The struggle of the reborn prince

Tongwan City, with its majestic imperial city standing on the beach, its rock-solid white walls, forested horse faces, towering turrets, unique "Taiwan secret room" structure and majestic palace building ruins, clearly Seduce the outline and scale of the capital city of this mansion named after the meaning of "Unify the world, the king's forest and all nations" {book friend upload}

From east to west, the city is divided into the outer corridor city, the east city and the west city. The outer corridor city is rectangular in plane, with a circumference of nearly [-] steps. The east and west cities are separated by a wall with a circumference of more than [-] steps. It is commonly known as the first road. City, Erdao City, and Sandao City are formed according to the ground, which is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, more than ten feet above the surface of the Wuding River. Kuocheng is close to the edge of Taiyuan on the north bank of the Wuding River. The city wall is tall and majestic, no doubt out of military considerations to occupy as much favorable terrain as possible to consolidate the city's defense.

The east inner city and the west inner city are combined into a large inner city. This large inner city is actually Tongwan City, the vigorously built capital of Helian. After that, Xiazhou City added an outer city to form a triple city circle. Referring to the different functional areas of Xiazhou city, the imperial city of the west city is the residence of Emperor Helian Bobo of Daxia and his clan, the place where government affairs are handled, and the seat of the central and yang government offices; the outer city of the east city is the distribution of ordinary residential areas, commercial areas, and handicraft workshops land, and military camps

From the 11th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was called Xiazhou City. The urban functional area structure of Xiazhou City basically remained unchanged. The West City successively became the Xiazhou General Manager’s Mansion, Xiazhou Governor’s Mansion, Ningshuo Ambassador’s Mansion, and Xiazhou Jiedu Envoy. and other high-level military and political agencies, as well as the residences of Xiazhou, Huazheng County, and Shuofang County, as well as a number of public facilities, such as warehouses, bell towers, and drum towers. The location of the government office, the residential area of ​​civilians, merchants, tourists, and soldiers, and the distribution area of ​​commerce and handicraft industries. The outer wall of the city has become a place for army camps, livestock pens, handicraft workshops, and public activities.

But at this time, Xiazhou City is no longer magnificent, but it seems to have entered the twilight years. The remaining palaces in the city have become dilapidated houses. There are only a few hundred families in the city, and the rest are garrisons and various government offices. The immigration of abandoned cities is related to the great earthquakes in history. It can also be separated from the traditions and customs of the Xia Kingdom. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the territory in the west of Guanlong was lost. The Tubo Kingdom was weak and weak (Book_) and its races were scattered, with thousands of big families and small families, each with their leaders in a state of division. near

The profound change caused by this is that since the Tang Dynasty, the administrative system of prefectures, counties, townships, and villages has completely degenerated into a tribal system, and its customs are "there are many feuds, and if there is no contact with each other, when there is a battle, they will help each other with evil. The arrows follow each other like a stream; there is no leader to control them, and they are all scattered in the mountains and rivers, so they don't usually think of it as a problem', so only a small number of Han people live in the city, and the Fan people live in the wild.

Li Jiqian consciously developed this state after he rebelled against the Song Dynasty. In the fifth year of Song Taizong's Chunhua, the people of Suizhou moved to Pingxia. , financial resources in the Xing and Ling areas to enrich the land of Wangji. As a result, the Han system survived in name only in Xixia, and the Tibetan system fully developed. As a result, the residents of the Xia Kingdom scattered among the deserts and mountains, and there was no solid city for only a few decades. During the four years when the Song army attacked Xia, there was no county along the way, and there were only dozens of residents in Xiazhou City.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of Xixia, there have been constant wars, coupled with the cold climate and frequent famines, so for the purpose of providing logistical support for the military and for the purpose of disaster prevention and mitigation, Xia Zhengfu reserves grain in border areas or important strategic areas , and established a complete warehouse system for grain storage, assigning officials and desks for management. Xiazhou is located in the Hetao grain production area, with convenient transportation. It is close to Gyeonggi in the north and the border between Song and Xia in the south. The climate on the plateau is dry, and the soil is upright, which is convenient for excavating cellars to store grain. Therefore, a national cellar for grain storage was built in Qiliping, which is close to Xiazhou City. The grain storage is 10 shi, enough to feed [-] people for two months

Zhao Ren turned around, the situation is basically clear, and he has a bottom line in his heart. The Xiazhou City Defense Layout and the report sent to him by the Intelligence Department are not much different. The last time the Song Army came here was 30 years ago, so although the war continued , but they all happened in the border areas. Xiazhou is far away from the border and has natural dangers, which leads to a great drop in vigilance. The defense of the city is lax. Girl soldiers, no one checks in and out of the city gate

On the way back, Zhao Ren got hesitant. He planned to revise the plan made by the prince and focus on Qiliping. Their army and horses only brought more than a dozen days of food and grass, and now they are almost exhausted. But fighting together, they We must stick to the city, and there is nowhere to collect grain. Afterwards, the prince led the army and joined forces, and he also needed grain and grass supplies. All this hoped for the granary in Qiliping

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When Zhao Ren returned to Banjing Station, the people from the intelligence department had already arrived. He submitted the latest battle report from Hedong, and learned that the prince had wiped out nearly half of Chage's army, and the rest were blocked in Zhuolunchuan. Very happy and loyal. The army has more than 8000 people. Zhao Ren brought out more than 1 people. The prince only relied on [-] people to defeat Cha Ge's nearly [-] troops. This is unprecedented in the history of the Song Dynasty. If they succeed, they can march westward and capture Xingling. Naturally, everyone is gearing up and eager to try.

The original plan was to arrive in Toyosu on ten days, but due to the storm on the way, it was delayed for two days, and the army hid in this small town. After a long time, it was inevitable that the news would leak.

It's summer now, the days are long and the nights are short, and it's already dawn at Yinshi, time waits for no one, Zhao Ren will tell the whole plan that he has considered:

Zhao Yong led the [-]rd Battalion, [-]th Battalion, and [-]rd Battalion of Dragon Generals, and the [-]st Battalion, Engineer Battalion, and Scout Battalion directly under the Reinforcement Army were tasked with capturing Xiazhou City. Surprise tactics were used in the battle. If the enemy finds out, the attack fails. , immediately turned into a strong attack, bombarded the gate of the outer corridor city, forced to enter, controlled the whole city, and then sent troops to the west to guard against reinforcements sent from the direction of Yaozhou.

Zhao Zhong led the fourth battalion of dragon generals, the third battalion of tiger generals, and the fourth battalion to take the task of capturing Dejing Town, annihilating the defenders, and occupying Qiliping. In this battle, it is necessary to strictly prevent the Xia army from destroying food. Capture the surrounding tribes, confiscate all transportation tools such as young men, camels, and carts, and cooperate with the supply battalion to transport food to Xiazhou City. , and dispatched alerts to Shizhou to prevent enemy reinforcements

The distribution has been decided, the army will have dinner, and when the army is ugly, Zhao Yong will lead the army to set off first to pick the bell on horseback. Starting from Dejing Town, Zhao Ren stayed at Banjing Station to support the two armies

Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch. Let me talk about Zhao Yong first. He led the army and galloped all the way. At the time of Chou, he arrived at Xiazhou City. Three miles away from the city, the whole army dismounted and led the horse. It was the darkest moment, and all I could see was the dark city and the looming lights on the city.

From the previous reconnaissance, Zhao Yong has learned that Xiazhou's defense is lax, and the 3000 troops defending the huge city are already stretched. Besides, they are some irresponsible guys, so although the city is strong, it is full of loopholes. The hundred soldiers who climbed were led by Zhang Ting, the commander of the Tiger General's Third Battalion, to climb up the city from the eastern inner city, which was the most loosely defended, to clear the sentry posts and the soldiers guarding the gate, and to open the city gate to welcome the army into the city.

The eastern inner city used to be a residential area and a commercial area, but now it has been abandoned. The moat was almost filled with quicksand, and the city wall was the lowest, but it was seven or eight feet high, equivalent to the height of a seven-story building today. The city is built with earth, the surface is as bright as a mirror, and there is almost nowhere to use it. When Zhang Ting was in the Beifu training camp, he was known for being good at climbing. Using the faint starlight, he found a city wall that was far away from the surface of the city gate and climbed the city first. A long rope, carrying only a dagger and a short gun, traveling light

As the surface of the city wall fell off, it exposed the densely packed rammed holes left by the fixed rammed plates when the city was built. You can only use these small holes of different depths to climb. The difficulty can be imagined. With the assistance of a soldier, he jumped up vigorously, grabbed the rammed hole, struggled with one hand, straightened his body, stepped on the wall as hard as he could, tentatively moved into the rammed hole to stabilize his body, and then went back and forth again. . .Watching Zhang Ting go up like a gecko, slowly turning into a blurred black shadow until disappearing into the darkness, the people in the city were breathless nervously, the success or failure of the surprise attack depends on him

Time seemed to be frozen, I don't know how long it took, maybe a quarter of an hour, maybe only a few breaths, the long rope finally fell from the city, everyone was relieved, quickly grabbed the long rope and shook it a few times, and informed the commander After the rope had landed, when the signal was sent again from the city, several sergeants with long ropes on their backs immediately climbed the city according to this. With more and more ropes hanging down, the climbing speed became faster and faster.

The lantern at the top of the city suddenly went out, but after a while, the lantern was lit again, and it swayed down the city twice, "General, Commander Zhang has successfully ascended the city, and the sentry has been cleared." The change at the top of the city was immediately noticed by the soldiers below the city. Report to Zhao Yong immediately

"The whole army mounts and enters the city!" Zhao Yongmeng, who was anxiously waiting for news under the city, stood up and shouted loudly

At this time, two red flares shot up into the sky and exploded in the air. The closed city gate was opened, and a pile of blazing fire pointed out the direction of their attack. The gate of Xiazhou City was opened to the Zhongyong Army ( To be continued)

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