Twenty miles outside Taizhou City!
Now, the army is already approaching!
Lu Yunduan sat in the tent, looked at the generals under his command, and said to them: "Everyone, the time has come to attack the city!"
"Now that our army has been recuperating and training for a long time, this battle can only be won but not lost!"
"In Taizhou City, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses. I initially estimate that the fight may take three or four days."
"Or maybe we are stronger and one day is enough. If... our side is really weak and the opponent is strong, we may not be able to defeat them in ten days and a half."
"Everyone, our army has never been unsheathed, so we don't know the actual gap in strength between the two sides."
"But I believe that all of you who have recently trained the soldiers under your command are not ambiguous."
"Yes, General!"
Lu Yun then shouted, "Pioneer Shangguan Yan obeys the order!"
"I'm here!"
"Shangguan Yan, as the vanguard, you will lead the cavalry troops to attack first!"
"In the siege battle, as the opponent's defender, you also need to be more careful. Your cavalry is our Tiger and Guard Army, the main force."
"On the battlefield, there must be no mistakes!"
"yes!"
Lu Yun then looked at Xu Sanwa who was waiting and shouted at him.
"General Xu, I need you to command the crossbowmen. This time, the opponent does not know whether the crossbows under our army are strong or not! So we must take advantage of distance and strength to defeat them in one fell swoop."
"clear!"
Everyone performed their duties, and after going down, Lu Yun also began to look forward to this siege battle.
If we can directly capture Taizhou City with a crushing attitude, it will not only improve the confidence of the soldiers, but also increase their morale.
More importantly, he can use this to estimate the strength of the other three people in the four southeastern places. Are their soldiers and horses strong?
After all, the imperial court has never fought with them so far, so it naturally doesn't know what their strength is.
The next morning.
The moment the sun came out from the east, the soldiers from the tents of the imperial army came out one by one, and they gathered into a huge army.
They marched in neat steps, some riding high horses, some holding shields, and some holding swords, advancing at a constant speed.
Among them, the soldiers holding crossbows and carrying crossbow beds are the most special.
Especially the thing they are carrying is difficult to predict for many people.
At this time, the spies in Taizhou City also received the news!
"Report!"
"General, the imperial army has been assembled, and they will soon arrive at our Taizhou City to launch an siege."
"General, what should we do?"
Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment. During this period, he had been waiting for the imperial army to come. Unexpectedly, the eunuch didn't know whether he was coming or not. Now he finally got this opportunity.
Then he won't be polite.
"Pass my general's order, and the army will assemble immediately and leave the city to meet the enemy!"
"This general doesn't believe that the imperial army can defeat our entire army. Defending the city is relatively easy."
That's right! In this kind of siege battle, the attacking side is relatively dangerous. They will lose their troops at any time, but the defending side is very comfortable.
Because they can retreat to their own city at any time, and at the same time they can attack from a high position, which has many advantages.
Siege battles often take a long time.
After all, a high city wall is a powerful weapon to defend against the enemy. Otherwise, what is the use of building this wall?
After a while, under Taizhou City, Wang Sheng sent his army out and opened the city gate to meet the enemy!
On the opposite side, Lu Yun also led the army to arrive. Instead of staying in the camp obediently like a pampered general, he followed the army.
He is going to the battlefield in person to take command!
As the two armies faced each other, Lu Yun just looked at them calmly and shouted directly.
"kill!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. After Lu Yun gave this order, tens of thousands of people had to obey his words and rush out!
As for the soldiers and horses in Taizhou on the opposite side, they also started to move at this moment.
The two sides collided with each other, making a huge noise.
Seeing the gold and iron horses colliding together on the battlefield, this magnificent scene was also very shocking to Lu Yun.
When he stood in this position, became a general and took command, he realized how difficult it was.
If these people cannot be managed in a timely manner, they will lose control.
This battlefield is indeed very dangerous, but many people died in an instant, and many others were injured.
Fortunately, the vanguard of the battle was the cavalry, led by Shangguan Yan, so this naturally was not a problem.
No matter what, Shangguan Yan was also the son of a general. As a vanguard, the cavalry he led were quite powerful in combat, and they defeated the enemy troops steadily.
At this moment, Lu Yun shouted loudly, "Xu Sanwa, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and let your crossbowmen attack and kill the soldiers in the opposite rear?"
Xu Sanwa was stunned for a moment, "Eunuch Lu, this... can our crossbow's range keep up?"
Lu Yun smiled softly and explained, "What are you afraid of? Our crossbows can keep up with the range, so you can shoot them, but which idiot will shoot his own family members to see if I can kill them?"
"yes."
After receiving the order, Xu Sanwa immediately lined up the crossbowmen under him, and then fired the crossbow arrows at the opposite army, especially the spearmen and shield soldiers in the back row.
When the person on the other side took out a crossbow and wanted to kill him, the person on the other side was stunned.
what's the situation?
Even Wang Sheng, who was standing on the city wall, frowned when he saw this scene in front of him.
"Is something wrong?"
"Will the eunuch opposite know how to direct a war? Is he crazy?"
"You want to shoot at our army from such a distance?"
"It seems that he really has not judged the maximum range of a crossbow. Isn't this a waste of their crossbows?"
However, at this moment, these crossbow arrows were like a dense net in the sky, and like a dense rain of arrows.
Under the disdainful looks of many people, it was shot directly at the army in the back row on the opposite side.
At this moment, the enemy troops were completely panicked.
They never imagined that the crossbow arrows of the opposite army could hit them from such a long distance!
And it was quite powerful, so they were completely unprepared.
When Lu Yun saw the scene in front of him, he patted his thigh excitedly. He suddenly shouted, "Get on the crossbow bed! Beat me so hard. My father-in-law won't believe it. How hard can the other side be!"
"Yes, Eunuch Lu!"
