Chapter 383: The troops are at the city

He took down Tanzhou again and repelled Tang Tianheng and asked him to withdraw back to Hebei. Ximen Qing immediately rewarded the three armies to celebrate.

Now that Tanzhou and Bazhou are two places, Liangshan's power has increased, occupying the two states to complement each other, making it convenient for advance and retreat. What's more, Ximen Qing will take action against Jizhou next and regain Jizhou!

If Jizhou can be taken, all the three prefectures will be in control. Ximen Qing will definitely lead his troops north to continue the battle, and then take Youzhou, forcing the Liao army to retreat step by step, forcing them to go north to hide. Because there is no big city above Youzhou, if the Langzhu wants to be safe, he will definitely go out of the pass! As soon as they leave the pass, Ximen Qing can send a large army to guard the pass to prevent the Liao army from invading. By then, Liangshan will occupy the four prefectures, and even Zhao Yuntian will be afraid of three points!

The Liangshan army celebrated happily, but in Jizhou City, Yelu Dezhong, Kangli Ding'an and He Shanlu were full of solemn expressions. This time, the troops sent not only did not win, but instead lost tens of thousands of troops. Now there are only 100,000 troops in Jizhou City, but Tanzhou and Bazhou all belong to the Liangshan army.

Yelu Dezhong and Kangli Ding'an knew very well how strong the Liangshan army was, and he knew in his heart that he was not an opponent. Moreover, the enemy was strong and the horse was strong. What was his small 100,000 people?

The three of them were worried and immediately wrote to the Lord to ask for support.

The spy quickly sent the secret letter requesting support to Youzhou, and the Langzhu immediately summoned the important officials to discuss the major matters.

On the dragon throne, the Lord sighed, glanced at the ministers in the hall, and asked, "Loves, now the Tang army has fled, and the Liang bandits army is coming again. It's really a wolf and a tiger. What's the strength of the Liangshan army? Everyone knows that the Liang bandits army is now strong and aggressive. What opportunity do you have to fight back?"

The Grand Tutor Chu Jian said, "Report to Lord Lang, the enemy is in full swing now, so you must not attack rashly. If you are with me, let General Yelu defend the city and consume the enemy's army. Then we will send a large army to support quickly. Now that the enemy has occupied Bazhou and Tanzhou, we must not let them take Jizhou again! If Jizhou is taken, the enemy can drive straight into our Youzhou, and then our Youzhou will be in danger by then!"

At this time, a general stood up on the right.

I saw that the general was ten feet tall, tall, and heroic, not inferior to Guan Sheng, and Hu Yanzhuo. This man was named He Chongbao, who was appointed as the admiral of Youzhou and was a brave general.

He Chongbao bowed and said, "Master Huilang, the general thought it was not possible! If the enemy is so arrogant, if our army cannot retreat, it will definitely affect the morale of the army and encourage the arrogance of the enemy. According to the general, the best way is to take the initiative to attack! As long as it can defeat the enemy, it can wipe out the weakness of our army and also attack the morale of the enemy. It is a killing two birds with one stone!"

Chu Jian said again: "Although General He is right, there are only 100,000 people in Jizhou City now, while Liangshan's enemy troops are as many as 100,000, or even more. Within such a gap, how can General Yelu and others take the initiative to attack and win? Even if we send troops to Jizhou City, it will take a few days to reach Jizhou City, and there will be many changes in these days. Therefore, according to what I see, it is better to defend the city and not leave!"

The Lord nodded and said, "What the Grand Master said is reasonable!"

At this time, Chu Jian said again: "Master Lang, I have another plan to implement it!"

The man was overjoyed and said, "Taoshi said it quickly!"

Chu Jian said: "According to the spy, Ximen Qing led the army to capture Tanzhou, so he naturally paid less attention to Bazhou, and the troops left in Bazhou will not be too much! In this case, why don't we send troops to take Bazhou? Bazhou borders Tanzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou, and its geographical location is extremely important. If you occupy Bazhou, you can enter and exit Tanzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou at will and attack the three places at will. In addition, the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can be said that Bazhou is a big hidden danger in the hands of the bandits of Liangshan, and it is a knife hanging on our heads! So we must take Bazhou, and it can even be said that Bazhou is greater than Tanzhou and Jizhou!"

The Lord nodded and said, "What the Grand Master said is very true! If you don't take Bazhou for one day, I will not be at peace in Youzhou for a day and you will always be unable to sleep well! Generals, who would be willing to lead troops to take Bazhou?"

At this time, He Chongyang stood up.

He Chongyang is He Chongbao's younger brother and a powerful figure, not inferior to He Chongbao!

He Chongyang said: "I will go there at the end!"

Lord Lang stood up and said, "Okay! Grand Master, then you can quickly send troops and dispatch 50,000 troops to Jizhou to support Yelu Dezhong and others, and order He Chongyang to lead 80,000 troops, take Bazhou for me, and retake Bazhou!"

"I, follow the order!" Chu Jian and He Chongyang conjuncted the order.

Just when the Langzhu sent troops, Ximen Qing had already ordered more than a dozen leaders including Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu and other places to attack the camp to protect Tanzhou City.

He also ordered Zhu Tong, Lei Heng and more than a dozen leaders to lead the assault camp back to Bazhou, and ordered Yuying, Modaoying, Xiongying, Yingying, and Mastiff camp to guard Bazhou, and together with Tao Qian, he strictly prevented the Liao army from attacking. Ninety thousand troops to protect Bazhou, and it was not so easy for He Chongyang's 100,000 troops to capture it.

He personally led the Leopard Camp, Qinglong Dadao Camp, Fire Camp, Lianti Horse Camp, Xiang Camp, Wolf Camp and other troops to Jizhou.

At this time, the army was already thirty miles outside Jizhou City. The army was building tools such as wells, ladders, and other tools to prepare to attack the city!

Ximen Qing and Wu Yong, the generals were discussing in the central army's tent.

Then he heard Wu Yong say, "Commander, the spy came to report that the enemy army could not retreat and had no intention of greeting. It seems that they are ready to waste their time and wait for the army to support!"

Wu Song slapped the table and shouted: "Then attack hard, you can't let the enemy reinforcements come!"

"You are right, I, Guan Guan, are willing to take the lead!" Guan Sheng said with his chest, and as he said, he looked at Ximen Qing and waited for Ximen Qing to speak.

Ximen Qing nodded and asked, "By the way, how long will it take for equipment such as well railings and ladders to be built?"

Wu Yong said: "It will be almost done tomorrow evening. Fifty cloud ladders, thirty well railings, and hundreds of climbing..."

Ximen Qing nodded and said, "The siege will start the early morning of the day after tomorrow! But before the attack, our secret weapons can exert their power! Yue Fei?"

"Here!" Yue Fei said with his fists.

Ximen Qing said: "Have the firearms shipped from Liangshan arrived?"

Yue Fei said: "It will be almost shipped to noon tomorrow!"

"That's good!" Ximen Qing smiled and then said to everyone: "Dear leaders, I went back to Liangshan this time to let the old boy Ling Zhen improve the artillery technology. Now the artillery he made is not only much smaller in size and is easy to carry, but also has great power. The time for changing artillery is short, which is very suitable for siege! I asked him to send more than fifty aircraft. When siege the city the day after tomorrow, the battalions should not be busy with attacking, let the artillery show its might first, so that you know that the future era will be the era of firearms!"

"What's so powerful about artillery? Once our cavalry comes out, no matter how powerful it is, it will have to be hated!" Guan Sheng frowned and said unyieldingly.

Ximen Qing smiled and shook his head, saying, "Don't believe it. When you attack the city the day after tomorrow, you will know it's amazing!"

The day after tomorrow, early morning.

When it was dawn, the Liangshan army would cook and rectify, and then the army carried the ladder and pushed the well railing, and rushed towards Jizhou with great momentum.

Ximen Qing stood on the railing and looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers under her feet like ants, a sense of pride and fighting spirit surged in Ximen Qing's heart.

Leading 100,000 elite soldiers, dare to laugh at Liao Gou as a man!

On the walls of Jizhou City, Yelu Dezhong and Kangli Ding'an, while He Shanlu stared at the Liangshan army slowly approaching with a bitter look on his face.

Yelu Dezhong ordered: "He Shanlu, quickly mobilize the army in the city to defend the city. Kangli Ding'an, quickly ask the soldiers to prepare bows, crossbows, tinder oil, rolling stones, etc. We must defend Jizhou City, and we must not let Liangshan capture it!"

He Shanlu and Kangli Ding'an hurriedly clasped their fists, and then ordered the guards to summon soldiers and prepare items to defend the city, but they did not dare to delay for a moment.

Kangli Ding'an said angrily: "The enemy is too cunning and he will attack the city so quickly! There is only one day before the reinforcements arrive. We must hold on for a day and a night and must not lose it! As long as the reinforcements arrive, the enemy will attack the city again. Humph, we will let them never come back!"

"You are right! Be sure to defend the city! The city is there, and the city is dead!" Kang Li Ding'an said gritting his teeth.

Yelu Dezhong nodded, and then shouted at the soldiers on the city wall: "Dear men, you are all brave soldiers of the Great Liao Kingdom and heroes of the Liao Kingdom! This time the enemy attacked, insulting our majesty of the Liao Kingdom. We must have defended the city to let the enemy know our power! In this way, we can protect the people in the city and protect the wives and children behind us. Do you think so? If they want to capture Jizhou City, then step on our bodies. The city is there, and the city is dead, and the city is dead!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the busy soldiers waved and shouted together, with a grand momentum.

But at this time, He Shanlu's face suddenly changed, and then he hurriedly pulled Layelu Dezhong, then pointed to the enemy troops that were approaching outside the city and said, "General, what are the enemy doing when you see it?"

Yelu Dezhong turned around and looked.

A few hundred meters outside the city, the Liangshan army stopped. Then a loophole was opened in the army, and hundreds of soldiers walked out carrying huge wooden boxes.

The soldiers walked forward, walked a few meters outside the range of the bow and arrow and stopped, then opened the box, moved out a long cylindrical object and an iron table, and then fiddled with it, and then set up a row in a short while.

Looking at the strange objects in the row below the city, the Liao army looked at each other.

He Shanlu said to himself: "This thing looks so much like the Great Song cannon? But isn't the Great Song cannon a big guy? No one can move it, why is this thing so small?"

Yelu Dezhong's body trembled and shouted suddenly: "Not good!"

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