"This is Youzhou City",

I looked at the towering giant in front of me and sighed a little.

"It can be regarded as a grand city..."

Luo is obviously different from the Shenjing, which is known as a huge and grand temple that spans the two sides of the Luo River. Although the capital of Youzhou, which is also crossed by a tributary of the Yongding River, looks vast and broad, it is obviously much shorter on the light-toned city wall;

Of course, although it is relatively short, it is at least two or three feet tall. It only looks deep moss marks and long wild grass. There are even a cluster of small trees and thorns that have grown for many years. The walls are also filled with potholes and peeling and cracking.

After all, it has been a long time since we heard of war. The last time we were attacked and threatened by war was almost twenty or thirty years ago. Some enemy platforms, women's walls and arrow towers seemed to be incomplete and were filled with hasty use of wooden fences.

The only newer one is that the relatively low curved sheep and horse walls were rebuilt near the city gate, leaning against the muddy moat from the edge of the city wall. In front of these sheep and horse walls are several trenches and trenches filled with pickets and trenches. Behind the walls are a long time ago, with defenders waiting for them. Moreover, the ten city gates are structures with two inner and outer levels of the city walls, which look like a considerable volume.

However, the city may not be as big as the better, especially for the defenders in a passive defense state. Although the city is also too huge and the circumference of 32 miles makes the tens of thousands of Huai troops I brought cannot achieve true siege, but can only focus on monitoring and blocking; but for the defenders in the city, it also means more flaws and breakthroughs, and the possibility of running around for this.

Just like Luoyang and Chang'an during the Anshi Rebellion, they only had the name of Xijing, the eastern capital, and the magnificent city. However, in front of the An Lushan rebels who came to the army, they lost their peripheral defenses and dangerous barriers, and they were almost vulnerable to one blow and fell in love.

As far as I know, in the most prosperous era of Youzhou City, I once had a household registration of 400,000 or 500,000 yuan, but now after several changes, there is still about 100,000 permanent residents. In addition, the military and civilians who retreated and fled from Pinglu Road can reach a maximum of about 200,000.

Therefore, on the basis of lenient information on the enemy, the young and middle-aged people who can be used in the city are estimated to be around 70,000 to 80,000.

Before this, when we were advancing all the way to conquer the strongholds along the way, in addition to the local soldiers, archers, and temporary recruitment in those places, there were about 20,000 to 30,000 town defense forces that were successively defeated and eliminated one after another. Then, after breaking the defense line of the Gaoliang River, the tactics of successfully encircling and cutting off the rear route were achieved, and the enemy forces that were defeated and subsequently annihilated on the spot were also more than 10,000 and 6,000 to 7,000;

After capturing more than a dozen outer strongholds and defenses from east to west in Youzhou, hundreds to two to three thousand were captured, especially after breaking through the front block of the city that was close to each other at night, the prisoners who were caught by surprise and were caught more than 4,000. In addition, in the warehouses in the city that were never burned, the rice, grain, salt, vegetables, wine, sauce and various military supplies were also found to be as many as tens of thousands of stones.

Therefore, based on the current situation and the capture, the number of remaining guards in Youzhou City is roughly estimated to be between 20,000 and 30,000; it is mainly composed of the remnants of the Jingli Army, Jingsai Army and the Weiwu Army, the local Huancheng Guards in Youzhou, as well as a small number of soldiers from the Governor's Office, and some town defense troops who abandoned the guards and fled into the city from Xiaoxiguan, Xiama Town and other places.

However, the corresponding food reserves and military reserves are somewhat unclear. After all, it has only been a few years of intelligence infiltration work for the North, especially Pinglu Road, and there is no way to obtain deeper things through years of contact and exploration through long-term layout and infiltration, or even generations of lurking, like the Daliang of the Southern Dynasties, or the Northern Dynasties, through long-term layout and infiltration, or even the lurking of several generations; rather than relying solely on some superficial market experiences.

On the contrary, the remnants of the Boluo Association, led by Li Ji, brought me important records collected during the activities of the North through the superficial cover of more than a dozen large and small chambers of commerce and regional guild organizations, including some old stories and evaluations of the middle and upper levels of the Anton Camp and the Pinglu Governor's Office. Although most of them have changed, the part that still exists is of considerable reference value and contrast.

In addition, there are traces to some things. Pinglu Road itself has been evacuated by the Northern Dynasties' defense war. It has been greatly damaged by the massive entry into the pass of the Northern Seyitz-Saiwan, and has been in a continuous famine of all sizes. Later, although these internal troubles were expelled and cleaned up, they were able to calm down temporarily, but because of the lack of labor in the young and strong, the harvest was limited and the harvest was not fully recovered;

Then, while the foreign troops were constantly being launched, they suffered heavy losses in western Liaoning, Hebei and other places. In recent years, they were even severely damaged by foreign attacks and destruction. They had to use the means of dividing troops to eat to sacrifice the interests of local people and living to overcome temporary difficulties. The strategic actions against Hebei were also born.

However, this process has been destroyed and interrupted by the Huai Army who went north. Because my army was relatively fast in advancing, they even came to harvest this year, but even failed to carry out the pain of carrying out a large-scale clearance and solidarity, and were forced to retreat to Youzhou. Therefore, as the population and reserve ratio in the Loonghuo City were reduced and the number of storage and storage in the city was expected, and there would be no more storage and storage in the city.

In addition, there are also less pleasant news and judgments, because the second and third-rate opponents and miscellaneous troops had been eliminated before, so the Pinglu army gathered in Youzhou City was actually a relatively elite and relatively core part. The proportion of experienced soldiers who have been through the battlefield is really quite large, and they are not so easy to chew.

If Ding Zhuang, who was temporarily recruited and armed in the city, was even better than most of the Huai Army I brought in in terms of quantity. In addition, the natural geographical advantages required by the city defense and the passive bonus of defending the homeland, it seems that it is not without the capital to launch a decisive battle with our army in a dignified manner, or to continue to deal with and confront the offense and defense.

However, sometimes things do not just look at the number and scale on the surface, but also have many comprehensive factors and considerations.

"Let the heavy artillery regiments of the siege camp come up quickly,"

I looked at the stacked and interlaced city defense fortifications and ordered it to my side.

"It's time to start construction and demolish the wall..."

"It starts from the outermost..."

............

Hebei Jizhou Capital,

The great governor of Hebei, Zhang Bangchang, had just met with a special messenger and returned to his small study.

"Will this world change a lot again?"

He felt a little moved and sighed, and said to his confidants and humerus who were waiting here.

"The great rise of Huai Town is already inevitable..."

"Where should we go?"

"I thought Daliang of the Southern Dynasty had a destiny, but I didn't expect it to be so exhausted and short."

"The direction of the world will be confusing again..."

"In short, it's just for the false reputation given by the Southern Dynasties."

A counselor's unscrupulous way.

"It is absolutely unacceptable to be incompatible with each other with the Huai River and the soldiers are exhausted and damaged."

"However, once the Huai Army pacified the four towns of Pinglu."

Another staff member

"Will you not be greedy for Shu and then seek the entire Hebei area?"

"How should I deal with it by then?"

"That's going to happen several years later,"

The counselor retorted.

"Can't I make a difference when I'm here?"

"But I'm just confused by temporary benefits, I'm the one who saves the remnants of Pinglu for a moment and is in danger... but it's aroused the fire."

"In fact, we can do two-pronged approach"

Another sound of the cheeks is slowed down

“At the cost of the states behind the mountain…”

“I decided…”

At this time, Zhang Bangchang, who was silent, interrupted them again.

"Will make every effort to advance here..."
Chapter completed!