Fan Zhongyan looked up at the sky and said, "Look, is it going to snow?"
Even if they rushed to the front, they still had to climb over the fence, and countless people would die just on this journey.
After all, the Song army could easily besiege the city and kill the Liao army, so why bother to resort to a confrontation between the two armies that might lead to unexpected events?
Fan Zhongyan said: "Yelü Zongzhen was quite cautious and did not leave the city."
"Your Majesty, the sudden establishment of the Song Dynasty's Political System Council, as well as Fan Zhongyan's ability to command so many troops and promote so many reforms, are inherently strange. There must be secrets hidden within this, and these secrets must be related to Zhao Jun."
This resulted in the Liao army's forces becoming increasingly concentrated in Xijin Prefecture, and supplies becoming increasingly scarce, leading to less and less grain reserves.
Because the way of war has changed, it is no longer the cold weapon warfare of the past. They only need to climb over the fence with a ladder to successfully launch a raid.
The battle lasted less than an hour, and with the surrender of a large number of Liao troops, the resistance in the city came to an end.
Under such pressure, Yelu Zongzhen had to consider quickly completing the counterattack against the Song Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty began to frequently mobilize troops, and the two sides fought back and forth.
This hedgehog not only makes the Liao army generals in Liangxiang City uncomfortable, but now it has really made Yelu Zongzhen, the Liao Kingdom, feel where the trouble lies.
Wang Su looked out with a telescope in his hand.
Di Qing blocked Yuguan Pass, not only intercepting the Liao people's supplies, but also blocking their large army outside the pass. However, the Liao people could still enter the pass through Xifengkou.
Even if I agreed.
However, he did not start digging immediately, but simply built a simple camp without even making any defensive fortifications, except for setting up dozens of artillery positions on the nearby hills.
At that time, Yelu Zongzhen would have no choice but to engage in a decisive battle with the Song army, otherwise the only outcome would be that the food and grass would run out and the soldiers would starve to death.
It is conceivable that even if all the Liao troops left the city and wanted to engage in a life-and-death battle with the Song army, the Song army would probably not leave the camp and fight them face to face.
Wang Su scratched his head and said, "Anyway, if I were in the city and saw this situation, I would probably be helpless."
The month-long siege has made Liangxiang City shaky. Except for a few stubborn resistance fighters, most of the non-Khitan Han, Bohai, Jurchen, Mongol and other troops in the city have collapsed.
Then Yelu Zongzhen's plan to try to have a decisive battle with the Song army in the wild was completely thwarted. He could only continue to defend the city, and finally watched the Song army surround the city. Finally, the city was destroyed and the Liao army was defeated.
On November 24, the Song army had slowly surrounded Yuhe and Wanping. The Liao army's reconnaissance system outside was almost paralyzed and had no way to spread out, making it difficult to figure out the movements of the Song army.
"What the Prime Minister wants to say is, lure the snake out of its hole?"
"This snow will help the Liao people for a while, preventing us from digging the earth and rocks, but by the early spring of next year, the Liao people will have nothing to do but wait for death."
"If it snows, will the Song people still be able to dig the earth?"
Zhang Jian raised his head and glanced at the sky, then said softly, "Your Majesty, do you feel that the weather has been getting colder recently?"
Once the trench was dug to the bottom of the city, the Song army could use the cover of the trench to attack. Although Xijin City was much taller and larger than Liangxiang City, with a city wall three feet high and one and a half feet wide, covering an area of thirty-six miles, it was the tallest and largest of the five capitals of Liao.
If you attack the camp, people will shoot you from more than a hundred feet away.
Because even in Lu County, Huairou and other places, Song army scouts had appeared, which meant that the area around Xijin was almost completely surrounded by the Song army.
The other two routes went north to attack Mentougou and Shijingshan Districts in what would later become Beijing, and went east to attack Daxing District and the area around the South Fourth Ring Road. The entire area around Beijing was filled with smoke and fire.
Yelu Zongzhen suddenly realized that he seemed to have done something stupid.
Therefore, as long as the Song army dug a trench to the foot of the city, Xijin Prefecture would be in danger.
He saw that the Song army had actually only cut down a large number of trees and built some fences on the periphery. After all, although the Song army was good at civil engineering, they were not gods and it was impossible for them to repair the entire camp overnight.
So it can be said that Di Qing completely controlled the entire battlefield.
However, this does not mean that Di Qing was useless. In fact, Di Qing's presence played a key role in determining the direction of the battlefield.
This means that the Song army can move from the southwest to the northeast, crossing the Yuhe River and Wanping to attack Xijin Prefecture, but it is very likely to be attacked from the Yuhe River in the north and Wanping in the east.
"What method?"
With the large-scale mobilization of armies, the intelligence of both sides was also constantly adjusted. Every day, countless information about the Song army was placed on Yelu Zongzhen's desk, and countless information about the Liao army's movements was also placed on Fan Zhongyan's desk.
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "Now that Song is strong and Liao is weak, Yelu Zongzhen probably won't do something so uncertain."
Wang Su said.
What if the Song army picked up Xijin Prefecture for free and directly occupied the city?
What’s the difference between that and giving Xijin Prefecture away for free?
For a while.
Starting from yesterday, a large number of Song army scouts first appeared on the outskirts of Xijin Prefecture to clear out the Liao army scouts who were leaving the city. Then the large army slowly followed and stationed in the wilderness far outside the city.
Since he chose to stay, he naturally wanted to have a decisive battle.
Although Zhang Jian's vision was not very clear, his mind was still quite sharp. He said softly, "So as long as we have Zhao Jun's support, it will be difficult for us to shake Fan Zhongyan's position."
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