The enemy retreated, and it was a hasty retreat, the formation was extremely scattered, and there was no sign of camouflage and deception, Chen Xiong carefully observed for a moment, thinking that this was a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

"Open the gates and hunt down the enemy." Chen Xiong ordered loudly.

When Hua An heard the order, he was immediately very vigilant, and he didn't understand why the enemy army only sent 3,000 troops to attack the city, at this time, seeing Chen Xiong ordering the pursuit, Hua An understood that most of the enemy troops were a trick to lure the enemy.

"General Chen, don't pursue, be careful of deceit." Huaan hurriedly dissuaded.

When Chen Xiong heard this, he frowned and said: "The enemy's formation is scattered, the art of war is cloudy, and the chaotic flag must be a real defeat, so there is no deceit." ”

"It's okay to be defeated and lure the enemy." Hua An glanced at the retreating enemy army, and said softly: "Has the general thought about it, why did Taobao know that our army has tens of thousands of troops, why only sent 3,000 troops to attack the city, there must be a conspiracy in this." ”

"The enemy army only sent 3,000 troops to attack the city, which is indeed a bit unreasonable, is it really a trick to lure the enemy." Chen Xiong whispered to himself.

"Whether it is a trick to lure the enemy or not, we will soon find out." Hua An pointed to the direction of the enemy's retreat and said loudly: "If the enemy is really a trick to lure the enemy, soon the enemy's main force will come from behind the distant hills, if it is not a trick to lure the enemy, the enemy's main force will not appear." ”

Seeing that what Hua An said was very reasonable, Chen Xiong looked up at the hills in the distance, and ordered to stop the pursuit out of the city and wait and see what happened.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to see that the plan to lure the enemy didn't work, and the enemy's main general, Tao Leopard, led the main army, pouring out from behind the distant hills, and slaughtered towards Yinling City.

Seeing the enemy's nearly 20,000 troops pouring out from behind the hill, Chen Xiong suddenly gasped, if it wasn't for Hua An's reminder just now, the soldiers he sent out to pursue might never come back.

Chen Xiong looked sideways at Hua An and nodded with a smile.

Among the enemy troops, the main general Tao Leopard looked at the moat outside the city wall of the east city in front of him, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he ordered loudly: "Order, the front army fills the river, and the left army and the right army attack immediately." ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The drums of the attack sounded in the midst of the enemy's formation.

When the 3,000 siege soldiers of the front army heard the order, they immediately dug on the spot and filled their pockets, and then, under the cover of 2,000 shield soldiers, slowly advanced to the moat and threw the bags full of dirt into the moat.

The enemy crossbowmen on the left and right flanks, under the cover of the giant shield soldiers, approached the moat, hid behind the giant shield and fired at the city wall.

Dozens of thunderbolts from the enemy's large array were loaded with stones and thunderbolts to be hurled at the walls, while four heavy siege engines stood by behind the enemy formation, waiting for the moat to be filled in before advancing underneath the city.

The enemy's attack was so fierce, the Northern Expeditionary Army naturally would not be stunned, and the archers of the Northern Expeditionary Army defending the city began to counterattack at the first time.

Both sides poured a rapid rain of arrows on each other, and due to the cover of the female wall and the giant shield, the losses on both sides were not heavy.

After the enemy's thunderbolt was powerful, the Northern Expeditionary Army was at a disadvantage, but this was exactly what Hua'an wanted, as soon as the enemy's thunderbolt appeared, it was within the attack range of the Northern Expeditionary Thunderbolt on the city wall.

"General Chen, the enemy army is attacking the city on a large scale, and the thunderbolt carts are also dispatched, and it is time for our army's thunderbolt carts to strike." Hua An urged loudly.

Chen Xiong looked at the dense enemy soldiers under the city, grinned, and said loudly: "Thunderbolt, attack." ”

"Huhuhu......"

Suddenly, dozens of thunderbolts on the city wall threw thunderbolts one after another into the city.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The thunderbolt exploded in the enemy's army, because the enemy soldiers were not prepared, they were blown up for a time to cry wolf, dizzy, many soldiers in order to avoid the Jin army's thunderbolts, hastily retreated, the enemy formation was suddenly chaotic.

"Steady, don't mess up, don't mess up." An enemy general, shouting to maintain order.

With a 'snap', a thunderbolt hit the enemy general's forehead, and the enemy general fell off his horse with a 'uh' sound.

"Hahaha! It tastes good! You also have today. The Iron Ox stood on the wall and roared loudly at the city.

"Squat." At this moment, a large stone roared and smashed towards Tie Niu, Hua An immediately pressed Tie Niu's shoulder, pressing Tie Niu's body down a lot, and the big stone swept over Tie Niu's head and took off Tie Niu's helmet.

"Wow! It's dangerous. Tie Niu broke out in a cold sweat.

Hua An leaned out, glanced at the enemy formation, turned back to several soldiers behind him, and said loudly: "Adjust the direction and kill all the enemy's thunderbolts for me." ”

Hearing the order, the soldiers immediately adjusted their direction and fired a thunderbolt at one of the enemy's thunderbolts, and with a 'boom', a black smoke came out five steps in front of the enemy's thunderbolts.

"Hit it crooked, reorient it." Huaan said loudly.

The soldier reoriented his direction and fired another bolt at the enemy thunderbolt, which still did not hit the enemy thunderbolt, but instead emitted a cloud of black smoke behind it.

"Why is it crooked again?" Huaan yelled.

The Mechanics adjusted again, and this time failed to hit the enemy Thunderbolt in front of them, but they did hit an enemy Thunderbolt next to it, and the fire quickly burned the Thunderbolt.

Suddenly, Huaan understood that the Thunderbolt was a primitive weapon after all, and the accuracy could not be as accurate as that of later generations, and if it wanted to hit the target, it could only rely on quantity and times.

In order to completely destroy the enemy's thunderbolts and reduce the damage suffered by the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the city wall, Hua'an built a letter to Chen Xiong and aimed all the thunderbolts on the city wall at the enemy's thunderbolts.

Chen Xiong nodded in agreement, and suddenly, all the thunderbolts on the city wall aimed at the thunderbolts in the enemy formation, and fired thunderbolts continuously.

After several rounds of intensive attacks, the enemy thunderbolts were shot and caught on fire, and soon turned to ashes.

The enemy's commander, Tao Leopard, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this situation, he knew very well that Dongcheng was difficult to capture, so he immediately ordered the army to retreat to the camp.

"The enemy retreated, the enemy retreated." The soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the city walls shouted loudly to celebrate the victory.

When Peach Leopard withdrew, he glanced back at Dongcheng, and his eyes were full of loneliness.

After returning to the camp, Taobao discussed with his generals, and the generals agreed that the Jin army in Dongcheng was very well defended, and it was difficult to succeed in storming the city.

Peach Leopard couldn't find a way to break the city for a while, so he only sent a small force to harass Dongcheng every day, and the Northern Expeditionary Army in Dongcheng often went out of the city to harass the enemy troops outside the city.

In this way, the enemy and us confronted each other near Dongcheng for seven or eight days, during which the grain and grass of the Northern Expeditionary Army were continuously transported from Liyang in the rear, and the grain and grass of the Peach Leopard Army were also delivered on time by Zhang Ju, who was stationed in Yinling City.

Looking at the position of the two sides, it seems that there is a plan for a long-term confrontation.