The heavy-armed attack, and in just one battle, the dazzling edge allowed the heavy-armed iron cavalry to maintain the position of the Liaodong Army's first combat power. After the test of this battle, the powerful protective ability of the heavy-armed knights moved one by one.

With such armor, they were not afraid of facing the enemy's cavalry and infantry.[]

Xue Dingguo still did not escape after all. He was directly hit by Guo Xiaoke, and the person who hit him was overturned. Then Luo Lin easily handed the horse spear to his throat and became a senior prisoner of the Liaodong Army. In addition to him, the other five thousand vanguard soldiers and the personal soldiers sent by Xue Dingguo to report the news first escaped from the battlefield, except for 30% of the five thousand soldiers who died in battle, the remaining more than 3,000 people became prisoners of the Liaodong Army.

In the evening, there was a last trace of afterglow in the sky. Under the bloody sunset, most of Xue Shixiong's troops finally arrived.

On the east horizon, at the beginning, what appeared was a thin black line, as if it was the wave on the Liaodong Sea. As the wave continued to move forward and did not expand, the black line was expanding rapidly.

Millions of people slowly emerged from the outline, countless steps trampled on the earth, raising sand and dust.

The thick smoke rolled, and the gray-yellow dust covered the army, and could only faintly reveal a corner of the black outline, half folded and half lu, making people feel boundless. And among the yellow sand and smoke, under the reflection of the sunlight, countless dense spots of light flashed in the smoke and dust, one after another, which was the reflection of the towering spear forest in the sunset. The tide continued to move forward and finally turned into a whole endless black frenzy.

Even if you stand above the city and watch in the thousand-mile mirror, a moving army is shocking. The Sui army kept rushing out of the horizon, as if there was no end behind it.

Looking around, there were black heads everywhere, flags like seas, spears like forests, cavalry cloaks densely filled with clouds, various battle flags of beauty shine, and various battalions and regiments were in a row, with clear barriers. One after another, the cavalry formations opened towards the Luhe Town Fortress, stretching continuously. Seeing that the wide plain west of the fortress was already crowded with troops, and the subsequent troops were still coming. Five miles away from the fortress, Xue Shixiong's army stopped advancing and spread to the left and right wings, and from the south and north to face the fortress, the front array winded for ten miles, and the sea of ​​flags was flying without a glance.

The generals and lieutenants on the city were basically veterans who had experienced dozens of bloody battles in Liaodong. Although the overwhelming Xue Shixiong army in front of them gave people an endless feeling, in the Liaodong defense battle, they faced the siege of 500,000 Liaodong coalition forces at one time. Compared with the size of the 500,000 people, the scene in front of them was only considered pretty good.

However, among the 60,000 Liaodong troops in Huhe Town at this time, except for many elite ace troops, nearly half were soldiers who had only recruited in the past two years. These people had never experienced such wars in the past, and had never experienced such a magnificent scene, fighting such a huge regular army of the imperial court. In an instant, they were shocked by the momentum of the imperial army's advance, and the many soldiers on the city were frightened.

Chen Kefu turned his head and looked at the defenders on the city. Most of the soldiers were frightened and panicked. He frowned, knowing that such a situation would be very unfavorable for the defenders. He had asked Lu Shishen and Mao Yi to station ten of their troops on both sides of the Lu River before, but he still had some plans and did not intend to use them immediately. If these soldiers were like this now, I'm afraid the Lu River would be difficult to defend.

Standing on the top of the city wall, Chen Kefu suddenly laughed a few times, attracting the attention of countless soldiers.

Chen Kefu just smiled and pointed at the army under the city to a fearful soldier of Liaodong natives beside him, "I ask you, do you know how many troops there are in the army under the city 9."

The soldier was only twenty-four or fifteen years old. He was originally a slave of the Goguryeo mohé tribe. His family was a horse-raising slave for generations. Later, Chen Ke destroyed Goguryeo and purged the nobles, which instead brought hope to these indigenous slaves. According to regulations, although such a slave was given a free body, he had no property.

The Liaodong Army rented them a large amount of land, and after a few years of cultivation, it would belong to them.

However, when they enjoyed a life they had never imagined before, they had to accept all the rule of the Liaodong Army. Military service was an obligation that all adult men in Liaodong had to do. According to regulations, the Liaodong Army was divided into two types: government soldiers and conscript soldiers. Government soldiers were professional troops. The Liaodong Army distributed them land, and they needed to bring their own weapons and took time to take turns to train the foreign guards every year, and they had to participate in the war.

Conscripts are the obligations that all the government soldiers must bear in addition to all government soldiers. Under the Liaodong military service system, non-domestic soldiers, each adult male must join the army for five years of military service, and during the service period, the army will pay food and salary. After serving for five years, if they are not promoted to an officer, they can retire and go home. From then on, there will be no emergency moment... they will no longer need to serve in the military.

The young man from a slave in front of me was extremely moved when he saw the coach's question. When he was nervous, he stuttered in Chinese that he had been learning for more than a year.

Handsome, jiao..., jiao... there are at least 100,000 people." After saying this, the soldier was already sweating profusely and his face was swollen and red.

Chen Kefu smiled, "You boy seems to be lucky. You have never participated in the Liaodong City defense and siege battle back then. Look at the Sui army in front of you, the east and west wings spread out and surrounded Luhe Town on three sides. Such a majestic momentum is more than 100,000 people. To be precise, the Sui army in front of us has a total of 150,000 troops. Oh, I was wrong, it should be 145,000 troops.

In the afternoon we destroyed five thousand of their men and horses." "There are 145,000 people, including 40,000 cavalrymen, more infantrymen, and a full hundred thousand infantrymen. Most of these men and horses are the government soldiers of Hebei, and many of them are border soldiers of Hebei.

Of course, most of them were gathered from Henan, Shandong, and even from Jianghuai. They originally wanted to fight against the Turks, but they were called in front of us. We were lucky.

Before, Yang Guang was surrounded by Turks in Yanmen, and the emperor urgently transferred 100,000 people away. Otherwise, we would face now 245,000 people." When the soldier of the mohé tribe heard that there were more than 100,000 people in front of him, there were nearly 150,000 people. He stared at his eyes widened and looked down at his hands. But how did he count, and how could he feel that ten fingers could not count 145,000 people. He was anxious and sweaty on his face. Many new recruits on the top of the city were also very scared, 150,000 people. They only had 60,000 people, less than half of the people under the city.

Seeing everyone's fear, Chen Kefu laughed again and said, "Actually, fighting is not just a simple matter of calculating the score. Otherwise, the two sides would just pull the soldiers together and nod to decide the outcome. How could they fight to the death?"

After increasing his voice, Chen Kefu continued, "Especially, the battle to defend the city is very cost-effective for the defending side. You can enter and exit the city to fight, and retreat to defend the city. Moreover, our Luhe Fortress is not an ordinary small city, it is a fortress-level city. According to the solidity of such a city, if you want to capture the city in a short time, the best number of troops on the attacking side is to encircle one in seven.

There are 60,000 troops in our city. They want to break through in a short time, at least 400,000 people." As he said this, Chen Kefu looked at the army under the city with contempt. "Thinking about the battle between Liaodong and Liaoyang, we only had 100,000 troops, but the Liaodong soldiers reached more than 500,000. But what happened? In the end, we were less than half of the casualties, but we wiped out all the coalition forces and drove them all down from the Liaohe River to feed fish. Today, everyone saw the 5,000 vanguard troops of the court. We only took one hour, and only more than a hundred casualties, and took all the five thousand people.

Now there are only 145,000 people under the city, only 295,000 people. Twenty-nine and a half hours, only two and a half days, we can destroy them!" Although the soldiers around them felt that the commander's algorithm was wrong, they still felt shocked and whispered, and their previous fear immediately reduced most of them.

Chen Kefu looked at the soldiers and nodded and smiled, "Brothers, the court has many soldiers, but ours is also quite a lot. Don't think that we only have 60,000 troops in the city. In fact, our general has already asked General Lu Shishen to lead 50,000 troops to station Liucheng on our left wing, and General Mao Yi led 50,000 troops to station Linhaidun City on the right wing. The two armies are only two hours away, and the three cities are looking at each other, making each other a horn. In terms of the number of people, we have a total of 160,000 troops, and the court has only 145,000 troops. We have more people than them, not to mention that we have a city to rely on, with sufficient food and equipment, and victory is just around the corner."

The soldiers on the city were excited and shouted, "Defeat them! Destroy them!" Xue Shixiong came in full force, but according to Chen Kefu's observation, this man was only carrying a part of the ladder and a small number of catapults. Such a man could not pose any threat to Luhe Town. If Chen Kefu wanted to defeat them, he would be 90% sure. However, Chen Kefu was still waiting for the Secret Service to send the recent accumulated situation. Moreover, the entire Central Plains is changing now, and he must know the current situation immediately before he can prepare to make a judgment on the future situation and then make moves. In the absence of the situation and unclear situation, he rashly fought with Xue Shixiong, which is not a good decision.
Chapter completed!