What they were facing now was a city defense battle. Tens of thousands of cavalry were useless, and the archers did not have many opportunities to attack. Soon, their infantry camps would become the main force blocking the enemy's attack.
After understanding what Zhang Jiutian meant, Lu Yunyou felt a lot of pressure on his shoulders. However, because he could not see the specific situation in the city, he could only wait patiently for specific instructions from above.
Just now, many arrows shot from outside the city flew to the city and landed on the stone slabs, making a loud sound. Those arrows flying into the city made him understand why Lan Xu wanted them to fly a hundred meters away from the city wall. The locals lined up, leaving only a few people hiding under the city wall to support the city at any time.
Maybe being closer would be more helpful in supporting our own personnel, but that's not safe.
In addition, unlike in the past, Yang Jun's siege method today made him feel a little special. The constant screams allowed him to guess how fierce the confrontation between the two sides was. Maybe it was too difficult to wait, so he and Zhang Not long after Jiutian's conversation, he felt a high degree of nervousness.
"General Lu, the enemy used archers to suppress the defenders on the city, causing great damage to our side. General Yan ordered you to be prepared and lead troops to reinforce at any time." When Lu Yunyou was uneasily observing the situation on the city, a man The herald hurried over to convey Yan Nantian's instructions to him.
"Yes," he nodded to the herald. Lu Yunyou was suddenly surprised. Obviously there were many people in the first team next to them who had not gone up. As the second team, they should be ranked behind the first team, but Yan Nantian But he had been given an order early to get ready. Lu Yunyou became more and more nervous because he didn't understand Yan Nantian's intentions.
After the herald left, Lu Yunyou looked at the first formation next to him. There were nearly 10,000 people. According to the ratio of one to five between the defenders and the attackers, leaving aside the enemies who were attacking the city. Not to mention the army, the enemy still needs to send an additional 50,000 to 60,000 people to match the remaining personnel of the first formation.
The life and death of 50,000 to 60,000 people will take a long time, unless the opponent's offensive is much more violent than they imagined, but it will still take a long time. In the blink of an eye, Lu Yunyou thought of many questions, but there was no one to answer them. He became more and more confused.
"General Lu, does General Yan want our second formation to go into battle early?" Just as Lu Yunyou kept thinking about what was going on in the city, a general not far away turned around and asked.
"Maybe General Yan felt that the enemy's offensive was too fierce and would last for a long time, so he asked us to prepare in advance." After a brief consideration, Lu Yunyou told the general a possibility that he had just thought of.
"Does the enemy really have the ability to break the city?" After hearing Lu Yunyou's inference, another general questioned.
"Probably not. According to the marshal, the troops we need to defend the city are only one-fifth of the troops they use to attack the city. The enemy does not have five times our troops, and there are no large siege equipment. There should be no The possibility of conquering Fancheng," Lu Yunyou shook his head.
"General Lu's analysis makes some sense. It is true that our advantage is greater. After all, the battle lines on both sides of the city are only so long. It is impossible for the enemy to let all the soldiers attack the city at the same time. Moreover, the enemy does not have so many ladders available. It is obvious that , there is no possibility for the enemy to break the city." Combined with what Lu Yunyou said just now, the more a general thought about it, the more he felt that Lu Yunyou's analysis made sense.
"Well, I also agree with General Lu's point of view," and then another general agreed with Lu Yunyou's statement.
While a few people were talking, the members of the first formation who were originally waiting beside the two long ladders went up from the long ladder again. Not long ago, a thousand soldiers went up, and now another thousand soldiers went up for reinforcements. The situation on the city made everyone more and more nervous. Unfortunately, as before, no one knew the specific situation in the city and could only continue to wait for further instructions.
At the same time, on the city tower, Yangguo's archers had shot at the Star Army many times, each time destroying the morale of the defenders on the city. It became increasingly difficult for the Star Army to maintain the original situation. Fortunately, the Star Army's archers had not Idlely, under their vigorous counterattack, Yang Guo's archers suffered more casualties than them.
If most of those archers weren't wearing armor, they might not be able to withstand the Star Army's shooting.
In addition, in the past period of time, there have been defensive gaps in many positions on the city, so that some Yang troops climbed directly to the city to confront the Star Army head-on.
Fortunately, the Star Army has an inherent geographical advantage, and with the timely replenishment of rear personnel, all the Yang troops who came up first have been killed by them. With the continuous influx of reinforcements, the number of defenders on the city has been maintained at a sufficient state. , even though they still have to face attacks from enemy archers, the Star Army on the city can completely block the enemy's next charge.
"Marshal Shi, your officers and soldiers of the Yang Kingdom are in high spirits. They are indeed extremely brave. I think it won't be long before the Star Army's defense line will be completely broken through by you." In the center of the coalition array, Tie Xin saw that the Yang Army's charges became more fierce each time. I couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"Marshal Iron, I'm afraid things are not as simple as you think. Although we have archers to suppress the enemy, the morale of the soldiers under the city has been affected after many failed charges. Even if the archers continue to cover them, the delay is getting longer and longer. "Commander, the possibility of them attacking the city is getting smaller and smaller. If the Star Army's defense line remains as indestructible as it is now, I'm afraid our army will suffer heavy losses in the long run." He was not as optimistic as Tie Xin. Shi Jiangchuan, commander of the Yang Army, had already put his own See the problem thoroughly.
"Marshal Shi's words are too ambitious. We have so many archers available, and the soldiers under the city are fearless. Although the Star Army can replenish personnel in time, the longer it takes, the worse their morale will be. .”
"Does Marshal Tie think that the Star Army, which has experienced hundreds of battles, can't even defend the city wall?" Shaking his head, Shi Jiangchuan still disagreed with Tie Xin's statement, but continued: "Ruan Qiling led an army of more than 200,000 to attack Windless City. , and brought so many large siege equipment, but in the end they failed to capture Wufeng City. Today you and I just came with the purpose of testing the combat power of the Star Army. We don’t even have large siege equipment, so how can we attack it? Let’s get down to Fancheng, which is stronger than Windless City.”
I don't know why Tie Xin's thoughts are so stuck on the surface of things. In short, Shi Jiangchuan is not optimistic about the current situation.
"Marshal Shi did think more thoroughly than Tie, but Tie was clumsy." Taking a look at the situation above the tower, Tie Xin found that Lan Xu had not shown up since he left, leaving only one general to command the battle. It was obvious that if it weren't for Lan Xu, Xu was so arrogant that he didn't take them seriously, which meant that Lan Xu had already seen that they would not attack the city with all their strength today.
Based on the past performance of the Star Army, he is more inclined to the second possibility, which means that the situation will not be as simple as it seems. Speaking of which, Lan Xu, Zhang Dadan and others are discussing the purpose of the coalition's attack on the city at the moment. The problem.
After a period of discussion, Lan Xu and others have come to several inferences. First, the coalition forces were forced to attack the city in advance due to pressure from the great power Qingxuan. However, this possible negative example is that even if the great power Qingxuan ordered No matter how urgent it is, it will still give the coalition forces some time to prepare.
Second, Fan City is impregnable, unless the coalition's strategy is to secretly collude with Ruan Sihai and attack the Star Army front and back during the battle. Only in this way can the city be broken. However, they have made corresponding arrangements to prevent rear security.
And according to the current news coming back from the city, there is no possibility that Ruan Sihai is secretly colluding with the coalition forces, otherwise he would not take the initiative to help them appease people's hearts.
Third, based on the above two points, the coalition forces attacked the city in advance before large-scale siege equipment was delivered. There was only one possibility left, which was to test their combat power, but they occupied a key pass in Fancheng. If the enemy does not plan to attack the city with all its strength, its current behavior will undoubtedly make the soldiers below die in vain. Due to the consideration of the abilities of the two coalition commanders, Lan Xu and Zhang Dadan were unable to conclude this possibility.
Unable to get an accurate answer, Lan Xu can only pay attention to the battle situation while continuing to discuss with others the real intention of the coalition's early attack on the city. After all, if he wants to grasp the situation of the battle between the two armies, he must figure it out as soon as possible. this problem.
In any case, the commanders of both sides were paying attention to the game in front of them. At the same time, the situation inside Fancheng became more tense. The rapid sound of war drums made many people in the city restless. Some were already ready to leave the city at any time, while others Like Ruan Sihai, they became grasshoppers on the same line, while others regarded the Star Army as life and death enemies and quietly armed themselves one by one, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge on the Star Army.
The current situation in the city is roughly divided into these three aspects. However, as the weakest group with the largest base in the city, those civilians cannot spontaneously form a strong alliance and can only follow Ruan Sihai's arrangements.
