The enemy army came quickly, and the people in the front were carrying the ladder and were already touching the city wall.

"Shoot the arrows!" Jin Yuanwu hurriedly ordered.

There were eight giant cloud crossbows erected on the city wall, each of which could fire fifty crossbows at a time, and at his command, eight repeating crossbows were fired at the same time, and hundreds of crossbow arrows shot down like a storm, and at the same time, the archers also drew their bows and shot arrows, and a group of people fell down in an instant.

But the soldiers in the rear were undaunted, and stepped on the corpses of their companions and continued to walk, and soon the first ladder was on the wall, and a tall and thin soldier quickly climbed upward, but only halfway up, a boulder fell, and he fell to the ground with the boulder, and never got up again.

There are many soldiers like him, but because the power of the cloud crossbow is so powerful, less than fifty percent of the siege soldiers can run under the city wall alive, and the pressure to defend the city is not great, and only a few people have climbed the city wall so far, and they are quickly killed.

In this way, the battle lasted less than an hour, but the casualties of the siege troops far exceeded expectations, and the main general Chen Shu ordered the army to retreat.

In the tent, Chen Shu asked his generals, "What is the name of the crossbow on the other party's city wall?" Does anyone know? ”

Everyone was silent, and his subordinate Deputy General Lu spoke: "General, this kind of giant repeater general has only heard that it is equipped in the northern army, and in our Tang Kingdom, even in the forbidden army, there are only small repeaters. ”

Another general said: "Isn't Hui'an Mansion colluding with Zhou State? ”

Chen Shu snorted coldly: "I don't care if they collude or not, I just want to know how to defeat Kaihua City!" ”

Vice General Lu muttered: "Although that kind of repeater is powerful, it must be extremely draining. ”

"Do you know how many crossbows they still have missing?" Chen Shu asked.

Vice General Lu shook his head, because they didn't pay much attention to Hui'an Mansion before, they didn't send a detailed work to the city, and besides, this kind of top-secret military information, ordinary fine work can't be inquired about.

At this time, an officer entered the camp and said: "General, the casualties have been counted, a total of more than 500 people died, more than 200 were seriously wounded, and more than 400 were lightly wounded. ”

Although Chen Shu had expected it in his heart, he still had some pain in his flesh when the casualties were so large, and the other officers also showed surprised expressions.

"General, what's next?" Vice Admiral Lu asked.

Chen Shu said slowly: "The rebels' weapons to defend the city are too powerful, and our army is not well prepared to attack the city, so it is estimated that the strong attack will not be able to take it, so we can only find a way to lure them out and fight in the field." ”

"But the rebels seem to be very cautious, and they don't even dare to send people out of the city to harvest our wounded soldiers, and they are firmly in the city, and I am afraid it will be difficult to lure them out." Vice General Lu said worriedly.

"General Ben will come up with a way, from tomorrow, you will first send someone to fight outside the city to try the effect."

"Yes." Vice General Lu nodded, but felt in his heart that it was probably in vain.

After shouting and scolding like this for three days, the rebels in the city really did not react, and Vice General Lu went to the Shuai camp to report the situation, but saw Chen Shu with a smile on his face.

"General, do you have a solution?" Vice General Lu said happily.

Chen Shu nodded and said with a smile: "Prepare some letterheads, it is written that the Hui'an Mansion is plotting rebellion, and we are the royal teachers sent by the imperial court to clean up them, as long as the people of the city are willing to help the imperial court break the city, there will be a reward, otherwise the day the city is broken, it will be dealt with as a rebellion." Let the soldiers shoot the letter paper into the city at night with bows and arrows, and then arrange some fine work into the city to incite them, and I will not believe that the people dare to stand on their side. ”

"Sure enough, it's a brilliant plan." Vice Admiral Lu praised.

However, after a few days, there was no reaction in the city, and most of the people who entered the city were on the side of the rebels, and many of the details instigated in the city were reported by the people.

In the handsome tent, Vice General Lu whispered: "General, what should I do now?" ”

Chen Shu said coldly: "Don't worry about them, let's go directly around the path and bypass Kaihua City." ”

"General, what if the enemy attacks while we take advantage of our detour?"

"All I want is for him to raid." Chen Shu snorted coldly.

Two days later, Chen Shu's army took advantage of the night to pretend to go deep into the interior of Hui'an Mansion by taking a detour, but in fact, the main force was hiding at the intersection, waiting for the rebels to take the bait.

However, after waiting for half the night, Chen Shu, who had been hiding in the dark ambush, did not wait for anything, and the rebels still did not appear, and Deputy General Lu sighed: "General, it seems that they have seen through our ambush." ”

Chen Shu sneered: "You are wrong, and I am also wrong." ”

"General, what do you mean?"

"Before the siege failed, I subconsciously thought that the rebels defending the city had some ability."

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, he's just a coward who just led the army and didn't dare to do anything. Let's leave him alone, let's take a detour, forgive him for not daring to come out. ”

"General, do you really want to take a detour? And what about the military rations? It is likely to be robbed halfway by the other party. Vice General Lu reminded.

"It's okay, let the soldiers each bring three days' rations."

"And what about three days later?"

Chen Shu smiled and said: "As long as we go deep into the hinterland of Hui'an Mansion and capture a city casually, we can get enough food, I don't believe that each of their cities is heavily guarded." ”

At this moment, a sentry came in from outside the camp and reported: "General, the rebels in Wuyuan County have been defeated by General Xie, and according to the detailed report, they have sent people to Kaihua for help. ”

Hearing that Xie Yuchen defeated the rebels so quickly, Chen Shu's mood was a little complicated, and after calming down, he said lightly: "It seems that there is no need to take a long detour, let's go directly to the ambush between Kaihua and Wuyuan County to ambush their reinforcements." ”

"But general, what if they don't send reinforcements." Vice Admiral Lu asked.

"Then Wuyuan City will fall into our army, and we don't need to have any worries about the Kaihua defenders, just take a detour and march directly!"

In the barracks in the city of Civilized.

As for whether to send troops to aid Wuyuan, there is a lot of arguing. Jiang Yun advocated sending 1,000 troops to rescue Wuyuan, but except for one commander who supported him, the rest of the people were opposed.

"It's already very difficult for us to defend the city, how can we go to the rescue again, the Anhua army outside the city is eyeing it." Chen Mo hissed.

"But if Wuyuan City is broken, Hui'an City will be in danger!" Jiang Yun roared angrily.

"Lu Jieshuai should have a way, and the responsibility should be on Ma Kongming's side, we can't be blamed." Han Lin, the commander of the first battalion, said in a low voice.

"General Kim, what do you say!" Jiang Yun stared at Jin Yuanwu.

Jin Yuanwu was in a dilemma at the moment, he wanted to save Wuyuan City, but he was afraid of losing Kaihua City, and he didn't know how to make a decision in his heart.

If he was alone, he would naturally go to the rescue, but Kaihua City is different from Wuyuan, there is also a Guide County between Wuyuan and Hui'an City, and there is no obstacle between Kaihua and Hui'an City, thinking that his decision is related to the safety of the entire Hui'an Mansion, he only feels that his thoughts have become heavy.

At this moment, he was deeply aware of the difficulties of being a general.

Jiang Yun saw that Jin Yuanwu didn't speak, and said angrily: "If you don't send troops, if Hui'an City falls in the future, I will never spare you." ”

"Captain Jiang, pay attention to your attitude, this is the barracks, and General Jin is the main general!" Han Lin said angrily.

Jiang Yun snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave, at this moment, a person walked in from outside the tent, but it was Zhang Du, the county magistrate of Kaihua, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he said in a deep voice:

"I heard what you just said, General Jin, Kaihua City will be handed over to you to guard, I will lead five hundred city defense battalions to Wuyuan to rescue, I don't know if Captain Jiang is willing to go with me."

Jiang Yun was overjoyed and said, "Of course I do!" ”

With that, the two turned to leave together.

Jin Yuanwu wanted to stand up and go with them, but he felt as if he was pressing a 10,000-pound boulder on his shoulders and couldn't stand up.

Maybe he is not good at the battlefield, he smiled bitterly, and after deciding this war, he returned to Hui'an City and asked Lord Lu for his resignation.

After a day of apprehension and self-blame, at noon the next day, a herald ran briskly into the camp and reported: "General, Captain Jiang and Zhang Xianling have returned, they have been ambushed by the enemy, both of them were seriously wounded, and only a dozen of them have returned alive. ”

"Take me there!" Jin Yuanwu said urgently.

Led by the herald, he came to the room where the two were recuperating from their wounds, and several other commanders also came, Jin Yuanwu asked the entourage, "How are they?" ”

Lang Zhong said with a smile: "Generals, don't worry, they don't have fatal injuries, and they will be fine after cultivating for a while." ”

Zhang Du said with red eyes: "General Jin, I'm sorry, we were defeated, and the entire city defense battalion was gone, if it wasn't for Captain Jiang to detect the ambush in advance, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back." ”

Jiang Yun lay his face on the bed, obviously facing everyone without shame.

"Don't talk about that, take care of your injuries." Jin Yuanwu was in a somewhat complicated mood.

Although he was justified in not sending troops to help, the brutality of the battlefield made him more and more frustrated, and he couldn't think of how to win a battle if he met them in the field.

At this moment, another herald walked in and reported: "My lord, the enemy army bypassed Kaihua City from the path last night and is heading towards Hui'an City!" ”

"What did you say?" Jin Yuanwu's heart twitched, and what he was most worried about still happened.

There are two official roads from Xinzhou to Hui'an City, one must pass through Wuyuan City, and the other must pass through Kaihua, but there are also small roads in addition to the official roads, but they are not suitable for marching, and it is difficult to walk with grain and grass.

Jin Yuanwu has always been worried that the enemy army will bypass Kaihua City, but he has a fluke in his heart, feeling that the enemy army is not so bold, and now this luck has finally been shattered.

"General Kim, we can't sit idly by!" Zhang Du struggled to get up, and Jiang Yun also turned over, looking at him with red eyes.

"I know what to do." Jin Yuanwu didn't hesitate this time, and said loudly: "Let's go out of the city and fight the enemy now!" ”

Jiang Yun was surprised: "General, is it just fighting with the enemy army?" ”

Chen Mo was furious: "It was you who said that you were going to send troops before, why, after a battle, were you afraid of them?" ”

Jiang Yunqiang held back his anger and said: "The enemy army has more people than us, and it is well-trained, if it is a direct field battle, I am afraid it will be difficult to win!" ”

"If you can't beat it, won't you fight? I look at you."

"Shut up!" Jin Yuanwu interrupted Chen Mo and asked, "I don't know if Captain Jiang has any suggestions?" ”

Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "I think it can be divided into two armies, the infantry can ambush in Shiquanpo, and the cavalry will go to fight."

The cavalry deliberately deceived them, lured them to Shiquanpo, and when they passed, the infantry blocked the back road, and the cavalry also turned around and rushed to kill, and under the front and back flanking attacks, they would definitely be able to deal them a heavy blow. ”

Shiquanpo is located in the north of Kaihua City more than 20 miles, the slope and a mountain next to it form a narrow road, very suitable for ambush.

"What if they don't pursue it?" Chen Mo asked.

Jiang Yun gritted his teeth and said, "Since they dare to take a detour, they obviously don't take us seriously, I expect them to pursue." ”

"Okay, that's it." Jin Yuanwu nodded vigorously.

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