Step on a branch

Chapter 314 Don't Be So Nervous
Defending the city, relying on the city wall, has a great advantage.

The city walls of Xizhou were so tall, thick, and solid that even the siege equipment could not easily knock the city gate open.

What's more, the terrain outside Xizhou City makes it more difficult for the enemy to approach.

Just by keeping it, Yu Bai has a lot of confidence.

However, a city is a city, it can't run away, it can't even move a little.

When Great Liang had to guard against Mingsha Pass after Yusha Pass was defeated, a lot of troops were mobilized from the city to reinforce it.

Now it seems that there is no return.

After all, Yu Bai didn't understand how Su Zhi lost so suddenly.

With all the front defenses lost, their Xizhou became a temple that they couldn't escape, waiting to be besieged.

Of course, facing the siege, there is not no way to crack it.

One is that the imperial court sent a large number of reinforcements, cooperating with the inside and the outside, but surrounded the enemy in the middle.

The second is to cut off the supplies of the Zhou people. If the Zhou people can't supply food and grass, they will retreat on their own, and the crisis in the city of Xizhou will be resolved.

The city has been defended like this.

But no matter what kind, someone needs to do it.

Yu Bai urged and urged, the court neither said to send people to rescue, nor to send troops to go around and insert supply lines.

Is this waiting for the people of Zhou to make trouble?
The people of Zhou had waited for more than ten years, and it was the first time they were able to get close to Xizhou City. They would definitely not retreat easily.

If he was a Zhou general, he could write three letters a day for urging food in Beijing at this time!
And the court of the Zhou people, after so many years of diligently repairing the internal affairs, will not be able to send out food and salaries?
Although the road is far away, it is all their own land, so there is no need to worry about being robbed.

When the food and grass are stockpiled at Feimenguan, and then sent westward step by step, it will be very safe to have a veteran like Qin Yin in charge.

As long as this supply continues, the Zhou people will be able to surround their Xizhou City to death just by surrounding them.

Time is never fair.

The people of Zhou can surround it for one or two months, but they can't hold on to Xizhou City for that long.

The food storage in the city is limited, once the stomach is hungry, will the soldiers and the common people still be willing to defend the city?

I wish I could open the city gate immediately!

After all, in their view, this city was abandoned by the Great Liang court.

Otherwise, could there be no hope of rescue for a long time?

Even Yu Bai himself felt very heavy when he thought of the possible situation.

Hurry up and get the news...

He prayed silently.

Any news is fine, so that he can tell his soldiers that the imperial court is trying to mobilize troops to save Xizhou.

Wait until the sun sets to the west.

What appeared outside the city of Xizhou was not the messengers of the Great Liang court, but the troops of the Zhou people.

There are still three miles away from the city gate, and the formation is spread out. The soldiers with shields are in front, the archers are behind, and the cavalry is behind.

Yu Bai has experienced many battles, seeing this layout, he couldn't help frowning.

This is obviously not a charge and attack posture.

The cavalry was blocked by their own side and could not charge at all.

What does Zhou want to do?
The distance is neither close nor far, and it is quite difficult to really see the appearance of the enemy general.

Yu Bai could only distinguish the generals from the Zhou people from the flags fluttering on that side.

In the afterglow, Feng's character is in the middle of the banner, with Lin's character next to it.

Nothing else.

Yu Bai has inquired, and there are several generals from Zhou who are preparing to attack Xizhou this time.

Are they stationed in the formation now, or are they lying in ambush and watching?

Three miles away, Feng Zhong sat on the horse and nodded to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan clamped his horse's stomach, left his army alone, and walked more than a hundred steps towards Xizhou City.

Yu Bai looked at him intently.

The person who rode out alone was very young, wearing silver armor and holding a long spear.

At such an age, with such tolerance and courage, there is no doubt that this person is Lin Fan, Lin Xuan's son.

What does he want to do?
Yu Bai clenched his fists.

Shout out?

No matter how provocative this young man is, Yu Bai is ready to go in with his left ear and out with his right ear.

It's so stupid to be so enraged that you can't rush out to fight the opponent one-on-one.

He, Yu Bai, is not a young boy who has just entered the battlefield.

Defenders, defenders, are different from generals who are good at attacking, and their purpose is only to defend.

To put it bluntly, it is to compare who is the real bastard!

Shrinking in the shell, resolutely not showing off, and being as stable as Mount Tai, is a good defender.

Lin Fan suppressed the horse step.

This distance is just outside the range of the crossbow arrows on the city wall.

"General Yu," Lin Fan said in a loud voice, "don't be so nervous, the formation today is not for an attack, nor does it want to besiege the city, just because there is a letter to be delivered to the general."

Yu Bo snorted and laughed.

Compared with the kind of shouting that was rude and swearing, it is still better.

After all, anyone can scold foul language.

If you scold a lot and listen to a lot, you usually don't get angry.

On the contrary, it is the yin and yang strangeness without a single dirty word, and every word penetrates into the heart, liver and lungs, which is annoying.

Yu Bai was calm, but the soldiers beside him were not steady.

Seeing Lin Fan standing close to the front, he raised his bow and shot.

Yu Bai glanced at it, but didn't stop him.

From this distance, it seems that there is a chance, but in fact, it is impossible to shoot.

The long arrow pierced through the air with a whistling sound.

Lin Fan could see clearly, he didn't hide or evade, and his expression didn't change.

Sure enough, the long arrow gradually lost its power and landed a few steps away from him.

On the contrary, Feng Zhong, who was in the army behind him, was taken aback because he was far away and could not estimate the strength and distance of the bow and arrow.

Even the soldiers beside Feng Zhong gasped.

Be nice.

Duke Ding is so bold.

On the city wall, the archers saw that an arrow had missed, and wanted to shoot another arrow.

This time, Yu Bai reached out to stop him, and shook his head with him.

The archers withdrew angrily.

Yu Bai's eyes fell on Lin Fan again.

He could see clearly that when the arrow landed, Lin Fan's figure was very relaxed, and he even suspected that Lin Fan was smiling at that moment.

It's not that he didn't react, and it's not that he couldn't dodge, but Lin Fan was sure that there was no need to dodge at all.

With this calmness, confidence and courage, Yu Bo's mood is extremely complicated.

Zhou people are not without successors.

The young Lin Fan is a rising star.

On the contrary, they are very cold, among the younger generation, there are no dazzling figures.

Taking a deep breath, Yu Bai asked loudly, "I don't know who wrote the letter?"

Lin Fan replied: "It's a personal letter from General Yu's best friend, General Li Jieli, who was captured in the Battle of Yushakou."

At the mention of Li Jie's name, Yu Bai's breathing tightened.

Yushakou lost too badly.

Shi Wei and others died in battle, and Li Jie and the others were captured.

When the news came back, Yu Bai was very anxious and sent people to Beijing to inquire about the imperial court's countermeasures.

When the two armies were at war, not to mention the exchange of captives, the generals who died in battle always had to have an explanation.

As a result, there was a quarrel between the DPRK and China.

To change, not to change, various opinions.

At the end of the quarrel, there was no result, and the matter was shelved.

To ask again is to wait for Zhou Ren to talk about conditions.

Yu Bai's head hurts from anger.

Zhou people have the upper hand and continue to attack in an aggressive manner. What conditions can they take the initiative to negotiate?
But he is a city guard, and he really can't say anything in Beijing, so he can only give up.

Seeing that Yu Bai didn't reply, Lin Fan took out the letter, held it up high, and waved it: "General Yu doesn't dare to accept it, does he?"

　See you tomorrow, book friends~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)