All the Western Chu soldiers in this battle were listless and very boring.

The corpses of countless North Vietnamese soldiers have been left under the three-foot-high city walls, with blood flying and stumps and severed arms. But instead of being timid, the other party became more and more courageous, erected ladders one after another, tried to climb the city wall again and again, and was killed and retreated by the Western Chu soldiers on the wall again and again.

There has never been such a battle, obviously the opponent's number is less than his own, and it is clear that the opponent is running for hundreds of miles and traveling long distances, but instead of facing the head-on attack, the Xichu side has to shrink back and shrink their hands, so that the Western Chu soldiers who are used to charging into battle and fighting with all their strength are very unaccustomed.

This raid lasted for three hours, and because of Nalan Ye's order, no Western Chu soldiers dared to fight with all their might, for fear of scaring the other party away. However, the North Vietnamese soldiers thought that the Western Chu side was afraid, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and they rushed up desperately, lingering like a rising tide.

In the city lord's mansion, Yong'an was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, but he could only restrain himself: "Marshal, it's been three hours, Pu Ning Taishou Wei Changlun has been scolding outside, saying that Marshal you are famous as it is better to meet, straw bales embroidered pillows, and scolded you for being a turtle with a shrunken head, and you dare not fight with him." Marshal, all our brothers are eager to rush out and kill that Wei Changlun, but ......"

However, their Lord Chu issued a death order, not allowed to go out of the city, but only defended, and must refrain from fighting. Yong'an was so aggrieved that he wanted to cry, how could there be anything like this, this is not like the style of Lord Chu Wang!

"What, Yong'an, this king seems to want to go out and fight?" Nalan Yeyun closed the file about the migrating cityfolk lightly, and finally raised his head to look at him.

As if he had a chance, Yongan nodded hurriedly: "Why don't you want to!" Marshal, you don't know how ugly Wei Changlun's scolding is, the brothers are going crazy, and they can't wait to chop him to death. Originally, our side had enough troops, and Pu Ning's side was 100,000 people, so what? Not at all our opponents! ”

"Then tell me, if this king asks you to fight them at the beginning, what will be the victory or defeat, how will the casualties be, and how long will it take?"

Yong'an's spirits perked up, the King of Chu wanted to consider his personal ability, and then decide whether he wanted him to play?! Suddenly, Yong'an began to calculate, combined with the military information learned from the outside, as well as the ability, combat power, etc., of this batch of 100,000 troops from Puning County and Beiyue Capital, and seriously deduced it in his mind.

"Marshal, if you let your subordinates lead the troops, as long as you give me 10,000 cavalry, you can disperse the opponent's offensive as soon as possible. After all, we are waiting for work, although the other party is menacing, but tired and strong, and we have won two games in a row, it is the time for the momentum to be like a rainbow......"

Yongan said endlessly: "So, the subordinates assured the marshal that it only takes two, uh...... In three hours at most, the subordinates will be able to finish the first attack and win a big victory. As for whether Wei Changlun's head can be taken, his subordinates dare not guarantee it, but leaving them with 20,000 or 30,000 people, there is absolutely no problem. ”

Leaving 20,000 or 30,000 people means killing 20,000 or 30,000 enemies, Yong'an is still conservatively estimated, and it is possible to have more.

Not being infected by Yong'an's rhetoric, Nalan Ye said lightly: "Then how much will our army lose?" ”

"This ......"

Yongan swallowed all of a sudden, and said half-loudly: "The two armies are fighting, and casualties are inevitable, and the subordinates estimate ...... There may be seven or eight thousand casualties on our side, but ......" for fear that Nalan Ye would think he was incompetent, he immediately raised his voice again: "But Marshal, my subordinates guarantee that it will not exceed eight thousand, compared to the thirty or forty thousand dead and wounded in North Vietnam, our casualties can be regarded as a great victory." ”

Nalan Ye looked at him with a smile: "Eight thousand, it doesn't seem to be much, but Yong'an, do you know that the soldiers outside have been fighting with Pu Ning's reinforcements for three hours, and now what are our casualties?" ”

Yongan couldn't help but be stunned, just now he saw that the war outside was basically stable, and the marshal didn't allow them to go all out anyway, so he simply withdrew. I remember that when he left, everyone was still strong and comfortable, and the number of casualties was ...... It seems that there are only a few hundred reports, right?

If you don't come out of the city, the other party can't attack it, they have a lot of manpower, and if they are tired, they will replace the next batch on top, just afraid that they can fight for another three hours. But on the other hand, on Pu Ning's side, Wei Changlun also seemed to be a little tired, those North Vietnamese soldiers attacked for a few hours, but it had no effect, and it seemed that they were getting more and more bored. Seeing countless corpses piled up under the city wall, they seemed to be getting more and more exhausted, and they were afraid that they would hold on for another half an hour at most......

However, it seems that there are indeed no casualties on the side of Xichu! In this way, even though the city is closed and the strength is preserved, it still achieves an unimaginable victory?

At this moment, there seemed to be a drum beat outside, which was different from the rhythm that Yong'an was familiar with.

It was the drumbeat of the North Vietnamese, and they finally retreated!

After fighting for more than three hours, only a few thousand corpses were left, wasting strength and losing the fighting spirit, but they were never able to break Shuyang City. Wei Changlun was forced to be helpless, and finally retreated!

It was only at this time that Yongan seemed to understand something, he looked at Nalan Ye with a bamboo in his chest in a daze, looked at the brilliance that he had expected a long time ago, and once again admired the five-body cast.

"Marshal, you ......"

"Got it, Yong'an?" Nalan Ye seemed to be a little more relaxed and looked at him with a smile.

Now that he understands, but he doesn't understand everything, Yong'an nodded and scratched his scalp: "Understood, marshal, but the subordinates are still ...... Still a little incomprehensible. Even if we were able to avoid the peak of the North Vietnamese soldiers' fighting spirit, and use the defense of the city to reduce the casualties of our army and consume the strength of the other side, we will always defend the city. Even if thousands of people have died on Pu Ning's side, they still have an army of 90,000 after all. Now that the other side has withdrawn and is all stationed outside the city, wouldn't it just besiege all of us in the city, if we don't ...... as soon as possible?"

This is what Yongan does not understand.

At present, it seems that the Western Chu side has the advantage, and a North Vietnamese rescue battle was dragged down by them, and the enemy suffered heavy losses in the first battle, and they only sacrificed a few hundred soldiers, which is almost negligible. But Shuyang is not a city in Western Chu after all, they can occupy the geography but there is no one, and once the supplies are exhausted, the North Vietnamese people in the city will definitely not support them. At that time, if they are besieged by the North Vietnamese army outside the city, the people in the city will be eyeing them again, but they are afraid that they will really become trapped beasts in the end.

If it weren't for the fact that the person who gave this military order was Nalan Ye, the victory of Western Chu, and the invincible existence in the minds of all their soldiers, I was afraid that Yuan Xing and Yongan would have raised objections at that time.

With doubts in his eyes, Yongan seemed to understand whether he understood or not, he knew that Nalan Ye must have thought of a plan a long time ago, and he would do it as soon as the time came.

But he has followed the prince for many years, but he just can't figure it out, he's so stupid!

Unexpectedly, Nalan Ye pressed his palm on the table, stood up, and a majestic momentum arose spontaneously: "So, Yong'an, we must take advantage of Pu Ning's army to be tired and kill him by surprise tonight!" ”

In a word, Yong'an finally completely understood Nalan Ye's plan, he deliberately designed it, using the geographical advantages of Shuyang City to limit the other party's menacing raid, so that the Western Chu soldiers could preserve their strength, and at the same time, they were also weaker than the other party. When the North Vietnamese army, which had fought fiercely for more than three hours, returned in vain, it was a time to rest in frustration, but they attacked overnight and began to meet the moment of real battle.

A stream of hot blood suddenly swam all over his body, Yong'an trembled with excitement, and responded loudly: "Yes, Marshal!" ”

Soon, the two sides of the collection returned to their respective camps, and the North Vietnamese army from Pu Ninh traveled a long distance and fought fiercely for more than three hours, which was the time of fatigue. After that, they set up camp to rest, live and cook, and prepare for the next day's battle.

But in Shuyang City, it's a different story.

All the soldiers of Western Chu also had a full meal, three bowls of rice per person, plus a large pot of broth, and they were full. But then instead of returning to the camp to rest, everyone began to assemble, and the charging cavalry had quietly assembled in front of the city gate, followed by heavily armed infantry, armed with long swords and shields, and waited only for the time to come, and then opened the door and went out of the city, and entered the North Vietnamese camp.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and finally it was all dark, and all the soldiers of Western Chu were unmoved, all of them were ready to go, and the whole city was brightly lit, but it was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere. The houses were still closed, the shops were closed, and there were no people in Beiyue City to be seen on the streets, except for groups of Western Chu soldiers waiting to go out of the city to kill the enemy.

Everyone knows that this is a tactic set by their King of Chu, showing the enemy to be weak, and waiting to counterattack when the enemy is unprepared.

Just when everyone was full of confidence and preparing for a big battle, an unexpected situation happened.

It was getting late, but the snow was falling. At first, there was still sporadic light snow, but in half an hour, it turned into goose feather heavy snow, and it fell in a row, and soon covered up the Western Chu soldiers gathered on the street into snowmen.

Under the military order, no one dared to instigate, it was just a snowfall, in fact, it was a beautiful thing, bringing perfect cover for the sneak attack of Western Chu, and it would not be noticed by the North Vietnamese army. It's a pity that as time passes, some soldiers shiver from the cold and can't support it.

The usual exercises, standing upright and standing these have never been less, how can it be that it is not stable in a few hours now? If Yuan Shuai knows, he is afraid that he will be punished by dozens of military sticks. The cold and shivering soldiers could only grit their teeth, not daring to make a sound, who knew that the snow did not stop, but the time for the attack did not come, but they finally couldn't bear it.

When the first soldier who was frozen fell, he was immediately dragged out by the captain of the team, but before he could be punished and reprimanded, dozens of soldiers fell, trembling one by one, and couldn't even hold their guns.

But in a quarter of an hour, even among the cavalry ranks, there were those who had been frozen and fell off their horses, and there were more than two or three, which finally caught the attention of Nalan Ye.

At this critical time, such a thing happened, if these soldiers were frozen and fell down when they were charging into battle, it would be a sacrifice in vain.

Nalan was furious, thinking that these soldiers were usually lacking in training, and they couldn't support them when they were on the field. As soon as I inquired about the inspection, I learned that everyone was frozen by the heavy snow, and they couldn't stand it and fell down.

For such a strange reason, the captain of a squad couldn't help it on the spot, and dragged up a weak soldier under him who was about to freeze and scolded......

No, it's not cotton, it's a reed flower!

The winter clothes to keep out the cold are not warm cotton, but worthless reed flowers!

Only then did everyone understand the reason why so many soldiers froze and fell, and when they found out that something was wrong, they immediately reported it to Nalan Ye. Nalan Yeqi, who understood the reason, turned pale, and directly slashed the desk with a sword, and at the same time canceled the night attack plan.

After an overnight inspection, the quartermaster inspected all the winter clothes that had just arrived, and found that 10,000 of the winter clothes that had been delivered this time were fakes of reed flowers, which could not keep warm at all. The whole army was shaken, and everyone angrily denounced the Ministry of War for being greedy for military supplies, and demanded that Nalan Ye immediately play and investigate the matter.