1366. The Battle of Weizhou (1)
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
When the Yuan army was circling all directions, they had developed this habit. Now, in recent years, the Yuan army has been beaten by the Song Dynasty imperial guards to abandon their armor, but they have not been able to change this habit. Usually, except for discussing important matters, the generals gathered but had few dancers and wine girls to accompany them, and they always felt that there was less smell.
As the commander of the three armies, Tu Boda enjoyed the compliments from everyone.
Just at this moment, a soldier hurried to the entrance of the hall, knelt on the ground, and replied to Tu Boda: "Chief, have military information!"
Tu Boda, who was holding a jade cup, was slightly stunned, but did not take it too seriously, and asked lightly: "What is the military situation?"
The soldiers reported: "The Song army set out from Leshan, and the entire army is coming towards our Weizhou City."
Now, a surprise appeared on Tu Boda's face.
The generals in the hall were also slightly stunned.
Apart from the sound of silk and bamboo, the previous jokes and laughter in the hall suddenly became silent.
Tu Boda came to his senses, frowned slightly, waved his hand, "Get back!"
A group of dancers of pretty good looks and musicians bowed and slowly left the house.
Tu Boda looked at the soldiers outside the hall again, "Is the entire Song army really coming towards this Weizhou City?"
"yes!"
Soldiers.
Tu Boda's brows were locked deeper, and his eyes swept across the generals in the palace, "How dare the Song army come to Weizhou with great fanfare, what do you think?"
A general smiled and bowed, "Marson, you are leading us to garrison here. What are you afraid of when the Song army comes?"
Tu Bo has not reached the bottom yet, and shook his head when he heard this, "The Song army is not easy to deal with, so you should not underestimate the enemy. Since they are coming to this Weizhou City, they must have some intentions. But I can't think of what method they plan to capture this Weizhou City. What do you think they will make?"
After hearing what he said, the generals in the hall finally looked a little more solemn and their smiles were all curled.
Another general bowed and said, "Among Marshals, Weizhou and Jiuzhai, we have the most troops in the city. Will the Song army feel that it is too troublesome to break Jiuzhai? He wants to forcefully break our Weizhou City by concentrating all its forces? Even so, the Song army will inevitably suffer great losses. But after all, as long as we break Weizhou City, our Jiuzhai soldiers will be in a stalemate with them without a heavy city as the basis... it will be difficult. If the Song army cuts off our way to transport food, then... the Jiuzhai soldiers will have to turn back..."
Tu Boda nodded slightly after pondering, "If the Song army wants to remove Jiuzhai one by one, it will definitely cause heavy damage. They are eager to decide the outcome, but this is not impossible."
Then he stopped hesitating and said to the generals in the hall: "Then you all go down and prepare. This commander ordered the troops of Jiuzhai to support Weizhou City at any time. Since the Song army wants to fight quickly, let's try head-on with them. In the past, they had grenade launchers and other objects, and were invincible. This commander also wanted to see if they still have such ability now!"
"Receive the order!"
All the generals in the hall bowed their hands and walked out of the hall.
Fortunately, because it was during the war, they were still a little restrained, so there were no people who were staggering when they walked due to drinking.
Tu Boda sat in the house and frowned and thought for a while, shouted outside the house: "I'm telling the troops outside the city to lead the troops to support immediately if smoke rises in the city!"
Someone outside the house agreed, and the footsteps were gone in a hurry.
In the north wall of Weizhou City, Yuan troops continued to gather here, and soon, the defenders on the city surface seemed quite dense.
There are hundreds of grenade launchers, and the gun barrel is exposed outside the battlements.
There is a sky-storming cannon formation under the city.
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About afternoon, Wang Dagang, Feng Hebi, led his army to the outside of Weizhou City first.
They stationed troops outside Weizhou City and then began to camp.
After less than two quarters of an hour, Tianqiao and Tianchi arrived. They also set up camp about two miles on the east and west sides of the Tianshang Army.
It seems that the army has no intention of raising the attack on Weizhou City.
By the time of Shen, the three armies of Tianmeng, Tiangui and Tianbao also arrived. They camped on the outer periphery of Tianqiao and Tianchui.
Wang Dagang is in the tent of the tent.
Feng Hebi, Deng Yezhou and others gathered here.
The task Zhang Guangbao gave them was to seize the southern city wall of Weizhou, which was an extremely difficult task. Therefore, the generals in the tent had solemn eyes and their expressions were quite serious.
Wang Dagang looked around and said, "I don't know what the situation in Zhongxing Mansion is now. We don't have much time to stalemate with the Yuan army here. The defeat of the Yuan army is getting better and better. The marshal asked our Tianshang Army to attack the south gate of Weizhou. Do you have any good plans?"
A general looked at Feng Hebi.
Feng Hebi smiled and slowly stroked his beards, saying, "The regiment commander, there is no need to worry. Now the soldiers of the Yuan army from Jiuzhai have no sign of coming to help, so our plan is half successful. To destroy Weizhou, you can wait until you destroy the Yuan army of Jiuzhai first. When we enter Weizhou, the soldiers and horses of Jiuzhai will come to help sooner or later. Tian Meng and other military robes will definitely attack them head-on. At that time, maybe there is no need to wait for us to break the city, and the Yuan army in the city will be unable to help but kill the generals. It is really unnecessary to risk the attack on the city."
Wang Dagang's eyes were slightly condensed, "What do you mean... is a feint attack?"
"Half-true and half-false."
Feng Hebi nodded slightly and said, "I thought we would like to bombard the city with grenade launchers, and then order two thousand soldiers to stand scattered behind the artillery array, holding torches to create a large army that is ready to attack the city at any time. The rest of the soldiers can rest in the camp, accumulate their strength, and wait for a decisive battle with the Yuan army."
Wang Dagang pondered, "If the Yuan army in the city sees our reality and fights out of the city..."
Feng Hebi shook his head and chuckled, "It's not yet summer, and the night is so dark that they can't see it. They must use the number of torches to distinguish the reality of our army."
Wang Dagang looked at the rest of the people again, "Do you all agree with the deputy commander's idea?"
All the generals nodded.
Seeing this, Wang Dagang nodded and said, "Then do as the deputy commander wants!"
Then, he took the tent and rushed to the camp of the Tianmeng Army with a few envoys. Zhang Guangbao was personally in charge of the Tianshang Army, so of course he had to report to Zhang Guangbao.
Later, Zhang Guangbao also recognized the tactic of sealing together.
Night gradually descends.
At night, the coolness in the wind became deeper and deeper.
In this Western Xia, the temperature difference between day and night is even greater.
Among the imperial guards in Shu, the soldiers who were guarding the night with torches looked a little thin.
Although the treatment of soldiers in the Song army was already very good and should be the best in the world, fighting was ultimately a very hard work.
At the top of Weizhou City, the Yuan army also whispered in a cold night like this.
Wait late at night.
There was movement in the Tianshang Army’s camp.
A long torch like a fire dragon spread out of the village, heading straight to the city of Weizhou.
In front of the army were two thousand grenade launchers transferred from the two armies of Tian Qiao, and one thousand grenade launchers originally transferred from Tianshang Army.
Next is the Sky Cannon Camp in the Tianshang Army.
Finally, they are ordinary soldiers in the army.
In fact, the total number of soldiers leaving the camp was only 5,000, but because the soldiers in the army were quite scattered, from the torches, it seemed like there was an army of 20,000.
When the Yuan army on the top of the city saw so many torches spreading towards the city, they did not dare to neglect them, and immediately blew the horn.
The sound of desolate horns floats in the cold wind.
But such a sound did not make the lights in Weizhou City light, but it made the city suddenly darker.
When fighting, the people are most afraid of. Turning off the lights is because they don’t want to cause trouble when the two armies fight.
Going for blessings and avoiding misfortunes is not only the instinct of animals, but also the instinct of human beings.
After hearing the sound of the horn, Tu Boda and the generals rushed to the top of the city in person.
Around them, there were many Green Forest Camps who were guarding them. Although they said they would not take the Song army too seriously, it was obvious that Tu Boda was quite afraid of the Song army.
The Song army had countless tricks, and even the arms were fired, it could not give him a full sense of security.
At the top of the city, Tu Boda and the generals stared outside the city for a long time.
Then Tu Boda frowned and said, "Following the Song army's formation, there should be only about 20,000 people. Are they planning to use this little force to attack Weizhou City?"
A general sneered, "Chief Commander, the Song army has just arrived today, and the soldiers must be tired. As the generals see, they may just come to harass and harassment, and want to consume our army's energy. Now our army has firearms, so the head commander of the Song army will not feel that this little horse can capture our Weizhou City alone."
Chapter completed!