Chapter 652: Smoke
More than 1,000 Fujian troops at the head of the city were in high spirits, clenching their swords and guns, ready to meet the unprecedented fierce attack of the Zhou army.
Outside the city, the Zhou army had been arrayed for a long time, but it was slow to attack.
Under the red Zhou Ziwang flag, Zhang Yuan stationed on the horse and crossed the knife, and on his young face, which was as calm as water, he could not see a trace of expression, so he stood quietly on the horse.
The king's order was not given, the generals did not dare to move, and the 50,000 soldiers of each department could only stand still.
Attacking and not attacking, retreating and not retreating, the soldiers could not guess what their king was thinking.
"The city is strong, I'm afraid it can be attacked by force, reprimanded and returned, Han Sui's reinforcements will arrive in the city tonight at the latest, I think that we should not storm the city at this time, in vain to damage the morale of the soldiers, it is time to change our strategy of quick victory." Li Si, who was beside him, couldn't help but speak calmly.
Zhang Yuan looked at him resolutely, and said coldly: "The strategy of quickly destroying the Min Kingdom must not be changed, and within today, this king must capture the city." ”
Li Si's heart was shocked, and his eyes couldn't help but be suspicious, and he paused for a moment, but then said: "Even if the king has to storm the city, at least he should transfer the heavenly thunder cannon and bombard the enemy city first. ”
"Who said that this king is going to storm the city?" Li Si analyzed a lot, but Zhang Yuan only replied with a sneer.
Li Si was stunned, and the generals left and right, Li Cunxiao and other generals, all of them were also suspicious and stunned, their faces were full of confusion, and they couldn't understand the meaning of Zhang Yuan's words for a while.
If you don't storm the city, what does it mean to lay out these 50,000 troops before the enemy city, and blow the wind?
Just when everyone was suspicious, the morning wind suddenly rose, and a north wind swept behind him, rolling towards the direction of the north gate of the city.
"I really let this king wait, it seems that the two sons of heaven have added talent, and their luck is really not ordinary......"
Zhang Yuanyingwu's face showed a little joy, and he raised his sword without hesitation and shouted: "The time has come, send orders to the generals, each lead the soldiers and horses to the king to approach the city, and let the smoke go down." ”
Smoke downwind?
Li Si was shocked again, Rao is extremely resourceful, and this time his face was full of confusion, and he couldn't guess what tricks Zhang Yuan was playing.
Woowoo woo –
The sound of the horn of the attack broke the silence of the early morning, and the generals had to be suspicious, leading dozens of army formations to roar and begin to advance towards the north line of the city.
"Zhang Yuan, it turns out that you have been waiting for so long to wait for the north wind to rise, do you think that this little wind can make much of a difference?" Zhang Heng snorted coldly, with the long knife in his hand, and ordered the whole army to gather their spirit and prepare to deal with the attack of the Zhou army.
In the sound of war drums, thousands of soldiers of Zhou, holding large shields, soon approached within a range of more than 100 steps in front of the city.
"Shoot me hard!" Zhang Heng immediately made a decision and shouted.
The crossbowmen of the Fujian army at the head of the city immediately rained down arrows, and the overwhelming arrows rushed towards the Zhou army.
The soldiers of the Zhou army went to hold a large shield and approached to the front of the moat that had been filled, this distance was already a distance, rushing towards the enemy city with all their might, and setting up a cloud ladder to attack, but the Zhou army did not break the formation and charge, but stood less than ten steps away from the city wall and stopped.
Subsequently, Zhang Heng and his Min army were amazed and puzzled.
There was a Zhou army in front of the approaching city, and dozens of large and small army formations were actually lit up with thick wolf smoke!
"Light the wolf smoke in front of the city, what kind of trick is Zhang Yuan playing?" Zhang Heng frowned and scolded.
At the head of the city, Zhang Heng and other Fujian soldiers were puzzled, and Li Si and other Great Zhou soldiers were also inexplicable, and they didn't know which one Zhang Yuan was playing.
At this moment, the soldiers of Zhou in the army formation threw the lit wolf smoke under the city wall, and nearly a thousand black smoke ignited at the bottom of the city, and the thick black fog shrouded the northern city line in an instant.
"The time has come, let's go, this king wants to see what you are capable of." Zhang Yuan suddenly let out a low roar and galloped away.
Behind Zhang Yuan, a thick-armed military general with an unfamiliar face also followed closely and followed Zhang Yuan straight to the front.
The two of them went away like the wind, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only Li Si was left, standing in place blankly, and muttered: "What is the king doing here, that strange general is Zhongren?" ”
Li Si was puzzled, and above the enemy city, Zhang Heng was even more confused.
He originally thought that Zhang Yuan would drive the army to attack, and he had already prepared to fight in close quarters, so that Zhang Yuan would break his knife and return from defeat again.
Zhang Heng didn't expect that Zhang Yuan's actions today were too weird, first he unusually did not bombard the city with thunder, and then advanced to the army under the city, and did not climb the city to attack, but lit wolf smoke under the city.
In front of the field of vision, thousands of wolf smoke rose into the sky, covering the north gate of the city, as well as the Zhou army in front of the city, and neither of us nor the enemy could see who was clear.
"Zhang Yuan, what kind of tricks are you playing?" Zhang Heng's brows were deeply condensed, and his face was full of suspicion.
At that moment, Zhang Heng ordered to stop firing arrows first and see the situation clearly.
The sound of arrows suddenly rose and the line along the city soon fell silent, and nothing else could be heard except for the nervous breathing of the enemy and our troops.
Zhang Heng and several thousand Fujian soldiers looked out of the city with wide eyes, but they were blocked by the thick wolf smoke, and their vision was only ten steps away, and they could not see the movements of the Zhou army under the city.
"Could it be that Zhang Yuan wants to use wolf smoke to cover him to attack the city?"
In Zhang Heng's mind, this guess immediately appeared, but his eyes shook his head, "As soon as this wolf smoke is released, not only our vision is blocked, but Zhang Yuan's soldiers are the same, this smoke is not good for the enemy and me, Zhang Yuan should not be so stupid." ”
After thinking about it, Zhang Heng pressed the fox test, his face was disdainful again, and he sneered: "Zhang Yuan, no matter what tricks you have, I, Zhang Heng, will only respond to all changes with the same, and I will see what tricks you can play." ”
In front of the city, seventy paces.
In the dark wolf smoke, Zhang Yuan rode like the wind, and the unfamiliar face of the military general had rushed to the rear of his army's formation.
"King, Lao Li, we have asked the brothers to light the wolf smoke, what kind of trouble are you going to make, this dirty and dark, how can you let us climb the city?" Li Dingguo, who rushed over to meet, shouted and complained.
Zhang Yuan glanced at him and sneered: "When did this king say that he was going to let you attack the city, he called the soldiers to shout, and this king had a chance to kill Zhang Heng." ”
Kill Zhang Heng?
Li Dingguo's ugly face was even more dazed, and he said in his heart, "The king, are you confused, if you don't attack the city, how can you kill Zhang Heng."
In desperation, Li Dingguo did not dare to disobey the order, so he had to pass down the royal order.
In front of the city, tens of thousands of Great Zhou soldiers who were not attacking immediately shouted and scolded, and the sound of the mountain roaring and roaring all the sounds of heaven and earth was swallowed up in an instant.