Cao Wei left. On a severely cold morning, he led a hundred thousand soldiers and left Baozhou City.
He almost emptied all the elites in the camp, leaving a group of old, weak, sick and disabled to Kou Ji, Li Zhaoliang, and Di Qing.
Kou Ji nominally led nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses, but he was able to wipe out the previous battle damage, as well as the wounded soldiers and frostbite wounded by swords, guns, swords and halberds. The number of soldiers and horses that can fight in his hand is less than 90,000. .
After careful investigation by Kou Ji, it was discovered that during the ancient wars, the soldiers were downsizing. A large part of the reason had nothing to do with the war. It was purely because of insufficient logistics, which led to the attrition of the soldiers.
Insufficient medicines, leather clothes and boots, and insufficient food and grass have all become the most important reasons for the attrition of soldiers.
Insufficient medicines have led to frequent corpses being carried out in the medical facilities in the camp.
Insufficient leather clothing and boots have caused frequent people to freeze to death in the camp.
Kou Ji sent some leather jackets to the soldiers, but it was not enough to meet the needs of all soldiers.
His leather jacket was given to the soldiers of the Serbian Army, but Cao Wei now left him not only the soldiers of the Serbian Army, but also other soldiers of the Xiang Army.
A group of soldiers wearing thin clothes, shivering in the cold wind, leaning against each other to keep warm, frostbite can be seen everywhere.
Kou Ji doesn't understand military affairs.
So at the moment Cao Wei left, he decisively gave the military affairs to Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing.
And righteously told them that if there is a war, if you win, he will take the credit with Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing. If he loses, he will run first. Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing will stay with the soldiers to die together.
This is extremely irresponsible.
But neither Li Zhaoliang nor Di Qing felt that there was anything wrong.
Li Zhaoliang just told Kou Ji, don't run away.
The military affairs were passed to Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing.
Kou Ji once again worked on the military supplies.
He once again sent Cao Yu and Liu Heng out of the mountain to ask for help in Bianjing.
Anyway, enough cotton clothes were eliminated by the imperial army, left in the warehouse in Bianjing city, and moldy, or they were sold out to the people for profit by the corrupt officials. It would be better for him to come over and distribute them to these poor soldiers.
however.
Just when Kou Ji made up his mind to invite Cao Tong and Liu Heng out of the mountain, a big problem occurred.
Liu Heng is gone.
Kou Ji rummaged through the camp, but did not find Liu Heng.
Finally, I asked Liu Heng about the trilogy of Liu Heng's stay, and then I asked him where he was going.
Liu Heng actually took a few people and followed Cao Wei to attack the Liao army.
After Kou Ji learned the news, he almost didn't scold Liu Heng to death.
He wanted to send someone to chase Liu Heng, but he didn't know where to chase him.
In order to avoid being leaked about his sneak attack on the Liao army, Cao Wei never revealed the marching route to others.
Kou Ji knew that there was only one flying fox mouth.
There are hundreds of avenues leading to Feihukou, and no one knows which one Cao Wei will take.
After passing the Feihukou, no one knew how Cao Wei would march.
Kou Ji scolded Liu Heng for a day in the camp, and in the end he could only send Cao Yu back to Beijing alone to escort cotton-padded clothes and wound medicine.
In addition to sending Cao Tong back to escort cotton-padded clothes and wound medicine.
Kou Ji also took Chen Lin, who was leading the members of the Xiang army to get rich, and wrote to Lu Yijian who was investigating corruption in Zhending Mansion, asking him to bring some cotton clothes and wound medicine.
After receiving the letter from the two of them, Lu Yijian did not refuse. He immediately called in his staff and bought a large number of cotton-padded clothes and wound medicine to Kou Ji.
With this batch of cotton-padded clothes and wound medicine, the death rate of the Xiang army in Baozhou city has been greatly eased.
The munitions problem of the Xiang army in Baozhou City has been somewhat eased, and Kou Ji can finally relax and board the city wall of Baozhou City again.
Inside the city gate.
Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing are discussing the deployment of Baozhou City.
But the two obviously ran into problems.
Seeing Kou Ji, Li Zhaoliang raised this question decisively.
"Kou Ji, the walls of Baozhou City have become dilapidated under the repeated attacks of the Liao army. At the moment, a large number of civilians are needed to repair the walls as soon as possible.
But after the two of us negotiated and found out, the Liao people probably won't give us a chance to repair the city wall.
As long as we let the minfu board the city wall, the Liao army will launch an offensive at that time.
When the time comes, the soldiers and civilians will be mixed together, and chaos will inevitably occur in the city.
The Liao army has not launched an attack for a long time, probably just waiting for this moment. "
Kou Ji stared at Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing, and asked, "Isn't there a proper way?"
Li Zhaoliang groaned and shook his head.
Di Qing said solemnly: "If we delay sending civilians to repair the city wall, the Liao people will be impatient and will attack. As long as the Liao people can't keep up with the damaged siege, we may not be able to defend Baozhou City."
Kou Ji looked a little solemn when he heard this.
"Is there no way to build a city wall without using civilian husbands?"
Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing looked at each other and shook their heads together.
Kou Ji thought for a moment, and said in a deep thought, "Although I can't lead the soldiers in the war, I can still make Baozhou City into a copper wall and iron wall."
Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing both shined.
Li Zhaoliang asked, "Do you have a way?"
Kou Ji slowly nodded and said: "There is a way... But if I take this method out, I'm afraid you two won't be able to make contributions."
Li Zhaoliang hurriedly said: "If you have a way, you can take it out. As long as we can protect Baozhou City, we will be able to make a contribution."
Kou Ji nodded when he heard the words, and walked out.
Seeing this, Li Zhaoliang asked, "Don't you tell us something?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "There's nothing to say, you will all know in a while."
After saying this, Kou Ji went out of the city gate and down the city wall.
A group of soldiers resting in the camp were summoned, and one of them carried a water bag and went to the nearest water source to Baozhou City.
Then let a person carry a sac of water.
When the soldiers were carrying the water, Kou Ji exhorted: "In this period from now on, you will be responsible for carrying the water to the city wall."
The soldiers agreed, chipped away the thick ice, began to draw water, and carried them back on the city wall.
The water came back to the city wall, and Kou Ji let the soldiers pile up under the crevice of the city wall.
When the night came, Kou Ji asked the soldiers to pour the water down the city wall.
Wait until the next day.
The city wall was covered with a thin layer of ice.
Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing were shocked when they saw this.
Li Zhaoliang chased Kou Ji and said, "You want to freeze Baozhou City?"
Kou Ji spread his hands, "Apart from this method, do you have other ways to build the city wall?"
Li Zhaoliang shook his head.
After hesitating for a while, he said again: "You can easily destroy the walls of Baozhou City."
Kou Ji said earnestly: "The city wall is destroyed and can be rebuilt. But if the Liao people invade Baozhou, it is hard to say whether Baozhou will become the territory of the Song Dynasty."
When Li Zhaoliang heard this, he kept silent.
Kou Ji directed the soldiers to continue to water the walls of Baozhou City.
When the sun rises, it shines on Baozhou City, and there is a gleam of light on Baozhou City.
The whole Baozhou City seemed to be shrouded in a layer of crystal, looking exceptionally dazzling.
The Liao people naturally saw the situation in Baozhou City inevitably.
After learning the news, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu crossed his horse to the front of Baozhou City.
Looking at Baozhou City, which seemed to be shrouded in crystal, he had a gloomy face and gave the order to attack.
Originally, he planned to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack when the Song people built the city wall.
But now Song Ren actually planned to freeze Baozhou City, so he couldn't wait any longer.
At the moment, the ice surface in Baozhou City is still a thin layer. In a few days, I am afraid it will not be as simple as a thin layer.
"Woohoo~"
Following the order of the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu to attack Baozhou City, the order went on.
The trumpet sounded one after another in the Liao army.
One after another Liao army soldiers, carrying siege equipment, pushing siege chisels, crossbow beds, and catapults, approached the city of Baozhou.
Baozhou city.
At the moment when I heard the sound of the trumpet sound of the Liao army.
Li Zhaoliang and Di Qing immediately ordered the soldiers of Xiang Army to go up to the city wall to fight.
Kou Ji's heart beat wildly when he saw the Liao army rushing forward fiercely.
As a newcomer on the battlefield, when he saw hundreds of thousands of enemies pounce like dark clouds, he would really panic in his heart.
On weekdays, when I saw hundreds of thousands of people, Kou Ji didn't feel any disturbance in his heart.
But when these hundreds of thousands of people have the word "enemy" on their heads, everyone will panic.
That kind of heavy oppression is indescribable.
Kou Jiqiang resisted the urge to escape and made Zhang Yuan quickly leave the city wall to carry all the things he had brought onto the city wall.
Not long after, Zhang Yuan took the guards and servants of the Kou Mansion, carrying the boxes Kou Ji had brought, and went up to the city wall.
Kou Ji only left a small box by his side, and the rest of the boxes were distributed by the guards and servants of Kou Mansion to the soldiers guarding in front of the fortress.
Kou Ji didn't play mystery at this time.
He had people open the box, took out a black, round object from the box, lit the fuse, and threw it on the open space behind the city wall.
After the round thing fell on the ground, it exploded in an instant, and then burst into flames.
It wasn't until all the things that could be burned in a clearing were burned, and it was slowly extinguished.
"What is this?"
Li Zhaoliang witnessed the burning scene of the round and round things, and asked in surprise.
Kou Ji whispered: "Phosphorus Fire Bomb..."
Li Zhaoliang stared, "This is a weapon on the battlefield."
Kou Ji glanced at Li Zhaoliang and asked, "What then?"
Li Zhaoliang hurriedly said: "This item should be used at a critical time."
Kou Ji shook his head, "I think now is the critical time."
Li Zhaoliang was taken aback, sighed, and muttered, "You are so afraid of death..."
Kou Ji didn't bother to talk to him.
After demonstrating the use of the phosphorus fire bomb, he immediately asked the guards and servants of the Kou Mansion to teach this method to the generals of the army.
Then he surreptitiously opened a small box, took out something with a round tube and handle from it, filled it with gunpowder and iron beads quietly, and held it tightly in his hand.
Then he took out two things with the big head and thin body from the small box and stuffed them into his waist.
With these two things to save his life, Kou Ji felt a little relieved.
People in Da Song would not know these two things.
People in later generations can clearly distinguish what they are.
gun!
Grenades!
Some people may question.
Questioned that Kou Ji would get these things, why not mass-produce them and equip the whole army.
Kou Ji had this idea, but he rejected it.
Once these two things were promoted by his hand, not only could they not become the help of the Song Dynasty, but they might accelerate the demise of the Song Dynasty.
Why is this so
Because Kou Ji stayed in Bianjing for a long time and discovered that Da Song hadn't kept a secret about his armaments.
For example, Da Song's most sophisticated steppers, bed crossbows, etc., are made without the need to send someone to spy on them. You only need to find detailed production methods in the bookstores in the city of Bianjing.
The literati of the Song Dynasty, speaking to the book, have a stubbornness far beyond ordinary people.
When they wrote the book, they didn't want to make a mistake.
When someone writes a travel note, they will measure where they want to write step by step, and clearly mark out where to where and how many steps are needed in the book.
When someone writes military books, they will take the defense of Bianjing city or the defense of other cities as examples and write them in the book.
In order to avoid omissions, they will rely on their authority to personally go to the army, observe the deployment, study the deployment, and even call up the deployment plan for research.
Then after they finish studying, they will write down the deployment situation in the book.
Moreover, Kou Ji once saw two books about the deployment of Bianjing in Bianjing. One of them made a mistake about the changing of the guard post, and the other immediately stood up and criticized him and corrected him in time. error.
When someone writes a craft book, they will follow the craftsmen from beginning to end, study the craft thoroughly, and then write it on the book exactly. This includes the production process of the Great Song Armament.
Therefore, in the eyes of the people of Liao and Xixia, the armaments of the Song Dynasty had no secret.
If it weren't for the high cost of the Infantry, it is estimated that the Xixia and Liao people had already built the Infantry and equipped the entire army.
Therefore, Kou Ji did not dare to promote guns, grenades and other things.
Once he promotes it, someone will inevitably find out how to make it out of the hands of the craftsmen, then write it into his own book without hesitation, and finally sell it at a very low price.
In just a few months, the methods of making firearms, grenades, etc. will spread all over the world.
At that time, not only the court of the Song Dynasty will make it, but also the robbers in the mountains of the Song Dynasty.
Xixia people will make it, Liao people will make it, Qingtang people will make it...
When all the people in the world can make guns and grenades, what is the point of Da Song equipped with these things
What are the advantages