Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 227 Battle for Jizhou (2)

After thinking over and over again, Jiang Yiqu said, "Let's go! Let's go to the top of the city to have a look, it's not too late!"

After all, Jiang Yiqu strolled towards the top of the city. Even if it was as the lieutenant general said, he would not believe it easily. He had to verify it himself before he could rest assured.

When Jiang Yiqu climbed to the top of the city, the enemy army under the city had just finished shooting a round of arrows, followed by stone catapults throwing stones, and finally the infantry launched an attack.

"Attention, enemy catapults!" The defender shouted loudly, and the stones flew towards the city like meteors, smashing hard on the top of the city, and the defenders who were not careful were directly crushed by the stones .

After the rain of stones, it was the infantry rushing forward holding shields, shouting slogans, carrying ladders, pushing carts and other siege equipment.

The defenders, who had already held their breath, immediately drew their bows and arrows, aimed at the city, and when they were about to attack the enemy troops below the city, the defenders were stunned by the next scene.

Only the sound of golden cries sounded again from behind the enemy army, and the enemy army receded like a tide again, and the defenders on the city almost vomited blood in aggrieved state.

Jiang Yiqu originally thought that when the enemy army was really going to attack this time, the enemy army called for gold to withdraw their troops. He was so angry that he punched him on the city wall, and Chi Guoguo, who was riding a horse, played him like a monkey. gas.

In Li Song's army camp, Li Song looked at the soldiers who had retreated again, and he was a little worried. He asked Xue Rengui next to him, "Rengui, will this affect the morale of our army?" exhaust."

"The soldiers attacked in formation repeatedly like this, but they didn't touch the edge of the city wall, and then suddenly withdrew. It is inevitable that there will be no resentment."

"Prime Minister doesn't need to worry too much! In this way, he will be more heroic in the end, and defeating Li Yang will get twice the result with half the effort." Xue Rengui said.

"Oh! Why is that?" Li Song asked suspiciously.

"Prime Minister! Let me keep this matter a secret!" Xue Rengui smiled slightly.

"It turned out to be like this, then I won't ask any more questions, I will leave the matter of attacking Li Yang to you." Li Song said, Li Song turned back to the camp after speaking.

As night fell, Li Songjun pretended to attack several times in a row, which made Li Yang's defenders numb, and Li Songjun retreated again.

Inside Li Song's camp, Li Song and the generals were sitting in the tent of the Chinese army waiting for the news. A personal guard hurried in and saluted Li Song, "Prime Minister! The message from the front is that Li Yang's defenders are the same as last time. There is no defense on the top of the city."

Li Song waved him to retreat, and the guard saluted everyone before retreating.

Li Song looked back at Xue Rengui and asked, "Rengui, can our army officially launch an attack on Li Yang now?"

As soon as Li Song finished speaking, all the generals looked at Xue Rengui one after another. They stayed in the camp and waited all day. They went to the battlefield to make meritorious deeds, not to travel here, especially the surrendered generals Zhang He, Chun Yuqiong and others among them. , They are more eager for military exploits than others. After all, they have just joined here, so they have to show their skills no matter what.

"Prime Minister! Now is not the time, please wait patiently for a while." Xue Rengui laughed.

"General Xue! The enemy has let down their vigilance, now is not the time, when is the time?" Chun Yuqiong couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and questioned Xue Rengui.

"Humph!" The Eighth Fire Army snorted softly, Zhou Qing stood up and said, "General Chunyu, are you questioning my elder brother's ability?" The other Eight Fire Army also looked at Chunyu Qiong with unkind eyes.

"I……"

"Enough!" Before Chunyu Qiong had time to argue, Li Song interrupted their quarrel directly. If this continues, there will be no fight, "Everyone is a robe, there is no need to hurt the peace."

"No!" Zhou Qing, Chun Yuqiong and others hurriedly saluted and responded, but the Eight Fire Army still didn't have a good look at Chunyu Qiong.

"Rengui, tell me, what is the reason for this?" Li Song saw that they were safe and sound, turned to Xue Rengui and asked.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Now our army has just retreated and attacked immediately. This will easily attract the attention of Li Yang's defenders."

"After all, they have adapted to our army attacking at the same time. If our army immediately launches another attack after retreating, it is easy to scare the snake away."

"So, our army must wait for the time to attack again, and then launch an attack, so that the enemy will think that our army is another feint attack, not a real attack." Xue Rengui said.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Li Song laughed and said, "This is very good! When the enemy is paralyzed, give them a fatal blow. Even if they react at that time, it will be too late!"

After Li Song finished speaking, he stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest his mind, waiting for the time to come. Seeing this, everyone also closed their eyes to rest their minds.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to attack. Everyone opened their eyes and looked at Li Song, waiting for him to issue a battle plan.

"Rengui, it's up to you to issue combat operations." Li Song said to Xue Rengui. He knew how much he knew. It would be better for a military strategist like Xue Rengui to do this kind of commanding of the army. Blind command in this regard.

Xue Rengui hurriedly got up and went out, stood in the middle and saluted Li Song, "So, the general will covet it!"

Xue Rengui turned around, bowed to the crowd and said: "The prime minister ordered me to do things for him, and I ask you to work together!"

All the generals stood up and returned the salute: "I would like to obey the general's order!"

"Chunyu Qiong, Zhang He!" Xue Rengui received the response from the generals, and immediately ordered the generals. Chunyu Qiong and Zhang He were stunned. They never thought that Xue Rengui would not order the old men like Zhou Qing, but the surrendered generals.

"Chunyuqiong, Zhang Yun!" Xue Rengui saw that the two were in a daze, and called out again, and the two of them came to their senses, hurried out of the line, clasped their fists and saluted, "The last general is here!"

"Order you two to lead the army to attack Li Yang from the south." Xue Rengui ordered.

"No!" Chunyu Qiong and Zhang He clasped their fists together and saluted, their voices were loud and full of energy.

"Xiao Mohe, Zhou Qing!" Xue Rengui continued to order, and issued orders one by one, with a clear division of labor to ensure that there would be no accidents to the greatest extent.

The gate of Li Songjun's camp was wide open, and the heavily armed soldiers launched a real attack towards Liyang City under the cover of night.

On Liyang City, there were braziers placed at intervals, with faint flames dancing in the basins. The soldiers standing guard on the city heard the sound of war drums and horns resounding through the sky, and they took cover and hid with ease.

They knew that the enemy army was just bluffing. After shooting a round of arrows, they would withdraw their troops. They were already used to this. After all, the enemy army did this all day long, so there was really nothing to worry about.

(End of this chapter)