Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 185 Attacking Beizhou ([-])
The two Quchengs provided enough firewood, and the fire burned for three days before it was gradually extinguished.For the past three days, Ming Hao didn't leave his tent, and he only said that he was sick from overwork and caught a cold that day, so he couldn't get out of bed for a while.

These words are exaggerated, but an old man who seems to be nearly sixty has worked hard for nothing in the past few days, and even put on his armor several times to inspect the progress of Qucheng and direct the repair of the city. He is indeed overworked.Coupled with the blow to the spirit, the body and mind really need to be adjusted.

Anyway, Minghao did not issue new orders, and Li Buqi deliberately refused to ask for instructions on the use of wood, and intercepted all the wood to build the building car.As for other things, Li Buqi took over temporarily. Although he needed to ask for instructions on everything, he also got a taste of being a handsome man with the help of Wang Xin.To replace the leader and preside over the work, this will also be a qualification in the future!
But Ming Hao obviously didn't let Li Buqi continue to accumulate qualifications consciously. On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, he got out of the tent to beat the drums to raise his account. Li Buqi secretly cried out when he saw the old man's state.Although the old man had two big dark circles, his eyes were bloodshot, his cheeks were sunken, and his beard was disheveled, but the old man was obviously full of confidence, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Recruited.

As a result, as soon as the old man announced, Li Buqi discovered that it was still an old trick - digging tunnels.According to his style of play, it may take two to 30 days to dig the tunnel.While digging the tunnel, it is necessary to launch a feint attack elsewhere to cover up the signs of tunnel digging. In this way, people have to spend their lives to fill up the tunnel every day, which is a waste of money and people!

Li Buqi decided not to tolerate this old gentleman anymore.As the saying goes, repeat again and again, Li Buqi has given the old man two chances, and the old man has played off. Now there are rumors in Bianliang that Li Buqi is nothing more than that, and he doesn't want to wait for the old man to entertain himself Happy.He stood up and said, "Pease me, I think that digging tunnels is too slow, and thieves may find out during the digging process, so it is better to use a building car to attack. If you use a building car, I am sure you can take it down in half a month." Bay State."

Mr. Ming probably had too much psychological shadow on Huo Gong, so he immediately vetoed Li Buqi's suggestion: "The building car is also made of wood. If a thief sets fire, it will look like Qucheng. It is still safe and authentic."

But Li Buqi did not intend to compromise this time, and insisted: "Although the building cars are easy to catch fire, as long as there are a certain number of them, they can attack the top of the city. The officials still think that digging tunnels is time-consuming and laborious, and the possibility of failure is even greater. If Ping An insists on digging tunnels, and the lower officials will go up and ask His Majesty to request the Holy Judgment."

No one, including Ming Hao, thought that Li Buqi would suddenly be so tough, which was in great contrast to the previous days.Ming Hao was stunned for a few seconds, then stood up abruptly: "You are the deputy envoy, and you have the right to give a presentation. You can play whatever you want. But here is the old man who will preside over it. I have made up my mind. It will start tomorrow in the north of the city." Tunneling, while feinting from three other directions to cover up the sound of tunneling."

All the generals looked at Li Buqi and bowed to Ming Hao, "Decree!"

Back in the camp, Li Buqi wrote a bullet and a document quickly and sent someone five hundred miles to rush them to Bianliang University and the Privy Council.This was the first time Li Buqi wrote a bullet, but he didn't expect it to be the impeachment of his immediate boss.He reckoned that his reputation as an "official killer" was even more solid now, but he didn't intend to follow the rules and mix the system, and a good reputation would be of use to him.

Wubaili rushed to Bianliang on the same day. Seeing that it was about the war in Beizhou, the Privy Council did not dare to delay, so it quickly copied it and sent it to the Privy Envoy and Deputy Envoy respectively. Naturally, the emperor also sent a copy.

Soon the emperor sent Privy Envoy Xia Ji and Deputy Envoy Wen Yanbo to discuss the war in Beizhou.Xia Ji and Wen Yanbo were on the way to the Chuigong Hall together, Xia Ji said casually: "Guan Fu, what do you think about Beizhou? I heard that Li Buqi wrote a memorial to impeach Ming Huaji's old man. The day before yesterday I It is strange that such a shrewd person as Li Buqi would make the mistake of building Qucheng with grass and trees and let the thieves burn it. It turned out that Ming Huaji did not listen to Li Buqi's persuasion. It is not a good thing that the chief envoy and the deputy envoy have different opinions."

Although if Xia Ji were to command the battle, he would never have imagined that the Qucheng built with vegetation could be set on fire so easily, but this does not prevent him from talking about it now.

Wen Yanbo heard Xia Ji's hint from Xia Ji's voice, and knew that Wen Yanbo and Xia Ji were not dealing with each other, so he naturally knew what Xia Ji meant.Originally, Wen Yanbo and Ming Hao still had some friendship, but for his own ideals, he said naturally: "Judging from the previous two sieges, Ming's scholars are indeed not as good as Li Buqi's soldiers. If Li Buqi was allowed to command, Maybe it will take Beizhou down."

Xia Ji originally thought that persuading Wen Yanbo to support Li Buqi would take a lot of talking, but he didn't expect him to give up Minghao so quickly. This is not like the style of a scholar-bureaucrat.Xia Ji's mind was exquisite, and he immediately thought that Li Buqi was recommended by Concubine Zhang's uncle, and everyone said that Wen Yanbo returned to Beijing from Yizhou by following Concubine Zhang's route.Could it be that Li Buqi and Concubine Zhang are also related?

But this matter is not important now, the important thing is to suppress Ming Ho.So he said: "Beizhou has been fighting for more than 40 days, right? If it drags on, I'm afraid there won't be any summer grain harvest in Beizhou this year. The people are in poverty. It's better to take down Beizhou one day earlier so that the people can return home as soon as possible. You can also save some money.”

Wen Yanbo said: "The privy secretary is right."

When the two came to the Chuigong Hall, Zhao Zhen immediately said: "Just now Li Buqi published the memorial to impeach the Ming scholar. He explained that the scholar knows that the name of the soldier is not worthy of the name. The war is protracted. Do you know this?"

Xia Ji said: "Li Buqi also sent documents to the Privy Council, which should have been delivered together with bullets, and there were many criticisms against Ming scholars. I was puzzled by the battle reports a few days ago, and the city built with grass and trees is vulnerable to fire. Even if Bachelor Ming couldn't think of such a simple truth, a shrewd person like Li Buqi should have thought of it, but why did he fall into the way of a thief. It turned out that Li Buqi had persuaded Bachelor Ming, but it was only because of his will to go his own way that he failed. Minister I think what Li Buqi said makes sense."

Wen Yanbo's silence was a tacit approval of his support for Xia Ji.However, Zhao Zhen complained to Li Buqi: "Oh! Since Li Buqi understood these principles, why didn't he argue hard, or wrote a memorial earlier? Then why did tens of thousands of troops work so hard for so long without success?"

Seeing that Xia Ji didn't speak, Wen Yanbo had no choice but to explain to Li Buqi in order to push Li Buqi away: "Your Majesty, I guess Li Buqi also has difficulties."

"Huh? What's your difficulty?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Wen Yanbo said: “When Li Buqi led the expedition, he repeatedly said that he was young and had little knowledge. The frontier army of the Qing Dynasty was famous, Li Buqi was young and weak, and led only a thousand troops, how could he dare to criticize such an old minister? I thought it was prudent not to impeach the Ming scholars before, but now impeaching the Ming scholars is deliberate."

What he said made Zhao Zhen nod repeatedly.Zhao Zhen still clearly remembered how painful he was under the pressure of a group of veterans back then. Putting himself in his shoes, he understood Li Buqi's situation, so he couldn't help but regret: "It was I who made things simple. At that time, I only wanted to send a safe veteran I went to check on Li Buqi, but I didn't expect this level. If Li Buqi was only sent to Hebei at that time, Beizhou might have been defeated long ago."

Wen Yanbo knew that it was a taboo of Shilin to praise Ming Hao for speaking for Li Buqi today, so he took the opportunity to make up for it: "Your Majesty can't say that. Although Li Buqi is full of wisdom, he is too young after all. If he is allowed to If one person goes out to fight alone, the whole court might not be at ease."

The emperor thought about it for the same reason, and couldn't help but make trouble.Most of the ministers who know the soldiers in the court and Li Buqi are incompetent. If Minghao is withdrawn, who will go to Hebei instead?
He raised his head and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Wenqing, why don't you go to Hebei. Bachelor Ming is getting old and has been overworked recently. I am also worried about his health. How about you replace him?"

Wen Yanbo didn't know whether Li Buqi's building and car management would work or not, and he didn't want to step into this muddy water, but he didn't dare to show cowardice in front of the emperor when the words came to this point.So he immediately replied: "Chen, it was for His Majesty to share the worries."

PS: Brother Homecoming r thinks that the generals of Song Dynasty written in the previous chapters are Taishui. There is a problem here, that is, there has been no war in Hebei for more than 40 years, and most of the generals are hereditary, so training and defending the city may be okay (after all This is the basic skill of the officers of the Song Dynasty), but the level of field combat and siege should not be very good.This point refers to the three major defeats in the early stage of the Song Army and the battle with Xixia.Beizhou lasted 66 days from the uprising to its failure, among which the Fire Bull Formation and the burning of Qucheng were real events.Also, when superiors make up their minds to use laymen to guide experts, the level of experts has always plummeted.

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