The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1518 Surround or Fight
On the top of the city, the Yuan army watched the wind and moved.

Seeing the Tianying army and Tianfu army rushing towards the west gate, they naturally had to respond accordingly.

"Pass the Commander's Order! Flying Eagle Camp! Iron Armored Camp! Quickly guard the west gate! Pass the Commander's Order..."

There were more than a dozen messengers running around holding command flags on the top of the city, shouting loudly.

All of a sudden, there were crowds of people, and some soldiers rushed along the moat to the west of the city.Others went down to the city along the steps and rushed to the west gate from the city.

There are no common people on the street.

By this time, most of the people had migrated north.The rest are also hiding in their own homes and will not come out to wander around at this time.

It's not because of the fear of the imperial army of the Song Dynasty, but because of the fear that the Yuan army will capture them.This situation was not uncommon in wars before the Yuan Dynasty.

However, to the surprise of the generals of the Yuan Army on the top of the city, the Tiangang Army did not bombard the top of the city immediately after setting up artillery outside the city.

More than half an hour passed like this, and none of them made any movement.Just maintaining the formation outside the city, just quietly confronting the defenders on the top of the city.

He Fangsong and Jin Hao led the army to the west of the city.

"The Tianying army is on standby!"

He Fangsong, who was in front of the army, suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and raised it up.

The warrior holding the big banner also reined in his horse beside him.

The Tianying Army just stopped slowly.

Jin Hao led the soldiers of the Tianfu Army to continue northward along the city wall, towards the north of Suqian City.The line spread extremely long.

The Tianying army gradually spread out on the spot and set up a formation.

Seeing this scene, the generals of the Yuan army on the top of the city realized something.

The Yuan general who was ordered to guard the city was Arakhan who once followed A Shu and others to attack the Song Dynasty.

After watching the soldiers of the Tianfu Army continue to march towards Beicheng, his face changed slightly, and he said to the general next to him: "The Song Army is going to surround us!"

The general frowned slightly and said, "General Arakhan, forgive me for speaking bluntly. The general thinks that the Song army is planning to attack the city from three sides. They only have [-] soldiers, and we have no less than them The officers and men of the army, isn’t it whimsical for them to want to besiege the city?”

Arakhan shook his head gently when he heard the words, "You mean, if the Song army besieges the city, with our strength, we can break through from any direction, right?"

The general nodded, "Exactly."

Arakhan sighed softly, "It's because you don't understand the strength of the Song army. If you had fought against them before, you wouldn't say such things."

He was captured by the Great Song Forbidden Army before, and he deeply knows how powerful the Great Song Forbidden Army is.

In his opinion, even now Da Yuan possesses the Shenlong gun and other weapons, if it does not have twice the military strength of Song, it does not have the strength to fight Da Song at all.

As for the 12 troops of the Jiankang Military Region, only [-] were present here at this time, and he could roughly guess where the rest of the Song Army had gone.

There is Xiapi to the north of Suqian. If the Song army takes down Xiapi first, Suqian will become an isolated city.Even if he sticks to Suqian, it will only be a matter of time before he is destroyed.

The general just laughed lightly, and said: "The final general thinks that you, General Arakhan, think too much about these Song troops. We Dayuan generals are no worse than them now."

Arakhan raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Although he is the chief general in the army, the deputy general beside him also has a high prestige in the army.Even, his status in the Yuan Dynasty army was not lower than him.

It was only because of his previous experience in fighting the Song army that Halbala asked him to lead the army to guard Suqian as the main general.

He didn't want to have a disagreement with the lieutenant just now, so he forbears it for the time being.

Seeing the Tianfu army getting closer and closer to the north of the city, Arakhan became more and more uneasy after all.

He was worried that the Song army would really surround Suqian and cut off their connection with Xiapi.Then they can only wait here to die.

After hesitating for a while, he looked at the deputy general next to him and said, "No, I still feel uneasy. Simuqi, we must be prepared to deal with the Song army's siege."

The Yuan general named Simuqi was not too stubborn, he said: "Then General Arakhan, what do you mean?"

Arakhan said: "I have heard that the iron cavalry under your command, General Simuqi, is one of my grassland warriors. I wonder if you are willing to let two thousand iron cavalry go out of the city?"

Simuqi showed a little complacency, and said: "General Arahan, what do you mean, if the Song army is really besieging the city, let my two thousand sons and us attack and break through the encirclement?"

Arakhan nodded and said, "Exactly."

In fact, he didn't think Simuqi's iron cavalry were so powerful at all.That said, it's just because there is no other way.

The reason why he was so polite to Simuqi was because all the soldiers under his command were killed in the battle against Song Dynasty.Now under his command, there are no soldiers who are worthy of great use.

If not, as the chief general, he would not be so polite to Simuqi, the deputy general.

You know, in the Yuan army, the chief general has always had the supreme status.

Fortunately, Simuqi did not refuse Arakhan's request, and said with a smile: "Two thousand cavalry will not affect the overall situation, the last general obeyed the command of the chief general."

Then, not long after, two thousand armored cavalry from the Yuan army came out from the north gate and went away along the official road.

Jin Hao led the Tianfu army to the north of Suqian at this time.

He Fangsong's Tianying army had already set up battle outside the west city gate.

South City Gate.

The Tiangang Army has already set up a stance to attack the city.

The grenadier army is at the forefront.

Not far away is the Tiangang Army banner.

Wen Qi, Ge Xiangming, the vice president of the Tiangang Army, and Zhuang Li, the Marquis of Duyu, were immediately under the banner.

Aside from the fact that Wen Qi was transferred from the commander-in-chief of the garrison of the Changde Mansion to the post of the commander-in-chief of the Tiangang Army, both Ge Xiangming and Zhuang Li are veterans of the Tiangang Army.Even when Su Quandang was personally in charge of the Tiangang Army, they were the vice presidents of the Tiangang Army, Du Tong and Du Yuhou.

There are advantages and disadvantages to following a famous general like Su Quandang.

The advantage is that they can often win battles, and they are quite beautiful victories.It is not difficult to earn military merits in the army, and the order of the Tiangang Army is also well-known throughout the Song Dynasty.

The downside is that deputy positions like Ge Xiangming and Zhuang Li are completely overwhelmed by Su Quandang, making it difficult to show their abilities.

If not, the two of them might have already taken the position of the commander-in-chief of a certain army by this time.

As time passed slowly, Ge Xiangming, who was about fifty years old, couldn't help but said to Wen Qi: "General Wen, shouldn't it be time for our soldiers to attack?"

Wen Qi just shook his head and said, "No rush."

Ge Xiangming looked at the sky, frowned and said, "But if we don't attack again, we won't have time to attack. Should the soldiers be allowed to fight on an empty stomach?"

The soldiers all needed to eat, and at this time, it was only about half an hour before noon.

In such a short time, the army will be able to launch an attack.And if an attack can't break through the city gate, it's tantamount to wasting work.

Wen Qi smiled and said: "General Ge, don't worry, we still have plenty of time to fight this Suqian."

Ge Xiangming was slightly surprised: "Could it be that General Wen, you, General He, and General Jin are planning to surround Suqian first, instead of attacking?"

Wen Qi shook his head, "We still have to attack, but we're not in a hurry. The marshal has already led his troops to Xiapi. We are here, and we still have enough time to spend with them."

Rao Ge Xiangming is a veteran, and he is also confused at the moment, not knowing what Wen Qi and the others are planning.

He couldn't help asking: "General Wen, what are you going to do?"

Wen Qi said: "Let's attack Yuan, this Suqian is just the beginning. We must find ways to save more ammunition. General Ge, don't worry, just wait and see."

He looked quite confident.

Afterwards, Jin Hao led the Tianfu army to the north gate of Suqian.The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty really did not launch an attack on Suqian, but retreated one after another.

The three forbidden troops all retreated to about two miles away from Suqian before stopping, and began to set up camps in place.

City head.

Seeing this scene, Arakhan smiled and said to Simuqi: "General Simuqi, the general calculation is correct, right?"

Simuqi also had some amazement in his eyes, he cupped his hands and said, "General Arakhan's resourcefulness is admirable!"

He had watched Wen Qi's Tiangang army laying down artillery formations at the front before, but he never thought that the Song army would really choose to encircle rather than attack.

Now it seems that it was just Song Jun's trick.

Putting up that kind of battle is to make them think that the Song army is going to break through the city wantonly.

Simuqi felt a little lucky at this moment, fortunately he had listened to Arakhan.The two thousand cavalry sent out were considered a rare army no matter what.

Otherwise, if they want to break out of the siege and return to Xiapi, they may have to fight the Song army to the death.

(End of this chapter)