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- On April 21, the fifth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, King Li Mao of Yan, the lord of Northern Xinjiang, finally led as many as 70,000 to 80,000 Northern Xinjiang soldiers to Anping State, the capital of Hebei Province.
With 40,000 infantry and 30,000 Yuyang cavalry, when the black and overwhelming army marched under the city of Jijing, the almost suffocating feeling of heaviness enveloped the hearts of the defenders in the city of Jijing like a nightmare.
Different from ordinary armies, the soldiers from Northern Xinjiang just lined up neatly under the city. Even if they didn't shout to intimidate, it still put great pressure on the guards at the top of Jijing City, especially for someone like Li Shou who had never been to the city. For people on the battlefield.
"It's three days later thanthan expected"
He wanted to say something to break the solemn atmosphere, but after he said it, Li Shou realized that the tone of his words was trembling slightly.
"It's just a threat!" Beichi Hou Wenqin glanced at the Emperor Li Shou as if he was aware of it. He obviously saw the timidity and panic in Li Shou's heart, but he did not say anything. He said lightly, "Li Mao relies on his own aloofness and always thinks he is righteous. , look down on others, the reason why I came late this time is nothing more than a deterrent strategy, asking me to wait for the arrival of the northern Xinjiang soldiers, and unknowingly fell into fear! - Didn't Xie Shangshu once say it? ?The scary thing is not waiting for something to actually happen, but the period of time waiting for it to happen"
"Is it is it" After swallowing, Li Shou's face was still pale and bloodless.
Seeing this, Wen Qin frowned slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but after pondering for a while, he changed his words and advised, "Your Majesty, don't be alarmed. The Northern Xinjiang soldiers are the elite troops in our surrounding areas. This matter It's absolutely true, but if he plans to conquer Jijing easily, it won't be that easy!
Although the rebellion of the Han family and his son in Xigong Mansion caused Ji Jing to lose 20,000 troops, as far as the current strength of the troops in the city is concerned, it does not mean that it cannot be defended. It depends on how your Majesty decides! "
"" Li Shou opened his mouth when he heard this but stopped talking. Perhaps he did have an ambition in his heart before, and wanted to stop the Northern Xinjiang soldiers from attacking the Anping Kingdom, but when he saw the Northern Xinjiang soldiers outside the city, they were as dense as locusts and ants. He couldn't help but retreat in his heart.
No wonder, after all, Li Shou has never really led a war, let alone a war in an extremely unfavorable situation. Although he also went to the northwest to quell the rebellion four years ago, in the final analysis, the war was entirely due to the planning of Xie An and Changsun Xiangyu. To put it bluntly, he, Li Shou, was just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of the war. In addition to being burdened with a The coach in name only has little use.
But this time he still decided to stay in Jijing as the emperor to stop Li Mao's army. To put it bluntly, it was just Li Shou's pride and honor that caused trouble, but this did not mean that he was ready to fight the Northern Xinjiang soldiers, even to the point of risking his life. He is not mentally prepared for this yet.
Seeing the hesitation on Li Shou's face, Wen Qin shook his head slightly and secretly compared Li Shou with the former prince Li Wei to whom he had previously been loyal.
"Perhaps in the eyes of others, the former crown prince Zhou Ai Wang Li Wei was vicious and vicious, with many bad habits. But Wen Qin has always been loyal to Li Wei. In this world, there is a type of people who value friendship more than anything else. For example, Liang Qiuhao's feelings for Liu Qian have not been eroded by time at all, and they will remain in love even if they are separated by life and death.
Wen Qin's loyalty to Li Wei is not as high as Liang Qiu Hao's feelings for Liu Qian, but to be honest, it is not much different. After all, Wen Qin was Li Wei's number one confidant, even if he forced the palace to usurp the throne. With only a word from the former prince Li Wei, Wen Qin resolutely led his troops into the palace.
In addition to the high regard that the former prince Li Wei had for Wen Qin, more importantly, Wen Qin always felt that Li Wei was an excellent candidate for the king.
In fact, even the late Emperor Li Ji once said this. Among all the princes, only the second prince, Li Wei, is most like him.
[If the prince were here]
Taking a slight breath, Wen Qin couldn't help but have a fantasy in his mind. He imagined that the person who climbed onto the tower at this moment was not the cowardly Li Shou, but the former prince Li Wei. What would that be like.
[First of all, the prince must kill all the people who are close to Li Mao, so as to arouse Li Mao's anger and make him attack the city angrily]
As he thought about it, Wen Qin raised a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth. Although the former prince Li Wei was vicious and vicious in his actions, he was quite in line with Wen Qin's taste. As the saying goes, a general can make thousands of bones wither. If this is true for a general, let alone the king of a country?
Even the late emperor Li Ji killed his brother, forced his father, and forced the palace to usurp the throne, so that he could become the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, and then achieve unprecedented and unprecedented feats?
[Li Shou, after all, is only suitable to be an emperor in the peaceful and prosperous times No, it will not be his turn in the peaceful and prosperous times, because Li Xian is more suitable than him]
Wen Qin?A thought flashed through my mind.
It is not that he cannot understand why the father and son of the Han family in the Xigong Mansion abandoned Li Shou and joined the King of Yan Li Mao. After all, in many cases, Li Shou failed to show his talents as an emperor. If it were not for the powerful officials in the court headed by Xie An, , can Li Shou become emperor with his qualifications? It¡¯s simply a fantasy!
Of course, although he didn't have much affection for Li Shou in his heart, this did not hinder Wen Qin's determination to help Li Shou guard Jijing. After all, the fourth prince and King of Yan Li Mao was the former crown prince Li Wei's strong rival for the throne during his lifetime. Although the prince Li Wei is gone now, Wen Qin has no intention of switching to Li Mao, let alone four years ago in the Golden Palace of the Imperial Palace, Wen Qin had a grudge with Zhang Qi, one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang. .
"Zhang Qi, the Northern Xinjiang general who slashed Wen Qin's shoulder with his sword, has never been forgotten by Wen Qin in these years.
"How is the evacuation of the city to Chaoge City going?"
Just when Wen Qin was secretly wondering whether he would bump into Zhang Qi, one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, again so that he could avenge his hatred of the sword, he unexpectedly heard Li Shou next to him ask a question.
Although Li Shou¡¯s question is somewhat inconsistent with the current tense atmosphere, after all, this person is the current emperor of Zhou Dynasty, so why not reply? Thinking of this, Wen Qin replied in a low voice, "The ministers of the court, who were protecting the queen and the prince, have evacuated to Chaoge a while ago, and the people in the city have also evacuated 50% to 60%"
"Does that mean it's still close to 40%?" Li Shou muttered to himself, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said decisively, "Master Wen. I don't know how to defend Jijing. I hope Master Wen can give me some advice on how to defend Jijing. !¡±
"Well, I should give my all and die!" Wen Qin glanced at Li Shou with some surprise. After all, although Li Shou still had some fear on his face at this moment, his eyes gradually became firmer. .
Under Wen Qin¡¯s surprised gaze. Li Shou took a deep breath, then strode to the edge of the city wall, holding the female wall with both hands, scanning the densely packed Northern Xinjiang soldiers outside the city with his eyes, and suddenly shouted sharply, "Where is Li Mao?!"
This scolding, although the sound was not loud, shocked many of the guards in the city, and even Wen Qin was a little surprised.
[how? Is this His Majesty who is cowardly by nature? You actually have the guts to challenge King Yan Li Mao directly? ]
Not to mention Wen Qin was stunned, even the Northern Xinjiang Army primary school who was shouting outside the city to persuade the guards on the city to surrender was dumbfounded and stared dumbly at the man wearing the emperor's dragon robe on the tower.
"Heaventhe Son of Heaven"
"Your Majesty"
After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty was a country with centralized monarchy for hundreds of years, and the idea of ??loyalty to the emperor and patriotism was deeply rooted. Seeing the emperor Li Shou ascending the tower to shout, the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang under the city were not surprisingly a little panicked. After all, in this era, the emperor is heaven, and those who oppose the emperor are those who oppose heaven. It's rebellion, it's rebellious!
"Hey! Interesting"
King Yan Li Mao, who was under the banner of Northern Xinjiang Tiger, was slightly startled when he heard this. Immediately, a strange look appeared on his face, and he slowly rode his horse to the front of the array. He looked up at Li Shou on the top of the city and said with a smile, "Xiaojiu, what do you mean by calling me brother? Do you want to open the city and surrender?" "
?To be fair. King Li Mao of Yan did not take Li Shou seriously at all, and even did not take seriously the people in the city, including Xun Zheng, the minister of Weiwei Temple, and Wenqin, the Hou Wenqin of Beichi. The reason why he sent one of his subordinates to make a statement before was just because he wanted to capture Ji Jing without any bloodshed. After all, if he could capture Jijing without any bloodshed, Li Mao wouldn't be so stupid as to cause a bloody storm in the city.
"Surrender?" Li Shou on the top of the city snorted loudly when he heard this. He sneered and said, "Li Mao, although you are my fourth emperor brother, you are still a subordinate. Now you have the courage to gather troops to rebel with the intention of usurping the throne. This treasonous act will be punished by everyone! - All loyal and righteous people , how can I sit back and watch you go against the grain?
? ! "
Li Shou said these words with great enthusiasm and emotion. It was not obvious that he had been frightened by the powerful strength of the Northern Xinjiang soldiers before and had a cold sweat on his forehead.
Li Mao's face darkened when he heard this. You must know that he originally just wanted to ridicule Li Shou, but he didn't expect that Li Shou would label him as someone who intended to usurp the throne. Well, although he did do so. .
"I am the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty? Ha! Hahaha!" After his face darkened, Li Mao looked up to the sky and laughed, saying disdainfully, "Where is my Emperor of Zhou Dynasty?!"
Seeing that Li Mao ignored his existence, Li Shou was also angry and angrily scolded, "Isn't it in front of you?!"
"You?" When Li Mao heard this, he showed a disdainful smile and said coldly, "Xiaojiu, your throne was just picked up for nothing. It was still relying on Xie An's gang of deceitful ministers. From the beginning, This book?I never admitted this! ¡ª¡ªIf you recognize the situation, quickly open the city gate and surrender, I think of you and my brother, I can still spare your life, and it will not be a problem to make you a prince who can enjoy peace in the future; if you are stubborn, you can rest I blame this king for being so merciless! "
"How dare you say such arrogant words as a traitor to the country?!" Li Shou retorted with a sneer, "Ji Jing is here, and I am also here. If you have the guts, come and attack the city!"
As soon as these words came out, more than 100,000 people in the city were in an uproar.
[Actuallyactually challenged Li Mao? Challenging the number one warrior of the Li family of Great Zhou? ]
Previously, Wen Qin secretly lamented that Li Shou was far less courageous than the former prince Li Wei. However, now, Wen Qin could not help but be impressed by Li Shou's courage. After all, King Yan Li Mao has a reputation for being evil. Looking at the whole world, there are probably not many people who dare to talk to Li Mao like this.
"Xiao Jiu, how brave!" Li Mao cursed through gritted teeth, and then he didn't know what he thought of, and laughed loudly, "I have been the emperor of Zhou Dynasty for a few days, but I have become arrogant and do not take this king seriously at all. Is that so? Huh! If Liang Qiu Wu is in the city at this moment, I might still be a little afraid It¡¯s up to you to wait now? Can you defend this capital? "
Li Shou couldn't help but feel a little discouraged when he heard this. As Li Mao said, if Liang Qiu Wu was in Jijing at this moment, he, Li Shou, wouldn't have to be so panicked. Unfortunately, Liang Qiu Wu was defeated by the rebel Western Army and another Northern Army. The soldiers from Xinjiang were trapped and died in Boling. Although it cannot be said that he is too busy to take care of himself, when it comes to supporting Ji Jing, Liangqiu Wu is probably beyond his reach at this moment.
"There are still the Southern Army's 'Bei Wei' and the Northern Army's 'Beiwei' in the city, and the leading generals also include Xun Zheng, Wen Qin and other beloved ministers, not to mention the fact that Liang Qiu Gong is in charge This Hebei capital, how can you say that Can it be conquered by conquering it?!¡±
Hear what Li Shou said. Li Mao laughed heartily. After he stopped laughing, he shook his head toward the city of Jijing and said lightly, "Xiaojiu, do you really think you can hold on? To tell you the truth, in my opinion, the whole world can be called my king." There are only three and a half people who have been frustrated! - Liang Qiu Wu counts as one. Li Xian counts as one, and the girl from Changsun's family counts as one. In addition, even the king's mentor Liang Qiu Gong, who is thirty The most powerful general of the Great Zhou Dynasty years ago, now that he is so powerful, he can only be regarded as half Xun Zheng? Wen Qin? Who is he? Why should he care?"
"" Xun Zheng, the Wei Si Qing and Bei Chi Hou Wenqin, the guards at the top of the city, turned red with anger when they heard this. They gritted their teeth and clutched their weapons tightly, looking at their appearance. I wish I could start a war immediately and fight to the death with Li Mao.
have to say. Li Mao is indeed too arrogant, and he doesn't mean to take the heroes of the world seriously. Perhaps he didn't know that Jiangnan and Hanzhong had Liang Qiuhao and Zhenlei, two great heroes in the world, who were even more talented than him. Putting aside the unparalleled general Liang Qiuhao, who could not even be defeated by Liang Qiu Wu and Jin Ling'er together, the Baishui Army general's formation of thunder alone was enough to make Li Mao unable to eat.
And now, although both Liang Qiuhao and Zhenlei have died on the battlefield. However, the Jizhou army still has many generals who are good at fighting, such as Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li. Among them, two generals, Fei Guo and Liao Li, are also outstanding in martial arts, plus Di Bu and Mo Fei from the Dongling army. There are more than four people in the Jizhou army alone who can fight with Li Mao.
It can only be said that Li Mao is too conceited about his own martial arts, but this also reflects from the side that this person is indeed extremely conceited about his own martial arts.
"Stop talking nonsense! - As the northern border guard, you don't think about how to consolidate the border defense and defend the grassland, but you raise the flag of rebellion with the intention of usurping the throne. As the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can I surrender to you and other thieves of civil strife? ?¡±
"As he spoke, Li Shou raised his hand, and the guards on the city raised their bows and arrows, aiming at Li Mao and the Northern Xinjiang soldiers below the city.
"Humph! You're stubborn!" With a heavy snort, Li Mao flicked his whip and shouted in a deep voice, "Attack the city!"
"Whoa whoa¡ª¡ª!"
Thirty thousand northern Xinjiang infantrymen raised their arms and shouted in unison. Their momentum made heaven and earth change their colors.
However, what is surprising is that the 30,000 Northern Xinjiang infantrymen just shouted, and the 40,000 Yuyang cavalry were actually dispatched. I saw the 40,000 Yuyang cavalry attacking Jijing in several waves, like a huge torrent, causing the atmosphere in Jijing city to suddenly become stagnant.
[Cavalry attacking the city? ]
Li Shou was stunned. After all, he still had too little experience.
"Compared to Li Shou, Beichi Hou Wenqin's expression changed drastically, and he shouted in a deep voice, "Soldiers in the city, please pay attention, each holding a small shield, beware of the Yuyang cavalry's cavalry fire!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dense wave of arrows was seen shooting from the bottom of the city to the top of the city. Fortunately, Wen Qin had the foresight to ask the soldiers on the city to hold their shields and hide in the female wall. Otherwise, this wave of arrows alone would be enough. The Zhou army in the city suffered heavy losses.
"Thisthis" Li Shou's expression changed drastically as he was being protected by all the guards. You must know that he could see clearly just now.Chuchu, I saw those Yuyang cavalry suddenly changed direction just a stone's throw away from the city head, and at the same time, they asked the horses under their crotches to leap up, nearly ten feet high, and then with the help of Horsepower shoots arrows.
The arrows fired by the Yuyang cavalry in this way actually had a farther range than the archers in Jijing City, so that the archers in Jijing City were unable to cause any harm to the Yuyang cavalry outside the city, and instead fell into a trap. The passive situation of baptism of arrows.
¡°¡¡± Looking at this scene, Liang Qiu Gong, who was standing in the corner of the city wall watching the situation, sighed secretly. Of course he knew that this was not an ordinary horseback shooting, but an extremely difficult projectile. The reason why the Beirong were repeatedly conquering the border areas in the Great Zhou dynasties was precisely because of this skill.
[The glory of the Yuyang Cavalry was restored in just seven or eight years? Gong'er can be considered a successor]
There was a bitter smile on Liang Qiu Gong's face. After all, that special way of riding and shooting was originally introduced from the grassland by his eldest son Liang Qiu Gong.
Before that, the border guards were always obsessed with the things that belonged to the northern barbarians and did not bother to learn and study them. This led to the fact that the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty was always suppressed by the grassland tribes until Liang Qiugong appeared. Liang Qiugong learned this kind of projectile used by grassland tribes, improved it, and taught it to Yuyang cavalry. Since then, this special archery has become a must-learn course for Yuyang cavalry.
Regrettably, after the death of Liang Qiu Gong, the Yuyang cavalry was also disabled for a time, and was almost on the verge of annihilation until the death of the eldest prince Li Yong. Li Mao became a frontier general in the land of Youyan, and slowly trained a Yuyang cavalry team that was no less than that of Liang Qiugong's era.
In this way, it is no wonder that Liang Qiu Gong showed a look of reminiscence when he saw this kind of archery. After all, it was the archery improved by his eldest son Liang Qiu Gong, who died young, and it was specially used to attack certain large areas on the grassland with cavalry. Tribal camp.
Unfortunately, the current situation did not allow Duke Liangqiu to miss his deceased eldest son. He took a deep breath and said with a steady expression, "Send the order to the whole army. Don't panic! - This type of special projectile is not very lethal. , just ask the soldiers to hide behind the female wall and protect their heads with shields!"
Precisely because Liang Qiu Gong and Beichi Hou Wenqin, who were familiar with this kind of cavalry projectile, were there, the projectile of the 40,000 Yuyang cavalry did not achieve the expected effect, which made Li Mao slightly unhappy.
"Change the rockets and try again!" Li Mao ordered in a deep voice.
With an order, 40,000 Yuyang cavalry made a large circle outside the city. He used that incredible projectile towards the city head again, and this time. The arrows in their hands were replaced by rockets.
Li Mao originally wanted to use the 40,000 fire arrows to ignite the ignition objects in the city and the residences in the city, but for some reason, when the 40,000 fire arrows went down, there was not even a single gleam of fire in the Jijing city. There were no signs that any residential buildings in the city were set alight by fire arrows.
"Have those residential buildings been demolished in advance?" Li Mao glanced at the top of the city thoughtfully. In his opinion, the only one who could achieve such tactics against him was his mentor Liang Qiu Gong who taught him martial arts and art of war.
"Replace with ordinary arrows!" Li Mao, who was slightly discouraged, had no choice but to issue the order again. After all, it was just as Liang Qiu Gong said. Although this kind of cavalry projectile looks scary, to be honest, the damage is also frighteningly low. It is not so much an archery skill that effectively kills the guards on the city, but it is more an archery skill used to frighten the enemy. As long as the people around the city Even if the soldiers hide behind the parapet with their shields on their heads, not many people will actually die.
Unless rockets were used to ignite the ignition objects in the city and the wooden houses in the city, it was obvious that Liang Qiu Gong had already anticipated this and demolished the houses in the city in advance, and even the city was also prepared The corresponding fire-fighting preparations have been made, which makes the tactics Li Mao has always used have no effect here.
But no matter what, even though the lethality of the projectile is low, the deterrence it brings is really frightening to the Zhou soldiers. After all, they can't shoot the opponent, but the opponent can hit themselves. This feeling is not very pleasant.
Seeing this, many guards in the city asked Duke Liangqiu about how to crack it.
"Don't worry, this kind of projectile won't last long!" After waving his hand, Liang Qiuping calmly comforted him, "Even if he is proficient in this incredible archery skill, the cavalry is still not good at attacking the city. Wait for this wave of arrows. If the target is passed, the opponent must use infantry"
"But¡¡"
As if he had guessed the concerns of the soldiers and generals around him, Liang Qiu Gong shook his head and chuckled, "Those cavalry launches consume a lot of horse power and the cavalry's physical strength, so most of them are used as the first wave to deter the defenders in the city. The use of tactics to scare the enemy will not last long. Furthermore, when the infantry from northern Xinjiang attacks the city, Li Mao His Highness, King Yan, will not be able to shoot his own soldiers.??. "
"I see" The nearby soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that they were indeed frightened by the Yuyang cavalry's projectiles.
Just as Liang Qiu Gong said, Li Mao outside the city saw that the Yuyang cavalry's missiles did not achieve the expected effect, and he was ready to invest in infantry. After all, no matter how strong the Yuyang cavalry was, they could not ride their horses across the moat. Just rush to the top of the city by following the outer wall of the city wall, right? After all, cavalry siege is a weird thing, and infantry is the mainstream of siege.
"Zhang Qi, take the city head!" Li Mao shouted to General Zhang Qi, one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang under his command.
"I have the order!" Zhang Qi clasped his fists, galvanized his horse, and made a move with his right arm.
"Whoa whoa¡ª¡ª!!"
Thirty thousand northern Xinjiang infantrymen once again let out a thundering cry, carrying the ladders, attacking the city wall of Jijing wave after wave.
"Compared with the rain of arrows fired by the previous three waves of cavalry, the infantry in northern Xinjiang is probably the real powerful enemy of Zhou soldiers in this battle. (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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