Wanli 1592

Chapter 545 In order to survive

Taiyuan can be said to be one of the famous hard cities in Chinese history. Before Zhao Kuangyin died, he sent all the soldiers and horses of the whole country to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, and they smashed their halberds under the city of Taiyuan. Down.

Maybe it could be captured, but Zhao Kuangyin died at that pass. The cause of death became a mystery, and the Song army retreated.

After Song's internal problems were dealt with, Zhao Guangyi was eager to establish his position in the army after he won the emperor's throne, and led his troops to the Northern Expedition to Taiyuan for the second time. This time he finally won, but it was still very difficult.

Taiyuan's tenacity made Zhao Guangyi almost bleed, but behind the Song army is the unified Central Plains and Jiangnan, which is the power of a country, and Taiyuan, as the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, has no potential to fight against the Song Dynasty, so Taiyuan was still taken down .

Zhao Guangyi was very annoyed by the huge loss, and at the same time he was still in fear, so he ordered the city of Taiyuan to be burned.

However, Taiyuan City was an indispensable link in the configuration of the Song frontier defense front. So three years after Taiyuan was burned, Zhao Guangyi ordered Pan Mei to build a new city in Tangming Town on the opposite bank of the Fen River, [-] miles northeast of Taiyuan's old city.

The current Taiyuan also originated from that time, but this kind of Taiyuan is far from being as tough as it was when it resisted the Song army.

Taiyuan's tenacity and toughness made Zhao Guangyi, who failed in the Northern Expedition to Youyun, linger in fear. In order to guard against Taiyuan, Zhao Guangyi ordered Pan Mei to do various small tricks on Taiyuan New City, which greatly reduced the defensive effectiveness of Taiyuan City itself, which could not be compared with the Northern Han Dynasty.

However, Zhao Guangyi did not expect that when Jin Bing invaded south, it was the relatively weak Taiyuan City that he had been guarding against that caused Jin Bing to encounter almost the only setback. Taiyuan City insisted on not surrendering. The tenacious Taiyuan City held on for more than 250 days, and finally fell.

Ironically, although the general situation is gone, Taiyuan guard Wang Teng still led the hungry and exhausted soldiers to persist in street fighting, and finally broke out of the city with Song Taizong Yurong enshrined in the Taiyuan Temple on his back. Wang reported that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the Fen River.

Zhao Guangyi probably never imagined that Taiyuan, which he burned to the ground, became a heroic warrior of the Zhao Song Dynasty guarding him.

After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, although Taiyuan no longer has the status that influenced the whole country, its strategic position is still important. In order to guard against Mongolia, two of the nine sides are in Shanxi. The Taiyuan city rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty has restored its original grandeur. There are signs, and because of the presence of King Jin, his political status has also improved.

This time, in order to prevent the Mongols from going south, Wang Shiyang moved Jin Wang's family to Qi County in the south one step ahead of time, so as to avoid the tragedy that Ningxia City was breached and Qing Qing's family fell.

After the pacification of the Ningxia Rebellion, although Xiao Ruxun rescued Prince Qing's youngest son to preserve his bloodline, all those officials, big and small, who had not fulfilled their responsibilities at that time suffered. After the war, Ningxia officials were shuffled, and more than one lost his head.

Wang Shiyang was strict and didn't allow himself to encounter such a situation, so he transferred the treasure of King Jin first, and then started the defense work of Taiyuan City.

Now that the northern captives are defeated, Wang Shiyang told the Taiyuan defender before going north that the war is not over and the war control cannot be ended. Good off.

Soldiers are arranged to guard the road, and secret workers cannot be put in casually. Everyone who goes out must go through roll call and verification before returning.

Liu Xi is well versed in this joint. He told Lalik that with Taiyuan's city defense, if they were to close the city gate, no matter how many siege weapons the Beilu had, they would not be able to take Taiyuan quickly. Taiyuan is really very suitable for defense. They only have One way is to mix into the team of woodcutters.

Lalik shook his head.

"What if we are discovered? Few of the warriors under my king can speak Chinese, so they are easily exposed. How can they get in?"

Liu Xi really wanted to curse.

"We don't want to go in, but we want to get close to the city gate, and behead the gatekeepers, take down the city gate, so as not to let the Ming army find out the possibility of closing the city gate immediately, and at the same time let the army hide in a hidden place, once it starts Snatch the city gate, and the cavalry commando will rush into the city with the fastest speed!

The Ming army didn't know about our existence. Although they were prepared, they were not so prepared. It is not a day or two since they let people go out to collect firewood. The current defense is far less strict than the first few days. Get close to their city gate, and you will be able to launch a sudden attack!
As long as our cavalry enters, Taiyuan will be over!We can directly break through Taiyuan City. Even if the Ming army wants to defend, they can only fight us in the streets. The defensive facilities on the outer wall of Taiyuan City are completely meaningless. Taiyuan has actually been taken by us. Next, The king can do whatever he wants. "

Pulling a sudden realization, he slapped Liu Xi on the shoulder, almost knocking Liu Xi to the ground.

"Hahahahahaha! Military division, although there are many idiots among you Han people, there are also smart people like you. This king is very happy! Hahahahaha!"

Liu Xi slandered a few words, and put on a smiling face in front of Lalik again.

"I just hope that after the king breaks through Taiyuan, I can spare my grandparents and mother. My grandparents and mother are all in Taiyuan City. I really don't want them to be harmed."

How could Lalik not agree?

"Well! Good! You are a filial son, and filial children are generally very loyal. This king hopes to see your loyalty. After breaking the city, this king will give you a team, and you can take it to protect your family directly. This king I will also tell my subordinates not to hurt your family, how about that?"

Liu Xi was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Leaving the house, Liu Xi took a deep breath of the blood-smelling air, and suddenly felt a little weak in his legs and feet.

In order to survive, I killed many people. It is foreseeable that I will kill more people in order to survive. Can people like myself really continue to live?After everything is over, is it really possible to live?
However, even if you die badly, you must take away those who pushed you to this point before you die, and for this, you will spare no expense!
Liu Xi began to plan. With his keenness as a regional leader of a business gang, he observed that when the Ming army arranged for the residents of Taiyuan City to go out to collect firewood, they always arranged special routes and escorted and monitored the army. It is relatively wide. In order to avoid blind spots in the field of vision, several firewood mining directions are specially arranged.

There are more than 600 woodcutters in each direction, and a hundred soldiers are arranged to escort and monitor, to ensure that every resident of the woodcutters goes out and goes back standing up. The cavalry made an emergency response, and when they found something bad, they fled back and reported the news immediately, and immediately closed the city gates to prepare for the battle. People outside the city...

never mind.

In order to ensure the safety of Taiyuan, there was nothing he could do about those people being abandoned. To be honest, such an arrangement was very appropriate. Liu Xi would not have taken the risk if he hadn't had the intention of burning everything together.

(End of this chapter)