The suspension bridge was slowly lowered, the gate of Liangdu was opened, and Jiao Hongjin and Ren Meimei came out with more than a dozen subordinates.

came back with Long Tao, in addition to Rong Jiaojiao and Dong Shuni's two daughters, there were also young generals Pei Xingyan and fifty good players he selected from the army.

The group entered the city lord's mansion, and after the arrangements were made, Long Tao, Jiao Hongjin, Ren Meimei and other leaders came to the council hall and sat down.

"Why do you close the gates in broad daylight? As far as I know, it will take three to five days to arrive. Long Tao asked.

Jiao Hongjin replied: "Yu Wenhua and want to loot grain and grass along the way, it is true that the march is slow, but since the news that the virtual army division is going to take 30,000 Praetorian Guards to the north, Yu Wenhua has accelerated his speed, and he can't care about looting grain and grass, and wants to take Liangdu before the reinforcements arrive, and he may arrive at any time in the next few days, and Luo Dangjia has already gone to inquire about the news in person." ”

Long Tao smiled and said, "The action is really fast enough!" The news was spread so quickly, with the help of Yu Wenhua's army, Du Fuwei and Shen Lun must be convinced this time! ”

Ren Meimei changed color and said: "Listen to the king's meaning, is it just a bluff for the reinforcements of the virtual army division?" ”

"Yes, the purpose of the 30,000 Praetorian Guards is Jiangdu, and going north is just a pretense!" Long Tao nodded.

This time, even Jiao Hongjin's face changed: "Then how do we defend Liangdu?" There are 50,000 horses on the other side! ”

"Hongjin rest assured, I have recruited Shen Luoyan, Pei Renji and other generals of the Wagang Army, and they have another 8,000 strange soldiers lying outside the city, as long as they are used properly, they will definitely be able to break the Yu culture and join forces with Wang Kuijie."

After hearing this, the two of them stretched their brows slightly, but they still had a sad face, with 8,000 against 50,000, it seems that anyone is more defeated and less victorious.

At this time, Luo Qifei walked in quickly.

"I've seen the king!"

"Has you found out the exact news?"

Luo Qifei reported with a solemn face: "Yu Wenhua's 20,000 horses passed through Ji County overnight last night, and at this moment they are temporarily stationed seventy miles northeast of Liangdu, cutting down trees, replenishing siege equipment, and waiting to join Wang Kuijie's army. ”

Long Tao asked, "When will Wang Kuijie's army arrive?" ”

"Tomorrow at noon, you can meet with Yu Wenhua, and the coalition army will be able to arrive at the outside of the Liangdu at dusk to set up camp in the village, if Yu Wenhua is anxious, you can attack the city early the day after tomorrow, but at that time the soldiers are tired, and it is really unwise to attack strongly, so it is estimated that they will start attacking the city after noon the day after tomorrow."

Long Tao nodded and said: "Qifei's analysis is very reasonable, let's prepare the equipment to defend the city first, fight a beautiful battle to defend the city, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and at the same time boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city." ”

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The drums shook the sky, and the army outside the city began to advance slowly, the armor and blades of the soldiers shone brightly in the midday sun, and tens of thousands of people advanced together, as if they were stepping on the steps of death, pressing step by step.

The atmosphere in the city was oppressive.

Jiao Hongjin, Ren Meimei, Luo Qifei, Rong Jiaojiao, Dong Shuni and others all looked solemn, after all, these people had never experienced such a large-scale offensive and defensive battle, and it was inevitable that they were a little at a loss when they saw the scene of the army pressing the border for the first time.

On the contrary, Pei Xingyan beside him not only had no fear, but also looked eager to try.

Long Tao took in everyone's reactions, pointed to the continuous camp behind the enemy army, and said: "It should be about 22,000 people, it seems that the enemy has been camped overnight after marching, and his physical strength has not completely recovered, otherwise Yu Wenhua and Wang Kuijie can go out with the whole army and attack in one go, instead of only dividing half of the people as they are now, taking turns to attack the city." ”

Luo Qifei said movingly: "The king has a good eye, and he can see the number of enemies at a glance, and his flying is only an approximate one until this moment!" ”

"If you see too much, you will naturally have some experience." Long Tao smiled indifferently and said in a confident tone: "The morale is not high, the hasty attack, Yu Wenhua and make these mistakes, this battle will definitely be in vain!" ”

Jiao Hongjin frowned and said: "The other party has so many people, if we scatter and attack the city from all sides, we are afraid that we will not be able to take care of it." ”

Long Tao smiled and said, "Is it so easy to attack the city? If they can't find a breakthrough point, they will waste their troops in vain if they disperse, and they may not have the ability to disperse their forces, if they want to attack a certain city wall, they must first fill a certain section of the moat, I estimate, they attacked in such a hurry, it would be good to have a thousand trench filling vehicles, at most it would be enough to attack a city wall! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the enemy's army slowly stopped, the drums sounded again, and the siege equipment passed the front row of infantry and continued to advance.

At the forefront is the "shrimp toad cart", which is actually modified from a wheelbarrow cart for transporting goods, with an arrow plate on it to protect the soldiers of the cart, and the cart is loaded with mud and stones, which can be pushed directly into the trench, which is used to fill the river.

Behind are large siege machines such as ladders, logs, and crashes, and the moat is filled in order to create a wide enough passage for these large machines to reach the city and help the soldiers either climb the city or break down the door.

Without the help of these weapons, even if the soldiers rushed under the city walls, they could only cry out in vain, should they be allowed to climb the city walls and hit the city gates with their bare hands? Siege like that would be a joke!

Since the beginning of the city, siege has always been the next choice in warfare, and it is often the most difficult and tragic step, because it requires not only the support of various equipment, but also the number of people far outnumbering the defenders of the city.

When everyone saw that there were only seven or eight hundred "shrimp and toad cars" in front of them, they all deeply admired Long Tao's insight and judgment.

Long Tao sighed secretly in his heart, if he had transferred Chen Laomou to Liangdu first, he could have made some siege equipment as soon as possible to deal with those siege equipment.

However, fortunately, he still has a trick he learned from the original plot where Kou Zhong guarded Liangdu, and he should be able to deal with today's battle.

At this time, the shrimp toad car that was walking in the front was already approaching the moat.

"Bring the bow!"

Long Tao shouted.

Rong Jiaojiao beside her handed a strong bow, and with the other hand, she took out an arrow from her quiver and waited.

Long Tao bent his bow and set up arrows, and swished and shot ten arrows in a row.

The anti-arrow board of the shrimp toad car can block the bow and arrows shot from above, but it can't stop Long Tao's magic arrow that can be locked with his mind and can turn halfway.

The ten soldiers in front of the cart fell to the ground with arrows, and the wheelbarrow also toppled aside, and the procession of carts suddenly rioted.

On the city wall, there were earth-shattering cheers, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians was greatly boosted.

"The king's divine arrow is invincible!" Pei Xingyan looked excited and applauded loudly.

The horn sounded in the enemy line, and a group of soldiers rushed out from behind, rushed to the fallen toad cart, replaced the dead cart soldiers, and the river reclamation convoy continued to move forward under the order, and increased its speed.

The expressions of the people in the city became tense again.

After all, no matter how high Long Tao's archery skills are, he can't take care of hundreds of cars at the same time.

"When they fill the river, they will attack with bows and arrows, and only let those who are good at archery shoot arrows, there is no need to waste too many arrows!" Long Tao concentrated on archery while passing down the order.

It is only when the toad cart dumps mud and rocks that it is possible to expose the people pushing the cart, and the average archer, only by grasping that moment, can shoot the enemy, in general, the bow and arrow can only do limited damage to these protective instruments.

After an hour, the enemy finally filled in two sections of wide passages on the moat, and large siege vehicles such as ladders and crash cars crossed the moat and slowly advanced towards the city wall.

The protective measures of these instruments are stronger, and the baffle is covered with raw cowhide made of medicine, which is fire-resistant and strong, not to mention arrows, and it is difficult to hurt the pusher below by throwing stones.

At this time, only Long Tao's ideological arrows can play a lethal role, but because there are many people pushing under each big car, shooting one or two people has little impact, and in fact, it can't play much of an obstructive role.

Soon, the siege engines arrived at the city walls, and the two sides entered a scorching offensive and defensive battle with close combat.

The soldiers and civilians defending the city used boulders and boiling oil to prevent the enemy from climbing the city wall, and a large number of men were gathered at the city gate to deal with the enemy's collision.

The siege army continued to send infantry, rushing to the city wall one after another, of course they knew that the city wall was a Shura field of nine deaths, but there were sword and axe hands behind to supervise the battle, and the latter was immediately beheaded, and everyone could only move forward bravely.

The enemies under the city gathered more and more, and the battle became more and more fierce, and everyone seemed to be red-eyed, and seemed to turn a deaf ear to the shouts and roars in their ears.

Rong Jiaojiao took Dong Shuni to carry out light skills on the city wall, and killed the enemy soldiers who climbed up, and several other generals were even more desperate.

Yu Wenhua and Wang Kuijie's handsome banner appeared in front of the battle, and the enemy's army had already pressed with all their might.

Long Tao knew that it was time, and the order was passed down, and the city began to smash down all kinds of dead branches and broken trees, some of which were thrown far away, and smashed into the enemies who were flocking to the city wall in the distance.

Yu Wenhua and other enemy generals didn't care, and thought that there were no boulders in the city to roll oil, and the city slope was imminent.

"Ignition!"

Long Tao let out a loud shout and shot a rocket at the same time.

Torches fell one after another on the city, and a sea of fire suddenly became within ten zhang of the city wall!

The screams of misery resounded in a large area under the city, and the people who were on fire could not care about anything else, and rushed out in horror, although all kinds of siege vehicles were coated with fireproof drugs, but they could not stand the barbecue for a long time, and they were on fire.

The retreating "fire men" further expanded the fire, and all the enemy soldiers under the city turned around and fled for their lives, disrupting the rear formation.

Yu Wenhua and Wang Kuijie knew that the defeat had been achieved, so they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and retreat to the rear camp with the brigade.

Cheers of victory rang out in the city of Liangdu.