The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 160 Siege

"Weng Li Commander, do you think we have a chance of winning by leading our troops to break through the encirclement now?" After returning to Yazhong after leaving the city, Qingyang, the prefect of Fengzhou, took a long time to recover. Shaken.

"My lord, the outside of the city has been surrounded by the Song army, and there is only one way to break through. It is impossible to break through, so we have to stick to one way!" Weng Li said with a sigh, but he couldn't help sneering in his heart. You broke through earlier, but you waited for reinforcements relying on the fortification of the city and the danger. Now that the soldiers are at the bottom of the city, after being fired from the artillery, you think of breaking out. Isn't this a disease of the brain!

"All the messengers were killed, and King Jin's reinforcements don't know where they are? What should we do now!" Qing Yang panicked and murmured.

"My lord, it's less than two hours now. The Song army is about to attack the city, and we have to make preparations early!" Seeing that Qingyang was at a loss before the battle, Weng Li hurriedly reminded him.

"What else can we prepare? The Song Army's weapons are sharp, so what can we use to resist them!" Qing Yang said with a wry smile, his face pale.

"My lord, the enemy's firearms are blocked by the city wall, so they must not be able to reach far. We only need to put a few soldiers on guard in the outer city, and kill them when they enter the city. In addition, we also need a magic arm bow, which can shoot [-] steps, so we can shoot first. Destroying their firearms may not be without the power to fight. If the outer city is lost, we still have the inner city. As long as we try our best to deal with the Song army, the soldiers will definitely be able to kill the Song army. Besides, the Jin prince sent troops this time. The siege of the state, as long as you persist for a month, you will be able to wait for reinforcements!" If the chief officer panics at this time, the people below will be ruined, and Weng Li hurriedly cheered Qingyang up.

"Okay, then there will be Lord Lao Wengli. As long as you can hold on until the reinforcements arrive, your lord will have made a great contribution. In the future, the general will be restored to his post. At that time, I will have to rely on the general to take care of him!" Qingyang heard Weng Li's words were at ease, thinking about his performance just now, he also felt embarrassed, and said with a dry smile.

"My lord, there is a saying in the Song Dynasty that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Now is the time for soldiers to use their lives. Please open the treasury and reward the soldiers who defend the city!" Qing Yang is usually not generous to his opponents. At that time, he was still unwilling to let the sergeants have enough food, but Weng Li knew that when fighting, you put your head on your belt.

"Okay, it's all up to the general. I'll ask Cangsi to open the treasury immediately. Each soldier will be rewarded with half a catty of wine and two taels of tea...then add more rewards... oh, slaughter cattle and sheep every day, improve food, food Add six liters per person!" Seeing that Weng Li's expression was not good, Qing Yang barely passed the test by increasing the weight a few times, but when Weng Li went out, his flesh hurt again.

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"Report to Commander, it's three o'clock, is it time to attack the city?" In the tent of the Chinese army, the generals of the Zhongyong Army stood in silence on both sides, and Zhao Ren reported to the prince.

"Since they don't appreciate it, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Zhao Tang smiled at everyone embarrassedly, as if he would lose face if the other party didn't dedicate the city, "Our city has been besieged for so many days. It’s almost the same, no matter what method you use Zhao Ren today, I will eat dinner in Fengzhou City, if you starve me to death, you will be fully responsible!”

"Don't worry, my lord, tonight I will hold a banquet for my lord at Fengzhou government office!" Zhao Ren stepped forward and said.

"Okay, I like it, I have prepared the meal money!" Zhao Tun took a stack of papers on the desk with a 'snap', "I have prepared the appointment paperwork, just fill in the name and send the order For the whole army, the first ten people to climb to the top of Fengzhou city will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. Two, if you get the first rank, you will be halved, but whoever kills captives, robs people, or rapes women at will will be killed without mercy!" The right to camera is not given for free, there is a large stack of blank appointment letters, which have been stamped The great seal was issued, which was specially used to reward meritorious service officers and soldiers.

"Follow the general's order!" Zhao Ren took the token, turned around and went out to mobilize troops to attack the city. Only Zhao Xin's personal guards and Zhe Meiluan were left in the big tent.

"My lord, it's already noon. Even if we start dinner at You hour, it's only three hours. It's impossible to capture such a fortified city!" Zhe Meiluan pointed at the orchid, frowning and said in surprise.

"The prince has his own calculations, so you don't need to worry about the girl, and the prince always serves dinner at the time of the united kingdom. Even if the prince wants to eat at the next time, Zhao Ren will arrange it!" Zhao Xin changed the prince for a cup of hot tea and said with a sneer, "Oh, I I understand, today the Fuzhou army also participated in the siege, it must be because they are afraid that they will not be able to attack at that time, and they will be punished by military law!"

"Miss Zhe, don't listen to Zhao Xin's nonsense, the Fuzhou army led by your elder brother is only serving as an auxiliary attack mission, there will be no problem!" Zhao Tang saw that the two were about to start bickering again, so he had to "extinguish the fire" first.

"Hmph, auxiliary attack sounds nice, but it's just to beat the side drums, guard the prisoners, clean up the battlefield, and earn some military exploits!" Zhao Xinxin was dissatisfied, and the prince sent the other two groups of troops to Yincheng and Liancheng as maneuvers. The troops, at any time, reinforce several fortresses on the main road, but left the Fuzhou Army to participate in the siege. It is obvious that they are giving them some military exploits for nothing, and they want to please the future 'old man', as if no one else knows!

"You... I have defended the border for the country for more than 100 years. I have fought against the Xixia army with a single state. How many people died in the battle. I have never been afraid. Don't think that your loyal army has won a few battles, it is amazing! "Zhe Meiluan couldn't bear being run over by Xin Zhao, she scolded sharply, completely forgetting that the loyal army is the prince's pro-army, why did she come here.

"Okay, your Zhejia army is famous, why can't you do anything about the small city of Fengzhou, if you have the ability to meet on the battlefield, talk big, bragging, who can't, my ancestors were prime ministers, but how can you What's the use!" Xin Zhao teased, he didn't know how much he had learned from the acrimonious words of the prince these years, but today he caught his opponent, and he came out bald like a machine gun.

"Xin Zhao, don't be unreasonable. The Zhe family's army is loyal to the country and relieves the worries of the sage. This time, they sent troops to help the battle. Where did you come up with so many strange words? Apologize to Miss Zhe!" Zhe Meiluan's eyes were filled with tears, she glared at Xin Zhao and said.

"I'm sorry Miss Zhe, I shouldn't have looked down on your Zhe family army, and I shouldn't have ridiculed Miss Zhe for messing around with beauties!" Xin Zhao said in a strange way, giving Zhe Meiluan a salute, but this 'courtesy' was sloppy. It's not even a fool, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, our prince is already engaged, and you have seen it before, that girl Zhu in Shangyuan Ye, the empress herself is the master, and I will wait for the prince to go back and get married. Even if you want to marry, you are just a concubine..."

"You...I..." Zhe Meiluan was ashamed and annoyed, but she was indeed ordered by her elder brother to seduce the prince, and now she was stabbed in the sore spot by Xin Zhao, she didn't know how to argue for a while, and left the account angrily. He left the Chinese army camp on horseback.

"Xin Zhao, you have gone too far today, Miss Zhe has treated you with extra courtesy, why are you asking for trouble over and over again, don't you have to ruin my big business before you can stop!" He left without looking back, he yelled at Xin Zhao angrily.

"Second Master, don't be angry, it's all my fault!" Xin Zhao knew that the prince was really annoyed, he waved his hand to let everyone in the tent go out, he said carefully to the prince on the back.

"Hmph!" Zhao Tun turned his head and ignored him.

"Second Lord, I don't know what's wrong. I feel angry when I see her by your side, and I can't help but say things that shouldn't be said. I'll go and apologize to her later, so don't be angry!" Zhao Xinrou Said loudly, in fact, he understands very well in his heart that the reason why the prince treats the Zhe family kindly is not only because he is interested in the young lady of the Zhe family, but also because although Fengzhou has fallen for many years, the influence of the Zhe family on Fengzhou should not be underestimated. After the state, Zhejia's help is needed to smoothly receive and stabilize the situation, so as to avoid further accidents, so the Zhejia army is left alone, allowing them to appear as liberators. Passing the Arc de Triomphe first means the same thing.

"Hey, same-sex repels each other, opposite-sex attracts, let's go!" After hearing Zhao Xin's words, Zhao Tong said helplessly, he was also responsible for causing this situation!

"My lord, are you going to drive me away?" Xin Zhao asked in amazement when he heard another inexplicable sentence from the lord.

"What are you thinking? I mean I'm going to watch the siege!" Looking at Zhao Xin's strange look, Zhao Tong said with some amusement. He was still a little uneasy about defending the fortified city that was difficult to attack.

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In order not to affect Zhao Ren's command and determination, Zhao Tang did not go to the front of the battle, but took a group of personal guards to a hill outside Fengzhou City. The terrain here is extremely high, overlooking the entire battlefield. Every move on the battlefield has a panoramic view.

Zhao Ren had already set up his formation outside the west gate of Fengzhou, with Tiger General as the striker and the Dragon General's third and fourth battalions as the reserve team.The Zhongyong Army is directly under the Central Army, the left wing is covered by the [-]st and [-]nd Battalions of the Dragon General, and the right wing is handed over to the Fuzhou Army Lion General to block the road leading to the Liao Kingdom to prevent them from becoming "refugees". Zhi Qibing has quietly entered the mountain, hiding in the jungle.

The main force of the siege was the Zhongyong Army, supplemented by the Fuzhou Army and the Fan archers.Now the strength of the Zhongyong Army is twice that of the Fengzhou defender. It has just finished training and its morale is high. Its weapons are an era behind the enemy. It can be said that it has the best time, location, and harmony.

In order to achieve the requirement of winning the first battle, Zhao Ren gathered all the artillery of the army, and more than 100 cannons were lined up at a distance of ten steps from the city wall of the west city. The artillerymen had already lit their torches, loaded their ammunition, and were just waiting for an order.

"Ready!" He failed to shout again, the artillery commander Zhao Xiao saw the flag waving, and gave the command to prepare to shoot. . .