Following Dongfang City, Dongfang Yingzheng, Ye Yun and others also came to the city wall.
Looking at the Zhao cavalry in the distance, a trace of surprise appeared in Dongfang Yingzheng's eyes.
Originally, in the meeting hall, after discussing Ye Yun's review of the army, Dongfang Yingzheng was ready to propose a northern expedition to Zhao to regain the lost territory.
Now after so many years of recuperation and recuperation, the Xia Kingdom's national strength has been greatly strengthened, so he wants to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the previous Xia kings, and at the same time add a touch of bright achievements to himself.
However, before he could come up with this idea, Zhao Guo actually attacked in advance.
Qingzhou was under the command of Nangong Wudi, and there were strong fortresses like Shuangfengguan Fortress. He could not understand why Zhao made such a decision.
"Your Majesty, the Zhao army is attacking, and the Shuangfengguan Fortress is now a place of crisis. Your Majesty and Princess Zixuan are requested to return to the royal city as soon as possible!"
Seeing the menacing Zhao army, Dongfang City immediately advised Dongfang Yingzheng who came to the city wall.
However, after hearing Dongfang Cheng's words, Dongfang Yingzheng's expression did not change at all.
He looked at the Zhao army coming like a tide outside the fortress, and said calmly: "No need, now that the Zhao army is attacking, if I retreat to the royal city, wouldn't it make the world think that I am afraid of their Zhao country? "
"Today, I am standing on this city wall, personally supervising the battle, and cheering for our Xia soldiers."
"Old general, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I'm not going anywhere today!"
Looking at Dongfang Yingzheng with a determined look on his face, Dongfangcheng couldn't help but sigh.
He knew that Dongfang Yingzheng was right.
As the king of Xia, once he retreats, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army.
Moreover, Dongfang Yingzheng's own strength has reached the level of a martial artist, and he still has the ability to protect himself. Coupled with the protection of the masters of the royal city, safety must be no problem.
So, after Dongfangcheng apologized, he began to mobilize the army to prepare for Zhao's offensive.
Next to Dongfang Yingzheng, Ye Yun couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes as he looked at the incoming Zhao troops.
Zhao Guo's army is so powerful that if you look around, you can't see the end.
Ye Yun made a rough estimate in his mind. Zhao's incoming army this time was about 800,000 troops.
Eight hundred thousand troops, equivalent to almost three-quarters of Xia's army. Even for Zhao, which was stronger than Xia, these troops accounted for half of its entire army.
Coupled with the 400,000 people who attacked Qingzhou before, it can be said that the whole country of Zhao State mobilized this time.
But what Ye Yun couldn't figure out was why Zhao Guo did this.
There are 500,000 troops stationed in the Shuangfengguan Fortress. If it were on the plains, Zhao's 800,000 troops would have an absolute advantage.
However, this is a war fortress that cost Xia Kingdom countless manpower and material resources to build. With Xia Kingdom's half a million troops, there is no need to even think about taking down Shuangfengguan Fortress without more than three times the number of troops.
After all, siege warfare is different from plain warfare. If Zhao wants to capture Shuangfengguan Fortress, he must sacrifice human lives.
"It seems that attacking Qingzhou is Zhao's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain."
In just a short moment, Ye Yun had already thought of Zhao Guo's thoughts.
The purpose of attacking Qingzhou was to transfer Nangong Wudi away. After all, with Nangong Wudi's terrifying strength and strategy, no one in Zhao could defeat him in a head-on confrontation.
The reason why Zhao didn't attack Shuangfengguan Fortress before was because Nangong Wudi had been guarding Wangcheng. Once Zhao sent troops, Nangong Wudi would only need one day to reach the front line.
Therefore, Zhao State's attack on Qingzhou was to transfer Nangong Wudi away. Even if he could not defeat Nangong Wudi, he still had to drag him on the battlefield in Qingzhou so that he would not have time to support the Shuangfengguan Fortress.
Even though Ye Yun had figured out Zhao Guo's plan, he still didn't understand the significance of Zhao Guo's actions.
It is simply impossible for an army of 800,000 to attack Shuangfengguan Fortress head-on, unless they have some other means.
"Boom!"
Fierce war drums sounded. After the Zhao army arrived outside the Shuangfeng Pass Fortress, they beat the war drums non-stop and sent out the signal to attack.
In an instant, countless Zhao soldiers rushed towards Shuangfengguan Fortress carrying ladders.
"Archers prepare!"
Following Dongfang City's order, tens of thousands of archers hid behind the shooting openings in the city wall and drew their long bows.
When Zhao's soldiers rushed to a distance of more than a hundred steps from the city wall, Dongfang City waved his hand.
"Fire the arrow!"
Countless arrows instantly covered the sky, and a dark cloud seemed to float directly in front of the entire Shuangfengguan Fortress, and then arrows fell like rain.
Zhao soldiers who charged with ladders fell one by one under the attack of arrows.
However, in this case, more Zhao soldiers rushed out of the large army and rushed towards the Shuangfengguan Fortress without fear of death.
And at the same time, the Zhao army that stopped in front of Shuangfengguan Fortress was not idle either.
Huge trebuchets were assembled, and then under the control of Zhao soldiers, huge flints were thrown toward the Shuangfengguan Fortress.
I don't know what was added to those flints. After they hit the wall of the fortress, they exploded violently.
Although the hard city wall could not be destroyed, many soldiers were blown away by the shock wave of the explosion or ignited by flying sparks.
"Crossbow ready!"
After seeing the power of the trebuchet, Dongfang City's expression remained unchanged.
Soon, huge crossbow carts revealed their ferocious faces one after another.
Huge crossbow arrows were mounted on the crossbow cart drawn into a full moon shape.
Each of these crossbow arrows is as thick as an adult's wrist, with mysterious patterns drawn all over.
That is the explosion array, which is specially carved on the crossbow by the array master. As long as it hits the target, the crossbow will explode.
Its terrifying kinetic energy, coupled with the power of the explosion, means that even a low-level martial artist will be injured even if he is hit by an arrow.
As the order from Dongfang City was issued, the crossbow arrows were fired at extremely fast speeds, hitting Zhao's catapult with a shrill scream, causing explosions in an instant.
In an instant, fire broke out everywhere, and countless broken limbs and broken arms flew all over the sky.
There was no problem with Dongfang City's response, but he underestimated Zhao Guo's determination, even at the risk of being blown into pieces by the crossbow arrows fired by the crossbow vehicle.
These trebuchets continued to project flint, providing cover for the Zhao soldiers who were charging crazily.
Under the crazy bombardment of the trebuchets, the arrow rain that suppressed the Zhao soldiers became sparse.
Soon, Zhao soldiers rushed under the fortress wall, and ladders were erected...
