Three days later.

"grown ups!"

The messenger hurriedly came from outside the city lord's palace. He had the token given by Zheng Yuanyun himself, and did not need any notification from the guards outside the palace. He rushed to the door of the side hall where Zheng Yuanyun worked daily.

The door opens.

Zheng Yuanyun came out with a solemn face, and behind him were several fully armed lieutenants.

These are his cronies. Even when Zheng Yuanyun's prestige was at its lowest point, they still obeyed him.

However, there are not many people left.

You must know that ever since Zheng Yuanyun decided to enter Nantes Province, he has been making preparations. He not only mobilized the most elite soldiers and generals in the province, but also the team he cultivated for many years in Anluo Province.

Brought them all in.

Since Zheng Yuanyun decided to enter the province of Nantes, he was naturally prepared to go all out to win this great achievement.

You know, the empire also sent envoys to make it clear to him that if the province of Nantes can be captured, Zheng Yuanyun will become the fourth national advisor of the Qingyang Empire!

Anyone who is a minister does not desire that one day he can become a noble national advisor, inferior to one person and above tens of thousands of people. Zheng Yuanyun can reach the level of a general, and his desire for a national advisor is unparalleled by ordinary people.

For this goal, Zheng Yuanyun went all out this time without any reservations.

However, the situation has progressed to this point, and in the course of several battles, many of his cronies have been killed or injured, and some of them are dissatisfied with Zheng Yuanyun's iron-blooded and high-pressure strategy.

At this moment, Zheng Yuanyun can be sure that the only ones who are still following him tenaciously are the six lieutenants behind him.

How desolate?

Looking back on the glorious scene in Anluo Province, he now feels desolate.

But so what?

From Zheng Yuanyun's calm face, we can feel Zheng Yuanyun's determination to move forward at this moment.

This battle is also the final battle that he has been waiting for.

If this battle is won, it means that the province of Nantes will be undefended for a long period of time and will be free to take whatever he wants.

Now, what he wants to seize is not only the province of Nantes, but also his lost dignity, lost prestige, and lost control.

In this battle, we have to get them all back!

The messenger soldier was also one of his cronies. He was the one who arranged for him to observe the movements outside the city for him. He came back in a hurry now, and he must have brought back the information he wanted.

Zheng Yuanyun who came out of the door did not speak. He only stared at his confidant. Sure enough, he saw the other party take a breath and said quickly: "Your Excellency, from the direction of Dongyuan City, spies have discovered that a large number of enemies are approaching.

If we head towards our direction, we will reach Iai Castle in about half a day!"

Zheng Yuanyun nodded, this was the opportunity he was waiting for, so he asked: "Where are the troops?"

This is the point.

He had always known that Ouyang Lixing had sent troops, but due to the unprofessionalism of his scouts, he had never been very clear about how many enemies were coming.

Now that he has taken precautions, he has sent additional manpower to keep an eye on Dongyuan City. If he cannot detect accurate troop numbers, then these scouts are not unprofessional, but stupid.

Fortunately, the soldiers under him are not that stupid. Moreover, when Ouyang Lixing came out of Dongyuan City, the number of soldiers could be seen walking out of the city gate. How many of them were there? This time, he finally had one

A relatively accurate estimate.

"Sir, the enemy's strength, according to current observations, is about two million!"

The confidant replied immediately.

Two million, this did not go beyond Zheng Yuanyun's expectations. In fact, he was deploying his defensive strategy based on Ouyang Lixing's two million army.

He knew very well that even if Ouyang Lixing wanted to send troops to chase him, he would not be able to do so without any reservations. He would always need to reserve some troops just in case, so the maximum number of troops Ouyang Lixing could send was around two million.

To be honest, with a force of 600,000 and the advantage of city defense, Zheng Yuanyun did not have much confidence that he could defend Ouyang Lixing's two million army.

But in fact, he does not need to completely guard against it, but only needs to delay it for a little longer.

Even occasionally showing weakness to the enemy to make Ouyang Lixing attack bolder and more unrestrained is not impossible.

All in all, he only needed to drag reinforcements from Ma Hui's side to arrive, and then take advantage of Ouyang Lixing's loss of troops during the siege, and then gather superior forces to defeat them in a wave.

The script is just that, and now, Ouyang Lixing has taken the first step according to his script, so how can he let the other party down?

After getting the specific number of troops, Zheng Yuanyun sneered, looked back, and said indifferently: "Do you dare to fight with me?"

The six lieutenants actually didn't know that a large number of reinforcements were arriving from behind, but these six people were Zheng Yuanyun's die-hard loyalists. After hearing this, they all stood up straight and were fully armed, even if they just made a gesture of clasping their fists in salute.

, and also produced a uniform sonorous sound.

"The general will be driven by your lord at last!"

The six people responded in unison.

"very good!"

Zheng Yuanyun nodded slightly, and then his eyes were like swords, pointing straight to the sky outside the house. In that direction, Ouyang Lixing was leading his troops to arrive.

"Let's go, let's see how the Zhu Yan Empire's siege method is different from ours!"

There were a large number of reserve reinforcements. Zheng Yuanyun did not panic at all. He just waved his hand lightly and then moved forward. He was originally a counselor, but at this moment he lost the aura of a military general. At this moment, it was as if he had just

They are the side with more superior troops, and Ouyang Lixing and others are not coming to attack the city, but are preparing to come and be killed by him one by one.

City head.

Ihe City is not small, and every wall is wide and majestic. Zheng Yuanyun climbed up the city tower, took a lookout from his subordinates, and took a look. He could already see the mighty enemy army in the farthest distance as far as he could see.

vaguely visible.

Zheng Yuanyun is a general who has worked hard all the way, and his strength is real. He only glanced in that direction and he was able to determine the approximate number of people on the other side, which was not much different from the number sent back by the scouts.

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"Have all the troops for the city defense been arranged?"

Zheng Yuanyun put down his observation glass and turned around to ask the deputy general in charge of the city's defense.

"Reply to the adults!"

The deputy general responded quickly: "According to your instructions, the 600,000 troops we have are divided into three parts. There are 200,000 troops at the front city wall, 150,000 troops on the left and right walls, and the other 100,000 heavy troops."

The mounted cavalry is on standby toward the rear city gate!"
Chapter completed!