On a calm day, for a few days, the Liao army under the city did not attack, and of course the Song army above would not provoke, that is, relying on the fortress, if there was no fortress, more than 2,000 defenders would be placed on flat ground, which would be a dish.

However, the war is still coming, on this day, tens of thousands of troops entered the camp of the Liao army, it seems that this should be the follow-up support of the Liao army, the Imperial City Division of the Liao State of the intelligence mastery, at present, in the Liao State into a formed army, that is, around Liao Xingzong, that is, Liao Xingzong is back, and it is possible to bring the army over.

With such an army of almost 50,000, it is impossible for Liao Xingzong to come, but it is a vanguard force, and the next war will be relatively cruel and more tragic.

Leading the team is Xiao Hui, the king of the North Courtyard, because of the Western Xia War, he has made great contributions, at this moment, not only the king of the North Courtyard, but also the king of Han, which is considered a high power.

Xiao Zonghan is considered to be Xiao Hui's children, all of whom are from the descendants, but they are relatively far away, and seeing Xiao Hui instead of Liao Xingzong, Xiao Zonghan breathed a sigh of relief.

Not only did he not complete the task of supporting Zhejin Mansion, but he lost his troops and generals, and this matter fell on the head of Liao Xingzong now, which is definitely not good.

Xiao Hui is here, if he can take the opportunity and win once, as long as he wins this pass, he should be able to offset the merits.

Xiao Hui ignored Xiao Zonghan, who came up and slapped his ass, but asked to go to the front to observe, after leading a part of the light cavalry, approaching the pass, seeing the building guarding the pass, Xiao Hui sighed, and said: "It's actually a fortress!" ”

"Does Whale know what this building is?" Xiao Zonghan's face was happy, and he immediately asked.

"I saw it once when I was in Western Xia!" Xiao Hui sighed, and then hit the horse back.

Xiao Zonghan was a little confused by the second monk, didn't he look at it, how to look at it, he didn't look at it.

In Xiao Hui's heart, he kept churning, in fact, the first battle of Liaoxia, in the eyes of Liao Xingzong, was a victory, and it was to win the entire Western Xia, but in Xiao Hui's view, the strategic intention was not obtained at all.

The Western Xia itself was a chess piece of the Liao State that influenced the Northern Song Dynasty, and now the chess pieces are gone, but they are chess players, which is inconvenient at all, and the ability to contain the Northern Song Dynasty has been greatly weakened.

However, Xiao Hui didn't think much about it at that time, who would have thought that Yuan Hao's revenge was so heavy, and before Liao Xingzong and Liao Guo sanctioned Yuan Hao, he first went to Liao State to make a big fuss, and Liao State was immediately hit hard, millions of people and a large number of livestock, which could not be made up for in a short time, and the depths of the grassland also killed a piece of white land, which was also unacceptable to Liao State.

In the end, what can this be, the Liao State can only recover its own blood, fortunately, the deterrence of the Liao State is still there, and it can be held down smoothly, as long as there is three or five years, it will almost ease this breath.

Who would have thought that at this critical moment, the Northern Song Dynasty jumped out, and the direct target was Zhijin Mansion.

In the Liao State has been hit hard in a row, Zhejin Mansion is actually one of the cores of the current Liao State, his grain, all kinds of products, almost support most of the Liao State, without him, the Liao State immediately changed from a kingdom to a nomadic people.

With this as an understanding, the previous series of actions can be explained, although I don't know how those cavalry of the Northern Song Dynasty entered the Liaodong Peninsula, and what they relied on, for as long as thirty or forty days, to maintain supplies and continuous actions, but except for the Northern Song Dynasty, no one else has this ability.

This cavalry interfered with the judgment of the Liao State, and the Liao Xingzong led the army to drive the expedition in person, losing the best opportunity to rescue the Zhejin Mansion, if the Northern Song Dynasty used the weapons to attack the Xingqing Mansion and the Zhejin Mansion was captured, it would be no problem.

Now, not only is it the weapon that was used, but the bigger question has also arisen, and the bastion is also in the way.

Xiao Hui was in the northwest, saw the fortress, when Liao Xingzong sent the Western Xia army to attack the Northern Song Dynasty convoy, wanting to leave the Northern Song Dynasty army behind, who knows, but was sneak attacked, overnight, most of the losses of the army, and Liao Xingzong, who was embarrassed and angry, simply chose to pursue, that is, to pursue in front of the fortress.

The tall building, the sturdy defense, and the display of the longbow, the generals of the Liao State, including Xiao Hui, at that time, after careful analysis, felt that even if they could take it, they would suffer heavy losses.

In the end, there was no fight between the Liao and Song dynasties, and the two sides collected their troops smoothly, but in Xiao Hui's heart, he had been thinking about what this fortress was.

On the one hand, why will it be built so high, the height itself is the strength of the defense, when waiting for the city, the higher the city, the attacker will spend a lot of time when climbing, and in the same way, the defenders can attack more easily, 7 zhang, simply throwing stones, there will be huge damage, not to mention weapons.

It's been more than a year, but Xiao Hui still can't think of how to deal with it, it seems that there is no other way to think about it except to fight people and die more.

Unable to think of a way, Xiao Hui had to comfort himself, maybe such a thing costs a lot of money, and the Northern Song Dynasty will not build more, and I met such a person in the northwest at that time, maybe it was specially built to protect Han Qi.

But now, everything in Shanhaiguan is displayed in front of him, a 4 fortresses, this is not a superposition of one by one, with the vision of a real battlefield general, you can clearly see that the entire valley passage is almost blocked, to pass through, you must attack the city.

Compared with the ordinary Xiongcheng, this is more powerful and more defensive, and how much it will cost to capture it, Xiao Hui doesn't know, but with the 50,000 people he brought, and Xiao Zonghan's 20,000 people, it won't work at all.

kept asking, and after arriving at the camp, Xiao Zonghan, who was told of this result, was a little depressed, and he still thought that while Liao Xingzong had not arrived, with the help of Xiao Hui, he would make a contribution first, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

However, Xiao Hui didn't ignore him, Xiao Zonghan is also a relatively outstanding junior of the descendants, this time, he just didn't know the strength of the fortress, so he planted his head in front of the fortress, this is a crime of non-war, he arranged some things for Xiao Zonghan to prepare, and it can be regarded as giving him some credit.

For more than a year, in front of such a smart person as Xiao Hui, he also thought of some solutions, to attack the fortress, the height of the fortress is a problem that must be solved.

Climbing is always the shortest path, the previous ladder is not available, but it can be built larger, and with several ladders superimposed, which puts forward higher requirements for the base of the ladder, and needs to build a batch.

Xiao Zonghan himself is also doing this, but it is a little smaller, and it can be strengthened on the original basis.

Similarly, in Xiao Hui's view, the taller the building, the stability must be a bit of a problem, this building, since it is placed on the side of Shanhaiguan, must not be built for a long time, even if it is no matter how negligent the Liao State is, half a month, a month, no army passes, two or three months, there must be, that is to say, the time for the Northern Song Dynasty to build this, that is, less than a month.

The things that have been built in such a short period of time must not be strong, so the use of a heavy hammer should have a certain effect.

Xiao Hui's army carried blacksmiths, and it took time to gather the blacksmiths together to smelt steel and make it into a heavy hammer.

Similarly, Xiao Hui also saw the long arrow, which was brought back by Xiao Zonghan and has been well preserved, almost twenty or thirty thousand, and these were given to Xiao Hui.

Of course, Xiao Hui has seen long arrows, back then, in Xingqing Mansion, the longbow had already shown its power, and the Northern Song Dynasty did not recover the long arrows at that time, and finally those long arrows that were shot into Xingqing Mansion were all obtained by the military, and they were also studied, but except for the iron that was slightly better and used a little more, there was nothing else.

Although Xiao Hui has seen the appearance of the longbow and tried to make it, many craftsmen can't find a clue, because the processed longbow, unless they get the real thing, otherwise, they can't tell which kind of wood they are made of.

Looking at these long arrows, Xiao Hui was finally a little moved, because these long arrows were significantly different from those used in Xingqing Mansion before, they were sharper and harder, and after trying it, they were stronger than all the weapons in Liao, and it was difficult to do it, all of them were fine iron.

According to Xiao Zonghan, at that time, in just a quarter of an hour, the other party shot at least 300,000 long arrows, and he also collected the corpses, only to get 20,000 or 30,000, and the rest were placed on the battlefield.

About 3 catties, that is, 100,000 catties, all of them are fine iron, is it possible that the Northern Song Dynasty has become rich to this extent, and the refined iron is thrown out so in vain?

However, this is a good thing for Xiao Hui, close to 10,000 catties of fine iron, maybe he can't make a whole body armor, but if he makes weapons, he can make thousands of long knives, as long as they are melted and cast, the blacksmiths under him can do this, which can be regarded as some improvements.

After Xiao Hui arrived, he did not attack, and after investigating the situation, he buried himself in preparations, cut down a large number of trees, and made various siege equipment.

I thought that the Liao State came to reinforcements, and they would come up to attack and increase their results, but I didn't expect that this Liao army was very stable, looking at a large number of siege equipment, although the defenders were not afraid, they also needed to be prepared, and then, as long as Liao Xingzong's army arrived, it would definitely be a heavyweight national war, they only had more than 2,000 people, and they were destined to be poorly guarded, and it was unlikely to be breached, but if some Liao troops were broken in, it would also have a huge impact.

Convey the news in the flag language, so that some liaison officers in the mountains on the back side know how many people there are in front of the Liao army and what they are doing, and then pass the news back.

Zhejin Mansion, at this time has returned to calm, Han Qi's means are very good, one pressure and one beat, suppressing the original Khitan and a few Han people in high positions, and promoting some of the bottom, although it is not a stable control, but at least it will not be as tense as the beginning of military management.

Han Qi sat in the central government, and then a group of officials prepared by the Northern Song Dynasty, with the support of the army, also took major prefectures and counties, although the countryside has not been swept away, but basically there will be no problems.

The occupation is like this, if you want to digest it, it is absolutely impossible without three or five or seven years, especially with such a large territory as Youyun.

The main force of the 100,000 Northern Expeditionary Army carried by Di Qing basically completed the task, expelling and killing all the Liao troops that had been formed, except for the 30,000 or 40,000 stationed there, and 50,000 people remained in his hands.

At this juncture, the news of Xiao Hui's arrival came, after consulting Han Qi, Di Qing once again set off with the army, a total of 50,000 people, they would not fight the Liao army head-on, they stayed on the flanks of the fortress, mainly in the rear, once the Liao army broke through the fortress, they could also block it as soon as possible.

A head-on battle with the Liao State may break out, although, next, the Liao State is likely to use 400,000 or even more troops, but in Di Qing's opinion, no matter how many troops are not as good as the elite, 50,000 fully armed elites, they are experienced, and they have been tempered by the Battle of Youzhou, they are the elite of the elite, even if they are against twice or even three times the enemy, it is not false at all, not to mention that under the support of the fortress, they can break through the defense of the fortress and attack them.

The armies of the Liao and Song dynasties began to march towards Shanhaiguan, and a major war related to the situation between the entire Liao and Song dynasties in the next few years was about to break out.

However, the performance of the two sides is completely different, the Liao State is a war to destroy the country, almost all the troops that can be mobilized have been mobilized, and it is expected that the army that will arrive at Shanhaiguan may exceed 500,000, but the Northern Song Dynasty only mobilized 50,000 people from the Northern Expeditionary Army, of course, Han Qi was not idle, he began to build a large number of buildings after mastering part of the power of Youzhou.

The fortress, the most powerful and trustworthy fortification, is the best weapon to stabilize the clouds at this time, and in 15 days, this should be able to be obtained, and the direct appropriation from the Privy Council, coupled with the promise of the Ding Navy, urgently mobilized a large number of materials, through the sea, to the vicinity of Zhejin Mansion, which solved a large number of problems.

Zhejin Mansion, Zhuozhou, and several states around the core, as long as 50 fortresses are built, they can be impregnable, even if Shanhaiguan is lost, the governor of Liao will drive straight in, it will not be a problem, he believes that this time can be fought for.

Both sides are accumulating strength, but the Liao State is attacking, the Northern Song Dynasty is defending, whether the sword is strong or the shield is strong, you have to touch to know, and on the Bohai Sea, close to Zhejin Mansion, at least more than 40 large transport ships, are docking, nervously unloading, this is the steel and cement directly pulled from the Ding Navy, these are not made in the Northern Song Dynasty, or it is impossible to provide such a large amount, as for the bricks, it can be fired nearby.