In the southern part of Beijing, under the personal escort of 200,000 cavalrymen from Fengjing and Xingke, 30,000 infantrymen from the Qilin Corps protected the grain carts in the middle, slowly heading toward the northwest along the much-destroyed official road.
Changhua area advances.
Because there was so much food and fodder to be escorted this time, Cheng Xiangxi of the Qilin Corps not only took away all the vehicles in Juyong Pass and nearby, but also personally led 30,000 infantry to accompany the army to suppress the battle. There were only 50,000 infantry in the entire Juyong Pass.
"Xiangxi is indeed a down-to-earth person. He doesn't take credit or be arrogant. He can resolutely carry out the orders of his superiors no matter what the circumstances. He has a delicate mind, but his fighting spirit is high when fighting. Haha, our Qingyun Garrison is indeed
There are so many talented people." Feng Jing said happily.
Cheng Xiangxi did not participate in many battles. Of course, he was born in Qianqi of Qingyun Garrison and participated in almost all the battles in Hetao before moving south. In the Battle of Hukou, his performance was also quite outstanding.
When Haotian went south, Cheng Xiangxi was ordered to stay in Hetao. This is somewhat similar to Fengjing. On the surface, the young general with a strong scholarly atmosphere usually has the biggest hobby of attending classes at Xuanyuan Military Academy and explaining knowledge to those young students. Later, Hetao was reorganized into an army.
, Haotian personally named him the infantry commander of the Huben Army. After taking Juyongguan, he ordered him to reorganize the Qilin Army to guard the Juyongguan Fortress as a frontier army. This shows that Haotian trusts and values him.
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Originally, according to Haotian's original prediction, this expedition to the Three Northeastern Kingdoms was to involve the Qilin Legion. However, if the entire Qilin Legion attacked, the defense line of the Northeast Great Wall would be empty. Haotian had no choice but to continue to let Cheng Xiangxi guard Juyong Pass.
He is also responsible for the transportation of grain in the Hetao. But when the time comes to go to the northwest prairie, I don’t mind letting the Qilin Legion go.
"Xiangxi is indeed a talented person, but Yan Lege is not bad either. Look at the infantry army under his command, its combat effectiveness must be the highest among the Qilin Army." Xinke also said with a smile.
Feng Jing smiled noncommittally. The soldiers under Yan Lege's command must be very powerful in combat, but that does not necessarily mean they will be able to win.
Shaking his head, Fengjing said to Zhang Ba behind him: "Zhang Ba, please notify Mistress Qingcheng and the little princess's cavalry regiment and ask them to expand the scope of the cavalry's investigation. I always feel that this road is very uneasy.
We have a great responsibility and must be careful.”
Xinke said in surprise: "So, second brother, you also feel this way. I thought it was my illusion. But where did Bai Jing get the army?"
At this moment, a cavalryman rushed towards the Hetao cavalry at lightning speed. Fengjing frowned, but after seeing the opponent's flag clearly, he immediately lowered his raised right hand slowly to prevent the soldiers behind him from misunderstanding. A round of arrows
The rain shot out.
"Come here, pick them up." Feng Jing said in a deep voice.
The person who came was a soldier of Haotian. The person Feng Jing also knew at the moment was Jihua, the Marquis of the Brigade. Ji Qing, the commander of the dead soldiers who escorted the Haotian brothers all the way from Dingzhou to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun that day.
Ji Hua was Luo Xiang's biological brother. After Ji Qing died in the battle, Haotian also paid great attention to him. Now that his face is full of smoke, it is obvious that something important is involved.
"General Ji Hua, pay your respects to Commander Feng and Commander Xin!" As soon as Ji Hua came in front of the two men, he quickly dismounted and knelt down on one knee.
"No need to be polite. Seeing that you are in such a hurry, what are you doing?" Feng Jing asked in a deep voice.
"Reply to the Marshal, this is the secret letter from the lord to the two Marshals." Ji Hua handed over a secret letter stamped with fire paint with both hands and said respectfully.
Feng Jing took the letter with confusion, carefully looked at the paint on it, and made sure it was intact. After letting the letter engraver take another look, he opened the envelope. After reading the letter at a glance, Feng Jing handed the letter to the engraver.
His relatively relaxed expression suddenly turned serious.
"How could this happen?" Xinke exclaimed, but quickly calmed down and asked in a deep voice: "Second brother, what do you think we should do now?"
Feng Jing's eyebrows tightened and he pondered for a long time before saying: "Ji Hua, go back and tell the lord that I understand and will not let the lord down."
Ji Hua performed a standard military salute and left in a hurry.
Xin Ji handed the secret letter back to Feng Jing. Feng Jing rubbed his hands and the letter suddenly turned into powder. Feng Jing suddenly said loudly: "Come, let Xue Qingcheng come immediately. Fu Ruoshui and Cheng Xiangxi are coming. The plan has changed."
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Although Kasimbas's strong walls are powerful in clearing the wilderness, even Kasimbas cannot cut down all the trees in the central and southern areas of Baijing, and it is impossible to move all the stones. With the hard work of the soldiers in Hetao
Next, in just half a day's work, a temporary city wall with a height of three feet and a width of two feet at the top was formed around the camp. The area enclosed by the wall was much larger than that of Changhua City in front of it.
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The inner and outer sides of the temporary city wall are made of logs and huge stones at least one foot thick, while the middle is made of soil from digging trenches. Although the defensive power is limited and not as good as the city wall of Changhua, it is at least not ordinary.
The camp can be compared. What makes Haotian most happy is that it only took most of a day for hundreds of thousands of troops to attack together.
Now that the camp has been completed, Haotian finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the existence of this city wall, even if Bai Jing came to attack with all the power of the country, he would be able to withstand it with the hundreds of thousands of elite troops in his hands.
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Inside the camp, out of sight of the Beijing scouts, the Hetao soldiers who Cassimbas thought should be resting now were working overtime. Countless birch trees were now thrown into the camp, and the soldiers were divided into groups or sawing.
Either cut the wood into an arrow shaft shape about two feet long, or tie it to a blacksmith master to make an iron arrowhead.
One of the best weapons for defense is bows and arrows. However, there have been many battles in Hetao, and the logistics materials transported by Fengjing have not yet arrived, so there are not many arrows in the army now. Considering that they will face a large number of enemy troops the next day
Due to the siege situation, Luo Xiang suggested to Haotian to let the soldiers in the army help make arrows.
There are a lot of iron arrows in the army, and with the dense birch forest nearby, all the materials for making arrows are available. Although the arrows made in this way are quite rough, have low accuracy, and have limited lethality, they can only be used against
Ordinary soldiers wearing light armor, but this is enough for the Hetao. What the Hetao needs is arrows like this.
Seeing how busy the soldiers were, Xuanji also came to join in the fun. He was born in Tianji Valley and had an extraordinary understanding of these strange craftsmanship, especially the drawings he drew based on the repeated crossbow made by Zhuge Wolong himself, a famous prime minister in ancient times.
, and are even more favored by blacksmiths in the military. This kind of repeating crossbow is simple to operate and powerful, but it also has its inherent shortcomings, that is, the production is complicated and requires exquisite craftsmanship and is expensive to make. Not to mention that the blacksmiths in the military do not have this level of skill, even if
Yes, under the current conditions, it is impossible to produce many, so the mystery has to be given up.
Haotian stood on the open-air platform of the Qingyun and said with a smile: "Kasimbas thinks we are recharging our energy now, and we will give him a surprise tomorrow. Haha, maybe Kasimbas will fight a lot in his life
The myth of undefeated success will be shattered here.”
When Dugu heard this, he immediately became excited: "What I am best at is breaking myths and creating myths. This arduous and glorious task should undoubtedly fall on me. I think I am wise and powerful..."
Haotian directly overstated Dugu's boastfulness. No one in the Hetao could do anything to deal with this scoundrel old man. When Tianyi, Liu Yan, Jiang Ting and others were still around, Dugu would still pay a little attention to the situation.
But now, it’s okay not to say it.
Thinking of the upcoming battle the next day, Haotian's blood suddenly boiled.
It was just dawn, and Haotian was sleeping soundly, when the sound of bloodshed suddenly sounded outside: "Lord, Bai Jing has begun to launch a general attack."
Haotian turned over and, still a little dazed, hugged Xian Lianchen beside him. However, Xian Lianchen had been awakened by the bloodbath outside the car and quickly pushed Haotian awake. Although Xian Lianchen hoped that
Her husband can stay with her for a while every morning, but the military situation is urgent, and she dare not delay Haotian's business.
Haotian played with his two sons for a long time last night, and now he was terribly sleepy. Xian Lianchen called him several times before he responded. As soon as he heard that Bai Jing had launched a general attack, Haotian suddenly sat up in excitement.
Get up. Xian Lianchen quickly helped him put on his clothes. A moment later, Haotian appeared in the lobby of the Qingyun, rubbing his still sleepy eyes.
"How many troops did Bai Jing dispatch? Did Cassimbas personally lead the troops?" Haotian asked as he walked. Xian Lianchen followed behind him and was helping him tie his belt.
"My lord, you will know after you go and see it." Xue Sha said with a smile.
Haotian's heart moved. Looking at Xue Sha's expression, he knew that the matter must not be serious. In all likelihood, his guess had become a reality, which was why Xue Sha was so happy.
Haotian did not get off the carriage, but went directly to the top platform of the Qingyun with Xue Sha. The Qingyun was probably the most terrifying vehicle in the history of China. The carriage had four floors, and each floor was as large as the previous one.
One hundred square meters, the highest platform is five feet high from the ground. When it was originally designed, it was to facilitate Haotian standing here to view the overall battlefield. The temporary city wall was only three feet high. Standing on the Qingyun
Above, the view is even wider.
The sky was dim, and there was still some fog that had not dissipated over the entire earth, but it was quite thin and did not affect Haotian's sight. Looking far ahead, he saw that the entire world seemed to be filled with black heads. Except for the most recent people,
The people in the front were wearing simple armor, while the people in the back had no defensive equipment at all. They held a variety of weapons in their hands and shouted loudly as they charged towards Hetao New City.
"Lord, our scouts have been completely blocked by the opponent inside the new city. We don't know how many there are, but just looking at the current scale, the number has exceeded 500,000." Xue Sha said with a smile.
Haotian glanced at Xue Sha: "Xue Sha, it's already this time, but you can still laugh."
Xue Sha said nonchalantly: "I am just lucky. If you hadn't seen through Cassimbas's trick, my lord, we would have been in great danger today. To be honest, Cassimbas is really powerful. He actually defeated the entire Bai family."
All the able-bodied young people in Beijing gathered together and evaded almost all of our scouts."
Haotian laughed and said: "I also want to thank Lianchen, she gave me inspiration."
Xian Lianchen smiled proudly. Although she only said it unintentionally at the time, it at least inspired Haotian. She must have made great contributions in this battle.
Densely packed heads of people kept pouring towards Hetao New City. As the fog dissipated, Haotian's field of vision became wider. On the far horizon, there were countless elite Mandans holding various weapons. Don't worry.
He was determined to kill here.
Cassimbas indeed had great courage. He gathered all the Mandan people into various cities, nominally to protect the safety of the people, but in order to maximize the concentration of young men. When these men were gathered,
Cassimbas gave them orders.
Under Cassimbas' careful arrangement, more than one million able-bodied men in the eastern and northern parts of central Mandan arrived in Changhua at basically the same time, although they set out at different times and took different roads.
Starting from the north of Baijing, and marching day and night, even the regular army of Baijing would need at least three days, and these strong ones would need at least five days. Each of their cities is at a different distance from Changhua, so the distance between them is different.
The time spent is even more different. This plan was ordered by Cassimbas when Hetao arrived in the Anjou area. In order to control the time for Hetao to arrive in Changhua on this day, Cassimbas can be said to be
Take great pains.
Just imagine, because Hetao learned that the garrison in Changhua City was weak, he looked down upon it and directly led his troops to attack, and then suffered heavy losses. In anger, Hetao would definitely pull out this nail. Changhua City is surrounded by Hekimu.
The 150,000 elite troops from Beijing led by Er personally would not let Hetao succeed so easily, and the two sides would inevitably fall into a stalemate at the foot of Changhua City. At this time, millions of elite troops from Beijing arrived at the same time, attacking Hetao, who had suffered heavy losses and had exhausted soldiers.
The army launched a fierce attack, and the armies from Shensha City and Puding City also rushed out at the same time. The main cavalry in Hetao was escorting the grain north. Haotian only had more than 300,000 troops in his hands. Under such circumstances, even gods could not save Haotian.
God's destiny.
This plan is huge and complicated, but it is undeniable that if Cassimbas really succeeds, the five legions led by Haotian will definitely be annihilated. There is no doubt about this. However, the Haotian army suddenly accelerated its march, causing Cassim to
Bas's plan to control the marching speed of the Hetao army failed, and Hetao's first attack on Changhua also saw through the actual situation in the city. With a prompt decision, Hetao immediately stopped the attack and built the camp.
"Although there are still some imperfections, the Hetao army has finally been contained here." Kasimbas took a long breath and said with emotion.
Next to him, the Minister of State for Beijing, Clausewis, said with a smile: "Kashuai is worthy of being the military god outside the Great Wall. If this happens, the Haotian Department will be unable to fly. Haha, even if the Hetao soldiers are powerful in combat, they can't stop me from visiting Beijing."
An attack with overwhelming national power.”
A look of pride appeared on Cassimbas's face. As the architect of the entire plan, Cassimbas also withstood tremendous pressure. This battle was related to the national destiny of Baijing. If it failed, Baijing would only be reduced to the Mandan Sea.
However, the temptation is also great. If Hetao is allowed to successfully capture Changhua and separate Shensha City and Puding City, then Shensha City, which has begun to run out of food, will surely collapse.
After the city was broken, Baijing was unable to block Hetao's offensive, and it would be impossible to escape the destruction of the country.
Although this plan is dangerous, if it can be implemented smoothly, not only the five legions of more than 300,000 troops led by Haotian, but also the cavalry of Feng Jing, Xin Ke and others will suffer heavy losses. By then, Bai Jing's army will hold a huge
The power of victory can completely drive the Hetao army back to the Great Wall. And if these 700,000 elite troops are lost, the entire empire that Hetao defeated by force will immediately collapse.
Possible things. Thinking of the huge temptation in it, although Pulski II was still hesitant, Khikimulskovich and Prince Trikbus and others firmly supported it, so they finally promoted this
The plan took shape. Fortunately, there were no accidents.
"Let those militiamen go ahead. They came all the way here just to fight the Hetao. We can't let them come back empty-handed. What do you think, Marshal?" Clausewei said.
Baijing was founded by descendants of the Western Continent, so the domestic political system is relatively similar to that of the Western Continent. Their minister of state is equivalent to the prime minister of Haixi and Mandan, but his power is not so great and he does not have the right to mobilize the army. And Ka
Simbas is the military minister of Beijing, and the two are complementary and subordinate to each other and check and balance each other.
Cassimbas nodded in agreement. If the people's support can be used, let them go all out first. The defense force of Hetao New City is not bad, and there are more than 300,000 elites in the city. Even if the elites of Beijing go up, they will suffer heavy losses. Since
In this case, it is better to let these civilians go up and consume the energy and strategic materials of Hetao. Although this will cause a lot of losses to themselves, but Cassimbas has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, how can he be hurt by such a trivial matter? Ci Bu controls the army.
, A man who is just and unworthy of justice is not a gentleman, a man who is petty is not a gentleman, and a man who is not poisonous is not a husband. These words are Cassimbas's favorite.
"Archer, let go!" A loud shout was heard from the city wall. Jiang Shenzhou waved his long sword, and countless arrows shot through the air. A large number of Baijing Jingzhuang under the city wall suddenly fell down.
"It's so nice!" Jiang Chenzhou laughed and said, but there were still a lot of strong people from Beijing who had already forced themselves under the city wall, and some of them had even climbed up. The reaction speed of the soldiers in Hetao was not slow either. They just rushed up.
A burst of random chops, red blood and broken limbs suddenly became the main theme of the entire battlefield.