Huazhou City is not very tall. Although the monitoring guard's intelligence has described Huazhou's terrain in great detail, when Liu Ling saw Huazhou City with his own eyes, he still felt a little unbelievable. The city wall was actually bigger than Jiang Jiang.
The state's is a bit lower. How can it look like the state capital where the first granary of the Great Zhou Dynasty is located?
How can the city wall, which is only six or seven meters high, protect the Huazhou Granary that stores millions of stones of grain?
However, Xie Jun, the governor of the Yongxing Army, naturally knew that Huazhou was difficult to defend. Therefore, a long time ago, Xie Jun sent people to dig a moat ten feet wide outside Huazhou City. The river was deep enough
It is six to seven meters tall, and there are many dragons in the river. (Note 1)
Moreover, although the city wall of Huazhou is not tall enough, it is wide enough. Even if it is a city like Jinzhou that was built like a military fortress by Meng Hu, its city wall is only five steps wide. The width of the city wall of Huazhou is twelve steps.
Step! In this way, sufficient defensive forces can be assembled on the city wall. Another way Xie Jun thought of was to use giant shields to increase the height of the city wall. This would greatly enhance the defensive power of the city wall.
What Liu Ling paid most attention to was the countless heavy crossbows on the walls of Huazhou City. It seemed that Xie Jun had spent a lot of money to keep Huazhou Cang. These heavy crossbows, like those on the walls of the state capital, were
The maximum number of equipment is a dozen or twenty, and on the Huazhou city wall, there are at least a hundred on each side. The lethality of the heavy crossbow is astonishing, and it can easily penetrate the heavy armored cavalry, including men and horses, from 200 meters away.
Crucified. For infantry, this is even more of a nightmare.
Outside the four gates of Huazhou, there are barracks of the Yongxing Army. It seems that just outside Huazhou City, the Yongxing Army has no less than 30,000 troops. Before arriving in Huazhou, Liu Ling had already
He led his army into several battles with the Yongxing Army. Relying on the huge power of the rockets and catapults, the Han Army fought consecutive victories. After several battles, they had killed more than 20,000 enemies, and the Yongxing Army was retreating steadily.
When Liu Ling was leading people to watch the defense of Huazhou, he suddenly saw the camp gate of the Zhou army camp outside the north gate of Huazhou opened wide, and a group of cavalry roared out. The number of the cavalry was not large, only about a thousand people. But
Judging from the elite equipment, the knights' prowess was comparable to that of Shura Camp's light cavalry. This group of cavalry was carrying a banner with the word "Xie", and it looked like it was Xie Jun, the military commander of the Yongxing Army, who came out of the camp in person.
Liu Ling smiled and immediately stood on the spot, waiting for the Zhou army cavalry to gradually come closer. He saw those Zhou army cavalry separated to the left and right, and a dozen generals and a general wearing a golden helmet arrived at the formation.
The two armies stopped about 200 meters apart, and neither side launched an attack rashly.
A Zhou army general came out of the camp and galloped towards him. When he was 20 meters away from Liu Ling, he clasped his fists and said, "Is there His Highness the King of Han in front of you? My Lord Jiedushi would like to ask the prince to speak to you."
Hua Ling said softly: "My lord, please do not go there, be careful of fraud."
Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, if Xie Jun really dares to take action, won't you be able to keep him alive with your magic arrows?"
Hua Ling had no choice but to protect Liu Ling's side and urged her horse to follow Liu Ling forward. Zhao Er was worried, so he called Zhao Ba and followed him with more than a hundred soldiers to protect him tightly. On the opposite side, the Zhou army camp
Among them, more than a hundred cavalry were also separated to protect the golden-armored general as he rode out.
The two groups of men and horses stood more than ten meters apart. The golden-armored general clasped his fists and said: "I have heard about the reputation of the King of Han for a long time, but I never expected that the first time we met was in front of the two armies."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "The Marquis of Zhennan is so powerful in southern Xinjiang. I can meet you today, and my wish has been fulfilled."
Xie Jun is a red-faced man with a long beard, who is good at wielding a heavy sword weighing more than 100 kilograms. People say that he has the grace of a man with a beautiful beard. When Liu Ling saw him today, he really felt that he looked a bit like the extremely loyal Guan Gong.
.If the golden armor were replaced by a green brocade robe, it would be even more realistic.
"The King of Han came all the way to seize my warehouse in Huazhou?"
Xie Jun asked loudly.
Liu Ling said with a smile: "If the Marquis of Zhennan said it was taken, then it was taken."
Xie Jun sighed: "Your Majesty and I are far apart, and we never imagined that there would be a day when we would be at war with each other. Even if Your Majesty sent his army south, I, the Yongxing Army, never led an army to stop him. Now that Your Majesty has occupied thousands of miles of land in several states in the Zhou Dynasty, why are we still there?"
Do you want to force each other hard?"
Liu Ling said: "It's not that I want to force the Marquis of Zhennan, but I have to take it. There are millions of stones in Huazhou's warehouse, which can secure half of the country in the Zhou Dynasty. If the Marquis of Zhennan is alone, how will the Marquis of Zhennan handle it?"
?The reason why I marched south with an army of 100,000 alone was not just for this Huazhou warehouse."
Xie Jun said: "The King of Han's martial arts is the best in the world. Xie did not dare to stop the army of Han, but it involves the lives of 200,000 of Xie's subordinates and the safety of millions of people in the six states. Xie did not dare to retreat. If the King of Han insisted,
If we want to take Huazhou, Xie will have no choice but to fight to the death."
He escaped for a moment and said: "It's just that soldiers are even deadly weapons. They often destroy lives and cause rivers and mountains to collapse. For the sake of the people of the world, Xie still begged the King of Han to withdraw his troops. Xie was willing to store 20% of the grain in Huazhou's warehouse to use the Han King's labor force.
Sharing with the King of Han half of the fifty-four states of the Great Zhou Dynasty west of Tokyo, what does the King of Han think?"
Liu Lingxiao asked: "Is the Marquis of Zhennan the Marquis of Zhennan of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Xie Jun said: "Of course!"
Liu Ling asked again: "Then why does the Marquis of Zhennan have such a proposal? As the military envoy of a party, the Marquis of Zhennan has 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he has enough food and supplies. Why does he want to share the land with Gu Si?"
Xie Jun said: "The Great Zhou lost his deer, and the people of the world chased him away. Although the King of Han is not from the Great Zhou, he is also a Han. The Great Zhou and the Great Han are separated by a piece of clothing, and they are dependent on each other. They can never be compared with the barbarians of the Khitan party. The king of Han has many elites.
A, the world is strong and invincible. Since Xie is not sure of winning in a battle with the King of Han, it is better to retreat and do the next best thing, just to keep the land where Xie is now in the six states. If Xie can defeat the King of Han,
If you kill me, you won’t have to beg me for help again.”
Liu Ling couldn't help but praise in her heart, this Xie Jun is also an upright man.
"The Marquis of Zhennan is too self-deprecating. With the combat power of the Yongxing Army, if the Marquis of Zhennan wants to seize the fifty-four states in the western part of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who can stop them?"
"The key is this. Xie just wants to live on these few acres of thin farmland. He doesn't want to compete in the Central Plains, but wants to live and work in peace and contentment. Xie is promoted to a commoner, and naturally he will not have the same ambitions as the King of Han. Please think twice, King of Han. Don't do this.
Use your sword again."
Liu Ling clapped his hands and praised: "What a good man to live and work in peace and contentment. Just by these four words, I already want to retreat."
Hearing what Liu Ling said, Hua Ling and others felt nervous. They knew the prince's character well, and maybe the prince would really retreat in order to save lives. However, what Liu Ling said quickly reassured them.
Come.
"It's just that the people in the six states under the rule of Zhennan Marquis are not able to live and work in peace and contentment as you said, right? It is very necessary to support an army of 200,000 people, even if Zhennan Marquis is sitting on the Huazhou warehouse
, you can't live and work in peace and contentment, can you? Zhennanhou's living and working in peace and contentment is just that of Zhennanhou alone, not the people of the six states. If I want to make the world peaceful in my life, I have to fight with Zhennan
You are an enemy."
Xie Jun's face turned cold and he said, "Does the King of Han really think that Xie's 200,000-strong army is just a bunch of chickens and dogs?"
Liu Ling chuckled and said, "It's less than 180,000 yuan. A few days ago, I let Gu take advantage and luckily defeated the Marquis of Zhennan in a few games."
Xie Jun snorted and said: "Since the King of Han has made up his mind to be the enemy of our Yongxing Army, we have to decide the outcome on the battlefield! Although Xie is timid and weak, he will not sit back and watch being attacked.
Bullying to the head!"
Liu Ling clapped her hands again and praised: "The words of Marquis Zhennan show his true nature as a man, Gu Shen takes it for granted."
Xie Jun was choked with anger and said in a cold voice: "Then Xie will go to Huazhou City to welcome the King of Han!"
Liu Ling said: "As you wish."
The conversation ended unhappily. The general under Xie Jun said softly: "Sir, why don't you take this opportunity to go over and kill Liu Ling in one fell swoop? As long as Liu Ling is dead, the Han army will have nothing to fear!"
Xie Jun glanced at Hua Ling, who was holding a bow more than ten meters away, and finally shook his head and said: "A man, how can you act like this? If you want to fight, just decide the outcome on the battlefield openly and honestly!"
Hearing Xie Jun's impassioned words, the general who came up with the idea turned red. Naturally, he didn't know that the reason why Xie Jun didn't dare to take action was because he suddenly remembered that there was a man 150 steps away from Liu Ling, the king of Han.
It was expected that it was the man with the bow in his hand who was an expert archer with perfect shots. At this distance, Xie Jun didn't want to be shot through the heart by an arrow.
After returning to the camp, Liu Ling gathered his generals in the tent.
"Hua Ling, I order you to lead two thousand archers and ambush on the east side of the camp. If you see the Zhou army stealing the camp, you can let it go. Only wait for the Zhou army to enter the camp before leading your troops to kill them!"
"Zhao Er, lead five thousand infantry to hide on the west side of the camp. After the Zhou army enters the camp, just block the camp gate and protect the archers under Hua Ling. If the Zhou army counterattacks fiercely, open a road to let them leave!"
"Xian Zhao, take your troops and horses and hide them in the supply camp. But when you see the Zhou army entering the camp, arrange a burst of rockets and thunderbolts. Just kill them!"
"Zhao Ba, lead two thousand cavalry to ambush three miles outside the camp. If you see the Zhou army coming to steal the camp, you must let them go. When the Zhou army flees, you will kill them from behind."
"Yang Ye led two thousand cavalry, but when he saw Zhao Ba intercepting and killing the Zhou army's horses, he went straight to the Zhou army's north gate camp from the east. All he had to do was kill the Zhou army through the camp and set many fires. There is no need to stay long!"
"Marquis Sanjiang, all the food and supplies in the baggage camp must be moved out of the baggage station before nightfall. Fill the carriage with gravel to use as military food and baggage!"
After Liu Ling issued more than ten orders in succession, he chuckled and said: "The only weapons Zhou Jun is afraid of are the catapult and the fire ballista. Since we have lost face today, Xie Jun will definitely send someone to burn me tonight regardless of the cost."
Stone catapults and fire ballistas. You just need to follow orders, but ask Xie Jun to send as many people as you want and keep as many as you want!"
"Your Majesty's Order!"
"I am alone in the middle of the army. Climb up and watch the generals kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds!"
(Note 1: Jiaolong is a crocodile.) (To be continued)