Chapter 47: Siege

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On 1 February, more than 16,000 captives and auxiliary soldiers and civilians besieging Yangxincheng completed the siege of Yangxincheng. Outside the four city gates, in addition to building a solid semi-enclosed moat, a large number of chest-high frozen earth walls and horses and other obstacles were built horizontally and vertically to prevent the elite defenders of the city from taking advantage of the chaos during the siege to go out of the city and assault, but also leaving a way to attack the city gates.

Nahe Xiongqi stood behind the fence, staring at the north tower of Yangxin City like an eagle, and Gao Dun covered the courtyard of the north city tower, so that they could not see the movement in the north tower outside the city. However, it was certain that Lin Jian would use it as his command shed, and he had to seriously speculate on the strategy that Lin Jian might adopt to defend the city.

The Lin Tie in front of him may be the most outstanding Southern Dynasty leader and general that Donghu has encountered since the founding of the country, and in Nahe Xiongqi's opinion, Lin Tie is not even half a point worse than the Southern Dynasty Jingbei Hou Su Hu back then.

If it weren't for the Southern Dynasty cutting off its own arm and annihilating the entire Su Hu clan, Donghu's situation would have been much more difficult than it is now, and it would have been impossible to achieve such a strategically decisive victory as Chentangyi's victory.

Now, every time Nahe Xiongqi recalls the tragedy of the Ningjin War, he has palpitations. At that time, he was the same age as Adoji, and he was also a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, under the command of King Tianshun Khan, he stormed Ningjin Fort, and besieged the defeated army that fled into Ningjin Fort in a hurry with ten times the force, and he did not capture it for a month. After several defeats, the princes and ministers almost agreed to withdraw from Liaodong completely.

Na He Xiongqi sighed slightly, fortunately the most difficult days have survived, but now Ye Ji Duodi made him governor of the siege battle, this responsibility is not light, if this battle is defeated by the Jiangdong Left Army, he has no face to go back to see the Khan.

Although Na He Xiongqi is more inclined to besiege than attack, with the speed of the Han army and auxiliary troops to build an ice and earth wall, even if it is not difficult to build an ice and earth wall with a length of 4,000 steps, then it only takes a small number of cavalry to cooperate with the Han army to besiege Yangxin City, but this is no longer something he can decide.

Since you want to attack Yangxin, you can only fight for consumption.

Na He Xiongqi knew that it was extremely unlikely that he would be able to grasp the Achilles heel of the Jiangdong Left Army in the siege war, and he wanted to completely give up this illusion, and he also asked the generals to give up this illusion. In addition to blocking the city gate and encirclement, he also asked Mo Jimo to build a semi-encircled trench on the two wings of Zhulongpo and Yangxin Xicheng and Beicheng, so as to facilitate the cavalry to assemble and attack, and asked half of the cavalry to prepare to dismount and put on armor to fight.

In addition to the ladder, Mo Jiben was also required to lead the Han army and auxiliary soldiers to take local materials, and work day and night to build large shields, crashes, vans and other siege equipment that could block the team's approach to the city. In addition, he asked the third prince, Ye Ji Duodi, to send messengers to the Khan, and even if he could not bring Zhao Jinlong, the right capital of the Han army, to Yangxinlai, he would escort more strong men to Yangxin City.

More than 300,000 young and strong people were captured this time, and no one knew how much they would be lost when the north was returned, and in short, there was nothing to cherish, especially those prisoners of war, who were taken to Yangxin City to consume.

Na He Xiongqi planned to use the young strong men to supplement the surrendered Han army that might suffer huge losses in the siege battle, even if it was to consume the arrows of the defenders, it would be meaningful.

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Lin Lian, Ao Canghai, Ning Zechen, Zhou Tong, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang, and the officials of Yangxin County, as well as Yuan Jianhai, the general of Zhenguo, and Zuo Tanggui and Ye Youren of Lu Wangfu, stood in front of the Beicheng Tower, under the protection of Gao Dun, looking at the enemy fortress outside the Beicheng.

"The captives are divided into four gates, and our defenders should concentrate their forces from one gate and break through each ......"

Lin Jian glanced back, but it was the warden and chamberlain Ye Youren of the Lu Palace, who thought that he had read a few military books, so he opened his mouth and talked nonsense, and said with a smile: "Ye Dianguan knows the truth of each break, Lin can send an elite to go out of the city with Ye Warden to break each one, Lin is here to watch Ye Warden establish a meritorious return......"

Ye Youren has only the kung fu to play tricks, but he doesn't have the courage to lead the troops out of the city to fight, Lin Tie blocked him like this, he didn't dare to intervene anymore. When he escaped from Jinan, he was really scared and urinated, and fled to Yangxinlai with a fishy smell, but he couldn't help but speak; Lin Lian's reputation for this person has made him angry, don't say scolding his mother, if he throws himself from the city, wouldn't he kill himself?

Ao Canghai, Ning Zechen, Zhou Tong, Geng Quanshan, and Chen Dingbang all smiled when they heard Ye Youren's words, the captives have completely controlled the battlefield outside the city, and when the city gate is opened, it will be transmitted to the military tent in the shortest possible time, where is it possible to leave them plenty of time and space for various breakthroughs?

That's not what it says on paper.

Lin Jian will not pay attention to a clown like Ye Youren, but he also has to give Lu Wangfu some face, looking at the deployment of the captives outside the city, his brows furrowed slightly, the rebel general Mo Ji was afraid of death, and surrendered to Dongyu without a fight, but he was not a mediocre and incompetent person.

Under the command of Mo Jiben, the siege preparations of the captives outside the city were carried out in an orderly manner, faster and more complete than expected, and looking at the subordinates of the captives, they completely wanted to set up a position to fight a dignified siege war, which was to fight for consumption!

Lin Lian turned around and said to Cheng Weiyuan, the lieutenant of Yangxin County, and others: "From tonight, the Yangxin defender army and the people are divided into four teams, taking turns to defend the city wall, and the Jiangdong Left Army, the Jinzhong Army, and the Shaowu Army will also take turns to go into battle - this battle is more difficult than imagined, pass on the order of our army, and those who refuse to go to the city and withdraw without the order will not be forgiven!" He also said to Yuan Jianhai, the general of Zhenguo, "The guards of King Lu's mansion also have the responsibility of guarding the city, so they naturally have to go up to the city to assist in the defense, what does General Zhenguo think?" ”

Lin Bin's voice was not loud, but it had a majesty that could not be rejected by others.

Yuan Jianhai's face was blue and red for a while, it is said that Lin Jian did not have the command of the guards of Lu Wangfu at all, but there were only sixty or seventy guards who escaped from Lu Wangfu, Yuan Jianhai didn't know if he refused on the spot, Lin Jian would order the guards of Lu Wangfu to be tied to the city as meat shields.

Yuan Jianhai can't say at this time that the battle to defend the city has nothing to do with the guards of the Lu Palace, no matter what, as long as Lin Jian doesn't want him to go to the city to defend the city, it is easy to talk, that is, he wants to die, and the guards will die first, he said in an urn voice: "Lin Dujian arranged it like this, so he obeyed Lin Dujian's arrangement." ”

"Listening to Ye Dianguan's discussion, he is also a person who knows the soldiers, and the guards of the Lu Palace's Mansion will go to the city to assist in guarding, then ask Ye Dianguan to be responsible for commanding the guards of the Lu Palace!" Lin Jian said, "My military law for governing the army, I think it is clear to Ye Dianguan, do you want Lin to give Ye Dianguan another order."

Ye Youren only felt that his legs were weak, and he couldn't help but pee out of his crotch, where did he think that Lin Jian was a villain who would be revenged, and he only said a few bad words about this kid after following Zuo Tanggui in King Lu's mansion, and he actually took revenge on himself to go to the city to defend the city!

staring at Lin Tie's cold eyes, Ye Youren didn't dare to say a word, Lin Tie just now clearly said that those who refused to go to the city would not be forgiven, he didn't want to test Lin Tie's military law and behead Lin Tie to demonstrate.

Lin Jian saw that Ye Youren had no objections, and said to Ao Canghai: "You have incorporated the guards of the Lu Wangfu into the guard sequence of the northern city, this battle will not succeed if you are not the same enemy-annihilate the enemy under the city, military achievements will be rewarded, and you can also leave a name in history!" He also said to Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang, "Although there is no further news coming into the city, I have carefully checked the military registration in the past two days, and found that many of the Zhejiang soldiers under the command of Zhejiang general Zhao Jinlong are military households from Haozhou, and Haozhou has been captured by the thief Liu An'er and Chen Hansan...... Zhao Jinlong is likely to have defected to Dongyu at this time. The battle in Yangxin is fierce, and it is likely that the king of capture will also transfer the rebels under Zhao Jinlong to attack Yangxin, and at that time, the siege battle will also enter the most intense stage......"

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The first of February was also the deadline for Yezidodi to order the siege of the city, although the preparations were not yet sufficient. In order to make Ye Ji Duodi look good, after nightfall, Nahe Xiongqi also drove the surrendered Han army to carry out a tentative attack on Yangxin City. It is also to test the deployment of Lin Tie in Yangxin City to defend the city, and he can make targeted adjustments outside the city.

Besides, there is no way not to attack the city, generally speaking, the entire Yanji Plain will begin to unfreeze in late February, and even if they are the troops of the palace, they will retreat by the end of February at the latest.

To the south and east of Yangxin, there are uplifted hilly plots, some tombs are buried, and there are large areas of mixed forest. Although the terrain is lower and lower than Zhulongpo, the terrain is more complicated, it is closer to Yangxin City, leaving a very narrow space to deploy troops, and it is completely within the range of the city's bed crossbow and stone-throwing crossbow, and the south city and the east city are not the ideal location for attacking the city, and the Yangxin offensive and defensive battle was officially launched from the north city and the west city on the night of February 1.

Although there is no moon in the night sky, the stars are sparse, and there is shallow snow in the four fields, and there are campfires near and far to reflect, this light is enough to attach the wall to attack the city.

Hundreds of Han soldiers came out from behind the enclosure, pushing vans, holding large shields, and carrying large shields made of thick door panels and coffin boards, wrapped in dozens of young men carrying bumping wood to the north city gate.

The city gate is always the weak point of the city defense, especially the city without the urn city, which can't withstand the fact that there is a person holding the thick and thin wood and hitting it a few times. Since the eastern captives broke the border and entered the Kou, more than 30 were broken in a row, and the vast majority of them entered the door by slamming the door, and after capturing the city gate, they entered the city and trapped the city with brave and good warriors.

The head of the city did not care whether the young men were coerced or not, and the wooden rolling stones with shortened beams and pillars poured down, and while the enemy position was unstable, the armor soldiers in ambush inside the city gate rushed out from the suddenly open city gate. For these rebel generals to surrender their troops, the Jin Zhongjun and Shao Wujun hated them to the core, and even turned their anger on the people who coerced the army, and they were ruthless.

Nahe Xiongqi stared at the battlefield behind the siege, and the Han army only rushed in from the hole in the city gate, and the unfolding surface was very narrow, and he was attacked by the city, so he was basically in a passive situation. Lin Jian has two or three thousand elites in the city, and if they only attack the northern city gate, they will not want to attack the city for a year, and they must carry out more strikes to disperse the elites of the defenders and consume them.

Nahe Xiongqi called Mo Jiben and asked him to attack not only the four gates of Yangxin in one day, but also to attack the north and west cities of Yangxin in the northwest of Yangxin, which was deployed with troops.

Since breaking the border and entering the city, Azig has also participated in many siege battles, in addition to Jinan City, which is slightly fierce, this Yangxin is the most tricky, maybe the Southern Dynasty's city defense tactics can not be taken lightly.