When the Longbow team was in full swing training, when the combat effectiveness was gradually formed, Ouyang Xiu also arrived at Baozhou City with his staff, he only set off a few days later than Han Qi, but he couldn't come until the situation in Baozhou City was not stable.

It wasn't until Han Qi took control of the situation in Baozhou City and surrounded the rebels in Baozhou City that he came over.

In fact, during the time of the Daimyo's Mansion, Ouyang Xiu was not idle, although he did not have much achievements in military and political affairs, but he was a qualified official, in the Daimyo's Mansion, he conducted a series of investigations and studies on the main composition of the rebel army, as well as the leading officials, and investigated their genealogy and even their family situation, and obtained a basic concept.

Following this genealogy and concept, the preliminary preparations for persuasion have been completed, and persuasion has never been a simple matter, and it is necessary to adapt to the actual situation.

With the arrival of Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi handed over the main work to Ouyang Xiu, and he was preparing, in case the rebels attacked after stubborn resistance, in the artisan battalion, countless craftsmen were working hard, striving to use this time to make more and more excellent siege equipment.

In the next half a month, Ouyang Xiu used all kinds of efforts to persuade the rebels in Baozhou, at the beginning, there was still a little hope, one after another good news came, met the officers in charge of the defense of the city wall, and even through various channels, he also met Wei Gui, Wei Gui did not rush to kill the messengers they sent, and he didn't even say death, but he just needed to think about it and needed an opportunity.

At the beginning, Ouyang Xiu believed Wei Gui like this, and thought that everything was going well, but later, Ouyang Xiu found that something was wrong.

Ouyang Xiu is just a little inferior in ability, not stupid, you are perfunctory, a few days, even more than ten days, there is no follow-up, as long as you ask, it is just perfunctory, just delaying, more than ten days, not only did not have any effect, the progress of persuasion was not carried out at all.

On the contrary, the rebels are seizing the time to build all kinds of city defenses, the city defense of Baozhou City, itself is strong enough, Baozhou is the capital city, and is located on the front line of the Liao and Song Dynasty, which is one of the key points of the second line of defense, the height of his city wall is almost the same as that of the Daimyo's Mansion, during this time, the rebels also did not stop, they were crazy inside the city wall, and reinforced in various auxiliary equipment.

This point belonged to the civil official system Ouyang Xiu did not find out, but Han Qi saw it clearly, and even from the beginning, he had already seen it.

If the rebels want to talk about it, why should they resist, when the imperial army arrives, especially after the Yunlong army, as long as they show this meaning slightly, Han Qi will not kill them all, except for the first evil, the others can be given a decent one.

But the other party did not, but instead cowered in Baozhou City, what is the purpose, it is very simple, it is obvious that the rebels have no intention of peace talks, just an opportunity to delay time.

Han Qi knew this, but he didn't break it, on the one hand, it was to give Ouyang Xiu a chance, in case the persuasion was successful, this was a siege war, even if there were complete preparations, the casualties were not small, a full-scale siege battle, the damage to Baozhou was huge, and he didn't want to meet directly as a last resort.

On the other hand, siege equipment also needs to be prepared, only when the preparation is perfect enough, enough more, can after the siege, consume less, sacrifice less.

It was probably 10 days after Ouyang Xiu's arrival, Han Qi took the initiative to remind Ouyang Xiu, because his longbow team was almost trained, and the siege equipment was almost in place.

The longbow is really as Sun Ji said, it is quite simple to make, there were 1200 before it, and 300 carpenters were supported in Han Qi, plus the carpenters and carpenter apprentices gathered in Miaojiazhuang, there are almost more than 700 people who can make longbows, at first it was a little slower, inefficient, and more expensive, but according to one person in two days, 4 days, 1400 were completed, this batch of longbows and longbow teams, after 7 days, were transported to the camp, at that time, Ouyang Xiu had not yet arrived.

After half a month, after all 2,000 longbows were in place, the scale of training was expanded, training almost 1,500 longbowmen, plus the longbow team, forming an unprecedented longbow team.

Han Qi is more to watch the performance of the longbow team, how can 500 people be compared with 2000 people, even if they can exert three or five times more power, it is equivalent to saying that when attacking the city, there will be nearly 10,000 archers to press the formation, which is very helpful for the siege, which is also the fundamental reason why he made up his mind to come to mention Ouyang Xiu.

Ouyang Xiu got Han Qi's guidance, and after noticing the changes in the city defense, he basically believed half of it, and then after a simple temptation, in fact, it was to give the rebels the last chance, but at this time, the rebels still said that he was delaying, and he knew that his efforts were actually useless, and after a simple exchange with Han Qi, he decided to storm and use the method of siege to finally end the Baozhou mutiny.

It has been more than 40 days since Han Qi arrived in Baozhou, and the Baozhou Mutiny that suddenly occurred at the end of the third day of Qingli has lasted until the fourth year of Qingli, and even to the Spring Festival, which is still not over.

When the soldiers fight, can't go home for the New Year, this is a very sad thing, during the Spring Festival, you can't attack, no matter how to prepare left and right, the rebels can prepare there, Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi jointly applied, to the Daimyo's Mansion and the imperial court, applied for a part of the reward, spent the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Qingli on the battlefield, and the time of attacking the city was just after the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Qingli.

After a long wait, they couldn't even reunite with their families on this holiday, the forbidden army was on fire, saying that the surrender was unsuccessful, and then it was a strong attack, and any experienced forbidden army did not want such a result, they had no choice, this is the duty of the soldiers.

Unlike the forbidden army outside, Baozhou City fell into the Shura Hell, and those Baozhou citizens who didn't have time, or didn't want to escape, encountered the same experience as Shura.

Wei Gui knew very well that if the rebels wanted to maintain their morale, they must completely open the beastly nature of the rebels, so when he was in Baozhou, he began to indulge, and even more so when he arrived in Baozhou City, looking at Baozhou, which had been stationed for many years, the whole thing had become a hell on earth, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart, but in the end, he was still ruthless.

In the world, the most tragic and darkest scene appeared in Baozhou, but the city walls were separated, and no one knew what happened in Baozhou, until the fall of Baozhou City.

The general attack, the time is set at the twentieth day of the first month, which is also the traditional New Year, with the efforts of Ouyang Xiu, the entire Baozhou out of the rest of Baozhou City, gradually restored to normal, the government is operating, and even sent relief things.

This calmed down, only a small part of Ouyang Xiu's ability is now Baozhou, and there are only two or three adults left, there are no bandits, no scattered rebels, and there can be any problems, as long as the government's relief comes down.

For these people who survived in Baozhou, as well as these civilians who returned to Baozhou after the imperial court quelled the rebellion, this year is about the same, and they even have a year of meat.

Han Qi is a resolute person, set the time, and immediately start to prepare, the two sides are opposite, as soon as Han Qi's action appeared, Wei Gui felt it first, he immediately responded to it, he knew that the final decisive battle was about to begin.

In fact, during this time, Wei Gui did not relax at all, facing Han Qi's, and surrounded by at least 12 forbidden armies, saying that he didn't care, it was definitely a lie, but he was holding the feeling of being broken, especially after opening the beastly nature of the rebels, the ability of these rebels has not been greatly improved, but the crazy energy is rare.

Similarly, in other aspects, he did not miss it, during this time, in addition to manufacturing a large number of city defense equipment, it was to strengthen the city defense, and even the tunnels dug by Han Qi did not hide from him.

As a mature officer, the method of attacking the city, digging tunnels is one of them, and it is easier to prevent it, first of all, it is to cut off, dig a trench four or five meters deep in the direction of the tunnel, and someone will guard it.

Tunnel siege, what is needed is surprise, tunnel is just a way to enter the city, you can cross the city wall, without so many casualties, but a temporary excavation of the tunnel, how many people can pass, only under the premise that the other party is not prepared, enter in advance enough personnel, can create chaos, open the city gate.

That is to say, as long as there is defense, the difficulty of the tunnel will not be much higher than that of a strong attack, it is just a direction, a method used to contain it.

But Wei Gui probably wouldn't have thought that this tunnel would not go deep into the city, but would only enter the city wall.

Just a few days ago, the tunnel excavation was successful, when Han Qi notified Sun Ji, but he didn't take it seriously, he put more thought on the strong attack, and there was one more class of longbowmen, which is equivalent to saying that the strength of the army has increased by five or six thousand, especially for such a long-range class of archers, which is also where Han Qi's confidence lies, especially the salvo of 2,000 people, covering the sky and the sun, and the rate of fire is quite fast.

The bow and arrow only solved a little bit of the problem, and then, the highlight is still in the heavy armor infantry, after 4,000 more foot armor, in fact, the siege force has increased a lot, conservative estimates, the two have brought an increase in military strength of 10,000, that is, at present, under Han Qi, it is almost equivalent to an army of 40,000 people, and the proportion is much higher than before.

Because of Han Qi's notice, preparations were also made here, and on the night of the nineteenth day of the first month, Sun Ji brought 12 coffins and entered the barracks, and he brought the weapons that Zhao Xin personally handed over to him, which could quickly capture Baozhou City.