Chapter 144: Troop Movement
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These days, Yan Xiaoyi has indeed suffered a lot. He followed Yun Zhao's order to inquire and monitor the movements of the Anqing City defenders and Mongolian army. In this ice and snowy land, he lay down for several days and the Anqing City defenders.
It's okay for the army, but the attack on Anqing was mostly Tatar of the Mongolian army. Under the command of veteran Barutu, even in such weather, the patrol and post cavalry of Tatar's troops were still tying up.
It is a hard work to let it go and avoid them.
"These are probably used to being frozen in the cold, and such weather doesn't seem to have much impact on them." Yan Xiaoyi gnawed at the bones, sucking in a slight way, while vaguely speaking.
"In this kind of weather, the Tatar troops launched an attack?" Yun Zhao said in horror.
Yan Xiaoyi shook his head, "The sky is full of heavy snow these days, but Tatar'er's troops have not attacked, but once the heavy snow stops, the snow is frozen solid, I'm afraid the attack will begin. This time I come back, but it's something else
reason."
"What's wrong?"
"The Mongolian army is changing defenses. The elite troops of the Tatar unit are driving one by one. The other party who replaced them to attack Anqing was Xiao Yi, who finally got full, and said.
"The Tatar tribe is already a large part of the Mongolian army. He has returned in vain after fighting Anqing for so long. Could it be that the big tent soldiers come this time?" Yun Zhao asked.
Yan Xiaoyi shook his head: "No, the coalition forces of more than a dozen small and medium-sized tribes replaced the Tatar tribe. The number of people is more than the Tatar tribe, but the combat power needs to be a question mark. Look at some of the tribes.
The soldier is similar to the beggar."
"What is this for?" Everyone was puzzled. The elite Tatar tribe had no choice but to take Anqing. Could it be that such a mob? "Where did the Tatar tribe go?" Yun Zhao remembered a
Key issues.
"They are heading towards Tanzhou!" Yan Xiaoyi said solemnly: "I followed one of their troops, and they were gathering towards Tanzhou."
"Let's head towards Tanzhou?" Yun Zhao pondered for a while, "Beyond Tanzhou, Zarchiwuti's tribe had already gathered, and now the Tatar tribe is also gathering there. Are the Meng people preparing to face Tan this winter
The state launches an offensive?”
"I can't say it!" Yan Xiaoyi shook his head, "But Tanzhou is not that easy to fight. Tanzhou now has about tens of thousands of people. There are a total of tens of thousands of troops in Yumen Pass alone, and there is a total of ten thousand troops.
But if a strong city does not take down Yumen Pass, the Mengqi dare not drive into Tanzhou."
"The Tanzhou soldiers have not been able to fight for decades, and it is still unknown how powerful they are. However, the Mongols gathered in Tanzhou are all soldiers of war. If there is a mistake, it will be over!" Yun Zhao sighed.
Hao Ren smiled and said, "Boss, we don't have to worry about the ancients. Anyway, we are just a few people now, just stay here honestly."
"Yes, even if we know what Mengren wants to do, we can only watch it." Yun Zhao shook his head, "I hope Tanzhou can stay."
"Isn't Tanzhou a bad Sima family in rule? I would rather see them being cut off by people and kicked as balls!" Yan Xiaoyi said angrily.
"That's right, Sima Rui, this bastard is best to dismember the five horses!" Hao Ren said.
"Sima Rui has a deep hatred with us, and this person can only die in our hands!" Yun Zhao looked at the two of them and said slowly: "But now, I hope that their Sima family can hold the pond like a man.
The state guards, Xiao Yi and Hao Ren, Tanzhou is not like the border town, with a vast land and sparse population, but densely populated. Tanzhou alone gathers hundreds of thousands of people, and the whole of Tanzhou is millions.
The people of Tanzhou, and the land of Tanzhou is fertile and produces a lot of production, are known as the Jiangnan outside the Great Wall. If the Mongolians take down Tanzhou, it would be like a tiger. What is more worrying is that in Tanzhou, there are
A variety of mineral resources, iron ore, copper ore, and coal mines are all famous in Dayue. Think about it, if the Mongols who lack resources seize these things, will their strength be taken to the next level?"
Yan Xiaoyi and the others fell into silence.
"The Meng people are already very powerful now, and you all know their combat power well. If they have these, the Meng people equipped with excellent weapons on the battlefield will suffer a great loss.
.” Yun Zhao let out a heavy breath, "Family hatred and national hatred, family hatred and national hatred. At this time, we can only put national hatred in front of us."
Yan Xiaoyi threw a firewood into the fire, and listened to the crackling sound of the firewood in the fire, and said muffled: "Even if we think so, we must guard the Tanzhou soldiers. In my opinion,
, those officials and men are too likely to lose when they face these wolf-like and tiger-like Mengqi."
Everyone was silent. Indeed, Dayue, which had been stable for too long, was no longer the Dayue who had beaten the Meng people so hard that he could not find the North. Meng people who struggled in the bitter cold land now pinched all their strength into a fist.
However, the Great Yue is constantly weakening. Everyone has fought with the Mongolian people for many years, so they naturally know how difficult it is to deal with the Mongolian people.
Anqing City, Yue Mingning, the guardian of Anqing City who is over 50, stood at the top of the city, looking at the Mongolian camp not far away. Starting a few days ago, one group of Tatar troops began to set off camps and leave, one after another
The new Mongolian army tribe arrived. Judging from their flags, there were more than a dozen Mongolian tribes who replaced the Tatar tribe this time. The departure of the elite Tatar tribe did not make Yue Ming feel relaxed.
His eyes passed through the vast snowfield and looked towards Tanzhou City.
The Tatar tribe left, and it was impossible for him to rest because he could not conquer Anqing. In the past few months, the opponent has not tried his best to attack Anqing. The Mongolian army is not good at siegeing the city, and the Barutu of the Tatar tribe is not.
The willingness to use his elite cavalry to attack the city is why Anqing can persist until now.
The reason for the departure of Tatar'er's troops is probably more because the Mongolians are about to launch a large-scale attack on Tanzhou. Judging from previous information, tens of thousands of Zarchiwuti troops have gathered in Tanzhou.
If the soldiers were added to the Tatar tribe now, the Mongols would have nearly 100,000 troops. With their large tent soldiers, Yue Ming could not imagine it.
If Tanzhou is lost, Anqing will completely become an isolated city, and there will be no place to restrain the enemy's troops.
A few months ago, the war suddenly broke out, and the easy loss of Lucheng pushed Anqing to the brink of danger. Since the geographical location is not as important as Lucheng, Anqing City only has five thousand defenders, and these five thousand defenders still have to take on the military farm.
Mission, the real combat force is less than 3,000, but it is these 5,000 people, plus the 2,000 Ding Zhuang who was temporarily recruited by Yue Ming, they nailed the Mongolian people here for several months like a nail.
Long.
But life has become increasingly harder. Even though the Tatar troops did not do their best to attack, the losses caused to Anqing were still huge. Nearly half of the troops defending the city had been lost, especially the two thousand young men, who had never suffered any previous losses.
Their losses were the most heavy from training. In Anqing City, almost every family has died at the top of the city.
Anqing City is not too big, which makes Yue Ming still have enough troops. Even if there are less than 4,000 troops now, the city is now in the same city as the enemy Kai and Meng people attack, and the residents in the city respond in groups and carry stones.
Boiling manure and making skewers can always allow Yue Ming's subordinates to maximize their combat capabilities. As the battle time lengthens, the difficulties in the city begin to emerge, and they can also be found in the middle of Bayankala Mountains before.
A trail received some material support from Yizhou. With the heavy snow, the trail of life was completely blocked. For a month, no supplies have entered Anqing City.
Standing at the top of the city and looking down at the city, many houses have been demolished, the beams have been made into rolling, and the stones for building houses have been moved to the top of the city, and the whole city is as quiet as death.
As long as there is no war, everyone stays at home and moves as little as possible. As long as there is no war, everyone in the city will only eat one meal a day, and it is porridge. But how long can they last for such a day?
Yue Ming didn't know that standing on the snowy city, Yue Ming, who was covered in blood on a battle robe, had a very haggard face, only hoped to survive this winter, and then, if he had no choice, he would go through the path and retreat to
Go to Yizhou.
But can you survive this winter?
The Tatar tribe left, which is not a good thing for itself. The Tatar tribe is unwilling to use too many elite soldiers to attack Anqing, which is not very good at geographical location, but these small tribes are different. It depends on their equipment.
I knew that this was a group of crazy poor guys. I was afraid that in their eyes, any city in the Central Plains would be rich. As long as they captured the city, they could kill, kill, plunder and make things for their sake.
"Koer, you are in the spirit of heaven, bless your father to protect Anqing!" Yue Ming put his hands together and prayed in a low voice. Yue Ke was his only son, and in the first month of the war broke out, he was defending the city.
An iron arrow shot from a strong bow hit the door and died on the spot.
"General Yue, look!" A bloody captain next to him suddenly shouted, pointing to the distance, where thick smoke was rising.
"The enemy must be robbing the village!" cried the captain.
Yue Ming's hand gently clenched on the city wall. Those villages did not have time to retreat into the city when the war broke out, so they could only stay in the local area. Fortunately, this time the Tatar tribe seemed to have changed its temperament.
Yue Ming was entrenched under Anqing City for several months, but he did not disturb them and plunder these ordinary people. This made Yue Ming feel a little happy. At least, the people outside the city will not suffer because of the war, but now, the Tata
After the son left, these poor and crazy small tribes came, and the people outside the city were the first to suffer.
"General, I will lead a group of people out of the city!" The captain asked for battle loudly.
Yue Ming shook his head, "If you can't go, you will die if you leave the city!"
"But general, there are many ordinary people outside Anqing City!" the captain said anxiously.
Chapter completed!