Chapter 404 Fight

Outside Chang'an City, 100,000 troops of the Xia family camped for several days and have been attacking the city. In the handsome tent, Xia Shuangtian walked around a sand table model imitating Chang'an City. The model is made of wood and clay, which is less than one meter long and wide. Palaces, walls, streets and houses are quite clear. If you don't know Chang'an City like the palm of your hand, it is absolutely impossible to make it so vivid.

Chang'an City covers an area of 83 square kilometers and is composed of three parts: Outer Guocheng, Huangcheng and Gongcheng. The streets in the city are crisscrossed, dividing 110 squares. The whole plane is rectangular, with a length of more than 9,700 meters from east to west and more than 8,600 meters wide from north to south.

This wall with a total length of more than 36 kilometers is made of bricks and stone. The rest are all built with rammed earth. The so-called rammed earth version is to first use wooden boards as molds, then fill them with clay and limestone, and use heavy objects to smash the gap small, making its structure very tight and strong.

The ancient walls were mostly made in this way. Although this method is lagging behind later generations, it is always stronger than the walls built by ordinary people. In addition, these walls of Chang'an City are not ordinary thick. The thickness of the outer wall is about 12 meters, and the height is more than five meters. Such a thick wall, even a giant catapult can't think of it.

A total of 13 gates have been opened on the periphery of Chang'an City. In the middle is the Mingde Gate in the south. Entering the Mingde Gate is a Zhuque Street connecting the Zhuque Gate, the main gate of the imperial city. The width reaches more than 30 feet, which is rare even in later generations. The twelve gates are mostly pavilion-style buildings, with at least hundreds of them. There are nearly a thousand officers and soldiers guarding, and it is extremely difficult to attack directly. It can be said that Chang'an is the strongest capital of the Tang Dynasty. As long as there is enough food, even if the enemy who attacked the city is ten times higher than himself, it will not be a problem to defend for three or five months.

"Hungsn't the general come up with a suitable method yet? If he can't defeat the enemy as soon as possible, not only will the food and fodder supply be insufficient, but also the army of the vassals will attack from the rest of the gates." Uncle De stood aside and said with no expression.

"I don't know that it's difficult to break through Chang'an!"

Xia Shuangtian pointed to the sand table and said, "This is Mingde Gate, the main gate of Chang'an City. As long as you open it, you can go straight from Zhuque Street to the Imperial City! This is the most direct and quickest way. Guo Kai, a general defending the city, has experienced several wars and is well-scheming. Although he is not good at attacking, he is really good at defense, and it is impossible not to think of this. There are at least 30,000 soldiers in the city, including the guards and retreating officers and soldiers.

The siege of the city is simple. Basic soldiers flock to it. If the strength is enough, they can attack the city. If the strength is not enough, they can't attack it. In fact, this is not the case in the real siege. The scope of the city is so large that every place can be used as a breakthrough point.

If you can concentrate on attacking weak defense, it is likely to reduce a lot of losses. Many people are indeed powerful, but sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing. If you don't command properly, you are likely to get twice the result with half the effort. One hundred thousand troops, more or less, reasonable use of meticulous layout and scheduling.

"If Guo Kai dies, you can be more sure. You can try it." Uncle De said.

"Are you going to assassinate Guo Kai?" Summer frost heaven. He knows Uncle De's strength that it is not difficult to kill the enemy general. But there can't be only one general in the court, who can make up for it at any time.

Uncle De said, "The general's mind is clear that he will die at the right time." Of course, the most appropriate time is the fiercest battle between the two armies.

"I found the whereabouts of the young lady. It was done by the people of Qianyulou. At the same time, Ye Ningxue, the new leader of the Emei faction, was also captured, but someone has been rescued so far. The Wulin League contacted Xiao Ran and seemed to gather a lot of force. With the previous relationship between Xiao Ran and Miss, it should not be too difficult. Uncle De suddenly said.

Xia Shuangtian's pupil suddenly shrank and said, "It's Qianyulou again. It seems that Qianyulou has been planning all this behind the scenes. Now everything is a fore. As long as the chaotic stone is in my hands, I will never want to collect the seven-star stone.

"If the guess is good, this person should also appear. Although he was forced to implement the plan in advance, he also found a reasonable excuse for the general to send troops.

Xia Shuangtian was silent for a moment; "Then let's do it tonight!"

The night is like a deep thick ink, and there is no trace of stars in the night sky. There is a layer of mist floating in the air, and it is as silent as death. At night, all the tents stationed outside the city turned off the lights at the same time. In the vastness of darkness, only the sound of soldiers gathering and horses walking around can be heard. This situation was quickly reported to the generals of the city, and the army in the city was immediately mobilized.

Although there are 13 gates on the outer wall, there are only six gates that can accommodate the army to pass through and facilitate the siege. Mingde Gate is the top priority, and the six gates of Jinguang, Chunming, Kaiyuan, Tonghua and Fanglin are also very easy to reach the imperial city. How to deploy troops is the most difficult problem. Except for Mingde Gate, the distance between the other five doors is not too far, and people can be transferred to support at any time.

Guo Kai said, "10,000 elite soldiers guard Mingdemen, and 3,000 people from each of the other five gates. The remaining 5,000 guards are ordered to support at any time.

"Yes!"

The generals are ordered to go. As long as any door line is broken, the whole city will be dangerous. Among them, the most important thing is manpower scheduling and intelligent competition. Xia Shuangtian is known as the "God of War", which is not called in vain, and the soldiers who guard the city also have some concerns in their hearts. Xia Shuangtian's move when he broke through the Hangu Pass is still fresh in his memory.

Xia Shuangtian crossed a good pony, wearing protective armor, and the wind blew the bloody cloak. Holding a sword, he stood majestically in front of the 30,000 troops. Xia Heng, Xia Luo and others, who are also fully armed, stand behind him like stars.

Xia Shuangtian said loudly: "All the soldiers, today's emperors of the Tang Dynasty are rebellious and mediocre. Xia Shuang, I, serve the will of heaven, serve the hearts of the people, and lead the soldiers to save the people of the world from water and fire. At present, as long as this Chang'an City is captured, the Tang Dynasty is not far from extinction. Although Chang'an City is a strong city, compared with Hangu Pass, we have 100,000 troops, and the number of troops in Chang'an City is less than 30,000.

So many hardships have been overcome. As long as you attack Chang'an City, every soldier present is a meritorious official, and the first soldier to attack Chang'an City, no matter who he is, will be rewarded with three levels! Gentlemen, do you have the confidence to take down this Chang'an city with me!"