The Era of Generals

Chapter 371   Throwing the Whip and Breaking the Flow

Outside Xilong City.

"My lord, it seems that they are already prepared."

The general who was in the vanguard was observing the deployment of Xilong City. When he saw Zheng Yuanyun personally going to the front to supervise the battle, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zheng Yuanyun hummed, not surprised by Xilongcheng's reaction.

Although his army yelled the slogan of surrender and not kill as soon as they arrived at the city, but obviously, the other party was not moved.

He raised his head and looked at the top of Xilong City from a distance. It was too far away to see clearly, but Zheng Yuanyun believed that the defenders stationed at the top of the city at this moment would be scared when they saw such a huge enemy attack. My hands and feet are weak.

But after all, they still didn't surrender, and wanted to make unnecessary resistance.

What is the reason, Zheng Yuanyun is very clear.

When he knew that Ouyang Lixing led the troops out of Dongping City, but did not come to Ketan City to attack him, he had already noticed the opponent's plan.

Reluctantly, this was a conspiracy. Even if he realized it, he could only attack one city after another as the other party hoped. There was no other way.

So this is why Zheng Yuanyun decisively sent Xiao Du back to find reinforcements.

Xilong City is surrounded by water on three sides, and only the city gate in the middle is passable, but before Zheng Yuanyun arrived, the commander of Xilong City who had received Ouyang's strict instructions had already cut off the moat bridge. All ships within thirty miles were also burned, and even a dense forest not far from Xilong City was also destroyed.

Not only was Zheng Yuanyun not allowed to leave the boats, but even the wood was not prepared to be reserved for him. This made it clear that Zheng Yuanyun was not allowed to cross the river.

"So you want to stop me?"

Zheng Yuanyun looked at all the arrangements made by Xilong City, and there was only a sneer on his face.

Before he came here, he had already studied the topography of Xilong City. He knew that not only was it surrounded by water on three sides, but the river was also wide and long.

He would probably go around until the border of Fengqi Province, where the river began to narrow and there was no way for the army to cross the river without relying on boats.

If that's the case, the day lily will be cold.

Zheng Yuanyun didn't need to say that he could not attack the city, he just stayed in Ketan City and waited for reinforcements.

It's just that if that's the case, after Ouyang Lixing's deployment is completed and Zhu Yan Empire's reinforcements arrive, even if he really moves reinforcements, it may not be possible.

So, you still have to attack!

As for the attack method, he already had a draft on the way here, and when he saw the situation as he expected, he was neither anxious nor annoyed, so he sneered and ordered: "Send the order and let the catapult prepare! "

"Slinging stone?"

The name of the vanguard general was He Yu. He was stunned when he heard the words, and he couldn't believe it: "My lord, the distance from the moat..."

Just by visual inspection, it can be seen that the width of the moat has exceeded two hundred steps, that is to say, even if they push the catapult directly to the river and launch it, the huge falling rocks will not be able to hit the city wall.

Even if it is attacked, what is the use?

The bridge was destroyed, and there were no ships to be found anywhere. Even if a big hole was blown out of the city wall, what was the use if there were no troops to fill it up?

Mr. Zheng should understand this truth better than himself, so what is the intention of his move?

He Yu couldn't figure it out, although he immediately followed Zheng Yuanyun's order to mobilize the catapult troops behind the camp, but this doubt was clearly written on his face.

"Who said I was going to blast the city wall?"

Zheng Yuanyun glanced at him, and said coldly, "Didn't they think we couldn't cross the river without boats?"

"Then let them take a good look at how our Qingyang Empire builds roads!"

"Build... build roads?"

He Yu opened his mouth wide, blinked his eyes twice, and finally understood what Zheng Yuanyun meant.

The purpose of the catapult troop being mobilized was not to attack Xilong City, but to use a large number of stones to fill up the rushing river under the city wall, so as to fill in a road!

He Yu didn't even think about this idea, but Zheng Yuanyun seemed to have a plan in mind, without even the slightest hesitation, he already had a countermeasure.

As expected of Master Zheng!

He Yu thought in admiration.

Zheng Yuanyun's method seems stupid, but it is not.

For this attack on Nantes Province, Zheng Yuanyun had already made complete preparations when he was in Bo'an City, including a large number of logistics and supply troops, as well as a large number of catapult troops.

The total number of catapults they brought to the front line has reached an exaggerated one thousand. This round of volley will shoot more than a thousand huge catapults.

When preparing for the outskirts of Ketan City, Zheng Yuanyun had already ordered people to focus on collecting suitable stones, and even a large amount of gravel was wrapped in animal fur, and a large amount of ammunition was stored.

According to the amount of ammunition they brought in...

He Yu made a rough estimate, not to mention filling up the river course, but building a city wall with these stones would be enough.

Those guys dare to be so stubborn that they insist on letting us do it ourselves, so good...

A sinister smile appeared on the corner of He Yu's mouth. When the city is broken, I will tell you to take a good look at what will happen if you resist stubbornly!

"I see……"

In Ketan City, after Zhang Hualin risked his life to get close to what he heard, Chen Ze nodded clearly.

"Isn't this just throwing the whip to stop the flow?"

He shook his head and smiled, "Sure enough, it's good to have more people!"

Xilong City has already done this for the city defense, and thought of a defensive method that makes full use of the moat. Unfortunately, even Zheng Yuanyun is unwilling to give them this opportunity. He has already planned to use the ammunition of the catapult to attack the city. Strategies to fill the moat.

This method is clunky, but effective.

After all, although the moat was very wide, the water was not too fast, and Zheng Yuanyun cast extremely heavy boulders. As long as there were enough of them, a passage leading to the opponent's city gate could really be filled. of.

But that's okay, at least the goal is achieved.

To build roads?

It's simple to say, but time consumption is indispensable. It more or less achieved the goal of Chen Ze and Ouyang Lixing's reservation, holding back Zheng Yuanyun and preventing him from easily taking down Xilong City.

Furthermore, the temporarily built road has limited traffic capacity after all, and it is impossible for Zheng Yuanyun's soldiers to charge bravely like a flat river. The number of soldiers who can attack Xilong City within a unit of time will drop sharply.

As a result, Zheng Yuanyun would have to lose more soldiers to capture Xilong City. No matter how much more he would lose, this would be a loss of troops that would be beneficial to the Zhu Yan Empire.

The opportunity for victory is to use this little bit of accumulation in exchange, not afraid of little, just afraid of nothing.