Three o'clock in the morning.
This was the most sleepy time of the night.
Snowflakes fell from the sky and landed on the cavalrymen below.
The cavalries who had just woken up were gathering in the square in the center of Youzhou City.
These cavalrymen included the Imperial Cavalry, the Slaves, the Eighteen Cavalrymen of Yanyun, and the Golden Fire Cavalrymen.
These cavalry forces were recruited by Li Yu over the past ten years. Now, they were ready to come out in full force for Li Yu's plan.
"Everyone, bring enough food for five days. It will only take five days for us to take a shortcut from here to the Ancient Wilderness Tribe!”
Li Yu ordered loudly.
Zhuge Liang, Bai Qi, and Wang Li all had serious expressions on their faces.
They all realized that if they only brought five days 'worth of food, they would either have to conquer the ancient tribe to obtain food or starve to death in the cold and barren grasslands.
This was already a desperate move, leaving no room for retreat!
"Soldiers, citizens."
Li Yu turned his head and looked at the people gathered in the other direction of the square.
There were men, women, old and young. The men were already wearing armor and holding weapons, while the women and the elderly were also prepared. They would not hide in the house.
"I've been in Youzhou for ten years. Even though those aristocratic families, officials, and generals ostracized me, you've been sending supplies to my military camp for the past ten years.”
Li Yu said as he cupped his hands and bowed to everyone.
"Your Highness, you are too kind."
"It is our duty to transport supplies.”
"Your Highness, there is no need to bow."
The commoners bowed in return.
"Everyone, the aristocratic families and officials of Youzhou have all fled. Now, we are the only ones who can fight against the enemy together.”
Li Yu said loudly, boosting the morale of everyone present.
Both the soldiers and the civilians held their breaths and looked up at Li Yu.
Then, Li Yu raised his spear and shouted,"The imperial court is the emperor's imperial court, and Youzhou is our Youzhou. Even if the imperial court doesn't provide us with support, we will defend our homeland to the death and swear to live and die with Youzhou!”
Hearing this, everyone was motivated and shouted in unison,"I swear to live and die with Youzhou!"
The imperial court belongs to the emperor, and Youzhou belongs to us.
What he meant was that no matter what decision the imperial court made, it would not affect the people of Youzhou City from defending their homeland.
The reason why Li Yu said this was also to give a warning.
Li Yu, who was familiar with history, knew that Li Shi Min was still thinking about peace and not war.
In order to sue for peace, the Turks needed to be given something. Perhaps it was a city, perhaps it was women, or perhaps it was money and food. But no matter what it was, Youzhou, the place closest to the Turks, had to pay, women, and food.
Li Yu had grown up in Youzhou Province, and he had already regarded himself as a Youzhou citizen. He would never allow such a humiliating thing to happen!
After boosting their morale,
Li Yu looked at Zhuge Liang and Wang Li and said,"I'll leave the defense of the city to you. Wang Li will be in charge of guarding the city while Kong Ming will be in charge of providing support.”
"Your Highness, don't worry. I will do my best!”
"Naturally, so is Kong Ming."
Wang Li and Zhuge Liang guaranteed at the same time.
"Then I can rest assured."
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction, then turned around and mounted his Flaming Colt.
All of a sudden, he thought of something as he took out the Youzhou City Upgrade Card from his pocket as he muttered," Use it!"
In the next second.
Youzhou City had been expanded by two times while the city wall was much higher. Additionally, there were more places for iron-smelting and weapon-making in the city, which was much more powerful than the original Youzhou City.?
After upgrading Youzhou City, Li Yu pointed his spear forward and said,""Target is the Ancient Wilderness Tribe.”
A group of cavalrymen lined up and followed Li Yu out of the city gate.
Food packages had already been piled up at the city gate. There were jerky, fruits, and fat in the packages, enough for five days.
Every cavalryman would carry a bag on their back when they passed by.
After all the cavalries left, the heavy gate of Youzhou City was closed.
……
At noon one day later.
Ever since Li Yu left Youzhou City, Wang Li had been trying his best to set up the city defense. He had set up his own way of defending the city.
First, he arranged five people into a team. Each team had a captain, a Dragon City Iron Guard soldier, a Youwei Army soldier, a Divine Arms Battalion soldier, and two Youzhou men who had just become soldiers.
Such a configuration was to allow a pair of soldiers who could hold the front line and archers who could kill the enemy from a distance.
Each team was responsible for guarding a battlement on the city wall.
As for the city gate, the craftsmen of the General Works Department had built barricades, traps, and various fortifications to block the city gate. They had also sent a large number of soldiers to guard it.
Everything was ready.
The enemy soon arrived.
Led by the ancient tribe of Baye, supported by the ancient tribe of Tuye, and the allied army formed by other tribes, they arrived at the city.
Not all of these soldiers were cavalrymen. Each of them wore hard leather armor and held sharp iron weapons.
All of them were in high spirits, and their gazes were as ferocious and bloodthirsty as wolves.
Anyone in Youzhou City could see that all these people were elites.
The alliance army could be considered the fierce army of the Turks.
"Pass on my order. The entire army will set up camp seven hundred meters away from the city wall.”
After throwing a glance at Youzhou City, Tu Bili gave the order.
Among the forces that formed the alliance army, Tu Bi Li sent the most people, so his words carried the most weight. The other leaders all followed his orders.
A total of 500,000 troops of the alliance army began to set up camp.
"There are too many people."
Wang Li stood on the city wall and looked at the enemies below as he sighed.
"Yes, I am."
Zhuge Liang nodded.
As far as their eyes could see, the Turkic tents stretched from seven hundred meters to the horizon.
This formation created a great sense of oppression, and the ordinary Youzhou soldiers on the city walls were terrified.
These Youzhou soldiers were different from the Beiwei Army and Dragon City Iron Guards. They had always been stationed in Youzhou City and had not experienced many bloody battles, so it was normal for them to be afraid.
However, fear was fear, not cowardice. These Youzhou soldiers were fighting on their homeland with the determination to die.
To put it simply,
He was afraid, but he could fight if he wanted to.
"Damn Barbarian, even if I die, I'll drag a few people down with me.”
A Youzhou soldier gripped his weapon tightly and shouted.
"Kill the thief!"
"Defend Youzhou to the death!"
“……”
The others also shouted, and the morale on the city wall reached its peak.
"General Wang, I reckon that they will start attacking the city soon. How confident do you think we are in this battle?”
Zhuge Liang asked.
Wang Li didn't immediately reply. Instead, he looked down at the Turks who were squeezing around the camp like ants.
After a long silence,
"I can only say that I can guarantee that I can buy time for Your Highness to attack the Ancient Tribe of the Wilderness," said Wang Li.”
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's face turned cold.
What Wang Li meant was that he could guarantee that Li Yu would have enough time to launch a surprise attack on the Ancient Barren Tribe. However, it was unknown whether Youzhou City could still survive after the surprise attack.
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