Kou Long was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then immediately reacted, got up, looked at the map in front of him with a serious expression, and said softly: "The current situation is not very optimistic. ”

"The enemy army began to counterattack three days ago, and on the night after the commander-in-chief left, these enemy troops seemed to appear suddenly, and when the scouts returned, they had already reached a distance of seventy miles in front of the city, and the number was extremely large, according to estimates, I am afraid that there were no less than sixty thousand men, and the siege equipment was complete, and it was obvious that they had come prepared. ”

Ye Guan's heart tightened after hearing this, the timing of the enemy's attack was very delicate, and they chose to attack immediately when an incident occurred in Zhu'an City, they seemed to know about Zhu'an City. If the commander behind this is Shen Tuyan, then it goes without saying what his relationship is with this mysterious black-robed man in Tianqing City.

"Judging from the standard equipment of the enemy army, it is not much different from the equipment of the enclave sergeant we fought briefly before, and it should be a sergeant of the same faction. Koron continued, as detailed as possible: "When they arrived at the city, they immediately began to attack, without warning, as if they had known that we had occupied the city. ”

"Fortunately, when the commander-in-chief left, he asked the sergeant to occupy the city wall and garrison, so that the survey blocked the first wave of enemy attacks. But then......" Speaking of this, Ko Long stretched out a hand, pointed at a few points on the map, and said: "The enemy army failed to attack head-on, and began to disperse the attack, attacking in various places of the rear city wall, the back wall of Zhu'an City is about a few miles long, such a long defense line, so that our soldiers defending the city are tired of coping. Fortunately, the sergeants were all experienced in a hundred battles, and after a night of fierce fighting, the enemy retreated, leaving behind thousands of corpses, and our side also lost nearly a thousand people. ”

"How can there be such a loss?" Ye Guan was shocked when he heard this, in the general city wall offensive and defensive battle, the defenders have a great advantage, the city wall of Zhu'an City is high and thick, and after obvious reinforcement, the defensive equipment is also sufficient, and this also loses so many soldiers, something is wrong.

Kou Long sighed softly and said, "Commander, you don't know, the place used a long-range trebuchet to throw fire projectiles into the city, and the injured sergeants did not die fighting on the city walls, but died in the garrison area of the city and in the process of fighting fires. I don't know where the enemy found a trebuchet of such power, which is set up on the hillside in the distance, and we can't do anything about it. ”

When Ye Guan heard this, he also frowned and was silent. He didn't take into account this situation before, if the enemy army used fire to attack Zhu'an City, the jungle near Zhu'an City was dense and there were many houses in the city, and all the people were slaughtered, and at this moment in Zhu'an City, there were only soldiers from Dongwangfu, so the enemy army attacked, and they didn't have to care about anything at all. It's just that he didn't expect that the enemy would have such a powerful firearm trebuchet.

"General Ding Jiang and I discussed, if we don't destroy the enemy's trebuchet, I'm afraid that it will only be a matter of time before Zhu'an City is captured, so we sent three squads of elite sergeants to carry it out, but this time we were ambushed by the enemy army, and more than half ......of them were damaged," Kou Long said, the expression on his face was extremely ugly, and his and Ding Jiang's strategies seemed to be calculated by the other party, which made the two veterans who had experienced a hundred battles very frustrated.

The battle was fought with grievances, and the rugged terrain in the Zongqiu Mountain area was not conducive to the surprise attack of the cavalry of the Eastern Palace, and the enemy army set up a long-distance trebuchet on the hill near the rear city wall, and there was no way for their own side. Even if more elite troops were sent to raid, but two fists were invincible with four hands, and the enemy army would definitely expect that the Eastern Palace's mansion would send troops to destroy the trebuchet, so many ambushes were arranged. The reason why half of the elite of the three squads sent out by Ding Jiang can still return this time is because most of these people are not ordinary sergeants, they all have cultivation and experience in a hundred battles, and they have extremely strong adaptability on the battlefield.

Ye Guan didn't speak, didn't even move his expression, just motioned for Kou Long to continue. The battle had started three days earlier, and that's what the first night had been about.

Koron took a deep breath and continued, "After dawn, the enemy army stopped marching, which gave us a chance to breathe. Because they had long-distance trebuchets, General Ding Jiang and I decided on a strategy to give up the range of the trebuchets and retreat to garrison, leaving only the city walls to defend, and all the war materials were transferred to covered areas to avoid being destroyed by trebuchets, and at the same time, all the houses within the range were demolished, and a fire broke out on one side. ”

"Then, in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking around the rear, I led the Wuqian army to retreat here, mainly defending the front gate city wall and the mountains on the left and right, General Ding Jiang led the army to face the enemy head-on. ”

"The battle subsided for half a day, and at ten o'clock in the evening, the enemy army came like a tide again, and at the same time as the frontal attack, a small number of harassing troops really came from behind, but this time their attack was obviously much weaker than the first night, as if to test our defensive strength or observe our battle losses, so I and General Ding Jiang took the strongest combat attack at the same time, and quickly repelled the enemy army. The battle at the back gate ended quickly, and less than a brigade of the enemy actually attacked the city wall, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, and because of the retreat and garrison, the damage caused by the long-range trebuchet was also reduced a lot. ”

"As for the front door, only a small number of harassing enemy troops came, and they were repelled by the elite sergeants I had been ambushing for a long time. ”

Speaking of this, Kou Long paused, looked up at Ye Guan's face, and saw that Ye Guan's face was as usual, as if nothing had happened, he was secretly relieved in his heart, he had been a general in the Dongwang Mansion for many years, and it was the first time to fight such an aggrieved battle, and he was pressed by the enemy army in the city. And he and Ding Jiang take the defensive battle of Zhu'an City very seriously, the two of them claim to be the future stars of Dongwangfu, and they are also outstanding in battle.

"In this process, didn't the enemy army find a way to put this heavy trebuchet on the mountains on both sides?" Ye Guan thought about it for a while, pointed to the mountains on both sides of Zhu'an City on the map, and said: "These two areas are more prominent, if the trees on the left and right are cut down and the work of the trebuchet is not affected, it can also attack Zhu'an City, which can bring great damage." ”

"My subordinates have already figured this out and taken precautions. Kou Long hurriedly said: "The mountains on the left and right sides are densely wooded, and the trees are all hugging thickness, and it will take a long time for the enemy to cut down the trees on both sides, so I sent out three squads of scouts and three squads of ambushes to ambush in the mountains on the left and right, and if I find the enemy, I will report the information as soon as possible." At the edge of the mountain range, mobile units were also arranged, and if they found any signs of logging from the enemy, they would immediately attack. Last night, we did find signs of enemy activity, but we didn't see any trace of them, so we must have guessed that we were defended on the left and right, and gave up this idea. ”

Ye Guan nodded lightly when he heard this, Kou Long's strategy is very good, this ambush is much better than other methods, if it is used properly, it can also eat several waves of enemy troops.

The enemy has a long-range killing weapon, and if the commanding heights on the left and right are not occupied, this thing is not a matter of concern. From the current point of view, Kou Long and Ding Jiang's defense is not bad, and there are no obvious flaws when they see the moves, but if it goes on like this, Zongqiu Mountain is the hinterland of Shen Tuyan, and he can get a steady stream of troop replenishment and logistical supplies, but he can't do it himself, and now that he has fallen out with Huang Yongning on the surface, he must leave the enclave as soon as possible, otherwise Tianqing City will free up his hands, and I am afraid that there will be no such a chance by the way.

Thinking of this, Ye Guan frowned slightly, and began to think about a way to quickly defeat the enemy. This trip must take the Zongqiu Mountain area in one fell swoop, at least take Shen Tuyan, this person must know a lot of secrets, and capturing him will play a vital role in the actions behind the Dongwang Mansion.

Seeing that Ye Guan was frowning and silent, Kou Long thought that there was something wrong with his strategy, and hurriedly asked, "Commander-in-chief, is there something wrong with the way I formulated?"

Ye Guan shook his head lightly and said, "No problem, you did a good job, this arrangement can minimize our damage to the greatest extent, and it can deter the enemy, it is a good way, it's just ......"

"It's just that there's no way to fight back!" Kou Long then said: "Your Excellency, I have been thinking about this matter again, this is the hinterland of Zongqiu Mountain, if this siege battle becomes a protracted war, it will be very unfavorable to us, I am afraid that we will have to ask for reinforcements." ”

Ye Guan shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said, "You don't need to ask for any reinforcements, wait for me to think about it and then make plans." How is the war going now, and what are the movements of the enemy today?"

Kou Long believed in Ye Guan's judgment very much, and didn't think much about it, and said: "Today, the enemy army is relatively quiet, there was a large-scale attack last night, and it retreated again under our strong defense, and until now, the enemy army has not moved, I don't know what they are doing." ”

"Where is Ding Jiang?" Ye Guan heard this, his heart also moved, and asked, "Didn't he send scouts?"

"General Ding Jiang is still arranging the deployment in the city, and the scouts have sent out a few teams, but there is no response, the mountains around here are all enemy troops, and after the enemy army comes, many traps have been arranged in the forests of the left and right mountains, which are used to prevent scouts. In such a complex terrain, the scouts can listen to very little information, and until now, we only know that the number of enemy troops is not less than 60,000, which is still inferred from the stove pit in one of the enemy camps. ”

Ye Guan nodded lightly and said: "You defend the back road here, you must not be cut off by the enemy army, I will go into the city now, how the enemy army is, I have to see it with my own eyes to decide." After speaking, regardless of Kou Long, Ye Guan took a straight step, got out of the big tent, and walked out of the camp in a few steps, heading straight for the gate of Zhu'an City.

In the dark of night, a few thick clouds of smoke floated in the air, like a few fog dragons rising on the ground.

In the bleak Zhu'an City, thick smoke billowed out.