Chapter 441: Anticipate the Enemy First

Finally, with some improvised siege equipment, Xu Huang arrived at the gate of Wancheng on this cloudy night, and gestured to the deputy general under his command, the deputy general quickly understood what he meant, Xu Huang knew that even if Xu Chu had not arrived at the east gate of the city at this time, with Xu Chu's temperament, he would definitely arrive in a short time, and he would start attacking at the west gate first, and if he attracted all the attention of the defenders to his side, it would also create a lot of opportunities for Xu Chu.

As the lieutenant general conveyed Xu Huang's meaning to the 40,000 troops behind him, the sergeant carrying siege equipment rushed forward with the torches on the city wall.

But Xu Huang forgot that he was facing Liu Feng, who was known as the god of war in the land of China, and Liu Feng wanted to desperately defend the city, which was naturally not something that Xu Chu could conquer with a plan that he thought was very reliable.

When the sergeants with siege equipment rushed not far from the city wall, the defenders with torches on the city wall had obviously seen the Wei soldiers who were rushing towards their city gates, but their movements were not as panicked as they had just found out that the city gate they were guarding was about to be captured, instead, they took a few steps back on the city wall almost uniformly, giving up the position in front.

Xu Huang is also a person who has experienced this kind of conquest on the battlefield, as soon as he saw this situation, he secretly shouted in his heart that it was not good, obviously the city has already taken precautions against its own siege, in this way, it will undoubtedly not achieve any unexpected purpose, but looking at the sergeants who have already charged ahead, Xu Huang knows that it is too late to retreat at this time, not to mention that if Zhao Yun in the city is only fortified at this city gate, then his own hard battle can still create an excellent opportunity for Xu Chu at the east gate. Once one of the gates is breached, there will be no more suspense in this war.

But what Xu Huang didn't know was that the defenders of Nanyang were no longer as they had received before, only Zhao Yun and the 50,000 army under his command, but Liu Feng himself was in charge, and the number of defenders was also larger than their 80,000 vanguards.

Sure enough, at the moment of panic in Xu Huang's mind, he saw that a row of torches suddenly lit up on the city wall, which was originally only a few people, illuminating the ground near the city wall as if it were day, and the Wei soldiers who were carrying siege equipment and running towards the city gate were completely exposed to the eyes of the defenders on the city.

The unexpected effect was obviously not achieved, Xu Huang knew that if he didn't want to withdraw now, there would be only one way to go, and after weighing the pros and cons a little, Xu Huang's eyes changed to a resolute look.

"Order, the enemy army has discovered our whereabouts, no longer need to hide their whereabouts, all of them will do their best to attack the city gate, if anyone can attack this city, it will be a great achievement!"

I have to say that among the generals of the Wei State, Xu Huang is indeed an outstanding one, and the choice he made at this time was very right, and it was also the last thing that Liu Feng and others wanted to see in their previous plans, but they didn't want to see it, it didn't mean that Liu Feng was defenseless against it, and a real offensive and defensive battle broke out in an instant.

With Xu Huang's order, all the Wei soldiers who had been observing in the rear rushed forward, they knew that being discovered meant that most of the enemy troops were prepared, rather than standing on the ground as a live target for the defenders, it was better to run forward with their best efforts, only in the blind spot of the archers under the city wall, it was considered to be temporarily saving a life.

And almost at the same time as these Wei soldiers rushed forward, the city wall was unsurprisingly full of archers, and in the next second, sharp arrows pierced the originally silent night sky like flying locusts.

Suddenly, the sound of breaking the air, screaming, shouting and killing, and so on, this is obviously not the ending that Xu Huang is looking forward to, he only hopes that his heavy losses on this side can be exchanged for Xu Chu's success on the other side, if he can really achieve that, even if he loses more than half of the 40,000 people, this battle is worth it.

And such a result is not what Liu Feng is looking forward to, such an offensive and defensive battle, involving at least sixty or seventy thousand people on both sides, if Xu Huang blindly attacks regardless of losses, sooner or later there will be Wei soldiers to climb the city, although Liu Feng has also made preparations, but at that time, casualties are inevitable, and such a tragic offensive and defensive battle will greatly stimulate the large army led by Yang Xiu, who came later, and push the war to a climax that Liu Feng does not want to see.

But at this time, the situation in the west of the city, Liu Feng could not see it for the first time, in the city to command the defense of the city, it was still the original guard Zhao Yun, and in the east, west, and north directions, each direction also has 10,000 defenders waiting at the head of the city, and the other 20,000 mobile soldiers have now arrived in the west of the city, ready to fight at close range with the Wei soldiers who climbed the city.

The rest of the generals and troops, led by Liu Feng at this time, joined in another battle tonight, this battle was not in the city, and it was not as tragic as Xu Huang's offensive and defensive battle, but for Liu Feng's side, it was a battle of great significance.

The location of this battle was on the side of the hill not far from the place where Xu Chu and Xu Huang started.

After Xu Chu and Xu Huang separated, while thinking of his own plan, he marched rapidly, wanting to rush to the east of the city in front of Xu Huang, but contrary to his wishes, when he arrived at the farthest place under the hill, countless sharp arrows flew down on the hill without warning.

This kind of situation is obviously Xu Chu never expected, according to his thoughts, his marching speed is very fast to get here, Zhao Yun must not set up an ambush in advance, and with Zhao Yun's 50,000 defenders, once an ambush is set up here, then the guards in the city will be empty, and they will not be able to stop the 40,000 army led by Xu Huang on the other side.

But what could not have happened in his mind was now real in front of his eyes, and the sharp arrows in the air and the screams of his own sergeants were not fake.

Encountering an ambush is not the first time for Xu Chu, he is not very flustered in his heart, after all, Xu Huang is still on the other side, and there are 200,000 troops led by Yang Xiu and Zhang Liao behind him, no matter what he suffers, as long as he can try his best to consume the enemy's living force, the final victory of this battle will still belong to them.