"We are not afraid to pay the price. If we keep Songcheng, we can pay any price." Yuan Huaifang said word by word, with a little anger in his eyes, as if he was blaming Yuan Wuwei for not understanding the meaning of Songcheng to Yuan.

"Bo Fang, I know the importance of Songcheng to us, but we will not give up easily when facing Xuzhou." Yuan Wuwei smiled bitterly, "Maybe we think our current strength can compete with Xuzhou. I think we may still underestimate the strength of Xuzhou."

"How can I see it?" Yuan Huaiqing asked in a deep voice.

"This can be seen from the degree of scout activity of the enemy's army and the frequent attacks of their small army in the past two days. The Xuzhou army can bear greater losses, and their tenacity is stronger than we expected." Yuan Wuwei sorted out his own ideas. "Let me give an example. The strong crossbowmen in the enemy's infantry are very professional, and they are very good at forming formations and changing formations. They are extremely powerful in dealing with our cavalry and infantry charges, causing us great losses. This should be just a performance of the enemy's army. Once they enter a state of a comprehensive decisive battle, I estimate that the Xuzhou army will have more killer weapons, so we have to be careful."

Yuan Wuwei's words made everyone present silent.

Indeed, the powerful crossbowmen of the Xuzhou Army brought great casualties to the Caizhou Army. It can be said that although the cavalry and infantry of the Caizhou Army firmly defended the Ximen area in the early stage, they paid a huge price.

In street battles, the threat brought by the enemy's powerful crossbowmen formed a formation is huge, especially the formation is extremely flexible. Three or five people can form a team, one or twenty people can form a formation, and even fifty people can form a formation, one or one hundred people can form a formation.

In different environments and at different times, attacks can be launched, and even ambushed, attracting people to attack and launching counterattacks, which also caused a lot of trouble for the Caizhou army.

"Well, is there any?" Yuan Huaiqing's face was quiet and he remained calm, but the solemn matter in his tone still made all the generals present feel a little depressed.

"There is also the strength of the Xuzhou army in siege equipment. Judging from the situation we have mastered in the Qingzhou battle, the Xuzhou army can quickly break the Qingzhou city, which is already considered a high city and thick walls. Its siege equipment is the first contribution, and this also means that the Xuzhou army can also use these equipment to come in handy in the battle with us, and we may pay a great price."

Since you want to say it, just say it thoroughly, Yuan Wuwei threw away his worries.

"There is also the magic power of the Xuzhou Army. Jiang Feng attaches great importance to magic power. When he was in Huainan, he searched for magic mages everywhere. After attacking Xu Yan, the magic power of the magic mages in the influence army and Taining army was plundered by him and was included in the magic material court under his command. It is said that the number of magic mages in the magic material court has reached nearly 200, which is more than twice our number. Although he has not heard of them as powerful masters and masters, it will be a matter of time before this trend. Perhaps his magic power may also bring us unexpected losses in this battle."

Yuan Wuwei's words were like a heavy stone pressing into the hearts of the generals.

It is no secret that Jiang Feng attaches great importance to magic power. In the battle of Wengangzha, the power of Huaiyou magic mage made great efforts, which made Nanyang lose all its efforts. Now Jiang Feng has conquered the city and captured Huainan, Xu Si, Yan Yun and Ping Lu, and wiped out the magic power of these places. Even if the magic power of the northern part is not as good as that of the southern part, how could there be few magic mages in more than ten states who are truly capable?

"Lao Qi, according to your opinion, what should we do? You can't give up Songcheng because of this, right?" Yuan Huaifang couldn't help but say.

"That's not true. I just think we need to be more cautious. We should consider giving full play to our advantages. For example, we are stronger than the enemy in the strength of senior officers and generals. We can make a fuss about this, lead the Dragon Bird Tail Group to launch a containment attack on the enemy's attack points, destroy the enemy's sharpness, and defeat the enemy's attacking spirit,..."

After hearing Yuan Wuwei's words, the generals' expressions improved slightly. This suggestion was very pertinent. This time, when I came to Songcheng, Yuan family, and the Zhao family, Xue family, and He family who were dependent on Yuan family, all sent elite figures from their own family. Although Zhao Yuanhuai died in battle, Zhao family still sent Zhao Yonghui to lead the team.

"Lao Qi's opinion is very important. If I expected it was correct, the enemy might have to launch an attack in the next two days. We must be prepared." Yuan Huaiqing's eyes finally closed off the map, and his face became colder. "Don't think Lao Qi is exaggerating. Huaifang and Yonghui, you have not really fought with the Xuzhou army. The current Xuzhou army is definitely not the Gushi army that year. They have strong combat power and can afford it. Compared with the situation in Gushi back then, it has been reversed."

"Then we..." Yuan Huaifang nodded.

"Make the most careful preparation, you can look at the map. In the line of Xicheng, the garrison stations are all here, what else is missing? For example, in Xiaoyuan Lane, the courtyard walls are low, and the temples here are very spacious. If I were the Xuzhou army, I would definitely regard this place as a breakthrough point; for example, in the Sujia Silk Village and Lijia Buxing, there is a Henglan here, and there is no wall in the middle of Henglan. Well, it turns out that a large family died of the plague, so after it was destroyed, the walls were all collapsed. Going east along this family, you can go to Daliu Street. If there is no restriction on equipment and magic, the enemy can penetrate through here with just one battalion, and we will be caught off guard. The staff we have arranged here is too thin,..."

Everyone's eyes gathered on the map, listening to Yuan Huaiqing's arrangements.

"Here, these two courtyards are so narrow that even if the bridge is destroyed, it doesn't make much sense. So it's better to leave this bridge. Yonghui takes people there tonight, set up two wings from these two wings overnight, place the heavy crossbow on it, and arrange for Mr. Xue and others to work hard on the bridge. They all need to set up magic bans, and also have a compound magic ban, and can also set up traps,..."

"Here, Wenling, you take people there. Set up three crossbows from the slope south, pay attention to concealing in the bushes on this slope, and set up posts to prevent enemy scouts from discovering it... Behind this archway, you must use cross-type heavy crossbows to block it. If I were the Xuzhou army, I might choose a cavalry assault. The terrain here is wide and it is difficult for us to block it. So at that time, Yuan Wenqing and the crossbowmen should set up an ambush here. The ground can be used by magicians on the ground, and they should be used at this time!"

When he said in a gushing manner, Yuan Huaiqing obviously took great pains. He obviously had to worry more about others and knew better about the strength of his opponents. However, he also understood that this battle must be fought. Losing Songcheng and only controlling several western counties would not be of much significance to the Yuan family, and losing Songzhou was something that the Yuan family could not accept.

To defend the west city, in addition to relying on soldiers to build up the streets and alleys, another factor is to rely on fortifications. Several elements of fortifications must be fully utilized. Only in this way can there be a chance to defend them.

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"The Yuan family's magic power is not weak. In these streets and all kinds of magic traps are indispensable, especially some key nodes and key locations. I guess they will set up a large number of magic prohibitions and traps, and of course, various equipment are indispensable."

Chai Yong was also arranging offensive tactics. Liu Yansi and Wang Shouxin were not familiar with the Caizhou army. Moreover, this kind of street fighting in the city was not very good at the northern generals. Chai Yong was the master of the group, so he acted as the arranger of strategy and tactics.

Several infantry commanders were already standing next to the sand table.

Compared to maps, the sand table is more intuitive than a little.

However, the cost of a sand table is many times higher than that of a map. Not every city can come up with a tactical sand table, but Songcheng is an exception.

Even so, the sand table in Songcheng can only be said to be unsatisfactory. After all, no one can do it like the entire Songcheng how to make a sand table that is completely consistent. However, if combined with the map, the intuitiveness will be much stronger.

"The terrain here in Dameifang is open, and our cavalry can fight to the edge of the city wall. The Caizhou army will not fail to consider it. They will definitely have targeted defenses, such as bed crossbows, heavy crossbows, magic traps, etc., but we can first use armored vehicles modified from the baggage truck to launch an attack to trigger an enemy's attack, and then use strong crossbows to suppress it and implement breakthroughs. After the situation is opened, we will use cavalry to launch an attack and catch the enemy off guard..."

"The big arch bridge should also be the focus of competition between the two sides. The ditches are very shallow and have no big impact. The Caizhou army has not demolished this arch bridge. What do you think is the reason? Yes, they think the ditches are too shallow and cannot stop our penetration breakthrough, so they deliberately keep the bridge to attract us to break through the arch bridge, and this can also provide targets for their long-range strike weapons, such as heavy crossbows and catapults, and also provide a stage for their magic traps and restrictions. If it were me, they would do this,... Of course, we will not let them do it as they wish,... The opposite is the best,..."

The atmosphere in the hall was sometimes serious and sometimes relaxed. The commanders and commanders from batch to batch took their orders and left, and the magicians also sent representatives to listen.

They need to figure out where the opponent's magician will make moves, and they will give a strategy for how to deal with it and how they are ready to participate in the attack.
Chapter completed!