The order in the city is not stable, first, the dignitaries and dignitaries in the north have flocked to the city, and the tense external pressure makes it impossible for the local area to be stable; The second is because of the thousands of brave men recruited by Li Miao.

Although these people dare not make big mistakes, they often molest women, or force them to take important things, which disturb the market.

Li Miao didn't dare to invite them too strictly, because at this moment, he needed to rely on these people to work hard. In this turbulent year, the literati always had to let the warriors have some.

It's just that the people in Zhending City have suffered, but fortunately, the 'legacy' of Zhao Song and Song Dynasty is still there, and those brave people don't dare to be too excessive, let alone provoke those gentry and famous people in the city.

If so, in less than ten days, when Li Miao didn't notice it at all, Chen Qian had already dug nearly half of the corner of the wall under his hands.

At this time, Lu Qian had already swept the Amway Army, Weizhou, Cizhou, Zhaozhou, Enzhou and other places, and the army had arrived in Xingzhou.

Xingzhou is the Xingtai of later generations, located in the east of Taihang Mountain, south of the Hutuo River, north of the Zhanghe River, so the west of the Yellow River. In today's world, the most famous person in Xingzhou is white porcelain, which is commonly used by the noble and lowly in the world, and even exported overseas. The second is iron smelting, in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Qi Wuhuaiwen invented the steel filling technology again, pit smelting a lot, and the annual iron output accounts for forty percent of the entire Hebei. Although it has been devastated by the Tianhu Rebellion, the heritage is still there. The current Zhizhou is also a famous character in history, and he has a place in the two Song Dynasty, and this person is Li Gang.

Li Gang was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father Li Kui, who was well versed in military affairs, followed Lu Huiqing to resist the Western Xia to commit meritorious work, and the official went to Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, and he is currently the pacification envoy of Jingnan Road. Li Gang is the second year of Zhenghe Jinshi and the first. In the fifth year of Zhenghe, the official went to supervise the imperial history and serve the imperial history in the palace of power. But soon, because of the discussion of the mistakes of the government, he offended Cai Jing, was dismissed from the official ministry, reappointed as a member of the ministry, and moved to Julang. Later, there were many vacancies in Hebei Prefecture and County and there were no talents to fill them, so Li Gang was immediately promoted and knew about Xingzhou.

At that time, there were homeless people who were robbers among the counties of Xingzhou, the number was incalculable, and the powerful ones could have thousands of people. After Li Gang took office, he tried his best to deal with it and wiped it out. He was like Li Long, summoning Ding Zhuang, donating money and food, gathering troops, and even asking people to refine iron and govern the army. In just two months, the situation in Xingzhou has been completely new.

It's just a pity that this time is too short. Before the first month of the new year, Lu Qian not only sent troops to Hebei, but the striker had already entered Xingzhou.

There was a river blocking the way of the Liangshan army on the Xingzhou South Road, which was the water. It is one of the tributaries of the Zhanghe River. There was originally a Song army village here, and at this time, all the soldiers and horses were withdrawn into Xingzhou City.

If so, Wang Yan led more than 5,000 "loyal soldiers" behind him as the vanguard, and Lu Zhishen supervised 10,000 soldiers as the follow-up, and went straight to the city of Xingzhou.

The so-called 'loyal and brave army', even if the Liangshan army swept all the way to the Song army, it chose those who were willing to be young and strong and willing to join the army. The commander of the loyal army is Wang Yan. Lu Qian believed in him very much, not only because Wang Yan had a pillar of qi on his head, but also because it was difficult for him to turn back.

Wang Yan also knew that this war was related to his future future. He chose to surrender at the critical moment, which was actually a loss of confidence in the Song court, of course, he was afraid of death. However, the internal contradiction between the Liangshan Army and the Northern Song Dynasty is the same nation, and this shame is much less than the surrender of foreign races. Wang Yan is now serving in the Liangshan Army, and he is also rushing to create a bright future, so he naturally works hard.

Therefore, when he heard that Li Gang scolded him for betraying the country and being a thief at the head of the city, greedy for life and afraid of death, Wang Yan only sneered. "There is a kind, when grandpa breaks the city and takes you down, you will be hard again."

Immediately named one person, and ordered his whole army to attack and kill. The army went straight to Xingzhou, marching very fast along the way, and naturally would not carry a lot of siege equipment, but he thought that the soldiers in the city of Xingzhou could not be compared with the Daimyo's mansion.

The Liangshan army is divided into two major systems, one is the army of the prince and the army under the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies; The second is the local garrison. In Wang Yan's eyes, although the latter is not like the Xiang army in the past, it is also a little similar. And the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the soldiers and horses belonging to the pro-army are like the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty. Naturally, he was looking forward to entering the forbidden army, rather than being left in the local garrison as a garrison officer in the future. In this way, he will make more meritorious deeds and contributions on the battlefield.

This loyal army is obviously a temporary establishment, regardless of the official position appointed to him - commander, when did Liang Shanjun have the title of Zhao Song such as 'commander'?

The garrison army only has three levels: garrison [county] - soldier and horse envoy [state] - soldier and horse chief [province]. The subordinates of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are also simple, there are the main governors, the left and right deputy governors, the left and right senators, and then the number of generals, and the amount of each government varies.

Wang Yan is aiming at the generals. He was originally the first general under Zhang Suo, this position is high enough, as long as he can make meritorious contributions and be added to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, is it a matter of course.

"Brethren, today's battle is the first battle that we have brought under the command of the Great King, and it is all in my spirits." has just changed the court, and does not reveal the means, how can it be valued by the new owner? The general of the loyal and brave army, who received the military order from Wang Yan, did not feel afraid, and returned to his own camp and shouted: "Break the city of Xingzhou, you will be rewarded with money, and you will have acres of land." Liang Shanjun has never owed any salary, and if any of you don't want money or land, stand up for me......"

Naturally, there is no one. Many of these people have come for the salary of the Liangshan Army, and since they were incorporated into the Loyal and Brave Army, they did not mention the money, but only said that the food was completely exhausted.

"It is natural for the sons and daughters to carry guns and sell their lives, and it is natural for them to eat food and get paid. But Zhao Song has no kindness, sluggish money, and thin rewards, so that we can't be convinced, and I don't want to die for it. But today, King Lu is raising the army with a generous salary, and relieving our worries with generous compassion.

"Whoever climbs the city wall first will be credited with the first credit. Sons, rush with me......"

There are no temptations, and the tactics are extremely simple. The officers first ordered people to cut down trees and build ladders, and then chose the sergeants who boarded first, and the crossbowmen, swordsmen, and shieldmen. The soldiers who ascended first carried a long ladder across the river to the city, their swords and shields were covered by shields, and the crossbowmen followed suit, and the arrows and crossbows were fired in unison to cover their own first climb.

It's extremely simple, but in fact, it is also the standard of offensive warfare that has not changed for thousands of years.

In the era of hot weapons in later generations, offensive warfare was also to suppress the enemy with long-range firepower first, and then attack with 'death squads'. And that long-range fire position must be in a strong defense.

It's like the Great War of the Daimyo's Mansion. It's just that the cannon that has been roaring for days has been turned into an arrow crossbow, which can be said to be a low-profile simplified version. The three thousand armor soldiers selected by Lu Zhishen are regarded as the two hundred pioneers in front of him.

"Father." Li Zongzhi shouted. An army of thieves from outside the city is coming!

Li Gang did not wear armor, only hung a sword at his waist, and stared at the enemy without turning his eyes on his beard. The thieves have about five or six hundred troops, and they are in a compact formation, densely lined up, which is really rude! Only regard the archers on the city of Xingzhou as nothing.

"Dare to discharge such a formation, intending to attack, I will let you have no return!" Especially these soldiers and horses turned out to be rebels of the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Gang hated them even more.

"Archer ready!" Li Gang snorted coldly and pulled out the sword at his waist. Thousands of archers were gathered in the southern city of Xingzhou, divided into two rows, staggered standing, hearing the order, everyone took out feather arrows and put on the string. It's just that the morale of those soldiers is not high, and many of them are even more trembling, and they can't pull the soft bow.

Wang Yan held a clairvoyant mirror to look at the city, and when he saw this, he suddenly laughed. With such a guts rat, Li Boji dares to show his eyes?

Li Gang didn't notice the timidity of the archers at the head of the city, "Release the arrow!" Seeing that the besieging enemy had entered a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, he shouted loudly.

The long sword in his hand slashed downward.

If Li Boji's fierce loyalty could be turned into arrows, the blue sky over Xingzhou at this moment would inevitably be covered by the arrows and crossbows like dense locusts, but unfortunately, this can't.

He only had a thousand archers under his command, and none of them could pull the bow round.

The strings rattled, and the whistling arrows shot out like lightning! Regardless of the effect, the first row of archers will immediately retreat, and the second row will be filled immediately!

For a while, arrows rained down on the city, and the loyal soldiers besieging the city screamed everywhere!

But the offensive showed no signs of decline. Especially after entering a hundred paces, the crossbowmen under the city also fought back. The bow was like a full moon, the arrows were like shooting stars, and immediately a scream sounded on the top of the city, and the bow and arrow were immediately stopped.

That's where experience comes in.

At most, the Xingzhou soldiers have only suppressed bandits, and there are very few who have experienced war. There are even fewer people who have blood on their hands. Previously, they were the only ones who fired arrows, and the enemy did not see a counterattack, which was fortunate and made them feel relaxed. If these good things are long-lived, they can add a touch of veteran color to each other.

But now it was only in the blink of an eye, and they only released two rounds, and the counterattack from the city was met. When there are casualties on the city, how can those rookies who have not experienced a real battle still calmly draw their bows and release arrows?

Even so, the attack ended in failure. The long ladder of the attacking troops of the Loyal Warriors was set up on the river, but none of the soldiers could cross the river on the long ladder under the rain of arrows.

There is no twilight on Wang Yan's face, if you fail, you will fail, it's not a big deal. At least he has seen through the Xingzhou defenders, hasn't he?

The large army of the Loyal Warriors was also cutting down trees and building ladders, and at the same time transporting bundles of timber from the city to the battle, as well as the large wooden rafts.

A large group of sword and shield soldiers sent a strict phalanx and approached the city of Xingzhou. Stepped forward and the crossbowmen hid in it. This second wave of the offensive was the real test of the Xingzhou defenders.

Li Gang also changed color, and hurriedly called Wang Kun, the supervisor of Xingzhou's soldiers and horses, and Li An, the regimental training envoy, and asked him to rectify the soldiers in the city and wait for hand-to-hand combat.

The only 200 armored soldiers in the city were held in the hands of Li Gang's fist, led by his eldest son Li Zongzhi. The latter wears armor and holds a steel knife, and he really has a touch of heroism.

"The country is swinging, and the society is drifting. My Li family has been favored by the court for generations, and your grandfather is even more of a courtier, and my father and son should abide by loyalty and swear to die to report the society. Li Gang encouraged his son.

Li Zongzhi gritted his teeth and said: "Father, don't worry, my son will die, and he won't dare to disdain my Li family's name." Today's fighting, either the retreat of the thief army, or the death of children. ”

In the end, Zhao Song has been raising scholars for more than 100 years, and there are still a few loyal ministers.

That's the case with Chen Long and Zhang, and the same is true for Li Miao and Li Gang's father and son. But Lu Qian didn't have much interest in Li Gang.

I don't know why? To say that, Lu Qian admires Zong Ze very much, but he has no feelings for Li Gang. Xu is the 'Sanhu River Crossing' left over from Zongze's history, too tragic? Or is Li Gang too 'nameless'?

Yes, Li Gang successfully organized a battle to defend Tokyo, but the whole process was too ambiguous for a historical novice like Lu Qian. And this Li Gang died two years later than Yue Fei, but for more than ten years after Jingkang's year, Lu Qian couldn't "see" his shadow. Although Lu Qian is only a novice in history and has limited knowledge, people's cognition is from their own point of view, isn't it?