The original army did not only plan at one city gate, but also arranged relevant capture plans for each city gate, only distinguishing between sheep attack and main attack.
After all, the more important the matter, how can you put all your eggs in the same basket?
Cheng Wu personally led his army to seize the west gate. When he arrived, he could see that the Yan army had launched a counterattack. However, because the city gate had been knocked down, even if the Yan army succeeded in killing or driving away the original soldiers who pretended to seize the city gate later.
, still unable to close the city gate again.
The Yan army responded very quickly. Yuan Cha and others who were responsible for capturing the city gate in the early stage failed to try to expand the offensive to the surrounding areas and could only try their best to defend the city gate.
They threw kerosene and set fire to burn the Yan troops in the caves hiding soldiers on both sides of the city gate cave, otherwise the situation would have been even worse.
There are caves for hiding soldiers on both sides of every city gate, but the space inside may be larger or smaller.
The Tibetan Soldier Cave is both a post and a place where the gatekeepers usually rest.
Standing on the city wall, you can see a patch of red approaching quickly in the distance, and those with impaired vision can hear the rumble of horse hooves coming.
Even in the modern nine-year compulsory education stage, not everyone still knows how to do visual inspection. For today's people, mathematics means nothing, and it is even harder to see how many people there are.
The capital of Yan State, "Ji", was built on a plain.
This plain has very dense plants, and the forests are one after another. There are not many water systems, and there are only few rivers, just some small streams.
A large area of farmland has been reclaimed on the outskirts of Ji, the capital city. The invading army is galloping through the dry fields and is heading towards the city of Ji.
The Yulin army was not concentrated together, but seemed to be divided into three groups. The cavalry that attacked the west gate of "Ji" was the largest, numbering about two thousand; a group of three hundred cavalry, their target was "Ji"
The south gate of the capital; the remaining cavalry of about 400 people will be responsible for ambush the team of the Yan Kingdom Crown Prince Zai who is likely to return.
Standing at the top of the city, you can see the incoming enemy troops. Since the Yulin Army has one person and at least two horses, it seems to occupy a much larger area than the infantry army, and the movement is also more massive. It really scares the watching defenders.
It must be a little heavy.
The people in the city knew that a war was going to break out in the capital today, but it was difficult to guess who was going to invade "Ji" city. The more people knew about the situation in "Ji" city, the more they knew that something was going to happen.
"kill!"
Cheng Wu's weapon is not a lance or a saber, but a cool saw?
What is that? It is a long-handled weapon with a longer handle than the Guan Dao, a thinner and shorter blade, a serrated slot on the back of the knife, and a much lighter weight than the Guan Dao.
It is said that Guan Yu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty originally used that kind of weapon. After making it famous, it was named Lengyan Saw because of the characteristics of the weapon's card slot.
Cheng Wu, who rushed into the city gate cave first, immediately felt a wave of heat coming towards him. However, he was galloping astride a war horse at an extremely fast speed. When he felt the heat wave, he had already rushed out of the city gate cave.
When Cheng Wu left the city gate, he didn't feel uncomfortable entering darkness and suddenly being in light. This was just because the time he fell into darkness was too short.
"The army has entered the city!?"
Yuan Cha and others knew that they had finally completed their mission and had received the credit!
Cheng Wu, who galloped out of the city gate, ran forward for some distance. The cold saw wheel in his hand started to spin, and the cold light of the weapon drew a circle. Several Yan soldiers who rushed towards him were hit, and the weapon was the last.
The head of the Yan Army soldier who was cut off first was separated, the second Yan Army soldier was cut off from the waist because he jumped up, and the remaining Yan Army soldiers were disemboweled.
He used his charge to kill several Yan Army soldiers without stopping. While he continued to charge forward, the Yan Army soldiers who blocked the road were either hacked to death with cold saws or choked to death.
What is the difference between cutting and slashing? The difference is just in posture and strength.
Cheng Wu was not the only one who entered the city, he was followed by a large number of elite cavalry.
It was Cheng Wu who was the sharp sword of the charge. More original cavalry used sabers to attack the Yan army soldiers again and again. They did not show mercy to the Yan soldiers who rushed towards them along the way, and swept straight towards the palace city of "Ji" capital with a bloody storm.
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The cavalry of the original army also attacked other city gates, but the number was more or less. This was to prevent the defenders of "Ji" from judging where the intruders were mainly attacking, so as to break up and contain the Yan army's troops and increase the number of cavalry.
It is difficult for Yan State’s senior officials to make correct judgments.
The people of Yan State should be grateful that their capital city is not very good, that is, the buildings on the east and west are very messy, and there are no direct avenues leading to the gates of various parts of the city. Otherwise, with the Yulin Army's attack ability and marching speed, they would be able to attack as soon as they entered.
It didn't take half an hour for the city to reach the walls of Miyagi City.
"What happened!"
"I report to your Majesty that there are sounds of fighting everywhere. It is feared that enemies have invaded the city."
"How could this happen!?"
"Your Majesty, please go to Zhangtai, and we will go to meet the enemy."
Yan Juncheng was panicked, very panicked!
The bad news coming back from the front line was enough to make Yan Jun feel bad. He was thinking about how to overcome the difficulties of this alien invasion. Many tragic examples that happened in history recently appeared in his mind one by one.
How miserable was the worst time for the Yan Kingdom in history? It was so miserable that the capital was captured by the enemy. The king of the country fled to the mountains and old forests with his vassals and people to take a breather. Should he wait for the enemy to plunder enough and leave before the king and his ministers returned to the capital?
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Even though it was so miserable, the Yan State was actually luckier than those vassal states that were wiped out by foreigners. At least it still had a chance to make a comeback, and it really got through the difficulties, and gradually moved from the most difficult period to being able to compete with the surrounding foreigners.
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"Follow me to Zhangtai!"
The current palaces will basically be built around mountains. That is to say, it is best to build on mountains with natural dangerous roads. Instead of setting up various artificial obstacles, this is to ensure that the capital has more terrain advantages when faced with an attack.
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If there is no mountain for the palace city to enter, no matter how considerate of the people, the princes will pile up earth manually and try to make the terrain of each palace higher.
From a military perspective, defense from a high position has the most advantages, while attacking from the bottom up generally suffers.
From a non-military perspective, it is to prevent buildings from being soaked in water.
After all, no matter how good the current building is, it cannot be separated from mud as a material. Once it is soaked in water for a long time, there is a risk of collapse at any time.
Yan Jun said that the Zhangtai he was going to was the highest point in the palace city, and he could have a panoramic view of the entire "Ji" city from there.
When Yan Juncheng arrived at Zhangtai and climbed up to a high place, he saw thick black smoke coming out of every city gate. There were panicked figures everywhere in the city, and there were even fires spreading in some areas.
Due to the distance, only an outline of the moving figure can be seen with the naked eye, and the color of Momo Lake can be roughly seen.
"Red on the top and black on the bottom? Black armor! It's definitely not Donghu, Tu He and Wuming, who is it!?" Yan Jun said that even if he thought about it, he couldn't think of a time when he had provoked someone wearing that kind of war.
Enemies in robes.
In principle, you can guess that the enemy troops are coming from the Central Plains by looking at their clothes. The reason is that in addition to the countries in the Central Plains, including the Qin State in the west, the Chu State in the southwest, and the Yue State in the southeast, their armies are actually unable to do so.
The uniforms are uniform, not to mention the alien races with extremely low productivity.
"Which country in the Central Plains wears red robes?" Yan Juncheng recalled it in his mind, and he was depressed to find that in many historical materials he saw, there were quite a lot of armies from the Central Plains countries who wore red robes.
The invading enemy army was definitely not from Qi, but it was something that Yan Jun said he could confirm.
The State of Qi borders the State of Yan, and even though the court of the State of Yan has lost contact with other countries in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years, it means that there is no official official contact, but it does not mean that there is no contact at all.
Because the Yan Kingdom has faced strong threats from foreign races in recent decades, its thoughts are naturally focused on the foreign races, resulting in no knowledge of the great changes in the Central Plains.
Doesn’t anyone in Yan know about the fall of Qi, Wei, Lu, Zheng, Qiuyou, and Zhongshan? How is that possible?
Someone in Yan State knows, but they may not be in detail. They may want to report the news to Yan Jun, but the channels will be a big problem.
The situation is that maybe someone in a certain country knows something, does not realize the importance of the information, or simply does not have the channels to report it.
After all, no matter how small a country is, the top people are the top people. How can it be possible to see anyone who wants to?
Even if the information is disclosed to those who can pass on the information, there is really a big question mark as to whether those people will pass the information on.
"The kings of Xia need to observe etiquette, so how can they come to attack me without declaring war?"
"The more powerful the king is, the more he adheres to the idea of continuance of survival and destruction. How can barbarians come to attack and take the opportunity to attack me!"
The State of Yan has lost contact with the princes of the Central Plains.
According to the original history, the State of Yan only resumed contact with the southern states in the early and middle periods of the Warring States Period. At first, they used the customs and etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period to get along with those princes. Later, they discovered that the princes had long since refused to recognize the Zhou rites, and suffered several losses.
"Advance with the times" and reconnect with the times.
Yan Jun said that what he could see was that the whole city was in chaos, as if fighting was breaking out everywhere, and he could also see that the enemy troops were attacking the palace city with overwhelming force.
"Fighting on a single horse?" Yan Jun said that he was completely lost in the lake.
If Zhiyao had not developed cavalry in the true sense, fighting on horseback would indeed be called "riding a horse alone", and the Central Plains people believed that doing so was really unseemly and would appear as embarrassing as possible.
The Yan people were no strangers to horseback fighting. Their mortal enemies, the Donghu people, had such an elite cavalry, each of whom could perform acrobatics on horseback and shoot arrows quite accurately.
Most countries in the Central Plains are still semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic, and there is no shortage of people who are excellent horseback riders.
However, the Central Plains countries were very particular about fighting in formations, using large numbers of chariots and varying numbers of infantry. Yan Jun said that he really couldn't guess which prince would actually engage in such tactics as riding a horse alone.
Yan Jun said that he knew that he would soon know who was attacking. Just because the enemy troops came from the Central Plains, they would definitely send out flags, and they would be able to identify them based on the flags.
What happened next was tense but a bit unexpected.
Yes, the Yulin Army will definitely display their flags. Their flags have long been different from contemporary ones. There must be a flagpole, but what is hung is not the fur or tail of other animals, nor is it an upside-down pennant.
noodle.
The flag of the Yuan Kingdom is made entirely of tough fabric with a red background, and the characters "Yuan" are written in large black letters. The characters on the battle flag are simplified Chinese characters, written in official script.
Currently, various countries in the Zhu Xia system use large seal script, and the same character is written differently in each country.
Yan Juncheng didn't know how to understand simplified Chinese characters, and he didn't even know where the enemy troops belonged after reading them!
"What happened in the Central Plains?" Yan Jun said that he had huge doubts in his heart.
The invading enemy troops used alien fighting methods, but each of them seemed to be well-dressed and well-matched, and their clothing, armor, stomach, and weapons were all outstanding.
This kind of army cannot come from foreign races, but can only come from the Central Plains.
It is said that it cannot be from a foreign race. The main reason is that the people on Zhuxia's side are extremely confident in their own civilization and believe that it is impossible to be surpassed by a foreign race.
Since it was known that the invading enemy army belonged to the Central Plains, even if it was not yet known which prince was under its command, Yan Juncheng's response method was somewhat traditional.
Yan Jun came down from Zhangtai and chose to go to the wall of the palace city.
At this time, soldiers from the original country had already arrived outside the palace city, and they were demolishing houses and clearing the area.
Why do they do that? The Habayashi Army needs to spy on how many defenders there are in Miyagi. If the number of defenders is small, they will attack Miyagi. Once they find that the number is extremely large, they will choose to trap Miyagi and wait for the follow-up troops to come and solve it.
To attack the palace, you need at least climbing tools. To demolish the houses is to organize materials and use them to make ladders and other tools for climbing the city.
If you don't attack the palace city, you will definitely need to clear the surrounding area to accommodate the troops waiting for battle.
"Who is coming?" Yan Jun said that he could understand Cheng Wu's high status just by seeing him.
Everyone uses a saber, but suddenly a person with a different weapon appears. Isn’t it special enough?
Cheng Wu heard the shouting, followed the sound and turned his head to look, and saw Yan Jun weighing on the city wall.
The State of Yan was too far away from Jin. Even if the people in the two places spoke the same language and spoke the same language, they actually spoke languages with different syllables. As a result, Cheng Wu could not hear what Yan Junchen was shouting.
Wear your clothes to identify yourself.
"Commander of the Ohara Yulin Army, I have met the Lord of Yan." Cheng Wu only hoped that the Lord of the Yan Kingdom would learn from Zhou Shi's words.
Because the Zhou Dynasty was the co-lord of the world before, their language was called "Yayu", and it was also the language used by the nobles to communicate with people of the same class.
Although there were almost no opportunities to speak "elegant language", Yan Jun said that he had really learned it. When he heard the other party's words, he became more confused and thought: "Oyuan, Yuanguo?"
"Quickly search the classics to find out who belongs to the Zhou family and Xiaozong in the original country." Yan Juncheng ordered.
Naturally, some people hurried to the collection room to look for classics.
On the other hand, Yan Jun said loudly in "Yayu" with a strange accent: "I have not received the envoy from the original king, why did the second and third sons offend me?"