The people in Yunzhou City were frightened. When they saw so many people coming from the Song Army, their hands and feet became weak and they had trouble sleeping and eating. For a moment, they were panicked.
But the commander-in-chief was not afraid at all. After Wanyanchang and Gao Qingyi learned that the Song army was flexing their muscles in front of the moat, they climbed onto the city wall in person. Wanyanchanggui, as the commander-in-chief, went to the front line in person, stood with a sword, and looked at the Song army camp in the distance.
The soldiers and the people saw that the commander was not afraid of danger, and the morale of the army gradually stabilized.
After flexing his muscles for a long time, the other party showed no fear, and Master Li looked a little embarrassed.
You still have to show some real skills to make this work.
Zongze naturally knew that he had fought countless battles in recent days, and it was impossible for the opponent to surrender as soon as you came to the city. He just hoped to use this to create a panic in the city, mainly to scare the people, not to scare them all.
Yan Chang used his clairvoyance to peer into the opponent's position, and saw that the opponent was building a company camp on the other side of the river. Originally, the fortress of Yunzhou City was very strong, but now Wanyan Zonghan ordered people to reinforce it with soil. They lined up in a row. From a distance, it looked like
There is a thick low wall, and behind the fortress, a huge wooden pole can be faintly seen, which is obviously a catapult.
When marching, they should not forget about food or fighting. The Song army destroyed their catapult in an instant, which is still vivid in their mind, so they did not dare to expose the catapult, but placed it behind the fortress, which was reinforced with soil.
The thickness is very considerable, short, thick and solid, which can protect the fortress inside. Because when your cannonball hits it, the soil will remove a large part of the impact force, making it difficult to directly defeat the fortress.
He shook his head slightly, seeming a little depressed.
As soon as the commander-in-chief returned to the big tent, he prepared to discuss how to attack the city.
Zhao Kai was a little impatient and asked as soon as he sat down: "Zong Aiqing, we have been attacking for a long time."
Zongze shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. In my opinion, Yunzhou City is not easy to attack. If we attack it by force, the soldiers will become tired and tired after a long time. I think Emperor Taizong was also unable to attack Yanshan Mansion for a long time.
It was only later that when Gaolianghe was defeated, we had to take this as a warning and have to discuss it carefully before raising troops to attack the city."
Li Qidao: "How about we cut off their water source first."
Zongze sighed: "Yunzhou's waterways are well developed, and most rivers flow in from outside the pass. If we want to completely cut off Yunzhou's waterways, I'm afraid it will take half a year."
"forget it."
Li Qi immediately took back his words.
To be able to make Zongze sigh like this shows how strong Yunzhou City is. Yunzhou Datong Mansion is a pass and a fortress, guarding several passes of the Great Wall. Can the place where the Great Wall is located be a flat plain? Of course not, and as a pass,
A key point must meet several major conditions. The first is water and food. As for food, the Yanyun area has developed farmland, and Wanyan Zonghan used Yunzhou as the base camp for his southward attack on the Song Dynasty. It is conceivable that the food reserves in the city and the waterways are
If so, there are really too many rivers, such as Sanggan River, Yuhe River, Nanyang River, Yellow River tributaries, Shili River, etc. If this pass is blocked and water and electricity can be cut off at will, can this place still be called the gateway to the north?
Was the casual siege broken soon?
Not only that, general military towns have a very high ability to storm troops and the ability to produce their own weapons.
This Yunzhou was Datong in later generations. It was in the middle of a groove. To the southeast was a flat plain, which was later called Datong Basin. The tanks of the Song Army marched towards Huairen County in the southeast.
This is the only road, because chariots cannot travel on mountain roads. However, there are mostly mountainous areas on both sides, and the terrain is high. The mountain ranges in the northwest belong to the Yinshan Mountains and Luliang Mountains, mainly including Baishan Mountain, Shuangshan Mountain, Erlang Mountain, and Yunmen Mountain.
, Cailiang Mountain, etc.; the southeastern mountain range belongs to the Taihang Mountains, mainly including Hengshan Mountain, Taibai Mountain, Liuling Mountain, etc. There is a plain in the middle, and the rest are all mountains, but the terrain is very high.
Before that, Yunzhou City was in the hands of the Han people to prevent the invasion of northern nomads, because the mountains in the northwest could well prevent the northern cavalry from advancing. Although the Song army fought from the southeast to the northwest, unless you concentrated
Attack this side with troops. If you want to surround Yunzhou City, you will have to face those high mountains, plateaus and ravines. If you want to go to the north of Yunzhou, you must pass through Baishan Mountain.
In the northwest of Yunzhou, the terrain is very complex. Plateaus, mountains, and hills are all in a mess and crowded together. It is said that this was caused by the eruption of a volcano. Anyway, it is crisscrossed. This is why Wanyan Zonghan hid in Yunzhou in the first place.
To the northwest of the city, the Song army could not detect it, because the terrain of this generation was complex.
Liu Qi pondered and said: "There is a saying in the art of war. The first is to attack the enemy with the enemy. The second is to attack the enemy. The second is to attack the enemy. The third is to attack the city. Therefore, it is not wise to attack Yunzhou City by force."
The implication is that leading troops to fight, the highest level is to use strategy to defeat the opponent, the second is diplomacy, the third is to use force to defeat the enemy, and the lowest level is to attack the enemy's city.
Throughout history, those military geniuses would not choose to attack the city by force, like Genghis Khan, Wanyan Aguda, even Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, they all chose to besiege the city with a small number of troops, cut off water and food, and use mobile troops
Annihilate the reinforcements, cut off supplies, and turn the city you want to capture into an isolated city. Looking back, the city will be destroyed. That is, people like Song Taizong who think they are military geniuses will be stupid enough to attack the city.
But in the current situation, in terms of strategy, the goal has been achieved, that is, troops are approaching the city. In terms of diplomacy, it is almost useless, because the current Jin Kingdom is in a period of rise. Why Wanyan Zonghan was able to capture Yunzhou in one go? It was because of that time
When the Liao Kingdom was declining, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, so the situation in the same city and different enemies was completely different.
But the problem is that it won't work if you don't attack. This is a planned strategic purpose. If you capture this place, you will win. This has reached the last step, and the opponent's troops are in a defensive posture. You can only attack and hold off.
Reinforcements from the other side arrived.
Moreover, siege warfare is the superior combat plan of the Song army, and it is assisted by firearms. It can be tried. The problem is how to attack.
Zongze thought for a long time and then said: "Your Majesty, we can't be desperate, we should take a longer-term view. Now that the enemy can't hold on, we can use artillery offensive to suppress the enemy, contain the enemy's main force in the city, and then mobilize out
Some elites went to attack Zuoyun and Youyu in the southwest of Yunzhou, Baishan Mountain, Changqing County, and Yanggao County in the northwest. They occupied the Great Wall of this generation to prevent the reinforcements of the Jin army. After waiting for General Zhe, they took over the four states.
, then you can attack Yunzhou with us from above and below."
When Zhao Kai heard this, he felt that it made sense. Although Yanyun Yanyun has sixteen states, the two most difficult to conquer are Yunzhou and Yanzhou. At the beginning, his ancestor Song Taizu made a desperate attempt to attack the city, but was defeated by the enemy.
After the defense was down, the soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally, and reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom arrived from behind. Two generals, Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen, defeated Song Taizong and fled back to Bianliang on a donkey cart.
More than a hundred years have passed, and it seems that a reincarnation has formed. He came to Yunzhou City again, so he is also afraid of following in the footsteps of Taizong. Zongze's strategic intention of closing the gate first and then beating the dog is more
It was safe, so he nodded and said: "Just follow what you said."
After Zongze got Zhao Kai's approval, he immediately asked Liu Qi to lead 10,000 elite troops to attack Zuoyun and Youyu counties in the southwest of Yunzhou, and then asked Yang Zaixing to lead 10,000 elite troops to attack Baishan Mountain in the north and northwest of Yunzhou.
Changqing County and Yanggao County will first capture all the county towns, important passes, and passes around them, and then slowly wear out the Yunzhou garrison. The troops sent out are mainly cavalry and infantry, because going west
, it is all high ground, and it is difficult for tanks to move forward.
In addition, Zongze also asked the Zhongshi Division to send rear troops to press forward to assist Liu Qi, Yang Zaixing and others.
News of the Song army's attack soon spread to Yunzhou City.
When Gao Qingyi heard this, he shook his head and sighed, saying, "Zongze is really quite capable."
Wan Yanchang said: "You don't need to sigh. Isn't this also what we expected? It's just that we lost some offensive opportunities."
Gao Qingyi said: "Now I am worried about whether they can hold these key passes."
It turns out that Wanyan Zonghan also deployed many mobile troops in Zuoyun, Changqing County and other places, because he advocates attack, and it is impossible to attack from the front. You have to defend the city wall, but you don't need war horses to defend the city, so Wanyan Zonghan
Some cavalry were deployed on both sides of Yunzhou. Before he left, he specifically told Wan Yanchang that if the Song army makes a desperate attempt to attack the city, as long as you can hold it for more than seven days, the Song army will be exhausted. You can send these two cavalry to attack.
The big tent of the Song Army.
But if the Song army wants to seal the pass and besiege the city, these two cavalry can delay it for a long time. As long as the time is delayed, even if they are defeated, it doesn't matter. I will come to deal with them then. You can defend Yunzhou City.
That’s it.
If Zhao Kai knew that Wanyan Zonghan was still paying attention, he would probably break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he didn't attack rashly, otherwise a big mess might have occurred.
On the day Liu Qi and Yang Zaixing sent out troops, three big bosses, Zhao Kai, Zong Ze, and Li Qi, came to the front line and commanded the soldiers to start attacking the city.
If you want to capture Yunzhou City, you must first break through the moat. The moat of Yunzhou is not like the moats of other cities. It is a natural river, not under the city. It is still six to seven hundred steps away from the city wall, one mile away.
It looks like. There was no good way in ancient times. The only way that could be used was to fill the river. To be honest, it was only 40 meters wide. And the Song army had tens of thousands of people. If there was no interference, they would be able to fill the river very quickly.
Filling in a highway, but now the opposite side is full of enemies, you seem to be suppressing the opponent's attack so that you can cover your soldiers to fill the river.
The Shenji Battalion finally no longer had to hide and went out in a big way. This was also the most critical battle since the establishment of the Shenji Battalion. Although the Shenji Battalion played a huge role in the southern expedition to Jiaozhi, Jiaozhi was just a copycat.
Even Shenglong Mansion in Jiaozhi is not half as strong as Yunzhou City. This is the battle that will test the Shenji Battalion.
The black military flags were fluttering in the wind, and the iron chariots slowly emerged, and they felt murderous.
When the Jin army saw this black chariot, they were frightened. Damn it, this thing is here again, but there is no way. There is no way to retreat from behind. They are destined to fight against the Song army under the artillery fire. It is them.
It's time to be frightened. The Song army was also frightened when they saw them charging forward on that war horse. Has this situation changed?
Artillery fire is ready.
"put!"
The commander of the Shenji Battalion waved the black command flag.
Bang bang bang bang!
Thirty of the cannons flashed with fire, and dozens of black dots flew neatly towards the Jin Army's Lianzhu Village. At the same time, the faint buzzing sound of bowstrings could be heard, which could make people feel excited when the revitalizing cannon was fired.
Hearing the sound of bow strings, only the divine tool Fangzi Crossbow was seen, but hundreds of long arrows were seen flying towards them with sparks.
Boom boom boom boom!
There was a loud thunderous noise, smoke rose into the sky, and the screams made people feel numb all over.
Gao Qingyi under the city wall couldn't see clearly what was going on below, but he clearly saw that the power of this shell was far less powerful than the shell that destroyed their catapult last time. What kind of situation was this!
Before Gao Qingyi could figure out what was going on, more than a hundred carts suddenly rushed out of the Song army's formation.