"Boom, boom, boom......, boom" The cannon outside Jinyang City was loud every day. Guo Shao coughed from time to time, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke wafted in the wind, permeating almost every corner. The artillery array was still some distance from where he stood, but the sound of the cannon was non-stop, and his ears seemed to be constantly "buzzing".

In such an environment, Guo Shao felt that his mind was a little dizzy, and his confused thoughts were a little uncomfortable. He rubbed his temples, sat down on a rough wooden table under an open canopy, and looked through the map drawn by the brush to take a closer look, Li Chuyun had now arrived near Shiling Pass in the south of Xinzhou, and Xinzhou and Xinkou Town in the north were still under the control of the Northern Han army.

Zuo You walked into the grass hut, and Guo Shao said: "Once the Liao army approaches Li Chuyun's department, report to me immediately." ”

Zuo Yu bowed and said, "Obey." ”

As soon as the main force of the Liao army came into contact with Li Chuyun, Guo Shao planned to personally go north to supervise the battle. Because once the Liao army moves south, whether it can resist the enemy will affect the consequences of the entire war, Guo Shao believes that his presence on the battlefield can increase morale...... His prestige among the martial artists was high; He is also the emperor, and the soldiers are not the same as the emperor, they will think that the emperor is concerned about his performance.

Ten days later, the Liao army from the north reported that the Liao army had crossed the Yanmen Pass and arrived in the Daizhou area. The east side of the arch also reported, and the Liao army of Youzhou approached Niangzi Pass.

But at this time, the siege preparations of Jinyang South City are also a little eyebrow-raising.

Guo Shao personally led the horse team to the city wall within 200 paces to watch, and admonished left and right, but he ignored it, and calmly rode the horse slowly. This distance seems to be dangerous, but in fact, bows and crossbow arrows are definitely out of reach, and the only danger is the catapults in the city and the ballistae remaining on the city walls; However, catapults and sporadic ballistas are too unlikely to accurately hit the target.

The surrounding soldiers all looked up to the sky nervously, as if a stone had flown in.

He saw with his own eyes that the top of the earth slope seemed to be less than half a man's height from the city wall, and the female wall of that section of the city wall had long been completely destroyed by a large number of shelling. The Zhou soldiers did not need a ladder to attack from there, and they could climb it with their bare hands or a rudimentary ladder.

A ministry general reminded: "There is a tunnel that has been dug and buried!" The tunnels of the Northern Han army should not have been discovered yet. ”

Guo Shao nodded, and immediately turned his horse's head and ran back after seeing it clearly.

He went straight back to the Chinese army, and the civilian officials and generals followed the entry into the tent, and there were many discussions in the big tent of the Chinese army. Guo Shao took a ruler and repeatedly measured a relatively fine map, and after a while, he said: "I think ......."

The crowd quickly stopped talking and turned their heads one after another.

Guo Shaodao: "The strength of the Youzhou army is limited, and there is still Xiang Gong in Niangzi Pass, and the threat to Jinyang is not enough for the time being; The main thing is the Liao army in the north that entered Daizhou. ”

Wang Pu immediately nodded in agreement.

Guo Shao glanced at him and continued: "I want to stay and see what the situation is like to attack Jinyang first...... Immediately send an order to Li Chuyun, and as soon as the Liao army passed Xinkou, it immediately played! ”

Wang Pu said: "The minister will ask someone to issue a military order later. ”

Guo Shao looked up at the outside of the tent, and the lower his voice became, as if he was cautious: "It's only morning, let's launch an attack today, so as not to delay and make the Northern Han army more prepared......"

Everyone nodded yes.

Guo Shao said again: "The attack on the city gap and the soil gap are carried out at the same time......," he looked back left and right, "What if the explosion of the ** pit in the tunnel is the signal?" The buried ** may not be able to blow up the city wall, but it will definitely explode, and the momentum will not be too small. ”

Wang Pu said: "The defenders in Jinyang City should be prepared, the gap is too small, and it is best to use the elite in front of this kind of siege." The right wing of the Tiger Army is mostly mounted infantry, which can be the vanguard. ”

Guo Shao thought so.

The generals put forward various tactics one after another, and Guo Shao continued to measure the map with a ruler, and did not speak again for a long time.

He weighed his reasoning and reached out to rub his temples, which seemed a little hesitant at this point. However, when he really made a decision, he summoned the generals above the commander of the Huben Army, the Jiannan Army, and the artillery array to deploy specific strategies; At this time, there was no hesitation, and the various arrangements were very skillful.

After a while, the sound of cannons continued to sound and roar. However, the drums and trumpets in the Zhou army camp were endless, the flags were moved, and the troops were frequently transferred.

In such an open place, under the sunny day and daylight, the large-scale deployment of soldiers and horses is clear at a glance, and I am afraid that what to do may not be hidden! The roar of the artillery continued, and it was no longer as in the past, when the Zhou soldiers and horses approached the city wall in batches; The besieged fortifications were filled with smoke, and not even the wind could blow.

Guo Shao rode a horse in the drifting smoke silently watched the movements everywhere, and slowly approached the first line of fortifications, a large number of people and horses, completely different from the situation of a large group of wheelbarrows pushing wheelbarrows in the past; In addition, the fortifications have been completed, and the Northern Han army can also see it.

Guo Shao judged that this siege could not be attacked as suddenly as Shouzhou, and it was not easy to break through directly; But at least such a siege could pose a real threat and pressure to the defenders of the Northern Han Dynasty.

He looked sideways slightly, and saw that Wang Pu was looking intently into the distance, Wang Pu's face did not move much, but it was very serious. Guo Shaozhi looked at it and felt that Wang Pu also had the same judgment as himself...... After all, a major town like Jinyang, and the elite main force of the Northern Han Army defended it, the front and back attacks were less than half a month, and it was difficult to storm it.

In the first line of defense in the distance, the Fourth Army on the right side of the Tiger Ben Army was already lined up, all of them were soldiers on horseback.

A group of men and horses facing the base mountain opened the gate of the defense line, and rode horses in rows and slowly set out, and several embroidered tiger flags in front of them fluttered in the wind in the smoke, which was the military flag of the most elite tiger army of the Zhou army. The men and horses were lined up in a team of more than 20 people, a total of more than 20 rows, and after all the men and horses were dispatched, there was no follow-up of the men and horses, a total of about 500 people commanded the soldiers and horses, forming a cavalry phalanx to slow down.

After a while, the same phalanx on the rear flanks also came out of the camp, and the three strands of men and horses were in the shape of a zigzag, and the phalanx on the opposite hill was advancing.

The sound of artillery was still loud, and white smoke rose in rows in the Zhou army camp in the rear. The opposite city wall was already in shambles, and stone bullets kept falling on the city wall, and earth and stones flew in the distance.

The first commander of the Fourth Army in the right wing of the front gradually approached the city wall, and from time to time stones fell on the top of his head, which was the catapult deployed by the Northern Han army behind the city wall to attack; There are also observation posts on the city wall to check the distance of the Zhou army, some people are constantly watching there, and some people are shouting in the sound of cannons.

At this time, the first commander gradually accelerated, the horses jogged forward, and the originally neat queue of horses began to bend.

Directly in front of him was a row of jagged flags, which were the fifty paces marked by the Zhou army before, and had not yet been completely destroyed. At this moment, the whimpering trumpets sounded in unison on the rear camp, and a cyan flag kept shaking.

The sound of the cannon stopped immediately! The sound of horses' hooves roared suddenly...... It's not that there was the sound of horses' hooves just now, but as soon as the louder cannon sound stopped, the movement of horses' hooves immediately stood out!

The cavalry gradually accelerated, and the central and left and right wing commanders rushed forward.

The horse's hooves are like thunder, and there are layers near and far; The three commanders in front were charging, and the tidal brigade in the fortifications behind also spread out from the defensive line.

At this moment, suddenly there was a violent tremor on the ground! As if there had been a sudden earthquake, everyone saw a flash of lightning in the distance to the east, and a large cloud of smoke and dust rose up, and immediately they heard an explosion that shook the mountains with a "boom"! The faces of all the people changed, but it was not the first time that a large number of soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army had seen such an explosion.

The three commanders of the Fourth Army frantically swooped down on the walls, and soon covered the remnants of the fifty-pace-marked flag among the galloping horse carath. The opposite wall is getting closer!

"Fight for the Great Zhou Emperor!" A big man at the front drew his saber and shouted. The army immediately shouted loudly.

The vanguard galloped over the moat that had been filled, and rushed to the bottom of the slope of the dirt hill, and the army immediately turned over and dismounted, and the men in front climbed up the hill with swords and shields!

At the front was a heavily armored capitalist, who crawled desperately, his mind blank. None of the generals of the Tiger Ben Army were not experienced in a hundred battles, but in this kind of scene, he rushed to the front, and he knew that he was afraid that he would definitely die! Dutou is really scared in his heart, even if he goes into battle more than once; But he can't stop, and he has to run as fast as possible, so that he can set an example for the soldiers behind him...... He must take on this responsibility, as soon as he stops, he will drag down the entire command, and the military law will definitely not spare him after the war!

Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Tiger Army are veterans of the battlefield, otherwise on this occasion, they will be so frightened that their hands and feet are weak and they can't hold their weapons before they see the enemy.

"Ahh Du Tou roared loudly, his voice was not only angry, but also full of fear, "Kill! ”

He had climbed the slope, and there was a short flat dirt road at the top of the hill...... In order to prevent the Northern Han army from counterattacking with a hundred catties of stone bullets that were not broken as rolling stones. Dutou ran a few steps, and saw some Northern Han soldiers who were still on the city wall during the shelling approaching the city wall in a disorderly manner, some with spears, some with bows and arrows pulling strings. At this time, he had already passed the most frightening early stage, and his rich experience in battle formations had calmed him down a lot...... Either you die or I die, only fight!

"Shoot the arrows!" Dutou raised his sword and shield and shouted.

The crossbowmen behind the "whoosh ......" released arrows one after another, and the city wall suddenly screamed, and there were also those who were injured by bows and crossbows in the back, but the most was the sound of "clanging" metal impact.

Dutou grasped the sword and shield tightly with both hands, and the first pressed on the edge of the city wall, kicked his left foot on the ground, and his body violently pushed up, and his right foot was raised and stepped on the city wall. "Bang!" There was a pain in his head, and the violent thud and concussion of the metal made him feel like the world was spinning. A Northern Han sergeant had already rushed to him, and beckoned to Dutou's head with a sword. His eyes were glazed, but he didn't faint, and subconsciously slammed his body forward, and immediately hit a person, and both of them fell to the ground.

The soldiers of the Zhou army in the back shouted and desperately climbed up to the city wall.