"This is too obvious." Zhao Jiu was also a veteran of military battles, so he couldn't help but sigh. "It's like they were trying to lure us into an attack."
"That's right." Liu Ziyu frowned. "There's the Baihe River blocking the east. Even if we can get out of the city and launch a surprise attack, we'll be surrounded by the Jin cavalry in an instant."
Hearing this, Lu Yihao clasped his hands together and sighed, and gave up all the extra thoughts, but he was still a little unwilling: "But what about the moat?"
"Don't worry about the moat." Because of the line of sight, Zhao Jiu looked far to the side and found a section of the moat in his field of vision. He saw that it was filled with corpses, debris, and ice ridges, and the color looked particularly strange. It was slightly reflecting in the morning sun, but he paused before responding. "The ice in the water tanks in the palace has become thicker and thicker in the past few days. It can't hold out for a few days. Wanyan Wushu's attitude is simply fierce. Who knows, we can see a serious offensive in two days..."
Liu Ziyu seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
"What?" Lu Yihao frowned in the white mist. "If you have something to say, just say it."
"We should be able to see real siege equipment today." Liu Ziyu said solemnly. "To the east of the city, yesterday we saw countless ladders and several goose carts sent to the north of Wanyan Wushu's camp, and today the moat is already frozen over..."
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly.
"And more." Liu Ziyu continued. "Minister Chen requested that the last few watchtowers be demolished after today..."
"What kind of ridiculous talk is this?" Lu Yihao was confused and couldn't help but look unhappy.
"It's to protect against artillery fire." Without waiting for Liu Ziyu to speak, Zhao Jiu responded calmly. "In a few days, when the Jin army's artillery fires, the high walls and buildings will become targets in vain. Once they are smashed, it will be easy to cause casualties."
"That's exactly what Minister Chen said." Liu Yanxiu nodded in response.
"Your Majesty," Lu Yihao finally couldn't help himself. "I have only been here for a few months, and I have been mostly in Yushan before, so I haven't taken a close look at this city. Today, I feel uneasy... Please forgive me for speaking frankly, but the method of defending the city that Chen Gui is following is unheard of, and the rules of this city are also..."
"What you said is unheard of. Most of it was decided by me and him." Zhao Jiu interrupted him directly. "His method and approach are absolutely fine. And now that things have come to this, even if Mr. Lu has something to say, please hold off... Don't delay the defense of the city."
Lu Yihao suddenly felt depressed.
A moment later, as the sun shone brightly, the smoke from cooking inside and outside the city dissipated, and Zhao Guanjia and others, who were sitting side by side with the two ministers and some important officials on the watchtower of the city wall, saw the Jin army's siege force for the first time.
Correspondingly, it was also the first time that the Jin army had close contact with this strangely shaped city.
There must be artillery positions in the city, so the Jin army built a tall earthen platform three hundred steps away from the city wall. Wanyan Wushu came out to see it for the first time today, and he also led three Wanhu and dozens of Meng'an to sit here and watch calmly.
Logically speaking, no one should expect to capture a country's secondary capital that had been built for more than half a year before large-scale artillery fire. In fact, the Jin army's siege this time was still mainly based on Zhang Yu's troops driving away civilians, but only two core armored soldiers of Meng'an were deployed, and the target was only a place in the north of the city... It was obviously a tentative move.
But the problem is that, for some reason, from the perspective of the Song officials and the Jin army generals, this city still gives people the feeling that it can be taken down in one go...
"The walls of Nanyang City seem a little short, don't they?" Wanyan Bali moved back and forth behind the stage, jumping up and down, and gestured with his hands for a long time before he came on stage. As soon as he opened his mouth, he expressed his doubts. "Our stage is 15 feet high. By this comparison, how come the walls of the secondary capital of Song State look less than 40 feet? Not to mention Taiyuan and Dongjing, even the ordinary border cities of Song State can't compare to them, right?"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding Jin generals all pointed out their fingers to measure, except for Wanyan Wushu, who was sitting there with a frown on his face, as if he was looking at someone with a bad face again... There was nothing he could do. He was not good at geometry. Not to mention comparing himself with Emperor Zhao and Chen Gui opposite him, there was also some gap between him and his own subordinates. He really didn't know how to measure.
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