Trebuchets threw boulders against rammed earth walls.

On the city wall, the soldiers of the Han army strictly abided by the military orders from the big tent of the Chinese army.

Hold.

Await.

Counterattack.

This is not the first time that they have been bombarded by those mud legs of the Qingzhou Taiping Army, and I don't know where these mud legs got their ordnance, but they are still so presentable.

It's a pity that the mud legs are still mud legs after all, and the control of the battle situation is extremely poor, and they haven't won any city in the past few days.

On the city wall, the defending soldiers were almost accustomed to being hit by the mud legs on the opposite side a few times a day, and they hid behind the city wall, very safe.

Compared with the ease of the soldiers, General Cheng of Zhendong had a solemn expression from time to time.

"What's going on in the Northland, can there be military intelligence back?"

Cheng, who was studying the map, asked intently from time to time.

His lieutenant replied immediately.

"Back to the general, the latest military information in the north has not yet been transmitted, but more than a month ago, I received the military information from the northern army, and they are waiting to take down the rebellious minister Zhang Qi in one go."

Cheng's brows furrowed deeper from time to time.

There is a post rumor, and the latest information is actually more than a month ago, which makes him feel a little uneasy.

"Send out the cavalry sentry, I want to know the exact news of the Northern Army, the Qingzhou Rebellion is a little abnormal!"

"General Nuo, do you mean that the Qingzhou Taiping Rebellion Army has colluded with Zhang Qi in Liaodi? The"

The adjutant general was a little puzzled, but he still carried out Cheng's orders from time to time.

"Anything unusual can happen, as the commander of an army, what you should do is to find the source in this mess, even if it is an impossible thing!"

"In the future, if you are the commander, you will also do these things."

Raising his eyes slightly, Cheng, who was already not young, looked at his lieutenant from time to time and said.

"Yui!"

The lieutenant respectfully bowed his hand.

Lowering his eyes again, Cheng looked at the map from time to time, and the signs of the state of engagement had been connected into a line.

He muttered softly.

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, what are you thinking?"

Qingzhou Taiping Army.

Cheng has been confronting them for almost a year from time to time.

He received an order to stop the Taiping army from advancing westward to prevent it from threatening the center of Chang'an, and he resolutely fulfilled this order.

Under his arrangement, the Qingzhou Taiping army had almost no possibility of expanding westward, although this was also due to the Taiping army's decision to recuperate.

But such a situation creates stability, and stability is what Liu Che and Cheng want from time to time.

But now.

The Taipings' movements changed, and they began to attack the cities defended by the Han army, bringing the situation back to a state of tension.

As a general who is very good at defense, Cheng knows from time to time that behind any unusual change is another means for the opponent to achieve his goal.

Although many generals of the Zhendong Army called the Taiping Army a mud leg, and his expression was full of contempt, Cheng would not from time to time, he regarded the Taiping Army as a real opponent, and from beginning to end, he put the Taiping Army on the same level as him to think about the problem.

"The frontal battlefield is constantly attacking, so what you have to do is to bring in reinforcements from the side of the battlefield."

"Whether it is or not, it seems that the next focus has to be placed here."

From time to time, Cheng put his fingers together and pointed at a place on the map, where it was a town at the very edge of the defense line.

Plains County!

"Cheng Yi!"

"In!"

"Lead 8,000 elites to aid Pingyuan County, you are the main general!"

"No!"

Adjutant General Cheng Yi shouted his orders.

rushed to the aid of 8,000 elites, plus the original 3,000 defenders in Pingyuan County, totaling more than 10,000 people.

For holding a city.

The configuration of more than 10,000 people is already the highest allocation among the highest.

There is no exact military situation, and Cheng only bets on the possibility behind the abnormality of the Taiping Army from time to time.

Even with such a glimmer of possibility, he dared to bet big!

I have to say that as the chief general of the First Army, Cheng's vision from time to time is top-notch.

Even if there is no definite information, his analysis is completely correct.

That's right, the Taiping Army's high frequency of attacks these days is to attract the attention of friendly forces on the flank.

And the team that came slowly from Bohai County was the strongest trump card under Zhang Qi.

Artillery - Tiger Squat!

Hoplites - Xuanxuan!

Horses and horses drove along the trail with heavy gear.

On the left and right are sturdy young men.

As an army that began training a few years ago, the appearance rate of the Xuan Army is not high.

But this does not hinder their ability to fight.

Although there were only about 3,000 men, the smallest of all armies, the equipment of these 3,000 men was more expensive than the equipment of a 10,000-strong army.

Full set of metal armor.

A weighs eighty pounds.

A shield weighing seven pounds.

Plus the only weapon, the three-pound needle-nose hammer.

The weight of each of them is as high as ninety pounds.

So heavy, can they fight?

I can hit it!

The sturdy boys selected from the thousands of miners, who have been training day and night for as long as three years, not to mention wearing such a body and walking like flying, but they can still maintain a battle for thirty or forty minutes.

This time, they were sent to accompany the Tiger Squat Army.

What Zhang Qi wants is to make them flesh and blood machines in the street battles behind the city break, and eat away the stubborn Han army little by little.

The June day has entered the scorching summer sun.

Especially in the coastal area of Bohai County, although there is a sea breeze, the exposure of ultraviolet rays still makes many soldiers dizzy.

Xiong Zhen, the general of the Xuanxuan Army, wiped the sweat from his forehead and poured a mouthful of water from the water bag.

They didn't have armor during the march, and judging from the muscles exposed by Xiong Zhen raising his hand to wipe his sweat, this guy was at least stronger than three years ago.

The tiger's back and bear's waist are vividly expressed in him, and as far as the eye can see, the three thousand soldiers of the Xuanjun Army are almost the same as Xiong Zhen carved out of a mold.

"How far is it?"

Xiong Zhen asked.

Beside him, Captain Tiger Squatted looked at the map.

"I've walked most of the way, and I'm going to arrive at the scheduled place in three or five days."

Xiong Zhen nodded.

"The first battle I'm waiting for, I have to win beautifully!"

"Captain Zhao, I ask you brothers in the Tiger Squat Army to open a way for us."

The fan-like slap slapped on the shoulder of Tiger Squat Captain Zhao Xuanji.

A face that was originally reddish by the sun instantly seemed to have reached a red state.

"Well, I'll try my best."

"Look at me. This Brother Zhao, you believe me, I really don't mean to threat... It's us."

"Why don't you punch me!"

Accustomed to dealing with the same sergeant as himself, Xiong Zhen forgot his terrifying strength.

Seeing Zhao Xuanji's painful face, Xiong Zhen's face instantly turned white.

He really didn't mean it, he had to rely on the cannons of the Tiger Squat Army to break the city, and if he offended people, he would have no place to cry.

(End of chapter)