As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

"Do you want to say that if I stop here now, it is equivalent to a mantis' arm as a car? Or do you want to say that if I stop here, the Liaodong Army may be wiped out at any time? In short, King Yiduan is very anxious now, and what is more anxious is that the former Your camp is on fire, and the army is short of food. You can’t stay in Lanzhou for a long time, right? Therefore, King Yiduan thinks it’s best to send someone to talk to this official. It’s best to persuade you to surrender, isn’t it? Then my answer is: I'd rather die than surrender." Uncle Huai'an finished his sentence, and then looked at Jiang Chao with a playful face: "Look, I told you to save you and me some time, right? That's fine, let's pull it out and hang it on the wall. "

After Jiang Chao was caught by two soldiers, he began to struggle crazily: "You...Uncle Huai'an! The two countries are at war if you don't kill me, you...you can't kill me!"

"Two countries?" Uncle Huai'an was really angry this time: "Why are there two countries? This official is the official of the Zhao court, and which country and which family are you? Drag it out, whip it three hundred times, and then hang it on the wall! "

"Yes!"

The soldiers dragged the howling Jiang Chao away, Uncle Huai'an calmed down, and when he was about to continue to check for omissions, a soldier hurried in and reported: "Uncle, someone from the capital has delivered a letter!"

579. Uncle Has Orders!

When Uncle Huai'an saw the so-called half-grown child who was 'delivering a letter from the capital', he almost fainted on the spot.

God is pitiful, when he fell into the hands of King Yiduan a few days ago, he was unmoved. When he knew that King Yiduan and Tumote were in collusion, he took it calmly. This is his mood today that Xiningwei has arrived in Lanzhou and started to set up camp. Everything was calm, but when the crown prince suddenly appeared on the front line with seven young soldiers and a loli, Uncle Huai'an felt dark in front of his eyes in an instant, and he had the intention of beating someone.

Seeing that the incomprehensible prince came over cheerfully and planned to salute according to the rules, Uncle Huai'an used great willpower to prevent himself from really pulling over, and then dragged him into the government office, pushing away everyone behind him. Only then asked in panic: "Your Highness, you...why did you come here?"

Zhao Ren said with a smile: "The battle of the capital is almost over, so don't I have to come here?"

This answer made Uncle Huai An speechless.

God, you came right after the battle, sir, you are the current crown prince, the only seedling of the old Zhao family, theoretically speaking, this status is more important than ten Lanzhou prefectures—in other words, even if Yiduan Wang fought all the way from Xiningwei to the prince of Beizhili without any accidents, otherwise the Great Zhao would be even more chaotic!

But as soon as this thought was over, Uncle Huai'an suddenly realized that Zhao Ren had said some important information, and he said in a daze, "The capital... Liaodong Army is gone?"

"Oh, that's not true, it's just retreat." Zhao Ren happily walked to the sand table, and while carefully inspecting it, he briefly talked to Uncle Huai'an about the situation in the capital, and finally said: "It is estimated that the reinforcements will arrive in a few days. So we just need to hold on to King Yiduan."

Uncle Huai'an subconsciously nodded, but quickly realized: "Your Highness, it's not us, but the humble minister who is here to support you. You should take the Xining Guard and withdraw before calling!"

"I came all the way day and night, you want me to withdraw?" Zhao Ren said dissatisfied, "Don't talk about what's there, tell me what's going on right now?"

Uncle Huai'an frantically said: "Your Highness, fighting is not just a joke!"

"It's not that I haven't fought before!" Zhao Ren said contemptuously, "I have fought Japanese pirates, I have been to the Japanese country, and Hua Manlou and I led people to fight the former Liaodong Army. What's the matter, I will fight if he can go to the battlefield Can't go up?"

"This is different!" Uncle Huai An said eagerly: "Ten dogs can't match His Highness, he is a minister, and he should serve the country loyally..."

Zhao Ren snorted, pulled out a bright yellow scroll from his cuff, and said seriously, "Uncle Huai'an accepts the order!"

Uncle Huai'an was stunned, and subconsciously planned to kneel down: "My minister..."

Halfway through kneeling, Lao Hua went mad again: "Your Highness! You stole His Majesty's seal again?"

No one else knew about the fact that Zhao Ren stole the seal letter during the Pingwo period before, but Uncle Huai'an knew about it, and he also knew that his son and the man in front of him boldly concocted an imperial decree, which not only handled the tribute matters of the Wa Kingdom with full authority, but also There is a silver mountain and the right to garrison troops in the Gyeonggi area - there are precedents, and Emperor Guangxing will definitely not send Zhao Ren to the front line, so how could Uncle Huai'an not guess that this brat is repeating his old tricks? ?

Of course, it is also possible that this brat was just bluffing. After Emperor Guangxing lost his seal once, how could he not guard against him?

Seeing that he couldn't scare Uncle Huai'an, Zhao Ren chuckled and began to speak softly: "Then what, Uncle Hua, you see that I've come all the time, so I can't just leave without eating a meal, right? Besides, it's a tiring journey, so what's wrong with me?" You have to rest for a day or two, right?"

"The vanguard of the Xining Guard has arrived, and we may attack the city tomorrow..." Uncle Huai'an saw that Zhao Ren's tone softened, so he couldn't help saying bitterly: "Your Highness, the defense of Lanzhou Mansion this time is really no joke. There are only [-] troops in the army, but the enemy has more than [-] in the hands of King Yiduan alone. This minister is guarding here with the awareness that he will die with the enemy, but if His Highness is here, this minister will have to be distracted... "

Zhao Ren interrupted him with a chuckle, "You don't need to be distracted. I brought a scout balloon. If Xining Guards attack the city tomorrow, I'll fly to the sky."

Seeing that Uncle Huai'an wanted to say something, Zhao Ren said again: "Also, I have a clever plan to keep us going until the reinforcements arrive. Also, don't think about dying with the enemy. If you get out Thing, I don’t know how to explain it to Huamanlou, you don’t know how dark his face was when he received the news that day..."

"Then if something happens to you, how can I explain to His Majesty?"

"I came here by myself, what's your business?"

Uncle Huai'an talked all the time, but Zhao Ren didn't let go, and the former couldn't do anything about it—Hua Manlou was right, there is only one and a half people in Da Zhao who can control Zhao Ren: Emperor Guangxing is a , Huamanlou is half, and the rest...

It is estimated that Zhao Ren, who came here from the harem, has the ability to hold on, let alone Huai'an Bohu?

After persuading him for half an hour, Uncle Huai'an sighed and closed his mouth: The man in front of him is the crown prince after all, and the crown prince is also the king, what else can he do?Tie it up and send it back to the capital?

Hua Manlou was so fat that he didn't dare to lock Zhao Ren in Xishan, so how dare Lao Hua?

To be honest, Uncle Huai'an is not like Huamanlou who lacks most of the awe of the royal family like Huamanlou, and he is not like Yushi who dares to oppose the royal family for the sake of fame, so in the end he had to be left to Zhao Renlai. here it is.

The only consolation is that the news brought by Zhao Ren is enough to boost the morale of the army - Shougucheng does not know when reinforcements will come and Shougucheng knows that reinforcements will definitely come is different. The latter can obviously boost the morale of the entire army higher.

Of course, the Celestial Dynasty has never lacked examples of a lone army who would rather die than surrender, and there are even tough guys who have guarded for half their lives: the city is full of white hair, and they never lose their knives. year thing.

But in the end, knowing clearly that reinforcements are coming is better than no reinforcements, right?

……

As Uncle Huai'an expected, on the second day after Zhao Ren's arrival, most of the Xining guards arrived in Lanzhou and began to sort out the siege equipment, planning to attack the city directly.

Although Zhao Shen, who was already frightened into incontinence, and Jiang Chao, who was only breathless, hang above the city gate, but Bona Huai'an's attitude of refusing to surrender or negotiate peace is very clear. Of course, King Yiduan can't swallow this breath, can he?

What's more, the grain and grass were burned.

Early in the morning, the Xining Guards slowly moved forward, and when they arrived three miles west of the city, they began to form formations, followed by the sound of war drums shaking the sky.A group of light-armored infantry carrying ladders and carts came out of the formation. Immediately after, the beating of drums became more intensive, and the group of soldiers also began to speed up, shouting and rushing towards the city wall.

"The first wave was so big?" Zhao Ren stood next to Uncle Huai'an, looked at the densely packed enemy army below the city and whispered, "It seems that my Uncle Wang is really in a hurry!"

Uncle Huai'an glanced at him, swallowed the feeling of aggrieved forcefully, and said silently in his heart: This master is the prince, he can't fight, can't fight, really can't fight...

Just as he was about to give the order after he had finished reading silently, he suddenly heard Zhao Ren yelling, "Attention all units! Attention all units! The old man has an order, so give them a hard time first!"

580. Shanren has his own tricks!

Hearing someone command blindly, Huai Anbo instantly became angry.

Who?

Who stole the command of Lord Ben?Who dared to order indiscriminately when the enemy army just started to attack?Who is so bold as to dare to leapfrog command?

Annoyed, Uncle Huai'an turned his head and glanced at it, but saw a brat who was beaming with joy and holding a new-style firecracker in his hand...

Oh, it's His Royal Highness, it's all right...

What a ghost!

Uncle Huai'an clutched his chest and whispered to Zhao Ren: "Your Highness! This is a battlefield, not a joke, you..."

Originally, Uncle Huai'an didn't want Zhao Ren to go up the city wall at all, but now Zhao Ren's superficial identity is "Zhao Qianhu" of Xishanwei, the commander of the airship unit, so it makes no sense for him to be an officer like this. Speaking of which, Xishanwei's theoretically supposed to be promoted to a thousand households is actually quite unlucky. Zhao Ren occupies one thousand households, and Qi Wanrong also occupies one. The small team, but still squeezed the two unlucky thousand households into the position of deputy thousand households, and this matter caused a lot of trouble...

In short, Uncle Huai'an had no choice but to arrange Zhao Ren by his side on the grounds that Zhao Ren didn't lead troops, but who would have thought that this brat would directly grab the command right?

Zhao Ren interrupted him with a chuckle: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. Also, don't call me Your Highness here, be careful not to be overheard."

Zhao Ren's sense of proportion...

It's actually his good relationship with Song Jae.

Most of the Xishan Guards in Lanzhou Prefecture are Song Jie's subordinates, and the tacit understanding between Song Jie and Zhao Ren was established after they met at sea, so when the two met yesterday, they were called old acquaintances in a foreign land, and they got together. I started to discuss what kind of show operation I should play today to revisit the seamless cooperation in the country of Japan, and Song Jie didn't even care about the girlfriend who just got it - neither married nor engaged, even though there is no girlfriend these days, But in relation, right? That's the way it should be discussed.

Ever since, the tone of today's city defense battle has been set from the very beginning by two daring men—of course, Song Jie was not so courageous as to "grab the class and seize power", it was Zhao Ren who said that he would definitely persuade Huai'an Boyi to follow them way to...

Uncle Huai'an couldn't care less about Zhao Ren's grabbing the command. He still thought that Zhao Ren was messing around: "But Your Highness, the enemy army is about to start charging. This..."

Zhao Ren didn't take it seriously and replied: "I know, but we have a lot of long-distance means, so we can't wait for them to rush over to fight, right? And that's how Huamanlou fights. He's even worse than me. Dare to bombard the two hills!"

Uncle Huai'an, let's talk about it, I don't know what to say if it's true - in fact, Xishanwei is indeed the main force in this battle of defending the city, but he really doesn't know as well when it comes to the new type of warfare in the past two years. There are many brats in front of him, after all, they actually took Xishanwei to the battlefield.

But the problem is, this is the enemy's first tentative attack. Although the scale seems to be a bit larger, it can't just wipe the ground with artillery fire, right?

After all...

As we all know, the first wave of any siege battle is basically a test, and the troops sent will definitely not be elite troops. The purpose is not only to test the defender's attitude and combat power, but also to consume a wave of defenders' supplies—— Although this temptation used human life, the reality is such a reality, and King Yiduan really thought so and did so: the first wave of siege he sent was the three guards of the palace, and the Xining guard only sent A thousand-man team was deployed to supervise the battle in the rear.

That's why Huai Anbo's speechless point is here: the cannonballs are fired once and then they are not fired, and there is no place to replenish these things right now, so instead of using them on elites, they use them on cannon fodder, too... ...wasted?Wouldn't it be good for us to use some worthless bows, arrows, stones, and shovels?

With just such a dazed effort, the artillery that had been set up on the city wall let out a roar that shook the sky, and the whole city was filled with gunpowder in an instant.

When Huai’an Bo came to Lanzhou Mansion, Huai Man Lou was allotted with the latest artillery, and it was equipped with excess equipment. Not only were there a considerable number of cart guns and tiger squat guns, but even two heavy guns were equipped—with flowers In the words of Manlou, if King Yiduan accidentally seals him in the city, this thing can blow up the city gate and escape, right?

Therefore, the volley of hundreds of cannons, large and small, really played out the sense of cannon fire washing the ground. After three consecutive rounds of bombing, the entire battlefield has been completely covered by gunpowder smoke and dust, and the cannon fodder sent by King Yiduan Almost all lay on the ground, wailing and howling and screaming to the sky—there was an artillery formation in front, and a supervisory team in the back. Some people just lay down on the ground and pretend to be dead, anyway...

They are all dead, the prince can't make the dead rise up and charge, can he?

In fact, not to mention this group of guards, even the supervising team in the rear and the elite Xining guards in the rear are a bit heartbroken. The firepower is extraordinary, but who the hell would have thought that it was such an extraordinary firepower?

Facing enemies with knives, they dared to go up and risk their lives. Facing arrows flying all over the sky, they dared to charge with large shields. Even facing a large-scale cavalry charge, they were confident that they would not be pierced by the opponent, but the artillery fire...

At first glance, it is impossible for human beings to resist, so who can resist this?

After the gunfire stopped, the two sides seemed to be silent at the same time, and the whole battlefield showed a strange silence, and then...

Yiduan Wang Mingjin reorganized his formation. At the same time, there was a burst of cheers from the top of the city, and the morale was greatly boosted—Lanzhou Prefecture had ordinary guards and militiamen who came to support them. This group of people was trembling with fright, and some guys with poor psychological quality even peed their pants, but after this round of shelling, they were full of courage: they fired back the enemy two miles away. War is still afraid of a bird!

"Hey, old man, did you see that?" Zhao Ren looked at Uncle Huai'an with a complex expression on his face proudly, "This is the essence of our Xishan style of play, this bombardment will not only boost our own strength Son, you can also knock out the enemy's spirit in an instant, wouldn't it be easier to fight if one fades and the other grows?"

What he said, as if he was not the one who accused Huamanlou of changing the situation of the war when he fought against the Liaodong Army, it is outrageous...

Uncle Huai'an nodded first, and then he looked worried again: "The reason is correct, but in this way..."

Zhao Ren answered immediately: "In this way, if King Yiduan still wants to capture Lanzhou Mansion, he will definitely attack with the whole army, right?"

"Uh... yes."

No matter how fierce the artillery fire is, it still cannot reach the crushing level in terms of numbers, and the strength of the Lanzhou government is too small; as far as King Yiduan is concerned, he has superior troops, but there is a shortage of food and grass, so the best way at this moment It is the whole army pressing on.

Zhao Ren chuckled: "The mountain people have their own tricks!"

581 Put the Damn Knife Down!

"Trash! It's all trash!"

In the Xining Wei Zhongjun, the fat on the face of King Yiduan, who was riding on a tall horse, was shaking, and he was so angry that he was almost about to have a stroke.

In fact, King Yiduan's current situation is worse than what Huai Anbo and Song Jie speculated.

First of all, although the three guards of the palace are useless, there are more than 1 people in total, which is equivalent to the number of Xining guards who have been overnumbered long ago. With these people, he has more capital and Tumet Talking about conditions - this is the case in cooperation, whoever is more capable has more right to speak.

But he never imagined that the left guard of the palace ran away for more than two thousand before the battle started, and Zhao Ling ran away with the remaining one thousand after burning the food and grass, so that the three guards of the palace completely became the second guard of the palace. A few completely useless officers were left behind, and they were chopped off by him to vent his anger.

Secondly, the impact of Zhao Ling's fire was really too great.

Grain is not like silver, antiques and the like. If you lose the latter, you can earn money, find it, and buy it, but no one can turn it into food all at once—for one thing, it takes time and manpower to plant it. Secondly, the land is limited, and thirdly, people have to eat. Even if they want to grow grain, they must have food to eat first, and then they can wait for the harvest time.

What's more, in terms of geography, Northwest China is not as difficult as Jiangnan. It is not difficult to raise food and grass in Jiangnan area, but in places like Northwest China, especially the section from Lanzhou Prefecture to Xiningwei, the land is extremely barren, and Xiningwei hoards it. It can be said that King Yiduan spent several years of hard work on food and grass, and the result...

Third, the eldest son was arrested, and his most trusted aide was also put on the wall.

King Yiduan actually took the trouble to teach his son, if not for that, he would not have entrusted Xiningwei to him.But after he himself set up a stupid character to prevent others from discovering the situation in Lanzhou Prefecture, he, the prince, also set up a lustful character in a similar manner, but things will come true when he stands upright Yes, it can be said that there is no love without women.

For people at their level, this matter is actually harmless, and King Yiduan didn't bother to take care of it. It turned out that Wang Shizi actually sneaked out of the camp at this juncture, and something happened-theoretically speaking , King Wei Yiduan had no enemies in Xining, but he captured a core with less than ten people sneaking in. Who can ask for reason?

What's even more painful is that the so-called monarch loses his ministers if he doesn't keep secrets, and if his ministers don't keep secrets, he loses his body. If you set up a fool, you can't be known by too many people. He is planning big things, so the only person around who can be a lobbyist is Jiang Chao Oh, but I never thought that Uncle Huai'an would hang the envoy on the wall if he didn't pay attention to this matter. Who is this trying to piss off?

Riding on a war horse, King Yiduan looked at his son and staff waving in the wind, his heart was bleeding.

Based on the above painful things, King Yiduan had to raise his troops early, and he didn't even care about waiting for Tumed to act together-the army's food and grass can't last for many days, and it can be supplied after winning Lanzhou Mansion Once, this step is crucial to whether he can fight to the capital.

But who would have thought that the first wave of tentative attacks would be beaten like this?There are more than 8000 royal guards, no matter how garbage the guards are, there are still [-] people, not to mention attacking the city wall, at least they ran to the city to consume a wave, right?

"My lord, calm down."

Seeing that King Yiduan was twitching in anger, the surrounding officers tried to persuade him.

According to the script, no matter what happens at this time, they should say that they will bring their own staff to express their sincerity, but after a long while of 'quiet anger', no one mentioned this matter—that bombardment is so frightening !

King Yiduan didn't care about this kind of thing either. After panting like a bellows for a while, he tried to calm himself down and began to think about countermeasures.

Now it is the west gate of Lanzhou Prefecture that is being attacked, and Bo Huai'an's main defensive force is placed here. Therefore, King Yiduan's first thought was to disperse the troops in the city by mobilizing troops and horses, and then attack a loophole in the defense.

If it is placed in a general cold weapon war, this matter can be done theoretically, and perhaps it can be played with false and real strategies to make the city mobilize chaotically and the command fail--the art of war has been said, ten is to encircle it, five It is appropriate to attack it, and to fight it if it is doubled.

However, the firepower advantage on the city wall is too great. This thing properly made up for the shortage of defenders. It is hard to say whether it will be doubled in terms of combat power. So to divide the troops at this time is tantamount to suicidal road.

What's more, if you linger here for too long, not to mention whether the capital will be free, and your own food and grass can't bear it, why don't you give it a go?

Therefore, after much deliberation, King Yiduan came according to Zhao Ren and Song Jie's plan: the whole army should press on, and only let the battalions be scattered for a while so as not to be concentrated, and Wangfuwei and Xiningwei generals had to be allowed Change the flag a little bit...

Half an hour later, Xiningwei finally finished its adjustments and pressed on on a large scale.

Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!

The war drums were beating loudly, and 2 horses marched forward. This momentum made the militiamen on the city wall and the guards who had been dispatched suddenly change their colors, and their heads were sweating.

"kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill~~~"