The real battle to defend the city was about to begin. The Huns were scattering troops in the distance, and cavalry were guarding the ridge, and a large number of infantry gathered on the ridge, holding shields and carrying baskets of soil. The quicksand city was a dirt city, and after it was demolished, it provided ready-made materials.

The Huns did not hide their intention to attack, and the infantry would pile the soil outside the west gate to form a gentle slope that leads directly to the city wall.

King Donghai looked at him from a distance, feeling a little nervous, but he wanted to remain calm on the surface, and smiled at the soldiers around him: "The Huns are so polite. They know that Da Chu gave up the Liusha City and specially helped us tear down the walls as a meeting gift."

Everyone could only laugh perfunctorily, and their eyes were all looking at Chai Yue, and Donghai King was no exception.

Chai Yue's performance was more like real calmness. He stood by the wall and pondered for a moment and began to issue orders. Most of these orders were ordinary and ordinary generals could think of them, but it seemed that they had a little more confidence in success when Chai Yue said it. Finally, Chai Yue ordered a team to collect water specifically and fill all the buckets, pots and troughs in the city.

Although King Donghai was not good at fighting, he was the first person who understood Chai Yue's intentions. He felt a little relieved and was able to laugh out loud, leave the city wall, and entrust Chai Yue with full responsibility for defending the city.

Instead of going back to the general's mansion, he came to the nearby camp. In order to show his determination to defend the city, Han Ruzi only took away a very small number of people and left most of the soldiers in the city.

King Donghai did not dismount and stopped in front of the camp gate, and sent his entourage to call Chao Hua, the leader of the army camp.

Chao Hua still retained the habit of fishermen in Guaizi Lake and part-time robbers in Hebianzhai. When he came to Donghai King, he just bowed his hand and asked stiffly: "Is there anything to ask me for?"

The King of Donghai smiled and said, "The Huns are about to attack the city. If General Zhenbei is not here, I will protect your safety. Please rest assured that there are more than 20,000 regular Chu troops in the city. As long as they are still there, they will not use General Zhenbei's troops."

Chao Hua and the soldiers around him remained silent, and King Donghai continued: "Don't act recklessly. I'm in the general's mansion. Come and find me if you have anything."

King Donghai left, Chao Hua's face turned pale, and a soldier in his army said, "We have followed General Zhenbei for so long, are we just having a good meal?"

"What kind of good intentions can King Donghai have? It is clearly using the method of provoking him."

Chao Hua raised his hand to stop everyone from speaking and ordered: "Take a horse." Then he looked at these familiar faces, "The King of Donghai is a waste of time. If he doesn't come to provoke the general, I will ask General Chai for a fight. I have decided, are you ready?"

Several people nodded at the same time.

Chao Hua didn't say much, and waited for the horse to come and headed straight for Xicheng.

Chai Yue had already come down from the city wall and was arranging soldiers to draw water from the well with several generals and officials.

There are more than ten deep wells in the Shaved Iron City. Houses were built outside to block the wind and frost and could be used normally. The well water produced cannot be placed in the open air. A large number of houses in Xicheng were vacated to store buckets, iron pots and other items.

Chao Hua dismounted and followed Chai Yue, walking around the streets and alleys, listening to his orders.

The arrangement was almost done, and the specific matters were handed over to the generals and officials. Chai Yue walked up the city wall again, waved to Chao Hua, and signaled him to come.

"Why are you preparing for this well water?" Chao Hua didn't understand the purpose of this move.

Chai Yue smiled and said, "The Huns want to pile up soil to attack the city. When they are almost piled up, we will come to a frozen city wall to see if they can climb up."

Chao Hua suddenly realized and nodded.

"Is there anything wrong?" Chai Yue asked.

Chao Hua stood in front and said seriously: "It is not only the Chu army that guards the city, but also the thousand troops of General Zhenbei. General Chai seems to have forgotten us."

"I haven't forgotten that an army has a vanguard, a central army, and a reserve. The army camp belongs to the reserve."

"We want to be on the front line." Chao Hua was a little anxious.

Chai Yue was silent for a while. There was a reason for him not to use the army camp. First, this was the private soldier of General Zhenbei. The owner was not there and he should not be used without him. Second, the training of the army camp was still insufficient and could not be compared with the regular Chu army.

Chai Yue grew up in a military camp and was naturally interested in training and using troops. For him, the two qualities of well-trained and obeying orders are much more important than being brave and good at fighting. He likes regular soldiers, and these people can always accurately understand the ideas of the commander. They are not timid or aggressive when they are in the battle. Even if they are leading the army for a short time, Chai Yue can command the soldiers like using their arms. Just like the ambush the night before, if it is replaced by an immature army, some soldiers will definitely not be able to withstand the sound of horse hooves of the Huns and rush out of their hiding place to fight the enemy, thus ruining the big thing.

The regular Chu army, even the Northern Army, which was usually not well-known, could strictly guard the general orders and stand under the dangerous wall without saying a word.

"Prepare your people." Chai Yue is not very familiar with the army camp, but respects their desire to fight.

"We are ready!" Chao Hua was overjoyed.

"War impermanence, you may have to wait a long time. I will only let you fight when necessary. Don't act without my orders, do you understand?"

"I understand, there is a requirement. If General Chai wants to send troops out of the city, we must be the first to send us."

"Okay." Chai Yue nodded.

A messenger came over, "General Chai, the Huns marched towards the Broken Iron City."

Chao Hua left, Chai Yue led the guards and generals to the city wall and looked west.

The Huns' infantry and cavalry advanced together, but their speed was not fast, like huge reptiles, or like large patches of weeds gradually devouring wasteland.

King Donghai could not sit in the general's mansion, so he ran to watch the battle again. He walked to Chai Yue's side, his face turned a little pale, "Let's just wait like that?"

"The Huns are powerful and should attack first."

King Donghai forced a smile and looked around, "Everyone has a good morale. Everyone knows what they want to do, so they don't need General Chai to give the order."

Chai Yue nodded, his eyes unaware of the Huns who were far away, "This is the strength of the Chu army. They are trained well in normal times and have their own means of responding to the crisis."

Chai Yue waved his hand to a general behind him, "I informed Beicheng to be careful, the Hun cavalry will likely attack there."

The general took the order and left. The King of East China said in confusion: "The river is adjacent to the north, and the place is narrow. Why did the Hun cavalry choose to attack the city instead of the vast southern city?"

Chai Yue guessed that the Huns infantry would bulldoze in the west city, while the cavalry responded in the north city. As for the southern city, he was not very worried. "This is the customary style of the Huns. They surrounded each other on three sides and left a way out to lure the enemy into fleeing, and the cavalry took advantage of the victory to pursue. Look at the cavalry in the distance, which is used to intercept the fugitives."

Looking southwest, there was indeed a team of cavalry in the distance, with countless people stopping there without moving. It seemed to be far from the official road of the South City, but once it galloped, it would be able to intercept the fleeing Chu army from the flanks.

King Donghai's face turned pale, "If the Huns blocked the mountain pass in the south, would the reinforcements from Shenxiong Pass be unable to get through?"

"Well, I can't get there." Chai Yue called another general and ordered him to clear the entrance of the city wall to avoid blockage. Then he turned around and walked to the other side of the city wall and observed the streets and alleys below. He felt that there might be congestion, so he sent someone to deal with it. He would rather tear the wall and break the door than delay the delivery of the water to the city later.

For him, the main content of the battle was never to focus on the enemy's every move or to fight bravely. These things are of course very important, but there are people who are specifically responsible. As the commander of the army, his duty is to ensure that his side is fully prepared and his formation is not chaotic.

King Donghai admired Chai Yue's calmness and annoyed his coldness. He was about to ask, Chai Yue made time and said, "The Huns dare not approach the mountain pass for the time being, for fear of ambushing there."

"I don't dare to do it for the time being, I will always have courage in the future."

"So we have to believe in General Zhenbei, and believe that he can bring a large number of reinforcements as soon as possible." Chai Yue said calmly that he could defeat the spirit of the Huns and find ways to deal with the earth attack, but these methods were delays and it was difficult to defend the lonely city. If there was no assistance, the broken iron city would eventually fall into the hands of the Huns.

King Donghai was stunned for a while, and followed Chai Yue back to the opposite side. He was shocked. Unconsciously, the Huns were already very close. The cavalry near the river under the ridge was accelerating. As Chai Yue expected, he was going to launch an attack from the north city. The infantry on the front ridge had long shields. They not only carried soil, but also a large amount of wood.

"Come here, send the King of Donghai back to the General's Mansion." Chai Yue did not want anyone to destroy the morale of the Chu army.

"General Chai is working hard, I prepare wine in the mansion and wait for good news." Donghai Wang was calm and hurried down to the city. He got on the horse and walked out not far, and heard the sound of war drums on the city wall.

In the army camp, nearly a thousand soldiers were already arranged in an order, holding their own war horses, with long spears standing beside them. After a command, they got on horseback and left the city to fight the Huns.

King Donghai waved at them, passed by the General's Mansion, and came to the noble camp. Here, he could find someone who was more liked.

There were not many people left in the noble camp, and all the followers were recruited, fetched water, transported equipment, and worked for the entire Chu army, rather than just serving the master.

Most of the nobles joined the battle, and there were 140 or 50 people left. They stayed in the camp for various reasons, and Chai Yue did not force them.

The drums on the city walls were sometimes tight and sometimes slow, with the shouts of the crowd mixed in the middle, and the roaring sounds of unknown origin. All the nobles in the camp walked out of the barracks and gathered together to seek comfort from each other, but they became even more frightened.

In front of this group of people, Donghai King finally regained a little confidence, rode his horse into the camp, stood in front of everyone, "Put on your armor, pick up your weapons, and prepare to prove that you are the elites and pillars of the Great Chu, the city is in, the city is in, and the city is dead is remembered!"

No one responded, but they were a little afraid of Tokai Neptune, and they ran back to their rooms, put on armor and came out with swords. Without the help of their followers, many of them were not dressed in their armor and had to help each other tightly tie their silk ribbons.

King Donghai was a little satisfied and didn't want to go back to the general's mansion alone, so he stayed in the noble camp.

A few more roars came from somewhere. Not long after, a messenger came on horseback and shouted loudly on the street: "Tribe Camp, go to the North City immediately!"

The sound of horse hooves came from the other side of the army camp. The commander shouted several times, and then came to the noble camp again. He stopped at the gate of the camp and looked inside. He did not receive the order to use these noble children, but he felt a little strange when he saw more than a hundred people doing nothing.

The messenger did not speak and left.

Donghai King said: "What are you waiting for? Let's guard the North City Gate!" He was shocked. The mound of soil in the west should have not yet taken shape, and the city gate in the north was about to be broken?

The Huns attacked too quickly. The King of Donghai sincerely missed Han Ruzi for the first time, and that was his brother. (To be continued.)
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