When Zhao Yun's more than 20,000 cavalry came here, Jiang Qi and Chun Yuqiong on the city tower were already ready to defend.

As soon as the army arrived, both sides did not even make superficial politeness.

Zhao Yun directly led people to attack the city.

Time was pressing, and Zhao Yun didn't want to waste time here.

Stop the rhythm of the attack, and the guards on the city tower are bothered, and it is impossible to say that the other party will surrender, in that case, it is better to take advantage of the current morale and directly attack the city.

The cavalry killed.

Fighting between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out.

Outside Liyang City, it instantly turned into a tragic battlefield.

The cavalry surrounded the small city of Liyang, and the horses galloped back and forth around the four city walls. Cause a huge shock.

A group of cavalry dismounted, and the siege equipment hauled was also pulled out at this time, and after dismounting, they held their shields and began to approach the city gate, wanting to storm this small city.

Liyang County is only a military town, the city tower is not high, the city gate is not big, to say that it is just a larger dock fort.

It's really not as good as a big city like Yecheng, but Liyang also has something powerful about him.

That is, Liyang is an important military town, and there are all kinds of defensive equipment here.

In addition, Liu Zheng had already ordered it before, and they added some defensive equipment to it again.

Therefore, if they just attack the city, they can use the fortification items in it to defend, and they can hold out for a long time.

"Shoot an arrow, shoot me!"

"The man on the left rushed up and kicked their ladder down!"

"Pour fire oil on me! Throw all the hay down the castle towers! ”

Jiang Qi stood on the city tower and commanded the soldiers and horses around him to guard against the attack of the 30,000 troops under the city.

Although Liyang is not big, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed here, these people, all of them climbed the city tower, so that there were people on all sides to defend, Chaoyun's men and horses showed a strong momentum in the first wave of attacks, and it didn't take long for this morale to drop.

After encountering the complete resistance of the defenders of Liyang, Zhao Yun found that this small city was not easy to fight.

After attacking and not seeing any hope of breaking this Liyang City, Zhao Yun still decisively ordered his soldiers to retreat.

After all, these soldiers under him are all cavalry, not soldiers who are good at attacking cities.

All the cavalry died in the siege, which was a great loss.

Realizing that it was not easy to fight, he retreated decisively.

I plan to wait for Xu Chu's soldiers and horses to come over.

Those soldiers and horses under Xu Chu are all foot soldiers, and they are better at siege battles, and when Xu Chu's army arrives here and cooperates with those men and horses, Zhao Yun will have a greater certainty that he can take down this Liyang county seat.

And Zhao Yunming's withdrawal of troops made Ma Chao, who had seen hope and wanted to show his skills, slightly dissatisfied.

Ma Chao regretfully took his cavalry and retreated to the improvised position outside the city.

Face Zhao Yun.

"General Zhao Yun, why did you suddenly withdraw your troops from the city?"

Ma Chao and Zhao Yun are not particularly familiar with each other.

Because Ma Chao has not been under Liu Bei's command for a long time, and he is still young, Ma Chao is a few years younger than Zhao Yun.

Although because Ma Chao and Zhao Yun are both strong, the two have some sympathy for each other, but Zhao Yun's status is higher than Ma Chao's.

Ma Chao still had to listen to Zhao Yun's orders when he set out on the expedition.

Ma Chao originally wanted to take Liyang County in one go, and then go directly to Yecheng.

However, Zhao Yun's sudden withdrawal left only some of Ma Chao's own soldiers and horses, and it was not so easy to take down this Liyang county seat.

Naturally, Ma Chao could only retreat with him for the time being.

After returning to Zhao Yun's side, Ma Chao was the first to ask Zhao Yun why he retreated.

Zhao Yun could have avoided explaining to Ma Chao.

After all, Zhao Yun is the boss this time, and he has the right to make his own decisions.

Ma Chao is still young, and he can only obey orders.

However, Zhao Yun has always been a popular person, he doesn't want to offend Ma Chao, and the relationship between the two in private is not bad.

When Ma Chao asked, Zhao Yun would still explain to Ma Chao.

"Meng Qi, this battle is not good for our army, if you storm Liyang, the chance of victory is not great, since this is the case, there is no need to waste troops to attack, otherwise the loss of these cavalry will do more harm than good."

"Why is it not good for our army, as long as I am given some more time, my sons and daughters will definitely be able to break this city, what is the difficulty of the small city."

The young and vigorous Ma Chao is not a wise person.

It's just that he has a little bit of brave combat power, and it may be possible to conquer cities and conquer the battlefield, but it is still a little worse to let him serve as the main general and control the overall situation.

Ma Chao can only see the immediate benefits, and laying down Liyang is a great credit, but Zhao Yun doesn't want to lay down Liyang as soon as possible.

In this way, there is a bit of a conflict between the ideas of the two.

Although Ma Chao has a lot of complaints, he is not the main general after all, since Zhao Yun said so, then he naturally has no other way.

can only be counted like this for the time being, waiting for the follow-up soldiers and horses to arrive, and making plans.

During the period when he did not attack Liyang, Zhao Yun ordered these soldiers under his command to make engineering equipment, and at the same time sent Ma Chao to lead a part of the cavalry to Yecheng first.

Although they surrounded Liyang, the news would definitely be known by other people, and Liyang would also quietly tell the surrounding cities about the situation here.

When the time comes, the soldiers and horses deployed in other counties in Jizhou will definitely gather here in Liyang.

Zhao Yun ordered Ma Chao to lead a part of the soldiers and horses to the direction of Yecheng, which was also to block Yecheng to Liyang.

Once reinforcements approach, they can use cavalry to intercept them in the middle of the way, and wipe out the supporting soldiers and horses in an instant.

This hand can not only play the role of encircling and annihilating the surrounding enemy troops, but also be able to hit the soldiers here in Jizhou.

In this way, Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses can be regarded as a temporary retreat.

Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Qi and others on the city tower breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The first wave of contact between the two sides has come to an end, and the next competition will be the follow-up forces.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao were waiting for Xu Chu's reinforcements.

And Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Qi and others in Liyang County were Wen Chou's reinforcements.

As long as reinforcements from both sides arrive, they can start a big battle again, and it is not known who will die.

Of course, Chun Yuqiong and Jiang Qi didn't know that at this time, Liu Zheng had secretly sent Zang Ba and Wen Ping, and two troops and horses came to support.

The army of Zang Ba and Wen Ping is not far from the county seat of Liyang.

In particular, Zang Ba's soldiers and horses are dozens of miles outside Liyang City.

Not long after the battle that broke out in Liyang County, a spy reported the matter here to Zang Ba.

Zang Ba, who was secretly ambushed nearby, received the news.

Immediate joy.

I know it's finally my turn to make a move.

Without any hesitation, he immediately ordered Guan Hai to join him.

Quickly dispatched an army of 20,000 ambushes here to approach Liyang.