Outside the tabernacle of Akuta, the neighing of horses and Herod was heard, and then a dusty face of Puryan (head of 50 households) walked in, led by the guards.

Inside the tabernacle, under the dim light. Ah Guta's thin body did not lie down, he still did not lose the spirit of the founding hero of his generation, half leaning and half sitting on the thick animal skin mattress. Several Goryeo eunuchs and a medical officer from the Song Dynasty fried unknown herbs on a stove in the corner of the big tent. Inside the tabernacle there was a strong smell of medicine.

Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu, and Wanyan Zongbi were all in the tent, sitting around a sheepskin map spread out on the carpet with Ah Guta. The military situation is being discussed.

Early yesterday morning, they knew that Linhuang Mansion was surrounded by Xiao Sese's army!

The critical moment of the rise and fall of the Dajin Kingdom has finally arrived!

So in the past two days, Ah Guda has been discussing the strategy of the decisive battle with several sons and nephews in the tent.

Xiao Sese dared to surround Linhuang Mansion City with tens of thousands of people, definitely not because he had no brains, but because he had a backstage!

Of course, her backstage is the powerful Zhou Jun!

Needless to say, they must have been around Linhuang Mansion by now......

If we can't determine their location and approximate number, the next big battle will not be easy to fight!

"The capital is very strong," said Pu Liyan, who had come in with the guards, and reported, "I and my sons have found a large force of foot riders about a hundred miles south of Linhuang Mansion!" ”

"What? Got a big step ride? ”

"Are you sure there's a big army of infantry?"

Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongwang asked together.

Then Pu Liyan said with great certainty: "Although I and my sons cannot get close, but observing the smoke and dust and the speed of their march, there is no doubt that it is a mixed army of infantry and horsemen, and the number is about 50,000. ”

Infantry is rare in the Horqin steppe. Whether it is a Jin soldier or a Liao soldier, they all rely on cavalry to fight the world.

So this large infantry army, it is almost certain that the Zhou army has arrived!

"It must be Zhou Jun who moved!"

"Hmph, I finally jumped out......"

"As soon as they move, Dading Mansion will be empty!"

"Now it's up to Sticky Han's skills!"

Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu, and Wanyan Zongbi shouted one after another. The four of them were actually a little panicked in their hearts, because they were all aware of the Zhou faction, and of course they knew how terrifying the military potential of the Zhou State was.

Although the Zhou State and the Great Song Dynasty were both Han Chinese-led regimes, their roots were completely different.

The Great Song Dynasty ruled the world with scholars, while the Zhou State was based on military citizens and industrial and commercial citizens. When necessary, this country of agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and commerce with more than 10 million people can be turned into a powerful war machine!

If Dajin also has a population of 10 million and has developed industry, commerce, agriculture and animal husbandry, it may be able to fight with the Zhou State.

However, the Jin State now has only fifty Meng'an, and it can pull out two or three hundred thousand troops under the condition of extreme mobilization. However, the ability to fight for a long time is insufficient, and the weapons and equipment are not comparable to those of Da Zhou. Only the cavalry may be able to compete......

And in the struggle in the past few years, the Eastern Liao supported by the Zhou State alone has already made the Dajin State feel prickly.

Now that Zhou Guo is going to end up in person, I'm afraid this war will be very difficult, right?

"Let's go get the reward." With a wave of his hand, Ah Gu sent the report to Puliyan.

Then his gaze swept over the big tent, and the faint fear that appeared on the faces of the four nephews was all in his eyes.

"It's nothing...... Isn't it seventy or eighty thousand? After we join forces with Xianye, there are 150,000 people, which is twice as many as them! And we don't have to attack the fortifications, they are trapped to death. ”

The "trapped" he said did not have to be fenced, but only needed to cut off the logistics line of the Eastern Liao-Zhou alliance.

The hundreds of thousands of golden soldiers really opened and fought most of them were not other people's opponents, but the golden soldiers were all horse teams with strong mobility. It should be no problem to grab grain and grass on the grassland!

Even if Xiao Sise's army brought cattle and sheep, he was not afraid, and if he couldn't do it, he set fire to the grassland.

Wanyan Zongbi frowned deeply: "If Linhuang Mansion City is ......"

He only said half of his words, and there were two missing people in the back: attack!

Once the Linhuang Mansion was breached, a large amount of grain and grass stored in the city fell into the hands of the Eastern Liao-Zhou coalition army. It's enough for 70,000 or 80,000 people to eat for a year or two......

"Unbreakable!" Ah Gu laughed and said, "Xian is still capable, and Linhuang Mansion has been rebuilt in the shape of Black Mountain Fort, how can it be broken so quickly?" You don't have to think about it!

The current situation is good, Linhuang Mansion is 150,000 here to beat them up to 100,000, we have the advantage. There are still 50,000 of our strange soldiers in Huanglong Mansion...... If you win one of the two ends, we will win.

As long as we win, most of the Song Kingdom will join...... They have already placed 200,000 troops by the river, and they will enter the Yan Land at any time! ”

"That's right! Du Bo Jilie is right, we have a great chance of winning......"

"Father, let your son lead the way!"

The four sons and nephews also cheered up and asked for battle.

Ah Guda was even more confident, slapped his face and smiled: "Okay! The first array is for the vultures. Wushu, but you must play the majesty of a Jurchen man! ”

His face suddenly turned hideous, "In addition, send the fastest Chuanqi to the Huanglong Mansion and order Sticky Han and Yinshu to attack!" Be sure to hit hard, kill hard! ”

……

Wang Yan, Li Xiaozhong, Wu Yiyong, Wu Yixin, Ma Yong and other generals of the Zhou army arrived at the front of Linhuang Mansion under the cover of the camel city at this time. One man held a telescope in his hand, carefully observing the castle in front of him.

Linhuangfu City is the Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom in the past, and the scale of the city is not small, but now it has been changed into a nondescript fortress.

The reason why it is said to be nondescript is because the square city wall of Linhuangfu City has not been changed. It's still the original structure of vertical and rammed earth - bombarding this kind of wall with 112 cannons can open a 100-step wide opening in a day!

Outside the vertical rammed earth city wall, there are many triangular forts. The fort is also rammed earth, with sloping walls, which can counteract the power of the cannonballs to a certain extent.

In addition, there is a zigzag ditch around the perimeter of the triangular outlet, which completely encloses the entire castle. On the inside of the trench, a low earthen wall was built to cover the movement of the soldiers during enemy shelling.

"The walls can be blasted open in a day!" Wu Yixin first commented, "It is still necessary to defeat two triangles out of the fort, and it is estimated that the offensive channel will be opened in three days." ”

Wu Yixin studied engineering and artillery in the knight academy, and knew how to bombard fortresses and city walls.

"There's no need to be so troublesome," Ma Yong shook his head, "just dumb them down for 6 taels of cannons." ”

"How?" Wu Yixin asked, "Their cannons will definitely be mounted on the triangular fort, how to fight?" ”

Ma Yong smiled: "You can try it...... Maybe you'll be dumb when you're in a hurry! It's not easy to operate artillery, our artillerymen all graduated from elementary school, and they have to be trained for a year. I'm afraid their artillery can't even count, so it's no wonder if they can get it right! ”

A compulsory education system for citizens is probably another major advantage of the Great Zhou Republic over the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.

Although the education system is not yet universal, children of non-citizens are not entitled to it, and it is not open to girls (girls can also go to school, but it is not compulsory), hundreds of thousands of Zhou Gong teenagers have received Mongolian and primary education for more than a decade. As a result, a large number of high-quality talents were sent to all walks of life, especially the army, which were already considered high-quality in the Middle Ages.

At present, more than eighty percent of the officers of the Republican Army have a university degree equivalent to that of a university (including the Knight College, the Naval Academy, and other universities), the non-commissioned officers and technical soldiers basically have a primary school (academy) education or above, and at least three or four percent of the soldiers have received an education of primary school or above.

The first to benefit from high-quality troops are the technical arms of the Republican Army, such as artillery, engineers, and navy. All kinds of complex operations and the use of mathematical knowledge are difficult for the "primary school students" of the Great Zhou Republic.

But for the sons and daughters of the Jurchens, it is a bit difficult...... From the two books of "Artillery Drill Code" and "250 Jin Cannon Description" in the Song Kingdom, Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiyin, who have studied in Tianjin, can understand it.

Wu Yiyong interjected expressionlessly: "Use one daytime to bombard, concentrate fire to open a gap of about 100 steps in the city wall. Then launch an infantry assault that night, and just hit it directly. How powerful can the 6 taels of guns placed on the triangle outgoing fort be? ...... you can't kill a few people"

Wu Yiyong was thirteen years old and killed people with a knife, I don't know how many battles he has fought so far? Naturally, he looked down on the life and death of others.

The life of a soldier seemed to him to be nothing more than a number. If you spend hundreds of lives to defeat Linhuang Mansion, it will be completely worth it. There's no need to waste time trying to reduce the already small casualties!

Because time will decide the outcome of a war!

He paused, "Aguta's army should not be far away...... We don't have much time to waste! ”

Wang Yan and Li Xiaozhong nodded in unison. This son of Wu Haogu is really good at fighting!

"Wu Jiyi is right," Wang Yan said, "Linhuang Mansion must fight quickly.

After fighting Linhuang Mansion, I have to clean up the army of Aguda! ”

As he was talking, a nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao rode over, and when he came behind several people, his expression was a little flustered: "Several, the Empress Dowager is invited!" ”

Li Xiaozhong turned his head to look at him, "Xiao Sanlang, what's wrong?" Is it that the army of Aguta is approaching? ”

"Mostly," said the man known as Xiao Sanlang, "the horses sent to the west have all been beaten back, and the losses have been heavy!" ”

Several generals and colonels of the Republican Army looked at each other, and their expressions became solemn.

Wu Yiyong said: "It's better to divide the soldiers into two ways!" Let Empress Dowager Xiao lead the troops to resist for three days, and in three days, you will be able to break through Linhuang Mansion City! ”

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