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Chapter One Thousand and Thirteen Night Attack

The Yellow River Ferry in Liaocheng County is one of the seven ferries built by the Jin soldiers. There are more than 100 ferries, and the first batch of 200,000 dan of forage has arrived at the ferry. Tens of thousands of people are lined up with the forage on their backs, and they are constantly delivering them to the warehouse on the dock.

Of course, the ships on the dock first transport the Jin soldiers across the Yellow River, and then transport food, grass and supplies, and circle the Beiqing River to enter the Ji River.

Therefore, more than a dozen grain and grass warehouses were built on the wharf. The grain and forage transported from Daming City were first placed in the warehouse and then transported to Yunzhou by ship.

Tens of thousands of civilians lined up in more than a dozen lines, and from a distance they looked like ants. Hundreds of Jurchen cavalry held whips in their hands, viciously supervising the civilians to carry forage. If they were slacking off, the whip would be slapped away.

This time, Wanyan Xie also approved the Jin army to transport one million dan of forage and 300,000 stones of grain to the south. Of course, it was impossible to be in place at one time. It would take a month to transport it to the dock in batches and then transport it to Yunzhou. This time, Wanyan Xie also approved the bandit suppression for half a year, and within half a year, the Liangshan riot bandits must be completely wiped out.

The main general Wanyan Zonggan was immediately on the dock, staring at the opposite side of the Yellow River from afar. Wanyan Zonggan was about forty years old. He was the eldest son of Wanyan Aguda. It is said that he was born to Wanyan Aguda and a female slave, which led to his status in the Jin Kingdom. However, Wanyan Xie still valued him very much and specially transferred him from Huanglong Mansion and appointed him as the chief general of the Jin army in Hebei.

Wanyan Zonggan has never fought in the Song Dynasty, and he is also full of expectations for the fight against the Liangshan bandits this time.

Next to Wanyan Zonggan is the Han official Zhang Wenzhuo. He will serve as the capital of Jingdong and take charge of the government affairs of Jingdong and will assist Wanyan Zonggan in the eradication of Liangshan bandits.

"General Zong Gan, it's getting late, so cross the river first!"

Wanyan Zonggan nodded and ordered to the left and right: "Transfer my order, and the army will start to board the boat and cross the river!"

More than one hundred ships are large ferries of 3,000 stones, which can transport 10,000 cavalry at a time and carry 30,000 people and horses in just one day.

The horn sounds 'Woo'.

The Jin soldiers who were resting stood up and lined up one after another, and teams of Jin soldiers led their war horses and began to walk towards the big ship.

Yan Qing led 10,000 troops to march straight into Daming Mansion, stopping and walking all the way, and finally arrived thirty miles north of Daming City on time as night fell.

The soldiers were resting in a forest, while Yan Qing leaned against a big tree and closed her eyes to rest. While waiting patiently for news about the scouts, she considered the siege tactics tonight.

In fact, the intelligence scouts in Daming City have sent them a lot of information about the city. Yan Qing’s understanding of Daming City is probably better than the enemy generals stationed in the city.

Daming City is nearly three meters high, with a wide and thick wall and a tight structure. It was overhauled in Zhenghe in three years and was made of fired large blue bricks. This structure is exactly the same as Jingzhao City. They have conducted experiments. Ordinary thunderstorm will not collapse it. Only by placing it with a thunderstorm in the city wall can it collapse the city wall, but it is useless to place it outside. The city gate is also wrapped in pig iron, which is extremely thick and solid.

But it has only one weakness, that is, the Water Gate. The Water Gate in all major cities in the Central Plains is similar. It is made of iron bars about half a wrist-thickness, and it is grid-shaped. This kind of iron mesh gate can be broken with ordinary thunder. As long as they attack the Water Gate, they will almost be able to try it out.

Of course, if there is a problem with the defense of the army at the city wall, they may not necessarily have to blow up the water gate.

This time, they brought three light ladders made of bamboo. If conditions permit, Yan Qing still wanted to use these three ladders so that he would not have to alarm the defenders in the city.

While he was thinking, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from afar. The sound of horse hooves did not stop, which means that the scout had returned. Yan Qing stood up and walked quickly out of the woods.

Under the moonlight, two scouts came on horseback, but one of them was still carrying a man behind him, which made Yan Qing slightly stunned.

After a moment, the three of them walked up quickly. The two scouts were a thin man. Yan Qing suddenly recognized him, "You are Chen Jiang!"

The person who came was the intelligence scout Chen Jiang. When he saw that the governor recognized him, he was very excited and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "I am humble to Chen Jiang, please see the governor!"

"Please get up quickly!"

Yan Qing quickly helped him up and asked in surprise: "Why have you left the city?"

Chen Jiang said: "We all think that the governor will arrive today, so Lao Wang asked me to come out to see it at night."

Yan Qing suddenly heard something in his words and asked quickly: "How did you come out?"

"Of course I came up with the city wall."

Yan Qing was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let's go to the woods to talk."

He asked the two scouts to go in together.

"Are all brothers okay?"

"It's safe, even if three brothers were requisitioned to carry the fodder, it's also considered going to the dock to explore the situation!"

Yan Qing invited him into a marching tent, which contained a wooden model of Daming City. Chen Jiang's eyes lit up, "This is good!"

Taiyuan walked up to look around and praised: "It's so similar, it's exactly the same."

Yan Qing smiled and said, "Let the two scouts talk first."

The scouts bowed and went up to introduce: "The moat of Daming City is about two feet and five feet wide, and the water is relatively deep. We dived into the water gate and found that there are three water gates, all of which are iron fences. Among them, there is a corridor between the first iron fence and the second iron fence, which leads directly to the city. It is estimated that it is convenient to collect taxes. If we blow up the first iron fence, we can directly kill the city through the corridor. This is a favorable point. Secondly, the defense on the head of the city is very weak and has not entered a wartime state at all. It is the level of defense in peacetime. There are no patrols, and there are only some soldiers guarding the gate on the four city towers."

Yan Qing nodded and asked Chen Jiang again, "Where did you get down from?"

Chen Jiang pointed to the northwest corner, "I have been going up and down from here. There are several bricks missing here, and there are footholds on the city walls, which are easier to climb."

"What do you mean that you keep going up and down from here?" Yan Qing grabbed him and continued to ask.

"You have reported to the governor, Bei Yi has been observing the Jin army camp for more than half a month. In order to avoid the Jin army patrol, Bei Yi needs to be in place before dawn every day. After dark, he can only climb the city wall when he returns to the city."

"Then have you encountered a patrol on the city or any other danger?"

Chen Jiang shook his head, "No matter whether the Jin soldiers or the Ji army, they did not patrol. Speaking of which, the Jin soldiers were a little better. At least there were still people standing guard at the city wall at night. However, I observed the Ji army for two nights. After the third update, there was no one standing on the city wall at all, and they all fell asleep."

"If they all sleep, how could they open the city gate on time?"

"There will be an updater to wake them up."

Yan Qing then asked someone to invite the four commanders. After a moment, Zhao Wu, Zhong Lie, Wu Baoguo and Cao Li all rushed over.

"We will attack at the third update tonight. Generals will ask our subordinates to have a good rest. We will set off for two corrections!"

"Abide by the order!"

The four leaders bowed and bowed and went to their respective troops to make arrangements.

Yan Qing considered various details and tried his best to ensure that there was no omission, so he asked someone to inform the Ruan brothers by the Yellow River.

After two corrections, ten thousand troops left the woods under the cover of night and quickly followed the official road toward Daming City.

Before the third update, the army arrived at the north of Daming City, and the army stopped a mile away from the north city.

There was a dark city wall in the distance. Yan Qing stared at the city wall from afar. For a moment, a scout rushed over and bowed and said, "General, there is no soldier standing guard on the city wall."

This should be Chen Jiang's description. After the third update, there were no longer soldiers standing. Obviously, Daming Mansion is still in a non-war state.

Yan Qing then said to Chen Jiang: "Brothers, it's up to you."

Chen Jiang nodded, and he suddenly felt that the pressure on his shoulder was extremely heavy. If an accident occurred, he would be very guilty.

He looked back at the fifty soldiers and waved his hand, "Let's go!"
Chapter completed!
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