In other words, instead of killing a single enemy in this battle, he kept passively eating and destroying in the back, and even escaped back until he sacrificed nearly half of the cavalry.

Xu Zhen was naturally very dissatisfied with this result, and he did not have the face to report the results of the battle to General Cao Ren, the only thing he could do was to listen to the words of a commander and begin to mobilize the infantry to move forward.

The cavalry advanced and changed to the infantry to take the lead, needless to say, the speed must be surprisingly slow, but fortunately, the infantry were holding shields, which made them not only live targets even if they encountered the Zhang family light cavalry.

Xu Zhen, who returned to Jiqiu, sorted out the cavalry, and then put them at the end, and then the shield bearer of the infantry walked at the front, and the news was quickly discovered by the scout soldiers of the Celestial Empire, and passed back.

After the news reached the East China Sea Kingdom, Bu Qi was naturally overjoyed, he didn't expect the Zhang family light cavalry to be so powerful, relying on the superb archery skills on the horse to give the Wei army a blow to the head, not to mention, but also effectively slowed down the speed of their march.

Zhang Dao and Zhang Jian, who had made a move, were naturally very happy, according to their meaning, even if the opponent was a shield soldier, they should continue to maintain the previous way of fighting, because they believed that with their powerful horse archery skills, even ordinary shield soldiers would not be their opponents.

Regarding Zhang Dao and General Zhang Jian's request to fight again, Bu Qi did not agree this time, but made the decision to rest the army and sharpen more bows and arrows at the same time.

To make such a decision, Bu Qi also has his own ideas, they exist here, not to severely damage the Wei army, in fact, 20,000 people fight 500,000 people, the pressure is indeed very great, even if they are powerful, it will not be so easy to kill less to win more, and even once the opponent rushes desperately, once they run out of bows and arrows, they can only retreat.

Even if you can't completely block the enemy's footsteps, then the current situation is very good. At least their presence made the Wei army not dare to rush too quickly, and as long as it took a long time, the waterway army that landed in Guangling would arrive, and the purpose of the encirclement could be completed at that time.

Bu Qi did not agree to the army's request to continue the attack, but only ordered General Zhang Yan, who had not yet made meritorious service, to lead his 5,000 soldiers to attack. In other words, if the Wei army suddenly wants to speed up, they can only attack with bows and arrows, and if the opponent has always been the shield hand of the infantry, then they can watch from a short distance, in short, they can delay the opponent's marching speed.

Under Buqi's request, Xu Zhen's idea of removing the shield hand and replacing it with cavalry was shattered, so that the 80,000 vanguard army could only walk like a stupid snail, walking on the official road leading from Jiqiu to the East China Sea Kingdom.

Xu Zhen's speed was too slow, and four days later, Cao Ren, who was in the Chinese army, caught up with them, and when he saw that the vanguard army he sent was walking so slowly, he became angry on the spot, and replaced Xu Zhen, and changed it to General Ling Tong to take the lead.

His order to Ling Tong was that, no matter what method was used, in short, he should quickly rush to the East China Sea Kingdom and occupy it, so as to buy enough time for the army to withdraw to Xiapi.

After receiving the order, Ling Tong changed the way Xu Zhen sent shield soldiers to take the lead, and changed it to a way of marching with 20,000 cavalry in front, 20,000 archers on the left side, and 20,000 shield players on the right.

In Ling Tong's opinion, advancing in this way, presumably even if he encounters the Zhang family's light cavalry, he also has the power to counterattack, he can let the archers shoot back, let the shield soldiers protect the camp, and then find an opportunity to let the cavalry attack.

Ling Tong had not suffered the loss of the Zhang family light cavalry, so he had such a decision, but when they really encountered the five thousand Zhang family light cavalry led by Zhang Gun, their morale was ruthlessly hit. It was only a few waves of bows and arrows that made him lose hundreds of people, and when his so-called bow and arrow were about to shoot back, where was the shadow of the opponent?

Hundreds of people died under a wave of attacks, which was not a pain in the bones for Ling Tong, but then, after several successive waves of attacks, finally his losses reached more than 3,000 people, and he became helpless.

And these are not the most fatal, not long after the formation was reorganized, and the 60,000 Wei troops in the zigzag advance again, suddenly there was a feeling of earth destruction under their feet, which was the movement caused by the ignition of the explosives buried under their feet, and after just one explosive explosion, there were more than 5,000 casualties. And even those who barely survived, most of them lacked arms and legs, not to mention the slightly injured Wei Jun, which was simply countless.

The sudden explosion of explosives made Ling Tong also give up the order of the army to attack a little helplessly, and he had to arrange for some soldiers to start digging on the official road with halberds, what he needed to ensure was a safe road, not a dangerous road that could send them to the west at any time.

Ling Tong's approach made the Wei army's advance slower, which also made Cao Ren anxious, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, that is, this time, his 500,000 troops were likely to be difficult to return to Bupi City.

Originally, it was only a two-day journey, but the Wei army walked for ten days, and finally let them see the gate of Donghai City in the distance. When he walked here, many soldiers were relieved, and Ling Tong, the commander of the army, even wanted to cry, only he knew how worried he was in the past few days, and how heavy the loss was.

It's just that fortunately, he finally saw the gate of Donghai City, and he also saw some Zhang family light cavalry rushing into the city, which seemed to be that the other party also knew that he was scared and began to enter the city to hide.

"Send orders to the whole army, immediately bury the pot and make food, take a rest, and launch an attack on Donghai City in an hour." In order to repay the previous blood shame, Ling Tong almost had a hint of roaring when he said these words.

The Wei army began to get busy, and on the tower of Donghai City in front of them, some sleepers, rolling stones, fire oil and other things also appeared at this moment, looking from a distance, there was green smoke, obviously they were also doing the work of defending the city.

It's just that for these, Ling Tong really seems to have never seen it. The light cavalry of the Zhang family may be very good at kung fu immediately, or the level of bows and arrows is very good, but if it is said that the city defense battle, they will definitely not be opponents, at least under such a huge disparity in strength, they can attack the city tower even if they use a pile of people.

Ling Tong was full of confidence, and after an hour of the army had finished eating, he began to give the order to start attacking the city.

In order to create enough momentum, Ling Tongyi shot eight echelons, each of which had 5,000 people, a total of 40,000 people to attack the city together, and even he himself was caught in the siege army, obviously he wanted to be ashamed.

"Rush." With the momentum of the battle, the battle flag fluttered, and the Wei army, which was full of 40,000, was densely packed from far and near like locusts.

They either held siege ladders in their hands, or pushed the city carts, or they held shields in their hands and came towards Donghai City.

Two thousand meters... A thousand meters... Five hundred meters...

At this range, all the Wei troops needless to say raised their shields, as if they were always defending against bows and arrows that might be shot from above the tower.

That is, just after this action was completed, above the East China Sea Castle Tower, the rain of bows and arrows fell, and when they hit those shields, they made a clanging sound, like the music of an ambush on all sides, which made people feel a sense of sadness after listening to it.

Waves of bows and arrows were fired, but because the shield soldiers had already been prepared, the real lethality was very limited. When he saw that only a few soldiers had 0 bad luck with the arrows, and most of the sergeants had successfully come to the East China Sea City, General Ling Tong, as the leader, was naturally very happy, and even a little excited.

He guessed that defending the city was not the strong point of the Zhang family's light cavalry, and now it seems that it was so. It's just that he is still a little puzzled by the fact that the opponent's bow shooting level is so low, could it be said that they can only be powerful on horses, and if they really fight on such flat ground, the bow and arrow level will lag behind?

Although there are some puzzles, but thinking that he has come to the city of the East China Sea, and even the entire city is at his fingertips, this small puzzle has long been abandoned to the back of his mind, and now he will think about one point, that is, how to rush to the city and kill all the light cavalry of the Zhang family, so as to take revenge on himself.

"Rush, rush to the city, the other party is just a bow and arrow, and they are few, they will not be our opponents." As if he was worried that his army would not be able to exert enough combat power, Ling Tong loudly bewitched his soldiers.

In fact, there was no need for Ling Tong to order, the Wei army had already begun to attack the city tower with the help of the siege ladder, and they knew that at this time, they could only advance and not retreat, otherwise, they would be exposed to the opponent's bow and arrow.

Tens of thousands of soldiers began to attack the city with the help of siege ladders, and from a distance, the dense crowd was very spectacular. General Cao Ren, who came from behind, happened to see this scene, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, as long as Donghai City was captured, he would have a great possibility to withdraw to Xiapi City, and relying on the grain and grass that had been prepared there for a long time, there was no problem in wanting to defend it for a while.

A look of joy appeared on Cao Ren's face, but before he could get excited, a large number of soldiers wearing black armor suddenly appeared on the tower of Donghai City, and they saw the sleepers, rolling stones, and fire oil in their hands smashing towards the Wei army that was attacking.

The sudden counterattack caused the vanguard of the Wei army to suffer a lot of blows, and the soldiers who attacked the city with the help of cloud ladders lost as much as sixty percent. Fortunately, there was a group of soldiers who rushed up to the city tower by luck, and then the sound of swords and arrows hitting sounded, and they went upstairs.