Chapter 980 Defending a City and Defending the World
"Very good, you will be a member of the Northern Army from now on!"
Mi Fang patted Xiahouen on the shoulder, and accepted the sword god Xiahouen into the fifth school of the Northern Army.
Xia Houen carried a long sword on his back, and just now performed sword skills in front of Mi Fang and the others.
Xiahouen's swordsmanship is superb, in the eyes of Mi Fang, Xing Daorong and others, they are astonished, and they think that Xiahouen's force may exceed anyone they have ever seen.
Therefore, Xia Houen was recognized by Mi Fang, who was already a general of Wuwei, by virtue of his superb swordsmanship.
General Wu Wei is already a senior general.
Mi Fang has followed Chutian for more than ten years. In the early days, the Mi family sponsored Chutian to make a fortune. Recently, Mi Zhu donated another one million taels of silver. Therefore, Mi Fang's power in Chutian is on the rise. As long as she doesn't make big mistakes, she still has a chance to be promoted.
"When will our fifth school of the Northern Army set off? My long sword is already hungry and thirsty."
Xia Houen is eager to try.
"Don't worry, our fifth school of the Northern Army will soon go to deal with the Beifu Army in Jiangdong. The Beifu Army knows, right? The most elite army under King Wu's command. If you are not careful, you may be defeated by the Beifu Army. Our Northern Army The five schools cannot have any failures."
Mi Fang also knows that if she wants to climb up, she must try her best to avoid a big defeat.
Countless famous generals will fall short in the end.
"Beifu Army? Just let my long sword wipe out all powerful enemies for King Xia!"
At this time, Xia Houen was still full of confidence, thinking that he could make an immortal contribution.
"With Brother Xiahou's swordsmanship, I have no doubts."
Xing Daorong and Wu Anguo were frightened by Xia Houen's magnificent swordsmanship, so they also had confidence in Xia Houen.
The five schools of the Northern Army and the Sanhe Cavalry assembled in Xiacheng, preparing to attack the Beifu Army occupying the eastern part of Langya Kingdom.
The Beifu army occupied the eastern part of Langya, but they dared not attack Xiacheng, because Xiacheng was located on the Yihe and Shuhe plains, which was suitable for large cavalry to charge.
Chutian went out to fight in person, trying to recapture the county town occupied by the Wu army.
The Roman Legion has already fought with the Beifu Army, and the Shenji Battalion has joined the Roman Legion.
The Fifth School of the Northern Army and the Sanhe Cavalry attacked Xihai County from another direction.
The army of Langya Kingdom was mobilized, and at least 200,000 Xia troops were restrained in Langya Kingdom.
On the surface of the Yellow Sea, the Jiangdong Navy attacked Huang County, Donglai County, in an attempt to destroy the Fubo Army.
However, the Fubo Army received an order in advance and retreated to Liaodong to avoid the Jiangdong Navy.
There are 30,000 garrisons in Huang County to prevent the Jiangdong Navy from capturing Huang County.
Tongque stood on the deck of a huge building ship, overlooking the heavily fortified Huang County.
After Chutian transferred back 300,000 imperial guards to defend Xuzhou and Qingzhou, the Jiangdong navy could not easily occupy the coastal counties as it did at the beginning.
"The Xia army has taken precautions. Sure enough, without a strong cavalry, it is difficult to succeed in the Northern Expedition. The only successful Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang, is also because the Mongols have raised a large number of horses on the Jianghuai side. Zhu Yuanzhang has a not weak cavalry. At that time, the northern Mongols fell into civil strife..."
Tongque’s predicament at this time is the same as the separatist forces such as Soochow and Southern Song Dynasty. Even if some northern counties are temporarily captured, it will be difficult to hold without large-scale cavalry.
Lu Meng once explained to Sun Quan that even if Xuzhou is taken down, Xuzhou cannot be held for a long time.
At this time, Lv Meng was dressed in white. Lv Meng, who was carefully cultivated by the bronze sparrow, seemed to be a Confucian general? He could even be qualified for the post of military adviser.
Remind Tongque: "My lord? Our army has been going north for a long time, and we have been away from Jianye for a long time? The news is delayed? I am afraid that Jianye may have made a mistake. It is better to leave a partial division to harass Langya Kingdom and Donglai County at all times, and contain Xia King's Imperial Guard. Attacking Guangling County? Not only is it close to Jianye, but it can also contain the troops of Guangling County. Wait for changes in the north, and don't make good plans."
"Now it seems? It has to be like this."
"Return to Jiangdong!"
Zhou Yu, the governor of the Jiangdong Navy, led the fleet to return from Donglai County.
In Nanyang County, Wu Qi led the formidable Wei Wuzu army to the city? The defenders of Wancheng can already feel the oppression of Wu Qi's army.
The sense of oppression brought by the army commanded by Wu Qi? It is far from the army commanded by ordinary generals.
The king of Tang said that Tang led the Nanyang County defenders to garrison Wancheng to resist the Xia army.
Tang is not very nervous? Because the general defending Wancheng is Zhang Xun, the top defender in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Although Zhang Xun is not the commander-in-chief of a large army like Wei Qing, Yue Fei, and Wu Qi, according to the bonus of defending the city, no one in the Eastern Han Dynasty can match him.
Thousands of Zhang Xun can contain hundreds of thousands of siege troops.
Therefore, not many people are willing to attack the city that Zhang Xun is defending.
The siege battle is quite tragic, especially the siege battle with famous defenders, which is undoubtedly a nightmare for the siege party. Zhu Neng and Geng Yan used cavalry to attack a mountain city defended by a famous defender in Koryo, but they were unable to take it in a short time.
Wancheng is a large city. After many years of operation in the Tang Dynasty, the city is strong, the source of troops is sufficient, the food and grass are abundant, and there is guard Zhang Xun. Therefore, in the plan of Chutian and Wu Qi, the Xia army will bypass Wancheng and take Xinye. Intimidate Fancheng and Xiangyang.
As for how to capture Wancheng, Wu Qi advocated besieging the city until Tang surrendered.
According to the player's endurance, if the food and grass are exhausted, or the general situation is over, they will basically choose to surrender.
Teams of soldiers and horses of the Xia army arrived at the foot of Wancheng.
Xia Jun's iron armor and war horses stretch as far as the eye can see.
The Xia Road in Fangcheng between Xuchang and Wancheng was opened by the Xia Army, and Xia Army's cavalry poured into the Nanyang Basin.
Now the Tang army has fully retreated in Wancheng, and dare not fight Xia army in the field.
It is said that Tang ordered Guo Ziyi, Qin Qiong, and Li Daozong to lead a group of troops south to Fancheng to join the Song army from Xiangyang, trying to defeat Wu Qi by cooperating with the inside and outside.
"Even if the opponent is the military master Wu Qi, he can't capture this city. Zhang Xun's defense bonus, coupled with the defense bonus of the city wall, has reached a terrifying level. Attacking Wancheng by force is definitely not worth the candle."
It is said that Tang is very aware of Zhang Xun's ability.
As the protagonist of Zhang Xun, Said Tang can see Zhang Xun's ability.
[Name]: Zhang Xun
[Talent]: King-level Commander (Defense Department)
[Commander]: 91 [Force]: 61 [Intelligence]: 90 [Politics]: 71 [Charm]: 95
[Phaseline]: Loyalty
[Characteristic 1]: Defend a city and defend the world (SSS-level city defense feature, defender's defense power +70%, fortification durability +30%, fortification damage to enemy +20%)
[Characteristic 2]: Awe-inspiring righteousness (S-level characteristic, the morale decline rate of the defenders -20%, restore 20% morale every 10 days)
[Characteristic 3]: Active defense (S-level characteristic, when attacking the enemy when going out of the city, legion damage +18%)
[Special arms]: Suiyang Death Warrior (Tier 5 Light Infantry/Bowmen, the maximum number is 7000, high bonus for defending the city)
Said Tang took another look at Zhang Xun's ability and knew it well.
Although Zhang Xun is only a king-level commander, and there are not many soldiers and horses that can be commanded, Zhang Xun has the SSS-level defense characteristic-"Defend a city, defend the world".
This feature of defending the city is simply terrifying. It greatly improves the defensive power of the defenders, the durability of the fortifications, and the lethality of the city defense.
Coupled with the S-level incentive feature "Awe-inspiring Righteousness", it can effectively ensure that the morale of the defenders will not drop to the point where they cannot fight due to the city being stormed.
Said Tang believes that not many famous generals are willing to attack the city defended by Zhang Xun, even Wu Qi is no exception.
Even if Chutian gave Wu Qi enough troops to flatten Wancheng, he would suffer heavy losses, just like the rebels in the Anshi Rebellion.
Every famous general has his own ability, and Zhang Xun's ability is to defend the city, and he has played the defense to the extreme, to the point of terror.
It can be said that when Zhang Xun was defending the city, he was not afraid of the attack of the holy commander.
Zhang Xun is not without weaknesses.
As long as Zhang Xun goes out of the city to fight Wu Qi, then Wu Qi can crush Zhang Xun, because the city defense feature cannot be effective in the wild. The "Awe-inspiring Righteousness" feature is only effective when defending the city.
This also determines that Zhang Xun is in a passive position.
If Zhang Xun is besieged in a city, Zhang Xun will be useless.
Zhang Xun's practical value can be large or small, and he will be bloody when he meets the top siege general.
If the opponent has enough troops to besiege the city and the main force bypasses the city defended by Zhang Xun, then Zhang Xun's value will drop.
Of course, Zhang Xun also has an "active defense" feature, and has the ability to go out of the city to fight back.
Wu Qi's choice was to bypass the city defended by Zhang Xun.
"Wei Wuji, in command of 20,000 Wei soldiers and 80,000 low-level cavalry, threaten Wancheng. If the defenders of Wancheng leave the city, we will send Wei soldiers to destroy them."
Wu Qi ordered his son Wei Wuji to besiege Wancheng, but not to attack.
He already knew that Zhang Xun's ability to defend the city was extremely terrifying, and he had no plans to attack Wancheng.
Chu Tian dispatched the Hongyi cannon, so that Wu Qi could use it according to the situation.
In addition to the Red Barbarian Cannon, Chu Tian left behind the Third Women's Legion of the Imperial Guard, led by Hua Mulan; the Eighth Khitan Army, led by Xiao Chuo; The three armies of the Bohemian Husche Fort Corps and the Byzantine Western Teaching Corps.
In addition, King Arthur Arturia, who belonged to the First Cavalry Corps of the Imperial Guard, led two hundred Knights of the Round Table as a heavy cavalry assault squad under the command of Xiao Chuo.
Hua Mulan served as the coach of the Imperial Guards, which numbered more than 200,000.
Wu Qi commanded the Central Plains Army's First Military Corps and Third Iron Wall Corps, a total of 200,000 troops, and joined forces with Hua Mulan to go south.
Hua Mulan was acting as Chutian's temporary commander of the whole army, and Xiao Chuo served as the military adviser.
Wu Qi attacked Fancheng, while Hua Mulan attacked Xinye.
There is Baihe between Fancheng and Xinye.
The Xia army attacked Jingzhou's first stage goal, and attacked the outer defense lines such as Fancheng and Xinye.
In the second stage, Xiangyang was captured and Jiangling was taken directly.
In the third stage, take Jiangxia, Jingnan and other places, and take the entire Jingzhou.
The vanguard general of the Khitan Army, Xiao Talin, led 3,000 cavalry from the Shan Army, and they were already approaching Xinye.
The generals stationed in Xinye were Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, Cai Mao and other generals of the Jingzhou Song Army. In order to strengthen the defense of Xinye, Yang Shilang sent Wu Jie to guard.
Wu Jie belongs to the first-class bow and crossbow generals.
Huang Zhong stood on the wall of Xinye City, looking to the north.
At this time, Huang Zhong was over fifty, and his temples were graying.
When the other four tigers of the Five Tiger Generals fought in Wudu County, Huang Zhong silently stationed in Xinye City.