The soldiers and coolies of Song Dynasty on the dock heard the warning sound and did not understand why.
Just as he was at a loss, an official came over to deliver the order, asking the soldiers and civilians to quickly carry the supplies back to the city. The grain ship that had not had time to unload its cargo immediately weighed anchor and retreated south.
Sergeant Song was busy on the dock for a while, but there were so many supplies piled up that they couldn't move them all in a while.
Suddenly, there was a commotion on the pier, and the busy soldiers of Song Dynasty saw Qi army warships rushing directly into the pier.
Seeing Qi's soldiers jumping from the ship onto the dock, the Song troops and coolies on the dock immediately dispersed.
At this time, the Song Army's transport ships on the canal were one after another, unable to turn around in a short time. Wang Xiu ordered more than 3,000 naval forces to go ashore directly, rush south along the canal, and capture hundreds of Song Army grain ships.
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In Pizhou, after Shi Songzhi led the army to the city, Zhao Tai led the cavalry to leave Pizhou and went to the outskirts of the Song army's camp to harass and contain the Song army from attacking the city.
Not long ago, Zhao Tai suddenly rushed outside Pizhou City, raided the Song Army's camp, and brought a horse-riding alliance to Shi Zhaizhi, causing the Song Army to lose face.
In order to regain face and not be looked down upon by Mongolia, and at the same time to revive the morale of the Song Army, the Song Army urgently needed to launch a new campaign to tell the world that the Song Army was not suffering from diarrhea.
Now Zhao Tai leads the cavalry and leaves Pizhou City. The Song army is mainly infantry and cannot catch up with Zhao Tai. Then the Song army has only one option, which is to attack Pizhou City.
At this time, in the Song Army commander's tent, there was a sand table in the middle. Shi Zhaizhi and a group of Song Army generals were standing aside. Shi Songzhi, surrounded by guards, came out from behind the screen.
"Historical Prime Minister!" Everyone saluted in unison.
Shi Songzhi waved his hand and asked: "This Pizhou was once Zhao Tai's home base. You guys have been looking at it for a long time. Do you have any strategies?"
Kublai Khan was blocked by Pizhou for several months. Finally, he finally captured the city of Pizhou after Zhao Tai broke through.
The Song Army had already been losing for a while. Shi Songzhi did not want the Song Army to fight too ugly in this battle, so he ordered many generals to study the Mongolian army's siege of Pizhou, learn from the Mongolian army's lessons, and try to win Pizhou with as few casualties as possible. .
Many generals in the tent looked at each other when they heard this. Shi Zhaizhi said first: "Historical Prime Minister! There are 100,000 Mongolians, and Pizhou cannot be captured in several months. If we capture it quickly, it will be enough to scare Mongolia and make them dare not underestimate it." Look down on me, Da Song!"
Shi Songzhi nodded slightly and waited for him to continue, but Shi Zhaizhi just said one sentence and it was over, without any siege strategy.
Shi Songzhi looked unhappy, "The truth is that I compiled the difficulties Kublai Khan encountered when he attacked the city, as well as the strategies used by the bandits to defend the city, into a book for you to see, but you didn't find any strategies to defeat the enemy from it!"
Shi Zhai was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but it was Jiang Wanzai who came out and said: "Historian Xiang, after studying in humble position, I found that the Pizhou garrison was able to defend the city mainly relying on Pizhou cannon and firearms."
The Southern Song Dynasty had many restrictions on generals, but they were very willing to work hard on new weapons.
In the world today, if you want to say whose army has the best equipment, it is undoubtedly the Song Army.
The foot armor, divine arm bow, step crossbow, and octagonal crossbow made in the Southern Song Dynasty are all the most powerful weapons in the world.
Although Zhao Tai was very strict in the management of firearms manufacturing, especially the firearms workshop, which was almost closed and it was difficult for outsiders to steal information, anything Zhao Tai used on the battlefield was copied in the Southern Song Dynasty.
At present, the Thunder that appeared in the early years has been mass-produced by the Song Army, and the Pizhou Artillery Department is also conducting research. However, there is no physical object, so it is difficult to imitate it for a while.
Jiang Wanzai said: "According to what I know and the experience of attacking in the past few days, the Pizhou artillery used by the defenders has a farther range than our artillery group. This means that our artillery group has not entered yet. The position has been destroyed by the artillery group in the city. In addition, the Qi army's firearms are extremely sharp. With the help of the thunderbolts thrown by the Pizhou cannon, the defenders can not only kill and injure the siege soldiers in large numbers, but also prevent our siege equipment from getting close to the city wall. .”
Shi Songzhi was naturally aware of these difficulties. He said in a deep voice, "Is there any solution to this problem?"
Jiang Wanzai walked to the sand table and said, "I am humble and courageous."
Although Jiang Wanzai was unwilling to serve as the commander-in-chief of the former army, which made Shi Songzhi quite dissatisfied with the old army, he knew in his heart that a commander like Jiang Wanzai who knew the troops was still needed in the war.
Shi Songzhi smiled and said: "Today's military meeting, you can speak freely."
Jiang Wanzai immediately picked up the wooden stick and drew a horizontal line along Pizhou City, and then drew several vertical lines towards Pizhou.
Shi Songzhi frowned and asked, "You want to build an earth wall under Pizhou City, but what do those vertical lines leading to Pizhou mean?"
"Shi Xiang is wise!" Jiang Wanzai said: "The Pizhou cannon has a long range, and it is difficult to be attacked after hiding behind the city wall. The meaning of humble position is indeed to build an earth wall in front of Pizhou City, and then take advantage of the night to attack our Place the artillery group behind the earthen wall. In this way, our artillery group can bombard the Pizhou city wall. As for these trenches~"
Jiang Wanzai paused, "Beizhi thinks that the firearms in the city are sharp, and our large equipment is a living target under the city, and cannot get close to the city wall. Therefore, Beizhi means that we don't need large equipment at all, and only use simple ladders to climb the city. But this attack There is another problem with the city, that is, the soldiers attacking the city will be exposed to the bombardment of the Qi army's artillery groups and the firing range of the crossbowmen at the top of the city. Therefore, I want to dig a few deep trenches from here, and pass under the city by myself, so that the soldiers can Then we can approach the city wall and launch attacks one after another without being exposed."
Shi Songzhi raised his eyebrows, stroking his palms and praising: "This is a wonderful strategy! It's a pity that General Meng Gong has to sit in Huguang. If he does this again, he will surely lead his soldiers to attack the city first!"
As soon as these words came out, Shi Zhaizhi immediately saluted, "Prime Minister, I was accidentally attacked by Qi thieves before, and I lost the face of the Song Dynasty. Now I am willing to take the blame and make meritorious service, and lead the soldiers to attack Pizhou!"
Shi Songzhi was very satisfied with Jiang Wanzai's proposal and thought it was feasible, so he wanted to provoke the generals in the tent, but Shi Zhaizhi was the first to jump out.
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"Haha~" Shi Songzhi laughed politely, "The officers and soldiers of the Huai Army have just suffered a defeat, and their morale has not yet recovered. From the looks of it, let the Huai Army rest for a while first!"
Shi Zhaizhi's face turned red when he heard this, while Shi Songzhi glanced at the other generals, hoping that someone would come out to claim credit.
At this time, he was looking at everyone expectantly, when the curtain was suddenly raised, and he rushed in in a panic, then walked straight to Shi Songzhi and whispered in his ear.
When the generals in the tent were wondering what had happened, they saw Shi Songzhi's face turned pale and his whole body fell into the ice cave.
Before anyone could ask, Shi Songzhi shook his body and fainted backwards.
"Shi Xiang!" Jiang Wanzai, with quick eyes and quick hands, helped Shi Songzhi who was unconscious and exclaimed.
