Chapter 700

Of course, there were more than ten thousand soldiers and horses who came all the way to capture. These soldiers had been selected and sent back to huaixian County for detention, except those with better qualifications and higher ranks.

After the arrival of the army, although the soldiers were resting, the craftsmen and auxiliary soldiers did not stop. They were sent around to cut down trees and make all kinds of siege equipment.

Two days later, the army finally arrived at the destination of the battle, under Anyi city in Hedong.

When the army arrived at Anyi City, they did not rush to attack the city. Instead, they set up a camp on the South Bank of Sushui, ten miles north of Anyi city. After all the camps were arranged properly, Huangfu Chaobo and his party went to Anyi city to investigate the situation of the city under the protection of Baima Yicong and Tutu cavalry.

Anyi was originally the name of the ancient capital of China, which is now Xiaxian County in Shanxi Province. In the early Warring States period, the territory of Wei state was mainly in Hedong, and its capital was Anyi. As the state of Wei continued to expand its territory in the East, the main territory of the state of Wei became Henan. In addition, Anyi was located in the east corner of the river, which was not conducive to controlling the eastern princes and stabilizing its hegemony. In 364 BC, the state of Wei moved its capital to Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan Province). In the Qin and Han Dynasties, Anyi became the administrative center of Hedong county and Anyi county.

In the south of Anyi city is Zhongtiao Mountain. Qinglong River, Tianyan River, Baisha River and Yaoxian canal flow through the southeast. Mingtiaogang sleeps in the northwest. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The city is divided into four parts: big city, middle city, small city and Yuwang temple. The small city is in the center of the big city, the Yuwang temple is in the southeast corner of the small city, and the middle city is in the southwest of the big city.

The shape of the big city is like a trapezoid. The walls on all sides are made of slabs and rammed. Except for the north wall, the other walls are not straight. The east wall is three li long, and the west wall is about nine Li long. It twists and turns with the ups and downs of the terrain. It is the most curved of the four walls. The south wall is seven Li long, the north wall is five li long, and there are moats outside. The outer wall of Dacheng is about two feet high, which is the largest city in Hedong county.

Stationed about a mile north of Anyi City, Huangfu Chaobo and his party carefully observed the situation of Anyi city. Pang Tong talked about Anyi city in detail.

From the outside of the city, we can see that the city wall is heavily fortified. After several months of preparation, Jiang Pei has managed the city tightly.

After looking at the north for a moment, the group turned to look at the East and west sides, and then turned back to the camp. What they don't know is that when they look at the city, there are a group of people watching them on the tower of the city wall.

On the north wall of Anyi, Jiang Peizheng leads a group of people to watch the army of Huangfu Chaobo outside the city. Although a mile away, but also can clearly see the distance of the two murderous cavalry, and they surrounded by a few people. Besides Jiang Pei and some of his subordinates, there are Jiang Shan and a masked general, as well as representatives of several other forces in Hedong. Behind them were their own personal guards.

"General Xu, what do you think of the troops outside the city?" Jiang Pei is careful to lead the way to the general around him.

except for a few people such as Jiang Pei and Jiang Shan, no one knows the identity of the general. I only know that this is a guest general Jiang Pei specially invited from other places. Although in the first few days, the generals in Hedong were slightly dissatisfied, in the last few days, the General Xu's talent had already convinced them. The military affairs arranged by him can be well arranged and implemented.

After nearly half a month's preparation, although Anyi city's defense is not leak proof, it can be said that it is far ahead. This time, after hearing the news that Sizhou army had arrived, Jiang Pei led the people to the north tower to check the movement. Today's Hedong army has completely withdrawn to each county, and there is no detailed control over the movement outside the city.

"In Xu's opinion, the cavalry of these two schools are elite, especially the white horse Yicong of that school. They are all elite cavalry who have been fighting for a long time, especially when they fought with general white horse for more than a month. However, the governor can rest assured that no matter how elite they are, there are only two schools of cavalry. Hum The General Xu snorted coldly;

"in this way, I will be relieved," Jiang Pei said after listening to the General Xu's words, "the war in the future will trouble the general."

"Don't worry, my Lord. Everything has been arranged for him to enter the army." With that, the general surnamed Xu turned to Jiangshan and said, "general Jiang, are all the troops ready?"

"Please don't worry, general," Jiang Shan replied, "all the troops have been put in place according to the arrangement of the military division. Only when the general orders, they can act according to the plan."

"Well, let this general and general Pingdong meet under Anyi city?" After hearing this, General Xu's fighting spirit suddenly gushed out.

At this time, Huangfu Chaobo people had returned to the camp. Huangfu Chaobo, who returned to the camp, immediately ordered the assembly of generals for discussion. What he didn't know was that there seemed to be more complete preparations in Anyi City, and those preparations seemed to be far beyond their expectations.

There was no good plan for Huangfu Chaobo's discussion. According to the information in advance, there seemed to be 30000 to 40000 troops in Anyi city. Because there were no elite cavalry in Hedong, it seemed that Jiang Pei was determined to defend the city. Fortunately, Huangfu Chaobo had thought of this possibility before going out, so he didn't care about it.According to the news from the cavalry reconnaissance in recent days, the rest of the cities in Hedong are also sticking to the city. The soldiers and horses of all the cities in Hedong have no sign of going out to support. Therefore, the only thing they can do now is to attack the city. Fortunately, the army and horses in Hedong are not strong all the time, and Huangfu Chaobo is sure of the siege.

Moreover, Huangfu Chaobo had ordered all the captured ordinary soldiers to be taken to Anyi city for the purpose of attacking the city. There is a moat outside Anyi city. If you want to attack the city, you must first fill the moat. It is impossible for Huangfu Chaobo to do such a thing with his own troops.

On the 5th, the battle in Anyi city officially began. According to the prior arrangement, the attack on Anyi was a siege of three and a shortage of one. Zhao Yun is still a general. Yang Feng and zuojiao are responsible for the attack of the northern wall. Su Zhi is responsible for the attack of the eastern wall, and Wang Yong is responsible for the attack of the western wall.

As the bugle of the siege sounded, the prepared Jinglan was approaching the city wall, and the bowmen on it were all ready. When they were within range, they could shoot at the head of the city to cover the soldiers. Behind the well is the catapult, also slowly approaching the wall.