Zuo Xiaowei's march was not very fast, but due to the strong military situation, the army marched for six hours every day, marching a hundred miles a day.
The army first gathered at Xingzhou and waited for all troops to arrive before heading to the front line.
The left and right Xiaowei, as the vanguard, marched very fast. After a month of forced march, they finally arrived at Xingzhou.
The army directly entered Xingzhou City to station, but other troops did not receive this treatment.
Liangzhou cavalry and Qingzhou cavalry were stationed outside the city. The same was true for the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou and Jinzhou.
After entering the city, the left and right Xiaowei began to rest. Xiao Jingxuan's third team was also allocated two quotas for leaving the camp.
Xiao Jingxuan didn't have much money in his hands and didn't need to buy anything, so Qin Feng took the second commander Wang Tieniu with him and went out to camp in style.
Xiao Jingxuan took the time to practice his marksmanship well on the road, and now he is practicing more intensively.
Three days later, the left and right Weiwei, the right Jinwuwei and Shuaiqi arrived.
On the fourth day, military orders were issued and the army was divided into three groups.
The first army, led by General Zhang Sheng of Zuo Xiaowei, rushed to Lingzhou City under the command of left and right Xiaowei.
The second army, led by General Lin Weiping of Zuoweiwei, led the Zuoweiwei, Qingzhou cavalry, and Xuzhou troops to assist Daizhou.
The third army was led by Xiao Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Liangzhou Army, commanding the Youwei Guard, the Liangzhou Cavalry, and the Jinzhou Army rushing to aid Yanzhou.
The eldest son of the emperor and the right Jin Wuwei were in charge of Xingzhou City.
On the first day after the military order was issued, the left and right Xiaowei began to march towards Lingzhou City.
Xingzhou is only five hundred miles away from Lingzhou, and the army can reach it in five days' march.
However, for safety reasons, the cavalry of the army went first to explore the road.
There are 4,000 cavalry and more than 16,000 infantry in the left and right Xiaowei. Among them, 4,000 people in the right battalion of the right Xiaowei escort the food and grass and serve as the rear army.
At this time, we were already on the front line. Naturally, the army could not forcefully march. Instead, it marched eighty miles a day and set up camp.
On the sixth day of departure, the left and right Xiaowei successfully arrived at Lingzhou City.
At this time, the situation in Lingzhou was not bad. There were more than 20,000 troops stationed in the city, but among them were some defeated troops from Yinchuan.
As soon as Zhang Sheng arrived in Lingzhou, he garrisoned the prefect's mansion in the city and took over the military power in the city.
The barbarians had attacked Lingzhou several times before, but all failed. Now, the barbarians only left 6,000 rangers to monitor outside Lingzhou City, but they never launched an attack again.
Lingzhou City is located in the northwest. Even if Lingzhou City is captured, there are Wonju, Gyeongju and other cities behind it. Unlike Daizhou and Yanzhou, there is a vast plain behind them.
However, in contrast, Daizhou and Yanzhou have tall walls and thick walls, and they have quite a lot of troops stationed there.
Faced with the current situation, Zhang Sheng could not relax. First, he assigned the four troops of Zuo Xiaowei's Zuoying to garrison on the four walls. He replaced the original garrison and let them rest.
At the same time, let the middle camp cavalry of the Right Xiaowei maintain order in the city.
Xiao Jingxuan's troops were stationed in Beicheng. General Dingyuan divided the second force into two squads, with one guard serving three hours.
Xiao Jingxuan's left sentry was on duty in the first shift. As the deputy of the team, Xiao Jingxuan did not need to stand guard, but followed Qin Feng to patrol the defense area.
Among the Twelve Guards, soldiers generally wear cotton armor, while Xiao Jingxuan, as an officer, wears iron armor.
The cotton armor is okay, it only weighs a dozen kilograms, while the iron armor weighs more than twenty or nearly thirty kilograms.
Standing guard is actually very boring, and the weather is a bit hot now, but all the soldiers on duty have to wear armor, which makes it boring and tiring.
This boring day lasted for half a month. This morning, Xiao Jingxuan was on duty on the city wall. Suddenly, he saw a large plume of smoke rising in the distance.
This shocked Xiao Jingxuan and quickly reminded Qin Feng who was standing aside.
Qin Feng looked into the distance for a while. Then he said: "Quick, beat the drum, there is an enemy attack."
As the drums sounded, the entire Lingzhou City began to become tense.
At the north gate where Xiao Jingxuan was, the soldiers of the second rate all arrived at their posts regardless of rest or not. Immediately afterwards, rows of archers and shield soldiers appeared behind Xiao Jingxuan and the others.
After a while, General Zhang Sheng of Zuo Xiaowei came to the North Gate Tower with more than a dozen generals and soldiers to observe the enemy's situation.
Xiao Jingxuan's position is small and humble, but he can't hear the discussions of the generals.
But looking at the barbarian knights getting closer and closer in the distance, Xiao Jingxuan became more and more surprised.
Especially when he saw the cavalry protruding from both sides, Xiao Jingxuan knew that he planned to surround Lingzhou.
Qin Feng on the side looked pale and said to Xiao Jingxuan: "Look, it's the Golden Wolf Banner of the Barbarian Khan's Tent. This is the Iron Guards of the Hutu Khan Tribe."
Xiao Jingxuan followed Qin Feng's finger and looked into the distance. He asked: "Sir, is there anything to say?"
Qin Feng smiled bitterly and said: "This means that the main force of the barbarians is coming. And look at the dust raised, there are no less than two hundred thousand people coming."
After hearing Qin Feng's words, Xiao Jingxuan was surprised and said: "Two hundred thousand, no, the intelligence said that the barbarians sent a total of 300,000 troops. If we have 200,000 here, then there will be suspicious soldiers in Daizhou and Yanzhou.
But didn’t the military reports from the past few times say that the fighting was fierce?”
Qin Feng was stunned, thought for a while and said: "I don't know, but the amount in front of me is definitely no less than 150,000. We won't know the details until the scouts see it."
Soon, the barbarian troops rushed to the foot of Lingzhou City. A horse from the barbarian army quickly ran out, shot an arrow at the north gate tower, and then returned to the queue.
Soon, the barbarian army retreated fifteen miles and set up camp.
Xiao Jingxuan was standing on the tower at this time, so he could clearly see a letter tied to the bow and arrow.
From such a long distance, the bow and arrow can be shot up to the tower and penetrate the wood three-thirds, which is good for arm strength.
Soon, all the generals descended from the tower and returned to the prefect's mansion to discuss matters.
The left post where Xiao Jingxuan was located was supposed to change guard and rest. Now, without orders, he did not dare to go down without permission, so he could only continue to stay on the city wall.
In the afternoon, the military order was issued. Zuo Xiaowei went down to the city tower, and the city wall was temporarily taken over by the Lingzhou Army. At the same time, Zuo Xiaowei, the first leader of the right battalion, served as the supervising team and patrolled the four cities.
Although this decision made the Lingzhou Army complain, the military orders were overwhelming and no one could change it.
The next day, the barbarians began to attack Lingzhou without waiting for a reply from the defenders.
Xiao Jingxuan was resting in Beicheng at this time. Although he did not see the battle situation, he could know the fierceness of the battle situation by watching Min Zhuang continuously carry down the wounded soldiers from the tower.
On the fourth day of the barbarian attack, Zuo Xiaowei officially came on the scene. He replaced the Lingzhou Army, which suffered heavy losses. However, it was not only Zuo Xiaowei's left battalion who came on stage at this time, but also the right battalion.
Since it is a city defense battle, the use of spearmen is not great. Except for a few spearmen, most of the remaining soldiers are equipped with shields, waist knives and bows and arrows.
Xiao Jingxuan tried the bow and arrow in his hand. It was not bad, much better than the hunting bow.
At six o'clock, the barbarians launched an attack. Looking at the tide of enemy troops, Xiao Jingxuan swallowed his saliva.
At this time, the Beicheng Tower was the focus of the enemy's attack, and Yu Wenhuai, the general of Zuo Xiaowei and Zuoying, was personally in charge.
After seeing that the barbarians were within the range of the bow and arrow, Yu Wenhuai ordered the archers to shoot.
After receiving the order from the messenger, Xiao Jingxuan began to shoot at the barbarians.
Maybe because he just started using this kind of bow and arrow, Xiao Jingxuan didn’t gain much from the first two arrows.
But as Xiao Jingxuan became more and more familiar with bows and arrows, each bow and arrow taken by Xiao Jingxuan took away the life of a barbarian.
After Xiao Jingxuan shot the fifteen arrows in the quiver, Xiao Jingxuan's results were also discovered by Qin Feng.
Qin Feng happily patted Jamel Xiao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, I didn't expect your arrows to be so accurate. It's amazing."
After saying that, he handed the unfinished arrows on his body to Xiao Jingxuan. At the same time, he went to the corner of the city wall and took two full spare quivers and handed them to Xiao Jingxuan.
You know, archery is a test of arm strength. Most people have to rest for a while after shooting twenty arrows. However, Jam Hsiao has a foundation in martial arts. He shot fifty arrows in a row. If it weren't for the bow breaking, Jam Hsiao could still continue.
Xiao Jingxuan's results were soon seen by Hu Tieshan, the leader of the second team. When he saw that Xiao Jingxuan's bow was broken, he ordered his soldiers to send Xiao Jingxuan a Sandan bow.
After holding the newly arrived bow in his hand, Xiao Jingxuan picked up the feather arrow and tried shooting a few times, and it was pretty good.
However, Xiao Jingxuan could not change the situation of the battle. As the enemy attacked the city wall, the archers were no longer useful.
The hand-to-hand combat began. Xiao Jingxuan put down the bow and arrow in his hand, pulled out his sword, and began to kill the soldiers who stormed the city wall.
The fierce battle continued until the afternoon, and the battle ended when the barbarians ordered their troops to retreat.
It was this battle that made Zuo Xiaowei's face dull. Because a few days ago, when the Lingzhou Army was defending the city, the enemy troops had not yet allowed the enemy to attack the tower.
But today was the first day of Zuo Xiaowei's defense, and the enemy attacked the tower. If Yu Wenhuai hadn't sent out his personal guards at the end, I'm afraid the situation of the battle would have been hard to say.
However, although Zuo Xiaowei is one of the best in the world, he has not participated in any major battles because he has been defending the capital all year round. With his current performance, he is pretty good.
As the enemy troops retreated, Xiao Jingxuan began to squat on the ground and vomited. Damn it, there was no time to vomit at first, but as the enemy troops retreated, Xiao Jingxuan, who had regained consciousness, could no longer bear it.
Of course, Jam Hsiao is not alone. At least half of the ten people alive today are vomiting.
As the civilians transported wounded soldiers and corpses, the entire city tower was reduced by almost half.
The fighting was too fierce. This chapter has been completed!