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

"This is simply impossible to do. How could the Song army brave the severe cold to fight!"

Ali Gu received the report from the guard of Longzhu Black City and said in shock.

In the northwest, the severe cold winter is a natural barrier. Even the most ferocious beasts will hibernate in winter, and various tribes will put down their guard in winter to recuperate.

"The general will not dare to deceive. The Song army is wearing cotton armor. Not only can it move freely in the winter, but its defense power is also good." Longzhu Heicheng's defender said with a bitter smile.

Winter combat has been a taboo in the past dynasties, but the Song army found a new way to combine cotton-padded clothes with armor to have armor capable of winter combat.

Qingtang failed to pay attention for a while and eventually suffered a big loss.

"Cotton armor!"

Ali Gu, the Lord of Qingtang, couldn't help but change his expression, and he couldn't help but think of the kidnapping horse that defeated the Qingtang Cavalry. It was equipped with cotton armor.

I didn't expect that the cotton armor, which had only the advantage of being light at first, would pose such a big threat to Qingtang.

"Reporting to your Majesty, the Song army has swept through the Hehuang tribes, Zongge City has been destroyed, and troops are about to approach Qingtang City."

Soon, bad news came one after another. The Song army came well prepared, and each tribe in Hehuang fought on its own. In addition, fighting in winter, the armor was like ice, and the bowstring was frozen and difficult to draw. She no longer had any advantage and were defeated one after another.

Ali Gu suddenly felt as if he was struck by lightning. Zonge City is the most important city in Qingtang, second only to Qingtang City. Once Zonge City is destroyed, Qingtang City will no longer have a barrier.

"The Song people are too cunning. The two countries have already concluded a peace treaty and will always be friends, but the Song people actually betrayed their trust and attacked Qingtang!" said the eldest prince with great hatred.

He was responsible for sending people to the Song Dynasty to sign a peace treaty. The Song Dynasty court only gave verbal warnings, but they did not expect that not long after returning from the Song Dynasty, the Song army immediately turned against them and tore up the peace treaty.

"The Song people's revenge is coming!" Ali Gu said with a bitter smile.

He once united with Xixia to attack the Song Dynasty for the first time, but was defeated. In order to win over him, the Song Dynasty only gave him a verbal warning to let him escape.

But when Xixia proposed to attack the Song Dynasty again, he had many concerns. However, he coveted Xixia's five hundred cold-forged armors, and coupled with his luck the first time, greed finally defeated his reason.

In addition, he believed that he was backed by the Tubo tribes and Qi Bing, and believed that even if they were defeated, the Song Dynasty would be unable to do anything to Qingtang.

As a result, he made a wrong bet this time. The Song people were not without temper. Now that they had cotton armor for winter warfare, they immediately used the weakest Qingtang to scare the monkeys.

"Father, please quickly send people to ask for help from Xixia and Qingtang tribes!" Xiazheng said urgently.

Ali Gu said bitterly: "Ask for help? How can all the troops come here in the ice and snow?"

Nowadays, Qingtang is in a severe cold season, with ice and snow everywhere. Not to mention fighting on horseback, even going out on horseback is a problem.

Not to mention how to deal with the supply of troops and horses along the way, reinforcements from various ministries came to rescue Qingtang City, I am afraid that Qingtang City has fallen long ago.

As for Xixia, Ali Gu shook his head. Xixia suffered two disastrous defeats in Pingxia City in a row. How could he rescue Qingtang when he was already in trouble.

Blind Zheng said anxiously: "Father, don't panic, we have just signed the peace treaty between the three kingdoms, and the Song Dynasty openly attacked Qingtang. Liao and Xia will definitely work together to put pressure on the Song Dynasty, and I, Qingtang, are protected by the epidemic. As long as we survive The Song Army’s winter offensive, and a counterattack after the coming year, will definitely make it impossible for the Song Army to come back.”

As the Prince of Qingtang, Xiazheng did have some insight. If it were the Song Dynasty in the past, Xiuzheng's strategy would definitely have miraculous results. However, they did not know that the strength of the Song Dynasty has greatly increased now, and they have already found Ways to break the air plague.

Ali Gu's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and he said loudly: "There is a saying in the Song Dynasty: If you keep the green mountains, you don't have to worry about having no firewood, and you have to march blindly. You are responsible for staying in the green ponds. My father will immediately return to Tubo until the weather gets warmer. We, father and son, will immediately counterattack the Song army."

"Ah!" When Blind Zheng saw this, he couldn't help but turned pale and said, "Father, I'm afraid this child will not be able to take on such a big responsibility!"

"You are the prince of Qingtang. My father now orders you to supervise the country and guard Qingtang City. Remember to wait until the weather gets warmer and wait for my husband to bring in reinforcements to break the siege of Qingtang." Ali Gu directly ordered.

He was defeated by the Song Army twice, especially the last time, when he was defeated by the Song Army's Tiefutu and Guaizima. The Qingtang Cavalry had almost no chance to fight back.

This time, it was still Pu Yao and Xiong who conquered Qingtang. Ali Gu had already been frightened out of his courage.

At the moment, Ali Gu handed over the defense of Qingtang City to Xiazheng. Taking advantage of the fact that the Song army had not yet laid siege to the city, he led a small number of elites and confidants directly towards the hinterland of Tubo.

………………

On Qingtang City!

Blind Zheng looked at the 18,000 Song troops under the city and couldn't help but look embarrassed.

Qingtang City was defeated by the Song Dynasty before and suffered heavy losses. In addition, the Song army swept across the Hehuang Valley. The tribes in Qingtang suffered heavy losses and had no reinforcements. Not to mention that Ali Gu took away many soldiers and horses. Qingtang City's military strength is even weaker.

"Prince Qi, the Song army did not attack the city immediately." The defender of Longzhu Heicheng frowned.

Unexpectedly, the Song army did not attack directly like Longzhu Heicheng, but stationed under Qingtang City.

Xiazheng said bitterly: "If nothing unexpected happens, the Song army is making siege weapons."

Qingtang City is the capital of Qingtang. The city wall is quite tall. Just as Blind Zheng guessed, there is no shortage of trees in the Hehuang Valley. The Song army used local materials to build siege weapons.

Cars and ladders! Trebuchet!

In order to ensure that the attack on Qingtang is foolproof, the weapons supervisor has already prepared many core components in advance. The Song army only needs to use local materials. In just a few days, a large number of siege weapons have been built.

"The general's siege equipment has been prepared." Yao Xiong said excitedly as he looked at Qingtang City, which was waiting in full formation.

"attack!"

Zhong Pu immediately waved his hand.

With the cooperation of the trebuchet, the Song army controlled the carts and ladders and headed straight for Qingtang City.

"kill!"

The morale of the Song army soared and they rushed to attack the city first.

Although the Qingtang defenders fought back hard, with the assistance of the Song Army's Divine Arm Crossbow and Thunder Thunder, Qingtang City was directly captured by the Song Army in just two days.

"kill!"

The Song army poured into Qingtang City like a tide.

"General, there is only Prince Qingtang in the city who is marching blindly, and there is no Ali bone!" Yao Xiong calmed down the resistance in Qingtang City and hurriedly came to report.

"Ali Gu escaped!" Zhong Pu couldn't help but frown.

He originally thought that by conquering Qingtang City and capturing Ali Gu, Qingtang would be completely recovered, but he did not expect that Ali Gu would escape without a fight, leaving the prince to conquer the country blindly.

Yao Xiong also sighed helplessly. Although the Song Army had achieved the set results, they would probably face a counterattack from Ali Gu.

Zhong Pu shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, after losing Qingtang City and Hehuang Land, Ali Gu is just a lonely ghost."

Qingtang City and Hehuang Land are the core of Qingtang. Without these two territories, Ali Gu has nothing to fear.

"How to deal with Blind Zheng?" Yao Xiong frowned.

Zhong Pu immediately ordered: "Send people to escort Blind Zheng back to the court, and at the same time surrender the tribes around Qingtang, find high ground, and let the Song army adapt to the air epidemic. As long as there is no air epidemic, even if Aligu unites with the Tubo tribes Nothing to fear.”