The next day, Kou Wang continued to attack the city, commanding the army to attack Nanchuan City from all directions, with a strong tendency to capture Nanchuan City in one fell swoop.
However, Yu Xiaobei was seeking a steady victory. He did not seek any kind of blow to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but only wanted to defend Nanchuan City.
Kou Wang learned that Zhang Kui had returned to Nanchuan City. It would take more than half a month for an army of 100,000 to travel from the Weibei Valley to Nanchuan City.
And these more than half a month are Kou Wang's best chance to capture Nanchuan City.
When Zhang Kui returned to Nanchuan City, it would be even more difficult for Kou Wang to capture Nanchuan City.
You might even have to put yourself in it.
"retreat."
Unable to attack for a long time, Kou Wang could only issue the order to retreat again.
After all, Nanchuan City is the home base of Dachuan Kingdom. It is not that easy to break through it all at once.
Back in Nancheng, Kou Wang's face was full of eagerness.
He wanted to capture Nanchuan City more than anyone else. After taking down the assassins yesterday, Kou Wang almost stayed up all night to fight and re-formulated a strategy for siege.
However, the Nanchuan City guarded by Yu Xiaobei was leak-proof and comprehensive, and did not give Kou Wang any chance, so Kou Wang could only return without success.
"General Kou, we still have more than ten days, so there is no need to rush."
"In my opinion, although Nanchuan City's defense is very fierce, we can capture Nanchuan City in ten days at most."
Deng Yongle is almost the second in command of the Northern Tiger Army, and he is much more mature and steady than Kou Wang.
Kou Wang nodded. Although ten days is a long time, they have been waiting for a year and they are still afraid of this short time.
After they captured Nanchuan City, even if Zhang Kui led his troops back, it would be of no use.
Ten days passed by in a blink of an eye.
In the past ten days, the Northern Tiger Army had attacked almost every day, and then encountered Yu Xiaobei's desperate resistance and returned without success.
However, the Nanchuan City Wall has been bombarded by artillery in the past few days and has many cracks. The Nanchuan City soldiers are busy dealing with Kou Wang and others and have no time to repair it.
The cracks are getting bigger and bigger, and I am afraid that they will soon spread to the entire Nanchuan City, and even the city walls may collapse by then.
Not only that, due to the Northern Tiger Army's superior equipment, the casualties on both sides could not be spread, which gradually increased the pressure on the Nanchuan City defenders.
Moreover, countless people died every day, which also dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Nanchuan City defenders.
If these defenders were not all Nanchuan Wolf Army from Nanchuan Prefecture and had followed the Yu family of Nanchuan for hundreds of years, they would have rebelled long ago.
Dachuan Kingdom had previously obtained the artillery developed by Dazhou and conducted a lot of research on it.
However, Dachuan Kingdom does not have a genius like Shen Yuxing who can create truly powerful artillery.
It took the Okawa Kingdom a year and all the efforts of the country to produce ten replicas of the cannon.
The Nanchuan defenders regarded artillery as their last weapon, and it was not until the last three days that they showed it.
This action of the Nanchuan garrison did achieve great results, because the Northern Tiger army was not prepared in advance, resulting in heavy losses, and the vanguard army was almost wiped out.
Fortunately, Kou Wang commanded in time and avoided subsequent casualties.
Even though Dazhou's artillery has undergone two generations of improvements, due to the limitations of Dazhou's technical level and materials, the artillery cannot yet become the absolute main force on the battlefield. It can only be said that it can play a certain key role.
Moreover, current artillery is relatively bulky and the transportation cost is very high.
However, at this time, both Dazhou and Dachuan had basically finished using their gunpowder, and the next battle would be completely hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat.
The two sides were already furious. Under Nanchuan City, countless corpses were piled up, including those of Zhou soldiers and those of Nanchuan defenders.
Kou Wang looked cautiously as he stood on a high ground and looked at Nanchuan City.
After ten days of fighting, Nanchuan City should still have about 10,000 defenders at most, and their Northern Tiger Army has more than 50,000 troops.
Although the Northern Tiger Army lost its equipment advantage, it still had five times the number of Nanchuan defenders. Kou Wang and others still had the confidence and determination to break through Nanchuan City.
Today is the moment of decisive battle.
If nothing else happens, Nanchuan City will be breached today.
Kou Wang raised his long knife and pointed it at Nanchuan City, his eyes sharp, like a tiger staring at its prey.
Below, the officers and soldiers of the Northern Tiger Army were ready and ready to go. They set up their military formations and waited for Kou Wang's order.
Kou Wang's horse neighed, and he was ready to order an attack for the final battle.
The defenders of Nanchuan City not far from Kou Wang were all gathered on the city wall, waiting for Kou Wang's arrival.
It seems that they also know that today will be a decisive battle, either to defend Nanchuan City, or the city will be destroyed and everyone will die.
"Listen to my orders..."
Kou Wang gave the order, but before he could say the word "kill", Kou Wang's eyes suddenly stirred.
He saw a Dragon Guard running towards him in the distance, with a very flustered expression on his face, as if something terrible had happened.
"No, General Kou, we can't fight, we can't fight." This man shouted while running quickly, it was clear that he had an extremely important matter.
Upon seeing this, Dian Wei swooped down and came to the man, leading him to Kou Wang's face at extremely fast speeds.
Dian Wei has been staying here to protect Kou Wang. In addition to the middle-aged man that day, Kou Wang has been assassinated twice more in the past ten days. Fortunately, Dian Wei is here and he can save the day.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Kou Wang and Dian Wei were both very anxious. The army was ready to attack soon, but this man said he couldn't fight. What was going on?
"My lord, General Kou, cannot fight. A group of troops suddenly appeared in Dingyuan Mountain. The number is about one hundred thousand, and they are all hidden in the dense forest of Dingyuan Mountain."
"After investigation, my subordinates learned that these 100,000 people are the army of Nanyuan Kingdom."
"If we attack now, we might just fall into their trap."
This person has a very thorough understanding of the relationship between the Nanyuan Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom. It goes without saying that they are hiding in Dingyuan Mountain and are definitely up to no good.
The Great Zhou Kingdom and the five surrounding countries are all isolated by desert belts, with endless deserts to the west and vast seas to the east.
The Great Zhou Kingdom has always occupied the center of this continent, and its climate and environment are far superior to those of the five surrounding countries.
Except for the Shanu Kingdom, which is tied to the Great Zhou Kingdom due to interests, none of the other four countries want to carve up the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
"Damn it!" Hearing Long Wei's report, Kou Wang suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
Who is he? He figured out the key in an instant.
I can't imagine what would happen if Kou Wang and others were stabbed in the back by a hundred thousand troops while attacking the city.
I'm afraid that all the more than 50,000 Northern Tiger troops will be wiped out.