Chapter 159: Fiction and Reality

Because it's almost past the end of the night, even the iron man has to fight with his eyelids, and these soldiers in the battlements are even more drowsy, Rao has a voice to shout, and when he looks up, he sees that no one around responds, and he said that this kid is stunned, so he tilts his head and ignores it.

It wasn't until the Liao people had begun to put the ladder on the top of the city that they woke up like a big dream, and the shouts of the enemy attack resounded all over the ancient city wall for a while.

"Woo~~~~"

The whole city was awakened by this low voice of the police, of course, including the Metropolitan Governor Sun Dezhang, when he felt the north gate, the city wall could already see sporadic Liao soldiers,

However, the combat effectiveness of the Great Xia border army is indeed good, and the more than 10,000 men and horses on duty under the city quickly reacted and began to pour up the city wall in waves.

Sun Dezhang did not rush to mobilize the defenders during the day to join the battle, he still knew the current military strength, relying on the city wall of Lanzhou, there was basically no big problem with more than 10,000 people at the north gate, not to mention that there was a containment on both sides of Liao Ying, he estimated that the Liao army under the city was no more than 20,000 at most.

The Liao soldiers under Han Guangde were much more prepared than the hasty Yelu Xiuke, and they were no longer the kind of improvised people carrying the ladder under the city of Chengdu, but a large ladder with a four-wheeled vehicle base below that could not be overturned by the defenders on the city wall.

In front of this tall city, the Liao army climbed up like ants on a ladder, but it was slashed down by the defenders in waves, and more than a dozen Liao soldiers in front of the city gate pushed a huge crash car, and under the cover of the dead corner of the city gate, they kept picking up the pointed logs on the crash car, and hit the thick city gate that did not move at all.

Of course, Sun Dezhang sent Lanzhou's battle report Pegasus to Sucheng and Qingcheng overnight as soon as possible, so that An Yi and Liao Ying judged the form by themselves and looked for an opportunity to attack and harass the Liao army.

Of course, Han Guangde will focus on "taking care" of the two big bodyguards in Lanzhou City, and let General Han and Bali respectively attack the two cities at the same time with Lanzhou before rushing to Su and Qing with their men and horses.

However, the Liao people did not have such a big appetite, and they were able to eat more than 100,000 people in the three cities of Lanzhou with these people, so the attacks of Su and Qing were mostly aimed at containment, mainly to prevent them from attacking the rear of the Liao army or attacking the siege soldiers and horses of the Tuoba Department with Lanzhou.

General Han, who is in charge of Sucheng, is good to say, this place of Ma Pingchuan, this is to surround this city, and add fuel tactics to Liao Ying little by little to prevent him from freeing up his hands to help Lanzhou.

But the Bali Department in charge of Qingcheng is worried, although there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but this galloping Sushui River has become the biggest headache of the Bali Department.

If you want to say that the best place to cross the Sushui River is the wide stone pier bridge in front of Lanzhou City,

But not to mention the long detour, once the Tuoba Department in front of Lanzhou City began to retreat, the Bali Department that was still besieging Qingcheng would be dangerous, as long as the Xia army opened the east gate of Lanzhou, it would not be too much, and put three or five thousand people on the other side of the bridge, and one of his more than 20,000 people would be counted as one, and all of them would have to be blocked here.

Fortunately, there is more than this river crossing point on this Sushui River, and there are two ferries hundreds of miles away that can allow the army to pass, one is called Longmen Ferry and the other is called Feiling Crossing, one large and one small, running through the river.

So this general patted his head and thought about it, I simply don't risk crossing the river, just guard these two ferries, if the Xia army in your Qingcheng wants to come out of the ferry, my army is here to fight half a crossing, so that you have no return,

If you plan to rush to the aid of Lanzhou from the wide stone pier bridge, then I will take the army of the Bali Department to cross the Longmen and take your Qingcheng.

Blocked at both ends, anyway, just tell you Xia Jun to stay quietly in Qingcheng, don't move too much with other crooked thoughts!

It's just that this general Bagri doesn't know that An Yi is not the person who can let him stay honestly and stay honestly, this white tiger still has to make some moves after all.

Qingcheng

After An Yi received the battle report that Lanzhou was attacked, he immediately sent people to investigate near Sushui River.

Sure enough, Bali really divided his 20,000 horses into two, one in Longmendu and the other in Feilingdu.

According to An Yi's point of view, this Bali is still a more cautious person, because Longmen Ferry is a big ferry, and Feiling Ferry is a small ferry, generally speaking, they will be stationed at the big ferry, and a small number of people can be left at the small ferry, but Polli has a pepper noodle, evenly shared!

He quickly gathered Jiang Shang, He Ji, and Gu Chenxi into his county ya, and told them that they wanted to cross the river to help Lanzhou.

What An Yi didn't expect was that He Ji, who had been obedient before, actually jumped out to oppose it first,

"My lord, although we have a slight advantage in numbers, but the Liao people are tall and fierce, plus they have just finished resting and are full of fighting spirit, even if our more than 50,000 people take their lives to cross from Longmen, when the time comes, it will be a heavy loss, the opposite side of Sushui River is a plain with a horse and a flat river, and Bali is mostly cavalry, if we really fight, we will be very passive."

Of course, Gu Chenxi was even more reluctant, and then said: "I said, my lord, this Sushui River is a moat in front of us, if it is behind us, it will be a death ditch!" As the commander said, even if we cross the border, we will have the upper hand in the war between the two armies, and once the rest of the Liao army comes to increase the number of horses, then we will all be driven down the river to feed Wang Ba. ”

Jiang Shang arched his hand towards An Yi and said: "My lord, we confronted the Liao army in Qingcheng, and we also indirectly contained part of the troops and shared the pressure for Lanzhou, so we don't necessarily have to fight each other in a short battle." ”

Although An Yi will definitely implement it resolutely as long as he gives an order, but now he also feels that An Yi's decision to cross the river is not the best choice.

But Comfort doesn't think so,

Dividing Qingcheng and Sucheng out is to resist the Liao soldiers in a corner, but it is good in a mobility, although Liao Ying's side is also surrounded by the Liao, but it is also a tough battle for you to come and go.

However, if Qingcheng is stopped by 20,000 horses and horses, in other words, it is equivalent to the Liao army's 20,000 people unscathed to offset the 50,000 troops of the Xia army, then the more than 50,000 people in his hands are not as useful as all stuffed into Lanzhou City.

Therefore, according to the meaning of comfort, we must create some trouble for the Liao people, and the worst and worst will also let them know that it is not safe for more than 20,000 people in Bali to stay here, even if they send 5,000 more people next time, it will also reduce 5,000 people for Lanzhou and Sucheng, and the Sushui River, which is enough to reach tens of thousands of troops, cannot be used by the enemy.

"Although the Liao people are fierce, but he is different from us, there are only 100,000 people on the land of Great Xia, and if you kill one, you will have one less, if you can consume them a little more, the resistance to their eastward advance will be greater, or it won't be long before the Liao people will not be able to hold on. So, I decided that I still had to make some moves and cross the river! ”

He looked at the eyes of the three people with different expressions, turned around and pointed to the map and continued: "However, we are not stupid, we can't use these more than 50,000 people to hit the horse's hooves in Bali, we are divided into two ways, General Jiang and He Commander envoy from here, Feiling crosses the river, the main attack!" Commander Gu led the men and horses to place in Longmendu and feint! When everyone arrives at the ferry, put all the men and horses away, especially General Jiang and Commander He, you must make a big fanfare, as much as you want, and let Bali know that you are crossing the river from here! ”

These three people are listening to the clouds, where is this main attack? If the fanfare makes everyone know that they are going to attack from Feilingdu, what is Gu Chenxi in front of Longmen Ferry feinting? Feint to whom?

Then An Yi said to Gu Chenxi: "Commander Gu, you not only want to feint, but I will also give you a task, that is, to concentrate all the boats that can be found in the villages and counties around the ferry to me in Longmendu, the more the better." ”

After listening to his words, Gu Chenxi finally couldn't help it, and asked with a frown: "I said, sir, where do you want to attack from here?" Commander He made the main attack over there, and I got all the ferries to Longmen Ferry, don't you plan to let them swim tens of thousands of people over? ”

An Yi chuckled, looked at Jiang Shang and He Ji and asked: "I plan to learn how to cross the Yellow River by Han Xinmu Poppy, now there is nowhere to find Mu Poppy, but this pot and pan gourd wine jar is everywhere, and when the time comes, I will help you lead the army of Bali to Longmendu, and you will find a way to send these tens of thousands of people to me from Feilingdu!" ”

After speaking, he looked at the three of them with a glance and asked, "Do you know what you are going to do?" ”

An Yi's question was interesting, he didn't ask the three of them to understand? Because he knew that he probably didn't understand it, so he asked them if they knew what they were going to do.

"Got it! Yes, sir! ”

The three of them acted separately according to An Yi's words, and after taking the more than 50,000 people out of Qingcheng overnight, Jiang Shang and He Ji began to let their soldiers take turns waving flags and beating war drums on Feilingdu's side, and then privately led people to start preparing for crossing the river.

And as soon as Gu Chenxi arrived at the ferry, he was like a tax collector sent by the official family to collect taxes, and under the order of An Yi's three orders not to take advantage of the plunder, he could only go door to door to take the silver and requisition large and small boats.

On the other side of the Susui River

Pulling

Polli does not have the handsome face of Yelu Huke, he is a native Khitan, with a rough face and dark and strong arms, plus the half of the roasted golden leg of mutton in his hand, which shows the arrogance of the grassland people.

While tearing the fresh meat on the leg of mutton, he poured the mare's milk wine on the table into his stomach.

originally thought that he would fight with the Han people like Sucheng a few times, but who knew that this Sushui River directly turned the tiger and wolf lion under his hands into a watchdog.

But he was also enjoying it, thinking that he only needed to gnaw on the leg of mutton and stare at Xia Jun who was cowering in the city every day, and he felt at ease in his heart.

Just as Bari was still fantasizing about his next life as a fairy, a rush of footsteps shattered his dream.

"General, urgent military intelligence has been sent from the front!"

Polli looked at the soldier who hurriedly turned in, and was just about to take the letter in his hand, when he saw his oily hand holding the leg of mutton just now, so he simply threw the leg of mutton on the plate on the table, and raised his hand towards the soldier:

"You read it!"

"The Xia army is divided into two roads in front of the Longmen Ferry and the Feiling Ferry respectively, intending to strengthen the Sushui River!"

Although the military situation is short, it is beyond Bali's expectations, I didn't expect this Xia army to really have the courage to come out, but he wants to see how this Xia army crosses this ferry!

He grabbed the leg of mutton on the table and gnawed it hard,

"Let's go! Go to the ferry! ”