Jiang Min walked in the field, holding a small shovel in one hand and a small basket in the other, looking for plump shepherd's purse.

Spring is coming, and the wild vegetables in the fields are popping up again, and there is no end to the digging. Recently, the villages in Shenshan County have called on the army to dig wild vegetables in the fields during their spare time to supplement the shortage of vegetables. Jiang Min takes the lead and digs out the vegetables every day.

Everyone went out and dug a small basket to replace half of their daily meals.

When we arrived, it was already past the season for planting grain and vegetables. It was impossible to transport everything from the rear. Jiang Min's army could only try to solve part of it by themselves. Now is the spring plowing season, and each fort has reclaimed a lot of land, waiting for sowing.

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A soldier came from afar, crossed his hands in front of Jiang Min and said, "Please, we have official documents from Luoyang, please return to the stronghold immediately!"

Jiang Min straightened up and handed the small basket to the soldier. He said: "Fill the basket. Half of our food today is for this!"

After saying that, he followed the soldiers who reported the news and returned to the military camp not far away.

Seeing Jiang Min come in, staff officer Di Yun handed over the official document and said: "There are three thousand troops from Taiyuan going south, and they are coming very urgently. Originally we thought that Taiyuan's army was going to annihilate us, but the commander-in-chief didn't think so."

Jiang Min took the official document and opened it to read. Wang Xiaolie told Jiang Min that the main target of Taiyuan's three thousand troops should not be Shenshan County, but to go south to fight for Luoyang City. After wiping out Jiang Min and others, the army went south and left.

Zezhou entered Jiyuan and cooperated with Liu Yu's reinforcements coming from the direction of Kaifeng Prefecture. Jiang Min had just arrived at the Holy Mountain and his footing was not yet stable. If he judged that it was difficult to stop the Jin army's attack, he could hide in the mountain first.

Putting down the official document, Jiang Min closed her eyes and thought.

Of course, three thousand Jin troops were not enough to deal with Wang Xiaolie's army. The main reason why he went south was to cooperate with Liu Yu. Not long after the puppet Qi Kingdom was established, Liu Yu was very unsure of his military power. Without the help of the Jin army, he would not even send troops to deal with it.

Wang Xiaolie didn't even have the courage. To really capture Luoyang, the Jin army could not rely on the Jin army in Taiyuan Prefecture, but had to send troops from Shaanxi.

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Min opened his eyes and said to Di Yun: "The artillery has been built. Can it be installed in several villages in the central part within ten days?"

Di Yun said: "The road is not good, so it is not easy to pull it over. The best way is to cast it again in the walled city without having to pull it back and forth."

Jiang Min said: "The Taiyuan army has moved south, and I'm afraid it's too late to cast it in the walled city. We must find a way to transport the cannon, otherwise it will be too late. If there are no cannons on the castle, it will be difficult to stop the Jin army."

Di Yun said: "Zhao Fu, Commander Ji, if we have difficulty resisting the Jin army, we can hide in the mountains and let the Jin army pass. When we go out to block the Jin army's retreat, wouldn't it be a greater threat to them? Three thousand Jin troops,

It will not be difficult to resist the army ahead."

Jiang Min sighed and said: "It's because it's three thousand Jin Army, no more, no less, so I don't want to let them pass. With three thousand people, how can the Jin Army consider the issue of their retreat? They are going all the way to grab each other, no matter how poor the state or county is,

, enough to feed them for a few days. Once they are allowed to cross Tianjing Pass, they will cause harm to many places in the Central Plains!"

After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Min said decisively: "Even if you use people to carry it, you have to carry the artillery to the wall! Our wall is intact. As long as there is artillery to help, the Jin army wants to pass through Shenshan County. It is a wishful thinking! Jieshuai has already captured it.

Luoyang, whether we capture Zezhou from the east or Jiangzhou from the west, we will never have such difficulties again. With help from the rear, life will be much easier in the future."

Di Yun said: "A cannon weighs two thousand kilograms. It is really not easy to carry it up the wall."

Jiang Min said: "No need to say more, let's carry it over! The Jin army will come to Jinzhou and then to Shenshan County. It will take ten days as soon as possible. We have to install it within ten days! We will recruit people tonight and find a way together! Two thousand kilograms

That’s all, as long as there are many people, we can always carry it!”

With current technology, if you want to pose a sufficient threat to the enemy, an iron cannon must weigh at least one or two thousand kilograms. Even so heavy, it is much less powerful than bronze artillery and is not suitable for use in field battles. But it is used to defend cities and deal with

The golden man is enough.

At the Song Army barracks near Jiagu Town, Cao Zhiyan put down the official document and said to his staff officer Fei Lida: "The official document from Luoyang said that there were three thousand gold troops in Taiyuan Prefecture heading south. Commander Jie judged that he was coming for us, and he might want to go from Zezhou Zending Pass

Go south and cooperate with Liu Yu's reinforcements from Kaifeng Prefecture. Three thousand people are not many, but they are erratic and we can't catch them for a while. We only need to guard the Yellow River crossing, and I don't think they can do anything big."

Fei Lidao: "What Dutong said is right. There is a Chinese army in the direction of Luoyang, and it is impossible for the Jin army to cross the Yellow River from Mengzhou. It seems that they can only cross the river through a few ferries in Sishui. We just have to defend to the death. Here,

What remains to be seen is how many reinforcements Liu Yu can bring."

Cao Zhiyan said: "Commander Jie captured Luoyang City, and Liu Yu signed a large number of people in the territory, as if he wanted to attack in a large scale. However, there were not many people in the nearby counties and counties, so Liu Yu could only start from the counties in Hebei. Where did he go for a while?

How many signed troops can there be? If there is no signed army, there will not be many soldiers and horses coming."

Liu Yu's military system was a mixture of the Song and Jin dynasties, and he also had some of his own imagination, like the four different elephants. Once he decided to mobilize the army, Liu Yu would sign people in the territory to join the army, which is called signing the army. The main function of signing the army is

They transport food for the main army and also do miscellaneous tasks in the army. The number of signed troops is not large, and the number of main troops is certainly not large either.

After looking at the map for a while, Cao Zhiyan sighed: "Jie Commander occupied Luoyang too quickly, and the current situation cannot be clearly seen for a while. According to the deployment, we should take Zhengzhou from Mi County, and Niudu Yuhou and Jiedu Tongzhi will lead

The right army left Yingchang Prefecture and went forward to occupy Weishi. The puppet Qi reinforcements came to attack. We fought the enemy head-on in Zhengzhou, while the right army threatened the enemy's rear from Weishi. Tomorrow we will arrive at Zhengzhou City, but the puppet Qi reinforcements have not yet arrived.

Know who is coming."

Fei Lidao: "After Liu Yu came to the throne, this was the first battle between them and this dynasty. I don't think I would be careless. I heard that the troops of the puppet Qi were all under the control of his son Liu Lin. Liu Lin should still lead the army.

Bar."

Cao Zhiyan said: "This Liu Lin used to be a rich man who had never led an army. When his father became the emperor, he became a general himself. Isn't it a joke? We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and we have to face such a person.

Who can I talk to to reason with you?"

Fei Li suddenly said: "By the way, Li Cheng surrendered to the puppet Qi a few months ago, could it be him?"

After hearing this, Cao Zhiyan pondered for a while and said: "This Li Cheng is quite a character. I heard that he was very well-organized in leading his troops and fought bravely. He was a good general for a while. However, this dynasty has repeatedly surrendered and Li Cheng has rebelled again and again. No matter what, he can't be reassured."

.Now that I have defected to Liu Yu, can I really do my best?"

Fei Lidao said: "I heard that Liu Yu was extremely generous to those who surrendered to him. He gave high official titles and generous amounts of money without any restrictions. It's hard to say that Li Cheng was willing to sincerely serve. This man has been leading troops for many years.

A powerful enemy."

Li Cheng was a convert from Xiongzhou. He was said to be able to pull a bow and stone, and he was originally an archer. After the Jin army captured Xiongzhou, Li Cheng led his people across the river south and was repeatedly rewarded. He was recruited twice by the Song Dynasty, rebelled twice, and was finally defeated.

Later, the pseudo-Qi was reduced.

Zhao Gou admired Li Cheng very much and tried to recruit him many times, but his wish failed. It is said that the steel knife used by Li Cheng weighed seven kilograms. After he was defeated, the steel knife was sent to Zhao Gou, who still sighed for a long time.

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Among the thieves in the Song Dynasty, not everyone behaved ridiculously and was not a great weapon. Li Cheng led the army with strict military discipline and was extremely strict with himself. He would distribute the money he got to his subordinates. If his subordinates were sick, he would greet them personally. It can be said that in the book,

Li Cheng basically did everything a good general would do. However, when he met Yue Fei in the end, hundreds of thousands of his troops dispersed and had no choice but to defect to the puppet Qi.

If the reinforcements coming from the puppet troops were Li Cheng, he would be a formidable enemy. Cao Zhiyan thought for a long time, lay down on the table, and looked at the map carefully.

Zhengzhou is located between Kaifeng Prefecture and Henan Prefecture. It has a strong city. After the change of the Yellow River water course, it has replaced the previous role of Sishui Pass to a certain extent. Cao Zhiyan is not worried that he will not be able to defend this strong city. What he is worried about is that he can
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