At dawn, smoke filled the air.
Dingdongguan, which had been fighting all night, still stood firm. On the other hand, the Beiyu army under the city, with more than ten formations of troops, had no effect at all.
Even the ladder trucks and siege engines were still hiding behind them, not daring to show their heads. After a night of shooting, at least half of the wells on the Tucheng were destroyed.
I thought that with the arrival of reinforcements, the battle in Dongguan might turn around. But looking at it now, the lame man didn't care whether there were reinforcements or not, so he just defended so stubbornly, making it difficult for him to move.
Gao Zhou gritted his teeth. The densely packed corpses in front of him already made his scalp numb.
"Commander, please withdraw your troops for money!" Shen Tuguan hurriedly urged, "If we continue to fight, it will only increase casualties."
"What do you know! The lame man can't hold on any longer!" Gao Zhou shouted angrily, "I've said it many times, now is the best opportunity! To attack from the east, the lame man has fallen into the trap before. If he gives up like this , wouldn’t it be a pity!”
"I can't say...it's not the lame man who fell into the trap, but you, the military advisor." Shen Tuguan thought for a while and finally spoke seriously. No matter what, he must not sit idly by and watch the troops at Dawan Pass being depleted for no reason.
"General Shentu, what are you talking about! How could I, Gao Zhou, fall into the trap!" Sure enough, Gao Zhou, who did not listen to the advice, suddenly became furious.
"Don't forget that your application for the title of Tutu is just a surrendered general, huh!"
Shen Tuguan's eyes turned cold. If he hadn't considered the future stability of Dawan Pass, he would have really wanted to turn around immediately and ignore this old man.
"Listen to my military orders and continue to attack the city! Our reinforcements from Beiyu have arrived!"
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From dawn to noon, and then to dusk.
The whole day and night, Gao Zhou was fighting to the death. Several times, the pontoon bridge was almost built successfully and it was about to be conquered.
But soon, the huge boulders dropped from the top of the city broke the pontoon bridge again.
After successive strong attacks, Gao Zhou no longer dared to look at the number of men and horses that had been damaged in the battle. The only thing before him was to capture Dingdong Pass so that he would not be blamed by his lord after returning to Changyang.
"Damn it, how many tricks does that lame man have... Could it be that I really underestimated him before."
"Grandpa, the war is going badly. Many soldiers on the front line have lost their morale."
Gao Zhou calmly said, "If this is the case, I can only use the last resort."
"Grandpa, what's your plan?"
At this time, they had already launched an attack on the east, but the war had not progressed. If we continue, I am afraid that this army of more than 100,000 people will not be enough to fill the gap.
"Luring the enemy out of the city!" Gao Zhou's eyes were fierce.
"Grandpa...how to seduce me like this? A lame person is not a fool."
Gao Zhou narrowed his eyes, "In this situation, there is still the best chance to fight. The lame man watching from the top of the city will only think that there is nothing I can do. So, I simply took advantage of his wishes and pretended to be here. There was a mutiny in the formation, and the army stopped attacking the city and turned around to ambush. Gao Yong, what would happen if you were a general and saw that the enemy's morale collapsed and there was another riot?"
"It must be... to go out of the city and kill a wave of people to boost morale."
Gao Zhou sneered, "That's it. We fought for a day and a night, but unfortunately there was no progress. It's better to change it to a better strategy. Once the lame man is lured out of the city, the ambushing army will take the opportunity to attack from both sides, causing the lame man to be defeated!"
"Grandpa, they say the lame man is very smart... He may not be able to leave the city."
Gao Zhou looked at his great-grandson with a somewhat unhappy look on his face, "Gao Yong, you should trust my judgment. Don't forget that I was also a think tank in the inner city."
"I definitely believe Grandpa!"
Gao Zhou breathed out. Deep down in my heart, I actually had other thoughts. If the lame man did not leave the city and returned to Dayuan Pass, I would behead the general who had led the riot and use it as a scapegoat.
Damn it, how could that lame man be so powerful!
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"A commotion below the city?" Dongfang Jing was startled, and raised his gaze to see. Sure enough, the Beiyu army that was attacking suddenly suddenly became extremely noisy in the square formation behind for some reason, and there were also many fleeing people vaguely appearing. Soldiers.
"Military advisor, it is impossible to say that we have been unable to attack for a long time and suffered too many battle losses. The Beiyu people have become disorganized."
Dongfang Jing shook his head and smiled faintly, "It's nothing more than a stupid ploy. Not to mention other things, the soldiers of Dawan Pass were trained by Shen Tu Guan. As the third most famous general in the world, I still admire Shen Tu Guan's training skills. In other words, Gao Zhou cannot be said to be performing a trick."
"Performing a trick?" Gongou next to him was startled.
"He wants to lure me out of the city with defeat and turmoil... I really don't understand why Gao Zhou would choose such a person because he was promoted by the old family. He has a stupid plan and wants to find a way It would be nice to remedy the situation, but unfortunately, we have to come up with another stupid plan to try to remedy the situation."
Dongfang Jing smiled lightly, "In that case, I will do as he wishes."
Even if Gao Zhou didn't do this, he would have gone out of the city to fight back. What a great opportunity to defeat Beiyu's defeated army.
"Long Gong, how long until Chen Zhong's people arrive?"
"I asked just now. If we march urgently, we can arrive tonight."
"Tonight." Dongfang Jing fell into deep thought, "That's it, I'll hold off for a while. After the Beiyu army retreats farther, they will open the city gate and let the people from the cavalry camp send out a thousand cavalry first and pretend to chase them for several miles. After that, immediately call for gold and withdraw the troops."
"Military advisor, why is this?"
"I want to whet Gao Zhou's appetite and make him think that I was almost fooled. You see, he will definitely become more and more pathetic from now on."
Not long after, according to Dongfang Jing's instructions, after the Beiyu army "rioted", coupled with the collapse of morale due to the unfavorable siege of the city, more and more deserters appeared.
After waiting for the enemy troops besieging the city to retreat further, the Dingdongguan city gate was opened, the iron rope bridge was lowered, and more than a thousand Shu soldiers on horseback roared out in pursuit.
Gao Zhou was overjoyed when he saw this.
It's a pity that those Shu cavalry didn't chase them far. At Dingdong Pass, there was the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops again, and the Shu cavalry suddenly retreated to the pass.
With a "boom" sound, Dingdong Pass was closed again.
"Damn, it's just a little closer!" Gao Zhou's eyes were angry. The lame man Dongfang Jing was ready to be fooled, but he stepped back.
Could it be that the defeat and turmoil of these fleeing soldiers are not realistic enough?
"Grandpa, the Shu people's pursuers have retreated again!"
"I know." Gao Zhou gritted his teeth, a feeling of unwillingness lingering in his heart for a long time. If the lame man can be defeated, then all the problems now can be solved.
"Send my military order to let the army return to Dingdongguan to temporarily calm down the riot. After nightfall, we will pretend to cause a bigger wave of riots. If so, the lame man will definitely believe it this time!" Gao Zhou His face was determined, "Just now, it was obviously just a little bit close."
Little did he know that at this moment, he was just like a reptile, following the urn left by Dongfang Jing and burrowing in confusion.
"Although it is a second plan, I have calculated that it will take three days at the earliest for Lame Man's reinforcements to return from Beiguan to Dongguan! He won't be able to make it in time!"
"I, Gaozhou, will defeat the lame Dongfang Jing——"
