That was the Liao people's horn, full of desolation and melody.
"We also blow the horn."
Seeing the Liao army slowly approaching and already within the range of the artillery, Fan Zhongyan whispered, "Order the artillery to push out the parapets and aim at the outside of the city!"
"yes."
Zhang Kang gave orders to the messenger beside him and asked, "Is it the horn for assembly?"
"No."
Fan Zhongyan turned his head, gave Zhang Kang a meaningful look, and said with a smile, "Blow the attack horn!"
Attack number?
Zhang Kang was silent for a moment, then asked, "Sir, do you truly trust these generals? This chaotic battle has lasted so long, and winning is truly difficult."
Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said, "It's not a question of trust, but only by doing this can we maximize our benefits. We can not only preserve Xijin, but also eliminate the Liao people's vitality, thus preparing for us, the generals, to destroy the Liao Kingdom."
"If we fail to send troops in time to disrupt the Liao people's rhythm, then when they retreat to the rear, they will have a large number of troops joining them to defend, and it will not be so easy to defeat them head-on."
He continued, "By then, it's very likely we'll continue our previous cautious advances, even if it takes until next year. So this is an opportunity the Liao people themselves have created for us, and we must capitalize on it. To do so, we have no choice but to trust our generals."
"But if these generals hadn't reacted in time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to expand our victory."
Zhang Kang smiled bitterly.
Fan Zhongyan was right. Only by doing this could the victory be expanded, Xijin could be preserved, the Liao people could be defeated at one time, and they could be driven out of Yanyun.
But this requires extremely high quality of generals, because the army is scattered and relies entirely on the command of middle and lower-level officers.
If these generals failed to exercise their subjective initiative and assemble their troops at this time, and launch a surprise attack once the artillery on Xijin City fired at full power, causing chaos among the Liao people, most of the Liao army would still escape back.
This way, we cannot kill the enemy's manpower, and there will be many obstacles in destroying Liao in the future. At most, this battle will end and the Liao people will flee north in panic.
However, at this moment they had no other choice but to hope that the Song army generals below would understand.
"Okay, blow the horn."
Fan Zhongyan saw that rows of artillery had been pushed to the battlements of the parapet.
The black muzzle of the steel gun was aimed at the outside of the city.
The gunner has already begun calibrating the position.
"Blow the horn!"
Zhang Kang said to the messenger holding the horn beside him.
"Wooo ...
A horn sound completely different from that of the Liao army rang out, and then the buglers around who heard the sound also started playing almost instinctively.
The low-pitched sound of the ox horn slowly spread to the distance in the open space. The sounds that came one after another were like circles of ripples expanding outward. The buglers gathered their strength and blew out the rhythm of the Song army's own attack!
It seemed as if countless voices were echoing from all directions.
The Song army troops outside who heard the sound of the horn also responded in the direction of Xijin City, telling them that they were already prepared!
(End of this chapter)
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