The struggle of the reborn prince

Zhao Tang watched the fierce battle outside the south gate of Huining City with a binoculars.It seems that the Jurchens really put a lot of effort into the city defense. They built a defensive position [-] steps in front of the city and a depth of [-] steps.The main body is a rammed earth wall with a width of two feet at intervals of three or forty steps, reinforced with logs and stones, but the height is less than one foot.This is obviously based on the experience of the previous failure of the boundary trench. By increasing the thickness of the wall and reducing the height of the wall, the wall can withstand direct artillery fire and reduce the chance of hitting, while the cavalry cannot cross.

The Jin Army also used a solid rammed earth wall as the basis to divide it into independent spaces, covered with logs and soil as coverings, which can be used as a place to station troops and store supplies, or to allow soldiers to set aside space in it. The channels come and go to support each other, which is simply a fortification that can be built and hidden.At this distance, the catapults arranged on the top of the city can provide them with support. Even if the Song army breaks into it, the Jin army at the top of the city can still use bows, catapults and artillery to kill the enemy.

In addition, the four or five feet wide and three feet deep trenches dug by the Jin army to build walls became an insurmountable obstacle.And the enemy took the fortified area in front of the city, fifty steps in front of the city is a wider moat, if you want to pass this level, you have to bear the blow of the enemy on the city wall.After crossing the river, the city has already prepared rolling logs, stones, gold soup and fire oil, and it will pour down as soon as it reaches the city.And the city gate has an urn city, even if the city gate is blown open, there is still an inner city gate waiting inside, but there are still several obstacles in the inner city and the palace city.Now the focus of the two sides is to compete for the fortification outside the city. Although the staggered and dense low walls they built restricted the movement of soldiers, they also greatly reduced the damage of artillery fire to the defenders.The resistance of the soldiers deployed by the Golden Army was also very tenacious.I didn't want other cities to panic when they heard the gunshots. The Song army, who kept advancing regardless of the casualties, shot a dense rain of arrows.At the same time, the trench vehicles and bridge vehicles were destroyed with the catapult machine hidden in the depth to prevent the advance of the Song army.

Seeing the storming soldiers continue to fall.Zhao Tun ordered to intensify artillery strikes to destroy the enemy's catapults, slow down the advancing speed, build simple fortifications, dig traffic trenches and approach forward, and at the same time use machine guns to suppress the Jin army's archers hiding behind the low wall to reduce exposure to the enemy. Casualties of attacking soldiers on an open battlefield.

Zhao Tang understood that Huining City was built in imitation of Bianjing City. The city has a large area, a large population, and a certain amount of supplies.It has complete defense measures, and the additional facilities will become stronger.Even if the Bianjing city in the Jingkang year did not have these, the Jurchens failed to fall after several attacks. Nianhan and Hanli were unable to capture Bianjing. It is impossible for Jin Guo to occupy Bianjing so easily.But Zhao Tang knew that there was no Great Immortal Guo Jing in Huining City at this time, nor the supreme emperor Zhao Ji and his son. Wanyan Quan, who had turned from evil and returned to righteousness, fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the whole city's soldiers and civilians to fight against the enemy, even though he had powerful firearms.However, if the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom can always maintain a strong will to resist, the army and the people will use their lives, and they can make full use of the existing fortifications and buildings in the city to gradually compete with the Song army, and the Song army will have to pay extremely heavy casualties if they can finally attack.

"Zhao Xiao. Come here!" Zhao Tang didn't want to fight hard, but if he wanted to defeat the enemy with the least casualties, he must first destroy the enemy's will to resist.But the most shocking thing is the artillery.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?" Zhao Xiao who was standing behind the emperor responded immediately.

"Can our ammunition reserves support the needs of two major battles?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem at all." Zhao Xiaolue thought for a while, he knew that the big thing the emperor said must be all guns fired.Ammunition consumed will also be calculated in kilograms.

"Alright, let's gather all the artillery brigades and give you one day to destroy all the enemy's fortifications outside the city's south." Zhao Tang pointed to the wall in front of the city and said solemnly.

"Yes, this subordinate obeys!" Zhao Xiao replied without hesitation.

"Zhao Yong, keep putting pressure on the enemy. Don't let the enemy stand idle. Arrange more sharpshooters. The enemy will fight whenever they show up. Let them feel the threat of death at all times, and at the same time maintain a good rhythm." Zhao Tong said to Zhao Yong beside him .

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yong nodded and replied...

The sound of rumbling guns lasted for a long time, and it could be heard clearly in the palace ten miles away from the battlefield. The night was getting dark, the hoarfrost on the ground was pale under the moonlight, and the candlelight in the emperor's study was still on, and the sound of conversation could be faintly heard .

"Xue Hai, how is the situation in the city?" Zhao Tang asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Your Majesty, we have continued to attack the city for the past few days, and have leveled the forts outside the city with artillery fire, causing the soldiers and civilians in the city to panic. But Wanyan Quan came to the city every day to boost morale and appease the people, so no major incidents occurred. A commotion." Xue Hai entered the city long before the siege, and sneaked out of the city at night to meet the emperor after receiving the order.

"Well, I thought that Wanyan Quan was making the country miserable, and there were complaints from all over the world, and a slight loss of pressure would cause turmoil. I didn't expect him to act like this in this critical moment and stabilize people's hearts. It seems that I still underestimated. Him." Zhao Tun touched his chin and said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, not everyone is advocating resistance to the end. The Left Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty, Yan Zongxiong, has been asking for the resumption of the peace talks for several days. Obviously, he still has hope for the peace talks." Xue Hai said.

"What's Wu Shu's attitude?" Zhao Tang nodded and asked again.

"According to our eyeliner report, after Wushu learned that Wanyan Yuying died in battle and almost the entire army he led was wiped out, he vomited blood and his condition worsened that night. He has not been to court for many days. , his face was gloomy when he came out, he probably won't be alive for a few days." Xue Hai replied.

"Wu Shu is the mainstay of the Kingdom of Jin after all, and the backbone of Wanyan Quan. If he lives for a day, the Kingdom of Jin will not be chaotic!" Zhao Tong sighed and looked up at Xue Hai and said.

"Your Majesty, you mean to get rid of him!" Xue Hai said softly.

"Wu Shu is sick, isn't he stupid? He must know that there are our spies in the city, and in this troubled world, there are countless people who want to kill him. The Grand Master's Mansion must be heavily guarded, and very few of them leave the mansion to kill him." It's too difficult." Zhao Tian shook his head lightly.

"Your Majesty's expectations are correct. There is an elite team of thousands of people stationed around his mansion. There are also hundreds of people accompanying him as guards when he goes out. There are also people who open the way along the way. It is difficult to get close to him. But if you can find out where he lives, choose an elite team to sneak into his mansion. Attacking his residence by force will definitely kill him." Xue Hai thought for a while and said.

"This deal is not worth it. It's not worth wasting a few of our elites for a dying man." Zhao Tun shook his head. He knew very well that once the assassination in the mansion was discovered, it would be difficult to escape under heavy siege. It could be said to be suicidal. Attack, which is not in line with his combat principles, he immediately refused.

"Your Majesty, shall we let him go?" Xue Hai said unwillingly.

"No, we're mad at him!" Zhao Tong said with a smile. In fact, the greatest desire in his heart is to be good at blade martial arts. This wish even surpassed Wan Yanqin's, but it may be difficult to achieve now, and it may be considered as fulfilled even if he is killed. The wish of two lifetimes has been fulfilled.

"Your Majesty, this subordinate is dull, please ask for instructions." Xue Hai was silent for a moment, but he still couldn't figure it out, and asked the emperor for advice.

"You're like this..." Zhao Tang let Xue Hai lean to his side and whispered in his ear, Xue Hai nodded frequently, with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, I admire you very much. After these moves, Wu Shu must die." Xue Hai praised with a look of admiration after the assignment was completed.

"Hehe, I'm just trying to beat a dog in the water, even if I succeed, I won't be able to win by force!" Zhao Tang smiled embarrassedly, bullying a dying person is immoral...

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The battle between Song and Jin armies under the city of Huining lasted for ten days, but the two veterans who relied heavily on them made Wan Yanquan somewhat disappointed.Wanyan Zongxiong, who had made great achievements in the battle of exterminating the Liao Dynasty in the early years, became panicked after his eldest son A Lin died in Huanglong Mansion. At first, he could swear to avenge his son on the surface, but after the Song army joined forces to besiege the city, he fell into a complete depression in an instant. He became a cowardly general who harmed the country, and wrote many times to ask for a peace at any cost.

And when those "angry youths" of the Jin army broke into the posthouse and attacked and killed the Song envoy, causing the peace talks to break down, Wan Yan Zongxiong urged to kill those Jin soldiers and compensate the Song Dynasty for the loss, in order to continue the peace talks.After the Song army attacked the city aggressively, the North City that Zongxiong was in charge of was not the main attack direction of the Song army, but he still did not dare to launch an active attack, and even watched the Song army fill most of the trenches.The war has already begun, and he is still dreaming of a stupid peace negotiation, which arouses the dissatisfaction of the soldiers of the Jin army. They are agitated, making noise in the whole city, and complain to the emperor one after another, demanding that Zongxiong be replaced.

Grand Tutor Wanyan Zongmin has also degenerated, and the degree is quite serious.When the battle started, the south of the city he was in charge of was attacked by the Song army most violently, and the artillery fire all day and night razed the fortress in front of the city to the ground.Zong Min, who was watching the battle on the tower, was so frightened that he was speechless, his face pale, and he also suffered from deep Songphobia.When the Song army launched a cold gun battle to attack and kill the generals at the top of the city, he was too scared to go to the city.Whenever Wanyan Quan went to the city to express condolences, the generals could not stop complaining to the emperor about the general's incompetence.

And the emperor Wanyan Quan was not so perfect, he also did some ironic things, and came up with some wonderful strategies to defend against the enemy. First, he ingeniously agreed to the so-called strategy of breaking the embankment, and after the failure of breaking the embankment, he made a peace plan. During the peace talks, he was timid and afraid of war and wanted to leave, which almost delayed the opportunity to defend the capital.Of course, his new strategy and tactics are not limited to this, he is still practicing his strategy with the lives of soldiers and the safety of the capital...