Zhu Shou, the governor of Henghai Jiedu, was undoubtedly very sober at this time.

He was severely injured in the connection, and his strength has now dropped greatly. Faced with the aggressive attack of Yizhou, he had to give up Dizhou and use all his troops to protect his fundamental important land Cangzhou. At the same time, using Dizhou as bait, he also dragged Pinglu into this mixed water. As long as Pinglu Hou Xiyi could not curb his greed, he would enter the game. Once he entered the game, it would not be so easy to get out.

Henghai is indeed very weak now, but Yizhou is not without weaknesses.

It is October now, and winter in the north comes early. As long as he can hold on until December, the temperature will drop sharply. At that time, the Yizhou army that was coming from the expedition will suffer. In the ice and snow, the soldiers not only have to endure the torture of low temperatures, but the difficulty of logistics supply will also increase by several levels. As long as there is a problem with the other party's logistics supply, his opportunity will come.

Therefore, the strategy formulated by Zhu Shou was to take steps and defend at every level, and to delay time with Li Ze. Until the cold came, the enemy would have to retreat.

He concentrated all his strength into the city, treated the town as fortresses, and gave up almost all rural areas. If the Yizhou Army wanted to come, then attacked him one by one.

The city offensive and defensive battle is undoubtedly the most cruel and time-consuming. Even a small county town, as long as it is well prepared, the enemy will have to spend a lot of effort to conquer it. When they advance to the city of Cangzhou, they will be greeted by the tall and steep city walls of Cangzhou City and their main force to accumulate strength.

The long logistics supply line, the gradually cold weather, and of course, the Pinglu army of Hou Xiyi in Dizhou.

If he sits on the verge of failure, then Dizhou may not be able to get it.

Will the Chengde people who took over Henghai admit that he was reasonably and legally occupying Dizhou? Only when he still exists can he have a reason to occupy Dizhou.

In addition to one's own efforts, of course, there are many external favorable factors.

Although Cheng De is aggressive now, he attacks everywhere and goes north. They attack Zhenwu and east. The Yizhou army attacks itself, as if it is in a solid state, but in fact, Cheng De is now leaking from all sides.

Lu Long and Shi Yi restrained Liu Chenglin for him. Li Anguo was seriously ill, and Chengde was even more insidious. Perhaps a major defeat would cause them to collapse like an avalanche.

The plan that the messengers from Henghai, Zhenwu, Lulong and other places brought to Zhu Shou was to stick to it and wait. As soon as the time came, they would naturally win a great victory.

In Zhu Shou's view, the so-called timing is naturally that Lu Long completely controls Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou and other places. As long as there are changes in these two places, Yizhou will naturally be unable to support it.

He Chong guarded Botou, Zhu army guarded Dongguang, Yang Wei, former governor of Dizhou, guarded Nanpi, and Zhu Shou himself guarded Cangzhou.

Zhu Jun sat sadly above the head of Dongguang City and looked into the distance. This time he faced the enemy in Yizhou. Although the Dongguang he was stationed in was slightly off, it was the most unexpected.

Every day, he silently prayed that the people of Yizhou would not pay attention to him and marched directly into Botou.

Due to his disgraceful record, Zhu Shou gave him a death order to stay in Dongguang this time and must hold on for more than fifteen days, otherwise even if he escapes back, he will still be engaged in military law.

Zhu Jun also understood that this time my uncle was going to take serious action.

After all, the people of Yizhou have already reached the doorstep. If they don’t fight bravely to defend their hometown, they will probably end up being ugly.

There are 10,000 soldiers in Dongguang City, but there are very few soldiers in the armor.

All the soldiers of the Arctic have been drawn to Cang County by their uncle.

Dongguang City is not big, with ten thousand soldiers guarding the city. In fact, not only are there many people, but there are also a few more.

The whole city was filled with hustle and bustle.

In fact, if another camp outside the city and divided troops to garrison it would be more beneficial to the city's defense. However, without the soldiers in the army, Zhu Jun would not dare to put the troops outside.

It would be better to have more people, even if they just take turns to the city to let the people in Yizhou chop, it would be enough for them to chop for a long time.

Isn’t it just fifteen days? This time, I will definitely last for fifteen days.

Looking at the sun that was about to set on the horizon, Zhu Jun felt that today would probably pass by safely again, and he was extremely happy.

I have to drink some drinks to relax when I go back tonight.

In fact, Henghai has prepared for this war for several months. Even in a small city like Dongguang, there are sufficient armours for defending the city. Even heavy weapons such as crossbows, Dongguang City is equipped with a lot of them.

The original city wall was even higher by several feet, making Dongguang's city wall more than three feet.

This is already rare in county towns of this level.

Zhu Shou's abacus was very loud. He wanted to use the danger of the city to consume the troops in Yizhou. As for the government soldiers who may suffer a large number of casualties in Henghai, he didn't care at all.

Zhu Jun had already walked several steps along the slanting ladder, but the sound of horse hooves from the distance made his face suddenly change and stop.

I was just now lingering in my mind to find a few sisters to accompany me to drink some good drinks, and I was also stepped on and flew outside the clouds with the dense sound of horse hooves outside the city.

Whatever you are afraid of, the Yizhou Army was finally the first to come to him.

The sound of golden drums sounded at the head of Dongguang City, and above the city, there were dense soldiers of Henghai Mansion standing in a moment.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, more and more cavalrymen in the distance gathered.

Zhu Jun saw it clearly above the city. The Yizhou Army was probably close to two thousand with the cavalry alone.

Fortunately, the cavalry could not attack the city and they were not prepared to fight against the enemy in the field.

Zhu Jun said in his heart.

When it was getting dark, Zhu's army finally saw the main infantry force of the Yizhou Army.

Shi Zhuang led two thousand soldiers and five thousand palace soldiers to the city of Dongguang.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day was all day, and nothing happened.

The cavalry in Yizhou ran around the city. After a while, they would send a few loud voices to the city and shout a few words of persuasion to surrender. Of course, except for summoning a shooting of feather arrows, they would not get any other answers.

The same is true on the third day.

This surprised Zhu Jun very much.

For Yizhou people, time is still very tight.

Every extra day delay is more beneficial to the sea.

Could it be that the Yizhou Army is holding up any big moves? He can't guess it.

Digging tunnels? Impossible.

There are many water systems in Cangzhou, and the same is true for Dongguang. If you really want to dig a tunnel, you are afraid that it will not be too far away. It will either collapse or be poured back by water.

After being nervous, on the fourth day, he heard the sound of war drums under the city. Zhu Jun, who had been suffering for three days, breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, he was going to fight. The Yizhou Army was so abnormal that it really scared him.

The Yizhou cavalry circulated on both wings, and the infantry formation slowly advanced. What surprised Zhu Jun again was that the Yizhou army was not prepared to let the palace soldiers take the lead. The one who was walking in the front was actually the armored soldiers.

If something goes wrong, it will become a demon.

Under Zhu Jun's gaze, he indeed saw something unusual.

After the soldiers of Yizhou Army, their troops appeared.

And there were two extremely huge guys who appeared with the appearance of the mansion.

Hundreds of soldiers were surrounded by each big guy, shouting trumpets, and pushing them towards the city wall.

This is the reason why Shi Zhuang held it in Dongguang City for three days.

This is an extremely large trencher.

Stone-capping machines are not uncommon in the Tang Dynasty. Most of them use the torque of ropes to throw stones, but the thing that Yizhou soldiers took out is a bit outrageously large.

This is a large counterweight stone thrower designed by Li Ze himself.

This terrifying big guy can fire stone bullets weighing hundreds of kilograms.

All the accessories were made in Wuyi, and they were assembled and debugged after being shipped here. However, even such a task was done by the Yizhou Army for nearly two days. The remaining one day was to find enough stones.

In the army, there were naturally enough stonemasons, carpenters and other craftsmen.

Shi Zhuang looked at the Dongguang City Wall three hundred steps away with a smile. He wanted to see if the rammed earth wall opposite could withstand such a heavy bombardment.

Zhu Jun also stared at the two super big guys opposite him. He had seen the stone catapult before, but it was the first time he had seen such a big thing.

Under the city, the drums sounded rhythmically, and the three patrol drums sounded, accompanied by a loud bang, Zhu Jun saw the huge throwing arm of the stone throwing tool opposite suddenly raised, and a stone as big as a table flew towards the city with a roaring sound.

Everyone's eyes moved with the stone bomb flying in the air.

With a loud bang, the entire Dongguang City seemed to be shaking.

Zhu Jun staggered for a moment, almost not standing firmly. After the smoke and dust disappeared, he saw in fear that the Dongguang City Wall had collapsed for a long time. The city head that had just increased by tens of meters fell into the inside. Many soldiers who had no time to hide were now pressed down and crying at their parents.

Before Zhu's army could give orders, the roar under the city sounded again.

The second stone thrower began to attack again, and the stone bullets thrown this time were even bigger.

If the last shot was just a test shot, this attack would have officially begun.

Obviously, Shi Zhuang’s goal is the city wall.

The second stone bomb hit the middle and upper part of the city wall heavily, which was the old city wall of the past. After such a heavy blow, although the wall barely supported it, a huge crack appeared.

"There is a door!" Shi Zhuang looked at the shaking Dongguang City Wall, and laughed happily: "Optimize the city wall and keep bombarding until the city wall is knocked down."

Every half of the incense stick, two stone catapults would cause hundreds of pounds of stone bullets to hit the city walls. No matter how stupid Zhu Jun was, he knew that he would not be able to attack now.

If these two big guys are not killed, they will really smash the city walls alive.

Looking at the Henghai Mansion soldiers who came out of the city from the left and right gates and attacked in a roundabout way, Shi Zhuang's face smiled even stronger.
Chapter completed!