The struggle of the reborn prince

At the same time that Xiazhou City was fighting, Dejing Town also launched an attack. They did not act as "thieves" like Zhao Yong who attacked Xiazhou City, but they were no different from robbers. A group of people swarmed with torches rushed. -Dropped a few explosives and blasted the low walls from all sides. Before the patrolling soldiers recovered from the shock, their sabers had already cut their necks. The sentinels in the watchtower had just picked up the arrows, and the hooks had already been thrown Now, a few galloping horses kept rushing forward, as if the earthquake was coming again, the sentinel felt his feet shaking, hurriedly abandoned his bow and arrow, and hugged the pillar, but it was useless, the pillar became his in a blink of an eye. The death talisman, the entire tower collapsed, sending him to the west.

Thunderous horseshoes were beating the loess road in the town, and Xia Bing in the village never dreamed that the Song army would come here. He thought it was some gangsters from some tribe who drank too much wine and came to the town in the middle of the night to provoke and lead the troops. The commanding officer swearing and shirtless greeted a few of his subordinates and came out with knives in hand, ready to teach these guys who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth and disturb people's dreams.

But the scene in front of me can't be described as shock. Teams of cavalry rushed into the stockade, quickly controlled the commanding heights, intersections, stables, and warehouses in the stockade, and hacked and killed those with him along the passage in the camp. The soldiers who thought the same way, this seemingly chaotic scene showed order. The horses and knives in the hands of the attackers were all standard weapons, which could not be owned by people in the tribe. A well-trained army.

"Prepare to meet the enemy, someone is attacking the camp..." Commander Xia shouted loudly. In fact, he didn't need to shout, everyone knew what was going on, but they didn't know which army these guys with different uniforms belonged to. But if someone uses a knife, it must be the enemy. We can't wait to die. Those who don't have time to take a knife and gun just grab something. Anyway, they have something solid in their hands, so we don't care about its power now.

Commander Xia's efforts were quickly ended by bursts of gunshots and the tooth-piercing friction of knives in contact with the human body.His head was picked up on the tip of a knife to intimidate those who still tried to resist. He opened his bloodshot eyes and watched helplessly as his subordinates were killed or captured one by one.Wondering where these attackers came from.

The three battalions of the Zhongyong Army against more than 1000 Xia troops are like tigers attacking sheep, no, they should be called tigers attacking sheep, and two thousand cavalry swept across the camp like the wind. !.Wade through the market town, leaving behind corpses and flames.The deceased was long gone, and the living one seemed to be still in a dream. How could he be a citizen of the Great Xia Kingdom just now, and suddenly become a captive of the Great Song Dynasty?People who can't think about it want to work hard.But soon I ran out of ideas. . .It is summer now, the days are long and the nights are short, the northwest is brighter earlier, and it is already bright at the beginning of Yinshi. The Zhongyong Army not only occupied Qiliping and seized the "National Cellar" after a "fierce battle", but also controlled a radius of [-] miles. Small and large tribes within.

When the sun was shining overhead, the leaders of more than a dozen tribes, large and small, suddenly came to report to the loyal army, and there was a long team behind them.There are thousands of people.Not only were there old and young, but there were also camels, pack horses, and high-wheeled carts pulled by oxen. If it weren't for the fact that they were holding the flag issued by the Zhongyong Army in their hands, and they were not carrying weapons, Wang Heng, who was in charge of vigilance, almost ordered someone to drive them away. gun.After stopping him for questioning, he found out that these people were recruited by Zhao Zhong from various tribes, and they were responsible for distributing food to Xiazhou. . .

"Zhao Zhong. You recruited these people? I'm really embarrassing you." As his name suggests, Zhao Zhong is a well-known loyal and honest man in the Zhongyong Army.Do things conscientiously, like an old scalper.Zhao Ren knew this brother very well. Seeing that he had attracted so many people in less than half a day, he must have done something he didn't want to do against his will.

"It's nothing difficult. I told them that we belonged to the Song Zhongyong Army, and I asked them to help carry the food, and these people followed!" Zhao Zhong said with a smile as he wiped his sweat off his head.

"No, these people will listen to you like this? You didn't force them with a knife around their necks!" Wang Heng pouted on the side, expressing his disbelief. Since the time of departure, the transfer of food has been a heart disease for everyone. [-] shi of grain can be piled up into a small mountain. It is a big project to move them to Xiazhou City in a short period of time. It cannot be completed with fewer people, but it is not easy to recruit civilians in an enemy country. It can't be done without some thunderbolt means.

"Really, I told them that you all know about our Zhongyongjun Army. Everyone has heard about what we did in the Brave Army Division last year. They will understand as soon as they hear it, and they will be obedient!" Zhao Zhong said seriously.

"Damn, my lord, we are really notorious. The things we did last year are spread here!" Wang Heng grinned and said to the east with a bitter face. Robbing people and things, "Then you are not afraid of these people's rebellion, after all, this is their territory!"

"It's okay, I invited the wives and children of their leaders to live in the town, and served them delicious food and drink. Why did they rebel? If you treat them well, they will treat you well, right!" Zhao Zhong's simple and honest face did not show any fluctuations, he said sincerely.

"Oh, then they won't rebel, but if they don't work hard, you can still kill pigs and sheep and treat them to a big meal!" Wang Heng understood as soon as he heard it, Zhao Zhong is bad enough. That's right, he kidnapped his wife and daughter as hostages, and he said so grandly, an upright person like Zhao Zhong can do these things, so it can be seen that he was led to ruin by the prince.But he still doesn't believe that things can be done in this way. If people make trouble for you, what can you do? You have to speak with a saber.

"Hey, I haven't reported this matter to the governor yet, I made my own decision in private!" Zhao Zhong didn't think it was a problem after hearing this, and turned his face and said to Zhao Ren.

"What did you do?" Zhao Ren asked hastily. Zhao Ren always asked for instructions and reported more, and never did anything out of line.

"My lord said that people have selfishness. Some things are like doing business. As long as there is enough temptation, even the business of beheading will be done." Zhao Zhong may also feel that he is making decisions privately. This matter is a bit unethical. Moved the "Wang Ye Quotations" out, "The Xixia people are short of food, and food is their lifeblood, so I made a deal with them with food!"

"What price will you lose money?" Zhao Ren also knows that although Xixia has two major grain-producing areas, Hexi and Hetao, they are far from meeting the demand. Small catkins, chickens on the table in autumn, yellow ground leaves, and sandy green onions, wild leeks, frost-resistant, gray strips, white wormwood, and salty pine nuts in winter. Ordinary people eat wild vegetables and grass seeds all year round. , may not be able to eat a meal made of grain, the temptation of grain to the Xia people is indeed not so great, Zhao Zhong has caught their life.

"Cut, you underestimate people. You have been with the prince for so many years. If you do business at a loss, the prince will not expose me when he finds out!" Zhao Zhong expressed great dissatisfaction with Zhao Ren's words. In the circle of people, losing money and incompetence are equated. "The prince wants us to transport back at least [-] shi of grain as a reserve for the army's westward expedition. If it can't be transported, it will be destroyed on the spot. Yes! I promise to the leaders of those tribes now." , for every shi of grain transported, I will return them five dou, and if we transport [-] shi of grain to Xiazhou, we only need to give them [-] shi of grain as transport capital, and we can get [-] shi of grain, can this deal be regarded as compensation?"

"It's a profit, it's a big profit. With so much grain, we can even solve the feed for the livestock!" Zhao Ren was overjoyed when he heard this. With this grain, it was enough for them to last for half a year. Wang Heng also nodded when he heard that, thinking Thinking about the day when there will be no more wars, and I have to go into business, I must recruit Zhao Zhong into the team. Such a 'good guy' is hard to find!

Thanks to someone as capable as Zhao Zhong, Qiliping's food was continuously sent to Xiazhou City. Stimulated by the white-faced buns, the peasants exploded with great ability. The cellar warehouse has moved a bit.The leaders were even more happy when they held the tea and spirits rewarded by the loyal army, and they promised to send all the horses and grass to the city within two days. Of course, this was not free, and they had to be exchanged for food.

The thing is so unbelievable that the news that Xiazhou City was occupied by the Song army was not spread until five days later. Of course, the killing or capture of officials stationed in Xiazhou was an important reason.Another reason cannot but be said to be the failure of the tribal system implemented by Xixia. For these nomadic tribes, national interests will always come after tribal interests. In order to gain the small profits in front of them, everyone blocked the news together. In fact, this is also Xia Xia’s fault. The country's government is poor, its soldiers are weak, it is overwhelmed, and it has to continue to provoke wars regardless of its own shallow family background. The people are living in hardship and have to find a way by themselves.

He successfully captured Xiazhou City and solved the food problem. Zhao Ren also took Xiazhou's iron smelting business into his pocket.Next, while resting and consolidating the city defense, Zhao Ren set up his tent in the yamen of the former Xiazhou city lord in Xicheng. Although there were palaces left over from previous dynasties, he dared not move in.

Xiazhou has a vast city, and the Zhao Ren Department has only more than 8000 people, and the use of troops is not rich.The purpose of capturing Xiazhou City was to control the Wuding River Road and block enemy reinforcements. Therefore, Zhao Ren focused his defense on the Outer City. However, with intensive artillery fire controlling the road, no matter which direction the enemy troops come from, they will not be able to pass through Xiazhou smoothly.So Zhao Ren arranged the cannon battalion, the dragon generals, and the lion generals in the outer city; the east city was defended by two lion general battalions; ; The army's personal battalion, engineer battalion and scout battalion are the reserve team, which can be reinforced at any time.To be continued. .