On the canal, a fleet of ships is meandering to march, and the matter of running the army with water is rare in the Northern Song Dynasty, after all, the developed water transportation is only the area centered on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties, under the premise of no war for decades, it has almost become a swan song.

Recently, all the wars in the Northern Song Dynasty have something to do with the northwest, where there is a shortage of water, let alone water transportation.

With a large army in his hands, Han Qi did not have a trace of high spirits, and used several times his military strength to deal with a little rebel army, which was not enough to make him happy at all, and it was almost the same for the Liao army.

Although it was on the road, but the intelligence kept coming, the whole performance of the rebels was very strange, not to mention, the mutiny in Baozhou, it was a very strange thing, just say that after Baozhou, immediately left Baozhou and went to an unknown small village.

The name of the small village is not known for the time being, because the surroundings have been cleaned up, but I don't know how, Han Qi remembered what Renzong said when he left, Miaojiazhuang, wouldn't it really be Miaojiazhuang.

"Report!" The captain of the pro-soldier took an urgent letter and sent it to Han Qi, which was intercepted from the intelligence system, but it was detailed information about the rebels.

Wang Deyong made a quick decision and quickly withdrew the power of the Wang family to mutiny in Baozhou, but he couldn't swallow this breath, yes, the rebels are hateful, but these are already at the end of the road because of Wei Gui's arrangement, and their only role is to clean up the traces of the Wang family in Baozhou, so that any clues of the Wang family will not be exposed to the mutiny.

As long as it is done, there will be traces, but if it is deliberately destroyed, this trace will disappear without a trace, the rebels, it is to destroy everything, before Han Qi's army arrives, and then do the final madness, when some people and things related to this rebellion are almost gone, there are no clues.

However, the eye medicine is still required, whether it is the step armor that appeared in Miaojiazhuang, or the strong outrageous fortress, that thing is forbidden, not to mention that Miaojiazhuang is just a small group training, even if there is a regular army stationed in Miaojiazhuang, it is also forbidden, which is a certainty that cannot be escaped.

Wang Deyong is not sure, and he threatens Zhao Xin with this matter, after all, Zhao Xin is still a four-year-old child at this time, even if there is real evidence, he can use people to deceive the past, but these things must be borne by someone, no matter who they are, they must be weighted, this is the real purpose.

Wang Deyong has realized that this will be a long-term process, and since he is regarded as an enemy, he cannot act rashly, and the key is to slowly confront him.

The previous move was a little reckless, and on the premise of not knowing who Zhao Xin's subordinates were, he rashly launched an attack, and finally failed.

Han Qi looked at the report in front of him, he was thinking, what did the rebels do when they went out of the city, but because Baozhou was in chaos, the spy report of the Military Intelligence Department had no news about Baozhou at all, and the elite sent out later had not yet reported the news, but he never thought that there would be such a gain.

Miaojiazhuang, this word appeared in Han Qi's eyes, Han Qi's eyes narrowed, although he was only in his thirties, but he was the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he was in the northwest before, and he was also a member of the general management level, Han Qi already had his own majesty, looking at the information in his hand, his heart was turning violently.

The information was very abrupt, why didn't even the scouts he sent out get the news, but this piece of information came over in a grand manner.

It's not that Han Qi suspects that this information is fake, because this is something that is easy to verify, and Han Qi has not yet been bold enough to rely on an inexplicable piece of information to arrange military affairs.

Even if it is an internal battle to counterbalance the rebellion, he is quite careful and will not shoot casually, and even more so he will not take only 5,000 forbidden troops with him.

However, this information is the basis for understanding the rebels and the situation in Baozhou.

After the rebels in Baozhou turmoil, the arsonists killed in Baozhou for a day, and after almost destroying the entire Baozhou, they actually left Baozhou and disappeared, which is also the focus of the investigation he ordered the Military Intelligence Department, nearly 10,000 rebels, left Baozhou, where did they go, what did they do, these are huge mysteries.

In this intercepted intelligence, there is an explanation, because Miaojiazhuang's recent business, steamed buns and soap, made the rebels red-eyed, and they went to Miaojiazhuang first.

Steamed buns, this Han Qi knows, he ate it when he was in the northwest, and he ate it once, and he would never think about it a second time, but what is soap, just this little local business, let the rebels go, this is too fake.

However, in the intelligence, there is also a detailed calculation, for example, the sales of steamed buns and soap, seeing that in less than a month and a half, the total sales exceeded 100,000 guan, and even approached 200,000 guan, even Han Qi stopped talking.

200,000 guan, Han Qi, who is in charge of one side and even the prime minister's entire war against Western Xia, may have a total consumption of more than 200,000 guan in a month or two, but that is in the army, at least 200,000 troops, and it is the total consumption of several states.

A small Miaojiazhuang actually has such a large sales volume, according to the ordinary profit, there may be a balance of tens of thousands of yuan, for the Baozhou rebels, it is definitely called a piece of fat.

Capture the border military states, I am afraid that the final harvest will be tens of thousands.

From this point of view, the other party's attack on Miaojiazhuang is also reasonable, not because this is the manor of the relatives and attacked, but the bigger accident is still to come, the rebels attacked Miaojiazhuang, and Miaojiazhuang also defended, but the defense was successful.

With a total population of less than 3,000 people and 800 regimental training, Miaojiazhuang actually blocked the attack of nearly 10,000 heavily armed forbidden troops, and after nearly 10 days of attack, the army was defeated and retreated.

This is also too unbelievable, Han Qi is a soldier who knows the soldiers, and he claims to be a Confucian general, a capable person who is in and out of the general, he asked himself, with 800 regimental training, or even 1000 regimental training, it is impossible to block the attack of nearly 10,000 well-equipped troops in a deserted village, how did Miaojiazhuang do it.

Next, there are really key words, up to 40 meters, strong and terrifying city defense, which was expected by Han Qi, if Miaojiazhuang wants to achieve the previous results, field battles will definitely not work, and defensive battles are the key.

Han Qi was also thinking about it before, what kind of defense did Miaojiazhuang use, the 40-meter-high circular city wall, this is possible, but why can it be built so high?

Miaojiazhuang has long been prepared, afraid that others will see them make money, so they put all the money into their own construction, if they use forty or fifty thousand to build a small defense, it is still possible to pile up to 40 meters, plus a little let go, maybe it can really block the rebels.

This requires the same level of equipment and even training, so, after flipping through this information, sure enough, in the back, I saw the information of 100 sets of infantry armor.

That's right, if the attacker has the Foot Armor and the defender doesn't, it will be difficult for the defender to resist the attack, and the bows and arrows of both sides will make the defender exhausted.

This is also the most headache for the defenders, the Northern Song Dynasty in the defense, the crown of the entire East, but on the contrary, those military villages in the northwest, it is difficult to resist the attack of the Western Xia, the initial losses, are the military villages, it is with the help of the military village to block, delay, some cities on the inner line, can calmly transfer troops, or defensive warfare, or field warfare, to block the attack of Western Xia.

This approach is good, but because of the lack of cavalry and mobile forces, it can only be passively resisted, and if it is not careful, it is easy to lose the strategic low.

As Han Qi's shame in the battle of Haoshuichuan, although there are problems with the layout, but the lack of mobile forces, there is no restriction and detection of the large-scale transfer of Western Xia, is the key, the infantry is facing the advance of the cavalry, it is difficult to set up a camp, and the last battle, it is the sneak attack of the Western Xia taking advantage of the fact that the foot soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty are not stable and do not form an overall military formation, and defeat is the fundamental reason.

It is precisely this example that Han Qi does not believe that a village-level defense, even if it costs a huge amount of money, can block the attack of the army, even if it is a step armor.

Among the intelligence, the focus is on these two, the forbidden city defense, the step armor, the former, that is the height of the super high, a regimental training, can not have such a strong city defense, the latter, simply the real prohibition, the foot armor in the Northern Song Dynasty army, is strictly controlled, each has a number, the whereabouts are recorded, even on the battlefield, the loss, also need to write out the detailed process, the loss of replacement is a set of regulations.

It is such strict control that prevents the famous Bu Renjia of the Northern Song Dynasty from falling into the hands of the powerful, which is the most strictly controlled place in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In this case, to give the manor of the descendants, there are 100 steps of human armor, which is simply a big deal, even if it has made a great contribution, blocked the rebels, and made it impossible for the rebels to wreak havoc on the entire north, but the merit is merit, the merit is the fault, and the merit cannot be offset by the merit, this is the way Han Qi dealt with it.

It seems that this Miaojiazhuang must be kept in mind, Han Qi closed this information, wrote down the manor that Renzong specifically mentioned when he was leaving, and then calmly waited for the arrival of the army.

Almost the next day, when there was still a three-day flight from Baozhou, news came again.

However, this is not transmitted through the spy system, but through normal military channels, the nearby Bazhou Red City Walled City and Liujia Vortex Village have been attacked by tens of thousands of rebels, and the Red City Walled City and Liujia Vortex Village have been broken respectively, the materials have been robbed, and the stockade has been burned.

If the rebels were in Baozhou before, Han Qi could still walk slowly with peace of mind, but now it has gradually spread, marching towards Bazhou in the south, this is also enough, in case of going north, attacking Xiongzhou, Xin'an Army, it is really a big trouble, Baozhou is still a second line, but Xiongzhou and Xin'an Army are definitely the first line of Liao and Song, which will shake the defense system of the entire Hebei, and even cause a series of changes, in case Liao and Song really have a dispute, then it is not a rebellion to be able to make it clear.