The arrival of the cavalry battalion made Liu Qingzhou very happy.
With the cavalry around, it would be even more difficult for the defeated officers and soldiers to escape smoothly, but in the siege, he needed the cannons of his own artillery team even more.
Because of its moving speed, the cannon did not come to Tiancheng Guard with his vanguard army, but with the army led by Gao Zhongyun.
If he wanted to successfully capture Tianchengwei's city gate, he needed to wait for the arrival of the artillery team.
Tan Zaiwang put down the teapot in his hand and said, "I met Deputy Shizheng Gao when I rushed over. At that time, the large group of troops had already arrived thirty miles north of Tianchengwei."
"So Deputy Master Gao and the others are arriving soon?" Ji Kui looked happy.
Tan Zaiwang nodded.
"Okay, as soon as Deputy Commander Gao Zheng arrives, we can attack the Zhenyuan Gate in front of us and break through the sky in one fell swoop." Liu Qingzhou happily slapped the table with his hand.
The arrival of another tiger-character flag army commanded by Gao Zhongyun indicates that the artillery team will follow suit.
With powerful siege weapons like cannons, the dilapidated city walls here of Tianchengwei will hardly be an obstacle to their tiger-character banner army breaking through the city.
Tan Zaiwang said with a smile: "Don't worry Liu Qingzhou, maybe the army will be able to move into the city tonight."
"Haha, I want to break the city today, but I don't know what Assistant Master Gao is planning." Liu Qingzhou laughed.
He himself was just the vanguard of the army, and the supreme commander of the army that attacked Tianchengwei was Gao Zhongyun.
As soon as the other party arrived, he would naturally hand over the command of the troops in his hands.
Ji Kui, who was holding the teapot, said at this time: "Should we send someone to greet Deputy Master Gao and correct them?"
"No need to go to such trouble. I have left a team of cavalry with Deputy Division Gao. If anything happens, we will naturally report to us in advance." Tan Zaiwang said.
Liu Qingzhou nodded lightly, and then said: "Since Tan Yingzheng has arranged the cavalry, let's not send anyone over. We can just wait for the arrival of Deputy Division Chief Gao and the army."
Tap tap tap
There were rapid footsteps outside the tent.
Soon, the curtain of the camp was opened from the outside, and a staff officer wearing a tiger-shaped flag military uniform walked in.
"Yingzheng, Chief of Staff." The staff officer who walked into the camp greeted Liu Qingzhou and Ji Kui first, and then said, "One of Tan Yingzheng's subordinates just came over from Deputy Division Chief Gao and said he brought Gao with him. The deputy commander’s order.”
As he said that, he glanced at Tan Zaiwang at the table.
Upon hearing Gao Zhongyun's order, Liu Qingzhou hurriedly said: "Where are the people? Why didn't you bring them here?"
"The man is outside the tent, please let him in now." The staff officer said, turned around and shouted towards the tent door, "Come in!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cavalryman wearing a breastplate and an iron helmet walked in.
As soon as he entered the big tent, this person raised his right hand in salute to the three people in front of the table.
"What order did Deputy Master Gao ask you to bring?" Ji Kui asked first.
The cavalryman said: "Deputy Division Gao is asking his subordinates to tell the vanguard camp to prepare meals for the army immediately. The army will arrive within an hour."
"It seems that Deputy Master Gao is planning to take action as soon as he arrives at Tiancheng Guard." Ji Kui looked at Liu Qingzhou and said.
Liu Qingzhou said with a smile: "This is a good thing, it means that the army can enter the city tonight."
As for not being able to capture the Tiancheng Guard, he never thought about it.
Even a tall city like the New Castle and a thick wall cannot stop the bombardment of their Tiger Flag. With a dilapidated city wall like the Tiancheng Guard that has been in disrepair, it is no doubt a dream to stop the Tiger Flag army from entering the city.
Tan Zaiwang looked at the subordinates who came to deliver the message and said: "Go back and tell Deputy Shizheng Gao that the Pioneer Camp will prepare meals for the army before it arrives."
"Yes." The cavalryman saluted again, turned around and walked out.
As soon as they left, Liu Qingzhou smiled and said to Ji Kui: "My chief staff officer, I will leave it to you to feed the army. We must ensure that our army has a good meal before the war."
"No problem, I will arrange for the cooking team to prepare it. There should be some meat in the camp, and we will use it all this time." Ji Kui put down the teapot in his hand, stood up and left the camp.
Tianchengwei has become an isolated city, and the Qianhusuo and Baihusuo outside the city were all wiped out by the army brought by Liu Qingzhou in one day.
The strength of the guard station is far inferior to that of the frontier army, and the several thousand-household stations and hundred-household stations below have no soldiers and horses that can fight. Most of them are military families in the guard station.
Although there are more people than before, the number of soldiers and horses that may be fought is far less than before.
Several fast horses galloped from a distance and entered the Tiger Flag camp outside Tiancheng Acropolis.
Not long after, Liu Qingzhou led the people out of the camp.
Almost a quarter of an hour passed.
A battle barracks flag of the tiger-shaped flag army appeared in the sight of Liu Qingzhou and others.
"It's the first battle barracks. Deputy Division Chief Gao and the others are coming." Ji Kui saw the mark on the flag and recognized the team represented by the flag.
The first battle barracks, baggage camp, and artillery team appeared one after another in front of Liu Qingzhou and others.
"Deputy Master is at attention." When Liu Qingzhou saw Gao Zhongyun coming on horseback, he immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Gao Zhongyun, who was riding on horseback, returned the salute and then asked: "How are the meals prepared for the army?"
"Everything is ready." Liu Qingzhou said.
Gao Zhongyun nodded with satisfaction, turned to the ordering soldier beside him and said: "Go down and order the army to prepare for meals."
"The army has just arrived here, should we let the army take a rest first?" Liu Qingzhou said with concern.
Gao Zhongyun waved his hand and said: "Master Zheng will give us three days. Today is already the second day. There is no extra time left for us, and we can also rest after eating. Go ahead and make arrangements!"
Seeing that he insisted on doing this, Liu Qingzhou had no choice but to nod towards Ji Kui beside him.
Ji Kui leaves to prepare.
"Let's go to your camp and discuss the next siege." Gao Zhongyun rode towards the camp.
Liu Qingzhou and Tan Zaiwang followed behind and returned to the camp together.
Entering the camp, what you see is a military sand table.
Gao Zhongyun walked closer and saw clearly that Tianchengwei was marked on the sand table, and several Thousand Households and Hundreds of Households were also clearly marked.
"This sand table was specially designed according to the situation of Tiancheng Guard and the internal layout of the city sent by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau." Liu Qingzhou walked aside and introduced Gao Zhongyun.
Gao Zhongyun circled around the sand table, and finally pointed to several Qianhusuo and Baihusuo around the main city, and asked: "How many soldiers and horses of Tiancheng Guard are stationed in these places?"
"Each thousand households have one or two hundred soldiers and horses capable of fighting, and the hundred households have only a dozen or twenty men. My subordinates have sent people to capture all the soldiers and horses from these thousands households and hundred households." ." Liu Qingzhou said.
Gao Zhongyun looked at the small flags on the sand table marking the locations of Qianhusuo and Baihusuo, and said, "So, the only main city left is Tianchengwei."
As he spoke, he pointed at the largest city on the sand table with his finger.
"Because the artillery team has not arrived, my subordinates have not launched an attack on the main city for the time being. They are just temporarily trapping the imperial soldiers and horses inside." Liu Qingzhou said.
