Chapter 1351 - 331: Bloody Battle (Part 2)_3

Chapter 1351: Chapter 331: Bloody Battle (Part 2)_3

The next round of the Yan Army’s projectiles clearly extended into the city.

The effect was also very obvious, because in the following second round of Chu people’s catapult shots, the number of large stones thrown was significantly less than that of the first round. ℯℯ𝑙.

Once the battle began, Lord Zheng no longer ate melons but observed the battle situation carefully.

Beside him, Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi were also watching very seriously.

To be honest, this methodical back-and-forth siege battle was extremely satisfying for them to watch, at least more effective than they originally anticipated. This also meant that the casualties required to take this East Mountain fort would be much lower than expected.

However, there was one thing that puzzled them: it seemed that the commander of this siege battle was not the Lord sitting beside them.

This...

To actually let subordinates command such an important siege battle?

Of course, the two of them would not think that Lord Zheng didn’t know how to fight a war;

What a joke,

how could the commendable Lord Pingye not know how to wage a war!

Besides, each of them had two books in hand, one was Zheng Fan’s "Zheng Zi Art of War," the other was also Zheng Fan’s "The Principles of Siege."

They could only admire, admire Zheng Fan’s incredible ability to train his subordinates.

After all, he was a direct disciple of Prince Jingnan!

At this moment, two columns of cavalry from the rear formation of the Yan Army began to press forward from the flanks.

"Lord, what does this mean?" Gong Wang immediately asked.

He was here to observe and learn, so naturally, he asked when he had doubts.

Why deploy cavalry suddenly in the midst of a fiercely fought siege battle?

Lord Zheng’s eyes narrowed,

He knew it was certainly Liang Cheng who ordered these two cavalry units forward,

though he hadn’t imagined why Liang Cheng would deploy cavalry at this moment,

but he believed that Liang Cheng would never shoot without reason, so Lord Zheng’s mind quickly began to reverse-engineer the situation.

Very soon,

Lord Zheng spoke:

"The Chu people intend to launch an attack."

"Hmm?" Gong Wang.

Gongsun Zhi stood up and began observing the battlefield.

In fact, in front of East Mountain Fort, besides the moat and defensive trenches, there was also a low wall standing in front of the gate.

Actually, back when Lord Zheng led the troops to defend Snow Sea Pass, Liang Cheng had designed something similar.

This wall, along with the trench below, was actually meant to obscure vision.

It prevented the attacking side from discovering whether the gates were open, if soldiers were rushing out from inside, thus enabling a surprise attack.

With the prerequisite that the defenders also had catapults, the commander of the siege attack naturally couldn’t be too close to the city.

Like Lord Zheng at this moment, his command vehicle parked in the rear had been stationary, even though Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi hinted several times that they couldn’t see clearly, Lord Zheng still remained unmoved.

But Liang Cheng, commanding at the front, was clearly not as afraid of being struck, plus, he likely deduced the intentions of the Chu people based on their movements and rhythm on the city wall, combined with the current situation.

Sure enough, from behind the trench, a group of Chu heavy-armored soldiers suddenly climbed out. They wore heavy scale armor and charged madly towards the arrow towers at the front.

But their true target was likely still the Yan Army’s catapults.

To reach the Chu people’s catapults within the city, the Yan Army’s catapults had already advanced to an extremely dangerous position.

The battlefield is large, but in detail, it is actually small. Often a brilliant move capturing the opponent at a disconnected moment can produce miraculous effects.

However, as soon as this group of heavily armored Chu warriors ran out, they immediately heard the sound of hooves.

From their east and west flanks, Yan cavalry charged at speed.

These cavalry were also clad in fine armor, wielding not sabers but cavalry lances or large hammers.

The Chu people on the walls first discovered the two cavalry units suddenly joining the battlefield and immediately shot arrows at them, but the arrows had little effect on the heavily armored cavalry, unless extremely unlucky or their horses were struck, otherwise they couldn’t be stopped.

The heavily armored Chu warriors who had just rushed out were suddenly charged by cavalry from both sides.

No matter what armor you wore, a blunt weapon with horse speed like that could directly knock you out.

After this round of cavalry slaughter charge,

The initially surprising heavy armored Chu warriors intended to do had suffered heavy losses, immediately finding themselves in an awkward situation between advancing and retreating.

Because they snuck out, if they couldn’t force the Yan’s current offensive to stop, they wouldn’t be able to go back, and there’s no way the city gates would open for them under these conditions, or it risks being overturned and breached.

"Phew......"

Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi exhaled almost simultaneously.

Gongsun Zhi lamented: "Lord, this battle is truly impressive."

Preempting the enemy’s prediction. It’s supposed to be the besieging side being passive everywhere, yet they’ve managed an evenly matched—no, in momentum and tactic, they’ve overwhelmed the Chu forces.

Lord Zheng shook his head modestly and smiled;

"Today, it might be enough to level out the trenches and that wall."

Meals should be eaten one bite at a time.

Though the arrow towers had been pushed up, neither Lord Zheng nor Liang Cheng intended to complete the ascent and breach all at once today.

Proceed step by step, just like when attacking Yangshan Village, first do a good job on the preparatory work and clear away the obstacles.

Gongsun Zhi immediately thumped his chest and said:

"Lord, please grant permission for me to personally lead my guard camp in scaling the city tomorrow!"

Gongsun Zhi, being Li Bao’s son-in-law, naturally carried Li Bao’s tiger-like demeanor too, otherwise, he wouldn’t have caught Li Bao’s eye initially.

Regarding the separation with Li Bao’s son, well, each issue should be looked at independently.

"Good, I admire General Gongsun’s courage."

"Come, take the sticks, take the sticks."

All the wild people returning with bamboo baskets received bamboo sticks from the wild people’s king, symbolizing a hearty meal.

However,

Just then,

there was one wild person who didn’t rush impatiently for a stick from the king but directly bypassed here, his figure bolting forward like a leopard, with a purple longbow emerging as the bamboo basket split open in his hands.

In an instant, his figure leapt up, his body emitting a dazzling white light, drawing his bow in mid-air with the arrowhead directly aimed at the command carriage stationed further behind.

"Buzz!"

An arrow shot forth with terrifying force!

Zheng Fan, already quite cautious and moving backward, suddenly felt a twinge in his heart.

At that moment,

the Sword Saint, who had been slicing watermelon earlier on the command carriage, appeared directly in front of Zheng Fan, wielding the Longyuan drenched in watermelon juice to collide with the arrow in mid-air.

"Bang!"

The arrow shattered,

Longyuan flew back, landing in the Sword Saint’s hand.

In the next moment,

the assassin disguised as a sneaky wild person was immediately surrounded by a group of Yan Army armored warriors. After that first arrow possibly exhausted all his energy and blood, he wasn’t capable of fighting anymore and was swiftly pierced through by many spears.

The Sword Saint turned back to look at Zheng Fan standing behind him.

The shocked Lord Zheng exhaled deeply,

shrugged his shoulders,

and said:

"See, I said I didn’t intentionally have you come to slice watermelon for me. Wasn’t I right?"