Chapter 778

"Finally come..." In the telescope in Wang Yang's hand, there began to roll in smoke and dust, and a black line spreading up the horizon like a black tide.

Even though they were just marching silently, as the cavalry moved, the sounds still rang throughout the world.

"Good, this is only their forward, at least 50,000..." Zhong Shihe slowly put down the telescope in his hand and couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

All of these 50,000 soldiers were cavalry. From the time they appeared on the horizon until they reached the city of Youzhou, they were just in the martial arts of incense.

Looking at the various armors, battle robes, and messy flags of these cavalry, Wang Yang actually had the pleasure of identifying which cavalry belonged to the Liao Kingdom and which cavalry belonged to the northern tribes.

"It seems that the number of cavalry in those northern tribes is not large. The cavalry of the Liao Kingdom here actually accounts for 30,000, and there are 10,000 Xia Kingdom cavalry. The remaining 10,000 belongs to those northern tribes." Wang Yang commented while looking.

"This is normal. Although the northern tribes have been in constant conflict for many years and even occasionally fight with the Liao Kingdom, no matter how generous the Liao Kingdom is, it is impossible for these brave and fierce northern tribes to have too many horses. After all, the threat of cavalry is much greater than that of infantry."

At the city, Yelu Dasong, the supervisor of the 50,000 vanguard and deputy general manager, was squinting his eyes tightly at the moment, looking at the city of Youzhou, which was quite different from what he imagined.

Not only him, but also several generals of Xia State were also stunned at this moment. "Is this really the city of Youzhou? This is a bit too different from a few months ago."

You should know that a few months ago, the city of Youzhou was still owned by Xixia. Even though many Xixia generals had not served here, they at least passed by this important hub city connecting the eastern part of Xixia and Xingqing Prefecture.

However, in the past, although the city of Youzhou was wide enough, the thickness and height of its walls were far from comparable to that of the current city of Youzhou.

What is even more exaggerated is the towering arrow tower on Youzhou City, the arrow tower that is also higher than the city wall behind the city wall, and the same towering and sturdy urn city in the four directions of Youzhou.

"The Song people's cities look like this?" A general from the Bahei tribe, whose originally ambitious expression was a little dark at this moment. Not only him, but also a group of northern tribes who had never seen much of the world from the northern tribe.

Wanyan Aguda, who was commanding the Wanyan tribe cavalry under his father's order, stared at the moment like a goldfish about to die of thirst. In Daliao, he had seen such fortress-like towns, nor had he seen big cities like Tokyo.

But I have never seen a fortress city that is almost like a whole stone that is armed to the teeth.

The height of its city wall is intimidating, and its thickness is probably amazing. What’s important is that the fortress in front of us is not like the Great Liao cities that Wanyan Aguda had seen, except for the location of the city gate tower, they are all made of clay rammed and squeezed piles.

The city in front of you is very intuitive and makes people appreciate its appearance completely made of red bricks.

Moreover, the appearance of these bricks is really beyond their imagination. The red bricks they have seen in the past are mostly red bricks that are two slaps long and less than half a slap wide. However, now, the thickness of the red bricks used in the city of Yuzhou is at least half a foot and the length is at least one and a half foot.

"How can they burn such a thick brick?" A general of Xia State who had a brief understanding of government affairs was full of disbelief.

"Or they just burned those very thin bricks and pasted them on the exterior walls, making us mistakenly think that their walls were made of those solid bricks and stones..." said another general.

Such an explanation was quickly recognized by most of the generals present.

"Okay, now is not the time to chat. Spread out all sides and guard all sides of Youzhou. If there are still soldiers from Song outside the city, all of them will be killed!" Deputy General Manager Yelu Dasong shouted sternly.

Soon, except for 20,000 cavalry, the rest of the cavalry scattered, as if they had encountered a torrent of solid reefs, and after they bypassed the city of Youzhou, they evenly spread around the city of Youzhou.

Two hours later, the main force of the army had already arrived at the city of Youzhou. The flags were long and the dust was everywhere. The cloud-like tents firmly surrounded the entire city of Youzhou in the center, which was inconvenient.

However, the Song army in the city had always maintained a strange silence. They neither planned to attack when the Liaoxia coalition was not stable, nor did they seem panic because they were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops.

Although the Song people were able to maintain this calm mentality, Yelu and Luwu, the commanders of the Liaoxia Alliance, felt a little uncomfortable, he also understood that now was not the time to attack.

After drinking, the generals who could not wait to ask for war when they arrived in Youzhou, were almost dim and the soldiers had been in progress for a day and were exhausted. They ordered the army to set up camps and build pots and cook rice as the main task. As for the attack, they should wait until the soldiers had a good rest for a night before talking.

"Such a city is very rare, whether it is the Great Liao or the Song Kingdom. What's important is that I have seen the city of Youzhou with my own eyes. Compared with the city in front of me, it is simply incomparable to the one sitting in front of me." Xiao Wuna looked at the sunset in front of me in a daze, which was as color as burning red as the burning red city, and murmured in a low voice.

"Fortunately, Xia Kingdom has built a large number of siege weapons this time. It seems that we'd better wait for two more days and send someone to urge them to come over quickly. Gu Ge doesn't want these warriors to rely on the ladder to become enemies with such a strong city."

Yelu and Luwu stroked Nong Xu and said in a deep voice that he had no doubt about the capture of Youzhou City, but such a strong city defense only increased the difficulty of the capture.

However, the purpose of Yelu and Luwu leading hundreds of thousands of troops here was not just to capture one Youzhou, but to capture the three prefectures of Youzhou, Hongzhou and Yanzhou to demonstrate the great military power of the Great Liao.

The Song people realized that the Daliao, which had not launched military affairs for decades, was still so powerful and brave. Only in this way could they gain greater benefits for the Daliao.
Chapter completed!