"Zheng Ming of the Zheng family is here, how about we ask General Lu Xiang to come out and talk to us?"
Zheng Ming had some old friendship with Lu Xiang in the past, and he knew that Lu Xiang was not a strong-willed person. In his opinion, Lu Xiang should have been frightened out of his wits under the pressure of his own army of hundreds of thousands. There was nothing to be afraid of. Just with this idea in mind, after receiving Tadun's order, Zheng Ming rode his horse to the city without hesitation, and roared towards the city head with full of heroism.
"Who's making the noise down there?"
Zheng Ming was the leader on the most wanted list of Youzhou Army. As soon as he entered the city, Lu Xiang's eyes lit up immediately. He gave a signal to the two sharp archers and then Shi Shiranly poked his head out from the city plate and made a sound in an official tone.
"Brother Lu, long time no see. Are you okay?"
Lu Xiang's pretentious behavior was obviously a sign of a guilty conscience, and Zheng Ming certainly didn't take it to heart, so he seemed extremely casual during the greetings.
"Hey, Zheng Ming, you are so brave that this traitor dares to come here. Come on, shoot him to death!"
Zheng Ming was obviously too self-righteous. Little did he know that Lu Xiang was pretending just to get the two sharp archers in place. Now that everything was ready, Lu Xiang could not be polite to Zheng Ming. His expression changed. Then he shouted loudly.
"Whizzing!"
Following Lu Xiang's order, two Youzhou Army archers immediately poked their heads out from the city plate, aimed at Zheng Ming unceremoniously and shot him with an arrow. Unfortunately, Zheng Ming was still there. Dreaming about the dream of surrendering to Lu Xiang, when faced with the sudden cold arrows, he didn't even have time to react. He was hit by an arrow in the throat and chest. He couldn't even utter a word before he fell off his horse. .
"Thieves, you have bullied me too much. Blow the trumpet and order the front army to attack the city immediately. Whoever enters the city first will be given free money and silk women. The whole army will not seal the sword for three days!"
Seeing Zheng Ming surrendering, all the garrison soldiers on the city suddenly cheered. The sound was like thunder. Tadun's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. In shame, he didn't even care that his troops were exhausted. As soon as he found out, he was furious and issued an order to attack, and even offered a shocking reward for this.
"Hoo ho, ho ho, ho ho..."
There is always no shortage of brave men under heavy rewards, not to mention that Wu Heng was born in a bitter cold land, and they are all tough people. With their morale boosted, they actually threw themselves into the attack without hesitation. With the sound of the battle cry, When the sky-shattering roar started, Wu Heng's cavalry, numbering in the West's thousands, took the lead in charging. All the way to the city, they all drew up their bows and arrows, and continued to rain down wave after wave of arrows towards the city. Immediately afterwards, another three thousand dismounted cavalry rushed towards the city wall carrying ladders. At this point, the prelude to the war had completely begun!
Wu Heng's army's offensive was very fierce. Although their siege tactics were mediocre, Wu Heng's soldiers were not afraid of death. No matter how heavy the battle damage was, the offensive never stopped. Wave after wave became stronger, and they continued to impact. Unfortunately, courage is not a panacea for the defense of the defenders. When the defenders were obviously well prepared, courage alone was not enough to conquer the fortified city. The bloody battle lasted from noon to Shenshi. At the end of the day, in addition to leaving nearly three thousand corpses under the city, Wu Heng's army never even climbed onto the top of the city once. It only relied on the auxiliary attack of the cavalry, causing more than two hundred casualties to the Youzhou army. At the end of the day, seeing that it was really difficult to take the city, Tadun had to issue an order to withdraw his troops. The army meandered back three miles to set up camp, waiting for Gongsun Du's troops to come to join...
"Father."
In the Chinese army's tent in the Lijiaji camp, Gongsun Du, dressed in casual clothes, was lying leisurely on a rocking chair, swaying with his eyes slightly closed, and humming a tuneless tune in his mouth. It was obvious that he was in a good mood. Even so, Gongsun Kang, who hurriedly entered the tent, still did not dare to be careless at all. He cautiously approached his father's side and called out in a low voice.
"Um?"
Even after hearing his son's greeting, Gongsun Du never opened his eyes, he just whispered out of his nostrils noncommittally.
"Father, Tadun has sent a group of people from the west to urge us, asking our troops to join us as soon as possible. You see..."
As soon as Gongsun Du behaved like this, Gongsun Kang inevitably became a little more cautious when dealing with it, and he did not even dare to speak in full.
"Don't pay attention. Hey, that guy thinks he can't do anything for himself. Let's just let him hit the wall more. We'll break camp and set off tomorrow afternoon. That's it."
Although the two parties were in an alliance, Gongsun Du did not really regard Tadun as an ally, but regarded him as the 'Guo' in the term "Fake Taoist Conquest of Guo". If he could really capture Youzhou this time, he would be able to destroy it. After capturing Gongsun Ming's troops who hurried back, Gongsun Du would take advantage of the situation and swing his butcher knife at Tadun. Because of this, Gongsun Du was happy to let Tadun lose more troops.
"My father is wise."
Gongsun Du had always been a cruel man, and he had always been unrivaled in the army. Even as his eldest son, Gongsun Kang did not dare to disobey him in the slightest. When Gongsun Du made a decision, in addition to praising him, he did not I dare not say anything else...
"Report to the military advisor that Tadun's troops have arrived at Junmi City. General Lu led his men and shot the traitor Zheng Ming. Tadun became angry and launched an army to attack Junmi City for half a day. He lost nearly 3,000 soldiers. We One hundred and twenty were wounded, and ninety-seven were killed.”
Just as Gongsun Kang was reporting to his father, the messenger sent by Junmi City was also reporting the war situation to Pang Tong, the Youzhou biejia who was stationed in Jixian County.
"Well, you did a good job. Go back and tell General Lu that Pang will mobilize an army of 60,000 people tomorrow and will rush to Junmi City in three days. He must stay on guard during this period and not go out to fight without permission. Go ahead."
In fact, Pang Tong was not very worried about the safety of Junmi City, because he knew very well that the war in Junmi City was just a cover. Gongsun Du's killing move came from the sea. Before his troops were wiped out, in order to delay him, Pang Tong Gongsun Du, the only main force of the Youzhou Army, would definitely not devote all his strength to the attack. As for Tadun's troops who were kept in the dark, they seemed to have strong soldiers and horses, but they were not good at attacking cities. Even if they spent all their money, they would not be able to attack the city. He had no choice but to obtain the strong city of Junmi. Of course, these were secrets among secrets. Pang Tong would not explain it to the messenger, so he just gave him a few casual instructions and sent him away. go.
"Military advisor, the combined forces of Tadun and Gongsundu number as many as 150,000, and they are approaching fiercely. You only bring 60,000 soldiers and horses. The outnumbering is too great. I think it is necessary to urgently recruit strong people from all counties to join the army." Only by teaching outsiders can we ensure that we are safe."
Pang Tong spoke calmly, but Shen Fei couldn't sit still. After the messenger left, he quickly came in and gave an admonishment.
