Chapter 591: Confrontation

In Chuzhou, the army led by Lu Fei has been stationed here for five days.
According to Xiao Ming's order, he would now besiege Chuzhou instead of attacking, and attract Wei Wang's army to come to rescue to make Jinling City empty, thus preparing Ye Qingyun to take Jinling City in one fell swoop.
"General, the horse traps around the camp have been dug." Bai Mu said when he walked into the camp.
After passing the city of Pengzhou, Weidi's terrain is basically the same as that of Pingchuan. Now their camp is on a flat map and the surrounding area is very empty, which is extremely easy to be targeted by cavalry.
So after being stationed, Lu Fei asked the soldiers to dig the horse pit to prevent a surprise attack by King Wei's cavalry.
Now getting deeper and deeper into the hinterland of Wei Di, Lu Fei's spirit also became tense, because he knew that King Wei's soldiers still did not appear, and these soldiers were the real trump cards of King Wei.
These troops include 30,000 cavalry, 8,000 musketeers, and a huge number of traditional cold weapon units. If Wei Wang got anxious, throwing these troops into the Chuzhou battlefield would really be enough for them to drink a pot.
After all, even he can't guarantee victory in this situation, because of this, he is so cautious.
After Baimu finished the report, a scout in charge of investigation hurriedly entered the camp. He said to Lu Fei: "General, another 30,000 cavalrymen are coming to Chuzhou City. At the same time, there are a large number of infantrymen behind the cavalry. 10,000 or so."
As soon as he said this, Lu Fei’s face turned green, and he comforted himself:
Bai Mu, have you seen it? This time we are the main task. This shows that your Royal Highness trusts him very much. Ye Qingyun is not enough. , Can only do something sneaky."
Bai Mu rolled his eyes and said, "General, King Wei seems to be preparing to fight our backs this time. The only cavalry in Wei Di has been dispatched."
"What are you afraid of? Didn't you dug trenches and trapped horses?" Lu Fei said.
While the two were talking, the city gate of Chuzhou City suddenly opened, and a group of infantrymen dressed in armor, a shield in their left hand and a horizontal knife in their right hand rushed out from the gate.
And these soldiers were followed by archers wearing green linings. After leaving the city, these soldiers immediately formed a battlefield. At this time, every soldier had a serious expression.
The unexpected movement of the Chuzhou defenders attracted the attention of the Southern Expedition Army. At this time, Lu Fei walked out of the camp and picked up the telescope to look at the Chuzhou Army 700 meters away.
"Everyone, the Chuzhou defenders stayed behind closed doors for many days. They suddenly stood out for battle today. It seems that King Wei is really ready to fight a tough battle with us in Chuzhou this time."
Luo Xin also walked over at this time and said: "General, this change in Chuzhou is bound to be fraudulent. Although King Wei is incompetent, there are still some outstanding generals in Wei Di. This battle cannot be taken lightly."
Lu Fei pondered for a while, he said, "Are they going to use a human wall to resist the guns, and then the archers will shoot us again after they approach us?"
"Well, what the general said is reasonable. They figured out the range and power of our firearms at the Battle of Pengzhou and the Battle of Huaizhou, and they might have a way to deal with it this time." Luo Hong said.
Lu Fei nodded, "But they too underestimated our firearms, let the soldiers line up, Luo Xin, change grape bullets."
"Yes." Everyone led away.
At this time, Xiao Han and Chuzhou Governor Chen Wei stood on the wall of Chuzhou City, looking at Xiao Han, the camp of the Southern Crusade Army, and said, "Has the Southern Crusade Army not attacked?"
Chen Wei said: "His Royal Highness, the general will think that they are besieging rather than attacking to contain the army of Jinling City and other states. The really dangerous army may be the army of Yangzhou."
"Jinling City is solid, and Yangzhou and Tongzhou are isolated and helpless. How can they attack Jinling City before they can defend the city?" Xiao Lianlin laughed.
Chen Wei's expression was a little embarrassed, he said; "His Royal Highness is definitely not the last alarmist. This king Qi has always used his troops out of order, and he might take risks."
Xiao Han was a little impatient, he didn't want to fight at all, but this time King Wei committed a demon, and asked him to personally lead his troops to support Chuzhou City, and let him be responsible for defeating the southern expedition led by Lu Fei.
"Needless to say, there is a father in Jinling City, so there will be no mistakes. Now we still want to think about how to solve the current southern expedition, otherwise we will not be able to explain to the father."
Chen Wei responded. He looked towards the Southern Crusade Camp and said: "The power of the Southern Crusade is its firearms. The infantry suffers a lot from fighting with them. Therefore, the general is going to adopt a mixed attack with infantry and archers, and at the same time the cavalry will make a surprise attack. The strategy of defeating the Southern Army."
"This time I brought 30,000 elite cavalry, plus the local garrison and 100,000 soldiers should have no problem dealing with them." Xiao Han asked.
"If you cooperate properly, there should be no problem." Chen Wei pondered for a moment, "but at the end I think it's best not to take the initiative to attack."
Xiao Han said: "Do you think I want to? Father is as crazy now, let me defeat the Southern Army this time, kill Xiao Ming's spirit, and stop the war with a fight, hey."
Chen Wei's expression was a little gloomy when he heard this. Even though the Southern Army had only forty to fifty thousand people, he didn't believe that you could defeat Xiao Ming with King Wei's army, because only the morale was incomparable among soldiers.
These soldiers are more than enough to defend the city but not enough to attack.
It's just that since Xiao Han has given the order ~EbookFREE.me~, he can only bite the bullet, but he hasn't ordered yet. At this time, soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army came out of the camp and came towards the city gate.
At this time, Luo Hong led the soldiers from the three-meter-wide passage on the trenches and ran across the trenches towards the gate of Chuzhou City. The trenches they dug were not continuous. Every 100 meters there were three-meter-long areas that were not dug. These places are mainly guarded by infantry in order to concentrate their forces to annihilate the cavalry. After analysis, Lu Fei believes that the purpose of the Chuzhou Army is to use the infantry as a human wall, the archers are consumed, and finally the cavalry attack.
So after discussing, they decided to adopt a strategy of defeating the cavalry to lure the cavalry out of the city.
The 700-meter road is not far away for the soldiers, and Luo Hong led 10,000 soldiers in a phalanx to advance slowly.
As they advanced, there were more and more infantry outside Chuzhou City. They were divided into three parts: left, middle and right, facing them neatly. "The Southern Expedition Army looks down on people too much. Do 10,000 people want to defeat us?" Xiao Han mocked. This time they sent 20,000 infantrymen. The 30,000 cavalrymen in the city have already assembled and they can rush out of the city gate to fight at any time. As the soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army gradually moved away from the camp, he showed a cruel smile. In his opinion, the generals of the Southern Expeditionary Army were nothing more than that.