The Era of Generals

Chapter 456 Purpose

Is this to fight or not to fight?

After receiving the reports from various city gates, Zheng Yuanyun was confused.

What is the purpose of Ouyang Lixing leading the crowd here in such a mighty way?

As the side with the largest military strength, Ouyang Lixing should be strong enough, but what Zheng Yuanyun saw in his eyes was not like that.

Fighting spirit?

Have it?

Ouyang Lixing has an absolute superiority in troops, and since he sent troops to pursue him, didn't he want to take advantage of the fact that he had just lost a battle and his troops were empty, so he could use the strategy of killing them all?

That's how it should be.

But according to Zheng Yuanyun's own observation, from the moment Ouyang Lixing arrived in Juhe City, he was lacking in interest and lacking in fighting spirit.

Want to attack the main city gate?

On his side, there were only two rounds of throwing stones in salvo, and the opponent immediately withdrew their troops.

Outflank from the side?

The situation at the gates on both sides was the same. Zheng Yuanyun was even skeptical. In fact, it would not be a big problem if his strength was reduced by half, as long as there were enough trebuchets.

What's even more ridiculous is the rear city gate, where Ouyang Lixing's troops wandered here, only glanced at the heavy cavalry who were about to charge, and then hurriedly retreated, even

When did offensive and defensive warfare become like this?

According to Ouyang's siege method, he only needs to send someone to guard the trebuchet. Anyway, there are enough supplies in Juhe City, not to mention sticking to it for half a day, that is, it will be fine for another ten and a half months!

It feels like Ouyang Lixing is very reluctant to part with his own strength, as if he is afraid that his own strength will be damaged, but it is still the old saying, how can one not die in battle?

Especially as the party attacking the city, it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

There have been countless siege battles in the past and present, except for a few cases where the city was won without bloodshed through strategy, most of the siege battles were done with human lives.

People like Ouyang Lixing who hold a lot of troops but don't care too much about attacking the city, are simply stingy with troops to the point of heinousness. To be honest, Zheng Yuanyun has only seen it in his life.

So, what kind of mystery is this guy playing tricks on?

As his heart condensed slightly, Zheng Yuanyun felt a bad feeling rushing to his brain.

Could it be that there is something he overlooked in this?

He didn't know why, so he had to take advantage of the stagnation of the opponent's offensive and start to sort out the whole thing again.

From his defeat in Tianyuan City, to retreating to Juhe City, and then receiving news that reinforcements had arrived, Ouyang Lixing led his troops to chase after him.

Is there anything wrong with all this?

Zheng Yuanyun thought about it carefully for a while, and sorted it out one by one, but felt that all of them were so natural, and there was nothing strange about them.

but……

If there is anything to say, it is Ouyang Lixing's attitude of not rushing to attack the city. Could it be that he is sure that he can't wait for reinforcements from his side?

If there were no reinforcements, Ouyang Lixing's behavior would actually make sense.

Besiege does not attack.

Isn't this the same as the siege method that I simulated after awakening to Tianyuan City's defense strategy?

It's just that the materials in Juhe City are more abundant, so if you want to stick to it, you must be able to persist more than Tianyuan City.

However, it is just more persistence. No matter how much supplies there are, there will always be a day when they will be exhausted. As long as the enemy troops on the periphery do not withdraw, they can only continue to consume like this.

Just like the stone-throwing defense used before, there are certainly a lot of shells collected and manufactured in Ihe City suitable for trebuchets, but these stones will not produce small stones.

What should I do after the fight is over?

You can't project the civilians in the city as shells, right?

When it comes to civilians, this is also a point that makes Zheng Yuanyun more uncomfortable.

When he was in Xilong City before, he chose to order the massacre of the city in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

At that time, there was no way to do it, and Zheng Yuanyun didn't think too much about the consequences. The reason was naturally that he was in a strong period at that time, and in terms of military strength, he almost formed an absolute suppression of the entire Nantes province. .

Then the massacre of the city is also the massacre of the city, although on the Haotian Continent, the behavior of massacring the city is deeply abhorred, and after the massacre of the city, there is a high probability that it will trigger a violent rebound from the enemy.

It is almost the consensus of the entire continent that wars do not harm civilians. Just like before Chen Ze occupied Xifeng City, he only drove all the civilians out of Xifeng City, instead of choosing a more excessive strategy of massacring the city. There are a few reasons for this.

To break the city is to die. In this way, the siege side will not only face the enemy's army, but also countless civilians who have to join the battle in order to save their lives. Must be suppressed?

Zheng Yuanyun had many soldiers before, and when he later attacked the city, he made it clear in advance that he would not make any more massacres, so he moved forward all the way.

But now his strength is already at a disadvantage. In addition to defending the city, these 600,000 soldiers actually have to devote part of their attention to deal with possible resistance in the city.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Zheng Yuanyun to do anything to the civilians in Juhe City.

Even if his food and grass were about to be exhausted, he would not dare to exploit the civilians too much, otherwise, once there was a rebellion in the city, and Ouyang Lixing outside the city would make another cooperation, then Zheng Yuanyun would want to cry without tears .

Because of the massacre of the city before, the civilians in Juhe City were extremely sensitive to it. If one could not handle it well, what awaited Zheng Yuanyun would be internal and external troubles.

So what to do when supplies run out?

Can only surrender.

Thinking of these two words, Zheng Yuanyun felt a chill in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, isn't Ouyang Lixing's strategy at this moment just like besieging a city without attacking it?

Even the previous waves of feint attacks caused Zheng Yuanyun to lose some throwing stones more or less. Although the reserve is still sufficient, it is not unlimited after all.

So the problem still lies with the reinforcements?

Can……

Trouble with reinforcements?

With this in mind, Zheng Yuanyun hurriedly summoned messenger soldiers again just to be on the safe side, and personally wrote a message about the sound of arrows, ordering them to quickly send it to the rear.

This time, he did not specify that the arrow was sent to Ma Hui, who was advancing behind, but to the scouts he had sent in the rear of Juhe City.

No, it wasn't actually a scout, but his confidant.

At the beginning, Zheng Yuanyun kept his hand and didn't tell Ma Hui that he sent someone to help him. Instead, he just ordered his cronies to wait and see from a distance. As a third party who watched coldly, he kept control of the reinforcements at all times.

This is the loss of the reinforcements disappearing before.

Until now, Zheng Yuanyun still didn't know where the support army led by Huang Shi went, so it was impossible for him to continue to lose any news about the reinforcement army.

It took only a short time for the sounding arrow to be sent back.