Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The Juma River in the southern part of Youzhou was sparkling. Xiao Siwen rode his horse and ran to the river first, got off his horse, and led the horse to the river to drink while reaching out to touch the mane of the horse. He looked back on the river and built many pontoon bridges around.

Here lies on the upper reaches of the Juma River. In the middle reaches of the Zhouguofang Town’s Jiedu envoys are doing one thing, using the river water to artificially create marshes on both sides of the river, in order to resist the Liao army's cavalry going south. But that was a very strenuous task, and there was no progress for a year or two; and now, Xiao Siwen only needs to build a few pontoons on the river to drive south.

His subordinate Abudi also led a horse to the river to drink water, and said, "Let's go west after crossing the river. Will there be anything wrong with Yizhou?"

Xiao Siwen smiled and said: "Sun Xingyou's head shrunk tortoise, he heard the wind and kept it behind closed doors. How dare to come out? Even if it comes out, it is not the king's opponent. On the contrary, Zhou Jun, General Xiang Gong went to Niangziguan, let's take the Niangzi first. Wait and see, the army of Elder Brother Yelu to the north may be late."

Abu Di nodded and said yes.

When Xiao Siwen turned his head, the terrain to the north was slightly higher, and he saw that the large areas of riding on the plain were spreading towards the Juma River. He said: "Daliao warriors are like tigers. Zhou Jun wants to pull his teeth. It is not so easy! Jinyang is not a problem if reinforcements can break through the periphery."

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There was still no big movement outside Jinyang, and the rain stopped within two days.

A few days ago, the Zhou army besieged and attacked fiercely, and the people in Jinyang City were panicked, but after the initial panic passed, people gradually adapted to the war environment and the world gradually stabilized. But at this time someone panicked instead: Prime Minister Guo Yuanwei.

Guo Yuanwei had a high position in the court of the Northern Han Dynasty and his power was not small, but the more he was, the more cautious he was. Before he was arrested, Zhao Kuangyin's dissatisfaction and anger showed that he clearly knew about the betrayal; and that matter was the court's military plan. Only a few important ministers and generals knew about it. How did Zhao Kuangyin learn about it?

Jinyang was in the middle of the Great War. Although the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty did not pursue the matter with great fanfare for the time being, Guo Yuanwei still smelled danger.

He left and right thinking about the process of doing things, whether there will be clues. Some of the subtleties that he thought it was impossible to expose according to his prior arrangement were also thought to have loopholes at this time, but they couldn't think of any specific ways others would know about them.

Worried about danger and fluke, Guo Yuanwei suddenly regretted contacting Zhao Kuangyin. Now it seems a little too much to think about it; even if he didn't tell Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin would not necessarily take a bite. However, I did it because I was cautious and felt uneasy about this.

Guo Yuanwei thought of surrendering Zhou Jun to protect himself, but he did not directly control the soldiers and horses in his hands, and the planning was also very risky. The best chance of surrender is the fall of the North Han Kingdom.

But Guo Yuanwei was still so panicked, and he judged that Jinyang should be able to keep it this time. In Xinzhou and other places, the flying pigeons passed the book. The Liao army had already been dispatched, and even the Youzhou army had reinforced from the east; as long as the reinforcements could approach Jinyang, the Zhou army could not attack the city.

The reinforcements of the Liao army are still there, so the morale of Jinyang City will not be a problem.

Guo Yuanwei's main thoughts are on his own safety, and certainly not the most important thing about Jinyang's survival.

... Yang Ye took advantage of the truce to visit Feng Jinke in Nancheng. He wanted to take the opportunity to take a closer look at Zhou Jun's fortifications. This is the main direction of Zhou Jun's attack; but Yang Ye was inconvenient to come over during the war, otherwise he might be stigmatizing his colleagues.

Feng Jinke went to the city to see the salute, and the two exchanged a few words before talking about the war.

Yang Ye dealt with it while looking at the fortifications below. The entire fortification was more than 20 steps wide. Zhou Jun's effort had been somewhat effective in just two days, and he built a short height under the city wall... Although the effect was not yet effective. It's big, but Zhou Jun has built the soil for less than two days; and the city wall looks high, and this section is only three feet tall, and the height is not far away.

He took a closer look and found that the rammed earth and the big stone bullets, rolling logs, and masonry fired by the Zhou army were all used as stepping stones and built in the earth mountain.

Feng Jinke said: "The Zhou army only built the soil here. There were originally many ways to stop them. However, the Zhou army's gunpowder cannons were mainly thrown here. Once the ordnance was released on the wall, the shelling would surely destroy them all! We will return it for a while! Did not find a way to stop them from building up the soil."

Yang Ye nodded and said yes, and looked at the scenery outside the city wall. Calmly reminded: "I was on the southeast corner of the building and saw a disguise in the ruins of a house. I guessed that Zhou Jun was digging a tunnel to attack, and he might replay his old tricks in the battle of Shouzhou and bomb the city."

After hearing this, Feng Jinke said: "I have dug a tunnel in the city for defense. If Zhou Jun digs close to the city wall, we may find it. We also deployed the defense method suggested by Zhao Kuangyin. It is not so easy for Zhou Jun to repeat the trick. ."

When Yang Ye heard Zhao Kuangyin, he immediately remembered that Zhao Kuangyin was sold. He has no opinion on the decision of the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, but he also has some feelings.

But Yang Ye still calmed down and didn't want to easily pass Zhou Guo's spies and surrender to Zhou Guo. Now that he surrenders, although he has done meritorious service, his reputation and reliability in the hearts of the world have been greatly affected. The performance of loyalty cannot be easily destroyed.

Yang Ye looked at it and said cautiously: "We will have a hard fight with Zhou Jun, sooner or later!"

Feng Jinke turned his head and looked to the north, and said: "Even if the ground is successful, the width of the gap is limited. Zhou Jun will attack and want to break the city from such a place, unless our morale is low and we have no fighting spirit."

Yang Ye thought of the battle with Zhou Jun near Baigu, frowning noncommittal; but he lowered his head and looked down at the earth mountain below, UU read www.uukanshu.com for a moment and nodded slightly.

In Yang Ye’s previous speculation, this time the North Han state’s crisis, the Liao army can get there to get out of the siege. This is the consensus of the North Han state's monarchs and ministers; if the reinforcements are not available, Jinyang will surrender because of loss of hope, without foreign aid It’s meaningless to spend the city alone... But now after seeing the Zhou army’s tactics of using the 100-jin stone cannon, I changed my guess: if the Liao army does not come, Jinyang does not surrender, and there is no morale for **** battles, it will be forced to break the city. .

Feng Jinke pondered for a while, and said: "Anyway, whether the Liao army's reinforcements can go to Jinyang City is a matter of life and death for our country."

Suddenly he didn't take the result too seriously... About Zhao Kuangyin, he did feel a bit cold towards the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, and didn't want to repay the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty with death. The spy in the family made him feel a little angry at first, but Gradually, he realized that this was the intention of Zhou Guozhu to win, and he already had a way out.

Feng Jinke said: "It is reported that the Liao army has gathered near Yinshan and Kiri heads south. Jinyang City should be fine for at least one month or two. It depends on whether the Liao army can defeat Zhou Jun Li Chuyun's department in Xinzhou and Dongmian Niangziguan! "

Yang Ye nodded in agreement, standing at the head of the city without saying a word for a long time.

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