"Zhang Chao, have you inquired how many soldiers are guarding the city in the city?" Tang Zheng asked Zhang Chao.

"Childe, I have already found out clearly, there are more than 15,000 people defending the city, but there are more than 17,000 people coming to Linyu from Shanhaiguan." Sedge said.

"Well, this is the best, I hope they will mobilize all the guards of Shanhaiguan, so that we will have to go to Shanhaiguan after taking Linyu."

"This is good, but will this be bad for us to attack the city? After all, the enemy combined is more than 30,000 people. Zhang Chao said worriedly.

"Don't worry, since I dare to attack Linyu with 5,000 people, I must be completely sure."

"Cheng Hu." Tang Zheng shouted to Cheng Hu not far away.

"Here, what do you command?" Cheng Hu replied and ran over to Tang Zheng and asked.

"How's the preparation going? Are you sure? ”

"Fujun rest assured, his subordinates are all ready, although I dare not say that I am completely sure, ninety percent of them are still there."

"Well, that's all up to you."

"Yes, please rest assured that your subordinates will definitely take Linyu City."

"Okay, you go down and get ready!" Cheng Hu saluted Tang Zheng, and then turned around and went down to arrange the siege of the city.

On the city wall of Linyu, Xu Ji stood on the city wall and looked at the camp of the Rinshan army opposite, frowning, since the last time he followed Zhang Chun and the Rinshan army in the battle of Xu Wuyi, the strength of the Rinshan army left a deep impression on him.

"What's going on with the Rinyama army on the other side?" Xu Ji asked the guards beside him.

"Captain Hui, there has been no movement since the Rinshan Army set up camp." The soldier replied.

"Well, always pay attention to the movement on the other side, and report to me immediately if there is any movement on the other side."

"Yes, Captain."

Xu Ji saw that there was no movement on the other side, so he planned to walk down the city wall. In this way, as long as the other side is not in a hurry to attack the city, it is not certain who will die when our reinforcements arrive. Xu Ji secretly thought that he wanted to walk down the city wall, and at this time, he walked out of the camp opposite and rode towards Linyu City.

Xu Ji didn't understand what the other party meant, so he paused and planned to see what the other party was going to do. The person who came walked to a distance of fifty zhang from the Linyu city wall, stopped, and shouted towards the city wall: "Listen to the people in the city, God has the virtue of a good life, and our prince does not want to cause too much killing, as long as you lead the city to surrender, our prince will no longer pursue the rebellion of Zhang Chun." If you refuse to surrender and resist stubbornly, you will bear the consequences. ”

"Then I'll bow and arrow!" Xu Ji shouted to the guards beside him, and after a while, the guards brought Xu Ji's bow and arrows. Xu Ji opened his bow and arrows and shot at the people under the city, but was easily dodged by the people who came.

"Hahaha! Captain Xu, your archery skills are not very good. The person who came laughed and said to Xu Ji on the city wall.

"If you want me to abandon the city and surrender, he Tang Zheng thinks of beauty. You go back and tell Tang Zheng that if you want to take Linyu, you will see if he has the ability, and I, Xu Ji, are waiting for him here. At that time, I want to see if he Tang Zheng is capable or if I Xu Ji is a better player. When the people who came saw Xu Ji say this, they didn't say anything more, and rode back on their horses.

"Captain Xu, are you really sure to repel Tang Zheng's Rinshan army?" Zhang Jue, the commander of Linyu County, who had just walked to the city wall, asked Xu Ji.

"How can I be sure, you don't know the strength of the Rinyama Army. By the way, Lord Zhang, what are you doing not in the city to appease the people and run to the city wall? Xu Ji asked Zhang Jue.

"Didn't I hear that the Rinshan army was attacking the city, so I ran over to take a look, and it turned out to be a false alarm." Zhang Jue said to Xu Ji.

"Even if he attacks the city with the Rinshan army, it's not me, Lord Zhang should go back first to pacify the people in the city, and beware of anyone taking the opportunity to make trouble."

"I'll go back now, then I'll leave everything to Captain Xu." Zhang Jue arched his hand towards Xu Ji.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang, you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope. If Linyu City is broken, you and I will not have a good result. ”

"Then I'll go down first, Captain Xu can just give an order if there is anything, and this official will definitely assist Captain Xu to guard Linyu." After speaking, Zhang Jue arched his hand towards Xu Ji, and then turned around and walked down the city wall.

"Childe, it seems that this Xu Ji is determined to defend Linyu." Cheng Hu said to Tang Zheng, just now Tang Zheng asked Dian Wei to surrender to see if he could take Linyu without using his blade. Judging from the news brought back by Dian Wei, Linyu is planning to make a move to break the net.

"I didn't have hope for the surrender, and I asked Brother Dian to shout just because I didn't want to fall into the mouth and say that we would fight without declaring a war. Well, since Xu Ji is already planning to defend Linyu. Cheng Hu. Tang Zheng shouted to Cheng Hu.

"The subordinates are here!" Cheng Hu knelt down on one knee and said.

"You lead a thousand Mo sword soldiers to see how Linyu's defense is, remember that this is a temptation not to fight to the death, if you can't do it, immediately lead the troops back."

"Subordinates obey!" After speaking, Cheng Hu got up and left Tang Zheng's camp tent, turned around and went down to implement Tang Zheng's arrangement.

"Captain, there are people on the other side, and there are about a thousand people coming to our Linyu City." At the city defense office, the soldiers came to Xu Ji and said.

"Oh, follow me up to the wall." Xu Ji said, and then led his soldiers to the city wall.

Xu Ji came to the city wall, and looked at the Rinshan army pushing siege carts and ballistas towards Linyu, and his face changed drastically. "Prepare the archers in the city and fire my arrows as soon as the enemy comes into range." Xu Ji commanded the guards beside him.

"No!" The soldiers turned around and pressed Xu Ji's order.

"I didn't expect that the Rinshan Army would have such changes in less than a year, and I don't know if Linyu can defend it!" Xu Ji said to himself.

"Captain, the archers are ready, as soon as the enemy is in range, we will definitely make them look good." The guard said to Xu Ji.

"Well, tell the people to bring up the rolling logs and hot oil, I'm afraid that the archers won't be able to stop the attack of the Rinshan army."

"No!" The soldiers went down again and asked the people to carry the prepared logs and hot oil up the city wall.

"Captain, the enemy is still a hundred feet away from us!"

"I saw it, but why did they stop at such a distance? Don't... Xu Ji looked at the Rinshan army a hundred zhang away and pondered. Oh no, get cover! As soon as Xu Ji's words were finished, there was a sound of breaking the air in the air, and Xu Ji knew that this was the enemy's ballista attacking. Last time in Xu Wuhe, he had seen the power of this weapon, but he didn't expect the range of this weapon to be so far.

Accompanied by the sound of breaking the air, there were also screams, and some soldiers who didn't have time to find cover and were exposed outside were suddenly pierced to the ground by the crossbow guns falling from the sky and couldn't move, and bursts of screams came into Xu Ji's ears.

At this time, the Rinshan army, which had just stopped, began to approach the Linyu city wall again. "Archers prepare, shoot!" Xu Ji shouted. The unwounded archers on the walls drew their bows and arrows and shot them down. At this time, I saw that the thousands of people under the city erected a half-human-high shield to resist the feather arrows from the sky, and continued to approach the Linyu city wall.