On the other side, Lou Yi fled back to his own camp in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
Lou Yi didn't expect that his sword would be so vulnerable.
After returning to the formation, Lou Yi had not yet fully recovered.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
Yu Tai hurriedly rode over to ask about Lou Yi's situation.
"It's okay, the sword in my hand was just cut off."
Lou Yi shook his head in shock, and said with emotion: "Da Gan's weapons and armor are incomparable to ours..."
"Your Highness, don't worry." Yu Tai comforted him, "Yun Zheng is the sixth prince of Dagan and the governor of Shuobei. It is normal for him to have a precious sword in his hand."
There are more skilled craftsmen in Dagan, and the forging level of Dagan is definitely higher than that of Qiuchi and Dayue Kingdom.
It is normal for Yun Zheng, a prince who holds a high position of power, to have a magical weapon in his hand.
...
...
"That's not Yun Zheng."
Lou Yi shook his head and said, "That should be Yun Zheng's stand-in."
"substitute?"
Yu Tai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked hurriedly, "How did your Highness know that it was Yun Zheng's stand-in?"
Lou Yi's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he replied: "This prince paid special attention to it. The man's expression from beginning to end was a little unnatural, and he didn't have the power of a prince! The key point is that when I retreated, his entourage chased me and directly ignored his orders..."
Lou Yi carefully recalled the details of what had just happened in his mind.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that person is not Yun Zheng.
Yu Tai was secretly happy in his heart, but soon calmed down and frowned, "Could it be that Yun Zheng didn't dare to fight with Your Highness and deliberately sent a substitute to fight?"
“That’s indeed a possibility.”
Lou Yi nodded gently, "But the greater possibility is that Yun Zheng is not among the troops..."
As he spoke, Lou Yi continued his analysis.
Yun Zheng is not one of those pampered princes.
This man personally fought with the enemy many times with a knife.
He also had no idea how good Yun Zheng’s martial arts were.
But what is certain is that Yun Zheng’s courage is no less than his.
I challenged the two armies in front of them. If Yun Zheng was really in this army, he should not be so lacking in the courage to fight.
That's why he judged that the people currently in this army might be Yun Zheng's substitutes.
The real Yun Zheng is either in the army guarding against the Guifang, or at the Tianqiong Mountain Pass.
He learned from Yu Tai that Yun Zheng had been to Tianqiong Mountain Pass before.
Moreover, the possibility of the defenders of Tianqiong Pass taking the initiative to attack is relatively small.
Therefore, Yun Zheng is most likely in the army that is on guard against the Guifang army.
After all, judging from the news coming from the Guifang side, the number of enemy troops on that route seemed to be small, and their military strength was far less than that of the Guifang.
It is more likely that Yun Zheng will personally command that army.
Listening to Lou Yi's analysis, Yu Tai couldn't help but nodded in agreement, "This is good news for us."
"really!"
Lou Yi nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and immediately said: "Our troops have almost rested. Let's launch a tentative attack tomorrow to attract the enemy to destroy our catapults and consume some of their strength first!"
"right!"
Yu Tai nodded in agreement. "We don't know the enemy's strength yet, so we can find out their details so that we can prepare for our subsequent attack."
…
As soon as the sun rose the next day, the enemy began to advance.
Yun Zheng climbed to a high place and took a look, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Large trebuchet!
A large number of enemy troops were escorting six large catapults towards them.
He had no idea how far the enemy's large catapults could strike.
However, he could see through his clairvoyance that the enemy's catapults were the traditional human-powered trebuchets.
It took dozens of people pulling hard to throw the stone from the trebuchet.
The throwing distance and power of this kind of catapult are definitely not as good as the ones they made.
Time was limited, and they spent a lot of manpower and worked almost every day, but they only produced four catapults.
The earliest catapult was dismantled due to structural problems and being tested too many times.
There are only three catapults that can be used now.
In the distance, the enemy troops were still advancing in neat formation.
The troops of Qiuchi and Dayue kept advancing in parallel, marching towards their two wings respectively.
When they advanced to within two miles, some of the cavalry and soldiers pushing catapults began to move to the center and line up in front of them.
Behind the catapults, there was a large group of cavalry.
"What do they mean by this?"
Miaoyin couldn't understand the enemy's deployment, so she turned to ask Yun Zheng: "Since they are going to attack the two wings, shouldn't they send the catapults to the two wings?"
"The enemy is forcing us to make a choice!"
Yun Zheng stared at the slowly approaching enemy troops and smiled, "If we don't send people to destroy the catapults, they will use the catapults to blast open the front wall, allowing the army to smoothly press in from the front."
"But if we send people to destroy the trebuchets, they can split their forces from both wings and gather in the middle. Together with the main army, they can surround the people we sent to destroy the trebuchets and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
I have to say that the enemy commander still has some stuff.
The enemy is setting a trap for him.
I want him to jump in even if he knows it's a trap.
He forced the enemy to attack by building a city, but the enemy used these catapults to force him to attack.
Fortunately, they had made some preparations in advance, otherwise, he would have been forced to send people to destroy the catapult.
"I see!"
Miaoyin suddenly realized.
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Send a message to Qin Qihu, immediately lead the 5,000 elite cavalry left by Feng Yu to the frontal gaps and prepare for an attack, but do not go into battle without orders! Send a message to Deng Bao, divide his cavalry into two, deploy 5,000 men on each wing, and do not go into battle without orders!"
Tong Gang took the order and immediately went down to pass on the message.
Miaoyin was subconsciously about to ask Yun Zheng the purpose of this arrangement, but after a slight hesitation, she swallowed the question back.
If you want to learn something, you must use your brain to think about it.
You can't ask Yun Zheng everything.
In Yun Zheng’s words, as a general, you must learn to use your own brain!
So Miaoyin didn't ask any more questions and just started thinking.
Looking at Miaoyin who was thinking with her head lowered, Yun Zheng couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
He originally thought that Miaoyin would ask him what the purpose of such an arrangement was, but unexpectedly, Miaoyin did not ask.
It seems like you are still thinking to yourself?
Well, Miaoyin has obviously become more interested in these arrangements on the battlefield recently.
Does she also want to learn how to lead troops in battle?
If that's the case, he could teach Miaoyin a lesson...
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