The next day.
The sun rises in the east.
The two armies that had been repairing all night were safe and sound. Wanyan Chizha did not make any moves to attack at night. Naturally, Liu Mingzhi and Liu arrogant would not choose to throw eggs against stones.
At least, as of now, Wanyan Chizha is still a relatively stiff stone.
As the sun gradually rose, the Jin army, after making fire and cooking, under Wanyan Chiezha's orders, faced the rapid sound of war drums and the heroic sound of horns, began the intensive siege operation.
In the Jin Army's tent, Wanyan Chizha looked at the letter sent from the Queen overnight with a relaxed expression on his face, no longer frowning like yesterday.
No wonder the 200,000 soldiers and horses under Liu Mingzhi have not shown up for a long time. It turned out that Liu Mingzhi divided the 300,000 soldiers and horses into three groups.
After hearing the news, Wanyan Chizha's tense mind completely relaxed.
Before receiving any definite news, Liu Mingzhi's 200,000 undistinguished cavalrymen were always like sharp knives hanging above his head, ready to fall to his death at any time.
Now that the clouds are clearing and the sun is shining, Wanyan Chizha wonders whether his siege methods should change because of this news.
"Report, Commander-in-Chief, the defense on the city wall is too strong. Even though we attacked the city twice in a row, we were still repulsed. Too many of our brothers were killed or injured under the thundering rocks and rolling trees!"
Wanyan Chizha quietly watched the spectators running into the tent and scanning the sand table.
“Haven’t Dalong’s cavalry stationed outside the city shown up yet?”
"No, no trace of them has been found yet. The scouts are constantly searching for their traces."
Wanyan Chizha was silent for a while and walked towards the outside of the big tent. He took out his telescope and observed the progress of his own attack on the city. He frowned slightly when he saw the desperate defense of the Longwu Guards on the city wall.
Our siege vehicles and ladders were all burning with blazing fire, and we didn't know how much fire oil Yingzhou had reserved for defense.
Wanyan Chizha looked at the siege steps that were not going smoothly, thought for a while and waved his hand behind him.
"Wanyan Changzhong!"
"The humble position is here!"
"You give me the order to continue asking the quartermaster to prepare the sheep and test whether there are powerful things buried at the east gate of Yingzhou City. If there are no powerful things buried there, immediately send out a group of troops to attack the city from the east gate!"
"We have too many troops. If we only attack from the north gate, the remaining troops cannot be spread out. Not only will it consume our troops, but it will also free up the Yingzhou defenders to go all out to defend the north gate."
"One is declining and the other is increasing, which is very detrimental to our army's attack on the city!"
"I have the order! I will go and make arrangements immediately!"
"General Mucha!"
"The general is here!"
"You lead the armored cavalry in a circuitous attack to cover Wanyan Changzhong. You must not let the dragon cavalry outside the city ruin our process of knowing what explosives are!"
"The general will get the order!"
After the order was issued, Wanyan's commanding gaze began to scan the east and west parts of the city, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself when he saw that the dragon cavalry showed no sign of showing up.
Based on my understanding of Liu Mingzhi, he should have led his troops to support Yingzhou by now. Why didn't the 100,000 dragon cavalry show up?
Wanyan Chizha was not afraid of confronting Young Master Liu head-on and fighting with real swords and guns. What he was afraid of was that Young Master Liu, a cunning little fox, would come up with some tricks that were beyond his own knowledge.
After all, those mines buried underground killed more than 5,000 of his soldiers in one fell swoop, and Wanyan Chizha already had a shadow in his heart.
Liu Mingzhi, a cunning guy, has too many things in his hands that he has never seen before.
Even though he had many soldiers and generals, and strong soldiers and horses, he could not stop such consumption.
With 5,000 troops at a time, the main battle force under his command plus the auxiliary troops is only 300,000 troops. If this continues for more than a dozen times, the entire army will be annihilated. This is not the result Wanyan Chizha wants to see.
This national war of the Jin Kingdom must not fail. Once this national war ends without any problem, the Jin Kingdom will not be able to recover for another thirty years.
Thanks to the Queen's hard work, the population of the Kingdom of Jin has continued to grow over the years, but it is not easy to recruit young soldiers.
The 480,000 were already the last elite soldiers left over the years, and Wanyan Chizha did not dare to think carefully about what would happen if the expedition south failed this time.
No troops to recruit? Land ceding and compensation? Losing power and humiliating the country?
Perhaps not only the Jin Kingdom, but also Dalong and the Turks will fall into a long period of weakness.
What will be the result of that? Unification of the world will last another ten years, twenty years, or even longer. It can only be left to the next generation to complete.
"Report! Report to the commander-in-chief that traces of the dragon cavalry have been found. They are splitting into two groups and charging towards our army's formation!"
Wanyan Chizha woke up with a start and subconsciously glanced towards the east and west sides of Yingzhou City.
I saw thick smoke billowing, and the vibrations of the earth gradually became clearer. I could already vaguely see the handsome willow flag fluttering in the wind.
Wanyan Chizha pondered silently for a moment.
"The order is given. The original defensive plan remains unchanged. We must not change the defensive plan without finding out what's weird about those tanks."
"Got the order!"
On the city wall, the sword in Zhang Kuang's hand was dripping with blood. He watched the enemy troops attacking one after another below the city wall. He was doing two things at once, going into battle to kill the enemies in person while giving orders to defend.
"General, the Jin army's offensive is too fierce, and the auxiliary brothers can't move the thunder stones and rolling logs at the speed they need!"
Zhang Kuang slashed a captain of the Jin Army to the bottom of the city wall before he could rejoice at the attack on the city wall. Seeing Ke Yan's anxious expression, he quickly glanced outside the city.
"Hasn't King Bingjian led his cavalry to support him yet?"
"The spectators in the west of the city have not reported yet, and as of now King Bingjian still has not led any reinforcements!"
"Deploy the Lei Zhenzi as many times as you want. There are many enemy troops under the city wall now. It is the best time to launch the Lei Zhenzi. The brothers who send the sword and shield soldiers must have active eyes to prevent the enemy from throwing those Lei Zhenzi again. Throw it on the wall!"
"Got the order!"
Zhang Kuang's face was extremely anxious, and he kept praying in his heart that Liu Mingzhi would come to his aid as soon as possible.
The current situation in Yingzhou City has reached an extremely critical time.
"Report! Report to the general, the King of Pingjian led his troops to come to our aid!"
Zhang Kuang's face was filled with joy. He glanced at the smoke and dust covering the sky on both sides and raised the broad knife in his hand.
"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived. Fight the enemy bravely. You must not let the enemy climb the city wall. The first one to kill twenty enemies will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver."
As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Long Wuwei, whose morale was a little low in the face of the menacing attack of the Jin army, heard the arrival of reinforcements, and with crazy encouragement, the weapon in his hand moved towards the attacker like a divine aid. The Jin army on the city ladder chopped away.
In the blink of an eye, those Jin soldiers who thought they could attack the city wall in one go suddenly found that their enemies' fighting power was even more terrifying.
The third wave of attacks was repelled again. Thick corpses were piled up under the city wall, and the blood stains directly stained the city wall red.
