In the face of the 40,000 troops of Zhao State, Yelu Qicai did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the generals defending the city to make the most rigorous arrangements to prevent the Zhao people from attacking the city.

Yelu Qicai stood on the city wall, facing the cold wind, blowing the cloak behind him, behind him was a group of subordinate generals, Yelu Qicai looked at the pile of faint firelight in the distance, and said in a cold and deep voice: "It has been ascertained that Zhuozhou City was broken by the enemy in just one hour, Ulian was killed in battle, and more than 10,000 soldiers in Zhuozhou City were all slaughtered by the enemy. ”

"This time with the troops to attack Nanjing, is the Zhao people praised as the god of the army Qin Guan, the previous war report mentioned this Qin Guan, very remarkable, the previous battles, Qin Guan destroyed Qu Li's 10,000 soldiers and horses, killed Qu Li, destroyed Anashi 20,000 cavalry, killed Anashi, Xixia is ready to move, 40,000 troops on the border of Zhao Xia, this Qin Guan and surprise attack Xixia, annihilated Zhang Wenxian's 40,000 army, so that Xixia directly broke the idea of southern invasion."

"Now he has led his troops to invade my Great Liao Kingdom, and he broke through Zhuozhou City in just an hour, killing all the garrison soldiers of Wulian and Zhuozhou, this person is really good, I didn't expect Zhao State to have such a person."

The generals next to him were shocked when they heard Qin Guan's achievements.

Qu Li and Anashi were both famous generals in Liao, but in front of Qin Guan, they ended up with the whole army annihilated.

Although Zhang Wenxian is a native of Western Xia, he also has a great reputation, he is the privy minister of Western Xia, and the commander of the national army and horses, but he was also killed by Qin Guan.

At this time, Zhao Yanshou said: "I have also heard of this Qin Guan, who is the new champion of Zhao State, with first-class literary talents, famous poems all over the world, and some of his poems are even very popular with His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Yelu Qicai said: "This man is really terrible, so we must be very careful, Nanjing is my great Liao accompanying capital, and we must not lose it." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

All the generals should be in unison.

Yelu turned his head and asked Zhao Yanshou, who was left behind: "What is the situation of the people and merchants in the city, a big war is about to start, and there must be no chaos in the city." ”

"I have sent people to pacify, they believe that it is impossible for the Zhao people to break through the high city of Nanjing, and with tens of thousands of defenders in the handsome, isn't it easy to destroy the Zhao army." Zhao Yanshou said.

Yelu Qicai shook his head and said: "If it is other generals of the Zhao Kingdom, I am fully sure that they will be easily annihilated, but this Qin Guan is an outlier, and it is not by luck that he can have such a record, and the battle only depends on strength." ”

The North Route Army set up camp, lit a fire to cook, and all the soldiers had a hot meal, and after eating, Qin Guan ordered all the soldiers to rest.

There was a strict rule in the barracks that no one could walk around without a warrant, and those who violated it were to be put to death, so the soldiers went into their tents to rest.

Generally, one army uses one tent, that is, a tent for five people, and the northern nomads have a lot of cattle, horses and sheep, so their military tents are almost all cowhide tents. The cowhides of the troops in the Central Plains are used to make armor, but no one is so generous, basically they are mainly cloth curtains, in order to prevent rain and moisture, the surface is coated with tung oil or grease.

However, Qin Guan's Northern Route Army used warmer cowhide tents, and the reason was that they were captured.

They had several big battles before, but they captured a lot of Liao materials.

The dog couldn't sleep, so he moved his body, turned sideways and asked Wu Chang who was lying next to him, "Brother Shisuo, you said that we can win by attacking the Liao Kingdom, we only have 40,000 people, and this is someone's territory." ”

Wu Changshisuo didn't open his eyes, and replied with his eyes closed: "Why can't you win, since we followed Qin Shuai, which of us have lost." ”

"But this can't be compared, this time we are alone, and we don't even have logistics."

Shi Suo scolded: "You know a fart, Qin Shuai is the champion of the Yuanlang, the stars in the sky are descending to earth, since the battle to lead the army, invincible and invincible, don't you understand that you are a little egg, it must be right to follow the big handsome, you see that we are fighting Zhuozhou City, the big man invited a thunderbolt, and directly smashed the city gate, which one else will have this ability." ”

Dogan pouted, "Don't lie to me, I know it's a fireworks." ”

"You know an egg, why don't others use it, you have to climb up with a ladder to attack the city, and fill it with the lives of your brothers, but we don't need it, others use pyrotechnics to make fireworks, but the big boss can be used to siege the city, and the big boss uses his mind Do you understand."

Dogan nodded, "I see." ”

"I understand, I don't sleep the fuck, and I'm still busy at night." Shi Suo scolded,

"Oh, let's sleep." The dog quickly lay down.

The curtain of the wind-blown tent rattled, and the flames of butter and wax in the tent shook, and the guards hurried over and nailed the curtain with wedges.

In the big tent, the generals of the Northern Route Army gathered, including Li Xuan and Jun Sima, and a map was placed on the table, which detailed the regional topography of the Liao State and the walled roads.

This is a map of the Liao Kingdom captured in the city of Zhuozhou.

Qin Guan pointed to the map and said: "We attacked from Zhuozhou and pulled out the largest nail in front of Xijin Mansion, and the two cities of Miaoyin and Yongqing on the east side of Xijin Mansion were stationed with 5,000 Liao soldiers respectively. ”

"The five cities of Changping, Jinshan, Ding'an, Shunsheng and Yongning on the west side are stationed with about 5,000 soldiers until Datong Mansion in Xijing."

"In the city of Xijin, there are 20,000 Liao soldiers stationed, this is their main force, the soldiers and horses of the four cities of Miaoyin, Yongqing, Changping, and Jinshan can be used as support, Ding'an, Shunsheng, Yongning and even Datong Mansion, the distance is too far, and they can't dare to come for a while."

"What we are mainly facing now is the 20,000 Liao troops in the city, and the 20,000 Liao soldiers who may come to support."

"With such an analysis, isn't it much clearer, our 40,000 and the other party are also 40,000, so it should be considered evenly matched." Qin Guan said lightly.

Others were not as easy as Qin Guan.

Li Xuan said: "Dashuai, we must beware of them encircling us, after all, we are now deep in the Liao Kingdom." ”

Qin Guan shook his head and said, "I won't give him a chance to join the siege, and these cities must be destroyed, so that we can clear our worries." ”

Qin watched that the time was almost up, announced the end of the meeting, and then led everyone to the ordnance camp.

At this moment, the ordnance battalion is busy, hundreds of craftsmen are assembling the stone thrower, the stone thrower appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it is a siege weapon, after years of improvement, it is now very advanced, a ten kilogram stone projectile, can be thrown out thousands of meters of extraordinary power.

Qin Guan didn't understand the stone thrower, but he could improve the cannonball.

Tonight, Qin Guan is preparing to 'bombard Xijin Mansion'.