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The main reason is that no one is available!
If you want to check and balance Li Xiao, you must have a master of the same level who can contain Li Xiao.
Therefore, there are too many people to recruit, and people will sneak in in disguise. The more people on your side, the easier it is for the other party to do things.
Suddenly, just as the two of them were contemplating, a huge boulder flew from the sky.
"My lord, get down!"
Someone shouted anxiously.
Li Yuan just bent down.
"boom!"
The boulder hit the city wall, killing many archers.
Fortunately, Li Yuan and Xu Zian were lucky, the boulder just passed by, but it also caused a lot of damage to them.
"It's over..."
Li Yuan got up and looked at the densely packed Qinzhou soldiers under the city wall, his face ashen.
There were not enough arrows, and the catapults were not destroyed.
This is bound to be a bloody battle.
It's really unknown who will win the deer...
Soon, it was evening.
Another day of high-intensity siege battles.
At this time, you can see that many places on the city wall of Leizhou City have been occupied by Qinzhou soldiers.
Although Leizhou soldiers fought bravely, they wanted to drive the enemy back.
But there is a steady stream of Qinzhou soldiers climbing up through the ladder.
The fighting was dire.
It is also a common thing to kill people until they are soft.
The battle has been fought so far, it is completely desperate.
"My lord, get out of here!"
"Go! This place is about to fall!"
Some generals kept roaring loudly.
Li Yuan shouted with grief and indignation: "Fight to the end! We must not lose the city wall!"
He couldn't imagine that once the city wall fell, the Leizhou City would almost be gone.
Years of painstaking efforts were ruined.
Even life is not guaranteed...
Such a result was unacceptable to him.
"Li Xiao!"
Li Yuanze's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"
"My lord, don't worry."
Xu Zian suddenly said: "I think Leizhou City can't be lost, just don't worry."
"Mister still expects Li Xiao to help me?" Li Yuanze said angrily, "If it wasn't for him, how could Leizhou City have fallen to such a state?"
"Leizhou City was captured by Qinzhou, which is of no benefit to Li Xiao..."
Halfway through Xu Zian's words, he suddenly pointed to the distant sky and said, "Look, my lord, isn't he making a move?"
Li Yuan looked intently, only to see thick smoke billowing from the distant horizon.
"that place……"
Li Yuan said with a look of surprise: "It's the camp in Qinzhou! Did Li Xiao send someone to burn their food and grass?"
……
At this time, Ning Yuanpei, who was directing the battle in front, suddenly felt moved, and turned his head to look behind.
In sight, thick smoke billowed from the direction of the camp several miles behind.
His pupils shrank.
"My lord is not good!"
Someone rushed over in a hurry.
"I saw!"
Ning Yuanpei frowned and said, "What's going on? Is there a fire in the rear?"
"My lord, it's food!"
The visitor said in a panic: "Our food and grass have been burned!"
Chapter 371: Snipe and Clam Fight
"what?!"
Ning Yuanpei choked for breath and almost fainted.
"What's going on?"
He asked sharply: "How important is food and grass, how can it be easily burned? Could it be that our team has been mixed with spies?"
"My lord, it's not spies, but a black-clothed team who set the fire, about 30 people, all of them are highly skilled, and left quickly after setting the fire. Our people chased it for a while and then lost it." Shen Sheng said.
"Li Yuanze! It must be him!"
Ning Yuanpei gritted his teeth angrily.
With such a powerful master, how could there be as many as 30 people in Leizhou City?
Now he was extremely angry and jealous at the same time.
Because of such a master, he actually didn't have many in Qinzhou.
Even including Ning Qianjun, it is only five fingers.
After pondering for a moment, Ning Yuanpei gave an order: "Send the order, no matter what the cost, we must capture Leizhou City before sunrise tomorrow!"
Now, food and grass are burned.
It is tantamount to cutting off their retreat.
Either capture Leizhou City before the food carried by the soldiers is exhausted.
or...
Now mobilize all troops to retreat and stop losses in time.
Waiting for the next wave of grain and grass to arrive.
At that time, I will be thinking about Leizhou City.
Obviously, once the troops are withdrawn, the previous efforts will be in vain.
Ning Yuanpei thought he could take a gamble.
Anyway, after this battle, both sides suffered heavy losses.
Even if Leizhou City cannot be captured by then, no one will be able to chase him down.
Thinking of this, the word "Qiongzhou" flashed subconsciously in Ning Yuanpei's mind.
But he was denied in an instant.
What combat power can Qiongzhou have?
Ning Yuanpei thought about many kinds of subsequent developments in the battle situation, and felt more and more that his choice was right.
It's time to fight back!
……
city wall.
"Haha, Li Xiao, an insidious guy, actually burned their food and grass, so it's time for Ning Yuanpei to retreat!"
Li Yuan smiled happily at this time.
But Xu Zian next to him still frowned.
Seeing this, Li Yuan asked doubtfully, "Sir, what's the matter?"
"My lord, I'm worried..."
"kill!"
"Tamp down Leizhou City!"
Before Xu Zian finished speaking, there were bursts of shouts outside the city.
It seems that the momentum of the enemy army is stronger than before.
"what's the situation?"
Li Yuan quickly leaned on the city wall and looked forward, frowning slightly: "Is this Ning Yuanpei crazy?"
It can be seen that the Qinzhou soldiers outside the city rushed towards Leizhou City as if they were crazy.
The dense crowd of figures makes one's scalp tingle.
"Oh... that's right."
Xu Zian sighed and continued: "The food and grass are burned, leaving even less time for them to attack the city. If they don't work hard, they will starve to death outside the city."
"So..." Li Yuanze's face was very ugly, "Ning Yuanpei is going to fight me to the death?"
Xu Zian nodded, and said slowly: "At present, it seems to be so."
"Damn!"
Li Yuan slapped the city wall angrily, and said angrily: "I knew that Li Xiao, an insidious guy, wouldn't make it easy for me. He just wanted to play me to death!"
After a pause, he hurriedly looked at Xu Zian and asked, "Sir, what good strategy do you have at this moment to reduce the casualties of our army?"
"My lord, I'm afraid it's impossible to reduce casualties."
Xu Zian said thoughtfully: "Li Xiao's strength is too strong. He wants to hurt both of us. What we do is probably useless."
"but……"
After a pause, Xu Zian continued: "My lord, don't be too impatient. Even if the Qinzhou army invades the city, this place is our home field, and we are more familiar with everything in the city."
"Once the city wall can no longer be defended, the prince will immediately order to abandon this place and transfer the battlefield to the city."
"The prince only needs to arrange some traps and ambushes in the streets and alleys in advance. As long as people from Qinzhou enter the city, they will be gradually eaten away by our army."
"At that time, let's go all out and drive them out of the city."
Hearing this, Li Yuan sighed: "That's the only way to go, I don't know how much my [-] Leizhou army can survive..."
"Why bother, my lord?"
Xu Zian smiled and said: "The soldiers are gone, they can be recruited again, the important thing is the weapons and armor, and they can't take these away."
Li Yuan said with a wry smile: "Listening to what Mr. said, it seems that the situation is not so bad."
"Therefore, the prince needs to maintain a good state of mind. When leading troops to fight, it is best not to be emotional. This will make you make wrong judgments."
"Been taught a lesson!"
Li Yuanze expressed gratitude, cupped his fists towards Xu Zian, and bowed slightly...
In the blink of an eye, three days have passed.
At this time, the city wall of Leizhou was already devastated and dilapidated.
There are traces of catapults everywhere, and there are caves in every other place.