Chapter 406: The Flames of War Begin
Shu Wang Renli has been running for this matter for several years, and it is not until today that he finally has a result, and stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, the Song people have been unarmored for several years in Qin Feng's army, and now the cultivation of the master is no longer in Qin Feng, and that Zheng Zhi is also thousands of miles away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Wei Ming Renming also hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Shu is very right, now I have been recuperating in the summer for a few years, and the sheep and horses are all over the ground, it is the time to raise troops and fight again, and the minister is willing to be the vanguard and recapture the old capital for His Majesty." ”
Renli and Renming seemed to have discussed it, and spoke back and forth. Li Qianshun naturally had a plan, and when he talked about this matter today, he had also discussed with many people before, and said again: "The Song people were treacherous, regardless of the armistice proposal, and sent troops to attack my land of Great Xia. ”
Between the Song and Xia, the Song people never violated the armistice agreement, and it was always the Western Xia who violated the armistice agreement. But between countries, the same is true of discourse. It doesn't have to be based on facts, and it's normal to open your eyes and tell nonsense.
An official with white hair trembled out of the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. Please also think twice, Your Majesty. ”
These words are naturally very reasonable, after the defeat of the last war, Western Xia lost a large area of land in the southeast of the desert, and there was no prosperous capital. If the war is fought and defeated again, the country of Western Xia will not exist, and there will be no more rights for party members to reproduce in this world.
Emperor Li Qianshun originally thought of the main battle in his heart, and at this time, he would listen to the advice of others to retreat, and replied: "The Song people will not die in my heart, and if we don't take advantage of their unpreparedness to start a war at this time, when the Song people are ready, they will inevitably send troops to attack." Rather than that, why not strike first. ”
Hearing this, the old minister replied: "Your Majesty is afraid that you have misunderstood, the Song people are in the land of Xihe Lanhuang and Qin Feng, and the elite people have all disarmed and returned to the field, and they do not have the heart to kill me." ”
This old minister's thoughts, naturally want to debate with the emperor, the party is now only half of the strength it used to be, and it is no longer as strong as it was back then, how can it start a war lightly. The Great Song Dynasty is a vast land with a large population, and it is so easy to defeat, if it can be defeated, this border war will not last for decades.
Li Qianshun's thoughts are different, but Li Qianshun also thought about fighting to the death with Song, Li Qianshun just wanted his original palace and his original capital.
When Shu Wang Renli heard this, he was a little anxious, and stepped forward and said: "Isn't it just right for the elite of the Song people to disarm and return to the field, just give me the opportunity to send troops." How did my father die? How did we get driven to Guazhou by the Song people? Have you all forgotten? If you don't avenge this revenge, what kind of face do you have to go to your ancestors and ancestors? ”
The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and some people still wanted to speak out, but it was a benevolent and polite remark that made everyone hesitate. The emperor's attitude was also extremely obvious, and I am afraid that the matter of starting a war has already been decided.
Today's court discussion is nothing more than the young main battle faction and the emperor's thoughts. And these old and calm officials are no longer powerless to stop them.
Li Qianshun listened to the benevolent words, and continued: "The party was originally a vassal of others, living a hard life, and being oppressed by others, Emperor Jingzong was wise and martial, and led the eight major tribes to rise up, establish the country of Great Xia, and save the party from fire and water, so that the party can live in this heaven and earth." Now that the Song people are bullying my party, how can we endure it again and again, only by sacrificing our lives can we live up to the grace of our ancestors. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, and all the ministries, men over the age of thirteen, must gather in Guazhou, send troops to Lingzhou City, and restore the old mountains and rivers! ”
Shu Wang Renli, Wei Ming Renming and Ming Renming looked at each other and smiled, and their wishes for several years were finally fulfilled. The hatred in the hearts of the two is too deep, Renli has the hatred of killing his father, and he also has the humiliation of personality.
Li Renming was defeated several times, and he also had the hatred of taking his wife. The two have long coincided.
If it is according to the historical development, Tong Guan passed through the northwest, although he won the battle of Western Xia, but he did not win so completely. It was only a great victory in the border battle, forcing Western Xia to bow down. The Western Xia state declined, and there was no desire to fight again. Da Song did not have the heart to fight again. It was so tacitly agreed that the two sides stopped fighting.
But now the battle of Song and Xia, because of Zheng Zhi, the victory was too thorough, and the soldiers pointed directly at the capital of Western Xia, forcing the Western Xia emperors to go away to the desert. It also caused such a thorough disarmament policy in the Northwest. The world is changeable, and creation makes people.
This time, the party has raised troops again, and the conscripted soldiers have reached the age of thirteen, which can also be seen in the decline of the party members. It was also the success of Zheng Zhi's original strategy of attacking people in Western Xia, which looted a large number of people and property in the east of the party.
In the land south of the Yangtze River, Anji City, Huzhou, Li Tianyan came to garrison with 10,000 soldiers.
The soldiers were all over the city, covered with scarves, but they had no armor. But the weapons in his hand were shining with cold light, most of these weapons were newly created, polished extremely sharp, and they looked extremely dazzling in the sunlight. Although the weapon is new, it only lacks a murderous aura.
The officers and soldiers finally came, and there were not many flags, but they were heavily armoured. On the edge of the field of vision, more and more heavily armored knights slowly appeared. Such a soldier brought an invisible pressure to Li Tianyan, the general of Zhenguo.
When all the three thousand knights appeared in the field of vision, this pressure became heavier and heavier, and Li Tianyan, who was standing on the top of the city, gasped a few times, looked left and right at the soldiers under his command, and was even more worried.
"Speed up the demolition of the houses in the city, and move all the earth, rocks, and hardwoods to the city." Li Tianyan issued another order, and the houses near the city wall were demolished nine times out of ten, just to defend the city.
In front of Zheng Zhi's eyes, he finally saw Anji City, which is an important town in the west of Huzhou and the central city in the west of Huzhou, but the city wall is not tall, and the city defense facilities are not complete, which is also a common problem in the city south of the Yangtze River.
Zheng Zhi looked up at the sky, and not long after noon, he calmly instructed left and right: "Set up camp and bury the pot to make rice." Eat enough to repair an hour to siege the city. ”
Zhu Long took people down to make arrangements. Luda opened his mouth and said, "Zhu Jialang, prepare a few bowls of spirits for the Sprinkle family." ”
Zheng Zhi heard the words and asked: "Luda, the war is going to start soon, and you still have a lot of wine!" ”
"Haha... Brother rest assured, after eating a few bowls of wine, the Sprinkle family will definitely kill a few more thieves. Ruda replied with a smile.
Zheng Zhi suddenly remembered some scenes he had seen in his previous life, when he dared to die, the soldiers drank more to strengthen their courage. Ruda obviously doesn't need to drink to strengthen his courage, it's okay to drink and go crazy. Thinking about it like this, Zheng Zhi didn't say much. Maybe this method will be used more in the future, against the Khitan, against the Jurchen, drink a bowl of spirits before going into battle, maybe it will really help the soldiers under his command.
When Shi Jin heard this, he also joined in the excitement and said, "Zhu Jialang, prepare a bowl with me." ”
Zhu Long nodded, beat the horse and went back, and said: "Prepare more together, and you can take it if you want to eat and drink." ”
The people set up camp and first fed the horses some fine food. Then trim and wait for the meal to start.
Since the use of gunpowder to break the city, before the siege, everyone no longer needs to prepare many siege equipment, but saves time and effort.
Nowadays, there is also an improvement in the method of siege, which is to use a bed crossbow to fire feather arrows, which are tied to the lighted gunpowder packets, and shoot this arrow directly at the city gate, so that it is safer and more secure.
Niu Da led people to slowly unfold the bed crossbow, and they were also tying up gunpowder bags.
Although Tong Guan followed Zheng Zhi all the way, he did not really fight with the army, but followed far behind, and did not come to the front line in person.
In the east of Huzhou, under the city of Gui'an, Yang Keshi besieged the city for several days, constantly building siege equipment, and the long ladder was already placed in front of the entire camp.
Shi Bao is still on the way, and there is still a day to go. Obviously, the journey from Hangzhou to Gui'an is a little farther than Anji.
Yang Keshi has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he also has hundreds of personal soldiers, and the scouts are far away, and he also knows that the reinforcements of the thief soldiers are coming, and he is staring at the map in the big tent.
Tian Yan was on the side and asked: "General Yang, the thief reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and we must think of some countermeasures, we can't let the reinforcements enter the city, otherwise it will be even more difficult to capture this Gui'an City." ”
Yang Keshi nodded, this matter was already brewing in his heart, pointed to the map and said: "You see that there is a Yunchao Mountain here, and the land of the mountain pass can ambush heavy troops, how about the ambush?" ”
Tian Yan looked at Yang Keshi's finger and replied: "The ambush is naturally good, but I can't wait for 7,000 people and horses, and the thieves have tens of thousands of reinforcements, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to work." ”
Yang Keshi smiled when he heard this: "Haha... General Tian was too worried, and he also fought a few battles with the thieves before and after, and the thieves' combat strength was vulnerable, so I took 3,000 soldiers and horses to ambush them here, and it was not a problem to defeat the thieves. ”
Yang Keshi is full of confidence, and he also has hundreds of soldiers under his command, and now he has a lot of war horses, and he is very confident.
Tian Yan looked at Yang Keshi's confident appearance, and Zheng Zhi's previous appearance appeared in his mind. I couldn't help but shake my head, but I didn't know what to say. There are clouds in the book of soldiers, and the enemy is defeated by rash advances. Although Tian Yan has never really fought, he is familiar with military books, and he really can't figure out why people like Zheng Zhi and Yang Keshi who underestimate the enemy have won many battles.
"General Yang, what if the thief army in the city sends troops to meet the enemy who comes to help? Will you not let the general suffer from the enemy on his back? Tian Yan asked again.
Yang Keshi heard this, and said with a smile: "This is just right, if the thief army in the city opens the city to respond, you don't need to care about me, you will quickly beat the drum to attack the city and rush in one fell swoop." It's a lot easier. ”
Tian Yan frowned, but he also nodded, since Yang Keshi said so, he didn't need to care about him. Tian Yan had no reason not to do so.