Chapter 121: Can't Hold It

It is true that Sizhou is the first city in the eastern Xinjiang of the Fengyun Empire, but when it comes to importance, the location of Yangzhou is even more important. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sizhou at least has Huicheng and Dong'an City behind him, and even if these two cities are captured, there is Yangzhou to block, which is the only way to enter the hinterland of the Fengyun Empire, so if you really take Yangzhou that day, the land of Dongjiang is really not guaranteed, because Yangzhou is the real artery, it not only has the main road connecting the capital of the Fengyun Empire, Fengyun City, but also the main road connecting the southern and northern cities of the empire.

"Storm back to the city? Yes, it is the route of Tang Zi's retreat, and there should be no combat power, but I don't understand why he didn't attack Dong'an Town and take Lin Yi down? As far as I know, this person is the general's henchman. Qin Di didn't quite understand, although he said that picking up persimmons should be pinched softly, but now the initiative is in their hands, and they should take advantage of the big victory to win Lin Yi, because as long as this person is destroyed, there will be no one in Dongjiang who is their opponent, and it will be extraordinarily smooth to do something, and get twice the result with half the effort.

"Dong'an City? Inappropriate. Hearing Qin Di's suggestion, Po Zhanye did shake his head.

Without waiting for Po Zhanye to say what the reason was, there were guards outside the door to report, saying that General Zhou Ying was back.

As soon as he heard that it was Zhou Ying coming back, Po Zhanye hurriedly said, "Please let him in." ”

After a while, Zhou Ying, who was dressed in armor, walked into the main hall, saw through the battlefield and Qin Di, and hurriedly saluted: "I have seen General Po, and I have seen the second prince." ”

"Well, no need to be polite, tell me how is the situation over there?" Po Zhanye could already see from Zhou Ying's face that something seemed to have happened, but he still wanted to hear the other party tell him what was going on.

plopped, and before he spoke, Zhou Ying knelt down first, and then said with a look of guilt: "The last general is incompetent, and please punish the general and the second prince." ”

"What the hell is going on, let's talk about it first." Knowing that his feelings had come true, Po Zhanye's face was not very good, but he still asked Zhou Ying to tell him what had happened.

Zhou Ying knelt on the ground and told the story of the ambush of the army, "General Po, the second prince, I really didn't know that Lin Yi actually set up an ambush on the way, so he was ambushed by the other party and lost 300,000 troops, please punish him." ”

Hearing Zhou Ying's narration, the second prince looked at Po Zhanye with a somewhat frightened gaze, he didn't expect that this Lin Yi was a defeated general, and he still had such a cautious mind, and he still thought about ambushing himself, he couldn't help but feel a chill, and even thought that if he led the troops himself, he was afraid that the loss would only be greater.

Po Zhanye was also shocked for a long time when he heard it, to be honest, he didn't expect that Lin Yi was a defeated soldier, and he still had such a mind to arrange an ambush, could it be that he had already thought that Sizhou City would be defeated, and he had long thought that he would send someone to pursue him, and he had already thought of it... If that's the case, then you really can't cut him, otherwise if you don't get it right, you will bury the army in Dong'an City, and if so, the good situation will be given away.

Po Zhanye, who was thinking around, saw that Zhou Ying was still kneeling on the ground, so he said: "Get up, General Zhou, although you didn't achieve any victory this time, it is not easy to bring the main force back, so you go down and rest first." ”

Po Zhanye didn't mean to blame himself, which made Zhou Ying grateful, and quickly got up and retreated.

After Zhou Ying left, Po Zhanye looked at Qin Di and said, "Second Prince, do you know why I advocate attacking Huicheng instead of Dong'an City?" ”

"It's clear, it's still General Po's foresight." After hearing Zhou Ying's report, Qin Di also understood that this Lin Yi was not easy to deal with, and he was afraid that he would not be able to take it down in a short period of time.

"I can't talk about foresight, but I know that this Lin Yi can actually become the city lord of Sizhou City, and he has been confronting us for so long, so he must have some skills in his hands. And now we are holding the victorious division, what we should do is how to find the weak links of the opponent, and then continue to expand the results of victory. As for Lin Yi just guarding a Dong'an City, it is not a matter of worry, as long as we capture Huicheng and take the periphery of Yangzhou, and then we can attack Dong'an City on both sides, at that time he is equivalent to being isolated and helpless, there, he is the meat on the chopping block, we can do whatever we want. Po Zhanye said his plan, obviously wanting to bypass Lin Yi, gain control of Yangzhou first, and open the road to the hinterland of Fengyun City first.

"Okay, I agree with General Po's plan." Qin Di is no longer against it at this time, he also knows his own catties, when it comes to commanding a war, he will not be an opponent to break the battlefield, even if this is not good, it is better not to command blindly, you don't see Tang Zi is just waving his fingers, and as a result, he lost Sizhou?

After having a consensus, the army of the Tianfeng Empire began to set off towards the city overnight, and when it was dawn the next morning, the city defense army guarding the city saw that there were already dense soldiers of the Tianfeng Empire under the city, and then they knew that they were going to attack the city.

Subsequently, under the personal command of the broken battlefield, the siege vehicles and catapults continued to blast out towards the city, starting from the Qingli for a whole day, at dusk at the cost of losing 600,000 soldiers to let them capture the city, Tang Zi and Bai Fengxian and others continued to flee and retreated to the city of Yangzhou behind them.

Speaking of Huicheng, it is just a small city, the city wall is not high, the city gate is not thick, so it can be broken through, and Yangzhou City is indeed not, the height of the city wall is not inferior to Sizhou, so it is a little difficult to capture it.

After Tang Zi led his troops back to Yangzhou City, he immediately sent a message to Fengyun City, saying that he needed support, otherwise he was afraid that Yangzhou City would not be protected.

As soon as Tang Zi's letter arrived in the hands of Emperor Tang of Fengyun City, his attention was completely diverted, and for a while, the affairs of Western Xinjiang became secondary, and Eastern Xinjiang became a key place.

With the attention of Emperor Tang, the troops of the whole country began to gather towards the boundary of Yangzhou, after all, relatively speaking, Tang Yin's threat and the threat of Long Wu and Chu Yang were nothing compared to the Tianfeng Empire's army, so that the pressure on Tang Yin, who was in Qiaoshan County, and Chu Yang, who was about to come to the west, was much less.

All this is exactly what Long Wu wants, and he really doesn't know these at this time, he is singing with Lin Yi in Dong'an City.

Lin Yi was just busy calling, because he was worried that he would send troops to attack in the war, so since he came back, he asked people to strengthen the city wall.

It wasn't until he had time to rest after being busy for a while, that he found Long Wu, and the two of them sat there drinking.

For Lin Yi's hands-on, and even personally went to the city wall to move stones, Long Wu still appreciated it very much, as a city lord or a general, it is necessary to have an exemplary role, you can do it first, so that everyone can be convinced, follow you together, and some things can have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

"Haha, Young Master Long, I'm really sorry, the military affairs are busy, and the greetings are not thoughtful, and the greetings are not thoughtful." Lin Yi sat down opposite Long Wu, first apologized, and then beckoned Shang to bring up the best wine and food.

Long Wu waved his hand, "The city lord has a lot of affairs, I can understand, and even have some admiration, as far as I know, not every city lord has the courage of you, personally go up to the city wall to move stones, this is a beautiful talk." ”

Lin Yi, who was complimented by Long Wu a little, was also smiling, but he still said very modestly between his words, "This is also no way, now the situation is unfavorable to us, and many things have to be done personally, otherwise I don't have to worry about it." ”

Seeing that Lin Yi's mind was still sober and knew that the current situation was unfavorable, Long Wu nodded slightly. As the lord of a city, or a famous general, the most important thing is to judge the situation, and you can't underestimate the enemy at any time, otherwise, failure will be a matter of time.

Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, this is exactly what is said.

Lin Yi first raised a large bowl of wine and threw it up, then looked at Long Wu and said as if chatting, "Young Master Long, in your opinion, what should we do next?" Is it to defend Dong'an City, waiting to break the war field and bring people to fight? Or retreat to Yangzhou City and look for an opportunity to fight back? ”

Lin Yi just talked about these problems casually, of course he didn't think that Long Wu could come up with any good ideas, in his opinion, this is just a representative of a mercenary group, what knowledge can he have, the most he does is to find an opportunity to beat the water dogs and make profits.

It's just that the two really can't talk about any friendship, so they just ask casually, and at the same time, there are some things he has no one to talk about, and talking to Long Wu is just to vent his dissatisfaction.

I never thought that after hearing this, Long Wu's expression was indeed serious, and then after thinking about it, he said slowly: "According to the following opinion, the city lord of Lin should not defend Dong'an City, because the small walls of the city are low, and the defense cannot be held." ”

"Well, what Long Gongzi said is extremely true." Lin Yi nodded, this idea coincided with him, after a busy day at the city wall station, he could also see that Dong'an City is too small, with a population of only one million, it is only a little bigger than the earliest Wolong Town, and it is not like Wolong Town that is in danger to defend, so once someone comes to attack, it is conceivable that the city gate will eventually die.

"Yes, Dong'an City can't be defended, and as far as I'm concerned, Yangzhou City can't be entered." Long Wu then threw out his second point.

"Inaccessible? Why? Hearing that Long Wu denied his two ideas one after another, Lin Yi was a little dissatisfied.

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