Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 692 Long-term Attack

Now, the commander of the Royal Guards has been replaced by Lin Feng, but the rebels are still forcing them to approach the Acropolis.

There were eight Acropolises, with a total of 110,000 people, which was tens of thousands less than the original number.

Although Lin Feng's legendary story is admirable, the reality is that with 200,000 rebels facing 110,000, it would be a lie to say that he is not nervous.

Officials and people in the city began to stockpile food again.

The rice and grain stores were quickly emptied out.

Three of the four gates of Kyoto City were closed, leaving only the west gate open as usual.

Every day, a large number of people run out of the city.

The soldiers guarding the city did not try to stop them. They had received orders from their superiors to strictly control entry and be lenient with exit to prevent rebel spies from infiltrating.

The eight citadels outside Kyoto, except for Cannes, will face suppression from tens of thousands of rebels.

Therefore, each Acropolis could only defend itself with all its might and could not count on support from outside the city.

Lin Feng judged that although the rebels had an army of 200,000, they could only choose one to attack when facing eight Acropolis.

The four key points of the eight Acropolis are: Qian, Kun, Li and Kan.

Kancheng is located to the west of Jinjiang River and to the south of a tributary of Jinjiang River, so it is not afraid of being besieged by the rebels.

The garrisons in Kuncheng and Licheng both exceed 20,000, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack. Without more than two to three times the number of troops, it would be useless.

Under such circumstances, Qiancheng is the only place that is most suitable for the rebels to break through.

There are 200,000 rebels, and the other teams only need to tie up all the troops in the Acropolis.

Then, tens of thousands of troops were concentrated to capture Qiancheng.

When it comes to siege battles, it must be the Black Scarf Army.

These soldiers are all firm in their beliefs, fearless, tenacious and willing to sacrifice their lives.

The Black Scarf Army is the kind of people who give trouble to anyone they meet.

This is also the reason why Zhao Zheng did not punish Qiu Jie, but instead tried his best to win him over.

These black-turbaned soldiers have no selfish motives and serve the Virgin Mary wholeheartedly. There is no army with stronger execution ability than them.

Qiu Jie led 30,000 Black Scarf Army soldiers and set out in the early morning. At dawn, they arrived two miles away from Duicheng.

After receiving the report, Gong Sanpao immediately summoned the troops and gathered them on the city wall according to the positions that had been arranged in advance.

Various defensive tools have been prepared, waiting for the rebels to attack the city.

Unexpectedly, less than a quarter of an hour later, Gong Sanpao discovered that a large group of rebels appeared again in the distance.

Nearly 20,000 troops, under the banner of the Taisho Imperial Army, rushed over from afar.

Gong Sanpao took a deep breath and said, "Fuck, 50,000 people are coming to attack my city?"

Are they going to take over Duicheng in one fell swoop?

There were only 10,000 defenders in the city, and they were somewhat overwhelmed by the attacking rebels who were five times their number.

Gong Sanpao looked at the note in his hand, then raised his head to look at the large number of rebels outside the city.

"Listen up, everyone. When the rebels attack the city, hit them as hard as you can. Don't hold back. Once you're done, we'll retreat."

When the generals heard this, they were all a little confused.

"Boss, are we not going to defend this city anymore?"

"How can we defend it? There are too many rebels. We can only protect the people but not the city."

Everyone was moved after hearing this. Look at our leader, he is protecting people first, how great is that.

When the order was passed down, these imperial guards who followed the Zhenxi Army generals to fight for the first time felt that their insignificant lives were given enough attention for the first time, and they were very excited.

The soldiers on the city wall were all ready, waiting for the rebels to attack.

However, after waiting for a long time, the rebels did not start to attack the city, and no one knew what they were doing gathering under the city.

While they were wondering, they saw a large number of rebels starting to circle the city.

A general shouted, "Boss, this is bad! They are going to surround us."

Gong Sanpao shook his head: "Don't be nervous, they only have so many men and horses. If they surround our Dui City, no one will go to surround Qian City. Lao Shao will come to support us."

"What if they are surrounded too?"

"Nonsense! There are eight Acropolises, and there are only 50,000 people under our city. If we want to surround them all, we need another 200,000."

"Hey, Boss, you know how to settle accounts now."

"Get lost, I've never forgotten."

They laughed and cursed on the city wall, not taking the 50,000 rebels below seriously at all.

Suddenly a soldier shouted, "Hey, they're leaving! Why are they leaving?"

Everyone hurried to the west of the city and saw tens of thousands of black scarf soldiers running westward.

Gong Sanpao sneered, "You played this trick on me, and the commander guessed it all."

The rebels' primary target was Qiancheng.

The mission of the 30,000 Black Scarf Army is to fight to the death to capture Qiancheng.

Then, the rebels will use Qiancheng as a stronghold, expand to both sides, and slowly erode the eight Acropolis.

There were still 20,000 rebels staying in front of Duicheng, and Gong Sanpao had no chance to go to support Qiancheng defended by Shao Yihan.

Thirty thousand black scarf soldiers rushed all the way to Qiancheng and started attacking the city without saying a word.

They unloaded the ladders and other siege tools from the carriage and carried them like ants and rushed towards the moat.

Qiu Jie’s request was just one word: fast.

It is necessary to capture Qiancheng in a short period of time, stabilize the position, and provide a place for subsequent troops to stay.

The idea is good, but facing the 10,000 defenders on the high city, it is not easy to break the city in a short time.

Shao Yihan was not that stupid. He had put in place defensive measures, and the soldiers were not too panicked when facing the black ocean.

Everything went smoothly in the defensive battle.

All kinds of rolling logs, stones, feather arrows and boiling oil poured down from the high city walls.

The Black Scarf Army gathered outside the city screamed in pain.

Qiu Jie judged that there would not be too many defenders in the city, so he pulled 30,000 horses apart so that the soldiers on the city could not gather together.

After all, it is 30,000 against 10,000, so it is very easy to thin the opponent's front line.

The two sides immediately launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle.

To the south of Qiancheng is Jingnan Prefecture City, and to the east of the prefectural city is Yufu Mountain.

At the foot of Yufu Mountain, it is one hundred and thirty or four miles away from Qiancheng.

The mountains and forests here are lush and the bushes are dense.

At this time, a lot of people and horses emerged from the mountains and forests and lined up on a slightly flatter hillside.

The leading general was Wang Qian, who had brought five thousand troops from Kuncheng, passed through Gencheng, Kancheng and Xuncheng, and came to an ambush at the foot of Yufu Mountain.

Every time they passed a citadel, they would gather five thousand men from the city.

After arriving at Yufu Mountain, they had gathered 20,000 cavalry.

According to Lin Feng's judgment, if the rebels really took Qiancheng as their primary target of attack, then the 20,000 cavalrymen in front of the king would launch a surprise attack from behind.

He joined forces with Shao Yihan of Qiancheng to attack the rebels from both inside and outside and defeated them.

Of course, if it were not Qiancheng, the king’s troops, ambushed at the foot of Yufu Mountain, could cover the three citadels of Xun, Qian and Dui.

No matter which city it was, he could lead his army there within an hour and a half.

The cavalry reported that the Black Turban Army had already launched an attack on Qiancheng, which was exactly what Lin Feng had judged.

The two sides were more than a hundred miles apart, and 20,000 cavalrymen could reach Qiancheng in more than half an hour.

Wang Qian believed that Shao Yihan could withstand the attacks of the Black Scarf Army for a whole day.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry. After gathering the team, he was the first to ride his horse down the hillside.

He was not very fast, but he was just slowing down in front of the team.

They had to wait until the Black Turban Army's siege reached a fever pitch and they were showing signs of fatigue, and then they would suddenly attack.

The effect will be best.