Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Zuo General Yu Cheng looked at the Han army's four-wheeled carriages driving toward the city under the cover of Han military officers. The first thing that came to his mind was the Han army's catapults.

His exclamation instantly made the veterans who had participated in the Eastern Expedition become nervous.

Sure enough, after those four-wheeled carriages arrived at the city, a soldier from the Han army's siege camp immediately unloaded various parts from the carriages and began to assemble them.

"Han army catapult!"

General Yu Chengzuo exclaimed again, his face already full of anxiety.

He immediately ran to King Yu Cheng and said, "Your Highness, it is a Han army catapult. We must go out of the city to destroy it!"

When King Yu Cheng heard Zuo General's request to go out to fight in the city, he suddenly became hesitant.

"Your Highness, please give the order quickly. The walls of Yucheng City cannot stop the Han army's catapults!"

General Zuo asked loudly again.

At this time, some officers who had participated in the Eastern Expedition also gathered around and asked to fight.

After everyone's persuasion, King Yu Cheng finally agreed to Zuo General's request.

"Pass my order, General Zuo will lead his troops out of the city and must destroy the Han army's catapults!"

"As you command!"

The left general agreed and immediately ran down to the city.

"Assemble the troops!"

Zuojiang's troops are mostly composed of veterans, so their training is better than that of other Yucheng troops.

Under the command of General Zuo, 6,000 Yucheng infantrymen have completed their assembly.

"Open the city gate!"

As the city gate opened, Zuo General led Yu Cheng's infantry to pour out of the city gate.

Seeing Yu Cheng's troops pouring out of the city, both Zhang Yue and Ma Han had smiles on their faces.

"Second and third sons, get ready!"

Ma Han gave an order, and the Han army's crossbowmen immediately formed a Han army's standard six-row arrow array.

The sword, shield and spear soldiers in front were also prepared to defend against the enemy's attack.

On the top of the city, Gong Xiang saw that the Han army was well-trained and well-equipped, and he couldn't help but worry.

"Your Highness, I am afraid it will be difficult for the left general alone to destroy the Han army's catapults. How about letting the cavalry attack!"

King Yu Cheng carefully looked at the city, and then ordered, "Order Blimbeh to lead three thousand cavalry to attack!"

When a messenger heard the order, he immediately ran to Brimberg.

Brynberg is quite famous in Dawan.

He once led troops to defeat the Yuezhi and Parthian cavalry many times.

He has long been ready to attack at any time.

After receiving the order from King Yu Cheng, he immediately ordered his cavalry to attack.

Since the south gate had been blocked by the left general's troops, Brynberg chose to attack from the east gate.

Naturally, the movement of three thousand cavalrymen was not small.

As soon as he left the city, he was noticed by the Han army.

The Yi Cong cavalry led by Wu Zheng and Su Fei were the troops closest to the east gate.

The two of them checked Yu Chengren's actions and took action immediately.

Wu Zheng first led the Han army to attack with bow cavalry and attacked Yu Cheng's cavalry from the flank.

Brynberg was also a veteran general and had already anticipated the Han army's actions.

Facing Wu Zheng's harassment, he did not panic. He just sent a group of cavalry to cover his flanks, while his main force continued to advance toward the east gate.

When Su Fei saw this, he knew he could wait no longer and immediately issued the order to attack.

Five hundred rebel cavalry, under his command, formed three columns of wall mounts and launched an attack on the main force of Brynberg's cavalry.

Wu Zheng also left only one group of cavalry to fight with the group of cavalry sent by Brynberg.

The rest of the cavalry bypassed the enemy in front and cooperated with Su Fei to attack the main force of Yu Cheng's cavalry.

Facing the attack of nearly a thousand Han cavalrymen, Brynberg had to change his target this time.

Due to terrain restrictions, Yucheng's cavalry could only confront the Han army's Yicon cavalry head-on.

Brynberg also put up a formation similar to sitting on the wall at this time.

"Warriors attack!"

Brynberg gave an order, and Yu Cheng's cavalry launched a countercharge towards Su Fei.

The enemy cavalry launched a charge, but a smile appeared on Su Fei's face.

"Change of formation!"

Su Fei gave an order, and the Han army Yi Cong immediately changed their formation.

They suddenly split into two pieces and went to the two wings.

The charging Yu Cheng's cavalry suddenly lost their target.

Because the formation of Yu Cheng's cavalry was too dense, even though Brynberg knew something was wrong, there was nothing he could do for the time being.

After Su Fei's troops were divided into two, he abandoned his lances and instead used bows and arrows to attack Yu Cheng's cavalry from both wings.

When Yu Cheng's cavalry slowed down, the three hundred cavalry led by Wu Zheng launched a charge.

Facing the attack of Wu Zheng's cavalry, Brynberg knew that he must not retreat.

He roared and ordered his cavalry to meet the attacking Han cavalry head-on.

"Boom!"

With the rumble of horse hooves, the cavalry from both sides finally collided head-on.

The Han army's voluntary cavalry, who had the advantage of horse speed, obviously took a big advantage.

After the two sides crossed each other, the number of Yu Cheng's cavalrymen who fell off their horses was at least five times that of the Han army.

Unfortunately, Wu Zheng's troops were too small in number and failed to defeat Yu Cheng's cavalry.

At this time, Yucheng's cavalry, under the command of Brynberg, had quickly reorganized their formation.

Faced with this situation, Wu Zheng and Su Fei changed their tactics again.

The cooperation between the two was perfect. Although there were only less than a thousand cavalry, they always suppressed Yu Cheng's cavalry.

Zhang Yue saw this scene in the military chariot and couldn't help but said to Geng Shu with satisfaction, "Both Wu Zheng and Su Fei can be good generals!"

Geng Shu also nodded in praise and said, "The troops are gathered and dispersed as usual, not limited to the shape... They are actually the seed of famous generals... The princes should make full use of them!"

Pang Yi also said, "What Geng Hou said is absolutely true. The next day's battle with the Xiongnu will be the time for the two of them to use force..."

Zhang Yue nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

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While the three of them were discussing Wu Zheng and Su Fei, on the front battlefield, Shama, the left general of Yu Cheng, had already commanded the soldiers to attack the Han army.

"shoot!"

Mahan gave an order, and an archer beside him first shot a red arrow.

Shama already understood at a glance that the red line represented death. Once the red line was crossed, the Han army's crossbowmen would launch an attack like a torrential rain.

He knew this, but he also knew that once the Han army's catapults were installed, the defensive power of the Yucheng city wall would not be able to resist the catapult attack.

"The warriors attack, kill one Han army and reward one female slave, two houses..."

Under the generous reward, the morale of Yu Cheng's infantrymen soared.

Under the command of the centurion, Yu Cheng's heavy infantry formed a shield formation and advanced towards the Han army.

Soon they passed the red arrow on the ground.

"wind!"

With a command.

The Han army's crossbowmen shot the arrows in their hands almost at the same time.

The dense arrows swept the square matrix of Yu Cheng infantry like heavy rain!

"Ahhh!"

Although there is a shield defense, an arrow still pits the gap between the shield and shoots a famous soldier to the ground.

After the shooting soldiers fell to the ground, the shield array also showed more gaps, and more soldiers were exposed to the crackdown of the crossbow.

After the Han army fired three shots, Yu Chengren's phalanx had obviously become sparse.
Chapter completed!