According to the arrangement of Muhalen, the Khan of the Donglu tribe, the twelve flags of the Donglu tribe will be divided into three routes in this attack on Yanzhou of the Han Dynasty.
The Great Khan Mukhalen personally led thirty "Gushan" from the Plain Yellow Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner, seventeen "Gushan" from the Plain White Banner, twelve "Gushan" from the Bordered Black Banner, ten "Gushan" from the Plain Blue Banner, and ten "Gushan" from the Bordered Blue Banner to form the central army, and first attacked Lishui City, an important border town in Yanzhou.
The left-wing army was composed of twelve "Gushan" of the Zhenghong Banner, twelve "Gushan" of the Xianghong Banner, and fourteen "Gushan" of the Xiangbai Banner, which attacked Xiangyi City, another important border town in Yanzhou.
The right-wing army was composed of ten "Gushan" from the Plain Green Banner, ten "Gushan" from the Inlaid Green Banner, and thirteen "Gushan" from the Plain Black Banner, and they attacked Chiqing City in Yanzhou.
Although Chiqing City is also located on the eastern border of Yanzhou, it is not considered an important border town. There was originally another city to the east of Chiqing City.
Unfortunately, during the last invasion by the Zhenglu Banner and the Xianglu Banner of the Donglu tribe, the city, which was considered an important border town, was destroyed by the armies of the Zhenglu Banner and the Xianglu Banner, and even many holes were torn in the city walls.
After Yan State was incorporated into Han State, the Han army had not yet repaired the city destroyed by the Zhenglu Banner and the Yinlu Banner.
Chen Bao was originally a member of the royal family of Yan State who had fallen on hard times. There were many members of the royal family of Yan State who had fallen on hard times like him.
Before Yan State was incorporated into Han State, Chen Bao, who was just seventeen years old, joined the Yan State army out of necessity. After Yan State was incorporated into Han State, Chen Bao was selected into the 32nd Regiment of the newly established Han State's Xiang Army because of his relatively strong physique.
Now Chen Bao, who is nineteen years old, is just an ordinary soldier, but his monthly salary is four strings of cash, which is equivalent to four taels of silver.
You should know that in the current Yanzhou, the purchasing power of four taels of silver is still very strong, enough to support a family of four or five people. However, in the Yan army, the military pay was deducted at every level, and Chen Bao could not even get five cents of silver in military pay every month on average.
Chen Bao was very satisfied with his current life, and his family had already started arranging a marriage for him. Unfortunately, the good days did not last long, and the millions of troops of the Donglu tribe aggressively invaded Yanzhou.
The First Guard of the 32nd Regiment of the Xiang Army where Chen Bao was stationed was stationed in Chiqing City. On April 9, 199 of the Han calendar, more than 1.2 million troops of the Donglu tribe's Zhenglan Banner, Xianglan Banner and Zhenghei Banner arrived outside Chiqing City.
Chen Bao stood on the city wall, looking at the endless Donglu army, and felt his legs trembling.
Although he has been a soldier for two years, Chen Bao has never actually been on the battlefield.
Looking at the squad leader Luo San beside him, Chen Bao couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Third brother, can we defend Chiqing City?"
Luo San said in a deep voice: "We have to defend it even if we can't, our homes are all in Chiqing City.
You know what the Donglu Tartars are like. If the city is captured, they will definitely massacre the entire city.
Abao, think about your father, mother, and sister. You can't be a coward at this time."
Chen Bao puffed out his chest and said, "Don't worry, Third Brother, I won't be a coward. I'm even planning to chop off a few Donglu Tartar heads and buy a few more acres of land for my family!"
According to the regulations of the Han army, a reward of twenty strings of cash could be obtained for each level of beheading.
In Chiqing City, twenty strings of cash are enough to buy two acres of good paddy fields.
Then Chen Bao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Third brother, it seems that there are at least hundreds of thousands of Donglu Tartars, but in Chiqing City, besides the first guard of our 32nd Regiment of the Xiang Army, there is only the fourth guard of the 8th Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
"With only 100,000 men in total, can they resist hundreds of thousands of Donglu Tartars?"
Luo San said nonchalantly: "We are now people of the Han Dynasty. You should know that the Han Dynasty has tens of millions of soldiers and is the most powerful country in the world.
The Emperor of our Han Dynasty is now in Kang'an City and will definitely send troops to rescue Chiqing City."
Chen Bao's expression relaxed a lot after hearing this. "That's right. Now is not the time of Yan State. We have backers now."
Shi Wansui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Regiment of the Imperial Guards, saw the Donglu army arrived outside Chiqing City, and immediately summoned a commander-in-chief, two deputy commanders-in-chief, five generals and ten deputy generals of the Fourth Guard of the Eighth Regiment.
The 50,000 men of the Fourth Guard of the Eighth Town are all white-robed soldiers, and those who serve as high-ranking generals of the Fourth Guard are also white-robed soldiers with high intelligence values.
Shi Wansui said in a deep voice: "Now in Chiqing City, apart from the Fourth Guard of the Eighth Regiment of our Imperial Guards, there is only the First Guard of the Thirty-second Regiment of the Wing Army.
You all know that the 32nd Regiment of the Xiang Army is newly formed, and its combat effectiveness will definitely not be very strong. Therefore, before the reinforcements arrive at Chiqing City, we can only rely on the brothers of the Fourth Guard to guard Chiqing City.
According to the intelligence sent by the Seven Banner Guards, the Donglu Tartars attacking Chiqing City were composed of the Plain Green Banner, the Bordered Green Banner and the Plain Black Banner, with a military strength of at least over one million.
Therefore, the upcoming battle to defend the city will undoubtedly be very difficult, so everyone should be mentally prepared."
Fan Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Guard of the Eighth Regiment, then said loudly, "Don't worry, Grand Commander. The 50,000 soldiers of our Fourth Guard will never bring shame to the Eighth Regiment of the Imperial Guard."
As a white-robed soldier, Fan Cheng's combat power value is only 85 points, but his intelligence value is as high as 87 points. Among all the hundred generals in the "annual signing system", his intelligence value ranks in the top ten. Even Sun Hao values Fan Cheng very much.
Next, Shi Wansui found Ma Ji, the governor of the 32nd Regiment of the Xiang Army, to discuss the matter of jointly defending the city.
Ma Ji was originally a famous general of the State of Yan. After Sun Hao saw through the "Intermediate Exploration Eye" that Ma Ji had a combat power value of 96 points and a wisdom value of 86 points, and considering the need to appease the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the former Yan State army, he appointed Ma Ji as the governor of the 32nd Regiment of the Xiang Army.
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