The news quickly spread back to the Chinese army, and Alipu looked a little calmer after hearing it. The Five Star Army gave up the Saihan Mountain guard for no reason, which can only show one truth, that is, they had already guessed that they would attack the first city. In this way, Shijo, which has been prepared for a long time, is afraid that it will not be as easy to attack as imagined.

The army will be marched out and will never stop because the other side is prepared. The army continued to advance, relying on the absolute superiority in troops, this time he and Alipu were determined to capture Shicheng, and at the worst they would blast Yang Chendong out of the grassland, if possible, it would be the best thing to kill him here.

An army of 300,000 came in a mighty way, and along the way, the green meadows dried up, revealing yellow or black ground. After all, there are too many war horses, and the amount of grain and grass that needs to be consumed every day is an astronomical amount.

After another three days of hurried travel, the army finally arrived at the so-called First City of the Grassland.

From a distance, Shicheng stands on the grassland like a majestic pass descending from the sky, like a heavenly beast falling here, showing its domineering and mighty.

"Is this the First City? Really majestic? "Riding a war horse, I came to the grassland five miles away from the first city, and looked up at the high city in the distance, and I also had a sense of truth in my heart.

Prime Minister Alipu, who also saw Shicheng for the first time, also showed a look of admiration, and sighed sincerely: "Daming Zhonggong is really a masterpiece, just from the scale of this city, it is a great effort, this financial resources and this courage are very within the reach of people." ”

"Hehe, it's just that it's going to be ours soon, isn't it?" sighed, and there was a greedy look in Yexian's eyes.

"Yes, it's almost ours." Alip was also excited. Yili has not developed well over the years, thanks to the role he has played as a prime minister. And if you can take Sicheng and plunder a lot of resources from here and return to China, it must be a great stimulus to the domestic economy, and maybe there will be a big development.

He also thinks about it first, and then he wants to become the lord of the first city, so that in the future, even if he fights with people and loses the battle, he doesn't have to be like a lost dog, there is nowhere to go, at that time he has the strength to attack and retreat, and it is not impossible to double or even more his strength at that time.

The two people in power, with a look of expectation, gave the order for the army to be stationed. In order to make this harvest even more lucrative, they issued an order to besiege the city on all sides, that is, they were not allowed to let go of the existing people and things in the first city.

During the siege of the city, more than 300,000 acres of grain fields appeared in front of them. For this matter, they also came to the scene with Alipu one after another, and they were excited when they saw that so much grain was about to grow. With this, the problem of food and grass for their army was solved, so the two of them coincidentally issued the same order, that is, to order that no one should be allowed to destroy these growing grain fields.

The city was besieged all along. Looking down from the city tower, the continuous military camps are one after another, and the dense figures are like ants endlessly.

Under Yang Chendong's intention, the four inner city gates were deliberately opened, allowing ordinary people to go to the outer city tower to watch the enemy's situation, this completely unnormal behavior immediately led countless people to go up to the city tower to watch, and then many people were really scared because they saw too many enemies in the city tower, their legs were still trembling, they were really frightened. After all, the 300,000 army in his mouth and the 300,000 in his eyes are two different concepts.

For this matter, the city lord Yu Mian raised doubts, according to his words, he can't let the people know too much, otherwise they will really be frightened, and there may even be civil strife. In this regard, Yang Chendong just said, "If you enjoy peace for a long time, you will forget about war." Letting them feel the atmosphere before the war now will only make them cherish peace and life even more, as well as the hard-won happy life now. In order to ensure that such a life can last, everyone must contribute. ”

The reason why Yang Chendong made this decision was because of his own basis, that is, in this battle to defend the city, he did not plan to use too many regular troops, if possible, he would not use a regular army, and the reserve was sufficient.

Just like the 30,000 elite iron cavalry that was not spoiled at the beginning, Yang Chendong adopted the mode of training, and finally made the first cavalry division in the world, strengthening and improving the strength of the cavalry strength of the five-star army. This time, he was still preparing to train.

Only in actual combat can we produce elite troops, and it is better to rely on exercises alone to encounter a tailwind battle, but once the situation is tight, it is difficult to say what kind of decision will be made seriously.

Yang Chendong before decided to build another army after the New First Army, and the name was the New Second Army.

But how the fighters of the new Second Army were generated, he only gave a general opinion. It was not until the city was besieged now that he gave his final opinion and decision, that is, the soldiers of the reserve army went to the city tower to guard for three days without dying, and they were qualified to become soldiers of the new Second Army.

A warrior can only become more mature after experiencing bloody battles and life and death. Some of them may be very heroic, some are wise and brave, and some simply dodge and attack, but no matter what the result, if you can stay in the city for three days without harm, it is enough to prove that he is a capable person, and he can be called a veteran.

Facts have proved that Yang Chendong wants to build an elite division and take the route of elite soldiers. And he values the lives of the fighters very much, there is only a slight possibility, he will always find a way to ensure the safety of the soldiers. Under such a principle, the establishment of the New Second Army naturally cannot be all new soldiers, otherwise, it will really run into a tough battle, and if the losses are too great, it will not be his wish.

The task of establishing the new Second Army has been issued, and the charter on how to select people has also been given. In order to ensure that there were no accidents while training the troops, more than 8,000 soldiers of the recruit division of the New First Army also climbed the tower. In principle, they don't need to intervene when it's not critical.

It is okay to train troops, but if you lose the city and fight a big defeat because of military training, it is not what Yang Chendong wants.

"Give them a sufficient number of bows and arrows and weapons, and tell them that if they want to become glorious five-star soldiers, their chance to show themselves has come." When he learned that the four cities were all besieged, and that the water in the siege was still impassable, Yang Chendong did not hurry to give a military order to the future commander of the New Second Army.

This young man, who has been reused since he met Yang Chendong and has been promoted all the way to have half Han and half Mongolian blood, finally has the opportunity to take the lead. For this value, what you need to do is to do your best.

Leave things to Shebei to do, Yang Chendong is undoubtedly very relieved. So when the big war was approaching, everyone else was nervously busy, but he accompanied Luan Xiaoyu in the Yang Mansion to teach her to sing new songs and teach her how to make new programs.

In addition to a group of generals and men going in and out of Yang Mansion every day, there are also a group of female soldiers and cadres from the Propaganda Department who also join in the fun. In this regard, everyone has the feeling that their sixth young master's heart is too big.

However, it is this big heart, but it gives everyone unsurpassed confidence. Yang Chendong's indifference and self-confidence inspired everyone, and gradually, more officers did not take the big battle in front of them seriously.

It took two full days to surround the first city on all sides, and then the army set up camp, and it took another two days for 300,000 people, and then it was to prepare siege weapons, that is, they came to the first city, and they found that the ladder they had prepared before was still too short, and the length was far from enough.

The height of the city is only five or six zhang, and the height of the tower of the first city has reached fifteen zhang, and the length of the corresponding cloud ladder should also be increased. This matter is difficult for the Warat coalition army. They had to send more warriors around the woods to find usable materials.

The offensive at that time, without the help of firearms, was generally the same as the old three. i.e. shield carts, trebuchets and ladders.

Needless to say, the ladder is a thing to climb the city, and the structure is simple; Catapult is a long-range offensive weapon, mainly for the role of deterrence, in order to suppress the opponent's bow and arrow oppression, but unfortunately the stone on the grassland is not very easy to find, especially when the city was built before, the nearby stone was excavated earlier, making this moment the catapult became a gunpowder vehicle, and because the number of gunpowder of the Wara coalition army is limited and the attack accuracy is really eye-catching, the power of the catapult is also greatly reduced.

Finally, let's talk about the shield car. This is a wooden cart with a layer of cowhide wrapped on the outside to ensure that the bow and arrows cannot be easily shot, and the cowhide is soaked in water to ensure that it is not invaded by water and fire. It is the best aid to get close to the city, and it is also one of the important "weapons" of the Warat coalition army when attacking the city.

Among the 300,000 allied troops that came, all of them were cavalry, and there were 50,000 infantry in the interior, which was also the main force of the siege. As long as they can storm the tower, and then rush down, and open the gate from the inside, the cavalry warriors can take the opportunity to enter the city, at that time, there is still the advantage of the number of people, the first city will change hands, and all the resources in it will be crazy to rob up.

"There's Prime Minister Lao." Tomorrow is the day of the first attack, and I also looked at Alipu first, with a look of please.

"Well said, well said." Alipu nodded, choosing Shijo as the target, which was originally his first proposal. Now that he had in his hands the infantry for the siege, the first battle would naturally begin from him.

That night, Alip summoned Kurban, the commander of the infantry, and gave him the order to attack the city tomorrow. "Remember, the first day of siege, or to be tentative, first find out the reality of the other party, there has always been a cloud in the outside world, saying that the combat power of the five-star army is extraordinary, you have to be careful. In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of, the advantage of cavalry is to charge and kill, not to defend the city, so just let it go. ”