At the same time, in the Song Army barracks outside the city, Wang Zongshi also summoned his two generals and began to discuss tomorrow's siege plan. Wei Huaiyi, the adviser who has been following Wang Zongshi and assisting Wang Zongshi in the management of the navy and marine army, did not follow him to Nanxiong Prefecture. In the first place, Wei Huaiyi was a literati after all, and he was not young anymore. For such a long-distance attack, Wei Huaiyi's body couldn't bear it. Secondly, although Wei Huaiyi has made several strategies for Wang Zongshi in the past, Wei Huaiyi’s strengths are not in strategy after all. This time the opponent is the famous Zhao Guang. Wei Huaiyi is not Zhao Guang’s opponent, so he didn’t. Follow along.
In the military tent, Hua Zhonglong directly mumbled: "Commander! What are you thinking about? At dawn tomorrow, I will bring a team of soldiers and horses to kill directly. Keep the gate of Nanxiong Prefecture City to break through. Up."
"Shut up." Wang Zongshi glared directly at Hua Zhonglong's words and cursed: "You still have the face to say. If you didn't act impulsively today, how could the enemy have a chance to burn those artillery? I think you need it. Get a good education. When this battle is over, I will kick you to the North Yuci Military Academy."
After being scolded by Wang Zongshi, Huazhonglong’s arrogance immediately faded, and he no longer dared to make a sound. Although he knew that Wang Zongshi could not really send himself to Song Jun General Academy to be embarrassed, he also knew that Wang Zong Shi was getting angry right now, he didn't have the need to give Wang Zongshi a kick in his butt. On the other side, Cui Hu took a step forward and said to Wang Zongshi: “Commander, in fact, the main responsibility for today’s loss lies with me. It has nothing to do with Huazhonglong. It was me who had been fooled by those Liu Jiajun thieves. The artillery was burned down."
Wang Zongshi did not favor Cui Hu. In the daytime battle, Cui Hu did have the responsibility for improper command. However, Cui Hu also defeated an enemy general today. Although he had faults, he had merits to offset. Wang Zongshi points. He nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Take note of this for the time being. Next, you can fight hard and try to make up for your mistakes."
"Xie commander! The last general will lead the order." Wang Zongshi said so, Cui Hu naturally didn't know what is good or bad, and he immediately bowed his hand to Wang Zongshi and drank, which is considered to be punished.
This can be regarded as an account of today’s war. As for the loss of the army today, apart from the seven artillery, the Song Army did not have much loss. This is also related to the fact that the battle between the two armies today is not too violent. Next, the most What matters is the battle starting tomorrow. Wang Zongshi finally got here with a large army, it is impossible to stay outside the city like this. Moreover, the previous order from Jiangling was for Wang Zongshi to seize Nanxiong Prefecture City in the shortest time, and Gao'an was not given time to assist Nanxiong Prefecture.
But the problem is that the defenses of Nanxiong Prefecture City are very strong, and they can't be easily overcome at all. This was something that Wang Zongshi had already strengthened when he stayed in Nanxiong Prefecture ten years ago. After ten years, Liu Song even improved the defense of Nanxiong Prefecture City on the basis of the original Wang Zongshi. less. If the artillery is still there, and bombarding the city for a day after another, it may be possible to blast the city defenses, but now without artillery, it would not be so easy to break the city defenses.
Wang Zongshi took a deep breath and said to Cui Hu and Hua Zhonglong: "From tomorrow, we will attack Nanxiong Prefecture City. And with Zhao Guang’s talents, we will definitely play some tricks to hinder us tomorrow. Siege. What advice do you two have?" Although Wang Zongshi asked Cui Hu and Hua Zhonglong, in fact, I am afraid that he is asking Cui Hu alone.
Cui Hu lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said: "Commander, your lord's order is to conquer Nanxiong Prefecture as soon as possible at all costs. Although we don't have artillery on hand, we still have two types of siege engines, reinforced buildings and rush vehicles With sharp weapons, and our army has more soldiers and horses than the enemy, it is not impossible to break Nanxiong Prefecture under a strong attack. But the problem is Zhao Guang, and his subordinates really can’t guess what this person will do. It's a trick."
As the so-called shadow of the famous tree of man, Zhao Guang's ability has been deeply jealous by Wang Zongshi and others. Although the battle has not yet been fought, they are already very worried about what kind of strategy Zhao Guang will make.
"Report!" Just when the three of Wang Zongshi scratched their heads and couldn't think of why, suddenly a shout came from outside the camp tent, and a soldier walked quickly into the camp and faced Wang Zongshi. The three clasped their fists in a salute, and then shouted: "Enlighten to lead. The President of the Nan'an Army, General Wang Hu, has sent a secret letter."
"Wang Hu?" Hearing these words, Wang Zongshi's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked to the soldier, stretched out his hand to snatch the soldier's kit, and took out the secret letter to check it. After Wang Zongshi finished reading the secret letter, the sorrow on his face had completely disappeared, he laughed loudly, and shouted: "It's really God who helped Song Jun."
In Nanxiong Prefecture, the war was in full swing, while at the same time, in Quzhou, located in the northernmost part of the Central Plains, a huge war was quietly unfolded without warning.
Ever since Zhao Yun and Guan Tianxia led the army to leave Quzhou, Quzhou is now the commander of Marshal Yue Fei who belonged to the Song army. In order to stabilize the rear, half a month ago, Yue Fei led an army of 100,000 to defeat the Jin Bing and broke the Hejian Mansion. He captured the Jin Bing general and the King Longhu suddenly joined forces. All of the thousands of Gao Yong's members surrendered to counterattack the Jin Bing. In this battle, Yue Fei pulled out the malignant tumor that had plagued Song Dynasty for many years. Now the border of Quzhou has expanded a lot to the northeast, and Yue Fei's army has approached Yanjing. Basically, the current border is almost the same as the original Song-Liao border.
At this time, Zhao Yun's army's garrison was in Quzhou City. Zhao Yun was sorting out military affairs in the handsome account. Suddenly, a scout rushed up and gave Zhao Yun a half-kneeling salute. He clasped his fists and shouted: "General! Nothing, the enemy was found fifty miles southwest of the city."
"Huh?" As soon as he heard the word enemy, Zhao Yun's unfolded brows deepened. He asked in a deep voice, "Do you know where the enemy is? How many soldiers and horses are there?"
Regarding Zhao Yun’s question, the scout was well prepared, and immediately replied: “Return to the general. Judging from the enemy’s banner, it should be the army of Xia’s army. The villain didn’t see how many people they were, but it’s definitely not less. Ten thousand people."
"Xia Jiajun." Zhao Yun's eyes flashed a cold light, and it was right to think about it. Now the South can oppose Song Jun, and there are only so few princes, and the only neighboring Jiangnan Road is Xinzhou occupied by Xia Jiajun. Up.
Without thinking about it, Zhao Yun immediately shouted to the soldier: "Immediately send someone to inform General Guan Tianxia! Lord Zhang Xiao! Let them come to my study to discuss." Guan Tianxia and Zhang Xiao, as Zhao Yun's assistants, also stayed in Quzhou. Months. Therefore, Guan Tianxia and Zhang Xiao are already the highest-level officials under Zhao Yun.
After receiving Zhao Yun's order, the soldier immediately took his orders. At the same time, Zhao Yun asked the scout a few questions. After getting the answer, he waved his hand and signaled the scout to rest. After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment in the hall of the handsome mansion, Zhao Yun took a step forward and went straight to the study. At the same time, he summoned a soldier, took a token from his waist, handed it to the soldier, and said: "Tell me to order. Quzhou city immediately martial law, the city gate is closed. The defenders in the hanging city are stationed. Chengtou." The soldier took the token and took the order, and before long, Guan Tianxia and Zhang Xiao also hurried to the study.
Seeing Guan Tianxia and Zhang Xiao coming, Zhao Yun didn't bother, and he told them about the Xia Jun's attack. Then, he said, "Now that Xia's army is under pressure, what do you two think?"
Regarding Zhao Yun’s question, Guan Tianxia did not answer first. Instead, he asked Zhang Xiao to say that Zhang Xiao was not polite. After thinking about it for a moment, he said, "General. Xia Cheng has not sent anyone from this question for so many years. Lu's attack on Quzhou shows that he must know that the general has planted many flying butterflies on this road. But now that Xia Cheng has sent so much fanfare to the army, it shows that Xia Cheng is confident in the attack on Quzhou. The general is stationed by the orders of the adults. Quzhou, you have to be careful."
After listening to Zhang Xiao’s words, Zhao Yun also rubbed the short beard on his chin with his hands, and said in a deep voice, “Zhang Xiao said that this is exactly what I was worried about. When he was in Jiangling, His Majesty once asked I mentioned that Xia Cheng is a man of the world, and he must not be underestimated. This time he suddenly sent troops to Quzhou, I will naturally not take it lightly."
"Anyway, we should meet the enemy first." Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "The world, how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized in the city today?"
Guan Tianxia went through the situation in Quzhou City in his mind, and immediately replied: "Today there are 8,000 Quzhou soldiers in the city, and there are 5,000 Qingqi."
Zhao Yun thought about it, shook his head and said, "If there are not many enemies, these troops can indeed be able to cope. However, since Xia Cheng dared to move troops to Quzhou this time, he must have the determination to win. I am afraid this summer. There will be no shortage of troops sent by Cheng. Qingqi is only a cavalry, and cannot participate in the battle of defending the city. Only with these eight thousand Quzhou troops, I am afraid it will not be enough."
Zhang Xiao also nodded in agreement, and said: "The general can send people to other places in Liangzhe and dispatch local soldiers and horses to assist. If his subordinates remember correctly, there are five thousand soldiers and two thousand light cavalry in Lin'an alone. Shaoxing also has three thousand elite troops and two thousand light cavalry. Together, at least 20,000 Quzhou troops and tens of thousands of light cavalry can be mobilized for assistance."