Horse on the World

Chapter 63
Shanglinli, where the coalition forces of various grassland ministries are stationed, is also the outpost for Bayar to attack Dingzhou. Every time Bayar launches an attack, he starts from here. A large amount of materials are collected here, from food to weapons, fodder, etc. Everything else, Bayar has been operating in Shanglin for more than ten years. Here, a small military market town has been formed, with walls and houses built. Although it cannot be compared with a fortress like Dingzhou Fuyuan, it is better than From the simple wooden fence of the prairie tribe, it is not a fortress of iron and steel.The stone wall that is several miles long is about several meters high, and there is a watchtower every [-] steps, with weapons such as crossbows placed on it.Due to the decline of Great Chu, it has not taken the initiative to attack the grassland for decades, so Bayar's arrangement here is mainly to target other major tribes in the grassland that can pose a threat to him.

It has to be said that during Bayar's administration, the various ministries of the grassland achieved unprecedented development, especially in the military. It seems that as long as the preparations are adequate, it is not impossible for him to march eastward and compete in the Central Plains while Da Chu, the lion, is sleeping.

So these years, in addition to maintaining the annual harassment of Dingzhou, he has also vigorously developed infantry, learned siege skills, and recruited those frustrated talents in the Great Chu Kingdom to be used by the Bai people. After more than ten years of development, today's The strength of the Bai nationality has long surpassed the other ministries, and no one can shake Bayar's status. Although the ministries are still an alliance in name, in fact, as long as Bayar is willing, he can completely unify the ministries and become a khan on his own.

However, Bayar felt that the time was not yet ripe. If the country is forcibly established, it is likely to form a rebound among the various tribes of the grassland, especially the four tribes of the yellow, green, blue, and red grasslands.It will do a lot of harm to one's own great cause, but will not benefit at all.So now he is still using the bond of interest to tie the ministries together tightly. He is waiting, waiting for a good time.

Wanyan Bulu's failure in Fuyuan didn't make Bayar feel bad. All the ministries in the grassland have been going well these years, and too many people think that Dachu is vulnerable. This is a bad omen. Even if the lion is asleep, Nor will it become a little white rabbit.This defeat made more small tribes see how powerful the Great Chu is, so they will rely more on the most powerful Bai tribe, and their own strength will grow stronger, thus throwing the rest of the tribes farther until they are powerless to resist.What's more, Wanyan Bulu didn't gain nothing, at least he was quite successful in the early stage of the battle. The selection battalion was defeated. This is a strong army composed of veterans who are good at fighting. There will be one less bone.

Therefore, he did not blame Wanyan Bulu, and even allocated another [-] elites to him, and at the same time asked him to go to the forest to gather various ministries and prepare to launch another attack.

Bayar's magnanimity made Wanyan Bulu feel grateful, and at the same time, he was more determined to open a passage for the wise Khan before Bayar entered the army.Fuyuan is still his first choice.

The front-selection battalion was defeated, and the Changsheng battalion that took over was a new army. Although the last battle proved that this army was very effective, he was not worried. His son was still too boring. Unable to take on the big responsibility, he believed that if he had sent Nuoqia to lead the troops to intercept the Changsheng camp that day, the result would have been different.

This time it will be an upright confrontation, without any tricks to play, Wanyan Bulu thought, I will defeat the opponent head-on with a majestic teacher and win the Fuyuan Fortress.He was well prepared this time, with plenty of large-scale attacking equipment, and strong soldiers. If he still can't win Fuyuan, then at his age, Wanyan Bulu can be said to be living like a dog.

"Li Qing from the Changsheng Camp, a young man with a yellow hair, who has risen up by relying on his family background, has any real abilities. Compared to a veteran in the battlefield like Lu Dabing, he must be far inferior." Wanyan Bulu sneered, and there were constant internal strife , the various aristocratic families are fighting endlessly, such an important town is actually guarded by a doll, no wonder Da Shanyu said that Da Chu, the lion, fell asleep.

"Order all the ministries to march into Fuyuan in three days!" Wanyan said bluntly.There are 1 garrisons left in Shanglinli, which is absolutely safe, not to mention that this is in the grassland headquarters. Any Dingzhou army that wants to attack Linli must first break through its own [-] strong army. Lu felt that [-] troops were enough to win Fuyuan, and he even wanted to bring another [-] people to fight.

Fuyuan is already covered with battle clouds. The barbarian army's scouts have recently arrived more than ten miles away from Fuyuan. Guoshanfeng's scouts and the other side have already strangled each other on the grassland outside, and there are mutual casualties every day. .

"General, the enemy's scouts are getting more and more dense!" Guo Shanfeng, who had just scouted from the grassland, was wearing the blood-stained armor and rushed straight to Li Qing, "Wan Yan is not Lu We're going to attack." Guo Shanfeng has less than [-] scouts under his command now, and he feels a bit overwhelmed by the loss, at most one day, he lost about [-] scouts, although the opponent's losses were no less than theirs, But there are so many people on the other side!
"Let's explore again. I want to know when Wanyan Bulu's army will set off and arrive at my city of Fuyuan? Which tribes participated in this attack, and what is the number of each tribe?" Li Qing said sharply.

Guo Shanfeng glanced at Li Qing with some fear, "General, my subordinates suffered too much loss."

"Don't tell me this, Captain Guo," Li Qing said coldly, "This battle is about the survival of my Ever-Victorious Battalion. Even if your scouts die, I will give you more scouts after the war. What I want The more detailed the better, what are you giving me now, do you still need the Investigation and Statistics Department to teach you how to collect effective intelligence? Don’t your scouts have received training from the Investigation and Statistics Department?"

Guo Shanfeng sweated profusely, "Yes, my lord, I know I made a mistake, and I will deal with it right away."

After driving away Guo Shanfeng, Li Qing shook his head, he was still a little nervous when the big battle came, Guo Shanfeng and his scouts actually did a good job these days, at least they prevented the Wanyanbulu scouts from approaching the Fuyuan Fortress. For Guo Shanfeng who only has a few hundred subordinates, it is quite rare.Li Qing even knew that Guo Shanfeng's confidant brother Li Ermazi had also been killed the day before yesterday.

Feeling very confused, he decided to go out for a walk to see the preparations before the war.

The Fortress of Wei has already been repaired, and the fortress of Fuyuan is stronger than before. Moreover, this time, Li Qing is not planning to simply defend the city. In the early stage, he is going to go out of the city and rely on the city to fight, trying to delay the opponent from directly attacking the city wall. Time, the opponent has prepared a large number of siege equipment this time. Once they attack the city directly, it will cause great damage to the fortress.

Wang Qinian was instructing his subordinates to dig trenches in front of the two fortresses. The trenches several meters deep were Fuyuan's first line of defense. About a few meters behind the trenches was a parapet, more than half of which had been built at this time. Behind the parapet, every ten or so meters, there is such a low wall. There are several meters of passages between the walls, which are convenient for your own troops to use when attacking. At the same time, these passages are also used when defending. will lead directly to hell.There are at least two Baoxu crossbows aiming at each passage. Li Qing can imagine that when Wanyan Bulu breaks through the defense in front and rushes in from the passage, the terrifying weapon of Baoxu crossbow will destroy all the passages in these passages. The incoming enemies are like candied haws on a string.

"Quickly dig, dig deeper and wider, if you want to live longer and let the enemy die more, then work harder." Wang Qinian shouted loudly, waving the long knife in his hand.

On the other side, Feng Guo's subordinates seemed to be competing with Wang Qinian again. Both sides were desperately digging trenches, and then transported the excavated soil to the back to build the parapet.It's a pity that there are not enough stone materials. Otherwise, if these parapets are covered with stones, the ability to resist blows will be better, Li Qing thought regretfully.

In the city, the Craftsman Battalion is doing its best to build some long-range lethal weapons. Now there are hundreds of catapults and scorpion cannons. nearly [-] vehicles.All the people in the Fuyuan Fortress were mobilized to do some work within their ability. Even the children held a hammer and squatted on the street to beat the stones hard, trying to break the stones into pieces as much as possible. Round for Catapults and Scorpion Cannons.

After walking around the city, Li Qing returned to the general's mansion with satisfaction. Yang Yidao hurried to him and handed Li Qing a copy of the official document that had just been sent. After opening it, Li Qing showed a smile on his face. , Xiao Yuanshan agreed to the plan, and the attack on Shanglinli would be under the full command of the deputy general Lu Dalin, which made Li Qing feel relieved. Lu Dalin is an extremely experienced veteran, and with him in command, the chances of winning have increased a lot.It seemed that Xiao Yuanshan had also made up his mind.Dai Che in Weiyuan and Dingyuan also started to cooperate, gathering troops, and made a posture of going out of the city to fight in the field.Now, just wait for Wanyan Bulu to come.

Come on, Wanyanbulu, let's bleed, I'm waiting for you, but I don't know how much blood you can shed under Fuwu Fortress.

(End of this chapter)