Yanghu and Ma Long rushed to Xidaying overnight and held a meeting with Du Pre and Lianhong.

  Originally, the Eastern Route Corps, which consisted of the infantry battalion and the Xiandeng battalion, and the Western Route Corps, which consisted of the shooting battalion and the left guard battalion, were two combat units that were not subordinate to each other.

  The sudden visit of Yanghu and Ma Long also made Du Yu and Xianhong feel a little surprised, in fact, they were the same as Yanghu, and there was also a lack of follow-up, it seemed that the crumbling city wall had become strong again after a day, and if the Shooting Battalion and the Left Guard Battalion wanted to attack according to the original plan, they really could not complete the task in the expected time.

  Yanghu didn't have any superfluous nonsense, but put forward his guess straight to the point, thinking that Lu Zhao had found a way to repair the city wall, and the city wall they destroyed in vain would be repaired by the Jizhou army at night, which was also the reason why the catapults of the Bingzhou army were repeatedly attacked.

  When Du Yu and Yan Hong heard this, they didn't wait for them to speak, but they only heard that there was soil behind them: "Uncle is good, there is indeed this possibility." ”

  Everyone turned around and found that it was Cao Liang who had arrived. It turned out that although Cao Liang was in the Xiabo battalion, he had been paying attention to the progress of the siege battle on the Xindu side, and the state army began to progress very smoothly, and achieved the expected combat effect in the first battle, but in the second neighborhood, the Jizhou army launched a suicidal crazy counterattack, resulting in the destruction of more than ten catapults.

  Of course, this is not important, the important thing is that in the second offensive, although the offensive of the Bingzhou army is still fierce, the effect is not as good as the first, which makes Cao Liang find that the situation is more serious, so he rushed to the front line camp with Huan Fan.

  Cao Liang was the first to arrive in the East Camp, but found that Yanghu and Ma Long had just left, so Cao Liang and Huan Fan hurried to the West Camp.

  When the generals saw that the lord was coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted, but Cao Liang waved his hand very casually and said: "Excuse me, excuse me, I came today just to discuss with you the strategy of attacking the city, do you have any ideas, you can speak freely." ”

  Ma Long arched his hand and said: "The last general thinks that since the Jizhou army has a way to repair the city wall, then the conventional offensive means must not work, and it is necessary to attack in turns day and night, and strengthen the attack on the city head, so that the enemy army will not have time to repair the city wall." As for the fact that the non-stop attacks around the clock would increase the burden on the catapults, the general thought that he could suspend the plan of attacking on both sides and concentrate all his efforts on attacking one, so that the catapults could be divided into two shifts and attack in turn, without affecting the efficiency of the operation. ”

  Cao Liang turned his head and looked at Huan Fan for a while, laughed, and said: "It's really the same as the hero's vision, when Fang was on the road, Huan Junshi had a similar proposal, it seems that we are on the siege of the city, it is indeed a bit of a rush to attack and take advantage of the short-term, ignoring that the people have countermeasures." Faith is not a happy success, it is not easy to take it lightly, you must be prepared to fight a tough battle! ”

  The generals gave up their promises, and Cao Liang said: "Since you all agree with the filial piety suggestion, let's discuss which side is the most advantageous to attack and the easiest to form a breakthrough?" ”

  Yang Hu arched his hand and said: "Through the observation of these two, the last general thinks that the structure of the east city wall is more fragile than the west, in the first attack, the east wall has a big crack, there are signs of collapse, and the west wall is relatively stronger, the two attacks down, only some slight cracks appeared, so the last general believes that our army should still concentrate all the catapults in the east and attack in turn, until the city wall collapses." ”

  Choosing to attack from the east, this is not because Yanghu deliberately came to take credit, but according to the analysis of the effect of these two sieges, Yanghu believes that the west city wall is stronger than the east wall, from the perspective of attack, of course, the old lady eats persimmons - pick up soft pinch, start from the enemy's weak links, so as to receive twice the result with half the effort.

  Cao Liang glanced at Du Yu and said, "Yuan Kai, what is your opinion?" ”

  Du pre-said: "Uncle is reasonable, and the last general also thinks that it is more appropriate to attack from the east. ”

  The Bingzhou army concentrated 200 catapults in the west, and the attack effect was not as good as the effect of 130 catapults in the east, which shows that the city wall of Xindu is indeed stronger in the west, and I don't know whether it was deliberately done when the city wall was built, or it was formed unintentionally.

  However, there is no need to explore this reason at this time, since the generals of the state army obviously feel that the eastern wall is weaker, then it is more reasonable to start from the east of the city.

  The direction of the attack was determined, and the next step was to determine the steps of the attack, and now the catapults were fighting two in a row, and the damage to the catapults was also relatively serious, except for the more than 10 catapults that were burned by the Jizhou army, the normal attrition also reached more than 60 vehicles, and now there are only more than 260 catapults that remain intact.

  Cao Liang finally decided to divide the more than 260 catapults into two shifts, each class of 130 vehicles, Bai's attack was in charge of Yanghu and Ma Long, and the night attack was in charge of Du Pre and Zhan Hong, between the two classes, it was necessary to achieve a seamless connection, not to give the defenders in the city any respite, as long as the city wall cracked again, the Jizhou army must not be given another chance to repair.

  After the assignment is completed, the catapults of the western battalion will be transferred to the eastern battalion overnight, and although the battle commanded by Du Pre is at night, he still needs to transfer some of the catapults to Yanghu, so that the number of catapults to maintain the attack on Yanghu's side can be kept at one hundred and thirty.

  And Yanghu continued to command one hundred and thirty catapults, which meant that the offensive firepower of the infantry battalion would not be reduced in any way.

  The scheduling of catapults is far more troublesome than the scheduling of other arms, these tall and bulky things are slow, from the west of the city to the east of the city, it is necessary to go around in a big circle, and a large number of troops are needed to escort in the process, in case the Jizhou army takes the opportunity to come to sneak attack, after all, there is yesterday's incident as a lesson from the past.

  Therefore, Cao Liang simply transferred a part of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to act as a guard, so that even if the Jizhou Army sent cavalry to raid, it would be useless.

  After a night of intense busyness, the state army finally successfully completed the transfer of the catapult at the fifth watch.