From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1110

The streets are quite spacious, and although the houses are not tall, they are neat and orderly.

After all, Jianzhou is a big city in Liaodong and the foundation of the Jurchens. It has a good heritage.

It’s just a pity that the place is deserted, leaving only the mess on the ground and the dilapidated city.

Wang Xiong walked forward slowly and whispered, "The main thing is food. The remaining parts that cannot be taken away should be gathered together and burned."

"Don't deal with it, burn it thoroughly and leave no hope for the other side."

"It's best to burn the whole city by then."

Ji Shan sighed, "The food is already burning. More than ten large pits have been dug in the west. They were burned with gunpowder and tung oil, and then filled with manure. There is no way to fish it out."

Wang Xiong said, "Don't forget the medicinal materials. Although Jianzhou has few medicinal materials, they must not be left to them."

"Then we should make the necessary preparations and meet the enemy in the most prosperous posture."

Ji Shan nodded and said, "I understand."

"The army of the Tsarist Empire arrived last night and camped five miles away to rest. It is estimated that they will launch an attack tonight."

"The war will start soon. I really don't know how they will attack the city. The towers of Jianzhou City are still very high. If they really fight hard, they may have to sacrifice more than 100,000 people."

Wang Xiong sighed and said, "After all, we are passive. After all, we only have one choice to defend the city, and they can try their best to think of ways."

Ji Shan said, "I still don't believe they are willing to go around? If they don't fight us, we will poke them in the ass, and then they will be more uncomfortable."

Wang Xiong pondered for a moment before saying, "We must fight. I am not worried about Gumanyev. I think he is just a qualified general, but not particularly outstanding. In the face of a stalemate, he is not a person who can create miracles."

"But... Colonel Andrei of the assault corps is a talented general. I am very worried about him."

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard came to report.

"Report to the general, we caught three children... hiding in the cellar."

Wang Xiong was stunned for a moment, looked forward, and saw three boys about eight or nine years old, their faces were pale with fear, standing there at a loss, their eyes full of fear.

"What's the situation? Did you ask?"

"I asked, but I couldn't understand what they said. It was Jurchen, but from their gestures, the general meaning seemed to be... saying that they were orphans and didn't dare to come out when they saw us coming."

Orphans? Maybe their fathers have joined the army...

Wang Xiong took a deep look at them, smiled and walked over, and touched the heads of the three children.

He said: "I will send three uncles to take you to Shenzhou, okay?"

The three children didn't understand, looked at each other, and didn't dare to cry. They pouted and were very scared.

Wang Xiong turned around and said: "Call three people and send them to Shenzhou. Damn, no matter how you fight, what's wrong with children of a few years old."

The guard gestured and greeted the children.

The three children seemed to understand something and hurried forward, stumbling and one of them almost fell.

Wang Xiong looked at them and whispered, "Children, run slowly. The road ahead is not easy to walk!"

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"The wall of Jianzhou was built about 500 years ago. It has been repaired many times. After the rise of the Jurchens, it was raised again on the basis of the original ten feet."

"Now the wall is 12 meters wide at the bottom and 4 meters wide at the top. It is a real important city."

Andre looked at the map in his hand and elaborated, "If we want to attack by force, if the other side has sufficient war resources, we have to pay at least three times the price of the enemy to take it down."

"This is obviously not the strategy we should have. We must find a way to open a gap and fight with them in the streets to control casualties."

Gumanyev said in a deep voice, "Then use artillery to blow open their city gates and kill them in to fight them."

Andre was really speechless and sighed that Gumanyev did not know enough about Dajin and Jurchen.

He whispered, "It can't be blown open. The wooden gate of Jianzhou is more than two feet thick. It's not easy to blow it open with artillery. Besides, there is a heavy iron gate behind the wooden gate, but it's not usually used."

"If we want to open the gate, we must use a lot of explosives to blow up the towers on both sides of the gate and blow up the boulders. This is obviously very difficult."

Ivan shouted, "Then dig a tunnel and get in!"

Andrei said, "Digging a tunnel is a huge project and it's easy to collapse. We don't have time to waste it. In addition, even if we dig a tunnel, it's useless. The other side guards the other side and kills them at will, or fills it with water and soil. We can't stand it."

Gumanyev frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "Then... how should we fight? We can't put all our lives in it.. "

Andrei said slowly: "First, attack the city normally, consume their artillery ammunition, and burn their gun barrels. Fill it with human lives until dawn, and we will have at least one hour without facing artillery bombardment. "

"Then we will gather artillery and blow open their towers. "

"It is impossible for the tower with a thickness of twelve meters at the bottom to rot, but we can open the upper gap, kill through the gap, and seize control of the city gate. "

At this point, Andrei took a deep breath and said: "Make a few more feints and consume them for two days. After two days, their physical and mental strength will not work, and it will be our chance. "

Gumanyev said: "Two days? Our time is very precious. If we delay any further, we can't even reach Shenzhou. "

Andrei said: "These two days must be spent, otherwise more people will die. They are the defenders, they dare not relax, and we must use the initiative to consume them. "

Gumanyev was silent for a moment before saying: "Everything is up to the colonel. ”

“So what should we do first?”

Andre said slowly: “Cover their eyes first! Consume their ammunition to a greater extent! ”

So, after the nightfall of August 20, tens of thousands of Tsarist soldiers had piled up countless green plants outside the range of artillery fire two miles away from the tower.

As they lit the fire, thick white smoke rose.

One, two... five, ten... one hundred! Hundreds of green plant piles produced a large amount of white smoke, which, under the blowing of the east wind, headed towards Jianzhou City.

From Wang Xiong's perspective, the vast land outside Jianzhou City was mostly covered by white smoke, and the light of the flames could not penetrate, resulting in a large number of blind spots.

White smoke in the dark night, the east wind blowing in the face, half of the eyes are blind, how can this battle be fought?

"The sky doesn't help us, but it's the east wind..."

Ji Shan couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Xiong said in a deep voice: "No matter what the wind is, it's useless. At most, they will attack in another direction. This is the initiative of the attacker, and we can't do anything about it. "

The drums of war were beating, the horns were ringing, and the soldiers of the Tsarist Empire launched an attack like a tide.

Wang Xiong and his men couldn't see how many people there were, nor could they tell whether it was a feint attack. Under the cover of white smoke and darkness, they could only defend with all their strength.

All the flankers opened fire, and when they got close and could see clearly, they fired arrows at once.

On the other side, Gumanyev frowned and said in a deep voice: "No! No, Colonel Andre! We have white smoke covering us, and it's dark when we attack. They can't tell whether we have done our best, so they can only defend with all their strength..."

"In this case, we only need to make a feint attack, which can save many lives!"

Andre looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Commander-in-chief, a person is a mouth, and our food is already very limited."

"We need to create sacrifices to a certain extent."

"We will not forget them for serving the empire."

Hearing this, Gumanyev was a little horrified.