Chapter 153 The Empty City Count

On the slope, there is the grave of Zongxiong.

Ah Guda did not go to pay tribute, he did not have the mind and time now. The army passed through Anpo and soon arrived at the city of Liaokou.

Liaokou is the most important military town in the Han Dynasty. The administrative and economic center of the Han Department was naturally in Jinmen, but Zhi Yanchong was often stationed in Liaokou. The population of this city is less than 100,000, which is far less than that of Jinmen, but for Hanbu, the status of the city is by no means below Jinmen! Even Ah Guta and others believed that as long as Liaokou was captured, there would be no Ping Domain in southern Liaoning that could stop the Jurchen Iron Cavalry.

"The battle will definitely start in Liaokou!"

Almost everyone thinks so, including Yang Yingqi. If the war spreads to Jinmen, then the Han will already lose half of it before it is fought - because a war in Jinmen will cause incalculable losses to the Han Ministry!

However, Yang Yingqi is very afraid of fighting! As soon as the weapons were moved between the Han and Wanyan tribes, there was no possibility of the beacon smoke of the northern kingdom ever stopping - until one of them was beaten to the ground by the other, or both sides were defeated and the third fisherman benefited!

However, the Jurchen army has already driven to the city, how can this battle not be fought?

"What has the city wall of Liaokou looked like?" Yang Yingqi was secretly anxious. He prepared a lot of stone and cement, and the foundation of Liaokou was also very good. Because the positioning of Liaokou is different from that of Jinmen: Jinmen is free and relaxed, but Liaokou is very organized throughout the city, the city's citizens are not as heavy as Jinmen, and the whole city adopts semi-military management, and the residents of the city will be organized in autumn and winter to cooperate with the Liaokou garrison to carry out some military activities. If the same mobilization were launched in Jinmen, the citizens would have complained, but the people of Liaokou had become accustomed to it. Therefore, as long as Xiao Tienu mobilizes the whole city, he can quickly turn Liaokou into a fortified city that is not very big but hard enough to be underestimated within a few days! Yang Yingqi hoped that Xiao Tienu could show the easy defense and difficult attack of southern Liaoning and the determination of the Han people to resist the war, so that Ah Guda would retreat despite the difficulties.

But Yang Yingqi also knew that Liaokou was too small after all. If you want to deter a character like Aguta, unless it is the spiritual outlook of the military and civilians of Liaokou and the scale of a city like Bianliang: "But that's impossible!" ”

Bianliang has a population of more than one million, which is an extremely terrifying number in this era! The population of the entire Jurchen race combined is not so many! What's more, if there is a population base like Bianliang and a population quality like Liaokou, with the organizational ability of the Han Department, it is completely possible to organize a pure combat army of more than 100,000 people and a logistics team of more than 300,000 people in a short period of time to cope with a short-term war!

In that case, will Xiao Tienu still stop fighting?

"Alas! What do you want to do with this! Yang Yingqi knew that utopian dreams were meaningless, and at the moment there was no Bianliang in the Han Dynasty, and the only thing he could rely on was this small city with a population of tens of thousands.

"If it's the second brother, it should be able to hold it. But the sixth brother ......"

Xiao Tienu has never shown a talent in defense, which makes Yang Yingqi a little worried, and even has some doubts and regrets that he did not object to Zhi Yanchong's use of Xiao Tienu. But now he can't go back to the past to change this fait accompli, so he can only choose to believe in Xiao Tienu.

"Seven Generals! The emperor summoned him. ”

Yang Yingqi couldn't help but feel a little gloomy, what a good thing it could be for Ah Gu to summon him! It's not like I'm going to sit next to him and watch how he attacks the city! But he couldn't help but go now.

If Yang still had a certain amount of freedom when he was in Nakyo-do, then after he arrived in Tokyo-do, his personal freedom was restricted to an extremely low level, and he was not even seen in isolation for all kinds of illnesses - it can be said that he is now guarded more tightly than ordinary prisoners.

It's sunset again.

In the remnants of the day, there was some longing on Ah Guda's face. This is the unique look of a hero who has fought on the battlefield - when faced with a war that he thinks is worthwhile! Of course, if it was Zhi Yanchong who was staying in Liaokou City at the moment, maybe Ah Guda would be even more excited, after all, Xiao Tienu's level didn't seem to be enough for him.

"A little wolf, dare to come and stand in the way of the tiger!"

With a sneer on his lips, Yang Yingqi was also a little scared when he saw it, and approached and shouted, "Lord of the country." ”

Ah Guda glanced at him: "Are you afraid?" ”

I didn't expect to be seen through so easily! Yang Yingqi couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, but quickly calmed down and replied calmly: "Yes." ”

Aguda pointed to the city in the distance and said, "Are you afraid that I will slaughter this city?" ”

Hearing the slaughter of Yang Yingqi's heartbeat, he couldn't help but slammed into it, he suddenly remembered that after coming out of the tent, for some reason, he hadn't even looked at Liaokou, and then looked at Ah Guda's hand, and found that Liaokou City had not changed at all: it was still so low and thin!

"What's going on! What's going on! If it weren't for Ah Guda, Yang Yingqi would almost jump up: "Sixth brother! Sixth brother! What the hell are you doing! Why don't you hurry up and build more defenses? Why is everything I left for you useless? No matter how brave the soldiers and civilians of Liaokou are, how can they stop the army of Wanyan with such a city? ”

Not only that, but there were no siege equipment or guards on the city walls, and there was no sound in the city, as if it was an empty city that was confronting the Jurchen army in the sunset!

After the army was assembled, Zong Wang led a group of elite soldiers to rush up, without fighting, without resistance, the Jurchen soldiers and horses easily crashed open the city gate! Yang Yingqi was stunned when he saw the city gate being broken, while some of the young soldiers of the Wanyan Department around him cheered!

"Could it be ......" Yang Yingqi muttered to himself: "Is there no one in the city?" ”

In the cheers of the young generals, Ah Guta's face turned solemn.

After Zong Wang broke through the city gate, he did not enter the city immediately, but sent a team of cavalry to visit him, and after a while, he sent Zong Bi to report quickly: "Empty city! Empty city! There was no one in it! ”

Yang Yingqi was completely stunned, and Ah Guda's face was even more gloomy. A Hanchen stepped forward to congratulate and said: "The emperor is within the reach of heaven, and the rebellious ministers and thieves are frightened, abandon the city and flee, it's really ......" Before he finished speaking, he kicked Ah Gu in the head, fell and broke his head and bled out, and others saw it, where did they dare to speak?

How is it possible to abandon the city and flee? Although there have been at least a dozen cases in the past few years of facing the Jurchen cavalry of "being frightened and abandoning the city and fleeing", Ah Guta never believed that the Han tribe would be so weak - whether it was Xiao Tienu or Zhe Yanchong who commanded the troops!

"There must be some trick!" Zong Bi said loudly: "In the past, those Khitans who abandoned the city and fled often made a mess of the whole city when they fled, but now in Liaokou City, except for the military horses and equipment, the dwellings are neat and tidy!" It's like those people have suddenly disappeared. Ruse! What a ruse! ”

Yang Yingqi's heart relaxed when he heard this, he didn't know exactly what Xiao Tienu was going to do, but he already knew that the sixth brother must have other plans - maybe it was a ploy that even Yang Yingqi couldn't figure out!

After listening to Zong Bi's words, Ah Guda closed his eyes! Since the army started from Zhongjing, he has always been in the chest, whether the Han Department began to resist from Liaokou or to Jinmen, he has a countermeasure, but now, his original plan has failed! How much energy and determination did he accumulate to cut this knife, he thought that it would either hit the opponent's neck or the opponent's weapon, but who knows, but it was cut into the air! This unpredictable sense of unreality made Akuda suddenly feel tired - yes, tired! His body was actually very weak, but he relied on the last momentum to muster the remaining strength of his life to push Dajin forward, hoping to eliminate the scourge of the Han Department before he died! But now, everything is unpredictable!

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