The Ming army had 300,000 people, plus more than 200,000 civilians. It can be imagined that the food and grass needed was definitely a huge amount.

Yunzhou was not an important grain-producing area to begin with, and when the Han army withdrew from Nanyu City, they took away most of the grain and grass in the city, leaving only a part of the rations for the people in the city, enough to feed them for a month.

Therefore, the Ming army could only rely on long supply lines and grain trucks climbing mountains and wading from other states.

This is a taboo in the military. Not only that the longer the supply line, the easier it is to be interrupted, but once the Han army adopts delaying tactics endlessly, the supply pressure of the Ming army will only increase. The manpower and material resources invested by the Ming Dynasty will naturally

The more it is, the longer it takes, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to bear it.

Wei Qubing didn't even have any sympathy for the Ming army. He just wanted to defeat the Ming army as soon as possible and make great achievements.

In order to accelerate the decline of the Ming army, Wei Qubing also had countermeasures. When the imperial court issued a military order to evacuate Nanyu City and enter the military city, Wei Qubing did not strictly follow the military order, but secretly left more than a thousand Han troops behind.

Scattered and hidden throughout Yunzhou.

The young general of the Ming Dynasty looked at the military city in front of him like it was a turtle shell. Even if he was a savage beast, he had no way to get in with this hard shell that could not be bitten or penetrated. He had no way to defeat the Han army in the city. Helpless, the young general could only

You can continue to send people to report to the vanguard general.

After receiving the report from the young general, the vanguard general of the Ming army immediately broke out of camp and ordered the entire army to march towards the mountains where the Han military city was located. Tens of thousands of Ming troops climbed up like a long snake.

After going up the mountain range, you enter the valley.

In the valley, there is a winding trail, which was specially built by the Han Dynasty to facilitate the communication between the military city and Nanyu City. The Ming army marched towards the military city at full speed through this trail, and in less than half a day, they arrived at the camp where the Ming army generals camped.

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"General, the walls of the military city are too high."

Although the young general spoke tremblingly, the meaning behind his words was clear to the vanguard general.

"You lead five thousand troops and provoke outside the city day and night. Try to provoke the Han army and make them come out of the city." said the vanguard general.

The young general nodded and took the order.

"Lieutenant Zuo Feng, you lead three thousand soldiers and guard the must-pass areas of the military city to prevent the Han army from sending reinforcements to join the army in the military city." General Pioneer said, "If Han army reinforcements are discovered, early warning is the first thing to do.

underestimate the enemy."

"Captain Youfeng, you lead five thousand soldiers to guard the camp outside the mountains and build a granary to ensure the safety of the army's supplies."

"Captain Yongwu. You take 10,000 soldiers and take turns cutting down trees, building wells, and ladders. I want to see at least 200 ladders in half a day."

"The rest of the sergeants, build barracks, bury pots to make food, rest and reorganize. Be prepared to attack the city at any time."

Pioneer general, give orders continuously.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Army, following their orders to divide the work, formed a long-term camp and attack the city outside the military city.

However, the Ming army's strategy did not seem to be effective. The Han army in the military city allowed the Ming army to provoke the generals outside the city. They were always disciplined and calm, and paid no attention to what the Ming army did.

Although the leader of the Han Dynasty was not in the country, it was the order of the leader to build a military city.

Strictly following the orders of the country's leader, he responded immediately when the military city was threatened. In addition to increasing military strength and strengthening defenses at the junction of Han and Ming, he also recruited 50,000 new soldiers in Han.

Then 30,000 new soldiers were sent to replace some of the veterans in Qi and Jin to guard the new territory. Then, 30,000 veterans were mobilized, together with the remaining 20,000 new soldiers, and rushed to the military city overnight.

The most important point is that in order to prevent being passively beaten during the war, the Han State Statistics Bureau planted spies in the Ming Dynasty early in the morning. Although these hidden forces have not been well understood by the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty

The middle and lower classes have a solid foundation.

Therefore, not long after the Ming army had just assembled, Guanzheng learned of their movements through the Bureau of Statistics' intelligence network in the Ming Dynasty.

When the Ming Dynasty announced that it would expel the Han army and attack the Han Dynasty, Guanzheng had already focused on how to carefully complete the tasks assigned by the master and must defend the Han Dynasty, especially the strategically important military city.

Because the mine in the military city is the most valuable place in Han Dynasty. Once the energy stone in this mine is discovered, it will be enough to cause a battle between the two planets. Therefore, the military city cannot be lost.

Any force that wants to seize the military city of a group of countries must be completely eradicated.

Guanzheng immediately formulated a combat plan based on the situation. The core of this combat plan did not rely on the personal ability of any general of the Han Dynasty, but on the close cooperation of the entire army. The purpose of the plan was to try to encircle and annihilate the three Ming Dynasties.

One hundred thousand troops are within Yunzhou.

As long as the Han army successfully encircles and annihilates the Ming army, the Han state can annex Yunzhou, and then further force the Ming state to sign an alliance and cede Yunzhou. Only when the Ming state cedes Yunzhou, can the Han state feel at ease and use energy resources on the territory of Yunzhou

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The most important part of Guanzheng's battle plan is to gather the Ming army in Yunzhou, especially near Nanyu City. He wants to complete his efforts in one battle and determine the outcome in one battle!

Therefore, the task given to Wei Qubing by the governor was very simple. As long as Wei Qubing led the army to guard the military city, it would be enough to ensure that the enemy army would not be able to attack for at least half a month. This tactic was to delay the Ming army.

time, increasing the pressure on their food and fodder and weakening their military morale.

The reinforcements of the Han army will be divided into two parts. One part is lurking on the border of Han State, not far from the military city. The other part will take a detour and enter Yunzhou territory.

When the time is right to annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop, the Han Dynasty can fully bloom, occupy Yunzhou, and capture the Ming army. It can even attack Yunzhou and threaten other states, forcing the Ming court to sign an armistice agreement.

The ultimate weapon of Guanzheng is the five armed spider machines in the military city. Before Du Le left, he had handed over the control of these five spider machines to Guanzheng.

At the same time, the Ming army, led by General Zhengnan, marched day and night, and it was estimated that they would reach Nanyu City in less than ten days.

The Ming army dispatched a large army this time and arrived at Nanyu City in a mighty manner. It was not just to expel the Han army. They also wanted to cross the mountains and fight their way into the hinterland of the Han Dynasty.

The military city is located across the mountains and valleys, next to the main transportation road between the Ming and Han Dynasties. It is of vital military status. The Ming army, which has a high self-esteem, cannot allow the military city to remain under its control.

In the hands of a Han army.

The most important thing is that the mountain range where the military city is located is said to be a gold mine. Of course, the Ming Dynasty is eyeing this. In order to occupy the military city, and in order to eventually occupy this gold mine, the Ming Dynasty has long been eyeing the military city.

As a military city of the Ming Dynasty, it was inevitable to win.

Therefore, the day after the vanguard general arrived outside the military city, he observed and found that the Han army in the military city only wanted to defend the city and had no intention of leaving the city to fight. In order to quickly decide the battle, he immediately decided to attack by force.

"Kill!" Countless cries of killing echoed throughout the valley, shaking the heaven and earth.

Hundreds of cloud ladders, pushed forward by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, rushed towards the wall of the military city like giant snakes spitting messages. As soon as the ladders approached and were set up on the city wall, the soldiers of the Ming army rushed to the city wall.

Like endless ants, swarming up.

Facing the enemy's force, which was as fierce as a flood that broke a dike, the Han army defending the city did not panic. The Han soldiers who had been on guard on the city wall raised stones and aimed at the invaders under the wall to hit them hard.

In order to suppress the Han defenders on the city wall, the Ming army had to build wells. However, the walls of the military city were too high, and the valley was not wide and flat. The wells built by the Ming army did not harm the Han army on the wall.

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However, less than an hour after the siege order was issued, the Ming Dynasty's vanguard general discovered painfully that the Ming army had lost no less than 3,000 soldiers under the city, but it had caused almost no damage to the Han army inside the city. The vanguard general had to suspend the attack.

City, withdraw troops and reorganize.

Compared with the losses of the Ming army, Wei Qubing's Han army did suffer very few casualties, with only more than 300 casualties.

"General, our wells are completely unable to exert their power." In the vanguard general's tent, generals gathered, all with sad faces. After this trial battle, the Ming army knew that the military city was like a hard bone to crack.

, the Ming army had almost no way to attack.

"Whoever has a plan that can help the army capture the military city should be credited with the first contribution." The vanguard general was helpless and extremely anxious. He looked around the tent, hoping that there was a warrior in the army who could solve the urgent need, but there was no one for a long time.

People stand up.

"I wonder if we can dig a tunnel." Finally a captain said.

The vanguard general shook his head in his heart. He had already observed that the military city was a mountain city, made of rocks and could not be shaken. The Ming army could not dig tunnels at all.

However, the vanguard general still encouraged: "This plan is not suitable, what else is there?"

Several people came up with several strategies one after another, but none of them were practical at all. The fire strategy and burning mountains were meant to involve the Ming army. For the water attack, there were no dams nearby and no continuous rain.

There is no possibility of storing water.

"Build more high-rise wells to suppress the defenders of the military city." The vanguard general had no choice but to repeat his old tricks.

The next day, the Ming army attacked the city again. This time, the Ming army gained fifty more wells.

But the Han army also had good strategies to deal with this.

The well is close to the city wall, but not higher than the city wall. The Ming army on the well can shoot the Han army on the wall from a long distance. Similarly, the Han army can also shoot at the well. In this way, the Han army is more numerous than the Ming army.

Geographical advantages.

Wei Qubing ordered archers to launch rockets from the city wall to attack the Ming army and its wells.

Due to the inconvenience of moving the wells of the Ming army, within a short time, most of the wells that the Ming army worked so hard to build were burned down by the rocket attacks of the Han army. The Ming army once again lost thousands of soldiers under the military city.

After two battles, the Ming army was really devastated. In desperation, the vanguard general had no choice but to order another withdrawal of troops to rest. The two armies temporarily entered a state of confrontation.

The vanguard general of the Ming Army was not a pedantic and stubborn person. Since he could not capture the military city, after careful consideration, he decided to send a group of soldiers to cross the mountains and invade the border of Han State, in order to counterattack

The Han army in the military city caused pressure. However, for the sake of safety, the vanguard general still left more than 30,000 Ming troops to guard the gate of the military city.

Wei Qubing and Nangong Yan simultaneously went up to the wall of the military city to observe the movements of the Ming army.

"General Wei, when will our reinforcements arrive?" Nangong Yan looked at the looming threat in the distance, turned to Wei Qubing and asked. He had long been no longer afraid of the Ming army, because the situation was very clear now.

The army can't do anything to the military city. Nangong Yan's only worry is that guarding the military city for too long may not be a good thing for the Han army.

"I have received the exact news. Our reinforcements have arrived." Wei Qubing said with a smile.

"Oh, then why don't we see the reinforcements?" Nangong Yan heard this. His heart was relieved, but he still had doubts because he hadn't seen the reinforcements yet.

"Be patient for a moment, we are about to fight back." Wei Qubing's smile was quite meaningful.

Officials from the Bureau of Statistics have notified Wei Qubing to summon Han soldiers to fight at any time. When Wei Qubing heard the news, he immediately judged that the time had come for the Han army to counterattack.

According to the data collected by Bureau of Statistics personnel using liaison devices, Guan Zheng entered the combat identification at the core of five armed spider machines. All Han army officers and soldiers will tie a red belt on their left arm, and any holding
To be continued...