At three o'clock, the sun will rise, and the river in the distance will be shrouded in a layer of mist, and the land will be white. Coming from the official road, the sound of hooves gradually increasing from small to loud broke the silence of the early morning, and some of the officials who rushed out of the city tower did not change their expressions, while some of them had already noticed the abnormality, because this direction was Jiangzhou, which led to the enemy area.

The soldiers and horses under the city came quickly, and the cavalry in a row of two people was already clearly visible, and the soapy black armor helmet was covered with a bush of white tassels, and the Han army costume that was no longer obvious shattered the illusion in everyone's hearts, the bold looked uncertain, and the timid looked panicked, and no one dared to say a word again.

The two horsemen at the head of the city no longer moved forward about three hundred paces from the city, but spread out to the right and left, and under their guidance, the whole army began to line horizontally along the city wall, and the steps were as uniform as one man, and the rumbling hooves struck the earth, shaking the hearts of the defenders of the city like thunder.

Everyone watched all this in amazement, the military column was constantly extending, and there was no trace of it at both ends, among which there were still one after another hundred flags and thousands of flags were picked out, and the direction of the official road in the distance behind was full of smoke and dust, as if more soldiers and horses were galloping forward, as if there was no end.

"Turtle son, what are you doing, it's a big battle."

A defender muttered disdainfully, and when Liu Yu, who happened to be approaching, heard it, he couldn't help but smile slightly, these people brought by Zhao Yingding were indeed veterans of the war, and the truth and fiction were known at a glance, unlike himself who had to rely on intelligence support.

The columns below the city finally stopped wriggling, and under the last banner that appeared, a general rode out surrounded by a group of generals. Liu Yu looked down coldly, he couldn't see clearly at such a distance, and he didn't want to use a telescope, but he knew who that person was without looking, a "national hero" who was a "civil and military all-rounder"!

The big traitor must have great power, according to historical records, this person's ability is still above his brother Zhang Shijie, but even Boyan and other characters will pass, such a small role can no longer arouse his curiosity, Liu Yu just wants to know what he plans to do.

Unconsciously, everyone on the city tower looked at their chief officer, for this reason, Liu Yu specially changed into his new official uniform, the vermilion purple three-grade official costume is very fit, wearing it on one meter seven seven tall He looks more slender and straight, calm expression cold eyes, there seems to be a contemptuous smile at the corner of the mouth, whether it is true or not, it makes people feel at ease.

"Zhongshu, the enemy army is strong, can there be a good strategy?"

Although the official of the Ministry of Rites who spoke suppressed his voice, Liu Yu still heard a slight tremor in it, which was normal, he was not the same at the beginning, and he didn't remember whether he peed his pants afterwards.

"Deputy Envoy Lu, what do you think?"

Liu Yu didn't answer him directly, but casually mentioned another person, Lu Shimeng didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly asked himself, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"The lower officials think that they don't seem to have the intention of attacking the city, so it's better to send people out of the city to negotiate with them?"

"Who does the deputy think is up to the task?"

Liu Yu automatically ignored his nonsense, how to attack the city without thousands of cavalry without equipment, put up a battle, bluff is just to shake the heart of the defenders, if you can make the opponent collapse without a fight, it is the best, Yuan Ren's trick has been tried and tested repeatedly.

"This"

Lu Shimeng looked left and right, and when everyone saw his eyes, they all lowered their heads to avoid it, obviously no one wanted to take this job.

"If the letter is trustworthy, the lower official is willing to go."

Lu Shimeng squeezed out a reluctant expression, and replied in a different tone, if he didn't know, everyone thought that he was self-reliant and brave, and even Liu Yu showed an appreciative smile.

Out of town? That's impossible, even if you don't open the city gate and hang it with a basket, once you let this person go, the enemy will be able to know the truth in the city, and Liu Yu is just trying him.

"The deputy envoy is loyal and brave, but it's not time yet, let's see what they have to say."

With Liu Yu pointing his hand, everyone turned their eyes to the outside of the city, only to see a horse running out of the military column, walking towards the city, until the moat stopped, it seemed to be a small colonel, someone came to strangle the mount, and looked at the city tower.

"Wait and listen, this place is the realm of Dayuan, quickly open the door and accept the surrender, otherwise the army will pass by, and the chickens and dogs will not be left."

Afraid that he couldn't hear clearly, he shouted three times in a row with his throat, and when everyone heard such words, they all looked at each other, the situation was obvious, the enemy came up and didn't ask for reason, this is the rhythm of the war.

"Shoot him."

Liu Yu's reaction surprised everyone even more, he patted the shoulder of a defender in front of him, pointed to the man under the city and said.

"Okay."

The defenders reacted with a joy, such a direct and domineering Shangguan was the first time to encounter him, and he was very angry with him, so he immediately pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver leaning at his feet and put it on the bow, squinted his eyes and aimed at it for a while, and then slowly pulled it away.

Dongliu County is naturally not as big as Jiankang City, there is no sheep and horse wall under the city, and the width of the moat is far inferior, the person is very close, and the range of the hard bow is completely enough. As soon as the feather arrow left the string, Liu Yu knew that the defenders were against horses and not people, so he shouldn't want to be disappointed, if it was that little girl here, his mind drifted slightly.

"Boom!"

As expected, the war horse under the city suddenly stood up with a long neigh, and the knight who was caught off guard fell off, and then he fell to the ground with a feathered arrow obliquely inserted into his neck, only half of the feather tail was exposed, and he could not survive.

"Haha!"

Seeing the comers flee to their own army with rolling and crawling, and they didn't even have time to pick up their helmets, the defenders couldn't help laughing, diluting their nervousness for a while. Liu Yu's expression did not change, he knew that this was just an episode, and the purpose of doing this was not to provoke the enemy, but to tell them that his determination was also done to show his subordinates.

"Something interesting."

Zhang Hongfan didn't look at the embarrassed appearance of his subordinates, nor did he show an angry expression, but smiled slightly, such a situation was both expected by him and somewhat surprised.

It is not surprising that Song Ren was guarded, otherwise he would not have come out of the nest, and the toughness of the guards was a little strange, subverting his usual impression and making him re-examine his plan.

"Dig around the city and see how many of them there are?"

Zhang Hongfan turned his head and ordered, he thought it was just an embassy, even if there were guards, there were only hundreds of people, and there were more than these on the front city wall now, could the Song people have already known about their actions? This should be impossible, because he didn't tell his subordinates what to do until before he left,

The sailors of the same company are not as good as the cavalry, it takes time to get off the boat, form a team, and move things, and now this "bluff" seems to have failed, and he has to plan for the worst, but looking at the garrison of this city, Zhang Hongfan understands that the opponent is the same, he has no doubt what the final result is, even if it is a dead person, it will be achieved if it can achieve the goal, anyway, those are all surrendering troops, there is no pity.

Compared with these, he is more interested in the chief official in the city, and the opponent has some skills, so it is not in vain that he takes so much pains, but that is all after the city is broken and the generals are captured.

The wharf of Dongliu county is only two miles away from the city, the city is originally by the river, so the wharf is also very close, at this moment, the wharf that was originally empty is very lively, a hundred flat-bottomed brigs are calling at the port one after another, in addition to the sergeants who come down from above, there are also large bundles of timber and other things.

"Quick, quick."

Several generals who have gone ashore are urging loudly, the new commander of the Han army is not easy to speak, now they are already in battle under the city, if they are too slow, they will be blamed if they can't keep it, Jiangzhou's mess is not over, who knows if they will be arrested as a substitute for the dead.

Although the siege of the city is a fatal matter, but at the moment there is no need to take care of it, I heard that the opponent is just a mission, presumably there will be no fierce resistance, the lucky new annex army generals only hope to make up for the merits, this credit will naturally fall on that city.

With their concerted efforts, more than 2,000 people of the new annex army who came from the waterway were quickly assembled, and those large and small timbers were also broken down and assembled on the spot into a series of covered cars, ladders and other things.

"A thousand people?"

Zhang Hongfan, who received the news, sat up straight on the horse, this amount exceeded the news he had received before, saying that it was not too much, and it was not too much to say less.

The art of war is cloudy: the law of using soldiers, ten is to surround it, five is to attack it, and the multiple is divided, the enemy can fight, if it is less, it can escape, and if it is not, it can be avoided. The number of troops he leads is five times that of the enemy, of course, he must fight quickly, but his style of play may have to change.

"Go to herald the infantry army, divide it into two thousand teams, each attack a door, the first to board, the official will protect him with a real job of a thousand households. All the departments of the cavalry, in addition to choking the main roads, should stand behind the formation and think that they should respond. ”

Zhang Hongfan pondered for a moment, and resolutely ordered, with his general order, all the generals who were originally gathered around him all took the order and left, and the cavalry army in the west of the city began to change formations, one moved towards the north of the city, and those who remained in the west of the city also began to shrink, just waiting for the arrival of the new attached infantry as the main force of the siege.

The Song people on the tower of the city watched them move, and when the whole team of foot soldiers carrying the ladder and pushing the Mengcha came, everyone knew that a battle was inevitable, and the defenders felt that they had silently begun to prepare. The civil officials did not leave, nor did they stand, they all looked at their own chief officials, but found that Liu Yu's eyes did not look down, but in the direction of the river.

"Here we are."

He seemed to say two words to himself, which puzzled the civil officials, what was coming? Isn't the enemy army under the city all the numbers, how to fight this?