Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 581

In the distance, dust and smoke covered the sun, accompanied by the galloping sound of horse hooves, a black cavalry was heading south along the avenue. These cavalry were either wearing iron armor or wearing armor. The military robes were different from the past scarlet and black. But it was all gray.

These people were running and shouting loudly, the sound was like the howling of wolves.Next to the saddle are also equipped with weapons of different lengths, including scimitars, sabers, hammers, iron whips, and bones.But the same thing is that they all carry bows and arrows on their backs, carry quivers on their shoulders, and a big yellow flag fluttering in the wind.

They are the troops of the Khitan Zhenghuang Banner that has formed an army.

There are not many troops, only more than [-] people, but they are quite impressive.Just like a pack of hungry wolves roaming the desolate Wuding River.The leader's face is like the bottom of a pot, his nostrils are pointing upward, he has curly hair and a red beard, and he is six feet tall. This is not exactly a praise.

Going west along the Wuding River, a man with two horses is their first task.Do the Xixia people think that they can't beat me and just go home and hide?Lu Qian didn't talk so loudly.He established the Eight Banners, the biggest purpose is to facilitate grassland warfare, right now is just a small test.

He didn't expect two thousand cavalry to take Xiazhou down, so he sent Tian Hu's army together, but the latter had more infantry and was still behind.

As for Xixia, this Xiazhou cannot be taken down, but the iron smelting work nearby can always clean up severely, not to mention that not all Xixia people are hiding in the city.The latter are nomads.

And just as Xuan Zan led Zhenghuang Qi to rush westward viciously, Lu Qian had already arrived near Yan'an again.

Along the way, you can only see deep ravines and high ravines, and what you see is a piece of yellow, which already looks like a future generation.The rivers along the way are not full of water, and as for the water conservancy ditches, I have not seen a few.

This pass is originally the foundation of the emperor, the fertile field thousands of miles away, and the place where the shape is victorious.

But how bleak it is now.

Even if it is a big river like Qingshui, many sections of the river can be crossed flat, and the climate change has really had a great impact on this place.

In addition to the factors of war, the local people seldom built water conservancy projects, and the destruction of earlier water conservancy projects, the result is easy to come to.The agriculture in this pass is not as good as it was in Li Tang's time.

Many places are dilapidated and weeds are growing.Even in the vicinity of Yan'an, it is rare to see large areas of prosperous towns and villages.

The land of the Guanzhong Plain, which has been prosperous for thousands of years, is already very desolate.

Lu Qian only felt a heavy heart.

Although he has not really seized the land in Guanzhong and unified the Three Qins, but seeing this barren land, he feels like a big stone is weighing on his heart.

Today's Guanzhong is no longer the foundation of the emperor that can be restored simply by appeasing the people and building water conservancy.

The fertility of the land cultivated for thousands of years has been lost, and the vegetation has been severely damaged, resulting in flooding of loess and serious soil erosion.This is already a vicious cycle.Thinking about northern Shaanxi and Jin Province in later generations, Lu Qian had a rough idea in his heart.

Plant trees, conserve soil and water, limit population, and return farmland to forests.

Looking at the endless artificial forests planted by Zhao Song along the Song and Liao lines in Hebei Province, it can be seen that even under the current conditions, as long as you make up your mind, you can still plant large areas of trees.

Of course, the differences in climate and environment between the two places cannot be ignored.But even if it is difficult, as long as you put your heart into it, you can still do it.

It's just that this is still a thought that came to him suddenly, a general idea, and it's really troublesome to put it into practice.

Now that Lu Qian has arrived at the city of Yan'an, he can foresee what Linfeng Village, Qinghua Village, Jinming Village and other places will look like.

The enemy was approaching, but Li Hui did not order Zhang Shen to withdraw.Yan'an City is very strong, but it is not really impregnable.There are several surrounding points that must be observed.If they withdraw their troops without fighting, then they will be defeated, which will really hurt their morale.

To be honest, what Li Hui regrets the most now is that he didn't ask Zhang Shen to raise some troops to force Suide's army.After the Zhijiao Wang Jinbu was almost wiped out, there was no movement, so that Lu Qianneng was able to deal with the Xixia soldiers in the north wholeheartedly.

Now, he regrets it.

Now facing the Liangshan army known as 20, Li Hui had no confidence in victory.Yan'an City is very strong. Since its establishment in the Northern Song Dynasty, it has never fallen in the past 60 years.

When walking outside Qingshui City, the angle is almost 90°, so it is called the South River and the North River by the locals.But this is not the natural moat of Yan'an City. The real power of this city is its interior.On one side are undulating mountains and on the other side are plains.Therefore, the city is divided into east and west, with the east city being flat and the west city being dangerous.

In the first year of Kangding (1040), Li Yuanhao attacked Yanzhou in three ways.Zhizhou Fan Yong responded to the enemy's mistake and divided his troops into 36 strongholds for defense. However, Yanzhou was empty of troops, and Li Yuanhao's army went straight to the city.In terms of military strength, they have an absolute advantage. The fault is not heavy snowfall. Yanzhou at that time, and now Yan'an City, will most likely fall.At least that Dongcheng couldn't resist it!
Baota Mountain, known as Jialing Mountain in ancient times, is located in the east of Yan'an City, on the bank of the Yanhe River, only a hundred feet away from the city, and you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire city of Yan'an from the mountain.

There are still [-] to [-] troops in this city. Although Zhang Shen suffered a defeat, as a veteran of the Western Army, he was not given for nothing, and he did not lose all the soldiers in his hands.

With so many Western troops in the city, it was almost impossible to attack by force.As an important town in northern Shaanxi and an important frontier fortress, there are so many military supplies in Yan'an City, it is unimaginable.

If you want a bed crossbow, you have a bed crossbow, and if you want a stone cannon, you have a stone cannon.There are countless god-armed bows and crossbows.

And Lu Qian was already prepared for this, he himself did not plan to take Yan'an City quickly.This is a rare stone city in China today.His way is to lock the city!
If you want to lock the city, the west side is easy to talk about. When people built Yan'an City, they cut the earth into ravines and made it steep and dangerous.Lu Qian also asked people to build a wall on Fenghuang Mountain and set up troops to stand firm.There is a clear water channel in the north, which is a natural line of defense.The road to the south is narrow, but if you send the soldiers away, you only need to set up a camp to block the official road, and then ask people to set up police troops on the surrounding hills.

The hard part is the east.

The army wanted to bypass Yan'an City and continue heading south, instead of going inside the city, only outside the city, the only passage was to the east.

However, the river course and the city moat were blocked, that is to say, if the Liangshan army wanted to go around the city and go south, they had to build a stable channel on the river first.But the difficulty lies in the fact that the distance between the city wall and the Pagoda Mountain is too close. The Song army only needs to aim at the top of the city with a crossbow, isn't that complete coverage?Not to mention bed crossbows and stone cannons.

So, how to do this, how can Song Jun not be able to control the river on the east wall, this is what Lu Qian is going to do now.

This is also something beyond Song Jun's expectations.

Take Li Hui and Zhang Shen as an example. The two of them could never have imagined that the Liangshan Army could do this. They could see the east city wall, which was on fire all day long. That's silly eyes.

The Liangshan army used stone cannons to throw incendiary bombs at the top of the city and set the gate tower on fire.Then the wooden bullets were sent to that section of the city wall, which was always in flames.

The entire army and civilians in Yan'an City could only watch helplessly as Liangshan's army hammered on the river, and continued to build a pontoon bridge across both sides of the clear water at lightning speed.One by one, extra-large wooden ropes were sent into the river at the same time.

There are not many soldiers and horses stationed on it, but only a high wooden parapet erected, or simply a solid "丄" shape.

There is only one purpose, and that is to block the bows and crossbows shot from the top of the city, so as not to threaten the safety of the pontoon bridge.

This clear water turned around in Yan'an and continued to flow eastward instead of southward.The waterway to the south is just the east moat of Yan'an City. The pool is two feet deep and less than ten feet wide.

And this is to a certain extent the channel for the Liangshan Army to march south.

Yes, there is no way to go south after crossing the pontoon bridge to the other side of the Qinghe River.The only passable level ground was inside the moat, at the foot of the city walls.But it's not safe, is it?
What Lu Qian meant was to fill up the moat and pave a passage through it.This is very difficult, but Liang Shanjun can't help it.

First build a water-blocking wall to cut off the connection between the moat and the clear water, and then throw dry firewood and grass bundles inside, which can be said to be a wooden trestle bridge in the east of the city.Then increase the height of the sheep and horse wall, at least to ensure the passage of carriages at that height.

This borrows the principle of the hole.The Song Army could come up with a siege tool like a train that runs through the front and rear of the Dongzi. How could the Liangshan Army not create an enlarged version of the "Dongzi" under the nose of the Song Army?
Not only people were passing by, but also carriages and carriages.

On top of the "big cave", there are additional layers of buildings, just like guarding the city at the beginning, which can withstand the shooting of stone cannons and bed crossbows, and can also withstand the shooting of strong bows and crossbows.

In this way, this 'road' will be paved directly to the southeast corner of Yan'an City, and then turn to the south of the city, which will suddenly become clear.

The people in Yan'an city didn't understand what the Liangshan army intended at first, but when the pontoon bridge was rolled out, and then the wall was built to block the water, and the sheep and horse wall in the east of the city was raised, how could they not understand? tolerate.Immediately, he used strong bows, crossbows and stone cannons, and all the means were used, and the shots continued.

That is to say, Lu Qian asked people to work hard to transport the Liangshan cannon to the top of the pagoda mountain, condescending, and bombarded Yan'an City, which made the bed crossbow stone cannon in the city stop.

In Yan'an Prefecture, Li Hui looked gray.To this day, what else can’t you understand?The Liangshan bandits are not trying to attack the city, but are trying to repeat their old tricks.They are using the lock-down method.

Locking Yan'an City, they only need to leave a few people to guard the place, and they can free up a large army. At that time, Lu Qian will lead the army all the way into the pass, and those empty places will sweep thousands of miles?
Chang'an City is very empty, how can Dong Zhengfeng defend the city by himself, how can he resist?
Once Chang'an is lost, Tongzhou and Tongguan will be cut off, so how can they persist?This is a fatal move!

"Yan'an is an important border defense town in our dynasty, and I don't want to lose it. But today, I have to abandon it." Li Hui looked at the generals and said, "Chang'an is empty now. I want to withdraw the army to Jingzhao. What do you generals think?" It's been a month, and the Song army can't stop the extension of the "big hole" by all means.

Zhang Shen remained silent, yesterday he was invited by Li Huizhi to come to the mansion to have a talk.The two talked in secret for a long time and reached a consensus.This city of Yan'an really cannot be defended any longer.

You can imagine the power of the city locking method. Once the Liangshan Army's plan succeeds, all [-] to [-] elite soldiers will be trapped in Yan'an.Do you still want Chang'an?
After passing Yan'an Mansion, there is only one sweet spring, which is Yanzhou, then Fangzhou, Yaozhou, and then Chang'an.

Regardless of the fact that there are still three state capitals in between, in fact, there is not a single soldier in Fufang and other places. At most, some of them are newly gathered local bravery and bravery, who are vulnerable to real elite soldiers.

How can they keep Chang'an?

Once Chang'an is lost, Guanzhong will no longer be owned by the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)