One afternoon, under the wooden shed outside Xichun City, Li Ye asked Yeluqi and three others why the military flags on the tower were moving.
There is a cloud: The wind is moving.
There is a cloud: the flag is moving.
There is a saying: The flag moves when the wind moves.
At this moment, the nine thousand soldiers outside Xichun City were all moved.
The nine thousand soldiers looked at the military flag slowly falling from the tower of Xichun City due to being hit by an arrow, and let out an earth-shattering roar.
This is the roar of victory after enduring for countless days.
On the upper floor of Xichun City, Yeluqi pushed out the door after hearing the sound. He frowned tightly as he looked at the dark army outside the city. What he was worried about still happened.
The soldiers on the city picked up the fallen military flag and handed it to Yeluqi, saying bitterly: "Your Highness, these guys are so arrogant, they dare to shoot down our military flag!"
At this moment, Wu Changtian and Lan Wudi climbed up the tower and looked at the army outside the city. General Lan, who had experienced many battles, also frowned.
He looked at Yeluqi and asked, "Your Highness, do these soldiers from southern Xinjiang want to attack the city?"
Looking at Lan Wudi who was coming, Yeluqi shook his head and said, "They want to prevent us from reinforcing Kaiyang City!" After saying that, he handed him the letter Hai Dongqing brought from Kaiyang City.
Lan Wudi called a letter, and while reading it, he cursed: "Is this general of Jiankun Royal Court a pig-brained person? He can only defend the city and not get out, but he also wrote a letter asking for help. Doesn't this make everyone have a hard time?"
Yelu Qi looked at him and smiled bitterly, and said: "Zhize Pingming is not the fool like Yue Tianlang. This time, the soldiers and horses of Southern Xinjiang deployed heavy weapons, and even the city gate was almost breached.
"How scary is this? Where did they get the heavy weapons? It's incredible!" Lan Wudi looked at him and said blankly.
"They can't do it if they don't fight, and they can't do it if they don't ask for help. If it were General Lan and I, we probably wouldn't know how to deal with it."
Yeluqi looked outside the city and frowned tightly.
Lan Wudi was stunned, then pointed to the outside of the city and asked: "Then how are we going to face the current situation? They have clearly come to Xichun to stop us."
Yeluqi lowered his head and was silent in thought. Listening to the thunderous war drums outside the city, he didn't know how many horses came from the other side.
Maintaining his strength is what he thinks in his heart, but once he loses Kaiyang, there is no need to fight this war again.
If one of the three towns was removed, the two sides would face an offensive and defensive battle. Such a battle before would be a piece of cake for him.
But after these two days of fighting, he understood that Li Ye from Prajna Temple was not an easy guy to deal with.
In his opinion, no matter whether he fights or not, his side will definitely lose in this battle. It just depends on the final price paid.
"What's your plan, General? Let's talk about it and let's find a way to face the current crisis together." Yeluqi said softly.
Lan Wudi looked outside the city without saying a word. After a long while, he replied: "You can't charge hard, it will only cost you your life! You can consider using a shield formation in front to open the way, and the infantry following behind. Don't use cavalry. That would be ostentatious, just a A living target for people to shoot at!”
After listening to Wu Changtian's report, he understood the terrifying nature of the soldiers' weapons in southern Xinjiang and made him make a prudent decision.
After hearing this, Yeluqi's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and shouted: "This method is good. As long as they cannot break our shield formation and our soldiers are not on horseback, they will lose their sure target. Once they get close, we will have an absolute Use your advantage to win this big battle!”
Lan Wudi nodded and replied: "That's the reason. We can't fight with them without knowing their strength."
Wu Changtian also said: "As long as their arrows can't hit us, our army can press forward and destroy them. How many troops and horses can they send out in this windy and snowy day? Even the food and grass supplies cannot keep up." "
"Yes, as long as we dodge each other's arrows and fight in the next fight, I believe they can't beat us." Lan Wuwei was full of confidence in his men.
Yeluqi looked at Lan Wudi. The two communicated for a moment, and then Yeluqi issued an order.
"Command, Generals Wu Changtian and Yelu Fengyun will lead 20,000 soldiers out of the city. The shield formation will open the way in front, followed by the remaining infantry. All soldiers will not be able to use cavalry and will fight as infantry."
Wu Changyun and Yelu Fengyun took the order and left.
Yeluqi looked at the army outside the city, his frown gradually dropped, and then he frowned tightly again.
After thinking for a long time, he looked at Lan Wudi and said: "General Lan, please gather 10,000 cavalry and follow the 20,000 infantry out of the city. If the enemy launches a cavalry charge, we will immediately attack with cavalry and flatten Xichun. This enemy army outside the city!”
Lan Wudi was startled when he heard this. Then he realized it and clapped his hands and exclaimed: "His Highness is very thoughtful. Not only do we have to maintain our strength, but we also need to be prepared for the enemy's sudden charge! I will gather troops right now, won't I? Let them succeed!"
After speaking, he shouted to the messenger: "Order General Lan Feng to assemble 10,000 cavalry and stand by under the city wall."
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Outside Xichun City, Li Ye couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the slowly opening city gate and the grassland tribes who were getting ready to walk out.
He told generals such as Long Potian and Ma Tianyun: "Yelüqi is indeed smarter than the defenders at Xiaguan. He knew that the cavalry had a big target, so he actually changed to a shield formation to clear the way for the infantry to attack."
"Should we send out cavalry to charge and kill their morale?" Long Potian asked in a solemn voice, looking in the direction of the city gate.
"Don't worry, if we send out cavalry and play into their hands, I won't do it." Looking at the Xichun Tower, Li Ye said quietly: "Instruct the original five thousand soldiers to light rockets and fire a salvo across the moat!"
"Command the five thousand soldiers to light their rockets and fire a salvo across the moat!"
"Command the five thousand soldiers to light their rockets and fire a salvo across the moat!"
As soon as the messenger's voice fell, the five soldiers who had been prepared lit the kerosene on their arrows.
Under the command of the flag bearer, five thousand rockets flew into the moat outside Xichun City like moths flying into the flames.
A spark is no longer enough to describe the five thousand rockets flying in the sky. Instead, a raging fire is about to ignite!
Before the soldiers who were gathered outside Xichun City could react, the Xichun moat let out a "Boom! Boom!!" sound that shook the earth and the earth.
In just an instant, the entire moat was ignited by five thousand rockets, and the five-foot-wide moat instantly turned into a five-foot-wide sea of fire, burning!
In the middle of the night, Ma Tianyun followed Li Ye's order and poured thousands of barrels of kerosene and countless hay and pine branches into the Xichun moat, which played a huge role at this moment!
Outside Xichun City, it suddenly became a sea of fire!
Amidst the whistling north wind, the raging fire is getting stronger and stronger, with the momentum of burning up the sky!
Yelu Qi, Yelu Yan, and Lan Wudi who were standing on the tower were stunned for a moment.
They had calculated everything, but they never expected that Li Ye would have a fire attack to stop their attack.
Wu Changtian and Yelu Fengyun led 20,000 soldiers who had just gathered at the city gate. They were preparing to open a shield formation and cross the moat that had frozen into a glacier.
Unexpectedly, a hail of arrows from the opposite side set the pine branches and dry grass in the river on fire, and there was even kerosene to help burn them. No one dared to cross the five-foot-wide fire wall.
Wu Changtian and Yelu Fengyun looked up at Yeluqi and Lan Wudi on the tower, and saw that the two of them were shaking their heads, unable to come up with any solution.
Kill with water? It's freezing weather, where can we find so much water? So what if we find water? There is still a lot of fire oil under the pine branches, which is the result of the more water it is poured on, the more prosperous it becomes.
Let the army shovel the snow to extinguish the fire. The entire moat was filled with kerosene. As the fire burned bigger and bigger, the ice in the moat gradually melted. When the army stepped on it, they were burned by the kerosene.
Yeluqi and Lan Wudi, who were standing on the tower, thought hard and couldn't think of a way to solve it.
Seeing time passing by, Yeluqi couldn't help but sigh: "This guy actually killed me!"
The moat that seemed like a barrier in the past turned out to be an insurmountable barrier for the army to leave the city, leaving the two generals at a loss.
Yeluyan looked at the fire under the city and was so angry that she pointed outside the city and cursed: "Little thief Li Ye, you are too cruel!"
Yeluqi looked at her business and smiled bitterly: "Sister, if you get angry again, he won't be able to hear you. What's more, you don't know if he is here? Maybe he has already gone to Kaiyang."
Yeluyan turned to look at him, gritted her teeth and said, "I have a feeling that the little thief is outside. If you don't believe me, let me go out alone. I'll scold him to death. Do you think he still dares to bully a girl like me?"
Yeluqi was stunned, shook his head and said: "At this time, please don't cause trouble for me!"
An army of 20,000 was actually guarding a wall of fire, and was in a dilemma.
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Long Potian looked at the sky full of fire under Xichun City and couldn't help but ask: "National Master, is this the end? There is no need to fight this battle?"
Mu Mu was also so angry that she shouted with an iron bow: "I just shot one arrow and it's over?"
Li Ye looked at the two of them and smiled lightly: "The main battlefield is Kaiyang. We are here to block Yeluqi and prevent him from sending troops to Kaiyang. If he can't get out, we will win, so why fight?"
"Then do you want the general to bring some more troops to Kaiyang?" Ma Tianyun looked back and looked at Li Ye and asked.
"No need! The battle in Kaiyang will only last for two to three hours at most. By the time you lead your troops there, the food will be cold! Wait a minute. After the fire is out, if they leave the city, we will use the bamboo arrows in our hands to Second salvo.”
"Don't worry, Imperial Master. Everyone is holding their breath. I will cum hard and I won't let them go!" Ma Tianyun looked at Li Ye and laughed excitedly.
"If we don't come out, we will evacuate back and meet the Generalissimo." Li Ye thought for a while and said.
This is what people wish for. The north wind blows again in the already calm southern Xinjiang. No matter which way the wind blows, it is the result Li Ye wants.
As long as the fire in the moat is not extinguished and Xichun's cavalry cannot get out, the battle will be considered won.
In Li Ye's view, since it is not yet the time for the decisive battle, it is a good thing if there are no casualties, and if there is no direct battle, then there should be no battle.
"It's boring to follow my brother. If I had known, I would have gone to Kaiyang!" Mu Mu shouted from the side.
"You shot and killed the guard at Xiaguan yesterday. When you return to Nanyun City, I can take credit for you!" Li Ye patted her shoulder and consoled her.
Long Potian, Ma Tianyun and others were shocked and looked at Mu Mu in disbelief. Jiang Huo couldn't help but ask, "Is this true, Imperial Master? Your sister is too fierce!"
Li Ye looked at everyone in a daze, pointed at Zhu Tianhu and said: "General Zhu knows this. Yesterday, he finally wanted to stab the guard at Xiaguan and borrow some arrows. Unexpectedly, Mu Mu was hit by one of the arrows. General, his life is probably in danger."
Mu Mu gave him a blank look and said, "Is this the end? It's too unsatisfactory."
Li Ye ignored him, just looked up in the direction of Kaiyang, and said quietly: "At this moment, General Ma Feihu of Kaiyang should be burning the heavy slaves and siege slaves outside the city!"
A war has just begun!
