vrcanaries Chapter 388 Changes in the Capital City
Chapter 388 Changes in the Capital City
Time flies and another half month passes. Except for Yueshan City, the entire Yueshan County has become the territory of Daqian.
Today, 15,000 Qingzhou troops gathered and arrived outside Yueshan City.
The defenders on Yueshan City knew that the Qingzhou Army would come sooner or later, so after experiencing the initial panic, they quickly adjusted their status.
Lin Xiaofan stood half a mile outside the city, looking at the behemoth in front of him.
The city walls of Yueshan City are towering and made of bluestones. Above the city gate, a golden plaque is inlaid with the two characters "Yueshan", written in a powerful and majestic style.
At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun was just shining on the city wall, dyeing the city with a sacred golden color, like a giant dragon coiled here, making people intimidating.
It is said that this city was once the capital of a country.
After he traveled here, this was the most powerful city he had ever seen.
Although the walls of Iwaki and Nantianmen are also tall, they are only military fortresses after all, and their scale is incomparable to the city in front of them.
If we attack by force, let alone 15,000 men and horses, even 50,000 men and horses may not be able to win.
"Brother Lin, how will we fight this battle?"
Jianfeng asked.
"Build the camp first and wait for the night attack."
Lin Xiaofan thought for a moment and then said.
It was already approaching dusk, but soon it became completely dark.
There are clouds tonight and there is darkness on the ground.
In the Qingzhou army, ten thousand soldiers have been assembled and are ready.
"Siege the city."
Lin Xiaofan gave the order and all the soldiers attacked.
Each of them held a torch, which was particularly dazzling in the darkness.
The neat team pressed forward, and the defenders of Yueshan City were instantly panicked.
The walls of Yueshan City are so tall, no one would have thought that the Qingzhou Army with only fifteen thousand people would dare to attack the city.
Moreover, this was the first night, the Qingzhou Army had only arrived for an hour, and the camp was already set up.
There were only five hundred garrison guards at Yueshan. They fired arrows in panic to resist, and at the same time went to call the people in the barracks.
Lin Xiaofan calculated his position and stopped the army.
"Ready the repeating crossbow!"
One by one, the crossbowmen stepped forward and fired round after round of arrow rain at Yueshan City.
The pitifully small number of defenders at the head of Yueshan City were quickly suppressed.
However, the military camp was not far from the city. But after a while, the Daliang army mobilized over. Even Chen Yong was alerted and came to the city.
"How many people are there across the way?"
Chen Yong asked.
"Master Sheriff, look at the number of torches, there are about ten thousand."
A general replied.
"How many of us are there?"
"Six thousand people have been gathered."
"What, where are the other four thousand people!"
Chen Yong suddenly became anxious.
"Sir, Yueshan City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With 6,000 people guarding it, even an army of 50,000 cannot attack it."
The general spoke.
"Bah, do you know who leads the Qingzhou Army? Jianfeng and Lin Xiaofan. The two of them once led the 30,000 Qingzhou Army to defeat the 200,000 coalition army. The 10,000 troops outside the city are much stronger than the 50,000. Quickly bring the rest of the defenders over!"
Chen Yong spoke.
He didn't understand the art of war, but he knew the names of Jianfeng and Lin Xiaofan, and he had to be cautious when dealing with them.
"Yes!"
The general also felt that it made sense and hurriedly responded.
Yes, they were facing the Qingzhou Army, Lin Xiaofan, and Jianfeng. Ten thousand troops were not enough.
"Counsel Lin, we have run out of arrows."
A general opened his mouth to report.
"So fast? Let the crossbowmen go first and the shield soldiers stay. Also, keep the crossbowmen's torches here."
Lin Xiaofan said.
The crossbowmen withdrew from the battlefield, and countless rockets were fired from the city, lighting up the place.
Then two more rounds of arrows came, but the Qingzhou Army had already set up a shield formation.
At this time, fires broke out all over Yueshan City.
"Push forward slowly. It doesn't matter if you go slower. Don't mess up the formation."
Lin Xiaofan said.
The Qingzhou Army was like a heavily armed bastard, approaching Yueshan City bit by bit.
It took a full hour to move forward a little distance.
Since those who remained were all shield soldiers, wearing the best armor and in good formation, all casualties were very few.
Lin Xiaofan looked at the city and saw that the fire was gradually extinguished, so he said:
"Retreat."
The shield soldiers retreated in an orderly manner, and the defenders of Yueshan City also stopped shooting arrows.
What made them a little confused was that there were only a few bodies lying on the ground.
"Brother Lin, how are you?"
Jianfeng also stayed up all night. Seeing that most of the soldiers had returned, his face became a little more happy.
"I think the fire has been burning for a full hour. The food in Yueshan City should be almost burned. Next, we only need to cut off the road in and out of the city to capture it."
Lin Xiaofan smiled lightly. He did not expect that this trip would go so smoothly.
It seems that
Chen Yong was afraid that the city would be destroyed, so he did not let the defenders put out the fire, but just organized the people. When the fire was extinguished, they discovered that countless grain and grass in the city had been burned.
Not only that, the government's grain depot was also burned down.
The Qingzhou Army, on the other hand, kept besieging but not attacking. The war drums were beating loudly, and in the end they just sent a few cavalry for a formality.
In this way, Chen Yong was completely panicked and appointed Yang Zhilai to command 10,000 defenders. On the one hand, he really couldn't cope with it, and on the other hand, he wanted to shirk responsibility.
Yang Zhi took over the task without any confusion and began to drill the defenders.
The Qingzhou Army also stationed outside the camp, only besieging but not attacking, which lasted for nearly three months.
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
And the people in Daqian Capital couldn't sit still.
in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Zhang Zinan stood up first.
Emperor Daqian raised his eyebrows and said:
"explain."
"The Qingzhou Army has been stationed outside Yueshan City for three months, but has not launched an attack. It has consumed a lot of food and grass, but has achieved nothing. I boldly remonstrated, and your Majesty ordered the Qingzhou Army to send troops."
Zhang Zinan was the first to speak.
After the words fell, many ministers also stood up and said:
"I second the proposal."
Hearing this, Kang Hong quickly stood up and said:
"No! Yueshan City has more than 10,000 defenders, and the walls are high and thick. If we attack rashly, even if General Jianfeng and Counselor Lin have extraordinary abilities, they will only suffer defeat."
The current situation is obvious. A lot of food and grass in Yueshan City have been burned, and many people no longer have enough to eat.
I believe it won’t be long before Yueshan City will run out of food. When the time comes, either surrender or come out and fight to the death.
No matter what the situation is, the Qingzhou Army is sure of success.
But if we attack at this time, we will only waste our own troops. At that time, there may be a counterattack from the enemy.
"Your Majesty, the current Yueshan City has been surrounded by the Qingzhou Army for three months and will soon run out of food. At that time, the Qingzhou Army can capture the entire Yueshan County with minimal losses."
Jian Chen took a step forward and said.
Hearing this, Emperor Daqian raised his eyebrows slightly and asked:
"Is the news true?"