Hu Cile and Hu Guang brought five hundred Liangzhou horses.

The four generals, Yao Yuanfu, Wang Zhou, Pan Huan, and Xue Huairang, also brought more than ten to thirty to forty personal guards.

The crowd gathered a thousand cavalry, and they were all relatively well equipped.

Fu Yanqing's [-] cavalry were basically armored, while the [-] cavalry of the tiger thorn were half of the cavalry with iron armor and half of cavalry with light armor.

Yao Yuanfu and other four generals' confidantes and personal guards are also well-armed, these are their personal foundations, and they are all pulled out at this moment.

It took these 1000 people more than two hours to cross the Yellow River.

This is because there was heavy snow today, and the soldiers guarding the pontoon bridge did not receive Jing Yanguang's order. Although they were still allowed to cross the river, they refused to dispatch boats and boatmen to help ferry them.

When they arrived at the North Shore, they immediately felt the tension in the atmosphere.

Not far from the head of the iron chain pontoon bridge, the Jin army built a fortress, which guarded each other with the protruding northeast corner of Qicheng.

The distance between this fortress and the protruding horse face of Qicheng East City is only 400 meters, not even half a mile.

In this case, the defenders of Qicheng can blockade between Qicheng and the fortress on the horse's face without going out of the city.

Moreover, there are several Fuyuan crossbows and winch crossbows at the top of the city, especially the winch crossbow. This is the prototype of the three-bow bed crossbow in the later Song Dynasty, and it is extremely powerful.

The Khitan tried to cut off Qicheng and the fortress several times, but failed to capture the fortress.

Of course, since the city gate could not be opened near the horse face, Gao Xingzhou in Qicheng was unable to lead his army out of the city and completely controlled the area between Qicheng and the fortress.

However, if Gao Xingzhou only wanted to leave with his son Gao Huaide and a few confidants, it would be fine, but Qi Cheng's army would definitely not be able to leave.

Therefore, Fu Yanqing was at the end of the chain bridge, looking up to the sky and sighing, "Noble quality, loyalty and devotion to the country, I can't match it!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of shouting and killing was heard in the distance.

It turned out that Zhao Yanshou, the governor of Yanyun, led the Han army in the land of Yanyun and the captured Weizhou people were digging trenches, while the army in Qicheng was out of the city to harass.

You read that right, the one who dug the trench was not the one who defended the city, but the one who attacked the city.

It turned out that due to the poor ability of the Khitan to build siege equipment, they were unable to capture the small but strong city of Qicheng.

So they can only dig trenches, trap the defenders of Qicheng in the city, and then hit the fortress in the east of Qicheng with all their strength, and then turn back to attack Qicheng, or trap the defenders of Qicheng with thousands of soldiers, and then the army crosses the river .

Gao Huaide has just turned 17 years old this year, which is exactly the age of youthful spirit.

The Gao family is also a martial artist of the times, and they are from Zhengding County, Changshan. Since Zhang Zhao made the Romance of the Three Kingdoms popular all over the world, Gao Huaide was also called Xiao Zilong because he was from Zhao Zilong's hometown.

Gao Huaide also called himself this number, and at the moment he was riding a white horse galloping left and right.

A group of Khitan cavalry saw that the Jin army was about to rush to the minfu camp where the trench was being dug, and immediately followed Yelu Wuzhi's order, riding out with a hundred cavalry, intending to attack Gao Huaide obliquely from the east.

Gao Huaide saw it from a distance, so he simply took thirty riders and continued to fight at the Khitan civilian camp, pretending he didn't see it at all.

The Khitan cavalry general was overjoyed when he saw this, he thought that Gao Huaide had already taken the lead and couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly.

But when he rushed fifty or sixty steps away from Gao Huaide without hesitating his horsepower.

Gao Huaide suddenly drew a circular arc, bypassed the front of the civilian husband's camp, drew his horse to the left, and faced the Khitan cavalry rushing towards him sideways.

That's what the so-called virtuous people are bold.

Gao Huaide tightened his grip on the horse's belly, picked up three arrows from Hu Lu, opened and closed the copper-tired and iron-backed bow three times in his hand, and the three arrows galloped past like shooting stars.

This kind of terrifying big bow with iron bars inlaid on the back of the bow generally has a strength of about three or four per stone, and non-valiant generals cannot pull it.

Murong Nobunaga likes to use this bow when killing important targets.

But with Zhang Zhao's ability, he can only face Se La twice without changing his face.

But after Gao Huaide pulled it three times, he took out another arrow and shot the fourth arrow.

With such a strong force, the arrow fired was so powerful that the Khitan cavalry general just raised the short bow in his hand when he was hit by Gao Huaide's arrow.

This thick arrow, like a shovel, instantly cut a blood groove on the left chest of the Khitan cavalry general.

The refined cowhide armor couldn't stop the terrifying destructive power. The arrow mercilessly pierced into the left chest of the rider, and along the way pierced the bits and pieces of the cowhide armor into the flesh along the wound.

The cavalier who had been hit hard on his chest let out a scream, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and then fell straight from the horse.

It seems that not only was the armor pierced, but the internal organs were also injured by the huge impact.

As the cavalier fell to the ground, the three cavalry following him were all hit by Gao Huaide more than [-] steps away, and without exception, they all screamed and fell off their horses.

Seeing Gao Huaide's sharp shooting, the morale of the cavalry of the Jin army who followed him was greatly boosted, and they all fired bows and arrows, and then rushed forward with long spears and sabers to fight close to hand.

This group of Khitan cavalry of about 100 people was beaten by Gao Huaide's thirty cavalry.

In fact, there is a peculiar rule between Jin and Liao today.

That is, when the cavalry was under [-] cavalry, the Khitans were far from the opponents of the Jin army.

Because most of the cavalry of the Jin army came from Hedong and Hebei, and these places have inheritance.

Not only the riding technique and lance are inherited, but also armor and lance.

In the small and medium-scale cavalry battles within five hundred cavalry, the Khitan who have been struggling outside the Great Wall and have risen for only a few decades are no match for the Central Plains warrior family.

Often as long as the fight is started, they are basically beaten and screamed again and again.

But when the number of cavalry duels increased, especially when thousands or even tens of thousands of cavalry battled, the Khitan people's national attributes of fishing, hunting and grassland began to gain the upper hand.

Their overall riding and archery skills began to overwhelm the cavalry of the Jin army, and they were often able to win.

After Gao Huaide and others defeated the Khitan cavalry, they did not return to the city, but continued to rush towards the Khitan civilian husband's camp while still having some horsepower.

In fact, when Gao Huaide left the city now, he clearly felt that the trenches dug by the Khitans had greatly restricted their movements.

If these trenches are completed, the entire Qicheng army will be trapped in the city, especially the cavalry is the last means of survival for him and his father Gao Xingzhou.

There must be no such thing as death with the city. In this era, Gao Xingzhou and his son have been extremely loyal to defend until now.

Yelu Wuzhi in the distance was furious, this Gao Huaide was already at the end of his strength, and his horsepower was almost exhausted, and he even wanted to rush to his civilian camp, trying to disperse the crowd digging the trench, which was a bit of a slap in the face.

"Order the Iron Pigeon Army and the Iron Falcon Army to each select a team of fine cavalry, be sure to win this son!"

Yelu Wuzhi pointed at Gao Huaide who was approaching and roared loudly.

Both the Iron Pigeon Army and the Iron Falcon Army belong to the cavalry of the Khitan Pishi Army. The first cavalry team is about 300 people, and now 600 people are in battle.

It seems inevitable.

　There are too few records of the first Qicheng battle between Jin and Liao, and there are still some contradictions. Recently, I have two big heads in one head.If I can’t tell at night, I will be late for an hour or two, because I have to restore the novel nature of those vague things in the history of the old and new Five Dynasties.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)