Northern Dynasties

Chapter 407 Straight into the palace
The gate of the city opened slowly, and thousands of horsemen marched out of the city in an orderly array, forming a terrifying scene together with the tall city wall behind them.

"Fight, fight, fight!"

At the same time, the defenders on the top of the city shouted loudly under the command of the generals, completely suppressing the noise of people outside the city.

Seeing the enemy army leaving the city, Li Tai did not order to fight, but ordered the troops to retreat to the rear, and retreated from the area covered by the fire on the top of the city, leaving only two hundred horses in place, and went out of the city with the opponent The people and horses looked at each other from a distance.

Dugu Yongye, who led the crowd out of the city, saw this scene, and felt a little troubled in his heart. Grand Master Shedi just ordered him to force the enemy back, not to attack outwards, but whether the situation is now forcing the enemy back or not ?

He personally led his troops across the defense line of the moat, and shouted to the loose formation of cavalry on the opposite side: "The thieves came here to harass, but they dare not fight, what a coward!"

"The high-ranking thief is dead, the townspeople descend quickly!"

Although the crowd on the opposite side has become smaller, they are still not to be outdone. After hearing the words, they responded this way, and the soldiers were so angry that they were so angry that they just wanted to rush out and cut down the thieves who talked about it.

However, the night is deep in the countryside, and no one knows how many bandits are hiding under the darkness. If they advance rashly and fail to retreat in time, they may be surrounded and killed by treacherous bandits.

Dugu Yongye saw that the opponent had no intention of fighting, so he led his troops to retreat slightly, and the enemy knights cruising outside saw this scene, and immediately approached more than ten feet forward, and there were also galloping in the night The sound of horseshoes sounded, and hundreds of cavalry rushed into the sight range, and quickly retreated immediately.

After seeing this scene, Dugu Yongye's heart sank, he knew that his group of troops going out of the city was being targeted by the enemy. If they retreated back to the city defense, the enemy would wait for the opportunity to rush in and attack the city. Door.

Unable to fight, unable to retreat, he was also a little confused for a while, not knowing what to do next.

Faced with such a situation, Dugu Yongye couldn't help but secretly complain that She Digan's strategy of defending the city was too conservative, and the thousands of troops who retreated into the city from the surrounding area failed to bring about a qualitative improvement in the strength of the city's defense, but instead made a large number of troops Siege in the city, and give up a large area of ​​tactical space outside the city to the enemy, so that the huge Jinyang Overlord Mansion is as dangerous as the enemy country when it leaves the city!
Of course, he didn't reach the height of Shedigan's status, he just criticized it from the perspective of city defense tactics, so he couldn't feel the pressure brought by Gao's father and son's aggressive and old-fashioned style of behavior.

It's not that She Digan is unwise, it's just that with any two choices in front of him, what he considers is not which one is more effective or comprehensive, but more stable.

Even though the army is overwhelming at this moment, these enemies are like headless chickens. Apart from verbally stimulating the soldiers and civilians in the city to panic, they can't actually cause any substantial damage to the Jinyang city defense.

From this point of view, She Digan's choice was not wrong.As long as this situation can be maintained until the night recedes, the field of vision is broadened and transparent again, and the enemy's forces are exposed in front of them, they can become calm in both offense and defense.

At this time, She Diqian on the top of the city also noticed the embarrassing situation of Dugu Yongye's men, so he frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This thief will be treacherous and cunning, I am afraid that he is not dedicated to fighting here, and spread the news everywhere." Guards, you need to guard against harassment from other places, take strict precautions against what you are guarding, and do not attack without authorization."

In the absence of the initiative, it is the best choice for the defensive side to respond to all changes without change.

The thieves were rampant before, so She Digan sent Dugu Yongye out of the city to fight to boost morale. The immediate retreat of the thieves also proved that they did not have the strength and ideas to attack Jinyang City. Then the thieves will surely retreat without a fight.At that time, whether to pursue or not, the initiative will naturally return to his own hands.

Although it is a bit embarrassing to be barricaded by bandit soldiers who broke into the lair and blocked the door without taking any countermeasures, but compared with the safety of Jinyang City, a little bit of face is nothing.

She Diqian was even vaguely glad that the bandit army went straight to Jinyang. Since he was able to defeat the troops he sent before, he knew that his strength was definitely not weak. Loss.At least now, with Jinyang Fortified City and enough left-behind troops, they can still fight for the opponent to leave without success.

As She Digan's order was passed on, his prophecy was soon fulfilled. Just a few miles away, at a place where the wall between Luocheng and Zhoucheng was relatively weak, it was suddenly attacked by enemy rockets. .

In order to appease the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city, the fire on the top of the city was brightly lit, so that some weaknesses of the city defense were exposed, so they would be attacked precisely by the enemy.

However, under She Digan's comprehensive deployment, these places have also arranged far more defenders to garrison than other places. Coupled with the transmission of the previous order, the defenders are full of vigilance. Once they notice the enemy cavalry approaching quickly They responded quickly, and most of the rockets were blocked by the city's shield defenses. Occasionally, a few sparks crossed the city and fell into the city, but they were all extinguished in time, without causing the fire to spread.

Such attacks were all resolved by the defenders in the city without any risk of danger. As time went by, the frequency of harassment by the bandits outside the city became less and less frequent.

On the other hand, the defenders in the city, because they successfully repelled the harassment of the bandit army several times, the panic and anxiety of being attacked by the enemy at the beginning are gone, and the invincible belief is once again born in their hearts.Even the people who had been watching in panic in the streets and alleys of the city laughed and cursed and went home one after another to catch up on sleep because they saw that the enemy army had not invaded the city for a long time.

She Diqian has been in battle for a long time, and he didn't panic when he was attacked by the enemy. Now that his advantage is gradually emerging, he has not let down his vigilance because of this. In addition to personally sitting on the defense line at the top of the city, he has sent troops several times to reiterate his solid defense and not to act rashly.

However, just when he thought he could hold on until dawn, there was a sudden noise from the south of Luocheng, and soon there was a fire that shot up into the sky. Judging from the direction, it should be the area between Xishan and Jinyang Palace.

"Not good! Find out quickly, what happened to Jinyang Palace!"

Seeing this scene, She Diqian panicked and ordered in a hurry.

Jinyang Palace is a palace building independent from the defenses of Jinyang Zhucheng. It started construction last year and has not yet been fully completed, so it has not formed an integrated defense.

Since the city's defense forces were insufficient, She Digan arranged most of his troops in several personnel centers such as Luocheng and the Prime Minister's Mansion. Jinyang Palace was an area that was not important enough, and the number of troops stationed there was not too much. .

However, the so-called unimportance of Jinyang Palace is only in relative terms.This palace was built in the name of the royal family, but it is actually an important military workshop in Jinyang.

King Gao used to have the ugliness of chasing the emperor, so although the emperor of Yedu was just a puppet, in order not to increase his population, King Gao always treated him with courtesy, so there are many useful items stored in Jinyang Palace. It is a precious material for Fengyu.

If you add the special political significance of this palace, if it is captured and looted by the enemy, the consequences will definitely be very serious!

Before, She Diqian only thought that the enemy came from afar, and he must be very unfamiliar with the Jinyang city defense pattern. He should not have discovered the loopholes in the defense of Jinyang Palace so accurately, and he also had some disapproval of Yuanwei Huangwei in his heart, so he thought about it. Didn't take it too seriously.

But when the enemy really attacked Jinyang Palace accurately, he suddenly became alarmed. However, before he could dispatch troops to reinforce, the enemy army outside the city, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly burst into loud noises. More than 200 armed heavy cavalry rushed out of the night, and rushed straight to the troops of Dugu Yongye who were stationed in front of the city gate.

"Women mislead the country..."

As soon as She Digan opened his eyes, he saw that these men's horses and armor were all equipped by Jinyang soldiers, and now they were worn on the enemy's soldiers and horses. They were obviously captured from the troops of Xiurong City on the way forward. Listen to Lou's words and attack the enemy with Hu merchants' armed forces.

Seeing this, Dugu Yongye in front of the city gate immediately looked bitter, and hurriedly raised a banner in the city to ask what to do.Based on his combination of light cavalry and infantry fighting against a pair of masked heavy cavalry, one can imagine the result. Once they are scattered, it will be even more dangerous in this outnumbered field.

Right now the defenders in the city are not sufficient enough, of course She Diqian can't ignore the safety of the 1000 troops, so he can only immediately mobilize troops to assemble in Chengmen to bring back Dugu Yongye's troops, but because of this, he has no time to send troops Send reinforcements to Jinyang Palace.

Li Tai, who has been directing all kinds of harassment in the night to attract the attention of the defenders, also showed a smile on his face at this moment. While ordering Li Yunxin to lead nearly a thousand troops back to Fenggu River, he personally led the other troops around the foot of the West Mountain. After crossing Jinyang Luocheng, under the guidance of Luo Chao's cronies, he rushed straight towards Jinyang Palace.

At this time, the Jinyang Palace was already in chaos. Under the leadership of Luo Chao, Zhu Meng, Liang Shiyan and other [-] soldiers sneaked into the palace from the west mountain, followed the quarry road of the west mountain and rushed directly into the palace garden. The guards made a big kill.

There were not many defenders here, and they were quickly expelled to a narrow corner after being raided and hunted down. Many defenders surrendered hastily, and soon after they were forced to ask where the palace gate was, they split up to guard.

When Li Tai led his troops to arrive, the palace here had already been completely controlled by Zhu Meng and others, allowing them to have a stronghold in the cities of Jinyang.

Looking up at this grand palace building, Li Tai couldn't help feeling that the emperors of the Western Wei Dynasty had such a hard life. Even if they were puppets, they couldn't get a wealthy official.Although this Jinyang Palace is just a separate garden from the palace, and the emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty may not even have visited here, it is still far more magnificent than the Chang'an Imperial Palace!

(End of this chapter)