Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"More than ten times the casualties?" All the officials in the court exclaimed.

Take the broken Jinming Stronghold as an example. Its defenders were nearly 3,000 people. If the Jinming Stronghold was designed like this, if the Xixia soldiers wanted to break the fort, they would have to pay a price of at least 30,000 people. I am afraid that Xixia cannot afford this price. .

"Seriously!" Zhao Xu said in surprise.

If the bastion really has such amazing defensive power, then the Song Dynasty's defensive strength will be greatly improved, enough to defeat the Liao Kingdom, not to mention the Xixia Kingdom.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said: "The Kaifeng Forbidden Army is equipped with a large number of divine arm crossbows. Whether they are true or false can be determined by the official sand table simulation."

"Instruct the three armies to immediately conduct sand table simulations of the bastion and the divine arm crossbow!" Zhao Xu said impatiently.

"I obey the decree!" Privy Councilor Zeng Bu solemnly said.

In the Forbidden Army camp, important officials from the imperial court gathered!

"To inform the officials, the fortress sand table has been prepared." Taiwei Meng Yuan said solemnly.

The Forbidden Army's sand table deductions are naturally not all sand tables, but require a large amount of actual combat to prove it. For this reason, the Kaifeng camp specially built a corner of the bastion specifically for collecting deductions.

"Let's start!" Zhao Xu said impatiently.

"Boom!"

As the war drums beat, a large number of soldiers set up ladders from outside the range of the divine arm crossbow to simulate attacking a corner of the bastion.

"Ask the officials, it will take a hundred breaths for the soldiers to attack and ascend the city." Taiwei Meng Yuan said with a solemn expression.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "One hundred breaths. Do you know how many arrows the Divine Arm Crossbow can fire in one hundred breaths?"

Taiwei Meng Yuan looked embarrassed and said: "At least ten crossbow arrows."

The biggest advantage of the crossbow is that you can use the trigger to easily string the crossbow, so as to achieve repeated firing and continuous attack. If it is a bow and arrow, it may be a lot of effort to fire ten bows in a row.

"If two people line up, it can shorten the time of firing the God's Arm Crossbow in half, and it can take five breaths to fire a crossbow. The biggest advantage of the bastion is that it can attack from multiple sides, and can also stand more soldiers in a small space, allowing The defender's local numerical advantage, coupled with the super power of the Divine Arm Crossbow, is enough to make all invading enemies unable to return." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

At that moment, a group of Imperial Guards immediately held divine arm crossbows and defended according to the pattern of the bastion. On the same length of city wall, the bastion could accommodate 50% more soldiers than an ordinary city wall.

"God's Arm Crossbow, fire!"

Following Fan Zheng's order, all the divine arm crossbows fired in unison.

"Buzz!"

The huge rain of arrows spread outwards in a black mass, cracking bricks and stones and breaking vegetation wherever it went. However, this was just the beginning. As the divine arm crossbow continued to be fired, the rain of arrows would not stop for a full hundred breaths.

Zhao Xu and all the officials looked at the scene in front of them in shock. They saw that the corners of the bastion were filled with densely packed crossbow arrows.

"Unless you sacrifice your life to fill it! No one can break through the defense of the God's Arm Crossbow and the Bastion." Zeng Bu exclaimed.

Zhao Xu and all the officials in the Manchu Dynasty nodded with deep feeling. The divine arm crossbow was the number one artifact of the Song Dynasty. No flesh and blood body could withstand the attack of the divine arm crossbow. This has been recognized by the government and the public, and the bastion is even more so. Maximize the power of the God's Arm Crossbow.

Meng Yuan was unwilling to give in and played three sand games with Fan Zheng in succession, and failed miserably every time.

The officials couldn't help but be happy when they saw this. The bastion and the divine arm crossbow were so powerful that they saw hope of resisting Xixia.

Meng Yuan lost his eyes red and looked directly at Fan Zhengdao: "I admit that the bastion plus the divine arm crossbow is indeed extraordinary. However, the bastion is not easy to build, and the divine arm crossbow is a forbidden weapon in the Song Dynasty army. It is impossible to equip the entire army with this! There is no way to carry out the whole army! If I were Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, after being frustrated in front of the bastion, I would definitely take a detour and lose the protection of the bastion, and the power of the divine arm crossbow would be greatly reduced."

The hearts of all the officials in the court suddenly sank, and the joy in their hearts was suddenly wiped away.

Fan Zheng was not surprised by this and said: "What Taiwei Meng said is indeed possible. If this is the case, then let the fortress be built in the place that threatens Xixia the most. Let Xixia be like a fish in the throat, and quickly get rid of it!"

"The most threatening place?" The officials were stunned and looked at Fan Zheng in confusion.

Fan Zheng criticized the huge sand table map of the Song-Xia war in front of him and analyzed: "It is well known that Xixia tribes are of nomadic origin, and their domestic Huhua thoughts are very strong. Except for the Hetao, most of the areas north of the Yellow River are pastures, and their grain-producing areas They are concentrated in the Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain areas south of the Yellow River. If the fortress is built here, please tell me how Xixia will react."

Following the direction that Fan Zheng pointed, the civil and military officials couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, because where Fan Zheng pointed was where there was a lot of farmland at the foot of Tiandu Mountain, which was the grain-producing area of ​​Xixia. Once the Song Dynasty built the fortress, There, it is enough to threaten Xixia's lifeline. Xixia will definitely not give up. I am afraid that it will use all the strength of the country to attack the fortress.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! And if the bastion is built at the foot of Tiandu Mountain, Xixia will definitely come to attack. The power of the bastion and the divine arm crossbow is enough to make Xixia suffer a lot." Zeng Bu said excitedly.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, Xixia has been attacking all the northwest armies of the Song Dynasty from all directions, making each armada exhausted to deal with, and it is easy for the troops to be scattered and defeated individually. The Song Dynasty has always been strategically passive."

All the officials nodded, this was what troubled them the most about Xixia.

"If we build a bastion in front of Xixia's grain-producing areas and Xixia has to attack, it will be up to us to choose the battlefield. Although defense is still the main focus, strategically we have already taken the initiative."

"Strategic initiative!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but be shocked and excited. If the Song Dynasty were to choose the battlefield, they would naturally be fully prepared. How could Xixia get an advantage?

"What do you think, dear friends?" Zhao Xu turned around and asked the ministers.

"This strategy is feasible!" Zhang Dun pondered for a moment and nodded solemnly.

"You can give it a try!" Zeng Buye said solemnly.

In the end, even Lu Dafang, who had always been conservative, nodded slowly. The Song Dynasty had been suffering from Xixia intrusion. Since the bastion and the divine arm crossbow together have such terrifying defensive power, they can not only weaken Xixia's military strength, but also threaten Xixia's grain-producing areas, like a nail driven into the heart of Xixia.

Zhao Xu was overjoyed when he saw this and said: "If this city is completed, it will not only protect our border with the Song Dynasty, but also continue to weaken Xixia. How about calling it Pingxia City."

"The officials are wise!" All the officials complimented one after another.

Both bastions and divine arm crossbows can be promoted in the Song Dynasty. If Pingxia City can be defended, bastions will become popular in the Song Dynasty in the future. Coupled with the divine weapon divine arm crossbow, the defense capabilities of the Song Dynasty will be greatly improved.

"Pingxia City!"

Fan Zheng couldn't help but sigh. The place he was referring to was the place where Pingxia City was established in the later Song Dynasty. He didn't expect that a few years earlier, the history would still be surprisingly similar.

It's just that this time Pingxia City has the blessing of the bastion and the divine arm crossbow. Once it appears, it will definitely shock the world.