Chapter 154: A powerful enemy strikes!
Early the next morning, the sound of desolate horns sounded in Shiwei's army's camp.
It can be heard from a distance twenty miles away.
Standing at the highest point of the Forward City, Northeast Governor Liao Shicong and General Zhang Tie, the General of the Cavalry Guard, looked into the distance.
Although they saw nothing because the distance was too far, the heavy pressure was pressing on their hearts like Mount Tai.
Zhang Tie arrived the night before yesterday.
He led his two thousand cavalry guards over, and then took over the 10,000 troops of the six guards of the imperial guards in the city, as well as the remaining 40,000 defenders in the city.
If Zhang Tie arrived at a very suitable time, when he arrived, Shi Wei's army had already crossed the river.
If it hadn't been too late and so many people were unable to move, Shi Wei's camp last night should have advanced another thirty miles to reach the Avant-garde City less than ten miles away.
Zhang Tie didn't have time to rest last night, so after asking about Liao Shicong's location, he went straight to the Forward City.
The city defense of Jinzhou is not much the same as Datong.
Datong is a typical fortress structure of large and small. In addition to the main city, there are three major cities of Viagra.
It is divided into the Forefather City, the Left Cialis and the Right Cialis.
The Forefront City is built on a hillside with cliffs on both sides, guarding major traffic arteries, and is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Moreover, it is divided into three layers, each layer is more than one meter taller than the previous layer, resulting in them being divided into three layers to attack.
The same is true for the left and right Acropolis, but in terms of the steepness of the terrain, it is not as good as the avant-garde city.
In the past, Shi Wei sent 100,000 people to attack, but they all died and injured in the Forward City. Finally, the proportion of deaths and injuries was estimated, and he had to retreat in disappointment.
Because the Forward City is very important, the soldiers stationed here are all elite, and there have always been a large number of various weapons and materials here. With the number of troops of 10,000 people, they fought hard and had no problem in the consumption of the Wei army for 30,000 to 50,000.
After fighting the Forward City, the remaining left and right Acropolis and Jinzhou City lie on this land in a straight triangle.
If you don’t get ambushed and harassed by these two acropolis when attacking Jinzhou City, you must attack these three cities at the same time.
But if you allocate your troops within a radius of 10 or 20 miles, it will be too scattered and it will be difficult to deal with.
It feels a bit like losing sight of one thing.
Of course, the Shiwei people have another way.
That is to go into the sea from the port on the other side of the Liaohe River, transfer from the Bohai Bay to Jinzhou Port, cross directly across Jinzhou City, and fight towards Ningyuan, the hinterland of Liaoning.
As long as Ningyuan is cut off, Jinzhou City, which has become an isolated land, will be easy to fight.
But the problem is that Shiwei does not have so many naval troops, and their ships usually sail in the river and cannot reach overseas at all.
There are no ships that want to carry more than 20,000 to 30,000 people.
Moreover, even if they come out, they will encounter the Dakang Navy who is strictly guarding and will easily let them meet the King of Hell directly at the sea.
The Shiwei people would rather die in battle on land than inexplicably not even see the enemy, and they sank ship by ship.
Therefore, they had to attack from the land.
"There are at least the flags of the three elite troops of Shi Wei appear next to Linghe, as well as the flags of the army of six large tribes such as Qiyan, Bohai, Xi tribe, etc. The flags are like rain, and the soldiers are like the sea!" Liao Shicong smiled at Zhang Tiedao: "Yongli, this time you are going to suffer with me! It is not certain whether you can go back!"
Zhang Tie said calmly: "The court and Your Majesty sent me here to share life and death with Duke Huai Xin! No matter how fierce the Wei people in Shi Wei are, they will never be able to conquer Jinzhou City before I, Zhang Tie, died in battle!"
"good!"
Liao Shicong nodded, "What I need is someone like you! Let's go and discuss how to defend! Just blindly defending does not conform to our rules!"
Zhang Tie looked at the group of soldiers standing below and said hesitantly: "Sir, let's not stay in the Forward City for two days first, let's see their offensive and determination?"
"No need, how could they have dispatched such a large-scale army in recent years?" Liao Shicong said: "So many people have been released. If they don't fight a good battle, how can they be worthy of the money and food they spend? How can they be worthy of the beggars who have already started the war in Datong?"
"All right!"
Liao Shicong is the first person in the entire Northeast Defense Line, and Li Nanyuan is subject to his restraint, and Zhang Tie is of course no exception.
The Northeast Governor was in charge of Hebei, Shandong and Liaoning provinces, but in fact, the Northeast Governor spent at least half of the year in Liaoning.
It's either in Ningyuan or Jinzhou.
Because this is the most important front line of defense.
Only when winter is approaching, Liao Shicong will return to the Northeast Governor's Office in Hebei to handle affairs there on the spot.
Liao Shicong had just arrived in Jinzhou City for a short time. He was conducting various inspections in the beginning of spring to see where it needed to be filled and repaired.
But after receiving the alarm from Datong, Liao Shicong became alert and ordered the defenders in Jinzhou, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan to take active action.
At the same time, he also sent a large number of scouts to investigate the situation of Wei in the room.
And his informant on the Liaohe River has not conveyed the news until today.
The reason is very simple. The people of Shiwei have Hai Dongqing.
Haidongqing even dares to attack the wolf on the ground, let alone the mere carrier pigeons.
Every time the Shiwei people went to fight, they must have carried many Haidongqing people. These Haidongqing people were responsible for eliminating Dakang's carrier pigeons and interrupting their information transmission.
Shi Wei's military operation must have been released before the assembly began, Hai Dongqing had been released to hunt and kill carrier pigeons.
So Liao Shicong got the news, and the afternoon before yesterday, several scouts rushed back in the form of relay to report that a large number of Shiwei cavalry had appeared east of the Liaohe River.
Then he didn't hesitate at all.
All the supplies that had been prepared long ago were transported to the Qianwei City from the warehouse in Jinzhou.
It includes a large number of bows and arrows, spears, catapult parts, grain, boiling oil, etc.
Although these things are available in the Avant-garde city on weekdays, they don’t have to put too much in them until the war period.
Next, he added the nearby left and right Acropolis at the same time, and then Liao Shicong ordered all the people outside the city to pack up their belongings and enter Jinzhou City for a temporary escape.
The three cities of Dacha are all military camps, and they are all prepared for combat, so they are not suitable for the people to take refuge.
Another thing is that the relatives and friends of the three soldiers in Dawei City are all in Jinzhou City. Are you afraid that they will not defend themselves?
This is not about hostages, but something that all dynasties will inevitably do.
Besides, when danger comes, if you don’t enter Jinzhou City, will you still enter your Acropolis?
Liao Shiconglai himself brought his aides and his generals to the Forward City to supervise and check their preparations in detail.
The first official under him, Liaoning Governor Wang Hao, was in the opposite direction of Ningyuan, along with Guo Songyu, the general of the Northeast Defense Line.
The Governor of the Northeast is in charge of Jinzhou City, the Governor of Liaoning and the General of the Line of Defense are in charge of Ningyuan, and the General of Xiongqu Guard Li Nanyuan is in charge of the Shanhaiguan Great Wall defense line. This is the best configuration today.
In addition, the calmness and perseverance of Zhang Tie was ordered to lead people to Jinzhou City to support him, and Liao Shicong felt a little more confident.
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When Liao Shicong and Zhang Tie led hundreds of personal soldiers to rush back to Jinzhou City, several Haidongqing could already be seen in the sky.
Neither of their faces changed.
Obviously, this is the sign that the enemy is about to arrive and the war is about to begin.
For the entire Erjinzhou defense line, the test of life and death is coming soon.
They think well.
Just two hours later, the vanguard of Shi Wei's army had arrived five miles in front of the Forward City.
The Dakang army can see the crowd like ants, and the Shiwei army can also see the steep and sturdy avant-garde city.
Yelu Feiyang led the crowd to watch from a distance, and the generals were numb without realizing their scalp.
They are not afraid of fighting with anyone on the grassland, but they are very troublesome to the iron hedgehog created by the Dakang people.
Because this kind of battle is simply unfair, the siege of the city often has to pay a huge price to overcome such a solid level.
But these people did not expect that it would be unfair to attack the Acropolis defense. Is it fair for the Dakang people to fight with cavalry with those of them who grew up on the grassland?
The Forefather City is built on a sudden hill, with the city gates three meters away from the ground, let alone the city wall.
It is not in the middle of the road, not like the Shanhaiguan checkpoint. You have to pass through it before you can go to another place.
The Forefront City is on the right side of the road. If you come from Linghe to attack, it faces the opponent's front and the road right.
A straight passage connects Jinzhou City and the banks of Linghe River.
On the other side of the road is a valley, where a river spreads away, which is not suitable for passage at all.
The Foreground City is about ten feet away from the road.
Under normal circumstances, passing caravans do not need to contact them.
That is, if they pay a little normal tax on the checkpoints they set up temporarily, they can get through without any obstacles.
But that was when I was doing business on weekdays.
The problem is that once a war breaks out, do you try to pass by here?
As long as you don't hit it, it can destroy your marches anytime and anywhere.
Hit a big rock from the mountain, and once it hits, it will be a pit, and at least a dozen people will lie down on each pit.
If you could still roll on the road a few times, let alone those who were killed or injured.
Then they can use rockets to burn passing convoys. Once the food and grass are burned, it will be a problem.
Even horses will
Fortunately, as long as you break through this avant-garde city and cross here, the convenience will be clear and unobstructed, you can reach Jinzhou City twenty miles away.
Chapter completed!