Chapter 652: Coming Early

In terms of how to persuade Emperor Lai to cooperate with the Night Kingdom, after a certain period of consideration, Zhao Wu already had a certain plan. Of course, before taking concrete action, Zhao Wu still had to wait for the news from Yedu, at least after understanding Lan Ce's decision, he could have further plans.

It had been three days since the coalition army arrived, and after discussing with the ministers at a certain stage, Lan Ce had already sent someone to ask for Zhao Wu's opinion.

Luo Tiandao is willing to give the Night Kingdom a chance, in the final analysis, it is still for the sake of the Zhao brothers, because now it is the two brothers Zhao Wu and Zhao Xu who really support the Night Kingdom. If Zhao Wu was willing to surrender to the Luotian Great Power, Lan Ce naturally had no opinion; if Zhao Wu was unwilling to surrender, as the lord of a country, he chose to resist the war at the beginning, and now Lan Ce will not change.

The herald was on his way to the Blue Moon Pass, and it didn't take long for Zhao Wu to receive a message from the Night Capital, but the content of the message might be different from what he thought. In any case, the ten-day period was a reprieve period that Qiu Sanjie had left for the Night Kingdom.

In the next few days, Lan Ce had to wait for feedback from several other countries on the one hand, and Zhao Wu's opinion on the other hand, and in the case that Lan Ce and those ministers could not make a final decision, it seemed that the power to decide the fate of the Night Kingdom had completely fallen into Zhao Wu's hands. As a result, the pressure on Zhao Wu will only increase.

Putting aside the situation of the Night Kingdom and the Luo Tian Great Kingdom, Fancheng, it has been two days since Lin Xuanzhong returned to the camp in a blink of an eye.

Early in the morning of the third day, Lin Xuanzhong received the above information not long after he arrived at the school field. The coalition forces outside the city behaved differently this morning, and before dawn, wisps of smoke were already rising from the camp. The smoke covered the entire coalition camp like a mist, and it was obvious that it was not the craftsmen in the army who got up early to work, but all the soldiers who got up early.

For Zhao Xu, the news from the spies was a sign that a war was coming. After Zhao Xu confirmed that the news was correct, he immediately issued a military order to prepare for war, and the information Lin Xuanzhong received was naturally to stop training and prepare for battle.

Next, according to Zhao Xu's request, Lin Xuanzhong arranged troops in the city and under the city with other generals, and waited until the military forces were properly arranged before going to Zhao Xu with some generals to return to Zhao Xu.

At the same time, the combined forces of Fei and Yang were already on their way to Fancheng. Thirty miles, according to the normal pace of the march, not two hours. At this moment, there is already an hour before the coalition army departs, in short, there is still an hour or so before the coalition army can reach Fancheng.

After getting the personnel arrangement information conveyed by Lin Xuanzhong and others, Zhao Xu ordered Li Jianran to personally inspect the military situation to confirm whether he was fully prepared.

Due to the limited space in the city, most of the soldiers were deployed under the city, and the distribution was roughly the same as before. Facing the city gate was still the cavalry, and on both sides of the cavalry were archers and infantry phalanxes that crossed in turn, and the front row of personnel was 100 meters away from the city wall to prevent the enemy from attacking with bows and arrows.

After several battles, the number of cavalry of the Night Army had decayed to 30,000. Because there are no extra horses, the cavalry camp cannot replenish the number of people for the time being, but as the side guarding the pass, the military strength of the cavalry has little impact on the defense of the city.

In contrast to the cavalry, the 160,000 men were mostly infantry, because those recruits were best suited to start as infantry. As the main force defending the city, it is currently facing the coalition forces, and the infantry will be the main force of the night army.

In order to ensure his victory, Zhao Xu had ordered people to prepare enough things in the city earlier. Logs, stones, and oil were piled up on one side of the wall, making the wall narrow.

By the time Li Jianran reported the situation to Zhao Xu again after inspecting the city and the city, everything in the city was ready, just waiting for the enemy army to arrive. Regardless of whether the enemy army wants to capture Fancheng in one fell swoop, or to test the combat strength of the night army, no matter what today, Zhao Xu must hold Fancheng. Therefore, before the arrival of the coalition army, Zhao Xu made a special speech to motivate the army.

By the time the following arrangements were made, it was less than half an hour before the enemy army arrived in Fancheng. And in the past time, Zhao Xu received another message. When the coalition army was halfway there, the 500,000-strong army rested for a while, and when it set out again, it was divided into two parts, the front and rear, and the 100,000-strong vanguard army set out first.

This time the enemy army may not have the intention of fighting a decisive battle with the night army, but it also means that it will not be a simple trial, of course, how far the two sides can fight today still needs to be proved by time.

In a state of tension and solemnity, half an hour passed in a hurry. The vanguard, which had been separated from the main force, a total of 100,000 sergeants under the banner of raising the country, had arrived in Fancheng. As soon as the 100,000 soldiers arrived, an enemy general came straight out of the army and rode a fierce horse to the city, approaching without fear that the archers in the city would attack him.

When the man stopped, all the Night Army generals in the city looked at the man in unison. "This general Qi Wei, I don't know if there are enemy generals in the city who dare to go down to the city to fight?" Under the attention of a group of night army generals, Qi Wei made a brief introduction and explained his intentions.

After understanding the intention of the enemy generals, the generals in the city frowned, they had the intention to go down to the battle, but when they thought that the enemy generals might have some tricks when they came to shout for the battle, they did not dare to act rashly. Besides, whether to fight or not is up to Zhao Xu to decide.

As a person who had almost concluded that the enemy army would not come to attack the city in the near future, Zhao Xu was very surprised in the face of the sudden dispatch of the coalition army today. At the same time, the unexpected actions of the enemy made Zhao Xu sense a hint of danger, so before the enemy army really arrived, Zhao Xu seized the time to convene the generals to discuss the matter.

In less than half an hour, Zhao Xu and the generals had already analyzed the reasons for the enemy's attack in advance, no matter how different their analysis results were from the enemy's true purpose, Zhao Xu had clearly emphasized that they must hold Fancheng today.

A few days ago, Zhao Xu had already made certain arrangements to deal with the siege of the coalition forces, and today he only needs to deal with the coalition forces according to the previous arrangements.

Time was tight, and after assigning the general affairs, Zhao Xu and his party hurriedly came to the city tower with a group of generals.

"Marshal, do you want to send someone down to deal with the enemy generals below?" As soon as Zhao Xu arrived, the generals who had been defending the city came over to report the situation.

"Don't bother with them," Standing on the city tower and glancing down, the figure of an enemy general appeared in sight, I don't know who it is, and Zhao Xu is not interested in knowing.

"Yes," Zhao Xu's instructions were obtained, and the general who asked him agreed.

"Is Marshal Zhao in the city? The general Xing Wei, the commander of the Yangguo Cavalry Battalion, also asked Marshal Zhao to point the battle," when Zhao Xu and the others who had just arrived looked at Qi Wei below, Qi Wei also noticed a group of people who had just arrived in the city. According to Zhao Xu's dress that was obviously different from that of other generals and the direction he was in, Qi Wei immediately guessed Zhao Xu's identity.

"General Qi, go back, Ben Shuai will not send someone to fight against you," Qi Wei below was sharp, although the content of his speech to Zhao Xu was normal, but his tone was full of provocation, and his words made the generals in the city change color. Even if many generals didn't think about going down to fight just now, now they all couldn't help but go down to teach Qi Wei a lesson.

Unlike the reactions of those generals, as the commander of the three armies, Zhao Xu was not so easily provoked by Qi Wei. However, Zhao Xu also understood that Qi Wei's real purpose was the generals next to him, so before some generals asked for orders, Zhao Xu responded to Qi Wei first: "General Qi, the battle between the two armies is not decided by the generals of both sides, so why fight before the battle?"

"Doesn't the marshal know that our Yangguo warriors like to compete and don't want the beauty of adults?" Qi Wei below was obviously so easy to give up, and after a brief consideration, he directly took out their Yangguo customs and talked about things.

"Your Yangguo martial arts cultivators do like to fight martial arts, but war is not a simple personal competition, it's not that the marshal doesn't want to be an adult, it's just that this kind of competition is meaningless," Regarding the fact that Yangguo martial arts cultivators like to fight martial arts, Zhao Xu naturally has some understanding, but this is not important, it is just a reason for Qi Wei to entangle, and Zhao Xu will not change his decision because of this.

"How is the preparation in the city?" After responding strongly to Xing Wei, Zhao Xu turned to look at a general in the city,

"Marshal Hui, it has already been arranged," the general who reported the news to Zhao Xu before hurriedly replied.

After receiving the reply from his subordinates, Zhao Xu glanced at both sides of the city tower a few times. On the walls of the city several hundred meters long on both sides, two archers guarded each battlement. When the enemy forces attack the city, those archers will make the first round of resistance to the enemy army.

Behind the two archers were two infantrymen, who were in charge of defending the city after the archers retreated, and behind them, the long walls alternately placed at intervals with the items needed to defend the city. Logs, stones, and oil, the stones are light, and the rolling logs are heavy. Stones are used to prevent a small number of enemies from climbing the city, and logs are used to prevent a large number of enemies from climbing the city, so stones are usually used first, and logs are used when the enemy's offensive increases.

Unlike stones and logs, the reserve of fire oil is small, but the effect is large, so according to Zhao Xu's requirements, it can only be used at a critical moment. Earlier, there was not much fire oil collected in Fancheng, and Zhao Xu originally planned to use it when the two sides were fighting a decisive battle, but although the enemy army poured out today, the possibility of a decisive battle with the night army was very small, so if it was not necessary, the night army would not use fire oil.

Today's personnel and material arrangements in the city are the result of discussion between Zhao Xu and the generals after consultation using their previous combat experience, which is not only conducive to their own control of the game situation, but also can deal with all kinds of game situations. Of course, these are only the calculations of Zhao Xu and the generals, and it remains to be verified whether they can achieve the expected utility in wartime.

In addition, there are four stairs on both sides of the tower, each staircase is four or five meters wide, and the reserve personnel below are all going up to the city through the stairs. The four ladders can ensure that the personnel are replenished, as long as there is no complete rout of his side, Zhao Xu does not have to worry about the enemy troops in the city having more troops than his own.