At night, both sides of the Lingju River were pitch black. Occasionally, burning fireballs streaked across the sky, falling into sparks that shattered into pieces in the open fields. They burned for a while and then returned to calm.
This is when Xixia's Poxi Army used their cyclone cannons to fire incendiary bombs on the east bank of the Lingzhou River to harass the Song Army's camp.
The so-called Poxi Army actually only has more than 200 people. It is a "camel artillery", a "cannon", not a "cannon". This is an army that may be unique in the world. It is a clever combination of small cannons and camels. Although the small cannons that can be transported by camels are not powerful enough, they can only throw some fist-sized stones and incendiary bombs, and they cannot hit very far. But their mobility is very good and can be used on the field battlefield.
However, because the power of these cannons was too small and the range was too close, they could not hit the brightly lit Song Army camp on the west bank of Lingzhou Sichuan. Those incendiary bombs mixed with gunpowder and grease only landed in the wheat fields east of the Song Army's camp. At most, they could only burn some winter wheat that could be harvested soon.
This level of harassment would be of no use to the elite troops of the Song Dynasty who followed Zhao Kai. At most, it could only strengthen the courage of the Xixia people themselves.
It's just past Yinshi, and the sky is still dark. However, Zhao Kai had already woken up, was still fully dressed, had washed up, and began to have breakfast while reviewing the combat strategy prepared by the Imperial Camp and Military Affairs Department last night. The Imperial Camp Military Affairs Department was almost the prototype of a staff department, composed of some young officers and the best among the "Hanlin warriors". When Zhao Kai held a military meeting with the generals, these young officers and "Hanlin warriors" would take notes on the side. Then they will formulate a strategy based on the results of the military meeting. Generals such as Yue Fei, Dong Jingang, and Li Fuchen will participate in the formulation of the strategy. And Zhao Kai was the one who made the final decision!
After reading the strategy, he nodded and said to Wu Lin and Lu Xiucai, the two heads of the Military Department: "Very good... use the seal!"
Wu Lin and Lu Xiucai agreed, and they took a seal engraved with "Da Song Tian" from Guo Tiannu and typed it at the end of the Fang Lue text - except for this "Da Song Tian" seal, the Fang Lue text also There will also be the seal of "imperial camp joining the army", and the official seal of the generals who participated in the formulation of the strategy... When Lingzhou is captured, these generals who have the seal on the strategy will be credited with their achievements. !
As for defeat...that's impossible!
Zhao Kai saw that Guo Tiannu had put away the "Great Songtian" seal that had just been used up, so he got up to patrol the camp - this was his last training camp before the war started, and it was also a pre-war mobilization!
The officials personally patrol the camp and personally announce the reward plan... Is there any better way to motivate than this?
Zhao Kai and Guo Tiannu walked out of the adobe house together. A group of Yulin cavalry and several female squadrons on duty had been waiting outside for a long time. They lit up the lanterns used by the imperial camp to patrol the night (there was a mark with the word "imperial" on them) and headed towards the nearest He left for the camp of the first general of the Tiance Royal Account Army.
Zhao Kai's camp of more than 25,000 people was set up with a village on the west bank of Lingzhou River as its core. Because they were worried about being flooded, the camp of more than 20,000 people huddled together and built a circular earth wall with straw bags filled with soil around the outside.
Within the earthen wall, several areas were separated by vehicles and allocated to Yulin, Yuzhang, Selection Front, artillery and other troops.
The order of patrolling the camps is also planned in advance - Zhao Kai will patrol the camps according to the order in which each department opens the camp.
The first general of the selected vanguard army will be the first to drive out of the camp - they will bring a 25-pound mortar and three carriages. After Yue Fei, Zhang Xian (the first general), Xu Under the leadership of Qing (who was responsible for commanding the mortar cannon), they boarded the Yellow River embankment and launched an attack on the walled city on the embankment.
This is the main mission!
When Zhao Kai arrived, all the officers and soldiers of the general had already had a very sumptuous breakfast - corned beef and mutton burritos. Everyone also drank a little soju (not white wine). This was the "last meal"! Of course it has to be rich!
After eating, each person also received three days of rations - after three days, everyone will either become a benevolent person or have a celebration banquet in Lingzhou City!
After eating breakfast and receiving rations, more than two thousand soldiers were dressed and lined up, waiting for Zhao Kai to inspect and lecture.
Yue Fei and Zhang Xian have already mentioned the merit and reward criteria this time!
In addition to the normal promotions, there will be additional rewards... The Xixia treasury in Lingzhou City, the nobles' property, and half of the land outside the city all belong to meritorious soldiers!
Where is this going into battle to kill the enemy? This is simply to make a fortune!
Not to mention those frivolous wealth, how many noble people can there be in Xixia? But the fertile land outside Lingzhou City is so greedy... Almost all of these soldiers begged wives, most of them had sons, and some even had second children!
Their family property cannot be divided into two Fubing households. If they can earn 100 acres of Yongye land in Lingzhou this time, then the future of their second child will be bright, and they can at least become a utility man - this will count as entering the system. Got it!
For the future of the second child, these soldiers are all gearing up, and their morale is so high that they are almost soaring!
"The officials are here!"
With a shout, more than 2,000 soldiers with high morale immediately shouted: "Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
Zhao Kai was naturally very satisfied after hearing this cheering cry, so accompanied by Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Xu Qing, he arrived in front of more than 2,000 soldiers who had already lined up and began to lecture.
"Three days!" Zhao Kai shouted, "In three days, we will enter Lingzhou together... I will drink celebration wine with you in Lingzhou City... Let's drink together , eat meat, and divide the fields!”
"Drink! Eat meat! Divide the fields..."
The soldiers shouted wildly!
Zhao Kai was also infected by this atmosphere, and shouted loudly: "Eat him, drink him, divide him... let's go!"
The soldiers responded loudly: "Eat him, drink him, divide him... Let's go!"
Zhao Kai turned his head and nodded to Yue Fei.
Yue Fei's loud voice also roared: "Follow me, set off, kill all the Western thieves...and then eat them, drink them, and divide them!"
"Kill all the Western thieves! Eat them, drink them, and divide them!"
"Kill, kill, kill... kill him, eat him, drink him, divide him!"
Amidst the cheers, more than 2,000 soldiers lined up, left the camp, and disappeared into the dark night!
Zhao Kai watched these powerful warriors go away and said to himself: "It seems that we can enter Lingzhou City in two days instead of three days!" He turned back and asked Guo Tiannu, "Tiannu, go now where?"
"Go to the first general in the imperial account led by Dong Jingang!" Guo Tiannv said, "They will attack the embankment walled city from the seventh-level canal!"
"Okay!" Zhao Kai said with a smile, "How about we go see King Kong's soldiers?"
Guo Tiannv smiled and said: "It will definitely not be worse than choosing the front army!"
...
Zhao Kai is here!
Weiming Chage, Weiming Renzhong and Li Liangfu, as well as all the Xixia soldiers and generals who boarded the Lingzhou city wall or dike walled city, all knew that Zhao Kai had arrived!
From a distance, they saw the Song army on the west bank of Lingzhou River marching out of camp with torches, and heard their slogans that were about to bring down the sky... If you don't understand what happened, you would be stupid. Hopeless!
"They, what are they shouting about?" Although Brother Weimingcha could understand Chinese, the sounds coming from far away were too noisy, so he couldn't understand it well.
"Your Majesty..." Cao Mian, the official of Xixia's Xiping Prefecture, is a Han. He had understood clearly, so he answered with a trembling voice, "They are shouting: They want to kill us all, and they also want to drink Our blood, our flesh, and finally our property and women will be divided..."
"Eat...cannibalize human flesh? Do you want to divide our property and women?" Brother Weiming immediately had a creepy feeling. Isn't Zhao Kai too barbaric? He actually wants to eat human flesh!
And after eating, you have to divide the family property and women... You, Zhao Kai, are more vicious than monsters and monsters! Monsters and monsters only eat people and do not divide family property.
He quickly shouted loudly: "Come here, hurry up and give Li Liangfu an order to demolish the Yellow River dam immediately! Immediately..."
"Your Majesty," Weiming Renzhong reminded in a low voice, "the Song army only has more than 20,000 people..."
Brother Wei Mingcha glared at him, "What do you know? Those are 20,000 man-eating monsters! After they are eaten, they have to be divided!"
Not only cannibalism, but also property distribution! Why did the officials of the Song Dynasty become so vicious? Isn’t this too unreasonable?
He paused and shouted again: "Where is Master Dalba?"
"I'm here..." A senior monk...a tall, thin, older man whose skin was tanned red and black by the sun responded loudly.
"Master, please go to the embankment walled city immediately!" Wei Mingcha Ge said, "The demons are about to attack, and they have very powerful thunder methods... Master's Vajra Curse is still effective, right?"
"Of course it's effective!" The great monk clasped his hands together, with a solemn look on his face, "As long as the thunder method is a real evil method, I will definitely be able to break it!"
The old monk's meaning is very clear - as long as it is a magic attack, he is not afraid!
He has been practicing Buddhism in a tantric temple since he was a child. He has been practicing Buddhism for more than fifty years. His magic power is very high. How powerful can a little witch from the Central Plains have? Definitely not his match.
Of course, if the enemy uses physical attacks or chemical attacks, then there is nothing he can do... What's the point of chanting a mantra at a cannon and a bomb?
However, if this old monk is killed by a cannon, it can also prove that Zhao Kai did not use magic... so the master's sacrifice will not be in vain.
"That's good!" Brother Weimingcha waved his hand, "Renzhong, send the master and his disciples to the embankment walled city!"
"Get the order!" Weiming Renzhong made a Buddhist salute to the great monk, and then made a gesture of respecting guests, before personally receiving it from the front, and leading a group of eminent monks to deal with the "hot pot cannon" and "copper kettle bomb" Already......
