Zhao Kun was very satisfied with the gaze of the people below looking at him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

That's right, what I want is this god-making effect, and what I want is this sense of awe. The voices against the emperor on weekdays seemed to disappear overnight, and many people trembled and really regarded him as a god. And the more low-level soldiers are, the more powerful they mythologize him.

They could not explain the phenomena of that day, but they could only attribute them to the will of God. It's just the will of heaven, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou, but what will happen if you make a package ticket in advance, and ask the generals to make arrangements according to the expected situation.

What does this mean? They all have their own opinions, but the lowest one also thinks that Zhao Kun is destined to return. In short, the emperor's authority was greatly strengthened through war, especially the "natural" phenomenon during war, and the first purpose of Zhao Kun's personal expedition was achieved.

It is precisely because of this that in the following war, he did not make another move, but only inspected the front line, or it can also be called a pressure formation--when it really came to a critical moment, he would definitely take action.

Because they easily defeated the Northern Han and Khitan coalition forces, the quality of the forbidden army has not been tested. Anyone can fight a tailwind battle, and that doesn't mean anything. Although the forbidden army has not yet supported Li Siyuan, Yang Guangyuan assassinated Zhang Jingda, and Dewey's Northern Expedition front army defected, but in another history, these people were arrogant and lazy, mixed with character, and even turned in front of the enemy, reorganized and surrendered.

And their combat effectiveness is also questionable. There was a part of the forbidden army that even fought with the wind. What pursuit war chased and chased himself away, what was the ineffective in clearing and defeating the rout, and even was broken up by a counterattack during the pursuit or was ambushed when he went north to attack the area controlled by the Northern Han Dynasty, and the formation was wiped out......

Look at what kind of battle is this fought by the guards and pro-army?

Fortunately, it is better to expose the problem at this time than to expose it at a critical time. Zhao Kun was not in a hurry, so he ordered the army to go north. Along the way, those incompetent forbidden army officers were put in prison, and those soldiers who were unfavorable in battle were also incorporated into the first camp.

The general trend has been decided, but there is no need to kill people. The city of Jinyang is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and when the time comes, it is just the right time to give them a chance to attack the city as the vanguard and prove their courage and ability.

After walking all the way to the city of Jinyang, Zhao Kun directly nailed the dragon flag to the front line, personally supervised the battle, and watched the Zhou army attack the city.

The emperor did not go to the front line, and the generals of the forbidden army who commanded the battle naturally had to perform desperately. In the process of marching, Zhao Chao said that he would kill him, and Fan Aineng, He Hui, these senior generals who were ineffective in combat, also said that they would be imprisoned, obviously the emperor was not good at serving, and he gave preferential treatment to martial artists, but he was not as conniving as the emperors who were supported by the military leaders before.

Whether it is for performance, to facilitate promotion and wealth, or to avoid being held accountable by the emperor, in short, the generals of the army will take out the strength to eat milk one by one and storm Jinyang City.

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Under the city of Jinyang, the Zhou army besieged the city on all sides and attacked day and night. Thick smoke billowed from the sky all day long in Jinyang City, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and countless large armies surrounded it and kept attacking.

However, in the case that Zhao Kun did not make a move, the attack on Jinyang City was not smooth. In the face of such a fortified city, there is no artillery and no explosives, and it is really difficult to fight. Although the opponent's troops are not very sufficient, they can rely on the Jiancheng of Jinyang, and the food and salary in the city are sufficient -- after all, this is a famous city that has been operated for a long time in the past dynasties, and it is also the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Therefore, if the Zhou army wants to break through Jinyang, it can only choose to attack the city with ants. That is, let the soldiers climb up like ants and fight the defenders for the city.

Of course, people are not ants, so they rely on siege tools such as ladders to go up. The first to climb the camp is desperate to climb up, while the crossbowmen in the rear are to support the siege troops with long-range weapons as much as possible, and try to suppress the defenders at the head of the city.

Every day from the morning, knowing that before sunset, the Zhou army collected its troops, there were always countless arrows flying in the sky, and the whole city was also constantly fireworks, and the fire flashed above and below the city, and black smoke was everywhere. The ladder was full of Zhou troops, and in addition to fighting back at the long-range forces of the Zhou army, the defenders also smashed the rolling wood and stones, and the Northern Han army also poured oil down from time to time, and caught fire. The Zhou army that landed in the camp first was either smashed down, but was set on fire, and there were very few people who could successfully climb to the top of the city. Besides, even if you go up, you will be surrounded by people and then wiped out.

There are also people in the city who push the cowhide cart close to the city gate, but there are stone caves on both sides of the city gate, specially pouring oil, and a rushing cart will soon become a pile of blazing firewood.

Despite this, the Zhou army still went forward one after another, and there were constantly casualties but did not stop the attack.

After fighting like this for five days, the civil officials who accompanied Zhao Kun to stay on the front line to watch the Zhou army attack couldn't stand it first, Wang Pu took the lead in admonishing, thinking that attacking Jinyang like this was too consuming troops, and even if the Zhou army defeated Jinyang, he would suffer heavy losses, and persuaded Zhao Kun to besiege but not attack, trapping Jinyang to death.

It happened that the two partial divisions had already met in Xinzhou, and sent someone to report that the Liao army was moving south in a big way and asked for support. Therefore, Wang Pu thought that he could send someone to lead a partial division to watch Jinyang and go to Xinzhou with a large army. As long as the Liao people can be blocked, isn't Jinyang, a city surrounded on all sides, fight as much as you want?

If Liu Chong does not give up and goes out of the city to fight, the Zhou army can also destroy the living force of the other party. The army of the Northern Han Dynasty had already suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, and with the pursuit of the Zhou army and the two partial divisions, there was not one out of ten who could withdraw to Jinyang. Even if the Zhou army divided its troops in Jinyang, it could easily maintain a numerical advantage over the Northern Han.

As soon as Wang Pu took the lead, the civil officials behind him also admonished one after another, but Zhao Kun did not get angry, but only responded to Wang Pu with a baggage problem.

The logistical supply problem of the Zhou army was extremely great, and the prefectures in Hedong near the left, including Xi, Ci, Jiang, Ze, Jin, Lu, Xing, Zhao, Zhen, Ding, and countless other prefectures and counties, were all in front of the requisition and distribution of grain for the people. After the Battle of Bagongyuan, the right servant Li Gu was appointed to judge the affairs of the Taiyuan government, and he was using his whole body to adjust the grain. Even so, the Zhou army still did not have much grain and grass reserves.

Wang Pu believed that the Han army was already frightened, and the Zhou army could go north to aid Xinzhou with its elite, and most of them still besieged Jinyang, but besieged but not attacked. If the other party takes the initiative to attack, it will eliminate the Han army attacking the city, and if the other party does not come out, it will trap Jinyang.

Zhao Kun consulted Wang Pu's opinion with the generals, and most of them agreed with his words. The Faceless One no longer insisted, anyway, the Reincarnators already had enough experience in siege warfare to be sent to Xinzhou to experience the defense of the city.

It's a pity that Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei, is getting less and less courageous, and the two divisions of the Zhou army, the Tianxiong Army, led Fu Yanqing to lead the troops from Guzhen Road in Cizhou to Luzhou, and Guo Chong was the deputy of the Zhenning Army; Hezhong Jiedu made Wang Yan lead his troops to take the east of Jinzhou Road to invite attack, and Baoyi Jiedu made Han Tong as his deputy - but they all went all the way north and controlled Xinzhou early.

That's right, Jinyang is a must be saved by the Khitans, which is related to their strategy. And if the other party wants to save Jinyang, if they don't pull out Xinzhou, they won't even be able to go south. The Zhou Dynasty sent heavy troops to garrison Xinzhou, the purpose of which was to hold Xinzhou, block the Khitan reinforcements, and prevent them from threatening the besieging forces of Jinyang.

Since the Five Dynasties, the Khitan has not given up its attempt to expand southward and erode the Central Plains Dynasty, and they have done a good job for so many years.

On the eastern front, they captured the sixteen states of Youyun and opened the gateway to the core area of the Han Chinese from Hebei. On the western front, they supported the Northern Han to seize Jinyang and other places, from here they overlooked the entire Hedong region, and if they went south, they could drink the Yellow River and approach the hinterland of the Central Plains.

From a strategic point of view, the Khitans have opened two roads to the Central Plains, and they occupy strategic points, which can be attacked, retreated, and defended. Similarly, strategically speaking, Jinyang was very important to the Liao State, even if they were in the midst of civil strife and had lost a large number of elite soldiers before, they had to send people to save Jinyang.

The problem is that the Khitans are not very good at attacking cities, not even defending them. Although it is said that after the Khitan people entered the Hebei region, they could no longer be regarded as pure nomads, but were in a state of semi-herding and half-farming, and even animal husbandry was also very popular, and they learned a lot of things from the farming country. However, the Han Chinese are good at running and playing the military role of the city, and they do not seem to pay much attention to this.

Even the surrender of the Northern Han Dynasty, Xinzhou already has more than 30,000 people and nearly 40,000 people, and Fu Yanqing has not yet sent people to Jinyang to report and ask for reinforcements. If it weren't for the head of the army, Zhao Kun would have sent someone to take him down and cut him down.

Fu Yanqing's mission goal is very clear, that is, to garrison Xinzhou and other places to block the Khitan reinforcements to save Jinyang. It's actually easiest to do this kind of thing, even if you can't do it positively, negative defense will always be there, right? Even if the field battle cannot be won, as long as the defense is vigorously managed, the opponent's cavalry-based troops will not have a way to take Xinzhou. In this way, Zhou Jun is firmly nailed to Xinzhou, and the other party doesn't want to pass through here smoothly.

The situation in Xinzhou is not the situation in Luzhou where there is only one lonely city left and can be bypassed by the other party. After the battle of Bagongyuan, Zhao Kun gave an order to the two partial divisions to hurry north, take Xinzhou before the rout arrived, and it was best to seize Yikou. Due to the weak defense of Xinzhou before, when the Zhou army came, the Xinzhou defenders surrendered, and the Zhou army easily controlled this area, not just a lonely city.

If there is only one lonely city, it is a joke to defend Xinzhou - so many men and horses (nearly 40,000 people) do not have enough food to eat, and there are too many people defending the city, but it will not play a vital role. So either go out to the field, and if you can't win the Khitan in the field, the main force can retreat.

In this case, it is understandable to worry that the opponent will not be able to win the field battle, and to ask for reinforcements.

The problem is that Yikou is under the control of the Zhou army. Xinkou is a battleground for soldiers. Legend has it that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was besieged by the Xiongnu, fought to the death, and fled all the way to this place to get out of danger. Liu Bang was very happy, so he named this place "Xinkou", which means very happy.

Xinzhou is known as the key to the north of Jin, since ancient times, the Xin, Dai basin is the north into the Jinyang area of the main road. There are mountains between Xin and Dai that are difficult to cross; There are only two traffic passages in front of Xinkou Town, and the dangerous passage is the main road to the north in Xinzhou.

The Zhou army occupied Xinkou and sent troops to block the two nearby passages, and the road to the south of the other party had been completely blocked. What about the Khitans going south, as long as the Zhou army stuck in the two dangerous places in Xinkou Town, they couldn't get by.

On the contrary, the kind of Xinkou Zhou army has the initiative. If the opponent's troops are not large, the Zhou army can go north. Anyway, in the mountain battle, the cavalry of the Khitans could not be brought into play, and the Zhou army could try to recover Daizhou, and it was best to control the Yanmen Pass in their hands.

But Fu Yanqing didn't have any intention of going north. He only complained bitterly in the military newspapers, asking for reinforcements, and did not even consider that hoarding heavy troops in Xinzhou would put more pressure on the fragile logistics of the Zhou army.

If he had been replaced by a general, Zhao Kun would have dismissed him a long time ago. But Fu Yanqing has not only been crowned king a long time ago, but her daughter is about to be crowned queen, and her brothers and sons are all generals, and the Fu family is simply a military gate lord in the five dynasties......

Zhao Kun can rely on his own hole cards and ignore the resistance of other generals after killing the generals. However, the Fu family is a first-class military family, and Fu Yanqing is the national ruler. Until he made up his mind to purge the generals, especially the local feudal towns, he couldn't do anything about this old man.

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Sent to Xinzhou was Zhang Yongde, a first-class real power figure in the forbidden army. That is, it is useful for people of this level to go, otherwise Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei, will have no one to care about it at all, and ordinary high-ranking generals will not dare to stab him.

Zhang Yongde is the commander of the palace and the real power of the forbidden army, and he has a good reputation. Many generals of the Five Dynasties have problems, either greedy for money and lustful, or drunk and scolded soldiers, and some have a reputation for "injustice", or are thirsty for killing...... But it is difficult to find obvious shortcomings in Zhang Yongde, who holds a lot of power.

This kind of guy is simply a successor to the throne, some people hope to have real power and reputation, to be honest, Zhao Kun is not at ease with him, but he is not afraid of Zhang Yongde's rebellion. If it is Zhao Kuangyin, there is still the possibility of exploding in the peak plane of the low martial arts, after all, he is the hand-picked son of heaven, and Zhang Yongde does not have this advantage. If he dares to rebel, he will be sent to the underworld to claim the throne by Zhao Kun's flame explosion technique before the next day.

You have science, I have miraculous skills; You have an army, I have magic, and now Zhao Kun can basically run rampant.

And Zhang Yongde did not live up to Zhao Kun's hopes. He went fast and came back quickly, and it only took half a month to defeat the Liao army and return with a large army, leaving only a few thousand people in Xinzhou to continue guarding.

At this time, the battle to besiege Jinyang City had stopped, and the Zhou army was besieging but not attacking, and was waiting and seeing. The siege tactic of climbing the wall without brains is not very useful, and the casualties are too great...... But if you think about it, is there any other way? The so-called tricks such as digging tunnels have been used indiscriminately in perennial wars, and the defenders of the city also know how to guard against them, so they will not work at all. (To be continued.) )