Seeing the retreat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Li Yi and Xie Siming, who were defending the city, glanced at each other and laughed.

Li Yi looked at Xie Siming and said softly: "Lord Xie is really clever, the Jin army's fighting style is exactly the same as what the Lord said, fortunately, our army is well prepared, otherwise, it will be our army that suffers." ”

Xie Siming waved his hand, looked at the Jin army outside the city, and said: "Don't be happy too early, the Jin army has suffered a big loss, it will not be reconciled, the next round of attack may be more intense, the general must be prepared!" ”

"Well, that's natural, with Lord Xie's guidance, how could this general be afraid of the Jin army, haha!" Li Yi said and laughed.

Xie Siming looked at Li Yi slightly sideways and shook his head gently.

A few miles outside the north gate of Mianzhu City, Hua An looked at the Northern Expeditionary Army that was retreating, and there was an indescribable sense of loss in his heart, and even a trace of unwillingness and anger.

Since the expedition from Jiankang City, the army led by Hua'an, all the way like a bamboo, never encountered decent resistance, along the way the Shu army looked at the wind and fell, it can be said that it was very smooth, for this reason, the Northern Expeditionary Army also formed a light enemy's heart, that the Shu army was vulnerable, but now, in Mianzhu City, encountered the stubborn resistance of the Shu army, and suffered a lot of losses.

"Underestimate the enemy, this is all caused by the underestimating enemy!" Hua An said from the bottom of his heart.

Wang San on the side heard this, and said: "Big brother, our army has only suffered a few hundred casualties, as long as we regroup, we can be completely ashamed." ”

Hua An nodded and said, "The Shu army has already been prepared, and our army should be redeployed." to break the city. ”

"Hmm." Wang San responded and expressed his approval.

"Big brother, big brother." At the moment when Hua An was talking to Wang San, the iron bull wolf Bèi retreated.

"Big brother, the Shu army is well defended, and our army has broken a lot of men? Let our army attack again, and this time it will definitely go south to the city. Iron Bull roared with an oath.

Hua An shook his head and said, "Since the Shu army is well prepared, don't fight hard, let the eldest brother think about it." How to deal with the Shu army in the city. ”

"Big brother. Why don't you launch a fire attack? Throw fireballs into the city with a thunderbolt and burn them to death. The thunderstorm shouted loudly.

Hua An looked in the direction of Mianzhu City, waved his hand, and said, "No." Never. There are many people in Shu in the city. If it is a fire attack, it will definitely harm the innocent. ”

"Big brother, how can there be immortals in war. In order to capture Mianzhu City, it is not a big deal to kill a few people of Shu. "Thunderstorm sticks to his opinion.

Hua An looked at the thunderstorm angrily, and said: "Shuzhong is not as good as Jiaozhou, the people here have a lot of exchanges with the people of the Central Plains, and the people's hearts have been opened. ”

"Yes, big brother." The thunderstorm responded, a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Wang San said: "Big brother, since the fire attack is not possible, then our army will build some more thunderbolts, and wait to gather five hundred thunderbolts to see how the Shu army can resist." ”

"Yes, big brother, five hundred thunderbolts are enough to smash the walls of Mianzhu City." Tie Niu also supported Wang San's construction.

Hua An nodded and said, "This is okay, send an order, let the baggage battalion immediately cut down nearby trees and build a thunderbolt." ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll do it." Wang San said as he walked towards the location of the baggage camp.

After Wang San left, Hua'an always felt that it was not enough to build a thunderbolt car, so he ordered the construction of two Lu public cars, two rushing cars, dozens of ladders, and even a large shield that could block arrows.

With such a large scale of construction, the soldiers of the baggage battalion were busy, and under the nose of the Shu army in the city, the Northern Expeditionary Army launched a large-scale construction.

Li Yi, who was on the gate tower of Mianzhu City, couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he saw the Jin army building siege equipment on a large scale outside the city, and hurriedly asked Xie Siming beside him for advice.

"Lord Xie, the Jin army is building siege equipment on a large scale, if all these siege equipment are built, will our army be able to resist it?" Li Yi asked nervously.

Xie Siming closed his eyes slightly, and said softly: "General Li doesn't have to be nervous, the siege equipment of the Jin army is all wooden structures, and he is most afraid of fire, as long as the general prepares enough fire oil, he can burn most of the siege equipment of the Jin army." ”

"Yes, yes, attack with fire, attack with fire." Li Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to prepare materials for ignition to deal with the siege equipment of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The construction of siege engines was a time-consuming and laborious task, so until evening, the siege equipment of the Northern Expeditionary Army was not completed.

The soldiers of the baggage battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army were divided into two groups to build in turn, while the remaining main force was camped on the spot, except for the soldiers in charge of guarding, the main force of soldiers and horses all entered the camp tent to rest.

Because there are 5,000 Shu troops in Mianzhu City, therefore, for the sake of safety, Hua'an ordered the soldiers and horses in charge of the guard, at least 2,000 people, and the surrendered Shu army surrendered to the troops, and at least 1,000 soldiers and horses were responsible for the guard, and the two armies were on guard with a high strength of 3,000, which was expected to be able to resist the robbery of the Shu army.

The war was imminent, Hua'an did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and after arranging a qiē, he took Wang San and a dozen personal soldiers to ride a horse to the east gate of Mianzhu City.

The purpose of this trip is naturally to explore the terrain and see if it can launch an attack on Mianzhu City from the flank.

When they arrived at a position hundreds of steps outside the east gate of Mianzhu City, Hua An and the others dismounted, quietly hid in the woods, and looked in the direction of the city wall.

"Big brother, the defense of the Shu army at the east gate is not weak at all! At least a hundred soldiers patrolled the city. Wang San looked in the direction of the east gate of Mianzhu City and whispered.

Hua An nodded and said, "I always thought that there was no one in Shu, but I didn't expect to hit a hard nail in Mianzhu City, Li Yi and Xie Siming are not simple!" actually defended the city like an iron bucket, making it so difficult for our army to start! ”

"Big brother, the strength of the Shu army is limited, no matter how capable Li Yi and Xie Siming are, it will be difficult to resist the sharpness of our army, as long as a large number of siege equipment is built, our army will definitely break the city." Wang San said softly.

Hua An nodded and said, "I hope so!" ”

Just when Hua'an and Wang San were quietly exploring the east gate of Mianzhu City, Li Yi and Xie Siming, who were defending the city, were also discussing how to burn the siege equipment of the Jin army.

"Lord Xie, in the dead of night today, the main force of the Jin army must be asleep, this is a good opportunity for our army to sneak attack! What do adults think? Li Yi looked at Xie Siming and asked softly.

Xie Siming stretched out his hand and gently stroked the beard on his chin, looked at Li Yi, and said, "General Li, have you thought about it, the Jin army is camping under the nose of our army, aren't you afraid that our army will rob the camp?" ”

When Li Yi heard this, he was stunned and realized: "What Lord Xie means is that the Jin army has been prepared for a long time, but I am afraid that an ambush has been set up, so I am waiting for our army to drill into the pocket?" ”

"At least I have been prepared, the commander of the Jin army is a famous general of the Jin Kingdom! It's not too big a mistake. Xie Siming said with a smile.

"Oh, then our army can only stand still?" Li Yi was obviously unwilling, and kept cowering in Mianzhu City, waiting to be beaten by the Jin army.

Xie Siming pointed out of the city, smiled, and said, "General Li, look, the Jin army is building siege equipment?" Depending on the progress, it should be completed tomorrow afternoon. ”

When Li Yi heard this, he looked up at the outside of the city, and saw that not far from the outside of the city, the soldiers of the Jin army's baggage battalion were busy building siege equipment, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Lord Xie, once these siege equipment are built, they will pose a great threat to our army! Instead of waiting for the Jin army to attack the city with fire, it is better to start now, what do you think? Li Yi pointed to the Jin army camp outside the city and asked softly.

Xie Siming smiled and replied softly: "General Li is right, and this is exactly what he intends to do, our army only needs to send a hundred cavalry, with the things that ignite the fire, and suddenly rush to the front of the Jin army's siege equipment, and then burn the siege equipment that the Jin army has worked so hard to build, even if the Jin army has an ambush, the loss of a hundred cavalry is not much." ”

Li Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loudly: "Okay, great, since Master Xie also thinks so, I will arrange it." After speaking, he personally went to arrange people and supplies.

Two moments later, under Li Yi's personal order, a hundred cavalry of the Shu army had prepared a qiē of supplies, and assembled in the north gate, just waiting for Li Yi's order, they could kill outside the city and launch a fire attack on the Jin army.

"Open the gates, open the gates." Li Yi gave the order loudly.

"Ka ......" The soldiers guarding the door heard the order and slowly opened the heavy wooden door.

After the city gate was opened, a hundred cavalry personally selected by Li Yi rode out of the city and rushed towards the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"Close the gates." As soon as the 100 cavalry left the city gate, Li Yi ordered the city gate to be closed, that is, even if the 100 soldiers successfully attacked the city, they could not return to the city.

Li Yi's order to them was to complete the task of fire attack at any cost, and after success, retreat in the direction of the east gate to prevent the main force of the Jin army from following and attacking the city.

A hundred cavalrymen galloped towards the Jin camp as fast as they could, and before they reached the Jin camp, they lit their torches one after another and accelerated forward.

"Ahh It was the Shu army, the Shu army robbed the camp, stopped them, stopped them. A junior colonel of the Northern Expeditionary Army on duty found the Shu cavalry rushing and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to intercept it.

In fact, he had already discovered a cavalry rushing here, but before that, Hua'an had led dozens of personal soldiers to ride horses out, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who were on duty thought that Hua'an had brought the troops back, but he didn't expect that it was the Shu cavalry that was sneaking up.

Seeing the cavalry of the Shu army robbing the camp, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army raised their weapons one after another, ready to come forward to intercept, but the speed of the cavalry was very fast, and when the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army gradually came to intercept, the cavalry of the Shu Army had rushed to the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and threw the lit torches one by one to the siege equipment of the Northern Expeditionary Army. (To be continued......)