Outside Aguda's tent, there was the neighing sound of the horses, and then a Puliyan (50 household chief) with a head full of dust on his face walked in under the guidance of the guards.

Inside the tent, under the dark light, Aguda's thin body did not lie down. He still did not lose his spirit as a founding hero, half-lying and half-sitting on the thick animal skin mattress. Several Goryeo eunuchs and a medical official from the Song Dynasty were frying some herbs on the stove in a corner of the tent. There was a strong fragrance of medicine in the tent.

Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Zongbi and others were all in the tent, sitting with Aguda around a sheepskin map spread out on the carpet. They were discussing military information.

Early yesterday morning, they knew that Linhuang Mansion was surrounded by Xiao Sesse!

The critical moment for the rise and fall of the Great Jin Kingdom has finally arrived!

So in the past two days, Aguda has been discussing the strategy of the decisive battle with his sons and nephews in the tent.

Xiao Sesse dared to surround Linhuang Mansion with tens of thousands of people, definitely not because he had no brains, but because he had a backstage!

Of course, her backstage is the powerful Zhou Jun!

Needless to say, they must have been around Linhuang Mansion now...

If they cannot determine their position and approximate number, the next big battle will not be easy to fight!

"I'm so arrogant," Pu Liyan, who followed the guards in, came forward to report, "I and my sons found a large number of strife and cavalry about a hundred miles south of Linhuang Mansion!"

"What? Are there big striking striking squad?"

"Are you sure there are big infantry troops?"

Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongwang asked questions together.

Then Pu Liyan said with great certainty: "Although I and my sons cannot get close, I can observe the smoke and dust and their speed of movement. It is undoubtedly a mixed army of infantry and cavalry, with a population of about 50,000."

Infantry is rare on the Korqin grassland. Whether it is Jin or Liao soldiers, they rely on cavalry to conquer the world.

So this large army of infantry is almost certain that Zhou Jun has arrived!

"It must be Zhou Jun who moved!"

"Hmph, I finally jumped out..."

"As soon as they move, Dading Mansion will be in vain!"

"It depends on Nian Han's ability now!"

Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu, and Wanyan Zongbi shouted one after another. The four of them were actually a little panicked because they all knew the Zhou faction, and of course they knew how terrible the military potential of Zhou was.

Although both the Zhou State and the Song Dynasty were the Han regimes ruled by the Han people, their foundations were completely different.

The Song Dynasty ruled the world with scholars and officials, while the Zhou State was based on military citizens and industrial and commercial citizens. When necessary, this country of agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and commerce, which had more than 10 million people, could be built into a powerful war machine!

If the Great Jin Kingdom had a population of 10 million and had developed industry, commerce, agriculture and animal husbandry, they might be able to fight against the Zhou Kingdom.

However, the Jin Kingdom now has only fifty Meng'an, and under extreme mobilization, it can also pull out an army of 200,000 to 300,000 troops. However, the ability to fight for a long time is insufficient, and its weapons and equipment cannot be compared with the Great Zhou. Only cavalry may be able to compete...

In the past few years of struggle, the Dongliao, which was supported by the Zhou Kingdom, has already made the Great Jin Kingdom feel aggravated.

Now that Zhou Guo has ended in person, this war may be very difficult, right?

"Go and receive the reward." Agu waved his hand and sent Pu Liyan to the future report.

Then his eyes swept through the tent, and all the faint fear that appeared on the faces of his four nephews was filled with his eyes.

"It's nothing... Isn't it just 70,000 or 80,000 people? After we joined forces with Xie, there were 150,000 people, twice as many as them! And we don't have to fight hard, as they're trapped."

The "sleeping" he said does not necessarily have to be surrounded, it only needs to cut off the logistics line of the Dongliao-Zhou coalition.

If more than 100,000 Jin soldiers are really set up and fight, they are probably not their opponents, but Jin soldiers are all horse teams and are very mobile. It should be fine to rob food and grass on the grassland!

Even if the bleak army brings cattle and sheep, they are not afraid. If they really can't do it, they will set fire to the grassland.

Wanyan Zongbi frowned deeply: "If Linhuang Mansion City is varnished..."

He only said half of his words, and two sons were missing behind him: Break!

Once the Linhuang Mansion was captured, a large amount of food and grass stored in the city would fall into the hands of the Dongliao-Zhou coalition forces. It would be enough for 70,000 to 80,000 people to eat for a year or two...

"It cannot be defeated!" A Guda smiled, "Xi still has the ability. Linhuang Mansion was rebuilt as the Heishan Fort. How could it be destroyed so quickly? There is no need to think about it!

The situation is good now. Linhuang Mansion has 150,000 yuan to beat them at most 100,000 yuan, and we have the advantage. There are 50,000 soldiers in Huanglong Mansion... We will win if we succeed at both ends.

As long as we win, the State of Song will most likely join... They have already set up an army of 200,000 by the river and will break into Yan's land at any time!"

"Yes! Du Bo Jilie is right, we have a great chance of winning..."

"Father, let your son lead the troops to the forefront!"

The four nephews were also cheered up and asked for a fight.

Aguda seemed even more confident, and clapped his hands and smiled, "Okay! I'll give Wu Shu the first lineup. Wu Shu must show the majesty of a Jurchen man!"

His face suddenly became ferocious, "In addition, send the fastest cavalry to Huanglong Mansion and order Nianhan and Yinzhi to attack! You must fight hard and kill hard!"

...

Wang Yan, Li Xiaozhong, Wu Yiyong, Wu Yixin, Ma Yong and other Zhou army generals and collegemen arrived at the forefront near Linhuang Mansion under the cover of Tuocheng. One of them held a distant tube in his hand and carefully observed the castle ahead.

Linhuang Prefecture City was Shangjing, the former Liao Kingdom. The city was originally quite large, but now it has been changed to an inappropriate castle.

The reason why it is inappropriate is that the square wall of Linhuangfu City has not been changed. It is still the original vertical and rammed earth structure - bombarding this kind of wall with 112 cannons, a 100-step wide hole can be made in a day!

Outside the vertical rammed earth wall, there are many triangular forts distributed. The forts are also rammed earth, with inclined walls, which can offset the power of the shells to a certain extent.

In addition, there is a winding trench outside the triangle-shaped castle, which completely encircles the entire castle. On the inside of the trench, there are also low earth walls to protect soldiers from moving when enemy shelling.

"The city wall can be blown away in one day!" Wu Yixin commented first, "There are still two triangles that need to be destroyed and the attack channel will be opened in three days."

Wu Yixin studied two departments of engineering and artillery in the Knights Academy, and knew how to bombard the castle and city walls.

"No need to be so troublesome," Ma Yong shook his head, "Just just hit their 6-two guns."

"How to fight?" Wu Yixin asked, "Their cannons will definitely be mounted on the triangle castle. How to fight?"

Ma Yong smiled and said, "You can try it... Maybe I'll be so busy that I'll be silenced! It's not easy to use artillery. Our artillery is all graduated from elementary school and needs to be trained for a year. Their artillery may not even count, so it would be strange if it can be done well!"

A compulsory education system for citizens is probably another major advantage of the Great Zhou Republic over the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.

Although this education system is not universal, and non-citizens have no right to enjoy it, and is not open to girls (girls can also go to school, but not compulsory education), hundreds of thousands of Zhou Gong teenagers have received primary and primary education over the past decade, thus providing a large number of talents that were considered high-quality in the Middle Ages.

Now, more than 80% of the officers of the Republican Army have an education equivalent to a university (including the Knights College, the Naval Academy and other universities). Non-commissioned officers and technical soldiers basically have an education above primary school (academy), and at least 30% of the soldiers have received education above primary school.

The first thing that benefits from high-quality soldiers is the technical branches of the Republic's army, such as artillery, engineers and navy. Various complex operations and the application of mathematical knowledge are not difficult for the "primary school students" of the Great Zhou Republic.

But it is a bit difficult for the Jurchens... From the two books "Architecture Code" and "Instructions for 250 Jin Cannons" in the Song Dynasty, only Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiyin can understand it.

Wu Yiyong interrupted expressionlessly: "Use a daytime bombardment, concentrate firepower to open a gap of about 100 steps on the city wall. Then launch an infantry attack that night and hit it directly. How powerful can the 6 two cannons placed on the Triangle Outcast Fort have? It can't kill several people..."

Wu Yiyong killed someone with a knife at the age of thirteen. I don’t know how many wars he has fought so far? Naturally, he has taken other people’s life and death indifferent.

In his opinion, the life of a soldier is just a number. If he uses hundreds of lives to conquer Linhuang Mansion, it is completely worth it. There is no need to waste time to reduce the already small casualties!

Because time will determine the outcome of the war!

He paused, "Aguda's army should not be far away... We don't have much time to waste!"

Wang Yan and Li Xiaozhong nodded at the same time. Wu Haogu's son is really good at fighting!

"Wu Jiyi is right," said Wang Yan, "Linhuang Mansion must fight quickly.

After fighting Linhuang Mansion, we have to deal with Aguda’s army!”

As he was talking, a nephew of Empress Dowager Xiao rode his horse and came behind the people, looking a little panicked: "Several, the Empress Dowager is invited!"

Li Xiaozhong turned his head and looked at him, "Xiao Sanlang, what happened? Is Aguda's army approaching?"

"Most," said the Xi man, known as Xiao Sanlang, "The far-stall horses sent to the west have been called back, and the losses are heavy!"

Several generals and officers of the Republican Army looked at each other and their expressions became solemn.

Wu Yiyong said: "It's better to divide the troops into two groups! Let Empress Xiao lead the troops to resist for three days. In three days, you can break through Linhuang Mansion City!"

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