Naturally, He Lanying couldn't let herself fall into Yuan Chen's hands, otherwise if she was really killed by him, her death would be in vain.
He was also sure that Yuan Chen did not dare to attack him forcefully. Now that Daliang had captured six cities, if Wei's own troops continued to fight among themselves, Wei would be doomed.
Yuan Chen is not that stupid. He has always been ambitious and wanted to replace Yuan Zhao, but he could not let the Wei fall to the ground.
He Lanying didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands. Although he had 70,000 soldiers, they were indeed his life-saving talisman.
Yuan Chen looked at He Lanying. Although he was annoyed, he pressed down calmly and rationally, and sneered, "In that case, I will wait for you. Even if I spare you today, I want to see if you have lost six cities in a row, Your Highness." I won’t let you go.”
"Your Highness, I don't need to worry about that." He Lanying sheathed her sword.
The Wei army had 370,000 soldiers and horses, plus two siege cannons. Yuan Chen discussed with the generals whether to defend Qiangli City or take the initiative to take back Changhe City.
After some discussion, some people took charge of fighting and some took charge of defense.
Yuan Chen asked He Lanying, "He Lanying, what do you think?"
He Lanying said: "The old protector of the country is a god of soldiers. Behind him, there are reinforcements from Daliang. I have sent people to find out, and they are said to have arrived today. Your Highness, does he know how many reinforcements there are in Daliang? There are also two hundred thousand. It is Prince Yan of Daliang. Huisheng personally led the troops. In other words, there are currently 400,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Changhe City. But we have less than 400,000."
"But we have two siege cannons." One person said: "These two siege cannons are enough to withstand thousands of troops."
He Lanying naturally knew the power of siege artillery, "But in Daliang, there is the old protector and the prince Yan Huihui. We have captured six cities in a row, and our morale is very high. But our army has recently lost six cities in a row, and its morale is low. We captured it under the command of His Highness the Prince." Nanchu, until we send reinforcements back, we just need to hold on and not lose more cities, that’s enough.”
Yuan Chen said nothing.
He Lanying stared at Yuan Chen, "Your Highness, if you rush forward in a hurry, you will be in danger. This is also my original intention to preserve my strength as much as possible and delay reinforcements. Do you think I am afraid of death? I must die with value."
Yuan Chen glanced at He Lanying, then glanced at everyone, and finally decided, "Defend the city."
He Lanying breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that although Yuan Chen was ambitious, he didn't make fun of Wei's power.
After Yan Huisheng made peace with the old protector, he held his troops in Changhe City and sent people to investigate the situation in the Wei Dynasty. The spies reported back that the second prince of the Wei Dynasty, Yuan Chen, had led an army of 300,000 people, and also brought two siege cannons that the Wei Dynasty had developed for many years. It is said that they are so powerful that ordinary city gates can be blasted open in just half an hour. They are so strong. The city gate can only be opened for an hour at most. Of course, this is without obstruction.
All the generals in Daliang were shocked. The Wei Dynasty actually developed a siege cannon?
The old Protector's face was solemn and he sighed deeply, "This is not surprising. More than ten years ago, I heard from secret spies that the Wei Dynasty reorganized the weapons supervisor and established a general secret weapon camp. The old minister once suggested to His Majesty , Daliang should also pay attention to it. We should not relax our military just because we have just signed a peace treaty with the Wei Dynasty. However, His Majesty refused because of the emptiness in Daliang and the urgent need to restore people's livelihood after the war. It would require exhausting manpower, mental, and financial resources. Say it's too late. It took two years to start again, but I knew there was no rush, so I gave up. Later... Well, I kept putting it off again and again. The Daliang treasury was still unable to allocate this amount of money for military transformation. Therefore, I, Daliang's armaments, have spent these dozen There hasn’t been much progress over the years.”
At first, Daliang's treasury was indeed empty after the war and he was struggling to restore his national strength. For three or four years, even His Majesty had to cut back on food and clothing. However, as the country's strength recovered and His Majesty fully secured his position, he tasted the benefits of imperial power over tens of millions of people. Seeing that the Wei Dynasty had indeed settled down after signing the contract and stopped making trouble, he began to have the idea of checking and balancing the government, and he was very confident to control the internal affairs. Once His Majesty sets his sights on the government, then the Duke Protector's Palace will be famous. , who are the first to be involved, will be feared, and will naturally not provide military support, lest they cannot suppress the Duke Protector's Office. As the prince became smarter and grew older, the situation became more and more intense. Even if His Majesty later supported the military, it was not the weapons supervisor or the Protectorate but the ambitious Zhang Ping.
Yan Huisheng thought about the old things, and then thought about the emperor who had completely thought about it now and delegated full power to him. His emotions were difficult to distinguish for a while. He was silent for a while and then said: "Those two siege cannons must be destroyed in a way."
"If it's going to be destroyed, I'm afraid a lot of people will have to be brought in." The old protector of the country said: "The Wei Dynasty has been developing it for more than ten years. It must be very fond of this siege cannon and will definitely defend it to the death. There are only two of them now. I don't know if the Wei Dynasty How much is inside?"
Yan Huisheng was even more worried about Nan Chu, "The prince Yuan Zhao of the Wei Dynasty led 800,000 troops to attack Nan Chu. I suspect that more siege artillery must have been taken to Nan Chu by him."
The old Protector took a breath and his face changed.
Yan Hui said calmly: "So, old Duke, we have to fight, and fight as soon as possible. The battle will make Wei retreat steadily, and Yuan Zhao will have to abandon Nanchu and withdraw his troops to save Wei."
The old Protector nodded and gritted his teeth and said, "If this is the case, we must do it as soon as possible. We will take a day off today and send troops to Qiangli City tomorrow."
Yan nodded in response.
So, everyone gathered around the map and began to study how to capture Qiangli City and how to deal with the two known siege guns.
After studying for half a day and formulating a strategy, Daliang soldiers and horses sent troops to Qiangli City.
Daliang soldiers and horses came to attack, and Wei defended the city to fight. Seeing the fierce attack on Daliang, the second prince Yuan Chen ordered the gates of Qiangli City to be opened.
As soon as the city gate opened, there was only a roar, and a large number of soldiers who hit the city gate with siege wood were blown to pieces.
Yan Hui echoed from behind, standing up from the car Tengdi.
The old protector of the country said: "Sure enough, what a powerful siege cannon."
Xie Lin was stunned, "This, such a powerful siege cannon? Our soldiers can't get close at all."
Yan Huihui ordered, "Yun'an, you go up with all the secret guards. No matter what method you use, you must destroy the siege cannon."
"Yes." Yun An responded and immediately took the people there.
The old Protector also waved his hand to the person next to him, "Zhi Yan, you also take people with you to assist Yun An."
Zhiyan should be, and he also took people with him.
Su Xingze looked aside. Without his instructions, Ranqing immediately took the people there.
Xie Lin took a look and ordered the guards around him, "Quick, you guys get up too."
Ordinary soldiers were unable to get close. Facing the two siege cannons, they hurriedly ran back, but were still bombarded by the two siege cannons pushed out by the Wei Dynasty with countless people protecting them, leaving behind the blown-up bodies of the beam soldiers.
This situation continued until Yun An from the East Palace, Zhi Yan from the Protectorate, Ran Qing from Su Xingze's side, and Feixu from Xie Lin's side rushed forward with their men. A group of master secret guards quickly and The Wei masters guarding the siege cannon fought, and the siege cannon's attack on the Daliang soldiers was suspended.
