As mentioned above, this Jinyang City was originally the old capital of Zhao during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and now it is also the core political center of Bingzhou, which naturally has a scale different from that of ordinary county seats.

At the same time, Jinyang City is also a frontier town in the north of the Han Dynasty to defend against the Xiongnu, so the city has also been officially strengthened and repaired, and it has not lost its value because of the erosion of the years.

In the future, this Jinyang will be known as the place where the dragon gave birth to the true dragon son of heaven, and it can be regarded as the origin of many dynasties.

For example, the Northern Qi Gao clan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties period started with Jinyang, and the later Tang Dynasty also started with Jinyang, and then in the later Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Jinyang was the capital of the Later Jin, Later Han, and Northern Han kingdoms.

It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty opened the country to capture Jinyang, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, that Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, was afraid that Jinyang would produce another "true dragon son of heaven", so he took the saying that "prosperity is subordination, and decline is the first rebellion", and sent an edict to burn down the ancient city of Jinyang with fire, so that the ancient city that had been operating for thousands of years turned into white land, and then ordered the diversion of Fenshui and Jinshui to irrigate the ruins of Jinyang, so that Jinyang City completely disappeared in Bingzhou.

But in this day and age, Jinyang City can still be regarded as a fortified city in the northern land.

The city is built on the north bank of Jinshui, the west bank of Fenshui, the east side of the hanging urn, in terms of topography, it also takes into account the advantages and disadvantages of attack and defense, it can be said that it can threaten the attack of Jinyang City, only the city gate on the south and north sides.

Outside the city walls on the east and west sides, because of the proximity to the mountains and waters, it is difficult to set up an offensive position, and it is naturally difficult to launch an offensive against Jinyang City.

In this way, the high-ranking army guarding Jinyang City only needs to deploy the main defensive forces on the south and north sides.

At the same time, there are also three inner cities in Jinyang City, which was once the old capital of Zhao State, one is a warehouse city with a storage nature, one is the new city where the official government temple is located next to Cangcheng, and another is the old palace city based on the Zhao royal city in the past.

Among them, Cangcheng and Xincheng are located in the north of Jinyang City, which basically constitutes an inner city in the north of the city, so even if the outer city of Jinyang is broken, Gao Gan can still rely on the city in the northern district to defend it, and Zhu Weijun still cannot be regarded as capturing Jinyang City.

Although Na Gao Gan was wiped out by Zhang Liao's light cavalry of nearly 6,000 troops in the previous battle, there were still more than 10,000 troops led by his brother Gao Rou in Jinyang City.

Now Gao Gan has brought back nearly 4,000 defeated soldiers, plus the young men recruited in the city, which can add up to 24,000 or 5,000 defensive forces.

Wei Yan's Jingnan battalion also lost three or four thousand troops after the first battle of Chang'an, although after that, including the heavy cavalry and light cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion, they all filled some troops from the defeated army of Han Sui and restored a lot of troops, but in general there were only 15,000 or 6,000 troops.

Even if two or three thousand troops of the high-ranking army are captured now, it is naturally impossible for these captured soldiers to be immediately converted into the combat strength of Zhu Weijun, but they have to divide their forces to guard them.

In this way, the number of troops that Wei Yan can use to attack the city is not as large as the number of troops defending the city on Gao Gan's side, and now Wei Yan is going to attack a big city like Jinyang, which is indeed a bit difficult to fight.

Zhang Liao's light cavalry naturally could not be wasted on siege, at most when Wei Yan's Jingnan battalion launched a siege battle, helping to suppress the defense of the defenders on the city wall with bows and arrows.

In this way, even if Wei Yan's Jingnan battalion soldiers are not weak in combat effectiveness, this combat effectiveness has been offset a lot in the face of the geographical advantage of the high-level cadre army.

Now if Wei Yan is allowed to take the Jingnan battalion to attack Jinyang City, it will really be a little impossible to gnaw, which makes Wei Yan, who has the heart to make meritorious contributions, also frowned, in the face of such a strong city, Wei Yan's adventurous spirit is useless.

In desperation, Wei Yan could only discuss the strategy of the first battle of Jinyang with Jiang Wan, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and other generals in the military tent, thinking about how to capture this city.

It's just that now Gao Gan is a little frightened by Zhang Liao's light cavalry, and it is obviously impossible to go out of the city to fight, but Zhu Weijun's side wants to attack strongly, and it seems that he really lacks strength.

For a while, several people in the military tent had no idea.

"By the way, now that our army is not enough to attack the city, we may be able to find references, when the lord asked us to capture Shangdang, he also explained that our army can contact Zhang Yan of Montenegro to provide him with weapons, grain and grass, and let him attack Yuan Shao's rear in the land of Bingzhou and Yizhou! Now, how about our army let Zhang Yan of Montenegro send troops to attack this Jinyang together? ”

Seeing that everyone couldn't come up with an idea for a while, Jiang Wan, the only one here who could be regarded as a wise military advisor, thought of a thing, originally after Zhu Wei contacted Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, he was going to fund Zhang Yan through Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion.

Jiang Wan, who is the commander of the Jingnan battalion, is also in charge of the logistics of the Jingnan battalion, so he naturally knows about this matter, and now that Zhu Weijun is attacking Jinyang City and lacks troops, Jiang Wan can't help but think of the power of Zhang Yan in Montenegro.

After listening to Jiang Wan's words, Wei Yan, Zhang Liao and others were still a little hesitant, after all, this Zhang Yan was born as a thief and lacked trust, and now he wanted him to send troops to help attack a fortified city like Jinyang, which was equivalent to needing Zhang Yan's troops to attack the city, would Zhang Yan agree?

"Gongyan, is this Yan willing to come? It will cost his life to attack Jinyang, if that Zhang Yan knows that we are looking for his help, he wants him to attack Jinyang together, will he have any thoughts? ”

Wei Yan couldn't help but ask Jiang Wan, Wei Yan and Jiang Wan are not very old, and the two of them are compatible in Jingnan Camp, and the relationship is harmonious on weekdays, but now Wei Yan is a little skeptical about the feasibility of Jiang Wan's plan.

"It doesn't matter! Now is the best time for Zhang Yan to join our army, Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao were mortal enemies, and now Zhang Yan's black mountain is gradually declining, and he must find another way, but Yuan Shao's place, Zhang Yan must not be compatible, and now Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are allies, and Zhang Yan cannot be accepted. Only on the side of our army, the previous lord has sent an envoy to contact him, and Zhang Yan also replied, as long as our army provides weapons, grain and grass, he is willing to send troops to attack the rear of Yuan Shao! It can be seen that Zhang Yan already has the heart to invest in my lord! Now, if our army asks for help, if this Zhang Yan is a caring person, he will happily send troops to help! ”

Jiang Wan thought about it for a while, but analyzed it in his mouth, judging from the situation Zhang Yan is facing now, it is also necessary to find a force to rely on, otherwise there will be no way out in the future.

But he originally chose Gongsun Chan as an alliance in the north, and fought to the death with Yuan Shao many times, so naturally he could not be accepted by Yuan Shao.

Although Zhang Yan has also accepted the official position of Pingyan Zhonglang General divided by the Han court, which can be regarded as whitewashing his identity as a thief, but now the Xudu court controlled by Cao Cao does not necessarily recognize his official position.

At the same time, as mentioned above, the Montenegrin forces controlled by Zhang Yan have actually been weakened a lot under Yuan Shao's suppression, and Zhang Yan's life in Montenegro is actually not very good.

Therefore, Zhang Yan also had the intention to go out of the mountain to find a force to take refuge, perhaps this is also the reason why Zhang Yan would accept the olive branch thrown by Zhu Wei after Zhu Wei sent an envoy to contact Zhang Yan......