Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 518
Huang Louping's answer was: "About eighteen thousand."

Hu Sanguang reported: "2 to [-] people."

But the number Liu Shijun observed was: "2 people."

After getting three different answers from the three generals, Ye Chen chose the number reported by Liu Shijun, who had the most experience in leading the battle.

"Twenty thousand Dangxiang cavalry" he snorted coldly, "Yufeng got the [-] Dangxiang cavalry here to kill me, I don't know how much it cost!"

Liu Shijun was guessing what Ye Chen said about Yufeng and the holy hall mentioned before, when Huang Louping asked Liu Shijun, "The beacon fire has already been lit!"

Liu Shijun nodded and said, "It was already ordered as soon as the party members appeared. Messenger in the direction of Huangjiabao and Qingzhou has also been dispatched."

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "It's useless to light the beacon fire. In the direction of Huangjiabao and Qingzhou, there is no military camp in the middle, only two beacon towers, and there are only dozens of people stationed on it. If I guess correctly, they have already encountered disaster. Therefore, the key now is whether the envoy sent by General Liu and the ten gold medal spies from Huaxia Weifu can pass through the enemy's blockade and reach Gyeongju."

When these party members suddenly appeared in front of him, Ye Chen knew that this was a conspiracy arranged by the Holy Church and the Seventh Department of the Party, and there might even be other forces for him.Considering that Yufeng had suffered a lot in his hands several times before and failed to assassinate him several times, the enemy's plan this time was extremely cautious.Although he was lucky enough not to be surrounded by the enemy outside the city, Ye Chen also believed that the Holy Church should still be prepared.

However, although Ye Chen knew the seriousness of the matter, he still had some confidence.The 500 defenders of Shilibao are elite soldiers who have fought many battles, and the 100 Northwest Frontier Army who came with him to protect him are elites selected by the three commanders.In addition, there were four hundred black cavalry led by Hei Yue who followed him, and more than [-] elites composed of killers, spies, and Huaxia Wei of Huaxia Weifu.

Of course, if these people fought a field battle with more than 2 party cavalry outside the city, they would definitely lose, but if they were used to defend the city, they would still have a fight. Not as strong as Qingzhou, but the Dangxiang cavalry is actually not good at attacking the city.

As for the defenders of the city, nearly [-] people in the city can also help, and even go to battle to defend the city and kill the enemy. You must know that the people in the northwest are not comparable to those in the south of the Yangtze River or even the people in the Song Dynasty. They are full of blood, although they are not comparable to the real army, but if they put their lives together, there are still many people who dare to pick up the sword and go into battle.

For countless years, whether it is today's Khitan, Dangxiang, or Tubo, as long as they are aliens who have fought wars with the Han court, they all understand one truth-the Han army array that has set up arrow arrays cannot rush, but those who guard the city The Han people can't even provoke them.When the Han people have a city to rely on, their combat effectiveness is often rolled upwards, especially now that the Northwest Frontier Army of the Great Song Dynasty is best at fighting against the city.Otherwise, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, in the past ten years or so, a lot of construction has been carried out in this barren land, and so many military camps have been established, all of which are to deal with foreign cavalry.

And Huang Louping next to him was worried and frowned, "The party members dare not fight a protracted war. If they can't break through the city within a day or two, they should withdraw their troops and retreat north."

Ye Chen said: "Under normal circumstances, this is naturally the case. With the siege methods of the party members, Shilibao is not so easy to take down. It's just that Shengtang Yufeng will attack the Northwest Camp in Qingzhou, Fuzhou, and Linzhou. The Zhe family and the Yang family have other methods, dragging the frontier army and the two feudal towns to send troops to support."

While Ye Chen was talking, a sharp arrow shot up from the bottom of the city and went straight to Ye Chen's door.Beside him, Huang Louping had quick eyes and quick hands, he took the long arrow in his hand with one hand, his palm was still hot.

Liu Shijun next to him was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat. In his rage, he immediately snatched a bow from the waist of the guard next to him, and was about to shoot it back with an arrow.But under the city, a cavalryman was holding a big bow, running farther and farther amidst the cheers of the party members, the arrow just now turned out to be a gallop!

"Good archery!" Ye Chen waved his hand to make Lian Jicheng and the others back away with a nervous face, and looked down indifferently.There was a icy cold smile on the corner of his mouth that made Liu Shijun frightened: "It seems that Tuoba Zhenli is a little anxious, no matter what methods and backhands Yufeng has, but the time of the party members should not be much, the party members want to Inspire me to fight!" He turned back again, smiling even colder: "The situation in the Northwest is complicated, and I went back to Kaifeng just to see it, but now it seems that I have to do some big things and kill some people in the Northwest this time. Go back in peace."

As soon as Ye Chen said these words, Lian Jicheng, Hu Sanguang, and Huang Louping were already murderous in the expressions of everyone in the Huaxia Weifu. Only then did Liu Shijun remember how powerful this young imperial envoy was. It was already conceivable that after this incident, the young county king would take fierce revenge on the Seventh Department of the Party.As for whether Ye Chen will be killed by these party members outside the city, Liu Shijun doesn't think the enemy can do it.It's not that he has confidence in the victory of the defenders in the city, but that no matter who thinks about Ye Chen's past deeds, it is enough to make people feel shocked. Ye Chen will never be killed so easily in his heart. Feel.

Ye Chen suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to Lian Jicheng: "You take fifty of our people to the city gate to prevent the enemy's masters from sneaking into the city and breaking the city from the inside."

Lian Jicheng said yes respectfully and led the people down quickly.

Liu Shijun didn't take it seriously. He had a commanding force of 500 troops at the gate of the city. Even if some masters sneaked in, even if there were one or two hundred people, could it really be possible to break the city from the inside?

But this was Ye Chen's order, so he naturally didn't dare to show the slightest sign on his face, and quickly arranged for a commander next to him to lead Lian Jicheng to the city gate to make arrangements.

This time going south, the Seventh Department of the Dangxiang sent a total of about 1 troops, of which Tuoba Zhenli alone brought 2000 troops.Among them, [-] people captured the two military strongholds of Balipo and Shipingzhai in the rear, and were responsible for dealing with the remaining soldiers who escaped from the two military strongholds. Another [-] people were divided into seven or eight small groups, and with the help of the holy hall, bypassed the Shilibao fled to the vicinity of Huangjiabao. At this time, he was playing guerrilla warfare with the [-] troops of Fuzhou Zhejia and Linzhou Yangjia. Kill the messenger.

Therefore, the current military strength of Weiguo Shilibao is about 1000 in total, and they are all cavalry.

(End of this chapter)