C37

Tonight, the sky was as dark as the bottom of a pot. There was no moon or stars, and the ground was pitch black. The wind was not strong, but when it hit a person, it was as painful as a knife slicing through the air.

Every ten steps, there would be a torch burning atop the walls of the Liucheng. The dim light could only reach six to seven steps away. The Wuhuan of Liaoxi's soldiers who were on guard duty at night held onto their weapons as they gathered around the bonfire behind the city walls to keep warm. From time to time, some of them would even yawn and curse.

Na Yong was startled for a moment before reacting, jumping and shouting: "The enemy is here! The enemy is coming! Get up and prepare to fight! Na'Gou, quickly report this to Great King Bu Dun! "

The ground that Liucheng was in was extremely dangerous. To the north was an extended mountain range, and the surging Great Ling River to the east was a natural barrier. Only the south and west were very flat. The water level in the late autumn had dropped by half, but it was still more than ten feet deep. At this time, the shallow water by the Great Ling River had already frozen over, and if one fell into it, even if they didn't die, they would quickly freeze to death.

Just as Na Yong and his soldiers took their positions at the top of the city wall, a large group of soldiers had already arrived at the bottom of the city. Countless torches were like stars in the sky, surrounding the west side of the city and the south side.

"Sss" Na Yong sucked in a breath of cold air and muttered, "His milk. milk. It looks like there are at least forty to fifty thousand people here! "

One of his close subordinates asked in a low voice, "Chief Na, do you think we can hold on?"

Na Yong snorted and did not reply, but his heart was uneasy. Prince Lou Ban had brought close to half of his men, and with these twenty to thirty thousand people in the city, and the Youzhou elites who had just killed King Qiu Liju, it would be hard to defend the city!

"I hope they can attack the city a little later." Na Yong looked at the torches outside the city and the weapons in his hands, and he couldn't help but pray in his heart.

The Youzhou Army outside the city did not attack them. A few miles away, they began to set up camp, and the muffled sound of wooden stakes breaking through the ground reached the city walls. It was as if they were smashing into the hearts of the defending troops, bringing them a lot of pressure.

Gongsun Xu, accompanied by Zhao Yun and her, looked at the city wall. According to the plan that they had discussed beforehand, the and Kurna's group would be in charge of surrounding the southern part of the city with twenty thousand people. The White Horse Camp and Kurna's group would be in charge of surrounding the western part of the city.

The walls of the Liucheng were only fifty feet tall, which was almost half the size of the walls of the Youzhou City. However, the terrain here was enough to make up for the deficiencies of the walls of the Liucheng.

"The terrain is very dangerous!" Gongsun Xu's gaze shifted from the city wall to the mountain ridges to the north of the city, and could not help but sigh with emotion.

"The lord is right." Yan Rou nodded his head, pointed to the mountain peaks to the north of the city and said: "This general has been to the Liucheng before, and even climbed that mountain before. At that time, this lowly general was thinking that if this lowly general had the chance to lead his troops to attack this city, he would first abandon the attack from the north. "

"What does Zi Long think?" Gongsun Xu turned and asked Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun shook his head: "This general has never seen the terrain before, so I do not dare speak carelessly."

Gongsun Xu laughed, Yan Rou and Zhao Yun's nature were both very decisive, but the latter was very cautious with their actions, if one were to say that Yan Rou was a genius, then Zhao Yun was a true handsome talent.

"I'll go see the single general. You can arrange the night shift to rest for the night. We'll make our plans when the sun rises." Gongsun Xu turned around and walked a few steps. Then, he suddenly smiled and said, "Zi Hu (Yan Rou's calligraphy, taken by Gongsun Xu), get Wang Wei to arrange for a few squads of people to continuously shoot rockets at the city walls at night."

Yan Rou laughed along with them, and after agreeing loudly, he personally went to look for Wang Wei to pass on the message.

When Gongsun Xu arrived outside the south side of the city, a line of fire serpents had already flown towards the west side of the city, causing a wave of panic and evasion. When the Youzhou Army, who was in the Anza Village, saw this, they stopped whatever they were doing and applauded.

After hearing the commotion, he rushed out of the tent and just happened to run into Gongsun Xu. He only needed a glance to understand what was going on, as he pointed at Gongsun Xu and laughed: "My people, my son, it was you who suggested this idea, right?"

"Hehe, it's an insect trick, I'm sorry, uncles."

Single Meridian stared at Gongsun Xu and said sternly: "That is wrong! In the battlefield, it is a good idea to defeat the opponent, regardless if he is just an honorable person or just an insect! "

Gongsun Xu bowed as he received his teachings: "Yes, this nephew will remember."

Satisfied, Simply nodded, "Not bad! "Come, follow me on a tour around the city, and see if your sons have been lazy when they set up camp."

Gongsun Xu responded gratefully. He knew clearly in his heart that the reason why he said those words in a tactful manner was actually because he wanted Gongsun Xu to teach him how to set up his camp.

Sure enough, after walking for a long time, explaining on and on where to dig open water and fire escape ditches, where to build weapons shelves, where to store food, and even the location of the toilet, the two of them walked around for around an hour. At the same time, Gongsun Xu learned a lot of useful things.

After all, he was old and had been riding fast horses for the past few days. His body was not feeling well, so he returned to the Commander's Tent to rest after his inspection.

The White Horse Camp's camp had already been set up, but it was still a little rough compared to the Single Classic. After all, neither Zhao Yun nor Zhao Yun had the experience of leading their troops to camp alone. At the start, the two of them were in a state of chaos, and it just so happened that Wei Dun and his men were escorting some food over. He had learnt a few things from Liu Yu, and gave some pointers to the others, before successfully setting up the camp.

When Gongsun Xu returned to his own tent, he was not sleepy at all. He wished that the sky would brighten up and begin his attack on the city. In his previous life, when he was bored, he would dream of commanding an invincible army. Unfortunately, he could only command a few mercenaries at once, and it was only a temporary small team.

The last time he killed Qiu Liju, it was all part of a scheme and the one who took action was Yan Rou. Accompanying the act was Liu He, who had yet to complete White Horse Camp's plan. This time, he was finally able to lead an upright master to attack and break out of the city. Furthermore, Liucheng was still the Wuhuan of Liaoxi's capital, so Gongsun Xu had a lot of expectations for this battle.

Since he couldn't sleep on his left and right, Gongsun Xu decided to put on his leather robe and walked out of the tent to watch the soldiers shooting rockets at the top of the city walls. Gongsun Xu watched for a while before suddenly realizing that the one who was jumping and shouting in front of a pile of torches was actually Wang Wei. From time to time, he would snatch his subordinates' bows and shoot a few arrows.

"This guy …" Gongsun Xu couldn't help but laugh. Compared to the scheming Yang Hong, he liked Wang Wei's straightforwardness even more. The Lance Battalion that was going all out was handed over to Yang Hong.

"My lord can't sleep?" Zhao Yun's voice came from behind.

"Didn't Zi Long also not sleep?" Gongsun Xu replied with a smile.

Zhao Yun's voice was somewhat agitated, "Although this lowly general has conducted many wars before, all of them were under the command of others. Leading a battalion of troops in this war, I feel really uneasy!"

"Are you nervous?" Gongsun Xu was a little shocked, but at the same time, it was also kind of funny.

Zhao Yun walked to Gongsun Xu's side and said softly: "This general is afraid that if I can't win this battle, I will be ashamed of myself and if I misdirect them and cause the lives of the warriors under my command, I will not be able to sleep!"

Gongsun Xu chuckled: "Zi Long doesn't need to think too much. This is the first time that the White Horse Camp has gone out to battle after organizing everything, and some mistakes are unavoidable. Furthermore, there is no need to use cavalry to attack the city. Zi Long only needs to recuperate with his subordinates and will only be able to use you once the city is destroyed. "

"How can this be!" Zhao Yun immediately became anxious, "Before this general left, I promised Chan'er that I would be the first one to step onto the Liucheng's city walls! My lord, you can't let Yun be someone who goes back on his word! Even if we don't let this lowly general lead the cavalry to attack the city, shouldn't we be able to lead the small troops in the front? "

Gongsun Xu laughed heartily: "Don't be impatient Zi Long, you definitely have a chance to earn merits this time!"

"Oh?" Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, and asked anxiously: Could it be that Master has already planned?

Gongsun Xu shook his head slightly, "It's just a vague idea for now. Let's talk about it after we've seen the terrain tomorrow. Gongsun Jia! "

Gongsun Jia, who was standing on the left side of the tent, strode forward and cupped his fists: "Young Noble, please give your instructions."

"Go and invite Wei Dun over. I want to ask him about the forging of siege equipment."

When Gongsun Jia had just left, there was suddenly a clamor above the city walls. Borrowing the light of the rocket, he could vaguely see a large group of people holding thick and heavy shields as they escorted a few armored generals up to the city walls. They were currently looking down from above, and guessed that they were probably important generals of the Wuhuan of Liaoxi.

Seeing that the important figures of the enemy side had appeared, Wang Wei was even more energetic. He shouted orders for more people to shoot at the city walls, but they were all blocked by the shields.

Seeing that, Gongsun Xu suddenly asked: "Zi Long, do you want to show off your skills?"