Shi Yi sat indifferently on top of the city tower, observing the movements of the Cheng German army opposite.

Two days ago, the Cheng German army arrived at the city of Hejian Province, and after two days of preparation, today, they are finally going to start the siege. Touching the short beard on his chin, a sneer tugged at the corner of his mouth. Chengde Li Che is very famous on weekdays, but when he looks at it today, he is just a general in the middle of the rules.

Looking at the opponent's siege preparations, it is still the same old way. The first attack of the government soldiers kept consuming the strength of the defenders in the city, and the armor soldiers followed up and dealt a fatal blow. Such a siege routine is simply too familiar for a veteran like him, and how to deal with it doesn't need his orders, and the generals below will naturally be able to deal with such an attack with ease.

Today, the German army will definitely be defeated.

This is not because there is any problem with the combat effectiveness of the Cheng German army on the other side, but when the German army bravely advances and breaks through to the front of Hejian Province itself, defeat is inevitable.

This time, the entire battle process is a big conspiracy against Chengde.

The handsome man suddenly conspired to become virtuous for a long time.

Zhenwu and Lu Long fought for many years, as Li Ze guessed, Zhenwu became weaker and weaker, Lu Long became stronger and stronger, Wang Feng was finally broken, and the integration of the Khitan cavalry by the marshal became the last straw that crushed Wang Feng, and under the coercion of the marshal, he finally took refuge in Lu Long.

As for Henghai, Lu Long didn't regard it as an opponent at all, a region where there were many riots under his rule and the people were struggling to make a living, for Lu Long, it was not a problem at all.

But Chengde is different.

Under Li Anguo's policy of supporting the people for more than ten years, the people of Chengde have become rich, the number of people has surged, and the economic situation is the best area in the north, not to mention Lulong, even Hedong cannot be compared.

Lu Long has been fighting all these years. In order to deal with the Khitans, the war has never stopped for more than ten years, and it is precisely the war of more than ten years that has allowed Jiedu to breed Zhang Zhongwu's ambition step by step. The powerful Khitan has now been suppressed by the Lu Long army and cannot raise its head, some powerful large tribes have to fly away in order to avoid the sharpness of the Lu Long army, while other Khitan tribes who are weaker or unwilling to move away from their homeland can only take refuge under Lu Long's rule, pay taxes to Lu Long, and send troops in exchange for peace.

The Khitan was flat, and the eyes of the handsome Zhang Zhongwu naturally fell to the Central Plains.

What a great deal that is!

The court is weak, the warlords cut the drama, each blowing their own trumpet, each singing their own tune, no matter how you look at it, it is a rare opportunity to plot the king's hegemony!

Zhenwu has fallen, so it is a top priority to take Chengde, probe the tentacles deep into the Central Plains, and use Chengde's wealth and people to make up for Lu Long's current shortcomings.

As long as you can win Chengde, Henghai can get it at your fingertips.

There is Gao Biao in Hedong, and his strength is strong, and it is impossible to conquer it in a short time, but with Zhenwu, Chengde, and Henghai in hand, Lu Long has the absolute strength to deal with Gao Biao.

Once Gao Biao is taken, the entire north will almost be in the hands of Lu Long, and at that time, the march to Chang'an will turn from a desired goal into an attainable reality.

It's a pity that Gongsun Changming refused to help the handsome.

Thinking of Gongsun Changming, Shi Yi felt a little gloomy. This person stayed in Lulong for seven or eight years, and it was with his help that Lu Long was able to reverse the disadvantages step by step from the very beginning, and then equal the Khitans, and finally defeated the Khitans in one fell swoop, and redivided the Khitans who were about to coalesce into one. As Shi Yi, who has personally participated in most of these affairs, if there is the help of Gongsun Changming, the handsome man will be like a tiger with wings.

But Mr. Gongsun is the one who wants to revive the Tang Dynasty.

After perceiving the Dashuai's thoughts, he fled. Now he has become a staff member of Chengde Li Anguo. This time, the three alliances were planned by Gongsun Changming.

It's a pity that just like Gongsun Changming understands Lu Long, Lu Long's festival makes Zhang Zhongwu fully understand him. After preemptively reversing Wang Feng, who was already hesitant, the balance of victory in this battle was already heavily tilted in favor of Lu Long.

What Mr. Gongsun probably never expected was that Wang Feng, who was also an envoy of the festival, would bow his head to Lu Long so easily.

Speaking of which, I have to thank Mr. Gongsun for his great help to Lu Long over the years!

Shi Yi almost burst out laughing.

Jun Ming Chenxian.

Mr. Gongsun is that virtuous person, under the command of the handsome, he can give full play to his ability, strategize, and win thousands of miles. But when it comes to Chengde, it's a little unworking! Looking at the famous Major General Chengde in front of him, the lonely army went deep and still complacent, thinking that Mr. Gongsun would be so angry that he would vomit blood three liters when he knew it.

If Li Che had been cautious in his use of troops and had maintained the trend of advancing in tandem with the other two lines, this battle would have been much more troublesome.

Youthful vigor comes at a price.

The rumbling sound of war drums sounded in the distance, and Shi Yi, who was not focused on the battlefield at all, was startled, his hand shook, and he pulled off several beards. Looking at the gray beard on his hand, he couldn't help but sigh.

It's old!

I think when I first came to Lulong, I was still a high-spirited young man, and after more than ten years, even my beard has become mottled, and I feel rough and a little awkward, thanks to Lulong's weather and wind and sand.

I hope that Dashuai can go smoothly this time and go all the way, so that he can also ask Dashuai for a place with a suitable climate to retire in the future!

"Assassin Shi, the Cheng German army is about to attack." A general raised his head under the castle tower and said loudly to Shi Yi.

Shi Yi waved his hand lazily: "Do you still need to report to me?" Fight as you want. ”

"Got it!"

With the rumbling drums under the city, the sound of the golden drums in the city also rang out immediately.

Hejian Mansion is not a Tongzhou Dayi, the city wall is not high, less than two zhang, and there are no defensive facilities such as moats, that is, when the war came, the levy sent a trench around the city that was three feet deep and about one zhang wide, and countless sharp bamboo sticks and wooden thorns were inserted in it, and in some places it was laid with some hay, poured with grease, and when the enemy came to attack, it was ignited with rockets, so as to delay the enemy's attack speed so that the city could kill the besiegers to the greatest extent.

A trench more than three meters wide is impossible for ordinary people to jump over, and more importantly, even if you jump amazingly, you are only a foot away from the city wall after jumping, so in such a small place, it is not easy for you to even stand firmly, how can you attack the enemy?

If you want to attack the city wall directly, the first step is naturally to fill in these trenches.

Thousands of soldiers with wooden shields in their hands and straw bags on their shoulders ran towards the trench, threw the straw bags on their shoulders into the trench, and then turned around and fled with the shields behind them. They have no armor to protect themselves, and if they take an arrow, it will be miserable. Even if you don't hit the nail on the head, in this era of lack of medical treatment, if you're unlucky, you can still get your life due to infection.

Most of the feather arrows and arrows of the defenders of the city have been soaked in dung and water, and they are pierced on their bodies, and they are by no means as simple as just shedding a little blood.

The besiegers are steady, and the defenders are not in a hurry.

Every time a wave of soldiers came to fill the trenches, arrows rained down on the city, and after finally leaving behind some corpses and a section of the filled trenches, there was a slight pause, and then the exact same repetition as the last time.

Li Che stood under the banner of hunting, full of spirit, this was the first time he commanded a large army of tens of thousands of people to fight, starting from Shenzhou, all the way forward, the first to hit Hejian Mansion, compared with it, whether it is Henghai Liu Chenglin, or Zhenwu Wang Feng, can not be compared, which makes him even more complacent.

How can the small city between the rivers withstand the onslaught of 3,000 armor soldiers and 30,000 government soldiers? It's only a matter of time before he takes Hema.

"It seems that Shi Yi's troops are seriously insufficient." Raising his horsewhip and pointing to the big stone banner fluttering on the city of Hejian Prefecture, Li Che said: "If he had sufficient troops, he should have sent troops out to strangle these soldiers when our soldiers began to fill the trenches, but now they are only shooting in the city and not attacking out of the city, it is obvious that the troops are insufficient and they are unwilling to take risks." ”

"Major General, but in this way, the five hundred cavalry under your command will be useless." Wang Mingren said with a smile. "If they dare to go out of the city, five hundred cavalry will always be able to kill some of their elites."

"It's really a pity, I heard Mr. Gongsun say that the Lu Dragoons are not inferior to these sons and daughters trained by me personally, I'm really a little unconvinced, but it's a pity that Shi Yi is cowardly and refuses to go out of the city to fight."

"Major General, after the city is broken, there is a chance." Wang Mingren raised the horse lance in his hand, "It's me, and I have itchy hands!" ”

"I don't have a chance!" Li Che sighed: "The whole strategy is to take Yingzhou and end here, if Zhang Zhongwu is soft, he won't be able to fight Luo next!" ”

The two laughed and talked lightly, not taking this battle to heart. And on the battlefield ahead, more intense battles have begun.

After filling in the trenches of dozens of zhang, the soldiers finally began to attack the city wall directly.

A group of 2,000 men dressed in leather armor, slightly better equipped than ordinary government soldiers, carried ladders and long bamboo poles with the thickness of bowls, and rushed to the city wall. These ladders were built temporarily by the German army in the past two days, and those bamboo poles, which are some materials that have not been used up to build ladders, are now also directly used on the battlefield.

A number of ladders leaned against the city wall, the soldiers quickly climbed upward, one by one bamboo poles were built on the city wall, and the soldiers with sharp hands and feet bit the knives in their mouths, and climbed the bamboo poles with their hands and feet to rush to the city.