Jicheng's brutal defensive battle has pushed the entire fortified city into a dangerous situation. Although there are still many troops in the city and the order in the city is still there, there are more and more emergencies at the top of the city. It is foreseeable that the situation will become more and more critical.

The war in Jicheng has entered a very critical stalemate stage, and at this time, off-site changes are about to occur.

It was another day of hard work defending the city, and at noon, the exhausted soldiers who were fighting at the top of the city were finally replaced.

The cooks brought the hot meals to the city wall. The hungry and tired soldiers ignored the dust, sweat and blood on their hands and faces. They rushed to the front of the meal, grabbed the bowls, and impatiently urged the cooks to prepare the meal quickly. .

When the food arrived, the hungry soldiers devoured it. The warm and sweet rice porridge soothed their thirsty stomachs, and the tense soldiers felt that they were alive again.

After resting, this group of soldiers who had just been replaced from the frontline of the fighting were arranged to go to another place far away from the fighting to guard their leisure duties and rest.

In order to observe the enemy's situation, a newly built watchtower was built behind the city wall of Jicheng. After having a full meal, centurion Chen Ke climbed up the ladder to the tower. The broken tower was not strong and the ladder creaked. Creaking sound.

When we reached the top of the tower, we had a panoramic view of the entire city. The fighting at the top of the city was still fierce. After just watching for a while, the centurion Chen Ke saw that the section of the city wall he had just defended was occupied by enemy troops again. He was about to lose his defense. Living.

The war situation was so critical that Chen Ke fell asleep while watching. His eyelids began to fight and he began to yawn repeatedly.

Just when Chen Ke was about to fall asleep leaning against the railing, he was suddenly woken up by a sound that sounded like an unusual chaos.

The confused man opened his eyes, and Chen Ke yawned hard. He shook his head vigorously to wake himself up a little, calmed down, and looked outside. The city was fine. The city was still in a mess. There is an emergency, and the reserve team in the city is rushing to the city. It's the same as before.

On the contrary, something seems to have happened to the enemy...

Centurion Chen Ke subconsciously looked across the city into the distance. The first thing he saw was behind the enemy camp. For some reason, the enemy troops were suddenly nervously gathering their troops. Looking further in the direction, he almost saw In a place too far to see clearly, at the end of the line of sight, there is a sudden black shadow on the ground.

Centurion Chen Ke leaned up half of his body while holding on to the railing and leaned out of the watchtower. He stared for a long time with his eyes wide open, and suddenly he had a clear realization in his heart: (It's reinforcements, reinforcements are coming!)

(Finally reinforcements have arrived!)

Centurion Chen Ke couldn't suppress his excitement. He grabbed the railing and shouted downwards, "Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming!"

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News of the arrival of the reinforcements quickly spread to the city lord's palace. In the city lord's palace, Liu Yu, who was dressed in armor, was listening with a tired expression to the casualties reported by the generals below. There were many more casualties than yesterday, and Liu Yu felt heavy.

"Report——"

An urgent message broke the silent atmosphere.

"Report! It seems reinforcements are coming!"

Upon hearing that reinforcements had arrived, Liu Yu and his generals immediately cheered up.

Liu Yu hurriedly left the city lord's palace and went up to the watchtower. Following the soldiers' directions, he saw what appeared to be a group of people watching in the darkness in the far distance.

While Liu Yu was watching the formation, it was also at this time that the bandit camp outside the city organized a considerable number of men to kill in the direction of the suspected reinforcements. Liu Yu and his generals watched intently, they were looking forward to it

I hope this group of reinforcements can rush over and kill the enemy without leaving any trace behind.

What happened was beyond everyone's expectation. The enemy troops moved here, and the group of troops who were suspected to be reinforcements withdrew without even resisting. They disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Liu Yu's face suddenly froze, and the generals couldn't help but look at Liu Yu, the backbone of the army. Sensing the gazes of everyone, Liu Yu's expression was gloomy and uncertain. He resisted the urge to curse, smiled reluctantly, and said to everyone:

, "The reinforcements are coming, it's good to be here!"

The performance of that group was so poor that Liu Yu couldn't even say words of comfort.

The generals were silent, and frustration spread among the crowd. Everyone was so excited when they heard the news of the arrival of reinforcements. Now they understand that the reinforcements are just a weak force. They were scared away without even daring to fight. Everyone was disappointed and disappointed.

How big is it.

This was not the first wave of reinforcements that arrived. Several groups of troops came to relieve the siege, but they were all annihilated by the rebels. One or two came and went, and the reinforcements arrived again and again, and were destroyed again and again, which dealt a huge blow to the morale of the defenders.

great.

This time again, even if the reinforcements come, what can be changed? Moreover, this time, the performance of this wave of people is the worst. They don't even dare to fight, and they jump faster than rabbits.

Liu Yu and his generals made a judgment in their hearts. They felt that there was still no hope this time.

Liu Yu strengthened his spirits, glanced at the depressed generals, and tried his best to smile, "Everyone has suffered a lot from defending the city for the past few days. I have prepared wine and meat tonight. Let's all have a good time together!"

The gloom on the faces of all the generals suddenly disappeared, and they all clasped their fists and thanked in unison, "Thank you, Lord!"

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When he got off the watchtower, Liu Yu stood for a moment. He looked in the direction where the reinforcements appeared for a long time, but he couldn't see any miracle happening. The reinforcements did not appear again. Liu Yu couldn't hide his disappointment and couldn't help but sigh.

The reinforcements that disappeared in a flash caused a minor disturbance to Jicheng and did not affect the war.

In the next two days, the rebel army attacked aggressively and the defense became increasingly difficult. However, it was as if the reinforcements had never arrived. From that day on, there was no trace of them again.

The generals guarding Jicheng discussed privately that this group of reinforcements might have been killed and dispersed by the bandits just like the previous waves.

The defenders of Jicheng completely gave up and no longer had any hope of reinforcements.

Neither Liu Yu nor the Jicheng generals realized that the new reinforcements were significantly different from the previous waves.

The previous waves of reinforcements were all brave battles. No matter how small the troops were, they dared to directly confront the rebels and fight hard outside the city. Then there was nothing more. The rebels were so numerous that all the reinforcements in front were defeated.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The reinforcements that came this time were very strange. When the day arrived, these reinforcements had no courage at all. They only dared to watch from a distance.

, the bandits made a slight move, but they were scared away before they could pursue them very far. In the next two days, no one was seen, and there was no news at all. Through various signs, Jicheng defenders were more inclined to think that

This timid group and the rabbit reinforcements were either routed or fled.

Looking at it from another angle, timidity can also be said to be cautious. Cautious enough to never fight hard without full confidence. Cautious enough to shrink the troops and slow down the marching speed as they get closer to the main force of the rebel army. Once the troops shrink, the march will

As soon as the speed slowed down, naturally, from the perspective of the Jicheng defenders, not a single reinforcement was seen.

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The main force of the Julu Army is already fifteen miles away from Jicheng. One day ago, it was thirty-five miles away from Jicheng. Two days ago, it was more than sixty miles away. In other words, as it gets closer and closer to Jicheng, the Julu Army

The traveling speed became slower and slower, gradually reaching a turtle speed.

There is only one explanation for the slowness of the march to a turtle speed, and that is that the team has entered a combat state and is marching in a combat formation, so the speed is naturally slow.

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Li Mengxi once again dismissed Chi Zhi'er's order to ask for a fight. Chi Zhi'er wanted to lead the cavalry to sneak attack the enemy camp and inflict heavy damage on the enemy. Not only did Chi Zhi'er want to ask for a fight, but even the volunteer cavalry were gearing up to join him.

The big one can make great achievements.

Let’s not talk about whether the volunteer cavalry, which has only been trained for a short period of time, can fight a tough battle. Furthermore, given the current situation, the rebel army is dragged into the siege battle, and the main force of the Julu Army is threatening behind them. The rebel army is already at a disadvantage as it is attacked from both sides.

, why take the risk and fight head-on with the enemy.

In addition to strategic considerations, there are also unexplained political considerations. Every member of the volunteer cavalry is a prominent figure in the local area, and no one can be compromised. This is why, although the volunteer cavalry battalion was previously sent as the vanguard of the army,

A death order was given to Chi Zhi'er, requiring him to fight if he could and retreat if he could not. If there were more than ten casualties, Chi Zhi'er would be punished.

This is good, there are only ten casualties, even if the gods come, they can't guarantee it, so Chi Zhi'er doesn't dare to take risks. Chi Zhi'er leads a mighty cavalry force of hundreds of people, but only catches thieves along the way.

The scattered sentry cavalry of the army never fought against the enemy's larger troops. This made Chizhi'er complete the task perfectly. His volunteer cavalry annihilated many enemy scout posts in scattered pieces.

He injured four or five people, but none of them died.

Also because of the ban, when Chi Zhi'er's cavalry arrived at Jicheng, Chi Zhi'er did not dare to lead the team to rush into the enemy's camp. When the enemy mobilized men and horses to attack, Chi Zhi'er did not dare to attack.

Those who dared to challenge them had no choice but to retreat. In the eyes of the Jicheng defenders at that time, they mistakenly thought that the reinforcements were unable to fight and fled in panic.

The distance to the enemy was already fifteen miles away. It was foreseeable that a battle would break out with the enemy's main force in the near future. Knowing that the battle was coming, the Julu Army responded calmly. Li Mengxi led the scouts to explore the surrounding area in detail.

He then carefully selected a suitable garrison location and took his troops to garrison calmly.

In order to choose the best place to camp, Li Mengxi's approach was capricious. He led his team to retreat for more than three miles before setting up camp. As for whether this move would make the enemy think that the Julu Army had retreated.

There is no need to worry if the threat fails. The enemy already knows that a large group of troops is coming. Even if the Julu Army really retreats, the enemy will not dare to take it lightly even if they don't see a single person.

The Julu Army can be stationed wherever they want. What they should worry about is the enemy.

The camp site was chosen in a place where three villages were distributed in a Zigzag pattern. The three villages were very close to each other, with the longest distance between them being less than one mile. Because of their close proximity, the three villages could form an angle to support each other.

It is especially suitable as the location where the three villages are separated.

Liu Bei accumulated valuable experience while fighting alone in Nanpi, and now all this practical experience has been put to use.

On the day he was stationed, Liu Bei sent a lot of manpower to collect firewood and other useful things around the village. When he encountered an uninhabited village nearby, he brought back all the usable things in the village, not even a piece of clay or a door panel.

This can be regarded as a strong wall and a clear field, so that if the enemy is stationed nearby to confront us, they will have no houses to live in and no firewood to collect, which will weaken the enemy's advantage before fighting. Secondly, the defense needs to reserve a large number of

Supplies, a blade of grass or a brick are all useful.

The second preparation Liu Bei arranged was that each of the three villages had a well. Liu Bei ordered the well digging team to dig two more wells in each village, and the wells should be dug close to the edge of the village. The considerations for digging the wells were

, one is a water source reserve. There are rumors in the countryside that the well water dries up overnight. The possibility of such an event happening is very small, but it is definitely not impossible. Digging an extra well can serve as a backup. In case the well water really dries up overnight, there is a backup.

If there are water wells, there will still be water sources available. The newly dug water wells are deliberately placed outside for tactical purposes. Regardless of offense or defense, fire attack is an effective means, and water reserves are an effective means to counter fire attacks. Water wells are close to the perimeter of the defense and are far away from the fire attack.

The front line is close, and it is of great significance to have easy access to water at critical moments and to be able to respond a few percent faster.

Regarding the tactical role of water wells, Liu Bei figured it out after the last defensive battle. This was a subtle detail that even Li Mengxi did not expect.

The third item of Liu Bei's arrangement was that Liu Bei began to assign a large number of manpower to dig out yellow mud on the spot in the village and distributed molds to start making soil embryos. The soil embryos were an indispensable material for the construction of permanent fortifications in the future.

The fourth item assigned by Liu Bei was that Liu Bei walked around the village. He took a fancy to a grass ditch at the head of the village. Liu Bei pointed at the grass ditch and said to Li Mengxi that he wanted to dig a hole in the ditch and hide it after digging.

Several soldiers waited until the enemy came to attack and the siege was imminent. The soldiers suddenly came out from behind. Although the cave was dug in a hurry and was not big enough, only three or five people could be hidden. But there were still three or five people there.

With a surprising number of people, it is enough to catch the enemy by surprise.

Li Mengxi glanced at Liu Bei in surprise. He calculated thoughtfully. Even if three or five soldiers could not kill the enemy's army and achieve the strategic goal, how many casualties would there be if we looked at the enemy?

When the army is unprepared, a sudden attack from behind can kill at least ten enemy soldiers. From the perspective of the exchange ratio alone, it is also a positive gain.
To be continued...