After comforting and motivating the soldiers who stood firm on the ground, Zhang Lingyun led a group of major generals back to the Chinese army's tent. It could be seen from everyone's expressions that they all looked tired, but mixed with a hint of anxiety.

Ma Ji, Xin Yan and other infantry generals no longer had the confidence they had when they first arrived to fight hard. In their original impression, the Di people were a group of uncivilized barbarians who were good at field battles but not good at attacking fortresses.

But this time Pu Hongzhuang's crazy attack completely overturned their past impressions, especially the clever and skillful use of various siege assault equipment, which made them have to wonder if this was still a tribal army? It felt like a regular army.

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However, they were all a little lucky. Fortunately, they had dug three trenches outside the city in advance. Otherwise, the Di people would have surrounded the city and attacked them violently. With the opponent's careful preparations, they might not have been able to sustain it for such a long time.

Since yesterday, all the generals have been eagerly waiting for reinforcements to arrive from the sky. However, as the sun is setting today, there is still no sign of reinforcements.

After they sat down separately, Ma Ji sighed worriedly: "If the reinforcements do not arrive, judging from the rapid and fierce offensive of the Di army, the third trench will surely fall within two to three days. At that time, our camp will be directly facing the enemy."

Either they are attacked by the Ten Thousand Iron Cavalry or they are forced to move into the city to defend the city, no matter what the situation is, it is a narrow escape situation."

Xin Yan felt the same way, and raised his hands to Zhang Lingyun and said: "May I ask the general, why the reinforcements have not arrived yet? Can you send someone to Guzang to urge you?"

Calculating the mileage based on the messenger's report, the reinforcements should arrive five to seven days after the Di army approaches the city. It is now the evening of the sixth day of the Di army's continuous attack. Even if the reinforcements are still on the way, they should be very close to Yuzhong

However, the detective horses sent out to watch did not see even a hair of the reinforcements.

Zhang Lingyun also felt uneasy in his heart, and managed to keep his face calm as he comforted the generals: "I think it will be coming soon, there will be news in the next day or two." However, his tone was full of uncertainty, which showed that even

She didn't have much confidence. In anxiety and confusion, Zhang Lingyun wrote a handwritten letter again, instructing two personal guards to rush back to Guzang and give it to Zhang Shi.

During the whole process, Yunfeng did not say a word. A few days ago, he learned from Zhang Lingyun that it was Zhang Jun who led the army to help, which gave him an unpleasant premonition. For no reason, he just felt that there would be

Things happened. Now that the reinforcements have not arrived, this feeling has become even stronger. Faintly, I feel that the problem is probably with Zhang Jun. But there is no basis and it is just a guess. The other person is Zhang Lingyun's biological brother.

It was inconvenient for him to mention it.

Just when everyone here was worried, Pu Hong also backed away and paced back and forth in the tent alone, with a trace of regret on his face.

This expedition was mostly motivated by his ambition to expand territory. He attempted to occupy Jincheng County first, and then gradually encroached on Liangzhou and finally captured Guzang after he had established a firm foothold. In this way, it would be extremely difficult to occupy the land of two states.

To greatly enhance his own strength. Another part was after he secretly professed his vassalship, he was instigated by Liu Zhao's cavalry general You Ziyuan, saying that Chang'an was willing to provide him with grain, grass, supplies and siege equipment, that is, Liu Yao paid for it.

He, Pu Hong, sent out troops to attack Liangzhou, and generously promised to give him all the land and spoils. He only needed to give Liu Zhao 30,000 slaves after Pu Hong captured Jincheng County.

Pu Hong knew a bit about You Ziyuan, who was good at using intrigues and subduing others without fighting. Although he knew that the other party had evil intentions, this proposal was indeed very exciting, so Pu Hong thought about it briefly.

Agreed.

After the secret supplies of Chang'an were in place, and after a period of familiarization and training, Pu Hong sent his eldest son to lead the vanguard to raid Yuzhong. Although he knew that Pu Meng was brave and reckless, Pu Hong felt that there were only 2,000 defenders in the attack.

It was not a problem for Xiao Xiao Yuzhong to be fooled. Unexpectedly, Gu Zang unexpectedly sent out the cavalry first, which made the Di army's hope of seizing the time difference to seize Yu Zhong in vain. Later, what he couldn't believe was that Xiao Xiao Yuzhong was defeated.

Liangzhou's three thousand cavalrymen actually wiped out Pu Meng's ten thousand troops!

But the bad luck is still to come. In the more than ten days since he personally led the main force to the expedition, he was harassed by Yunfeng on the road and lost nearly 6,000 elite soldiers in sneak attacks. He captured two trenches and lost nearly 7,000 people and slaves.

Not included in the calculation, the total loss was nearly 23,000 people, which made his heart drip with blood!

Yunfeng, in particular, felt deeply ashamed when he thought that his 50,000-strong army was not only helpless in front of less than 1,000 opponents, but also suffered heavy losses. Not to mention the hatred of killing his son and the pain of insults, even if Yunfeng

It’s hard to get rid of this hatred even if you have skin cramps!

"Yunfeng! I will capture you alive, and you will not be able to live or die!" Pu Hong cursed secretly, and then imagined the scene of Yunfeng being caught on his knees and begging, and then he felt relieved.

Click, and soon his mind returned to the current battle situation.

So far, they have paid such a heavy price without even touching the city wall of Yuzhong. Pu Hong cannot imagine how many more soldiers he will lose if he seizes the last ditch. What about attacking the city? The casualties will be even greater.

Big! Moreover, he learned from the spies that the other party had a reinforcement army of 15,000 men heading towards Yuzhong. Although the marching speed was so slow that he could not understand, it would arrive sooner or later.

Involuntarily, the thought of retreating came to mind. Although Pu Hong was currently nominally surrendered to Liu Yao, Liu Yao could not effectively control him. He relied on the 80,000 elite soldiers in his hands, but if he was in Yuzhong

The city's consumption was too high, resulting in a great loss of strength, and I was afraid that it would really surrender to Liu Yao.

However, retreating at this point is not much different from losing the battle. His position in the clan will be seriously challenged. Besides, so many people have died, so he is not willing to retreat in vain.

For a moment, Pu Hong was caught in a dilemma.

'No~! I must not retreat, otherwise the situation will be out of control. Only by capturing Yuzhong can we turn the tide, and we must do it quickly and capture it before the enemy's reinforcements arrive!' Suddenly, Pu Hong

His fierceness was aroused and he shouted: "Come here!"

"I've met my lord!" Two guards walked in and saluted.

"Send the order and summon all the generals to come to the Chinese army's tent. I will fill the trenches overnight and will not give Yuzhong any chance to breathe!"

The guard was stunned for a moment. He also understood that he was exhausted and could not understand why Pu Hong was so rude to the sergeant. However, he did not dare to say anything more and quickly agreed and ran towards the generals' camps.

At the same time, Zhang Shizheng was standing alone in the small garden of the mansion, looking up at the afterglow of the setting sun. After a while, he murmured to himself: "Gongting, it's time for you to arrive at the front line now? You have been pampered since you were a child, and you have never become a great person.

, I regret being a father too late. I hope you can understand how hard you have worked for your father this time, and learn from your sister's side how to lead an army in battle, how to control your generals, especially General Yun, and make good use of this.

This opportunity to go on an expedition has turned into friendship. I hope you will not disappoint my father."

However, Zhang Shi remembered the dissatisfied look on Zhang Jun's face when he summoned Zhang Jun and appointed him to lead the army to support Yuzhong, showing that he was very reluctant to go.

Think about it, it's so hard to go to war, how can you have the joy of living in the city? Besides, your life is in danger.

Zhang Shi shook his head secretly, with a trace of pity rising in his heart for no reason. He felt that Zhang Lingyun was good at everything. The only regret was that he was born a girl by mistake. How good would it be if he was a man? In the future, he will be directly passed on to Zhang Lingyun, and then he will be born as a girl.
Chapter completed!