The rise of the prince

Chapter 788 Li Xingzhou's Chance!

As soon as the horse is fast, you must concentrate your energy, the wind whistling in your ears, the earth is flying behind you, the sky is full of sand and dust, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

The majestic city wall in the distance keeps enlarging. It is more than 14 meters high, six to seven meters thick, and the city wall is more than ten miles long. Anyone who looks at it will feel oppressed.

As the distance got closer, Li Xingzhou could see more clearly. When he was 600 meters away, he first saw the material of the wall, which was blue bricks!

For the blue brick wall, the possibility of rammed earth inside is even greater.

When they approached within one mile, Gu Lichuan shouted in front: "Be careful of the bow and crossbow at the top of the city. Everyone should not leave behind. The recruits follow the veterans."

These recruits are not mediocre, and most of them who can serve as cavalry in the army are physically strong and skilled.

When it was about 300 meters away from the city wall, Gu Lichuan turned around and started running along the city wall.

From a distance of about 300 meters, Li Xingzhou could clearly see the golden soldiers at the top of the city. There were not many of them, and they fired arrows symbolically towards the city, but they were far from reaching them and landed on the wasteland on the right.

Obviously Gu Lichuan is very experienced, and the distance is well controlled. It is just outside the range of the crossbow at the head of the city. If you want to hurt the cavalry at this distance, unless you use heavy equipment such as the bed crossbow at the head of the city, but such equipment is not what you want. The main body of the bed crossbow is made of wood, and the strings are made of beef tendon. There are many iron parts. If they are not put away after use, they will be rusted quickly by the wind and rain.

If one cavalryman is worth three infantrymen, then the cost of a bed crossbow is worth a battalion of men and horses.

Therefore, such treasures are usually stored in the warehouse at the head of the city, and they are installed only when fighting, not just when they want to use them.

At about 300 meters, I can actually see clearly, but it is not enough. It is a matter of success or failure of the overall situation. Li Xingzhou said: "Come closer, go to two hundred steps."

Gu Lichuan gritted his teeth, didn't say anything, obeyed the order and led the team inside again.

When they were within 200 meters, they could see more clearly. Li Xingzhou could clearly see that the wall was tilted. It was a trapezoidal city wall, and the probability of rammed earth was higher.

"Closer!" Li Xingzhou ordered again, getting more and more excited.

"This..." Gu Lichuan hesitated.

"This is an order!"

"Yes!"

After approaching again, it was only about a hundred meters away from the city wall, and the expressions of the soldiers with good eyes could be seen clearly. Although they were all wearing armor, the bows and crossbows at the top of the city were also a certain threat.

However, the Jinren seem to be accustomed to their actions. At the beginning, they fired arrows a few times symbolically, and then they didn't bother to respond. They even pointed at the top of the city to watch the excitement, and soon extinguished the beacon fire. It seems that Gu Lichuan didn't lie, they did often make such tours.

Li Xingzhou also looked at it more calmly. The city wall is the result of the continuous construction of the past dynasties, so there are new and old. In the north, the scale of the city wall has not changed, but it looks old and vicissitudes. Many bricks are not shiny, and they are covered with dark green moss, and even weeds grow in the gaps.

The city wall is too high, it is difficult for people to reach to clean it, and there are tall weeds in the gaps between the bricks on several old city walls.

These weeds naturally do not affect the defense of the city wall, but the corners of Li Xingzhou's mouth turned up, "Hahahaha! I feel relieved when I see those grasses, Gu Lichuan, retreat!" He shouted happily, Gu Lichuan was a little stunned I don't understand, but it's dangerous to be too close to the city wall, so I hurriedly lead people away from the direction of the city wall.

And there is another potential threat, that is, seeing Fenghuo at the main entrance of Shanhaiguan will send people to check the situation, he can't delay for a while, and hastily led people out.

After getting away from the city wall, it was confirmed that there was no golden man following them, and everyone found a shady forest to rest. I don't know if it was a person, but the horse was tired from running.

"Your Highness, why were you laughing and happy just now?" Wei Chaoren asked puzzled.

Li Xingzhou lay comfortably on the soft turf, "I laughed at the grass, did you see that, on the old city wall north of Ninghai Fort, some grass grew as tall as someone."

"When the grass withers and dies in autumn, the Jinren will definitely clean it up, and the grass will not affect anything."

"Indeed, but the grass grows so well and so luxuriantly, it's impossible to just rely on the dust in the cracks of the bricks." Li Xingzhou was in a good mood, with the corners of his mouth raised, he pulled a sweet leaf from the side and chewed it in the corner of his mouth. Tian stretched her waist and said, "That brick wall is full of soil, so the grass can grow so well."

"Rammed earth walls are very common in the north. Although they are made of earth, they are more powerful against siege equipment than walls made of bricks. Your Highness, don't take it lightly." Wei Chaoren reminded.

"I understand, but I have my own method." Li Xingzhou smiled confidently.

The Jin army stationed in Shanhaiguan City has increased from 3 standing at the beginning to [-] today. In addition to the garrison at Ninghaibao in the east and the garrison camp in the north, there are more than [-] people, and there are also elite soldiers among them. The heavy armored cavalry, which is the legendary Iron Buddha.

From Liaodong to Shangjing, the large army is still being mobilized. From Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, and Jinzhou, the area is densely packed. There are military camps almost every few miles, and soldiers from the Kingdom of Jin are everywhere.

So far, in the long and narrow Liaoxi Corridor, the Dajin Kingdom has deployed about 8 troops, and there will be reinforcements waiting for the battle. The Jin Kingdom court is generally full of confidence in this battle, and they have taken advantage of the right time and place.

In terms of time, it is already June, and half of the year has passed. In autumn and winter, the north is terribly cold. Five months, if you can't achieve results in just four or five months, you can only withdraw your troops.

Not to mention the geographical advantages, Shanhaiguan is the most powerful pass in the world, and behind it is the narrow and long Liaoxi Corridor with Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other important passes. It is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

For the soldiers of Shanhaiguan, today is a special day, because the commander of the battle against the scene, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Kingdom of Jin, Wu Linhuang, the general of the world's soldiers and horses, came to Shanhaiguan in person to command the battle at the forefront.

The morale on the front line is soaring. After all, Wu Linhuang is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses appointed by the emperor himself. He dispatches all the troops in Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Bailangshan. Yes, but he came to the front line. Of course the soldiers were encouraged.

That afternoon, many officials and generals in the city went to the east gate to greet them. The banner of "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" bestowed by the emperor was particularly conspicuous. The generals, the chariot and cavalry generals of the state of Jing, are all the highest-ranking military officers, commanding the whole country's soldiers and horses, and in the state of Jin, one person is less than one person and more than ten thousand people.

(End of this chapter)