Text Text_Chapter 1183 1183 Siege
During this time, there were many people who came to seek refuge with the prince, but no matter how many people were, they couldn't stand the prince's territory and expanding.
Previously, the prince only had thirteen cities in his hands, but by the time Nan Jinzhao sent troops to attack Xiang'an City, the prince already had fifteen cities in his hands.
With a city, it is natural to have people to build it, and to send troops to defend it.
Therefore, no matter how many people defected to the prince during this time, no matter how many soldiers and horses took refuge in the prince, there would not be more than 20,000 soldiers and horses defending the city in each city.
Among the thirteen cities in Xiang'an City, it is only medium to small, and it does not need so many people to defend it, and there are only 8,000 people in the city, and only 5,000 people defend the city.
There are only 5,000 people in the city, but they have to face the 150,000 soldiers and horses of Shangnan Jinzhao, no matter how this battle is fought, the people of Xiang'an City will suffer.
Nan Jinzhao's 150,000 army, after figuring out the situation in Xiang'an City, did not take this city of less than 20,000 people into account at all.
The vanguard of 100,000 troops is even more heroic, with a posture of vowing to step on Xiang'an City.
The garrison of Xiang'an City received the news as early as the first time, knowing that Nan Jinzhao's army was coming, he also asked the nearby city for help as soon as possible, but it was just ......
Before Nan Jinzhao sent out the troops, there was no warning in advance, although it was impossible for the army to move without traces, but Nan Jinzhao was very yin, he did not let the fifteenth army go to Xiang'an City at the same time, but divided into five teams, each team of 30,000 horses, respectively, towards the five cities near Xiang'an City.
The generals defending the city could guess that Nan Jinzhao's goal was a certain city, and he didn't mean to attack five cities at the same time, but ......
They still don't dare to move.
First, he couldn't be sure which city Nan Jinzhao was going to attack, and second, he was afraid that if they transferred the soldiers and horses away, Nan Jinzhao would plan and let 30,000 soldiers and horses attack the city.
It can be said that Nan Jinzhao's trick is very conspiracy, but it is a conspiracy.
In this case, even if they knew that Nan Jinzhao was going to attack Xiang'an City, it was impossible for them to act rashly, at least before the 150,000 troops rushed to Xiang'an City, they would not mess around.
Nan Jinzhao's move can be described as extremely ruthless, but they can only bear it, the people in the five cities are like facing a great enemy, ready to prepare for war, and several surrounding cities have also entered a state of full martial law.
Therefore, when the 150,000 army arrived in Xiang'an City, the people of Xiang'an City were guarded, and there was no panic, but there was a kind of comfort that the dust had finally settled.
They are not afraid of fighting, the world has been chaotic for three years, their lives have never been separated from the war, they have the ruthlessness to dare to fight, and they also have the determination to die in battle.
What they are afraid of is that they can't see hope, and they are hung in the middle by Nan Jinzhao, not up or down, and now they ......
When the dust settled, an army of 150,000 gathered in Xiang'an City, even if there were only 5,000 defenders in the city, they were not afraid of a battle.
However, before the battle, the city garrison first protected the old man and the child according to their rehearsal plan, and arranged for women to do the logistics, so that the soldiers could be free to fight the army.
"The weapons are all sharpened!"
"The food is ready!"
"I've got my suit on. ”
"Brothers...... Behind us are our mother-in-law and children, the parents of our brothers, who died on the city wall today, and they also have to defend Xiang'an City, have you heard?"
Since the 150,000 troops have gathered in Xiang'an City, the garrison has not closed their eyes, and they either patrol the city wall every day, or discuss defensive strategies with their subordinates.
Yes, the defense ......
In such a situation, they have no ability to take the initiative to attack, and they have nothing to ask for now but to hold Xiang'an City.
It doesn't need more, only three days is enough, as long as it is held for three days, the prince can bring troops from the main city, and then ......
Not to mention that Nan Jinzhao only sent 150,000 troops to come, even if he sent 300,000 troops, they were not afraid of a battle.
How did the prince train the soldiers and horses, and they, the soldiers trained by the prince, had the most right to speak.
For the stragglers of Shangnan Jinzhao, they don't say that they are one against a hundred, but they are not afraid with one against ten.
If Nan Jinzhao sent not a 150,000 army this time, but a 50,000 army, or if they had 20,000 people in their hands, as long as they had 20,000 people, they would not be afraid to fight Nan Jinzhao.
However, Nan Jinzhao sent 150,000 people, but they only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and they really felt pressured.
The chief general sent by Nan Jinzhao knew very well the situation of the cities in the hands of the prince, and knew that they only had three days at most, and if they couldn't capture Xiang'an City within three days, they would be finished when the reinforcements came.
Therefore, the main general was not unkind, and less than an hour after the 150,000 troops were gathered, he ordered to send 30,000 vanguard troops to attack the city.
There is no accident, these 30,000 people are the artillery fire thrown by Nan Jinzhao, which was specially used to test the strength of the prince......
However, these 30,000 people don't understand, they learned that there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Xiang'an City, and they don't take the soldiers in the city in their eyes at all......
"Brothers, come with me to kill it, break the city gates, make great achievements, and sleep with women. ”
"There are women and food in this Xiang'an city, as long as the city is broken, it will be all ours. Come on, brothers!"
A strong man in the lead shouted a few words in front, and the people next to him howled: "Up! up!"
The commander sitting in the rear didn't care, he looked at it coldly, and he didn't blink......
He wanted to see clearly how capable these people in the hands of King Yanbei were.
30,000 people rushed up, although Nan Jinzhao treated these people as cannon fodder, as stones for throwing stones to ask for directions, but he did not treat them badly, siege vehicles, catapults, climbing ladders, and long grass are not lacking......
The people who rushed in front of them operated the catapult and kept throwing stones at the city wall, but none of the stones could hit the city wall, and most of them could only be smashed on the wall, leaving a shallow trace on the wall.
At this time, this group of people discovered that the city wall of Xiang'an City seemed to be higher than the normal city wall, so that the catapult could not hit it at all.
The catapult was useless, and the people who rushed in front pushed the siege cart and rushed forward with their lives, but as soon as they approached the city gate a hundred meters, a long grass with the thickness of an arm shot out from the middle of the city wall, and the speed was so fast and powerful that it was far beyond ordinary people's imagination......
These long grasses are integrated with the city wall, completely embedded in the city wall, if you don't look carefully, you can't find that there are so many long grasses hidden on this city wall.
"Whoosh ......" shoots out of the middle of the city wall, like wearing dumplings, and four or five people are strung together as soon as they shoot out, and this is not the most frightening thing for them, what makes them most afraid is ......