The sound of the horn sounded on the hillside, and in the chaotic front camp of the Jiangbei army, the soldiers of the six gods and no master received the order for the whole army to attack. Hiding in tents, the fleeing soldiers were immediately ordered to turn around and meet them.

The more than 50,000 infantry in the front battalion turned around and rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of their respective generals, because they had been clearly informed that the number of cavalry on the other side was only five or six thousand, and at most they accounted for one-tenth of them. What's more, His Royal Highness the King of Huai had arrived in person, and with him came his 5,000 Overseer Guards, whose ghost-headed knives showed no mercy to the deserters.

The front camp was immediately dispatched, and 50,000 infantry rushed towards the Chu cavalry who were raging and killing people in the front of the front camp, and soon rushed back to the front line of the battlefield.

Hundreds of Chu cavalry slaughtered, too deep, before realizing the danger coming, they were surrounded by countless infantry, in an instant, these hundreds of Chu cavalry were swallowed by the black pressed infantry, one by one by the knife to split the body, more Jiangbei infantry rushed towards the front cavalry dense place.

"Bang bang bang!" Three yellow flares were raised at the head of Tanzhou City.

As the signal flare burst into flowers in the air, the cavalry of the Chu army began to turn their horses and withdraw towards the outside of the camp, and the infantry of the Jiangbei Army rushed up to chase after them with shouts, but how could they catch up. In just a short tea time, the cavalry of the Chu army disappeared into the darkness outside the camp.

When Zhang Wenbiao arrived on horseback, the front camp was empty. Zhang Wenbiao looked at the mess in the front camp with a gloomy face, and the corpses of archers all over the ground almost crushed the steel teeth. The fact that the other party launched this night attack so easily when he had already prepared for it, and was able to evacuate safely after killing a large number of his own archers, was a slap in the face.

"Li Yuan, Li Yuan, this king will definitely let you be defeated, and when you become a prisoner of this king, you will be taught to suffer all the humiliation in the world!" Zhang Wenbiao roared loudly.

Boom Boom!

Suddenly, the roar that sounded on the city in the distance seemed to be Li Yuan's answer to him, and the next moment, the scream of the cannonballs sounded overhead, like the song of death, and the soldiers who had experienced the bombardment in front immediately exploded like a pot, and the psychological shadow was suddenly soaked with reason, and they were almost crazy by torture.

Bang! Bang!

Dozens of shells exploded around, people on their backs turned their horses and waves churned, and the soldiers screamed in horror and fled in all directions, and suddenly became a pot of porridge.

"King, go! You can't stay here for long. The generals beside him shouted.

Zhang Wenbiao tightened the panicked and restless horses under him, and shouted coldly: "What are you panicking about? Rat-guts. If the sky wants you to die, it is useless to hide! You are all so flustered, how can the soldiers under your command not panic? The king ordered to retreat in an orderly manner, and the front camp retreated two miles, and the generals were not allowed to go first, and they were not allowed to leave until the soldiers had left you. Rest assured, this king will be here with you, is your life more precious than this king's? ”

The generals were speechless, so they had to hurriedly organize the soldiers to pull out the camp and retreat. The explosion of shells around the area was incessant, and from time to time someone was swept up into the sky, and everyone was terrified. However, Zhang Wenbiao rode his horse and stood in the area covered by the artillery fire of the front battalion, and his body was resolute. There are those who admire the generals and soldiers, some who are ashamed of themselves, and of course there are those who secretly scold Zhang Wenbiao for being a madman.

Fortunately, the bombing stopped soon after. The bombardment of the city was actually to cover the retreat of the cavalry and prevent the other side from pursuing to the city and obstructing the cavalry from entering the city. Seeing that the other side was not pursuing, there was no need to bomb.

Not to mention the fact that the new shells are already almost consumed. From the development to the overtime manufacturing, only more than 600 pieces have been made today.

Tonight, more than 400 people were consumed in one night, and Li Yuan didn't want to run them all at once, it was not cost-effective to kill the enemy completely by shells, the attack of soldiers and horses under the cover of shells was the correct way to use it, and the use of the barrel could not be consumed too much, once these were scrapped, it would be difficult to replenish them in time.

For the next whole day, Zhang Wenbiao's soldiers and horses were frantically cutting down trees and pulling back to the camp to build siege equipment.

After last night's battle, Zhang Wenbiao felt a sense of anger in his heart that could not be vented.

The generals under his command were also very emotional, they hoped to immediately launch a siege to combat the arrogance of the opponent, and the soldiers and horses who had an absolute numerical advantage were attacked by the opponent in front of them under strict precautions, which was simply a great shame.

However, Zhang Wenbiao was angry, but he did not lose his mind.

He knew that without the assistance of siege equipment, it would be absolutely impossible to attack the city. He has seen the fierceness of the opponent's defensive firepower, and if he wants to capture the city and defeat the opponent, he can only rely on the cover and impact of a large number of siege equipment to achieve the goal.

Otherwise, if you lose your troops in vain, you may not be able to succeed, because the loss of troops is too great, and your morale will be greatly damaged, and you will suffer from the opponent's counterattack. Therefore, Zhang Wenbiao ordered to speed up the pace of logging and building.

By mid-afternoon, there was not a single standing tree on the two hills within the confines of the large army camp. Not only the trees, but also the bushes and firewood were all cut down, because the army needed fires to make food, and campfires were needed to keep warm at night.

Although logistical soldiers and horses will also send firewood, charcoal, and other materials, the consumption of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses cannot be achieved entirely by logistical transportation. Grain and grass naturally need to be transported in logistics, but in addition, what firewood, charcoal, ropes, and other things often need to be solved by the soldiers and horses themselves.

Since the trees on the two hills in the middle of the camp had been cut down, we had to turn our attention to the trees on some of the slopes that were further away from the camp. In fact, the geographical location of Tanzhou City is actually a flat land in the remaining veins of Hengshan Mountain. The surrounding hillsides are numerous and hilly, and are almost surrounded by the surrounding mountains on three sides.

There is absolutely no shortage of firewood for trees, and there are dense bamboo forests on the larger mountains, which are more suitable materials for making equipment than hard trees. However, they were far away from the plains, and they had to walk a rough road and a long distance to carry them back to the barracks. As a result, efficiency and schedule become inefficient.

In order to complete the construction of 1,000 siege catapults, 5,000 ladders, 100 rushing vehicles and 30,000 chain shields as soon as possible. Zhang Wenbiao decided to increase the number of people involved in the logging transport to 100,000, so that the logging could be carried out simultaneously from the north and from the eastern slopes behind the camp, which could greatly speed up the process.

100,000 people felling, what kind of concept is that. The mountains were full of soldiers like ants, hundreds of trees were cut down every breath, hundreds of timbers were transported to the camp every moment, and piled up in a large clearing in the middle of the camp, piled up like a hill.

Countless soldiers were busy building siege equipment under the guidance of craftsmen in the army, pulling saws, axes, chisels, carrying and assembling. Everything went smoothly, and His Royal Highness King Huai expressed great satisfaction after his inspection.

However, from the afternoon onwards, bad news came one after another. There have been attacks on several tree-harvesting hillsides. Some people are hiding in the mountains and forests, and they are attacking the soldiers and horses who are felling. In just half an hour, hundreds of the loggers died. And it was under the noses of many people, shot by arrows flying out of thin air in the woods.

In fact, in order to ensure the smooth logging, Zhang Wenbiao has taken measures. 100,000 fellers, with the remaining 30,000 or 40,000 to assist, and each soldier carrying a blade with him.

Once Li Yuan's soldiers and horses launched a sneak attack, they could launch a counterattack on the spot, quickly forming a superior force, and hundreds of scouts kept staring at the surroundings of Tanzhou City. Once there is a large number of soldiers and horses of the Chu army out of the city, they can immediately know the opponent's movements.

However, thousands of calculations and thousands of precautions cannot prevent attacks in the mountains and forests. And the attack in the forest is beyond the power of many soldiers and horses. The feathered arrows and poisonous needles that suddenly shot out from the canopy of the mountains and forests made all the soldiers who cut down the trees terrified.

After the news spread, all the soldiers on the logging surface were all soldiers, and when they heard that there was any feng shui and grass movement, they were so frightened that they threw their axes and big saws and lay on the ground and did not dare to move. And the wind and grass in the mountains and forests are everywhere. When the mountain wind blows, the little beasts run by, and the birds fly by, it will cause panic.