Qin Feng only stayed on Hong Kong Island for seven days this time, and then he had to return to the Great Qi World ahead of schedule.

Feng Qingyun's personal morality was not good enough, but he was not mediocre and incompetent, and after making the decision, he summoned all the generals early the next morning and issued an order to start the war, and Yu Fangzhou led 10,000 troops to the front line to preside over the siege of the city.

After Yu Fangzhou silently received the order, he went out of the handsome tent to rectify the soldiers and horses.

This commander is nearly fifty years old, and his ability is decent, but his personality is a little old-fashioned, and it is rare that he is loyal to the imperial court, and he ignores Feng Qingyun's several hints and solicitations. This made the manager very unhappy, and this time he assigned this difficult task to him.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Yu Fangzhou was not a stupid person, so he naturally understood that this was Feng Qingyun's plan to kill people with a knife. He and the 10,000 people under him are all prepared to be used as cannon fodder to consume on the battlefield, and they are also bait to lure Zhao Yuanjin to show that mysterious killer feature.

No matter what the final outcome of this counterinsurgency battle is, he himself, together with these 10,000 soldiers and horses, is basically more than lucky.

It's a pity that knowing the result, Yu Fangzhou didn't have any way, after all, he was not the coach himself, Feng Qingyun was. The law in the army is strict, even if you are forced to die, you can only obey your fate.

Dare to object? I can order you to be pushed out and cut on the spot! Afterwards, you will be charged with "cowardice and fear" and "defying military orders", and you will not be able to live in peace if you die.

“…… General, what now? ”

In the tent, a young lieutenant asked anxiously.

"What else? Of course, they are ready to lead the army to attack the city. Yu Fangzhou said expressionlessly.

The lieutenant said angrily: "That bastard thing is Zhang Minxin's dog raised by an old thief, and he is planning to put you to death, is it just at his mercy......"

Yu Fangzhou's face changed, his eyes were as cold as a knife in an instant, and his power suddenly appeared, and he was so shocked that the captain was stunned.

After being quiet for a long time, the old commander made Youyou sigh and his expression softened. This lieutenant is his same clan, and he has some relatives, and he has been with him for many years, so he has some affection, and this time he is a little impulsive to speak because he is worried about his safety.

"Yu Zong, I know your thoughts, but there are some things that you and I can't control, what can you do now that things have come to this point?"

Yu Fangzhou said with a gloomy expression: "The Lu of the food monarch, the matter of loyalty to the king." I joined the army in 16 years, served the imperial court for more than 30 years, and experienced more than 100 wars, so it is a fluke to be able to survive until now. Now that he has died on the battlefield for the country, it is not in vain to work hard for this life......"

He paused for a moment, took out a tightly sealed package from under the table, looked at it for a while before handing it to the lieutenant, and said:

"Although you and I don't have the name of father and son, but I have always treated you as my own, and now there is nothing to say, this is my life savings, and I still have some experience in marching and fighting, so you can take it back to your hometown."

"The court has been decayed, the country is in charge, the society is overturned, and the Qiankun will change in less than ten years at most.

"General......" Yu Zong burst into tears, his voice choked.

Yu Fangzhou smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "The eldest husband stands up to the sky, life and death, why do you want to be this little daughter?" Let's go! ”

The lieutenant knelt down silently, kowtowed a few times, got up and left the camp and walked away.

A moment later, the sound of the horn resounded through the camp, the fence opened, and a large number of cold-looking soldiers poured out of the camp like a tide, pushing all kinds of siege equipment to the city wall under the shouts of the officers.

Under the banner, Yu Fangzhou rode a war horse and calmly issued dispatch orders.

This time is not as good as the last time Meng Luo besieged Jingnan County, at this time, Yangcheng County has sufficient grain, grass and armament, high morale, and it is destined to be a big battle.

On the city wall, the rebels had already been waiting for it, and many cauldrons were lined up, all of which were gold juice and boiling oil.

Gold juice, also known as gold soup, is the dung soup after decay and fermentation, and the frequency of this thing on the ancient battlefield was extremely high. Its efficacy is equivalent to that of a relatively primitive biochemical weapon, once it is splashed with boiling gold juice, it is inevitable that the skin will open and the flesh will bloom, and there is almost no cure, because it is impossible not to get infected.

The effect of boiling oil is similar, it is a sharp weapon in the defense of the city, of course, there is not much oil in this era, so the cost of use is higher. These on the city wall were all managed by Qin Feng.

At this moment, he was observing the military situation with Zhao Yuanjin in the city gate tower, the imperial army under the city was in formation, the archers phalanx had been launched, and pieces of arrows were constantly flying like a storm. So much so that the soldiers on the city wall hid behind the battlements of the city wall and protected their bodies with shields.

Farther away, with the aid of trebuchets, stones tumbling in the air and smashing down on the city walls with great momentum, shaking the towers slightly.

This can be regarded as the preparation of firepower in the era of cold weapons, and for a while, the city walls, towers, battlements, and passages were full of cracked stones and falling arrows, densely packed like hedgehogs. There were also many stones and arrows that crossed the walls and landed in the open spaces and residential areas behind.

After a few moments, the rain of arrows stopped, and in the dull and dense beat of drums, hundreds of soldiers rushed towards the city walls regardless of the various siege engines.

Lin Ke, the defender of the city, looked calm, staring coldly at the court troops that were gradually approaching under the city without saying a word, until they approached a certain distance, he waved his hand fiercely and ordered the arrows to be released.

Suddenly, arrows rained down on the city's head, and because of the acceleration of gravity, the penetration of the arrows when they fell was much stronger, and many soldiers who had no time to protect were hit by arrows, screaming and snorting endlessly.

The soldiers who had not been hit by the arrows raised their shields in unison, and continued to rush with their heads in a hurry, and some of the faster ones had already set up the ladder at the head of the city, and then climbed up desperately.

The rebels defending the city were condescending, and the big scoops of hot gold juice and boiling oil kept pouring down, and the soldiers who were splashed screamed and fell down one after another, breaking their tendons and breaking their bones.

In the offensive and defensive battle of the city, the defender has a natural advantage above the attacker, and the attacking side rushes from a hundred steps away with siege equipment, and the consumption of physical energy is not small. Then they had to climb to the top of the city from the bottom up, braving the dense blows of the enemy above, and the casualties on the way were four or five out of ten.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: "The first army is to attack and plan, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city." ”

"The ants will be invincible and the ants will possess it, and those who kill a third of the soldiers and the city will not be uprooted, and this attack will also be a disaster."

This means that the most clever strategy is to fight between two countries, and to surrender without a fight is the most clever strategy, followed by to thwart the diplomacy of the enemy country and isolate it, and then to defeat the enemy army, as for attacking the enemy country's cities, in fact, it is the most inferior and least cost-effective way.

The general couldn't hold back his anger and drove his soldiers to climb the ladder to attack the city like ants, but the soldiers suffered one-third casualties, and the city still could not be conquered, which was the disaster of the siege.

The famous Tang general Ge Shuhan led more than 60,000 people to attack the strategic place of Shibao City, because of the dangerous terrain, only 400 Tubo soldiers defended the city, so that the Tang army paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties to conquer.

In the Battle of Diaoyu City at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongol army attacked for many years without any solution, and even the Great Khan Meng Ge was seriously wounded and died under the city.

Therefore, in the era of cold weapons, the casualty rate in the offensive and defensive battles of the city has always been high, even if the famous generals are leading the army.

Now in the face of Yangcheng County, which has complete defense measures and sufficient food, grass and ordnance, and Qin Feng secretly spares no effort to provide logistical support, it is not ordinarily difficult for the imperial army to capture this city.

Three consecutive days passed, and the imperial army suffered heavy casualties, but there was no progress at all.