"Sir, this is a very clever plan!"

At the top of Xiyun City, Xu Qing, who had been lamenting and pessimistic, suddenly turned away his gloomy face and looked at Chen Ze with bright eyes.

He naturally saw the fire behind the poisonous fog army, and he also guessed the cause of the fire.

As for Chen Ze's unusual behavior of ordering his men to dig a trench five hundred meters away, it suddenly dawned on him and he guessed the key to it.

This was actually the idea!

With a look of admiration on his face, Xu Qing also hit his head hard, feeling ashamed of his previous contempt for Chen Ze.

But Chen Ze was calm, which was praised by Xu Qing. He just turned his head slightly and smiled at him, focusing all his attention on the enemy troops outside the city.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Xu Qing, who thought he had guessed Chen Ze's plan, rubbed his hands excitedly and said fiercely: "Why don't you take advantage of the enemy's military morale to rush out and kill him!"

This time it was Chen Ze's turn to be stunned. He rolled his eyes from an angle that Xu Qing couldn't see. When he turned to look at Xu Qing, he seemed to be looking at an idiot.

"I think...it's not necessary, right?"

"Instead of risking going out of the city to fight, it's better to wait in the city."

He shook his head slightly and rejected Xu Qing's suggestion.

"wait?"

The excitement on Xu Qing's face stopped and he said anxiously: "Sir, you must not do this!"

Chen Ze asked: "How to say?"

"Look, my lord!"

Xu Qing pointed to the fire outside the city and said anxiously: "Because of your ingenious plan, the enemy has no food and grass at the moment. This is a great opportunity for us. If we miss it..."

He raised his finger and pointed further away, "When the enemy sent people back to the Poison Mist Forest to transport food and grass, this plan was in vain. At most, it just delayed the enemy for most of the day.

If we can’t wait for reinforcements at this time, it won’t help!”

Chen Ze waited for him to finish speaking, then shook his head and said, "They don't dare to go back to transport grain and grass."

Although Chen Ze did not expect that the soldiers in the baggage team would exaggerate the number of ambushes in order to save their lives, he told Guo Zi and others to retreat immediately, and indeed ordered them to sneak into the poisonous fog forest.

Of course, the purpose is not really to make Guo Zi and others attack the grain transport troops like a death squad, but just to act as a deterrent.

He just wants to let the enemy commander know that I have clearly arranged an ambush on your food transportation road. Are you lucky?

If this is not the case, then more manpower will have to be deployed in order to prepare for an ambush, resulting in a shortage of troops.

If that was the case, Chen Ze wouldn't mind waiting until the opponent was at his most exhausted to come out of the city and give him a tough blow. This was also the purpose of arranging for the two thousand people at the West Gate to rest in rotation, just to keep a commando team in good condition in his hands.

If unlucky, the enemy has only two options, either to retreat as a whole or to attack the city with all its strength.

If he retreats, Chen Ze won't be able to keep the opponent, but it doesn't matter. The gap between retreat and advance is enough for him to do a lot of things. Next time the poisonous fog army comes again, it won't be so easy to march straight in.

As for the other option...

When Chen Ze analyzed the situation to Xu Qing, it was also when the general on the other side pointed his sword at Xiyun City.

"Attack Xiyun City with all your strength?"

Xu Qing's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but turn his head and glance outside the city. It seemed that the other party was really making a big push, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Wouldn't this be counterproductive?"

If you still attack the city with all your strength when you know that the food and grass have been destroyed, you are cutting off your own retreat, and if a person has no retreat...

"Not urgent."

But Chen Ze said calmly: "They won't be able to attack for a while."

"Instead of worrying about this, you might as well go down and see for me whether that thing is ready."

The direction he pointed was inside the city wall.

"this is!"

Xu Qing wanted to say something more, but he also knew that Chen Ze would not listen to him, so he could only shake his head helplessly and walked down the tower.

However, after the incident of burning grain and grass, Xu Qing no longer doubted Chen Ze so much, and even had a faint expectation. Perhaps, it was just like what Mr. Jing said...

After Xu Qing was sent away, when Chen Ze looked outside the city again, the corner of his mouth curled up with a cruel arc.

Guard the city for five days?

Waiting for reinforcements?

No, he didn't want that.

After coming to this world, excluding trivial matters such as suppressing bandits, this battle is his first real battle!

How could the first battle end with a cowardly defense of the city for five days?

The reason why he said when he was at the military plane that he was not sure of defeating the enemy and could only be sure of delaying time was because of his identity.

It is already unconvincing that a small counselor volunteered to be the commander of the city defense. What would happen if he continued to utter arrogant claims that he could defeat the enemy in one fell swoop?

I'm afraid that even Mr. Jing will think that he is a bombastic talker, so how can we trust him with the military aircraft token?

It was said that the city would be defended for five days, but from the very beginning, Chen Ze was planning a strategy to defeat the enemy with one blow.

Whether he was digging trenches or ordering Guo Zi to lead his men to destroy grain and grass supplies, Chen Ze was doing the same thing, which was... dragging!

To say what his greatest strength is, it is undoubtedly the general.

However, two of his three generals are currently cooling down today, and their strength is not at full strength.

Furthermore, there is a time limit on the use of the General Star. Without providing fragments to strengthen it, the initial time it can appear is only half an hour.

Therefore, Chen Ze not only needs to delay, but also needs to control the battle situation within the effective time of the general star. This is the key to whether he can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Everything was going according to his plan. Even when he looked outside the city in a blink of an eye, Chen Ze could already see the poisonous fog army arranged in a tight formation, advancing towards Xiyun City step by step.

As he expected, the general commanding the poisonous fog army finally chose to fight hard and launched a full-scale attack when the soldiers' supply needs were temporarily low!

This can also be guessed.

After all, the poisonous fog army can retreat safely, but what about the millions of elites beside Emperor Zhu Yan?

The war was exhausting, and the consumption increased every day. The Zhu Yan Empire was also eagerly waiting for Xiyun City to be defeated so that they could march straight in and cut off Bo'an City's logistical supplies.

Based on this consideration, the choices the other party can make are within expectations.

Then the next step is to strictly control the time for the decisive battle between the two armies. Regarding this, Chen Ze has already made arrangements.

The five walls of fire that were previously lit were gradually extinguishing, and the poisonous fog army also advanced to 300 meters away from Xiyun City at this time, just outside the range of the archers.

Catapults, siege towers, battering rams, these large siege equipment have been pushed out by the opponent. As soon as the flames are extinguished, the final general attack will be launched!

However, at this moment, when the five walls of fire were about to extinguish, Chen Ze's hand slowly moved across the night sky.

Whoosh!

Another rocket burning with flames came.

boom!
Chapter completed!