The distance of more than ten miles, in the case of a fast horse galloping, that is, about a stick of incense, in the subsequent trip, although Han Qi did not look at the fortress, but this fortress has been engraved in his heart, in the running, what he thinks in his heart is also the fortress.

According to the strength of the rebels, they were able to kill almost 4,000 rebels in half a month, and they were still the strongest and most important hoplites among the rebels.

It's a pity that no matter the design of the fortress or Zhao Xin's modification, it is far beyond this era, even if it is a genius like Han Qi, he can't think clearly, at most the height is counted as one.

A large number of horse teams were approaching, and the personal soldiers had been guarding Han Qi's surroundings, and there were even some horse scouts, who were dispatched in advance, patrolling back and forth in all directions, where there might be ambushes.

Fortunately, the rebels were all restrained by Wei Gui in Baozhou City, and they belonged to the family members of the behind-the-scenes forces, and they left Baozhou long before Han Qi arrived, and Baozhou was even safer than other military states and other roads, for a very simple reason, there were no bandits and mountain bandits.

Baozhou mutiny, because of Wei Gui's relaxation, the rebels not only attacked Baozhou City and Miaojiazhuang, but also cleaned up the entire Baozhou, bandits, either joined the rebels, or were killed by the rebels, with foot armor, all kinds of forbidden army equipment of the rebels, in Baozhou in this era, is an inexplicable existence, there are lucky bandits, also fled from Baozhou.

The safety performance has been greatly increased, and the speed is much faster, under the guidance of Sun Ji, Han Qi finally arrived in Miaojiazhuang.

At this time, Miaojiazhuang has begun to rebuild, the imperial army arrived in Baozhou, and the rebels are crowded in the city, the rest of Baozhou is safe, Miaojiazhuang, the most important place of the Miao family, although the losses are less than other villages, but there is also a third of the house, because of the long-term stationing of the rebels, it has also become dilapidated.

When Han Qi arrived, it was such a scene, many villagers were cleaning up their houses, some damaged, collapsed, and even the remnants of bricks and tiles burned by the fire.

Miaojiazhuang cleaned up part of it, but the traces of the war were still very serious, and almost one-third of the Zhuangzi collapsed.

Han Qi didn't speak, and Sun Ji didn't speak, but Han Qi would see, this village, compared to ordinary villages, is a little higher in terms of defense, after all, there are more than 3 miles of walls, and there are those arrow towers around it.

Because of Miaojiazhuang, there is no offensive and defensive battle, the surrounding walls and arrow towers are not very badly damaged, and the entire defense system can be seen.

But this high is on the basis of ordinary villages, and from a military point of view, it can't be considered strong, and it is a joke to say that it can withstand the rebel heavy infantry.

Even the strong barracks built by the forbidden army have been broken by the rebels, not to mention these earthen walls, just take some giant trees and the like, you can easily push them there.

It seems that the Yunlong Army was attacked, and it seemed that the Yunlong Army was a little weak, but counting the protection of the Yunlong Army, it was built with nearly a hundred iron box cars and some giant trees and parts, at least it would not be knocked away by people with giant trees.

In fact, when the rebels attacked the Yunlong Army, they used heavy infantry to hard, the heavy infantry attracted the firepower of the defense, the archers extended the attack to prevent follow-up support, and the 4,000 more armored infantry was much higher than the defensive force, concentrated on the attack a little, and then extended after the breakthrough.

It was a textbook attack, and it also showed the mastery of the rebels' combat skills, with such combat skills, it is impossible to attack a village with an earthen wall.

But in fact, the rebels stayed in Miaojiazhuang for almost half a month, and finally lost 4,000 heavy infantry.

Looking at the fortress up close, tall is the only feeling, especially standing under the fortress, the 40-meter-high tall fortress, like a giant beast, suppressing people, especially when approaching, this feeling is particularly obvious.

In addition to the height, it is that the facilities are complete, and you can see the prominent arrangement in front of the below, some of which are different from ordinary city walls, not straight, but protruding outwards with a concave shape, as a military commander, Han Qi keenly grasped the benefits of this concave shape.

Reducing the area of the attack, it seems that the concave shape is equivalent to extending the area of the city wall, but the concave shape is very small, or the original shape, it is inconvenient to place the ladder, and it is impossible to use him as the leading force of the attack, under the premise that the artillery has not become the main body of the siege, the sharp diamond shape has not yet become the main body of the fortress, and the original shape is easier to do, and it is more convenient.

Even after a preliminary glance, Han Qi felt that the terrifying nature of this fortress seemed to be extremely protective in every way, and the protruding part was reduced to a distance, but when defending, it could be used, and the attack of the concave part was easily attacked by the three parties, giving full play to the manpower advantage.

As soon as Han Qi saw the fortress, he put his main energy on the fortress itself, and as for the moat, it was swept over first.

The moat is only for the besieging side to set up obstacles to reduce the possibility of the city being quickly attacked, and the possibility of capturing the city is basically zero without crossing the moat or without draining the moat.

In terms of difficulty, it is not big at all, any sieger who is familiar with the siege routine can use a certain amount of time to divert water out, even if it is living water, there is no moat that is not drained, which is the biggest weakness of the moat.

There is time, in order to be in a hurry, really regardless of the moat, no problem, just a little more trouble, with wooden planks, or water valves to make some water passages, you can still pass smoothly, of course, this is the situation suppressed by the besieging side, which is very common in the siege.

The method of defending the city instead of field battles proves that the strength of the two sides is different, and the difference between the two sides is that more archers can be placed outside the city to produce suppression.

However, this fortress is a little different, it is not a simple city wall, but a building, that is, people can stand above, and according to the height difference, there will be more people arranged, more three-dimensional.

Han Qi is a civil official, but he has a long experience in the northwest, and he is also quite good in military affairs, he keenly crossed the moat and fell directly to the fortress itself, but the height is a big problem, and the height can give the city a huge defense space.

Han Qi slowly walked towards the fortress, at this time, the broken dragon stone of the fortress had been opened, and the gate was also open, Sun Ji hurriedly stepped forward to guide, and at the same time, the guards also stepped forward to check.

Even if it is in his own territory, with Han Qi's approval, the necessary responsibility still has to be paid.

Han Qi did not enter the fortress, but outside the door, along the side of the moat, he touched the fortress and felt the strength of the fortress with his hands.

Sure enough, it is as solid as a rock and can withstand tens of thousands of rebels, and it is still such a strong city defense, only a strong city defense can do this.

I don't know how it was built, why it was built so strong, so high, but this alone is an insurmountable obstacle.

Zhao Xin didn't come forward, for the time being, it was really inconvenient for him to meet Han Qi, not to mention whether Han Qi knew him or not, so he said that he rushed up, how to say it, he directly said that he was the second son of the emperor.

Replaced by an adult prince, such an important minister of the court, he must have seen it, and maybe even his teacher, but Zhao Xin, who is only 4 years old, has not yet entered school, and has not been in contact with the courtiers, what to say.

didn't say it, it didn't mean that he didn't ask for it, Zhao Xin specifically instructed Sun Ji to explain the strength of the fortress to Han Qi one by one, even internally.

The strength of the fortress is proved by history, in the era when there was no artillery, relying solely on simple siege equipment, if you want to conquer the fortress, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky, using the fortress group, to lock a layer of strong defense for the Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is for the current situation, or for the future, there are huge benefits.

After Han Qi saw the outer wall of the fortress, Sun Ji began to introduce to Han Qi, and even told him about the actual battle against the rebels, which was what Han Qi wanted to know the most.

Even after seeing the strength of the fortress, he had a simple and intuitive understanding of the fortress, but he was still very skeptical, relying on the regimental training that had just been trained for more than a month, I was afraid that he could not even do basic joint battles, and he could kill 4,000 heavy infantry and replace them with the forbidden army under him, which may not be able to do it.

From the example to the use of the above, one by one to confirm the strength of this fortress, from the layout, to the form of the war, Han Qi, who is familiar with the war, is very clear that the 40-meter-high city defense itself is an insurmountable Xiongguan, in history, all the Xiongcheng, all are built on the mountain, the reason is very simple, the height is the natural geographical advantage, which is much stronger than the moat.

Different from the towered Xiongcheng built on the mountain, this castle itself is more than 40 meters, which makes his defense extremely strong, even if Han Qi is the commander and comes to attack with heavy troops, he has to consider how to reduce the loss of the overpass, but the superior defense does not mean that it can be used well, and it feels unreliable to use this to annihilate 4000 heavy infantry.

Sun Ji's story is not over, the most important thing is that it is still to come, Sun Ji told the story, the main thing is to say, the experience of this battle.

In addition to the protection of the fortress, the longbow is frequently mentioned in the middle, which is also the focus of Sun Ji's explanation to Han Qi, compared to the fortress, a fixed defense, which costs a huge city defense, the longbow is easier to achieve, and it is easier to reflect the attack power.

After a short period of training, even the theory of the bow and arrow is not familiar with the regimental training, you can suppress the professional short archers, this is the advantage of the longbow, others, easy to manufacture, easy to popularize, firepower coverage and attack power, but also the natural choice of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the million Northern Song Dynasty army, with 700,000, or even more longbowmen, with the assistance of heavy infantry and a small number of cavalry, the longbow will be invincible in the world.