How could Emperor Liang not want to establish his authority? It's just that due to Qin Feng's complicated relationship, he had to consider some more practical things. Now Chen Zheng can get such a big political bargaining chip by making a big fuss in the court. For Emperor Liang, he is simply sitting at home. Joy comes from heaven.
As long as the three northern generals return to Beijing to report on their duties, no one in the world will question the authority of Emperor Liang, and the Li family can still firmly control the country.
The possibility of Emperor Liang and Qin Feng meeting each other in battle will also be minimized.
Emperor Liang's hatred for Chen Zheng disappeared in an instant. In his excitement, he hurriedly issued an edict and wanted to reward Chen Zheng. However, considering that Chen Zheng had already become a Shaobao official, there was really no way he could be granted one. After much thought, Emperor Liang decided to Simply reward him with ten thousand taels of silver.
Excited as he was, Emperor Liang also knew in his heart that although Liu Hongyan had promised the three generals to return to Beijing to report on their duties, they would have to wait until the spring of next year at the earliest, after the dust of the winter war had settled. And even if the three generals come back, Emperor Liang must not attack them again, otherwise it will be equivalent to trampling on Qin Feng's sincerity.
Just getting this once-in-a-lifetime political bargaining chip was already equivalent to joy falling from the sky for Emperor Liang, and he naturally would not make any unnecessary moves.
With this promise, Emperor Liang could finally let the Qin family free their hands and feet to prepare for the next spring's expedition against the wealthy families in the south.
At the same time, the war in Zhuozhou was about to break out.
The vanguard Qingqi had already arrived at the boundary of Daqi County, and began to form an encirclement force twenty miles away from Daqi County.
The five thousand Qingqi were divided into three layers. The outermost layer was twenty miles away and guarded by three thousand people. Then, they formed the second and third encirclement circles at fifteen and ten miles respectively, and firmly surrounded Daqi County. .
According to the news reported by the scouts, there are eight thousand troops stationed in Daqi County, and the city defenses are extremely strong.
The task of the vanguard Qingqi is to besiege Daqi County, cut off internal and external connections, cut off water and food, and leave all other tasks to the main force.
As the siege unfolded, Daqi County also completely lost contact with the outside world.
The closest stronghold to Daqi County was called Changqi Town, which contained 800 guards. It formed a rivalry with Daqi County and was the first to learn of the siege of Daqi County.
The Changqi garrison general knew the situation very well. The enemy's 5,000 light cavalry should not be underestimated. If he rashly approached Daqi County with just the few men he had, he would be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy's superior cavalry force.
Therefore, Changqi Town immediately sent troops abroad, contacted various surrounding strongholds and towns, mobilized troops and horses, and launched rescue operations in Daqi County.
Unfortunately, the main force of Beixi was marching too fast.
On the third day after the vanguard Qingqi cut off the communication between the inside and outside of Daqi County, the army had already arrived at the city. The defenders of Daqi County, who had originally planned to go out of the city to actively harass, instantly lost the idea of taking the initiative and defended Daqi County with all their strength.
After the main force arrived, they did not attack immediately. Instead, they assembled the military supplies they carried with them on the spot.
Because they had to march in a hurry, they did not carry much baggage, and in the end they only built two catapults.
The main force commander immediately ordered a small batch and intensive attack on Daqi County. Two hundred people protected the catapults. They attacked Daqi County within a stone's throw. Huge rocks drew arcs in the air. The line flew into the city wall accurately.
After continuously throwing stones for a day and night, the catapult was disassembled and the "tired" swing arms and ropes were replaced. After reassembly, the projectiles thrown changed from boulders to feces, urine and other dirt. After all, tens of thousands of troops were stationed here. , the amount of feces and urine produced every day is extremely large, coupled with the freezing weather, these feces and urine are frozen into big balls and thrown directly into Daqi County.
While the catapults were busy, a small group of troops, under the cover of a large shield, moved into an arrow's reach and fired intensively into the city. The arrows fired were all rockets.
As for whether it can ignite the buildings in the city and how much damage it can cause to the city, it is not within the scope of the main generals' consideration.
In short, using the tactics of disturbing the enemy and attacking with fire together, even if the city cannot be conquered, it can still damage the morale of the enemy.
This series of tricks were all learned from Qin Feng. After all, when Qin Feng attacked the Eagle Ridge stronghold, all the tactical arrangements became required courses for all military generals.
When the main army launched a small-scale and multiple-batch attack on Daqi County, the major cities and strongholds around Daqi County also received the news one after another and began to organize their troops.
After emergency deployment, an army of 3,000 men was finally formed four days later.
However, the target of these three thousand troops is not Daqi County, but the eastern front, because at this time the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade has already approached in a roundabout way. If it cannot block the pace of the expeditionary brigade, the expeditionary brigade and the main force will merge and form a formation. Unprecedented strength, by then, not to mention rescuing Daqi County, I am afraid that all major strongholds will be directly pushed aside.
These three thousand people lurked in a mountain col on the east line at night. According to the scouts' reports and the generals' coordinating deductions, this mountain col was the only place the expeditionary brigade must pass.
Depending on the terrain, even if there is a huge difference in the number of people, the generals are still confident that they can compete with the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade.
But in the early morning of the next day, when the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade appeared in everyone's sight, a desperate scene happened.
The advancing Beixi Expeditionary Brigade was not a dense army, but small groups of only a hundred people. These small groups were extremely numerous and were attacking the mountain col from all directions.
The soldiers who were originally waiting for work realized that their whereabouts and arrangements had been leaked long ago, and they were surrounded instead of ambush.
For a time, the ambush turned into an encounter. Faced with the siege of more than a dozen small troops, the Beidi soldiers on the mountain col quickly couldn't hold on any longer. In the end, more than 2,000 people could only retreat to the top of the mountain, condescending, Resist stubbornly.
But those small troops did not continue the attack, but immediately withdrew, leaving only more than 2,000 people to surround the mountain col. The rest continued to advance. In the afternoon of that day, the large troops of the expeditionary brigade finally appeared in sight. Unfortunately, The Beidi soldiers had been forced to the top of the mountain, and they could only watch the expedition brigade passing under the mountain, but they were helpless.
After the large army left, the remaining two thousand soldiers and horses continued to besiege the mountain col.
As soldiers of the expedition brigade, in addition to armor, they also wear thick winter clothes, and there is a supply camp for every 100 people dedicated to logistics.
The baggage battalion consists of eight people and is responsible for driving carriages, transporting grain, grass, supplies and military equipment.
The two thousand soldiers of the expedition brigade had the support of twenty baggage camps. With the supplies they carried and the seizures they had taken along the way, they had plenty of food, and they quickly built a camp at the foot of the mountain.
