Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Guo Hao smiled, and at this moment, the original submissive veteran demeanor was gone. He stood up, looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "Within three days, the city can be broken." ”

Zhang Xian was still unconvinced, and asked, "Please make it clear to the manager." ”

"The city has run out of food, and the morale of the army is already unstable. The guards in the city seem to have rules, but in fact, there is no way to let the old and weak soldiers in the city, and the elite soldiers and strong generals hide under the city to rest, and then go to the city in case of the enemy, so as to save energy. It's just that he didn't dare to waste the strength and spirit of his soldiers because of the lack of military rations, and it wasn't that his military law was strict and orderly. I ordered Yang Zhi to rush at him, but as a result, all the elite soldiers of the other party went to the city and fought randomly, and everyone who saw it understood that this means that the main general did not restrain the soldiers enough, and the judgment of the enemy situation was unclear and the reaction was excessive. On the other hand, our army has sufficient siege equipment, and the morale of grain and grass is constantly high. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Taiyuan was too cold in winter, General Yao would have broken through the city years ago, where would he have to wait until today. ”

After he finished speaking, everyone was already in awe.

It's not that everyone hasn't thought about these reasons, but no one is as orderly and hierarchical as him, and the head of the analysis of the situation between the enemy and the enemy is the Tao.

Yao Duan and Zhang Xian glanced at each other, and they both felt that they were the main generals, and they only knew that Taiyuan could be captured, but what was it, but after all, it was not as clear as this Guo Hao, the two of them admired in their hearts, and they both stood up and saluted: "What the chief manager said is very true, and the last general will be respected." ”

Guo Hao was proud in his heart, but he helped the two young generals up, and said with a smile: "Guo Mou is an old soldier, but he is more light than the two generals, General Yao is stronger than cavalry, and he commands training in the camp. They are all very comparable, General Zhang is stronger than fighting, leading hundreds of strong soldiers to stab the enemy like a cone, when all of them are easy, and thousands of troops and horses can be killed three in and three out. Guo is a veteran, His Majesty uses me, but take me carefully, and Taiyuan, in the future, he will either take Gyeonggi, recover Tokyo, or cross Taihang and go straight to Hebei, seek truth and daimyo, these must be two generals, Guo will not succeed. ”

He's the manager. But so humble and good. He did not hesitate to praise the command of the command, one is cautious by nature, never willing to offend others, and the other is also well aware of the emperor's psychology, this time the attack on Taiyuan can not use clever tricks, Yao Zhang and the two are of the same level, and they are both unruly and upright young generals, I am afraid that these two people will not work well together, in case of a siege of the city, it will be worth the loss. It was to send him here, but it was just to coordinate the relationship between Zhang Xian and Yao Duan, and work together to attack the city.

This person has been respectful and obedient all his life, although he is not very convinced, in the end, he is still in line with the emperor's arrangement, and he does not dare to disobey.

appeased Yao Duan and Zhang Xian, and saw that the two had nothing else to say, and the rest of the generals at all levels were either old and clear. Or the qualifications are too shallow. He was not qualified to speak, so he turned to Zhang Jun and smiled: "What does Zhang Xiangxiang have to say?" ”

He's really everything. Refuse to offend plainly.

Zhang Jun thought about it for a while, the emperor sent him, he couldn't do nothing, and replied with a wooden face: "The imperial court has made great efforts to fight for Taiyuan, and since last year, more than three million yuan have been spent on this matter. ”

The soup he said was not leaky, and his loyalty was awe-inspiring, in fact, if he was talking nonsense, seeing that everyone was showing disdain, he was furious in his heart, and he couldn't help but tell him that Zhang Xiaochun sent Li Xianzhong to negotiate with him that day, and seeing that everyone listened solemnly, he couldn't help but be proud, coughed lightly, and said: "Today, the army is pressing, the situation is different from that day, it is better to find a way to contact the city, and the inside and outside should be combined, then the siege of the city will definitely be able to reduce the loss of our army." ”

Although the words are all untrue, but everyone is a top-notch character, how can you not hear, that day Zhang Jun in order to preserve his strength and Yao Rui to grab credit, missed the opportunity to quickly recover Taiyuan, and rejected the surrender of Zhang Xiaochun, Li Xianzhong and others, so that the loyal ministers and righteous people fell into the city, this person is resourceful, it is really despicable and low-level, shameful.

Guo Hao saw that everyone's faces were ugly, so he had to interrupt and say: "Li Xianzhong's matter will be handled by General Zhang." Listening to Zhang Envoy's relay, the Han army in the city is only more than a dozen people, and it is not of great use, but it can be ribbed during the siege of the city, and it can save us some strength. ”

After that, he got up and said with a smile: "Lord Lu Yongzhong, the privy councillor, is also here, and the two governments have spent a lot of effort for Taiyuan this time." Master Lu is still here in person, I am an old soldier, I really admire it. ”

If he didn't mention it, everyone wouldn't take the official who was born under Zhang Jun in their eyes, Guo Hao said, everyone quickly stood up and greeted Lu Yongzhong.

Although Lu Yongzhong's official position is not high, he is an important person in the privy palace who is responsible for allocating food, salary, materials and ordnance, and the military department has long been derelict in its duties, but it is only in the master of the military register, and all the deployments are in the cardinal, and the planning officer is the official who directly allocates materials in the privy government, and his responsibilities are important, and he is more valued by the generals than the ordinary signing privy.

The general plan is to stay in the cardinal's house, and not to go to the front line, because no one pays attention to it for a while, and they don't know that the seat in front of them is actually the cardinal's plan.

Seeing that everyone was coaxing and saluting, Lu Yongzhong hurriedly got up, returned the salute one by one, and only smiled: "I just came here on orders, not as the generals said that they came to Rongji in person, and the lower officials should not be able to do it." ”

Seeing that everyone was stunned, he smiled and said: "This time there are fifty cannons, hundreds of cave houses, goose carts, car ladders, and cloud ladders, and there are countless bows and arrows, many of which are improved styles. ”

"Lord Lu is too modest." Guo Hao knew that this person was at stake, the emperor not only attached importance to the army, but also paid more attention to the improvement of finances and weapons, and the appointment of the planner was a thousand choices, and Zhao Kai, the governor of the political affairs, was selected together, they were all financial ministers, and they still had to understand the military, and several plans of the cardinal government were all temporary choices, how could they be neglected.

The generals in the battalion naturally know that they are powerful, but fortunately, the military discussion has passed, and they can gossip calmly, and the good words will be sent in a car, and Na Lu will be happy in the middle of the coax. As soon as the time to wait for the meal came, although the camp could not drink, there were a few good cooks, Yao Duan personally issued an order to go, and ordered the cook to serve well, Zhang Jun and Guo Hao and others were desperately rushing to come, although it was not a meal style and dew these days, it was also a hard work, at this time, the good dishes on the big fish and meat were about to come up, and everyone was eating and sitting on their stomachs, and their hearts were very happy.

A meal was eaten until the evening, Guo Hao and the others camp tent had been properly arranged, and their own soldiers escorted them away, and there was no one else in the tent for a while, Zhang Xianyuan wanted to leave and return to the camp, but he remembered something again, and said to Yao Duan with a bitter face: "The iron bucket around the city is general, and the Han army is subject to the Jin soldiers, the chief manager assigned me to contact Zhang Xiaochun and Li Xianzhong and others, but how to start?" Could it be that I will send someone to the city and call them to open the city gate and let us in? ”

Yao Duan was originally full of worries, how big a man this battle came, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to the battle of Taiyuan, which shows that he not only captures a strategic place, but also plans for Hebei and Jingxi, and also tries weapons, which is related to the overall situation of the first war and deterring Western Xia, but it is no wonder that not only Guo Hao was ordered to come, Zhang Jun, Lu Yongzhong and officials from various ministries are coming to the front.

Listening to Zhang Xian's bitterness, he couldn't help laughing when he thought about the embarrassment.

Zhang Xian said angrily: "It's okay if you don't help me think of ideas, do you still laugh at me?" ”

Yao Duan held back a smile and shook his head and said: "I don't know if the city is tightly guarded, if the city knows that we are going to attack the city, we will definitely send people to contact us again, otherwise, we can't think about it." The manager's explanation is just to explain to the envoy, so as not to embarrass him too much, and you don't have to take it too seriously. ”

Zhang Xian realized, nodded and smiled, and said to Yao Duan: "It is estimated that in a day or two, the general manager will order the siege of the city. ”

"Hey, talk on the battlefield."

The two of them were very strong, they looked at each other, and after laughing, Zhang Xian hurried to say goodbye and rushed back to the camp to arrange military affairs without mentioning it.

This night is not good, everyone only said that Guo Hao has just arrived, always to understand the camp arrangement, and then calmly attack the city, who knows that the next day at dawn, Guo Hao is the general of the promotion point, immediately ordered to send troops forward, except for a small number of troops stationed in the siege and sentinel the enemy's reinforcements, all the main forces rushed to the city, ready to attack.

Hold to the city not far away, all the generals are lined up behind Guo Hao, see the rising sun in the sky in the distance, the sun shines, full of long winding north of Fenshui, nearly 60,000 Song troops lined up under the city, the red armor and the golden yellow sunlight reflect each other, the iron armor is dazzling, the spear is shining, since the Song and Jin wars, the Song Dynasty has an absolute advantage to surround the enemy soldiers, so that the enemy shrinks and does not dare to fight, but also eats the other party steadily, and presses the city with strong troops, as if the situation when Song Jingang started the war, it is just a role exchange. Time is only a few years in a hurry, the momentum of the defense has changed to this, thinking of Taiyuan after the enemy is more and more stretched, everyone is even more excited, excited.

And the Jin soldiers in the city also knew that the Song soldiers were attacking the main force this time, and the war drums at the head of the city had long been beating like a life, but the soldiers beating the drums seemed to lack strength, and their voices were dull and monotonous, boring and powerless, not only could not improve morale, but made people feel that the city would fall.

After the Song soldiers finished arranging, Guo Hao ordered to push the cannon to the front of the formation first, and whoever was prepared to hit the enemy with the cannon stone first.

At that time, the so-called cannon, in fact, was just another name for trebuchet, until the Mengyuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, the so-called Hui Hui Satie, but also the improved super-large trebuchet, but when the world, gunpowder was rarely used in war, and the prototype assault rifle of fire was only occasionally used, and the trebuchet was used as a large-scale long-range weapon, used to defend or siege the city, and it was the most beneficial weapon.