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Chapter 769 The army besieged the city, the water was tight (second update)
Chapter 778

"It's finally here..." Billowing smoke and dust began to appear in the telescope in Wang Yang's hand, and a black line spread over the horizon like a black tide.

Even if they were just marching silently, as the cavalry moved, the sound still resounded throughout the entire world.

"Hey, this is just their striker, there are at least [-]..." Zhong Shihe slowly put down the binoculars in his hand, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

These [-] soldiers and horses were all cavalry, from the time they appeared on the horizon until they arrived at the city of Youzhou, it was nothing more than Zhu Xiang's effort.

Looking at the various armors, battle robes, and messy flags of these cavalry, Wang Yang actually had time to work with the master to identify which cavalry belonged to the Liao Kingdom and which ones belonged to the northern tribes. cavalry.

"It seems that the number of cavalry from the northern tribes is not large. There are actually [-] cavalry from the Liao Kingdom here. There are also [-] cavalry from the Xia Kingdom. The remaining [-] belong to the northern tribes." Wang Yang commented while looking at it.

"This is normal. Although the northern tribes have been in constant disputes all year round, and even occasionally compete with the Liao Kingdom, under such circumstances, no matter how magnanimous the Liao Kingdom is, it is impossible for these brave and ruthless northern tribes to have too much power." More horses, after all, the threat of cavalry is much greater than that of infantry."

And under the city, Yelu Dasong, the supervisor of the [-] Pioneers, and the deputy director, are squinting their eyes tightly at this moment, looking at this city of Youzhou, which is quite different from what he imagined, with a bit of astonishment.

Not only him, but also several Xia generals were also stunned at this moment. "Is this really the capital of Youzhou? This is a bit different from a few months ago."

You know, a few months ago, this Yuzhou City was still owned by Xixia. Even if many Xixia generals had never served here, at least they passed through this important hub city connecting the eastern part of Xixia and Xingqing Mansion.

However, in the past, although Youzhou City was wide enough, the thickness and height of its walls were far from comparable to the current Youzhou City.

What is even more exaggerated is the towering arrow tower on Youzhou City, the arrow tower that is also higher than the city wall behind the city wall, and the equally towering and solid barbicans in the four directions of Youzhou.

"All the cities of the Song people look like this?" A general from the Bahei Department, whose originally ambitious expression turned dark now, not only him, but also a group of people from the northern tribes who have not seen much of the world. Northern tribe bumpkins.

Wanyan Aguda, who was ordered by his father to command the cavalry of the Wanyan tribe, stared like a goldfish about to die of thirst. In Daliao, he had seen that kind of fortress-style town, and it was not like he had never seen a city like Tokyo. Such a big city.

But I have never seen a huge fortress city that is almost like being built out of a whole block of stone, which is armed to the teeth.

The height of its walls is intimidating, and its thickness must have been astonishing.The important thing is that the fortress in front of me is not like the Daliao cities that Wanyan Aguda has seen. Except for the location of the gate tower, it is all built with clay rammed and squeezed.

The city in front of you makes people appreciate its appearance completely made of red bricks very intuitively.

Moreover, the appearance of these bricks was beyond their imagination. In the past, most of the red bricks they had seen were the kind of red bricks that were two palms long and less than half a palm wide. But now, this Youzhou The red bricks used in the city are at least half a foot thick and nearly one and a half feet long.

"How could they burn such thick bricks?" A Xia general who knew a little about government affairs was full of disbelief.

"Or they just fired that kind of thin bricks, and then stuck them on the outer wall, making us mistakenly think that their city walls are all made of that kind of solid bricks..." another general said.

This explanation was quickly recognized by most of the generals present.

"Okay, now is not the time to chat. Spread out and guard all sides of Youzhou. If there are any Song soldiers outside the city, kill them all!" Yelu Dasong, the deputy general manager, shouted sternly.

Soon, of the [-] cavalry, except for [-] who stayed outside the east gate, the rest of the cavalry dispersed in all directions, like a torrent that encountered a solid reef. After bypassing Youzhou City, they dispersed evenly. Around Yuzhou City.

Two hours later, the main force of the army had already arrived at the city of Yuzhou, the flags were flying, and the dust was everywhere.The cloud-like camp tightly surrounded the entire Yuzhou City in the center, which could be described as impenetrable.

However, the Song army in the city kept a strange silence. They neither planned to take advantage of the Liaoxia coalition's unstable foothold, nor did they appear panicked after being surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops.

Although the coaches of the Liao-Xia coalition, Yelu and Lu Wei, felt a little uncomfortable for the Song people to maintain such a calm mentality, they also understood that now was not the time to attack.

Some generals who couldn't wait to call for a battle after the army was ready to enter Youzhou said that the sky was getting dark and the soldiers had been marching for a day and were exhausted.He ordered the army to set up camp, bury pots and cook food as the top priority. As for the attack, let the soldiers have a good night's rest before talking about it.

"Such a city, whether it is my Daliao or the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it is extremely rare. The important thing is that I have seen the city of Youzhou in the past. Compared with the city in front of me, it is simply not the same And talk." Xiao Wuna looked at the Youzhou City in front of him under the setting sun, which looked like burning red in color, and murmured in a low voice.

"Fortunately, Xia Guo has built a large number of siege weapons this time. From the looks of it, we'd better wait two more days and send someone to urge them to come quickly. I don't want these warriors to Rely on the ladder to fight against such a fortified city."

Yelu and Luwo caressed Nongxu and said in a low voice that he had no doubts about the capture of Youzhou City, but such a strong city defense only increased the difficulty of capture.

However, the purpose of Yelu and Luwo leading an army of hundreds of thousands of people here is not only to take down one Youzhou, but also to show the strength of Daliao after taking down the three states of Youzhou, Hongzhou and Yanzhou. He is mighty.

Let the people of Song realize that Daliao, which has not engaged in military affairs for decades, is still so strong and brave. Only in this way can it obtain greater benefits for Daliao.

After seizing the land of the Three States, continue to negotiate deals with Song Guo and Xixia. In the face of strength, I believe that whether it is the already weak Xixia, or the already somewhat swaying Song State, they will bend their waists obediently and bow down. their heads.

(End of this chapter)