Song Ping, the governor of Hezhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, looked in a daze at the battle in front of him.
Rows of Nanchen soldiers were arrayed under the city, and huge catapults, crossbows and other siege equipment also gathered behind the soldiers, with no intention of covering up their ferocious minions. However, Li Xingchen's formation was set up to attack Hezhou.
Not only that, on the water not far away, there were also rows of row boats, and even with the naked eye you could see the Nanchen soldiers busy coming and going on the boats.
As the governor of Hezhou, Song Ping has been unable to sleep at night since Bajun fell into the hands of Li Xingchen. After all, who has such a tiger lying next to him that may show its claws and claws, it is impossible for that person to sleep peacefully, let alone
What's more, the tiger Li Xingchen is even more ferocious.
Song Ping knew what kind of person Zhang He was. He suppressed Bajun with an iron fist and almost turned the entire Bajun into his own independent kingdom. If it weren't for the fact that the troops in his hands were not enough to provoke the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty, I'm afraid
Zhang He really wants to listen to the tune rather than the propaganda.
But such a heroic figure was not even qualified to fight in front of Li Xinchen. Li Xinchen led his army up the river. Wherever he went, Zhang He was invincible. In the end, Zhang He was played around by Li Xinchen and hanged himself to death.
Song Ping had had many contacts with Zhang He and knew very well what kind of person Zhang He was, and even such a person still lost so miserably in front of Li Xingchen, let alone himself. But Song Ping had no choice.
He is just a Beijing official working abroad, his wife, children and children are still in Chang'an City.
If Song Ping was given a choice, Song Ping really wanted to open the city gate and welcome Li Xingchen in, but he had no choice.
Seeing that Li Xingchen was both appeasing the refugees and building workshops, Song Ping once naively thought that Li Xingchen would not mobilize troops this year. After all, as the weather turned colder, the army would face more difficulties and problems in the campaign.
Therefore, Song Ping was lucky enough to think that he could survive until the Chinese New Year.
Maybe reinforcements will arrive after the new year. After all, the court is currently overwhelmed by the change of old and new emperors. When the court comes to its senses, it will be enough for Li Xinchen to just send back a large army that went north.
However, Li Xingchen still rekindled the flames of war so straightforwardly, and neatly interrupted Song Ping's good expectations.
Song Ping had studied Li Xingchen before. Although this young general who became famous thanks to Zhang Shan's battle, although he rose quickly, the characteristics of his military use are ultimately to use surprise and danger. After all, whether he supported Zhang Shan at the beginning or later
When he invaded Bajun, Li Xingchen achieved his tactical goal by taking surprise, and then completed the entire strategy.
Therefore, Song Ping simply fortified the wall and cleared the country. Outside the city, Li Xingchen can do whatever you want. I only need to hold on to one-third of an acre in Hezhou City. After all, it is not necessary to support it for a few years, but only to support it until the end of the year. This can still be done
Supported.
As for the mountain cities and deer villages built on dangerous terrain in the north and west of the city, Song Ping was not worried at all. He knew that Li Xinchen did not have many soldiers, and as long as those mountain cities were able to defend themselves uniformly, it would be difficult for Li Xinchen to take advantage of them.
But when Li Xingchen broke through the Jinyunshan camp where Song Ping served as the outpost and first line of defense with lightning speed, and Chen Bing joined the troops in Hezhou Prefecture to attack Dianjiang County, Song Ping was still shocked.
Firstly, it was because Li Xingchen came too quickly and suddenly. Although Song Ping did not expect the Jinyun Mountain camp to last long, he also hoped that among the thousands of soldiers there, two or three would be able to come back alive.
Reporting to himself. However, it was not until Li Xingchen's soldiers and horses appeared at the gate that Song Ping could imagine that Jinyun Mountain was already in danger.
Secondly, Li Xingchen arrived quickly, but did not make any other strange moves. Instead, he began to attack the city step by step. It seemed that he planned to take the city by force. This caught Song Ping a little unprepared. These days, he
He had been thinking about whether Li Xinchen would use the method he used to attack Bajun again, by encircling points for reinforcements, outflanking and attacking from both sides, constantly consuming his life force, and he was determined not to leave the city even if he was killed.
In the end, who would have thought that Li Xingchen had no intention of playing these tricks at all.
Looking at the soldiers standing there solemnly and the figures manipulating the siege equipment as if no one else was around, Song Ping's throat felt dry for a while.
He had calculated everything, but he never expected that Li Xingchen would attack Dianjiang County in the most upright way.
It is true that the terrain of Hezhou is dangerous, but this dangerous terrain does not apply to the city of Dianjiang County. Around Hezhou, Diaoyu Mountain, Jinyun Mountain and other places are notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Dianjiang County Lord
The city is located on the river beach where three rivers converge. How can a square city be considered dangerous?
Therefore, Song Ping was not afraid that Li Xinchen would use surprise troops to plot against him, but he was afraid that Li Xinchen would really start to attack by force.
With the seven or eight hundred makeshift youths in the city, Song Ping couldn't guarantee that he would be able to survive until tomorrow.
The young men were already shivering in the cold wind. It was not known whether it was because of their thin clothes or because these guys below the city were exuding strong murderous intent.
These Nanchen soldiers who fought all the way from Zhangshan to Bajun can be regarded as warriors who have fought in hundreds of battles. How can these young men be able to deal with them?
The drumming sound suddenly sounded, breaking Song Ping's random thoughts.
"Prince, it's dangerous here, let's get out of the way!" The governor of Dianjiang County's face turned pale, and his eyes kept scanning Song Ping, not knowing what he was planning.
Song Ping took a breath: "We can't retreat. You and I are standing here to set an example for the soldiers in Hecheng and tell them that Shangguan is still insisting. As long as we can hold the city for a week, reinforcements should arrive.
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The governor of Dianjiang County rolled his eyes. The governor in front of him seemed to be ready to die for the city, or he was too naive.
Reinforcements? Who are you lying to?
Although each of the surrounding mountain cities has four to five hundred garrison troops, do these guys have the guts to go down the mountain to rescue them? As for the state capital further away, the number of garrison troops is also stretched thin. That is to say, Shu County has more soldiers and horses, but
In such a long time, has Shu County sent any troops here?
What's more, who is under this city?
Nan Chen Dang Kou General Li Xingchen, Wu Yi General Pei Zilie.
The reputation of Li Xinchen in Nanchen was not touted by his neighbors, but was created with one blow from Zhangshan to Bajun. From Zhang He to Yuchi Jiong, these defeated generals under Li Xinchen alone were not something Song Ping could handle.
, let alone a little county guard like him dared to challenge.
As for the talents promoted by Nanchen generals Pei Zilie, Wu Mingche and Xiao Mohe, will they be incompetent?
Just looking at the large formation set up by Li Xingchen below the city, the Dianjiang County Sheriff was already fighting with two legs, and he didn't even know which leg he should walk on first.