This is the first time Zhao Qi has entered the boundary of Hebei. This was his hometown in his previous life, but there was no trace of it at that time, which made him feel fresh and a little confused. At this time, the Yellow River was still entering the sea in Cangzhou and the Hutuo River

,Jima River, Tang River, and Baiyangdian are really called great rivers, vast and ethereal, and are definitely not small rivers, dry river beds or stagnant pools that have only names in later generations.

The tremendous changes in the thousands of years of storms made Zhao Qi quickly give up on finding the place of his previous life and pay attention to the scenery of his era. The occupational disease quickly made him quickly examine the mountains, rivers and rivers thousands of years ago with a military eye.

The central part of the North China Plain is the impact plain formed by the Yellow River and the rivers flowing from the Taihang Mountains and Yanshan Mountains, which have been migrated many times in history, and are distributed with many river depressions or lake swamps. The impact plains where depressions and lakes intersect, can be said to be

The control of Youji and Sichuan and Ze are extremely ineffective in advancing with nomadic cavalry.

In order to further utilize the geographical and environmental advantages of central and eastern Hebei, in the second year of Duangong, Emperor Taizong adopted the advice of He Chengju, the governor of Cangzhou, to build a dike and store water, to prevent and strengthen it, and then it will be expanded.

If Hutuo, Hulu, Yongji and other rivers all gather in Tangshui. In this way, an amazing "Great Water Wall" was formed in the northern plains of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The effect of people at that time: "Heshuo covers a territory of 2,000 miles, and the land is flat and there is no obstacle. From the border Wudian to Niguhaikou, Mianqizhou Army, it is bending for 900 miles. It cannot be sailed for boats in depth, and it cannot be slim in shallow.

, it cannot be saved." From then on, Hebei from Xiongzhou to the east sea, there was a lot of water accumulation. The Rong people were worried about it and never dared to do so. Not only that. Due to the completion of Tangluo, it turned out that the Khitan entered from the west and plundered the troops.

Returning from the east, the situation of Song Bingying City being exhausted no longer appears. In this way, "if there is something to block in the east, the preparation of armor and soldiers can focus on the west", greatly reducing the pressure on the Song Dynasty's military defense in Hebei, and it is not there

Tired of running.

Baozhou area is located in the transition zone between the Taihang Mountains and the Yanshan Mountains and the plains. The terrain is gradually rising and the pond water is less different. Therefore, although it is both a plain place, it is not blocked by lakes and depressions in the central and eastern regions. It is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

The situation. As the saying goes: "The prefecture is from the west to the north to the east. Although there are many layers of mountains, the campers and cavalry are easy to penetrate, and from the east to the south, the land is particularly flat. Therefore, the preparations of the Song people's preservation were compared with the other sides.

"So, in order to strengthen the defense here, Song fully built a relatively complete defense system according to the geographical environment of the north according to local conditions.

The Song Dynasty adopted another strategy - planting forests and creating square fields. In the name of diversion and planting rice, it opened square fields and passed through ditches along the fields. One zhang long and two zhang deep, and the two zhang scales intersected.

Only by bending the road between the two, the infantry was ordered to lead the Cao, Bao, Xuhe, Jilu, and Jilu, and dig the ditches. When the land was high, it was drawn with water trucks. This strategy adopted by the Song army was artificially transformed the Baozhou area.

The topography and landforms are advantageous in changing disadvantages to favorable conditions, which can play a certain role in preventing Khitan invasion.

After the Song and Liao signed the alliance, the two sides turned into confrontation and the border gradually settled down. A hundred years later, Zhao Qi saw a scene of severe war preparations that day. The city was mostly broken, but it was not repaired, so it was still far away.

The Zhending area of ​​the front line. To put it nicely, the officers of the Hebei Prefecture Army abide by the alliance and are very cautious about the issue of building cities, and even the state troops that do not follow the border are like this.

In order to resist the Khitan cavalry, the officials had forgotten the defense function of growing rice due to the arrival of peace. The ponds that should not be touched, but the ponds that could not be shipped before had dried up but were not removed. Fangtian should have accumulated water during its idle period, but in order to facilitate cultivation, people do not store water again after releasing it, causing Fangtian to completely lose its due military value.

Although this situation may seem small, the direct consequence is the lack of military preparation. It can be seen that from top to bottom, no material or even psychological preparation for the upcoming war, and may not realize that it is allying with itself at all. The Jurchens will turn against each other and start a war with the Song Dynasty, even the important peace in Dingzhou in front of them will be the same...

Dingzhou is located in the border of the Song and Liao dynasties. It is the capital of Zhongshan Prefecture, which is in charge of Hebei West Road, and is under the jurisdiction of Zhongshan, Bao, Shen, Qi, Guangxin, Ansu, Yongning and Shun'an Prefectures, and guards the northern section of the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain. Former Prime Minister Fu Bi once said: "The eighteen paths in the world are the most important. The sixty-six prefectures in Hebei are among them. The Daming Prefecture, Dingzhou, Zhending Prefecture, and Gaoyang Pass are the four routes, and Dingzhou is the most important. , it is determined to be a place to govern the whole country, and it is the most important thing in the world."

This road is open and flat, which is conducive to cavalry assault. It is the first choice for the northern nomadic peoples from all dynasties to move south. In the Song Dynasty, it was a regular route for the Khitan invasion south. It controlled the mountain exit of the eight paths of Taihang, and was under the natural danger of falling into Maguan and guarding. In the border city defense group of Baozhou, Guangxin Army and Ansu Army on the Khitan Invasion Avenue, the importance of Dingzhou Road in strategic defense is self-evident...

Zhao Qiong and his group entered Dingzhou. Although it was only four or five days away from Yanjing, the battle ahead did not seem to have any impact on the place. Businesses and travelers could be seen on the road, and the market was still crowded, except for occasional transmissions. The "rush-footed ghost" in the battle report rushed past, and it was hard to see the active preparations for the war with the people carrying bows and hoes and swords.

In front of the ten-mile pavilion outside the city, the pacification envoy of Hebei West Road and the general manager of the Dingzhou Cavalry and Infantry Army had already brought the city officials to welcome him. After the ceremony, Zhao Qiong and Wanyan Xie and other identities naturally entered the city to rest. The Jurchen soldiers were in many Song Dynasty. Under the escort of the army, he camped in a military camp outside the city. At this point, Zhao Qi's mission came to an end, he completed his 'escort' mission, and removed his responsibilities as a companion.

"What a majestic pass!" Zhao Qiong looked up and said, "Dingzhou city is majestic, with a city of more than four feet high, three feet high, and there are Luocheng outside the city gate, and there are three in the Wengcheng and inner gates in total. The Daocheng Gate is composed, and the moat flows through the Wengcheng and Luocheng, which is very strong.

"Prince Yan, please go to the city!" The comforting envoy Zhan Du said with a smile when he heard the prince's praise.

"Yeah!" Zhao Qiong nodded, and turned his face in surprise to look at Zhan Du. This person seemed to be so old to others and was useless in the officialdom. He was really ignorant, just in Zhao Qiong's opinion. It also means neglecting and looking down on me. If someone else heard the prince sighing, he would have flattered him and promoted his contributions by the way, but he was so calm that he just invited himself into the city.

"Where will the appeasement envoy be transferred to Zhongshan?" Zhao Qi became a little interested in him and asked while flipping through the database.

"The lower official Meng Fuze was appointed as an official. In June this year, he was transferred from the Liangzhe Cao Envoy to Zhongshan!" Zhan Du replied respectfully.

"Oh, the comforting commander has not been here for a long time!" Zhao Qi nodded. It turned out that he was also a second-generation official. He seemed to have a little impression of this person in his mind, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"The appeasement envoy is here for the time being. The court intends to transfer the appeasement envoy to be the magistrate of Yanjing. I am afraid that I will take the new post in the near future!" An official who was with them said charmingly.

"Talk too much, you can guess what happened in the court. Go back!" Zhan Du shouted sternly. The official wanted to give him a long face in front of the prince, but he didn't expect to be depressed and retreat embarrassedly.

behind.

"Haha, the comforting envoy has a long future and will be the pillar of the country in the future!" Zhao Qi glanced at the awkward official and smiled. After he said this, Zhan Du became clear in Zhao Qi's mind. This person was transferred.

After the Yanjing Tongzhi, he was incompatible with Guo Yaoshi. He impeached him several times to rebel and was transferred back to Zhongshan. Later, the Jin Dynasty invaded the Song Dynasty and ceded the three towns. He refused to receive the imperial edict and led the military and civilians to reject the Jurchens outside the city. This is also considered

Famous generals against the Jin Dynasty.

"The prince is too proud, and the subordinate is ashamed. He hopes to serve the country!" Zhan Dugong bowed, and said no more, leading everyone into the city.

"Lead the way!" Zhao Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head. Could it be that all the loyal ministers are so cold and serious that they are. They may be really a treacherous...

After entering the city, I washed and changed my clothes. As usual, I had already prepared a reception banquet, prepared singing and dancing, and had another big meal. At this moment, I had already left my territory. Zhao Qi was inconvenient to say anything, so I followed the local customs. Wanyan Xie was also like this.

Along the way, I had no more than dozens of welcome banquets for Fengzhou and county. I could read the rules of eating. I didn’t need Zhao Qi to mention anything else. I hugged him and had fun.

"I have sent the Jin envoy, but I have not seen the envoy today. Don't miss the deadline!" Zhao Qi asked after drinking a glass of wine.

"Report to the prince, the envoy sent someone to report yesterday. He went to Wangdu County today and Dingzhou tomorrow. Let the officials be prepared and set off the road in the future!" Zhan Du, who was sitting on his hands, replied.

"Oh, I wonder if the master sent by Master Tong?" Zhao Qi nodded and asked again.

"Report to the prince, he is Liu Guangshi, the deputy general manager of the Cavalry and Infantry Army of Fuyan Road!" Zhan Du replied.

"Haha, it's him!" Zhao Qi smiled and said, no wonder it was less than half a day away, but Liu Guangshi refused to arrive in Dingzhou. It turned out that he wanted to hide from him.

"Why is the prince laughing? Is there anything wrong?" Zhan Du asked in wonder when he saw the prince laughing strangely.

"He doesn't want to come to see me. Two years ago, Liu Guangshi followed me to fight against Xixia. He violated military discipline at Lingzhou City and was almost killed by me. Unexpectedly, he was promoted again. It's such a fate that he is so good!" Zhao Qi sneered.

Say.

"It would be fine if the prince killed him that day, so as not to suffer the defeat in Yanjing today. He would have to use other people's hands to redeem Yanjing!" Zhan Du said hatefully.

"Oh, what's going on? Can you tell me?" Zhao Qiong had known the reason for a long time and said without saying a word.

"On the same day, Liu Yanqing, the commander of Liao troops, used the strategy of surrendering general Guo Yaoshi to attack Yanjing. He had already seized the city gate and rushed into the city. The guy should be the supporter and then enter the city, but he has not been able to do so for a long time.
Chapter completed!