"What if you hit the city gate?" Yuan Wuxing was not polite this time, and fought back directly, "Instead of sitting in the city like this, it is better to fight hard!

Yuan Wuxing's words made everyone here change color, Yuan Wuxing actually thought that he couldn't hold it, which was also the worst plan, but such a desperate bet, once it was broken, it would really be a complete defeat, who would bear this responsibility?

Even if it was Yuan Huaiqing, he didn't dare to make this decision easily.

The combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou army only began to really show at this time, and the performance of the previous few days was just an abnormal performance of the Ziqing army when it first entered the run-in state, and now that it has been fighting for so long, the officers and non-commissioned officers of the armies, the cooperation between the armies, and the cooperation between the strong crossbowmen, instruments and magicians have also begun to tacitly understand, and then launch a blow in this way, the Caizhou army is a little unbearable.

Yuan Wuxing's proposal to let go of the center and strengthen the two wings, in fact, is to take advantage of the momentum of the Xuzhou army's direct drive to launch a flank attack from both wings, although this idea is good, but the risk is also very large, this long drive is actually not a long drive at all, it is just one or two thousand steps, there are streets and alleys in the middle, the cavalry can not play out, if you get out of the way, its army comes in, can the two wings flank attack achieve the expected effect?

If it can't be reached, and the enemy's attack power is too strong, it is really like what Yuan Wenliang said, if it hits the city gate, it may be a battle of collapse.

But if you don't, is there any other way to fight back?

Yuan Huaiqing looked at the generals whispering, obviously a little undecided about Yuan Wuxing's proposal, while Yuan Wuwei remained silent, as if he was also thinking about whether Yuan Wuxing's proposal was feasible.

"Yonghui, Erlang, what do you think of Lao Qi's opinion?" Yuan Huaiqing's gaze looked at Zhao Yonghui and Zhao Tong.

Zhao Yonghui and Zhao Tong are the backbone of the Zhao family, with the rapid expansion of Caizhou's sphere of influence, the Zhao family, the Xue family and the He family who finally joined in have gained great room for development, like the newly recovered Chenzhou, which was originally the base camp of the He family, and now it has been greatly expanded, and Yingbo Erzhou is the territory of the Yuan family to reward Zhao and Xue, Song Zhou is too important for Caizhou, and these families are very wise to maintain restraint.

Zhao Yonghui and Zhao Tong exchanged glances, Zhao Yonghui muttered: "Qilang's point of view is a bit risky, but in addition, it seems that we can't find a suitable way to counterattack, fight for attrition, the Xuzhou army is determined to consume us, troops, equipment, and techniques, they all have the advantage, and they obviously have some preparations in the use of tactics, but we don't have enough experience, maybe we should do a good job of how to deal with things once things are bad." ”

Yuan Huaifang's face turned cold, "Yonghui, you are too pessimistic!"

"Brother Huaifang, it's not that I'm pessimistic, in order to fight this battle, we have evacuated all the mobile forces in Chenzhou and Bozhou, and the rest of the army is also known to you, they are all newly recruited, and after a short training, it is purely to send to death on the battlefield, which is meaningless. "Zhao Yonghui and Yuan Huaifang have always had a good relationship, so they don't have so many scruples, "We can't just focus on this battle, we need to consider longer-term interests, we need to look farther, losing Songzhou is unacceptable, but we still have Caizhou, Chenzhou and Yingbo two states, millions of people, enough to support our development for a long time in the future, of course, I don't mean to give up Songzhou, at least Xiangyi, Gushu, Ningling, Zhecheng is still in our hands, and we can consider other means to solve the Songzhou problem, and I think Xuzhou should also consider this. ”

Zhao Yonghui's words have a deep meaning, Yuan Huaiqing and Yuan Huaifang, and even Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing understand it, but this means that they have to admit the possibility of losing this battle, which is unacceptable to everyone.

Yuan Huaiqing shook his head, Zhao Yonghui is too pessimistic, but if it continues like this, I am afraid that the pessimistic mood will be even heavier, so it is necessary to fight a tough battle, even if it is really defeated, it can also boost morale.

"Okay, I think Lao Qi's opinion is acceptable, we have to fight this battle, I decided, according to Lao Qi's opinion, specific planning, Lao Qi, you immediately organize people to come out, this battle, we must all go into battle, we must give the Xuzhou army a lesson, otherwise it will be difficult for us to speak hard words in the future." Yuan Huaiqing finally made a decision, "Use all the magicians and instruments, and fight this battle as the last battle, only in this way can you have a chance to win!"

The gilded hammer in Zhao Tong's hand was pressed into the mud, and his body bowed slightly, with the help of the low wall of the mansion, he couldn't take his eyes off the front and observe the front.

Behind him was a team of armor soldiers, all of whom were the elite of the dragon bird's tail, and behind them was a battalion of heavily armored soldiers, who were also the most elite veterans in the Caizhou army, all Mo knives, and a battalion of heavy crossbowmen ambushed on the flanks.

The Xuzhou army is indeed very rampant, the breakthrough from the center is like a bamboo, even if the Caizhou side intends to release water, but the enemy's offensive strength is indeed too fierce, less than an hour, the enemy's three-way arrow has advanced 800 steps, more than 10 houses were destroyed under the enemy's all-round attack, and the Caizhou army also paid a heavy price of more than 2,000 casualties.

This is still the result of the retreat of the division under the condition that the Caizhou army is prepared, if it is hard, it may bring greater losses to the Xuzhou army, and correspondingly, the losses of the Caizhou army will be greater.

The enemy's infantry army is like a mercury outpouring along the gap in the center of the breakthrough constantly rolling forward, the Xuzhou army's attack is fierce but not aggressive, they are always several units to advance in response to each other, once they find that there is an enemy on the flank, then the attack speed immediately slows down, and forms a semi-arc encirclement to strangle, or force the enemy to withdraw, and then pursue, this method is extremely efficient.

However, they have also made full preparations, if they want to act, they have to act like that, this gap is big enough, and the bait thrown is also tempting enough, so the progress of the Xuzhou army is constantly speeding up, and the news from the front-line scouts that at least more than four armies of enemy troops have crossed the gap in front of them and are approaching the Ximen city wall, and there are two army infantry troops following behind, as well as a large number of equipment are also following one after another.

The war to expand to the outside is also going on, very intense, but it is slowly expanding to the two wings, which is to give the Xuzhou army such a sign, that is, the Caizhou army is a little unable to hold on.

Indeed, such a high-intensity battle, coupled with the advantages of the Xuzhou Army in all aspects, as well as the huge casualties brought to the Caizhou Army, gave people the feeling that the Caizhou Army seemed to be unable to hold on, and might withdraw directly from Songcheng.

The performance of the Xuzhou army is still very cautious, although the front assault is fierce, but the number of infantry who follow up is also quite large, which can also ensure that even if they are attacked by both wings when they attack forward, they can have enough time to adjust.

It should be said that this kind of thinking is very commonsense, but for Cai Zhoujun, this is an opportunity.

Yuan Huaiqing was also desperate.

Only he led three armies in the front, and he retreated step by step in the early stage, and when it came to the section where he wanted to get close to the strong, he had to resolutely resist and drag it to the death, so that the Xuzhou army thought that this was the last resistance of his side, so that the Xuzhou army should use the main forces on this and relax the vigilance on both wings.

Yuan Wuving, Yuan Huaifang, Zhao Tong, Yuan Wenliang and even Yuan Wuxing, as well as other elites, were all set up in the rear of the two wings in battalions or all units, and they had to listen to the expansion of the Xuzhou army in the early stage, and did not counterattack, and waited until the impact of the Xuzhou army slowly disappeared, and the offensive and defensive sides entered a stalemate stage before launching the final counterattack.

Now this point is getting closer and closer.

Zhao Tong's heart was beating more and more rapidly, and the gilded grip in his hand was oozing sweat.

He is not a young man who has never been in battle, but this is the first time he has encountered a war like this, and this battle will determine the status and power of Caizhou in Songzhou in the Central Plains, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a decisive battle.

One thousand and fifteen hundred steps away opposite Zhao Tong, Yuan Wenliang was a little unassuming, holding his breath and watching the Xuzhou army advancing from directly in front of him.

The guard tower defending a house in front has been destroyed by the enemy's catapult, and the two sides launched a fierce attack and defense at the courtyard wall, although the buried spell traps and prohibitions have caused some trouble to the Xuzhou army, but it is difficult to change the general trend, and the swarming Xuzhou army is like a flood that hides the embankment, slowly annihilating all the places in front of them.

The Xuzhou army's offensive efficiency was very high, and it was not as reckless as imagined, but their attack method of several teams did cause a lot of damage to the Caizhou army, and every defensive point that was originally considered to be quite strong was chiseled like a chisel, and then forced the guarding Caizhou army to come out to engage in a way that was unfavorable to itself, and then crushed it with superior forces, which made Yuan Wenliang look at it with tears, but he was helpless.

He didn't dare to join in, firstly, the task was in his body, and secondly, even if he was put in, the strong crossbow team and magicians who were eyeing him on the side could react quickly, and his two battalions might be able to cause some damage to the other party, but they would quickly fall into the opponent's prey, and he had to endure before the winner of the fatal blow.

And I believe that this moment will not be too long, they are now waiting for the enemy's sharpness to be slowly worn away to the lowest point by such a continuous attack, that is the opportunity of the Caizhou army.

All it takes is the final blow, and it will be the winner!