Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 734: The Army Besieges the City

Compared with the surrounding large cities, such as Tianzhi, Shanglin, and Tongsheng, the city of Lindu is taller and thicker, and its moat is also much deeper and wider.

It is the largest city besides Omiya Kyoto Castle and Taisho Raku Castle, with high walls and thick walls, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Moreover, after so many days of preparation, the city walls were further reinforced, the moat was dredged again, and the city was fully equipped with war supplies. The 30,000 soldiers had been trained for a long time. Apart from psychological factors, everything else was not much worse than the large number of imperial guards.

Less than 300 miles east of Luolin County is the Luoxi Prefecture City, which is guarded by Prince Zhao Jian of Da Zheng and 20,000 imperial troops. If there is an emergency, they can rush to Lindu to provide assistance within two days.

Emperor Taisho Zhao Zheng has already ordered that the 30,000 troops of General Jing Zhaoheng of Jingdong Prefecture and the 16,000 black turban troops of General Qiu Jie of Yongning Prefecture can launch an attack on the Kyoto Acropolis at any time to disrupt and distract the Imperial Guards from attacking Lindu Prefecture.

The two sides entered a battle situation that was about to break out.

Everyone was watching. If Lin Feng's 60,000 troops attacked Lindu City and the battle became a stalemate, Zhao Zheng would launch an attack on Kyoto City.

This made it difficult for Lin Feng to take care of both ends and he could not let go and attack the Lindu City.

Three days later, Lin Feng's 20,000 troops had set up camp less than five miles away from Lindu City.

His camp was set up in the southwest of Lindu City, while Zhang Chang's 10,000-man army turned around and set up camp in the northwest of Lindu City.

Li Donglai and Lin Qiaomei's 30,000 troops arrived in the southeast of Lindu City from the south, and the two armies merged into one camp.

An army of 60,000 surrounded the city of Lindu from three directions.

The main task of Li Donglai and Lin Qiaomei's 30,000 people is to cut off the support troops from Luolin County and Jingdong Prefecture.

However, it also gave Luo Yunfei a way out, which was the east gate of Lindu City.

If Luo Yunfei cannot withstand the pressure, he can withdraw his troops from the east gate.

This is called showing leniency, or leaving a way out, so as to avoid a life-and-death fight with the enemy.

Lin Feng knew very well that with his own army of more than 60,000 people, it was not enough to surround the powerful city of Lindu Prefecture, so he could only make the current deployment.

Lin Feng’s goal was very clear, which was to defeat the enemy and not fight to the death.

We are all from the same clan, so why fight to the death? As long as you retreat, it will be fine.

It is best to force the enemy into a dead end and then surrender to the Dazong. The Dazong court will only punish the main culprits and core members, and their soldiers are still the kind-hearted people of the Dazong.

This would be the ideal outcome of the rebellion.

This is also the ideal way to quell the rebellion that Lin Feng has conceived in his mind.

As night fell, Lin Feng's central military tent was set up in the center of the camp.

At this time, torches were lit in the spacious tent.

There was a long table in the middle of the military tent, and a lot of food had been served on it.

Lin Feng sat in the first seat, with four staff officers on his left: Ju Chaoyue, Wei Ming, Luo Shidong and Dang Guihong.

On the right sat the military supervisor Han Su and the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard Ma Buxuan.

At the end is Xie Chong.

These people all looked very relaxed. Facing the trapped rebels, the Imperial Guards had absolute initiative, so no one was nervous.

Of course, there was only one person who felt very unnatural.

Han Su, the military supervisor of the Eastern Expedition, had a smile on his face and would occasionally give Lin Feng a spoonful of soup or a piece of dry food.

Lin Feng fell into a trap set by Grand Tutor Wan and others in Wenjun Building, among whom was Han Su.

Although he didn't know what exactly he was doing when he followed Concubine Wan to Wenjun Tower, he, Han Su, was also one of the peripheral personnel in that honey trap.

No one is stupid, Han Su was very scared.

If I am not careful when following Lin Feng into the battle this time, I will probably die in this endless field.

He really didn't want to be this useless military supervisor, but since the emperor had spoken, he naturally couldn't resist.

The emperor's words are golden and cannot be changed.

Even Concubine Wan and Concubine Du did not dare to persuade her. The matter was a foregone conclusion and could not be remedied.

Han Su could only pray in his heart that he could return to the palace alive and continue to serve the emperor and the two concubines.

The point is, he has been serving the emperor in the palace for so many years and has accumulated a considerable fortune. He hasn't even enjoyed it yet, so how can he be willing to die like this?

Ma Buxuan was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and the number one person in the Ministry of War after Shangshu Tang Bingqian.

It is already a third-rank position, which is half a level higher than Lin Feng's second-rank commander, whether openly or secretly.

In addition, he could speak to the emperor and hung around the palace all day long. Although he was the deputy commander, he was neither humble nor arrogant.

However, Lin Feng was the commander of the Eastern Expedition to Lindu Prefecture, and he was also a third-class duke, so naturally his worth was much higher than his.

After comparing the two sides, Ma Buxuan felt that treating Lin Feng equally was the best way to get along with him.

The four advisors at the table had no desires or demands in their hearts, and were naturally in the most relaxed state.

Xie Zhong used to be the captain of Lin Feng's guard and had personally protected Lin Feng. His appointment as the commander of the firearms battalion this time also showed Lin Feng's trust in him.

At this moment, Xie Zhong's five hundred men were already serving beside Lin Feng.

Once again took on the task of the guard battalion.

So, although Xie Zhong was sitting at one end of the table, his body was straight, with his buttocks only half sitting up. He had a long leather holster with a shotgun in it, which was slung across his back.

This is also Lin Feng’s suggestion. First, let them carry guns with them, establish a spiritual contract with them, and achieve the state of unity between man and gun.

You can also familiarize yourself with and use it at any time, and prevent such valuable weapons from being tampered with by others and causing losses.

Xie Zhong carried out Lin Feng's orders without any compromise.

Almost all his energy was focused on Lin Feng, ensuring that he could receive Lin Feng's orders at any time, even if it was just a look or a gesture.

Ju Chaoyue and Lin Feng were already very familiar with each other, so he was in a very relaxed mood and asked while eating.

"Commander-in-chief, will we begin the attack on Lindu City tomorrow?"

Lin Feng shook his head: "Continue to rest tomorrow and wait for orders."

Ma Buxuan chewed his dry food and glanced at Lin Feng.

"My Lord, I wonder what we are waiting for?"

Lin Feng looked at Ma Buxuan.

"Deputy Commander Ma, do you have any good strategies for capturing Lindu City?"

Ma Buxuan shook his head and said frankly, "No, such a high city is difficult to capture. I can't do it."

Han Su laughed quickly and said, "With the Duke's skills, no matter how high and thick the city is, he can capture it easily. I'm afraid no one in the world can compare to him."

"The military supervisor has a sharp vision and sees things very clearly. I admire him."

How could Ma Buxuan not hear the compliment in Han Su's words, so he spoke with some disdain.

Luo Shidong was a truly capable general who had fought in battles for half his life, so he could naturally see the situation of the war clearly.

"Commander-in-Chief, I feel that if we want to capture Lindu City, we will suffer heavy losses. We must proceed with caution."

Lin Feng smiled at him.

"General Luo is right. There are 30,000 defenders in the city. If we want to capture the city, we will have to kill at least 30,000 or 20,000 soldiers. It will be difficult to defeat them."