Twenty miles outside Taizhou City!
Now, the army is approaching!
Lu Yunduan sat in the tent, looked at the generals under his command, and said to them: "Everyone, the time to attack the city has come!"
"My army has been resting and training for a long time now. We can only win this battle and not lose!"
"Considering that Taizhou City has a full 50,000 soldiers and horses, my initial estimate is that it may take three or four days."
"Or maybe if we are stronger, one day will be enough. If... we are really weak and the enemy is very strong, then we might not be able to defeat them in ten days or half a month."
"Everyone, our army has never unleashed its weapons, so we don't know the exact difference in strength between the two sides."
"But I believe that the recent training of your soldiers should be clear."
"Yes, General!"
Lu Yun then shouted, "Vanguard Shangguan Yan, listen to my orders!"
"I am here!"
"Shangguan Yan, you will be the vanguard, leading the cavalry and launching the first surprise attack!"
"In a siege, as the defender, you need to be careful. Your cavalry is our Tiger Guard, the main force."
"On the battlefield, there can be no mistakes!"
"yes!"
Lu Yun then looked at Xu Sanwa who was waiting and shouted at him.
"General Xu, I need you to command the crossbowmen. This time, the enemy doesn't know how strong our crossbows are! So we must take advantage of our distance and strength to defeat them in one fell swoop."
"clear!"
Everyone did their job, and after going down, Lu Yun began to look forward to this siege.
If we can capture Taizhou City directly with a crushing attitude, it will not only boost the confidence of the soldiers, but also increase their morale.
More importantly, he could use this to estimate the strength of the other three in the southeastern four regions. How strong were their troops?
After all, the imperial court had never fought a war with them so far, so naturally it was unclear how strong they were.
The next morning.
The moment the sun rose from the east, the soldiers in the tents of the imperial army came out one by one and gathered into a huge army.
They marched in neat steps, some on tall horses, some holding shields, and some holding broadswords, moving forward at a constant speed.
Among them, the soldiers holding bows and crossbows and carrying crossbow beds are the most special.
Especially the thing they are holding in their hands is very difficult to predict for many people.
At this time, the spies in Taizhou City also received the news!
"Report!"
"General, the imperial army has assembled and will soon arrive at the gates of Taizhou City to launch a siege."
"General, what should we do?"
Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment. He had been waiting for the imperial army to arrive during this period. He didn't expect that the eunuch would not even know to come. Now he finally got this opportunity.
Then he won't be polite.
"Pass on my order, the army will assemble immediately and march out of the city to meet the enemy!"
"I don't believe that the imperial army can completely defeat our army. Defending the city is relatively easy."
That's right! In this kind of siege, the attacking side is relatively dangerous, and they may lose troops at any time, while the defending side is very comfortable.
Because they can retreat back to their own city at any time, and at the same time they can attack from a high position, which has many advantages.
Siege battles often take a long time.
After all, a high city wall is a powerful weapon to defend against the enemy. Otherwise, what is the point of building the wall?
After a while, Wang Sheng sent out his army at the foot of Taizhou City and opened the city gates to meet the enemy!
On the other side, Lu Yun also arrived with a large army. He did not stay in the tent obediently like a pampered general, but followed the army.
He is going to go to the battlefield in person to take command!
As the two armies faced each other, Lu Yun just took a calm look and shouted.
"kill!"
A single stone caused a thousand ripples. Once Lu Yun gave this order, tens of thousands of people had to obey him and rushed out directly!
As for the troops of Taizhou on the opposite side, they also started to move at this moment.
The swords and cavalry of both sides collided with each other, making a huge noise.
Looking at the battlefield, where the golden swords and iron horses collided with each other, this magnificent scene was also very shocking to Lu Yun.
When he stood in this position, became a general and took command, he realized how difficult it was.
If these people are not managed in a timely manner, things will get out of control.
This battlefield is indeed very dangerous. Many people died and were injured in just a moment.
Fortunately, the vanguard was cavalry led by Shangguan Yan, so this naturally did not pose any problem.
No matter what, Shangguan Yan was the son of a great general. As a vanguard, the cavalry he led was extremely powerful and defeated the enemy.
At this moment, Lu Yun shouted loudly, "Xu Sanwa, what are you waiting for? Quickly have your crossbowmen attack and kill the soldiers in the rear."
Xu Sanwa was stunned for a moment, "Eunuch Lu, this... can our crossbows keep up with the range?"
Lu Yun smiled lightly and explained, "What are you afraid of? Our crossbows can keep up with their range. You can shoot them all you want, but if any idiot shoots one of his own, I'll deal with him."
"yes."
After receiving the order, Xu Sanwa immediately lined up his archers in a row, and then shot crossbow arrows at the opposing army, especially the spearmen and shield soldiers in the back row.
When the other party saw that he actually took out a crossbow and wanted to shoot, he was stunned.
What's going on?
Even Wang Sheng, who was standing on the city wall, frowned when he saw this scene.
"Something's wrong?"
"Can this eunuch across the way actually command a battle? Is he crazy?"
"You think you can shoot at our army from such a distance?"
"It seems he really hasn't judged the maximum range of a crossbow. Isn't this a waste of their crossbows?"
However, at this moment, these crossbow arrows were like a dense net in the sky, or like a dense rain of arrows.
Under the disdainful gazes of many people, it shot directly at the rear row of the opposing army.
At this moment, the enemy was in complete panic.
They never expected that the crossbows of the opposing army could hit them from such a long distance!
Moreover, the power was quite great, and they were completely unprepared.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yun excitedly slapped his thigh and suddenly shouted, "Get on the crossbow bed! Hit him hard! I don't believe how tough the opponent can be!"
"Yes, Eunuch Lu!"
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