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For the Song court, it is absolutely unacceptable that there is no way to win a state and county of the Supervisory Committee. Not only Tong Guan understands this, but also the Supervisory Committee.

Sun Xin's staff department did not stop at all. The entire Dongping Mansion had become the administrative center of the Supervisory Council. Shandong's eyes were all focused on Dongping. Almost everyone could already feel that the next big battle was going on in Dongping Mansion.

After Tong Guan's [-] troops struggled for half a month, the protection army in Shouzhang County finally withdrew, not because they couldn't hold it, but because the Supervisory Committee had already prepared their pockets in Dongping.

Both sides know that this war is inevitable, and as long as the main force of the [-] army does not collapse and disperse in the territory of Shandong, they will definitely be able to make some momentum.

Tong Guan was determined to use these [-] troops to capture Dongping. Only after this did the Song Dynasty have the capital to negotiate with the Supervisory Committee. Whether it was to continue to collect taxes or recruit people, there was a foundation. For Tong Guan alone, Personally, as long as Dongping is won, Zhao Ji's support for him will continue to flow.

And Sun Xin is also determined to start a decisive battle with the Song army in Dongping, completely smashing the Song Dynasty's thoughts of entering Shandong.

The resources of Song Dynasty are stronger than those of Shandong, but they are not unlimited. The loss of [-] troops is painful enough for Zhao Ji.

Only if Sun Xin can eat Tong Guan's army can he bring peace to Shandong for a few years, otherwise the harassment from Zhao Ji in the west will be endless in the future.

When the situation gradually became clear, the whole Shandong has been immersed in a strange calm that the war is about to come.

This kind of calm made Tong Guan's [-] troops fight to the death for half a month and finally took Shouzhang County without any joy.

Tong Guan led his troops into Shouzhang for repairs, and the next day he didn't care about killing, burning, killing, looting, or even staying on the ground in Shouzhang. Tong Guan immediately dispatched troops to the east, and tens of thousands of troops rushed straight to Dongping. !
Xuzhou Bingdu Supervisor Li Ming was the first Song army to come to Dongping Mansion before the battlefield. He led an army of [-], all of whom were veterans who fought all the way from the Shandong border to this place.

When Li Ming's armored cavalry attacked Shouzhang County, they lost more than [-]% directly. For the protection army, this was considered an extreme battle loss. It was even more a miracle for the Song Army to lose [-]% of their troops and horses without retreating. up.

Li Ming was also praised and credited by Tong Guanda for his contribution to conquering Shouzhang County. It is reasonable to be able to receive the reward directly when he goes back, and it is no problem to seal his wife and son, but Li Ming is not happy at all.

He knew that all the meritorious deeds in Shouzhang County were just hanging on the wall, and he had to wait until Dongping was taken to see the real kung fu.

The Iron Armored Soldiers were the first to capture the city during the Battle of Shouzhang, so after entering the city, Tong Guan directly selected 1 Golden Cavalry Generals from the Song Army to Li Ming to make up for his losses.

Now Li Ming's men are definitely leading the most powerful army in the Song army. Among the [-] cavalry under him, there are more than [-] military officers of the eighth rank or above. Although many soldiers of the Song army were beaten all the way. He died, so there are more officers and fewer soldiers in some teams, but the gathering of so many low-level officers is enough to show the combat effectiveness of this team.

During the battle, the Song army was also constantly learning, and now it has begun to equip firearms. Li Ming's [-] cavalry army, in addition to the main heavy cavalry, also has backup artillery and infantry using muskets as cover.

The cannons and muskets were all captured when they fought against the Supervisory Council. More than 20 artillerymen and hundreds of prisoners of the Supervisory Council musketeers were incorporated into Li Ming's team.

Although Li Ming's soldiers and horses were stronger than ever, Li Ming still felt oppressed when he approached Dongping Mansion with such a large army.

The closer you get to Dongming Mansion, the more you feel that tense atmosphere permeating your eyes. The war has not yet started, as if you can smell the smell of gunpowder in your nose.

In the evening, Li Ming was immediately outside Dongping Mansion.

The formerly tall Dongpingfu City is a common style of the Song Dynasty. The city is five feet high and divided into inner and outer cities. On the outer city wall, cannons can be seen pointing at the city.

But Li Ming knew that this was not the biggest threat they faced when they attacked Dongping Mansion.

At the end of his line of sight, there is a piece of slightly undulating hills under the city. In the past, these hills were of no significance to the army, because the soldiers could completely defend the city, but now Li Ming has understood that this kind of city defense is very important for the cannons. Entering the palace is completely a living target.

If the defenders just guard the city and shoot down, the attackers outside the city only need to adjust the position of the muzzle and keep firing shells at the city.

After the landing point of the shells is adjusted, each cannon can land on the city wall, or it will collapse the city wall, or make the shells roll all the way along the place where people stand on the city wall, killing and injuring the defenders in large numbers.

Under this kind of psychological pressure, the besieged party has no possibility of survival at all, and will be trapped to death.

After the emergence of cannons, the warfare of this era will be greatly changed, and Li Ming, the most senior officer, can understand all this.

And Dengzhou is obviously the first to change.

The defense of Dongping Mansion that Li Ming saw was the same as that of the other cities defended by the protective army before. The main force was placed on the rolling hills outside the city, and the city wall was only the last barrier.

In the evening, the follow-up teams arrived one after another, and Li Ming, who was stationed at the forefront, came to a high hill.

The post is not high, but it is already a commanding height outside Dongping. At this time, a large group of soldiers are building here.

A general's platform will be built here. In this era of large armies fighting, the main generals on both sides will often take command from the general's platform in order to be able to see the situation on the battlefield in time.

Tonight, Tong Guan will arrive at the point, and the general platform is just a mound of earth. It is estimated that the sergeants in charge of building the general platform will not have to rest all night.

Li Ming thought that these people were the bottom of the Song army. Although they could not rest for one night, they might be sent to the battlefield to fill in the line tomorrow, and most of them would die in front of this hill.

However, as a high-ranking military officer, he doesn't have much sympathy for these thieves. At this time, the most humble military households are usually some criminals who are tortured. They were willing to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and it was for the sake of a knife and a gun. How can there be so much warmth to talk about in silence when you want to gain fame and fame?
At the halfway point of construction, Li Ming took out the binoculars seized from the nursing team at the side of the stage, and opened the binoculars to carefully observe the situation of the defenders in the opposite room.

There were more than a dozen rolling hills, all of which were covered with barbed wire, and the troops behind the barbed wire were also mobilizing intensively, and Li Ming's back felt chills seeing the dense crowd.

Tomorrow there is bound to be a great battle, a sword against a sword, iron against iron.

(End of this chapter)