This time, Gu Yinqi, who was in trouble one after another, did learn to be obedient. He no longer ventured easily, and after finding that the Dongdaying on the outskirts of Fuhua County was empty, he sent people to the Westcamp, found the deputy marshal Liu Rang, and asked him for the next plan of action.

Liu Rang believes that since the other side has already taken precautions, the preparations for war must be very sufficient. Our side has lost the opportunity to sneak attack, and it is impossible to launch a rapid attack, since this is the case, it is better to use superior forces to squeeze Fuhua County step by step.

He rushed to join Gu Yinqi Gongzi with his own direct team to facilitate the coordination of the military operations of the entire army of 300,000.

According to Liu Rang's intentions, the army was not busy attacking the city. First of all, the cavalry surrounded the entire county town as quickly as possible, and the infantry began to make preparations for a forcible siege. After dawn, Liu Rang took Gu Yinqi around the city for a week, and very carefully and carefully inspected the defense situation of the entire county to determine the parts of the feint attack and the parts that could be attacked by key forces.

In order to prevent the garrison guarding the castle from coming out to attack the Xuanwu troops on both sides, or to pick up the soldiers of the Qinglong Kingdom who were defending the city. Liu Rang and others observed the situation of the castle in detail, and deployed a cavalry force of 50,000 people between the castle and the county seat of Fuhua. As a mobile force, it is ready to strike at any action in protecting the castle at any time.

"This is called catching a turtle in an urn. Liu Rang said: "Now the total number of defensive troops in Fuhua County should be more than 100,000, which is equivalent to nearly half of the national strength of Heiyun City. ”

Although Liu Rang is full of confidence, his heart is not very optimistic. I dare not say that the preparations for war in these months were very sufficient, but at least they were very hard. Tall and thick city walls have been built around Fuhua County, and a ten-meter-wide moat has been dug in front of the city wall less than ten meters wide. The advantage of this design is that when the besieging soldiers cross the moat, they will have to erect ladders or siege facilities in very narrow places. In the face of a head-splitting counterattack from the defending enemy overhead, they have little room to dodge.

Of course, this design also has drawbacks, as the river is too close to the city wall and may affect the foundation of the city wall. But Luo Ming had obviously thought about this a long time ago, and after the river was excavated, he asked for a waterproof stone layer to be laid throughout the river, which on the one hand increased the difficulty of the besieging enemy troops to wade ashore, and on the other hand, protected the foundation of the city wall.

The castle defense line was also dug according to this design plan, and the original wall was heightened and thickened.

The moat obviously brought great difficulties to the siege, not only did the dozen or so giant ramming vehicles prepared by the Northern Alliance in advance useless, but the difficulty and danger of soldiers climbing the city wall would also increase a lot. Liu Rang originally thought that once Fuhua Prefecture was attacked, its main defensive force would resist at most and retreat to the castle defense line. This is also the only battle plan for this city that has no danger to rely on when Black Cloud City first obtained Fuhua Prefecture. In this way, Liu Rang's pressure will be almost gone. Because even if you can't take the castle defense line, as long as you get Fuhua Prefecture, you can boast about the victory of the war to the outside world. also has an explanation of King Gu Zhongxun, at least it will not be ugly on the face. He even wanted to invite the king to come when he entered Fuhua City, and held a grand entrance ceremony to celebrate the Northern Alliance's recovery of Fuhua Prefecture.

Unexpectedly, before the military attack of the Northern Alliance was launched, the more than 100,000 people on the other side retreated into the county town cleanly, putting on a posture of a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. This was a surprise to him, and for the Confederate army, it meant that a strong attack was necessary.

When the sun was on the third pole, King Gu Zhongxun also came. To tell the truth, he wanted to personally take command and lead this war against the Northern Alliance. But he feared that the war would not go well, that the imp was too cunning, and that there were often some unexpected tricks. If the war drags on, and the Ma Huaishan Kingdom takes advantage of the situation to invade, encroach on his northern territory, or even launch a large-scale war against the Northern Alliance, then he will be hit by the enemy and will be unable to extricate himself. So he had to sit in the north himself.

After inspecting the entire battlefield, Gu Zhongxun agreed to Liu Rang's plan of storming.

Halfway through the afternoon, the Northern Alliance army launched the first wave of strikes against the county seat of Fuhua. The target of the attack was the east gate of the county seat, and as the war drums rang into the sky, about 10,000 soldiers let out hoarse shouts. They took off their heavy armor and, led by officers and standard-bearers, built a wooden bridge over the moat and rushed to the foot of the city wall with ladders on their shoulders.

In addition, tens of thousands of soldiers who served as cover tasks followed up with bows and crossbows, and for a time thousands of arrows were fired at the head of the city, shooting densely towards the head of the city, suppressing the defensive action of the head of the city.

The soldiers of Black Cloud City at the head of the city held their shields and fought hard to defend themselves. While they carried out a massive counterattack with bows and crossbows, they pushed the rolling stones and logs that had been prepared long ago off the city walls. The losses on both sides were not small, but they were quite tenacious, and the city continued to fall from arrows, and many fell down the walls because they were too close to the edge of the walls. But groups of defending soldiers kept poking their heads out and pushing down large rocks or logs, as if there was no sign of decreasing in number.

The besiegers' losses were even greater, and the huge stones and logs pushed down from the high walls often smashed many swarms of soldiers into flesh and blood. Blood, stumps, and entrails were soon everywhere, and many soldiers would even slip and fall from stepping on the flesh of their comrades.

Although the counterattack from the city was fierce, the pace of the besieging soldiers was not slowed down in the slightest. They erected ladder after ladder without a fat, and climbed up like ants.

Many men rushed to the top of the city and engaged in very fierce hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. The two sides were red-eyed in an instant, swords and guns were facing each other, slashing indiscriminately, and the roar shook the sky. After all, the number of people who can rush to the head of the city is always not very large, and even if they finally gain a foothold, the defenders can often immediately organize more people, shouting loudly, and forcing them all out of the city with a counter-charge.

This attack was only a feint of the Northern League, and the purpose was to observe the defender's determination to resist, combat effectiveness, and equipment. Liu Rang observed for a long time, and when dusk was approaching, he ordered Ximen to start a strong attack.