"Where are the reinforcements? Haven't they arrived yet?"

In Bo'an's military tent, Zheng Yuanyun's roar was louder than ever.

Amidst the roar, everyone in the tent was speechless. No one could answer Zheng Yuanyun's question at this time.

The battle has begun. After fighting for a day and a night, both sides suffered huge losses in strength.

Zhang Chengwang's side was short of food and grass, so before a food crisis broke out, he went all out and launched wave after wave of rapid charges towards the Bo'an military camp in a deadly battle regardless of consumption.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Zheng Yuanyun was still caught off guard by Zhang Chengwang's reckless charge.

The strength of Bo'an City was already smaller than that of Zhu Yan's army, and the other side had a desperate attitude, which caused Zheng Yuanyun to lose far more troops than the other side.

So far, Zhu Yan's army has lost 300,000 troops, but in Bo'an City, nearly 500,000 soldiers have fallen forever on the battlefield.

If the two sides had not had a tacit understanding of fighting for a while and then sent people to clean up the corpses on the battlefield to delay some time, it is estimated that the loss of this force would have increased by one third!

Even his brother Zheng Yuanlong was accidentally injured by a stray arrow in the last battle. He is currently receiving emergency treatment from the army doctor and his life is still in danger so far.

How can this make Zheng Yuanyun not angry?

Zheng Yuanyun, who was so beaten that his eyes were red with anger, had no time to consider whether it was worth it or not. He would not regret such a question later. When he was riding a tiger and was unable to dismount, he could only keep asking the cities behind to send support, in order to defeat Zhang Chengwang.

The craziest moment.

But the arrival of reinforcements will always take time.

Although he had sent out a large number of messengers at the first time, it still took time to get back to where they were. In addition, what he requested was the last defender of the city at the rear, so the handover and scheduling could not be completed instantly.

Therefore, up to now, even in the city closest to Bo'an, no reinforcements have arrived.

Not getting any supplements made Zheng Yuanyun furious. He cursed loudly and ignored the fact that many of the generals present were city lords of the cities in the rear. Before the reinforcements arrived, their urgency was no less than that of Zheng Yuanyun.

"Master Zheng, please calm down for a moment. I have a plan here, which may delay the matter for a little longer."

The only person who can speak calmly at this time and is not afraid of Zheng Yuanyun's power is Hua Lao.

Since that day, Mr. Hua seemed to have given up drinking and really never drank again.

As soon as he opened his mouth, all the generals' eyes were focused on him. Zheng Yuanyun no longer cared about maintaining his lofty commander's appearance, and immediately said: "What do you think of Mr. Hua?"

"It's impossible to talk about high opinions."

Hua Lao shook his head slightly, looked through the tent towards Bo'an City, and said: "Since the two armies cannot fight against each other, let's attack the city!"

"Siege the city?"

Zheng Yuanyun was stunned, never expecting that the strategy Hua Lao mentioned was to attack the city?

Given the current situation, are they still attacking the city?

If the person who said this was not Mr. Hua, Zheng Yuanyun would have been unable to hold back his anger long ago, and he would probably have someone drag him out and beat him up with fifty boards.

As we all know, it is difficult to siege a city but easy to defend it. It is not surprising that the number of soldiers on the attacking side in a siege battle is several times that of the defending side.

Their current military strength is already weaker than that of their opponents, yet they are still rushing to attack the city. Is this because they think they have not collapsed quickly enough?

"Hua Lao, with our current military strength, it seems that it is not suitable for..."

Zheng Yuanyun took a deep breath and controlled the burning anger in his heart.

Is this the wise general Qingyang?

Have you become stupid after drinking?

However, Mr. Hua didn't mind the strange looks that everyone in the tent looked at him, and said calmly: "To attack a city, it also depends on the siege method."

"Who said we have to go all out to attack a city?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked stunned. Hua Lao's words seemed...

Zheng Yuanyun also looked thoughtful, but Commander Luo suddenly said: "I understand, Mr. Hua means to lock Zhu Yan's army in Bo'an City!"

He high-fived and praised, "This is a wonderful plan!"

At this time, the generals also realized what Hua Lao's so-called strategy was.

Now the two armies are fighting outside the city, and what they are competing for is hard power.

The two sides have been fighting against each other for many years, and they are evenly matched. Zhang Chengwang and Zheng Yuanyun also know what kind of formation the other side will make and how they will respond to the battle situation. These have long been understood.

Therefore, the so-called hard power is more reflected in the number of troops.

At this point, before the reinforcements arrived, Zhu Yan's army had the upper hand.

The reason for this situation was that Zhang Chengwang could dispatch troops from the city to launch death charges again and again without any scruples, which in turn caused huge casualties to Bo'an's army.

This is understandable. After all, Zhang Chengwang probably did not hide the fact that the food and grass were about to run out. The soldiers of the Zhu Yan Empire were now in mourning. With no way out, they could only wait to die if they did not fight hard.

On the other hand, anyone with a discerning eye can see who has the upper hand now. They only need to trap Zhu Yan's army in the city and wait until the opponent's food and grass are exhausted. They can take it without spending a single soldier.

enemy.

If that's the case, how can you still have the motivation to fight?

It is not difficult to understand the current situation caused by the decline and the rise.

The most important thing now is to delay for a while before reinforcements arrive, so that the situation of the war can be reversed.

The siege war proposed by Hua Lao can exactly solve this problem.

Zhu Yan's army did not set up another military camp outside the city, but relied on the high walls and thick walls of the city to use Bo'an City as a stronghold.

This is of course true. With Bo'an City here, Zhang Chengwang has no worries at all. He only needs to send troops to attack the enemy, and there is no need to worry too much about being attacked by surprise.

This is actually the reason why Hua Lao proposed to attack Bo'an City.

What he wanted was not to really conquer Bo'an City, but to seize the initiative and prevent Zhang Chengwang from getting too comfortable.

The army is closing in on the city. Are you, Zhang Cheng, guarding the city?

If you want to defend, you have to devote your energy to deploying city defense matters, and the frequency of death-style charges has to be greatly reduced.

Do not keep?

If you don't defend, you can continue to send troops out of the city and try.

The army is guarding you outside. Kill one by one or kill a pair by two. It is impossible to organize an effective charge like before.

Before, because he was afraid that Zhang Chengwang would find the army outside the city as soon as he entered Bo'an City, he built the general camp dozens of miles away. However, it gave Zhang Chengwang a huge buffer.

Attacking the city is just a term. According to Hua Lao, what needs to be done now is to press forward with the army, block Zhang Chengwang's space of activity step by step, and prevent him from taking the initiative on the battlefield. This is the main purpose.
Chapter completed!