If You Have Two Hundred Thousand Elite Soldiers, You Can Also Sit on the Dragon Throne.
That being said.
However, because of the fire that had been going on for a few days, this place was like a flaming mountain.
When the Tang army entered, they had to endure the high temperature and the smoke.
"Why did this difficult task fall on my head…"
Yuchi Gong rode on his horse, his fan-like hands waving vigorously, trying to get rid of the heat.
"Father, didn't you snatch this?”
Yuchi Gong's eldest son, Yuchi Baolin, came over and asked curiously.
"Shoo, shoo, shoo. How would I know that it would be so hot after burning the mountain?”
Yuchi Gong slapped Yuchi Baolin's head.
"I was wondering why Cheng Yaojin didn't come and snatch this job. Now that I think about it, this old fellow is really sinister! This task was not considered a big contribution if it was done well, but if it was done badly…If I had known earlier, I would have just stayed in Chang 'an obediently…"
Yuchi Baolin looked at Yuchi Gong, who was wearing half-body armor, and did not say anything.
These bones were called old bones.
Then what should Uncle Qin's name be?
Yuchi Baolin was riding a horse.
He looked around.
Along the way from Chang 'an, more than a dozen soldiers of Zhechong Prefecture stood up to report.
A total of 20,000 soldiers and 5,000 imperial guards were gathered.
With this mighty army, this battle was definitely won, right?
thought Yuchi Baolin, who was going out with the army for the first time.
...
Rumble!
At noon the next day, when the sun was shining above their heads.
Yuchi Gong's 20,000 strong army had already reached the high walls of the Fallen Dragon Canyon.
When Yuchi Gong saw this high wall, he could not help but frown.
The wall seemed to be made of stone, almost as high as the city wall of Chang 'an.
Where did these bandits get the manpower to build such a high wall?
Yuchi Gong did not know that in order to strengthen the defense, Su Yan had mobilized thousands of people to bake cement. On the foundation of the original stone wall, a one-meter-tall parapet was added, making the entire stone wall more than seven to eight meters tall.
Perhaps it was far inferior to the city walls of Nanjing and Jingdou in the Ming Dynasty.
However, in this era, an eight-meter-tall stone wall that looked like it was completely made of stones was still very majestic.
"This is going to be difficult…"
Yuchi Gong mumbled.
He had thought that it was to suppress bandits.
Now, it had become a siege.
Attacking Tough City was a headache for any army in any era.
If he charged forward in a daze, he would be courting death.
Generally speaking, the most commonly used method of attacking a city was to surround it!
However, this was based on the fact that the siege had an absolute advantage in terms of manpower and logistics. Otherwise, they would be dragged to death instead of trapping the enemy.
Now, Yuchi Gong had fulfilled the conditions to besiege them.
However, Yuchi Gong knew that there were fertile fields in this canyon, and there were not many people…If they were to be surrounded, who knew how long they would be surrounded.
The other was to attack forcefully.
As for the assault, it was more tragic. After all, it was easy to defend the city but difficult to attack it. Often, the casualties of the next city would be a relatively large number.
In ancient times, there was no modern artillery fire to forcefully attack a city. Therefore, soldiers would usually push the ladder and hit the doorpost, directly going up like this.
Under such circumstances, they would probably have to pay a huge price to take down the city.
And in front of Yuchi Gong, although it was only a stone wall.
However, because there were cliffs on both sides, the height was much higher than this stone wall.
The price to pay to go around this stone wall would probably be even higher.
"Set up camp and forge equipment first! We'll attack the city tomorrow!"
Yuchi Gong looked at the stone wall and turned his head to instruct.
There was only one option in front of him.
That was a strong attack!
If they were to surround him, they would not be able to trap him to death.
What if the empress gave birth to a child?
Whose?
...
At this moment, on the stone wall.
Su Yan and his subordinates were observing the Tang army's battle formation.
"Yuchi Gong personally led 25,000 troops to attack, Li Shi Min really thinks highly of me!”
Su Yan smiled. There was no nervousness on his face.
Behind him, the soldiers who were called the Ming King Guards were guarding the city walls.
However, they still maintained a very orderly formation.
Currently, there were a total of five thousand people in Su Yan's Ming King Guards.
They were divided into ten battalions.
This included a personal military camp with Su Ba as the commander. All of them were equipped with steel armor and were responsible for Su Yan's safety.
A reconnaissance battalion, which included 42 Wudang Fei soldiers from the Wudang Fei Army training camp, as well as some specially selected experts.
Eight infantry battalions.
Each battalion had five hundred people, two hundred spearmen, two hundred archers, and one hundred sword-shield soldiers.
Six of the eight infantry battalions were positioned behind the city wall in a standard five line formation.
All the soldiers stood solemnly, waiting for the officer's order.
In the Ming Wang Guards, a battalion was the basic combat unit. The main method of fighting was very simple, which was to use sword and shield wielders, spear wielders, and archers to fight in a horizontal formation.
He would shoot arrows from afar, throw grenades at close range, and stab with a spear at close range.
The swordsmen were responsible for protecting the front line, as well as charging in when the enemy's formation was chaotic to maximize the results of the battle.
Su Yan looked at the valiant and spirited appearance of his subordinates and could not help but feel a wave of ambition surge into his heart.
In just over a month, he had trained a group of miners to such a state.
The system's barracks were indeed very useful. Without the barracks, it would take at least a year for ordinary soldiers to train to their current state.
He looked at the rows of soldiers.
Su Yan really felt like a king now.
There were only 5,000 of them now. If they had 50,000 in the future, they could probably attack Xiangyang, Yuezhou, Jingxiang, Sichuan, and even go downstream to cut off the Yangtze River. They could first occupy Jiangnan and fight against Li Shimin from the north to the south.
Hmm, if he could have 200,000 elite soldiers in the future.
The Dragon Throne in the Taiji Palace of Chang 'an…He should be able to sit there.
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