"What do those Liao people want to do?" In the afternoon, as the Liao snare drums sounded again, the cavalry began to gather and wait for attack. The defenders on the city picked up their weapons again and prepared to resist the strong attack.

But unexpectedly, this time the Liao army did not launch an offensive immediately as before. Instead, while a army slowly pressed up, the left and right wings protruded two cavalry and marched straight towards the east and west sides of Zhuozhou.

Of course, this is not the reason why the soldiers were shocked. What really puzzled them was that these Liao cavalry not only had a small number, but also had thick tree trunks behind the horses. I don’t know what they were thinking. But the more they did, the more they felt nervous.

In fact, after the past two days of attack and defense, the soldiers of Changsheng Army also knew that the Liao army would soon divide their troops to launch an offensive against the other three gates of Zhuozhou. However, because of the preparations before, landmines were buried on both sides of the roads, and seeing the power of such firearms, everyone was quite confident in this. They felt that the Liao army would pay an extremely heavy price to successfully reach the East and West Sects. This can be confirmed by the results of the Liao army's division at the beginning of yesterday's confrontation.

But today, things changed. Just looking at the Liao army's preparations, it was obvious that they came to deal with this mine defense line. However, the soldiers had not yet figured out their intentions. However, Sun Tu, who came to hear the news, only glanced from afar, and his eyebrows locked up: "Xiao Gan is indeed well-known. He found a way to crack my mine array so quickly..."

While they were talking, there was a whistle sound of the Liao army in front of the city, and then the two cavalry had rushed forward from left to right, quickly embarking on the road that they were unbearable yesterday. The horses in front rushed forward and the trunks in the rear were rumbling along with some branches and leaves. For a moment, smoke and dust were flying, almost covering up these people.

After running dozens of steps like this, a thunder sound suddenly exploded with fire, blowing down a cavalry and his horse, flying in blood and blood, and it was extremely miserable. But this time the reaction of the Liao cavalry was very different from yesterday. Others were not disturbed by this and continued to beat the horses and drag the trees.

A moment later, there were a few more thunders, and this time, there were both landmines caused by horses stepping on landmines and trees dragging behind them. The former caused some cavalry to fall down, while the latter caused less damage, which made the tree blown away so that the branches and leaves could not be damaged by the cavalry about a tiny meter away.

It was not until this time that the soldiers on the city came to understand: "They...the Liao people actually used this trick to break my divine thunder? It's really a cruel and utterly method!"

Sun Tu also smiled bitterly and shook his head. He thought that relying on this primitive mine formation could at least drag the Liao army to prevent it from being divided into troops to attack the four gates. In this way, the always-winning army only needs to guard the north side, greatly alleviating the problem of insufficient troops. But who would have thought that in just one day, Xiao Gan had figured out such a seemingly stupid but extremely clever way to crack the mine formation.

After all, the Qingzhou army brought limited firearms this time, and more than half of them were used to delay the Liao army's march, so there are not many landmines buried on both sides of the east and west at this moment. When the Liao army used this method to sweep the results, the effect will naturally be immediate. It will probably take less than half a day, and this will be completely useless to block the mine arrays on both sides of the east and west.

In fact, after all, it is because the power of mines today is too small and too simple. If it can be replaced with mines buried deeper in later generations and can be triggered by adjusting the pressure, why worry about them using this method to clear mines? As for now, we can only watch the Liao army destroy all the mine arrays they have painstakingly arranged at a very small price, even with just a broken tree.

The continuous roars made the Liao army turbulent. To be honest, they had suffered a lot on this mine along the way before. Although there were not many casualties, the problem was that they were too much psychological pressure, for fear that if they didn't take the right step, they would be blown away. Now, with the prince's decision to clear mines, this thing is no longer a problem, and they will soon launch a smooth attack on the East and West Gate of Zhuozhou.

Xiao Gan smiled even more rarely, and looked at the Zhuozhou city over there with thoughtfulness. Along the way, he had been thinking about how to break the enemy's firearm, and now he finally achieved results. In this way, he would eventually win this battle!

"General Dong, you have to add troops to the East and West cities as soon as possible. I'm afraid that the Liao army will place more troops on those two sides next. There is also the Nancheng, so there must be no slackness." Sun Tu quickly calmed himself down and reminded in a solemn tone.

Dong Kuang beside him shook his body, then he also lit the names of a group of generals loudly, and then quickly ordered: "Everyone, you will be divided into divisions and rush to the three sides of the east, south and west to defend the city, and you must not let the Liao army take the lead!"

"The last general obeys the order!" The generals all looked solemn. After crossing their hands to agree, they rushed to the top of the city and went to the military camp to order the troops to prepare for the more cruel battle.

Just as the soldiers on both sides were preparing, the Liao army, which had opened the roads on both sides, finally launched a large-scale attack on Zhuozhou City early on the morning of the third day. This time, their troops were divided into three groups, pointing directly to the three cities in the southeast, south and west of Zhuozhou. The momentum was so great that it was far more than the previous battle. The real dilemma of Zhuozhou City also emerged.

The battle in the previous two days seemed dangerous and fierce, but because the Liao army only attacked one city, the Changsheng Army was actually more than enough to defend, and most of the troops could even take turns to rest, and the combat power of the soldiers could be maintained at a very high position.

But as the roads on both sides of the east and west are cleared by the enemy, the whole city may be attacked by the Liao army, the pressure of the Changsheng Army will increase rapidly, and soon the problem of insufficient troops will be exposed. After all, Zhuozhou City is not small, and 20,000 troops have been spread out and it is only enough to defend the four cities, which makes their logistics almost impossible to guarantee. After all, there are no people in the city now, and even those who prepare food for the soldiers cannot be found. The subsequent battle will inevitably be extremely arduous, and the psychological pressure of the troops will inevitably rise.

Of course, such hidden dangers will not be exposed in a short period of time. After all, for the current soldiers of the Shengsheng Army, there is no time to think about these details.

Because the enemy's offensive was so fierce, the Changsheng Army, which had a small force, was already unable to cope with it. Under the protection of many shield players, the Liao army infantry actually rushed to the moat in a charge, and then their archers also suppressed the arrows on the top of the city in all directions. As a result, the Changsheng Army fell into a passive position.

Fortunately, most of the Liao army's siege weapons were destroyed the day before yesterday, especially the trench bridges had been burned, which made them quickly pass through the moat and rush down the city. However, when the combat power gap between the two sides was huge, they started excavation work in the Xicheng area, interrupting the moat water to other places. In the east, the Liao army transported sand, soil and stones from other places, intending to fill the moat.

When these conventional siege methods were used, the Changsheng Army was really panicked. They could only try their best to keep firing arrows to block the enemy's project progress, which made the consumption of arrows in the city grow rapidly. Obviously, this is not a long-term solution, and it is more like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Compared with the onset and defensive battles that were in full swing on both sides of the east and west, the north was quiet. The Liao army no longer rushed to attack fiercely, but just sent a small group of troops to patrol and demonstrate in the front, and at the same time, paying attention to the movements of the flags and soldiers on the city. It was obvious that Xiao Gan's purpose was to drag the main force of the Changsheng Army here.

The Liao army's inducement put more pressure on the soldiers here. Because everyone knows that the main force of the Liao army ahead still exists, which makes them dare not easily draw the elite troops here to help. However, the battle reports that kept coming from the two sides were not optimistic, and the gap in military strength and combat power was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

This made Dong Kuang even more anxious. At this moment, he was walking back and forth between the city walls, constantly looking at the enemy camp under the city, gritting his teeth and saying, "It's not a solution to continue like this. General Sun, is there really no better way to defend the city?"

Sun Tu shook his head helplessly: "The enemy is strong and I am weak now. I really can't come up with any clever plan. I can only rely on the soldiers to fight and fight. As long as we can survive this period, we will still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

"But……"

"General Dong and the Liao army are also people, they will also feel tired and panic. Now it is just because they think they have found an excellent opportunity to break Zhuozhou, so they will be so irrelevant. But as long as we block this offensive, the situation will naturally be relieved and improved." Sun Tu immediately said earnestly: "City offense and defense are not something that happens overnight. It is about who is more tenacious and who can last until the end."

Dong Kuang knew what Sun Tu said was right, so he could only nod his head hatefully: "Transfer my order, you must guard the city gates. Let the defenders on both sides not be stingy with arrows and weapons, and must block the enemy army for me!"

Shortly after this order was issued, another even more terrifying report came: "Reported that the Liao army under Xicheng used a ladder as a bridge and directly built a bridge on the moat, and countless enemies were able to kill under the city wall!"

"What?" Dong Kuang and Sun Tu shouted almost at the same time, and their faces were even more distorted due to anxiety.

"Flying Swallow Cavalry!" The name of this elite Liao army immediately appeared in Sun Tu's heart. He still remembered it clearly. It is said that this elite soldier also has a powerful climbing technique. Once he gets close to the city wall...

"Wu Song Luda, you can quickly take my Qingzhou army soldiers to support! General Dong, the people here..." Just as Sun Tu was yelling quickly, Dong Kuang also pulled out a group of troops from the north to the west city to pledge, a sudden sound of drums and whistles outside, followed by the killing sound of the Liao army's large-scale advance.
Chapter completed!