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Chapter 1279 Construction Map
Shuofeng whizzed past, icy cold, cutting the skin on his face like a knife.

Lu Xiufu tried his best to raise his stiff arm, took a look at the compass, and judged that the team was heading in the right direction, so he felt relieved.

Looking up, there is a vast snowfield ahead, which is completely different from the small bridges and flowing waters in the south of the Yangtze River.Given the size of China, only the south and north, east and west have such different scenes.He couldn't help but rejoice that he was living in this era based on recovery.

He didn't "know everything is empty when he dies, but he doesn't see Kyushu when he dies" like Lu You. He has seen the high and steep Qinling Mountains, the Wuhua Tianbao in Guanzhong, walked through the Hexi Corridor, stepped over Helan Mountain, and now finally came to the land of Yanzhao .

Suddenly, a whistle came from the front.

Lu Xiufu hurried forward with big strides, and saw a Tanma rushing against the team.

"Lu Xianggong, there are Yuan army cavalry coming here, about two to three thousand people, thirty miles to the east of us."

"Sign for help first, where is the nearest fortress?"

"Niukouyu, five miles northwest."

"Send the order and hurry up."

Lu Xiufu strode forward and kept urging: "Everyone work hard, the army is right in front of us, this is the last batch of luggage!"

The team marched very fast, but before they had time to enter Niukouyu, black cavalry figures appeared in the wind and snow to the east.

"The Yuan Army is here!"

"Assemble! The soldiers are in front, and the civilians are in the back. Put together the carriage!"

Some peasants were so frightened that they fled into the team, and they had no time to drive the carriage, so they could only let them stay behind.

Soon, the cavalry of the Yuan army rushed over, lit the carriage with torches, and shot at the Tang army with arrows.

Lu Xiufu looked around, and saw Yuan army cavalrymen in black leather armor shuttled in front of him.The savage burning, killing and looting made them look so terrifying.

Fortunately, just half an hour after they came into contact with the Yuan army cavalry, a Tang army cavalry came from the north.

The Yuan army came to harass the rear, and they didn't want to fight, so they quickly dispersed with the sound of the whistle and ran to the south.

Tang Jun quickly stepped forward to protect the convoy, and a general rushed to Lu Xiufu's side, got off his horse and said with a smile, "Mr. Lu, are you alright?"

"Hurry up, they're heading south!"

"It's not good to chase them. The Yuan army is familiar with the terrain. If you run behind them, you don't know how long you will be chasing them."

"But they may attack our rear."

"'Defeating Kublai Khan as soon as possible is the most effective way to reduce losses', haha, His Majesty said."

"As soon as possible? When?"

"The general attack of the whole army is five days away, and Lu Xianggong is on his way faster."

Lu Xiufu withdrew his gaze and looked at the short general in front of him. Then he remembered that etiquette must not be lost, so he bowed and said, "General Hu, thank you for your help."

Hu Legen grinned and said, "How does Mr. Lu know my Chinese surname?"

"I don't know... well, I do know. When did General Hu arrive?"

"It's been more than ten days. We came from Luoyang after reorganizing Boyan's surrendered army. Your Majesty is afraid that the cavalry is not enough and the mobile force is much less than the Yuan army, so we are passive tactically..."

Hu Legen seemed to be showing off, not only speaking fluently, but also using new words.

Lu Xiufu turned his head and glanced to the south again. He was a little worried about the cavalry of the Yuan army who had detoured to the rear, but to deal with them, a better way was ahead.

"Let's go, hurry up as soon as possible."

~~
Two days later, this batch of luggage was sent to the Tang Army Tuanhe Camp.

As the handover was completed, the carriages were opened one by one.

"Cotton coats are here!"

"Quick, send it on."

The camp was full of excitement. The soldiers who were shivering in the tents finally got their cotton coats. At this time, they didn't care whether they fit or not. They put the clothes on their bodies one after another, and put on armor outside, looking bulky and clumsy. a lot.

This busy work lasted until nightfall, when Lu Xiufu rushed to the big tent to meet Li Xia again.

The guard let him go in directly. In the tent, Li Xia and Zhang Rou were still sitting in front of a map and talking in detail.

"The capital of Jinzhong originally had more than [-] residents. At the beginning of our army's Northern Expedition, Kublai Khan ordered the people to move to the capital, and now there are about [-] people who have moved. Most of these people must have been conscripted as civilians. , and many houses in Jinzhong Capital City have been demolished and used as wood and stone to guard the city..."

"Including the defenders, there are about 40 people in Yuan Dadu?"

"Even so, the city is still sparsely populated." Zhang Judao: "And most of the soldiers and civilians are concentrated in the south of the city, and the north of the city is especially empty."

"There are few residents and the terrain is empty. When defending, there is nothing to rely on in the city, but it is not easy to defend."

"Therefore, Liu Bingzhong once said before that an additional city wall can be built in the north of the city to make the city a 'Japanese' layout, so that we can deploy defenses calmly."

"There are big troubles." Having said that, Li Xia turned his head to look, waved his hands, and said, "Junshi is here, let's take a closer look."

When Lu Xiufu took a closer look, his pupils couldn't help but dilate, and what he saw was a blueprint for the construction of the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, with various details about the city clearly.

He could understand construction drawings, and he quickly saw that the circumference of the capital city of Yuan Dynasty was more than sixty miles, the city wall was three feet high, the wall base was seven feet wide, and the city head was three feet wide.

"The way to build this city wall," Lu Xiufu hesitated for a while, and then asked, "Is it built with rammed earth?"

Zhang Rou raised her head and glanced at him, stroked her beard and said, "That's right, first set up Yongding wood, then add rutted wood horizontally, and then use soil to ram the building."

"Why not use masonry?"

"It's rainy in summer in Yandi, so I planned to build the city with bricks and stones. Meng Yuan didn't have enough financial resources, so I gave up."

"Easy to blow up the earth wall?"

Zhang Rou waved her hand and said, "It's more convenient to blow up the city gate."

He clicked on the blueprint with his finger, and said: "Most of them have eleven gates, all of which are square gates with large wooden lintels. They are not wrapped with bricks and stones, and no urns have been built..."

~~
The next day, Yuan Dadu.

The flames were brightly lit in the sweat tent.

"Tang Jun is saying that there will be a 'general attack' the day after tomorrow."

"What is the general attack? When was the Tang army not attacking the city?"

"It's not the same. Looking at their offensive for more than half a month, they are all testing."

"Then I don't understand. How can their general attack be different? Can it force us to leave the city and go out to fight them?"

"There is nothing wrong with a decisive battle." Na Muhan suddenly said, "I have long wanted to lead the cavalry out of the city and step into Li Xia's camp! We are Mongolian cavalry, what's the point of defending the city?"

Nai Yan said: "The meaning of defending the city is to use those Han troops to weaken the Tang army on the top of the city first. After a month or two, when the weather is colder and the Tang army is weaker, the Mongolian cavalry will go out of the city and annihilate the Tang army in one battle. "

"Then what does Tang Jun mean by 'general attack'?"

"..."

"It's thundering?"

Brother Phase Shift looked outside the tent, and suddenly felt that this scene was so familiar.

He stood up quickly, looked at Kublai Khan, and reminded: "Khan..."

"It's started." Kublai Khan said calmly, "Li Xia didn't wait until the day after tomorrow, what time is it?"

"It's time."

"Then he is still a day early, despicable Han Chinese."

"Let the Han troops consume it first, and let the warriors recharge their spirits."

Having said that, many Zongwangs stood up nervously.

After waiting for a while, soldiers rushed over as expected.

"Khan! The Tang army attacked the gate of civilization at night!"

~~
Yuanda has eleven city gates, of which there are three gates on the east, south and west sides, and only two city gates on the north side.The naming of each city gate is related to the hexagrams in "Book of Changes".

The Gate of Civilization is the easternmost gate in the south.

The Tang army attacked the city gate first, and the Yuan army was not surprised.

Because the main force of the Tang army is mostly in the south, if the army is mobilized to the north, the movement of the Yuan army will definitely be alerted; and the southwest of the metropolis is next to the old city of Yanjing, the capital of Jinzhong, which can serve as horns for each other.

Then, the best direction for the Tang army to attack is the southeast.

Ahma also took this into consideration, and specially placed a cannon and three return cannons on the gate of civilization.

"put!"

The gunners of the Yuan Army adjusted the muzzle and lit the match nervously.

As the fire rope burned out quickly, there was a loud bang.

"boom!"

There was a pungent smell in the air, and shells were spat out.

Ahema raised the binoculars and saw many soldiers of the Tang Army being smashed in the light of the fire in the distance, he couldn't help being overjoyed.

"It's done! It's really cast, it can be used... put it again! Put it again!"

"boom!"

Another bang.

Afterwards, there was a return cannon that threw a boulder...

~~
At the same time, more than a thousand people were rushing across a frozen river north of Yuan Dadu.

The sky is full of snow, and they are all covered with snow.

Finally, the north city wall of Yuan Dadu can be seen ahead.

"Stop."

Pifeng yelled in a low voice, and fell down on the snow first.

He is from Shu, not quite used to the climate here, so he shivered from the cold before raising his binoculars to look at the top of the capital city.

"The people of Yuan Dynasty built the city big, and there are really not many people in the north."

Sure enough, as promised in advance, the northern part of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was empty, and there were not many guards.

However, the Tang army was afraid that the Yuan army would be vigilant, so they sent few soldiers and horses, and the Yuan army cavalry shuttled from the city to provide faster support, and it would not be easy to fight at that time.

Pi Feng didn't care about this, he planned to blow up the city gate first,
He quickly recruited two generals under his command.

"Meng Xi, Kong Goufu."

"Here we come, General."

"Is it successful? I can't bring too many people forward. If the dogs find out, it's just 20 of you who bombarded the city gate."

"to make!"

"Come on, be careful."

Pi Feng actually wished he could go there to blow up the city himself, but he is now a general and has to be responsible for more soldiers under his command, so he could only lie on his stomach, thinking in his heart.

"This city is much worse than Lao Tzu's Yunding City. The rammed-earth city gate with big wooden beams would collapse if it were blown up for Lao Tzu."

Gradually, those twenty or so warriors had disappeared into the wind and snow. Even if he searched carefully through the binoculars, he still couldn't find them.

And the snow kept falling, and after a while it gradually buried the thousands of pawns in the snow.

Pi Feng didn't move, he just exposed the binoculars, thinking that he must not lose his first victory in breaking Yanjing City.

(End of this chapter)