Han Hai Tang Ergui

In front of Jize County, more than [-] camel whirlwind guns lined up, roaring and throwing stones bigger than fists into Dazhai Fort.

The Hedong Army in the stronghold sometimes let out screams, but most of the time, there was silence.

Li Fang took a group of staff officers from the Wang Yi Division to write and draw pictures, and the craftsmen from the Shenji Battalion were also calculating various data. They regarded the bombardment of the Hedong Army's Dazhai Fort as a drill.

Li Congyi, Duke of Jinyang, was also standing beside Li Fang. The youngest son of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan had some talent in these areas.

After his frightened mood settled down, and he was sure that Zhang Zhao really didn't want to do anything to him, and didn't see him as a threat at all, he immediately wanted to do something.

So he entered Tiangong Academy to study, and now he came to see the world with Shenjiying.

Li Congyi looked at Jize County in the distance, and felt a wave of fear in his heart, as if there was something that could kill him hidden there.

No way!At this time in history, Liu Zhiyuan entered the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, and then mercilessly executed the hard-working Li Congyi and Huajianxiu mother and son.

Princess Yong'an escaped catastrophe because she married Zhao Yanshou, but Zhao Yanshou was also killed very quickly by Liao Shizong in history. It is estimated that the beautiful Princess Yong'an will end up really unpredictable.

Zhang Zhao also rode his horse to the front of the battle, and asked Li Congyi with a smile, "Can my son get anything?"

Li Congyi hurriedly saluted and replied: "My lord, although this fort is mostly built of wood, it is still difficult for the camel whirlwind cannon to cause serious damage to it.

My son is thinking, at present there are many types of trebuchets in my Dazhou, but there is no unified standard. If we can make a standard, adjust the range of force so that it has the same number of stones as a bow and crossbow, and use different trebuchets for different occasions, To make the best use of everything. "

"The idea is good! You can develop in this direction, and if you have any questions, just come to me."

Zhang Zhao smiled and said a few words of encouragement, but the biggest problem with trebuchets was that Zhang Zhou couldn't afford them at this time.

In fact, including the entire Five Dynasties, there was no use of trebuchets. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, it can be regarded as disappearing.

The reason is that the power of the people is exhausted and they can't use it at all. Even if it is the two wars launched by Zhang Zhao, if it is not for the blackmail from the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Zhao's fight against local tyrants in the Central Plains, plus the support of Hexi and Guanzhong, Zhang Zhao will not be able to fight the local tyrants. Zhaodu was a little overwhelmed.

'Boom! When a loud noise came, Zhang Zhao immediately left Li Congyi behind and rode his horse to look at the place where the loud noise occurred.

I saw a big arrow tower built by the Hedong army on the right, which was collapsed by the Zhou army. Hundreds of Hedong troops screamed in the dust.

In yesterday's battle, Shi Hongzhao, the number one general of the Hedong Army, died in battle, and the losses of the entire Hedong Army reached a horrific four thousand.

Except for a small number of prisoners, the rest were directly killed or seriously injured on the battlefield, and more than [-] were injured.

If Bai Zairong hadn't adjusted quickly after seeing this situation, the whole army would have almost collapsed.

However, the Hedong army is not having a good time now. The biggest blow is that the more than [-] Tuyuhun rangers who have been entangled with Zhou army cavalry outside the battlefield have run away under the leadership of this generation of Tuyuhun king Bai Zongyi.

This dealt a major blow to the Hedong army. Without Tuyuhun's rangers, they would have no one to cover them even if they ran.

On the contrary, Zhang Zhao was very worried, fearing that these Tuyuhun rangers would harm the people along the way, so he sent Zhao Kuangyin with [-] riders to chase them all the way, so that they would not dare to plunder everywhere.

After Tuyuhun ran away on horseback, the entire Hedong Army could only retreat into Jize County and the three strongholds outside the city. The Zhou Army began to attack separately from the early morning of this morning.

Unwilling to give up, Liu Zhiyuan sent Murong Yanchao to lead [-] troops out of the city for rescue, but was defeated again and lost more than [-] men, so the Hedong Army completely lost the courage to fight out of the city.

Now that one of the arrow towers outside the city had collapsed, only two of the three strongholds remained, and a chain reaction was soon triggered.

The Hedong Army on the left arrow tower saw the tragedy after the right arrow tower collapsed, and immediately gave up holding on.

A small number wanted to fight back to Jize County, but were killed by the intruding Zhou army cavalry, most of them opened the gate of the village and knelt down and surrendered.

The Dazhai Fort at the front is still closed. Although it was smashed and riddled with holes, the Hedong Army inside is still resisting under the leadership of the Xiao generals Liu Ci and Li Tao. Zhang Zhao sent people to attack twice. kicked out by them.

This has to mention another peculiarity of the Five Dynasties, that is, when the two armies are at war, as long as the upper officials do not surrender, the people below seldom surrender voluntarily.

It's not that they are very loyal. If these guys were so loyal, the Five Dynasties would not be so chaotic. The reason why they don't surrender is very simple, it's because of money.

This is no longer the era when the population of the Tang Dynasty was 90 million and there was no shortage of money, food and goods.

At this time, after 200 years of war, living supplies and household registration have decayed to a terrible level.

In the whole world, based on Zhang Zhou's rule of the Central Plains, Guanzhong, Hedong, Hebei and Longyou Shuofang in Hexi, the largest population is about 1 million.

In addition, about 8 million in the Southern Tang Dynasty, about 3 million in Qianyue, more than 600,000 million in Mengshu, more than 1 in Nanping, 400,000 in Machu, about [-] million in the Southern Han Dynasty, and about [-] in Zhangzhou Qingyuan Army.

The entire population is only 7 million. As the main battlefield, after removing Hexi, Longyou and Shuofang in the Central Plains, there are only about 8 million.

With such a small population, the number of warriors is quite a lot, averaged to each head, squeezing the common people to the extreme, and there is not much profit, not to mention that honorable officers at all levels will take up a large part.

So in the Five Dynasties period, the surrender of the warriors does not mean that you still have your original status, and you may even lose your life.

When the Later Tang Dynasty entered Bianliang, the Forbidden Army of the Later Liang Dynasty was not pleased. Similarly, the previous changes in the Later Tang and Later Jin Dynasties, at the level of warriors, basically meant a big exchange of production materials.

The current situation is similar, Zhang Zhao is not willing to pay a high price for the Hedong warriors, but hopes that they will surrender unconditionally, and then select some elites, and most of the rest will have to go back to the countryside to work in agriculture.

Of course, the benefits of Hedong will be eaten by Zhang Zhou's generals and soldiers.

As for the warriors in Hedong, they were still counting on Liu Zhiyuan from top to bottom, at least they were counting on Zhang Zhao to appease them.

Otherwise, after losing their status as warriors in this chaotic world, let alone whether they have land to cultivate, even if they have land, they are not suitable for farming.

Returning home with all the injuries left by the war is basically choosing between the two endings of poor death and violent death.

But in Jize County, the situation is even more dangerous. With the fall of the two watchtowers, there is only one Dazhai Fort left outside Jize County, and it is only a matter of time before it is captured.

Now even the road from Jize County to Xingzhou is covered with Zhang Zhao's sentry cavalry. If we wait any longer, the back road will be completely blocked.

Liu Zhiyuan's face was flushed, and he seemed to have recovered a lot from the cold and cold, but there was something wrong with his energy.

He looked around and found that except for Liu Ci, Li Tao and others who were trapped in Dazhai Fort, the rest of the generals were here.

Although there are still more than [-] people in the city, and there is still enough food and grass, which can last for at least [-] days, but there is definitely no way to get any more supplies.

After twenty days, there must be no food, and now people's hearts are fluctuating, and there is no way to keep it.

Murong Yanchao took a look around and saw that the core of Hedong warriors were all around him, so he stood up and spoke directly.

"Your Majesty, the only plan now is to return to Hedong. Guo Taiwei still has ten thousand people in She County, and Guo Congyi, Bai Wenke, etc. also have more than a thousand people. Let's guard Jingxing Pass and Junji Pass. It is not so easy for Zhou Jun to enter Taiyuan."

Liu Zhiyuan understood what Murong Yanchao meant. If he was defeated and captured in Hejize County right now, he would lose all his capital.

If you can escape back to Hedong and rely on the natural danger of Hedong to fight a bad battle with Zhou Jun, you will definitely be able to fight until Zhou Jun can't bear it.Let’s talk about conditions, it’s much easier to talk about.

Seeing that Liu Zhiyuan was still pondering, Bai Zairong is not being polite. In yesterday's battle, Liu Zhiyuan's lineage suffered heavy losses, and less than 2000 of the [-] Hedong soldiers had all their tails.

In this era of relying on strength, what kind of king and what kind of Jiedu are all false, and the truth is how many athletes who can fight under him.

"My lord, a certain family also agrees with Commander Murong's opinion. Even if your lord doesn't think about himself, he should think about it for the soldiers of the river east and the general of the left guard."

Liu Zhiyuan's nose turned crooked suddenly, what do you mean by not thinking about yourself?I'm just thinking about myself now, okay?

However, although Bai Zairong's words were blunt, they really hit Liu Zhiyuan's weakness.

That is Li Sanniang and her two sons Liu Chengxun and Liu Chengyou who are far away in Taiyuan, especially Li Sanniang. Liu Zhiyuan has a very good relationship with her.

If he, Liu Zhiyuan, were to fall in Jize County, there would be chaos in Hedong, and someone would use his family as a stepping stone.

That's it!That's it!
Liu Zhiyuan sighed, "Killing pigs and sheep, enough soup and cakes, tell the warriors below that there is still enough food in Jize County for three months, let them rest assured, Zhou Guo's Central Plains are broken, Zhou's army has traveled thousands of miles, hungry and hungry Let them go."

After finishing the call, Liu Zhiyuan showed a cold expression, "All the generals go down to collect the elite, and secretly collect the horses.

Before the fifth watch tomorrow, first order the defenders in the city to rescue Liu Ci and other generals in Dazhai Fort, and then break out with Qingqi.

It's just that we need to leave a warrior queen, so who would like to stay? "

Hard enough!This is to build up confidence, and then let the people in the city die, to buy time for them to break through!It's just that it's difficult for the candidate who stays behind.

However, their eyes coincidentally looked at Wang Yin who was at the side.

Because Wang Yin was not from Hedong, nor was he a close friend of Liu Zhiyuan. He was from Weizhou. Liu Zhiyuan, who only went to Taiyuan after Khitan broke Weizhou, was the most suitable candidate to stay.

Liu Zhiyuan immediately stepped down from his seat, took Wang Yin's hand and said, "Gushi Zhiqing is full of fists, but when the situation is like this, if it can be delayed for two quarters of an hour, I will do whatever I want."

This means that it will be delayed for half an hour, and Wang Yin can just think about what to do.

Wang Yin also remained silent for a moment, most of his direct descendants had already been wiped out by the Zhangshui River, and he didn't want to go to Hedong, so he agreed.

Daibei, Zhongshoujiang City, which is near Baotou in later generations, Zhang Zhou's Shuofang province Pingzhang Zhedejian finally met his brother Zhedeyuan whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Zhe Dejian was ordered this time, together with Yao Yuanfu, the defense envoy of Shuofang province, to lead [-] soldiers, more than [-] households of peasant husbands and herdsmen, and a total of [-] people moved here.

Originally, the Khitan, Turkic, Tuyuhun and other tribes here were caught off guard, and they were all taken down by Zhe Dejian. There are about [-] people, and now they are basically detained, waiting for distribution

"Great rivers and mountains!" Zhe Deyuan couldn't help sighing when he saw the surrounding greenery like fields and lush water and grass.

"Earlier, the sage said that the Yellow River is full of harm, but the rich are the only ones. I still don't understand it. Now that I see this, I know that this statement is true."

Zhe Dejian looked at the map that Zhe Deyuan brought, pointed to the Yellow River turning here and said, "The word Hetao is quite worthy of its name."

Afterwards, one of the youngest members of Zhang Zhou, who had grown very rapidly, looked at Zhe Deyuan.

"I made a plan to relocate the people to enrich the Hetao, rebuild the western, central, and eastern surrendered cities, as well as Fengzhou Tiande Army and Zhenwu Army. Take a look at some additional suggestions, and submit them to Your Majesty when you return to Beijing."

Zhede wished to take it and take a look, and immediately frowned, "Brother wants to move 150,000 people from Ningxia and Hedong here, and also restore the ancient names of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong, is it too big a move?
Besides, the populations of Ningxia and Hedong are not abundant, and if Hedong has not yet settled down, if they want to immigrate suddenly, it may cause resentment or even rebellion. "

Zhe Dejian smiled lightly, "Erlang wanted to say that my Zhe family proposed to relocate the people from Ningxia and Hedong, and the relocation of the people was also led by the Zhe family. In this way, it will surely arouse resentment between the two places and increase the Zhe family's enemies." right?"

Zhe Deyuan looked at his elder brother strangely, "Since elder brother knows, why do you still do this? This is not of much benefit to the Zhe family, it is a labor-intensive and thankless job."

Zhe Dejian lightly patted his younger brother on the shoulder, "Does Erlang know how long a certain family has not communicated with his father?"

Zhe Deyuan didn't understand what his brother meant, and tilted his head strangely.

Seeing this, Zhe Dejian said directly and indifferently: "Since I entered Lingwu, I have corresponded with my father three times, and I went home for a first day in two years."

Zhe De wished to understand, he looked at his elder brother in shock, "Besides, these three correspondences and this time when we went home, we all let the sage know first and got the sage's approval. Why did the elder brother do this? The sage is not the master of suspicion!"

"Of course a certain family knows that the sage is not jealous of the Lord, on the contrary, he is the Lord of the World with a broad mind, but because of this, we, the courtiers, should be even more cautious.

There are three fathers and sons in my Zhe family. The father dominates Fugu, the elder brother controls the borderlands, and the younger brother is the adopted son of the emperor. He also married the clan in the center. He occupies a high position without merit.

The sage has entrusted the entire northern border to my father and son. The responsibility is heavy, so of course we must avoid suspicion. "

"No wonder! No wonder the second brother Murong has been deliberately getting close to me recently, and even asked me to bring you a gift. It turns out that he wants to send all the Tuyuhun people from the east of the river to the Hetao area!" Zhe Deyuan suddenly realized.

Zhe Dejian laughed three times, and patted his younger brother on the shoulder again, "You just know now! I heard that after the end of this battle, the saint intended to be promoted to the Duke of Qinghai County. Such a prudent character deserves the favor of the saint .

His family is the last bloodline of the Tuyuhun Murong royal family, and even the hundreds of thousands of copies in their hands can be discarded.

He occupies a high position and is greatly favored and trusted by the heavens. It is like sailing a boat in a stormy sea. It is very human to be able to be so safe! "

Zhe Deyuan understands that his elder brother Zhe Deyuan also wants to be a person like his righteous brother Murong Nobunaga.

The Zhe family started in a mere place of Fugu, and they didn't have much credit, but they were so favored by the emperor in a short period of time, and entrusted with the northern border defense, they should be as cautious as their elder brothers.

"Thinking about it, my elder brother will definitely not go to see my father at the city of Yunzhou, and my brother will not delay too much. My lord is still waiting for reinforcements!"

Zhe De was willing to come to see his elder brother from his father Zhe Congyuan, and he came to ask for reinforcements, because the Khitan people in Yunzhou City were furious, and the army surrounded and attacked for more than ten days, but they couldn't advance an inch.

On the first day of June, when Zhang Zhao returned to pursue Liu Zhiyuan, Zhe Deyuan, together with Yao Yuanfu, led [-] Lingwu Imperial Guards and [-] local Dangxiang cavalry to Yunzhou.

At this time, the outer city of Yunzhou had already been captured, but more than a thousand Khitans coerced hundreds of young Han people, and they had been holding on to the inner city of Yunzhou.

The reason for sticking to it is also very simple, because before Zhe Congyuan led Yang Hongxin, Wu Luan and other generals to attack Yunzhou with [-] troops.

In order to prevent the Han people in Yunzhou from rebelling, Yelv Talie, the Khitan king who was stationed in Yunzhou, directly killed thousands of Han people in the city and robbed all their food and grass to defend.

Therefore, the Khitan people in the city had already done everything they could, and there was no way out, so they naturally wanted to resist desperately.

After Zhe came from afar, he quickly captured the outer city with the help of the Han people in Yunzhou, but the inner city had high walls and a small defense area.

Yelv Talie had enough food, grass and water in the city, but the soldiers in Fugu Town and Datong Town lacked siege equipment.

And just after Yao Yuanfu led the new force to arrive, Yang Jiye also arrived with five hundred horsemen.

Moreover, they also brought the emperor's banner and armor of Khitan Emperor Yeluruan, in addition to Yeluruan's own palace account, Yelu Hanerduo, fifteen senior military officers.

As soon as these people arrived, Zhe Congyuan immediately became courageous. In fact, these days, he didn't have many people to attack Yunzhou.

Because he had to be on guard against Khitan cavalry coming from a certain direction to surprise him at all times, and now this worry was finally gone.

In an instant, the three armies cheered loudly, the voice of Long Live continued for a long time, Zhe Congyuan even laughed so hard that tears came down, he looked at Yang Jiye and said.

"The Shi family ceded Yanyun for ten years, and China lost its barrier. We and the people of Fulin and other prefectures have also suffered from it. Today can be said to be avenged!"

Afterwards, all the troops defending Khitan were withdrawn from far away. After the three armies slaughtered pigs and sheep at the city of Yunzhou, the Zhou army, whose strength was strengthened to 30,000 people, began to storm the inner city of Yunzhou.

Before the siege, Yang Jiye deliberately held the Yelu Ruan Dazhu to show off under the city, and the captives he brought also reported their identities one by one, crying that the emperor had died.

The Khitan people in the city were terrified when they heard the news, and Yelu Talie also burst into tears of pain.

The only courage they have to persevere is knowing that there are not many people in Zhe Congyuan, and they are looking forward to the Khitan people from Youzhou to come to rescue them. Now that even the emperor is gone, what are they fighting for?
On the third day of the battle, the residents of Yunzhou who had a deep hatred for the Khitan people and the imperial guards of Datong Town took the first place near the east gate of the inner city.

Khitan Wei Wang Yelu Talie saw that there was nothing he could do, so he set himself on fire in the inner city government office and died. The Zhou army swarmed into the city and captured more than [-] Khitans in the city.

Originally Zhe Congyuan wanted to leave a few for Zhang Zhao to offer as captives, but as a result, Yunzhou Han'er and the Datong army had suffered from Khitan for a long time, and whenever the Khitan people in the city were dragged out, they were killed on the spot.

So amidst the jubilation of the crowd, Yunzhou, which had been lost for ten years, returned to the embrace of the Central Plains Dynasty again.