The whole army of Yejiabao began to fall into tense preparations, especially the capital, which bore the brunt of the battle, and the people who had just been stationed in the city were once again persuaded to leave.

At first, the people who stayed in the capital were reluctant, but when they learned that more than 80,000 foreign troops were coming to attack, they slipped faster than rabbits.

Ye Shaolong was not worried about the defense of the capital, so in the end, he once again allocated 10,000 from the more than 20,000 defenders of Yejiabao to support the defense of the capital.

The capital is the first battle, and it is also the barrier of the three cities behind Yejiabao, once it is breached, the coalition army can drive straight in, and then whether it is Yejiabao or Baoding City, it will be devastated.

Yejiabao is the foundation of Ye Shaolong's sphere of influence, not only agriculture, science and technology, and materials are produced here. And Baoding City has now gathered all the people, once attacked, it will inevitably die heavily.

Neither of these places can be affected by the battle, so the first line of defense of the capital must not be broken.

Ye Shaolong allocated 10,000 infantry to support, and his order to Li Chengke was that no foreigner was allowed to set foot in the capital. The battlefield must be controlled there, and even if the battle is fought to the last soldier, the coalition forces must be held back.

Li Cheng was very helpless, but he did not admit defeat, and 30,000 troops defending the city had to face the attack of 80,000 coalition troops. Not only did it not make him angry, but it also aroused his blood.

This time, just like the order Ye Shaolong gave him, even if there was only one soldier left in the battle, he would not let the coalition army enter the capital.

In the past two days, the Yejiabao army has sent out many horses, in short, every other hour, there will be news that the horses will return to the coalition army.

And the next morning, the foreign army arrived in Zhangjiakou. After a short stay, 20,000 allied troops approached the outside of the capital as the vanguard.

The vanguard of the 20,000 allied forces was dominated by artillery, supplemented by cavalry, interspersed with infantry men armed with muskets.

As soon as the 20,000 men arrived in the capital, they immediately laid siege to the city, but instead of immediately attacking, they leveled the land and set up camp.

After Li Chengke and the tower inspected the city tower, they discussed whether to send troops out to fight with these coalition vanguards.

The main battle tower strongly demanded that 20,000 men must be gnawed away before the main force of the coalition army arrived.

Li Chengke also felt that this was a good opportunity, as soon as the coalition army came, they besieged the city, and began to prepare to set up camp, obviously to prepare for a protracted war.

If you can take advantage of the current situation to gnaw away the 20,000 coalition troops, it will obviously be much less pressure on the capital in the future. But it also meant that he had to take great risks.

It is naturally better to be able to gnaw away 20,000 coalition troops smoothly, on the contrary, if you can't gnaw it off, but your own side is seriously damaged, it will be more than worth the loss.

Li Chengke, as the chief general who commanded the battle this time, must consider the problem comprehensively, not like an iron tower, relying on a lot of courage to be desperate.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Chengke finally shook his head: "No, it's too hasty to go out of the city to fight, if they still arrange an ambush in the back, then we will inevitably suffer a devastating blow." ”

Tie Tower's eyes widened, and he was very unconvinced: "There is a fart ambush behind them, and just now the spies reported that only the vanguard of the 20,000 coalition forces has arrived." Their main force has not yet arrived, and this is a great opportunity, and once it is missed, it will not be there. ”

What the tower said is true, and the coalition doesn't know if it's careless or what's wrong? actually sent 20,000 pioneers to besiege the city with such a big grin.

Are they confident that the Yejiabao army will not dare to fight, or is it just as Li Chengke guessed just now, there is another ambush behind them.

However, due to the return of the spies just now, it is obvious that the former is the majority. Li Chengke fell into contemplation for a while!

Tie Ta was so anxious that his eyes were red, and if he could, he wanted to strangle Li Chengke, who had become indecisive.

After a long time, Li Chengke gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I agree with you to send troops." ”

"Hahaha, that's right!" Iron Tower's face was happy.

Li Chengke continued: "However, I can only give you 10,000 people. Also, if the momentum is not right, it must be withdrawn as soon as possible. ”

Tie Ta understood from Li Chengke's tone that this guy was worried that he would lose his troops and lose his generals, which would drag the whole army back.

He immediately sneered: "Don't need 10,000, just 5,000 cavalry battalions to kill, it's enough to turn them upside down." ”

Of the 20,000 troops of the Seven Kingdoms, half of them were artillerymen, while the rest had less than 5,000 cavalry and about 5,000 foot soldiers.

For the iron tower, the dispatch of 5,000 cavalry battalions is enough, not because he is confident, but because he knows these foreign troops too well.

Li Chengke was slightly surprised, but he quickly became happy. The cavalry battalion has always been the most powerful battalion in the Yejiabao army.

Especially under the leadership of the tower, there has never been a defeat. Now that the tower has reduced its own personnel, as long as the cavalry fights, there is no need to use the main defensive force of the capital.

In the unlikely event that the cavalry battalion is damaged, it will not cause irreparable damage to the overall situation. At that moment, Li Chengke agreed to the iron tower, but he still tried his best to persuade him, asking him to withdraw immediately when he realized that he could not do anything, and he could not fight blindly.

He will also be on the walls, full of musketeers, ready to meet them.

This time, the iron tower was not distinguishable from Li Cheng, but nodded seriously and agreed.

After the two discussed properly, the tower took his leave and went down the tower, and gathered the cavalry battalion at the east gate. As soon as the time comes, you can open the gates and rush out.

In order to let the coalition forces let their guard down, and at the same time to prevent their muskets from being too lethal to the charging cavalry. Li Cheng could agree with the tower to launch an attack when the Seven Nation Alliance was cooking dinner.

An hour later, it was already evening, and the coalition positions, which had been busy for most of the day, began to rise one after another.

Li Chengke waited patiently for a moment, and after making sure that the coalition forces were indeed not as vigilant as before, he ordered the city gate to be opened.

The moment the city gate was opened, the iron tower took the lead, and the horse jumped out of the crack in the city gate that had just been opened.

Behind him were the soldiers of the 5,000 cavalry battalion, all veterans who had fought several tough battles, and although they were facing more enemies than their own, there was no fear in their expressions.

On the contrary, they were all murderous, with hideous expressions on their faces, and bloodthirsty light in their eyes. After the tower jumped out of the city gate, they followed and rushed out of the capital.

The place where the Seven Nations Alliance Army was stationed was five miles away from the city wall of the capital, and even if the cavalry battalion was fast, it would naturally not be discovered by the foreign army. After they had rushed a mile out of the city gates, the foreign army found them.