If Li Buqi can lead the army this time, then Li Buqi will definitely try his best to show his ability and prepare for leading the troops alone in the future. But if you're a deputy to someone else, he's ready to play soy sauce when Myeongho is obviously unfriendly. Every morning, when he got up, he would go around Beizhou to survey the geography, or go to the battalions to inspect the progress of manufacturing equipment, and he also erected a wooden pole in front of his tent, on which he hung a cloth bag to observe the wind direction.

Wang Xin: They are indeed right, there is a real lack of wood around Beizhou. In order to prevent the Liao army from attacking and being able to cut down trees nearby to make siege equipment, the trees would be cut down once they grew up. Moreover, before the Beizhou Righteous Army was besieged and killed, they cut down the surrounding trees again, and after the officers and soldiers arrived, they asked for firewood for cooking and heating, and as a result, all the surrounding areas of Beizhou were cut bald. Now the timber used to make the equipment has to be brought from other states and counties in the south, or the beams of the houses have been picked up. Li Buqi estimated that after this battle, there would be no more complete houses left in Beizhou.

Even if a large number of people were forcibly requisitioned to transport timber in the southern prefecture and county, the speed of manufacturing equipment could not go up, and it took five days to build more than 200 siege equipment at most. With such a little equipment distributed to the four city walls, it can only be a wave, but Myeongho obviously has no intention of delaying the attack. Li Buqi is not ready to speak out now, so he is ready to move a small bench to make a pot of tea to see how Ming Ho fights, and also to see how the combat effectiveness of the Hebei Forbidden Army is, because it is estimated that it may be necessary to open a film with the Liao State in the next few years.

Two days before the siege, Myeongho finally came up with a siege plan. He decided to make a feint attack in the north of the city, and attack in the other three directions at the same time, and carefully distributed the troops, explained in detail how to fill the trenches, and how to make the various arms cooperate closely. But Li Buqi said in his heart: "You don't even have a clear reserve, I want to see how you fight." ”

As soon as the siege was arranged, a battalion of the Zhenwu Army arrived. Li Buqi calculated that the average daily march was close to thirty kilometers, which was already very good in this era, not to mention that after entering the Hebei territory, he was always ready to fight, so naturally he could not march with all his strength.

Because there was only one commander and there didn't seem to be many people, they were also ambushed by a group of Maitreya disciples, but Wang Zhaoming and Yang Shiqing both required the cavalry scouts to release twenty miles according to the drill code, and there were still sharp soldiers in front of the brigade, so they discovered the ambush of Maitreya early and launched an attack in battle formation. Although there are five or six hundred people in the Maitreya Sect, there are only a small number of standard weapons, and the command is not good, that is, they are swarmed up, Wang Zhaoming commanded the troops to set up the mandarin duck formation for a while and broke them up, and then the cavalry chased and slashed, killing and wounding more than 200 people in total. In total, the Zhenwu army was wounded by bows and arrows, and only one horse died.

After reporting the situation along the way, Wang Zhaoming saw that there were no outsiders in the tent, and couldn't help complaining that Li Bu gave up: "Zhongzheng, I heard that you said that you were afraid of beating the Zhenwu Army out during the court meeting, and you would not let the Zhenwu Army go into battle?" You should know that my Great Song Dynasty will not be a private soldier, but you are taboo to speak like this. ”

In fact, Li Buqi thought that day that if Ming Ho wanted to fill in the Zhenwu Army on the battlefield, it would be even more unclear if he stopped it, and it was better to ask in front of the emperor not to let the Zhenwu Army go into battle, so that there was still room for explanation, so that the emperor could think that Li Buqi was simply distressed about his own hard work, which was also in line with Li Buqi's consistent image of what to say. So the two evils are the same, he knew that he was taboo and still proposed the matter of Zhenwu Army in front of the emperor.

It is rare for a child of a family like Wang Zhaoming to remind others, and Li Buqi immediately expressed his sincere gratitude: "More elder brother to remind him." It's just that this Zhenwu Army is not only the work of the younger brother, but also the effort of the official family, and the younger brother is really afraid that people will be ruined if they lose their lives, so he said this as soon as his head was hot. It's really inappropriate to think about it now. ”

Wang Zhaoming said: "Brother, although you are smart, you are still too straight to speak, you must think twice when you speak in the future, and you must not make such a mistake again." ”

Li Buqi hurriedly said that he had been taught. Yang Shiqing asked: "Zhongzheng, if you don't let the Zhenwu Army go into battle, then what are we going to do?" ”

Li Buqi said: "Isn't it good to see first? I also feel what the big war is like, and the soldiers will not be confused when they really go to the battlefield in the future. ”

Two days later, it was Xiao Nian, and the officers called out to the soldiers at the third watch. The cooks on the Zhenwu Army's side also boiled a large pot of broth, steamed steamed buns and distributed them to the officers and soldiers. After breakfast, each person was given two flatbreads for lunch. The other officers and soldiers don't have such good benefits, and after breakfast, it is estimated that they will not have the next meal until at least the evening.

At the fifth watch, the trumpets sounded, the army finished lining up with torches in the camp, and the officers, who had received orders from the big tent of the Chinese army, returned to the camps and brought the troops to the city. For a while, the fire around Beizhou City was full of fire, and everyone knew that the city was about to be attacked. Li Buqi wanted to assist Ming Hao, so he took the Zhenwu army to the Jiangtai in the north of the city and waited to watch the siege.

The sun dispelled the mist, and the ranks of officers and soldiers were all arranged.

Ming Ho deployed 20,000 people in the south of the city, and as far as the eye could see, the black pressure was overwhelming, if it weren't for the flags between the queues to show the difference, Li Buqi really couldn't tell the difference between the departments.

Li Buqi participated in several military parades in Jinmingchi, and at that time it was all drum music, but at this time, he could not hear any other sound except the shouting of orders and the neighing of horses. From this point of view, the current training of the Hebei Forbidden Army is still good.

He raised his binoculars and looked at the city in the distance, and saw that it was already crowded with people, and it could be seen that there were people carrying weapons and weapons coming and going, and they were obviously ready for battle.

Li Buqi couldn't seem too passive and slacked off, so he came to the side of Wang Xin, the commander-in-chief of the siege, and asked: "Chief Manager Wang, can there be an echo of the persuasion letter that has been shot into the city in the past few days?" ”

Wang Xin said: "The scouts reported that the thieves on the city wall were well guarded, so there was no movement. ”

Li Buqi nodded, then handed the telescope to Wang Xin and said, "You see that the thieves in the city are ready, and the casualties of such a strong attack will be large, should you harass them to disrupt their army?" ”

Wang Xin was puzzled: "How can this harass through the city wall?" ”

Myeongho also looked over. Li Buqi asked, "How many cavalry do we have?" ”

"You can't use cavalry to siege the city, so there are less than a thousand."

Li Buqi said: "Okay, let the cavalry who can shoot gallop back and forth outside the moat, and try to kill and wound the tired thief army." ”

Li Buqi looked at Ming Hao: "I heard that the Liao people will be like this before attacking the city." The subordinate wanted to personally command the cavalry to harass the enemy army, but he didn't know what to do? ”

Ming Ho nodded and said, "Li Junjian will do his best to boost the morale of our army." Just be sure to be safe. ”

Li Buqi hugged his fists and said: "I will die for the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Wang Xin hurriedly called two cavalry generals and ordered them to be under the command of Li Buqi. Li Buqi gave Tao Lin an order, then beckoned the two to get on their horses, and asked on the horse, "How many of your men can ride and shoot?" ”

A bearded officer patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, the military supervisor can shoot anyone who has a horse." ”

Another officer said, "The military warden probably knows that there is a shortage of horses in our army, so only the most skilled bowed horses are usually given horses." Therefore, some horses are basically able to shoot. ”

Li does not give up and is noncommittal. He had seen the arrows shot by those cavalry when Jin Mingchi was performing martial arts and flew out of more than a dozen steps and fell to the ground, and he didn't know if the Hebei Forbidden Army was like this.

They followed the two men to the rear of the infantry formation, where two cavalry commanders were placed alone, and the number of less than a thousand men was unusually thin compared to the large array of 20,000 men. The two officers each beckoned their subordinates to get on their horses, and Li Buqi pressed the saddle with his hand and stood directly on the saddle. This action immediately lifted the spirits of this group of cavalrymen, and Li Buqi's eyes were different.

Li Buqi said loudly: "The siege is about to begin!" But the thieves are also preparing! Now I command you to go and harass the thieves on the wall. The method is very simple for you, which is to gallop back and forth under the walls and shoot arrows at the walls at the same time. As long as you can disturb the thieves, those infantry robes will kill a few less! Can you do this job? Tell me out loud! ”

Mounted archery is the basic skill of cavalry, and it would be too ugly for anyone to dare to say that they can't do it, so hundreds of mouths almost made the same voice: "Yes!" ”

Li Buqi shouted: "You guys aren't loud enough! I didn't hear clearly! Tell me louder, can you? ”

The cavalrymen puffed up their chests and shouted, "Yes! ”

There was a bang, which caused the infantry in front to be refreshed. Li Buqi then said: "Okay, follow me!" ”

He sat back in the saddle and turned his horse's head, and the two commanders behind him ordered the banner to follow, and the two cavalry commanded in a four-way column to bypass the infantry to the southwest corner of the city wall. There, Tao Lin had already led the scout cavalry of the Zhenwu Army to wait outside the range of the bed crossbow, and Li Buqi waved to the cavalry of the Zhenwu Army after the cavalry arrived: "Let's start." ”

The leader of the scouts immediately ordered: "A team of ten people, an oblique formation, each person is five meters apart, each team is fifty meters apart, shoot at the enemy!" Be careful to keep moving fast and don't huddle together to prevent enemy bows and arrows from killing! Now Team A, come with me! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he urged his horse out, and a squad of cavalry followed, speeding up and pulling distance as he ran, approaching the walls in a sparse diagonal column, and at the same time taking their bows and arrows.

They were immediately spotted in the city, and sparse crossbows and crossbows were fired at them, and even javelins with two bed crossbows flew towards them, but the sparse cavalry moving rapidly parallel to the city walls was actually very difficult to aim, and these crossbows did not pose any threat. When these scout cavalry reached the outside of the moat, they raised their bows and threw them at the walls. Li Buqi held up the binoculars and saw that most of the arrows should have landed on the city wall, because there was some chaos there, and more people began to fire bows and crossbows at the city.

Li Buqi turned to the cavalry of the Hebei Forbidden Army: "Have you seen it all?" Just like that, keep running fast while shooting arrows, so that the walls can't hit you. When you hear the sound of the brass horn, you will immediately withdraw and return to the team to assemble, and you must not interfere with the infantry! Alright, let's get started! ”

The two commanders hurriedly ordered their subordinates to draw scoops according to the gourd, and Li Buqi picked up the binoculars to observe the tactical movements of these cavalrymen, and couldn't help but cover his face. The arrows shot by these cavalry were far enough, but it felt like some of them hit the women's wall directly, and some of them crossed the city wall and didn't know where they went, and there didn't seem to be many of them on the city wall. Li Buqi's heart was cold-if he was to fight head-on with the Liao cavalry, it seemed that the cavalry would have to train themselves.