The regular army in Huzhou, the largest one is stationed in Huzhou, the palace front Si Zuo Army, this army is quite a lot of soldiers, there are more than 5,000 people on the books, but because of the empty salary and the remaining members of the army, in fact, the number of soldiers who can be used can not reach 3,500 people. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, there are more than 2,000 state soldiers in Huzhou, these two thousand people are said to be state soldiers, and they have the name of a forbidden army, in fact, they are similar to the box soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they rarely train in peacetime, but they are only responsible for some conscription, construction, and arrest things, and their combat effectiveness is very poor, and they have not undergone much formal training.

As soon as Liu Baojun was destroyed, the remaining main force of soldiers and horses in Huzhou City became the left army of the front of the palace, and the commander of the left army of the front of the palace was very dissatisfied with the arrangement of King Ji, thinking that King Ji was too cronyistic, and a former small imperial dragon officer sat on his head, which made him very unhappy, so when Xiao Liang pointed fingers at him, he really contradicted Xiao Liang a few words, which made Xiao Liang very faceless.

Xiao Liang also knew that people looked down on him, but at this time he also knew that he had to rely on the elite of this Huzhou city, so he was very smart and kind to caress him, which made Bao Zaitong, the commander of the left army in front of the palace, feel more comfortable.

So at the instigation of Xiao Liang, Bao Zaitong still led the army to climb the southern city wall and began to arrange the fortification.

However, Gao Huaiyuan refused to give them enough time to arrange, so he arrived at the city of Huzhou on the same day, and chose a place outside the city to set up a camp.

Looking at the Lin'an soldiers and horses that appeared outside the city, the atmosphere in Huzhou City became tense, and there were people everywhere who were running endlessly, moving all kinds of equipment that could be used to guard the city to the city, Xiao Liang and Bao boarded the city tower at the same time, and watched the Lin'an soldiers and horses outside the city.

After this glance, both of them gasped, because the soldiers and horses of the same front division of the palace, their soldiers and horses were compared with the soldiers and horses of the front division of the palace, and the soldiers and horses looked strong and strong, while their soldiers and horses looked a little shabby.

At the same time, they also saw that this time Lin'an sent no less than 20,000 people, more than their number, although the number of regular soldiers is not too much, but from a distance, there are still a large number of chariots from afar to Huzhou City, how many troops Lin'an sent, they don't know how many troops they have in their hearts.

On the whole, they were well aware of their weaknesses, so the two of them coincidentally chose to stay behind closed doors, stick to the city, and wait for King Ji to gather more soldiers and horses to help them, so that they could have a chance of victory.

After Gao Huaiyuan led the army to Huzhou City, he did not immediately send troops to attack the city, but first personally led the generals in the army to carefully survey the terrain around Huzhou City, and then returned to the camp.

Gao Huaiyuan still used the old method to send a skillful craftsman to make a sand table in the big tent according to Huzhou City, which made his command more convenient and made the generals look more clear at a glance.

The generals in the army are now surrounded by the sand table, because Gao Huaiyuan's command in the first battle of Hongjie Mountain is very proper, and the strategy of sending strange soldiers to block the enemy army has also won an unprecedented victory, so those generals in the army who are not in the family of the Holy Protector Army are also convinced by Gao Huaiyuan, plus Gao Huaiyuan took the lead in the battle yesterday, so everyone can see his bravery, so everyone is full of confidence in this battle of Huzhou.

Gao Huaiyuan grabbed a baton in his hand, pointed to the generals in the sand table and said, "All the generals take a look!" Huzhou City is in front of us now, we can't fight here, we must destroy the rebels of King Ji as soon as possible, and return the world to a peace, this battle is still required by the official to be fast, within three days must conquer Huzhou City, capture the traitor King Ji and others! If you have any good ideas, you might as well just say it! ”

Three days! The generals have scratched their heads a little after listening, although Huzhou City is not a strong city, but the terrain here is very complicated, Huzhou City according to the terrain convenience, along the city wall to dig a moat several zhang wide, the surrounding ditches are vertical and horizontal, it is difficult to carry out large-scale siege warfare, want to conquer Huzhou City within three days, they are all pressed up, and may not be able to take it down, if you seek stability now, in the eyes of many people, or to besiege the top, so that Huzhou City is short of food, and the rebels are naturally defeated without a fight.

Therefore, as soon as they heard that Huzhou City had been captured in three days, some generals frowned, looking a little disbelieving, only Hua Yue and Zhao Futang, the generals of the Holy Protector Army, began to look at this sand table in Huzhou City and pondered.

Gao Huaiyuan also saw everyone's thoughts, put away the baton, walked around the big tent with his hands behind his back for a while, turned his head and said: "Presumably, all the princes think that Gao is talking in a dream!" If you want to take Huzhou City in three days, it is undoubtedly a bit of a fool's dream? Definitely! Gao is not boasting about Haikou! It is not impossible to conquer Huzhou City in three days!

For now, let's analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the rebels! Let's talk about the advantage first, we are a long-distance attack, and the Huzhou rebels are based on the city, which is convenient! Gao does not deny this!

But in terms of disadvantages, we are united, and the Huzhou rebels are all kinds of people and horses put together, if you want to unify the command, it must be very difficult, and this official learned that although Huzhou claims to have 20,000 defenders, in fact, most of them are some rabble, including both thieves and fishermen, at best they are just some state soldiers, to deal with such people, we are the heroes of Beijing, and they are all looked down on when they are ten!

The most powerful in the city at the moment is only the left army of the front division of the palace, but according to the investigation of the left army of the front division of the palace, the bag is a wine bag and rice bag in the same country, and it has been reprimanded for eating empty salaries, so the left army is actually not enough soldiers, and the training is also far inferior to that of our soldiers.

This is not their biggest problem, this time King Ji is in turmoil, in fact, everyone knows that it is not orthodox, and the people's hearts are not really inclined to King Ji, many people in the city are just bewitched by thieves to help King Ji, when I wait for the army to press the border, the soldiers and civilians in the city have naturally panicked.

Moreover, after hearing that Liu Baojun's army was annihilated, there was no doubt that the morale of the rebels was very bad, and even if we went to the city today, the enemy army did not dare to attack, indicating that they were already frightened and only wanted to defend the city.

But the people in the city don't necessarily want to give their lives to King Ji, it's just some people speculating, and most of the soldiers and civilians are not willing to fight to the death.

As long as we wait for the continuous onslaught and break through the outermost moat, the city will naturally be in chaos, and when the time comes, it will not be a fool's dream to take Huzhou City in three days! ”

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's analysis, the generals nodded one after another, and even said that it was reasonable, while Hua Yue said: "What Master Gao said is right, it is possible to take Huzhou City in three days!"

As long as we send some people to preach outside Huzhou City that those who surrender will be exempted from the crime of participating in the rebellion, so that the enemy army will be divided first, and when we wait to attack the city, there will be a large number of people who will not work hard, so that our casualties can be greatly reduced! ”

Zhao Futang also nodded and said: "Commander Hua is reasonable, at the end of this battle, the general will think that it is also the heart of the attack, the rebels are not united, we can take advantage of the chaos to conquer Huzhou City, if we let it work together and fight to the death, I am afraid that we will all go into battle, and we may not be able to conquer Huzhou City!" ”

Gao Huaiyuan said with a smile: "That's right, attack the heart first, then this time let's attack the heart of the rebels, starting from tonight, you will help the official from the camp to find more people with loud voices."

Please think about it, a simple slogan, inform the soldiers and people in the city, King Ji is guilty of rebellion, as long as they lay down their arms and surrender, everything they have done before will not be blamed, and tell them that all those who help us to sacrifice the city will be rewarded, and I will guarantee to the people in the city that the autumn will not commit any crimes, only arrest the first evildoer, and never carry out the rebellion, it is expected that there will be many people in the city who will no longer help the rebels defend the city!

In addition, Zhao Futang listened to the order, and this official ordered you to immediately lead some people to gather up all the ships nearby, escort them here immediately, and start erecting pontoon bridges tomorrow to prepare for the siege of the city.

Liu Dayong listened to the order, and this official ordered you to lead the army around the west gate of Huzhou tonight, and carry out a feint attack at the west gate to contain the rebels in Huzhou City.

Fang Youliang listened to the order, this official ordered you to immediately lead a thousand soldiers under your command, after nightfall, immediately go to Fangjia Mountain, bypass Chenghuang Mountain in the west of the city, without alarming the rebels, sneak to the north of the city, block the waterway leading to Taihu Lake in Huzhou, and prevent the rebels from taking the waterway to get new support, and after the city of Huzhou is broken, arrest the thief there! ”

Zhao Futang knew that Gao Huaiyuan had a slight injury on his body and was unwilling to let him go into battle, so he would send him to collect the boats, so he did not slack off, and immediately led a group of people out of the camp, scattered along various waterways and rivers, and began to search for all kinds of local boats.

At the same time, Gao Huaiyuan also sent some people to the canal to requisition the ships blocked in the canal to join the siege ranks, and sent people to collect planks, ropes and other things for the army to erect pontoon bridges at any time.

Once the military machine is activated, the energy is also huge, and the boats along the river did not dare to hesitate at all after receiving the order, so they rushed along the river to the outside of Huzhou City with the military academy dispatched.

After nightfall, all kinds of boats filled the river in the south of Huzhou City, and the craftsmen who accompanied the army began to work by the moat outside Huzhou City that night.

Looking at the busy color of the soldiers and horses outside the city, Xiao Liang was also frightened, staring at the movement outside the city with his one eye, not daring to slack off, when he saw a large number of men and horses outside the city by the moat and began to erect pontoon bridges, he immediately ordered the defenders to release arrows to stop, but each of these craftsmen was equipped with a soldier with a shield to cover them from being injured by bows and arrows, so although the arrows were fired randomly on the city, it did little harm to these people who erected pontoon bridges.