Chapter 432 As the saying goes, the two armies are fighting, and they need to take precautions.
The Tianyuan army has not completely crossed the Panshui yet, and Tang Yin has already formulated a plan to attack Zhangyu first.
In the past two days, the Tianyuan army dismissed the captured Peng army and executed all the stubborn ones, and then Tang Yin sent several troops to recover the villages and towns around Zhangyu, and first completely isolated Zhangyu City.
Two days later, the Plains Army, together with the army's grain and grass baggage, all crossed the Panshui as scheduled, and Tang Yin did not delay any longer, commanded the army, and marched towards Zhangyu.
Due to the lessons learned before, the Tianyuan army was cautious in this advance, and the eyeliner in charge of spying had been sent to a place twenty miles away from the whole army, and the important and dangerous places along the way were carefully examined.
Along the way, the Tianyuan army walked without hurry, without accidents, and three days later, they successfully arrived in Zhangyu City.
Gaochuan County is full of mountains, but Zhangyu City is a big plain, as far as the eye can see, a horse Pingchuan, if the big county town is located on the plain, it is also very conspicuous, and the outline of Zhangyu City can be seen clearly from a good distance.
Tang Yin's injuries have now healed, he rode on a horse, accompanied by his generals, walked to a small earthen bag on relatively high ground, and raised his eyes to look at Zhangyu.
Zhangyu City is boxy, the city wall is not high, in two zhang five or so, can be close to eight meters, for the non-border city, such a city wall specification is also good, look into the city, faintly see the high platform pavilion, it can be seen that Zhangyu City is still very prosperous.
After watching for a while, Tang Yin turned his head sideways and asked, "Do you know the number of enemy troops in the city now?"
Lotte and Ai Jia both stepped forward and said: "My lord, Zhangyu has been sealed off for several days, and our spies can't enter the city, so it is not clear how many enemy troops there are for the time being, but through the transfer of troops in the surrounding villages and towns, it can be seen that the additional troops in Zhangyu are close to 20,000. ” En, this is similar to Xiao Xin's original estimate, Zhangyu itself has 20,000 county soldiers, plus 20,000 from other villages and towns, the strength has reached 40,000, if you capture Zhuangding in the city to fill the army, its total military strength should be about 50,000, with the three-fold siege theorem The strength of the besieging side is three times that of the defender, and the 150,000 troops of their own side can only be said to be just enough.
Tang Yin nodded, and said to Xiao Muqing and Ziying: "Set up camp two miles away from Zhangyu, rest for a day, and attack the city early in the morning."
"It's an adult," Xiao Muqing and Ziying both replied.
According to Tang Yin's order, the Tianyuan army camped two miles away from Zhangyu, and it was Ziying who was in charge of camping.
Ziying is a regular commander general, and his basic military concept is much stronger than Xiao Muqing's, and his camp is also very knowledgeable.
Ziying set up camp around Zhangyu City and surrounded the enemy's city.
And the 150,000 army, it is unrealistic to want to surround the huge county town, and it is easy to be broken through by the enemy, and Ziying's camp is virtual and real, on the surface, the camps are basically the same, but in fact, the troops are mainly concentrated in a few key points, echoing each other, once the other party blindly attacks, it is easy to be hit by the joint force of the Tianyuan army.
After Ziying set up the camp, it was already dark, Tang Yin personally inspected the circle, was very satisfied with Ziying's performance, praised it without hesitation, and went back to the news of the Chinese army's big tent.
Let's talk about Zhangyu City on the other side.
Now Zhangyu has a lot of troops, even more than Tang Yin imagined, up and down together, there are 60,000 or 70,000 people, but so many troops, not many can really come in handy, only the more than 20,000 county troops, the other 20,000 are requisitioned from the local reserves, the so-called reserves are actually veterans who have long been discharged, they are all forty or fifty years old, some people even need crutches to walk, let alone go into battle to fight, the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 people are all strong men, It's just that these strong men are all temporarily made up from the people of Zhangyu City, that is, they have never been on the battlefield and have no combat skills, to put it bluntly, they are just twenty or thirty thousand meat shields.
The only thing that can be reassuring about Zhangyu's current situation is that the city defense is complete and the grain and grass are sufficient, which has also become the greatest confidence of Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Invincible, Xiao Shang and others to resist the Tianyuan army.
That night, Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang and others gathered in the county capital, although there were many people gathered in the hall, they were silent, the atmosphere was gloomy, and the depression was almost breathless.
The Tianyuan army has come to the city, surrounded the city, and the water in the siege of Zhangyu is blocked, this is just the beginning, there is a steady stream of Tianyuan army reinforcements behind, only with the lonely city of Zhangyu, if you want to resist the Tianyuan army with a large number of troops and morale, no one can be optimistic.
"Lord Wang" As he spoke, one of the generals under Xiao Shang's command walked out, this person was wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, tall, burly, in his early thirties, with a white face and black beard, a dignified appearance, a heroic posture, and a majestic demeanor.
Yo Zhongtian has never paid attention to the generals under Xiao Shang, and when he saw this general, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he secretly said that this person is in good spirits He looked at Xiao Shang with a puzzled face, and asked, "Brother Shang, this is" "Oh king, these are the subordinates of the courtier's brother, named Hao Zhao."
As he spoke, Xiao Shang looked sideways at the general, frowned and asked, "Hao Zhao, what's the matter with you?"
"My lord, the last general thinks that our army should attack the enemy camp tonight."
Oh Hearing this, Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang, and Zhan Invincible all set their eyes on Hao Zhao's face.
Xiao Shang frowned secretly, this Hao Zhao, what is not good, how can he say that he wants to go out of the city to attack the enemy, he can't even hide now, how can he still go out of the city to fight His face sank, and he scolded: "Hugh wants to talk nonsense, retreat" "My lord, the Tianyuan army has come from afar, and has set up a large battalion of such a scale outside our city non-stop, and its officers and men must be extremely tired, if they attack the camp at night, they will be able to take the enemy army by surprise and make our army achieve a great victory."
Hao Zhao Zhengse said.
Xiao Shang is now reluctant to fight, and he can't listen to anything, and when Hao Zhao finished speaking, his face was even more gloomy, and he shouted: "Isn't fighting a war a child's play, how can it be as simple as you say, don't hurry up and retreat."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhong Tian waved his hand, interrupted him, and said quietly: "This king thinks what these generals say is reasonable.
As he spoke, he looked at Zhan Wushuang again and asked, "General Wushuang, in your opinion?"
Zhan Wushuang thought for a while, and said: "Tang Yin is very cunning, and there are many capable generals around him, I'm afraid, the Tianyuan Army will not guard against our army's sneak attack at night."
Hao Zhao's eyes widened, and he said to Xiao Shang: "My lord, when the enemy army is encamped, the general will also observe carefully, the enemy's camp is empty and real, and it seems that the place with many soldiers is actually empty inside, and the seemingly weak point hides a killing opportunity, on the surface, the Chinese military tent of the enemy camp seems to be heavily defended, but in fact, the main strength of the Tianyuan army is not here, my lord, you only need to give me 3,000 men and horses, I will sneak attack the enemy's Chinese army tent at night, and I will definitely be able to retrieve Tang Yin's upper head." ” Xiao Shang looked at Hao Zhao, who took the initiative to ask for help, not only was he happy, but the roots of his teeth were itching, sneaking up on the enemy's military tent, taking Tang Yin's head, to put it lightly, in fact, how could it be so easy, if Tang Yin was really so easy to kill, the battle was unmatched, the battle was invincible and even Zhong Tian, how could it fall into the current field syllable Xiao Shang slapped the table suddenly, his eyes erupted with fire, he glared at Hao Zhao angrily, and shouted: "Hao Zhao, you don't want to talk nonsense again, if you dare to confuse my army again, I will severely punish you and return without credit."
Hao Zhao wanted to continue to speak, but at this time, a young golden armor general came out of the ranks, grabbed Hao Zhao's wrist, forcibly pulled him back into the queue, and said in a low voice: "Brother Hao, the adults are no longer satisfied with your words, so don't say it again." ” "But if you miss this great opportunity, our army will have no hope of victory," Hao Zhao shook his head and sighed.
The young warrior in the golden armor glanced at Hao Zhao deeply, and said faintly: "Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven, there are many things, and you and I can't control them. ” "Alas" Hao Zhao looked up to the sky and sighed, deliberately raised his voice and said: "If you don't fight now, I'm afraid that our army won't even have a chance to fight in the future." ” Xiao Shang snorted angrily, didn't even look at Hao Zhao, and pretended not to hear.
As far as Xiao Shang's personality is concerned, he is relatively open-minded, and his surname is very soft, no matter what his ability is, he can still tolerate those generals who disagree with him.
In fact, Zhan Wushuang is also considering whether Hao Zhao's plan is feasible, it is undeniable that he is right, the Tianyuan army came from afar, and set up the camp without stopping, it is certain that the upper and lower levels are tired, and tonight is indeed a good opportunity to carry out a sneak attack, but can I think that Tang Yin and his generals will not think of it In case someone guards against this hand, prepare in advance, and make a hasty sneak attack, wouldn't it be a sheep into the tiger's mouth and increase casualties After thinking about it repeatedly, Zhan Wushuang felt that it was too risky to sneak attack at night, and it was not as safe as strictly guarding the city, not to mention, now that they were in a critical situation, they could no longer withstand any loss.
In the end, Zhan Wushuang still did not express his position, and vetoed Hao Zhao's proposal with a silent attitude.
On this night, the Tianyuan army did not attack the city, nor did it make a tentative disturbance, and the Zhangyu side was even more beneficial, not a single soldier came out, and the two sides spent a night peacefully.
Wait until the next day, early in the morning, the sky is just bright, the drums in the camp of the Tianyuan army are all around, the sound of the soldiers is endless, the time is not long, a 20,000-strong wind army array gushes out from the south camp, and stabilizes the position in a place one mile away from Zhangyu, and then, the former sergeant is divided to the left and right, and out of the camp is a high-ranking person, a step general with a cha man on his back, this person is holding a super-large model of giant hammer, standing in front of the wind army array, looking at the head of Zhangyu City, and shouting: "Listen to the rebels in the city, I am the battle tiger of the Tianyuan Army, Who dares to go out of the city and fight me":