The next day.
Songyuan City Head.
The Kushan soldiers guarding the city are changing their defenses.
"How was last night? Nothing happened, right?"
"Hey, what's going on? That group of Tatars let them stay on the plains and grasslands. You let them attack the city. You think highly of them. Do you think there is a city on the grassland?
A restless night! "
"That's good, I just hope that a few days can pass safely during the day!"
The soldier who changed his defense said with hope on his face.
The guarding soldier suddenly laughed and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. I'll go back and rest first. I'll bring you wine when I come in the evening!"
"good!"
Chatting and laughing, the two sides completed the defense change, and Ye Hu also led people up the city wall at this time and began to patrol along the city gate.
As a border general, he was responsible for the defense of fifteen cities. He was stationed in Songyuan City, which was the most important and closest to the grassland. The other fourteen cities were also occupied by his trusted generals.
Although their abandonment of the land has caused great discussion in the country these days, with the implementation of the fifteen-city defense line, the Tatars have never been able to bypass the defense line and enter the land after the fifteen cities. In addition, Being able to become a general guarding the border, he is not without influence in the domestic court.
Their family is also a major martial artist in the Kushan country, and they are the nobles of the original Kushan tribe. It can be said that they are the natal family of the current emperor's natal family, coming from the same tribe.
The members of the former Kushan tribe have always been united after the Kushan tribe took a dominant position in the Dayue clan. They will definitely support him from the rear this time, so he is not worried at all about being punished for this matter. At most, he would be scolded for this.
But as long as he can defend the fifteen-city defense line well, he will not only have no fault but also merit.
Nowadays, as a senior general, he knows the situation of Dayuezhi clearly. On the surface, it looks like flowers, but in reality, it is just superficial.
As long as he can hold the line of defense and prevent the Tatars from advancing, his merit will be extremely high.
In contrast, he is very confident.
The Tatars are not good at attacking cities!
At this time, everyone agreed that the same was true for the Yuezhi in the past. It was not until they annexed Daxia that they gradually made up for this disadvantage. It can be said that this disadvantage is usually a common problem of all nomadic peoples, and their siege methods are also very Consistent, those who capture the other party will use their lives to pile them up!
But he deployed nearly 300,000 troops in fifteen cities. He was confident that even if the Tatars killed all the people, they would not be able to break the city!
Walking at the gate of the city, looking at the soldiers of the Kushan Kingdom holding their heads high and chests high, Ye Hu couldn't help but nodded. It has been more than 20 years since the founding of the Dayue clan. The first generation of soldiers have grown old, and now as Most of the backbone are already the second generation.
However, it has recently been discovered in various armies that the second-generation soldiers generally have much lower fighting willpower than the previous generation, probably because the life of the Dayue clan has improved after taking over the Western Regions, and even more so. The military aristocrats are sensual and charming, but they are as timid as rats.
The second generation of Wu Xun's family, who is related to his family, can't even ride a horse. This is a joke!
The martial arts nobles of the Da Yueshi actually don’t know how to ride horses!
If something like this had been placed on the grassland before, it would have been impossible to even grow up, and it would have been eliminated by the cruel laws of the grassland.
Where can it grow so big?
After all, times have changed!
Ye Hu, who was patrolling, suddenly sighed.
The deputy general on the side looked at his general in surprise, but Wei Ye suddenly waved his hand to indicate to continue patrolling, and the deputy general continued to lead the way.
When Zhengfang and the others arrived at the main south gate, they suddenly heard a burst of exclamations from around them!
Ye Hu's heart moved and he looked up. The next moment, his pupils could not help but dilate and his mouth opened wide!
It was as dark as dark clouds coming here, and the army with no end in sight was gradually approaching outside the city!
Flag hunting!
Countless black flags fluttered in the air, rustling in the north wind!
Among them, the flag with a black background and gold rim in the middle of the army is the tallest and most conspicuous!
The flags of the surrounding tribes are all shorter than one, but they surround it like a guard, guarding it like stars over the moon, showing the status of this flag and its owner!
"Enemy attack!!! The entire army is on alert!"
The shrill warning sounded instantly throughout Songyuan City, the rumbling drums, and the heart-rending shouts of the defenders suddenly put the originally peaceful Songyuan City into a state of emergency.
The defenders who had just switched defenses were cursing bad luck while quickly checking their weapons and equipment and quickly began arranging manpower to continuously transport the defensive materials piled under the city to the top of the city. However, they secretly prayed in their hearts that they would be able to survive in the upcoming battle. Survive.
No one would doubt the intensity of the war later. Judging from the endless army outside, it is obvious that the Tatars are going to be big this time!
Although there are many defenders in the city, as the most important first city, Songyuan City alone has a total of 50,000 troops defending the city.
But facing the dark army outside, whose numbers could not be seen clearly, everyone's hearts were filled with a layer of gloom!
Can the two of them really stop it?
The Tatars are crazy, so many people came here at once! ?
While the soldiers were preparing frantically, Ye Hu, who was on the south city gate, was holding his hands on the battlements, his eyes fixed on the conspicuous cloud-shaped flag in the center of the approaching army!
I kept thinking in my mind, which tribe is this? Why should the flags of other Tatar tribes be placed under it?
After thinking for a long time, he turned around and asked the lieutenant beside him.
"Tur, what is written on the flag in the middle of the army? Which Tatar tribe is it? Why have I never seen it before?"
Lieutenant General Tu'er also looked at the big banner with the word "cloud" carefully for a while, then shook his head and said: "General, I don't know which tribe that flag belongs to, but when I look at the words on the flag, it looks a bit like The writing of the Song Dynasty?”
Tuer is over forty this year. He followed the Da Yueshi who were still on the grassland and invaded the Song Dynasty. But now so many years have passed, he has been away from the grassland for so long, and he has not seen the Song Dynasty characters for so long. His memory was also a little fuzzy.
"Song characters?"
Ye Hu was stunned for a moment, but then he narrowed his eyes and said, "Could it be that the Song army is coming?"
Tuer was also surprised and said: "General, it is very possible! It has been said that the Tatars have surrendered and are under the command of a Song king. This is probably not the army sent by the Song king.
It's no wonder that the Tatars mobilized all to attack the city.
But general, if the Song army comes, we will be in danger!
The Tatars are not good at attacking cities, but the Song people are extremely good at it!
Can the 50,000 people in Songyuan City stop them? "
Ye Hu gritted his teeth when he heard the words and said: "If you can't stop it, you have to stop it. If you can't stop us, then the next fourteen cities will be even more unstoppable. Once these hundreds of thousands of Tatars are allowed to enter, In the country, given the current situation in the country, you know what kind of scene will happen!
By then, not to mention our general, even our family will be finished!
The Tatars will not let us go, and neither will your Majesty!
Immediately send an order to double the supplies to prepare for the city defense, and mobilize everyone in the city, including civilians, to transport supplies. We must defend the city with the most serious attitude, notify all the warriors of Xiu Mu, cancel Xiu Mu, and prepare to go to the top of the city to defend at any time. city.
And for those warriors who have just switched defenses, let them find a place to rest under the city. Don't go back. You must wake them up at any time to defend the city together.
At the same time, notify the rear to mobilize at least 30,000 people to support as soon as possible!
We must be fully prepared to face this battle! "
"Yes! General!"
The deputy general responded and quickly went to make arrangements.
Ye Hu immediately summoned generals at all levels to discuss the matter of defending the city.
Soon the entire Songyuan City was in motion. Countless soldiers who had been sleeping were called back, and the civilians in the city were driven out of their houses to help transport supplies to the top of the city.
A group of soldiers who had just changed their defenses and were about to go back to sleep were stopped. They found some houses nearby to rest on the spot. They were not allowed to stray too far from the city wall, and they had to be prepared for support at any time.
At the same time, seven or eight messengers were received and left the city towards the rear of Kushan, passing the news to the rear and requesting support for the deployment of troops.
Outside the city, Zhao Jun sat on the throne of his vassal, guarded by a large army, and arrived outside Songyuan City under the guard of a group of khans, big and small, and an army.
Looking at the three-foot-high city wall in front of him, he smiled coldly and waved his hand. Ding Hongguang, who was next to him, immediately held a meeting and hurriedly asked the flag soldiers to wave their flags. The next moment, the 650,000-strong army separated.
Thousands of soldiers from the Shenji Battalion of the Yunzhou Army appeared on the battlefield pushing 130 Huoshaoyun II artillery pieces, and under the cover of shield soldiers, they reached a distance of less than 300 steps from the city wall!
This is the secret weapon that Zhao Jun brought for this war, Tiangongyuan's latest improved artillery gun, Huoshaoyun Type 2!
Although it is still a front-loaded smoothbore cannon, this time due to the advancement of iron-making technology, the quality of the Yunzhou Army's steel has become better and better in recent years. The Huoshaoyun II gun barrel has become thinner and the overall body is lighter, but the caliber is not only not the same. It got smaller and got bigger!
The caliber was expanded from the original one hundred millimeters to two hundred millimeters.
Even the gunpowder is an improved version, at least twice as powerful as the original!
Only the range has not been greatly improved. For the sake of accuracy, Zhao Jun still asked the army to place it within 300 steps of the target and shoot!
Since it was the first time that the Huo Shao Yun style was used on the battlefield, all the generals in the Yunzhou army looked at it curiously, wanting to know how much better it was than the first style.
The Tatar army looked at the Shenji Camp in confusion. They didn't know what these small chimney-like things were?
But looking at the appearance of the Yunzhou Army, it should be a very powerful weapon, so they all watched curiously.
At the top of Songyuan City, Ye Hu and the others looked at the scene below and were confused. They didn't understand what the other party was going to do?
But there is always a sense of uneasiness hanging over them.
Seeing that everything was ready, Zhao Jun raised the corner of his mouth slightly and gave the order to attack with a wave of his hand!
The flag soldiers immediately sent out the signal to fire, and the generals of the Shenji Battalion immediately issued the order to attack as soon as they saw the signal!
"The prince has an order! Everyone is here! Fire!"
Boom!
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(End of chapter)
