Happy Little Scholar

Li Duan has been practicing very hard these two days, because Ruyi assigned him a task before she left.

According to the agreed time, Nanzhou, Yunzhou and other five states should have fallen into her hands now. The 20,000 soldiers led by the governor of Nanzhou have to attack Cangzhou, which is an iron barrel, and attack the five states. They can only run around like a child without a mother. It is really pitiful. What's more pitiful is that they don't know this yet...

Li Duan is also quite pitiful. After Ruyi left, he completely let himself go and neglected to practice. Now that Ruyi is about to come back, he knows to be anxious.

Last night, Old Xu led people to the front line and burned the enemy's food and grass. The people south of Cangzhou City all moved to the north of the city. They can't find any food outside.

There are three roads in front of them.

One is to return by the original route. If the speed is fast, it will take about two days to return to Nanzhou. If Nanzhou can be taken back from Miss Liu Er, the food crisis can be solved.

The second is to send some people back to forcibly collect grain, and they waited there, waiting for those who would never come back, waiting for them to starve to death...

The last way is to give it a try, and capture Cangzhou in one go. There are mountains of grain in Cangzhou, so they naturally don't have to worry about the problem of grain.

At most, they will know which way they chose after waiting for half a day.

Of course, what Li Yi hoped for was naturally the second way without wasting a soldier, a heavenly punishment, or a cannonball. No matter how different the strength of the two armies is, once they fight, casualties on this side are inevitable...

Yang Liuqing has put on armor, and looks a little brave and heroic.

In the past few years, she has completely transformed from the young girl who only followed Miss Liu Er in the second year of Jinghe to what she is now, into a princess and the ruler of a country.

"Master." She walked to Li Yi's side and nodded slightly.

This should be the biggest battle she has ever experienced in her life. Li Yi nodded and asked, "Are you nervous?"

She raised her head and smiled, saying, "No."

She was not afraid of danger, and she remained calm when the mountains collapsed in front of her. She was worthy of being his nephew, and she had three points of his style...

Yang Liuqing sat opposite him and asked, "After this battle, will the master go back?"

Li Yi nodded. He had told Yang Liuqing before that he and Ruyi would leave after they had completely established a foothold in the northwest.

After occupying the six states, for a long time to come, what they needed was not to continue to attack and fight all the way to the imperial capital of Wu State, but to recuperate, gradually nibble outside, and then accumulate strength step by step to gain a foothold here.

This time may be one year or two years. When this stage is over, the next step is to be unstoppable...

Of course, everything has unexpected changes.

It is possible that during the next period of time, the Emperor of Wu will choke to death while eating, fall to death while walking, or be killed by a meteorite falling from the sky. In this way, as the only legitimate member of the Wu royal family, she will have a much easier time.

Of course, this probability is too small. The Emperor of Wu has now completely become a frightened bird, hiding in the palace and not coming out. He has to bring countless guards and imperial guards wherever he goes. Even if several masters join forces, they can't do anything to him------Li Yi thought about it carefully and found that he seemed to have done something stupid.

He had disturbed the Emperor Wu's personal expedition. If he came to conquer Cangzhou in person, Li Yi would open the gates of Cangzhou to welcome him...

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world...

Seeing that she seemed to have something to say, Li Yi shook his head and said, "Master, we have done everything we can. You need to walk the next road by yourself."

"Master, I know." She nodded, looked at Li Yi, and hesitated to speak. At this time, a general strode into the courtyard, handed over a secret letter, and said loudly, "Your Highness, the enemy army is thirty miles outside Cangzhou City!"

It was so fast that they were thirty miles outside Cangzhou City, which meant that Old Xu had burned their food yesterday and there was not much left, otherwise they would not be so anxious.

Li Yi patted her shoulder and said, "Go..."

In Cangzhou City, the tense atmosphere for a long time reached its peak at a certain moment.

The people in the city, looking at the rows of soldiers passing through the city, couldn't help but lift their hearts.

This battle determines how they will survive in the future, and is closely related to their survival.

Thirty miles.

Fifteen miles.

Ten miles.

Five miles.

Five miles outside Cangzhou City.

A deputy general looked at a thin line in the distance, which was the city wall of Cangzhou City. He rode to the front and asked, "General Pang, do you want to let the soldiers rest here first?"

They have been walking for half a day, and the whole army is exhausted. It is really unwise to attack the city at this time.

The best situation is to let the army camp and rest for a night when they are thirty miles away from Cangzhou. However, their food and grass have been used up, and they can't delay for too long.

"Repair here for half an hour." The commander nodded and said, "Prepare the siege equipment. After half an hour, attack the city immediately!"

"Understood!"

The lieutenant turned his horse's head and shouted, "Repair here. After half an hour, attack the city immediately!"

Five miles away, on the Cangzhou city wall, Chen Qing held a telescope in his hand and murmured, "Why did you stop..."

General Fan stood beside him, turned his head and asked, "Are the red cannons ready?"

A man beside him immediately said, "General, one hundred red cannons have been loaded!"

General Fan was relieved, thought about it, and said, "Just in case, check again..."

Outside the city, the lieutenant looked ahead, walked to the main general, and asked in confusion, "General Pang, why are they not moving at all?"

General Pang looked ahead and asked, "How many guards are there in Cangzhou? Do they dare to go out of the city to fight?"

The lieutenant nodded and said, "General, the time has come."

General Pang waved his hand: "Attack the city!"

"Attack the city!"

"Attack the city!"

...

At the command of the main general, the army rushed forward.

Five miles!

Three miles!

Two miles!

When the walls of Cangzhou were clearly visible, the general's face changed and he said hurriedly: "General, they haven't left the city yet, and they haven't even pulled up the drawbridge. Is there a trick?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a cry of surprise.

"What is that!"

He raised his head and saw countless black spots falling in the military camp.

Boom!

Boom!

...

Then, there were bursts of loud noises, dirt flying, and wailing everywhere.

Then, he couldn't even hear the loud noises, only a buzzing sound in his ears.

In the army, the war horses neighed, raised their front hooves, and rushed around in a mess. The cavalry fell off the horse's back and was trampled before they could get up...

The entire army was directly broken down in this loud noise.

The war horses neighed and ran around in fear. After each loud noise, dozens of people fell down. The fire and the loud noise caught them off guard.

"Heavenly punishment, this is heavenly punishment..." A lieutenant looked up, his eyes full of despair.

This is the heavenly punishment of Jingguo. No, it is enough to break their army from such a distance. Even if it is heavenly punishment, it is not so powerful!

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

He just shouted, looked down at the long knife that pierced his chest, looked at General Pang beside him in disbelief, tilted his head, and fell silent.

"Those who disturb the morale of the army should be killed!"

General Pang gritted his teeth and said loudly: "This is a long-range attack. When they reach the bottom of the city wall, they will be helpless!"

"Attack the city!"

With the command of the commander, the morale of the army quickly stabilized and quickly approached the city wall.

The drawbridge under the city had been pulled up long ago. As they approached, dense stones and wood fell from above...

The soldiers approaching the city wall threw sandbags into the moat and pushed the bodies of the dead around them into the moat. Soon they reached the bottom of the city wall, where they were greeted by rolling stones and wood falling from the sky...

In just two miles, the 20,000-man army had already lost thousands of soldiers.

However, they could not retreat. If they could not capture Cangzhou today, they would either be killed by the enemy or starve to death.

"Ladder! Ladder!"

"Ramp, ram and follow up!"

"Archers, archers, cover!"

...

Looking at the dense crowd under the city wall below, Wei Liang waved his hand, and black balls were thrown down from the city wall.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The continuous deafening noises and cracking flames cleared all the enemies under the city wall.

General Pang stood in the distance, looking at the towering city walls, his heart falling into the bottomless abyss.