There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 130
Fangcheng County is next to Fangcheng Mountain in the north of Tangzhou, and it is the last stop on the Zhengwan Commercial Road near Wancheng Nanyang.

Wang Qing dispatched [-] troops, with Liu Min as the main general and Lu Cheng as the deputy general. Wang Qing was in the central army and went straight to Fangcheng. Bowang Town and Luoqu Town were destroyed along the way, and the army went straight to the gate of Fangcheng County.
under.

In Fangcheng County, in addition to the original defenders in Kaicheng, there is also a battalion of forbidden troops from the left No. 11 to join the defense. This forbidden army was sent to Beijing Northwest Road in the second year of Yuanfeng.

Stationed near Fangcheng County.The first battalion was stationed in Xiangcheng County.

However, after only defending for half a day, an attack this morning broke the gate of Fangcheng County, and countless bandits poured into the county, burning, killing, looting, wantonly looting, and killing, and the entire county was in a state of chaos.

Wailing.

He Zhouzun in Fangcheng County hanged himself at the gate of the yamen and died for the country. All the resistance forces in the county were wiped out.

Wang Qing only stayed in Xiangcheng County for an hour and a half. After leaving 500 men to defend the city, he led the remaining army towards Ye County.

After Ye County County Lord received that Fangcheng County was broken, he packed up the things without saying a word, and prepared a carriage. Some things in the city were handed over to the county magistrate, and he drove the carriage with him.
The little concubine fled all the way to the northeast and ran to Rufen Town, but because the Fushui River was temporarily controlled by Li Chu, the ferry was docked on the east bank, unable to cross the river.

Along the way, there are merchants, travelers and displaced people who fled from Fangcheng County everywhere.

Seeing this, Li Xuan had no choice but to temporarily dispatch a ferry to take the group of people across the shore. At the same time, he was always vigilant about the news from the south, and sent someone to pass on what happened here.

Gave it to Li Chu.

Between Fangcheng County and Ye County, there is a Fangcheng Mountain Range. When Wang Qing's army came to Fangcheng Mountain, there were snowflakes in the sky, and it snowed heavily after a while.

In this icy and snowy weather, and now he was climbing again, under Liu Min's request, Wang Qing had no choice but to order people to camp where they were, and take a temporary rest to avoid the heavy snowstorm.

Unlike Li Chu's side, which has rich cotton clothes, Wang Qing's army has less cotton, and many soldiers are wrapped in relatively thin linen clothes. This winter itself is unbearable, and now it is here again.

In the snowy weather, many people in the army could not bear the severe cold.

This turn of events caught Wang Qing off guard.

This Wang Qing was originally a deputy platoon soldier in the Kaifeng mansion, and his family was also a wealthy family. His appearance was even more picturesque with phoenix eyes and thick eyebrows, a slight beard, a white face and a rosy face, and he was very handsome.

In the words of later generations, Wang Qing is a tall, handsome rich second generation, and very attractive to women, no matter where he goes, there will always be women around him.

Later, my father was framed by someone, and his family property was gone, but he was no match for others.Later, he offended Tong Guan and was exiled to Shanzhou. Later, he became the son-in-law of the Duanjiabao with the help of a woman.
A group of people gathered around, and after some deeds were exposed, they fell into the grass in Fangshan.

After that, the state capital was robbed, a military banner was erected, horses were bought to recruit troops, grass was accumulated and grain was stored, and villages and towns far and near were looted.Those who are rogues and rebels and sinners have turned to
.Afterwards, the inside and the outside cooperated again, attacking the city of Jiangling.He worshiped Li Zhu as his military adviser and called himself "King of Chu".The Jiangyang robbers and strong men in the stronghold all came to join in.

Up to now, in the past two or three years, Wang Qing's power has become very large.

At this time, Wang Qing was in the tent.

Liu Min, Lu Cheng, Zheng Jie, Gu Cen and other generals looked at Wang Qing, waiting for Wang Qing's order.

It has been snowing for most of the day. Many soldiers in the army cannot bear it anymore. If it continues like this, let alone attack Xiangcheng County, I am afraid that they will not even go down to Fangcheng Mountain.
The whole army has been wiped out in this heavy snow.

"Uncle Zhi, what do you think?" Wang Qing asked Liu Min.

Liu Min raised his head and pointed to the sky, the meaning was obvious.He just received a statistical list, the number of soldiers who died in the attack on Fangcheng County was not as many as those who froze to death in this snowy day

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Now that the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, if they want to march forcibly, the casualty rate of this soldier will be even greater.

Wang Qing looked at the others again, and all the generals meant the same thing as Liu Min, even the most Lu Cheng, who was usually ignorant, had a bitter face at the moment.
The revenge of this intrusion has reached the extreme.

Lu Cheng hates, why not Wang Qing?

He was making good progress on the western front, but he received a letter from Liu Min, saying that a magical weapon had appeared in Rufen Town, Xiangcheng County.

Shibao, for this reason Wang Qing put down the things on the western front and rushed to Nanyang with only a few people.

In Nanyang, Wang Qing met Luo Wen, and heard from Luo Wen's mouth that it was as big as a house, and it could walk by itself without being pushed, and the speed was very fast.

Under this magic weapon, the city wall was crushed all the way.

Wang Qing was very excited, wishing he could get this baby soon.It happened that the war on the Western Front should also be progressing.After staying in Nanyang for only one day, Wang Qing ordered soldiers and horses immediately,
The road is like a broken bamboo.

A snowstorm covered and frozen Wang Qing's fiery heart.

After waiting for another half an hour, the heavy snow in the sky did not stop. In desperation, Wang Qing had no choice but to give the order to withdraw the troops.

Withdrew the troops, and as a result, many people froze to death on the way to withdraw the troops.

When Wang Qing led his men back to Nanyang, [-] soldiers were sent out for conscripts, but only [-] soldiers were recruited when they returned.

In Yingqiao Town, there is an inspection department here.

After the cavalry battalion was defeated, the inspection department immediately sent the news to the Yamen of Liang County, the capital of Ruzhou Prefecture, and the Department of Prisons and Prisons of Lutidian, the capital of Yingchang Prefecture.Yingchang Mansion is the closest to Yingqiao Town.

After receiving the news, Zheng Ci fell silent for an instant.

He knew a little about the cavalry battalion, but...

This cavalry battalion was defeated so muddled, Zheng Ci couldn't understand this battle report.

What does it mean that God sent down divine punishment, and the sky thunder killed the commander?

Why did God explode a thunder, so many cavalry fell apart?

The only reliable news is that there was a man riding a white horse who killed more than a dozen cavalrymen, and there was a man hiding in an iron lump as big as a house. What is even more amazing?
This big iron lump can move on its own, running faster than anyone else, even a horse can't run.

An iron bump the size of a house can run by itself, faster than a war horse?
You cheat!

Zheng Ci felt that his IQ had been insulted. A battalion of cavalry, 500 people were defeated inexplicably. After so many people died, only 30 cavalry came back.
It is not clear who the opponent is or how many troops he has.

Zheng Ci ordered people to go to Xiangcheng County to investigate the situation.

He walked to the desk and picked up two small orders.

Although it is not yet known who did this, but if a battalion of imperial cavalry can be wiped out so quickly, leaving only 30 cavalry and fleeing back, then this force is very strong.

The imperial army, or the cavalry, this is the top army of the Song Dynasty, how can it be wiped out casually?
The two small orders in Zheng Ci's hands are the orders for the transfer of the imperial army.

They are the Qingshuo Army and the Qin Rong Army. The nature of these two armies is a bit special.

Zheng Ci did not intend to dispatch them unless it was absolutely necessary.

PS, the next chapter will be in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)