Li Ping'an was directing the soldiers to place heavy crossbows on the city wall, when the deputy general suddenly ran over in a hurry.
The lieutenant general looked panicked and quickly said: "Report to the general, the spies are here to report that the Jinzhou Army is coming towards us."
"Come just come, why are you panicking?" Li Ping'an said angrily.
"General...the Jinzhou army is all over the mountains and plains. I'm afraid the number will not be less than 200,000! They are heading straight for our Tucheng. They are only thirty miles away from Tucheng."
"What?" Li Pingan's eyes widened, and then he frowned deeply.
It is impossible for Jinzhou to have so many troops. Could it be that Xihai sent more troops to Jinzhou?
No, even if Xihai wants to increase its troops, shouldn't it send more troops to the other three states? After all, the other three armies are much stronger than him?
He is obviously the weakest one, why would Xihai increase his troops to attack him?
What did King Yanxi think?
Soon, Li Ping'an realized something was wrong. Behind him was Chunzhou. King Yanxi was not coming for him, but for Chunzhou!
Li Ping'an's expression became solemn. He had just come from the capital and knew very well the strength of the capital.
Although the Habayashi Guards have been expanded, they currently only have 60,000 people.
Originally, Zhao Yun could still support the capital at any time in Qinzhou, but now that Zhao Yun has gone to Songzhou, it is too late to return reinforcements.
Once he loses here, the capital will be in danger.
When the western army enters Chunzhou, even if the Yulin Guards can defend Qianjing City, the other counties in Chunzhou will also fall!
If he only faced King Jin's army of more than 100,000, Li Ping'an would be worthy. But now that King Jin has the support of Xihai, this Tiger City is not a fortified city. If the opponent attacks with all his strength, he is afraid that he will be a little weak. I can’t stand it!
Thinking of this, Li Ping'an hurriedly said to the deputy general: "Quickly, send someone to rush back to Qianjing City, tell the Ministry of War about the situation here, and ask the Ministry of War to mobilize troops for reinforcements!"
"Tell my brothers to cheer up, get into their respective combat positions, and prepare to fight!"
"Yes!" Seeing Li Ping'an's expression so solemn, the deputy general did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went down to make arrangements.
The thirty-mile journey only took a few hours. In the evening, Li Ping'an, who was standing on the city wall, saw the enemy troops coming towards Hucheng like a black tide.
It seems that they were also afraid that Hucheng would receive reinforcements, so after arriving at Hucheng, they didn't even have time to rest before launching an attack on Hucheng.
The battle started instantly, and for a while the dense arrows on Tiger City were shot at the enemy as if they were free.
"Shoot them all for me, don't feel bad about the arrows! We must not let them break the city!" Li Ping'an shouted loudly, holding a Zhuge Liannu in his hand.
On the Jinzhou Army's side, various ladder siege vehicles were also moved up. Soldiers holding shields pushed the siege vehicles to the city gate and began to hit the city gate.
Luo Tangji was supervising the battle at the front, and beside him was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was the King of Jin.
Although King Jin has a title and Luo Tangji is just the son-in-law of King Yanxi, King Jin is slightly behind Luo Tangji at this time and is obviously headed by Luo Tangji.
"King Jin, tell your soldiers that the first one to ascend will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be granted a hereditary title of a thousand households!"
"Okay!" King Jin responded and rode off.
At this time, after hearing that the first climber could get a thousand pieces of gold and inherit a thousand hereditary households, the attacking troops were as if they were on fire. They were not afraid of the arrows on the Tiger City and used ladders one after another to climb the city wall.
In addition to shooting with Zhuge Liannu, Li Ping'an's soldiers also brought pieces of stone and smashed them down the ladder.
The enemy soldiers who climbed on the ladder were screamed and knocked down one after another, but soon someone climbed up and was knocked down again.
At first glance, it seems that the Jinzhou Army cannot attack the city wall at all, but everyone knows that this is only temporary.
The battle has just begun. There are plenty of arrows, stones and rolling wood in Hucheng. Naturally, the Jinzhou Army cannot attack.
But these things are not unlimited. The role of the vanguard of the Jinzhou Army is to consume Hucheng's arrows, stones and rolling wood.
Almost every second, several Jinzhou soldiers died tragically under the Tiger City, but every time a Jinzhou soldier fell, more Jinzhou soldiers rushed up.
King Jin's heart was bleeding when he saw this scene.
Those who rushed forward were all his Jinzhou troops, and Luo Tangji's Western Navy had not moved at all.
King Jin didn't know that while Luo Tangji was consuming Hucheng, he was also reducing his power.
But what could he do?
Luo Tangji represents King Yanxi, he can't afford to offend him!
A few hours later, Li Ping'an looked at the steady stream of enemy troops under the city with a very ugly expression.
The offensive of these Jinzhou troops was much stronger than when he faced the Five Nations Allied Forces before, and the arrows, stones and rolling wood in the city were almost exhausted.
Although the city gate has not yet been breached, the Jinzhou Army has already scaled the city wall via ladders and fought with the defenders on the wall.
The number of enemy troops is several times that of our own. If we continue like this, it will only be a matter of time before the city is defeated.
"Go, demolish all the houses in the city for me, and transport the bricks and wood to the city wall!" Li Ping'an shouted to the deputy general on the side.
"General, there are still people in the city, where will they live if their houses are demolished? The people will definitely not agree, and the prince has a military order that the army must not destroy people's houses wherever they pass!" The deputy general said.
"Are you fucking stupid? If you don't demolish the house, how can you resist so many enemy troops? This is a last resort, do you understand? If the people have no place to live, we will share our military accounts with them, and then take all the money we robbed before Distribute it to the people and tell them that after the war is over, the court will build their houses again!" Li Ping'an roared.
"Then...the prince's military order..." The deputy general was still a little embarrassed.
Li Ping'an was almost furious. Why was this deputy general so rigid?
The prince had previously ordered that the army was not allowed to destroy houses, in order to restrain his troops and calm the people's minds, but at what time now, how could he care about this?
What's more, he has promised to compensate the people, and even took out the general's tent to give it to the people, but this idiot is still hesitating.
Thinking of this, Li Ping'an kicked the deputy general, not bothering to explain to him, and roared: "If you don't fucking go quickly, I will be responsible for the blame of the prince!"
The deputy general didn't dare to complain even after being kicked. He immediately rolled around and led thousands of soldiers to demolish the house.
The people were reluctant at first, but when the deputy general told the conditions given by Li Ping'an and moved out Yang Xun, the Queen of Zhenbei, the people even began to spontaneously help the soldiers demolish the houses.
Not because they believed in Li Pingan, but because they believed in King Zhenbei.
Now in Da Gan, who doesn’t know that wherever King Zhenbei goes, the people will live a prosperous life, and the people of Jinzhou have long been looking forward to King Zhenbei’s attack.
