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Ashur, Olsky, Tiemuta, Dou Wei, and Fan Xinglun were surrounding a drawing.

A Beidi cavalry general pointed at the drawing and described the situation of King Yan's army they observed.

Compared to the fine map drawn by Zhao Xu, their map looked very rough, just a few ink lines drawing the outlines of rivers, mountains, and cities.

But even so, this is the most detailed map they can come up with.

"The King of Yan has gone deep into Yizhou and does not carry much food and grass. It is impossible for him to confront us for a long time and will definitely seek a quick victory. In this case, they can only attack our trench positions." Orsky analyzed the current war situation based on the actual situation. .

After pondering for a while, he continued, "So, as long as we can hold on for more than a month, they will definitely be cut off from food and grass. By then, with the help of cavalry to block their retreat, we can defeat King Yan's army."

Ashur and others nodded.

Orsky's expression suddenly darkened, and he added: "Of course, this is the most ideal situation. We can think of it, and King Yan may have thought of it, but they still decided to go deep into Yizhou, so they must have something to rely on. This reliance That’s why he believes he can beat us.”

"Chariots." Tiemuta said at this time, "Chariots must have given King Yan confidence. It was relying on chariots that King Yan's army defeated our Beidi cavalry for the first time outside Yanshan. This time it was just Old trick."

Orsky learned from the intelligence collected by the cavalry that this army carried a large number of tanks.

These chariots are indeed powerful weapons against cavalry.

"So what I just said is the most ideal situation. In fact, I'm afraid there are no tricks in this war. It depends on who can persist for more than a month and still have some strength left." Orsky looked serious.

Looking at the Iron Wood Pagoda, he said: "Now, your cavalry can flank King Yan's soldiers and horses, bypass their rear, and completely cut off their connection with Jiameng Pass."

Turning to Ashur, he said: "Your infantry, together with the Nanliang and Nanping armies, are blocking the King of Yan's army on the frontal battlefield. Your cavalry is cruising on the sides of the battlefield, looking for opportunities for a surprise attack. Our Russian army will cooperate with your surprise attack."

"..."

Pointing to the map, Olsky issued orders one after another.

Ashur, Dou Wei and others had no objection to Olsky's decision, so they went back to prepare.

The life and death battle between powerful clans is finally about to begin.

Life or death, let's fight here!

Not long after, the "rumble" of horse hooves sounded.

Tiemuta commanded three royal tents, 150,000 cavalry, and 150,000 infantry to march north.

The horse's hooves raised up and kicked up dust all over the sky, making a huge sound.

They avoided the official road where King Yan was and took a detour from the side to cut off King Yan's food road.

The infantry from Beidi, Nanliang and Nanping entered the trench fortifications in front of Miancheng.

Field guns were also placed on the fortifications and aimed at the front.

In order to resist King Yan, Orsky set up a trench position fifteen miles deep.

Looking from the top of Cotton City, the trench extends far away.

Even if King Yan's army could fight, it would not be easy to penetrate such a deep trench fortification cluster.

This is just the fortifications on the Miancheng battlefield. There are many other fortifications all the way from Miancheng to Yiyang.

The purpose was to hold back King Yan's army until they ran out of ammunition and food.

At this moment, the prince's personal troops, Tan Ma, were already wandering around Mian City.

Iron Wood Tower's movements were immediately detected.

The detective horse with a telescope hanging on his waist for reconnaissance immediately turned his horse's head and sent the information back.

"Your Highness, this Beidi army is trying to get behind us."

On the official road, King Yan's army was still marching.

After analyzing the information, Chang Wei frowned.

It is very dangerous to be cut off on the battlefield.

If there were armies of equal strength, I am afraid that the generals who commanded the army would have been frightened to death.

"Just order the rear army to be on guard to prevent being attacked by cavalry, and continue to advance." Zhao Xu ignored the Beidi army at all.

According to the information provided by the cavalry, the configuration of half cavalry and half infantry is basically the soldiers and horses brought by Ironwood Tower.

In the Yizhou Plain, the mobility of the cavalry was unmatched by them.

If you turn your troops around and chase them, you will only get kited.

Therefore, we must not be affected by Tiemuta's actions. We must firmly attack the fixed target of Yizhou and eliminate its effective forces.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

Each army of the royal family was equipped with only three thousand cavalry.

This time four armies participated in the Battle of Yizhou, with only 12,000 cavalry.

Even including the Qin army, there were less than 20,000 cavalry.

The 20,000 cavalry should pursue and suppress the defeated troops.

If they were to fight against the Beidi cavalry, they would be at an absolute disadvantage.

Therefore, even if the Beidi cavalry cuts off their retreat, they have nothing to do.

King Yan's decision was right.

The army continued to advance, and in another day, they arrived at the outskirts of Cotton City.

At this time, Zhao Xu ordered his army to set up camp five miles away from Mian City, relying on chariots.

Each army is stationed in one place, leaving a distance of 200 meters between the camps.

After receiving his order, General Zhenwu of each army ordered the chariots to form a circle.

He also took out tents from the chariot and set up camp.

Before evening.

The chariots surrounded the city in six large circles on the ground.

In the large circle, there are many white tents.

The soldiers placed the rifled cannon and howitzer between the iron cables connecting the tank and pointed the muzzle forward.

While setting up camp, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei observed the enemy's trench fortifications.

"There is nothing new except that it is deep, wide and long. Let the soldiers rest for one night and launch the attack tomorrow morning." Zhao Xu observed for a while and said.

To him, not only were the tactics of the powerful clans outdated, but even the tactics of the Western Army of this era were also outdated.

After all, under normal circumstances, they were just lining up to be shot.

Although they know how to use trench fortifications, their understanding of trench fortifications is not deep.

If they could pull several barbed wire fences within a hundred meters in front of the trench, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble for their attack.

But they obviously don't have barbed wire.

Chang Wei nodded and looked at both sides of the camp.

There are many Beidi cavalry wandering there.

He said: "I'm afraid they want to use the cavalry to attack the cavalry from the flank when our soldiers are charging. This is still very dangerous."

Zhao Xu smiled softly, "Are the landmines just decorations? These days, we let the soldiers lay mines on both sides of the battlefield at night. As long as we persist until our soldiers break into the opponent's trench, there will be nothing they can do."

The most important part of tomorrow's attack is the artillery battle.

While the howitzers cleared the powerful soldiers in the trenches, the rifled guns destroyed the field guns in the opponent's trench positions to avoid causing heavy casualties to the charging soldiers.

Chang Wei chuckled twice, "This is exactly what the general said. As long as their cavalry dares to come over, they will be blown to pieces."