In Xu Ping's era, China has been fighting for thousands of years, defending and attacking cities has accumulated countless experience, especially the siege party, all kinds of tricks, only can not be done, there is no imagination. It is no longer appropriate to defend the city with a strong city, as it did a thousand years ago, and the first element of defending the city is no longer strong, but it can facilitate the troops in the city to go out of the city and harass them. If you can't attack, you can't defend, it's already an iron rule.

Jiatong stationed the elite soldiers in the city, which is like tying up his hands that can fight, where else can this battle be fought? What's more, the small city in front of him is far from being called a strong city, not to mention that Xu Ping still has gunpowder in his hand.

Zhang Rong looked at Xu Ping's face and asked in a low voice, "What does the official mean?"

"Surround the three queyi, and leave the way for the city to retreat to Thang Long Mansion! In the early hours of tomorrow morning, attack on three sides! ”

Zhang Rong hesitated: "But the city is full of local soldiers, and if their home is here, they may not be able to escape." ”

"They can't escape, and they're not afraid to fight in the streets. However, when the city was breached, I don't know how many people would have the courage to hold on. As long as someone takes the lead, most people follow. Even if you really want to fight to the death, you will be coerced to run, and there will be no one who can help if there are too many people! ”

"What the officials said makes sense, but we let them escape like this?"

Xu Ping smiled: "How can you let them go?" Back to our troubles. The order was sent to Han Daocheng, and there were 1,000 cavalry on the left and right of Taniguchi, and it was easier to chase and kill than to fight in the city. ”

Although Sue Sugar was rich, limited to the actual conditions, Xu Ping could not equip a large number of heavy cavalry. Full of calculations, from the Dali horses bought, there are only six or seven hundred horses that can carry heavy armor knights, and then consider the backup of horses. Formed into a command of heavy armored cavalry, and always followed Xu Ping's Chinese army like a baby. The commander of this heavy armored cavalry was originally Gao Daquan, but he still brought other lightly armed cavalry when he went out to lead the army, let alone fight in peacetime.

Xu Ping has always been generous, but he is a stingy ghost in the cavalry, and he really has limited cards in his hand. I can't be generous if I want to.

The soldiers of Sue Sugar Township looked majestic with one or two thousand cavalry at every turn, but in fact, they were mostly chasing and fleeing, and they really had nothing to do against the well-organized infantry army. However, if the soldiers in the city fled in the direction of Jiaozhi, it would be the most suitable for them to chase and kill.

After looking at the situation, Xu Ping asked Zhang Rong again: "Have the siege equipment arrived?" ”

"Said it would be in the evening."

"Well, it must arrive in the evening, and be ready at night, when the first rays of sunshine appear tomorrow. You will lead the army to attack the city! I want to see how strong the elite soldiers of Jiadong are! ”

The reason why Langzhou is very important to Cochin is because from here there is a narrow valley leading to the south, and once you get out of the narrow valley, you will be a flat river, and there is no danger to Thang Long except for a Phu Liang River.

Of course, the current Langzhou does not have the status it later has, and the real defense line of Jiaozhi is in the Fuliang River. The northern part of the Furajiang River is also a hilly and undulating area. The population is not large, and it is the essence of Cochin after the Fuliang River. But for Da Song. Mastering this gate sealed the way north of Cochin, and there was no more fighting on the border.

One of the characteristics of the mountains at the junction of the two countries is that the side of the Great Song Dynasty is often steep, and the side of the cochin is exceptionally gentle, so for the north, the valley mouth is particularly important.

Not far from the big tree on the top of the mountain. It is the small courtyard of the A family, although it is not big, but it is very exquisitely built. Jiaozhi has been a part of the Central Plains Dynasty for a thousand years, and the king has been transformed for a long time, and most of the upper-class people are contaminated with Han style. It's very different from the average local barbarian.

After entering the small courtyard, Xu Ping went straight to the living room.

His Chinese military personnel were nervously arranging when they saw Xu Ping coming in and hurriedly saluted.

Xu Ping looked at it, pointed to the table and said, "Make a topographic sand table near the state city as soon as possible, it's best to do it tomorrow, don't delay." Don't do it too fine at the beginning, just have a rough one, and then make up for it. ”

The officials promised.

These things are usually practiced, Xu Ping looked at it, and there was nothing to say, so he asked everyone to continue to be busy and went to the back room to rest.

The cavalry led by Han Daocheng did not participate in the siege, but went around the city and rushed straight to the valley four or five miles south of the state city. Xu Ping made it clear that the state city could not be defeated as soon as it entered, but the valley mouth must be occupied first. This is the only way for reinforcements from Jiaozhi to come, as long as it is sealed, Langzhou is a dead city.

Since the last time Sang Yi led his troops into Langzhou, Jiatong has been fortified and cleared. There was no farm work in this season, and the surrounding men, women, and children, all of whom were driven to the state city, was already empty.

This is also the place where Xu Ping shook his head, Menzhou to Langzhou twenty or thirty miles away, Jiatong knows that the cane sugar is abundantly stored, and there will be no shortage of materials at all, what is the use of this strong wall? If you really have the heart, Jiatong should be stationed in Beilang Prefecture in advance and build the military village of Kuoma Mountain, which will be much better than the current situation. Now there is a lonely city left here for Xu Ping to fight, and Xu Ping doesn't think it's much fun.

If you can attack, you can defend, and once you lose confidence, you will put your fate in the hands of others.

When the Great Song Dynasty retreated, whether it was Jiaozhi or Jiadong, they were extremely arrogant, pressing step by step, and looked greedy that they couldn't get enough to eat. And once faced with the counterattack of the army, they immediately panicked and lost their proportions. These small forces really lack a kind of bearing, and it is no wonder that they can only make small fights and cannot become a big climate.

In front of the Gukou Military Village with the Loyal Rui Army, Han Daocheng shouted loudly: "I am the commander of the Loyal Rui Army under the Taiping Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and you village owners come out to speak!" ”

The people in this village only knew that the Song army had made a lot of trouble in Langzhou recently, but they couldn't figure out what the situation was in the basin, but they didn't pay attention to it when they saw a few people hurriedly going to Thang Long Mansion in the morning.

The Jiatong native soldiers on the walled floor heard Han Daocheng say majesticly, and laughed together: "You are the commander of the Great Song Dynasty, but you came to our Jiaozhi military village to be majestic!" Shouting outside, I'll take the life of your handful of birds with one arrow here!" Ha! Ha! Ha! ”

When Han Daocheng heard the answer, he ignored them anymore, turned his horse back to the military formation, and said in a deep voice: "Siege!" ”

Because this military village is in the rear of Jiatong, it is not set up for war, and its main function is to check the merchants who come and go, and collect taxes. The stockade is mainly made of wood, which is far worse than the Kuuma Mountain Military Village that was blown up by Sang Yi back then, and Han Dao didn't see the cost in his eyes, so what nonsense!

Hearing the commanding order, the cavalry in front separated, and the sergeant in the rear drove ten horses with small cannons.

After opening the horse away, the sergeant aimed the muzzle of the black hole at the walled tower, loaded gunpowder from the muzzle, stabbed it tightly, and took out a special lead pellet and stuffed it into the muzzle. Packed the medicine twist, held the torch, and quietly watched the main general.

(Today's two chapters are indeed a bit lacking, forgive me.) (To be continued.) )