Liang Huaijin did not expect that the first thing he would do after taking office was to lead troops to patrol the city and arrange defenses.
The first ones to arrive were the Xia army's cavalry. They were small in number, only a few thousand, and were active in the south and west of the city.
According to normal operation, the cavalry should be sent out of the city at this time to dampen the enemy's morale, but Liang Huaijin was too lazy to give the order.
"Every camp, please hold fast and do not attack." Liang Huaijin hurriedly issued the order and then descended from the city.
There were only a few personal followers around him.
Because the process of ascending to the throne was too hasty, and other unspeakable reasons, he was unable to recruit personal soldiers.
Marshal Liang's order is effective.
After the sergeants received the order, the middle and lower-level officers began to inspect the sections of the city wall that they were responsible for. Their professionalism was impeccable, and they checked every item in detail. There were even officers who spontaneously boosted morale, but they didn't know how effective it would be.
Already.
"You..." Liang Huaijin looked at the large group of people sitting on the ground under the city and asked.
"Come back to the commander." A monk wearing cassocks and carrying a long ax stood up and replied: "I am a monk from Longxing Temple. I am now a state soldier. I have been ordered to rest under the city and provide assistance at any time."
Liang Huaijin let out a long sigh.
Thirteen years ago, the military commander Le Yanzhen was forced by the sergeants to run to Longxing Temple to become a monk. At that time, he thought it was amusement, but he didn't expect that thirteen years later, he would already be amusement in the eyes of others.
"How can a monk join the army?" Liang Huaijin said, "Let's disperse."
The monks were very excited after hearing this. They stood up one after another and said, "Thank you, Marshal."
"They're just a bunch of promiscuous monks." One of the yamen soldiers sneered: "In recent years, women have asked for children, and the monks have responded to their requests, collected money, and felt comfortable."
Everyone laughed: "We are still lending money. Luo Shaowei asked Longxing Temple for a loan of 5,000 yuan."
The monks were blushing and did not dare to say anything.
"That's it, if you go into battle and harm others and yourself, let's break up." Liang Huaijin insisted.
The monks looked at the officers and warriors surrounding Liang Huaijin. Their faces were full of desire, but their feet did not dare to move.
"Did you hear that? Get out of here!" the officers shouted.
The monks dispersed one after another as if they had been granted amnesty.
The yamen soldiers laughed and didn't take it seriously. The monks were forced to join the army because they couldn't stand them and they were just deliberately making things difficult. Since Liang Shuai wanted to let them go, he just let them go. The number of soldiers in the city had swelled to more than 20,000.
There is no shortage of these dozens of people.
Liang Huaijin continued walking along the street.
The war with the Xia people has been on and off for several years. The people of Weizhou were very supportive at first, but as they suffered successive defeats and lost troops and territory, they became increasingly complaining. As the Xia people forcibly moved Weibo people to other places,
The means of mass killing spread, and the people became supportive again, and their support was stronger than before, because they knew that Wei Bowufu was really fighting for the interests of all the people.
But any support has limits.
They didn't see the Xia Bing's cruelty with their own eyes, but Wei Bowufu's actions of collecting food and money really harmed their interests. At this time, nothing will work if you let your mouth bloom.
People are really emotional, and reason is anti-human.
Du Yuhousi arrived soon.
The corpses and blood stains were cleaned up, and low-level civil servants began to work. People came in and out, constantly asking for food, military supplies, and equipment.
Liang Huaijin sat behind the desk in a daze, not knowing what to do for a while.
The yamen soldiers gathered inside and outside the courtyard, making loud noises, laughing and cursing.
This bunch of fools don't seem to take sitting in Sleepy City seriously at all.
Liang Huaijin twisted his body uneasily. He felt that he couldn't mess with these warriors. He had to actively save himself. The matter was not irreversible.
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Starting from the tenth day of the second lunar month, more and more Xia soldiers arrived outside Weizhou City every day.
By February 15th, 20,000 Wuwei troops were stationed in the north of the city; more than 20,000 Yi Congjun, Henan Daozhou soldiers, and Tu Tuan villagers were stationed in the south of the city; more than 20,000 Xiaojie troops and Heyang Tu Tuan villagers were stationed in the south.
West of the city.
Almost all the main army has arrived.
Behind them, Wei Bo's remaining strongholds either surrendered, were captured, or even collapsed on their own. The war in Weizhou has reached its final stage.
Lu Huaizhong led his soldiers to investigate outside Weizhou City.
The deployment of enemy troops is actually quite systematic.
There is a military stronghold outside the city, with a small number of sergeants stationed, and they are within the range of the powerful crossbows at the top of the city. Their existence can effectively support the defense of the military stronghold. The existence of these military strongholds is obviously to prevent the attacker from attacking with all their strength.
City, and at the same time cooperate with the defenders in the city to break out, destroy the attacker's siege equipment, kill and injure its personnel, shake its morale, tire out the enemy troops, etc.
"We will set up camp today and start making siege equipment tomorrow. As for these villages -" Lu Huaizhong pointed at the horsewhip and said, "Look for an opportunity to pull them out."
He is an old siege expert, specializing in the hard work that others avoid. The Wei people's city defense facilities look decent, but they have a fatal weakness: How about the people who defend the city?
Without a strong will to resist, determination to die, and proper cooperation and rescue, these villages outside the city are nothing but appearances, and they only end up killing people.
He doubted that Wei Bowufu, who had just experienced some turmoil, still had the ability to persevere to the end.
The one who has the same desires above and below wins, but what if the desires above and below are different?
"Dutou, Guan Tao Shi Renyu contacted General Li. If he can let his sergeants go home and forget the past, he is willing to lead his troops to surrender." General Shao Shenjian came over and reported.
"Luo Shaowei persuaded him?" Lu Huaizhong asked.
"Exactly." Shao Shenjian said: "Luo Shaowei rode to the city alone, and Shi Renyu also went out to meet him. The two talked for a long time. Luo Shaowei had something to tell Weizhou and persuaded him to surrender. Shi Renyu also wanted to surrender, but the palace
The Tao army had different opinions and demanded that they be pardoned and not allowed to move to other counties before they were willing to surrender."
"I can't guarantee this condition." Lu Huaizhong sighed.
If it were him, he would have agreed right now, but His Majesty couldn't agree.
"Let Li Yixian try to attack the pottery and apply some pressure. Some people will never shed tears until they see the coffin. If you beat them hard, maybe there won't be that much trouble." Lu Huaizhong ordered.
"As ordered." Shao Shenjian found a clerk. After finishing writing, he repeated it again and then asked the messenger to take it with him.
"Did Wang Ju surrender?" Lu Huaizhong asked again.
Wang Ju has received Luo Shaowei's letter, but he is still hesitating. Of course, this hesitation may not last long. After defeating the Cangzhou soldiers, General Tu divided his troops and marched westward, easily capturing Gaotang, which had changed hands several times.
Wait for the county and proceed to the vicinity of Bozhou.
Under such tremendous pressure, and with Luo Shaowei's persuasion, surrender was a matter of course.
Lu Hu, the envoy of Wei County, has surrendered and followed him to Weizhou with four thousand soldiers and horses to join the siege team.
"Not yet." Shao Shenjian replied.
Lu Huaizhong nodded and said nothing more.
Luo Shaowei's role was just that. To put it bluntly, his effect in persuading surrender may not be as good as that of Yin Xingfang, Wang Yuanwu, Shi Renyu and other long-standing generals from Wei Bo.
A cunning young man with limited abilities is ups and downs in troubled times. He doesn't know how to win, and he doesn't know how to lose. If he can survive and enjoy wealth, it is like smoke rising from the Luo family's ancestral grave.
After Lu Huaizhong finished his inspection, he returned to the camp.
Early the next morning, thousands of Wuwei soldiers came out of the camp and began to attack the stockade outside the city.
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Liang Huaijin boarded the North City again and watched closely the battle outside the city.
The battle was fierce. The Xia army filled up the shallow trenches and then launched a fierce offensive, one after another, without giving anyone a chance to breathe.
This was not the first time Liang Huaijin had seen this style of fighting regardless of casualties. Xia General Lu Huaizhong was the best at this.
But every time I watch the game, there will be a new shock.
The defenders with a slightly weaker fighting will, even if they are protected by a fortification, are likely to be unable to withstand the attack and abandon the camp and flee.
What the Xia people play is a life-threatening game.
Both sides stared angrily, neither taking their own lives seriously. You stab me, I stab you, see who can't hold on first.
The comparison is the ability to withstand casualties!
Liang Huaijin sighed. The Xia thieves' Wuwei Army has gained a reputation. Now they no longer have to maintain a high-intensity offensive from beginning to end. Often after attacking for a while, the defenders will be scared. Because they know that the Wuwei Army will not give up, even if
After a few collapses, they will come back again after regrouping.
Flags calling for help were raised in the camp.
Liang Huaijin's face straightened and he said: "Pass my order to pacify Nandu, and the six heroes will assemble and leave the city. Each town army will select five thousand elite soldiers and follow them out of the city."
Everyone looked hesitant.
Some people started whispering to each other, and there was a constant buzzing sound. Some people also made an uproar, obviously surprised.
Liang Huaijin's heart tightened, but his face was calm and he looked at everyone without fear and said: "It's you and others who are fighting outside the city. We used to call each other brothers, talk and laugh, but now we will die without saving you?"
When he said this, the yamen soldiers looked a little ashamed, and their buzzing stopped. Everyone looked at Liang Huaijin, waiting for him to continue.
"The stockade and the city are like horns to each other. Once the stockade is broken, the thieves can easily fill up the city and attack the city. They can also dig several layers of trenches to trap us." Liang Huaijin continued: "You wait and pay your respects.
I am the military commander, and I have to disobey my first command?"
"Don't dare, don't dare." The Yamen soldiers responded one after another.
On the battlefield, there are mountains of military orders. If they still coerce, oppose or even kill Shangguan at this time, then Wei Bo will not be able to win any war. Because even if he wins the battle, there must be heavy casualties in the battalion, and they have endured
The maximum casualties only create opportunities for neighboring troops.
When fighting in the field, taking the Yanyue Formation as an example, no one wants to set up a formation in the center, but wants to go to the two wings where it is relatively easy. At this time, don't they need to obey orders?
Liang Huaijin ordered the war, but the government soldiers could not find any reason to object.
"The thieves came from afar and are tired. We are waiting for work, and we have the camp defenders to help us. It can be said that we are attacking each other from the outside. With these two advantages, there is no doubt about the attack." Liang Huaijin ordered: "Bang the drums! Gather together.
Soldiers! Go out of the city and form a formation of wild geese!"
"I will obey the command of the commander-in-chief." All the generals and military academies responded one after another.