As far as the eye can see, everything in front of him is not what Zhao Kuangyin imagined at all-

The underside of the walls is divided into distinct areas, each of which is bustling with people but unusually orderly; Although the people and soldiers were in a hurry, their expressions were not flustered; Although the sound of killing on the city wall shook the sky, few people looked up and watched, they were all doing their own thing;

And then he looked down at the wall, and against the wall was a wide moat, and there was water at the bottom of the moat;

Along the inner city wall to the upper wall, there are many ropes and long ladders; At the top of the city wall, there are very strange wheels not far away, and some people are pulling ropes to carry things to the city.

"General Zhao, be careful!" A loud shout sounded from behind him, waking up Zhao Kuangyin, who was a little stunned.

Zhao Kuangyin subconsciously raised the shield to protect himself, and the shield was hit several times in succession, including spears, knives, and stones.

Zhao Kuangyin showed his eyes behind the shield and found that only about 20 of his own people rushed around him at this moment, and the city wall and the siege vehicle had been cut off by the Shouzhou army, and behind the Shouzhou army, a large number of people were pouring here.

Zhao Kuangyin's ring shield turned sharply, knocked several weapons around him into the air, and roared angrily: "Shrink the formation!" Turn west and attack! "The most important thing now is to reopen the connection with the army under the city, otherwise, sooner or later, my people will be exhausted to death by the Shouzhou army.

The weapons that had been knocked into the air spun around one after another, slashing at their shields again, one as fierce as one.

All masters! Zhao Kuangyin was awe-inspiring in his heart and dealt with it with all his heart. The shield in his left hand moved quickly in a small area, blocking the three weapons, and his right leg was like electricity, and he slammed on the foot of an opponent, and the master tilted his body, roared and raised his foot, and was kicked and flew out by Zhao Kuangyin. However, a quick knife next to him immediately slashed down on Zhao Kuangyin's calf, forcing him to retract immediately, and the sharp blade grazed the sole of his shoe and slashed down.

"Second brother!" Zheng En roared violently, and at the moment when he raised his head and roared, a knife jumped into the shield's protective range like a poisonous snake, cutting a hole in Zheng En's arm.

Where did Lin Feng find so many masters? Zhao Kuangyin pressed the doubts in his mind, suddenly increased his speed, and quickly leaned towards Zheng En.

"Withdraw!" While Zhao Kuangyin blocked a spear for Zheng En, he commanded softly.

Hearing the order, Xiahou Fang and Li Cheng opened the way, Zheng En and several guards with blood on their bodies were in the center, and Zhao Kuangyin dragged back and quickly attacked near the city wall.

The Shouzhou soldiers who had been besieging them retreated very tacitly, letting go of the small group, but surrounded the other elite Zhou soldiers.

Several people hurriedly jumped onto the pheasant and jumped towards the siege engine. At the moment when they took off, two more guards were shot by arrows and fell off the city screaming, and Li Cheng was also hit by an arrow and let out a muffled snort. As soon as a few people landed on the siege vehicle, the body of the vehicle, which had been crumbling, finally couldn't hold it anymore, and it fell down with a bang, and the movement of the wave only slowed down the attack on the city.

Zhao Kuangyin, who was covered in dust, quickly counted the brothers around him, and He Dun led the team to retreat towards the passage.

Soon, a group of people returned to the front of their own army, and they all stood there silently. It's been three days of continuous attacks, and the combat power of the Shouzhou army is still so fierce, how can this battle be fought?

Li Gu came out and said with a smile: "General Zhao, you have worked hard!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin wiped the dust off his forehead, knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general is incompetent, and he is ashamed of the handsome." ”

Li Gu shook his head: "Don't blame General Zhao, maybe we underestimated Lin Feng and Shouzhou City too much!" General Zhao, please get up! ”

Zhao Kuangyin didn't move, but straightened up and hugged his fists and said: "Li Shuai, the last general suggests changing the siege strategy!" ”

Li Gu stepped forward to help Zhao Kuangyin and said softly: "Please General Zhao explain the reason in detail." ”

Zhao Kuangyin raised his fist and said: "The last general was at the head of the city, and he peeked into the defense of the city, and found that the enemy army was neat, there were many soldiers, and the enemy was not panicked, which can be described as orderly, not tired of dealing at all; At the head of the city, the last generals and the elite of the army are all masters, and their strength is far above that of ordinary soldiers, and there are many people, different languages, and a wide range of sources. It is inferred from this that the last general thinks that Lin Feng's claim to have 60,000 elite soldiers may not be a lie, if this is calculated, our army may suffer too much damage if it blindly attacks hard. ”

"Well, what does General Zhao mean?" Li Gu's face was very calm.

"Since there are many enemies in Shouzhou City, the last general suggested surrounding Sanque Yi, vacating the south gate without attacking, slacking off and dividing them by releasing a way to live, and dragging them down through the weakness of grain and grass in the city; At the same time, our army sent a small number of elites to sweep the surrounding cities, accumulate grain and grass, and at the same time send a large number of elites to raid Chuzhou, coerce Jinling, and force Xiao Tang to change the overall defensive strategy. Zhao Kuangyin clenched his fists tightly and talked eloquently.

"Okay, General Zhao is very knowledgeable. General Hou and General Li and I have just made an urgent notice and discussed the war, and the generals can be described as heroes who see the same thing. Once the situation around Shouzhou is urgent, Lin Feng wants to be a shrunken turtle here, but he can't be afraid! It's time for more! I'll go back to the camp and discuss it carefully! A smile appeared on Li Gu's face.

Soon, a crisp and urgent retreat gong sounded.

Hearing the sound of the life-saving gong, the Zhou army, who really didn't want to be sent to death again to attack the city, was relieved and retreated in a panic, leaving behind a corpse. Soon, the other three cities also sounded the gong and retreated, and the first siege came to an abrupt end.

Lin Feng, who was standing at the head of the city, held the pheasant in his hand, carefully observed for a while, and found that the enemy army had all retreated, not like a deception, so he ordered the city head to lift the war alarm, and ordered some soldiers to wave white flags to the city, clean up the corpses that they had fallen to the city, and at the same time ordered the bodies of the Zhou soldiers on the city to be taken to the city.

Seeing the signal of Shouzhou City, the Zhou army also sent a lot of men and horses to hold white flags and come to clean up the battlefield.

Ge Chang and Pan Long walked over and said hello to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng shook his head slightly, and asked rhetorically, "How many enemy soldiers have you killed?" ”

Ge Chang grinned and raised his palm.

Panlong wiped the blood from his face with one arm, and replied nonchalantly: "Six or seven, I didn't pay attention to the number." ”

"And what do you think of the enemy?" Lin Feng asked.

"Well, he marched forward after hearing the order, and he was brave and fearless, worthy of being a northern hero." Ge Chang gave a decent evaluation.

Pan Long shook his head and sneered: "In Pan's opinion, this kind of combat method of the enemy army is not a soldier's combat method, and the scholar commander has been hesitating. In the eyes of our Tujia people, either they will fight to the end, or they will not move, so what is it if they don't go up or down? ”

Lin Feng laughed, as a leading commander who was not very prestigious, Li Gutong led an army of 180,000 to the south, so he naturally had to find a balance between following Guo Wei's holy decree and maintaining the vital interests of the local festival envoys, he did not dare and could not make a desperate bet and ignore it.

"Lord Lin, it seems that the enemy army will not attack the city again for a while, and Shouzhou City will be quiet for a few days." Ge Chang said beside him.

Lin Feng shook his head slowly, grabbed the binoculars and carefully scanned the enemy's camp tent, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that the enemy has changed his strategy of attacking Bangzhou, and instead besieged the city for reinforcements, and raided elsewhere. ”