All the generals thought it was feasible, so Li Qi ordered Yuan Xingqin to be the main general, leading the Jinyang, Shanbei infantry and Dingzhou armies to Zhenzhou (Zhending), and he still led the cavalry and the bald army to stay in Xinlecheng. In addition, in view of the fact that many generals in the southern army were originally the old headquarters of the Jin army, and their families were still in Hedong, they looked for their relatives and friends among the soldiers, and ordered them to sneak to the camp of the southern army to contact and secretly appease them.

After Yuan Xingqin led an army of more than 15,000 people to Zhenzhou, he went down to the village outside the city and surrounded Zhenzhou from three sides. Because the southwest of Zhenzhou is close to the Hutuo River, it cannot cut off the connection between the city and the outside world from the waterway.

That Zhang Yanlang was besieged in Zhenzhou City, and while sending envoys to Luoyang to rescue, he also sent people to Wang Yanqiu to report to him.

Wang Yanqiu is also a veteran general in the army, and after getting the news of Zhenzhou's emergency, he said to his subordinates: "Zhenzhou is an important town in the north, and the city is high and strong, and the northern army can not easily take it." In the rebellion of Zhang Wenli that year, the generals of the Jin army, Li Sizhao, Shi Jiantang, and Li Cunjin, all died in the city, so there is no need to worry for the time being. If I move lightly, I am afraid that I will be taken by the northern army, and I should hold the camp tightly. ”

Xuanhui envoy Zhu Hongzhao said: "The recruitment envoy will not move, I am afraid that the prison country will not be able to explain." ”

Wang Yanqiu said: "Now that Youzhou has been lost, the Northern Army is in full swing, so it is necessary to defend first and consume the enemy's spirit." ”

So he ordered his generals to guard their camps and not to fight.

Li Qi waited in Xinle for two days, and saw that Wang Yanqiu did not make any movement, and the report of the scouts was that the southern army was firmly guarding the camp, guarding Quyang City and Jiashan dangerous places, and did not fight.

So he said to the generals: "Wang Yanqiu is now defending Quyang, is it true that I will not attack the city?" He is now hiding in the camp, and I will force him to come out. ”

So he ordered Pei Yue to hold Xinle and led the army to Zhenzhou.

More than 10,000 cavalry troops marched to the city of Zhenzhou, and immediately surrounded Zhenzhou. Zhang Yanlang saw the banner of the Northern Army waving at the head of the city and the scene of thousands of horses galloping, he was also terrified, and ordered people to dive out of the city overnight to complain to Luoyang.

After Li Qi and Yuan Xingqin rendezvous, they immediately went to the outside of Zhenzhou to inspect the enemy's situation.

At this time, it is summer, the spring flood season has passed, the water level of the Hutuo River has fallen, and sandbars have been exposed in some places in the center of the river. The cavalry units of the Northern Army waded directly from the shallow water to cross the river, and the river was agitated, and the troops of Ruan, who had moved to the west bank of the river, had already jumped onto the south bank of the Hutuo River on horseback.

Zhenzhou has always been an important town in the north, with a city wall as high as four zhang and covered with blue bricks. As the town of Chengde Military Town, under the management of the festival envoys of the past dynasties, this Xiongcheng has been built very strong, almost equivalent to Youzhou City.

Li Qi walked around Yuan Xingqin's military camp, and suddenly understood why the two hostile sides in the late Tang Dynasty and the fifth dynasty were able to confront each other for a long time as long as they built a military fortress - it seems that they didn't even think about making siege equipment?! More than 100 years of wars from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties made the Chinese civilization have an obvious development trend of barbarism.

He looked up at the blue sky, trebuchets, building cars, siege ladders, ramming hammers, these things should be things in spring and autumn, no one will make these things now, right?!

After Li Qi, Yuan Xingqin, Fu Yanqing and others came to the river, Fu Yanqing looked at the majestic tower of Zhenzhou City a few miles away and said, "Do you want to go directly to the city?" ”

Li Qi was a little speechless after hearing this, this Zhenzhou, Dingzhou and Youzhou are called the three major towns in Hebei, and their walls are tall and strong, what do these two goods think in their minds? Directly want to climb the wall and forcibly take the city?!

So he asked, "Why did you build trebuchets to attack the city?" ”

Yuan Xingqin shook his head and said, "This is a battle, time is pressing, who will bring a heavy stone cannon over?" It took hundreds of people to operate, and it was a big hassle to transport. ”

Only then did Li Qi remember that the trebuchet in this era still relied on manpower to pull and throw, which was very cumbersome, and was generally equipped to defend the city in a large city. As for the counterweight trebuchet manufacturing technology, it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that it was transmitted from Central Asia to China by the Mughal people.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, go back to the camp first, I have something to order!" ”

Following Li Qi back to the camp, Yuan Xingqin spoke first: "I heard that the method used by the young pro-army to treat the wounded soldiers is very effective, and in the first battle of Youzhou, hundreds of wounded soldiers only died in the end, so let's tell Weichen what is going on." ”

"It's nothing, it's just that the wound is sutured to help stop the bleeding and the wound heals, and the other thing is to pay special attention to cleaning and disinfection during the operation." Li Qi replied calmly.

"What's the point?" Bai Chengfu, who was behind Yuan Xingqin, blurted out.

"Uh...... It is the items we come into contact with wounds, such as knives and scissors, gauze, bandages, etc., which need to be treated with antivirus. Otherwise, these things, including the hands, will carry a large number of germs, which cannot be seen, but can enter the body through the blood at the wound. It is the cause of fever and fever in the body of those wounded soldiers after infection, and the main cause of death is mainly due to wound infection. Therefore, the things used in the treatment of wounds, including hands, knives and scissors and other tools, bandages and medicines, must be kept clean and can only be used after cooking and disinfection, and the wound should also be disinfected frequently, so as to reduce the chance of wound infection. ”

Looking at the expressions, these people actually didn't understand at all, but they all looked like they didn't know what to do......

Li Qi carefully explained some basic knowledge of surgery to these people, anyway, they heard that the group of people in this military tent were in the clouds, and unconsciously, Li Qi's image became mysterious and tall in their minds.

In the end, Yuan Xingqin nodded: "Well, the one Your Majesty said...... Although the old minister didn't understand it very well, he seemed to think that what His Majesty said was very reasonable. The way to sew meat with needles and threads is really wonderful, and in this case, we are too worried that there will be too many wounded soldiers......"

Nahe Zhaoxun also stroked his palms when he heard this: "With this kind of treatment, my subordinates also feel that they can forcibly attack the city!" ”

Li Qi's mouth was half open in surprise after hearing this......

Crouch...... Depend on! These miscellaneous people asked about medical technology in such detail, not for the sake of learning, but to forcibly attack the fortified city heavily defended by the opponent, without fear of casualties?!

Li Qi glared at these two goods for a few moments, and then said: "Don't attack the city for the time being, this baggage team has more than 100 construction craftsmen, please wait for more than ten days, wait for those craftsmen to make some siege equipment, and then start attacking the city!" ”

Yuan Xingqin's eyes widened when he heard this: "How can you make siege equipment for more than ten days?!" ”

Li Qi asked, "What, am I still lying when I speak?" ”

Yuan Xingqin was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Weichen lost his words. ”

Li Qi snorted: "The siege of the city is up to me, you guys now think more about how to clean up Wang Yanqiu when he leaves Quyang!" ”

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