Chen Youliang was guarding the rear.
Looking at the front line charging forward, he could not help but frown.
The generals behind him looked worried.
After yesterday's sneak attack, they clearly felt the difficulty of this siege.
Chen Youliang's troops were all navy troops and were good at attacking cities and seizing land.
Without the advantage of the cannons, their combat power would plummet.
Chen Youliang stared at Zhu Wenzheng on the city wall and said angrily,
"Pass down my decree. Take down Hongdu at all costs!”
With a single order, the three armies heard it clearly!
The generals did not say anything else. After receiving the order, they charged in the direction of Hongdu in the distance.
Although his aura was very strong, they were all very clear.
Such a senseless charge would double the losses!
The 300,000-strong army poured in like mercury.
Looking down from above, the area below Hongdu City was densely packed.
Chen Youliang's army was already rubbing shoulders with each other.
The mighty army approached the city.
The siege weapon, the scaling ladder, pushed down one, and another was set up.
The scaling ladders used by the 300,000 strong army were countless.
Zhu Wenzheng saw this and ordered,"Water the kerosene!" Burn this ladder!"
The defenders immediately took action upon hearing the order.
He poured kerosene onto the ladder.
After confirming it, he lit a fire.
Under the guidance of the kerosene, the flames burned down.
Chen Youliang's army, which was still climbing up, instantly became the target of the flames.
"Fire!"
"It's out of the water!"
"Run!"
The moment some soldiers saw the fire, they chose to jump deeper.
He jumped down from the ladder and fell into the crowd.
The person who had been set on fire moved his hands away in pain.
As he fell, he passed the flames to the people around him.
For a moment, wails filled the air below the city wall.
The flames instantly spread out!
Zhu Wen, who was on the city wall, shouted,"Fire!"”
For a moment, arrows rained down.
Then, from above, they fired round after round, continuously harvesting the lives of Chen Youliang's army.
A ladder was burned down, and Chen Youliang's army pushed another ladder up against the arrow rain.
The defenders on the city did the same thing, pouring kerosene and starting a fire.
With this, Chen Youliang's army was being consumed at a crazy rate.
The scaling ladder would be burned down as soon as it was built.
Zhu Wenzheng's tactic was particularly successful.
Chen Youliang didn't bring many ladders.
As time passed, the ladder had long been used up.
Without the ladder, Zhu Wenzheng could completely rely on the advantage of the city wall.
They blocked Chen Youliang's army out of the effective range of their bows and arrows.
From high to low, no matter what, he would not suffer a loss!
Chen Youliang's army still didn't believe it and charged at Hong Du with all their might.
Zhu Wenzheng couldn't help but sneer." Come, come. I'll eat as much as you give me."”
As long as they dared to come again!
Kill as many as they come!
As for whether Chen Youliang had other plans?
To Zhu Wenzheng, he would block the enemy when they came!
Since he dared to invade Hongdu and the place he was guarding, he had to teach him a lesson!
After a day of fierce battle, both sides withdrew their troops.
Chen Youliang frowned in his tent.
The other generals lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
The first time they attacked Hongdu, they lost all the scaling ladders.
This made the siege even more difficult.
At this moment, a spy walked in and quietly came to Chen Youliang's side.
He whispered something into her ear.
Chen Youliang's frown deepened as he listened, and his expression became even uglier.
The generals saw Chen Youliang's expression getting uglier and uglier, and they couldn't help but lower their heads in panic.
No one dared to say anything.
Chen Youliang looked at the generals and snorted coldly."The first siege actually lost fifty to sixty thousand men!”
When the generals heard this, they suddenly raised their heads.
When they met Chen Youliang's eyes that looked like they wanted to eat someone up, everyone's faces were filled with shock.
They knew that their side had suffered heavy losses.
No one expected things to develop like this.
They actually lost 50,000 to 60,000 people.
One had to know that they originally had 600,000 soldiers!
After successive defeats, 300,000 soldiers had arrived.
Even though there was no strategy to attack the city today, they still had the advantage in numbers.
Although attacking the city would consume a large number of soldiers, why was it…so large?
Chen Youliang's brows were tightly knitted, and the expression on his face was very complicated.
He only had 200,000 people left, and there was not much food left.
The soldiers were all hungry and had been defeated for days.
The morale of the army was probably useless.
Now that things had come to this, they could not retreat.
Every time he thought of Zhu Wenzheng's figure, Chen Youliang would grit his teeth.
Because of this damned Defender General Hongdu, all of his plans were ruined.
Instead, he ended up in such a state today.
Chen Youliang was unwilling to come here. Even if he had to wipe out all his assets, he still wanted to kill Zhu Wenzheng!
If he didn't kill this kid, he would have another headache.
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang had many capable people under him, and now there was another Zhu Wenzheng.
Was the heavens helping Zhu Zhongba conquer the world?
Looking at these lifeless generals, there was no harm without comparison!
Chen Youliang could not help but say angrily,""What are you guys still looking at? If there's anything to report, just say it. Why are you pretending to be dead?”
When the generals heard this, they looked at each other.
After thinking for a moment and confirming that His Majesty really wanted to hear it.
One of the generals gritted his teeth and stood up fiercely.""Your Majesty, the army has suffered several consecutive defeats, and the soldiers have some complaints.”
Another general braced himself and said,"That's true. Saying that there's no food and not retreating, isn't that sending yourself to death?”
"There are also soldiers who are already prepared to retreat.”
“……”
Chen Youliang couldn't help but frown.
Anger instantly surged up!
Alright!
The morale of the army was already low, but the sea and people dared to bark here?
Disturb my morale?
Damn it!
"Bastard!" he scolded angrily. Disrupting my morale! Capture these thieves and drag them out to be beheaded! Leave no one alive!"
When the generals heard this, they hurriedly retreated and began to move.
In an instant, many of the soldiers who had complained were arrested.
They lined up and knelt in the camp, beheading one by one.
For a moment, everyone in the camp began to feel insecure.
Everyone was afraid because they had said something wrong.
They would also lose their heads like these soldiers.
After settling these matters, the generals returned to Chen Youliang's tent.
They planned to discuss what they should do next.
This defeat was a huge blow to them!
If there was no way to break out of this situation, they could only retreat dejectedly.
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