Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

In the distance is a city with a radius of about five miles.

Under the early morning light, the gray-black city wall is clearly visible.

It is more than three feet high, and there are no defense facilities such as parapets and urns.

But there is a river that winds around the city.

This was also the norm for cities at that time. Not to mention states, even counties generally had moats.

If the enemy wants to attack the city, he must first clear the moat.

Li Zicheng's last attack on Kaifeng was to dig out the Yellow River, because the Yellow River was connected to Kaifeng's moat. The Yellow River burst, flooded the city, and Kaifeng City was directly flooded.

The city was destroyed, Li Zicheng took possession of Kaifeng, and his idea of ​​running the Central Plains was completely lost.

The Battle of Kaifeng was a result of King Zhou of the Ming Dynasty managing his business well, giving up gold and silver, being humble, and encouraging the gentry to help defend.

There are also capable generals such as Chen Yongfu.

Li Zicheng's army of hundreds of thousands attacked Kaifeng several times. Only a few thousand soldiers from Chen Yongfu's army could fight in the city, plus tens of thousands of civilians to help defend it. As a result, the intruders could not defeat it.

In the age of cold weapons, it takes a lot of effort to conquer a city purely with violence.The price is that the attacking side must have the strength to crush the defending side.

In fact, the Chuang army entered Henan around the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. It was defeated at Tongguan before. The main force collapsed, leaving only a few people such as Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin who fled into Shangluo Mountain.

From only a thousand people left to 100,000 or 500,000 people, it took less than a year.

Although there are many soldiers and horses, there are too few elites.

It is impossible to storm the city by force.

On the other hand, in field battles, with thousands of veteran battalion soldiers as the base, tens of thousands of elites who have been trained or served as soldiers as the main force, and hundreds of thousands of strong men who are coerced, they are invincible against the officers and soldiers.

In the battle of Zhuxian Town, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers including a governor, a governor, the Japing thief general Zuo Liangyu, and the general Hu Dawei were defeated by Li Zicheng. The main force of the Ming army suffered a decline in military morality. Not only did the frontal battlefield not belong to the Qing army, The opponent, even the peasant army cannot defeat it.

In fact, it was also the organization, dispatch and logistics of the Ming army that could not keep up.

At 10 o'clock, Fengyang Fubiao with Ma Shiying in Fengyang area was not bad in combat effectiveness.

There is Huang Degong in the Chuzhou area. Huang Degong was born in Jingying. His soldiers and horses came from Yumajian. They were not only capable of fighting, but also extremely loyal.

Needless to say, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were two wastes, but at that time the four towns in Jiangbei were basically almost formed.

But the Ming court could only mobilize about 100,000 people at a time.

If there are too many, the logistics cannot keep up, which will only lead to the collapse of one's own side.

Just like in the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji entered the customs for the first time. The Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty panicked and summoned all kinds of soldiers and horses. More than 200,000 Ming troops rushed to the capital one after another. As a result, the relevant departments such as the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry were caught blind. However, they simply did not have the ability to sort out the logistical supplies. A large number of soldiers traveled thousands of miles to come to serve the king. As a result, the civilian officials could not even provide food supplies, leaving many frontier soldiers hungry and waiting for dispatch.

In anger, many Shaanxi and Shanxi frontier troops rebelled. Ming history records show that at that time, the mountains in Shanxi and Shanxi were full of frontier troops who rebelled and returned home in anger.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both Shaanxi frontier soldiers and became the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty.

There was no way to conquer the city of Kaifeng purely by force. The Jin people destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty for no other reason than that the weak father and son Huizong and Qinzong deserved it.

But countless people were harmed by these two emperors.

Taiyuan was conquered by force, but Taiyuan was originally the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty spent a lot of effort and the whole territory of the Northern Han Dynasty was occupied. Only the isolated city of Taiyuan was left. The Song army mainly consisted of hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, ten times as many as The elite troops of the Northern Han Dynasty attacked many times and finally defeated them at a great cost.

Since then, Taiyuan City's walls have been cut away to weaken its defenses.

It is cheaper than the Jurchens who were more than a hundred years later.

The same goes for Gaotangzhou in front of us.

The city is small, but it also has a moat, battlements, and perforations. As long as a few thousand people defend the city desperately, if they want to fight hard, at least ten times more elites will attack day and night.

Fill the trenches, level the river, then pile up mountains of earth, build archery towers, suppress the city head, and finally attack the city with ants.

This is why Yue Fei immediately decided to bring the scouts here after seeing Gao Lian and the three hundred elites.

The situation here is different from that on Jingdong East Road.

After the rise of the Liangshan Army, not to mention the state capital, even the county seat was not attacked.

Later, when the land of the states was obtained, they either settled directly after a great victory and used their remaining power, or they were already boiling frogs in warm water. The outskirts of the states and counties were already under control, and later taking over the city was also a matter of course.

It must be completely different on Hebei Road. It is definitely better to take advantage of the situation than to attack with force.

He looked carefully at the city again.

There was also a hint of fanaticism deep in Yue Fei's eyes.

Many people think that Yue Fei is stable, but in fact he definitely dares to take risks when it is time to take risks.

When he was a volunteer leader in Hebei, he fought many adventurous battles and made many extraordinary achievements.

Otherwise, how could a peasant with no foundation be appreciated by Wang Yuan and Zongze successively?

Credit will not fall from the sky, you have to take it yourself!

After taking a look at the city, Yue Fei looked at his subordinates.

Like the horses, the cavalry were sweating profusely.

The clothes are disheveled and the hairstyle is messy.

The horses were even more exhausted, and their legs were shaking when they stood.

Yue Fei looked satisfied.

No matter what, the subordinates persisted.

Looking at his subordinates, Yue Fei gave a loud order:"Everyone, please rest for half an hour, arrange your clothes and hair, wash your horses, and restore your spirit and strength."

"Yes, command!"

More than a hundred scouts were traveling at a speed of more than 200 miles a day. The horses and people were very tired.

Fortunately, it only lasted two days. After discovering Gao Lian and others in the middle of the night, Yue Fei made a quick decision and rushed to Gaotang immediately. The official roads of the state, galloping and raiding.

Gaotang Prefecture has more than 2,000 garrison troops, which are only available in Hebei prefectures and counties.

Ordinary military prefectures do not have so many garrisons.

There are 800 military prefectures in the Song Dynasty. If each military prefecture had With so many garrisons, plus heavy military groups such as the Beijing Camp and the Western Army, even two million soldiers and horses cannot be defeated.

To support five to six million forbidden troops and two to three hundred thousand Xiang troops, the Song Dynasty's annual military expenditure is 40 million If the number of soldiers and horses reaches more than two million, the finance will be directly declared bankrupt.

From observation, there are not many people on the city, only a few hundred people are sparsely stationed at a few city gates.

This shows that when Gao Lian is out , I know that the Liangshan Army is still far away.

I also have absolute confidence in myself and the three hundred elite soldiers.

Even if I can't defeat the Liangshan Army, I can still protect myself and return.

Then it's not too late to organize the city defense.

……

Half an hour later.

The physical fitness of the war horse has recovered and it cannot run long distances. Short-distance trotting is not a big problem.

It has also been rinsed and washed, and it looks much better than the embarrassed appearance just now.

The scouts did not change their robes, but only changed into the Song Army's red tassel hats.

They don't look much different from ordinary Song Dynasty cavalry.

In fact, there is a difference.

The military robes of the Liangshan Army were also gray, but red was still popular in the Song Dynasty, so the Song Army had hats with red tassels, felt hats, phoenix-winged helmets, and iron helmets, all mostly with red tassels.

There are also people wearing futou, which is not much different from ordinary people's attire. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Of course, most of the people have bare heads or wear rags, and those who can wear a bun are already considered to be very particular people.

If they are fighting or marching, most sergeants will wear leather hats.

Commonly known as: Lizi decorated with vermilion lacquer and gold.

For the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army, different ranks wear different clothes. Taking the Forbidden Army as an example, the main clothing is divided into three categories: court clothes, public clothes, and fashion clothes.

The clothing of military attachés and civil servants are not differentiated separately, but the type of clothing is determined specifically according to the grade and occasion. This is the true meaning of"military uniforms".

Military attachés are restricted by the hierarchical system and show due etiquette and respect to civil servants. Among them, court attire is to wear a robe or short shirt outside the armor. This can be seen as a sign that military attachés are gradually becoming civil servants. Later, with the continuous evolution, since military commanders are also divided into levels, no matter how convinced they are, they also try to express the levels of military commanders.

Military generals often wear unbuttoned short shirts outside of their armor, and will embroider the military insignia of which army they belong to on the short shirts, which is commonly known as tattoos, such as holding the Japanese Army, Tianwu Army, etc. The Forbidden Army has the logos of different armies embroidered on their short shirts, making them easily identifiable at a glance.

In normal times, everyone from generals to ordinary soldiers wear military robes and narrow uniforms. The narrow robes are missing the crotch, have small sleeves, slits on both sides, and coiled collars.

If it is normal, the robe will be long to the feet. If it is training or going on an expedition, it will be short robe, no shorter than the knee.

The slits on both sides are very high, all the way to the waist, making it easy to tuck the corners of the robe at the waist.

It is easy to tie up the leggings if you leave small pants inside the robe.

Wear straw sandals, shoes, and boots on your feet.

The colors vary from green, white to gray. According to the rank, generals from ninth to sixth rank are green, sixth to fourth rank are Fei, and those above fourth rank wear purple robes.

Belts, uniform colors, robes, and trousers are slightly different between the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army.

People in the military can still tell if they look carefully.[]

The uniforms of the Liangshan Army are gray for the infantry, red for the cavalry, and black for the military law department and the garrison department.

They are all short robes, hanging on the knees, but there are no high slits, only palm-high slits, as long as they do not affect body movements.

The leather belts around the waist are all made of leather, strong and durable.

The cuffs are bunched and can be fastened with buttons.

The same goes for the chest.

In addition, all kinds of utensils are more beautiful and practical than those of Song Jun. If you look closely, the difference is quite obvious.

Moreover, ordinary soldiers also had iron hats, unlike the Song army, which mainly wore leather hats.

However, what is in front of me is a reconnaissance cavalry, which is also a light cavalry. At first glance, it looks similar to the Song Army.

As for Yue Fei and others, they were also pretending to be Imperial Guards coming from Daming Mansion, so Gaotang's side probably wouldn't be able to distinguish them clearly.

It is already the end of the 373rd hour, around nine o'clock in the morning.

In late spring and early summer, the sun is high in the sky and already quite warm.

Not many people come into the city.

There are many people entering the city at dawn.

Vegetable farmers nearby select vegetables and sell them in the city.

There are also those who go to the city to work as part-time workers, striding into the city with a carrying pole.

At this time there are only some foreignThere were not many merchants, as well as some wandering Taoists and monks, so they walked slowly towards the city.

Gaotang Prefecture is notorious for its high reputation, and ordinary businessmen and tourists are reluctant to come here.

Most of the people who come here are people who are somewhat dependent on them, or people who don't know anything about it.

The Xiang army at the city gate stood in a state of confusion, holding long swords and spears in their arms, or simply leaning on the city wall beside them. Everyone was chatting and joking, and when someone came over, they came forward to see how they were doing. With a few words of scare, you can get dozens of pennies out, but if you don't have any money, you can just put it in with a few words of scolding.

If there was anyone who dared to contradict him without a wink or money, he would be beaten and driven away, or at worst, he would be tied up and sent to the state government, and at least one layer of skin would be removed from his lower body.

Just like Gao Lian treats Chai Jin, the people under his command are no different to the people.

People passing by around and people leaving the city all hurried past with their heads lowered and taciturn. Even if they were extorted by the Xiang soldiers guarding the city gate, they would just lower their heads and leave after paying the money, not daring to argue with them.

It can be seen that people inside and outside the city are very clear that paying some money now can avoid disasters. If they argue with them, the consequences will be much more serious than losing a small amount of money.

The person guarding the city gate was a Xiang Jundu leader. He was sitting with a big horse and a golden sword. There was a money bag next to him, and there were already a lot of scattered copper coins in it.

Guarding the city gate in Gaotang Prefecture is definitely a fat job, so the governors all take turns to be on duty, and part of the money has to be handed over to the governor, governor, governor and other senior military attachés in the state.

The soldiers also had their share.

In fact, their salary is not low, and it is definitely enough to support their family.

But if people's hearts are not enough, who would want to live a life of poverty?

At this moment, the city defenders and the Xiang troops heard the sound of horse hooves, and saw about a hundred cavalry appearing on the official road not far away.

The cavalry is not fast, just trotting, but it is still quite powerful.

"We are the imperial guards stationed in Daming Prefecture, and we came to Gaotang Prefecture to patrol and garrison on orders from Liang Zhongshu!"

Far away, there was a voice in the front ranks of the cavalry.The big cavalry shouted loudly..

Người mua: Ryan