Ling Yun divided the central army into 5,000 men, 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 crossbowmen, allowing Guo Yixiu to deploy them.

But Ling Yun also has a request, that is, Guo Yixiu will definitely defeat or hold back Tuoba Lu's 20,000 troops. Even if he cannot hold back all the enemy troops in the end, he must hold back the large army. This will give him a more advantageous situation. Attack Xingyuan Mansion, otherwise if Tuoba Lu's 20,000 troops are allowed to withdraw to Xingyuan Mansion, the difficulty of attacking Xingyuan Mansion will be greatly increased, and it may even be difficult to break through.

Guo Yixiu was confident enough and discussed allowing these five thousand people to ambush on the road back to Xingyuan Mansion from Nanping.

In this way, Ling Yun not only did not have to divide his troops to block Tuoba Lu's possibility of withdrawing his troops, but he could also concentrate on attacking Xingyuan Mansion.

This method simply kills two birds with one stone.

Just making this decision will put pressure on the Nanping battlefield.

A large force of 20,000 Qian fought against 20,000 Xixia troops. If the Qian army could not withstand the enemy's offensive and allowed the Xixia army to be defeated, then not only would Lingyun's side not be able to attack Xingyuan Mansion, it would even lead to a major defeat.

So this was a good idea, but it entailed big risks. Fortunately, Guo Yixiu withstood the Xixia army's offensive, which gave Ling Yun an opportunity to mobilize the Chinese army to attack Xingyuan Mansion.

Tower Reading@^

When there is a war, it means there are casualties.

Now is not the time to lament, the ambush will continue.

On Lingyun's side, the army had already launched an attack, but because the enemies on the city kept firing arrows, the army could not press them for a while.

"Jianhui, order the crossbowmen to suppress the enemies on the city. Let Hu Hongyun press forward, and the shield-bearers guard the firearms battalion to press forward... I will point the artillery in the direction of the city gate. As long as I reach the shooting range of the cannon, I will bombard the city gate with no spare power. "Ling Yun divides the work and directs it in an orderly manner.

"I obey!" Li Jianhui received the order and immediately conveyed Ling Yun's order.

Ling Yun turned to look at Luo Zhishang, "Luo Zhishang, as soon as you see the city gate broken, ignore the general's orders and directly lead the cavalry to rush in. I want you to rush in and guard the city gate."

"I will obey your orders." Luo Zhishang said excitedly. Finally... it was finally his turn. He was already impatient with the wait.

I thought Ling Yun had a grudge and refused to use him, but it turned out...Ling Yun wanted to give him the most important task. As long as he led his army into Xingyuan Mansion, they would be able to win this battle.

For this reason, Luo Zhishang worked hard. He had already made up his mind in his heart that he could only win but not lose.

If Xingyuan Mansion is captured and he sees his family again, he won't have to make other excuses. He can say openly that Xingyuan Mansion has been captured, can Jingzhao Mansion be far behind?

The original text comes from Yuta&Read Novel~&

Thinking of this, Luo Zhishang was extremely excited and wished he could lead his troops to charge right now, but he couldn't. All battles must be carried out according to Ling Yun's will, so that nothing could go wrong.

Hu Hongyun commanded the front troops to keep pressing closer, and the crossbowmen then exchanged fire with the archers on the city. However, the attack range of the crossbows was much greater than that of ordinary bows and arrows, so the crossbowmen suffered almost no casualties. However, whether it was the advancing infantry shieldmen or the crossbowmen, It was just to provide the artillery battalion with the opportunity to bombard the city gate.

The gunners pushing the cannon slowly advanced towards the city gate under the cover of the shield bearers. As soon as they reached the attack range, they would stop immediately and fire at the target without hesitation.

The enemies on the city didn't know the artillery, but they knew that it must be very important with so many people protecting it. They guessed that it must be an instrument used to push up the city gate, so the guards on the city kept staring at the cannon pushed by the gunner. , and let the archers keep firing arrows.

This chapter has been completed!