Chapter 7 Cangyuan's Front and Thin Battle Bases (5)
The strong wind that had been raging for two days had stopped. The Song Army Camp, five miles away from the south gate of Lingzhou City, could finally see the sky light.
The stars in the sky shine from the horizon to the top, the bright Milky Way runs across the sky, and there is no trace of clouds on the pure black sky. Tomorrow should be a good weather, Miao Shu thought.
Even when the wind was blowing, Gao Zunyu ordered Huanqing Army to line up at the city and use the Divine Arm Bow to clear the defenders at the city. Although it was not without results, as long as there were not enough siege equipment, it would be meaningless to suppress the archers on the city - unless the enemy opened the city gate and went out to fight back.
Gao Zunyu's original intention was indeed the case, but his strategy of trying to lure the defenders in the city to attack with unscheming actions did not succeed. The Dangxiang people only came out of other unofficial troops blocking the city gates. The official troops lined up in the wind and sand looked like a very good fat piece of fat, but the bones hidden inside could not be hidden from the Dangxiang people. They only entered and exited several other gates, and then ran to the periphery to harass the official troops.
In this case, it is best to bet on all four city gates, but Miao Shu knew very well that the official army could not divide the troops to block the four gates of Lingzhou. There is Xingqing Prefecture behind Lingzhou. With the forces of Huanqing and Jingyuan, once the troops were divided into siege, it was likely to be a copy of the defeat of Gaolianghe that year.
Emperor Taizong led the imperial guards who had just destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty to surround the Nanjing Xijin Prefecture of Liao Kingdom, and was so happy that he was stabbed by Yelu Xiuge behind his back, almost killing his life. The elite soldiers of Daliang who had been in charge of Zhou and Song for many years were also broken. Neither Gao Zunyu nor Miao Shu had planned to learn from Emperor Taizong.
Miao Su raised his head, the stars above his head were twinkling, and the bright moon was bright. For some reason, the sky in his eyes seemed to be filled with red air.
Star-watching energy is the key to the secret military strategists. Although Miao Shu is not proficient in it, he still has some understanding.
The army had already emerged, and the troops were invading the enemy's territory. Miao Shu did not observe the five stars, nor did he observe the stars, but only the stars.
The forty-five stars in the Yulin gather and disperse in three or three places, and are located south of the Lebi, which is the image of the Tianjun camp being in power. Now the five stars entering the Yulin are a sign of the barriers between Guanliang and Liang, and the war is rising.
The leader of the Beiluo Army Sect is waiting for the army, with white blood and red hair, and the camp may become elbows and armpits, and the changes will be accompanied by blood.
The thirteen stars in Tianlei City are shaped like a rope, and they are mainly waiting for Beiyi. The star horns change. Could it be that the Khitan does what other actions?
Miao Shu looked up at the starry sky, and the ominous feeling in his heart could not be erased.
"Father... the general manager. It's time to rest." Miao Lu's voice sounded behind her, "There will be a military discussion tomorrow at Mao time."
Miao Su took his gaze from the stars, looked at his son, turned around and walked towards the big tent.
Miao Lu hurriedly followed behind, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
Miao Shu smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head: "I think too much for my father." He looked up and looked at the sky again, 'It should be...' he said in his heart.
This is the fourth day after the Jingyuan Army entered the city of Lingzhou, and for the Huanqing Army, it is the third day.
The supply of grain and fodder is still tight. Today, there are two thousand stone bunches of grain and grass transported from the south, half of the grain and half of the grass. This is still because of no major harassment. But I learned from the detective cavalry that more iron kites have bypassed Lingzhou from the foot of Helan Mountain. Next, whether it is to resist Qin Feng, Xihe coalition forces, or harass Jingyuan, Huanqing food routes, or to rush to the east side of Hanhai to block the roads from Zhongyan and Li Xian to the west, the situation is very bad for the official army.
It is very likely that the two armies of Miao Su and Gao Zunyu must solve the Lingzhou garrison alone in the next step, and no longer rely on reinforcements.
This means that the two armies must work together.
In order to show goodwill to Gao Zunyu, Miao Suu specially distributed half of the amount of stored grain he received in Mingsha City to Huan Qingjun. But he still couldn't buy the word "good"
Before entering the tent, Miao Shu looked at Huanqing Army's camp from afar, and was still celebrating Yao Lin's victory today. The camp was brightly lit, and I don't know how much wine there could be for them to consume.
Miao Lu also looked in the same direction with his father, and couldn't help but sneer: "Beheading one hundred and seventy, and I'm so embarrassed to have a drink to celebrate."
“The place is different.”
Miao Shu had no intention of belittle Yao Lin's achievements at all.
If it is between the mountains and ridges of Hengshan, the number of 170 is indeed nothing. But now it is on a plain where cavalry can strait and rake. It may be difficult for four-legged cavalry to attack the infantry formation that is ready for battle, but when the war is unfavorable, they can turn around and leave. The infantry can't stop it, even the cavalry can only compare with whose horses. One-tenth of casualties can be said to be a crushing defeat.
Yao Lin defeated more than 3,000 Iron Harriers today and cut down 170 heads. Judging from the number of beheadings, the casualties of the Western thieves must have exceeded 10%. Since the war started, it has been considered a great victory in the front line, and in terms of difficulty, it is the best.
"But eight hundred and three thousand are broken, and this number is not right. When did Huan Qingjun have that ability?" Miao Lu said, lifting the curtain for his father with his own hands.
Miao Su walked up to the tent and said, "Yao Lin has good luck and has gained the right time and place. Didn't he hear him say it was a thief to break the thief? The wind was so strong during the day, if the Khitan Palace was in the position of Iron Harrier, he could only turn around and run. He chased the enemy cavalry and caught up with him, which was a head."
Miao Lu followed in and put down the curtain behind her. "If my son had three thousand cavalry, he would be divided into two parts, one part and two thousand people to resist the enemy's offensive. The other team of thousands of people detoured the enemy's rear and attacked forward and backward, and could turn defeat into victory."
"Don't say this to the outside, so that you won't be laughed at." Miao Shu sat down in his seat, gave his son a cushion, and asked him to sit down and speak, "When you are attacked by someone, can you count the number of thieves at once? And it's when sandstorms are everywhere? I don't know how many enemy troops are, and you dare to divide the troops? I don't even dare!"
Miao Lu was so blocked that she dared not speak. Miao Su shook his head and sighed: "It's better to think more about how to capture Lingzhou City if you have time."
Miao Lu sneered: "Let General Gao think about it, didn't he say that there were tens of thousands of people enough? Anyway, my son couldn't think of how to conquer Lingzhou City with only tens of thousands of people. This time, take a good look at General Gao's skills."
Gao Zunyu excluded the Jingyuan Army and only allowed the Huanqing Army to participate in the siege, which made Miao Lu and the entire Jingyuan Army feel angry and humiliated. Regarding the arrival of Lingzhou City, the Jingyuan Army was one day earlier than the Huanqing Army.
Some people cannot be high-ranking officials. When they have low positions, they have no shortage of talent and character. Once they have high positions, they will change their whole body. It is not uncommon for such people to only compete for credit and scapegoat. Miao Shu can only sigh and be helpless when he encounters someone "lucky" to him.
"Let's rest early." He rushed his son to rest in a depressed mood.
The next morning, after the military agreement between Damiao and Damiao ended, Miao Jue led his troops out for inspection.
Miao Shu wanted to monitor the reaction of Xingqing Prefecture, clean up the traitors who defected to the Dangxiang people, and block all Dangxiang cavalry's plans to cross the defenders under Lingzhou city and go to the rear to harass them.
Miao Shu had only so many troops in his hands. He couldn't cover everything. Fortunately, the spaceship was finally able to go to heaven. Looking down at the earth from the sky, there was nothing in Lingzhou City that could hide from the people on the spaceship.
As he predicted last night, today's sky blue score was extremely high, and the weather was so good that it made people feel that the sandstorm that had lasted for several days was actually a dream. Without the barrier of sand and dust like a curtain, the distant mountains and waters outside Lingzhou City fell into Miao Shu's eyes.
This is a narrow oasis extending from the river, with deserts to the east and high mountains to the west. The snow water flowing from Helan Mountain waters the earth, making the land here as rich as the south of the Yangtze River.
Around Xingqing Prefecture and Lingzhou, there are ditches crisscrossing land, with irrigated land counted in tens of millions of acres. Grains such as rice and wheat grow smoothly in the fields, and the annual harvest is enough to feed millions of soldiers and civilians.
The millions of acres of land borrowed from the Yellow River and the snow water of the mountains, and were left to the fields of farmers' homes through hundreds of thousands of ditches of various sizes.
Since the Dangxiang people occupied this land, they have put a lot of effort into these irrigation canals, but it is also very dangerous for the besieged army.
Whether it was Jingyuan Army or Huanqing Army, they specially picked a few slightly higher places when camping. In fact, it was the villages outside the city. The villagers inside were basically forced to move into Lingzhou City before the war. All the houses left were burned, and the camp was set up on the ruins. They were slightly cleaned and the camp was built.
But once the Dangxiang people use water attack, as long as they dig a few canals in the right place, they can make the outside of Lingzhou City a water town. Even if they can only guard his camp, they can only sigh at Lingzhou City.
"Be careful on the river bank."
Miao Shu didn't know who was talking to him, but he soon sent someone to patrol the river bank, which showed his fear of water attack.
It is the season when there is a lot of rain. The water flows in the Yellow River is fast and the water level is high. The embankment is dug, so you can row boats to enter and exit the city under Lingzhou City.
But the result of digging the Yellow River is to die together. Normal people are not going to choose this one. Mostly they are digging thousands of channels to open up the land of Xingling. As long as one or several main channels are selected from them, the final result will be the same.
Miao Su looked back at Lingzhou City approaching the horizon, as if he could walk up with his feet. However, the four-meter-high city wall could make all soldiers who were not prepared for siege equipment feel desperate.
Where to find enough wood from, this put both the general managers in a huge dilemma. There is a lack of wood nearby, while there is difficulty in transporting it in the distance. In theory, this is similar to the difficulties encountered in the transportation of grain and fodder.
Should I change my way and lure the thieves in the city out? Miao Shu thought.
Chapter completed!