After nightfall, Murong still sat on the city tower and looked carefully outside the city.

Under the city tower, a total of 4,000 infantry and cavalry were evacuating one after another.

This is the second batch of troops to be ready to attack. If the vanguard shakes the enemy's position, then this group of people will leave the city, turning a small fight into a big fight, and completely defeating the 20,000 Liang troops in the south of the city.

Although it is likely that the overall situation of being surrounded will not be changed, it can boost morale. But obviously, the six hundred pioneers sent out were directly surrounded, and the second batch of troops did not need to attack.

If you forcefully attack, the losses will only be greater, and these four thousand people may not be able to come back.

As for the Pioneer Retreat, you have to wait until the people approach the city wall before you can get back. If you go out of the city, how many thousands of people can come back?

"How many Liang Bings have come?" Murong asked after a long time.

"It should be around 100,000."

"A little over a hundred thousand."

"Eighteen thousand and twenty thousand."

Everyone's answers were almost the same, just this number. The combat soldiers and logistics auxiliary personnel each accounted for about half. Now the main force is stationed in the west of the city, while the partial army lives in the south of the city, and each built its own camp.

It seems that there is still east and north sides, but it is just that they are just a new arrival and there is no time. Give them two more days and immediately block the other sides, just three quarries and one quarry.

Murong frowned after hearing this.

This is a real army of 100,000. If you count the heads one by one, there is absolutely no imaginary number. The military strategy is ten, and there are only 10,000 or 20,000 infantry and cavalry in the city, which is really almost enough to be siege.

As for the combat effectiveness of the besieged soldiers, I have seen it now and I am quite capable of fighting.

To be fair, it is just slightly inferior to the more than 600 death-threatening men they attacked from the city, but they are more organized.

The most important thing is that you have a large number of people and can surround your elites with the number of people and cooperation.

It's more troublesome now. There are only more than 3,000 elite cavalry left in the city. If you take it out for unnecessary consumption, you will be able to successfully survive until the enemy retreats in the future, and you may not have enough strength to pursue it.

The next step is to attack, and the infantry can only rely on sneak attacks at night, and at most some cavalry will be sent to siege the formation in the distance.

Of course, he had a final plan in his heart, that is, if things are inconsistent, they would find an opportunity to break through. To break through, these elite cavalry are the key.

"Send someone to comfort General Lan's family." Murong stood up and ordered, "No, I will go to Lan's house to comfort him."

Mrs. Lan, a member of the Lamb tribe, was once his beloved concubine and gave birth to his five sons, Murong Ba.

The Uloran tribe of the Huns was also one of the core forces of Murong Yan State. No matter what the consideration was, they had to comfort them. "Lan (Uloran)" was a surname of the Huns. The Tuoba Xianbei also had the Lan tribe. There had been a dispute between the Lan and Feng tribes before.

It is normal for such a long-standing big family to be scattered in various forces, such as Tuoba, Yuwen, and Murong families, Zhuhun.

If Murong abandons the city and runs away, he will definitely win over Lan in the future, but relatively close surnames like Zhu Hun, otherwise it would be impossible to rely solely on his own Murong tribe.

Tribal alliance focuses on the word "alliance".

After Murong left, Prime Minister Feng Yi's face was solemn. He keenly discovered that every day more, the hesitation in the King of Yan would be more severe.

He was already swaying between running away or not. Any change in the situation may increase the inclination of one side. Feng Yi was really worried that the King of Yan would run away. After all, more than half of the nobles of the tribe were doing this.

To be fair, Feng Yi had no selfishness to let him stay.

How many people did the ancestors of the Murong clan just head south from the Kuhan Grassland in the north? Now that you escape back, you can only raise so many people, even worse, because the Murong Xianbei may be divided, now it has been divided into two parts, but Murong Ren is relatively small.

If Murong Yan Kingdom wants to grow, it can only occupy more fertile land, establish systems, build cities, make equipment, and accumulate food and grass. Once it runs away, it will no longer be a weather, just a bandit.

But he heard that after Murong Tuyuhun went to the west, it was difficult to even raise iron weapons. What future could he have?

But his thinking does not mean that others think so, especially those tribal nobles who have not participated in farming affairs and are excluded from the decision-making circle have long accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction. It would be strange if they could not persuade the King of Yan to avoid the limelight at this time.

Feng Yi sighed, the situation was no longer under his control.

Murong went straight to Lan Mansion. At this time, a group of nobles from tribe who were hard to see him on weekdays surrounded him.

"In the past, Mo Huba went south from the northern pine forest, and there were only a few thousand people. He followed his mother Qiu Jian, and Sima Yi was in power for Gongsun...."

The crowd was in a turbulent manner, but the meaning was clear, Murong could understand *******

When Murong descended to the city tower, Li Chong happened to climb up the platform.

He had already received the results from the south of the city: in less than half an hour, he killed 637 Murong Xianbei people, and simply achieved the first achievement of this battle, the cavalry of the Yan Palace guards, and presented several lists of meritorious service.

The second merit was given to HeiXiao Zuo Camp. Their main force was more than 4,000 people, stationed in the south of the city, and blocked the reinforcements in the city. Although they did not wait until the mobile phone was handed over, two other people participated in the final battle.

Feilong Mountain, Shangbai Er Town Light Cavalry was a third place, slightly dissatisfied, but there was no way. They had the worst combat power and the lowest status. If there were no friendly forces to help, even though they were twice that of Murong Xianbei, they would have been defeated long ago.

Li Chong ordered his aides to write a detailed war report and sent people to Youzhou to Beiping one day.

The rest is to continue to strengthen the camps and dig trenches at the same time.

The latter is a major project, and there are actually many people who oppose it, because one trench is not enough and may not be able to prevent the enemy from breaking through in the city. Two or even three trenches must be needed.

Moreover, once you start digging, it will inevitably squeeze the time for siege. Now it is June, and you will definitely withdraw troops by the end of September at the latest. If you have a little insurance, it is best to withdraw 11 to 4 months in the middle of September and you will definitely be able to capture Jicheng? No one dares to guarantee it.

Li Chong also wrote this in. He actually wanted to ask the emperor whether the Han scholars in the city could accomplish anything? If they were willing to be internal supporters, they would surround them and not let anyone go. If they could not, they would surround them, deliberately leaving the enemy with a chance to escape, and then pursue them calmly, and obtain the greatest results at the lowest cost.

Li Chong didn't care about face, he only cared about military affairs. Judging from the current situation, Murong Xianbei gave him a strange feeling, as if he had to stick to it, and he looked like he was about to run away at any time.

He didn't know what Murong was thinking. He only knew that his grain road was almost not attacked by high intensity. Of course, this may also be related to the fact that the grain road was in the mountainous area and the cavalry was restricted.

He also knew that the Murong Xianbei had almost strengthened the walls and cleared the fields in advance, and the people who farmed did not escape, but most of the tribes disappeared.

These people are definitely not in the city, and may have retreated to the grasslands in the north, or entered the Liaoze with complex terrain. In such a situation, if Murong escaped, at least he would have a chance to slowly gather these tribes and not become lonely.

Third, in the evening, more than 600 death-death land came out from the south gate. Their mission should be to defeat the cavalry of the Daliang King Division, dismount and cut off the antlers, break the car formation, and then let the cavalry into the camp and chop and kill, creating large-scale chaos.

But the group of people was quickly surrounded and destroyed in an instant. During the battle, no reinforcements were supported in the city.

Perhaps the battle location was too far from the south city gate, which was inconvenient to respond, or the Heizao Zuo Camp went out in front of the camp, arranged antlers and crossbows, which scared the defenders, or they simply did not want to send more people to die, but no matter which reason, it means that they were panic and their morale was low.

The act of going out of the city to harass people is to boost morale, and it is a way that the weak side has no choice.

The fourth is Li Pu's remarks.

Based on these four points, he felt that if he surrounded three quors and one, he would have a relatively high confidence in seizing Jicheng.

Digging trenches and building walls around the world strengthened the enemy's determination to defend. If there was no internal support, even if the city was finally captured, there would be greater casualties.

He didn't want to let the Murong family go, so as not to raise the tiger, but he would not insist on refusing it purely for the sake of face.

Besides, Murong may not be let go if he surrounds three Que 1, and it is unknown whether he was borrowed by his subordinates.

It depends on the emperor how to make a decision.

*******

On the eighth day of the sixth month, Shao Xun received a military newspaper from Jicheng.

A quarter of an hour ago, he had just sent an envoy to appoint Li Chong as "the envoy of the camps on all sides of Jicheng."

Shao Shen, Xu Lang, and Li Chong were all "recruiting envoys" all the way, and Li was responsible for "recruiting envoys" and was united with the three armies.

Even the Goguryeo who was robbing mysteriously would be under his command. The Goguryeo would not listen to him. Even when Shao Xun heard the rumors, the Goguryeo had stopped advancing, which obviously had other intentions.

After reading Li Chong's military newspaper, Shao Xun called out several sons together, compared the map, and explained them one by one to four sons, the adopted son Buzhen and son-in-law Huan Wen were also present.

"The most taboo to defend the city is to death. If you cannot attack from time to time, this city will be in danger." Shao Xun said: "There are several key points to fighting outside the city. One is that the enemy came from afar, there is no strong camp, and the physical strength is insufficient, and even if you have time to eat water, you can arrange or camp when you are hungry. This is called "not firmly established". This will lead to a chance to win a great victory when attacking, which is not uncommon since the end of the Han Dynasty. The second is that the enemy is tired of siege and there is a omission in the front line. You can go out of the city to attack at night."

"Grandma, why did there be no omissions at this time? " Shao asked.

"Good question." Shao Xun smiled and said, "When the city was not attacked, elite soldiers gathered, and the army was in full swing, so we could not easily invade. After siege,

The troops suffered heavy casualties, lacked physical strength and low morale. At this time, they needed to be rectified. The ones that were replaced may be troops that were not as capable as fighting, or even strong peasants and soldiers. These people were not strong in combat and were prone to panic during the day. Not to mention at night, there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. Or the siege was not large and there were not enough rotation troops at all, so there would be more missing lines in the defense line."

Shao nodded slightly. His father's words were all about experience, and they were seen or experienced in his life, and were very precious.

"Third, if the enemy builds a high platform outside the city, or builds a lot of siege equipment, causing the casualties of the defenders to increase sharply, then you have to find an opportunity to go out of the city to destroy it, otherwise the casualties will become increasingly serious and you will eventually be unable to defend."

"Fourth, when the enemy troops retreat, their troops are not in a state of harmony and their morale will collapse. If they have the ability to risk going out of the city to attack and kill, the results will be very great. If they do not take this opportunity to kill more people in the city, these people will be trapped and rectified, and after they are defeated, their morale will be restored in a few days. Isn't it a pity to attack the city again in exchange for the lives of the defenders?"

Shao, Shao Ji, Shao Wo and Yuan Zhen all nodded.

"But the risk of fighting outside the city is also very high." Shao Xun said again: "Isn't the attacking commander not guarding against you? It's impossible. Therefore, some commanders are very careful and have to wait until the opportunity is great before they can choose the desperate to attack at night. Some commanders are brave enough to attack outside the city more frequently. Or they may see that the city is not going to be able to defend, and they will fight to the death, perhaps by chance, causing chaos and living in death."

"In short, it depends on the ability of both sides of the attack and defense. Going out of the city to attack may achieve greater results, or it may be wiped out, and none of them will come back, so be cautious."

After saying that, Shao Xun pointed to Jicheng on the map and asked, "Do you think you should be surrounded on all sides, or do you want to surround three ques and one?"

Yuan Zhen was the first to say, "Grandpa, if I siege the city, I will siege three gulfs and one gulf, and then set up an ambush in the wild. When the enemy collapsed, they were in a panic and had no intention of staying for a long time, just chase them behind and fight them."

Shao nodded and said, "Grandma, I also think I should surround three que 1. Li Pu said that Murong was persuaded to escape because he was persuaded to return by the natives of Jicheng, but it was enough to show that he had no ambition to stick to his mind and was unstable. This would give him a chance to escape. As long as he did not intercept him head-on, he would fight to trap beasts and send the spirit cavalry to follow him and chase him, the results of the battle should be greater."

Shao Xun looked at Shao Wo again.

Shao Wo asked in confusion: "Grandma, isn't this going to lead the tiger back to the mountain? What if Murong runs away?"

"Brother Eleven, the king's army will withdraw its troops in September, only three or four months." Shao Ji said: "In ancient times, there have been many people who have not been sieged for a hundred days. Jicheng is a strong city and is not that easy to fight. When the snow falls in September, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured due to the attack, and his morale was already very low. If he retreated in a hurry, it would be dangerous."

"Isn't there any inner support?" Shao Wo asked.

"Eleventh brother, the news is not heard now, and the grandfather has not received a reply from Shi Cong. How can he put his hope on it?" Shao smiled and said, "I hope the enemy is lenient."

"Third brother, you are so powerful, I know." Shao Wodi smiled and was humbly taught.

After hearing everyone's words, Shao Xun smiled and said, "Murong is far inferior to his father's temperament."

After saying that, he looked at Shao Zhen, Huan Wen and said, "Why don't you both speak?"

"Your Majesty, I think you should fight quickly and avoid the night of dreams." Shao Zhen bowed and said, "It is unlikely that the country will be conquered next year."

"Your Majesty, Goguryeo is still there." Huan Wen also politely said, "The king's army always wants to withdraw its troops. There is no Murong and Yuwen in that place, or Zhu Hun and others. The worst thing is that the Murong tribes are destroyed and run to various places to share food for Yuwen and Goguryeo. I think that the court can beat Murong and recover the old land, and then use Yanshan Protectorate to restrain the various departments. This is the best strategy."

"Goguryeo" Shao Xun muttered this name softly.
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