In desperation, Zhao Fu had to admire the ancestors of the Zhao family and Zhao Xiyuan's layout, through the power of a family, it took decades to infiltrate and forcibly change the original appearance of a city, which is indeed worthy of admiration.

It's a pity that because of the different concepts, the two sides are destined to be enemies, but fortunately, Zhao Xiyuan unjustly killed the hands of the Tiger Ben Army, Zhao Fu will not feel a pity, he can only say that creation makes people.

Mustard City.

Zheng Yuan was resting in the temporary command post not far from the city of Mustard City at this moment, because Zhao Fu was not there, Zheng Yuan was naturally promoted to become the core leader of this army, which also restrained Zheng Yuan in disguise, so that Zheng Yuan could not personally participate in the battle.

But Zheng Yuan, who has changed his style, is still worthy of the title of the first general under Zhao Fu, Zheng Yuan is not a reckless general who can only take the lead in the charge, and he can still retreat behind the scenes and sit in the army when necessary.

At this moment, the siege battle of Mustard City has lasted for two whole days, and the 70,000 horses brought by Zheng Yuan have now been reduced to more than 50,000 people, and this terrifying battle damage can be called astronomical compared to the previous battle.

This also proves in disguise that Mustard City is definitely not a persimmon that is easy to handle.

Obviously, the two heirs in Zhongzhou City are unbearable, and they also understand the importance of the defense line of the three cities, and the defenders gathered here this time can be described as elite and strong generals, in order to drag Zhao Fu's men and horses here, and then wait for reinforcements.

It can be said that the defenders of Mustard City resisted stubbornly and achieved excellent and proud results, in the past two days, Zheng Yuan has used various methods, but he can't get a step close to the city wall of Mustard City. Of course, there is a reason why Zheng Yuan did not go into battle in person, but Zheng Yuan actually understands that he can't change anything by himself, and at this time, he still needs the Iron Arm Army, a specially trained special force, to attack the fortifications.

Otherwise, the siege war is still a siege war, either besieged or trapped, and the strong attack can only suffer heavy losses, and even if the losses are heavy, it may not be, but this does not mean that Zheng Yuan has no gain in the past two days, he successfully used the two days of engagement to completely familiarize himself with the terrain of the mustard city generation, and at the same time consumed a large number of arrows and rolling logs and other necessary materials for defending the city of the defenders in the mustard city.

Soon, today's fighting came to a halt with the withdrawal of troops from both sides, and the next thing should have been that each side sent a team of soldiers to the battlefield to collect the corpses to prevent the disease from breeding. But Zheng Yuan didn't give such an order, he just told the heralds to continue to increase the number of scouts and prevent anyone who came out of the city or wanted to enter it.

Keep an eye on the gates of the city, especially at night, and never let the defenders of Mustard City succeed in leaving the city, not even the people.

Zheng Yuan knew that he had spent the lives of nearly 20,000 soldiers to consume the resources used by the defenders of Mustard City to defend the city, and he must not let the other party get the opportunity to go out of the city to supply, otherwise it would be equivalent to nearly 20,000 deaths on his side in vain, and Zheng Yuan could not afford this loss.

In addition to the military psychological warfare, there is also a very important counterbalance factor in the strength of the defending side in the city defense war, that is, the materials used to defend the city, whether it is rolling wood, boulders, arrows, fire oil, whether it is food or water. These are all important resources necessary to defend the city, and for the defenders, the length of time to defend the city is also inseparable from these important materials.

The defender's resource consumption is often much more than that of the besieging side, after all, one side can only rely on the reserves in the city, and the other side can be constantly reinforced, and many of the many fortified cities in history that boast of being impregnable are besieged until they run out of ammunition and food before opening the city and surrendering.

"I don't know what's going on with the master." Looking at the battlefield, the people on the other side of the mustard city have begun to clean up the corpses on the battlefield and repair the fortifications outside the city in preparation for tomorrow's defense.

The task given to Zheng Yuan by Zhao Fu was to create momentum in Mustard City as much as possible and attract everyone's attention, which had little to do with taking Mustard City.

It is precisely because of this that today, Zheng Yuan even divided his troops into four ways, making a gesture of wanting to fight with the four walls of Mustard City at the same time, constantly forcing the defenders of Mustard City to defend everywhere, and there was no time for anything else.

Everyone judged that Zhao Fu was in a hurry this time, after all, there seemed to be no city in front of Zhao Fu that took more than a day to capture, but Mustard City successfully did this. At this moment, the reinforcements from the imperial capital are on the way quickly, once Zhao Fu and they are unable to break through the defense line of Mustard City, then the only thing waiting for them is defeat.

I have to say that Zheng Yuan is a qualified and excellent actor, and so far, no one even suspects that Zhao Fu is not in the army at the moment.

The castle was successfully defended for two days, and if it continued like this, the enemy army could not break through the castle in a short time. From this point of view, as the last barrier of Zhongzhou City, Mustard City can hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial capital.

This is definitely good news for the two heirs in line to the throne in Zhongzhou City, especially Zhao Yang.

Zhao Fu's army was blocked in front of Mustard City, which means that Zhao Qian will be completely blocked from the inheritance turmoil of the Zhao family this time, which means that Zhao Qian is the first to go out. And once Zhao Qian, the most advantageous competitor, is out, then the position of the head of the Zhao family will be in the bag for Zhao Yang, who has the support of the imperial capital.

After all, Zhao Yu has never been regarded as a competitor by Zhao Yang.

In his opinion, since the current situation of the major forces separating one side was caused by Lin Haoyan, Lin Sixing, as the successor selected by the Lin royal family, must also have the power to supervise the feudal country, and when the time comes, as long as the Zhao State becomes a feudal state in Zhongzhou that Lin Sixing is divided into.

Zhao Yang does not have such ambitions as Zhao Xiyuan, and it is already attractive enough for him to inherit the hundreds of millions of Guan family assets of the Zhao family, regardless of whether the Zhao State established by Zhao Xiyuan will gradually be controlled by the imperial capital in the future.

"Order the defenders of Mustard City, let them make persistent efforts to hold Mustard City, the reinforcements of the imperial capital are already on the way, and the pledge will slowly frustrate the spirit of Zhao Fuyi's army, it is the moment for our army to counterattack!" Zhao Yang said to the communication soldiers of Mustard City who came to restore their lives.

"Then hand over this secret letter to General Didulin, and there is no room for loss." After Zhao Yang finished speaking, a subordinate brought a letter, and Zhao Yang handed the letter to the communication soldier.

"Yes!" The soldier gave Zhao Yang a military salute and left.

"In this way, great things can be accomplished!" Zhao Yang looked at the back of the tall soldier and said.

"Congratulations, young master!" Zhao Yang's subordinates hurriedly patted their ass.

"Hahaha, there's a reward!" The sycophants of his subordinates were patting Zhao Yang's heart, and Zhao Yang's mood became extremely good.

(End of chapter)