The siege battle is not as easy as people imagine, in the era of cold weapons, if you want to capture a city with high walls built around it, it is difficult and unimaginable.

Of course, the premise is that the defenders of the city have the determination to resist the enemy, especially in the face of nomadic sieges, and the Han people who are determined to resist have the advantage in the city. Just as the Southern Song Dynasty resisted the Mongols, the Mongols were often helpless under the city.

There is also a historical allusion, after the Western Han Dynasty experienced Wang Mang, the Eastern Han Dynasty weakened, and the Northern Xiongnu, who had been beaten to a bad place, began to get involved in the Western Regions.

By the time of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty army in the Western Regions was only two or three thousand people. The Han army in the south of the sky was besieged by the Xiongnu with tens of thousands of troops.

The Han army used the city to defend it, and even more warriors desperately broke through the siege and rushed to the national capital for help. It has been more than eight months for the people who broke through to rush back.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty had just died, and the young Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne. The ministers of the court and the central government were helpless, tens of thousands of Xiongnu besieged the two cities, and the two Wuji lieutenants Geng Gong and Chen Zhong were stationed, each with more than 1,000 people. It's been eight months, and I'm afraid it's been wiped out.

Shi Situ Bao Yu tried his best to disagree and proposed to send troops to rescue. Seven thousand iron horses rode fast horses to the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions, and there were three generals.

Reinforcements have to arrive in recent years, and Chen Zhong resisted for several months all the way, and the whole army was annihilated.

Geng Gong all the way, besieged in the small city, there was no water to drink horse urine, and fifteen wells were dug and finally water came out. Eat everything you can eat, from grain to mules and horses, plants and trees, even the cow tendons and other things in the crossbow are removed and boiled.

Facing the strong attack of the Huns every day, less than 1,000 people defended and did not retreat or surrender. There was really no food, Geng Gong deceived the envoy of the Xiongnu persuasion into the city, as soon as the Xiongnu envoy entered the city, he immediately tied to the top of the city, and burned the pot on the spot to put the messenger in front of tens of thousands of Huns, and cooked it and ate it.

The Huns attacked more and more. Geng Gong held on, and in the end there were only twenty-six people left in the city, and when the reinforcements arrived, only thirteen people were left who returned to Yumen Pass with Geng Gong.

The rest of the things that hold on to the city are naturally countless, that is, Wang Yu is in Taiyuan, and Muhan leads troops to besiege it, and he also holds on for eight months until he runs out of ammunition and food.

In the defense of Pingxia, hundreds of thousands of party members were helpless twice, so they didn't talk about it much.

Today, Wei Ming Renming was angry and stormed the city, Liu Fa sat firmly under the city wall, and heard the shouts from the top of the city, but there was no panic in his heart.

Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing faced such a tragic situation for the first time above the city, and their hearts were shocked. The bravery of the party item also exceeded Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing's expectations.

As long as the Song and Xia wars began, the people in the mainland only heard that who defeated the party and made great contributions, from Di Qing to Liu, they were all victorious generals in the northwest. So much so that in the hearts of the Song people, the party members seemed to be just clowns jumping off the beams, and when they really saw it today, the two of them knew how brave and fearless the party members were.

Killing people is soft, not a joke. As strong as Yue Fei, the three-stone hard bow shot countless times, and the muscles of the arm were trembling until it was shot, and the three-stone bow couldn't be pulled away, so it was exchanged for two stone crossbows and then shot.

Until the two stone crossbows couldn't be pulled apart by hand, Yue Fei's arm was already numb, so he had to put the crossbow bow at his feet and step on it, so that he could wind it up and shoot again.

But the party is still full of cities.

Yue Fei shot down with an arrow, and a dozen steps away, a party boy fell to the ground with an arrow, and blood overflowed from his chest. The young man immediately got up again, rushed to the bottom of the wooden ladder, blood was still gushing from his mouth, and his hands were still climbing upward.

Perhaps these party members also know in their hearts that if they do not win this war, they will be enslaved forever.

Yue Fei hurriedly put the crossbow on the ground again, and on the pedal outside the crossbow arm of his right foot, his muscular trembling hands struggled to pull the string again.

Looking at Yue Fei again, his face was already hideous, his teeth were clenched, and with a low roar, the bowstring was finally hung on the machine spring, and a straight feather arrow on the crossbow rack was raised.

Another arrow came out, and the young man who had been hit by the arrow fell down the ladder, and the feather arrow was also stuck in the top of the boy's head.

Yue Fei didn't dare to relax at all, he put down the crossbow and pulled it again, and shouted: "Quick, quickly push down the long ladder." ”

Yang Zaixing was on the side, the huge iron gun in his hand was directly against the side of the long ladder, and he pushed it with all his strength.

As the sun fell, Renming finally turned around and said lightly: "Mingjin." ”

Wei Ming Renming's heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness, and in the face of Jiancheng, Wei Ming Renming was really a little powerless. The young Wei Ming Renming, the party's No. 1 warrior, obviously did not experience the two battles in Pingxia more than 20 years ago.

However, some old generals in the army knew the tragedy of Pingxia, which was the same as today's siege. The sense of powerlessness in the hearts of these people is even greater than that of the name of Renming.

The strong Qingbi Field of the Seed Master Dao and Liu Fazhi is to anticipate the advantages of sticking to today, and they also know that the city under the heavy army hoarding, the party members will inevitably be helpless. As long as there is enough time to prepare, the process of moving from defense to attack is the final victory.

Wei Ming Renming returned to the big tent, called the baggage officer to check the grain and grass, and was even more worried in his heart, facing the map for a long time, he asked: "If this city is attacked again, the army will inevitably fall into a predicament, there is a plan, if you bypass this city, go straight to Pingxia, and break Pingxia to go down to Weizhou and Qinzhou." Rather than wasting in vain, it's better to take a shot. ”

The words and tone of his words are obviously not very firm, with a sense of negotiation. Obviously, self-confidence is not as good as before.

"Dashuai, this city is not broken, it is too dangerous for the lone army to go deep, Pingxia is also a strong city, the Song people are gathering troops everywhere, Pingxia is the place where the troops are gathered, at this time in Pingxia, if it is not broken for a long time, there is no way to retreat. Liu Faruo led the army back to help at that time, and he was trapped by the enemy on his back, but he was afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable. A veteran general hurriedly answered, that is, as soon as he heard the word Pingxia, many things were already vivid.

Hearing this, Wei Ming Renming opened his mouth and asked, "Could it be that Pingxia City is more difficult to fight than this city?" The soldiers and armaments of the Song Dynasty are all here, Pingxia must be empty, and it doesn't matter if the lone army goes deep. ”

"Marshal, if there are more than 5,000 men and horses in Pingxia, I will definitely fall into a bitter battle, and it will be impossible to break the city within a month. At this time, the only way to attack this city again and break this city is to have food, armor and ordnance, and then attack Pingxia, and get twice the result with half the effort. "The veteran swears by it, and his knowledge of Pingxia City is also sufficient, and he also understands his own needs.

The nomadic method of warfare does not rely on logistics, but inevitably relies on warfare to support the war, break a city, occupy a place, and can strengthen its own strength a lot.

Wei Ming Renming listened to the words and looked at the map for a long time without saying anything. The advantage of Song Zhi lies in its advanced productive forces and sufficient population.

The veteran saw that Wei Ming Renming was silent, thought for a moment and said: "Great marshal, for today's plan, the only way to besiege the city is to build some siege ordnance, ballistas, stone throwings, crash cars, ladder cars, no matter how well they are built, build more." ”

Hearing this, Wei Ming Renming nodded and ordered: "Only in this way, hurry up and do it, time is not waiting, as long as you know some craftsmanship in the army, you can not go into battle, and you have the right to build ordnance." ”

Although Renming and this veteran said so, everyone here also knew in their hearts that there were several craftsmen in the army, and most of them didn't even know the size.

Zheng Zhi is on the way to Huangzhou, to Huangzhou, must pass through Lanzhou, along the way two horses galloping, in the Great Song Dynasty, food and water is worry-free. Everywhere he went, there was no need for Zheng Zhi's orders, and the local chief officials began to be busy with food and grass, and even prepared a lot of meat. In the land of the four wars, all this has long been taken for granted. In the land of Xihe Lanhuang, the political system is also different, and it is already the politics of the first army under the leadership of the military and the government.

The governor of the inland state government obviously did not have this awareness, so he sent people to ask him for food, which was also prevarication and perfunctory.

Zheng Zhi hurried, but he caught up with Yang Keshi, and said casually before his head that Yang Keshi would go back to Huangzhou to prepare, and at this time, Zheng Zhi caught up with Yang Keshi, and naturally went on the same road.

Zheng Zhi had a lot of horses around him, the wounded soldiers were all placed in the state capital along the road, there were thousands of more horses, and the corporal under Yang Keshi also had two horses.

Xincheng was still fighting hard, and it seemed that Renming had no other way but to besiege it, and from time to time it would attack and disturb it several times in the middle of the night. It is also working quickly to make ordnance. Xixia also had some armament reserves, but once Lingzhou was broken, everything came to naught.

Huangzhou City is also called Michuan City, General Yang has returned, and the soldiers have also reunited with their families. From the moment he heard the news that the party members had raised troops again, the seven or eight hundred soldiers under Yang Keshi were worried day and night, and they rushed back all the way back to see that Huangzhou was safe and that their families were fine, which was the greatest comfort.

Zheng Zhi dismounted and walked into the Huangzhou Mansion, requisitioned some grain, grass and water, and ordered his subordinates to rest for a day, and then set off on horseback for seven or eight days.

The horses were to rest, and all sorts of concentrate were poured into the manger.

Huangzhou is really under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty is not long ago, the opening of the Xihe River is only the second year of Zhao Ji's accession to the throne, the Northwest Army will lead the family Wang Hou to lead the troops to capture Huangzhou, known as the Xihe River to open the border. However, Wang Hou died three years later.

Now the prefect of Huangzhou is surnamed Li, and there are many people surnamed Li in the northwest, just because the Datang Center was in the northwest. Li Tang ruled the world with Chang'an, and Chang'an was Jingzhao Mansion. The Tang Dynasty's control over the northwest was sufficient, and although the party members at that time had also developed into a feudal town, they were also the dogs and horses driven by Li Tang's feet. After that, he was oppressed countless times, and there were also rebellions and migrations, but they were all in vain.

The surname Li of the party royal family was given to the party leader Tuoba Sigong by the late Tang Dynasty, and the party leaders were all surnamed Li until Li Yuanhao founded the Western Xia, and he changed his name. Li Yuanhao's son reverted to the surname Li, and the Western Xia royal family has coexisted with Li since then.

"Governor Li, there is one more thing you can worry about, this time to attack the party outside the Yumen Pass, the road is far away, please prepare some gold sore medicine and shearling." Zheng Zhi has never been like this, one person and two horses are in a hurry. There were also a few rushes in front of the head, but it was also necessary to cooperate with the horse's foot strength and have a lot of rest.

This time it was completely different, the two horses changed horses, ran wildly all the way, and finally something went wrong. It is Zheng Zhi himself, there are many broken skin on the sides of his thighs and buttocks, which is really painful.

Although the possibility of infection is relatively small when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, there is still the same way to rush, and it is necessary to do some treatment, and improve the comfort of the soldiers' riding. Smooth shearling is naturally the best cushion too.

"Zheng Xianggong rest assured, the lower officials will send the government to buy it door to door, three or four thousand sheepskins, it should be no problem." Fortunately, there have been several big victories in the northwest, and there is still no shortage of such things as shearling. Huangzhou is a border citizen, and he has always been a strong supporter of military affairs. Unlike the people in the mainland, they probably listen to the war as a story, and most of them have an attitude that it has nothing to do with themselves.

Zhe Keqiu finally arrived in Pingxia, and at this time, more than 10,000 soldiers from all over the world gathered in Pingxia. Gathering troops in a hurry, in this primitive era of communication, is really not an easy thing, not to mention recruiting veterans first.

In this way, 12,000 soldiers from various state capitals were sent to the front.

If he hadn't unloaded his armor back then, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Western Army would have been hoarded in the new city at this time, and Wei Ming Renming would not have besieged the new city for so long, but he was afraid that he would have withdrawn early.

Now those who are trapped in the city are afraid that they are the party members under the command of Wei Mingrenming. More than a dozen cities, more than 100,000 party items. Where can it block the strong attack of tens of thousands of elite Western troops. No matter how much you break the Spirit State, it's no problem.

Wu Yong has been waiting in Tonghui Fort to ask for it, and finally led the troops to the place where Zheng Zhi had been stationed seven or eight days ago, and set up a fence wall.

Wei Ming Renming stopped bringing troops to attack this time, obviously he suffered a loss last time, and he was a lot more cautious this time. If the new city is re-entered, the siege battle will be meaningless.

A scout of the Western Army was so begging for a report in front of him: "The report is public, and the party members are building a camp on the road seven or eight miles away." ”

When he heard this, he frowned and said: "The party members did not come to attack me, but confronted me in the upper and lower villages of the avenue, which is something I didn't expect." ”

Wu Yong was on the side and said: "Zhexianggong, the party Xianggong was put together by my family's Xianggong, and now he is also obedient, and I think the party Xiangxiang people also know that if the Zhexianggong is allowed to bring troops into the city, there will be no need for this war to continue." This confrontation in the village is that he does not want to participate in the siege battle. I think there are also party members on several small roads nearby, who are going down to the village to block the road. ”

Zhe Keqiu listened to the words, and said with a smile: "Zheng Zhi is very resourceful, so he sent reinforcements into the city. Ha ha... It doesn't hurt for the party to go down to the village to block the road, as long as they attack the city, they will lead troops to attack the village, and see if Li Renming's child will come to help. ”

It is also self-confidence, and this time more than 2,000 elite old soldiers from Qinzhou came. Although it is not possible to fight with the party in the field, but when Wei Ming Renming is attacking the city, he is not afraid of having a party army, and he can also let go of his hands and feet when attacking the village.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zheng Zhi had already led his troops to the battle, with 2,500 deployments under his command, plus more than 700 horses from Yang Keshi. More than 3,000 people went straight to Liangzhou.

This goes to Liangzhou, in the name of Zheng Butcher, will stop the party children from crying in the middle of the night.