On a high slope outside the North City, Wanyan Xi was surrounded by a group of generals and looked at Taiyuan City three miles away. He had read countless battle reports about Taiyuan City and knew the city well, but when he arrived at the scene, he was still shocked by this crystal-like city.

The battlefield was full of wreckage of various siege weapons, and the pits were covered with blood. Although the bodies of the dead had been cleaned up, the various shocking scenes still showed how fierce the war had broken out here.

"How many Song troops are there in the city?"

Wanyan Xie also turned around and asked the generals, "Who can tell me a clear number?"

Everyone lowered their heads, and no one had a certain number. Wanyan Xi snorted unsatisfiedly, and finally his eyes fell on Wanyan Chang, "Tatai, you have been sieging the city for the longest time, tell me!"

Wanyan Chang had to bite the bullet and out and said, "The capital commander is estimated to be between 50,000 and 60,000, but Li Yanqing himself has few troops, up to about 20,000. Later, a group of new recruits were recruited, which may have 30,000, so the Hukou is estimated to be about 50,000 to 60,000."

"Your is probably not outrageous. Can you judge how many thunders there are in the Song army defending the city?"

This question immediately made Wanyan Chang speechless. How could he know how many thunderstorms the Song army still had? At this time, Wanyan Chang's general, Yelu Mawu, bowed and said, "You are the commander of the capital, and you may be able to guess one or two."

"Oh? Tell me your reasons." Wanyan Xie also asked with interest.

"In the last war, the Song army threw a powerful thunder in the city. According to Beizhi's observation, it should be used to bomb the city's thunder, and it also threw the thunder in the unconventional manner. Therefore, Beizhi judged that the thunder in the city should not be much stock."

Yelu Ma Wu's answer was barely acceptable to Wanyan Xie, and he continued to ask Wanyan Chang: "How much gunpowder stock is there in our original warehouse?"

Wanyan Chang knew very well, and he immediately replied: "We used to have no gunpowder in the Taiyuan warehouse, and all the gunpowder was transported to Yanshan Prefecture."

"So have the Song army in the city been supplemented during this period?"

This question was very sharp, which made all the generals present look ashamed. Wanyan Xie seemed to understand something and immediately said angrily: "Did Song Jun get supplements under your nose?"

Wanyan Xie also looked at Wanyan Chang especially. Wanyan Zongbi was not there. Wanyan Chang was the highest-ranking general and the highest-ranking responsible person. The current Jin soldiers in Taiyuan City are in a very poor state, their morale is sluggish, and their morale is dissatisfied, which makes Wanyan Xie very dissatisfied.

Wanyan Chang hurriedly bowed and said, "Please calm down. Although there was an accident, it may not be something Dushuai was worried about. At that time, a team of Song soldiers kidnapped a team of escorts and scrambled through many patrols as Han troops. But in the end, we discovered that the Song army went out of the city to rescue, which failed to intercept. However, according to the reports of the soldiers who fled back, there were only two hundred large trucks of forage and no other goods were found. Therefore, the judgement of humble officials was that this should be an army escorting the imperial envoy to Taiyuan City. Perhaps the Song court wanted to reward Li Yanqing or something."

Wanyan Chang explained clearly, which reminded Wanyan Xie of Lin'an's information. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty changed Li Yanqing to Sichuan and Shaanxi Strategic Envoy and Hedong Road Propaganda and Pacification of the People's Republic of China. Is it just to give Li Yanqing the order to promote the promotion?

Wanyan Xie also thought it was unlikely, but Wanyan Chang's words made him unable to find the loophole for a while, so he had to snort and turn around and return to the camp.

Wanyan Xie also knew very well about his old opponent Li Yanqing. Several defeats of the Jin soldiers were defeated by Li Yanqing, especially the last time, a serious plague occurred in the army, and tens of thousands of people died before the end.

Wanyan Xie was also psychologically afraid of Li Yanqing, so his army arrived in Taiyuan City and did not launch a siege for a long time. He just wanted to understand as much as possible in the city and find the flaws of the Song army. But until now, he still couldn't find any loopholes that could attack. Li Yanqing built Taiyuan City into an iron barrel, which made him impeccable, and Wanyan Xie was really depressed.

As soon as he returned to the camp, patrol soldiers immediately came to report that the Song army had withdrawn from Yanmen Pass and Loufan Pass, and the army headed west without anywhere.

"I see!"

Wanyan Xie also waved his hand, and he was no longer interested in this situation. The withdrawal of the Song army from Loufan Pass and Yanmen Pass only means that Li Yanqing is ready and is waiting for his own attack.

Wanyan Xie also stood in front of the wooden carving map with his hands in his arms. After a long time, he sighed. It was not a solution to escape. He still had to fight the war that should be fought.

‘Dong~Dong~ At noon, drums were heard in the Jin army camp, four camp gates opened, and forty thousand troops lined up to step out of the camp and marched towards the north city.

This time, the Jin soldiers dispatched 20,000 Jurchen troops, 10,000 Khitan troops and 10,000 Xi people. Every time they encountered serious wars, the Jin soldiers pushed other tribes forward, which had caused strong dissatisfaction among the tribes. In order to appease other tribes, Wanyan Xie also sent 20,000 Jurchen elite troops this time. This Jurchen army was wearing iron armor made by the Khitans, wearing round helmets, holding a large shield and a short spear in one hand, and was well-equipped.

They will be responsible for the main attack of the city, and the other 10,000 Khitan troops are responsible for the cover of bows and arrows, while the Xi people are the siege vanguards, which are actually cannon fodders in the war. They will bear the sharpest start of the Song army. Only when the Xi people attack under the city wall will the 20,000 Jurchens behind them launch a formal attack.

Forty thousand troops lined up two miles away, spears like a forest, swords flashed, and the forty thousand troops were full of murderous aura, waiting for the sound of the horn of the attack.

Before the Jin soldiers officially attacked, they launched eighty giant catapults, which were siege weapons made by the Jin soldiers in Daming Prefecture. They were originally used to attack Tokyo Bianliang, but they did not expect that the Jin soldiers easily captured Bianliang, causing these giant catapults to lose their place in the Central Plains and were moved to Taiyuan by the Jin soldiers.

"Du Shuai, why don't we attack Dongcheng at the same time?" Wanyan Chang asked in confusion.

"There is no need for the time being!"

Wanyan Xie also said coldly: "Multi-point attack is only used when the opponent's troops are insufficient. Now the Song army is sufficient, and no matter where the attack side will encounter the strongest counterattack. Besides, we do not have enough catapults, so we concentrate our forces to attack the North City and then win the attack on the upper city."

Giant catapults rumbled in the wilderness, each of which was pulled by twenty cattle in front, and hundreds of soldiers were pushed behind, and huge wooden wheels rolled slowly.

Eighty giant catapults were fixed at the three hundred steps line, and soldiers installed huge wooden baffles in front to prevent the attack of the Song army's crossbow. This was learned from the Song army. This wooden baffle was made of log nails, which was half a foot thick. No matter how powerful the crossbow was, it could not penetrate. In this way, the giant catapult only exposed half of the body, greatly reducing the impact of the crossbow.

The giant Jin soldiers' catapults did not use the thunder of the sky. Before that, they had already spent 800 to attack the city with the thunder of the sky, but the effect was very bad. Wanyan Xie did not want to repeat the same mistakes.

Besides, there were not many thunders in the hands of the Jin soldiers, only less than 500 left. Although the Jin soldiers seized thousands of thunders when they captured Bian Jing, they were all consumed when they were sieging Yue Fei's army. However, the Jin Kingdom could not create this most sharp weapon, so Wanyan Xie also collected the thunders in his hands as treasures.

The giant catapult uses huge rocks, and Wanyan Xiye’s goal is to destroy the catapult on the city wall and reduce casualties during the attack of the Jin soldiers.

On the top of the city, 20,000 Song troops have been deployed. The Divine Arm Crossbowman, the City Guarding Archer, the Thunderbolter, the Thunderbolter, the Spearman, the Equipment Operator and other troops have their own responsibilities. Li Yanqing stared at the giant stone catapult slowly coming from a distance with a serious look, and turned around and ordered: "Send the Thunder to the West and East City!"

The sky-shaking thunders on the top of the city are placed in large wooden boxes. A large box houses nine toss sky-shaking thunders or four to explode the sky-shaking thunders. There is a lid on the wooden box. Each large wooden box is placed on a wooden trailer and can be pulled away at any time. With Li Yanqing's order, the soldiers immediately sent away 1,500 sky-shaking thunders and three thousand barrels of turbulent oil.

At this time, Wang Gui walked up to him and whispered: "I guess the other party will use huge rocks, and there is little possibility of using tincture oil and thunder."

"Why?" Li Yanqing asked expressionlessly.

"Wanyan Xie has also dealt with us countless times. He attacked with turret in Tokyo Bianliang, but failed. The thunder was useless. Besides, they could not make it. Moreover, this giant catapult must be at least three hundred steps away. It is unlikely that it will hit the top of the city. I think Wanyan Xieye's goal should be to attack our catapult, and its purpose is to prepare for the 40,000 troops behind him to siege the city."

Li Yanqing looked back at the 120 catapults on the city. He also felt that Wang Gui's analysis was relatively correct. After so many dealings and failures countless times, the Jin soldiers should also understand that those flashy things may not be useful. Using huge rocks is a simple and effective siege weapon.

At this time, eighty giant catapults had been placed, and a commander of a thousand men rode a horse to Wanyan Xi and shouted loudly: "Qi Bidu is handsome, the catapult is ready!"

Wanyan Xie nodded and ordered: "Start projection!"
Chapter completed!