Of course, it was impossible for Yun Zheng to attack the fake city overnight.
Not to mention that he only has less than 100,000 troops, even if he was given another 100,000 troops, he would not do such a stupid thing.
Transporting food and supplies is much more troublesome than sending cavalry across a river.
They fought all night long, and it was not until the afternoon of the next day that they managed to transport all the food and supplies to the other side.
Yun Zheng originally thought that the enemy would attack at night, but the enemy did not take any action.
Yun Zheng ordered everyone to rest and start assembling the catapult tomorrow.
They had a lot of trouble transporting the tower cars (well-guards), catapults, and crossbows across the river.
That night, the troops of both sides continued to live in peace.
When the sky brightened again, the siege equipment finally began to be assembled.
After receiving the news, Lou Yi climbed up the arrow tower again and looked at the huge monsters from afar.
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"Your Highness, it looks like the enemy is preparing to attack."
Tiexiong frowned and looked at those huge monsters as if they were facing a great enemy.
They all knew that the Northern Army's catapults had a very long throwing distance.
If Yun Zheng used these catapults to bombard their city walls, their walls would probably not be able to hold out for long.
"don’t worry!"
Lou Yi said calmly, "The enemy is still three or four miles away from us. Those catapults and towers are so heavy that even if there were no traps ahead, they wouldn't be able to push them over before dark!"
"I understand."
Tie Xiong's expression was still solemn. "I am afraid that Yun Zheng will send people to remove all the traps we set, so he uses these catapults to attack and force us to destroy them..."
"The catapult is not scary."
Lou Yi shook his head and said, "If the enemy only uses catapults to advance, we don't have to worry! Aren't our crossbows prepared for the enemy's catapults? I'm worried that the enemy also has crossbows..."
The range of Da Gan's crossbow is also longer than theirs.
Once their crossbows were destroyed, the enemy's catapults could close in and bombard their walls.
Tie Xiong couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "This is a siege, Yun Zheng can't be so stupid as not to bring a crossbow..."
How can one attack a city without enough siege equipment?
If such a large plow cart could be transported across the river, why couldn’t the crossbow be transported across the river?
Lou Yi looked into the distance, thought silently for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "No matter how they attack, we will just hold on! Yun Zheng has nearly 100,000 troops. If they want to slowly consume the enemy, we will consume them to the end! Let's see how much food and grass they have! If it doesn't work, we can still retreat to Turtle Back City!"
Even if Yun Zheng used catapults to bombard the city wall, it would be impossible to bring it down in less than ten days or half a month.
He came to Turtleback City not to supervise the battle.
He wanted to make sure Yun Zheng was going to launch a full-scale attack on this section of the city wall!
Only in this way can their other army take action.
I'm not afraid of Yun Zheng attacking, I'm just afraid of Yun Zheng not attacking!
A day passed quickly and Yun Zheng still did not launch an attack.
Even the catapults and tower blocks did not move forward.
"Your Highness, there's something wrong with the enemy!"
Tiexiong also noticed something was wrong and looked at Lou Yi with a frown.
"You also noticed something was wrong?"
Lou Yi looked at Tie Xiong with a serious expression.
Tiexiong nodded slightly, with a look of deep doubt on his face. "The enemy has no offensive posture at all, but seems to be setting up defense! Why does it feel like the enemy is waiting for us to take the initiative to attack?"
Logically speaking, even if Yun Zheng did not launch an attack, he should have started sending people to clear the traps.
But from a distance, it seemed that the enemy had no intention of pressing forward.
The enemy's actions and formation are clearly biased towards defense!
What's going on?
Yun Zheng was clearly leading his troops to attack, so how could he possibly launch a defense?
Yun Zheng is known as the best general in the world. Could he be so stupid as to expect them to take the initiative to attack?
If they really wanted to take the initiative to attack, would they have to wait until this time?
"Something is wrong indeed!"
Lou Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Do you think Yun Zheng is deliberately creating confusion?"
Deliberately creating confusion?
Tiexiong thought for a moment and said, "That is indeed possible! However, I don't understand what is the meaning of his deliberately confusing formation?"
Faced with Tiexiong's question, Lou Yi had no answer.
What's the point?
He also didn't know the significance of Yun Zheng's doing this.
Of course, if Yun Zheng wanted to disrupt their vision, cause them trouble, and make them think wildly, then there is no doubt that Yun Zheng's strategy was successful.
Even though Yun Zheng's purpose was to make them think wildly, they still had to think wildly.
Yun Zheng’s reputation is too loud and his achievements are too brilliant.
When two armies are fighting, every move of such a person will arouse their speculation.
Everyone was afraid that they would fall into Yun Zheng's trap accidentally.
"Let's see first!"
Lou Yi rubbed his temple tiredly, "If Yun Zheng doesn't attack, it will be a good thing for us! Try not to think too much. The more you think, the more confused your thoughts will become."
Tiexiong opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
That’s all!
There's no point in saying it.
They couldn't guess Yun Zheng's intention, so they could only continue to observe.
Before I knew it, the day had passed.
Yun Zheng did not launch an attack and was completely on the defensive.
Even the catapults and tower blocks were placed behind the chevaux de frise.
It seemed like they were waiting for them to attack the camp.
At night, Lou Yi tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
He told Tiexiong not to think too much, but he himself was thinking too much uncontrollably.
He forced himself many times not to think about Yun Zheng's intentions, but he always couldn't help thinking about it.
Even when he got up to practice sword, all he could think about was what Yun Zheng was trying to do.
"Your Highness, urgent news from the northern front!"
Just when Lou Yi was practicing sword-fighting absentmindedly, the voice of the personal guards suddenly came from outside the tent.
However, Lou Yi was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't hear the voice of his guards at all.
"Your Highness, urgent news from the northern front!"
The voice of the guards sounded again.
However, Lou Yi still didn't hear it.
"Your Highness! Your Highness..."
The guards called out several times but received no response.
The guards were worried that something might have happened to Lou Yi, so they no longer cared about anything else and just opened the curtain and rushed in.
Just as the guards opened the curtain and rushed in, a sharp sword light flashed.
The sword light was less than a foot away from the guards.
If the guards had rushed a little faster, they would probably have fallen under Lou Yi's sword.
The guards were startled, and Lou Yi was also startled by the guards who suddenly broke in.
“Bold!”
Lou Yi held the sword in his hand, staring at the guards with a cold face: "What do you want to do by trespassing into my tent?"
“…”
The guard's face was slightly red, and he quickly knelt on one knee, "Your Highness, urgent news from the north! I called out several times outside the tent, but Your Highness did not respond. I was afraid that something might happen to Your Highness, so I broke in! Please forgive me, Your Highness..."
As he spoke, the personal guard handed over the urgent report with both hands.
An emergency message from the North Line?
Lou Yi didn't bother to investigate the personal guards' unauthorized intrusion, and immediately took the emergency report and looked at it...
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