After the arrival of the shooting battalion and the left guard battalion, the strength of the Bingzhou army in the vicinity of Xindu increased greatly, and the strength of the cavalry three infantry and four or seven battalions, with a total number of more than 100,000, this was also the first time that Cao Liang commanded a large corps of more than 100,000 to fight, and the morale of the Bingzhou army was unprecedentedly strong, and the men and horses from all walks of life approached the city of Xindu, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

The defenders of Sindu were panicked, and the failure of the retreat plan led to the failure of the Sindu army not to increase to 100,000 as expected, and the defensive situation suddenly became serious.

Since the start of the war in Jizhou, in just half a month, the Jizhou army has lost the city and lost the land, and the army has collapsed.

In the recent battle, the Jing Cheng Pass, which Lu Zhao had high hopes for, was also lost, and it was lost quite quickly, completely beyond Lu Zhao's expectations, and he was originally able to resist and delay the enemy army on the side of the state with his henchman, and buy a little time for the arrival of Sima Division's reinforcements, but he did not expect that the Jing Cheng Pass, which is known as the first dangerous pass in Taihang, was lost within a day, and the state army killed Xindu without any obstacles, and the arrival of this army made Lu Zhao's pressure double, and the situation in Xindu also took a sharp turn for the worse.

The time given to him by Sima Shi is a month, and after a month, the reinforcements of the imperial court will arrive, and the situation in Jizhou will definitely change like a ground upside down.

But after the loss of Lecheng, only half a month has passed, the situation in the north of Jizhou has undergone fundamental changes, and now Xindu is already a lonely city, embattled, due to the failure of the great retreat plan, Xindu's defense strength has not been substantially improved at all, and the Bingzhou army has therefore gathered more than 100,000 troops under the city of Xindu, and the strength of the other, it does make Lu Zhao very headache.

It stands to reason that the number of troops besieging the city reached 100,000, and Lu Zhao's hands also had 70,000 soldiers and horses, plus the blessing of Xindu's city defense capabilities, the Jizhou army was not at a disadvantage at all.

But Lu Zhao knows better than anyone else that among the 70,000 horses, only 27,000 are his descendants, and their combat effectiveness is slightly stronger, and the remaining 40,000 people are all newly recruited miscellaneous soldiers.

Perhaps this plan for the great withdrawal was a mistake in itself, if it were not for the easy withdrawal of troops, which led to heavy losses to the defenders in various places, it would be impossible for the Jizhou army to lose the city and lose ground in half a month.

If you continue to let these defenders hold their respective cities, although it is possible that the result will be the same as Lecheng, and they will be defeated by the state army, this way of failure is better than being served by others in the wilderness, at least the state army will not fight so easily, and it will not take such a short time to solve the battle.

In fact, what Lu Zhao needs most now is time, as long as he can delay the battle in northern Hebei for a month, all the difficulties will no longer be difficult, originally the best way to stick to the various cities is to delay the attack of the state army to the greatest extent, and they will not come to besiege Xindu before they capture the various cities.

The loss of Kelacheng made them all frightened birds, and they did not hesitate to abandon the defense system that they had spent a lot of money on before, and instead withdrew the troops of each city to strengthen the defense of Xindu, but the result was beyond their expectations, not only did the defense strength of Xindu not increase, but let the Bingzhou army besiege the city of Xindu unscrupulously.

However, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it, and the top priority now is to grasp the defense of Xindu so well, to ensure that Xindu is held firmly in the next half a month, and not to leave any chance for the Bingzhou army.

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Of course, Cao Liang did not give Lu Zhao and other reinforcements a chance, the infantry battalion and the Xiandeng battalion advanced west from Anping, and the shooting battalion and the Zuowei battalion advanced from Jingcheng Pass to the east.

Xindu is the state city of Jizhou, and it is also the second city in Jizhou after Yecheng, in the defense system of Zhonghui, Xindu and Yecheng are also listed as neighboring levels, whether it is the city defense system or the number of garrisons, they are far above the various counties, which can be called the real impregnable, solid as a rock, and the state army wants to capture Xindu, without spending some effort is obviously impossible.

The structure of Xindu's city is different from that of other county towns, not only its walls are higher and thicker, the moat is wider and deeper, and the city walls of Xindu have two inner and outer walls, even if the state army breaks through the outer city walls, the Jizhou army can still retreat to the inner city wall for two defenses.

In the past, when the infantry attacked the city, their favorite was to attack the weak link of the city gate first, and use the car to break open the city gate, so that they could easily break through the enemy's defense line.

But the appearance of the urn city made the breach of the city gate a chicken rib, because even if the besieging army broke through the city gate, once they entered the urn city, they were attacked on three sides, and they didn't know how to die.

Therefore, in siege operations, there are very few armies to directly attack the city gates, especially the cities with urn cities, and it is futile to break the city gates, so the troops who simply attack the city focus on the city walls and break through from there.

The walls of Xindu and Yecheng are the design of two city walls, and the first city wall is very easy to be damaged by the enemy's catapults, so it is the second city wall that really defends the city, because the distance between the two city walls is short and there are a large number of structures, from the terrain point of view, the catapults cannot be used in this terrain at all, if you want to break through the inner wall, you must use the ant to attack the city to enter the school

Ant-attached siege is a siege method with the most casualties and the greatest cost of siege personnel, and Cao Liang will not use it easily as a last resort.

But now Cao Liang also has to race against time, he must take Xindu before the arrival of Sima Division's reinforcements, Xindu is already the last city in the north of Jizhou, and the state army takes Xindu, which means that all the counties in the north of Jizhou have fallen into Cao Liang's hands, which is crucial before starting a decisive battle with Sima Division.

Cao Liang had to press the front to the south, and the most ideal battle plan was to put Sima Division's reinforcements in Yecheng to fight, so that the combat space of Sima Army's army could be compressed to the greatest extent.

Therefore, if the stalk is pierced in the throat, it must be removed.

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