The fierce wind that had been raging for two days had stopped, and the Song army camp five miles away from the south gate of Lingzhou City could finally see the light of day.

The stars in the sky were shining from the horizon to the zenith, the bright Milky Way was across the sky, and there was not a trace of clouds visible in the pure black sky, tomorrow should be a good day, Miao Zhi thought.

Even when the wind was blowing, Gao Zunyu also ordered the Huanqing army to line up under the city and sweep the defenders at the head of the city with a divine arm bow. Although the battle was not without success, as long as there were enough siege equipment, it was pointless to suppress the archers in the city - unless the enemy army opened the city gates and went out of the city to fight back.

Gao Zunyu's original intention was indeed so, but his attempt to lure the defenders in the city into attack with unscrupulous actions did not succeed. The party members only came out of other cities where no official army blocked the city gates. The officers and soldiers lined up in the wind and sand looked like a very good piece of fat, but the bones hidden in it could not hide from the party members. They only entered and exited through a few other gates, and then ran to the periphery to harass the officers and soldiers.

It stands to reason that in such a situation, it is best to simply gamble on the four city gates, but Miao Zhi knows very well that the officers and troops cannot divide their troops to block the four gates of Lingzhou. There is also Xingqing Mansion behind Lingzhou. With the troops of Huanqing and Jingyuan, once the troops are divided to besiege the city, it is likely to be a copy of the defeat of the Gaoliang River in that year.

Emperor Taizong led the forbidden army that had just destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty to fight happily around the Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, Liao State, and was stabbed in the back by Yelu Xiuge, almost giving him his life, not to mention, the elite soldiers of the Great Liang who had been operating for many years in the Zhou and Song dynasties were also broken in their backbones. Neither Gao Zunyu nor Miao Zhu had any intention of learning from Emperor Taizong.

Miao Zhu raised his head, the stars above his head twinkled, and the moon was shining. For some reason, the canopy in his eyes seemed to be faintly filled with red energy.

Stargazing is the secret essence of the soldiers, and although Miao Zhu is not proficient, he also understands it.

The army has been out, and the army is overwhelming the enemy's territory. Miao Zhu does not look at the five stars, does not look at the stars, only looks at the stars.

Forty-five stars in the feather forest, three or three and scattered, in the south of the base, the image of the main heavenly military camp array. Today's five-star entry into the feather forest is a sign that the beam is not passable and the soldiers are rising.

The main waiting base of the Beiluo Division Gate is white with red, and the camp may become elbows and armpits, and it will be bloody.

The thirteen stars of Tianlei City, shaped like a thread, are waiting for Beiyi, and its star angle changes, is there any action in the Khitan?

Miao Zhu looked up at the starry sky, and the sense of foreboding in his heart could not be erased.

"Father...... Explorer. It's time to rest. Miao Xu's voice sounded behind him, "There will be a military discussion tomorrow." ”

Miao Zhi withdrew his gaze from among the stars, looked at his son, and turned around and walked towards the big tent.

Miao Lu hurriedly followed, hesitated, and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Miao Zhu smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head: "It's because I think too much for my father." "He looked up at the sky again, 'I guess so.'" He said in his heart.

This was the fourth day that the Jingyuan army arrived under the city of Lingzhou, and for the Huanqing army, it was the third day.

The supply of grain and straw is still tight, and today there are 2,000 bundles of grain and grass delivered from the south, half of which is grain and half of grass. Again, this is because there was no major harassment. But it was learned from the scouts that more Iron Harriers had bypassed Lingzhou from the foot of Helan Mountain and headed south. Next, whether it was to defend against Wang Zhongzheng's Qin Feng and Xihe coalition forces, or to harass the grain roads of Jingyuan and Huanqing, or to rush to the east side of Hanhai to block the road from Chong Ge and Li Xian to the west, the situation was very bad for the official army.

It is very likely that the two armies of Miao Zhu and Gao Zunyu will have to deal with the defenders of Lingzhou alone, and they can no longer count on reinforcements.

This means that the two militaries must work together.

In order to show favor to Gao Zunyu, Miao Zhu deliberately gave half of the grain he got in Mingsha City to Huanqingjun. But I still haven't been able to buy a 'good' word

Before entering the tent, Miao Zhi glanced at the camp of the Huanqing Army from a distance, where Yao Lin's victory today was still celebrating, the camp was brightly lit, and he didn't know how much wine there was for them to consume.

Miao Lu also glanced in the same direction with his father, and couldn't help but sneer: "Behead one hundred and seventy levels, and I'm embarrassed to celebrate with wine." ”

"The place is different."

Miao Zhu did not mean to belittle Yao Lin's merits at all.

If it is between the lofty mountains of Hengshan, the number of one hundred and seventy is indeed nothing. But now it is on the plains where cavalry can gallop across the plain. It may be difficult for the four-legged cavalry to attack the infantry formation, but when the battle is unfavorable, they can turn around and leave, and the infantry can't stop it if they want to, even the cavalry can only be faster than anyone's horse. Having one in ten casualties is already a fiasco.

Yao Lin defeated more than 3,000 Iron Harriers today, and he also cut down 170 heads. Judging from the number of beheadings, the casualties of the western thieves must have exceeded 10%. Since the start of the war, it can be regarded as a great victory in the front, and in terms of difficulty, it is second to none.

"But eight hundred to three thousand, this number is not right. When did Huanqingjun have that ability? Miao Lu said, lifting the curtain for his father with his own hands.

Miao Zhu approached the big tent and said, "Yao Lin is lucky, he has taken advantage of the right time and place. Didn't you hear him say that he was a thief? The wind was so strong during the day, and the Khitan Palace division was in the position of the iron harrier, so it could only turn around and run. Chasing and killing enemy horses, catching up is a head. ”

Miao Lu followed in, and the curtain was lowered behind him, "If you want to change it, my son has 3,000 cavalry, and it can be divided into two parts, one with 2,000 people, to resist the enemy's attack." The other team of 1,000 men made a detour to the rear of the enemy army and attacked from front to back, so that they could turn defeat into victory. ”

"Don't say this to the outside, so as not to be laughed at." Miao Yu sat down in his seat, gave his son a futon, and asked him to sit down and speak, "When you are attacked by someone, can you count the number of thieves at once?" And when the dust is in the sky? It is not clear how many enemy troops there are, and you dare to divide your forces? I don't dare! ”

Miao Lu was so blocked that he didn't dare to speak, Miao Zhu shook his head and sighed: "If you have time, you might as well think more about how to lay down Lingzhou City." ”

Miao Lu sneered: "Let Manager Gao think about it, didn't he say that there are enough ten thousand people?" Anyway, the son couldn't figure out how to capture Lingzhou City with only 10,000 people. This time, take a good look at the skills of the manager. ”

Gao Zunyu excluded the Jingyuan army and only allowed the Huanqing army to participate in the siege, which made Miao Lu and even the entire Jingyuan army feel angry and humiliated. When it comes to arriving at Lingzhou City, the Jingyuan army is one day earlier than the Huanqing army.

Some people can't be high-ranking officials. When the official position is low, there is no shortage of intelligence and character, and as soon as the official position is high, the whole person changes. I only know that such people are not uncommon. Miao Zhi was 'lucky' to bump into one, and he could only sigh helplessly.

"Let's get some rest." He was a little depressed and rushed his son to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, after the end of the military meeting, Miao led the army out to inspect.

Miao Zhu wanted to monitor the reaction of Xingqing Mansion, to clean up the traitors who had defected to the party, and to block all the plans of the party cavalry to cross the defenders under Lingzhou City to harass the rear.

There are so many troops in Miao Zhi's hands. There's no way to do it all. Fortunately, the spaceship was finally able to go to the sky, looking down on the earth from the sky, there was nothing in Lingzhou City that could hide from the people on the spaceship.

As he had predicted last night, the sky blue score was unusually high, and the weather was so good that it felt like the sandstorm that had lasted for several days was actually a dream. Without the curtain-like sand and dust blocking, the distant mountains and rivers outside Lingzhou City all fell into Miao Zhi's eyes.

It is a long and narrow oasis with a river to the east, desert to the east and mountains to the west. The snow flowing down from Helan Mountain has watered the earth, making the land as fertile as the south of the Yangtze River.

Around Xingqing Mansion and Lingzhou, there are ditches and thousands of acres of watered land. Rice, wheat and other grains grow smoothly in the fields, and the annual harvest is enough to feed millions of soldiers and civilians.

These millions of acres of fields, borrowed from the Yellow River and mountain snow, are left to the fields of farmers' homes through hundreds of large and small ditches.

Since the Dangxiang people occupied this land, they have worked these irrigation canals, but they are also very dangerous for the besieging army.

Regardless of whether the Jingyuan Army or the Huanqing Army were camping, they deliberately selected a few places with slightly higher terrain. In fact, it is the village outside the city, and the villagers inside were basically forced to move into Lingzhou City before the war, and all the houses left behind were burned, and the camp tent was set up on the ruins, and the camp was set up after a little clearing.

But once the party members use water attack, as long as a few canals are dug in the right place, they can make the outside of Lingzhou City become a water town. At that time, even if he can only hold his camp, he can only sigh at Lingzhou City.

"Be careful on the embankment."

Miao Zhu didn't know who he was talking to. But he soon sent people to inspect the embankment, which shows his fear of water attack.

Now it is the rainy season, the Yellow River is turbulent, the water level is high, the embankment is dug up, Lingzhou City can row in and out of the city.

But the result of digging up the Yellow River is that it will all end up. Normal people don't choose this one yet. Most of them are digging up thousands of channels in the land of rejuvenation, and as long as one or several trunk channels are selected from them, the final result will be the same.

Miao Zhu looked back at Lingzhou City, which was close to the horizon, and the little one seemed to be able to walk up with his feet. However, the four-foot walls can make all soldiers who are not prepared for siege equipment despair.

Where to find enough timber left both of the main pipes in a huge dilemma. There is a lack of timber in the near distance, and transportation is difficult in the distance. Logically speaking, this matter is similar to the dilemma encountered in the transfer of grain.

Is it a different way to lure out the thieves in the city? Miao Zhu thought.

At present, the officers and troops still have enough strength, and if they drag it down any longer, the situation will not necessarily be the case.