The news of the defeat of the Yunlong Army reached Han Qi, Han Qi was taken aback, he thought it was an incomparably easy counterinsurgency experience, but it turned out to be like this, which no one expected.

Han Qi found that the carelessness of his previous strategy had somewhat underestimated the attack power of this Yunyi Army, and the forbidden army of any single army, in the face of the crazy rebels, could be broken by each other, but fortunately, he was already close to Baozhou, and if they communicated with each other, they quickly notified the many troops under their command.

After the order was issued, all the forbidden armies were a little surprised by the strength of the rebels, each army was in 3 units, hitting each other, when the 3 armies, almost 7500 troops gathered together, it was not the rebels who could gnaw.

However, there are only certain roads in Baozhou, which are controlled by them, and there are some roads that cannot be controlled.

For the rebels, this is tantamount to opening a gap, and they can escape or turn in at any time through these paths.

But after Zhu Gui heard the news, he let out a long sigh, and his last struggle was lost.

If he can break the ban of 5 armies, he will still have a chance to transfer, and now he has no choice.

Wei Gui shrank his forces, gathered the rebels scattered around, and they returned to Baozhou City.

Han Qi looked at the final investigation results, the rebels did not take this opportunity to leave, but concentrated in Baozhou, which made the best choice for counterinsurgency, because they would no longer want to spread around, but if they wanted to encircle and suppress it, they would have to pay more costs.

Field warfare and siege, these are two completely different concepts, the rebels have used to break through the Yunlong Army, proving his strength, I thought that only one Yunyi Army was a little stronger.

But the rest of the troops are similar, especially the peeps who gathered the Yunlong Army, and knew the situation when the Yunlong Army was attacked, the other party actually used more than 4,000 heavy armored infantry, as well as a certain number of archers and light infantry.

These have exceeded the limit of what the Yunlong army can resist, and after a few hours of fighting, the Yunlong army has also resisted a certain attack, but with the tide of attacks, especially after the camp has been breached, the defeat will be said to the south.

Baozhou City, not a field battle, not a barracks, if you want to attack, it is necessary to have 5 times the number of the opponent, but in this way, it may not be able to fight.

Is it possible to mobilize more troops?

Now, the more than 30,000 people who have been transferred are already considered good, and now it is estimated that the number of rebels is between 8,000 and 9,000, and the minimum number of rebels is 45,000 for five times, and if it is ten times, it is almost 90,000.

35,000 people have already mobilized most of the mobile forces near the Daimyo's Mansion.

It may not be impossible to mobilize 45,000 people and make an effort, but 90,000 people is basically impossible, and it is necessary to besiege them for a long time.

This is a little too big for Baozhou.

Han Qi knew it, but he had to continue to mobilize, concentrating the 3 armies on this side, a total of 5 armies, passing from the south, and the other two parts also sent troops at the same time, and they sealed the other three city gates except the south gate of Baozhou City.

Han Qi did not attack the city but besieged it, at this moment, he had no other way, he could only wait for Ouyang Xiu to come, he was very strong in military affairs, but in terms of government affairs and persuasion, he was not as good as Ouyang Xiu,

He had discussed with Ouyang Xiu before, if they could annihilate the rebels, it would be fine.

But now, when the rebels are concentrated in Baozhou City, it is the same as Ouyang Xiu agreed before.

Han Qi is not a stubborn person, he is more flexible and changeable, otherwise he would not be in his 30s, he has achieved the level of slaughter, and he will not fall in the political arena, like Fu Bi, he is the elder of the three dynasties, and at the same time he is the Dinghai Shenshen needle of the imperial court.

Even when the Divine Sect fully supported Wang Anshi, he couldn't avoid asking Han Qi's opinion.

Han Qi and Wang Anshi are very far away in 1045, because of the failure of the reform, Han Qi dismissed the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and knew Yangzhou as a senior minister, Wang Anshi happened to be the fourth in Jinshi at that time, and became Han Qi's staff, it can be said that Han Qi was the earliest member of the court that Wang Anshi contacted.

At the same time, both of them were reformers, and Han Qi was a supporter of Fan Zhongyan, but when Wang Anshi changed the law, he became an opponent, which actually proved that Han Qi's opinion was correct, but unfortunately, it was not enough to shake the mind of Shenzong.

To be honest, at that time, Shenzong had been driven crazy, the increasingly heavy northwest military, the constant floods and droughts in the north, and even the Yellow River came to add to the chaos, at this time, money was probably the most important thing for an emperor.

Han Qi assured that the rebels were compressed in Baozhou City, and the most impact was only in Baozhou, which was enough, and the army of nearly 35,000 surrounded Baozhou City, he was not in a hurry to attack, and even waited for Ouyang Xiu's process, and did not have much confidence in Ouyang Xiu's persuasion.

No matter how you say it, it's just a prefecture city, and how many supplies they have, but Han Qi underestimated the rebels' looting around.

Baozhou mutiny, killed, and after that, after most of the rebels left, they fled, and in the end there were less than 10,000 people left in Baozhou, plus 10,000 rebels, but they robbed at least the entire Baozhou city and most of Baozhou, grain and grass, there was no shortage in a short time.

After entering Baozhou, especially after besieging Baozhou, Han Qi began to sort out the process of the Baozhou mutiny, and the clues were summarized one by one, and soon, the movement of the rebels leaving Baozhou City appeared in front of Han Qi's eyes, and the information he got before was really true.

In other words, after the rebels left Baozhou, they went directly to Miaojiazhuang, the place where Renzong specially named him before he left Baozhou.

Is there any secret in between? Han Qi's mind turned very fast, and he instantly grasped the problem, Miao Jiazhuang is the manor of Miao Shufei's mother's family, although it is more important, but Miao Shufei's status is not very high, even if he gave birth to Renzong's only son.

The reason is very simple, this prince rarely appears in the palace, I heard that he is weak and sick, and there are rumors from time to time that he will die soon.

It is groundless, not for no reason, at the level of Han Qi, not to mention collusion with the court, but there should be some necessary information channels, foreign ministers do not interfere with the court, but they don't know anything about the palace or even the prince, so how to do foreign ministers.

Several emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty did not reign for a long time, even if it was Renzong, he started as a young emperor, and if something went wrong, then the matter behind him would become the focus.

Han Qi didn't have a big brain, thinking of the possibility that Zhao Xin was in Miaojiazhuang, but doubts still arose.

The rebel army is different from before, his cognition before departure, the strength is very strong, the Yunlong Army, although it is also a second-line forbidden army, but its strength is not weak, otherwise, it will not be selected by him, that field battle, the whole process, has been clearly understood.

The rebels did not use any conspiracy, but directly used the method of siege to attack the city in a dignified manner, but it was this kind of dignified attack that made the Yunlong army unable to resist, after an hour of resistance, when the outer defense line collapsed, and then, the defeat could not be stopped.

Even the professionally trained, also 2500 forbidden army, and at the same time a fixed camp defense, could not stop the rebels, a small village, why blocked.

Could it be that it is really mentioned in the intelligence that they have forbidden defenses and foot armor?

The former is possible, the Northern Song Dynasty is so big, some court magnates, in non-central areas, or eye-catching places, get some farms and the like, there are one or two prohibited buildings, this is also normal, at most it is demolished, but the latter, how does it feel unreliable, step people, as the most strictly controlled infantry equipment in the Northern Song Dynasty, his control is second only to the divine arm crossbow.

With such equipment, even if it is a high-ranking official of the imperial court like Han Qi, who is in the position of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he can't touch the high-voltage line, a small concubine's descendant, can get it, too underestimate the military system management of the Northern Song Dynasty, right?

In fact, after coming to Baozhou, the bigger question lies in the strength of the rebels, the main body of the rebels is the Baozhou border army dominated by the Yunyi Army, that is, the Yunyi Army is a regular army, and the others are all border troops.

Soon, under Han Qi's all-out investigation, this information was finally confirmed, and a group of 8,000 foot armor that was originally sent to the Bazhou border pass was about to pass through Baozhou during the rebellion, and was finally detained by the rebels.

And such an operation? Han Qi was stunned on the spot, is this a coincidence, or is it deliberate, 8,000 steps of human armor, plus a lot of supporting equipment, what a huge amount of military needs, can reorganize at least 6 forbidden armies, no wonder the rebels' attack power is so high.

But it's not right, plus 8,000 foot armor, the infantry armor in Baozhou may be as high as 9,000, but only more than 4,000 are exposed, the number is very certain, this is the result of several encounters with the Baozhou rebels.

Then a question arises, where are these 4,000 step armor, and the purpose of the rebels is to step people's armor.

This can be ruled out, even if there are forces that want this batch of step armor and use it in that aspect, with the degree of control of the Northern Song Dynasty over the army and the major generals, unless he is buried, otherwise, as long as he is used, he will definitely be discovered, then these are meaningless.

Under the conditions of feudal society, there are always loopholes in simple management, but there are not many weapons and crossbows in the Northern Song Dynasty, because of the joint efforts of the whole society.

Since it will not be for the purpose of stepping people, then according to the trajectory of the rebels, out of Baozhou, they went directly to Miaojiazhuang, and then stayed in Miaojiazhuang for about 15 days, and then, they scattered.

Han Qi has been in Baozhou for a short time, and he has not yet done his best to confirm the previous information, but everything is directed at Miaojiazhuang, it seems that 4,000 sets of step armor, or even more, are very likely to be in Miaojiazhuang.

Han Qi drew a circle on the map vigorously, touched his beard and pondered, it seemed that it was necessary to go.