On the other side, 10 kilometers north of Cangzhou City.
Signal soldiers from Langfangcheng rode express horses and reported the situation in Langfangcheng to Feng Du.
After hearing this, Feng Du showed a very surprised expression: "This Xia Yashuang, I didn't make trouble for him, but he actually made trouble for me?"
General Lin suggested: "Your Majesty, do you want our army to fight back and eat Xia Yashuang's 10,000 elite troops?"
"If it can be eaten, I am willing to fight back with the army. But I suspect that Xia Yashuang did not really attack Langfang City. He deliberately sent messengers to notify me, just in the hope that my army will retreat. Xia Yashuang will also retreat later, and he will not confront us head-on."
"So, Xia Yashuang's purpose this time is actually to relieve the pressure on Cangzhou City?" General Bing guessed.
"There is a possibility."
"In this case, the flames in the sky of Cangzhou City are just a bluff. If Tianpeng can destroy us, why let Xia Yashuang harass Langfang City." General Bing analyzed.
"What you said makes perfect sense."
"Then what are you waiting for? Our army will march to Cangzhou immediately."
"No, bring General Kun here first." Feng Du was still a little worried and planned to test General Kun's reaction again.
After General Kun was brought, Feng Du told him about Xia Yashuang's surprise attack on Langfang City, and asked him if Xia Yashuang's pretend attack on Langfang City was to relieve the pressure on Cangzhou City.
Unexpectedly, General Kun laughed and said: "Look at the sky in Cangzhou City. Cangzhou City has never been under any pressure. As for why Xia Yashuang attacked Langfang City unexpectedly, it must have been because of the hundreds of thousands of dark zombies."
"Okay, you hesitated for two or three seconds in your answer this time. It seems that you didn't know that Xia Yashuang would surprise Langfang City before."
"I...of course I don't know. I'm not the roundworm in Xia Yashuang's belly." Kun Jiang replied.
"That's great. It's such a pity. You worked so hard to act, but in the end, you were defeated by Xia Yashuang."
"What do you mean?"
"The army sets off and heads towards Cangzhou City."
In this way, Feng Du's army moved southward again.
After the scouts from Cangzhou City saw Feng Du's movements, they immediately rushed to Cangzhou City on a fast horse and reported the situation to the deputy city lord Yin Xiao.
Although Yin Xiao was a little curious about why Feng Du acted, she was not very nervous because she had predicted this situation before. Feng Du should continue to approach Cangzhou City, but when he got close enough, he would see the flames covering the sky and the huge flame ball. If the spectacular flames, I don't know if they can scare him again.
Of course, if not, Yin Xiao also prepared for the worst, which was to resist desperately and try to delay as much time as possible. If it really can't be defended, Yin Xiao can't do anything. She is not a leader who is good at defending the city. All she can do is try her best.
On the other side, Feng Du was only seven kilometers away from Cangzhou City. At this time, it could be seen that the sky in front of him had become very abnormal. Countless flames continued to converge towards the huge fire ball, and the size of the fire ball continued to increase. Such a spectacular scene made Feng Du nervous again.
Because during the march of the army, General Kun actually stayed in the cage silently, with no expression on his face, and his eyes were dim, as if he was about to die.
Feng Du came to the cage and said to General Kun: "Hey, what are you doing? You look desperate."
"I'm about to die anyway, what expression do you want me to have?"
"died?"
"No, it's nothing."
"Speak clearly to me."
"You don't believe me anyway."
"You speak first."
"I must not live long. I will either be killed by you or swallowed by that big sun. After a while, I will be within the range of the sun."
"Stop bluffing." Feng Du still didn't believe that about the sun.
"So, you don't believe me even if I say it. Then go ahead and move on."
"Of course, of course I will keep moving forward." Feng Du was actually a little shaken in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface.
The former general was a little worried. He quietly came to Feng Du's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, I think it's better not to rush. It's better to stay where you are."
"We have been waiting all night, do we still have to wait? If we wait any longer, we will miss the opportunity to attack the city."
"But what if, I'm just saying what if, what if the sun in Tianpeng is real? All of us will be swallowed up. This is our family wealth."
"Do you really think Tianpeng is still capable of using that kind of devastating skill?"
"To be honest, I don't believe it. But let's analyze, why did Jiang Feng empty out the main force in Cangzhou City? Your Majesty, think about it carefully. Jiang Feng not only used the main force of the central government in this eastern expedition against the Chuge forces, but also countless There are even troops from Xia Long, Bain, Xiao Yifeng, and Zerg. Isn’t this strange? All the main forces have gone, leaving only the empty city of Cangzhou. This is more like a bait to lure us away Bait to lure the past.”
"Indeed, if we are just dealing with Chu Ge and Chu Ci, there should be no need to use almost all the main forces. It is really strange to deliberately leave Cangzhou City empty." Feng Du actually had always had doubts, but he couldn't think of it. What's the problem?
"In addition, Xia Yashuang's elite troops are also very suspicious. If it is just to protect Cangzhou City, then Xia Yashuang can send his elite troops to Cangzhou City. As long as they participate in the battle to defend the city, they can delay more time. We can even drag Jiang Feng’s main force back to Cangzhou to aid, isn’t this safer?”
"If we take a conservative approach, there is really no need for Xia Yashuang to attack Langfang City."
"Your Majesty, what does Cangzhou City have? It's just some supplies. It's not worth our risk for those supplies."
"Of course I know this, but I also want to know whether Tianpeng can use that skill again. If we are still unsure, wouldn't we be on tenterhooks every day?"
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, then my suggestion is to divide the troops. For example, allocate 10,000 troops to go to Cangzhou City first, and the other 40,000 troops to stay in place. In this way, even if Tianpeng really has that skill, we will only lose one person. It’s just ten thousand.”
"I've thought about this too, but if only 10,000 are allocated, Tianpeng will definitely not use that ultimate move, because if it can't kill us all, that ultimate move will be meaningless."
"Then let's bet a little bigger and allocate half of our troops to go first. A total of 25,000 troops to explore the situation first."
"Okay, let's take a gamble." This was the first time Feng Du felt it was so difficult, so he could only take a gamble. Because he really didn't want to live in worry every day, he had to determine whether Tianpeng had that ultimate move today.
After that, Feng Du's troops were divided into two, with a total of 25,000 troops heading to Cangzhou City first.
On the other side, Xia Yashuang's scouts came quickly to report: "Feng Du showed no signs of retreating and instead continued to march towards Cangzhou City."
"Okay, let's explore again."
"yes."
Xia Yashuang's scouts were divided into several batches to detect Feng Du's movements without interruption, with an interval of 30 minutes each time. Every 30 minutes, new news will come. In this way, if Feng Du really retreats to Langfang City, Xia Yashuang will have enough time to evacuate first.
However, since it was now confirmed that Feng Du had no intention of retreating, he could only start to attack the city.
"Attack the city!" Xia Yashuang shouted.
Soon, Xia Yashuang's troops began siege operations, with every thirty people carrying a small siege ram crashing into the walls of Langfang City.
"Fire artillery!" The head of Langfangcheng's guard regiment began to order artillery fire to block the siege troops.
However, the shelling seemed unable to stop the siege troops. All of their armors were A-level or higher. No matter shelling or bombing, they could not harm the siege soldiers.
"Report to the commander, the shelling is ineffective." the first team leader reported.
"It doesn't matter, continue the bombardment and blast the ground into pitted terrain. This way, they can't hit it with the battering ram."
"yes."
As expected, the regiment leader was very experienced. After more than ten minutes of shelling, no part of the ground where the battering ram troops were located was intact. However, the siege troops did not suffer any substantial damage. They immediately took a detour to other locations and found another location to crash into the city wall.
It was obvious that this siege would become very long. Before Langfang City's artillery shells were exhausted, it was impossible for Xia Yashuang to break through the city wall, not even a small hole could be made.
On the city wall, the arrogant Vice General Wang from before said to the regiment leader: "Their armor is A-level, and the bombardment cannot be effective. This is a pure waste of shells. Please let me lead the troops to kill them, captain. I am confident that it will take ten minutes." We can kill these siege troops within."
Xia Yashuang's siege force only has a few hundred people. If General Wang goes down with thousands of elite troops, he can indeed defeat these siege forces in a short time.
But the regiment leader objected: "No, don't look at Xia Yashuang deliberately staying so far away. In fact, he just wants to lure us out of the city to fight. Don't forget, they are all elite cavalry. Once we leave the city, they will charge into the formation. Casualties. The bigger one will only be us.”
Vice General Wang was speechless by the regiment leader, because he also felt that what the regiment leader said did make sense, but it was really frustrating to just watch them attack the city like this.
The regiment leader saw that Vice General Wang was not in a good mood, so he persuaded him: "I know you are warlike and not afraid of sacrifice. But it is not the time for you to go to war yet. When Xia Yashuang's morale weakens, we will attack based on the situation."
"Okay, got it."
"By the way, you continue to send messengers to let the king know that Xia Yashuang has begun to attack the city."
"knew."
A few hours later, an army of 25,000 ghosts and gods came to the gate of Cangzhou City, leading a group battle with the first four in the formation.
The four of them looked at the flames at close range and felt extremely shocked, as if the entire sky had turned into a sky of flames. However, the huge "sun" was just floating and had no intention of falling. It seemed that the 25,000 troops still had no temptation.
"Everyone, Tianpeng doesn't seem to be planning to release his skills." General Zhen said.
"Yes, he is really greedy. Doesn't he look down on our 25,000 troops?" General Lie said.
"In other words, the sun may really be just bluffing." General Zai guessed.
