A lowly soldier becomes king, I slaughter my way through the late Tang Dynasty!

Zhao Kuangyin shouted loudly.

His eyes gleamed with a sharp light, giving him a kind of beauty that suggested he had just become enlightened.

Under the watchful eyes of Chen Xiaoniu and the others, Zhao Kuangyin exclaimed with delight.

"General, I understand why you allowed Feihukou to call for help!"

You want to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements, so that the main force of the Weizhou army is drawn away from Weixian city and can fight in the field, not in a siege!

Our objective has never been Feihu Pass, but the Weizhou Army!

A hint of relief appeared in Li Rui's eyes.

"It's good that Yuen Long can grasp the essence of it."

Zhao Kuangyin was like a child being praised by his father.

He scratched his head and let out a silly chuckle.

It seems they've completely forgotten.

He and Li Rui are the same age.

clap clap!

Li Rui clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention back.

"The purpose of our trip is to train our troops. If we can have a large-scale field battle, the effect will be the best."

Previously, the Weizhou army was stationed near Weixian County. Even if we captured Feihu Pass, we would ultimately have to fight a siege.

Siege warfare results in heavy casualties and poor troop training, so I deliberately besieged Feihu Pass without attacking, allowing them to call for reinforcements.

Now, most of the Weizhou army has been transferred away from the city and is on its way. This is our opportunity!

This is Li Rui's explanation.

It was meant for Chen Xiaoniu and the others.

Although they lack the strategic mindset of figures like Zhao Kuangyin and Zeng Feng, Li Rui can teach them whatever he can.

Chen Xiaoniu and the other two nodded, a thoughtful look flashing in each of their eyes.

Li Rui said in a deep voice.

"The final assault is scheduled for tonight."

The generals' faces hardened, and they all shouted.

"Here you go!"

……

evening.

On the towering cliffs on both sides of Feihu Pass.

Zeng Feng had been waiting for two days with a hundred men.

The forest was teeming with mosquitoes, making their lives extremely difficult.

"Commander, when will the general launch the attack?"

One of his men swatted a mosquito and couldn't help but ask a question.

Zeng Feng frowned.

"Enough talk. The general has ordered us to remain here as a diversionary force, so let's all keep to ourselves and await the sound of the general attack!"

After saying that, Zeng Feng asked another question.

"I ordered you to search everywhere for flammable materials. How much did you find?"

"There's plenty! We've collected a huge pile of dry branches and leaves from the mountains. We're guaranteed to set half of Flying Fox Mouth ablaze the moment the drums sound!"

"Where's the flag?"

"It's already skewered with sticks, ready at any time."

"Very good. Let the brothers rest more. At this crucial moment, we must not make any mistakes!"

"Here you go!"

at the same time.

On the Feihu Pass.

Zheng Tong has become numb.

"Do you think the Jin army actually numbers 30,000? If so, why haven't they made a move yet?"

The deputy general was also completely baffled.

"Judging from the situation in the past few days, even if it's not 30,000, it's at least 7,000 or 8,000."

If they launch a full-scale attack, we will suffer heavy casualties and find it difficult to hold out, but they just won't fight.

Zheng Tong was about to speak.

A strong wave of drowsiness washed over me, and I started yawning incessantly.

Yawning is contagious.

Seeing this, the lieutenant also joined in the fight.

His gaze drifted towards the top of the city wall.

The defending soldiers were already slumped over, asleep in their armor.

The sentry on duty was also drowsy and slouching.

The lieutenant wanted to tell them to cheer up.

Suddenly, a snoring sound came from beside me!

Take a look.

Zheng Tong actually fell asleep!

The lieutenant, helpless, forced his eyelids open, desperately fighting off sleepiness.

no way.

The Jin army suddenly arrived at the city gates, claiming to number 30,000.

They number only six hundred, and haven't fought a war in many years.

I was both shocked and terrified!

As soon as he closed his eyes, he imagined that there were so many Jin soldiers surrounding him at his feet.

Who can sleep?

For the past few days, I've been barely able to stay awake and only managed to get a short nap when I was completely exhausted.

It's already the sixth day.

The Jin army continued to beat drums and gongs, showing no intention of attacking.

After being tense for so long, everyone inevitably relaxed a bit.

Once you relax, you naturally feel sleepy.

The deputy general calculated the time and realized that the reinforcements from Weizhou should be arriving soon.

Tomorrow afternoon, or the early morning of the day after tomorrow.

almost!

Once the support arrives, they can finally relax completely.

Thinking of this, the deputy general felt a little more invigorated.

however.

At that very moment.

A sentry, with his eyes half-closed, was urinating in the corner.

After I finished urinating, I shivered all over.

As he lifted his eyelids, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed by!

"Um?"

The sentry looked bewildered, squinting as he examined the area closely.

This glance had a significant impact.

The mountainside, which should have been deserted, was suddenly illuminated by the moonlight, revealing a large expanse of silvery light!

This is moonlight reflected from the armor!

The mountainside was filled with armored Jin soldiers!

The sentry shuddered violently!

It was shaking much more violently than before when I was shivering from needing to pee.

He opened his mouth wide and made several "ah ah" sounds before finally shouting out loud.

"The Jin army is advancing! The Jin army is advancing!"

He let out that scream.

The scene caused a commotion on the city wall!

The lieutenant suddenly stood up, squinted hard, and looked down.

Zheng Tong's snoring stopped abruptly.

In his panic, the man instinctively tried to run away!

Fortunately, the lieutenant shouted in time.

"General, the Jin army has really arrived!"

Zheng Tong was still shaken.

"Where? Where? Quick, wake everyone up!"

Chaos erupted on the city wall as the awakened defenders huddled together, looking down the mountain.

at the same time.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw the torches flickering on the pass, he knew that the area had been exposed.

He stopped sneaking closer and instead shouted.

"Shieldbearers! Charge!"

The soldiers in the front row immediately raised their round shields with both hands, tilting them to protect their heads.

They wore light leather armor, which offered little protection but made them fast.

Holding their shields, they ran wildly!

In a short period of time, they managed to advance the battle line by dozens of meters!

Until this point.

The garrison at Feihu Pass hastily assembled their archers.

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows!"

Zheng Tong shouted loudly.

Sparse arrows were shot down toward the pass.

however.

I don't know if it was because I didn't get enough rest or because I was too flustered.

More than half of these arrows fell to the ground before they even reached the heads of the Restoration Army soldiers.

The remaining small portion was mostly blocked by the round shield.

The damage caused is almost zero.

In the darkness, Zheng Tong couldn't see how effective this barrage of arrows would be.

But the armor plates shimmering in the moonlight were getting closer and closer!

"Keep shooting!"

Arrows rained down in waves.

It finally caused some casualties.

Muffled groans and screams echoed from within the Restoration Army's formation.

Fortunately, all the soldiers were wearing armor, so even when they were hit, they were not seriously injured.

Zhao Kuangyin was panting, and sweat dripped from his hand gripping the long sword.

It's not from being tired.

It was my first time playing as a striker, and I was excited!

Li Rui entrusted him with this important task, and Zhao Kuangyin was eager to show his skills!

"Keep advancing! The general said that when we get within a hundred paces, the defending troops will panic!"

The new recruits were just as nervous as the garrison at Feihu Pass.

In truth, the new recruits were not as good as the garrison troops.

After all, the defending troops had been through battles before, but they hadn't seen bloodshed in recent years.

And at this time.

This demonstrates the role of a general.

On the side of the Restoration Army, Zhao Kuangyin was born to lead troops.

Even though he was extremely excited, he remained calm in his behavior.

The soldiers saw this and naturally became calm as well.

And the garrison at Feihu Pass.

Upon seeing his own general Zheng Tong, he jumped up and down in a frenzy.

One minute they're demanding arrows be fired, the next they're demanding rolling logs be thrown.

Before we knew it.

They themselves lost their composure.

And at this very moment.

Li Rui, who was sitting at the foot of the mountain, slowly got up.

"Yuen Long is within a hundred paces. Sound the drums for the final assault and notify Tsang Fung to provide support."