The scorching heat made Ye Shaolong have a whim, combined with the bad environment outside the East City in front of him, he felt that it was necessary to disgust the enemy army fiercely.

Let the enemy army camp in such a harsh environment, so that they can not even drink water. While this will not actually hurt the enemy, it will be more than enough to disgust them.

In short, Ye Shaolong's purpose is very clear, that is, not to allow the enemy army to have a good time on his own territory.

The sun in the sky is getting hotter and hotter, and there is no trace of coolness in the sultry weather. Looking from afar, Ye Shaolong's eyes clearly saw the earth that began to steam.

When it was close to noon, Li Chengke ran back sweating profusely to tell that he had set up traps outside the other three city gates.

Ye Shaolong didn't check it out in person, he believed that Li Cheng could do things reliably. Seeing that it was almost noon, the scorching sun was steaming more and more, even if Ye Shaolong stood still, he would sweat after being exposed to the sun for a while.

Looking out of the East City again, Ye Shaolong turned around and went down the city tower. Everything is ready and only the east wind is owed, and now we just wait for the arrival of the enemy army, and there is no need to do anything else.

Back at the mansion, Ye Shaolong immediately took off his armor, took a bath happily, and then had a full meal. Tell Li Chengke to go and inform him when the enemy army arrives.

Then he straightened his slightly bulging belly after a full meal, and went back to his house comfortably for a nap.

Li Chengke is indeed a reliable person, Ye Shaolong's orders, he never discounts, and completes it perfectly every time.

At this moment, although he was as sleepy as Ye Shaolong, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, rested for a while, and then returned to the city tower.

The noon sun was outrageously spicy, as if he was innocently helping Ye Shaolong in the dark. Today's weather is extremely hot, not long after coming to the city tower, Li Chengke was drowsy from the sun, and almost suffered from heat stroke.

After pouring a few jars of water, there was no relief in the slightest, and he finally chose to go down to the city and find a shady place to rest.

Two hours later, the subordinates who stayed behind on the castle tower came with the news that they saw what seemed to be movement in the distance.

Li Cheng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ran back to the city tower, took the telescope and began to observe carefully. Sure enough, I soon saw a large army coming slowly in the direction of the east.

In such a scorching heat, he continued to hurry, and it could be seen that the enemy army was indeed desperate enough.

Li Chengke first sent someone to inform Ye Shaolong, and then he continued to observe the enemy's every move.

The Seven-Nation Alliance Army had more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, and when they marched, the dust raised covered the sky and the sun, and the momentum was quite grand from a distance.

Li Chengke saw in the telescope that the faces of those enemy soldiers were full of exhaustion. The corners of Li Chengke's mouth hooked up a smile, he understood very well the feelings of those soldiers of the enemy army at this moment.

Standing on this city wall, he felt that people couldn't stand it when he was exposed to the sun, not to mention the enemy troops who still needed to rush continuously.

What kind of mood they are in, it is estimated that only they themselves know. Li Chengke was observing, but the enemy suddenly stopped.

Li Chengke put down the binoculars, then found a reference, and began to visually measure the distance of the enemy army in his mind. He soon discovered that the place where the enemy army had stayed was ten miles away from the Jingshi city wall.

"Hmph, staying ten miles away, it's obviously because we're afraid of our Yejiabao army!" Li Chengke showed a hint of pride on his face.

Ye Shaolong, who had just gone up to the city tower, heard this, and said with a smile: "The first battle of 20,000 soldiers and horses was seriously wounded, if they are not careful, then there is really nothing to scruple about." ”

"Dashuai!" Li Cheng heard the sound and immediately turned around and saluted.

Ye Shaolong waved his hand, signaling that Li Cheng didn't need to be polite, and then took the telescope from the guards beside him, looked at it for a moment, and said with a smile: "The enemy army is starting to find a place to camp." ”

It's early afternoon, the hottest time of the day, especially when there's not even a light breeze. The temperature in the hot land is definitely around 40 degrees!

The enemy army was located right in the middle of the wasteland, and the continuous drought had severely withered the weeds that had grown so luxuriantly.

If he waited for the enemy army to camp there, Ye Shaolong didn't mind adding a fire to the enemy army and igniting those weeds in such weather.

Li Chengke also picked up a telescope to observe the enemy army, and he found that the enemy army began to send people to other places to explore the terrain. Originally, they had sent 20,000 horses to choose a place to camp for the army that followed.

However, because of the sudden battle of the Yejiabao army, the mission failed, and more than 10,000 men and horses were lost. The painful lesson is just around the corner, and although the main force of the enemy army is coming this time, they also dare not be careless in the slightest.

On both flanks of the enemy, a thousand cavalry each left quickly, and then a few hundred foot soldiers pushed wheelbarrows full of buckets, apparently in search of water.

Ye Shaolong's face showed a hint of hideousness, and he ordered Li Chengke in a low voice: "Immediately send two thousand soldiers from the musket battalion to ambush the river embankment outside the northern city." As soon as the enemy troops who were going to carry water approached, they were all destroyed by Lao Tzu. ”

Ye Shaolong's meaning is obvious, if you can't do it, you have to hold the water source and not give any water to the enemy. He wanted to see how long the enemy army could hold up in such heat, without water.

Outside the capital, there is now only the small river outside the north city gate, and the river is not deep. In the upper reaches, it has been intercepted by the Yejiabao army, leading the river to the capital.

Nowadays, if the enemy army needs water, they can only go to the small river outside the northern city to get it.

Li Chengke immediately received the order to go down to make arrangements, and soon two lieutenant generals followed the order and went to ambush with two thousand elite of the musket battalion.

The cavalry sent out by the enemy army soon disappeared from the sight of Ye Shaolong and the others, and now only the few hundred foot soldiers were still walking unhurriedly in the direction of Beicheng.

Judging from the direction they were heading, it was clear that these people knew that there was only a water source nearby.

A trace of worry flashed on Ye Shaolong's face, it was obvious that among these enemy troops, there must be people who were familiar with the terrain outside the capital.

Li Chengke obviously also discovered this problem, and he said: "It seems that in this Seven Nations Alliance, there are still foreign troops that were defeated in our hands before. There was no need to inquire first, and he knew that there was only a water source outside the northern city. ”

Just as Ye Shaolong and Li Chengke were discussing hundreds of enemy foot soldiers, suddenly a herald hurriedly came to report. It is said that the friendly army of Tianjin Port, which had just arrived, suddenly appeared outside the northern city, and it was so good that they ran into a thousand enemy cavalry who went to explore the terrain, and now they have started fighting.