"Cunxiao, personally arrange for a troop of soldiers to guard this courtyard. Don't let these small fries disturb Mistress Cai and Lady Zhao Ji. In addition, you also sent someone to send some food, wine, and meat over.”
Dong Song hopped onto the horse as soon as she finished speaking.
Riding on his warhorse, Dong Song turned his head to glance at Cai Yan before galloping off into the distance.
"This old man is really angry. This old man has never seen such a rude and overbearing disciple.”
"Father, don't be angry. Please take care of yourself.”
Cai Yong waved his hand at Cai Yan, then turned around and returned to his room in a huff.
After watching Cai Yong leave, Cai Yan turned his gaze towards the direction where Dong Song had disappeared.
"Feng Qiuhuang!"
The corners of his mouth carried a smile as he muttered, Cai Yan's face could not help turning red again.
Dong Song rode his horse back to the county government office in Xinshi City. Soon, Dong Song threw his romantic feelings aside.
"After Yan Zheng became a turtle in a jar, he would only have a way to survive if he took down the new city. Therefore, once Yan Zheng was in danger, he might make two choices. The first is to surrender to us and hand over your fate to us. The second was to take down the new city as quickly as possible.”
Jia Xu glanced at Dong Song and continued,""I think Yan Zheng will choose the second option, because the soldiers he has are far superior to ours. Fortunately, the city walls of the new city are tall, and the mayor won't ignore us, so it shouldn't be too difficult for us to defend the new city.”
"I don't think defense is the best way.”
" Although the city walls of Xin City are tall, there aren't many defensive weapons in the city," Dong Song said while stroking his chin." Besides, we're cavalrymen and aren't good at defense. So if we were to be trapped in the new city, the vanguard under my command would probably suffer a lot of casualties.”
Dong Song's words were not groundless, because the vanguard's weapons were mainly spears and short knives. Only 300 soldiers were equipped with bows and crossbows, while 100 soldiers were equipped with crossbows.
This kind of equipment configuration was somewhat disadvantageous in a city defense battle.
The best equipment to defend a city was a bow and arrow, followed by a sword and shield, and finally a spear.
Of course, Dong Song could use the system store to exchange for a large number of longbows and arrows, or even powerful ballistae. These items did not require too many Merit Points.
However, the use of longbows and ballistae was not something that could be easily mastered. It required long periods of training.
Another reason was that there were only 2,000 cavalry in the vanguard.
2,000 people defended the city, and 18,000 attacked. This meant that once the battle started, Dong Song would not have enough reserve troops. Without reserve troops, once the defense line on the city wall was torn open, the gap would only grow bigger and bigger.
The vanguard was cavalry, not good at infantry.
One could imagine what would happen if the defense line on the city wall was torn open. The vanguard army fought the Yellow Turban army on the city wall, even if the quality and equipment of the Yellow Turban army were far inferior to the vanguard army, even if Dong Zhuo could lead the army to arrive in time. The vanguard army would also suffer huge losses.
"Then what do you mean, General?"
"Attack!"
"Attack?"
"That's right. Cavalry are best at attacking. As long as our horses can run, the Yellow Turban Army will be helpless.”
At this point, Dong Song glanced at Jia Xu." Go and collect some thunder stone wood now. I'll leave 500 people to guard the city wall, just in case. I will personally lead 1,500 cavalrymen out of the new city to engage the Yellow Turban Army in a field battle.”
Jia Xu looked down the city.
The new city was different from Upper Qu Yang. There was a large forest outside Upper Qu Yang, and the forest was not conducive to the cavalry's attack.
Outside the new city was a smooth road. The terrain here was flat and very suitable for cavalry to attack.
"The terrain outside Xinshi City is conducive to cavalry attacks. In addition, there are few archers and cavalry in the Yellow Turban army, so General's plan is feasible.”
On the other side, while Dong Zhuo led his troops to the foot of Niuyin Mountain, Yan Zheng finally received news of the fall of New City.
"Bang!"
Yan Zheng smashed a vase on the ground and stood up angrily.
"The officials and bandits are really too cunning!"
Yan Zheng was furious, causing the generals to tremble in fear. They didn't know what to do now.
"Gather all the soldiers and follow me back to the new city. We must take back the new city in the shortest time possible.”
"General, if we go back to the new city, what should we do in Quyang?”
Yan Zheng was stunned for a moment. Finally, he sighed and said,"The city walls of Upper Qu Yang are low, and there is a lack of food in the city. If we don't take back the new city, our supplies will be cut off, and we will only be defeated if we defend Upper Qu Yang.”
At this point, Yan Zheng's tone changed and his voice suddenly became cold.
"Leave Shang Qu Yang to the officials and bandits for now. One day, I will lead my troops to take back Shang Qu Yang.”
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