Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 765 You may find Zhang Yan for help

As mentioned above, Jinyang City was originally the old capital of Zhao State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and now it is also the core political center of Bingzhou, so it naturally has a different scale from ordinary county towns.

At the same time, Jinyang City was also an important frontier defense town in the north for the Han Dynasty to defend against the Xiongnu. Therefore, the city was officially reinforced and repaired, and it did not lose its value due to the erosion of the years.

In the future, Jinyang will be known as the place where the real dragon was born, and it can be regarded as the origin of many dynasties.

For example, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty started from Jinyang, and the later Tang Dynasty also started from Jinyang, and then during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Jinyang was the capital of the kingdoms of the Later Jin, Later Han, and Northern Han.

After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty and the capture of Jinyang, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi was afraid that Jinyang would appear again as the "true dragon emperor", so he issued an imperial edict to burn down the ancient city of Jinyang with the saying that "the prosperity will be followed, and the decline will be the first to rebel". Let this ancient city that has been in operation for thousands of years be turned into white land, and then the Fenshui and Jinshui were diverted to flood the ruins of Jinyang. Only then did Jinyang City completely disappear in Bingzhou.

But in this day and age, Jinyang City can still be regarded as a strong city in the north.

The city was built on the north bank of Jinshui, the west bank of Fenshui River, and the east side of Xuanweng Mountain. In terms of terrain, the advantages and disadvantages of offense and defense were also considered. It can be said that only the south and north gates can pose an attack threat to Jinyang City.

Outside the city walls on the east and west sides, because they were close to mountains and rivers, it was difficult to set up an offensive position, and naturally it was difficult to launch an offensive against Jinyang City.

The high-ranking army guarding Jinyang City in this way only needs to deploy main defensive forces on the south and north sides.

At the same time, Jinyang City, which used to be the old capital of the State of Zhao, also has three inner cities, one is the warehouse-like Cangcheng, the other is the new city where the official temple is located next to Cangcheng, and the other is based on the former Zhao Clan City. old Miyagi.

Among them, Cangcheng and Xincheng are located in the north of Jinyang City, basically forming an inner city in the north of the city, so even if the outer city of Jinyang is broken, high-ranking officials can still rely on the inner city of the North District to defend to the death, and Zhu Weijun still cannot be regarded as an attack. Jinyang City.

Although that Gao Gan was wiped out by Zhang Liao's light cavalry nearly 1 troops in the previous battle, there were still more than [-] troops led by his younger brother Gao Rou staying behind in Jinyang City.

Now the high-ranking officials have brought back nearly [-] defeated soldiers, and together with the young and strong recruited from the city, they can maintain a defensive force of [-] to [-].

And Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion also lost three to four thousand troops after the First Battle of Chang'an. Although the heavy cavalry and light cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion later filled in some troops from Han Sui's defeated troops, a lot of troops were restored. But in general, there are only [-] to [-] troops.

Even if two or three thousand soldiers of the high-ranking army are captured now, it is naturally impossible for these captured soldiers to immediately convert into the combat strength of Zhu Weijun, and instead they have to allocate troops to guard them.

In this way, the troops Wei Yan can use to attack the city are not as large as Gao Gan's troops defending the city. Now that Wei Yan wants to attack a big city like Jinyang, it is indeed a bit difficult to fight.

Naturally, Zhang Liao's light cavalry could not be wasted on siege. At most, they helped suppress the defense of the defenders on the city wall with bows and arrows when Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion launched a siege.

In this way, even if Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion soldiers are not weak in combat effectiveness, this combat effectiveness is offset by a lot in the face of the high-ranking army's advantage in defending the city.

Now if Wei Yan were to lead the Jingnan Battalion to storm Jinyang City, it would be a bit overwhelming. This made Wei Yan, who was determined to make contributions, frown. Facing such a strong city, Wei Yan's adventurous spirit was useless ah.

In desperation, Wei Yan could only discuss the strategy for the battle of Jinyang with Jiang Wan, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and other generals in the military tent, thinking about how to capture the city.

It's just that now Gao Gan is a little frightened by Zhang Liao's light cavalry. It is obviously impossible to go out of the city to fight, but Zhu Weijun's plan to attack by force seems to be really lacking in strength.

For a while, the few people in the military tent had no idea.

"By the way, our army's siege forces are insufficient now, and we may seek reference from outsiders. When the lord asked us to attack Shangdang, he also confessed that our army can contact Zhang Yan of Montenegro to provide him with weapons, food and grass. Let them harass Yuan Shao's rear in Bingzhou and Yizhou! Now, maybe our army can let Zhang Yan from Heishan send troops to attack Jinyang together?"

Seeing that everyone couldn't come up with an idea for a while, Jiang Wan, the only military adviser and wise man here, thought of something. Originally, after Zhu Wei contacted Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, he planned to support Zhang Yan through Wei Yan's Jingnan Camp. .

Jiang Wan, the commander of the Jingnan Battalion, was also in charge of the Jingnan Battalion's logistics affairs, so he naturally knew about this matter. Now that Zhu Weijun was short of troops to attack Jinyang City, Jiang Wan couldn't help but think of the power of Zhang Yan in Montenegro.

After hearing Jiang Wan's words, Wei Yan, Zhang Liao and others still hesitated. After all, Zhang Yan was born as a bandit soldier and lacked trust. Now he wants him to send troops to help attack a strong city like Jinyang. Zhang Yan's troops come to attack the city, will Zhang Yan agree?

"Gong Yan, is this Yan willing to come? Attacking Jinyang will cost your life. If that Zhang Yan knows that we are looking for him to help, and we want him to attack Jinyang together, would he think otherwise?"

Wei Yan couldn't help asking Jiang Wan, Wei Yan and Jiang Wan were not very old, and the pairing of the two in Jingnanying was considered a good match, and the relationship was considered harmonious on weekdays, but now Wei Yan was a little suspicious of Jiang Wan's plan. sex.

"It doesn't matter! Now is the best time for Zhang Yan to surrender to our army. Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao are deadly enemies. Now that Zhang Yan's Black Mountain is gradually declining, he must find another way. However, Zhang Yan must not be compatible with Yuan Shao. , now that Cao Cao is allied with Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan cannot be accepted. Only on our side, the former Lord Fan has sent envoys to contact him, and Zhang Yan has also replied, as long as our army provides him with weapons, food and grass, then I would like to send troops to harass Yuan Shao's rear area! It can be seen that Zhang Yan already has the heart to vote for our lord! Now, if our army asks him for help, Zhang Yan, if he has a heart, will definitely send troops to help!"

Jiang Wan thought about it for a while, but began to analyze it in his mouth. Judging from the situation Zhang Yan was facing now, he had to find a side to attach himself to, otherwise he would have no way out in the future.

But he originally chose Gongsun Zan as an alliance in the north, and fought Yuan Shao many times to the death, so naturally he could not be accepted by Yuan Shao.

Although Zhang Yan has also accepted the official position of General Ping Nan Zhonglang assigned by the Han Dynasty court, which can be regarded as whitewashing his identity as a bandit, but now the Xudu court under Cao Cao's control does not necessarily recognize his official position.

At the same time, the previous article also said that the forces in Montenegro controlled by Zhang Yan have actually been weakened a lot under Yuan Shao's suppression, and Zhang Yan's life in Montenegro is actually not very easy.

So Zhang Yan also wanted to go out to find a side to join. Maybe this is why Zhang Yan accepted Zhu Wei's olive branch after Zhu Wei sent an envoy to contact Zhang Yan...

(End of this chapter)