“What should we do?” Fei Yun asked nervously.
Ye Cheng drew a few times on the map with his finger, "Although Xiao Tian is powerful, he has a fatal weakness."
"What weakness?"
"He is too confident, thinking that we can really only rescue from the north gate."
"So he concentrated all his troops there. Here, the defense must be weak in other directions. "
Fei Yun's eyes lit up, "What do you mean?"
"The troops are divided into four directions, and rescue is carried out from the east, west, north and south at the same time."
Fei Yun had a bad feeling when he heard this. It would not be easy to separate the troops for a long-distance attack.
During the reign of the First Emperor, a general named Yang did this when he fought with Rongguo. The result of that battle was that the four armies were defeated by the enemy...
Even the general who commanded the battle died on the battlefield.
"General, do you think this is a bit inappropriate for your humble position?"
Ye Cheng smiled confidently, "I know what happened in the previous dynasty. That's because the soldiers he commanded were not from the same place. They were all transferred from various places."
"And we, all local soldiers in Yangzhou, cooperate tacitly, and the chance of winning by dividing our troops is not low."
"As long as the troops attacking from the other three directions except the north gate have to start early, we can win."
After all, those who attack the other three gates need to cross mountains and ridges, but those who attack the north gate do not need to do this.
"As long as we can launch an attack at the same time, Xiao Tian will lose sight of one thing."
Speaking of which, since there are no immortal cultivators stationed in Yangzhou, Anxin's Green Snake Army has not yet come over in Jiangzhou. Thanks to this, Ye Cheng cannot directly use immortal magic.
Otherwise, the heaven will really punish him.
"Fei Yun, you go and inform the various reinforcements to hold a meeting tomorrow, and I will personally arrange the specific attack plan."
The next day, after Ye Cheng completed the arrangements, he immediately started taking action.
The 20,000 men of the Northern Route Army were led by Ye Cheng himself.
The 20,000 people in the Southern Route Army were led by Zhang Wen, a famous local general in Yangzhou.
The 20,000 people in the West Route Army were led by Wei Zhishi, the old brother of Feilong Guard in Yecheng.
10,000 people on the east road were led by Su Qing, Fei Yun's cronies.
The three armies from the east, west and south set off first. An hour later, Yecheng also set off.
Because Xiao Tian sent out sentries forty miles away from the military camp.
Before Yecheng's operation began, he discovered all the movements of Yan Jun.
"Besieged on all sides, right? Duke Ye really thinks highly of me..."
"The order is passed down. Each of the three gates, east, west and south will send 10,000 more troops to the north gate, and then hold the camp and not go out to fight."
Zhou Shen looked at Xiao Tian in confusion, "General, why are you doing this?" Ordinary people would be punished by heaven for doing so. "
"As long as we defeat the Yecheng road, the other roads will naturally not be afraid."
On the north road, Yecheng's troops had just arrived near Wancheng, and the scouts who were scouting the road in front hurried over.
"General, we found tens of thousands of enemy troops waiting in front."
"What?"
Ye Cheng looked at the scout in confusion, "It's absolutely true, General. If I count, there are at least 50,000 people."
"Capture the king first? Do I really underestimate you?"
Ye Cheng glanced at the 20,000 troops behind him and sighed.
He knew very well that this army could not defeat Xiao Tian's main force.
Hence, the plan of encirclement on all sides has been considered a failure at this point.
"Send the order, withdraw the troops."
Ye Cheng returned to Yangzhou City with the remaining troops and sighed, "I really underestimated Xiao Tian."
Fei Yun couldn't believe it, "Even you were defeated?"
Ye Cheng smiled bitterly, "Yes, we failed. The plan was discovered and cracked. If we really fight, it will be a disastrous defeat."
As he said that, the other three groups also came back. Because Ye Cheng retreated quickly, the other groups realized something was wrong and retreated in time.
Hence, although we failed this time, the loss was not big.
"Brother, what should we do next? The impact of today's defeat on Wancheng is not small."
Ye Cheng nodded, "The reason for the failure of this battle is that I underestimated the enemy, but..."
Speaking of which, because of his growing strength, Ye Cheng has not used his brain to fight the enemy for a long time.
This time, Ye Cheng had to thank Xiao Tian for helping him recall the importance of tactics and military strategy.
Although...in today's magical world where humans, demons and immortals coexist, military tactics are indeed of little use.
But, at least when dealing with Xiao Tian this time, those things were useful again.
"Master Fei, I will go to Wancheng tonight, and we will talk about the rescue after I come back from Wancheng."
"Yes,"
Fei Yun said with a cup of his hand.
A moment later, at the top of Wancheng City.
Ye Cheng's figure suddenly appeared on the tower, and the golden light disappeared in a flash.
Wang Jiang, who was on patrol at night, was almost frightened and fell off the city wall.
「General Ye?」
Wang Jiang rubbed his eyes, afraid that he had seen it wrong.
Ye Cheng smiled slightly, "It's not okay for a general to be so surprised."
Ye Cheng's voice was particularly clear in the night wind.
Hence Dong Hai heard the noise and hurried over. After giving a salute, Dong Hai hurriedly asked, "General Ye, why are you here?"
Ye Cheng looked at the tired expressions of the two people and felt a little guilty.
Hearing this, Wang Jiang and Dong Hai's eyes suddenly lit up, "Reinforcements?"
"Yes, reinforcements, there are about 80,000 people, right?"
Ye Cheng said calmly, as if this was really an ordinary thing.
「80,000?」
Dong Hai took a breath of cold air.
"Then adding our Wancheng garrison, wouldn't there be more people than Xiao Tian's people?"
Ye Cheng nodded.
Hand in, you two, Wancheng is high and deep, and you can hold on for several days even without reinforcements."
Dong Hai nodded, yes, Wancheng was almost defeated today because Yecheng was defeated today.
As a result, the people in the city were dispersed and the entire army was on passive defense. Even so, Xiao Tian was unable to attack.
But now, the morale in the city has been boosted, and Xiao Tian is even more in trouble.
"General, we listen to you."
h "Okay, I order you to hold on until the day after tomorrow. If reinforcements have not arrived by then, you can break out on your own."
h "Not only will I not blame you, I will also send people. I'll take care of you."
After hearing this, the two men immediately clapped their chests and promised, "Don't worry, General, we will hold on until the end of the day!"
Ye Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and then used the Five Elements Escape Technique to leave Wancheng.
Wang Jiang and Dong Hai stood at the top of the city, unable to recover for a long time.
"Old Dong, am I dreaming? Why did I see the Duke just now?"