At the city of Ezhou, Zhu Youzhen stood up and stood in the distance. In the distance, the final siege had begun. Although the three armies went to Gong Yunda, Liu Xinda and Tian Guofeng's two troops lived up to the expectations. They were unstoppable and headed straight to the city of Ezhou. Zhu Youzhen also led reinforcements to arrive at this time.

Ezhou City is the capital of Eyuejie Town. It has a strong city, sufficient military resources, and extremely rich materials. The resistance is the most intense. Qian Feng, the governor of Eyuejie, stationed 5,000 soldiers in Ezhou City, and the nearly 20,000 young and strong men collected, leaning against the dangers of the city wall, and has been persisting for half a month.

What made the Liang army most difficult was the moat of Ezhou City. The moat of Ezhou City came from the river. The widest place was more than 30 meters wide. Even at the narrowest place, it was nearly twenty meters wide. If you want to attack the city, you have to cross the river first. Even after crossing the river, the city wall was only more than ten meters away from the river. Large siege tools such as large ladders and siege towers were unable to get close to them at all. Soldiers could only rely on the simplest temporary elongated ladders to make, which naturally reduced the threat.

After half a month of excitement, there were corpses accumulated in the river under the city, but Ezhou City still stood still.

Seeing the Liang army's attacks being defeated and retreating like a tide, Zhu Youzhen's face became even more gloomy. As the Liang army retreated, the city gates of Ezhou City were wide open, and groups of young and strong men rushed out, destroying a small half of the floating bridge that Liang army had finally built on the water against the city, and flowing into the distance with the river.

Liu Xinda came to Zhu Youzhen with shame and bowed and said, "The Third Prince, I will be incompetent."

Zhu Youzhen could not see the gloomy look on his face at this time. Instead, he turned over and dismounted, patted Liu Xinda on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Ezhou City is indeed difficult to fight. This is not because of General Liu. Qian Feng is desperate. Touch it carefully to boost morale, and come again."

Liu Xinda hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Youzhen, and wanted to speak but stopped.

"What does General Liu say, just say it." Zhu Youzhen said.

"The Third Highness is not the last general who is deflated and attacks Ezhou City forcing him to force his troops. If he is afraid that his morale will be reduced after a long time, it will be detrimental to the future. If he doesn't divide his troops at this time, he will besieged the city with one part, and the other troops will bypass Ezhou City and take down other places first, making Ezhou an isolated city. In this way, the morale in the city will inevitably be exhausted. If he attacks again at that time, he will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort." Liu Xinda said.

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while and said, "The general's meaning is naturally excellent in normal times, but it is not possible at this time."

"Why?" Liu Xinda asked.

"We had a very fast march before, but we fought along the way, but we were far from pacified. The collapsed Eyue army and local clan gentry were all uncertain factors." Zhu Youzhen sighed: "Jingxiang was tightly destroyed, and I also lost my mind. I didn't expect that Ezhou City was so difficult to fight. Now, it must be Qian Feng who did it on purpose. He retracted all the most elite forces of Eyue and consumed our troops with the danger of Ezhou City."

"It is precisely because of this that we cannot fall into his trap!" Liu Xinda said.

"General Liu, we have insufficient troops. When we set out, we had 20,000 troops in total, but we fought here all the way, and the troops in our unit suffered a considerable loss. Although we had replenished people on the spot, these people were originally recruited from Eyue, and their combat power, fighting will and even loyalty were considered." Chen Fu, who was standing beside Tian Guofeng, flashed out and said, "Now behind us, although we are our confidant guards, General Liu should not forget that most of their subordinates are surrendered soldiers and young and strong soldiers who were recruited. Once we have been attacking Ezhou City for a long time, there will be changes behind us. What should we do? Nothing else, as long as there is a problem with our food and grass, the army will inevitably be in chaos."

"Not just that!" Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath: "If the city is besieged, Ezhou City will be like a beacon in the dark night, becoming the symbol of Eyue. Other places may not be able to go down in one go. Once things go together, they will lose everything."

"Your Highness, you can order Gong Yunda, Huainan, to send troops immediately." Liu Xinda said: "You can also let Xuanwu, Wuning increase troops immediately."

"How easy?" Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "First of all, the journey is long, and even if the army sets off now, it will not be possible to reach it in a short time. Secondly, Guanzhong is short of food and the Central Plains are short of food. In order to ensure that there is no chaos in Guanzhong, Xuanwu and other places have disbanded a large amount of food and sent to Guanzhong. The food and wages are no longer maintained in these places, so I am waiting for me to take Eyue!"

"Well Huainan?"

"Huainan, hehe!" Zhu Youzhen sneered: "Not to mention that Gong Yunda has the thorn in Yangzhou that has not been removed, he has an excuse to find. From another perspective, he might still hope that I will lose this game? If I lose, he can naturally be his King of Huainan leisurely, so why should I be held hostage by me!"

Liu Xinda was just a military general, and he could think of the twists and turns in it. When he heard Zhu Youzhen say this, he immediately stayed there.

"So General Liu, I have no other way out, I can only go alone. I not only want to take Ezhou City, but also take Ezhou City as soon as possible, otherwise it will inevitably change." Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath: "At that time, we are afraid we will roll back in shame."

"If Qian Feng really had such a deep plan, I'm afraid this Ezhou City would be really difficult to get into!" Liu Xinda said dejectedly.

"It may not be possible!" Tian Guofeng, who had not spoken, suddenly said. "I think they are at the end of their power."

"General Tian, ​​we are two of us are taking turns to attack. Your troops have made no progress!" Liu Xinda said angrily.

Tian Guofeng smiled and bowed, "General Liu, I don't mean to hurt you. I am a rough man. Without these geniuses, I just want to discuss things."

"If I hadn't known your temperament, I would have turned against you long ago." Liu Xinda snorted.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Guofeng, tell me."

"Third Prince, I have been watching the enemy's flag these days." Tian Guofeng: "Qian Feng has calculated thousands of things. Even if he has calculated everything, he has done less. That is, the combat effectiveness of our army is far beyond his imagination. We are extremely uncomfortable now, and he is afraid he will suffer too much."

"Tell me more!" Zhu Youzhen said.

"From the beginning, our team was mainly attacking the North City Gate, so the concentrated troops here must be Qian Feng's most skilled troops." Tian Guofeng said: "In the past, behind, behind, there were a total of ten toothed generals and Qian Feng's main general flags. In the past, they were rotated every day, but three days ago, it turned into a half-day rotation. Today, when General Liu attacked, it changed once in an hour."

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up: "In other words, their elites are extremely damaged and they have to speed up the rotation, otherwise there will be a risk of being attacked by them."

"It must be so." Tian Guofeng smiled.

Zhu Youzhen laughed loudly: "Guofeng, Guofeng, I really underestimated you. Everyone says you are a rough man, but I think you are very careful. You even noticed all of this. General Liu, you are the last general, and this time you lost to Tian Guofeng."

"The Third Prince praised you!" After being praised by Zhu Youzhen, Tian Guofeng opened her mouth and grinned at the bottom of her ears. She turned out to be red for a moment, "It just happened, it happened."

"You are a natural general!" Zhu Youzhen said: "I can't know much, and I haven't read any military books, but I feel more like it on the battlefield than the veteran. Lao Liu, is this born, are you convinced?"

Although he was a little ashamed, Liu Xinda was open-minded and bowed to Tian Guofeng, "So, as long as we work harder, we can take over this Ezhou City."

"A century-legged insect will definitely be difficult to fight if it dies without being stiff, but we don't have to be discouraged." Tian Guofeng smiled and said, "Third Highness, why not rest for a day today and attack again tomorrow. The last general asks the Third Highness to transfer your guards to 500 people and me, and I will select 500 soldiers from our troops to form a vanguard regiment of thousands of people. If the Third Highness cannot be allowed to spend the night in the city tomorrow, my Tian Guofeng will give you the head to Your Highness."

"It's still our team's main attack." Liu Xinda said with a quick look: "When the fight lasts for a whole day, when both sides are exhausted, General Tian launches another sudden attack. As long as he breaks a little, the overall situation will be settled."

Zhu Youzhen laughed loudly: "What do I want your head? Just say that, today we will withdraw our troops and return to the camp, have good wine and meat, and have a big banquet for the three armies. Each of us will give us a reward of Yishen, telling the soldiers that if we take down Ezhou City tomorrow, each of us will be rewarded with another five jin of money. In addition, within three days, we will be unable to help but have a sword and war!"

Looking at Zhu Youzhen who was riding a horse and turning away, Liu Xinda and Tian Guofeng were both stunned.

The so-called swordsmanship means that within three days, the military discipline is not restricted, and the soldiers will do whatever they want.

"The Third Prince is so angry this time!" Liu Xinda murmured.

"How can you not be angry? So many people died?" Tian Guofeng looked at the messy battlefield and shook his head. "General Liu, in the battle tomorrow, whether my brothers and I can succeed depends on how you fight in front."

"Don't worry. It's about the overall situation, so how dare you have a little bit of energy to keep? Besides, although the Third Highness cannot fight in person now, he is still a general on the battlefield. I can't do my best, and the Third Highness can see it at a glance. If you suddenly fail to enter tomorrow, I'm afraid we will really go back in shame like the Third Highness." Liu Xinda suddenly smiled and said, "If I break the city ahead, you will have no contribution."
Chapter completed!