In the afternoon, all of Fu Tianyan's troops crossed the river and established defenses on the other side of the Yudai River.
Yun Zheng and Jia Yao guessed correctly, there were indeed not many caltrops in the river.
Fu Tianyan and his team fished in a river section of one mile, but only found more than thirty caltrops.
But these more than thirty caltrops delayed them for half a day.
Yun Zheng was still somewhat surprised that Lou Yi did not send anyone to harass Fu Tianyan's troops who were crossing the river.
Under normal circumstances, even if he knew that he could not stop them from crossing the river, Lou Yi should have sent some people to harass their army crossing the river. Killing as many as possible would be a good thing, and it would also further delay the time for them to cross the river.
But Lou Yi did not make such a choice.
It seems that Lou Yi just wants to know their movements now, and then he will defend them with determination.
Yun Zheng now doesn’t know whether Lou Yi really wants to defend to the death or is just trying to paralyze them.
However, he still became alert.
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...
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong!
He is plotting against Lou Yi, and Lou Yi must be plotting against him too!
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Order Qin Qihu, Feng Yu, and Shen Luoyan to lead their troops across the river immediately and set up defenses five miles to the northeast! Order Bei Huan's troops to follow closely and set up defenses five miles to the northwest! The rest of the troops, escort the food and supplies, and set up camp immediately after crossing the river!"
As Yun Zheng's order was issued, the subsequent departments immediately took action.
After the caltrops in the river were cleared away, the time for crossing the river became much faster.
Before dark, all the cavalrymen took the lead in crossing the river and set up defenses according to Yun Zheng's requirements, completely preparing to attack the pseudo-city.
When it was dark, Lou Yi, who got the news, also rushed from Guibei to the pseudo city.
Lou Yi didn't even have time to rest and immediately called Tiexiong and his son to ask about the situation.
Tiexiong didn't say anything more and immediately reported: "The enemy's 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry have all crossed the river and deployed defenses around it, making it easier for the follow-up army to escort food and supplies across the river..."
Tiexiong also reported to Lou Yi in detail the situation when Dagan's army crossed the river, and took the opportunity to flatter Lou Yi, saying that Lou Yi was very good at predicting things, and that the enemy army was indeed delayed for a long time by those caltrops.
However, Tiexiong's flattery did not make Lou Yi show any joy.
It just took half a day, there's really nothing to be happy about.
If Yun Zheng had not sent people to build defenses so far away from the river crossing point, he might have been able to learn Yun Zheng's tactics and send people to launch a forced raid and burn Yun Zheng and his men's food while Yun Zheng's follow-up troops were escorting food and grass across the river.
But Yun Zheng's arrangement was obviously intended to prevent him from doing this.
The method of burning food and grass is not feasible for the time being!
This Yun Zheng is indeed a character!
Even though the army was strong and morale was high, they remained cautious and did not become arrogant.
Such people basically will not reveal fatal flaws and are indeed difficult to deal with.
Lou Yi sighed inwardly and asked again: "How many enemy troops are there?"
Tiexiong replied: "Roughly speaking, there should be 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry, and tens of thousands of infantry. Adding up, I'm afraid there are nearly 100,000 troops! By the way, Your Highness, there seem to be a lot of Northern Huan cavalry among these people."
"Northern Huan Cavalry?"
Lou Yi was full of surprise, "Are you sure it's the Beihuan cavalry?"
"I'm not entirely sure."
Tiexiong replied: "Anyway, those cavalrymen are wearing Beihuan armor."
Everyone knows that Bei Huan is now Yun Zheng's vanguard.
Although those people were wearing Beihuan armor, it could not be ruled out that they were dressed as cavalrymen of the Beifu Army.
Is that so?
Lou Yi's mind instantly became active.
Could it be that Yun Zheng also transferred Beihuan’s main force over here?
Is Yun Zheng planning to gather all his elite troops to destroy Dayue in one fell swoop?
If this is true, then their chance to defeat Yun Zheng may have come!
After a moment of silence, Lou Yi asked again: "If Yun Zheng attacks here by force, are you sure you can hold on?"
"have!"
Tietu answered first, looking full of confidence.
Tiexiong glared at his son in annoyance, "Your Highness, Tietu is young and hot-tempered, his words cannot be taken seriously."
If it wasn't in front of Lou Yi, Tiexiong would have wanted to slap his stupid son.
Hold on?
Can a mere 20,000 troops stop an army of 100,000?
Does he really think Yun Zheng’s reputation is exaggerated?
It is a good thing for young people to be ambitious and unwilling to admit defeat.
But blind confidence is stupid!
"Oh, really?"
Lou Yi's eyes fell on Tiexiong, "From what you said, you don't have the confidence to hold on?"
"In the short term, I am confident that I can hold on." Tie Xiong said, and suddenly changed the subject, "But Yun Zheng is full of tricks. If we can't take the city after a long time, Yun Zheng will definitely resort to trickery..."
"Yun Zheng is indeed full of tricks." Lou Yi nodded in agreement, "General Tie, don't worry. If Yun Zheng really dares to attack here, the army of Turtleback City can support us at any time!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Tiexiong quickly bowed.
As long as there are reinforcements, it will be fine.
The only fear is that Lou Yi will let them fight alone.
Afterwards, Lou Yi chatted with Tiexiong and his son for a while before letting them leave.
After Tiexiong and his son left, Lou Yi did not fall asleep, but started thinking silently.
Will Yun Zheng really attack by force?
He learned how to build a city in this way from Yun Zheng.
Does Yun Zheng know how to break through the city wall in front of him?
Apart from brute force attack, does Yun Zheng have any better method?
Or, will Yun Zheng simply give up this area and attack other cities?
Lou Yi kept thinking.
He put himself in Yun Zheng's position. If he were Yun Zheng, what would he choose now?
However, Lou Yi thought about it over and over again but still couldn't figure it out.
Just as Lou Yi was thinking hard, Tietu suddenly came to report: "Your Highness, the enemy seems to be crossing the river overnight!"
Cross the river overnight?
Lou Yi frowned slightly, then stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look!"
Under the leadership of Tietu, Lou Yi came to the arrow tower behind the city wall.
At this moment, Tiexiong has also arrived at the arrow tower.
Seeing Lou Yi, Tiexiong hurriedly saluted.
"No need to be so polite."
Lou Yi raised his hand slightly and looked into the distance.
Standing on the arrow tower, he could clearly see a fire burning in the distance.
Are you really crossing the river overnight?
Lou Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
Is Yun Zheng so anxious?
Lou Yi thought for a moment and ordered: "Let's wait and see! I don't believe that Yun Zheng will launch an attack overnight! Give the order to keep someone on the lookout for the enemy's every move, don't be too nervous!"
If Yun Zheng really wanted to attack at night, he should be happy.
He was well prepared this time, and those traps alone were enough to give Yun Zheng a hard time!
Back then on the Sole River Plain, they attacked day and night for two or three days, but were finally defeated by Yun Zheng's surprise attack.
Now that the offensive and defensive situations have changed, he really wants to experience the feeling of being attacked day and night!
It depends on whether Yun Zheng has the courage!
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