Taiyuan City is the capital of the entire Jinzhou, with a long history and dangerous terrain, located on the eastern side of Taihang Mountain, and also belongs to the northern Xinjiang town of the Ming Dynasty.

The high wall of Taiyuan city is thick, and there is a moat dug to divert water from the Fen River into the moat, and the city defense can be called impregnable.

But today, the tranquility of this thousand-year-old city has been shattered by the sound of fighting.

At this time, around Taiyuan City, the two armies were engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle.

The attacking side was naturally the army sent by the regent Jiang Chuan.

The defending side was the defenders left in Taiyuan City by the Dashun army.

There were bursts of killing, artillery roared, and the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides had been going on for a whole morning.

The city wall on the east side of Taiyuan City was mottled with blood stains everywhere, and the moat under the city wall and both sides of the moat were piled up with corpses, including corpses in black armor and corpses in red armor

Overall, though, there are a lot more corpses in black armor than there are corpses in red armor.

A flag on the city wall stood in the smoke of gunpowder, the flag was a little broken, and there was a big "Shun" written on it.

There are still countless figures in black armor pushing various siege equipment to continuously attack the city wall.

A series of ladders were propped up on the city wall, and soldiers in black armor quickly grabbed the ladders and climbed up.

The soldiers of the Dashun Army wearing red armor guarding the city wall were desperately defending, with all kinds of stone bows and arrows, and muskets. Artillery and other defensive weapons all beckoned towards the black figure that was climbing upward.

Waves of black figures fell from the ladder screaming.

Finally, there was a crisp gong sound from the Qin army camp in the distance, which was the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops.

In an instant, those black figures receded like a tide.

Seeing the enemy retreat, the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were defending on the city wall were greatly relieved.

Many sat down against the city wall tiredly, ignoring the thick blood stains under them, or all kinds of severed arms and stumps.

After a morning of desperate defense, they were too tired to care about these external things, and now they just wanted to catch their breath for the next attack of the enemy.

On the city wall, a tall general of the Dashun Army, with his left hand pressed the sword at his waist, looked at the enemy army retreating like a tide with a solemn face and said nothing

A young general with a white face next to him looked at the main general with a worried face, and said comfortingly: "General, judging from the battle situation in the morning, the Qin army is not as strong and invincible as rumored. The soldiers before, because of the reputation of the Qin army, were a little timid.

But after the battle in the morning, the soldiers will know that the Qin army is just a vain name. As long as the general leads the brothers to persevere, this Taiyuan city will be able to be defended. As long as we hold out for a few days, your majesty will definitely send reinforcements. When the time comes, we will be attacked inside and outside, and the Qin army will inevitably retreat. “

Looking at this optimistic young general, the main general showed a wry smile on his face, shook his head and said, "You are still too young." If the Qin army was really so unbearable, the situation would not be as rotten as it is today.

His Majesty will not suffer a major defeat and retreat to Shaanzhou. According to the information I have received, this Qin king Jiangchuan has never suffered any defeat since he started his army, and it can be said that he has won many battles and is a real victorious general.

The Qin army is the real elite division, the division of tigers and wolves. Sooner or later, this Taiyuan City will not be able to be saved. You, I'm just doing my best today. ”

The young general saw that the master was so pessimistic, and said with a look of indignation: "Why does the general have such a long ambition and destroy his own prestige. If the Qin army is really as invincible as the legend, why was it able to return in the hands of our army in the morning. Are all the corpses all fake? ”

The Lord General looked at the young and excited young general in front of him, sighed, and said, "If it weren't for your father and I had an old relationship and asked me to take care of you, I wouldn't have said so much to you." Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, must not be ignored. Marching and fighting a war is not a simple matter of going back and forth, it requires real wisdom and insight.

You look at the corpses of the Qin army under this city wall, but do you see that these people are not the real elite descendants of the Qin army at all. They were just servant troops in the armor of the Qin army.

As I expected, the morning attack was only a tentative one. The commander of the Qin army only came to test the determination of our army to defend the city. Wait until the afternoon before the real attack begins. ”

The young general was stunned and muttered, "General, are you saying that these are the Koreans and Mongols who attacked the city this morning?" ”

The world knows that the Mongols and Koreans are not good at attacking cities.

But the Lord had already turned his head and walked into the distance, and began to inspect and comfort the surviving soldiers on the wall, and there was no one to answer him anymore.

After the Qin army collected its troops and returned to the camp, Bai Shan, who was standing on top of the tall cloud cart in the distance, smiled at the deputy general Bige beside him and said, "What do you see after this attack and defense in the morning?" ”

Bige knew that the Lord was testing himself, and Zhengse said: "According to the observation of the last general, although the Dashun army seems to be in a posture of living and dying with the city, but. The last general thought that they were already at the end of the crossbow. As long as our army adds another fire, this city will be destroyed in the near future. ”

Bai Shan nodded and said, "Not bad." So now let the soldiers eat and rest, and after eating, continue to attack the city. ”

Bige said: "General, do you still let the Mongolian and Korean servant armies continue to attack the city in the afternoon?" They had a lot of dead and wounded in the morning. ”

Bai Shan smiled slightly and said, "In the afternoon, our own people will be on it." Let them attack the city in the morning is only to test the enemy's determination and firepower. In addition, let these servants know who is the master and who is the servant.

As a servant, you can't let your master do everything. Otherwise, what is the use of these servants? ”

Bige instantly understood the commander's words.

Indeed, the Qin army is now basically victorious in a hundred battles.

Starting from the capital to attacking the city of Taiyuan, the prefectures and counties along the way were basically invincible, either fleeing or surrendering on the spot.

Even if the Qin army had a little resistance, as soon as a few artillery pieces were placed, these cities were frightened.

Therefore, along the way, these Mongol and Korean servant armies can be said to be extremely easy, only following the Qin army to pick up cheap.

And because the victory came too easily, the battle line was too long, resulting in the military discipline of these Mongol and Korean servants.

Although Jiang Chuan had been rectified before, as time went by, these people began to heal their scars and forget the pain, and did a lot of things that violated military discipline.

Therefore, this morning, Baishan arranged for them to attack the city first, both with the intention of testing the enemy's firepower and with the intention of punishing them.

Baishan stood still in the morning, allowing them to continue to be killed and wounded. But whoever retreats is killed on the spot.

In Jiang Chuan's words, cannon fodder must have the use of cannon fodder, and also have the consciousness of cannon fodder.

Since they themselves are not enlightened, then they have to be forced to be enlightened.