The struggle of the reborn prince

On July [-]th, Emperor Shengjia of the Song Dynasty left Xianzhou and moved to Xinzhou.Zhao Tang got up early in the morning and went out of the imperial tent for a walk. At this time, the South Route Army had already gone to attack Weizhou under the leadership of Gao Chong. Only the guards were in charge of the camp. He walked further and further away and gradually left the camp, and everyone also Knowing the emperor's temper, he didn't interfere, but for safety, besides a group of personal inner guards, there was also a team of close guards following up.

At this time, the weather in the Northeast began to turn cold, and there was already a hint of autumn, but Zhao Tun's face was covered with a layer of frost and there was no smile.The criss-crossing fields were ready to be harvested, but in front of them there was nothing to be harvested, prostrate on the ground, and the harvest was gone. Not far away, the towers of the city of Xinzhou collapsed, the gates toppled, and the walls were blackened by gunpowder smoke. There is no one in the city.And this is not just the case in Xinzhou, Zhao Tun has seen such tragedies all the way, but these are not all Song Jun's masterpieces.

After the imperial court issued the imperial edict of "strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, shrinking the defense", the state capitals of the Jin Kingdom immediately took action, destroying all the crops waiting to be harvested, burning the houses, emptying the warehouses, and relocating the population to the hinterland. There was no sound of dogs barking, only those old and weak women and children who could not travel long distances were left waiting to die in the wilderness, and what was left to the Song Dynasty was only dilapidated cities and unmanageable mess. "Oh, the people are miserable!" Zhao Tun sighed and turned back. He understood that the most unlucky people in war are always the people living at the bottom. The relatives of the family are howling and running in the cold wind, not knowing what the fate of tomorrow will be.To end all of this, the only way to end the war is as soon as possible.

The sign of a country's demise is to capture its capital and capture its king. Now the Song Army on the West Road is less than a hundred miles away from Huining Mansion in Jinshangjing, and the Army on the South Route must conquer Huanglong Mansion before they can enter Shangjing.And this will also be an extremely critical battle for the Song army on the South Road. As long as the Song army takes down this city, the Song army will complete the strategy of two attacks and join forces under the city.But for this own last barrier.How could the Jurchens give up so easily...

Huanglong Mansion is located in the heartland of the Northeast, at the crossroads of the Northeast Plain.Confused with the lower reaches of the river, controlling the throat of water and land transportation from east to west, from north to south.There is the Yazi River in the north, and the East and West Liaohe Rivers on both sides of the south as natural barriers. It is an important position where you can fight when you advance and defend when you retreat.It is precisely because of such favorable conditions for agriculture and army that it has been fully utilized and developed in the corresponding historical period.

Historically, Huanglong Mansion has always had a high status as the late royal city of Fuyu Kingdom, the important town of Bohai, Liao and Jin dynasties.After the Khitan conquered the Bohai Kingdom.It was named after Emperor Abaoji of the Liao Dynasty shot and killed a yellow dragon here. It is said that after the Jurchens captured the city, the dragon's corpse was still kept in the warehouse of the Inner Palace. The tribe's outpost town is only slightly inferior to Wujing in status.After Jin Guo conquered Huanglong Mansion, it was renamed Jeju, and it became another important town in Jinshangjing Road, second only to Huining Mansion.The Huanglongfu area is rich in water sources and fertile land. In the Liao Dynasty, most of the wealth in the northeast region came from this place, and it was also known as the "Silver Mansion".In history, Bohai died after Liao captured Bohai Fuyu Mansion, and Liao died after Jin captured Huanglong Mansion in Liao Dynasty. Therefore, there is a saying in history that "the battle of Yinfu will determine the universe".The importance of its geographical location can also be seen.It is connected to Xinzhou, Shenzhou, and Liaoyang in the south, and Xiangzhou, Yizhou, and Binzhou in the northeast. It can directly reach Shangjing by crossing the Huntong River and Lalin River.This line runs through the north and south, relatively flat, without major twists and turns, and the geographical environment along the way is flat, without seeing mountains and mountains, so it can easily become an important traffic route. The capture of Huanglong Mansion Jinshangjing will be completely exposed to the attack surface of the Song army.

As a military and political center in history, due to its political, economic, and especially military importance.Surrounded by multiple satellite cities to form a complete defense system, Huanglong Mansion has Xiangzhou in the northeast, Yizhou in the west, and Weizhou in the south.Gao Chong decided to use the method of 'sweeping the periphery.The tactics of fighting Huanglong again, first of all, take advantage of the east wind that the emperor wants to open up the waterway.He sent Ma Wei to lead the Leopard Wing Army and the Dengzhou Navy to seize the opportunity of Xiangzhou and control the waterways in the lower reaches of the mixed river to prevent the reinforcements of the Jin army.Then he sent a loyal army to attack Pennsylvania, and he himself led the army to defeat Weizhou and then marched into Huanglong Mansion...

At this moment, Gao Chong has three generals of tigers, leopards and wolves in his hands, a total of fourteen brigades. It is said that the small town in front of him should be defeated in one go, but he did not expect it to hit a wall. Failed to break through the city.

This aspect is due to the dangerous terrain of the city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.It was built on a high platform by the Eaton River. The east side of the city is the main road leading to Huanglong Mansion. The other three sides are flooded due to the surge of the river in the rainy season, forming a large area of ​​water. After the water recedes, a large area of ​​wetland is formed. The water is shallow and difficult to sail , and men and horses could not get down, forming a natural barrier, so that the Song army could only attack from the east, and it was difficult to deploy troops, even if they wanted to besiege the city.

On the other hand, the army and civilians in the city resisted fiercely, fearless of death, and stubbornly resisted.In fact, there are not many defenders in the city, only more than 5 people. However, after the implementation of the policy of "urgent income fortress, strong walls and clear fields", a large number of people poured in, which made the population of this small town swell to [-].Most of these people are young and strong, and they went to the city to fight after being trained as an army. They hated the Song Army very much, because it was their arrival that made them have to destroy the crops that were about to mature, and abandoned their old parents and young children. And weak wives and daughters, so they are desperate to fight.

"Marshal, the city that was destroyed by our artillery fire overnight has been repaired again. It seems that only the bombardment day and night can destroy it." After raising the account, Gao Chong mobilized troops to attack the city again, Liu Baoxian reported.

"Oh, how did they do it?" Gao Chong asked in surprise, because this was not the first time.

"Commander, according to the general's reconnaissance, when we bombarded, the people in the city took refuge in the west of the city, where our soldiers and horses could not approach, and the artillery fire was out of reach. After the bombardment stopped, we went up to the city to defend, and used them from the swamp. The mud dug out is used to repair the destroyed city walls, this kind of mud is very strange, it dries soon after encountering the wind, and is as hard as iron, making it invulnerable to swords and axes." Liu Bao said with a puzzled face, most of the cities they encountered in the past were built of rammed earth. As a result, after damage, it is usually filled with sand and stones. Naturally, the strength cannot be compared with the original one. It can be easily destroyed again, but this time it is difficult to do it again.

"After fighting for three days, not a single small city was taken down. Today, even if you gnaw your teeth, you have to gnaw down the city wall. How can there be so many excuses!" Po shouted.

"Yes, Marshal, I'll lead others to eat it!" Liu Bao saluted.

"If you have guns, you don't need them. If you eat them with your teeth, is it because you're not full or out of food?" While the two of them were staring at each other, someone entered the handsome tent with a smile.

"Your Majesty, why did you arrive so suddenly?" Gao Chong saw that the visitor hurriedly left his seat and asked, and all the generals hurriedly saluted.

"I heard that you have been blocked in Weizhou for many days, and you have brought reinforcements!" Zhao Tang said with a wicked smile.

"Your Majesty, this subordinate is incompetent and alarmed Shengjia. We must take down Weizhou today." Gao Chong hurriedly apologized and said with a flushed face.

"Hehe, I've already visited the city, and it's true that it's easy to defend but difficult to attack and it's not easy to use troops. It's not all your fault." Zhao Tong said with a wave of his hand.

"Your Majesty, the defenders in this city are extremely tenacious. Even Ding Zhuang is not afraid of death. When we set fire to the top of the city with incendiary bombs, those golden soldiers jumped down from the city without fear and wanted to die with us. You can't break the city." Zhuge Hong, the commander of the wolf general, moved a chair and said with a bitter face.

"You beat them away from home, and your wives and children were scattered and their families were destroyed. Of course, you will fight with your life. In the future, we will encounter more and more such battles, and the resistance will become more and more tenacious. Then what are you going to do? ?” Zhao Tun glanced at the crowd and said.

"Of course we will be more ruthless and tenacious than them, and we will wipe out all those who dare to resist!" Several generals replied with anger on their faces.

"Well, yes, I am very satisfied, but I don't need you to fight today." Zhao Tong nodded in satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, you are a man of gold, you must never come to the sword and arrow in person!" Everyone was terrified when they heard that, the emperor was really angry, and wanted to set an example for them in person, so they all hurriedly dissuaded them.

"Cut, why do I need to go out for such a small battle, let's go out to see, Xin Zhao may have entered the city!" Zhao Tuo looked at the panicked crowd and said disdainfully.

"Ah..." Everyone was taken aback. It is a great thing for the imperial concubine to go into battle. If there is someone who does not regret death anyway, everyone hurried out of the camp to take a closer look, but left the emperor alone in the big tent.

"You bastards, leave a cook here, I'm still hungry!" Seeing everyone running away, Zhao Tun shouted as he knocked on the table...

Gao Chong hastily mobilized a group of soldiers, and led the crowd to go straight to the bottom of the city, but they heard a loud cry from a long distance away, and everyone raised their hearts in their throats.I'm really afraid of something, maybe something happened to Xin Zhao, right?Involuntarily, he lashed the horse's buttocks twice.And everyone's hearts were stopped by the guards and brought to the imperial concubine's car, and they put their hearts in their stomachs when they saw that Xin Zhao was safe and sound, so they had the time to check the source of the crying.

"Mother, what do these people do?" Gao Chong watched as a group of men, women, old and children in the city were crying and crying, and a circle of people in the city were also crying and wiping their tears. The miserable cry made everyone follow Trembling.

"Gao Shuai, these people are the reinforcements the emperor brought for you!" Xin Zhao said with a slight smile.

"Your Majesty, is it possible that Your Majesty wants to drive these people to attack the city?" Gao Chong frowned and asked, his expression not very good-looking.

"No, His Majesty wants to use love as a knife to help you break the city!" Xin Zhao shook his head and said...