Late at night.

Flames erupted in the walled city.

Mixed with the smell of burning corpses and horses.

The thick flames were like meteors in the night, and they could be seen even from a hundred miles away.

A group of scouts from the state of Wu discovered the firelight.

"Brother, it seems to be a walled city of grain and grass, right?"

"It's not good, it's a walled city of grain and grass."

"Quick! Go and report to the Hou Ye..."

Several of the scouts were startled and numb, and they quickly left.

The flames in the walled city were raging.

Lü Zhang was seriously injured and fell unconscious due to excessive blood loss, and the adjutant Liu Hongyun temporarily took over the reins.

After a brief deliberation by several generals.

All the captives of the state of Wu were killed.

Liu Hongyun is also for the safety of the soldiers.

With these captives, you can ask for merit and reward.

However, it is cumbersome.

And there is an extremely unstable factor.

One of the people led two war horses, one for transfer, and one for supplies.

To go back alive.

They brought enough dry food for half a month.

Taking advantage of the night, everyone tied dead grass and leaves to the horse's tail so that they could hide their whereabouts.

Yingning Marquis Camp.

"What?"

"The walled city was attacked by the Han Chinese?"

Ying Ninghou's face was full of confusion, and he looked at the military general kneeling in front of him and said in shock.

"Master Hou."

"It's really Han."

"The number is unknown."

"Immediately report this news to King Liang."

"Yes, Master Hou."

"In addition, the news is kept secret for the time being, the defenders of Gancheng should not know that our grain and grass logistics have been sneak attacked, and they will organize an attack immediately after dawn!"

"Yes! The last will obey. ”

The grain and grass logistics transfer station was burned, and if this news spread, it would be a great blow to the morale of the army.

The other side.

The camp of the King of Liang.

As the person in charge of the southward command of the operation, King Liang is also determined to win the three northern cities of Dafeng.

When it was learned that the transfer station was burned down.

King Liang was also confused.

"Our army has arranged a defensive line like iron barrels, how did the Han attack the rear of our army?"

King Liang stood in front of the map, his gaze uncertain.

He thought about it, and he couldn't imagine how far Lu Zhang had taken to succeed in this plan.

Subsequently.

An order was issued.

After dawn.

Storm Pucheng, Yancheng.

On the Gancheng side, Ying Ninghou is in charge.

It is also the same choice to storm after dawn.

The existing grain and grass in the Wu army camp can only last for seven days.

If the city can be broken in seven days.

No matter which city you take, it's a victory.

Using this city as a springboard, you can ignore the entire northern region of Daebong.

At the same time, tens of thousands of troops were sent to encircle and suppress the Han people who attacked the grain and grass transit station in the rear.

Regardless of whether this time is successful or not.

This team.

None of them can live.

The sky was slightly bright.

The sound of war drums of the Wu people shook the sky.

The dense siege team was organized, and the situation was more fierce than before.

"General, the attack of the Wu army is too fierce, as if you don't want to die..."

On the walls of Gancheng.

Long Fei personally supervised the battle.

He was keenly aware of the difference.

In the past, the Wu army would not have attacked so desperately.

But now it seems that Wu Jun is fighting to the death.

"Something is wrong."

"Could it be...?"

A trace of shock flashed across Long Fei's face, and he was immediately ecstatic.

It must be so.

Lu Zhang succeeded.

The enemy's logistical grain and grass station was served in one pot.

Otherwise, the enemy army could not have been so mad?

"Soldiers."

"As long as we hold it for seven days, the Wu army will retreat!"

"General Lu has cut off the enemy's food and grass supply, and they won't be able to jump for a few days!"

Long Fei's shouts raised the morale of all the soldiers defending the city.

However, the battle was still fierce.

The people of Wu State withstood the rain of arrows, rolling wood, fire oil, and fire pots, and there were still people on the city wall.

Wave after wave of Wu troops were defeated, and another wave made up for it.

Many of the knives in the hands of the soldiers were curled.

The other side.

The situation of Wang Zhen evil is even more tragic.

Pucheng's side was attacked by the elite of King Liang.

The city wall was seized several times, and the soldiers desperately snatched it back.

Just because, in the rear are the people of Dafeng.

If the city is broken.

Men will be killed, women will be insulted.

The people of Dabong will be trampled on.

At sunset.

Wu Jun retreated.

Under the city walls, the corpses were piled up several meters high.

All the soldiers stared blankly at the retreating Wu soldiers, gulping in a big gulp of fresh air.

"We held on!"

"We won, we won!!"

I don't know who shouted first.

Immediately after, the walls were filled with cheers.

The meal this afternoon was very rich.

Braised pork, white chopped chicken, white rice, enough!

But most of the soldiers looked lonely.

Their comrades-in-arms, brothers, are all killed today.

In the past, people who could get together to eat in twos and threes are now alone.

The next day.

Even more tragic.

On the third day, it had become a meat grinder.

Long Fei defended Gancheng, with a total of 70,000 defenders, most of which were lost.

This is a relatively exaggerated loss in siege warfare.

Day 4.

Everyone was surprised to find that Wu Jun had retreated.

Opposite the big camp, people go to the empty building.

The other side.

Liu Hongyun took all the soldiers who attacked the walled city to spare a farther road.

Even so, they narrowly escaped into the encirclement of the enemy.

After a few days of eating and sleeping, everyone is almost no longer human.

But they still firmly believe that they can return to Daebong alive.

Capital.

The Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, the military situation in the northern frontier!"

"Read!"

"The three cities in the north successfully resisted the attack of the Wu army, most of the soldiers were lost, and the life and death of Lu Zhang, who attacked the grain and grass walled city, is unknown, and there is no news for the time being."

Hear the report of this disastrous victory.

Guo Tianyi's face was also gloomy.

It's for him.

It's not a victory at all.

More than 100,000 soldiers in the north have lost most of them?

These are all elites who smashed out of their own silver?

Originally, Guo Tianyi thought that the elite frontal battlefield of Dafeng should be able to break hands with Wu Guo.

But now it seems that it is still not enough to see.

It's just because Wu has strong individual soldiers and strong cavalry.

These gaps cannot be bridged in a short period of time.

And in the era of cold weapons, cavalry is the most powerful type of troops.

Daebong lacks exactly that.

Now Daebong also has 100,000 cavalry.

However, the quality of the horses alone was a little worse than that of the horses of the Wu Kingdom.

The horses of the Wu Kingdom, in terms of endurance and speed, are better than the horses of Dafeng.

"Fan Xiong, do you know where the countries of the Western Regions are rich in horses?"

Guo Tianyi rubbed his eyebrows, looked at Fan Xiong standing in front of him and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty." Fan Xiong arched his hand and said, "Among the countries of the Western Regions, the war horses of the Wu State are the strongest, but the horses of the Xianbei Kingdom, Guishan, Wusun and other countries are not inferior to the war horses of the Wu Kingdom, and they often have friction with the Wu State..."

That's right!

Guo Tianyi's eyes lit up.

How did you forget that there are still these countries?

Among them, Guishuang and Wu Guo are very uneasy.

Although they have been bullied by Wu all the year round, they do have a lot of war horses.

"Fan Xiong."

"Tell Jinyiwei that when the Kushan merchant Yarman enters the capital again, he will bring it to see me immediately."

"No!"

To reform the troops, it is necessary to strengthen the cavalry.

War horses are the first element.

Otherwise, without a good war horse, the elite of their own Dafeng on the frontal battlefield will never want to compete with Wu Guoyi.