Chapter 50: Enemy Tracks
The four-chapter update of my sister, who promised that "no matter how ugly it is, it will come out to show people" was delivered on time today.
After receiving the news, Xiao Yuanshan routinely sent an official document to Fuyuan Lu Dabing to raise vigilance, and then turned his mind to the formation and training of the Dingzhou Army.
The rebuilt fortress of Fuyuan was stronger and more majestic than before, and 3,000 soldiers of the Xuanfeng battalion were stationed in the fort and the two forts around it. Xiao Yuanshan knew that the elite of the White Department came this time, but it was just for the large-scale invasion of the autumn to fight the outpost, so he was not in a hurry, the current Dingzhou army could not fight yet, he could only step up the training, and strive to form a preliminary combat force after the autumn, although he could not go out of the city to fight with the barbarian army in the field, but relying on the strong city, it was not a big problem to defend the border.
Lu Dabing himself is a member of the Dingzhou Army, and he immediately worked hard, he had been working under his brother before, and Yongli was known in the Dingzhou Army.
After receiving the Dingzhou military report, Lu Dabing disagreed, the barbarians were still in the autumn, and there would be no big war at the moment, and after the scouts were released, Fuyuan did not make too many precautions.
In early May, the Fuyuan Fortress was still the same as usual, the lazy soldiers were leaning on the stacks of the fortress, bored, and on the fields outside the fortress, farmers were busy in the fields, due to strategic needs, the trees within a few miles in front of the fortress were cut down, standing on the top of the fortress, you could look far away.
Fuyuan fortress is very large, although it is called a fortress, in fact, he should call it a city, the whole fortress is several miles long, about a mile wide, in addition to the army, there are many residents engaged in various industries in the fortress, and Fuyuan is separated by hundreds of meters in front, one left and one right stand two acropolis, each acropolis can be stationed about five hundred soldiers. Angles to the fortress. It can be described as impeccable in defense, without ten times the number of troops, it is basically impossible to easily take such a well-defended fortress.
Most of these soldiers have experience in confrontation with the barbarians, knowing that if they fight with the barbarians in the field, the selection of the front battalion based on the infantry army will suffer, but when it comes to defending the city, they are not afraid at all, and they are even lame enough to give the barbarians a little hardship.
At the top of the fortress, the lazy sentry suddenly stood up straight, put his hand on the canopy, and looked nervously into the distance, and at the end of his eyesight, a beacon fire was burned, and the straight wolf smoke soared upward. It was a beacon in the distance. Immediately after, one after another beacon fires ignited, and in the sentry's field of vision, several war horses were galloping towards this side, and in the distance behind them, a large puff of smoke and dust obscured the sky.
"Enemy attack! The sentry trotted all the way to the garrison, and for a moment, the mournful sound of the horn echoed over the fortress of Fuwu, and it lasted for a long time.
The people of Fuyuan, who were still working in the field, had long been accustomed to the horn of the enemy's attack, and when they heard the sound of the horn, they looked at the wolf smoke in the distance, hurriedly packed up their farm tools, and rushed to the fortress.
On the top of the fortress, a group of soldiers rushed up in full armor, crossbows were pushed out from the city tower one by one, the crossbowmen nervously shook their bow arms, and loaded the eight-ox crossbows as thick as children's arms onto the crossbows, and more cadres quickly moved the stones and logs and piled them up under the stacks. As the scouts arrived, the top of the fortress was ready, and rows of soldiers stood on the towers, nervously watching the large force of cavalry rolling in the distance.
As the scouts rushed into the fortress gate, the heavy gate closed tightly, and the thick logs were encased in the iron rings behind the fortress gate, blocking the gate almost tightly.
Lu Dabing was dressed in black iron armor, holding the helmet in his arms with one hand, and pressing the stack with the other, looking intently at the approaching barbarians, beside him, an old man with gray hair frowned, and his face was full of melancholy.
"Mr. Feng, there are about 3,000 barbarian soldiers, all of them cavalry." Lu Dabing's eyes showed contempt, "Just because these people want to capture my Fuyuan Fortress?" Underestimate us, right? "
Feng Jian shook his head: "General, it is the big tent soldier of the Bai clan who came, the Bai warrior, the most elite and the most daring to fight among the barbarians. This man is a barbarian who has fought with us for a long time, and he knows the tactics of our army very well, and it is unlikely that he will attack the city with cavalry."
"What do you mean, sir? "
"I guess they came this time just to show off their military might to us and test the truth, and in addition, I am afraid that Yan Bulu will bypass Fuyuan and divide troops to attack various places, so that we will not be able to take care of each other."
"Divide the troops and attack inside? Not really. Fuyuan Fortress is in our hands, and if he dares to divide his troops, aren't you afraid that we will intercept his back road? Lu Dabing said.
Feng Jian smiled bitterly: "General, Wanyan Bulu only needs to leave two thousand cavalry here, which is enough to contain us here, he can calmly divide the troops, the barbarians come and go like the wind, and we will select hundreds of cavalry troops in the front battalion to go out of the city to intercept that is to send sheep into the tiger's mouth."
Lu Dabing said movingly: "If this is the case, we must immediately report to Dingzhou and ask Xiao Dashuai to send cavalry to intercept it."
"The battalions in Dingzhou, last year, were wounded and bone-wrenching, after the whole army, they have not yet formed an effective combat force, there are too many people, the barbarians have long been far away, too little, they will be broken by the barbarians, I guess Marshal Xiao will definitely station the troops in the fortress and fortified city, and will not go out of the city to fight."
Lu Dabing was a little anxious, "If this is the case, won't my Fuyuan townships become the target of barbarian looting again?" "
"There's no way around it! Feng Jian said: "If you try to ensure that the fortress is not lost, you can prevent the barbarians from wantonly plundering, and this is also a way to minimize the losses."
Lu Dabing slammed the city wall hatefully, "It's really lame, I really want to go out of the city and kill these barbarians."
"General, never! Feng Jian hurriedly persuaded: "General, it is the general's top priority to protect the distant fortress, as for the loss of the townships, it is also a matter of nothing, we can only inform the townships to quickly retreat to Dingzhou City and other places."
Between the two of them, the elite of the white department outside the fortress has rolled in, hundreds of steps away, a horn sounded, Qi Qi reined in the horse, thousands of cavalry actually stopped in a very short period of time, after a little chaos, has been lined up in a strict military formation, thousands of cavalry quietly looked at the Fuyuan fortress not far away, except for the sound of horse neighing, it was silent.
Looking at the military strength of the barbarians, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfeng battalion above the fortress all changed color, these veterans have all fought with the barbarians, but it is the first time that such a strong soldier has been encountered.
"The big tent soldiers of the Bai clan really live up to their reputation! Lu Dabing muttered.
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