"The Tang people have arrived at Dingfengpo... less than 7 kilometers away from the outskirts of the city." An officer sent the news he had just received to Zhang Xuan, and reported with an ugly face: "Our patrol force discovered a Tang army
troops, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, seven of our troops died, and the other side retreated."
"It's just a reconnaissance force, no need to make a fuss." Zhang Xuan had dealt with the Tang Army, and he knew that there must be a large-scale reconnaissance force in front of the real Tang Army.
Those troops are very flexible, and their fighting is very elastic. As long as they encounter the Qin army, they will test the attack. Once the firefight detects something, they will quickly break away from the battle.
"Have the troops that just arrived been deployed in place?" Zhang Xuan, who didn't care much about the outer defense line, was already ready for a real battle with the Tang army in Wuyang.
He deployed the elite troops drawn back from the southern region in the urban area near the suburbs, preparing to use street fighting to deal with the Tang army.
As for those hastily built peripheral defense lines, they are all reserved for the new soldiers to fight with the Tang army. When the time comes, the new soldiers will be trained to become veterans, and then return to the city to continue fighting... This can greatly train the team and allow the Qin army to recover to some extent.
Some confidence.
"We've arrived, General An... 3,000 veterans have been sent over there. I've gone to see them and they are all brave warriors. As you requested, I deployed them near the 6th Hospital on the outskirts of the city." The adjutant replied.
Zhang Xuan’s question.
The so-called No. 6 Hospital was actually a hospital built by the Qin State itself. The reference standard was the large general hospital in the Tang State. However, when it was actually implemented, it became a shabby hospital dedicated to treating poor people who could not afford to go to a large hospital.
Although it is small in scale and has limited medical skills, this hospital does play a certain role. For example, now, the hospital building has become the best bunker for the Qin army.
"Very good, as long as the Tang army enters the city, they will be blocked here! To ensure the supply of ammunition there, I will let these veterans play their role, and at least let the Tang people drop 500 corpses here!" Zhang Xuan's finger
He banged his head on the map and said through gritted teeth.
Since he took over the command of Wuyang, the maps he used have really become smaller and smaller. In the past, the maps in his headquarters were all theater maps, but now they have been replaced with a city defense map.
Because the map is huge enough, many buildings have been marked. The Qin army assembled heavy troops in the eastern city, waiting for the Tang people to rush into Wuyang City.
"General, the Tang army often takes the lead in launching attacks on both wings. Should we prepare some troops to prevent the Tang army from encircling us?" the staff officer on the side asked with some worry.
"It's not necessary. We simply don't have enough troops to prevent the Tang army from encircling. It's just a waste to send an insufficient number of troops." Zhang Xuan shook his head, and then continued: "Except for the west and south of the city, the north and east are all given to
Tang people!"
He could not give up the railways and highways to the south easily, because they were the only way for Liu Zhian's reinforcements to go north. If they were cut off by the Tang army, Wuyang City would also lose foreign aid.
Therefore, his previous arrangement was to let the troops defend the south of the city as much as possible. In the worst case, after losing the south of the city, they should also try their best to defend the west of the city.
Only by maintaining a channel can the reinforcements of the Qin army continue to enter Wuyang, and he can be sure to defend the capital of the Qin Empire.
"The troops in the south are the main force, and the focus of my defense line is also in the south. It can last at least a few days... Where are General An's troops?" Zhang Xuan found no trace of Liu Zhian's troops heading north on the map.
Because the map is really not big enough.
"General An has too many troops. Most of them are moving slowly. It is estimated that they will not all arrive until next month." The staff officer gave a rather despairing answer.
In fact, this was already the fastest speed Liu Zhi'an could achieve in his crazy march north. The Qin army's mechanization level was low and they could not outrun the Tang army's speed.
If we look at the Qin Army at its peak, it might have been able to run more than 100 kilometers a day without losing air supremacy. But now, the Qin Army, which has lost most of its vehicles and lost air supremacy, can even crawl 20 kilometers a day.
Already.
Fortunately, there are trains available. Unfortunately, the train's transportation capacity is insufficient, and it is impossible for the main force of the Qin army to quickly move north to the vicinity of Wuyang.
Therefore, Liu Zhian could only transport trains back and forth, and a special train rushed to transport three to five thousand people to Wuyang to participate in the battle, while commanding the large army to return north to shorten the distance between himself and Wuyang as much as possible.
But good luck will eventually run out: now the Tang Army's aircraft cannot keep up with the army's advancement, and cannot interfere with the Qin Army's mobilization and transportation. Once the Tang Army builds the frontline airport, the Qin Army will no longer be able to be so blatant.
The train sped away.
"Let him hurry up... As long as his troops arrive at the south side of Wuyang, the situation will be much better than now... As long as he launches a counterattack, everything will be fine." Zhang Xuan didn't know whether he was comforting others or not.
While comforting himself, muttering to himself, he looked at Wuyang's map again.
"One more thing, General... The leading troops of the Tang Army have now appeared 7 kilometers outside the city. They are too close to Wuyang. If they shell, the situation may become very bad... Do we want to inform you?
Your Majesty, do you also want to speak to the Prime Minister?" the staff officer reminded cautiously.
"Send someone to notify... Your Majesty, it is best to take refuge in the west of the city... find some second-line troops and go to the fire station to help... try your best... to find the elderly and children, understand?" Zhang Xuan was reluctant to give up.
The main force went to do this kind of thing, so he chose some old men and children to go there. But from a certain perspective, his order was really touching.
"Yes!" His subordinates immediately went to do it. The communication soldiers in the headquarters were busy delivering various messages. Some people were making phone calls, and some were stuffing envelopes into their satchels - Tang Jun's electromagnetic interference was still at work.
As a result, the Qin army could only use this method to deal with it hastily.
At this moment in Wuyang City, the craters left by the Tang Army's bombing yesterday have not been filled in, the black smoke has not cleared, and many civilians are still in chaos.
Martial law has been imposed near the palace, and the Imperial Guard has controlled the streets and alleys nearby. Some old men and children recruited temporarily were wearing ill-fitting military uniforms and piled sandbags and broken bricks near the barricades.
They didn't know that the Tang army had already arrived, just outside the city. They also didn't know that at this moment, their emperor had become unconscious due to an overdose of a strange drug called Black Crow.
