In the camp of the Xia army of Longping, Zhaozhou.
Li Bingchang was furious in the big tent of the Chinese army and said: "This Zhang Miao is too cunning, he actually used this bad move, this time it's good that the Song army didn't catch it and all of them shrank to Julu City." ” "Big brother, according to reliable information, the Song army has hoarded a large amount of grain, grass, weapons and gunpowder in Julu, which is enough for hundreds of thousands of Song troops for a year; Moreover, Zhao Yan also sent an additional 100,000 troops to Julu, which means that now the troops under Zhang Miao in Julu City have reached 400,000, and Julu City is west of the mainland and east of the Yellow River, both sides are silt and are not conducive to attack at all, the only ones that can attack are only north and south, it can be said that Julu is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we may have to work hard to take Julu. ” "Even if it's hard work, we have to take the giant deer, otherwise how can we talk about my army going south to fight."
Li Bingchang said firmly.
"Actually, if we go south to fight and win the giant deer, the impact is not very big."
Zhu Xu thought for a while and said; According to the war report, Zhang Miao lost at least 50,000 elites, that is to say, the defenders in Julu City are only 350,000 at most, while our army has nearly 500,000, including our 400,000 army and 100,000 troops under the command of King Changshan; We have an absolute advantage in terms of troops, with these armies, in fact, we don't have to fight with Zhang Miao, we just need to send a large army to surround Julu City, and the rest of the army will divide their troops to the south, capture other places and completely cut off the Song army's southward road, so that it will become an isolated enemy, and finally clean him up in the first two. ” "What General Zhu said is a good plan."
Li Bingchang nodded and said: "Order, tomorrow the army will go south to join the king of Changshan, and we will discuss the specific attack on Julu." ” The next day, the Xia army began to march towards Julu, Julu City is an important fulcrum of the Song Army's Great Wall defense line, so the entire Julu City was built very tall, and a large amount of grain and grass and baggage were put in the city, Zhang Miao was very confident in defending Julu City, with the defense of Julu City, Zhang Miao thought that he could block 500,000 Xia troops under Julu City, after arriving at Julu, Zhang Miao made a detailed strategy to defend the city, and at the same time absorbed all the surrounding troops into Julu City, including the surrounding garrisons, and the defeated troops from under the defense line of the Great Wall, and the number of troops gathered reached as many as 70,000 or 80,000.
"General, after this period of preparation, our army has recovered to more than 400,000 troops."
The adjutant general reported to Zhang Miaoyu.
"What about the people in the city," Zhang Miao asked.
"Those who are willing to leave have left, and the rest are not willing to go."
The adjutant said; "Including the people in the city, there are as many as 450,000 people in the entire Julu City."
"It doesn't matter how many people there are, the food and grass in the city is enough for us to eat for a year and a half."
Zhang Miao said with a smile; "The order is to store the grain, grass and weapons separately, and send heavy troops to guard them, and no one is allowed to enter without the order of the general, and the entire Julu will implement a curfew system from today, and the people in the city will be incorporated into the baggage barracks."
Zhang Miao immediately ordered.
"Yes, the last general commands" The whole Julu City has become a large barracks, unlike other cities, Julu City is not a square city, but a city close to the pentagonal, and there is no inner city, the entire city was rebuilt with the construction of the Great Wall, and it was completely converted into a military fortress, and its defense far exceeded that of other Song cities.
A few days later, 500,000 Xia troops marched to the outside of Julu City, the army was divided into three camps, two of which were outside the south gate, one outside the north gate, and the 500,000 army was also stationed separately, of which 200,000 troops were stationed outside the north gate, and 300,000 troops were stationed outside the south gate, and the battle of Julu was about to start, which was an important decisive battle between the Song and Xia sides on the northern battlefield.
In the camp of the Xia army, Li Bingchang summoned the generals to begin to discuss the battle plan for attacking Julu, and in the center of the entire Chinese army's tent there was a huge sand table of Julu City and the surrounding terrain, and the strength of the Xia army in various places was marked very clearly, everyone looked at this sand table and was worried, and the Song army had all cowered in Julu City, completely defending the posture.
"Let's talk about how to fight this battle" Li Bingchang asked everyone: "According to the intelligence, the Song army has gathered 60,000 or 70,000 troops during this time, and there are more than 400,000 defenders in the city, and the grain, grass, and weapons can be said to be inexhaustible.
Moreover, the Song army also built a large number of trenches, horse pits, horses and castles in the city, and the Song army stationed in each castle was not more than a thousand people, but it was equipped with large bed crossbows and catapults, and we had no way to attack Julu City without pulling out these castles, and these castles of the Song army could support each other, which was similar to the defense system of Shangnan City."
"When the second brother attacked Shangnan City, he used 2,000 missiles, and he could have used up this thing," Li Hao pouted and said; "I think it's better to bypass the giant deer and go south first."
"No, the giant deer is like a nail stuck in our back, if it is not pulled out, it will affect our next combat operation."
Rick said to the crowd.
"But the defense of this giant deer city is like a hedgehog, how can this be beaten" Li Hao said: "To defeat this giant deer city, how many troops do we have to lose?"
"Then you won't lose troops?"
"Okay, you two don't quarrel, what's the way to say it quickly," Li Bingchang said anxiously; "We have an army of 500,000, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is a big expense, so hurry up and find a way, every night and one day is a huge loss."
"I've got a solution, but it's going to take longer."
Changshan Wang Li Ke said.
"Is there any way for you to come up and say, point to the sand table."
Li Bingchang said.
Li Ke pointed to the sand table and spent a long time to finish his plan, everyone couldn't help but shudder when they heard Li Ke's plan, Li Ke's plan is indeed not much, but if it is not implemented well, the consequences will be disastrous, and the whole cycle will be very long.
"This is my plan, you can see how it goes," Li Ke finally said to Li Bingchang and the others.
"That's a good plan, but we can't all stay here with half a million troops to do this."
Li Bingchang said; "In this way, let's make two preparations, the first is to lead the 200,000 troops led by Li Ke to implement this plan, and the remaining 300,000 troops will go south separately and attack the Daimyo's Mansion from the flank, this battle is mainly to plunder grain and grass, and it is best to cut off the Grand Canal and let the Daimyo's garrison lose contact with the rear."
The battle of Julu did not start to enter the point of delay, and the next day the Xia army began to divide its troops to the south to attack the rest of Xingzhou, as well as Cizhou and Zhaozhou, and at the same time a cavalry duel between Song and Xia in Dezhou was underway.
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