Scroll of the Sword Chapter 72 Siege
Suo Pingzhang and Sun Yun immediately stood a few miles outside the city in the clouds, unable to see the specific situation behind the city, but the Yunzhou soldiers at the head of the city seemed to be very busy, and the number was much smaller than before.
"Ye Xiao Wangye, have they succeeded?" Sun Yun asked Suo Pingzhang.
Suo Pingzhang smiled and said, "Soon we will know." Sun Yun didn't know why, so he just kept silent.
After a while, a team of men and horses came around from the east of the city, and Sun Yun suddenly realized that Suo Pingzhang had already sent people to go north with Ye Hengqiu's army, and after seeing the specific situation, he came back to inform Suo Pingzhang.
Suo Pingzhang looked at the more than ten horsemen who appeared in the woods, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he was about to signal them to step forward, but suddenly found that behind this team of more than ten people, there was also a more team, and the wind and dust were rolling, and the number of people could not be seen clearly for a while. This group of people was dressed in black armor, and they were neither Yunzhou soldiers, nor Ye Hengqiu and Xiao Mu's subordinates. Suo Pingzhang's face suddenly changed, and he said in a deep voice: "The whole army is on alert!"
The dozen or so people approached, their faces full of solemn expressions. Suo Pingzhang scolded and said, "I asked you to go to the front line, how did you attract these guys!"
The leader of the group explained: "We had just walked back from the north when we bumped into this team. When they asked us who we were, they asked us to bring us to the general, and we didn't bother too much. ”
"Who are these people?" Suo Pingzhang frowned.
"Shuozhou in the north, under the command of General Feng!"
Suo Pingzhang's eyes widened, and he looked at the black-armored team not far away, obviously a little surprised. Even if Feng Jianbei used his troops like a god, it would be impossible to break through all the cities in the north of Yunzhou in a few days. Suo Pingzhang has now seen the end of this team, but there are only one or two thousand people.
The leader looked quite old, with a gray beard and dark eyes, but his eyes were like torches, refracting a light like a sword, Suo Pingzhang glanced at him, and suddenly felt his breath suffocated. The most eye-catching thing about him is his clothes, the soldiers behind him are all wearing black armor, but he is the only one wearing a plain cloth coat with a waist and narrow sleeves, looking not like a general, but like a ranger.
Suo Pingzhang gradually understood, rode his horse in front of the man, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be the 'Sword of the North' General Feng, in the Xiasha Frontier City Suo Pingzhang, I have heard of the power of General Feng, and when I saw it today, it was really beautiful." Dare to ask why General Feng came to Cloud City so quickly?"
Feng Jianbei pulled the reins of the horse with his left hand, pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with his right hand, and nodded slightly to Suo Pingzhang, his tone was cold but with natural majesty: "Don't dare to be a big driver." I left the army in the north to fight with the Yunzhou army to attract attention, and I led some elites to investigate the situation, but I met General Suo's men, the battle in the north is in full swing, and General Suo's subordinates Chen Bing are here, are you watching a play?"
Feng Jianbei's words were direct and thorny, Suo Pingzhang's face remained unchanged, and he continued with a smile: "General Feng said that he was joking, it was the little prince of Muzhou who specially ordered me to stay here in case the battle situation changed. General Feng said this, so presumably the general army has also seen the battle situation in the north of the city?"
"I detoured from the east, and the little prince of Muzhou and the prince of Chengji led the troops to fight with the Yunzhou army in the north of the city. Although the Yunzhou army was able to resist for a while, this little prince of Muzhou was resolute and resolute with his soldiers, and set up a clever situation. ”
Suo Pingzhang's face remained unchanged, he was neither happy nor surprised, and said with a smile: "Ah, Ye Xiaowang really planned a plan, and this result is really expected." Why did General Feng come alone with his troops?"
Feng Jianbei looked up at Yunzhong City and said, "The battle situation in the north of the city has been decided, but there is no one in the city. If the city is not broken for a day, the battle will not end. ”
Suo Pingzhang raised his eyebrows and said: "Wei Zhongjue, the mastermind of the Yunzhou army, is a character, this time it must be because of the power of the general and in a hurry, so he fell for Ye Xiaowangye's scheme. After this defeat, although Yunzhou was hit hard, it was really difficult to further break the city. ”
"So this is the emptiest time in the city. I happened to meet General Suo, and with this help, I will definitely be able to break the city. Feng Jianbei's voice was not loud, but he was full of arrogance and was obviously full of confidence.
"Suo Mou should obey General Feng's orders, but looking at the general's meaning, he didn't expect to meet Suo Mou again, Suo Mou is very curious, if there were no more than 10,000 people, how would General Feng plan to break the city?" Suo Pingzhang asked with a smile, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Feng Jianbei replied: "At the beginning of the march, I was going to investigate the situation, but when the coalition army and Yunzhou were launched, it gave us an opportunity. If the whole army of the little prince of Muzhou is put into the battle, the defense in the south of Yunzhou will naturally be relaxed, take advantage of the chaos in the defeated city, quickly attack the city, and then wait for the little prince of Muzhou and the prince of Chengji to lead the troops to encircle, and it is not impossible to break the city. ”
Suo Pingzhang was about to speak, but Feng Jianbei changed his words and asked: "Is there a battering ram and a ladder in General Suo's army?" Suo Pingzhang was stunned for a moment and replied: "Yes, there is, but if General Feng wants to attack, I'm afraid it will be a little dangerous." ”
Feng Jianbei smiled indifferently: "There is always a way." If you want to break the city, please ask General Suo to lend me these weapons. ”
In this regard, Suo Pingzhang was quite unconvinced, even if there was chaos in Yunzhong City now, but the coalition army of tens of thousands of people, as well as Ye Hengqiu's leadership, had not been able to break through this city gate for half a year, what was this Feng Jianbei capable of? But Feng Jianbei did not give him a chance to refuse, and said directly: "When the time comes, General Suo will really make a great contribution to the city slope." ”
The irony in the words couldn't be more obvious, as a leading general, the credit is actually obtained by providing siege equipment, no matter how you say it, it is not a good word. But Suo Pingzhang still frowned slightly and asked: "Naturally, it's not impossible, but the general plans to ......."
"Wait for the right time. ”
Even if he didn't attack the city immediately, Feng Jianbei was not idle, he instructed his subordinate soldiers to push the battering ram from the rear army, went around in a circle, went to the west and east of the city respectively, and set the battering ram far under the city, and a black spot could probably be seen in the distance above the city. Then these people all withdrew back, leaving only more than ten people, and then Feng Jianbei did not say a word to Suo Pingzhang. It's just that his arrangement makes Suo Pingzhang very puzzled, the terrain of Yunzhou is open, at such a distance, even if the city head can't see the battering ram, but you can always see the people and horses running back and forth, and there must be a guard, even if you plan to attack hard from these sides, so I'm afraid it's a waste of chess.
Feng Jianbei and Suo Pingzhang both sent scouts to investigate the battle situation in the north of the city, and soon someone reported that the defeated army in Yunzhou retreated, Ye Hengqiu and Xiao Mu clung to it, and moved towards the gate of the north of the city one after the other.
Suo Pingzhang gradually understood in his heart that Yunzhong City categorically did not dare to open the city gate to let the defeated army enter the city, if the other party sent reinforcements, the south would naturally leave a vacancy, even if there were no reinforcements, the attention of the city would be concentrated on the battlefield in the north, and it was inevitable that there would be omissions in the south of the city. Presumably, Feng Jianbei is waiting for this opportunity.
He turned his head to look at Feng Jianbei, Feng Jianbei nodded slightly, he let out a deep sigh, and the one or two thousand people who came with him suddenly began to reorganize the formation in an orderly manner. Suo Pingzhang also commanded his subordinates to prepare for the siege, and the ladder was moved to the front of the formation.
The place where Suo Pingzhang's army was stationed was only a few miles away from Cloud City, and their army movement was not hidden, and the head of Cloud City had obviously noticed the movement here, and the city head was crowded, obviously preparing to attack. But Feng Jianbei's movements were faster than they expected.
Feng Jianbei led his more than 1,000 people, and he didn't have a word with Suo Pingzhang, and volunteered as a pioneer, pushing the ladder car to take the lead in driving to Cloud City, and the first ten horsemen all held the bear head banner of the Liu family in the north, which was quite public. Suo Pingzhang led the army to follow, and more than 10,000 people soon attacked the south gate of the city.
Suo Pingzhang looked back at the east and west, and saw that the battering rams on both sides were faintly just black spots, but behind the black spots, there was smoke and dust billowing out. He gradually understood Feng Jianbei's intentions. The battering rams on the east and west sides were just a deceptive move, making the other side think that there would be troops attacking from the east and west, and did not dare to concentrate their forces on the south side. During the siege of the city, people rode horses and hung rattan branches and leaves to run back and forth to shoot up smoke and dust, such a distance, it makes people feel that a large army is coming. And the most important thing is the bear's head banner at the front of the main force, so that the soldiers at the head of the city understand that the reinforcements of the Liu family have arrived, and they will not be suspicious of the enemy forces on the east and west sides.
Although these tricks can only allow Feng Jianbei to take the lead, it is impossible to keep the opponent in the dark, but at this time, the morale of the army in the city is at the bottom, and the so-called battle situation is like chess. Suo Pingzhang's heart gradually became clear, and he felt more and more that the name of "Sword of the Northern Territory" was not in vain. But at this moment, he looked at Feng Jianbei, who had opened the key to the battle situation in front of him, and couldn't help but squint, and some strange colors flashed on his face.