"Everyone is ready, fire!"

Watching Ouyang Lixing's troops approaching with cold eyes, Zheng Yuanyun was not even interested in talking to them. When he saw that his troops were directly within the range of his trebuchet troops, he immediately ordered to open fire.

This is also the reason why he is on the defensive side of the city at the moment. The trebuchets set up from a high position naturally have a farther range than the ground troops, so there is nothing wrong with firing a cannon first.

However, Ouyang Lixing was certainly not a fool. He led his army forward, also blocking the opponent's farthest range. Just when Zheng Yuanyun ordered to fire, Ouyang Lixing also raised his hand and ordered the entire army to stop.

go ahead.

As a result, a large amount of artillery fire from the top of Iihe City fell into the air, and the stones that rolled the farthest rolled to the feet of Ouyang Lixing's forward army. In terms of actual damage, there was no actual damage at all.

"General Zheng, why are you so angry?"

Ouyang Lixing looked at the mess in front of him, smiled slightly and said, "Isn't it a waste of ammunition to fire so early?"

"snort!"

Zheng Yuanyun stared at him coldly. The other person was a military commander with outstanding energy and blood. There was no pressure to talk to him from such a distance. However, he did not have such ability, so he simply ignored him.

A waste of ammunition?

The most important thing Iai City lacks is the reserve of combat power and supplies. The round of bombardment just now only had four to five hundred trebuchets. For Iai City's own supplies, it was not even a drop in the bucket.

Although the bombing was a little early, Zheng Yuanyun certainly knew very well that Ouyang Lixing would not come all the way and attack the city straight away, right?

He would have stopped. Zheng Yuanyun's order was just a strategy used in conventional siege battles to have archers shoot arrows to block the enemy's positions, to warn the enemy not to advance any further.

At this height, the trebuchet can naturally hit farther than the bow and arrow, and the shells fired will not disappear. At this time, they are so scattered on the siege road of Ouyang Lixing. Speaking of which, Zheng Yuanyun's order is not

Used for delaying.

It will take at least half a day for the reinforcements from the rear to arrive. This time can be long or short, and it is definitely not short. Especially when the battle situation is changing rapidly, it is difficult to say whether there will be any changes.

In any case, Zheng Yuanyun still clearly understands his current strength. Before the reinforcements arrive, he is always at a disadvantage. He can delay as long as he can.

The shells fired by the trebuchets accumulated under the city will also hinder Ouyang Lixing's forward troops, at least making the opponent's charge less smooth.

So, in response to Ouyang Lixing's sneer, a large number of stones were thrown again from the top of Iai City. Although they were not ignited to save kerosene, it also made Ouyang Lixing's front a lot more rugged.

Zheng Yuanyun did not want to hide his thoughts, and Ouyang Lixing naturally understood the purpose of his action.

Since he had expected it, Ouyang Lixing's heart would certainly not have any fluctuations. Seeing that Zheng Yuanyun did not want to talk to him, he shook his head and smiled, and waved to the deputy general in a blink of an eye.

He didn't just rush over and say "attack the city". On the way here, Ouyang Lixing also formulated various combat strategies with his lieutenants. Now Zheng Yuanyun's response was actually what they expected.

among.

So how to deal with it?

Very simple.

Ouyang Lixing's biggest advantage now is his large number of troops. Of course he will not waste this advantage. Unlike Zheng Yuanyun, Ouyang Lixing is not a person who will use any means to achieve his goals.

Therefore, he could not be like Zheng Yuanyun, who knew that the losses would be great if he charged forward forcefully, but still ordered the soldiers to press forward regardless.

Since the opponent fought so fiercely on the frontal battlefield, let's try another city gate.

After giving the order, the troops that had been deployed on the left and right wings separated and went to the other two gates of Iihe City to outflank them.

The deployment of his left and right wings is also based on the siege model, with all kinds of equipment including siege towers, rams, ladders, catapults, etc.

Once the two sides were divided, one million troops were immediately allocated, with half a million troops on the left and right, intending to test Zheng Yuanyun's deployment with a comprehensive outflanking strategy.

After all, there are only 600,000 defenders in Iai City. Ouyang Lixing can make the defenders at the top of the city exhausted by constantly pulling and pulling. This is to bully the opponent's small number of people, so that in the process of constant pulling, he can find the flaws in the opponent's defense.

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So right under Zheng Yuanyun's nose, Ouyang Lixing divided his troops without any concealment.

Standing at the top of Juhe City, Zheng Yuanyun could only watch helplessly as the two torrents of steel on the left and right circled away. It was unclear where their destination was.

Only then did he look back at the lieutenant general who had slightly questioned his order.

If, as the lieutenant general thought, he only symbolically arranged tens of thousands of defenders for the left and right gates, how could he defend himself against other people's well-equipped elite soldiers and strong generals?

With 150,000 to deal with 500,000, and Iai City's strong material reserves, we have the strength to fight.

Without paying attention to the troops allocated by the opponent, Zheng Yuanyun knew that the pressure on the frontal battlefield would still be the greatest at this moment.

And Ouyang Lixing did not disappoint him. While dividing his troops, he also waved his hand. Under the cover of the sword and shield men, the well-prepared engineering troops began to slowly advance towards the front line.

The trebuchet shells used by Zheng Yuanyun to block the road were indeed effective. If Ouyang Lixing wanted to attack the city, he naturally had to clear a road first.

And how could Zheng Yuanyun let him get his wish? If you think clearly, then clear enough!

In an instant, countless more hurled stones came roaring towards them. The engineers had just begun to carefully move the first stone, when hundreds of more stone hurled at them suddenly followed, shocking everyone and causing them to retreat.

As a result, the road was not cleared, but it became even more messy.

The deputy general who led the engineering unit looked back helplessly, not realizing that he had scolded the city lord who originally lived in Hecheng hundreds of times.

It's okay, why do you have so many stone reserves?

However, the coach Ouyang Lixing he looked at had a much calmer expression than him, and seemed not to notice Zheng Yuanyun's response.

Seeing that the road ahead was difficult to clear, he still had no intention of ordering a forceful attack, but instead waved his hand again unhurriedly.

Two cavalrymen on the flanks suddenly came out of the crowd, like two sharp knives piercing both sides of Juhe City.

Attack the city with cavalry?

Zheng Yuanyun frowned slightly, not thinking that this would have any effect, but since the other party was Ouyang Lixing, for the sake of safety, he also raised the flag high.

boom!
Chapter completed!