After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

In the fourth year of Jiayou in the Song Dynasty, when the military and civilians all over the world were immersed in the excitement and celebration of the great victory in Haoshuichuan, the Western Army led by Han Ming and the Central Imperial Army divided into five routes and launched an all-out attack, frantically attacking the cities in various states on the border of Western Xia.

On the tenth day of April, the Yanzhou Zhong Gu, Di Liang and Di Zi Corps, which were the first to receive Han Ming's military order, took the lead in launching a major counterattack.

After besieging the city for several months, the Yanzhou troops, acting as bait, finally received the order to launch a full-scale attack.

In an instant, the crowd was excited. Zhong Gu and the other three took out all the siege weapons of the army and lined up in a single column outside Yanzhou City.

Zhong Gu, the commander-in-chief of the Yanzhou Legion, and his deputy generals Di Liang and Di Zi all stood behind the firearms unit.

The three of them looked at each other and saw each other's excited expressions.

"This battle must be fought to the point of shocking the world, so that Xixia will never dare to invade again, and to demonstrate the might of our Song Dynasty soldiers!"

"Yanzhou City will be destroyed today!"

Zhong Gu rode on a tall horse, slowly drew out the long sword from his waist with his right hand, and roared with all his might.

"All troops, prepare! Due north! Ten salvos!"

Along with Zhong Gu's crazy shouts, roars resounded throughout the world, and all kinds of firearms and equipment spewed out flames.

A whistling sound came from outside Yanzhou City. Under the horrified gaze of all the Xixia defenders, flames shot up into the sky, dyed the sky, and then fell rapidly, smashing into Yanzhou City and the city walls.

In an instant, a huge gap was blasted open in the wall of Yanzhou City, which had been tightly defended for several months. It was shocking and horrifying.

But this was not the end. After nine rounds of continuous bombardment, the southern walls of Yanzhou City could no longer withstand such intense artillery fire and collapsed.

This time we don’t even need a city gate, we can just attack the city directly.

Such a horrific situation shocked every member of the Song-Xia border army.

"Brothers! Now is the time to make great achievements!"

"Follow me into the city! Slay the enemy!"

Di Liang and Di Zi were extremely excited, but when they saw the artillery fire stop, they immediately rode out, waving their spears, and roared as they led their troops towards Yanzhou City.

"The time to achieve great things is now—!"

"Come on—!"

"Come on—!"

"Come on—!"

"..."

At this moment, the anger that had been suppressed for so long ignited the entire Song Dynasty soldiers again. They were determined to let the Xixia Dangxiang people once again witness the fire of revenge on this Chinese land.

On the tenth day of April, Yanzhou City was captured.

In addition to Zhong Gu staying in Yanzhou City to accept subsequent military supplies and build city defenses, the brothers Di Liang and Di Zi led a large army in accordance with the strategic deployment, advancing north to Tiemen Pass and seizing Baichi City.

On April 15, the Yanzhou Corps arrived at Tiemen Pass, and the commander of Tiemen Pass surrendered.

On April 20th, after a day and night of heavy bombardment, the city defender refused to retreat and was killed in battle by Di Zi, and Baichi City was captured.

On April 26, Zhong Gu led the follow-up troops to meet the Di brothers, and the Yanzhou Legion officially advanced into Huaizhou.

At the end of April, all 30,000 soldiers under the Yanzhou Legion gathered at the foot of Huaizhou City to begin the final preparations for the siege.

At the same time, Wang Shaojun of Hongzhou, who had only received Han Ming’s military order in mid-April, left no room for maneuver.

The entire army consisted of more than 20,000 troops, and they captured Hongzhou City in one fell swoop.

He then crossed the ancient Wuyan City and stationed his troops at the foot of Youzhou City, where he confronted Mi Qinmingqian, who was known as the "Eagle of Dangxiang."

"Lord Wang, we can't fight this way anymore. We're short on siege equipment, and Youzhou City is tall and strong. This will only lead to more casualties!"

Yao Si, who was covered in dust, came in from outside the tent and said with a frown.

This contemporary leader of the Yao family generals had just returned from the front line outside Youzhou City. He didn't even have time to wash the dust off his face when he hurried to the tent and shouted.

"What are you yelling about? I'm not deaf!"

Wang Shao threw the brush in his hand with an ugly look on his face, and the splashed ink soaked his hands, robes and military map.

"Youzhou City Gao Chijian, don't you think I know what's going on?! What I want now is a solution, not complaints!"

Yao Si, who rarely saw Wang Shao lose his temper, had a gloomy face and became much more obedient.

After all, they have been cooperating for several months, and both parties understand each other's character and have a good relationship. They also know that the other party is anxious, but there is no point in being anxious.

With Mi Qinmingqian stationed there, Youzhou is like an iron tortoise that cannot be pried open.

"Mi Qinmingqian, the 'Eagle of the Tanguts,' is indeed well-deserved. This Yuzhou truly looks like a one-man-barrier against ten thousand."

Wang Shao shook his head and smiled bitterly with some emotion.

Yao Si pondered for a long time, then said helplessly, "If we can find some support such as firearms, we can easily take Youzhou City!"

"Then why are you so full of shit? Wait for me to send a military report to the rear!"

Wang Shao picked up the brush and then bent over the table to write a military report requesting military supplies.

The next second, the guards outside rushed in, shouting, "Sir! Sir! Deputy Envoy Xue has sent a large amount of military supplies, as well as countless siege weapons."

Wang Shao and Yao Si in the tent both froze, and then expressions of ecstasy appeared on their faces.

"When I feel sleepy, someone brings me a pillow. Deputy Envoy Xue is truly my lucky star!"

Wang Shao was so happy that he immediately threw away his brush and rushed out of the tent with Yao Si.

Then we saw an endless supply of military supplies and huge siege equipment that stretched as far as the eye could see.

"Do you have any firearms, like the special cannons they use?!"

Yao Si asked his personal soldiers excitedly.

"Yes, Deputy Envoy Xue sent someone to say that the Governor-General knows that Youzhou is difficult to defeat and is anxious to get involved. Therefore, this batch of supplies mainly consists of firearms. Another batch will be delivered to the front line soon!"

Hearing this, Wang Shao and Yao Si's smiles grew wider, and they couldn't help but laugh at each other.

"As expected of a military governor, knowing that I needed troops urgently, he sent people to deliver firearms and military equipment in advance!"

Wang Shao kept stroking his beard.

"Wu Zhi, this thing is here. What did you say before?"

Upon hearing Wang Shao's question, Yao Si immediately brightened up and said with a wide grin, "Sir, just wait and see. Within a day, I will bring back Mi Qinmingqian's head!"

"So what are you waiting for?! Transport all the firearms to the front lines and hand them over to the Zhe brothers. You three will work in three shifts from now until tomorrow morning to capture Youzhou City!!!"

Wang Shao waved his hand and immediately issued a military order.

"Yes, I have received your order!"

Yao Si excitedly led his men to carry firearms and weapons and rushed to the front line.

In the early morning of April 16, Wang Shao's troops of the Song army bombarded Youzhou City in three shifts without stopping. This huge city known as the "City of Steel" was finally blasted open in a corner in the southwest by the fierce firepower.

Then Yao Si, Zhe Jizu and Zhe Jishi led their troops and with just one charge, they defeated Mi Qinmingqian's so-called elite "Iron Eagle Army".

The Song army took advantage of the situation and rushed into the city through the gap in one go. The two sides engaged in fierce street fighting.

However, after Han Ming strongly requested the troops to conduct the so-called street fighting training, the current Song army was simply not something the Western Xia army, which had lost its cavalry, could resist.

After just one encounter, the Song army completely gained the advantage in the street fighting in Youzhou City.

The battle lasted until the evening of the 16th, when the Song army finally wiped out most of the enemy troops in Youzhou City.

Mi Qinming Qian finally made Yao Si break his promise. Taking advantage of the chaos, the other party fled north with the remaining troops and hid in Zuocunze.

This made Wang Shao and others very angry. Yao Si was too embarrassed to admit his mistake and personally asked for orders to lead the army north to strangle the remaining soldiers of Mi Qinming Qian.

"We don't have enough troops or time. We must immediately march west to Liuboling and then north to Xingqing Prefecture."

"Now we can only hope that the enemy doesn't have enough support and is trapped in Zuocunze!"

Wang Shao frowned as he looked at a small city north of Youzhou City.

"If we slow down our westward advance, we might be able to wait until Zizheng's Yinzhou Army emerges from Xiazhou. Then, Zuocunze will be surrounded by our army from both north and south, and we can decide the outcome in one battle!"

Zhe Jizu was still worried about this "Eagle of Dangxiang" in the rear of his own army, so he put forward his own opinions.

"Strategically, we can't delay the siege of Xingzhou (Xingqing Prefecture), but there is still some tactical value in dispatching a detachment of troops to garrison Youzhou City, on the one hand to await support from the logistics corps, and on the other hand to request that Zhong Yan's troops be dispatched to encircle and suppress Mi Qinmingqian!"

Yao Si had the same idea. Before the battle, he boasted that he could capture Mi and Ming Qian in one battle. As a result, the two armies got into a melee, causing that grandson to run faster than a rabbit.

As a result, he missed the opportunity and now he can hardly hold his head up in front of Wang Shao and the Zhe brothers.

"In that case, Wu Zhi, you will lead 3,000 troops to garrison Youzhou City. I will send a letter of assistance to General Zhong in Yinzhou, asking him to join you in encircling Mi and capturing Mingqian."

"Remember, don't let him get away again this time!"

"The general will get the order!"

Wang Shao thought about it for a long time and felt that he should not let this Xixia general do anything behind his back and must resolutely eliminate him.

"At the same time, you two brothers should reorganize your troops as soon as possible, march west from Liuboling, and head north to Xingzhou (Xingqing Prefecture) to complete the strategic encirclement!"

As soon as Wang Shao finished speaking, all the generals saluted and accepted the military order.

On the morning of the 17th, the Hongzhou Corps under Wang Shao's command, led by the brothers Zhe Jizu and Zhe Jishi, led an army of 15,000 soldiers westward to Liuboling, and then moved along the Inner Great Wall and directly attacked Jingzhou south of Xingqing Prefecture.

However, Wang Shao finally decided to garrison Youzhou City and left behind another two thousand soldiers, totaling five thousand, ready to work with Yao Si to deal with Mi Qinming Qian.

His idea was very simple, that is, he must take the opponent's head before he could report to Han Ming.

It seems that all the civil and military talents who have come out of Han Ming's side have learned his strategy of "staying steady and not reckless".

In short, Mi Qinmingqian, who was hiding in Zuocunze to take a breath, never expected that the rookie Wang Shao would not change his bad habits and would start to kill him.

The fact is that at noon on the 28th, Zhong Yan's troops sent a detachment to harass the area north of Zuocun Ze. Wang Shao led Yao Si and other 5,000 troops to attack from the south, and the two sides clashed with Zuocun Ze.

The battle lasted the entire afternoon and was not over until dusk.

In this battle, Yao Si was extremely ferocious. He killed more than fifty people in the battle alone. Then he went deep into the enemy camp alone and fought with Mi Qinming several times.

After dozens of rounds, Mi Qinming's moves were outdated and Yao Si seized the opportunity and shot him in the throat. The head fell into Yao Si's hands.

After eliminating the last remaining enemy forces in Youzhou, Wang Shao immediately led his troops north to meet up with the Zhe brothers and encircle Jingzhou.