Outside the city of Yiwu.
Feng Yu and Fu Tianyan led their troops to set up camp five miles outside Yiwu City two days ago.
However, they followed Yun Zheng's orders and did not attack until Huo Gu transported the siege equipment.
But they had already begun preparations for the siege.
"The enemy is still building up a fort outside the city?"
Zagon, the guard of Iya, walked up to the city wall with a frown on his face.
"yes!"
Deputy General Dawang nodded, "They have been piling up earth about 200 feet outside the city since they arrived yesterday."
Zagon felt uneasy and quickly climbed up the city wall.
The enemy's earthen fortifications were not far from them and could be seen at a glance.
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The mounds built by the enemy were very large, with the distance between each mound being about twenty to thirty feet.
Every time the enemy built a layer of soil, they would tamp it down before building up again.
"These mounds of earth should be used to set up crossbows..."
Zagon frowned, having already guessed the purpose of these mounds.
It is obvious that the enemy wanted to increase the shooting range of the crossbow by increasing the height.
Originally, the range of their crossbows was shorter than that of the enemy's crossbows. If the enemy raised the position of their crossbows, the crossbows on their city walls would be even more vulnerable.
Once their crossbows were destroyed, the enemy's catapults could move in closer and hurl larger stones at the city walls.
"So what do we do now?"
Dawang was also frowning.
They have only 30,000 slave soldiers here.
The enemy, however, was a well-equipped cavalry.
Wanting to send people to attack the enemy troops who are building up earth is undoubtedly sending them to their deaths.
Although slaves are worthless, they cannot be sent to die like this!
But if they allowed the enemy's catapults to bombard the city walls, their walls, which were not very strong to begin with, would collapse sooner or later.
Once the enemy army rushed in, it would be basically impossible to defend Yiwu with these 30,000 slave soldiers.
"What should I do? Besides carrying it, what else can I do?"
Zagon smiled bitterly, "Report our situation to Duilong Langri and Lou Yi, and tell them that if they want to attack from the north, they should do it as soon as possible! Otherwise, quickly withdraw part of the main force and come to help us defend the city!"
They also received news that the defense line that Lou Yi painstakingly built was destroyed by a flood.
There is no way to consume the enemy's strength or delay the enemy.
If the enemy attacks frantically in this way, he really cannot guarantee that he can defend Yiwu City.
If you want to ensure that Yiwu can be defended, there are only two ways.
First, request reinforcements.
Second, attack the enemy's rear, threaten the enemy's rear, and force the enemy to return for reinforcement.
Now, the northern front is neither able to attack nor occupied, and a lot of their main forces are occupied, so that their defensive forces are a bit tight, and they are all relying on the slave army to hold on.
Once their defense line is breached, the army preparing to attack from the north will be attacked from both ends.
Dawang thought silently for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Now, this is the only way..."
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A day later, Lou Yi of Turtleback City received an urgent letter sent by Zagon.
Looking at the contents of the letter, Lou Yi immediately looked displeased.
What is Zagon?
He only commands 30,000 slave soldiers, but he really thinks he is a great general?
Do you still need Zagon to teach you how to do things?
Attack, does he think he doesn't want to attack?
There is also a need for timing in attacking!
Now, Yun Zheng has not started to forcefully attack the city. If they attack now, Yun Zheng will most likely order the enemy troops on the northern front to retreat. When that time comes, Yun Zheng will start to retreat, and all their pre-war arrangements will be in vain!
He spent so much money and food not just to force back Yun Zheng's army!
He wants to inflict heavy damage on the enemy!
At least we must make sure that Yun Zheng won’t dare to attack Dayue Kingdom again within the next ten years!
Otherwise, if Yun Zheng attacks again next year, will he rely on extortion and heavy taxes to collect food and grass?
If this happens a few more times, the people of Dayue Kingdom will rebel without Yun Zheng having to do anything!
This Zagon is also a glutton!
No long-term vision at all!
But then again, this is not something the tribes of Moxi should consider, and Zagon does not need a long-term vision.
All he had to think about was defending Yiwu.
Lou Yi thought silently for a while, and ordered someone to call Kucha over.
Not long after, Kucha came hurriedly and asked, "Your Highness, why did you summon me?"
Lou Yi: "I have to go to the north. During my absence, you must defend Turtleback City well! Remember, no matter what tricks the enemy uses, do not leave the city to meet the enemy!"
"I understand!"
Kucha nodded heavily and asked tentatively: "What are you doing in the north line? Are you going to..."
"Not an attack from the north."
Lou Yi guessed what Kucha was thinking, and gave the letter sent by Zagon to Kucha.
After reading the contents of the letter, Kucha frowned.
"What do you think? Do you think what Zagon said makes sense?"
Lou Yi asked Kucha with a bit of testing meaning.
"this……"
Kucha thought for a moment and said boldly: "It doesn't make complete sense, but I think it does make some sense!"
"oh?"
Kucha's answer surprised Lou Yi a little.
Lou Yi looked at Kucha with interest, "You also think that we should attack quickly, or quickly withdraw troops from the northern front to help defend?"
"I know that Your Highness is a man of foresight, but I am worried that Zagon will not be able to defend Yiwu." Kucha said worriedly, "Once Yiwu is lost, the enemy will be able to open a passage. By then, if we want to stop the enemy's advance, we will have to withdraw more troops from the north to support us, and we may not even have enough time to do so..."
As Lou Yi's confidant, he certainly knew what Lou Yi was considering.
But if you can't even defend, how can you talk about attacking?
The most important thing right now is to hold on!
Lou Yi frowned: "The enemy army in the direction of Yiwu only has 20,000 to 30,000 people. Can Zagon not hold on with only 30,000 people?"
He admitted that Kutza had a point.
But in his opinion, with 30,000 people defending the city and the enemy only having this much force to attack, it should be completely defensible.
Even if we can't hold it, we can at least hold off the enemy for two or three months, right?
As long as they can hold off the enemy there, we can launch a full-scale attack on the northern front.
"Your Highness, our opponent is Yun Zheng."
Kucha said worriedly, "Your Highness and I have both experienced Yun Zheng's cunning! Moreover, those slave soldiers are good at fighting in favorable situations, but I'm afraid they don't have much combat power when fighting against unfavorable situations..."
If the defenders of Yiwu were 30,000 elite troops fully armed with armor, he would not be worried.
But unfortunately, the strength of the defenders of Iya was not that good.
It is estimated that Yun Zheng does not know that Yiwu only has 30,000 slave soldiers.
If Yun Zheng knew this, he probably wouldn't be so hesitant.
Listening to Kucha's words, Lou Yi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
If there is no reinforcement, can Yiwu really not be defended?
Suddenly, Lou Yi felt extremely regretful.
If I hadn't been so clever and sacrificed the elite troops of Tiexiong in vain, and transferred those elite troops to Yiwu for defense, why would I have to worry about Yiwu being breached?
You're shooting yourself in the foot!
what to do?
Should we attack immediately, or dispatch troops to rescue Yiwu in time?
For a moment, Lou Yi was in a dilemma...
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