I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

Liu Sheng looked in the direction of the city gate. It was getting late at this time and he couldn't see clearly. However, the shells could not penetrate through, as if they were blocked by something. Liu Sheng would not risk his life to step forward to observe.

The Song army's crossbows were not just decorations.

Liu Sheng was thinking about how much gunpowder and time would be needed to blast a way through the city wall.

He said to Lu Yan: "When will the Taiyuan city wall be repaired? How many meters thick will it be?"

Lu Yan said calmly: "When we visited Xixia five years ago, it was completely renovated. It is ten meters high and four meters wide. It is different from other city walls. The outside is made of bricks and stones, and the inside is made of gravel mixed with yellow mud and glutinous rice." , almost integrated.

Liu Sheng was in trouble and subconsciously touched his chin and started thinking.

Time, what he lacks most now is time. Because of the food problem, the army was a little hasty.

If Shanxi cannot be captured quickly, Zhong Shidao's return will bring him unimaginable consequences.

At first Zhong Shidao and Tong Guan met up and walked on the road for six or seven days.

However, the news of Liu Sheng's attack on Yanmen must have been conveyed to the Song capital. If the Song Dynasty court ordered Zhongshi Dao to return reinforcements, it would take at least four days.

As for Zhong Shidao, he is leading the Qingqi to return for reinforcements, and he is expected to be back in less than two days.

It had already taken Liu Sheng two days to occupy Yanmen and rush on the road. Now Liu Sheng only had four days to occupy Shanxi.

Even the Khitans are unwilling to compete with the heavy cavalry of Zhongshi Dao.

If they were besieged in Taiyuan, Liu Sheng would not have the confidence to use a few artillery pieces to block the way of the master.

But now, relying on Taiyuan's city defense, even if Liu Sheng disabled the cannon, he might not be able to break through the city wall.

After all, the outer masonry is entirely made of stone, which is too hard.

The most important thing is that the four city gates are blocked, and Liu Shengruo insists on opening a way.

The defenders inside, with no way out, would most likely fight to the death with Liu Sheng under the leadership of Zhe Keqiu and Zhongdao.

Naturally, Liu Sheng is not afraid of the established hedging force. If they break up into pieces and fight Liu Sheng in street fights and carry out sneak attacks in the city, it will be very troublesome. The large artillery is not maneuverable and will cause many unnecessary casualties.

This was inconsistent with Liu Sheng's strategic intentions. At least Liu Sheng was not willing to trade the lives of soldiers for a city that could not be defended.

If he fought too hard in Taiyuan, his southern expedition would be over. When Zhong Shidao returns to the army, he may not even be able to protect his basic base.

After thinking for a while, Liu Sheng seemed to have thought of something else, and said excitedly to the artillery: "Blast all four city gates to see if they have really blocked all the entrances and exits."

Then he turned to Soraka and said, "How is your injury?"

Soraka knew that Liu Sheng wanted to use her, so she waved her arms and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It's nothing serious."

Liu Sheng was a little bit dumbfounded. Ever since Zhongdao called him the king, the people around him were slowly changing their words.

Ignoring these, Liu Sheng patted Soraka on the shoulder and said: "I want you to rush back to Yanmen overnight and bring 10,000 soldiers here before dawn.

Warn Wang Liao to repair the city gate quickly, we don’t have much time left. "

Soraka never questioned Liu Sheng. Like Lu Yan, after hearing the order, he turned around and rode away.

Lu Yan said, "Your Majesty, you want to bypass Taiyuan?"

Liu Sheng nodded and said, "Not bad."

"At least we must occupy Niangziguan, Huangzeguan and Shangdang. As for whether Linfen is desirable or not, we cannot waste time in Taiyuan."

Then he smiled and said: "Zhong Dao and Zhe Keqiu, some wise man came up with the idea to seal the four city gates. They are safe and can defend Taiyuan."

But Taiyuan is not like Yanmen, which is dominated by the Hengshan Mountains, and can completely defend the southward defense line after defending one city.

If the city gate is blocked, then the meaning of the city's existence will be gone. The main function of the city is to erect fortresses on the traffic roads.

If you want to pass this road, you must break through the fortress. If you go around it, you will easily be cut off from the logistics. If reinforcements come, you will probably be attacked from both sides.

But they blocked all four city gates, which meant that they could not open the city gates in a short period of time.

This is like making a self-inflicted statement and making a harmless statement about it.

Liu Sheng could take advantage of the darkness and let Soraka lead the newly trained soldiers in Yunzhou to build up his momentum and build real standing troops to go south directly.

As for the cities behind, because their news was not circulating, they thought Liu Sheng was blocked in Taiyuan and were completely unprepared for Liu Sheng.

......

At this time, Liu Sheng looked like an angry man in the eyes of the defenders, and he kept bombarding the four city gates.

Trying to find their loopholes, the defenders laughed and cursed in unison: "Liu Sheng, you are a traitor who regards thieves as your father. If you have the ability to fight with me with real swords and guns, even if you die, I will recognize you as a man."

Hide far away and use..."

Before they could finish speaking, they were answered with a volley of fire.

After a lot of practice and the methods taught by Liu Sheng, although artillerymen still can't calculate ballistics, of course Liu Sheng can't either.

However, the amount of gunpowder is fixed, and the weight of the projectiles also varies widely.

So you know what angle and how far you can hit, and the difference won't be too big.

This method of provoking generals was too crude, and Liu Sheng's method was also very simple. The projectiles fired from the artillery were Liu Sheng's retaliate.

After two rounds of volleys, the city tower was in ruins, with few people visible.

Liu Sheng left three artillery pieces in front of each city gate, and fired two rounds at Taiyuan City every half hour to tell them that I, Liu Sheng, was still there.

.....

After a day's march, Liu Sheng's troops were divided into two groups in the dark. One part went to the southeast to Shangdang, and the other part went east to Yangquan...

As for the Linfen Basin, Liu Sheng simply gave up. Although that place was rich and prosperous, it had no natural dangers to defend. It would not only be a waste of time and troops to go there now. If the Song Dynasty returned, he would have to retreat. The territory he occupied this time was too big. , with the entire northwestern Shanxi, swallowing northern Shanxi, central Shanxi, and southeastern Shanxi. As for southern Shanxi, it really has no strength. Since it can't be swallowed, it is better to directly occupy the main passes and wait to attack Linfen.

Liu Sheng's march was not very fast. Because it was dark and in order to hide, he did not light a torch, so he walked very quietly.

Only a few hundred artillerymen and fifteen cannons were left to confuse the Taiyuan defenders.

At this time, there were no serious roads in Shanxi. There were mostly small roads, which were extremely steep. They relied on horse-drawn resistance all the way, and they managed to drag more than a dozen giant cannons to their destination.

In the entire Shanxi territory, almost all the troops were mobilized, and the defenders were almost missing. In addition, Liu Sheng pretended to be the defeated army of the Song Dynasty along the way, and almost every county was able to trick the city gates into opening.

When the party reached the top, there was little resistance, and the direct artillery opened the way without being deceived.

In just two days, except for Taiyuan, Liu Sheng basically realized his strategy.