Chapter 326: The Ants Attack the City
As Guo Jia expected, the Montenegrin Army really set the main direction of attack in Shangai County and Jingcheng County, and Zhang Yan's handsome banner appeared outside Jingcheng County.
Three days after Ye Teng's allies decided to send troops to Changshan Kingdom, the offensive and defensive sides of Jingcheng County were basically ready!
Millions of Montenegrin troops arrived outside the city in dense clusters and surrounded Jingcheng County. According to the estimation of the leader of Jinyiwei, it should be more than 3 million!
And the hundreds of thousands of allied troops in Tianma City have all been teleported to Jingcheng County.
The army that came, in addition to the 5,000 Beiwei army led by Shangguan Xue'er, 50,000 Qi family troops, and 200,000 third-order soldiers; In addition to the 3,000 Beiwei army led by Yan Hao and Yan Ruoyu, 20,000 Qi family troops, and 100,000 third-order soldiers, there are also some related forces and affiliated forces in Xue Weiyang, such as the Fang soldiers of Triumph City, Lu Peng of the Qinglong Gang, and Song Yun of the Chen family, 30,000 Qi family troops, and 250,000 third-order soldiers!
If you add the 20,000 Qi family troops led by Zhang Liao and Hu Feng inherent in the city, 20,000 wolf cavalry and 100,000 ordinary third-order soldiers, the defenders in the city at this time have a total of 8,000 middle-level special troops, 140,000 primary special troops, and 650,000 third-order soldiers.
Due to the sudden influx of 500,000 or 600,000 troops in the city, not only did the military barracks be occupied, but also a lot of civilian houses had to be vacated to settle the troops.
Fortunately, some time ago, the mansions confiscated by the big and small families were raided, and a considerable part of them were not allocated, which came in handy at this time.
As the master, Zhang Liao was not only responsible for receiving the heads of various families and settling the Allied troops, but also responsible for coordinating and commanding. Therefore, in order to sort out the slightly chaotic status quo in the city and divide the defense area, Zhang Liao convened a coordination meeting with all the leaders of the forces.
Zhang Liao, as the host, first welcomed everyone's arrival and explained the purpose of the meeting:
"Thanks to the great support of our allies such as Xue Weiyang, the Yan family, the Chen family, Triumph City, and the Qinglong Gang, although we are also well-fed at this moment, the Montenegrin army outside the city is still more than 5 times that of us;
If necessary, the Montenegrin army may be increased again, and our Changshan country is besieged by many forces, and it is unlikely that there will be reinforcements in the short term.
Therefore, the balance of strength between the enemy and us is still a bit huge, once the war starts, we must not only go all out and dare to sacrifice, but also be disciplined, perform their duties, and defend their own places to ensure that the city is not lost! ”
Among the hundreds of thousands of guest troops present, basically only Shangguan Xue'er was the first to look forward, so she first responded politely: "I often hear Lord Ye praise that General Wenyuan is a famous general who is not born in the world, and we are willing to obey the general's dispatch and command!" ”
The leaders of the players in the seat naturally admired the name of the head of the five good generals for a long time, and believed in his military ability, and expressed their willingness to obey Zhang Liao's deployment.
But at this time, Zhang Liao was still young, and he had not yet reached the point of commanding a million-strong army. What's more, he also knows that being polite doesn't mean that he can kick his nose in the face.
So he said politely: "Commanding a million troops, fighting a decisive battle on the battlefield, listening to the blood boiling, but it is indeed beyond Liao's ability!" Fortunately, the battle to defend the city anyway is nothing more than a slice defense, as long as everyone can ensure that the section they are defending is not broken by the enemy, the enemy is helpless. So, I mean, let's just divide the defense and do our own thing, I don't know what you think? ”
"Since General Wenyuan is polite, it is not worth it, I, Xue Weiyang, am willing to defend the West Gate!" Shangguan Xue'er, as the strongest force here, took the lead in responding.
As the most likely main direction of the Montenegrin Army, Ximen may have the heaviest guarding task, so it is natural for Xue Weiyang to defend it, and everyone has no opinion.
Next, each family claimed its own defense area. Finally, after coordination, it was determined that Xue Weiyang was guarding the west gate; The Yan family army guards the south gate; With the Triumphant City soldiers as the main commander, he led 10,000 Qi family troops and 100,000 third-order soldiers to guard the east gate; With Lu Peng of the Qinglong Gang as the main commander and Song Yun as the deputy general, he led 20,000 Qi family troops and 150,000 third-order soldiers to guard the north gate.
The army of Tianma City is the reserve in Jingcheng County, and is responsible for the security and logistics in the city!
Because he is responsible for the overall gains and losses of Jingcheng County, Zhang Liao did not snatch the defensive task with other parties at the meeting, his primary task is to ensure that the city is not lost, as for the merit value and training, it can only be regarded as a secondary task, not to mention the millions of enemy troops outside the city, I am afraid that there is no opportunity to train troops and brush merit points?
Therefore, he is also willing to be responsible for logistics support tasks, of course, it is more important to keep an eye on the east gate and the north gate, and once the situation is found to be bad, he must send troops to rescue.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you, if the situation is critical, please let me know, and I will support you as quickly as possible!" Zhang Liao finally commanded.
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At the same time, the other army of the Montenegrin Army, with more than 2 million troops, also surrounded Shangai County.
Since the related forces and affiliated forces of the Overlord Sword Alliance are more than those of Xue Weiyang, and their strength is also stronger, the support force of Shangai County is roughly equivalent to that of Jingcheng County.
After the arrival of the whole army, in order to respond to the monster farming requirements of the associated forces and affiliated forces, the Badao Alliance directly asked Zhou Tai to manage the logistics and hand over the four city walls to him to guard.
However, Zhou Tai took the excuse that he couldn't help as the master, so he managed to control the east gate, which was the most unlikely to be the main attack direction of the enemy, in his own hands.
According to Jia Xu's orders, Zhou Tairang the deputy general Xu Xian to lead 5,000 Qi family troops, 30,000 third-order soldiers to be responsible for the defense of the eastern city wall, and the other main forces as reserves, and to carry out public security, counter-espionage, logistics and other work.
Ba Dao didn't think much about it, anyway, he sent troops this time, one was to support his allies, and the other was to take a group of little brothers to brush up on merit points, he didn't have any other ideas, and he didn't intend to take the lead, he just thought that Zhou Tai was unwilling to be a spectator, and he also wanted to brush up some merit points, so he went with him.
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Whether it is Shangai County or outside Jingcheng County, the way the Montenegrin army fills the trenches and moats is much simpler and rude than the Yuan army, directly moving in all directions, and sending 100,000 troops in each direction of the city gate.
Although the number of casualties was much higher than that of the Yuan and Wei armies, the speed of filling the trenches and moats was not slower than theirs.
In just two days, the Montenegrin army was able to directly carry the ladder on the city wall to attack the city!
It is true that the Montenegrin army is poorly equipped, and many armies are not even fully armoured, but for the defending army, it may be better to face the well-equipped troops of Yuan and Wei.
On that early autumn morning in 190 AD, facing the cool breeze and soft sunshine, whether it was Shangguan Xue'er standing in the west of Jingcheng County, or Badao standing in the west of Shangai County, I felt a little chill down my spine!
The siege method of the Montenegrin army vividly interprets the term "ant siege": any arrow can shoot the enemy, any stone can hit the enemy, and sometimes it may not be happiness. As far as their eyes could see at this time, they were all densely packed and could not be killed, as if they could submerge the entire city in the next moment!