The Taiyuan city gate has been completely replaced with the new city gate, with twice the thickness of the wood as the bottom, a layer of iron sheet on the outside, and the huge iron bolt also weighs hundreds of catties, which must be opened from the city.

The Song army blew open the city gate this time, using a giant earth-shaking thunder of eighty catties, which was several times more powerful than before.

It should be impossible to blow up the city gate with the original sky-shaking thunder, but based on the precedent of the Jin soldiers breaking through Taiyuan City last time, Li Yanqing is almost certain that this time the Jin soldiers come to attack Taiyuan City, they will definitely use the sky-shaking thunder to blow up the city.

Therefore, it is necessary to come up with an accurate answer through practical experiments, and the reason why he can hold Taiyuan and Bianliang is that he does not let go of every detail.

The test was arranged in Beicheng, a large area of open space in Beicheng, which would not affect the lives of ordinary residents, and the army had temporarily imposed martial law on Beicheng, not allowing pedestrians to pass through, and at the same time told the whole city that the army would test firearms, so residents should not panic.

Li Yanqing stood one hundred and fifty steps outside the north city, watching several soldiers place the earth-shaking thunder at the city gate in the distance, the first to test the earth-shaking thunder of the Jin soldiers, several soldiers quickly ran away, hiding behind a covering boulder, but after a long time, there was no movement.

"Dumb Thunder!"

Hao Wu waved his hand and shouted, the first thunder met the dumb thunder, Li Yanqing shook his head secretly, Jin Guo was still far from the Song Dynasty in terms of manufacturing level.

Immediately afterwards, another thunder was replaced, it was still a dumb thunder, and it was not until the third thunder finally exploded, the explosion was huge, and a puff of black smoke rose into the air, Li Yanqing urged the horse to run up, only to see that there was a black piece of black on the gate, which was full of fine pieces of iron, but the gate was still undamaged.

Li Yanqing knew it in his heart, and ordered: "Replace our original earth-shaking thunder!" ”

The crowd left again, and several soldiers lit the fire rope and immediately hid behind the boulder, covering their ears, when a deafening explosion was heard, and a larger smoke rose into the air.

After a while, everyone returned to the city gate, only to see that the corner of the city gate on the left was a little deformed, and it was sunken by the shock wave of the air wave, Li Yanqing frowned, and said to Hao Wu and Wang Gui's group of generals: "Although an explosion did not blow up the city gate, if Jin Bing used continuous explosions, it would still blow up the city gate, that is to say, the earth-shattering thunder is the first major threat we guard against." ”

Wang Gui thought for a while and said: "I suggest that a special army be set up, with more than 1,000 people, who are specifically responsible for preventing the Jin soldiers from attacking with earth-shaking thunder. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "This plan is good, this special explosion-proof army will be handed over to you to prepare for it." ”

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The recruitment of new recruits progressed very quickly, in just two days, the Jingzhao army recruited 50,000 recruits in Taiyuan Province, and 30,000 of the 50,000 recruits were former Song soldiers, either the box army or the forbidden army, after the defeat of the Song army, they all fled home, for their own reasons, they put on their armor again.

Recruit training by Liu Jian is in charge, the first day of assembly, 50,000 recruits stand on the vast school field, 50,000 recruits are divided into five square teams, neatly arranged, recruits do not wear ink cloth armor, but wear a unified leather armor, this is the leather armor of Liao soldiers, stored in the Taiyuan warehouse, there are more than 100,000 sets, many gold soldiers also wear such leather armor, in order to distinguish from the gold soldiers, the Song army unified the leather armor and helmet are painted with black paint, and the original red yellow leather armor is completely different.

Li Yanqing stood on the high platform, a black dragon flag of the Song army flew above his head, Li Yanqing said loudly: "I know that many of you are wearing battle armor for the second time, maybe some people need to earn money to support their families, maybe some people want to take revenge, but no matter what your purpose is, but now you are the same as me, you will face the order of ruining the country and becoming a foreign slave, only to take up arms to defend your homeland, protect your parents, wives and children, and only take up arms and fight to the death with the golden soldiers, this is our only way out, Some people say that the golden soldiers are strong, the cavalry is sharp, we Song people are not opponents, this is a little true, but it is not entirely true, we have our own advantages, we have the powerful earth-shaking thunder, there is the city guard artifact flying fire thunder, we also have thousands of hot-blooded men who are unwilling to be enslaved, this is a person's ......"

Li Yanqing took out a chopstick and broke it lightly, "The strength of an individual is so fragile, it is difficult to survive under the iron cavalry of the Jin soldiers, but it is ....... to gather thousands of you."

Li Yanqing took out a handful of chopsticks, and he couldn't break them with force, "You have become now, 50,000 soldiers standing here, your collective strength has become extremely strong, and the Jin soldiers will no longer be able to defeat us, I believe that we will definitely hold on to Taiyuan City, and will not let the Jin soldiers step further!" ”

The hearts of the 50,000 soldiers were surging, and Li Yanqing couldn't help but raise his arms and shout under Li Yanqing's extremely infectious speech.

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The next step is the brutal and high-load training, although most of the new soldiers are wearing battle armor for the second time, and most of the rest of the soldiers have participated in the archery club and the village soldiers, and they have a good military quality and training foundation, but what needs to be done at this time is to let them reinvent themselves, abandon some of the old bad habits, especially cultivate the collective spirit, which is especially important for the recruits.

The 50,000 soldiers were divided into dozens of teams to train in formations on the school field, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, at this time Liu Jian walked up to Li Yanqing and said: "Today Wang Gui came to me to complain, saying that the soldiers have been arrested and sent to work as carriers, and the recruits are training again, and there is no manpower to install trebuchets in the city. ”

"Isn't the substance finished yet?"

"There's still a little bit left, mainly tents, paint, war drums and other miscellaneous items, and it will be almost the same for another day."

"How many people are helping with the carrying?"

"About 30,000 people."

"Then let the soldiers come back first! I ask the people to help me move the rest of the materials, and I still need your help with a few things. ”

"Please command!"

"The first is to move the camp into the city, the north city is good, empty, few residents, you can demolish some buildings, so that the camp can be built, the second thing is to send 10,000 soldiers to assist the people of all counties in Taiyuan Prefecture to move into the city, and now it is in action, but the action is too slow, and the progress needs to be accelerated, I hope to move all into the city within three days."

Liu Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "Will this make Taiyuan City too crowded?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "There are only more than 100,000 people in total, and now there are only 300,000 residents in the city, Taiyuan City is at least 6 or 700,000 people, far from being crowded, mainly many recruits are recruited from various counties, and they need to move their families into the city to avoid worries." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

"In addition, there is also an anti-spying, I estimate that there are a lot of Jin State spies in Taiyuan City, I am worried that they should cooperate with the outside to help the Jin soldiers break the city, and these spies must be dug out, I will hand over this task to Zhang Shun, but Zhang Shun may be understaffed and needs your assistance."

"I will give my full support."

"Just these three things, I'll consider the details of other city defenses!"

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In the middle of winter, Taihang Mountain was also blocked by heavy snow, and Jingcheng, Fuyang, and Baicheng were all blocked by heavy snow, and even if the army passed, the baggage materials could not be transported.

Wanyan Xian also finally chose a long way to counterattack Hedong County, so that Wanyan Zongwang fully took over the Central Plains occupied by Wanyan Chang, and Wanyan Chang led 50,000 troops to turn north, return to Hedong Road, and recapture Taiyuan City.

It took a lot of time to choose the path, and when Wan Yan Xian finally made the decision to let Wan Yan Chang go north, five days had passed since the Song army occupied Taiyuan City.

On the east bank of Fenshui in Jiangzhou, a 50,000-strong Jin soldier is moving north, this army is composed of 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry is Jurchen cavalry, 30,000 infantry is composed of 20,000 Khitan infantry and Han infantry, and the main general is the famous general Wan Yanchang of the Jin State.

Wan Yan Chang is about forty years old, more than ten years ago he followed Wan Yan Agu to fight the southern and northern wars, and made great achievements for the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, but at the same time, he also has a lot of blood debts on his hands, Wan Yan Chang is ruthless, killing people like hemp, for more than ten years, his hands are full of the blood of thousands of innocent people of the Khitan and Xi people, after capturing Taiyuan, in order to vent his personal anger, he indulged the soldiers to slaughter tens of thousands of innocent people in Taiyuan, and was a well-known executioner in the Jin State.

This time Wan Yan Chang attacked Taiyuan was not his original intention, especially Marshal Wan Yan Xian also ordered Wan Yan Zongwang's army to take over the territory he occupied, which made him even more dissatisfied, but he also had no choice, Wan Yan Xian was not only the marshal of the capital, but also the emperor's younger brother, in the decision of the Southern Expedition, he said that no two, anyone who dared to disobey his military orders would be severely punished and driven back to the Jurchen tribe.

Night gradually fell, the indignant Wan Yan Chang directly ordered the army to enter Quwo County to rest, Quwo County suddenly a cry, shout, scream, until the middle of the night gradually subsided, the next morning, 50,000 troops continued to go north, leaving a ravaged county full of devastation.

Not long after the army set off, Liu Yanzong, the commander of the Han army, urged the horse to catch up, "Deputy marshal, there is news of Taiyuan City!" ”

Wan Yanchang reined in the war horse, "Is it a pigeon letter or an express?" ”

"It's an express newspaper!"

"Bring the messenger to me!"

In a moment, a messenger spies stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Wan Yanchang and saluted, "Deputy Marshal Qiqi, I came from Taiyuan Mansion to report the news!" ”

"How many Song troops are there in Taiyuan City?"

This is Wan Yanchang's greatest concern, the number of Song troops in Taiyuan City is related to the difficulty of him retaking the city.

"Deputy Marshal Qiqi, a total of 30,000 Song troops came, but there were 6,000 troops to guard Yanmen Pass and Loufu Pass respectively, and there are currently 24,000 troops stationed in the city, but the Song army is recruiting new troops, and 50,000 new troops have been recruited so far."

Wan Yanchang didn't take the newly recruited soldiers to heart, for him, the recruits were defeated in a battle, and there was no need to bother thinking about it, he heard that there were only 24,000 Song troops, and his heart was immediately relieved.

"Who will the Lord be?" Wan Yanchang asked again.

"It's Li Yanqing!"

This news suddenly made Wan Yanchang surprised and delighted, Jin Bing was defeated in the hands of Li Yanqing several times, so that Jin Bing talked about Li Sechang, Wan Yanchang was extremely unconvinced, he only hated that he had no chance to fight against Li Yanqing, this time Li Yanqing was in Taiyuan, Wan Yanchang's heart immediately boiled with war, and he had to fly to Taiyuan immediately to fight with Li Yanqing.

"Pass my order, the army speed up, give me a day and night march, and in three days we must arrive in Taiyuan!"

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