Chapter 434: A fire in the night
Jiangning is the Nanjing of later generations. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is where the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties is located, and the historical Wu, Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen have all been the capital here.
Although Yang Wu and the Southern Tang Dynasty had made their capitals here, it was the ancient capital of the Ten Dynasties.
At this time, Jiangning was the state capital of Jiangning Mansion and the capital of Jiangnan East Road.
As far as Huashigang is concerned, this place is already regarded as a secondary place, and Suzhou and Hangzhou are the main ones. Because the Grand Canal transporting Huashigang was diverted in Danyang, entering the Yangtze River from Changzhou, Danyang, and Dantu, and then directly north into Jiangdu, Jiangdu, that is, Yangzhou. Then enter the Huai River from Chuzhou, and then all the way from the Grand Canal to Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and finally arrive at Bianjing City in Tokyo.
The Nanjing here refers to Yingtianfu, that is, where the Shangqiu of the Houshi is located, not the Nanjing of later generations.
The Song Dynasty had four capitals, namely the national capital of Tokyo Bianjing, Nanjing Yingtianfu, Xijing Luoyang, and Beijing Daimyofu.
Although Jiangning and Huashigang are not important, it is a place of annexation.
There are a large number of forbidden troops stationed in Jiangning, and there are 300,000 soldiers on the register around the area alone, which is also the first place where Zhu Mian thought of escaping after fleeing from Suzhou.
It's just that the erosion under the cover of years of peace and the richness of Jiangnan, of the 300,000 forbidden troops on the register, can only be named in the end......
Jiangning City is almost unable to defend it.
It's not just that it can't be defended, but it's forced to hold on from the beginning.
Externally, Zhu Mian claimed that Jiangning had an army of 400,000, 400,000, this number scared a bunch of people, whether Fang La's side was scared or not, but the officials on the Jiangnan side were frightened, and they were happy to hear that there were so many soldiers to fight on the Jiangnan side, and they were happy after fleeing to Jiangning.
But in reality?
Only a few people really understand it, they have been eating empty salaries for a long time, falsely reporting soldiers for a long time, and even soldiers have left the military to do other things, these things are already an unspoken rule, there are 300,000 people registered, and the first thing Zhu Mian did when he fled to Jiangning was to continue to block the news of Jiangnan, and at the same time ordered people to find out all the soldiers who could fight in Jiangning.
Although Zhu Mian is not a military general, when life and death are at stake, he is more serious and persistent than anyone else.
300,000 are on the register, but the actual number should be 70,000!
70,000 people, Zhu Mian smashed a lot of things on the spot, and in the end it really didn't work, just the people were charged, no matter what the combat effectiveness was, they caught the army, and finally declared 400,000 to the outside world.
However, it can be seen from Fang La's plan to storm Jiangning that Fang La was not frightened by Zhu Mian's 400,000 defenders, but stormed all the way.
The only thing that made Zhu Mian happy was these city-guarding equipment, I don't know why, these city-guarding equipment were not sold, so that when Fang La attacked Jiangning, they could still use the city-guarding equipment to resist for a while.
This gear is six days, and thanks to the moat outside Jiangning City, the water is too deep to hinder the offensive of Fang La's army.
In the past few days, the casualties of the 70,000 battleable army are also very large, 40,000 killed, and now Jiangning, there are only 30,000 battleable troops left, and 50,000 people who have been forcibly recruited, and the harvest equipment in the city has also been exhausted, so even the gold juice has been taken out and sprinkled under this Jiangning city.
Outside the city.
Fang La personally ordered someone to behead a few fleeing thieves, and the endless onslaught in the past few days has also caused heavy casualties here.
Although 100,000 sets of equipment armor were purchased from Li Chu, these equipment were only a little better than the standard armor of the Great Song Dynasty, far less perverted than the Qilin Army.
100,000 Jihad Army, after nearly a month of long-distance raids, dozens of battles large and small, now there are less than 60,000 left, many of these 60,000 of them were later added, this attack on Jiangning, in addition to the Holy War Army, Fang La also dispatched 300,000 ordinary people turned into soldiers, as the vanguard of the attack on Jiangning.
Outside the city of Jiangning, it is already a hell, I don't know how many people and soldiers died here, there are thieves in Fangla, and there are also defenders in Jiangning.
After beheading a few people in a row, Fang La's anxiety not only did not ease, but became even more impatient, and An Nai became uneasy.
An hour ago, he had already received a message from Danyang.
The Qilin Army suddenly appeared in Runzhou and captured Danyang City.
Qilin Army, Danyang!
Fang La gritted his teeth and tried his best to calm himself down, but the harder he tried, the more he couldn't calm down, how did this damn Qilin Army appear here!
It's not that he hasn't thought about it, but it's too low.
They are all rebelling against the Song family, the Qilin Army will not come to Jiangnan, if he comes to Jiangnan, what about Jingnan Road?
But he never expected that this Qilin Army would appear here, and also captured Danyang, his rear grain and grass base.
In this way, it is also equivalent to tearing the skin open.
Moreover, Danyang was broken, and the grain and grass of the army were gone.
This siege, in order to prevent the Song army from finding an opportunity to sneak attack, Fang La only brought two days of grain and grass, and then asked Danyang to re-transport it every time, even if the grain and grass were sneak attacked, the follow-up grain and grass would be sent in a steady stream, so as not to fall into trouble, but what he never expected was that the Qilin army directly captured Danyang.
Danyang, there are 70,000 thieves stationed here.
"Attack, attack me again, if you can't take Jiang Ning today, I want your head!"
Influenced by the anxious mood, Fang La's face was a little hideous.
To the east of the camp of Fangla.
Along the way, the small groups of thieves encountered on the road were wiped out one by one, and the sky became darker and darker, leaving only a little remnant of the sunset.
Li Chu saw Fang La's camp.
He had the fire lit on the spot, and then raised the banner of the Qilin Army high, and under the illumination of the fire, he could see this side from a distance, and naturally saw the flag of the Qilin Army.
"Holy Father, look to the east."
The people in the Fangla military camp immediately discovered the situation in the east, as it was bleak today, and it was difficult for people not to notice the sudden light of the fire.
"Qilin Army, Li Chu!"
Looking at the familiar flag in the east, Fang La's eyes widened angrily, and he smashed his fist on the case, shaking the wine glass on the case.
"How many people came?" Fang La asked.
"I don't know yet."
"Then go and explore!" Fang La roared angrily.
The herald immediately rolled down in fright, and before they could go out with the horses, another light lit up in the darkness.
This light is very dazzling and gorgeous.
It's very fast, like a meteor......
(To be continued.) )