The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1061
Among the Mongolian military camps, Xu Liewu was in command position, Guo Kan and Zhang Rou were on the left and right sides, and there were also Liu Heima, Liu Zheng, Xia Gui, Shi Tianze, Shi Tianni, Zhang Hongfan, Fan Wenhu, Dong Jun, Dong Wenbing and Yan Shi. , Lu Wenhuan and a group of generals are by the side.

In addition, counselors such as Xu Heng, Yao Shu, Dou Mo, and Dong Wenyong were also racking their brains.

This group of Mongolian generals gathered together naturally to discuss how to attack Yunhe City.

It has been more than half a month since the start of the war, and I have not even touched the city wall. The best record is to climb the wooden building!

The soldiers, cannon fodder, and slaves of all ethnic groups in Mongolia lost a lot.

Let’s talk about the Mongolian military system here. As mentioned earlier, there are more than just Mongolians in the Mongolian army.

Mongols is a collective term, and the Mongolian army itself is divided into the first echelon of Qiyan, Hongji, and Kelei.

The conquered Naiman, Mierqiti tribe, Taichiwu tribe, etc. are all inferior existences.

The third category is other nomadic peoples who are attached to and conquered, such as some Kunjian people, Kangju people, Wusun people who fled to the Western Regions, and so on.

The fourth class is the troops of various ethnic groups and countries who were beaten and surrendered after conquering the West.

Such as Khwarazm, Byzantium, Germans, Slavs, Celts and so on.

It is different from the unification, equality and respect of China promoted by Emperor Lu Heng of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Mongols have a strict hierarchy. Now it was not the time when Mongolia just attacked Khwarazmo. The first and second ranks of Mongolian elites would naturally not attack the city in person.

Most of the people who attacked Cloud River City were the fourth and third classes, especially the fourth class, although they were stronger than the slaves, that was just a few!
Basically, in the eyes of Xu Liewu, Zhang Rou, Guo Kan and others, they are all cannon fodder.

Seeing the opponent's city wall for more than half a month, Hulagu was very dissatisfied!
Xu Liewu fought against the west and fought countless cities, but there was no more troublesome existence in Heyun City that he faced today.

Xu Liegu had a gloomy face, while the generals looked guilty.

If Lu Heng would pat Xu Liewu on the shoulder here, your opponent is Yue Fei!
What's more, the ability of westerners to defend the city is really only second-rate, no, it may be third-rate existence!

When it comes to siege and defense in the era of cold weapons, we Huaxia dare to say the first, and no one dares to say the second!Quan Te's mother is the younger brother!
The Chinese ancestors of the city wall and the city played for nearly a thousand years, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States for a thousand years!
Thousands of years of tempering and summarization, unless you use hot weapons and red cannons to bombard you, I will give you two words 'hehe'!
The strongest defense can only be broken by Huaxia's own people. To put it bluntly, it's not Wu Sangui's grandson who opened the Shanhai Pass to let the Qing army enter. Can they pass the Great Wall with their braided siege skills?
Don't say that Lu Heng is boasting there, there is factual evidence!

Think of the Huns, the Great Yuezhi, and Xiliao, who are not these nomads who are not good at attacking cities, stirring up wind and rain in Central Asia and Europe.

How strong is the defense of these high-nosed cities?

Of course, it doesn't mean that all tofu dregs will break at the first touch, and important cities still have some defensive power.

For example, the capital city of Khwarazm, Chiyu Dragon City, Kafa City, etc., which forced the Mongols to slaughter the city.

But the overall city defense is the same!

"Is there any other way to break Yunhe City?" Xu Liewu asked the generals with a gloomy face.

But this time even famous generals such as Guo Kan, Zhang Rou, and Shi Tianze have nothing to do.

"Unless you detour to other cities, there is only one way to attack." That's all the counselor Xu Heng could say in the end.

"Then attack for another ten days, and if there is no progress to besiege the city, go south first!" Xu Liewu had no choice but to decide to disband.

Although Xu Liewu said ten days, in fact, judging from the progress of the siege, let alone ten days, he would not be able to take the impregnable Heyun City for ten months.

These ten days are just an excuse to move to another place!

In the middle of the night, there are densely packed rafts on the Yunhe River, and there are at least thirty or fifty Song soldiers on each raft.

There are no cumbersome items such as big banners, only warriors wearing armor and holding weapons.

The leader is a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian uniform, with armor on the outside, and a saber in his hand. Buddha and Fangxiang are the six Marshals of the Forbidden Army.

Including Guo Zun, Hu Zaixing, Si Xingfang, Tang Bin, Cui Ye, Mie Gong, Wen Zhongrong, Hu Sanniang, Lu Kai, Fang Jie, Fang Tianding, Shi Jin, Xiang Chong, Li Gun, Zhong Lixu, You Tu and other generals of the Forbidden Army, The cavalry commanders were led by Gao Huailiang, Lin Chong, Ma Xun, Ma Li and other Jingsai Army cavalry.

The cavalry on both sides of the strait advanced slowly with iron hooves wrapped in cloth. It was originally a grassland terrain. Unless the horses galloped, there was little movement at first, but now it is even smaller.

From time to time, sharp arrows were shot from the cavalry and rafts, and they could always hit the throats of the patrolling Mongolian scouts accurately, the kind that couldn't even scream!

In Yunhe City, the four cavalry of Thunder Cavalry Battalion, Feng Cavalry Battalion, Jinfan Cavalry, and Chixin Battalion were waiting in formation, and behind them were Yue Family Army and Yue Sheng Army's neatly arranged phalanx.

Yue Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Hu Yanzan, and Yue Sheng are lined up on the left and right of the Northern Xuanwu Marshal Yue Fei. Behind him are Yue Yun, Yue Lei, Gao Chong, Lu Wenlong, Yang Zaixing, Situ Yunlei, and Hei Man. Long, Ling Tong, Yao Xiong, Yao Si, Yao Gu, Wu Shangzhi, Ding Zhaohui, Ding Zhaolan, Zan Tongmei, E Quanzhong, Bai Qin and dozens of generals of the Yue family army were all standing in line.

In order to paralyze the enemy, Yue Fei ordered only the reserve defenders on the city wall to light the torches. Although there were torches in the hands of the assembled army, they hadn't been lit yet, and Yue Fei was waiting for Lu Xun's action.

Not long after, another scout came from the waterway: "Marshal Suzaku asked the younger one to tell the marshal that Marshal Suzaku will attack from the south on the Yunhe River, and the cavalry of the Jingsai Army will block the east. Marshal is asked to block the west and north. Launch a general attack in half an hour!"

"Okay, please report to Marshal Lu Xun, Yue will definitely cooperate!" Yue Fei clasped his fists, and the scouts immediately swam away from the water gate of Yunhe City.

"Zilong, Ziyi, Zizhong (Huyanzan word Zizhong), Xingba, please trouble the four generals to lead the cavalry to block the north, and my brother-in-law to lead the troops to block the west with me!"

"The last general takes orders!"*5
Xu Liegu's Mongolian army was stationed less than ten miles outside Yunhe City. It was convenient to get water by the Yunhe River in the south, and almost all the siege equipment such as trebuchets and stone cannons in Yunhe City were piled up here in the west.

However, due to the characteristics of nomadic peoples, the food and grass are mainly cattle and sheep. With the abilities of Xu Liewu, Zhang Rou, Guo Kan and others, it is naturally impossible to pile up all the food and grass in the military camp.

Instead, cattle and sheep are used to move easily and move continuously on the vast grasslands. An army is responsible for defense and sends a batch of cattle and sheep to the camp every ten days.

Therefore, traditional methods such as fighting nomads and cutting off food routes are basically useless. Lu Xun chose the strategic policy of directly defeating the enemy...

(End of this chapter)