Time went back to a day ago, in the afternoon of the 22nd, Li Chongjin, who had assembled 30,000 town troops in the Daimyo's Mansion, led the rear army to the city of Youzhou, and brought hundreds of warships carrying grain, grass, soldiers, armor and siege equipment, which were continuously transported into the Lusitai camp in the afternoon of the same day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Guo Rong was overjoyed, and ordered Dou Yi from the expedition to meet him, and collected military supplies, and then met with the generals of the rear army in the palace in Yuhe County, and summoned the privy kings Pu, Wei Renpu, and the generals of the forbidden army to come to discuss the siege of the city.

"Our army has arrived at the city of Youzhou for many days, and now there is no shortage of food and grass, and the equipment is sufficient, it is time to attack the city. Guo Rong seems to be in a good mood, so far he has not received the news of the Liao army's reinforcements entering the customs, but he has not received the battle report from the front, so he is still a little worried.

"Your Majesty! In addition to the 30,000 troops of Zhao Kuangyin, the former division of the palace, the 10,000 troops of Murong Yanzhao, and the 12,000 divisions of Li Chuyun, the division of the guards, our army mainly has 40,000 troops left in the front army plus 30,000 new troops, and 70,000 troops can attack the city. Wang Pu immediately reported the total number of troops so that the people could refer to it.

"In my opinion, although Youzhou City is tall and strong, but there is no moat and urn city, it is easy to advance to the city, but the four-zhang high city wall is really nerve-wracking, according to the preliminary judgment before the war, our army can build an earthen platform under the city, or set a ladder, or set a trebuchet to strike remotely, and at the same time hit the door with a rushing car. The main direction of attack is set at the west gate and the south gate, what do you think? Guo Rong asked with a smile.

Han Tong got up and said, "Your Majesty! It is still difficult for large ships to pass on the Sanggan River, so our army can widen the river to further ensure the smooth flow of boats, and at the same time take soil along the river and transport it to the city, and also need to collect stones and large trees to strengthen the earth platform, so that it can try to attack the city in five to ten days. ”

"That's a good idea! However, the preparation of these days can not be idle, since the trebuchet has arrived, quickly load it and transport it to the city to take turns shooting day and night, and tomorrow the rear army will go to the west and south city walls for the first round of attack. Guo Rong ordered.

Early in the morning of the 23rd, Guo Chongyi and Chen Sirang, who came with Li Chongjin, each led 10,000 troops out of the camp and drove to Youzhou City with a large number of siege equipment. Guo Chongyi mainly attacked the Qing Jin Gate and Xianxi Gate of the west city wall, while Chen Sirang was responsible for attacking the Danfeng Gate and Kaiyang Gate of the south city wall. With the height and length of the Youzhou city wall, 10,000 soldiers attacking a city wall actually seems very rare, even if the whole army stretches the queue, it is only half of a city wall.

The siege on the first day was mainly symbolic, and the rear army and soldiers naturally did not work hard, but the hundreds of trebuchets were fired like they were desperate, and in just one day, a small half of the stone bullets brought by Li Chongjin were consumed, and the amount had to be reduced in the next few days.

And the remaining more than 40,000 troops were not idle, driving out a large camp to repair and dig rivers to extract soil, and at the same time cut down wood and quarry, turning the southwest area of Youzhou City into a busy construction site. In the afternoon of this day, good news came from Changping in the north: Yuan Yanbu and Murong Yanzhao defeated the 35,000 cavalry of the Liao army's Yelu Lie Division at Baihuagang, fifteen miles southwest of Changping, beheaded more than 8,000 ranks, and captured more than 10,000 foot soldiers.

In the afternoon of the same day, Murong Yanzhao and Li Chuyun chased to Xishanxiakou Town, and fought again with the Liao army. Yelu Tzulie only led a few thousand remnants of the army to flee, and Yuan Yan then led the pursuit of foot and cavalry to camp outside Juyong Pass, and is currently preparing to attack Guancheng.

Guo Rong received the report with great joy in his heart, ordered the soldiers of the forbidden army to step up preparations, and urged Zhao Kuangyin to capture Luxian County as soon as possible and return to the division to attack the city. In the next few days, military reports came back from all over the country one after another, and Zhao Kuangyin's troops beheaded more than 2,000 people in a battle with the Ma army sent by Xiao Siwen to pursue the city in the east of the city, and now they have begun to attack Lu County.

And Jizhou Yuyang also transmitted the news from the Lutai army, Zhang Yue's department has captured Songting Pass, refused Xiao Haili's nearly 50,000 troops outside the pass, and recovered Ji, Tan, and Ping by the way, which can be described as the greatest credit.

Xiao Haili's department outside Songting Pass has not been withdrawn, and Guo Rong has also issued an edict to commend him, without saying too much. In this good situation, Guo Rong's troops and intensity of the attack on Youzhou City were increasing day by day, and then tens of thousands of people were transferred from the three prefectures of Mo, Ying, and Cangzhou to assist the army in taking land.

On the 27th, Zhao Kuangyin finally sent back the good news, and had broken through Lu County on the same day, Yang Gon led the remnants to flee in the direction of Shunzhou, but the results and gains were not specified. As a result, the next day, the Changyi Army Ming Jinpeng sent a fast cavalry to Xingzai, reporting that in the early morning of the 28th, in the area of Wangjingguan, fifty miles north of Lu County, he suddenly encountered more than 10,000 troops of Yang Gon's department, intercepted and beheaded 3,000 in a big battle.

Guo Rong immediately felt deceived when he received the report, and couldn't help but think carefully under great annoyance, Zhao Kuangyin's 30,000 troops were in the east of Youzhou City, only a day's journey away from the camp, but the battle situation was unknown. Ming Jinpeng led the horse army back to the division and encountered more than 10,000 soldiers, so Zhao Kuangyin did not break the city, but Yang Gon took the initiative to lead the troops to withdraw, so did Zhao Kuangyin not send troops to pursue.

In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Rong heard that Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to the south of the city and returned to the camp, and was about to send someone to summon him to ask, but he didn't want the soldiers on duty outside to come in and report: Zhao Chao was commanded in front of the palace to carry the thorn and ask for guilt outside.

Guo Rong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood that Zhao Kuangyin sent Zhao Chao to lead his troops to pursue, but this guy didn't catch up with most of Yang Gon...... But if you think about it carefully, it's still not right, Ming Jinpeng's troops suddenly encountered the enemy army halfway this morning, which means that Zhao Chao didn't chase after him at all, and camped halfway.

It's this Zhao Chao again! Guo Rong suddenly remembered that during the Battle of Gaoping, it was this person who made trouble when he camped in Huaizhou, and he killed too many prisoners during the Huainan War so that the Southern Tang Dynasty surrendered and rebelled, these people are really useless!

"I'm gone! Proposed edict: Zhao Chaoyi was commanded in front of the palace to delay the military plane, causing the enemy to flee, resign from his post, and demote the general of Zuo Wuwei! Guo Rong gave an order, and the Zhongshu people who accompanied the army waved their pens, and soon there were Tongshi Sheren who went out with the edict to read it, and Zhao Chao was immediately dismissed, and the original position was vacant.

Just when Guo Rong breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Kuangyin then came to ask for a meeting, and opened his mouth to ask for guilt, but at this time, Guo Rong was no longer responsible, and asked about the plan to attack the city. Zhao Kuangyin was in favor of the plan to attack the city of Tutai, and he had no special opinions.

On the first day of the first month of March, there was a military report, and Yuan Yan, Li Chuyun, and Murong Yanzhao conquered Juyong Pass. Li Chuyun selected 3,000 elite light soldiers, overnight to the victory, climbed the cliff and climbed the wall by night cover, and then entered the Juyong Pass along the Great Wall horse road.

After receiving the report, Guo Rong ordered to recall Murong Yanzhao's 10,000 cavalry, and ordered the whole army to attack Youzhou City together on the fifth day of the third month, hoping to end the battle in March.