Daxing City is today's imperial capital, Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, and the central capital of the Jin Kingdom. There are only 50,000 Jurchen troops guarding such an important place, which also implies that the Jin Kingdom's military resources are exhausted.
After all, the capital and ruling center of the Jin Kingdom are still in Liaodong. Of course, the main military forces of the Jin Kingdom are concentrated in Liaodong. Yanshan Mansion is like a corner of the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom also wants to protect it. However, due to lack of strength, it can only adopt permanent troops and
The method of rescuing the army is to station fewer troops in peacetime, and then increase the number of troops in time when a crisis occurs.
This method of defense is not impossible, because there are always precursors to the outbreak of war, such as additional troops, transportation of grain and grass supplies, and even Chen Qinghui's inspection of the Hebei army.
There was at least one or two months between the occurrence of warning signs of war and the official outbreak of war. The Jin Kingdom had enough time to mobilize reinforcements for deployment.
However, this model of permanent presence and rescue has a big flaw, that is, it is afraid of blitzkrieg. Once the Western Army launches a blitzkrieg and suddenly attacks Yanshan Mansion, it will be too late for the Jin Kingdom to rescue them.
Chen Qing saw this loophole very clearly. He led his army in a fierce battle with the grassland nomadic cavalry in Fengzhou, which made the Jin Kingdom relax its vigilance. The Jin Kingdom never dreamed that Chen Qing would raid Yanshan Mansion. Chen Qing would then launch a lightning raid to capture Juyongguan and Yu
Pass, even if the Jurchen cavalry rushed to the rescue at a speed of three hundred miles a day, they would not be able to enter Yanshan Mansion.
This is a very beautiful attack, and it is also very classic. With the combination of good and evil, it is inevitable to capture Yanshan Mansion.
At this time, 200,000 troops besieged Daxing City, divided into three camps in the north, south, and west. The east gate was left open, leaving a way for the 40,000 Jurchen troops in the city.
The walls of Daxing City are tall and thick, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The moat is also extremely wide. Large siege weapons such as trebuchets must be used to suppress the opponent.
The fifty heavy trebuchets and one thousand craftsmen who originally attacked Damingfu are on their way to Daxing City.
King Yong's tent in Beidaying is also the commander's tent. At this time, the generals are gathered together in the tent. In front of them are two large tables. On one table is a wooden model of Daxing City, and on the other table is Yanshan Mountain.
The sand table of the mountains and rivers terrain of Fufu.
Everyone was observing the characteristics of the city model. They were all generals who had experienced hundreds of battles. The wide moat immediately reminded them of ships. Of course, the moat of Daxing City was still some distance away from the city wall. Hooking boards directly from the ship
It is not practical to board the city, but you can have bow and arrow battles on the bows of ships and city walls, and even fire attacks.
At this time, Chen Qing coughed twice, and everyone's attention turned to King Yong. Chen Qing said slowly: "I want to tell you two pieces of news first. The first piece of news is that the 20,000 Yan troops in Pingzhou are heading toward Daxing.
We are coming to Daxing City and are expected to arrive at Daxing City around tomorrow night. We must annihilate this army. Yue Yun and Zhang Xian obey the order!"
"The general is here!" Yue Yun and Zhang Xian said together, clasping their fists.
Chen Qing took out the command arrow and said: "You two each lead 20,000 cavalry to surround Pingzhou's army. Those who surrender will be spared, and those who resist will be killed!"
"Obey the order!" The two men took the order arrow and hurried away.
Chen Qing said to the generals: "The second news is that the opponent's 50,000 reinforcements are rushing from Liaodong, but our 20,000 naval troops have captured Yuguan, cutting off the connection between Liaodong and Yanshan Prefecture."
Yang Zaixing asked: "Why doesn't Your Highness allow 50,000 troops to enter Yanshan Mansion, so that we can lay siege to the city for reinforcements and annihilate these 50,000 troops as well?"
"Yang Dutong asked this question well. When we fought for Shandong Road before, we put 50,000 enemy reinforcements into Shandong Road and finally wiped them out. But why did I intercept the reinforcements this time? You may not think of the reason.
, because this is Yanshan Road, and it has been more than a hundred years since Shi Jingtang ceded it to the Liao Kingdom. Although the gentry here have Han faces, in fact, their interests are closely related to the Liao and Jin Dynasties, so
They regard themselves as people from the Liao and Jin countries. Only the exploited and oppressed people at the lowest level will care about their motherland. We were deeply touched when we captured Hebei Road. Han officials from Yanshan Prefecture resigned one after another, unwilling to work for us.
Loyalty, it can be said that we have no foundation in Yanshan Mansion, but we arrived suddenly and the Jin Kingdom had not had time to mobilize the people, so once the 50,000 cavalry reinforcements enter Yanshan Mansion, it may arouse the common hatred of the entire Yanshan Mansion people. This is
I don’t want to face it.”
Niu Gao nodded, "Your Highness is right. As we went all the way north, none of the county officials came out to greet us in the counties we passed. The people were also relatively indifferent. There was no surprise or excitement at seeing the Han army. I'm afraid the Jurchen reinforcements entered Yanshan Prefecture.
Afterwards, the people along the way lined the streets to welcome us."
“Niu Dutong is a great addition!”
Chen Qing praised: "We captured Yuguan, but the Jurchen reinforcements could not enter. The ordinary people did not know, and thought that the Jin Kingdom had abandoned them. They were desperate and resentful, and turned to obey us, but once reinforcements came in. Yanshan
The people of the government will think that the Jin Kingdom has not abandoned them, and they will definitely send people, food, and money to support the Jin soldiers. Even if the Jin soldiers fail, they will not change their allegiance easily. They always think that the Jin Kingdom has not abandoned them and will definitely fight back.
, our future governance will be very difficult.”
Only then did everyone understand His Highness King Yong's concerns and caution, not only from military considerations, but also from political considerations, which was not what they were good at.
At this time, Chen Qing pointed at the model of Daxing City and said with a smile: "Let's discuss how to better attack the city? General Yang will tell you first!"
Yang Zaixing clasped his fists and saluted, "You're showing off your humiliation because of your humble position!"
He picked up the wooden pole and pointed at the city wall and said: "The city wall is tall and strong. It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We don't need to spend our troops on strong attacks and hard battles. We can fully use our advantages to destroy the enemy's morale. What I mean is
He said, don’t be in a hurry to use iron fire mines. First use warships, heavy trebuchets, and kerosene to attack the enemy in turns, kill a large number of enemy troops, and wear down the morale of the enemy troops, and then use iron fire mines to break the city."
Niu Gao also smiled and said: "Seeing the wide moat, I also thought of warships. Hundreds of warships are transporting grain and grass supplies northward along the Sanggan River. A warship of five thousand stones can rival the enemy's city wall. Bows and arrows
War and firearms are enough to severely attack enemy soldiers!"
Chen Qing asked: "Are our fifty trebuchets also in the ship?"
Niu Gao nodded, "They are all here. They were just dismantled and shipped. They will need to be reassembled by craftsmen after delivery."
"It doesn't matter. We have a thousand craftsmen who can install it in one day after delivery."
Everyone discussed for a while and unanimously agreed on the attack strategy of using trebuchets and ships.
Yue Yun and Zhang Xian each led 20,000 cavalry all the way to the east. They intercepted 20,000 Yan troops near Xianghe County.
At noon, 20,000 Yan troops were resting in the wilderness next to the official road. General Wanyan Shenshiyi was a little worried. He got intelligence that Daxing City had been surrounded by the Western Army, leaving only an east gate. What would happen to his army?
Only then can we enter the city? It’s impossible for the other party not to intercept us!
Or intercepting the Western Army's logistics fleet, this was the best strategy Wanyan Shenshixi came up with.
At this time, the earth trembled slightly, and Wanyan Shenshi stood up in surprise. Suddenly, a soldier said: "There is an enemy situation to the west!"
Wanyan Shenshi looked to the west and saw a long black line a few miles away in the west, and countless cavalry were rushing towards it.
Wanyan Shenshiyi shouted: "Assemble the entire army!"
"Woo——"
The horn sounded, and the Yan troops who were resting stood up and lined up to prepare for the impact of the army from the west.
Little did they know that behind them, the same cavalry force of 20,000 people was also coming towards them.