In Eastern Qin, there was a kind of gloomy fog, and everyone was worried about the fate of the country.

The people have doubts about Qin Siyong's ability, there is no harm if there is no comparison, and now that there is a Mu Qianmei who can be compared to him, people find that it seems that Mu Qianmei can crush him everywhere.

He always makes mistakes again and again, but Mu Qianmei can deal with it calmly, with a feeling of lifting weights lightly and being at ease.

He is like a wolf who always wants to catch a sheep, but unfortunately he fails again and again, on the contrary, he will be played by the sheep every time.

No way, that sheep is too smart.

Mu Qianmei is the smart little sheep, seemingly gentle and harmless, but in fact she is a sheep that is smarter than a wolf.

It was in such an atmosphere that Qin Siyong finally launched a large-scale attack.

He chose the middle lane to attack the city directly.

In fact, he originally wanted to attack the city at the same time with a three-way army, but the ministers were all against such a strategy, on the grounds that the battle line was too long, which would affect the command and could not exert due combat effectiveness.

Taking a step back, even if the three roads break through the opponent's first line of defense, can they still go hand in hand and be able to break through all the way?

After all, siege warfare is much more difficult than defending a city, and even if the troops are stronger than the opponent, it will not be able to withstand such attrition.

Rather than fighting such an uncertain battle, it is better to concentrate forces, and if necessary, the three armies will converge into one road, and then choose a route to fight bravely, and maybe even fight to the other side's capital.

With such a plan, Qin Siyong ordered the army in the middle to attack.

The Middle Route Army of the Eastern Qin State was led by Zhang Xiaoting, and as the youngest and promising general of the Eastern Qin State, he was a well-deserved military soul of the Eastern Qin State.

And Yun Yu's middle route army was led by Zhuang Shujun himself, and Zhuang Shujun's status in Yun Yu was comparable to Zhang Xiaoting's status in the Eastern Qin State.

Zhuang Shujun is both civil and military, he is a general on the horse, and a civil minister when he gets off the horse, and he also has a high prestige in the rivers and lakes.

In the Ugu Continent, the Eastern Qin State mainly occupied a large area in the east and north, and Yun Yu occupied the areas in the west and south, and the total area was much larger than that of the Eastern Qin State, and the total area of Yun Yu was only two-thirds of that of the Eastern Qin State.

There is a large area of primeval forest in the north of the Eastern Qin Kingdom, which is an area that is rarely visited by people, and to the south of Yunyu is a large grassland, and there are many areas that humans have not yet reached.

The closer it is to the middle of the continent, the more prosperous it becomes.

The Middle Route Army of the Eastern Qin Kingdom came from the north and met Yun Yu's army at the border.

The first major city near the border is called Zhongzhou City, which is almost the most central city in the Ugu Continent.

Due to its location in the central area, Zhongshu City is like a transportation hub city, in addition to the developed transportation, the commerce here is also very developed, and the products from all over the world are gathered here, and then transported from here to various cities in the Ugu Continent.

Therefore, there are many markets, dart games, inns, and restaurants, so the population here is also large, and it is a mixed metropolis.

There are four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest directions of Zhongzhou City, and the north gate goes out, which leads to the direction of the Eastern Qin Kingdom.

Zhang Xiaoting's army came from the direction of the north gate, and according to Mu Qianmei's instructions, Zhuang Shujun's army set up an obstacle at the demarcation line of the border, which can be regarded as Yun Yu's first line of defense.

Since this area is all plains, there is no Ren

He is a natural barrier, the dividing line is a avenue, the road is the east-west direction to divide the border into two, the north is the Eastern Qin Kingdom, the south is Yunyu, and there are their own armies on both sides of the road.

In peacetime, it is equivalent to two checkpoints, just check whether the people entering and leaving the country have a pass.

Now is the time when war is about to break out, and the number of defenders has naturally increased a lot.

When the situation first became tense, Mu Qianmei had already asked the army to build a three-meter-high city wall on the border line of Yunyu in advance, all of which were built with huge stones, stretching for thirty miles, until they encountered a big river on both sides, and then stopped.

The efficiency of the army is high, and in just two months, such a solid wall was built.

Although it is only three meters high, if the army is evenly matched, this barrier relieves a lot of pressure on the defenders and can also reduce a lot of casualties.

Originally, this place was used as a checkpoint, and at this time, two large iron gates were also installed, as if it was a city wall.

When Zhang Xiaoting's army came here, he couldn't help but look at the wall and sigh, this defending the city is really about defending!

Zhang Xiaoting did not immediately order an attack, but first set up camp in his own territory to rest and adjust.

It took three days of preparation before the attack was finally launched.

Without thinking about it, Zhang Xiaoting knew that there must be a large number of archers in ambush behind this city wall.

So he had 20,000 infantry march slowly with tall shields in their hands, slowly approaching the walls to prevent the opponent's bows and arrows from firing.

Watching the Eastern Qin army holding a shield move forward slowly, the Yun Yu army did not move, and it was pointless to release arrows at this time.

The shield soldiers of the Eastern Qin Kingdom slowly approached

1,000 meters, 800 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters Eastern Qin, 200 meters......

Yun Yu still didn't move.

Zhang Xiaoting watched calmly from the rear, and Zhuang Shujun was equally silent.

The shieldman continued on his way, slowing down a bit.

They came to a hundred, fifty, thirty......

Such a distance is already very close, if there is no shield to protect him, Zhuang Shujun would have ordered the arrow to be released a long time ago.

It's a pity that they have shields, and they can't give orders, otherwise they will just waste arrows.

Finally, they were only ten meters away from the city wall.

If the arrows are not ordered at such a distance, the archers defending the city will be completely useless.

Zhuang Shujun immediately ordered

"Throw the grass and shoot the arrows!"

The order was given very simply, but when this voice reached the ears of the soldiers of the Eastern Qin Kingdom, they all felt inexplicable.

If you put arrows, you will release arrows, and what kind of grass will you throw?

However, they didn't be confused for long, and when a handful of straws were thrown into the air, they immediately understood Yun Yu's intentions.

Before they could figure out what to do, one by one the scissors with flames shot at the straw in the air.

The straw is scorched with grease and ignites when it sees fire.

When countless straws are ignited in the air, they slowly fall as they burn.

Since the people below are all holding shields, it is very inconvenient to dodge and dodge unless the shield is lowered.

But as shield soldiers, how could they be willing to give up the shield in their hands so easily?

So a lot

Reflexively, people raise their shields over their heads to prevent them from being burned by the flames.

But how can you be completely present?

For a moment, the burning straw in the air kept falling on the shield or the ground, and the bottom soon turned into a sea of fire.

The shield became very hot in the flames, and the Eastern Qin soldiers hurriedly threw away the shields in their hands one by one.

Some of the soldiers' clothes were on fire, so they jumped and beat the burning clothes on their bodies.

It's a long story, but it was only a momentary event, when the straw was thrown, and the flaming bow and arrow hit the straw, and the burning straw fell to the ground.

It's just a breathing time.

After a few breaths, a sea of fire beneath beneath it.

Zhang Xiaoting, who was behind, had already reacted when the straw was thrown, and he shouted loudly:

"Retreat now, retreat immediately!"

However, it was too late, the flames burned, and there were screams, and many people threw away their shields and hurriedly threw out the flames on their bodies.

At this time, instead of lighting the straw in the air, you can shoot the straw directly with a bow and arrow to burn.

In the raging fire, there were screams, and some people rolled on the ground in pain, but how could they extinguish the fire on their bodies when the ground was full of burning flames?

When Zhang Xiaoting shouted to retreat immediately, because the people behind him were a little far away from the city wall, some of the soldiers who reacted quickly immediately threw away the heavy shield in their hands, and then turned around and ran.

By the time the fire was lit, five or six hundred people had already run fifty meters away.

By the time the flames had already joined together, they had already run a hundred meters away, and thousands of people were following behind, trying to escape from the flames.

Zhuang Shujun coldly ordered:

"Archers, shoot the fleeing enemy directly!"

So, a rain of arrows, directly shot at the soldiers who fled in the distance, because the people who escaped, are all facing away from Yun Yu's side, so it is considered an empty door, in the dense rain of arrows, many people have been hit by arrows, some were shot at the vital point and fell down immediately, and some were not shot at the vital point, so let the arrows stick in their bodies, and continue to run with arrows on their backs......

The scene was extremely tragic, but Zhuang Shujun was unmoved, and continued to order the arrows to be released, wave after wave, arrows rained down, and almost all the people who escaped had been hit by arrows, but because some of them ran farther, even if they were shot by bows and arrows, because the distance was too far, there was not much strength, so they were only slightly injured.

When they ran 200 meters away, they escaped the maximum range of the bow and arrow, and they were considered to have saved their lives.

However, only five or six hundred people were able to escape, and a large number of people in the back had either been buried in the flames, or had already been shot with bows and arrows and fell to the ground.

With 20,000 shield soldiers and only five or six hundred survivors, this attack not only failed in vain, but even suffered heavy casualties.

Yun Yu's absolute advantage of zero casualties annihilated nearly 20,000 people in the Eastern Qin Kingdom, which was a big victory no matter how it could be counted.

This is the real first battle, the real victory.

On the battlefield, the flames of war were still burning, emitting a strong smell, and the troops on both sides were watching from afar.

The soldiers of the Eastern Qin State silently gave a military salute.

Yun Yu's soldiers had also stopped attacking, but they did not have the joy of victory, because the scene was too tragic.