Chapter 898

Wang Ran's words made Kong Xin dumb. Although he didn't go through many wars, his understanding of the war was much better after he was transferred to another post. The reason why he repeatedly asked and urged before was that care leads to chaos. Now, Wang Ran's reminder also reflects it.

Seeing that Kong Xin finally calmed down, the others were relieved. The relationship between Kong Xin and Huangfu Chaobo was unusual. If he wanted to send troops, few people could stop him.

When Zuo Chengzu saw that the army was silent, he said, "has general Wang sent his Lord's order to Yingchuan and the generals of the Yuzhou army?"

Wang Ran nodded: "after receiving the Lord's military order, it has been sent out by shadow guard, but it has not been answered by Yingchuan."

Just then, the pro guard report outside the side hall reported: "general, the news from the shadow, Yingchuan's reply from Kong Cishi has arrived."

"Let me in soon."

Soon, a plain looking young man came in. He was the person in charge of the shadow guard who was staying at geyang. Seeing that all the people were there, he said: "I've seen you generals! The reply has arrived! "

With that, he handed the pigeon letter to Wang Ran, and then withdrew from the chamber.

Wang Ran opened the pigeon's letter and was overjoyed. He said, "Kong CI Shi has replied. The army will arrange it as soon as possible. He is ready to send 60000 garrison soldiers to the three counties and cities first, and then he will mobilize soldiers from the cities of Yuzhou to the counties and cities for re training."

After listening to Wang Ran's words, Zuo Chengzu said, "it's wonderful. In this way, it can save a lot of time, but I don't know how to defend the county and city."

"Don't worry about it," Kong Xin said with a smile. "Yuzhou has enough troops. There are more than 30000 guards in each of the three counties and cities, and the move of 20000 each will not affect the defense. The reason why we didn't reduce the troops to the level of other cities of Anton's army last year is that we took into account the loss of military training."

Zuo Chengzu nodded his head and said, "my Lord and several military advisers are really far sighted!"

Zhou Tai also said: "in this way, it can really save a lot of time. According to the distance, it only takes about ten days for the farthest Yangzhai to get to Xinxi. The soldiers from Chen county only need six or seven days, and there will be enough troops to support the Lord's water army at the boundary."

"That's right," Han Siam said, "with the ability of the Lord and the two military divisions, as well as General Huang and general Zhang, it should be no problem to defend for 20 days to a month under the attack of the other party's more than 100000 troops. It's just that we don't know whether the army's food and grass can be used enough?"

Wang Ran said: "when our Anton army went out to battle, they usually carried grain and grass for 15 to 20 days. When the army went out on the 11th, they already carried 100000 stone grain and grass. Three days later, considering that Anfeng was far away from geyang, they sent an escort to escort 100000 stone grain and grass. They should have arrived at the camp, so there should be no problem with grain and grass. ”

at this time, Wang Ran could not help but secretly congratulated himself that he suddenly wanted to send 100000 stones of grain and grass to the camp on the third day after sending troops. In this way, nearly 200000 stones of grain and grass were obtained in the army. Although some of them had been used on the road, they should be enough to support the army for more than a month.

When they heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. With 60000 garrisons and 30000 or so soldiers, they can send troops to support the Lord's army. If possible, they can even wipe out more than 100000 Yuan Shu's troops at one stroke. You know, field combat is totally different from siege.

In the end, everyone agreed that the only way to solve the problem now was to wait and see what happened. On the one hand, they kept close watch on the cities in Huainan, and on the other hand, they sent cavalry to inquire about the news. The most important thing is that these cities in Huainan should not be lost, otherwise all previous achievements will be wasted. In Wang Ran's words, if the 120000 troops attack the city, they may lose a lot. But if they fight with Yuan Shu's army in the field, there is no problem in dealing with Yuan Shu's 100000 troops.

If something should happen, it would not be difficult for the combat power of the close guard army to guard the generals to leave, not to mention the fact that there are 5000 Turkistan cavalry in it. When the army of Yuzhou arrived, how could Yuan Shu's army, who had lost 100000 yuan, resist his own army?

As they expected, although the war was fierce a few days later, the two sides were equally matched. Even in the previous day's war, relying on the role of the stockade wall, Ji Ling's army lost more than Anton's army. However, these are necessary losses. In addition, Ji Ling's army is tens of thousands more than Anton's army. Therefore, neither Ji Ling nor other generals of Yuan Shu's army are very interested in this.

After spending a day and losing thousands of civilians and soldiers, Ji Lingjun finally filled the trench of Anton's camp.

On the morning of the 22nd, Ji Ling began to lead the attack on Anton's camp. Today will be the beginning of a tragic war. Today will be a day of close combat. However, because it is the first day of close combat, Ji Ling is ready to send out the most elite imperial guards and heavy infantry, but sent out 10000 guards.

In the camp, Huang Zhong has a similar idea. Defensive warfare is the best place to train troops. The battle damage is small. Soldiers can adapt to the war as soon as possible, and their ability can be improved quickly. It is a good time for Yuzhou army to train troops. However, his idea is different from Ji Ling's. He is going to send each department to the stronghold wall in turn, just to adapt more.With the war drums and bugles of Ji Ling's army, a new day's war began.

This time, Ji Ling army had more equipment. There was no way. One side defended and the other side attacked. The attacker had to take advantage of the material collection. Yesterday, the war started, so the Anton army could not go out to collect wood at all. Ji Ling army was different. In addition to the folk men who filled the trench, Ji Ling also recruited thousands of craftsmen from around to take charge of the work He was responsible for cutting down trees and sending them to his camp to arrange craftsmen to make all kinds of equipment.

In the face of Ji Lingjun's attack on Jinglan, which is almost twice as much as Ji Lingjun's, the defending soldiers suffer a lot. Fortunately, once the two sides take on the battle, Ji Lingjun's Jinglan will stop attacking, but Ji Lingjun's siege hammer begins to approach the barracks. Seeing this, Huang Zhong immediately ordered the prepared catapults and crossbows to fire stone bullets and crossbows in the direction of the siege hammer. Unlike the city wall, the siege hammer did far less damage to the city wall than the barracks. Therefore, as early as the beginning of the preparation, Huang Zhong made preparations in this respect.

At the beginning of the battle in the camp, the city of Yulou, dozens of miles away, has basically recovered its peace after a few days. At noon every day, the gate in the South will open for about an hour, so that the people in the city can get some firewood and other goods from the city, and vegetables outside the city can also be transported into the city.