Chapter 229 Bianliang City was destroyed? (Please vote for me!)

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On the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Pharmacist Guo led Song Jiang, Yang Zhi and other 10,000 horse troops to the outside of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

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Song Jiang, Yang Zhi and his party did not immediately attack Bianliang City in Tokyo.

——Under the leadership of Guo Yaoshi, they rushed directly to Moutuogang, northwest of Bianliang City, Tokyo, and then set up camp here, waiting for Li Cun to lead the army.

Moutuogang was actually the place where the Tiansi Prison of the Zhao and Song Dynasty was located, and it was also a place where horses were raised in the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

At this time, Moutuogang had more than 20,000 fine war horses, and there were also mountains of grain and grass.

The key point is that Moutuogang is surrounded by water on three sides, like a sandbar, and backed by Wu Zepi, which can be used as a barrier. The terrain is extremely steep. If you occupy this place, it will definitely be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Setting up camp here in Moutuogang was of course the suggestion of Pharmacist Guo.

In fact, Pharmacist Guo had already been to Moutuogang when he came to Bianliang City in Tokyo a few years ago.

At that time, Zhao Ji wanted to win over Yao Shi Guo, so he sent Cai You to take Yao Shi Guo to Moutuogang to play polo.

Pharmacist Guo was a very scheming person. At that time, he felt that Moutuogang was a good place to build a camp, so he kept this in mind.

Now, as expected, this place with both favorable geographical location and military supplies has been taken advantage of by Pharmacist Guo, who has made another great contribution.

On the evening of the next day, Li Cun also led 30,000 elite horse troops to the foot of Bianliang City in Tokyo, and then under the guidance of Zhao Liangsi went to station in Qingcheng, the southwest suburb of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Here is the Zhai Palace where the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties held suburban festivals. The environment is much better than that of Moutuogang.

At this time, Li Cun had actually learned that Zhao Ji had fled to Shaanxi. Most of Zhao Ji's dozens of children had escaped and were scattered in various counties in Zhou County.

Li Cun was very disappointed with this, and felt that even though he had rushed there, he was still a step too late.

——In this case, if Li Cun captured Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhao Ji would definitely immediately restore the ancient capital of Chang'an, or one of Zhao Ji's sons would become the new emperor of the Zhao Song Dynasty with the support of Zhao Ji.

Let's put it this way, in history there was only one Zhao Gou, but there was another Southern Song Dynasty.

Although he cannot compare with Li Cun, Zhao Ji is quite fertile. He has a total of thirty-two sons. Excluding Zhao Huan and those who are dead, there are still more than twenty, plus other royal families and clans. By the way,

There is also Zhao Kuangyin's branch. If the Zhao family cannot be eliminated in one fell swoop, it may take many more years of fighting before the Zhao and Song dynasties can be completely wiped out.

In short, after learning that the Zhao family's royal family and clan had all fled, Li Cun was already a little less interested in fighting Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Cai Yi was not wrong in some words.

That is, although Bianliang City in Tokyo was the capital of the Zhao and Song dynasties, it was nothing more than a city. If he could not capture the person Li Cun wanted, Li Cun would only get a city that currently does not have much strategic value.

That’s all.

It can be said that at this moment, Li Cun was no longer interested in capturing Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Even Li Cun was thinking, otherwise he would retreat at the right time, causing Zhao Huan to deceive Zhao Ji, his brothers and sisters, and all the royal family and clan of the Zhao family back, as in history, and then come back to fight again.

Catch all the Zhao family in one fell swoop?

But Li Cun just thought about this kind of thing.

How could Li Cun explain to his subjects if he didn't get enough benefits from such a massive effort?

So we have to continue fighting.

But Li Cun still had to think carefully about how to fight and to what extent.

Five days later, Zhao Li led more than 40,000 infantry troops and 50,000 reserve troops to serve as civilians and arrived at the gate of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

——Li Cun had many dangerous passes, such as the Junzhou Yellow River Bridge, where he left many defenders to avoid trouble when he returned in the future.

Then, Zhao Li followed Li Cun's instructions. Except for the front guard army and the rear guard army stationed in Qingcheng, the rest of the infantry set up several military camps on the four walls of Bianliang City in Tokyo. Close the surrounding area.

——Due to insufficient troops, Zhao Li could only set up camp in sparse formations, and then openly waved flags in the countryside and traveled between military camps, so that the soldiers and civilians of the Zhao and Song Dynasty did not know how many troops they had.

The soldiers and civilians of the Zhao and Song dynasties standing on the city wall with the army outside the city besieging the city are vivid in their minds, and most of them have fear on their faces.

But at this time, Li Cundu did not attack Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Again, Bianliang City in Tokyo is easy to fight, but other things are really difficult.

Such as replenishing troops.

For example, food, grass and baggage.

Such as a retreat.

Therefore, Li Cun made Guan Sheng the commander-in-chief and ordered Guan Sheng to lead his 10,000-horse army to go south to meet part of the Dongfu Army and part of the Zhongfu Army led by Cao Cheng and Wang Sheng, and then help Cao Cheng and Wang Sheng break through Bianliang in Tokyo. The waterway from the city to Huainan will be used by Li Cun to dispatch troops and generals, transport grain, grass and baggage, or to return to the south if it is difficult to return to the Yanyun area in the future.

Li Cun besieged and refused to attack, which made Zhao Huan and his ministers very unsure.

Zhao Huan discussed with the civil and military officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties, otherwise we, the Song Dynasty, would send envoys to negotiate peace?

After someone put forward this suggestion, it immediately received support from many people.

Zhao Huan saw that although many people agreed to negotiate peace, no one took the initiative to ask Ying to be the envoy for the peace negotiation, so he appointed Li Zhe, a member of the Privy Council with Tongzhi, as the envoy, and Zheng Wangzhi and Gao Shi as deputy envoys to go to Qingcheng to discuss peace.

Before the peace talks, Xu Churen said: "The Qian bandits are now in full strength. We, King Qin of the Song Dynasty, have not yet gathered their troops, so we have to make peace. However, peace also requires a strategy and a measure. If we have a plan and a measure, China's situation will be stable. Otherwise, China's situation will be stable." There are endless disasters, and China's safety lies in this one fell swoop."

Zhao Huan and his ministers discussed that it was absolutely impossible to cede land. If Hebei and Hedong were also ceded to the Daqian Dynasty, then the Central Plains would definitely not be protected. At that time, the Zhao and Song Dynasty would have no choice but to settle in the corner of Sichuan and Shaanxi. But it could Give the Daqian Dynasty three to five million taels of gold and silver to reward the army. In addition, Li Zhe, Zheng Wangzhi, and Gao Shi are also asked to bring some gold and silver jewelry and some wine and fruits as Zhao Huan gave Li Cun a meeting gift.

After Li Zhe, Zheng Wangzhi and Gao Shize arrived in Qingcheng, Li Cun ordered Han Fang, Xiao Qing and Zhang Yuangong to be responsible for docking with them.

As soon as the two parties met, Han Fang said: "My family's conditions have not changed significantly. The two families are bounded by a river. Your family will compensate my family 10 million gold ingots, 20 million silver ingots, 10 million pieces of silk, and another 10,000 pieces of cattle and horses." , my family will withdraw its troops, otherwise your capital city will be destroyed."

At this time, Li Zhen was supposed to have come out to argue with Han Fang, but as soon as Li Zhen arrived in Qingcheng and saw the Qian army's strong soldiers and strong horses and murderous intent, he was so frightened that he did not dare to say anything.

Seeing this, Zheng Wangzhi could only take over the responsibility of the envoy and said: "If your dynasty is determined to use the river as the boundary, it is really a request based on strength, and our dynasty will never agree. Our dynasty is not military weak, it is actually new.

It had been more than ten days since the emperor succeeded to the throne. Everything was not going well. None of the prefectures and cities in the interior were prepared for war, so the army of your dynasty marched straight in. Now the situation is here, familiar to familiar.

Let’s not talk about it. I just say that my new emperor has ascended the throne and everything is waiting for improvement. Therefore, I am not willing to go to war with your dynasty. I would like to give your dynasty some coins and reward the army with gold and silver, so that your dynasty’s army can retreat.

.If the two dynasties can re-establish good relations with each other, it will be glorious in the annals of history and highly praised by future generations. I hope that the emperor of your dynasty will withdraw his troops as soon as possible for the sake of the innocent people of the two dynasties."

Xiao Qing said: "Now that my family's army is here, it will definitely not be settled by your family's small sum of money."

When Zheng Wangzhi heard this, he knew that the terms of the peace negotiations expected by the two sides must be very different, but he still bit the bullet and said: "My emperor will allow three to five million taels of silver coins, and there will also be three to five million taels of silver to reward the army.

It’s not easy to figure out the numbers.”

Xiao Qing said: "I have already told your family to reward the army with silver, ten million ingots of gold, twenty million ingots of silver, ten million pieces of silk, and ten thousand each of cattle and horses. This number will never be changed."

Zheng Wangzhi heard this and said: "The mouth of the land is the same as having a big river as the boundary. It is very difficult to negotiate."

Zheng Wangzhi also said: "We must abide by the conditions of the land, but have no intention of making peace. Our dynasty has long been different from what it used to be after half of its territory was seized by your dynasty. There are only three or five places that produce gold and silver. There is also a fixed amount of annual tribute, and sometimes each country has its own territory."

The local government is unable to contribute according to the quota for some reason, and since there is annual tribute, there must be annual expenses. How can our government

Will there be more savings? As for horses, our dynasty does not produce horses. Every year, we only buy one or two thousand horses from the southwestern Yi and Xifanbo with tea colors. Some of them died, sick and lame, so there are not many left. As for the cattle

All the people are outside the city, and the people in the city have nothing to do with farming, but there are cattle for farming? I hope your emperor will understand."

Seeing that the conditions demanded by the two families were so different, Han Fang went to ask Li Cun for instructions.

After hearing this, Li Cun said: "Things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield can only be obtained by words. Let him wait until he returns and take that Li Ye back with him."

During the entire process of the first negotiation between the two parties, Li Zhe, as the chief envoy, was submissive and did not dare to say a word.

Many people saw this and laughed at Li Zhe: "This is a woman's ear."

Li Zhe, Zheng Wangzhi, Gao Shize and Li Ye, who came to discuss peace before, have just returned to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Zhao Li followed Li Cun's order and began to attack the city.

It was already dark at this time. Zhao Li followed Li Cun's instructions and deployed suspicious soldiers to beat drums on all sides, but only launched the main attack from the western city wall.

The reason why Li Cun gave Zhao Li such an order was mainly because Wu Desi, the pro-military governor's office and the Military Intelligence Department had already discovered the Zhao and Song Dynasty's defense intelligence.

When Li Cun looked at the names of the generals who guarded the city walls, he concluded that Liang Fangping, who was responsible for guarding the western city wall, was definitely the weakest, so of course he had to attack from the weakest point.

After the two sides started fighting, Xu Churen personally climbed onto the city wall and gave instructions: "Those who are close will use thunder to shake the sky and hit them with wood, those who are far away will use divine arm bows to shoot them, and those who are further away will use crossbows and cannons to reach them."

After fighting with the Daqian Dynasty for so many years, the Song Army certainly developed some firearms.

For example, the Zhentian Lei is modeled after the Hongtian Lei, and the Sitting Cannon is modeled after the Heartless Cannon.

However, there was a problem with the gunpowder ratio in the Zhao and Song dynasties, unlike the Daqian dynasty that used granular black powder.

This made the firearms of the Zhao and Song dynasties much less powerful, and there were also various problems.

For example, the Zhentian Lei of the Zhao and Song Dynasties was not powerful enough. In order to ensure that the Zhentian Lei could kill and injure people, the operators of the Zhao Song Dynasty could only make it larger. This made the Zhentian Lei because of its insufficient power.

Because it's too heavy, it can't be thrown far at all.

There are also the sitting cannons of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

In order to pursue the legendary power of "one shot can kill and injure a large area", the caliber of the cannons of the Zhao and Song Dynasty was more than three feet thick like those fake cannons made by Li Cun.

In order to cope with such a thick cannon, the Zhao and Song Dynasty could only make the explosive package one meter square.

After such a large explosive package explodes, the power will naturally not be small. Even if the gunpowder ratio it uses is problematic, it is not granular black powder.

But the problem is that if the cannon has achieved this level, it must be extremely heavy and heavy, which makes it impossible to pull it out for combat. It can only be fixed on the city wall, becoming a so-called sitting cannon.

Also, the shortcomings of the heartless cannon are all reflected in the sitting gun, such as lack of accuracy, easy explosion of the chamber, and extremely slow rate of fire due to the cumbersome loading process. It can even be said that it has no conscience.
To be continued...