Lin Ye's cavalry battalion of the Cowardly Army bypassed the Beiye Army and stationed itself about a hundred miles away from Xiantang City.

The scouts came to report that the Beiye Army brigade, still carrying a large number of Dongbo people, had arrived outside Xiantang City.

This time, Tuoba Lie has no way out.

If he loses this place in Dongbo again, he will have nowhere to go and no way to escape.

Lin Ye speculated that the two teams, Ning Shehai's Xiangshan Camp and Ning Haitang's Guzhu Camp, would probably arrive in Dongbo soon.

So Tuoba Lie doesn't have much time. If he can break through Xiantang within a month, he can still defend it.

If he couldn't break it, he would probably have to retreat and do the next best thing, quickly withdraw his troops and return to Liyang, and rely on that isolated city to hold on for as long as he could. By then, Ning Shehai and Ning Haitang would have arrived.

But Lin Ye didn't want Tuoba Lie to die in the hands of Ning Shehai or Ning Haitang.

In the next few days, Lin Ye only took a group of soldiers to watch the battle not far outside Xiantang City.

The Beiye army attacked very fiercely, but Lin Ye saw with his clairvoyance that the imperial flag of the King of Dongbo was flying on the city wall, so the Dongbo defenders fought particularly bravely.

However, what people didn't expect was that there were actually quite a few teams of Dongbo rebels coming from other directions.

They are not here to help defend the city, they are here to help siege the city.

It can be seen that in the past ten years, Tuoba Lie's penetration of Dongbo has far exceeded that of the Loufan people.

Many of them may even be double agents of Tuoba Lie and Lou Fan.

What is even more unexpected is that many rebel teams carry a large number of siege equipment.

This shows that Tuoba Lie has already planned to attack Immortal Tang.

Lin Ye sat on the horse and observed carefully with his clairvoyance. The more he looked, the more sad he felt.

Don't the Dongbo people understand that at this time, they are helping Tuoba Lie to attack Xiantang. Even if they can defeat them, can Dayu let them go?

On weekdays, it seems that Tuoba Lie only has the more than 100,000 Beiye troops. Even if he can fight, he cannot withstand the encirclement and suppression by the imperial army.

But now I know that Tuoba Lie trained more teams in Dongbo than he bribed in Guzhu.

For more than ten years, Tuoba Lie assigned his men to Dongbo and tried every means to expand his team.

What he didn't dare to do in Yunzhou, he did it unscrupulously in Dongbo and Guzhu.

The fierce offensive and defensive battle in Xiantang City was far more brutal than when the rebels attacked Guzhuyangzi City.

Tuoba Lie's personal command was not comparable to that of Tuoba Ningxiu.

"General."

Pang Panghai pointed to one side.

The rebels hiding here in Dongbo are assembling stone dumpers in front of the formation.

It seems that in order to avoid daily searches, these large siege equipment rebels were built separately.

Divide the drawings of the trebuchet into several parts. People in this place will only build one of them, and another place will make another one of them.

After arriving outside Xiantang City, these rebels transported the equipment and assembled it together.

"General."

Pang Panghai asked: "Do you want to provide some support? Otherwise, I'm afraid that Xiantang City won't be able to support our large team."

Lin Ye still didn't respond.

After a while, Lin Ye put down his clairvoyance and said, "Let's talk about it in two days."

After saying that, he turned his horse back.

By the next morning, the Kitano Army's rock-trebuchets had been assembled, and there were more than a dozen of them, but it seemed that this was obviously not the entire number.

Starting at noon, trebuchets began bombarding the walls of Xiantang City indiscriminately.

Tuoba Lie planned to use this method to directly blast a gap in the city wall.

Lin Ye came to observe again and saw the broken stones flying on the city wall. His subordinates were a little anxious, but Lin Ye remained indifferent.

Xu Haoran felt uncomfortable looking at it. If he continued to smash like this, he was afraid that within a few days, a hole would really be made in the city wall.

He went to Lin Ye and asked for three thousand cavalry to raid the Beiye Army's trebuchet position.

Seeing his resolute attitude, Lin Ye replied... Have you seen the Beiye Army cavalry?

Xu Haoran was stunned by this question.

Lin Ye only said this, and then turned his horse back to the cavalry team.

Xu Haoran thought there for a long time and finally understood what the general meant.

From the time the Beiye Army chased them all the way to the gates of Binglinxiantang City, their main cavalry force never showed up.

The Beiye Army has put out its trebuchet now, which is probably a bait.

Xu Haoran thought, he was thinking about how to help the Dongbo people, while the general was thinking about how to reduce the casualties of his cowardly brothers.

But Xu Haoran's thoughts represent the thoughts of many cowardly soldiers.

Now that they are all here, they all want to fight Tuoba Lie's Beiye Army with real swords and guns.

They were all soldiers, and they were not convinced.

Lin Ye has never allowed them to contact the Beiye Army. Even if they fought vigorously before, they were still fighting against the Dongbo rebels.

At this moment, the Beiye Army was in front of them, and the cavalry of the Cowardly Army felt there was no need to be afraid, especially the soldiers under Yun Guhong.

Xu Haoran figured it out, but he wasn't that worried. The cavalry battalion had won consecutive battles, and indeed even he felt that there was no enemy worth avoiding.

He went up to the forest and asked behind the leaves: "General, do you want me to bring a thousand soldiers and horses to try? If there is an ambush, turn back immediately."

Lin Ye glanced at him: "When did you start thinking that the lives of a thousand people could be used for a try?"

Xu Haoran was stunned by this question.

Lin Ye said: "If you want to give it a try, go yourself."

Xu Haoran didn't know whether he should speak for a moment. The general's tone was a little chilly, but he was not stupid and couldn't hear it.

At this moment, he heard a burst of cheers coming from the distance behind him.

The sound was so loud that it could be heard even from such a distance.

Xu Haoran looked back and saw a burst of smoke and dust rising from the wall of Xiantang City, as if a small piece of the wall had been knocked off.

The Beiye Army's trebuchets kept hitting one point, and even if Xiantang City was made of copper and iron, it would be damaged.

The cheers of the Beiye Army made Xu Haoran feel nervous. Although he had just been scolded by Lin Ye, he still felt that he should try again.

If Xiantang City was breached so quickly, wouldn't the general's plan of using the Dongbo people to consume Tuoba Lie's Beiye Army also failed?

He chased after him, thinking about what words he should use as he ran.

But at this moment, a cavalry team was seen rushing out of the slant and heading straight for the Beiye Army's catapult.

Xu Haoran saw it, and so did Lin Ye.

"Whose team!"

Lin Ye's face turned cold.

Xu Haoran caught up: "General, it looks like a battalion of General Dou's cavalry."

"Dou Yong?!"

Lin Ye's eyes already showed murderous intent.

Dou Yong was a general under Yun Guhong, and later took refuge with Ning Haitang in Longzhangtai.

Dou Yong didn't really have much respect for Lin Ye. If he really wanted to be in awe, he had more respect for Ning Haitang than Lin Ye.

This person only felt that Lin Ye did not even dare to harass, but only dared to raid the Dongbo rebels. He was really not worthy of the name of a general.

Moreover, these surrendered soldiers have a bad reputation after all, and they only hope to get more military honors in Dongbo so that they can go back in high spirits.

At this time, Dou Yong came back from elsewhere with a battalion of his cavalry. He saw the rebels' trebuchets attacking the city. Xiantang was in danger of breaking the city. He also saw that there were not many troops on the side of the trebuchets, so he ordered a sudden advance.

His subordinates also advised him that he should inform the general first.

Dou Yong only said that the general only dared to bully the Dongbo people and did not dare to fight the Beiye army.

Moreover, the battle situation is changing rapidly. God knows whether Xiantang City will be breached once the general is consulted.

He had no intention of asking Lin Ye for instructions. He was still thinking, I will fight a good fight this time and see how you can deal with me.

The cavalry team of more than a thousand people rushed directly towards the trebuchet.

Lin Ye saw it and it was too late to stop him. He immediately ordered everyone to mount their horses and prepare to respond.

Over there, Dou Yong saw that there were at most some infantrymen on the trebuchet position, but he didn't pay attention at all.

The sword was pointed forward, and the morale of more than a thousand cavalry was like a rainbow.

However, among the leading generals in this world, whoever underestimates Tuoba Lie will be in trouble.

No matter how powerful the trebuchet was, there was no way it could collapse the city wall in less than half a day of attack.
To be continued...