Lin Ye's cavalry battalion of the Cowardly Army bypassed the Beiye Army and stationed itself about a hundred miles away from Xiantang City.
The scouts came to report that the Beiye Army brigade, still carrying a large number of Dongbo people, had arrived outside Xiantang City.
This time, Tuoba Lie has no way out.
If he loses this place in Dongbo again, he will have nowhere to go and no way to escape.
Lin Ye speculated that the two teams, Ning Shehai's Xiangshan Camp and Ning Haitang's Guzhu Camp, would probably arrive in Dongbo soon.
So Tuoba Lie doesn't have much time. If he can break through Xiantang within a month, he can still defend it.
If he couldn't break it, he would probably have to retreat and do the next best thing, quickly withdraw his troops and return to Liyang, and rely on that isolated city to hold on for as long as he could. By then, Ning Shehai and Ning Haitang would have arrived.
But Lin Ye didn't want Tuoba Lie to die in the hands of Ning Shehai or Ning Haitang.
In the next few days, Lin Ye only took a group of soldiers to watch the battle not far outside Xiantang City.
The Beiye army attacked very fiercely, but Lin Ye saw with his clairvoyance that the imperial flag of the King of Dongbo was flying on the city wall, so the Dongbo defenders fought particularly bravely.
However, what people didn't expect was that there were actually quite a few teams of Dongbo rebels coming from other directions.
They are not here to help defend the city, they are here to help siege the city.
It can be seen that in the past ten years, Tuoba Lie's penetration of Dongbo has far exceeded that of the Loufan people.
Many of them may even be double agents of Tuoba Lie and Lou Fan.
What is even more unexpected is that many rebel teams carry a large number of siege equipment.
This shows that Tuoba Lie has already planned to attack Immortal Tang.
Lin Ye sat on the horse and observed carefully with his clairvoyance. The more he looked, the more sad he felt.
Don't the Dongbo people understand that at this time, they are helping Tuoba Lie to attack Xiantang. Even if they can defeat them, can Dayu let them go?
On weekdays, it seems that Tuoba Lie only has the more than 100,000 Beiye troops. Even if he can fight, he cannot withstand the encirclement and suppression by the imperial army.
But now I know that Tuoba Lie trained more teams in Dongbo than he bribed in Guzhu.
For more than ten years, Tuoba Lie assigned his men to Dongbo and tried every means to expand his team.
What he didn't dare to do in Yunzhou, he did it unscrupulously in Dongbo and Guzhu.
The fierce offensive and defensive battle in Xiantang City was far more brutal than when the rebels attacked Guzhuyangzi City.
Tuoba Lie's personal command was not comparable to that of Tuoba Ningxiu.
"General."
Pang Panghai pointed to one side.
The rebels hiding here in Dongbo are assembling stone dumpers in front of the formation.
It seems that in order to avoid daily searches, these large siege equipment rebels were built separately.
Divide the drawings of the trebuchet into several parts. People in this place will only build one of them, and another place will make another one of them.
After arriving outside Xiantang City, these rebels transported the equipment and assembled it together.
"General."
Pang Panghai asked: "Do you want to provide some support? Otherwise, I'm afraid that Xiantang City won't be able to support our large team."
Lin Ye still didn't respond.
After a while, Lin Ye put down his clairvoyance and said, "Let's talk about it in two days."
After saying that, he turned his horse back.
By the next morning, the Kitano Army's rock-trebuchets had been assembled, and there were more than a dozen of them, but it seemed that this was obviously not the entire number.
Starting at noon, trebuchets began bombarding the walls of Xiantang City indiscriminately.
Tuoba Lie planned to use this method to directly blast a gap in the city wall.
Lin Ye came to observe again and saw the broken stones flying on the city wall. His subordinates were a little anxious, but Lin Ye remained indifferent.
Xu Haoran felt uncomfortable looking at it. If he continued to smash like this, he was afraid that within a few days, a hole would really be made in the city wall.
He went to Lin Ye and asked for three thousand cavalry to raid the Beiye Army's trebuchet position.
Seeing his resolute attitude, Lin Ye replied... Have you seen the Beiye Army cavalry?
Xu Haoran was stunned by this question.
Lin Ye only said this, and then turned his horse back to the cavalry team.
Xu Haoran thought there for a long time and finally understood what the general meant.
From the time the Beiye Army chased them all the way to the gates of Binglinxiantang City, their main cavalry force never showed up.
The Beiye Army has put out its trebuchet now, which is probably a bait.
Xu Haoran thought, he was thinking about how to help the Dongbo people, while the general was thinking about how to reduce the casualties of his cowardly brothers.
But Xu Haoran's thoughts represent the thoughts of many cowardly soldiers.
Now that they are all here, they all want to fight Tuoba Lie's Beiye Army with real swords and guns.
They were all soldiers, and they were not convinced.
Lin Ye has never allowed them to contact the Beiye Army. Even if they fought vigorously before, they were still fighting against the Dongbo rebels.
At this moment, the Beiye Army was in front of them, and the cavalry of the Cowardly Army felt there was no need to be afraid, especially the soldiers under Yun Guhong.
Xu Haoran figured it out, but he wasn't that worried. The cavalry battalion had won consecutive battles, and indeed even he felt that there was no enemy worth avoiding.
He went up to the forest and asked behind the leaves: "General, do you want me to bring a thousand soldiers and horses to try? If there is an ambush, turn back immediately."
Lin Ye glanced at him: "When did you start thinking that the lives of a thousand people could be used for a try?"
Xu Haoran was stunned by this question.
Lin Ye said: "If you want to give it a try, go yourself."
Xu Haoran didn't know whether he should speak for a moment. The general's tone was a little chilly, but he was not stupid and couldn't hear it.
At this moment, he heard a burst of cheers coming from the distance behind him.
The sound was so loud that it could be heard even from such a distance.
Xu Haoran looked back and saw a burst of smoke and dust rising from the wall of Xiantang City, as if a small piece of the wall had been knocked off.
The Beiye Army's trebuchets kept hitting one point, and even if Xiantang City was made of copper and iron, it would be damaged.
The cheers of the Beiye Army made Xu Haoran feel nervous. Although he had just been scolded by Lin Ye, he still felt that he should try again.
If Xiantang City was breached so quickly, wouldn't the general's plan of using the Dongbo people to consume Tuoba Lie's Beiye Army also failed?
He chased after him, thinking about what words he should use as he ran.
But at this moment, a cavalry team was seen rushing out of the slant and heading straight for the Beiye Army's catapult.
Xu Haoran saw it, and so did Lin Ye.
"Whose team!"
Lin Ye's face turned cold.
Xu Haoran caught up: "General, it looks like a battalion of General Dou's cavalry."
"Dou Yong?!"
Lin Ye's eyes already showed murderous intent.
Dou Yong was a general under Yun Guhong, and later took refuge with Ning Haitang in Longzhangtai.
Dou Yong didn't really have much respect for Lin Ye. If he really wanted to be in awe, he had more respect for Ning Haitang than Lin Ye.
This person only felt that Lin Ye did not even dare to harass, but only dared to raid the Dongbo rebels. He was really not worthy of the name of a general.
Moreover, these surrendered soldiers have a bad reputation after all, and they only hope to get more military honors in Dongbo so that they can go back in high spirits.
At this time, Dou Yong came back from elsewhere with a battalion of his cavalry. He saw the rebels' trebuchets attacking the city. Xiantang was in danger of breaking the city. He also saw that there were not many troops on the side of the trebuchets, so he ordered a sudden advance.
His subordinates also advised him that he should inform the general first.
Dou Yong only said that the general only dared to bully the Dongbo people and did not dare to fight the Beiye army.
Moreover, the battle situation is changing rapidly. God knows whether Xiantang City will be breached once the general is consulted.
He had no intention of asking Lin Ye for instructions. He was still thinking, I will fight a good fight this time and see how you can deal with me.
The cavalry team of more than a thousand people rushed directly towards the trebuchet.
Lin Ye saw it and it was too late to stop him. He immediately ordered everyone to mount their horses and prepare to respond.
Over there, Dou Yong saw that there were at most some infantrymen on the trebuchet position, but he didn't pay attention at all.
The sword was pointed forward, and the morale of more than a thousand cavalry was like a rainbow.
However, among the leading generals in this world, whoever underestimates Tuoba Lie will be in trouble.
No matter how powerful the trebuchet was, there was no way it could collapse the city wall in less than half a day of attack.
After all, Xiantang City is the capital city, and the city walls are strong. If rocks were thrown on them and they would break, then Xiantang City would have been captured by the Loufan people long ago.
There is something wrong with the stones thrown out by the trebuchet. Some of them are not stones at all.
There was a large amount of dust and gravel hidden inside, and it was just a shell. When it hit the city wall, it shattered, the dust flew up, and the gravel inside also fell down.
This gave people in the distance the illusion that the city wall had collapsed, and the Beiye army was still cheering, to confuse the timid army.
Dou Yong used to be Yun Guhong's subordinate, but Yun Guhong was tricked by Tuoba Lie and was completely injured. Dou Yong was always holding his breath to regain face from the Beiye Army.
Only after you kill him do you realize how stupid you are, but it's hard to get out after you kill him.
On the other side of the riprap truck, there were quite a few Kitano troops hidden behind the piled stones.
As soon as Dou Yong's cavalry rushed in, Tuoba Lie saw it. With a flag waved, two cavalrymen rushed out from the formation to block the retreat of the cowardly cavalry.
And those who ambush on the other side of the catapult, although they are infantry, are all spearmen.
The light cavalry rushed in and fell into a quagmire.
When Lin Ye and his troops tried to rescue them, more than a thousand people were completely trapped. Tuoba Lie's two cavalrymen blocked them from the left and right. Lin Ye gave an order and the team retreated.
Many soldiers were unwilling to leave and wanted to rescue their comrades. At this time, they probably felt that Lin Ye was cruel.
After Lin Ye led the cavalry to retreat, Dou Yong relied on his martial arts to kill out with a hundred men.
He also had a sudden flash of inspiration, and instead of rushing out, he rushed down to Xiantang City, and then ran back in a circle.
There were more than a thousand people, but not even one-tenth came out.
One day later, at the place where Lin Ye's team was stationed, Dou Yong came back with dozens of remaining soldiers. As soon as he entered the door, he started shouting.
He kept cursing, saying that Lin Ye refused to save him, and all his brothers were killed by Lin Ye.
Lin Ye heard the voice and just looked at Dou Yong with an indifferent expression.
"You don't deserve to be a general!"
Dou Yong ignored the obstruction and rushed to Lin Ye: "You could obviously save us, why did you lead the troops back? I saw it all, you just let us die on purpose!"
Lin Ye still looked at him indifferently.
Dou Yong cursed at the top of his lungs for about a moment.
Lin Ye looked around: "Does anyone else think that I should do my best to rescue yesterday?"
Two of Yun Guhong's men stood up. At this time, one was named Zhao He and the other was named Song Cunming. They came from the same background and naturally wanted to stick together.
Lin Ye looked at it and asked, "Is there any more?"
No one dares to stand up anymore.
The people from Kuizi Camp and Quezi Camp will definitely not come forward, and Wu Lingwei and the previous cavalry will certainly not come forward either.
Lin Ye said: "It seems that there are only three of you. Dou Yong whipped a hundred first, and then pulled him out to behead him. He stripped off the general armor of Zhao He and Song Cunming. The cavalry under their two subordinates have since been disbanded and are no longer under my control.
They were no longer Dayu's soldiers, leaving behind their weapons, armor, and war horses, and drove them out of the camp."
Song Cunming and Zhao He immediately turned pale with fright and became anxious.
"Why do you treat us like this? We were assigned to you by His Majesty. You have no right to do this!"
Lin Ye said: "Whoever says one more word will be beheaded."
Zhao He subconsciously took a step back and shut up.
Song Cunming roared: "How dare you!"
Lin Ye moved, grabbed Song Cumming's neck instantly, and then threw him back: "Big sea!"
Song Cunming rolled to the ground and before he could get up, Pang Panghai chopped off his head with a knife.
Dou Yong wanted to take action, but Lin Ye flicked his finger. Dou Yong's acupuncture points were restrained and he could not move.
Pang Panghai went up with his own soldiers, stripped off his armor, tied him to a tree and whipped him a hundred times.
Lin Ye looked at Zhao He: "Do you have anything else to say?"
Zhao He silently asked someone to peel off the general's armor, then clasped his fists and said, "The soldiers are not guilty. Please leave them, General, and give them a way to survive."
Lin Ye: "What I gave you was a way to survive."
Xu Haoran and others also stepped forward and lowered their voices to persuade Lin Ye to keep the two thousand cavalry. After all, now was the time to employ men.
But if Lin Ye is determined, who can persuade him?
Two thousand cavalrymen were driven out by him without leaving any one behind.
The soldiers who took off their armor and weapons and could only leave on foot turned back three times.
Not many of the 12,000-strong cavalry team died in battle. If we don't count the more than 1,000 people who died at the gate of Xiantang City due to Dou Yong's incompetence, only a few hundred people died in the previous battle.
Now, more than two thousand people have been driven away.