Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 1033 The Situation in Korea
However, Wang Cunli successfully defended for ten days. The Song army did not adopt the ant-attachment tactic, and the casualties were not too large, but there was still not much progress.

This made Xu Huiyan very annoyed. He knew that the Xia army had concentrated its troops, and the troops in Xingwei city had been drawn out in large numbers, which was no longer enough to defend.

Originally, it was fully believed that three armies fighting for five days could completely take down the city, and then divided into one army to defend, and the two armies would turn around and attack Xingqing. .

Who would have thought that Xingwei City would become a hard bone, and after ten days of fighting it was not taken, but more than [-] people were killed in battle.

He really wanted to bring the Yun Jie army up, but he couldn't put the whole army in. Who knows if the barbarians in the northern grasslands would suddenly attack them.What worries him the most is that Gao Sheng's tens of thousands of riders are not too far from Xingwei City. A one-night raid will definitely deal a major blow to the unsuspecting Song Army, and he cannot bear the price of taking risks.

On this day, he personally came to the front and urged the Crane Control Army to launch an offensive at the south gate, setting up six infantry battalions in front, plus [-] township soldiers.

He ordered to cut down the surrounding trees, and temporarily made siege cones and simple trebuchets to strengthen the attack on the city gate.

The Song army did not invest in ladder vehicles, but carried out long-range projection strikes. Thirty standard trebuchets, twenty simple trebuchets, and hundreds of bed crossbows projected iron cannonballs, stone bullets, and explosives on the city and inside the city. Arrows, the violent explosions undulate with each other, it is simply hell on earth.

"Today, at all costs, I must take down the South Gate." Xu Huiyan issued a death order.

Although Wang Cunli considered the Song army's firearms, he did not expect them to be so sharp. Seeing the city's head and inside the city full of blood and flesh, filled with the smell of barbecue, he couldn't help lamenting the bad luck of the Great Xia. If we fight for a few more days, I really don't know what to do. Can't hold on.

However, he had to stick to it, and the military order was very tragic: "In order to save the elders of Weicheng, please work hard."

The Song army concentrated thousands of people for the first time, and it was another precise but very boring battle, with dead people constantly dying.

When Wang Xiu returned to the courtyard, he took off his feather robe and put on a loose linen blouse, Zong Liang was silent for a long time, but said: "Sir, Dafeng and Shang Qinggao cannot be entrusted with important tasks, I think we should choose someone else. "

Wang Xiu thought about it for a while, and said embarrassingly: "Jurchen and Gaoli have done a lot, but it's a pity that I can't make great use of the arhat fruit."

"It doesn't have to be outsiders. There are still a lot of important ministers who are close to the court in Goryeo. Cui Ru and Li Zhong are both famous." Zong Liang curled his lips. He was not optimistic about Monk Dafeng, and he didn't have a good impression of monks. .

Ever since he became a magistrate, he saw Buddhist temples occupying a large amount of land, monks do not do production all day long, and even exploited tenant farmers. His impression was not very good, and he was even thinking that Buddhist temples occupy a large amount of land, and monks do not do production. Should we follow suit? It is strictly forbidden for Buddhist temples to occupy land, and Buddhist monks should also do something for the living people.

Wang Xiu nodded. The official party secretary is considered powerful in Goryeo. According to the information sent back, he is more and more interested in controlling Goryeo.

Cui Ru and Li Zhong belonged to important ministers close to the Xing Dynasty of the Song Dynasty. A group of real power factions headed by them still had the upper hand over the pro-Jurchen forces headed by Jin Fushi, Ren Yuan, and Li Zhi.However, the influence of the Jurchens should not be underestimated. In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Wu Qimai deliberately adopted a policy of forbearance with Korea when the main force of the Jin army marched south, and captured the Koreans who entered the country and looted them without taking their lives.

The Jurchen policy did arouse the favor of some Goryeo nobles. With the southward migration of the Song Dynasty, the Jin army was able to dispatch sufficient troops.

After he ascended the throne, he even infiltrated the upper echelons of Goryeo, benefited and benefited, and gained more and more support, which was very unfavorable to the Song dynasty.

"Wang Kaili, the lord of Koryo, is very diligent, and the great national power is wasted. Although Cui Ru and Li Zhong can control it, Jin Fushi, Ren Yuan, and Li Zhi are not easy people. They try their best to oppose the imperial court stationed in Jianghua. If Chong and Uncle Wu Ji go, things will not go so smoothly."

Wang Xiu snorted twice, and said disdainfully: "Those three people are just pigs and dogs, who dares to prevent my army from stationing on the island outside Kaicheng?"

"Sir, you must not underestimate the three of them. They not only have military power, but also have a group of forces to support them. If one is not careful, the whole game may be lost." Zong Liang has a lot of contact with the officials of the official department and the speed department, so he naturally has a good impression of Korea. From the perspective of the situation, just now, I also gave Buddhist eye drops by the way.

"It's a tiny country, so it's not worth paying attention to. It's just borrowing the flanking strategy and giving someone a place to display it. If they dare to disobey the imperial court, my sea ship team will snatch the outer island and threaten to open the city without any hesitation. "

The outer island is the western island of Kaesong, the capital city of Koryo, and has not been named. Wang Xiu has long made up his mind to use Koryo as the stronghold of the Song Dynasty's counterattack, and to protect the fleet to and from Dongying. The islands outside Kaesong must be controlled. He even had a name.

Zongliang also believed that Kaesong must be controlled. He was not interested in using Koryo to counterattack, but he agreed to occupy the islands as a guard navy overseas camp, which could protect sea traffic.The 36 ships that followed Ma Kuo and Wu Xuan were said to show the majesty of the Communist Party. Need so many people?

After returning from Dazhai, the guards of the Salmonella, the Northern Guards were stationed on the Jingdong East Road. They gathered an upper brigade, and several mixed bow and crossbow troops were gathering in Laizhou and other places. They were transferred from Dazhai, the guards of Long Island The transshipment ships, even the Dafu boats that hired three merchants, are speeding up their journey northward, and some seagoing ships are also gathering.

He was really worried that the South China Sea was using troops, even many merchant ships were requisitioned, and the guard navy was not strong enough to use. If they really wanted to seize the Koryo islands and cause the Koreans to resist, then it would be an excellent excuse for the Jurchens to intervene.

Wang Xiu didn't seem to be worried, and his thoughts jumped again, saying: "Three Buddhas are doomed, and the party members will also be finished. Guanzhong will no longer be a frontier fortress in the coming year, and some things should be started."

Zong Liang's eyelids twitched, something happened?He still understood, but he was still worried about Gao Li, and said tactfully, "If the captives want to free up their hands, I'm afraid Wang Kai won't be able to hold on."

Wang Xiu frowned, turned to look at Zong Liang, and said indifferently: "Brother, I will wrong you."

The corner of Zong Liang's mouth twitched, his smile became ugly, and he said, "It's a good thing, but I don't know my family..."

(End of this chapter)