Chapter 965 The Battle of Hengshanzhai (Part 1) (1)
As for the city, it must be the same situation. The defenders in the city have either hidden themselves or taken the people as the qualifying.
Zhang Jue nodded, "Then I'll arrange for the soldiers to camp on the spot!"
"good."
Zhao Dongting looked around and said with a deep face: "We are camping here, but we have to see what strength the troops under Zhao Bing have to eat us."
There is a depression outside the north gate of Hengshanzhai. This kind of terrain cannot be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Zhao Dongting just wants to take root here.
The 20,000 imperial guards gave him endless confidence.
“Camp!”
Zhang Jue ordered.
The war drums in the army were beating.
Dongdong, Dongdong. The drum sound is very rhythmic.
The soldiers behind them quickly scattered in groups. Then, in a short time, the white tent was tied up outside the Hengshan Village.
There were many guards in Hengshan Village on the top of the city, all of which showed a slight surprise.
The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty came in a mighty manner, but they did not take advantage of the situation to attack the city, but set up camp outside the city. What kind of fighting method is this?
Zhao Bing and the Youjiangdao Jiedushi Xiao Zhenghao also had doubts on their faces, and Zhao Bing's brows frowned slightly.
After looking at the city wall for a while, he turned his head and asked Xiao Zhenghao, "General Xiao, do you think Song Jun is numbing us, or have other plans?"
Xiao Zhenghao pondered for a while and said, "Your Highness, the general thinks that the Song army should be able to numb us! He set up camp outside the city and made a protracted war, but they might launch a surprise attack on the city. Isn't that what Miao Cheng led his army to attack Encheng?"
Zhao Bing narrowed his eyes slightly again, "But I feel a little uneasy..."
Xiao Zhenghao hurriedly said, "Don't worry, your highness, the last general has made complete arrangements in the city. Even if the Song army has elite soldiers, they will not be able to break the city easily."
Zhao Bing could only sigh, "I hope so! I am just worried that the Song army will break the city by unexpectedly. At that time, our arrangements in various places will be meaningless."
He looked into the extreme distance, "Two days. We must stay in Hengshanzhai for two days, so that we can win this battle."
Xiao Zhenghao bowed: "Don't worry, your highness, I will swear to protect Hengshan Village to the death."
Zhao Bing smiled on his face, "You are the only one around me now. Don't worry, even if you lose this battle, you will not let you suffer any grievances when you reach Shu."
Xiao Zhenghao and Zheng pointed, "Thank you, Your Highness."
The city and the city were facing each other in an extremely strange way. The city was ready for battle, but the city was leisurely camping and camping.
Time passes slowly.
For two consecutive days, there was no war in Hengshan Village.
Zhang Hongwei's left army led the army to the territory of Temodao and did not encounter any resistance.
Miao Cheng's Right Army has also captured Sien City and is continuing to march towards Yongzhou.
In the past two days, Zhao Dongting and Zhang Jue have received letters in the camp.
They passed along the way, and the guards of various cities who had not resisted were now gathering towards Hengshan Village.
Judging from the overall situation, 20,000 of them were completely surrounded by the Yongzhou rioters.
How many people Zhao Bing has attracted, it is still impossible to get a specific number, but I think that the guards in more than ten cities have combined, and the many chaotic troops gathered in Hengshan Village, they will have to be 30,000 people upwards, and maybe even 40,000.
The private soldiers of the Yongzhou camps were originally not conspicuous, but now they gathered together, they are definitely a force that cannot be ignored. At least in terms of quantity.
However, Zhao Dongting and Zhang Jue had no intention of attacking Hengshanzhai before the chaos arrived.
As letters were constantly delivered to the camp, the two of them were still sitting upright on the Diaoyutai.
On this day, the scout who came to report was the one who went out to explore the tour.
The scout ran into Zhang Jue's tent and reported to Zhang Jue: "Master, there are more than 2,000 rebels in the north, only twenty miles away from our camp!"
Then, scouts kept reporting to his commander's tent, almost in a constant stream.
"Master General, the rebels in the north are only fifteen miles away from our camp!"
"Master, there are also rebels coming to the west, and there are about seventeen miles away from our army's camp!"
"Master General, more than a thousand rebels are gathering towards our army thirty miles north!"
In the tent of the coach, Zhang Jue, Jun Tianfang, Zhao Dongting, Yue Yue, Hong Wutian and Kumano were all inside.
Listening to the successive reports of these scouts, even Jun Tianfang, Yue Yue and others showed a slight worry on their faces.
Although these rebels are not large in number per share, they add up to a little bit of a fool.
However, Zhao Dongting's smile became stronger and stronger, and he became more and more calm.
He just played chess and drank with Hong Wutian and others, and did not have the awareness of facing a big battle at all.
As the rebels got closer and closer to the camp, even Zhang Jue was a little restless, "Master, do we really need to be prepared?"
"Enough."
Zhao Dongting chuckled and said, "There are enough trenches outside the city. Military aircraft only need to use the bullets of the soldiers and bomb the sky detonator enough."
Zhang Jue was a little puzzled, but he could only nod.
He didn't know what was strange about the trenches that Zhao Dongting asked his soldiers to dig outside the camp.
After all, in this era, there are very few examples of trench combat, unless it is a moat.
In the city, Zhao Bing has now arrived at the top of the city.
However, unlike two days ago, in addition to doubts in his eyes, there is also a faint joy that cannot be concealed.
In the past two days, the Song army outside the city did not attack the city, which made his army siege.
Of course he knew that Song Jun was doing it intentionally, but he also felt that Zhang Jue was too arrogant.
Does Zhang Jue think that 20,000 imperial guards can definitely block his nearly 40,000 soldiers?
Zhao Bing was secretly ruthless in his heart, wanting to make Zhang Jue pay the price for his arrogance.
"Flying Army?"
Zhao Bing sneered in his heart, "Zhang Jue, don't think that if you have the Flying Army, you can be invincible."
Shuzhong has been in contact with him for a long time. Obviously, there are also hot air balloons in this Hengshan Village. However, Zhao Bing has hardly mentioned this matter to anyone.
Originally, there was a mysterious army of thousands of people in the deep mountains outside Hengshan Village, which was quite mysterious. It was only occasionally circulated among the people, and it is said that a woodcutter had met it.
The people naturally cannot make a conclusion whether it is true or false.
But in fact, this army really exists, and it is the private soldiers raised by King Guang Zhao Bing.
Chapter completed!