The Era of Generals

Chapter 453 - Everything is Ready

Zheng Yuanyun glanced at him, but did not speak.

He knew what this subordinate was worried about.

Our own side was already at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, but Zheng Yuanyun's arrangement was comprehensive, and the troops were further dispersed.

There are only 200,000 soldiers on the front wall, and the catapults and archers are removed from the middle. The melee defenders who are actually used for hand-to-hand combat are actually less than 100,000.

The opponent has two million soldiers. If they attack a city wall by force, they can withstand the double firepower of trebuchets and archers and press it forcibly, so the time to enter hand-to-hand combat will be very short.

So, 100,000 people beat each other with one or two million people?

And more importantly, Zheng Yuanyun's arrangement did not take into account the rotation of soldiers.

There are 200,000 people, all of whom entered the battle at the first time. There is no problem in a short period of time, but once the battle time is prolonged, fatigue will inevitably appear.

That is to say, the defenders will lose their combat strength as they fight, and the opponent's strength is sufficient, even if they fight to consume it, Zheng Yuanyun's side will have to be exhausted.

Therefore, in the eyes of the deputy general, this method of deploying troops is actually not advisable.

Of course, it is impossible for the city gates on the left and right sides to have no troops at all, but 150,000, isn't it too much?

In his mind, it would actually be better to allocate 50,000 troops each to serve only as a warning and a slight delay.

But having said that, the deputy general is not optimistic about this battle. It is true that Juhe City is very strong, but the bigger the city, the more troops need to be invested in defense, and they only have 600,000 people It's just that, in fact, it can't be completely defended.

He didn't understand why Mr. Zheng had to deploy in Juhe City, but the other party was the supreme commander after all. Since Zheng Yuanyun had issued an order, he could only faithfully execute it, that's all.

However, after such a deployment, the disadvantages of insufficient troops became obvious.

As the garrison commander on the top of the city, the lieutenant thought it was necessary for him to tell Zheng Yuanyun of this.

Zheng Yuanyun was well aware of the other party's worries, but until now, he had not revealed the news of the reinforcements.

Because Zheng Yuanyun himself had concerns.

He has walked all the way in the province of Nantes. Although the first half has been smooth, in fact, he has always had a feeling that his marching deployment and battle plan seem to have been under the control of the opponent.

why?

The word traitor had to be mentioned.

If no one informed the other party of his deployment, Zheng Yuanyun would never be able to think of the reason why the other party would have grasped his overall plan.

This time is very important to him. Whether Ouyang Lixing will come to Juhe City to fight him is directly related to whether he can take revenge later, whether he can win the province of Nantes, and whether he can be promoted to the rank of national teacher The essential.

Therefore, the secrets that can be kept must be kept. What Ma Hui sent was the sound of the arrow, and there are very few generals in the army who can really understand this message. Those six cronies.

Zheng Yuanyun gathered the six people together, in addition to mobilizing before the battle to boost the morale of his confidants, he also had the idea of ​​controlling the six people who might have heard the message of the sound arrow within his line of sight.

The six people have been with him all the time, so there is no possibility of leaking this information. From the current point of view, although he still doesn't know if there is any problem with the six people, Ouyang Lixing's troops have come in mighty force.

This means that until now, the news that he has reinforcements has not yet reached the opponent's ears.

Compared with the previous feeling of being seen through by the other party, Zheng Yuanyun thought this was a normal situation.

So he wanted to keep it secret, in case the traitor was not one of the six people but someone else, at the critical moment when Ouyang Lixing was approaching, once the information was leaked and Ouyang Lixing turned around and left, so what?

In this way, even though the generals continued to question his plan to defend Juhecheng, Zheng Yuanyun still insisted on letting the troops stay here.

He doesn't need to explain now, his explanation will only speak with facts.

When Ouyang Lixing's army was broken, and their side drove straight to take down the entire Nantes province, all doubts would be silenced.

When he made this arrangement, he did not deploy soldiers in rotation, but invested all his troops in one go. In fact, he never thought that it would be a protracted battle.

It's true that Ouyang Lixing came first, but Zheng Yuanyun, who has been paying attention to the movements on both sides, also knows very well that Ma Hui and his side will be slower, but not much slower, at most it will take half a day, and they will also catch up. arrive.

So he only needs to stick to it for half a day, and as the day goes by, when a large number of reinforcements arrive, it will be the end of Ouyang Lixing!

As for the 100,000 heavy cavalry, Zheng Yuanyun did arrange them at the back gate.

First of all, if the combat power of the heavy cavalry is to be brought into play, it has to charge on the plain terrain. In terms of defending the city, the heavy cavalry is useless.

Of course, Zheng Yuanyun didn't want these 100,000 elite troops to abandon their horses and heavy armor and turn into ordinary defenders. Isn't this a huge waste?

Arranged at the back gate, this is a sharp knife arranged by Zheng Yuanyun. After Ma Hui and others arrive, this army will take the lead and break through the enemy's unknown formation in one fell swoop.

It is good for Zheng Yuanyun to know this in his heart, he is not going to explain it to anyone.

Lieutenant General Chong waved his hand to stop him from continuing. By the way, Zheng Yuanyun also took over the command and patrolled the top of the city, and he was very satisfied with the result.

No matter how loud the voice of doubt in the army was, his orders were faithfully carried out, and all arrangements on the top of the city were carried out based on his deployment.

Now, everything is ready, just wait for Ouyang Lixing to come over!

He picked up the binoculars and took another look, then he was taken aback for a moment, and threw the binoculars aside with a sneer.

Where else do you need to look out?

During the time he was patrolling the city, Ouyang Lixing's mighty army was already visible to the naked eye.

Woo--

The horn of warning has sounded, and the city is tense. The soldiers have entered their positions. The trebuchet troops have already been loaded, and the feet of the archers are also full of arrows. The huge material reserves of Juhe City are in the This moment is on full display.

Let's not talk about the inferiority of the troops, but in terms of strategic configuration, Zheng Yuanyun's side is not inferior to the Ouyang Lixing troops who came from afar, and even surpassed it!

"Come on, this matter is finally coming to an end!"

Zheng Yuanyun stood proudly on the top of the city, watching the enemy advance little by little, and the little bit of killing intent in his eyes was gradually amplifying.