A few days later.
Yun Zheng led a few people to a nearby high place.
Looking through the telescope, one can clearly see the enemy's vanguard troops.
The terrain of the Sole River Plain is very open, suitable for the deployment of large troops.
Ahead was a large mass of enemy cavalry.
Qiuchi and Dayue had a total of 40,000 cavalry and a large number of infantry.
Facing so many enemy troops, Yun Zheng still felt somewhat pressured.
After all, the walls they built, although they could block the enemy's offensive to a certain extent, could not serve as a truly defensible fortress.
If you want to defeat the enemy, you must eventually attack.
Yun Zheng put down his clairvoyance and asked Tong Gang, "How much dry food have you produced?"
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Tong Gang replied: "Almost enough for 20,000 people to consume in ten days."
good!
If there are 10,000 people, it will take 20 days.
The longer the journey, the more food they eat. It should be enough for 10,000 people to consume for at least half a month.
Let’s prepare it first!
If possible, we should send elite cavalry to penetrate into the enemy's rear.
As long as 10,000 elite cavalrymen rush out from the plain of the Sole River and penetrate into the rear of the enemy, the enemy will be in chaos.
"Have someone continue to make dry food."
Yun Zheng gave an order and continued, "Send someone to General Dugu and ask about their situation!"
"yes!"
Tong Gang immediately took the order and left.
At this time, Yun Zheng turned his head and looked at Fu Tianyan and Huo Gu, "Our first battle depends on your performance! I will say it again, no one is allowed to retreat without orders!"
"I will keep this in mind!"
They both nodded at the same time.
Fu Tianyan said excitedly: "Your Highness, don't worry. Our vassal soldiers are all very good at archery. As long as the enemy dares to attack head-on, we will definitely let them taste our power!"
You know, these vassal troops were basically people who grew up on horseback.
These people are good at horseback archery, let alone standing and shooting?
"Okay! I believe in you!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Tell your soldiers that if they have made contributions, they will be rewarded accordingly! I will reward them the same way I reward other troops, and I will never treat them differently!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
They both bowed.
With a commitment like Yun Zheng's, I believe their morale will be boosted to a higher level.
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The next day, Lou Yi and Yu Tai ordered their men to set up camp about six or seven miles away from the enemy, and had the soldiers dig in nearby areas where water sources had been discovered to ensure the water supply for their troops.
Yu Tai and Lou Yi each led a team of people to the nearby high ground.
The two men were very cautious and sent people to check ahead. After making sure there was no enemy ambush, they began to move towards higher ground.
Soon, the two reached a high place.
This place is only five or six miles away from where Yun Zheng and his team built the city.
From where they were, they could clearly see the sections of city walls that had been built in the distance.
Looking at this scene, both of them frowned.
It turned out to be just as the spy said.
"This Yun Zheng is really cunning!"
Yu Tai frowned and said, "I thought he was just building a city wall, but I didn't expect that he would build it like this..."
"That's cunning enough."
Lou Yi nodded and said, "With these city walls, they can divide our army into several sections and eat up our army bit by bit! If we want to rush in, we will have to pay with our lives..."
They had never thought of Yun Zheng's move before.
They actually hoped that Yun Zheng would only build a whole section of the city wall.
In this way, within the limited time, the city wall built by Yun Zheng would definitely not be too long or too high.
As long as they break through the city wall, they can launch a fierce attack with their military advantage.
But Yun Zheng's actions now made both of them feel troubled.
It's more like building Stonehenge than building a city.
The dividing function of this city wall is far greater than its defensive function.
It’s not easy to fight!
Although they have an absolute advantage in military strength, they will probably suffer heavy casualties if they want to break through the stone formation in front of them!
In a war, no one wants to suffer too many casualties.
This time they are fighting this battle with the whole country's strength.
If you seriously injure yourself, there is no difference between winning and losing.
"Your Highness, in your opinion, how should this battle be fought?"
Yu Tai took the initiative to ask Lou Yi for his opinion.
Although Lou Yi is a young man, Yu Tai still admires him very much.
How to play?
Lou Yi showed a bitter smile on his face, "In the current situation, there is no other way except to attack violently..."
A strong attack?
Yu Tai frowned.
Faced with such an enemy deployment, the casualties from a strong attack would definitely not be too small.
After hesitating for a moment, Yu Tai said, "I think that blindly attacking is not a solution. I think we can send 20,000 cavalrymen from my army to Tianqiong Pass, and then cooperate with the defenders of Tianqiong Pass to launch an attack from there..."
While speaking, Yu Tai kept paying attention to Lou Yi's expression.
As expected, Lou Yi's face didn't look good.
Such a result was also within Yu Tai's expectations.
"General Yu, I still have 20,000 cavalrymen. How about sending them to Tianqiong Pass?"
Lou Yi stared at Yu Tai.
"this……"
Yu Tai looked embarrassed.
"You and I both know that your country will never allow my troops to enter Tianqiong Pass."
Lou Yi frowned and said, "You have already withdrawn 10,000 elite soldiers. If you withdraw another 20,000 cavalry, it will be almost equivalent to letting my Great Yue Kingdom fight the enemy alone! If General Yu was this prince, would you agree?"
He had thought about Yu Tai's suggestion.
But he couldn't do that.
If we have to pay with human lives, we can’t just use the lives of people from Dayue Country!
No matter how solid an alliance is, there are bound to be selfish motives.
A balance must be achieved between Dayue Kingdom and Qiuchi.
Otherwise, after Dayue suffered heavy casualties, Qiuchi would have dealt with them.
Not to mention him, no one with a sound mind would agree to Yu Tai's proposal.
"If the king is willing to allow your troops to station at Tianqiong Pass, I would really like to allow your 20,000 cavalry to station at Tianqiong Pass as well!"
Yu Tai sighed helplessly and said with a worried look on his face: "If His Highness disagrees, then we can only attack by force..."
"Attack with force!"
Lou Yi looked ahead, "Although it's difficult to attack here, we still have catapults. After all, their city wall is not complete, and it may not be that easy to defend! Moreover, as long as one of the two armies of the ghost side wins, the enemy in front of us will be defeated..."
At this moment, Lou Yi was filled with regret.
After all, I underestimated Yun Zheng.
If they had anticipated that Yun Zheng would do this to them, why would they have continued to act out the show on the border between the two countries for so long?
They should have occupied Beimoduo before the Northern Palace Army set out, and then advanced on two fronts towards the horse-grazing grassland.
At worst, the two countries could take advantage of that period to make more catapults.
Now, the two countries together only have twenty large catapults.
This number is still too small.
If there were fifty catapults, it would be much easier to break through the enemy's defenses.
He was bent on setting a trap for the Northern Army and defeating it at the lowest cost, but in the end, his cleverness backfired.
Why bother?
This is really asking for trouble!
Yu Tai nodded, "That's the only way. However, we can't use all of our catapults at once..."
"I understand!"
Lou Yi nodded and said, "The enemy is not stupid either. They will definitely send people to destroy our catapults..."
If they push all the catapults forward at once, once the enemy breaks through the force protecting their catapults, all their catapults will be destroyed.
Without the auxiliary attack of the catapult, it would be more difficult for them to defeat the enemy.
On the contrary, they can take advantage of the enemy's desire to destroy their catapults and consume the enemy's manpower...
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