The Era of Generals

Chapter 422 Counterattack

"Pass down the order, the reserve team will go around to the rear and attack the gate on the left side of Tianyuan!"

Although his face was livid with anger, Zheng Yuanyun issued a new order immediately.

In any case, this wave of temptations has achieved its goal, although the losses are heavy.

Why did the opponent set up traps at both ends of the city wall?

First, they have plenty of time to dig traps.

But the second...

The traps will be dug on both sides of the city wall. Doesn't that just mean that the opponent is afraid that he will attack from both sides?

The reason why they are afraid is naturally that there is not enough troops to stop them on the frontal battlefield, and there is still room to guard against surprise attacks on both sides.

If there are enough troops, why bother to dig the trap there, it is not even sure whether Zheng Yuanyun will attack from both ends of the city wall.

The humbleness to this extent is undoubtedly caused by the lack of troops.

Otherwise, with this time, wouldn't it be more effective for the opponent to dig the trap to a more favorable position?

Put it there, no one can say whether Zheng Yuanyun will order to attack from both sides, even Zheng Yuanyun himself doesn't know.

Therefore, after losing nearly 300,000 troops, Zheng Yuanyun was 80% sure in his heart. Ouyang Lixing was very afraid that he would attack from both sides, so he dug a trap to guard against it.

That being the case, it is impossible to give up on the weakness that was discovered after a 300,000-strong force!

It has to be said that even Zheng Yuanyun himself has to admit that at this moment, he is a bit over the top.

For a long time, since entering the province of Nantes, he has been going smoothly, and for a long time, his troops have had an absolute advantage.

Even though it is known that Ouyang Lixing has more soldiers than him, when it comes to the quality of the soldiers, he is still superior.

However, after these two waves of troop losses, does he still dare to say that he has an absolute advantage?

I'm afraid it may not be.

That's why he wanted to regain his advantage, otherwise how would he account for the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops?

In any case, the troops on both sides were ambushed and almost completely annihilated. It is indisputable that Zheng Yuanyun must be responsible for this.

So in order to make up for this mistake, he must prove himself and prove that the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers was not in vain.

Now that it is clear that the opponent's troops are insufficient, it will be a good strategy to divide and attack. As for why the left city gate is chosen, it is because the right side is closer to the main road for transporting troops. Be careful that you will be supported by the enemy from the rear, and the left side will be relatively easier.

The loss of two waves of troops will undoubtedly question Zheng Yuanyun's authority, but the generals saw Zheng Yuanyun's face as black as coal, and wisely did not touch his bad luck at this time.

Again, this scene seemed familiar.

When we were in Xilong City back then, didn't our side also lose a lot of troops in the early stage, and even almost caused a mutiny?

However, it turned out later that Mr. Zheng's decision was correct. Although he was a bit cold-blooded, and although he did not take the lives of his soldiers into consideration, he still took Xilong City in the end.

How similar is this scene now?

Presumably, Mr. Zheng was just like last time, trying to find out the weakness of his own soldiers through the loss of his own soldiers, right?

They could only think like this, and they could only hope like this, so Zheng Yuanyun's order was transmitted to the rear at a very fast speed, and the most elite siege force under his command was hidden behind the vanguard. Troops are now waiting for an order to attack.

As a cover, Zheng Yuanyun also ordered people to regroup the disabled troops on the frontal battlefield.

Compared with the losses on both sides, the frontal battlefield was nothing more than a siege battle. The normal loss of the attacking troops was handled by the generals with ease. In a short time, all the troops rushing ahead were dealt with with ease. The troops gather.

The so-called snake can't do without a head. After being hit by a stone-throwing offensive and unable to find the north, someone suddenly took the lead. At this moment, the soldiers reunited, and all of them were full of anger.

It was not targeting Zheng Yuanyun, but Tianyuan City.

"General, give the order!"

Someone wiped the blood from his face, gritted his teeth and roared, "Our brother can't just die in vain!"

The general who was sent to take over the frontal troops also shouted sharply: "Brothers, now is the time for us to attack!"

He thrust his hand back and said with a choked voice, "Those brothers didn't sacrifice in vain. It is precisely because of their sacrifice that they finally gave us the possibility to fight back!"

The advance of 100,000 people on the frontal battlefield, although more than half of them were killed and injured, they still advanced a long distance. At this moment, the first batch of ammunition in the Tianyuan city is probably exhausted, and it is because the old strength has been exhausted. , When the new power was not born, this gave the assault soldiers under the city a chance to breathe.

Not only that, their advancement finally allowed the catapult troops belonging to the Qingyang Empire to reach within the attacking range!

In addition, there are also large siege equipment such as the siege tower that was not damaged by the artillery fire, and it has even advanced to the attack range of the archers in the tower.

In this way, they finally have the capital to fight back!

Before the general could speak, dozens of well-preserved siege towers opened fire first, and the arrows rained down like locusts for a while, and finally came from the Qingyang Empire.

It's just a pity that the newly built city wall by Ouyang Lixing is far higher than the original old city wall of Tianyuan City, and it is also higher than the range of the siege tower, so the archers can only shoot from their backs. shoot.

However, unfortunately, they were facing the headwind at the moment, and the arrow that flew into the sky was blown by the strong wind, not to mention being blown back and accidentally injuring their own people. After all, only a small number of them were able to get the city wall. The damage is minimal.

Fortunately, the catapult followed.

After a round of arrow rain, the catapults also roared, and the catapult troops, which were no less numerous than Tianyuan City, finally stepped into the attack range. The huge catapults will not be affected by the wind too much, and the first round will continue. , It hit Tianyuan City's head like a hailstorm, and the sound of continuous bombardment made people's scalp numb.

Taking advantage of the suppression of their own firepower, the soldiers below rushed forward desperately under the shout of the general.

It has to be said that the quality of soldiers under Zheng Yuanyun is indeed higher.

Although they were stunned before, when the order to attack was issued, everyone caught this opportunity immediately, and they did not forget to use the impact hammer and other powerful attacks on the city gate during the charge. Take the city equipment.

The 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers who had been beaten so furiously finally found an outlet, and in front of them, they could finally see the location of the opponent's city gate!