Above the vast ocean, a tide was surging, and hundreds of warships were approaching Qiongguan. On the top of the three-layer tower of the largest dragon boat, Zhao Lie Head wore a gilded cloud-winged helmet and a gold-scaled armor. The gold-swalking beast forged by copper on both sides of his shoulders was ferocious and ferocious. The copper bubbles on his red gold arms and hands were filled with unspeakable majesty.

Zhao Lie stood quietly in front of the fence, holding the sights retrieved from Ding Xiaoyina to observe Qiongguan City. A dark red command was pulled straight by the sea breeze, and it made a thud sound from time to time. Behind him, Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou, Zhang Ba, Su Jingzhan and others also moved from the command ships to Zhao Lie's ship to discuss together how to fight the next battle.

In the scope lens, the north gate of Qiongguan was clearly visible, with flags flying on the city, figures rushing, and gongs scattered. It was obvious that the defenders were actively preparing for the war. However, there was no Yuan army on the beach, and it was obvious that the other party did not intend or could not stop the Dragon Crow Army from landing.

The terrain of the north gate of Qiongguan is not complicated, with a wide view and a gentle terrain. Opposite the city gate is a 2-meter-long Avenue covered with polished and smooth reefs. On both sides of the avenue are high and low hills, with fresh soil on the top of the hills and no grass and trees, which is obviously covered with only recently.

On the top of the hill, there is an enemy building made of reefs on the left and right. It is only more than meter high, but with the increase of the terrain, it is as high as 250 and 60 meters, and the circumference reaches 300 steps, which is almost equal to the area of ​​a Changhua Military City. Due to the high terrain, it is impossible to see the situation in the building clearly on the sea surface.

Apart from the two extremely wide enemy buildings, the terrain here is nothing surprising, and it is similar to Yacheng. However, when it extends to Baishakou Beach, something special is revealed, that is, a word - Gao.

How to say it?

After exiting the north gate of Qiongguan, walking straight to the ground, the terrain became lower and lower, but in general, it was normal. Until Baishakou Beach, the terrain suddenly fell, with a vertical drop of three meters high, forming a cliff like a wall. There are only three small paths that can climb up the cliff and enter the north gate.

Such terrain is half natural and half artificial. Usually, the shelf enters the sea and the terrain decreases from height, which is naturally formed. However, the shelf and the beach are vertically smooth, without any grass growing, and it is difficult to climb with bare hands. This is what manpower does, and it is to improve the defense of Qiongguan.

While watching, Zhao Lie listened to a man in black beside him report the information.

This man in black was one of the former Black Crow members. Later, he entered the Sword Shou Camp and became a vanguard. He was ordered to sneak into Qiongguan City early to inquire about military information. At this time, he was combining the terrain in front of him to explain to Zhao Lie and the generals: "...There were originally high hills on both sides of the road, which made it difficult for the attacking party to keep the army neat when charging. However, when Ali Hague invaded Qiongguan the last time, the hill was flattened to allow the formation. Two months ago, Long Wenying recruited 500 troops and spent a whole month to pile up soil to form a hill, restore the original appearance, intending to stop our army..."

Su Jingzhan said: "I said, the soil on the hill is so new..."

Jiang Fenglie pointed to the cliff: "What will the Yuan army arrange on that cliff?"

The man in black shook his head: "No arrangement."

Zhang Ba's big eyes were glaring out like a copper bell: "How is that possible?!"

How could such an excellent defense place that is half natural and half artificial, not arranged? Which guard will be stupid and not use it?

The man in black continued: "The Yuan army was arranged on those two enemy towers - they arranged two five-pin cannons respectively..."

Ouyang Guanhou took a breath: "Damn it, ruthless!"

The five-pin gun rod is two feet long and five feet long. It has more than eighty pulling ropes. The operators are more than one hundred and fifty people. The stone bullet weighs fifty kilograms and the throwing distance is one hundred and eighty steps... And so on, from the two enemy towers to the cliff, it is about two hundred steps. With the height bonus, it is just within the range of attack... So that's it. No wonder these two enemy towers are equivalent to the size of ordinary passes, and they originally had to accommodate nearly a thousand artillery soldiers and two huge artillery vehicles.

The man in black continued: "There are also ten seven-shot guns in the city, weighing 90 kilograms and having a range of 250 steps, which echoes the two enemy numbers. If the enemy encircles the building, the guns in the city will be fired, and the range of the attack is exactly within a radius of the enemy tower, which can cause severe damage to the enemy in the building. The distance between the two enemy towers is also within the range of the five-shot guns, so they can support each other... On that day, Lord Zhao, the compassion envoy of Qiongzhou, used this method of cross-border artillery to defeat the Yuan army several times and it is difficult to get close to the city."

The generals were shocked to look at each other. No wonder Zhao and Luo, the Qiongzhou pacifier, could use thousands of weak troops to block the Ali Hague's boat army for several months. Such a terrain and such a sharp weapon, it was really easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Jiang Fenglie gritted his teeth and said decisively: "If you want to break the Qiongguan, you must take the second floor first."

All the generals agree deeply, and no matter how difficult it is to attack, they must attack.

Zhao Lie breathed out: "It would be great if there were cannons, and everything would be solved with a bomb."

Cannon? What is this? The generals beside him were confused.

Su Jingzhan said: "Is the prince talking about the Xiangyang cannon? This weapon is not made by the Song army. Besides, this cannon is heavy and huge and cannot be installed on the boat. Otherwise, Ali Hague would have used this weapon to blow away the Qiongguan that day..."

Zhao Lie smiled but said nothing. This thing was unreasonable to the generals, so let them misunderstand it.

The situation is clear and the strategy is basically clear, which is to first sweep the enemy towers on the hills on both sides, and then siege the city to attack. This kind of fighting method is medium-range, but it is time-consuming and there are also great casualties. However, it is difficult to have other ways to deal with such terrain, otherwise with the ability of Ali Hague, it would not be blocked for so long.

Zhao Lie had a vague plan in his mind, but he was not very mature yet. Moreover, he had to look at the Yuan army's fighting style before making a decision.

So, which army should be sent to test first?

After the reorganization of Yacheng, the number of Song soldiers reached 16,000. Except for the Tianwu Imperial Guards and the guardians of the various corpses, the rest were incorporated into the Dragon Crim Army. To a certain extent, the Dragon Crim Army had replaced the Song Imperial Guards and became a symbol of elite troops.

At this time, the entire Longque Army had a total of 14,000 troops, of which 2,000 guarded Yacheng, 3,000 guarded Wan'an troops, 1,000 guarded Changhua troops, and the remaining 8,000 ships went on expedition. The eight thousand soldiers and horses had a total of 5,000 soldiers. The rest were auxiliary soldiers, craftsmen, or ship workers. Although these people had no combat power, they were an important part of an army, so they had to be counted.

In this battle, there were a total of fifteen battalions, including the martial arts team, Jianshao Camp, Polu Camp, Chijiao Camp, and the first battalion of new recruits, with a total of two thousand troops.

Jiang Fenglie commanded the Baiyi Camp, Zhongshun Camp, the Second New Recruitment Camp, and 1,500 troops.

Ouyang Guanhou commanded the new recruits in the third, fourth and fifth battalions, and 1,500 troops.

Zhang Ba also commanded the third battalion of the new recruits. Su Jingzhan was the commander of the navy and his subordinates were mostly engaged in water wars. In this battle, the main task was to block the sea surface and not participate in the siege.

The new recruits were composed of surrendered soldiers and volunteers. Since they had no military achievements, there was no battalion. In the future, the battalion will be designated based on the combat achievements and characteristics of each battalion.

Which general will Zhao Lie choose to fight in this 12th battalion (except Su Jingzhan's navy)?

Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou, and Zhang Ba bowed together to ask for battle: "I hope to take the glory of the first shot to recover Qiongzhou!"

Zhao Lie's eyes slowly turned, and finally stopped on Zhang Ba: "Zhang followed the order and used a battalion of troops to land on the beach while the tide was rising, and attacked two enemy buildings respectively."

"The last general will receive the order!"
Chapter completed!