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When Xu Yin and Cai Baohu were idly talking about what happened when they met, Yan Ling's army had already deployed a formation under the city of Haoxian.

The North City Gate of Xuanxian County, as the main target of the Yanling Army, was personally commanded by Yan Mo, the deputy general of the Yanling Army; The four 3,000-strong generals of Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Gongye Sheng, and Zuo Qiumu combined in pairs to attack the city gates on the east and west sides of Gongxian County respectively.

Only the south gate was vacated.

Typical encirclement tactics.

And looking at the neat military appearance of the Yanling army in the distance, Wei Jiao, the chief of the sect guard beside Zhao Hongrun, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Looking at the Yanling army now, it's really unimaginable, two years ago, it was just a peasant army temporarily recruited by the Chu State......"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun also smiled slightly.

Thinking about the Pingxuan army back then, if it weren't for the fact that Zhao Hongrun's troops were too small at that time, and he didn't have the heart to kill all the more than 50,000 surrendered soldiers, maybe he wouldn't have taken the risk of forcing the 50,000 Chu troops to surrender and surrender.

However, the adventure of the year was worth it, if it was not for the deeds of taking the risk of absorbing those Chu soldiers back then, a while ago, how could the Xiangcheng guard Nanmen Chi dare to surrender?

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun set a good precedent, so that in the future, the armies of Wei will become more and more smooth to integrate the armies of other countries.

But having said that, even Zhao Hongrun can't admit that neither the Shangshui Army nor the Yanling Army in front of him can see the shadow of the "rabble" back then.

This kind of army built from scratch gave Zhao Hongrun a sense of achievement: whether it was the Shangshui Army or the Yanling Army, he single-handedly contributed to it.

"I hope Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and the others won't disappoint me......," Zhao Hongrun muttered.

From the side, Xu Yin didn't seem to notice the deep meaning of Zhao Hongrun's muttering, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, the strength of the Yan Ling Army is very strong, and Xu can guarantee this." ”

Seeing that Xu Yin misunderstood what he meant, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly, didn't explain anything, and then focused his attention on the Yanling army in front of him.

Speaking of which, he has already deeply experienced the combat effectiveness of the Shangshui Army during the Sanchuan Campaign, although it still seems a little immature, it can already be called an army.

And the Yanling army in front of him, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun really hadn't seen what they looked like when they were fighting.

But the majestic and vast military momentum presented by this army at the moment made Zhao Hongrun have no thoughts of despising them.

Yan Mo, what a talent!

Zhao Hongrun secretly praised in his heart, after all, as far as he knew, Yan Mo's drills were all in charge of Yan Mo's training.

As for Qu Cheng, the chief general of the Yanling army, in addition to grasping the control of the Yanling army on weekdays, he seems to be more inclined to communicate with the nobles in Yanling City.

This is also the reason why Zhao Hongrun is dissatisfied with Qu Cheng: compared with pure generals such as Yan Mo and Wu Ji, Qu Cheng is more like an aristocrat, the kind of aristocrat who regards military power as a stepping stone to the upper aristocratic circle. Compared with the merits and honors of military generals, Qu Cheng may yearn for the acceptance of the upper aristocratic circle of Wei State.

But this is not surprising, after all, Qu Cheng was originally a side of the surname Qu of Chu Guomi, and he was a serious nobleman, so it is normal to have this convenient need.

"Stomp-trample-"

With a neat pace, the Yan Ling army in the southern suburbs of Gongxian County took the lead in attacking the city.

It was obviously the first round of tentative siege, but Yan Mo invested a full five thousand people, so it is not difficult to guess his determination to conquer this city.

I saw that the five thousand-person phalanx, under the leadership of their respective thousand-person generals, were in a formation of three in front and two behind, slowly approaching Gongxian.

Zhao Hongrun couldn't know what the mood of the Chu soldiers in the city of Hao County was at this moment, but on his side, goosebumps gradually rose with excitement from the neat steps of the five thousand Yanling soldiers, and his emotions became more and more excited.

……

Xu Yin seemed to notice something, turned his head and glanced at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, and saw that His Royal Highness's eyes were wide open, his cheeks were slightly red, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

At this age, the children of princes and nobles, I am afraid that only His Royal Highness King Su is not afraid in this tense battlefield, but his emotions are more and more high...... It seems that this highness is actually quite "belligerent......

Xu Yin smiled knowingly.

As a former first-tier general of the Wei State, and the current second-tier general of the Wei State in addition to the General's Mansion, Xu Yin will never reject the "belligerent" mentality.

Perhaps, Xu Yin has long regarded His Royal Highness King Su beside him as a member of the main battle faction.

In the military system of the Wei State, in fact, there were already prototypes of the main battle faction and the conservative faction, such as Xu Yin, and Sima An of the Dangshan Army, who were outright warmongers.

Especially the latter, if Sima An was given enough troops and food and grass, the general would never care who his enemy was.

Whether it is Korea, Chu, or Qi.

And the rest of the generals, although their belligerence is not as strong as Sima An and Xu Yin, in the final analysis, they can be regarded as members of the main battle faction, even if it is Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao Army who admires benevolence.

As for the conservatives, they refer to the imperial military department.

Compared with the general of the sixth battalion of the garrison, Li Wei, the secretary of the military department, is indeed much more conservative, in a sense, he has indeed achieved defeat before calculating victory, always scruples about this and that, and is worried that the unfavorable war situation will cause Wei to fall into greater danger.

Perhaps this is the reason for the bad relationship between the 6th Battalion of the garrison and the military headquarters, although the latter is still the nominal head of the former.

Five phalanxes of 1,000 people slowly approached Xuan County.

When these Wei soldiers were only a stone's throw away from Gongxian County, Xu Yin knew in his heart: It's time to charge!

Sure enough, with Yan Mo, who was sitting in the rear army, waved his hand, the war drums of the rear army of Yanling's army suddenly beat.

And after hearing the sound of the war drums behind him, the five thousands of generals of the Yanling army who led the troops in front of him pulled out their swords at their waists, and the sword peak pointed at the city wall of Xuanxian County, and shouted in unison: "Charge!" ”

"Wow——!"

The vanguard of the 5,000 Yanling Army will slowly march forward into a large run.

At the same time, a wave of arrows also rained down on the wall of the city of Gongxian County.

"Dodge the arrows ahead!"

A thousand generals of the Yanling army shouted, and when he shouted, he used the sword in his hand to block several arrows flying towards him.

Although the 5,000 vanguard sergeants of the Yanling Army had already taken precautions, there were still people who were hit by arrows.

Fortunately, the arrows of the Chu army are still in the stage of wings, so there are many soldiers who still have the strength to charge with injuries despite being hit by arrows.

And if the Wei State Metallurgical Bureau has already been successfully developed, and is gradually giving the Wei army a new generation of three-winged arrows, I am afraid that the Yan Ling army will definitely suffer heavy casualties this time.

But having said that, these 5,000 Yanling Army vanguard soldiers also appeared dead one after another.

It's unavoidable.

Because siege warfare, in a sense, is the besieging side to conquer the enemy city with the sacrifice of soldiers.

Why did Zhao Hongrun order the Smelting Bureau to improve the catapult, isn't it just to avoid this kind of siege warfare that consumes soldiers on a huge scale?

It's a pity that the location of this battle is too far away from the Wei State, otherwise, as long as Zhao Hongrun orders the Smelting Bureau to work day and night to build thousands of new catapults, let alone conquer a small Ou County, even if it is Shouying, the royal capital of the Chu State, it will not be a problem!

However, when it came to catapults, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but look at the five thousand vanguard sergeants of the Yanling Army who were in front of the three and two behind, and the two thousand people who were slightly behind.

There, there are about dozens of catapults, and here, in the reloading stage.

"Boom!"

At the moment, the stone bullet was thrown high by a catapult, but as a result, it only landed on the open space about 20 zhang away from the north city wall of Yuxian County.

Zhao Hongrun shook his head slightly.

In fact, when he learned that Yan Mo was building a catapult, he sent Mu Qing and Lu Mu to guide them, after all, all the Zongwei were always by Zhao Hongrun's side, so they naturally knew how to build the catapult improved by the Smelting Bureau.

But it's a pity that the soldiers of Yan Lingjun are not qualified craftsmen after all, and they can't be compared with the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau, even with the guidance of Mu Qing and Lu Mu, the things they created are, in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, extremely simple and rough.

I hope I don't hit my own people......

Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but muttered secretly.

However, it turned out that Yan Mo was far more clever than he imagined, he conveniently ordered the 5,000 vanguard army to attack the city wall on the north side of Gongxian County, and ordered the dozens of catapults to bombard the city gate tower of the north gate of Gongxian County, which avoided the possibility of accidentally injuring his own soldiers.

The problem is that the accuracy of those catapults is really not good, and after a round of bombardment, only two stone bullets hit the target, and they have not been able to collapse the city gate tower of the north gate of Haoxian County.

It has to be said that these catapults built by the soldiers are not comparable to the catapults built by more experienced craftsmen, and at best they are just a large toy that shocks the morale of the enemy.

Unless you're lucky, it's hard to get anything out.

However, just when Zhao Hongrun secretly shook his head, Yan Mo's side had also changed his tactics: the catapults no longer regarded the city gate tower as a target, and the dozens of catapults advanced fifty zhang, apparently planning to bombard the buildings in the city; As for the city gate, Yan Mo seems to have given this task to the rushing team in the army.

Zhao Hongrun nodded secretly: Compared with the unreliable catapult, it is more practical to rush the car.

However, when it comes to the most advanced on the battlefield at this moment, it is not the catapult or the rushing car, but the well and the climbing ladder team in the vanguard army.

I saw that under the attack of the dense arrows of the defenders at the head of the city of Chengtou, the vanguard of the Yanling army stubbornly pushed dozens of wells to the edge of the city wall, and then, the dense Yanling soldiers attacked the enemy troops in the city along the hook bridge on the well.

At the same time, hundreds of infantry squads with shoulders against the ladders also erected the ladders one after another, trying to use these long ladders to force their way up to the top of the city.

"The offensive of the Yanling army...... How ferocious! ”

Xu Yin commented in surprise.

Because he felt that the vanguard army of the 5,000 Yanling Army actually overwhelmed the defenders of Haoxian County in terms of momentum, and pushed those siege equipment to the front line as soon as possible.

Even Zhao Hongrun blinked in confusion.

Yan Lingjun ...... Has it become so tough? Or is it really the progress of the Shang Shui Army in Qi County that has stimulated them?

In general, the start of the Yanling army's attack on Gongxian County was really good. (To be continued.) )