When the Youzhou Army rebelled, many military mutinies occurred.
No one wants to rebel.
Moreover, if Longyan is so powerful, wouldn't he be seeking death if he proclaimed himself emperor?
But just as Yu Qian expected, after several victories, the Youzhou army had high morale and marched straight in.
"Hahahaha! If God doesn't take what he wants, you will be blamed!"
"It seems that we, Youzhou, are where we are destined to be!"
"Capture Beijing and get a reward from the founding of the country!"
The atmosphere in the entire Youzhou Army was extremely warm.
No one wants to escape anymore.
They feel that the future is bright!
However......
Mengzan is not so optimistic.
He even felt that the previous battles were won a bit too easily, even too weird...
It's so easy for them, but what they have to face is Jinghua.
But the reason why Jinghua is Jinghua is because of the terrain. The city walls are tall and easy to defend but difficult to attack. As a result, the 100,000-strong army is slightly weak. Once the attack is frustrated and is held back by the Jinghua defenders, when King Qin's army arrives,
They have no chance at all.
Their biggest concern is that they have suffered huge casualties and have yet to achieve any results.
After all, Youzhou is just a small place and cannot compete with the huge Longyan for logistics.
However, just as they were thinking about it, a scout came to report that there was a large army camped five miles in front of Jinghua City, and judging from the flags in the army, this army was none other than Long Yan's city defenders!
At this time, even Meng Zan, who prided himself on being resourceful, was confused. He couldn't understand why Liu Zheng would do this.
Outside the city, there are 20,000 city defense troops. This is almost the entire garrison of Jinghua City. Put all the garrison outside. Once this army is completely wiped out by yourself, wouldn't Jinghua become an empty city?
Meng Zan knew that Yu Qian was a cunning guy, and Liu Zheng was even worse. How could these two old foxes do such a stupid thing?
There must be something fishy about this matter. Liu Zheng must have some conspiracy waiting for him.
At the same time, the scouts reported again, saying that a large number of garrison troops were also found on the city walls of Jinghua, with an unknown number.
At this time, Meng Zanfu muttered.
Long Yan has a rule that foreign troops are not allowed to enter Beijing. There are almost all the defenders outside, so where did the defenders on the city tower come from?
Is Liu Zheng using the method of dividing his troops to play an empty city strategy with him?
Isn't this impossible? After all, the risk is too great. If you don't fall for the trick and attack directly, Jinghua will fall in an instant.
Meng Zan couldn't figure out Liu Zheng's thoughts, but even so, he had to attack.
A hundred thousand troops are coming. Even if they are not sincere, they still have to fight. If they rush back without firing an arrow, then he, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, should not do it.
Now, he has two choices. One is to choose to annihilate the city defense troops stationed outside Jinghua City, and after wiping them out, attack Jinghua;
The second is to bypass these city defense troops and go straight to Jinghua City.
The first is to fight steadily, but it will consume a lot of time. The more than 20,000 city defense troops are not vegetarians. It is not easy for a hundred thousand troops to completely devour them, and they may be entangled;
If you choose the second option, if Liu Zheng is playing an empty city strategy with him, then his move is to go straight to Huanglong and capture Jinghua without any effort.
However, if they choose to directly attack Jinghua City, once there are defenders in Jinghua City with good combat power, and the attack is frustrated, the Jinghua City defense forces behind them will launch a harassing attack on them. At that time, they will face being attacked from both sides.
The embarrassing situation of being flanked.
To be on the safe side, Mengzan decided to attack the troops outside the city.
At this time, Meng Zan's mind was still very clear. He still remembered the lesson that the Mongolian army of 100,000 troops could not conquer the city for a long time. He did not think that they could do what the Mongolian army could not do.
Moreover, although he was not sure what Liu Zheng and Yu Qian had in mind, one thing was certain, these two guys would definitely have a way to defend Jinghua City.
Also, the purpose of his visit this time was to conduct a tentative attack. Instead of risking an attack on Jinghua City, he might as well choose to encircle and annihilate the more than 20,000 troops outside the city. If he could annihilate them all, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the number of troops.
It will also improve the military prestige and morale of the Youzhou Army, which will also be extremely helpful for future battles.
After making the decision, the army rushed towards the city defense camp outside the city.
Although artillery was not a rare item in this era, it was expensive and difficult to manufacture, but it was still very cherished by a feudal king.
There are only twenty artillery pieces in the entire Youzhou. In addition, the artillery in Youzhou are mostly relatively backward giants. They can defend the city but are very cumbersome for mobile operations.
They needed to fight quickly, so they did not carry artillery during this expedition. Their attack method was still the primitive cavalry charge into the formation, and then the infantry surrounded and killed them.
But this traditional attack mode is nothing to the strengthened and armed Jinghua defenders.
The Jinghua City Defense Army is equipped with all kinds of firearms, including artillery and muskets, which are the nemesis of the cavalry. Once the explosive shells explode in the enemy cavalry formation, the surrounding cavalry will definitely be affected. Coupled with the sky-wide coverage of projectiles, the cavalry will
The troops would suffer heavy losses, and in the follow-up, Liu Zheng also prepared a formation to deal with them. Not to mention how many of them were killed, at least they would be able to delay them.