When the battles in Liaodong and Hexi were gradually coming to an end, and after more than ten days of calm on the battlefield in Bingzhou, they finally became nervous again. Moreover, this battle will directly determine the final fate of the Huns.

After full preparations, the Jin army gathered nearly 120,000 troops in Jinyang on the front line to confront the 180,000 Huns, and a big war was about to break out!

Jinyang is the seat of Taiyuan County, and since Liu Yuan established the Han Kingdom, it has been regarded as the capital of the Han Kingdom. At present, the city is mainly inhabited by Huns, about 300,000 people, and less than 100,000 Han Chinese. In order to defend Jinyang, Liu Yuan took out all the nearly 100 artillery pieces in stock.

In the previous wars, although the Jin army was victorious, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was large, and if it weren't for the logistics and supplies, this war would not have dragged on for so long. The Privy Council, who was in charge of commanding the battlefield of Bingzhou, made Zu Ti rack his brains in order to surround the Huns in Jinyang.

Therefore, after he eliminated Liu Cong and Liu Yao's troops, Zu Ti did not immediately launch a new offensive, but rested for a while, and the Jin army replenished troops and weapons and ammunition while covering Zhang Fang's attack on Mayi. Today, all the previous plans of the Jin army have been realized.

120,000 troops gathered under the city of Jinyang, it can be said that the Huns could not fly out of the encirclement of the Jin army even if they had wings. Before the start of the battle, Zu Ti rushed to the Jin army's camp in Yuci.

At present, the Jin army is concentrating five artillery battalions, 50,000 cavalry, and 70,000 infantry soldiers on the battlefield of Bingzhou, and is divided into three combat groups. In the northern part of Bingzhou was the 30,000 infantry cavalry army commanded by Zhang Fang; in the east, it was a coalition army of 50,000 cavalry, which was commanded by Zu Ti himself; The southern part was a coalition of 40,000 cavalry troops commanded by Gou Xi. As for the west is the Yellow River moat, even if the Huns want to escape from here, they must first pass through the blockade of the Jin army's inland fleet.

In Yuci City, the Privy Council made Zu Ti hold a pre-war meeting, and Zu Yue, Gou Xi, Zhang Fang, Yao Gezhong, Fu Hong and other Jin generals all attended. Looking at the black-pressed generals, Zu Ti said with a firm look:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the soldiers of the Empire are now victorious on all fronts. In the northeast, we have recovered the entire Liaodong region and driven the Xianbei people back into the dense forests of the northeast; In the northwest, the Jin army completely annihilated Hexi Xianbei and brought the Hexi Corridor back under our rule. ”

"It's just that these are not the main battlefields, the real main battlefields are still here. In the state of merger. The Huns here are our worst enemies. This war has been going on for almost two months, and the finances of the imperial court are already a little overwhelmed, so we must end this war as much as possible by the end of this month! ”

This is particularly important. And the battle of Jinyang that we are going to fight now. It's a crucial battle. Whether we can decide the outcome of the first war depends on the outcome of the first war. The imperial court in order to prepare for this battle. It took nearly half a month to prepare. Your Majesty even did not hesitate to take out a million guan from the inner treasury to support us, so this battle, we must win in one battle! ”

"No. Checkmate! The general immediately stood up with his hands in his fists and replied. There was no one present who did not want to win, they could also understand the hardships of the imperial court, don't look at the war that lasted for a short time, unlike the Han-Xiongnu war in the Western Han Dynasty that lasted for nearly decades, but this war consumed a lot of materials.

"According to the plan of the General Staff Military Administration, the Battle of Jinyang will start in three days, Lord Gou Xi is responsible for the south, and Lord Zhang Fang is responsible for intercepting in the north, cutting off the retreat of the Huns and preventing the Huns from escaping. The great armies of the east attacked from the east immediately after the battle began. This time, we are going to eat all the 200,000 Huns. ”

"Now the Huns rebellion is all concentrated in Jinyang City, especially the Huns Dashan Liu Yuan is an outstanding talent of the Huns, and he is also a rare general, so everyone must not take it lightly after the start of the war, in order to prevent being attacked by the other party! In addition, this Liu Yuan is a key criminal that His Majesty has repeatedly asked to be arrested, he has a high prestige in the hearts of the Huns, if he can kill him or capture the other party in one fell swoop, this war is estimated to be over without fighting! ”

"General rest assured, the inferior rank guarantees the completion of the task!" The generals bowed down and received the command.

"Captain Zhang, your task in this battle is particularly heavy. If the Huns want to flee north, they must break through your defenses, so you can't be careless! According to the news from the Military Intelligence Agency, there are at least 100,000 Hun cavalry in Jinyang City, if the other party is desperate to attack your defense line, no matter how critical the situation is, you can't let a Hun pass through your defense line! Zu Ti specially told Zhang Fang a few words.

"Please rest assured, General! Although the Hun cavalry was strong, after several previous blows, the combat effectiveness of the Hun cavalry had decreased a lot. They are no match for our Xiang army at all, and they are confident that not a single Hun will escape! With the current firepower of our army, if the Huns still adopt the traditional tactics of the past, it is enough to make the other side meet and break the blood! Zhang Fang said confidently.

"Well, very good! As long as the road for the Huns to retreat north is blocked, the Huns in Jinyang will become turtles in the urn. Another point that needs to be reminded is that the city of Jinyang is tall, the city defense is strong, and the Huns have been constantly strengthening the defense of Jinyang over the years, and the entire Jinyang City has become a strong fortress, so everyone must try to avoid casualties when attacking. ”

"General, please rest assured, the inferior rank has the confidence to defeat Jinyang. Even if Jinyang has been turned into a turtle shell by the Huns, we are confident that we will knock out the next piece. Besides, after our troops were fully supplied, their firepower was unprecedentedly strong, enough to destroy any enemy, and even more so than the Huns. Lay down Jinyang, there must be no problem! Yao Gezhong said with a smile.

"Yes! General, although the defense of Jinyang City is strong, how can it block our heavy artillery? The artillery of the five artillery battalions combined had 650 guns, which was enough to bomb Jinyang City into ruins. Especially those heavy artillery, the shells that guy blasted out are very powerful! Gou Xi also agreed.

In this northern war, the artillery can be said to be out of the limelight, without the strong support of the artillery, the Jin army may not have achieved the advantage on the battlefield so easily. Originally, some ministers of the DPRK and China were a little dissatisfied with the cabinet's spending of a large budget on artillery, but after this war, there was no longer any objection from the top to the bottom of the DPRK and China.

Artillery, especially heavy artillery units, can do more with less against cities that are difficult to capture. In the past, when fighting a war, the way of filling a fortified city was generally to be filled with human lives, and many people died in every attack and defense of the city. But now it's different, for such a city, the Jin army only needs to use heavy artillery to fire a few cannons at it, and the custody can take the fortress city at the minimum cost.

"Well, having said that, we can't pin all our hopes on the artillery either. They are not omnipotent, and it is said that the Huns in the city also have a lot of artillery, so the final decisive moment will have to rely on the foot soldiers! Zu Ti reminded that he didn't want his subordinates to put all the burden of conquering Jinyang on the artillery.

"We all get it. Checkmate! ”

"Alright, let's go back first! Three days later, first of all, the artillery began to prepare for artillery fire, and half an hour later, the various departments immediately launched an attack on Jinyang City! Zu Ti commanded.

"General No!" After saluting, the generals departed. They need to return to their respective units and make concrete arrangements for the offensive in three days' time.

At present, the Jin army has appeared in the north, south and east of Jinyang, and the atmosphere in Jinyang City at this time is also very tense. Liu Yuan could faintly feel that now the Jinyang War was about to break out. The Jin army has been preparing for so long, and this battle must be very intense.

Liu Yuan was even faintly worried, with the 180,000 people in his hands, would he be able to hold Jinyang? He had no confidence in that. If Jinyang is lost, it will be all the capital for the entire Huns. All the shame they had inflicted on the Han people before would be exchanged by the Han people.

Perhaps the entire Huns will fall into the abyss, so all the Huns know the importance of this battle, and if they lose, all the Huns will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

At this time, Liu Yuan had gathered 180,000 troops in Jinyang City, but he still didn't feel a sense of security. The Huns in the city were panicked, and if it weren't for Liu Yuan's strong suppression, I am afraid that they would have collapsed long ago.

"Someone, go and find Master Zongzheng, I have something to discuss!"

"Yes, Great Khan!" A guard hurriedly went out to find Liu Xuan.

After a while, Liu Xuan walked in with a sweaty face, recently Liu Xuan was also busy with his feet on the ground for the defense of Jinyang City, but as soon as he heard that Liu Yuan was looking for him, he still came back busily.

"Uncle, there is no problem with the city defense, right?"

"It's okay for the time being, it's just that everyone's morale is not very high. But it's nothing, anyway, we Huns also know that surrendering to the Jin army will not have a good result, so we don't worry about them defecting on the battlefield. ”

"Uncle, the upcoming war, for the Huns, I don't want to say much about its importance. If we can hold Jinyang, then we still have a chance, otherwise, ......" Liu Yuan said cautiously, the current Huns have no way to retreat, victory is life, defeat is death!

"Please rest assured, the ministers will be able to hold out to the end and defeat the Jin people!" Liu Xuan assured that although this guarantee did not have any substantive significance, Liu Yuan was still very happy.

"Excellent! Next, I will hand over Jinyang City to my uncle, and if anyone does not listen to my uncle's command, you will hand them over to me to deal with. "Now Liu Xuan has gotten the 'Shang Fang Sword' given to him by Liu Yuan. (To be continued......)