Chapter 294 Discussing the Siege

Tang Longyan had just arrived at the camp and was about to drink with the dragon cavalry. Suddenly, he looked up and saw two pairs of eyes piercing through the autumn water. A petite soldier was holding another petite soldier at this moment. At this moment, the two were looking at Tang Longyan with tears in their eyes.

Tang Longyan was shocked and immediately dodged over and directly supported Huang Xinyue. He said with a little reproach, "Why are you getting up? Didn't you rest with the army? Go back and lie down for me." After saying that, he had to help Huang Xinyue back to the account.

But this time Huang Xinyue didn't seem to want to buy Tang Longyan's account. She gently moved her bare hands away and said dissatisfiedly, "My little brother is not a good person. My little brother is ungrateful, and my little brother has no conscience!"

Tang Longyan was stunned and didn't understand what was going on. He seemed to look at Yu Hanxin for help, but when Yu Hanxin saw him asking for help, he actually turned his head away and said, "I don't talk to people who don't keep my promise. I have kissed them, and I still don't keep my promise. There is nothing good for men!"

Tang Longyan remembered that he had promised Huang Xinyue before the expedition. Within six hours, after taking Huanzhou City, he came to see him, but as soon as he broke through the city, he went to the banquet with Yang Ye, and then there was another assassination. He forgot this time for a moment. Now that he recalls, he is suddenly full of guilt. With Huang Xinyue's slightly pale face because of her weakness, there was a pain in his heart.

Seeing that Tang Longyan's face was full of guilt, Yu Han couldn't bear it, so he said to Huang Xinyue, "Well, Sister Huang, Brother Longyan knows it's wrong. Let's forgive him. It's been very hard for him to fight outside alone. Let's not torture him, okay?"

Huang Xinyue turned her head and said dissatisfiedly to Yu Han, "Chanxin sister, why are you so soft-hearted that you let him go?" But her eyes glanced at Tang Longyan's white hair. For a moment, her heart trembled and she couldn't help looking back at the day-and-night face. At this moment, she suddenly felt a light body, but Tang Longyan had picked her up.

"Little... little brother, don't mess around..." The more she said, the lower she became. Slowly, she leaned on Tang Longyan's body and let Tang Longyan carry her into the camp.

After three days of resting in Huanzhou City, the army was about to move forward to Shuozhou. In Huanzhou City, Pan Mei specially asked Zhao Yanxin about the situation of Shuozhou. I heard that there were also 20,000 troops there, but the troops were temporarily dispatched in the city. At this time, the main person responsible for guarding the city was Zhao Xizan, the governor of Shuozhou, who used to be the south of Liaoning. Yelu, the king of the courtyard, is oblique to the old department. He has a good training, so it will be a very hard bone.

Since the Song army sent troops to the Northern Expedition, Zhao Xizan began to plan to prepare for the long-term war. Therefore, he transferred a lot of food and fodder from Huanzhou, so that Pan Mei's West Road army could not take advantage of it at all. At the same time, he was also waking up Pan Mei. This time, I'm afraid it's really going to fight a siege.

After experiencing the unpleasant assassination at the banquet, Pan Mei seemed to have alienated Yang Ye a lot, as if all this was designed by Yang Ye. On the surface, all the meetings and discussions were attended by Yang Ye, but in fact, Pan Mei has been staring at Yang Ye, and Yang Ye also understands Pan Mei I am very dissatisfied with him, so I have been unable to bear it.

By the morning of the fifth day, the scouts could see the towering wall of Shuozhou from afar, and the army could also see the scouts of the Liaoning army watching them from afar. The way was unexpectedly calm, and there was no cavalry harassment, no scouts to spy, let alone assassinations, so these days are the most comfortable days for the army.

But such days did not last long. This morning, when the army finally arrived at the city of Shuozhou, the soldiers complained about the difficulties and pain along the way, including the rapid march when the heavy rain suddenly came, suddenly became silent, because they suddenly found that the city in front of them was not like the previous days. In contrast, the city in front of us can be regarded as a city. On the top of the city, this crossbow is actually set up, and the whole city is divided into inner and outer cities. Even if the troops occupy the city, the soldiers in the city can quickly withdraw to the inner city to continue to defend, until they capture the inner city and have to march with the Liao army. Street fighting, although under such circumstances, the Liao army did not have the advantage of field troops and the turbulent iron cavalry plain, but after all, the defensive battle is much more advantageous than the siege battle.

Pan Mei led a group of people to stand far below the city and watch. At this time, the army was still three miles away from Shuozhou. After all, the army was like this, but there was no movement at the beginning of Shuozhou City, which made Pan Mei very uncertain. The advantage of the Liao army's iron horse was not needed. It was undoubtedly a great thing for him to fight a position battle with him. Difficulty.

He quickly recruited the generals and discussed countermeasures: "Now the Liaoning army is rich in grain. At present, the army is quiet, and the other party is motionless. I'm afraid it is an abacus to fight against our army. Our army has to go all the way, and we can't delay here, so I plan to start to attack the city after noon and try to capture Shuozhou as soon as possible! I don't know if you have any suggestions. You might as well put them all up, and we will discuss them.

Other generals are either too small to hold official positions or Pan Mei's. How can anyone disobey Pan Mei's practices? At this time, Yang Ye suddenly said: "Tell the marshal that only has the front wall in Shuozhou that is easy to attack the city, and there are not many soldiers on the other sides that can be placed, so the front is the main position of the siege. In addition, this city is built inside The outer wall is very convenient to support. In addition, there are still 20,000 soldiers on the other side, so our army can't fight with life and death. The commander-in-chief's opinion is very good, which can save valuable time for the victory of our army, but the commander-in-chief should also understand that our three-way army of the Song Dynasty went deep into the territory of the Liao army without the supplement of excellent troops. If a soldier dies, we will lose one soldier. If a large number of soldiers are lost in this battle, it will be difficult for our army to fight after that.

Pan Weiji immediately sneered and said, "General Yang, please rest assured that the troops used in this attack on Shuozhou are all the 60,000 troops of our Pan family. Even if you put all the field troops into the war, you will never use your Yang army one by one horse. General Yang can rest assured."

When Yang Yanping saw that he bullied his father so much, he immediately retorted, "My father doesn't want Pan's army to be destroyed, not the soldiers who cherish our Yang's army. Speaking of the last battle, your Pan's army was beaten and retreated. If it weren't for my Yang's army, even if you Pan's army was the trump card of the Song Dynasty, you would also be beaten. Get your ass!"

"Dalang, shut up! What's wrong with Yang Jiajun? At this moment, I'm the only one who fought on the West Road in the Northern Song Dynasty. There is no such thing as Yang Jiajun!" Yang Ye stared at Yang Yanping and said to Pan Mei, "The child is ignorant and speaks recklessly. Please forgive me. The last general's discipline is useless, which makes the commander laugh."

Pan Mei waved her hand with a smile and said, "It doesn't matter. Young people are very energetic. This is a good thing. I won't care about it. Ji'er, I apologize to you. This matter is that I don't think well. This battle still needs to be discussed. I just mentioned my personal opinion. You can continue to discuss it."

Pan Weiji had no choice but to punch Yang Yanping and said, "Fangcai is rude. Brother Yang, please don't mind. Weiji is here to apologize to Brother Yang!" After saying that, he bowed deeply to Yang Yanping, but his expression was full of reluctance.

Yang Yanping immediately helped him up and quickly pretended to be kind and said, "General Pan is polite. This is what I'm doing. Please forgive General Pan."

Yang Ye thought for a moment and said, "General Pan, the last general knows that the emperor's order is urgent, but things are important and urgent, and it is easy to do bad things. Although our army is equipped with large siege equipment, it is difficult to attack the city easily. It is better to let the army attack its front. The last general led a light horse from his back road to attack it unprepared. What does General Zhipan think?

Let me attract firepower with the main force. Can you pick it up cheap? Pan Mei couldn't help but feel a little angry, but Yang Ye's led all field troops and were not suitable for attacking the city. Naturally, he had no way to scold him for such a proposal. He could only nod and said, "Let's think about this matter in the long way. You can go back and prepare for it. Maybe the other party will attack our army." After saying that, the meeting was dissolved.

Yang Ye and his son came out of the big tent, and Tang Longyan immediately greeted him and asked Yang Ye, "How about it? Is Pan Mei going to go her own way and insist on attacking the city and nibbling down this Shuozhou?"

Yang Ye nodded heavily and said, "It is us who won the first battle, and our first achievement is that we have conquered. Although the memorial he sent to the emperor must have been his credit, no matter how he hides it, he must not erase our names. The war report came yesterday. It is said that the army in the middle is about to capture the flying fox, and General Cao on the East Road is also heading towards Gu'an. With the advantage of heavy troops in his hand, it is only a few days to capture Gu'an. In this way, our army's achievements have become the smallest. Under such circumstances, General Pan is so urgent that he has to sacrifice heavy troops and attack. Xia Shuzhou.

"The other party is well equipped, unable to prepare for war, and sufficient food and fodder. If there is no strange plan, how can he capture the city? At this moment, there are only less than 40,000 siege troops in his Pan's army, and the remaining 20,000 are field troops. In this way, I'm afraid they will be filled by our Yang's army. In this way, if the damage of the troops is less than 30%, it will be a good result!" Thinking that countless Song soldiers were about to be buried here, Tang Longyan felt a pain in his heart.

While they were discussing, they suddenly heard a majestic sound of drums beating. Tang Longyan was shocked and suddenly looked forward. Under this look, his heart suddenly trembled, because at this time, the West Road army had begun to deploy and act!