Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 268
"This is impossible at all, how could the Song army brave the severe cold to fight!"

Aligu was shocked when he received the report from the guard of Longzhu Black City.

In the northwest, the severe winter is a natural barrier. Even the most ferocious beasts will hibernate in winter, and all tribes will put down their guard in winter to recuperate.

"The last general dare not lie. The Song army is wearing cotton armor. Not only can they move freely in winter, but they also have good defense." The guard of Longzhu Heicheng smiled wryly.

Combat in winter has been a taboo in all dynasties, but the Song army found another way, combining cotton-padded clothes with armor, and possessing armor that can fight in winter.

Qingtang didn't notice for a while, and finally suffered a big loss.

"Cotton armor!"

Ali Gu, the master of the Qingtang, couldn't help but his face changed, and he couldn't help but think of the kidnapper horse who defeated the Qingtang cavalry back then, and it was equipped with cotton armor.

Unexpectedly, the cotton armor, which only had the advantage of lightness at the beginning, would pose such a great threat to Qingtang.

"My lord, the Song army has swept across all the tribes in Hehuang, Zongge City has been destroyed, and troops are about to approach Qingtang City."

Soon, bad news came one after another. The Song army came prepared, and the Hehuang tribes fought on their own. In addition to the winter battle, the iron armor was like ice, and the bowstring was hard to pull apart. Shooting no longer had an advantage, and they were defeated one after another.

Aligu suddenly felt struck by lightning. Zongge City is the most important city in Qingtang, second only to Qingtang City. Once Zongge City is destroyed, Qingtang City has no barriers anymore.

"The Song people are too cunning. The two countries have already concluded a peace treaty and will be friends forever. The Song people actually broke their promises and attacked Qingtang!" The eldest prince said blindly with great hatred.

He was in charge of sending people to the Great Song Dynasty to sign the peace treaty. The Great Song court only gave a verbal warning, but he did not expect that the Song army would immediately turn against them and tear up the peace treaty shortly after returning from the Great Song Dynasty.

"The Song people's revenge is coming!" Ali Gu smiled wryly.

The first time he joined forces with Xixia to attack Song Dynasty, he was defeated. In order to win him over, Song Dynasty only gave him a verbal warning to let him escape.

But when Xixia proposed to attack the Song Dynasty again, he had a lot of worries, but he was greedy for Xixia's five hundred cold forging armor, coupled with the first fluke mentality, finally greed defeated reason.

In addition, he thought that he was backed by the various tribes of Tubo and the Qi epidemic, and thought that even if he was defeated, the Song Dynasty would not be able to do anything to Qingtang.

As a result, he made a wrong bet this time. Song people are not without temper. Now that they have cotton armor for winter combat, they will use the weakest Qingtang to make an example to others.

"Father, hurry up and send someone to ask for help from Xixia and Qingtang ministries!" Xia Zheng said urgently.

Ali Gu said bitterly: "Ask for help? How can the various ministries come here in the current ice and snow?"

Now Qingtang is in severe cold, and there is ice and snow everywhere, not to mention fighting on horseback, even going out on horseback is a problem.

Not to mention how to deal with the supply of troops and horses along the way, the reinforcements from various ministries came to rescue Qingtang City, I am afraid that Qingtang City has already fallen.

As for Xixia, Ali Gu shook his head even more. Xixia had suffered two consecutive defeats in Pingxia City, and it was difficult to protect itself. How could it rescue Qingtang.

Blind Zheng said anxiously: "Father, don't panic, just after the Three Kingdoms signed the peace treaty, Da Song would openly attack Qingtang. Liao Xia will definitely work together to put pressure on Da Song, and my Qingtang is blessed with Qi epidemic. As long as we survive The Song Army's winter offensive, after the coming year, will launch a counterattack, which will definitely make the Song Army come and go."

As the prince of Qingtang, Xia Zheng does have some insight. If it was the previous Song Dynasty, according to the strategy of Xia Zheng, it would definitely have miraculous effects. However, they don't know that the strength of the current Song Dynasty has greatly increased, and they have found The way to crack the plague.

Ali Gu's heart was moved when he heard the words, and he said in a clear voice: "There is a saying in the Song Dynasty: If you keep the green hills, you will not worry about firewood. If you are blind, you are responsible for staying in the green ponds. The father will return to Tubo immediately. When the weather turns warm, I will wait for the father and son to counterattack the Song army immediately."

"Ah!" Seeing this, Xia Zheng couldn't help but turn pale in shock and said: "Father, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the child to take on this great task!"

"You are the prince of Qingtang. My father now orders you to supervise the country and guard Qingtang City. Remember to wait until the weather gets warmer, and my husband will move reinforcements to relieve the siege of Qingtang." Ali Gu directly appointed.

He was defeated twice by the Song Army, especially the last time, when he was defeated by the Song Army's Tiefutu and Kidama. The Qingtang cavalry had almost no chance of fighting back.

This time the conquest of Qingtang is still the two of Pu Yaoxiong, and Ali Gu has already been frightened out of his courage.

At the moment, Aligu handed over the defense of Qingtang City to Xia Zheng, and while the Song army had not besieged the city, he led a small number of elites and confidants directly to the hinterland of Tubo.

………………

On Qingtang City!

Xia Zheng looked at the [-] soldiers and horses of the Song Army under the city, and couldn't help but look embarrassed.

Qingtang City was defeated by the Song Dynasty before, and it suffered heavy losses. In addition, the Song army swept across the Hehuang Valley. Qingtang City's troops were even weaker.

"Reporting to the crown prince, the Song army did not immediately attack the city." The guard of Longzhu Heicheng frowned.

Unexpectedly, the Song army did not attack directly like Longzhu Heicheng, but was stationed under Qingtang City.

Xia Zheng said bitterly: "If nothing unexpected, the Song army is making siege weapons."

Qingtang City is the capital of Qingtang, and the city walls are quite tall. As Yan Zheng guessed, there is no shortage of trees in the Hehuang Valley. The Song Army used local materials to build siege weapons.

Building cars, ladders!Trebuchet!
In order to be sure of the attack on Qingtang this time, the Military Weapons Supervisor had already moved many core components back in advance. The Song Army only needed to obtain local materials, and in just a few days, a large number of siege weapons had been built.

"The general's siege equipment has been prepared." Yao Xiong said excitedly looking at Qingtang City, which was waiting for battle.

"attack!"

Zhong Pu waved his hand.

With the cooperation of the trebuchet, Song Jun controlled the building car and the ladder, and went straight to Qingtang City.

"kill!"

The morale of the Song army soared, and they rushed to attack the city first.

Although the defenders of Qingtang fought back vigorously, with the assistance of the God Arm Crossbow and Zhentianlei, Qingtang City was directly breached by the Song army in just two days.

"kill!"

The Song army poured into Qingtang City like a tide.

"General, there is only Prince Qingtang's blind conquest in the city, and there is no bone of Ali!" Yao Xiong calmed down the resistance in Qingtang City, and came to report in a hurry.

"Ali Gu has escaped!" Zhong Pu couldn't help frowning.

He originally thought that by breaking Qingtang City and capturing Aligu, Qingtang could be completely recovered, but he didn't expect Aligu to flee without a fight, leaving the prince blindly conscripting the country.

Yao Xiong also sighed helplessly. Although the Song Army has achieved the established results, it is likely that Aligu will usher in a counterattack.

Zhong Pu shook his head and said, "It's okay, without Qingtang City and Hehuang land, Ali Gu is just a lonely ghost."

Qingtang City and the land of Hehuang are the core of Qingtang. Losing these two sites, Aligu is nothing to fear.

"How to deal with the blind sign." Yao Xiong frowned.

Zhong Pu immediately ordered: "Send people to escort Xia Zheng back to the court, and at the same time surrender the tribes around Qingtang, look for high ground, and let the Song army adapt to the epidemic. Nothing to be afraid of."

Yao Xiong nodded heavily.

Following the surprise attack of the Song Army on Qingtang, Qingtang City was captured, and Prince Qingtang was captured.

The news quickly spread throughout the tribes of Tubo, Xixia and Liao.

All of a sudden, the world was shocked.

..............................

"Song army attacked Qingtang?"

Xingqing Mansion is the closest to Qingtang, and the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was the first to hear about the Song Army, she couldn't believe it.

Wei Ming Ah Wu reported: "Qi reported to the Empress Dowager that the Qiang tribes in the Hehuang area came to report that Chong Pu led the Song army to take advantage of the ice-covered Yellow River and suddenly crossed the Yellow River. It's at stake."

Xixia is also a powerful country in the northwest, and the Qiangs naturally have an irreversible relationship with Xixia. With such a drastic change in Qingtang, it is natural that the news spread to Xixia immediately.

"How is it possible? It's an extremely cold winter, and the Song army is not afraid of snow disasters!" Ren Duo Baozhong couldn't believe it.

The Xixia generals couldn't help frowning. What shocked them most was not that the Song army attacked Qingtang, but that the Song army sent troops in winter.

Hu Tian is snowing in August!
In the northwest, severe cold is the biggest enemy in marching operations. In the past, Li Yuanhao had won consecutive battles against the Great Song Dynasty, but in the end he suffered heavy losses due to a heavy snowfall. The Empress Dowager Xiaoliang once attacked the Great Song Dynasty, and was also defeated due to a sudden heavy snowfall. .

But now the Song army is actually attacking Qingtang in the severe winter in the snow, which is extremely evil and violates the law of war.

Wu, whose name is Wei, said bitterly: "If I don't expect it, the biggest reliance of the Song Army's winter troops is the padded armor worn by the kidnapper horse!"

"Cotton armor!"

Xixia couldn't help being in an uproar. Cotton armor is not as defensive as iron armor, let alone compared with cold forged armor.

The Xixia weapons and equipment are excellent. When they learned that the Song army's kidnappers used cotton armor, they didn't take it seriously at all. They thought it was just an opportunistic trick for the Song army to make up for the disadvantages of war horses.

"The Song army was able to attack Qingtang by surprise. Will they use this trick to cross the Yellow River in winter and attack Xixia in the future?" Xiaoliang Empress Dowager worried.

"Qingtang is naturally no better than Xixia. The walls of Xixia City are thick and the weapons are excellent. Naturally, Qingtang soldiers and horses who lack iron are not comparable. If the Song army comes to attack, the Song army will definitely let the Song army go and never return." Wei Ming Ah Wu said proudly.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang felt a little relieved.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Qingtang urgent report, Qingtang City fell, Aligu fled back to the hinterland of Tubo, and the crown prince was captured!" Suddenly, Liang Yibu hurried over.

"The Song army has such combat power!"

The officials of Xixia could not help but gasp.

Liang Yibu couldn't help but wry smile, his marriage with Ali was to marry his daughter to Xia Zheng, now the Song Army has captured Xia Zheng, disrupting all his plans.

"What's more important now is how we, Xixia, should deal with the destruction of the Qingtang!" Wei Ming Ah Wu frowned.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said coldly: "The Song army suddenly attacked Qingtang, it must be for the battle of Pingxia City, Qingtang and Xixia are united, now Qingtang is in trouble, if Xixia sends troops to help, it can just avenge it with one arrow. It can also completely move Qingtang closer to Xixia."

Regarding the attack on the Song Dynasty, Qingtang has always been at the opposite end of the snake. When Xixia is powerful, Qingtang will take advantage of the opportunity. When the Song Dynasty is strong, Qingtang will fall to the Song Dynasty.

Now that the Song Dynasty sent troops to attack Qingtang, Qingtang would definitely fall to Xixia's side.

"The Queen Mother is wise!"

Liang Yibu cupped his hands.

Qingtang is his ally, and he is naturally inclined to send troops to Xixia.

Wu, whose name is Wei, hastily dissuaded him: "The queen mother can't. It's a big taboo to use troops in winter. Our army doesn't have cotton armor, so I'm afraid it's hard to resist the severe cold."

Ren Duo Baozhong also smiled wryly: "Our army has just been defeated and suffered heavy losses. I am afraid it will be difficult to form an army. Moreover, the Song army has not attacked Xixia. If Xixia sends troops, it may violate the peace treaty between the two countries, and I may not be able to explain to the Liao Kingdom."

In the battle of Pingxia City, Xixia was defeated. The Liao Kingdom was able to contain the Song Dynasty for Xixia, so it barely made a peace treaty. If Xixia took the initiative to attack the Song Dynasty, it would be tantamount to tearing up the peace treaty again, and I am afraid that it will offend Song and Liao again.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoliang suddenly lost her temper. The Liao Kingdom may not value the Qingtang, but for Xixia, the Qingtang is the most important thing.

If the Song army occupies Qingtang, Xixia will be attacked by the enemy, and the situation will be worse.

"However, after all, the Liao Kingdom does not want to see the Great Song being too powerful. The Empress Dowager should immediately send envoys to the Liao Kingdom, and together with the Liao Kingdom, put pressure on the Great Song to let him return to Blind Zheng and withdraw from Qingtang." Liang Yibu suggested.

Wu, whose name was Wei, went on to say: "Now that Aligu has returned to the hinterland of Tubo, he must secretly seek a counterattack. Now that we in Xixia can't send troops, why not hand over five hundred cold-forged armors to Aligu, and give Qingtang a helping hand."

Liang Yibu looked angrily at the Wei-named Ah Wu. At the beginning, the Wei-named Ah Wu purposely blocked the cold-forged armor in order to restrain him. Now Prince Bianzheng of Qingtang, who is married to the Liang family's daughter-in-law, has been captured by the Song army. Five hundred cold-forged armor Handing over the Qingtang will not do him any good.

"Sure!" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said with a wave of her hand.

At the moment, Xixia prepared with both hands, supporting Qingtang with weapons and armor on the one hand, and on the other hand, immediately reported to the Liao State the military situation of the Song Army's dispatch of troops.

When Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji received the urgent report from Xixia, it was already after the Lantern Festival.

"Song army attacked Qingtang!"

Yelu Hongji frowned when he saw this urgent report.

The life and death of Qingtang is irrelevant to him, what really concerns him is the support of the Song Army in winter combat.

"Mianjia?" Yelu Hongji frowned.

The Liao Kingdom is located in the north, and the winter is extremely cold, making it impossible to fight at all. However, the Song Army has created a precedent for winter combat, so how can we not let him look sideways.

"This should be the masterpiece of the evil doctor Fan Zheng!" Yelu Yanxi affirmed.

Ever since the evil doctor Fan Zheng was born, almost all unreasonable things have come from his hands.

"Daliao should also have its own cotton armor!" Yelu Hongji said.

"But Xixia intelligence shows that the defense of the cotton armor is not as good as the iron armor!" Yelu Yanxi frowned.

"If there is a loss, there must be a gain. The winter combat alone is enough to benefit the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty equipped the cotton armor to guard against the Liao Kingdom, but did not know that the Liao Kingdom also needed the cotton armor to deter the more cold-resistant Jurchen and other tribes." Yelu Hongji looked worriedly towards the northeast and northwest.

On the east and west sides of the Liao Kingdom, the Mongolian tribes in the northwest and the Jurchen tribes in the northeast are growing stronger. As the overlord of the grassland, the Liao Kingdom naturally attaches great importance to the threat of these two tribes. After all, Khitan was so powerful back then.

"Grandson understands!"

Yelu Yanxi nodded slightly and said, "How should the Liao Kingdom respond to Xixia's request?"

"Naturally, at Xixia's request, I reprimanded Song's army for innocently raising troops, but there is no need to go to war. What we need is to contain Da Song and let Da Song fall into the quagmire of war. Whether Da Song is fighting with Xixia or Qingtang, there is nothing wrong with it." The difference." Yelu Hongji sneered.

From Yelu Hongji's point of view, Qingtang is not isolated and helpless, it is a relatively powerful branch of the Tubo tribes. Now that the Song army is attacking Qingtang, the Tubo tribes will definitely not give up. This battle will definitely not end so easily .

"Grandfather is wise!"

Yelu Yanxi said in admiration.

(End of this chapter)