The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 150 Nine Demons Are One Foot High

Zhao Tong was anxious and uncomfortable, but Brother Cha seemed much calmer. After withdrawing from Zhenwu City, he only brought [-] iron kites and [-] Poxi troops with him, and the rest of the soldiers would be sent back to the garrison.He did so out of necessity.

Xixia has been established for a hundred years. Although the population has been increased by means of plundering, encouraging births, and inducing surrenders, it is still difficult to supplement consumption due to continuous wars. So far, the population is only more than 180 million, and each time it sends troops to hundreds of thousands, it is almost necessary to recruit young and strong people from all over the country to join the army. , Even young and strong women have to be recruited to undertake the tasks of transporting supplies and guarding the city.Another problem is that Xixia implements a military system that combines soldiers with civilians. The densely populated areas are often areas with developed agriculture and animal husbandry. , This will destroy Xixia's fragile economic foundation, and the result will be to destroy farming and then gather troops to go out.

But his opponent seemed to have seen his own thoughts, and kept creating troubles, which made him have to send troops again. Therefore, in order to reduce the supply pressure in the theater and let the soldiers go home for spring farming, Brother Cha only brought [-] Yu Jingrui prepared to cross the Yellow River, and recruit troops on the spot in Weizhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and other border state capitals to ease the economic pressure brought about by sending troops.

Song and Xia along the border of mountains, from Hengshan in the east to Tiandu Mountain and Maxian Mountain in the west. Although it is a mountainous area, the ecological environment is relatively good, suitable for farming and animal husbandry, suitable for development of production, densely populated, and the garrison alone amounts to tens of thousands crowd.The distribution of its troops and the garrison tasks are: 7 people from Hebei to Wulalong Mountain for Khitan; 5 people from Hongzhou, Baibao, Anyanzhou, Luoluo, Tiandu, and Weijingshan in Henan Huan, Qing, Zhenrong, Yuanzhou; 5 people on Yuzhou Road in the left chamber, to prepare for Fu, Yan, Lin, and Fu.

On the tenth day of May, Cha Ge led his army across the Yellow River and entered the Henan area of ​​Xixia. In Xishou Baotai Army Division, Jingsai Army Division, Jianing Army Division, and Xiangyou Army Division dispatched 1 police troops, plus the Shenyong Army Division There were 20 remnant soldiers, and on May [-]th the troops had already arrived in Mingtangchuan. The whole army had a total of [-] people, claiming to be [-], and they were about to attack Linfu area.

It is said that the rescue of soldiers should pay attention to fast attack and quick attack, and quickly clear the siege, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.But after Brother Cha took up his posture, he stood still. Although Fengzhou was in a hurry every day and the court kept urging him, he just hesitated.

An army attacking each other is like a master's move. What is important is to be as quiet as a virgin and move like a rabbit. Masters generally don't make a move, and blood will be seen when they make a move, and blood will be fatal.Brother Cha and Zhao Tang are both such masters, and once the two make a move, it will be the death of you and the death of each other, with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, bleeding for thousands of miles.

In fact, the battle between the two had already begun before the army moved.Brother Cha had already seen through Zhao Tong's strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and he was unwilling to use large-scale troops for Fengzhou, which had become an isolated island, and give up the good situation on the western front.And Zhao Tang sent troops to harass everywhere, cut off business routes, robbed the envoys of the two countries, and cut off the business exchanges between countries and Xixia. , Yu wanted to separatize Hexi and establish himself as king, and now he does not obey King Xia's order, which is a sign.

These strategies are not clever, but there are people who believe them, because Zhao Tong is sure that some people will believe them, and those in power are most afraid of losing power, even his own younger brother will not be at ease. King Xia strictly ordered Cha Ge to withdraw troops from the western front to rescue Fengzhou.

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"My lord, brother Cha has arrived now, and there is an urgent report from Hezhou requesting reinforcements!" Wang Jin said in the tent of the central army in Yong'an Village.

"Wang Canjun, what's your opinion?" Zhao Tun asked after reading the letter on the case.

"My lord, Brother Cha is a famous general of the Western Xia Dynasty. He uses his troops like a god. We have to guard against them. Now that we have accomplished the goal of mobilizing Xia's army and breaking the siege on the western front, we should send reinforcements to Hezhou and break the siege of Mingtangchuan!" Wang Jin thought for a while and replied.

"What about Fengzhou?" Zhao Tang asked again.

"What does the lord mean to take down Fengzhou and then reinforce Hezhou?" Wang Jin looked at the lord, but nothing could be seen from his face, and then said: "If we attack Fengzhou, Brother Cha will definitely attack Hezhou. Fighting on two fronts, the enemy is outnumbered, I'm afraid I won't be able to do what I want!"

"Then you mean to give up Fengzhou and reinforce Hezhou, right?" Zhao Tang asked, Wang Jin hesitated a little, but nodded, "If we really do that, we will do what Brother Cha wanted and hit him plan!"

"Ah?! What does the prince say?" Wang Jin asked in surprise.

"Brother Cha, now that Chen Bing is not coming forward, he just told me that he has seen through my strategy. As you said just now, he concluded that we have few soldiers and Fengzhou occupies a favorable area. It is difficult to capture Fengzhou in a short time. , in order to avoid fighting on two fronts, we can only withdraw reinforcements from Hezhou, and he has achieved the goal of defeating the enemy without fighting, and we are in a hurry!" Zhao Tong said.

"The prince means to win Fengzhou City and then reinforce Hezhou, but a big battle is inevitable, and what are our chances of winning!" Wang Jin guessed.

"I received information a few days ago that Xixia felt deeply that it was difficult to fight again due to years of wars and its national power was in danger, so it has decided to negotiate peace with our country!" Zhao Tang did not answer Wang Jin's question directly, but revealed an internal message to him.

"What the lord means is that no matter whether we attack Fengzhou or not, a war is inevitable, or if the two countries cease their troops, we will have no chance to regain Fengzhou!" Wang Jin immediately figured out the key point and replied.

"That's right, but Xixia rebelled against impermanence. This time we lost our chance. Once Xixia's national strength is restored in the future, we will provoke the border again. At that time, it will be another disaster for my Song Dynasty!" Zhao Tong said, not only did he know at this time Xi Xia was about to negotiate a peace, even Tong Guan's attitude was very clear to him, he wished to use this to escape and turn a big defeat into a big victory.

"My lord is ready to fight, not only to capture Fengzhou, but also to severely damage Chage's army!"

"Wang Canjun, you are too conservative. My plan is not only to seize Fengzhou, but also to wipe out Chage's army and occupy all the land in Henan. Let Xixia bow down and pay tribute every year. Don't dare to provoke me again!" Zhao Tong drew a big circle on the map on the case with a pen, and drew in all the south of the Yellow River. Wang Jin looked at the big circle drawn by the prince, and did not speak for a long time. He has been fighting Xixia with all his strength for a hundred years, and he has not occupied such a large territory, but he has to rely on his strength all the way to do it alone. It can be said that he swallows an elephant with a snake. . .

On May 26, the Eighth and Ninth Generals of the Forbidden Army on Zelu Road besieged Zhuolunzhai by the Hedong Army. They lost Fengzhou in the first battle and completely cut off the connection between Fengzhou and the outside world; Generals No. 11 and 12 on Lanshi Road swept Fengzhou All the tribes and tribes in the territory were subdued, except for some who fled to Liao. On May 27, the Zhongyong Army and the Fuzhou Army controlled the roads of Fengzhou City, and the troops approached the city to complete the siege of Fengzhou.

Qingyang, the magistrate of Fengzhou, went up to the tower and looked down. He saw flags waving outside the city. The Song army was three miles away from the city. This weapon has never been seen before, but Weng Li behind him has seen it before. This thing is extremely powerful, as long as it is stuck to it, it will be smashed to pieces, because when it is fired, there is both a loud noise and a flame, like a thunderbolt in the sky. Xia Jun fearfully called it 'Sky Thunder'.

"Prince Yan of the Great Song Dynasty, the envoy of the Eastern Economic Strategy System told the officials and people of Fengzhou that if you surrender the city, you can save your life and property, and forget the past; if you resist stubbornly, when the city is broken, all the soldiers will be enslaved and the property will be confiscated. Since then From now on, I'll give you three hours to think about it, if you don't come down by then, the heavenly soldiers will come, and there will be no tile left!" At this time, a general rushed out of the Song army's formation, shouted loudly to the top of the city, and then shot the notice with an arrow. Go to the top of the city and return to the formation.

"Hmph, let us surrender, dreaming!" Qing Yang shouted angrily after reading the notice and threw it under the city, "Call me: Yellow-toothed boy, dare to be king, dare to attack the city, and bury it under the city!"

The defenders on the top of the city heard the magistrate's order and shouted down the city. They also felt that the Song army was dreaming. Back then, King Xia Yuanhao led hundreds of thousands of troops and attacked Fengzhou City several times, but they all failed. The Song army took advantage of the mistakes of the generals of the Song army to capture the city, and now the Song army under the city is only [-]. They rely on the strong city to occupy the geographical advantage, and the food in the city can last for a month, and the [-] reinforcements are only [-] miles away. I won't lose either.

These people became more courageous, shouting and shouting changed their taste, and began to carry some private words, and greeted the eighteen generations of Song Jun's ancestors. Qing Yang saw that Song Jun was silent, pointed at the city and laughed, but Before he finished laughing, he was pushed to the ground by Weng Li next to him, and there was a rumbling thunder in his ears, and the thunder seemed to explode on top of his head, followed by an earthquake The mountain shook, as if the entire city wall was shaking. . .

"What's the matter?" After a while, Qingyang woke up from the shock, looked up, and saw that the tower had collapsed, and the soldiers who were shouting loudly in the smoke just now changed their words, 'Mother! , Mom, Dad' wails, those who don't shout are twisted and crooked, those who don't stand upright, those who don't sit upright, spitting blood and being honest and motionless.

"This is just a punishment for your disrespect to the prince. If you don't wake up, you will end up like this!" The officer in the Song army rode back and shouted to the top of the wall. Qingyang looked down the crenel and wanted to say a few words Hard words, but looking at the tragic situation on the top of the city, they swallowed them back into their stomachs. . .