The rise of the prince

Chapter 792 Tatar Horse

After the rain stopped, it was already June [-]th, two days later than expected, and the time became more pressing. Regardless of the muddy roads, Li Xingzhou ordered the army to set off immediately and head for Shanhaiguan.

It is an important road from Yanshan Mansion to Shanhaiguan. It was repaired very well in the Liao Dynasty. Wei Chaoren repaired it again after he took office in Yanshan Mansion. Stressed, slow down.

The army was mighty in the kitchen, Wei Yubai's first division took the lead, unfurled the handsome flag, and Huang Taisun's dragon flag, so everyone believed that he was in the ranks of the first army division.

The army started to set off in the morning, and did not leave the camp until the afternoon. Four divisions of the new army, plus two divisions of the imperial army, totaled more than 6 troops. The team stretched for dozens of miles. The troops did not leave camp until the afternoon.

This is the siege of the city, the battle that the soldiers are most reluctant to fight, and it is impossible to finish it in one day. All the troops have to go to the camp outside Shanhaiguan, and prepare for a long siege. All kinds of supplies, tents and the like must be brought. , it was not easy.

In fact, Li Xingzhou stayed quietly in the Yanshan Mansion without any movement.

At dusk, after all the troops had left, only the third division of the new army and the two divisions of the imperial army remained in the camp outside Yanshan mansion. Everyone didn't understand why he dispatched them in such a way. There are about 4 people in total, which is not a small force.

The disciplined army marched unexpectedly fast. After five days of marching, the first division of the vanguard's new army passed Pingzhou and arrived at the city of Shanhaiguan.

Wei Yubai looked at the majestic pass in the distance, and his heart was full of suppressed excitement and fighting spirit. The Jin people on the Shanhai Pass obviously knew their arrival, but they had just left Pingzhou City, and their scouts encountered and clashed with the Jin people's scouts He also shot and killed one.

It shows that the golden man already knows their whereabouts, and it is almost impossible for so many people to march in secret.

She opened the binoculars and looked from a distance. The defenders on the top of the city had been prepared for a long time, and they could clearly see the densely packed golden army, the bed crossbows erected, the rolling stones piled up on the top of the city, and the cauldron containing gold soup.

"Order the whole army to set up camp when they arrive, and not rush to attack the city. There is a small mountain ten miles away from here in the northwest, and there is a river at the foot of the mountain. Set up camp there to get water."

"Yes!" The messenger got the order, quickly got on his horse and went to each army to convey the order.

Wei Yubai looked at the majestic Shanhaiguan Pass from a distance, and finally just ordered to turn around and leave. The army walked in front of the pass once, and then retreated.

At the head of Shanhaiguan City, Wu Linhuang and the guard of Shanhaiguan stood at the head of the city. The guard was originally a noble from Shangjing named Yelu Tuohu. Yan Wugu was sent to such an important place as Shanhaiguan because of his subordinates' meritorious service.

But no matter what merits he has done, how much he has worked hard, he is always a Khitan, an outsider, not "one of his own", and it is impossible to be on the same level as the children of the four Jurchen clans. He also understands this, so he treats Wu Lin Huang obeyed.

Yelutu said worriedly to the middle-aged man beside him: "Careful commander, Jingguo's cannons can shoot several kilograms of iron balls two or three miles away, and the city is not safe. The last time we attacked Yanshan Mansion We suffered a lot.”

"Two or three miles? It's an exaggeration." Wu Linhuang didn't believe it.

"Marshal, the last general is guaranteed by his head. Everything I said is true. That thing can break wooden beams when hit on a siege tower. When hit in a crowd, blood and flesh fly, and a large number of people die. Iron armor I can't prevent it." Yelu said with lingering fear.

"Really." Wu Linhuang was still skeptical, seeing that he didn't quite believe it.

Yelu's expression flashed out of the atmosphere.

He also participated in the siege of Yanshan Mansion last year. Their offensive went very smoothly at first, and they soon came to Yanshan Mansion.Although the head coach Wan Yanyun is a bit headstrong, he is also very experienced in combat, and his scheduling is very methodical, without any omissions.

As a result, when they were finally about to attack the top of the city, the people of Jingguo suddenly used cannons to destroy the siege vehicles they had worked so hard to build, and then beat them into the crowd. He can speak well, and is better at observing words and expressions than those big bosses. He has a good relationship with the prince Wanyanyun.

So at that time, the siege team that the coach Wan Yanyun asked him to lead, as long as they attacked, it would be the first achievement, and he thought it was the credit. He didn't expect that the siege of Yanshan Mansion, those roars that exploded in his ears, became a success. his eternal demon.

In front of those cannons, it was the first time for Yelu Tuo to feel that human flesh and blood were so vulnerable.

When that kind of shell hits the crowd, there will be a bunch of stumps and broken arms inside, and it can easily break people's limbs after bouncing close to the ground. From the top of the city, Lin Huang leisurely looked at the Jingguo army below, because he thought it was impossible for the Jingguo people to threaten him at such a long distance, separated by more than a thousand steps.

But Yelu Tuohu knew that Jingguo's cannons could reach the top of the city, so he was very nervous, and his whole body was tense. If the people of Jingguo fired, he would throw the commander behind the parapet.

Fortunately, the people of Jingguo didn't seem to have the intention to fight, they just watched from a distance, neither formed troops nor approached any closer.

"Look at the commander-in-chief flag of the Chinese army, it should be Li Xingzhou from Jingguo." Wu Linhuang pointed to the yellow flag in the middle of the army below.

Yelu Tuo nodded: "Their coach is also in the former army, it seems that they are going to give it a go."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Wu Linhuang said confidently, "I think Jingguo's soldiers are very strange. They have horses but don't ride them, and they are all short and thin horses. What's the use of such horses? If they are just carrying things , not as good as a mule, hahaha." He said and pointed to the city.

"And I heard that Jingguo is rich and well-equipped with armored swordsmen in the army, but if you look at them, even the soldiers around the commander are all wearing civilian clothes, which is inconsistent with the rumors."

The speaker had no intention, but he listened with intention, Yelutuo hurriedly took two steps forward, leaning on the city bricks to look carefully at the Jing army in the distance. There was no sense of chaos at all.

Sure enough, everyone in Jing Jun had horses, and they all dragged things on their backs. Those horses were short in stature and looked like they weighed only seven or eight hundred catties.

After a while Jing Jun withdrew, as if he was just here to take a look.

"Hahahaha, Jing Jun saw that we were well-prepared, so he retreated like this. As expected, the southerners have no guts." Wu Linhuang laughed.

Yelu was overwhelmed, but a shadow was cast over his mind, and he muttered to himself, "That's a Tatar horse, ten thousand Tatar horses."

Wu Linhuang stopped smiling and turned around, "What did you say?"

(End of this chapter)