Gao Qingyi looked at the city wall at his feet, then turned back to look inside the Daming City behind him, and shook his head: "It's not a good thing for a city to be too big!"
"Another one." Gao Jingshan pointed at the hot air balloon again. "I am worried that the Song army has such a sudden and new method."
Gao Qingyi continued to shake his head, but he didn't mean to express his agreement: "The commander-in-chief is overthinking. The current situation is that if the Fourth Prince and his men cannot break through the camp, we will be attacked by the Song army even if we use conventional means. At this time, even if the Song army has some unexpected methods, it is just their own trick. As a trapped person, why should we think so much?"
Gao Jingshan was obviously stunned for a moment, then he nodded heavily.
Then, the two chatted for a while, and the general idea was to dig trenches around the city to prevent the Song army from fighting in tunnels; store some gunpowder and oil behind some obvious flaws, and use gunpowder and oil as combustion aids to block the gaps when necessary; of course, they also rejected the "suggestion" of repairing the city wall by pouring water and freezing it as a precaution, because many parts of the city wall had internal cracks, and pouring water and freezing it would probably be counterproductive and destroy the stability of the city wall.
But they just talked about a few things, and Gao Jingshan and Gao Qingyi stopped discussing the city defense together, because under the morning sunshine, in the dry midwinter season, Wang Bolun's troops, which had not participated in the battle before, were the first to appear in the eastern part of the battlefield and began to line up across the river. This caused tension among the Song army, and also caused the two Gaos on the top of the city to frown together.
"Wang Bolong came too early." Gao Jingshan said coldly. "He wants to make a contribution too much!"
"Old bastard!" Gao Qingyi was even more blunt.
The Song army surrounded Yuancheng and built a huge camp with a circumference of 70 to 80 miles on the land using the rivers on both sides. There must be countless tiny flaws in it, and these flaws had been more or less discovered by the Jin army in the previous three days of fighting... However, in large-scale combat, in addition to finding those flaws and deploying troops in a targeted manner, the most important thing is to consider some broad tactical options.
For example, the Song army built the northern defense line first, and then the southern defense line, so the southern defense line must be inferior to the northern defense line. The eastern and western defense lines were built later, and they could only be hastily built relying on rivers and levees, which made it difficult for the two defense lines to be compared with the northern and southern defense lines.
Then, due to the objective existence of Yuancheng, the southern section of the 17-18-li defense line on the west side appeared to be weaker - there was no way around it. For the Song army in the southern section, Yuancheng occupied half of the sandwiched area behind them, and they naturally lacked the necessary defensive depth. Moreover, troops and supplies had to be mobilized from the core area in the north.
In addition, the main force of the Jin army came from the west and gathered in Hexi, which further led to the Song army's inevitable concentration of energy and equipment on the west side. Conversely, the section on the east side of the Song army's camp area would be the weakest area as a whole.
Therefore, the Jin army will almost certainly take these two sections as the main attack direction.
Among them, not to mention the southern section of the west side, let's just talk about the east side. The Jin army wants to devote its forces to concentrated attack, but it is impossible for them to send troops here in advance to set up camp so that they can attack at any time, because the Song army is also strong, and it is dispatched in the center, which is convenient for attack. No matter how many or few troops you send, as long as they dare to set up a fort overnight, it will give the Song army a chance to attack them separately.
Therefore, when facing the general attack, the Jin army could only temporarily dispatch a special force to the eastern front... This special force set out from the western camp and needed to spend some time crossing two glaciers, bypassing the Song army's camp and the Daming city that was still controlled by the Song army. One force arrived behind the Song army and then joined forces with Wang Bolun's troops in the northeast.
Then, when the battle was at its most intense, they would concentrate their elite heavy armored troops and launch a unified attack.
Taking into account the distance and the need for the soldiers to rest in a safe area before attacking, the battle in the east should start in the afternoon or later in the afternoon.
Even the possibility of a night battle cannot be ruled out.
And now, the main battle on the west has not started yet, but Wang Bolun brought his troops here impatiently. Isn't this equivalent to pinching the nose to remind the Song army not to forget to defend the weakest eastern front?
In addition, this person has always been arrogant, relying on the fact that he is a direct descendant and refusing to listen to Gao Jingshan's orders. In addition, there is a hidden tradition of opposition between the Han people in Liaodong and the Bohai people in the early days of Aguda's uprising. It is no wonder that Gao Qingyi would directly call him "son of a bastard"!
However, this is not the time to worry about these things, because soon on the western front, the Jin army launched a tidal offensive after a brief preparation.
This time, the Jin army only forced the Qian army to launch two attacks.
After the two times, just after half of the morning, the Qian army withdrew... This time, they really came just to consume crossbow arrows and artillery stones... Then, the so-called reinforcements within the Wanhu, mainly the Haner army, but now it is not only the Han army's organized infantry, began to attack in a large scale.
Of course, these infantrymen could not be as well-equipped, skilled in combat, and well-treated as the Meng'an and Mouke, but as an organized combat unit, they were also the basic product of the Jin Kingdom's large-scale Han rule in the Lianghe and Yanyun areas in recent years. They still received the equipment and treatment they deserved.
The armor rate of soldiers reached more than 60%, and they were generally equipped with crossbows and battle axes according to the organization... This was the configuration for the armored troops of the Song army... Of course, the more important ones were the spears and swordsmen who were absolutely indispensable on the medieval battlefield.
The Jin army deployed 30,000 to 40,000 troops of this type at one time.
The reason why the numbers are so deviated is that the Song army on the hot air balloon had no time to count and estimate, and these soldiers rushed directly to the front of the Song army's position with military qualities far superior to those of the Qian army, which led to the two sides engaging in close combat... After the previous battles, these reinforcements knew very well that the smooth but bumpy, wide and concentrated river ice surface was the main strike area for the Song army to project its force. Unlike the Qian army, if they stayed here, they would never be tolerated, but would only suffer the most severe blow, so they had to enter the melee as soon as possible.
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