The rise of the prince

Chapter 617

After dinner in the afternoon, the morale of the new army was high. Twelve artillery squads had set up cannons outside the city neatly, and the army completely besieged the south of Weizhou city.

Before attacking the city, he asked Xiao Hongqi, a native of Liao who had gone north with the army, to speak in Khitan to make the people in the city surrender and promise to treat everyone well.

But it was probably because of the shadow left by Yang Wenguang's army, shouting for a long time had no effect, and some people shouted some incomprehensible words loudly at the top of the city. After Xiao Hongqi translated for him, he realized that they were calling him a liar.

Li Xingzhou gave up and was ready to break the city by force.

At the top of the city of Weizhou, many people and figures are hurrying to and fro, constantly moving stones, pans of oil, and various arrows to the top of the city.
Apparently they were prepared to defend to the death. As the gateway state of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the city of Yuzhou was not untightly defended. After all, this was Yuzhou after crossing the border.

So even after last night's disastrous defeat, people are still full of confidence in defending the city.

However, the new army is also full of confidence. They have been practicing for more than a year, especially the artillery battalion.

"How's the situation?" Li Xingzhou rode Mei Xue to the artillery position about 300 meters in front of the city and asked.

"My lord, my subordinates have observed that the wooden structure of the Weizhou city gate is about five inches thick, with an error of less than one inch. The gate frame is inlaid with iron bars. This distance requires two to three rounds of shooting. If it is further advanced by 100 meters, my subordinates are sure." One round of shooting will blow open the city gate." The artilleryman made an oath.

Li Xingzhou looked at the crossbowmen waiting at the top of the city from a distance, shook his head and said, "No, shoot here." Although the hundred-step piercer is one of the best marksmen in thousands of miles, and the hundred-step is only more than 100 meters, the distance of 200 meters is reasonable Said it should be safe.But he didn't want to risk his artillery, it was just a matter of a dozen more shells.

If the city wall of Weizhou wants to collapse with the current artillery, it will definitely not be possible in a short while. With a hundred cannons, it is possible to bombard it continuously for a day or two, directly blasting the city wall wide enough to run a horse.

The West Route Army doesn't have that many guns, nor does it have that many shells.

However, the ancient city did not have the consideration of defense against firearms at all, so the wooden city gate became the biggest shortcoming. It may take a lot of effort to collapse the city wall, but it is not difficult to penetrate the wooden city gate by relying on the kinetic energy of the artillery.

At the top of the city 300 meters away, many defenders of the Liao Kingdom held bows, swords, and prepared golden water (boiling feces and urine) and hot oil.

Large banners stretch for tens of miles, white tents stretch outside Nanjing City, and form a long dragon on the south bank of Lugou, stretching to the foot of Taihang Mountain, which is invisible in the distance. After more than a year, the former glory of Daliao seems to be faintly restored now.

The big country under the rule of the Khitan people has not seen such a united scene for a long time. Such a majestic and majestic scene made many people feel hopeful again.

Although they only have Nanjing, and the land between Qigou Pass, Shanhai Pass, and Juyong Pass, at least they have hope again.
In the camp, several Khitan generals were discussing whether to go south.

Yelu Dashi stood in front of the tent, he did not participate in the discussion because he had already planned in his heart.

They did win last time, but it was very dangerous because they were the disadvantaged side and had to rack their brains to force Jing Jun to choose the battlefield. If they waited, Jing Jun must have the initiative.

It is different now, they are the dominant side, if they want their soldiers to fully deploy and exert their maximum strength, they need a vast battlefield.

If the situation is as those Jingguo people said, then it can be basically concluded that the army brought from Andingyi will be the main force, but there are only 1 people.

As for the whimsical 5000 people at sea, Xiao Qian has already led people to blockade around Yangcun, so there is no need to worry.

If Jingren went to Weizhou and went directly to the city of Nanjing in Anding, then he had only two chances, one was the open land outside Weizhou city, and the other was the plain outside Nanjing city, south of Lugou.

Both of these places can fully deploy his more than 2 elite soldiers.

While he was thinking, the scout came back.

The waiter rode through the tent and came directly to him: "Your Majesty, there is news from Weizhou!"

"what's the situation?"

"When I went north, the Jing people had already left Daizhou, and they would arrive in Yuzhou soon. The guard of Weizhou asked me to tell the king that he would lead an attack and ambush the Jing army." The scout reported back.

Yelu Dashi nodded. An ambush is possible. After all, the people of Jingguo are not familiar with the terrain. As long as they are stopped properly, they can be caught off guard, with a high probability of success.

"It seems that we may be going to fight in Weizhou." Yelu Dashi said to himself, and he already had a general guess about the overall situation of the battle in his heart.

There are more than 3000 defenders in Yuzhou City. If the sneak attack is successful, the spirit of Jing Jun’s vanguard will be greatly frustrated, and the advance will definitely be blocked.

Regardless of the outcome of this battle, once it starts, Jing Jun will be dragged in Yuzhou, so he feels that he must go outside Yuzhou City to face Jing Jun, because if Jing Jun withdraws, it will not be able to reach the goal. The purpose of scaring them all at once,

In this way, Yelu Dashi was worried, and there were not many defenders of Nanjing City behind him. What he worried about was not Jingguo's five thousand funny partial divisions, but the Jin army stationed at Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan.

The Jurchens were not from Jingguo, and their bravery still left people with lingering fears. Even though there were fewer people, the two garrisons combined were far inferior to the Jingjun, and it was still what worried him the most.

But Jing Jun, if he doesn't beat them once, they will always be endless, and even the smallest flies will be annoying.

After a fierce ideological struggle, finally in the evening, Yelu Dashi made up his mind, "Command the three armies to make preparations tonight, and march south tomorrow morning!" He said loudly and heroically.

In the early morning of the next day, it was just dawn and the army was ready. Yelu Dashi was feeding his beloved horse and was preparing to go south. When he was going south all night, he came running out of breath, got off his horse and knelt at his feet.

"My lord! Jing Jun has arrived in Anding, Jing Jun has arrived in Anding!"

"Yeah." Yelu Dashi nodded casually, and continued to feed the horse. The scout fell silent, and slowly he stopped feeding the horse, realizing something was wrong.
"What? What are you talking about, where is Jing Jun?" He asked,
"Stability." The scout whispered.

"Stability!" Yelu Dashi was incredulous, and the straw bag in his hand fell to the ground.

"My subordinates went south yesterday afternoon. When Kuai Ma arrived in Anding, he met Jing people who had already surrounded Anding City. He hurried back overnight to report to the king."

Yelu Dashi was stunned, "Impossible, aren't they in Weizhou? How did they get to Anding!"

(End of this chapter)