On top of the Yingzhou city wall, Zhang Kuang put on his armor and held a telescope to scan the outside of the city.
Looking at the 30,000 Jin soldiers and horses approaching the city wall like a tide with the sound of war drums, their expressions were also very good. Wanyan's move to attack the city really overturned the previous understanding of many generals.
"Master Hou, how do you meet the enemy?"
Ke Yan drew out the saber from his waist and looked at the enemy troops outside the city with a solemn face. They launched a tentative attack with thirty thousand soldiers and horses. How urgent was this old guy Wanyan Chizha to capture Yingzhou?
Zhang Kuang put down the telescope in his hand: "Send the order, load the artillery, cock the crossbow, and prepare the rocket. The Lei Zhenzi throwers are waiting under the city wall, and the archers are hiding behind the battlements. The Jin Kingdom also has artillery. Don't let the cannonballs fall on Lei Zhenzi.
on the wooden box, otherwise we will destroy the city if it explodes."
"Got the order!"
"I dare to ask, general, when will we fight back? Are we just going to watch them approaching the city wall like this?"
Zhang Kuang took out a dry tobacco bag from nowhere, smashed it twice, and blew out a puff of smoke.
"Wait, let the Jin people have a taste of the mine array first. Liu Xiaozi has blown these guys to the extreme, but I don't know how powerful it is. The trenches they dug are enough for them to work hard."
"You guys should keep your eyes open for me. Once the power of the mine array fails, the Jin people will immediately be filled with arrows and artillery to cover the trenches. It would be a shame for our brothers not to hit the live targets that are delivered to us!"
"Got the order!"
Key Yan, Xiong Kaishan and the other generals hurriedly dispersed, observing the situation outside the city from a distance.
Outside Yingzhou City, Yeluhu's son Yelvmo stood on the side of Wanyan Chiazhao. His eyes never left the Yingzhou city wall, looking at his own soldiers who had entered the range of the archers. There was no movement on the city wall. Yeluhu's face
Full of confusion, he subconsciously looked to one side of Wan Yan Chi Zha, who had an equally strange look on his face.
"Commander, what is going on? Why is there no movement at all from the Longwu Guards on the Yingzhou City Wall? Our brothers have already approached within the range of bows and arrows!"
Wanyan Chizha gently stroked his beard and shook his head slightly: "I don't understand it either. It is said that I made a small plan and directly attacked the city with a large army. The defenders on the Yingzhou city wall should be a little panicked."
"According to my commander's understanding of Zhang Kuang, he should now order artillery bombardment and a wave of arrows to stabilize morale. This uncharacteristic silence makes even my commander confused as to what Zhang Kuang's purpose is!"
Yelv Mo looked at Wanyan Chiezha, a senior who was even more famous than his father Yeluhu, and subconsciously scratched his head.
"Zhang Kuang won't be forced by our power and want to surrender without a fight, right?"
Wanyan Chizha was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes and glared at the junior Yelv Mo.
"Do you think it's possible? Stop talking nonsense here, I really have the time to send out two more scouts to investigate the situation thirty miles around Yingzhou. Don't forget that there are 300,000 cavalry under Liu Mingzhi's command who have not yet revealed their whereabouts!
"
"This kid doesn't follow common sense when it comes to his tactics. Be careful, he's tricked you."
"Yes, General Mo will go right away!"
"Report, Commander-in-Chief, the officers of the forward battalion reported that a large number of vertical and horizontal trenches were found a hundred steps away from the city wall. Our ladders, siege vehicles, and door-ramming vehicles cannot transport them through them at all."
Wanyan was stunned for a moment and hurriedly waved to the soldiers: "Bring the table!"
"Got the order!"
As soon as the bodyguard put the table down, Wanyan Chiezha leaped up, took out the telescope given to him by the Queen, and looked towards the front.
Looking at the criss-crossing ravines, Wanyan jumped off the table while muttering.
"Are you planning to cover it with archers while the soldiers are filling the trenches to delay the siege?"
Wanyan Chizha thought about it for a long time but could not come up with a reason. There was really no other possibility except this possibility.
"Send the order, Sha Po Lang will send out another 10,000 sword shield soldiers to cover Luan Feng Bo's brothers and quickly fill in those trenches. Pay attention to the distance and pay attention to the artillery and archers on the city wall."
"Got the order!"
Looking at the 10,000-sword shield soldiers dispatched from both wings again, Wanyan Chizha picked up the telescope and looked over the city wall.
"Arrogant, arrogant, just relying on these trenches, what can you do to stop me for one more hour!"
"Report, a large group of cavalry has been found in the west of the city, about 50,000 people!"
"Report, a large group of cavalry was found in the east of the city, about 50,000 people!"
Wanyan Chizha subconsciously looked towards the east and west sides of Yingzhou City, and sure enough, at a glance he saw smoke and dust billowing outside the city, rising straight into the sky.
A smile appeared on the corner of Wanyan Chizha's lips. He didn't need to guess carefully to understand whose troops these were. After all, at the moment, only Young Master Liu was the only one who could send out 100,000 cavalry in Dalong.
"Boy, oh boy, I was still thinking about how to force you to show up, but I didn't expect you to leave the city on your own initiative. I couldn't fight in the last national war. I have been regretting it until now. Finally, I can get my wish today. I want to see you, the scholar in white.
How handsome is he?"
"Commander!"
"exist!"
"Send the order to the armored cavalry and the black wolf cavalry to take a detour on both sides and be prepared for the attack of the cavalry on both sides at any time!"
"Got the order!"
"Longchang!"
"The end is here!"
"Immediately the golden eagle sent a message to Marshal Yeruha of the troops on the right, asking them about the progress of the war."
"Get the order, humble job horse"
"boom"
"boom"
Suddenly, a thunderous sound came from outside the peaceful Yingzhou City. It rang out without any warning. Longchang, who was speaking, was so startled that he forgot to say the next words.
Wanyan Chizha hurriedly looked towards the city wall, only to see smoke billowing outside the city, and the sound of thunder was heard everywhere, directly covering the screams in the smoke. The thick smoke blocked Wanyan Chizha's sight, and everything around him was blocked.
All covered in it.
Wanyan Chizha hurriedly looked at the observer on the elevated platform: "Observer? The dragon guard on the city wall fired?"
"Report, report back to the commander, no fire was found on the city wall, and the explosion seemed to come from underground!"
Wanyan Chizha didn't have time to think deeply about what caused the explosion, and waved the flag in his hand repeatedly.
"Send the order, all troops and horses retreat, withdraw the Yingzhou archers, and the artillery can return fire within the range!"
"Got the order!"
A huge sound of gold foil sounded, and the figures of the Jin Kingdom soldiers gradually withdrew from the smoke and dust, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands.
Until the last figure ran out of the smoke, thunder could be heard from time to time in the ravine-ridden field between the two armies.
After all the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom withdrew, they all became disgraced, and their bodies were covered with a thin layer of dust covering their armor.
The air is filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
Wanyan Chiezha watched a general running towards him and hurriedly walked up.
"Batu Shu, what's going on?"
"Reporting back to the commander, the general doesn't know what's going on. The general is leading the brothers to fill the trenches on the ground. Suddenly there is a thunderous explosion. The general has no idea what's going on?"
Wanyan Chizha looked at the second running general again, his eyes full of surprise and uncertainty.
"Hulumu, what exactly is going on?"
Hulumu kept slapping his buzzing ears: "Commander, what did you say? I can't hear you clearly, please speak louder!"
Wanyan Chizha pushed Hulumu aside, raised his telescope and looked outside the city wall.
When the billowing smoke and dust completely dissipated, Wanyan Chizha stared blankly at the corpses on the ground for a long time, unable to regain his consciousness. There were still many soldiers rolling on the ground screaming. Based on his long experience in the battlefield, that
There were at least five thousand corpses scattered on the ground.
Five thousand soldiers were lost inexplicably, and Wanyan Chizha became a little sluggish.
Wanyan Chizha, who was secretly proud at first, his eyes turned scarlet red, and he suddenly remembered the phrase "extreme joy leads to sorrow".
I thought I could catch the dragon off guard, but I didn't expect that I had lost five thousand soldiers before the battle started!
Wanyan Chizha scanned the surrounding generals hysterically: "Did any of you see whether the enemy troops on the city wall fired artillery?"
"Report, none of us saw it. There was thick smoke after the explosion, and we couldn't see clearly what happened!"
"Find a way to treat the injured brothers, and the rest will follow me back to the camp to discuss matters!"