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Seeing this situation, Zhao Yin felt that something was wrong, and persuaded, "Lord, this Yiting City is the last line of defense of the Chu army, and then it is a horse and a flat river." I expect that the Chu army will definitely strengthen its vigilance here, and our army's siege equipment is only ladders and rushing cars for the time being, and if we attack the city rashly, the loss will be very great. ”

Ren Li also saw that there was something wrong with this city, smiled in his heart, and said, "Zhao Junshi, our army has been invincible all the way. And General Ling Lang Zhao Wou-Ki Zhao is brave and invincible, and since he served as a pioneer, he has been unstoppable. There must also be some remnants of the defeated brigade in this Yiting City, and their morale is low. Military division, as long as General Zhao continues to attack the city, our army will definitely be able to win a complete victory. ”

Zhao Yin was furious in his heart and glared at Ren Li. He scolded in his heart, "Didn't you let my son die?"

Liu Xian laughed, "That's right, the Chu army is already at the end of the crossbow, not to mention, we are now in the city, how can we retreat rashly." As he spoke, he drew his sword and shouted, "All soldiers, all the army is attacking." ”

Ren Li smiled at Na Zhao Yin, he thought that as long as this battle was lost, then he would have the opportunity to impeach Na Zhao Yin and Zao Wou-Ki and let his son-in-law Bu Yong take on the vanguard role. Moreover, at that time, a large number of siege equipment was also transported, which means that Bu Yong just came to pick up the credit. To put it bluntly, Ren Li just exchanged the lives of many soldiers for his son-in-law's position.

Zhao Yin was very angry in his heart, he understood Ren Li's intentions, but the arrow was on the string and could not be reversed. It's no wonder, at that time, he favored his son because of selfishness.

On the other hand, Zao Wou-ki, who served as the vanguard, didn't understand the tricks, and really thought that all this was his credit, so he took the soldiers under him, braved countless arrows, and rushed to the forefront, striving to be the first to land on the enemy city.

However, Zao Wou-Ki's vanguard team was greeted by arrows first, and when their large army approached the city wall, they heard an order from inside the city, and countless boulders were launched from the city. These boulders are not like bows and arrows that can be resisted with shields, but in an instant, countless Yizhou soldiers were hit by these boulders and lost their lives. And more importantly, these boulders were continuously launched outside the city without stopping, and the battle passed for more than half an hour.

Although Zhao Yin, who was in the distance, was well-informed, looking at this scene, he couldn't believe his eyes. Although I know that this is a catapult and other siege and defense equipment, the power and number of this are too exaggerated. And as far as he knows, Jingzhou does not have such high-tech, after all, Zao Wou-Ki has been the assassin of Jingzhou for a long time.

Zhao Yin said to Liu Xian, "My lord, the Chu army is willing to invest such powerful weapons in this battle, which shows that Liu Shengxiaoer attaches great importance to this battle, and it also shows that there are still heavy soldiers in the city." If we don't retreat now, this will be a very serious blow to our army. ”

Although Ren Li hoped that this siege would fail, he didn't want to lose too badly, lose too badly, and when his son-in-law came to pick up the leaks, there would be no army to charge. So he also persuaded, "Yes, my lord, it will take a while for our catapults to be delivered, so let's spare their lives for the time being, and order the withdrawal of the army." ”

Liu Xian himself is not the kind of person who has a lot of ideas, and the two military advisors under the account said so, so he naturally made it and immediately withdrew his troops. Seeing that the enemy ordered to retreat, many people immediately rushed out of the city to chase and kill, but for safety, they could not chase too far. Because according to the plan, they were only scaring the enemy away, and the main purpose was to transport the boulder back from outside the city. In this battle, Liu Xian suffered great losses, while Huang Xiaoqiang had almost no damage. The morale that was already very low rose instantly.

In the big tent, all the generals were smiling happily, all saying that they were happy to defend this battle. Guo Kaishan and the others began to be a little dissatisfied with Huang Xiaoqiang's generals in an instant, and they now understand that fighting not only relies on hard fists, but also relies on advanced weapons.

Huang Xiaoqiang still looked at all the generals expressionlessly, and everyone looked at Huang Xiaoqiang's eyes, and consciously closed their mouths again. Huang Xiaoqiang said coldly, "Laugh, then laugh." ”

Huang Xiaoqiang's eyes swept over everyone, and said, "In this battle, Liu Xian was too arrogant, I let you keep retreating and let them speed up, this is exactly my arrogant strategy." Sure enough, they did not wait for the siege equipment to arrive, so they rashly attacked the city, and the losses were extremely heavy. If you are proud to underestimate the enemy because of this small victory, I think we will not be far from defeat. ”

Bei Mingchen asked, "Then, General, what should we do next?"

Huang Xiaoqiang said, "Wait, wait for the arrival of my 100,000 army." Again, remember to me that no one shall go out of the city without my command, or he will be killed. This, especially against the generals of the East. Did you hear that?"

Dongfang Wuxian looked at Huang Xiaoqiang and complained in his heart, "What's the matter with me." But he could only reply helplessly, "I heard it." ”

Huang Xiaoqiang naturally can't say the reason for targeting Dongfang Wuxi, if Dongfang Wuxian really breaks into trouble and goes out of the city to face the battle again, then he has no choice but to order Dongfang Wuxian to be killed, although this is for the sake of the overall situation, but it will always make a gap between himself and the lord Liu Shengsheng, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister will not be easy to deal with in the future. Huang Xiaoqiang didn't want that to happen, so he deliberately mentioned it to prevent this from happening.

The Yizhou army kept scolding under the city, but the Chu army just couldn't hold out. After a while, Liu Xian's catapult was finally transported, and with Zhao Yin's secret help, Liu Xian finally listened to Ren Li's suggestion and replaced Zhao Wouji with Bu Yong as the vanguard on the grounds that Zao Wou-Ki was injured.

However, what Ren Li never expected was that when the city was attacked again. The Chu army not only had the thunderbolt cart, but also the countless giant crossbows on the city wall. These giant crossbow arrows are all extremely powerful and have an extremely long range, even longer than Liu Xian's catapults, and Huang Xiaoqiang means that these crossbow arrows will shoot far away and destroy those catapults. This also means that Liu Xian's catapult is actually not very useful.

Ren Li originally wanted Bu Yong to make a great contribution in this battle, but he didn't know that he would harm his son-in-law. Bu Yong was too reckless, and forcibly climbed the city tower by the ladder, but he didn't know that his martial arts were not as good as Yin Bupo, and he was killed by Yin Bupo. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Xian could only withdraw again. The two armies are again facing each other.

There are countless disagreements in Liu Xianying's tent.

Zhao Yin said, "My lord, in this Eastern Crusade, our army has suffered heavy losses and is exhausted, and the barbarians in the south and the Tibetan people in the west have been eyeing us in Yizhou, if we don't go back, I'm worried that they will change." ”

Ren Li knew that Bu Yong had Zhao Yin's secret help as the vanguard, hated that Zhao Yin had killed his son-in-law, and deliberately sang against him, and Ren Li firmly believed that it would be enough to support him for a while, and said, "My lord, although our army has lost a few battles in this Eastern Crusade, our army has a great advantage in numbers, if we only lose two formations and retreat, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to miss." Next time, we may not even be able to capture Zigui City. My lord, the Pavilion is located on the plain, the terrain is low-lying, and the trees in the nearby mountains have been cut down, we only need to wait until the rainy season in August, let the heavens rush this mud and stone into the Pavilion, and our army can win without a fight. ”

Zhao Yin snorted, "It's June, the weather is hot, and there are still two months left before the rainy season in August." Is it necessary for our army to be hot for two more months? My lord, the minister just went to inspect and found that six or seven of the 10 sentinels had fallen ill because the soldiers were not accustomed to the water and soil. In addition, due to the shortage of water, the soldiers can only drink sewage. Lord, if you don't retreat, it's too late. ”

Ren Li snorted, "Mr. Zhao is not afraid, we just need to retreat to the mountains and forests, there are trees to hide, what is the effect of the heat of this weather." Besides, if we are hot, won't the enemy army be hot? What we are comparing now is who can survive whom? Lord, we must not retreat, and the heaven-given opportunity will be gone next time. ”

Although Liu Xian was a hesitant person, this time he knew very well that as long as he conquered the Qianting, half of the entire Jingzhou would be able to enter his hands, and this temptation was not small. Liu Xiandao, "Zhao Yin, don't say it, I have made up my mind, and I must not withdraw the army." Following Ren Li's suggestion, our army retreated ten miles to camp in the mountains, and fought again with the arrival of the cool rainy season after autumn. ”

Zhao Yin sighed secretly, "The minister obeys the order." (To be continued.) )