It is worth mentioning that during the face-to-face confrontation between the Star Army and the Allied Forces, the situation in Fancheng was somewhat chaotic. After the earlier news of the Allied Forces' dispatch reached the city, many people packed their things and prepared to escape at any time. The city was no longer as chaotic as the previous two days. In order to stabilize people's hearts, Ruan Sihai rushed to the south of the city to understand the situation.
However, the situation at the city gate is tense. Lan Xu has already told the people below that if Ruan Sihai comes over, just let him go back and wait for news.
After realizing that it was not appropriate to disturb Lan Xu and others at the moment, Ruan Sihai went back with the idea that Lan Xu did not want the coalition forces to capture the city. Ever since he placed his bet on the Star Army, he knew that he had no way out, so after returning, he Instead of just waiting for news, he started to appease the people in the city.
If most of the people in the city fled before the war between the Star Army and the Allied Forces began, it would mean that he was doing something wrong. As the lord of a city, Ruan Sihai would not allow this to happen.
In order to stabilize people's hearts, he and some family heads directly came out to guarantee to the people in the city that the Star Army would be able to defend Fan City. Thanks to the actions of Ruan Sihai and others, the chaotic situation in the city gradually stabilized, and many people stopped busy cleaning up and paying tribute. Let’s focus on the situation at Chengguan first. In short, regardless of the outcome of the battle between the two armies, Ruan Sihai has fulfilled his duties to help the Star Army do its rear work.
Having said that, Lan Xu actually doesn't pay much attention to the situation in the city at the moment, because during the previous discussion, he and the generals had concluded that those with ulterior motives in the city would not dare to take the opportunity to attack them. Of course, just in case, he was ensuring Certain preparations have been made to stabilize the rear. There are now tens of thousands of Star Troops guarding specific places to prevent attacks from the rear.
As for the city gate, the place that will become the battlefield is only the city wall a few hundred meters long. The space is limited. Even if they fight from morning to night, the Star Army will not need a hundred thousand troops. Lan Xu and the generals know this very well. Therefore, while ensuring that they are safe behind them, they can focus all their attention on facing the coalition forces.
Not surprisingly, before the official battle between the two armies, the two coalition coaches specially introduced themselves to Lan Xu.
"Our coalition has a total of 400,000 troops, all of whom are elites from both countries. However, the strength of your Star Army is far less than half of ours. If I am not mistaken, most of them are new recruits." He rode up to the city and looked at the city in the distance. Lan Xu, Feijun coach Tie Xin said loudly: "Although Marshal Lan occupied Fancheng one step ahead of us, he did not have the strength to defend Fancheng."
"With Marshal Lan's wisdom and martial arts, I'm sure he wouldn't know that the outcome of the battle between you and us is already doomed. If Marshal Lan still has some self-awareness, he hopes to open the city and surrender as soon as possible to avoid damaging too many soldiers." Attackers, attack the city first, Focusing on attacking the heart first, after arriving at the city gate, Tie Xin directly used the difference in military strength between the two sides to demonstrate to Lan Xu.
"Marshal Tie is very knowledgeable. Our star army does have a small number of troops, and most of them are new soldiers. But Marshal Tie doesn't know that all the new soldiers and veterans in our army have held weapons, been on the battlefield, and killed powerful enemies. They are united as one. The morale is strong, and it is not just the numbers of your coalition that can resist." Seeing that a verbal battle was inevitable, how could Lan Xu be willing to lose to the opponent in terms of momentum.
"Faced with our coalition's 400,000 troops, it's ridiculous for Marshal Lan to brag to me. Even if our morale is not high for the first time, I'm afraid your soldiers will also be demoralized after seeing our military appearance. , does Marshal Lan think that he can defeat us just based on the morale you mentioned?" Since he dared to provoke a war of words, Tie Xin was naturally not afraid of how Lan Xu would respond. After all, he did not lack understanding of the Star Army. At this moment, seeing Lan Xu take Morale spoke, and he immediately attacked with fierce words.
"So what if you have a large number of troops in the alliance? Each of Lan's subordinates has the courage to guard the gate and cannot open it, and there is a heavy gate in Fancheng. Even if you have many people, what's the use? Do you think that we can Shuai was able to occupy Fancheng first just because the morale of the Star Army was strong?"
"What a courageous man. I think Marshal Lan's self-confidence comes more from the generals than from the soldiers below. I wonder how the few generals under Marshal Lan can compare with the generals of the coalition forces?" The person who answered was Shi Jiangchuan, like Tie Xin, also avoided the important points and ignored the light ones when speaking, focusing on picking out the flaws in Lan Xu's words.
As a man of strong temper, Shi Jiangchuan would naturally not be afraid of the Star Army just because of what Lan Xu said. Even if the Star Army was as powerful as Lan Xu said, they would still have to face today's difficulties. Take a break.
"If the two marshals deliberately came to argue with me, they should have brought some drinks. Why do they need to bring all their troops?" The enemy marshal's tone was extremely arrogant. If it's not that the other side is brave and reckless, then it is that the other side is brave and strategic. Extraordinary, facing such an enemy commander, Lan Xu felt that it was better to be cautious, so he planned to end this meaningless war of words as soon as possible.
"It's exactly what Marshal Lan said, but the two of us are a bit verbose," nodded, Shi Jiangchuan and Tie Xin looked at each other, and then rode back. Although they are both leading commanders, they don't often ride in battle like Lan Xu. The chariot, instead, rides the same horse as the crowd below, which increases the bloodiness.
"Marshal, please forgive me. The general was incompetent and failed to dampen the enemy's morale before the marshal arrived. On the contrary, it implicated our army." When Shi Jiangchuan returned to the front of Yangguo's array, Qi Wei, who had been out of the array, immediately came over to Shi Jiangchuan. Jiang Chuan apologized.
"It doesn't matter, General Qi, although you lost the first battle, you still have a chance to make meritorious service. Today we will attack the city alone. I hope that General Qi's performance will not disappoint me." He smiled lightly and already knew the situation. Shi Jiangchuan replied directly in a neither salty nor bland tone. Others could not infer his true inner emotions, but the undoubted meaning in his tone was extremely obvious.
"Yes," he agreed with a respectful expression. Qi Wei already understood what Shi Jiangchuan meant. In their Yang country, they have always adhered to the principle of making meritorious deeds for their crimes. No matter who commits any kind of fault, they can make up for it by obtaining corresponding credit. Of course Opportunities are limited. If the corresponding fault cannot be made up within the prescribed time, the person who made the mistake will face a penalty twice as severe as before.
This kind of opportunity to make up for one's past mistakes seems relatively loose, but in fact it is extremely cruel. Fortunately for Qi Wei, the fault of failing to damage the morale of the Star Army is not as serious as involving life and death, but whether he can keep his position as commander still depends on him. Next performance.
The flags were waving and the war drums were beating. After receiving Shi Jiangchuan's instructions, Qi Wei came directly to the front of the Yangjun array. Behind him were rows of soldiers carrying ladders. Some of the ladders used to climb the city were recently made, and some were made before. They were brought with the army. Because of their simple structure, they have a sufficient number of ladders available today.
What is different from ordinary ladders is that the ladder used by Yang Jun has a three-claw hook lock on the front end. When the charging soldiers run to the bottom of the city wall, those with outstanding strength will throw the hook lock onto the city to attack the defenders. Not only that, but the other end of the ladder has also undergone certain modifications to strengthen the stability of the ladder against the city wall.
The Yang army is fully prepared for today's siege. There are archers in armor interspersed behind the soldiers in front. Those archers are used to cover their own personnel as they climb the city. If different arms interact with each other during the siege, Without interference and each performing their duties, the Yang army can try their best to improve their siege efficiency. In addition, the soldiers of the Yang state have another characteristic. The personnel responsible for the charge are all uniformly equipped, with a short weapon and a shield.
The powerful and unified armaments were all seen by Lan Xu. When the other party beat the war drums, he also ordered his own people to beat the war drums. The battle was about to begin. On both sides of the city tower, there were thousands of star troops on the several hundred meters long front. Be prepared for the enemy's attack.
"Kill," a moment later, an astonishing shout of killing came from the city. In front of the Yangjun array, countless long teams carrying ladders were seen running toward the city, running from two hundred meters away to the Star Army. within range.
"Fire arrows," as the sound of the war drums on the city changes in pitch, those directing the battle directly give instructions to the archers around them when they see the enemy entering the shooting range.
At the same time, Lan Xu had asked Lu Yunyou and others to go to the city to stand by, leaving only Yan Nantian and a few generals to command the battle. He and the other generals returned to the city tower hall to discuss military matters. Today, the enemy did not have large-scale siege weapons. There won't be a large number of enemy troops on the city in a short period of time, so they won't be affected at all in the hall.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," a hail of arrows flew down quickly. Before the Yang army's archers could launch an offensive, the Star Army on the city had already launched the first round of attacks on them.
