The look on Shang Yunxi's face became more and more solemn.

The progress was relatively smooth, although the resistance from the two wings, including the center, was still quite tenacious, especially the number of spell traps was beyond imagination, and the double spell array also brought a lot of losses and troubles to his side, but after all, it still broke through.

The news from the east gate showed that the progress of the Ziqing Army was a little stumbling, and even almost appeared that the magic array directly devoured the entire battalion of soldiers and horses.

Everyone knows that people die in war, but it is an unacceptable shame that an entire battalion of soldiers and horses cannot disappear in an instant before even the moat has time to see.

Standing on the lookout, Shang Yunxi's eyes have been following the progress of the outward expansion of the two armies, the advance in the center seems to be slightly faster, the performance of the magicians is very good, and they have cracked several spell arrays and spell traps in a row, but the enemy snipers hidden behind a spell array have also caused damage to the spell masters, one spell master was shot on the spot, and another spell master was attacked by a spell weapon, seriously injured, whether he could get his life back, it is still unclear.

On both flanks, the resistance was more intense, and the enemy troops constantly rushed out of the gate to carry out surprise attacks, most of these soldiers were the private army of the gentry in the city, and their combat effectiveness was not strong, but they were still not to be underestimated under the desperate fight.

But to Shang Yunxi, the battle on both flanks seemed to be smoother, and the enemy seemed to be consciously giving up resistance, or they wanted to retreat to the line of the moat, using their more well-prepared defense system to inflict damage on their own side.

All in all, although the battle was fierce, Shang Yunxi always had an indescribable feeling, that is, it was weaker than he imagined, if the Caizhou army retreated to the line of the moat so easily to defend it, Shang Yunxi could assert that Song City might not be able to hold it for even three days, and it would be taken by his own side.

But Shang Yunxi always felt that it shouldn't be so simple.

Yuan Huaihe is not a reckless person, he dares to sit in Songcheng to fight against the Xuzhou army, he must have some fear, so easily he can reach the edge of the moat, this is still the first day of contact battle, just like this, Yuan Huaihe will be indifferent?

"Lao Zhu, do you feel that the enemy's retreat seems to be very layered, especially those spell traps and spell arrays, which are almost steadily retreating along a straight line, only the central line is faster, and a certain has already made people get in touch with the left and right wings, asking them to be careful, but a certain heart is still a little unsteady. ”

Shang Yunxi couldn't help but say when he saw Zhu Mi coming up from below.

"Just as I was about to report to the governor, the county king asked some soldiers from the Daliang side who wanted to belong to the county king to come over, which can be regarded as a reserve for us, and if necessary, it can be directly pushed to the front line of the battlefield. Zhu Mi smiled and said, "There are a few other acquaintances of ours." ”

"Be a reserve?" Shang Yunxi hesitated, "What do you mean by the county king?"

"It's not interesting, they are all private soldiers with their own personal soldiers, they do not belong to our Xuzhou army, and they absolutely obey our orders, which can be assured. Zhu Mi naturally knew Shang Yunxi's worries, "They want to prove to the county king in this battle that the generals of their Great Liang Department are also capable of fighting, and they also dare to go into battle and charge." ”

"Hehe, this reason is also reasonable, the official of the county king is not so easy to do, he has no ability, and he doesn't know the current affairs, and he doesn't dare to give it a fight in the end? Can this wife and cute son matter be their turn?" Shang Yunxi shrugged his nose with some disdain, "A certain person once went astray, but fortunately, he woke up quickly, and the county king was also magnanimous, regardless of his previous suspicions, he gave such an opportunity, which is to sell this old life to the county king?"

Zhu Mi also laughed, "What the governor said is very true, this expedition to the Central Plains, the king of the county used our Heshuo army, which is a big opportunity for our Heshuo army, and even a certain brother sent a letter, which is quite envious." ”

Zhu Mao did envy his cousin's good luck, he thought he was going to fight Heshuo, but he didn't expect to come to conquer Caizhou first, if this battle is over, he has laid the foundation for fighting for the Central Plains, and he will inevitably fight back to Heshuo with the name of this Heshuo army, which is really good luck.

"It's good to have a turn to fight, but you have to take advantage of the opportunity. "Shang Yunxi's personality became more calm after joining the Xuzhou Army.

He knew that he couldn't compare with others, Jiang Feng was also under a lot of pressure with himself, how many people stretched their necks to seek the governor of this town, no one would have thought that this good thing would fall on him, if the battle was good, it would be fine, if the fight was bad, I was afraid that even Jiang Feng might not be able to withstand the pressure.

"The Governor is still worried about the middle line?" Zhu Mi's gaze also returned to the battlefield.

"I always feel that the advance is too smooth, the news from the Dongcheng side, the attack of the Ziqing army has encountered very stubborn resistance, the enemy continues to invest in the commando, although Liu Yansi and they repelled the enemy's counterattack, but they have also suffered a lot of losses, and they have not yet been able to reach the moat, but what about us?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Shang Yunxi's mouth, " Although our side also encountered some resistance and counterattacks, but its intensity was not as strong as that of the East Gate, and I even felt that the Caizhou army was retreating step by step in a planned way, well, how to say it, it was a bit of a taste of luring the enemy to go deeper. ”

"Lure the enemy deeper?" Zhu Mi's face also became serious, "But what are they going to do? lure the enemy deeper, that is, go straight to the city wall, once our giant stone cannon is under the city, they should consider this result, in this regard, they can't compete with us at all, they can only be beaten passively." ”

"So, there must be a conspiracy here. Shang Yunxi's eyes were a little more gloomy, "At the moment, the biggest threat to the city wall is our giant stone cannon cart, and they have almost no equipment and means to contain our kind of equipment, if we are in this situation, what will we do?"

Zhu Mi narrowed his eyes, "Raid, destroy! Everyone knows that this giant stone cannon is well-made and difficult to transport, once it is destroyed, it simply cannot be repaired and replenished in a short time, they want to take risks?!"

"Hmph, I'm afraid this is the only possibility that explains why we didn't resist with all our might, but let us go straight in. Shang Yunxi's palm rubbed under his chin, "If they use magic circles and spell traps to create chaos in the area of the moat, and at the same time use the equipment on the city wall to attract us to attack, and make another surprise attack, maybe we may really be hit." ”

"If that's the case, we can do it in a targeted way. Zhu Mi laughed, and smiled very strangely, "Didn't the king of the county arrange for the gang of Daliang?" He Guochang and Yang Houde are both strong people in the small heavens, and their personal soldiers are not weak in combat effectiveness, if we set up an ambush here, once the enemy attacks, we can deal with it calmly, even if we don't come, it will not affect our own layout, in this case, I think the enemy is going to raid, there must be a small number of people, most of them are masters and strong, and they can just come in handy." ”

Shang Yunxi's eyes lit up, "Good idea! Just do it, Zhou Wang is also here, his martial arts strength is known as the number one master in Huainan, and he has entered the middle of the small heavenly position, but he is a little low-key, this time, he can also let him show his skills." ”

"Attack!"

A battalion of more than 500 people under the black pressure came out of Ximen, and in the pattern of three arrows, it formed an arc-shaped attack formation, and swooped diagonally.

The sharp formation formed by the tail of the dragon and the bird on the right was extremely fast, and it spread out along the city wall in this way, like the Heshuo army defending the left flank launched a fierce attack.

Neither Shang Yunxi nor Zhu Mi expected that the enemy's attack direction was from the west gate, turning to the east, the direction of this attack was greatly beyond the expectations of the Heshuo army, although the enemy had only one battalion in number, but almost all of them were elite forces, and under the leadership of several Heavenly Realm masters, they had already approached the defensive front before the Ninth Army of the Heshuo Army could react.

At this time, the Ninth Army realized the abnormality of the situation, and the three arrows of the Dragon Sparrow Tail launched a fierce attack at any cost, and soon broke through the first line of defense and rushed into the camp of the Ninth Army, which immediately caused a burst of chaos.

Shang Yunxi and Zhu Mi did not expect the situation to develop in the other direction they did not expect, and the enemy did not launch an attack on the stone artillery carts that had been formed close to the moat, but instead left the city through the west gate and broke through the camp of the Ninth Army defending the west side from west to east along the city wall.

The siege of Sanque Yi was originally intended to give the Caizhou army a huge psychological pressure in this way, forcing them to evacuate Songcheng and then pursue it, but I didn't expect the Caizhou army to see through this and resolutely defend it, which also brought a lot of trouble to the Xuzhou army.

The combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army is not strong, mainly based on the Great Liang Army, but considering the defense to the west, the Ninth Army is still fully prepared, but I didn't expect the Caizhou Army's attack to be so decisive and ferocious, almost without waiting for the Ninth Army to make a decent response, the enemy broke through the defensive line, and the Caizhou magicians mixed in the five hundred elites frequently launched magic attacks in the barracks, especially the continuous fire spells caused a fire in the entire camp, which greatly shook the military heart of the Ninth Army.

It wasn't until the reinforced Tenth Army arrived under the leadership of Zhu Mi that Zhu Mi's Mithril Mixed Yuan Gong killed three Heavenly Realm masters in one breath in a row, and the situation could be regarded as suppressed.

This sudden change also made Shang Yunxi very annoyed, and the Ninth Army's poor performance in responding to the sudden attack also meant that the Heshuo Army was still far from the army that had always been qualified.