Chapter 637: The Battle of Mengzhou City
And the attack of the forces of the three continents, Mengzhou will not be able to resist it no matter what, if it is really said by Yun Xiaoshuang, then it will be difficult to do it next.
"Then what should we do now, if Haizhou really falls into the hands of King Hecheng, their support will be endless."
Zhang Chi was really anxious this time, Mengzhou had about 120,000 troops at full capacity, and Haizhou had at least about 80,000 troops.
It's okay to deal with Haizhou's troops alone, but if Jiangzhou and Yuzhou's troops are also transferred, then it won't be easy.
"Go and send someone to investigate, see where their reinforcements go, and then send someone to the capital to ask for help, and King Cheng estimates that the emperor already knows about it."
"In this case, the emperor will definitely send someone over, but we can't move the surrounding cities, so we can only go to the capital for help."
Yun Xiaoshuang thought about it silently, now she can only hold on, in the case of other cities in Mengzhou that need manpower to defend, the number of troops that can be used here in Mengzhou City is estimated to be only about 80,000.
Zhang Chi hurriedly took the order and went out, while Zhang Ji was worried, this matter is not easy to handle, and the next thing may be a vicious battle.
"Master Zhang, you go and send people to strictly guard the various passes of Mengzhou City, if my guess is correct, the other party's next attack will begin."
Yun Xiaoshuang explained seriously, Zhang Ji sighed, and went down to make arrangements.
And she sat in the big tent and looked at the map on the table, and the more she looked at it, the more worried she became.
Mengzhou City is completely different from Tongguan, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are many mountain roads and paths around, which are very suitable for ambushes, and there are many strategies to fight there that can be implemented.
However, the situation of Mengzhou City is completely different, Mengzhou City itself is located in the plain area, and there is only one Fushou Mountain that is not dangerous to defend around.
During the war years, this was the place of four battles, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and if King Hecheng sent enough troops, it was not impossible to directly attack the city.
And she had already guessed the purpose of King Hecheng, and he couldn't hold Mengzhou for long, so he didn't want to defend Mengzhou with King Cheng at all.
But after attacking Mengzhou, loot Mengzhou's money and grain, and integrate Mengzhou's troops, which is the most important thing, if King Hecheng wants to rebel, he can't bypass Mengzhou.
Now it depends on when the reinforcements in the capital will arrive, and before the reinforcements arrive, Mengzhou must be held, otherwise Mengzhou will be lost, and it will be useless for the reinforcements to come.
After Zhang Chi's investigation, the other party's troops were indeed coming from Haizhou, and the reinforcements were also on the way, at least seventy or eighty thousand.
This amount is really terrifying, although it takes five times as many troops to attack a city, but that is for a city that is not easy to attack.
A city like Mengzhou City, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, can be attacked without five times as many troops, and then it will be a fierce battle.
Sure enough, three days later, the other party's reinforcements had arrived, and they were directly in the city, and Yun Xiaoshuang asked everyone to withdraw to the city before the other party's reinforcements arrived.
And the people of Mengzhou City have also moved into the city in Mengzhou, and the entire Mengzhou City has now become a strategic place, and it must be defended.
"What is this?"
The three of them stood on the city tower and looked down, Yun Xiaoshuang seemed to see some incredible scenes, and she was stunned for a moment.
Because in the army under the city, she saw some people who were not wearing armor, but wearing some clothes that were not Tianshuo Kingdom.
"Those people are Qiang, I didn't expect King Hecheng to bring the Qiang?"
Yun Xiaoshuang was very surprised, after her reminder, Zhang Ji and Zhang Chi also saw this scene and were immediately shocked.
The Qiang people are an ethnic group not far from Jiangzhou, and like the Lanhan grassland, they are also nomadic people, with special horses and strong combat effectiveness.
However, the Qiang people are few, and they have always been in a state of submission to the Tianshuo Kingdom, although they sometimes resist, but even the army of Jiangzhou can't defeat it, and it is not a threat.
But this is for the overall peace of the Tianshuo Kingdom, the Qiang people themselves are very strong in combat, and the difference with the Lanhan grassland is that the Qiang people will attack the city.
At the beginning, the Qiang people had defeated Jiangzhou, and more than once, and the siege of the city had become accustomed to the Qiang people, which made it even more difficult to deal with.
Her face suddenly turned bad, this King Hecheng actually lured a wolf into the house in order to rebel, if he was really succeeded in rebelling by King Hecheng, then Tianshuo Kingdom would be in danger.
These Qiang people are not easy to mess with, and their purpose is not just to help King Hecheng, once King Hecheng succeeds, the first thing the Qiang people will do is to lead troops to resist.
At that time, the scene will not be under the control of King Hecheng, once the Qiang people enter the boundary of Tianshuo Kingdom, that kind of combat power is completely beyond the ability of the soldiers of Tianshuo Kingdom to resist.
"What follows is a fierce battle, no matter what, we must defend Mengzhou City."
Yun Xiaoshuang shouted, and the soldiers around him were encouraged and began to cheer themselves up.
After all, she was a woman standing on the city wall and guarding the city with them, and these things were naturally in good spirits.
"Lord Zhang Ji, I advise you to surrender, I have 90,000 troops here, plus 30,000 Qiang troops, you can't hold Mengzhou City no matter what."
"If you surrender now, King Hecheng will definitely give you a good official position, but if you are obsessed, don't blame my spear."
At this moment, a big man in silver armor stood up with a playful expression on his face, and the soldiers around him also laughed.
At this time, Zhang Ji and Zhang Chi's faces were very bad, and in the face of such humiliation, they couldn't wait to rush down and fight to the death with the people below.
But reason told them that they couldn't do this, and once they went down, Mengzhou City would be very dangerous.
"My lord, this person's name is Gao Yang, he is one of the four generals of the King of the North Sea, it seems that the King of the North Sea has surrendered, this guy is very powerful, and he is very capable of leading troops to fight."
Zhang Chi stood beside Yun Xiaoshuang and introduced her to the people who shouted below.
"How is this man better than you?"
Yun Xiaoshuang nodded, and then asked softly.
"My lord, it's not me who brags about myself, in front of me, this person is like a mustard, although he has some ability, but he can't ascend to the hall of elegance."
Zhang Chi sneered, not putting that Gao Yang in his eyes at all, and this was what Yun Xiaoshuang wanted to hear.
Zhang Chi himself is a very calm person and is not too arrogant, so he said that Gao Yang is not as good as him, that is, he is really not as good as him.
Although the ability of a general is very important when attacking, the same is true when defending the city, and then it depends on Zhang Chi's ability.
"Gao Yang, don't talk in vain, come to attack the city if you have a kind, Grandpa Zhang Chi, I'm not afraid of you at all, I'll see what you can do."
Zhang Chi snorted coldly and shouted below, and suddenly Gao Yang was so angry.
"Zhang Chi, you are dead, when I attack it, I must dismantle you into eight pieces, go on, and knock down Mengzhou City for me."
Gao Yang's nose was crooked, and he shouted, and then the army behind him rushed up.
Looking at the dense army, Yun Xiaoshuang's scalp was a little numb, this is an army of 110,000, and there is also a Qiang army with strong combat effectiveness, which is not so easy to deal with.
Fortunately, Zhang Ji has governed Mengzhou for so many years, although there has been no war and has always been peaceful, but he has not stopped the construction of city defense.
The city walls and gates have been strengthened, and a lot of sentry posts have been set up, and there are garrisons at the sentry points, otherwise the defense of Mengzhou may be more difficult this time.
Gao Yang below brought a lot of siege equipment, and a large number of people carried two siege vehicles and began to hit the city gate, and the ladders were also erected, and they all climbed towards the city tower.
"Come on, go and guard the city gate, no matter what you do, you can't let them break the city gate, and even if they do, you have to push me back."
"The oil brigade on the city wall listens to my orders and releases oil."
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Chi began to take over Zhang Ji's command, issuing orders in an orderly manner.
And under his rule, the soldiers also completed his arrangements very quickly, and a thousand men went down to block the city gates.
And the rest of the people took buckets of fire oil and began to pour it down.
This was prepared by them in advance, and in order to prevent the siege, fire oil, stones, and wood were all necessary, and they threw them down one after another.
Those who climbed up the ladder were smashed in the face by the oil and stones, and they all fell down one after another, and the ladder was also stained with oil.
At this time, a group of people came up with torches and directly lit the ladder, and the entire city wall burned into a fire, and from a distance, it was red.
Looking at the appearance of Zhang Chi commanding the army, Yun Xiaoshuang also breathed a sigh of relief, this Zhang Chi really deserves to be a famous general, and his ability is very strong.
This is the place where there is no war all the year round in Mengzhou, if Zhang Chi is at the border, he would have been famous a long time ago, and this is a real talent.
However, the number of opponents was too large, and there were only a few thousand people guarding the city gate below, and the two siege engines were very difficult to resist.
And there are more and more people climbing up the ladder, and such fire and stones are completely unsupplied, and soon they will be unable to resist it, so that the other party will climb up.
In this case, Yun Xiaoshuang also became anxious, once the city gate was broken and the enemy climbed up the ladder, then he would fight in the city, which was the most dangerous.
"Listen to my order, go and guard the city gate with another 2,000 people, and you must not let the other party break the city gate, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
"The rest of the men went to prepare stones and wood in half, and the rest prepared to fire arrows."
Yun Xiaoshuang also began to issue her own orders, and the archers had already been ready, but they had not let them shoot arrows for a long time.
After all, the archer is the last guarantee, and you can't just have a room unless you have to, but the other party has already piled up with crowd tactics, and if you don't release arrows at this time, you can't wait for when.
And the soldiers around looked at Zhang Chi, after all, Yun Xiaoshuang gave orders that they would not stop, and only listened to Zhang Chi alone.