After the arrangement was completed, Gao Yue, under the entourage of the Killing Guard, took the drums and Pixiu battle flags to Tianzhong Mountain, which was only three miles north of Runan City, and observed the situation in the city.

Tianzhong Mountain, with stones under the mountain, above it is earth forest, and a Jing River flows out and flows into the moat under the north dam of Runan City.

When Gao Yue's flag appeared on Tianzhong Mountain, all the Cai soldiers in the city were shocked. Wu Shaoyang, surrounded by a group of generals, also climbed to the Zicheng in the northeast corner of the city, and almost looked at Gao Yue.

However, due to the distance of several miles, the two of them would not have any possibility of talking in front of the formation.

However, the battle between the two sides of the Jing River between Tianzhong Mountain and the northern dike of Runan South was extremely fierce.

Gao Yue could overlook that there were about a thousand Cai soldiers opposite him, building a wooden village on the dike in the north of the city, and then building two wooden villages in front and back at Eya Lake further east, surrounding the double earth embankment and wooden fence as protection, and ejecting crossbows from inside, as fast as rain.

A hundred steps away from the opposite side, the two generals and infantrymen of the Dingwu Army were also extremely brave. They pushed various vehicles in front, and the digging ground was also surrounded by long walls. The small flags were shaking. The white smoke from the various chariots and gunmen teams sounded several miles in a radius. Under the cover of gunfire smoke, Gao Yue saw several teams of light bomb throwers, holding shields woven with bamboo and reeds, approaching the embankment in the north of the city, and kept throwing iron fire bombs upwards. But the embankment was too high, four feet long. The iron fire bomb could not be thrown into Cai Zhe's camp. It continued to roll down halfway, and the explosion flames and smoke rose in Gao Yue's eyes.

Soon, the Dingwu Army's infiltration attack on the northern embankment of the city failed: the group of bombers dragged their injured companions, crawled out of the thick smoke, and retreated behind the earthen embankment on their side.

However, Beidi and Huaixi Camp remained the same.

Cai Fengyuan and Guo Zaizhen came to the top of Tianzhong Mountain. Gao Yue pointed at Runan City and asked them what the deployment was and what difficulties were there.

The two admitted that Runan was also called Xuanhu City, and the terrain was too easy to defend and difficult to attack: there were moats and lakes on all sides of the city, and there were dikes and earthen buildings outside. Outside, there were rivers such as Rushui. The entire city was higher than the rivers and lakes on all sides, which means that it was difficult for our infantry to cross over, and it was very difficult for the siege equipment to hit the city wall from bottom to top.

Therefore, the temporary deployment is to concentrate the elite troops of the Dingwu Army and the Yining Army, and cooperate with the support of the Yu Di Army stationed in the water training department, and prepare to capture the west city of Runan first, then capture the east city, and finally capture Zicheng and capture Wu Shaoyang.

Gao Yue nodded and sighed and said:

"Since the terrain of Xuanhu City is higher than that of the rivers on all sides, the tactic of building a dam is simply not feasible."

"It's not feasible." Cai Fengyuan and Guo Zaizhen also agreed with Gao Yue.

So Gao Yue continued to carefully observe the surrounding area of ​​Runan City for a long time, and it was not until the evening when he got down to Tianzhong Mountain.

Back behind the scenes, military information from all walks of life also gathered.

All are frustrated news.

Yu Da was stationed in Yichun and commanded his army to launch an attack on the west of Runan City, but was blocked at the Duanji River: Similarly, Cai Bing also built a village in the highlands across the river. Yu Da's troops were blocked by dense arrows while wading in the water, and there were many casualties and retreats.

If the estuary of the Duanji River is not obtained, Yu Di cannot be able to contact Dingwu at all. On the front line of the Yining Army, there is naturally no way to talk about the capture of Runan Xicheng.

At the Triangle Lake and Shijia Lake in the north of the city, Shen Ce, Shen Wei and Xuanwu Army also fought with Cai Bing today: Three hundred Cai Bings rode mules, suddenly opened the gate and rushed out, and attacked the official army's grain transport team, taking away many husbands. Liu Chang and Wang Pei led the cavalry out. The two sides fought in a melee. Then Cai Bing retreated along the middle of the two lakes. Liu Chang bravely chased in. Because the terrain was too narrow, the other Cai Bings cut off their way back in a small boat, and they also lost some troops. Both sides stopped fighting and returned to the camp.

As for the south of the city, Cai Bing also relied on the camps and embankments of Nanhu, Chaitan and West Lake to repel the official army's multiple attacks.

In the east of the city, Cai Bing simply dug up Hongchi Pond and let the water overflow for dozens of miles. The places where he passed turned into swamps and mud: Xu Si tribe, who came from this side, was the independent mule camp of Dingwu, was blocked by the water, and could only sigh.

Under the candlelight, Gao Yue looked at the topographic map of Runan City, thinking about various wars, and constantly calculating the siege plan in his mind.

In the end, he did not make any substantial progress, so he sighed and summoned several commanders, "Since the east part of the city is completely submerged by Hongchi Pond, let Xu Si, Su Pu, and Li Jue, the troops of the army to the south of the city meet with Yan Zhen Wuchang Army, Li Xian and Zhou Ziping's tribes."

Du Huangshang arrived the next day and told him the news with a heavy expression:

The sound of requesting a stop in the court to stop the war has surged again during this period. Many officials believed that since Wu Shaocheng was dead and Huaixi was willing to hand over Shenzhou and Guangzhou, it would be equivalent to completely surrendering, and the court would have to leave a new way out for the other party. Moreover, the treasury in the national treasury has now been used for military expenditure, so seven out of ten times. This war has ended here. Why do you have to force merit in one battle?

"Absurd!" Gao Yue was furious.

"Some people even said..."

"Zhusu is okay."

"There are people in the Censorate who impeached me and said that if you continue to fight, you may be the same as Zhuge Ke's mistakes."

"Who?"

"The Censor Mu Praises the others."

Gao Yue snorted coldly and asked the emperor what to say.

"The Holy Lord has a firm attitude and said that even if he fights all the money, he will support us in conquest. But the Holy Lord also said that the deadline is May. If the Runan City cannot be captured in May, then he will be passive." Du Huangshang said.

This time the emperor was very determined. After all, the "Fengshan Mountain" radish urged this person to never give up.

But the emperor's limit is that it is April and May, and there are only three months left.

If I really fail to make a mistake in Runan City, my conquest will not be perfect at all. I am afraid that my voice will be criticized after returning to the court.

Du Huangshang stepped forward at this moment, looked at the map on the table, and made a suggestion: Why don’t we build a five-meter-high earth mountain, then transport the big bronze cannons to attack the city walls of Runan from afar?

"Even if the city wall is lucky enough to be shot down for a section, the infantry is still blocked by the high dike and lakes and cannot accompany them. Then, if Wu Shaoyang asked the defenders to repair them at any time, we still couldn't open the gap and could not occupy the city." Gao Yue said that Du Huangshang's plan had been considered before, but it was not feasible.

Du Huangshang asked what to do.

Gao Yue said Zunsu, the current situation requires you and I to calm down. When Yi Shen and Wang E's cabship arrive, the situation may turn around.

Du Huangshang nodded and agreed.

As a result, on the night of the next day, a group of messengers entered the tent in anger and told Gao Yue about something horrible:

"Duke Ji, Liu Yihuai, the commander of the Xuanwu Army, suddenly pulled out his camp and retreated at dusk. He left a large gap in the northeast of Runan City!"
Chapter completed!