Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

After many days of sunny days, the snow has melted. Outside the city of Youzhou, a group of vigorous knights galloped around the city half a mile away from the city wall. The man in the middle was the Great Zhou Emperor Guo Shao.

The big horse with black and shiny fur ran fast easily, as if it was just having fun on the flat ground. The strong horse brought a speed like the wind, and Guo Shao felt the warmth and moistness of spring on his face. Beside him are his two sworn brothers, Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi. They are in their prime, brave and powerful, which makes Guo Shao feel at ease.

The sky and the earth are very clear. The blue sky is like the sea, and the white clouds are white and flawless. The spring grass on the ground is not obvious from a close distance, but as long as you look far away, you can see a piece of tender greenery on the field.

The brand-new nature, the old city wall bricks are mottled in brown, as if telling the story of the years.

Guo Shao is young and vigorously dressed, wearing armor and a red cloak fluttering in the wind. His face is full of vigor and vigor, and he is ready to fight!

Here is Hebei and one of the basic sites of Kyushu. Now Guo Shao is galloping here recklessly, looking at the city and the siege fortifications.

The horse team galloped past the tower to the south, Guo Shao saw a vaguely surrounded person watching from the tower, and guessed for a moment that it might be Xiao Siwen, the King of the South Court?

At this time, countless people gathered inside and outside Youzhou City, but the atmosphere felt very strange...the two sides had no communication at all.

The gates of the city were closed tightly, and the Liao army was completely huddled inside. They did not take the initiative to attack, nor did they have practical long-range weapons... they couldn't reach them. The Zhou army built the siege fortifications, but they were not ready yet, and they did not attack the city. For many days, the hostile armies of the two sides gathered only a short distance away, but they seemed to be able to coexist.

No one tried to persuade them to surrender. If the Liao army in the South Court of Liao Kingdom would surrender, it would be hell!

No one yelled and provoked, because ordinary soldiers couldn't understand at all, and they didn't even know what you were talking about when they sweared!

Guo Shao raced around the city, but still didn't send anyone to approach the city, and went straight back to the camp of the Chinese army. He entered the big tent and strode to the map above.

At this time, all the generals handed over their weapons one after another, and went into the big tent to pay their respects.

Guo Shao turned around and said, "No courtesy." Then he looked at Wang Pu.

Wang Pu got up and bowed, then turned to face the direction of the tent door, and said: "The following is the Tangbao. The first batch of reinforcements from the Liao army in Shangjing was dispatched ten days ago. The total strength should exceed 35,000 cavalry. It is unknown where it is now, and it is expected to enter Hebei within five days.

This is the first batch of reinforcements, and the Liao army can dispatch far more cavalry than this. The Qianying Army Mansion estimated that the Liao army could dispatch more than 100,000 Khitan and Xi cavalry in the later period, and it is difficult to estimate the servants of various ethnic groups. "

Wang Pu paused and said: "Therefore, the Zhou army should look for an opportunity to defeat the first batch of reinforcements from the Liao army during the siege, and at least keep them out of Youzhou city.

According to His Majesty's will, the military order of the Qianying Army Mansion in Youzhou is as follows..."

Wang Pu pointed to the situation map hanging on a wooden frame on one side, "On the right side, take Li Chuyun as the commander, and Shi Yanchao as the forward; lead the Second Army of the Dianqian Division (Controlling Crane, Tiger Bend) cavalry with 28,000 cavalry. On the left side, the guard Mabu Division Commander Han Tong is the commander, and Luo Yanhuan is the forward; lead the Guard Mabu Division Second Army (the left and right sides of the Long Jie Army, and the Hu Jie Army's left wing) cavalry with 25,000 cavalry."

The main force of the cavalry of the imperial army of the Zhou army totaled 53,000 cavalry. In order to deal with the reinforcements in the north, all the fine cavalry were dispatched; because cavalry was not needed for the siege, the cavalry infantry of the Huben Army also had mobility, and could be used as infantry or barely cavalry, and could be used as a temporary reserve.

The Huben army has a total strength of 40,000 in the left and right sides, half of which are cavalry, and the rest of the infantry are equipped with mounts. They are the most sophisticated troops of the Zhou army; the cavalry of the Crane Army is about 8,000 cavalry. It was these mobile forces that Li Chuyun led.

The Long Jie Army is under the Guards Horse Army Division, and the cavalry ratio is also very high, about 20,000 cavalry; the left wing of the Tiger Jie Army is mainly infantry, and each army can make up 5,000 cavalry. Han Tong Department is these people.

There are more than 50,000 elite cavalry in the whole country in Dazhou, which is already the result of Guo Shao's continuous development of armaments after he took power. Because it is really expensive to raise cavalry in the Central Plains, and there are not many good horses.

But there are a lot of infantry, plus Liu Renzhan, Gao Yanchou and other troops, Zhou Jun has more than 100,000 infantry.

Wang Pu pointed to the map and said, "This is Youzhou. The line to the south is the Sanggan River. The line to the north is the Wenyu River, and these are tributaries; the area to the northwest is Xishan... The nearest route for the Liao army is to take the North Gate (Gubei Gate), pass Yanshan Mountain from the northeast, and go south. Therefore, the elite on the right is placed in the direction of the North Gate.

General Li's right route should lead the army across the Wenyu River and go deep to the north to extend the depth between the front line and Youzhou. "

Wang Puheng took two steps, and continued: "Since the right road goes deep to the north, it is necessary to prevent the Liao army from turning around from the west mountain and attacking our besieging army. Therefore, General Han's headquarters must operate near Juyongguan (abandoned) and Deshengkou.

There are two strategies for the left route. One is to prevent the Liao army from going south from the west mountain; "

The four generals came out together, clasped their fists and said: "I will obey the order!"

Guo Shao waited for Wang Pu to deploy, and then he said: "Within a month and a half, the Great Zhou army has taken the initiative and has superior strength, you should have the determination to win.

It is also necessary to have insight into the fighters and adapt to the situation. As long as the reasonable motivation for the decision can be explained after the war, it can be decided on the fly; as long as it is beneficial to the overall situation and the result is won, it is not guilty of resisting the decree in this battle! We can't stick to the rules and act rigidly, victory is the only goal! "

All the generals clasped their fists to thank each other.

Guo Shao said solemnly again: "This battle has far-reaching ties, and great achievements are being made at this time. May all generals do their best to kill the enemy!"

Everyone said excitedly: "I will do whatever I want..." "I would like to be your Majesty's predecessor..."

Guo Shao waved his hand, and all the generals Xie En left. Then a general came out of the account and said: "The generals who declare the rest will enter the account for discussion!"

Another group of generals formed two columns and strode into the big tent one after another.

Guo Shao still deployed troops together with the ministers of the Qianying Army Mansion. It is mainly the siege strategy and the deployment of the reserve team. These generals will stay in Youzhou City to attack the city.

Zhou Jun had besieged Youzhou City half a month ago, but they had hardly fired a single arrow. They were just preparing to build fortifications to surround the city to prevent Xiao Siwen from going out of the city to make trouble. We are also waiting for the follow-up infantry, artillery, and supplies to be transported to the city of Youzhou.

In the big tent, one map after another was hung on the wooden frame, and Guo Shaojun and his ministers discussed from noon to evening. The siege of a city is a complicated project, but so far it has been very clear, well-organized, and very detailed and pragmatic.

All preparations are running efficiently, and materials such as heavy artillery and stone bombs have begun to be transported at the right time, and they have arrived at the front line at this time.

!!