Chapter 1275 Frontal Attack

Two days later, 5,000 heavy infantry led by Wang Qi, the vanguard, arrived outside Wan'an City first.

Subsequent troops also arrived one after another.

Yun Zheng originally wanted to use the Guiyi Army as cannon fodder for the siege.

But now, the Le Dynasty has already surrendered, so there is no need to use those people as cannon fodder.

What he had to do now was to add fuel to the fire and make Wang Chi completely give up the idea of ​​resistance.

At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, Yun Zheng also arrived with Shen Chong's troops.

When they arrived, Wang Qi's troops had already cut down trees from the surrounding area and made some simple long ladders.

However, they certainly cannot make things like catapults in a short time.

Moreover, Yun Zheng didn't ask them to build catapults.

After a rapid march, the 6,000 soldiers under Shen Chong were exhausted.

Yun Zheng called Shen Chong and said, "Order your soldiers to take a rest, and then go cut wood and build siege equipment. However, just do it for show, there is no need to work so hard to build siege equipment..."

"what?"

Shen Chong was stunned, and looked at Yun Zheng with a puzzled look on his face, "Just for show? Aren't we... going to build siege equipment?"

Shen Cong felt that his brain was not enough.

How to attack a city without siege engines?

Are we going to rely on those long ladders to attack the city?

Wan'an City is the gateway to Gyeonggi Province!

Wan'an not only has tall city walls, but also a moat that is nearly four or five meters wide.

Even though the section of the moat where the drawbridge is located at the city gate is relatively narrow, it is still two meters wide.

Just rely on the simple ladders made by Wang Qi's troops to attack the city?

How many lives would have to be lost to fill that gap?

I'm afraid their bodies have filled up the moat and they can't even climb up the city walls?

"By the time we build the siege engines, it will be too late!"

Yun Zheng smiled calmly, "I have specially engineered weapons in my hands, so a mere Wan'an is no problem!"

A weapon specifically designed for siege?

Shen Cong raised his eyes and looked around.

However, apart from those simple ladders, no siege weapons were seen.

There was no sign of any large engineering equipment such as battering rams, tower blocks, and catapults!

"stop looking!"

Yun Zheng raised his hand to stop Shen Chong, "I only want to ask you one question. If I order people to break open the city gate, would you dare to lead your troops to attack the city?"

Shen Chong hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to guarantee with my life that as long as you can break through the city gate, I will lead my troops to take the credit for being the first to reach the city!"

He has no choice now.

He was originally a surrendered general, and his family was all in Luyi Prefecture.

Moreover, King Zhan of Qiushan is dead. Even if he wants to find an opportunity to rebel, he has no one to be loyal to.

He knew best what the relationship between Qiu Shanjun and the new emperor was.

Even if he rebelled and surrendered to Wang Chi, he would most likely not have a good ending.

Besides, Wang Chi has already sent envoys to negotiate peace with Yun Zheng, which means that Wang Chi has the intention of surrendering.

In this situation, he could only follow Yun Zheng till the end.

"That sounds encouraging!"

Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, "If you can't break through the city gate, even if you don't move a single soldier, I won't blame you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The heavy stone in Shen Chong's heart fell to the ground.

Although he only had 6,000 soldiers and horses, the defenders of Wan'an were definitely more panicked than them.

As long as the city gate is breached, the morale of Wan'an's defenders will inevitably plummet.

With just the 6,000 troops under his command, it would be possible to capture Wan'an City.

Moreover, while they were attacking the city, it was impossible for other troops to just watch.

As long as Wan'an's city gate was broken and the drawbridge was lowered, Wan'an would be captured by them.

Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction and brought Shen Chong to the place where his six thousand soldiers were resting.

Seeing Yun Zheng coming, the soldiers who were originally sitting on the ground stood up one after another.

"Everyone sit down!"

Yun Zheng raised his hand and pressed it down, saying loudly: "I just told General Shen that the credit for being the first to reach the summit should be given to you!"

"To conquer a city, there must be someone who survives!"

"I cannot guarantee that you will all survive!"

"But I can guarantee that I will never treat you unfairly!"

"For those who died in battle, this king will give them three times the amount of compensation you originally received!"

"The first person to reach the summit will be rewarded with 100 gold coins and 100 acres of good farmland!"

Triple pension?

A reward of 100 gold?

Upon hearing Yun Zheng's words, the soldiers in the front row's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Long live the prince!"

"Long live the prince..."

After a brief moment of distraction, the soldiers in the front row began to shout one after another.

Although the soldiers who were farther away could not hear what Yun Zheng said, just by seeing how excited the soldiers in front of them were, they guessed that something good must be happening to them.

At once, the soldiers in the back row also started shouting.

"Long live the prince, long live the prince..."

Everyone shouted in unison, and even the defenders of Wan'an City could hear it.

Cui Jingdao on the top of the city wall frowned and felt very uneasy.

The enemy's morale was high, but theirs was low.

There is a high probability that Wan'an City cannot be defended.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the enemy does not have large siege equipment and is unlikely to attack in the short term.

Yun Zheng led his troops to attack Wan'an City to put pressure on them.

"Give orders to all soldiers guarding the city to be on high alert. Be careful of the enemy climbing up the city wall at night!"

Cui Jingdao gave an order and left the city wall.

After motivating the morale of Shen Chong's troops, Yun Zheng rushed to Wang Qi's troops.

He knew in his heart that at this moment, the best way was to trap the enemy.

Or, he could stage a betrayal on the battlefield to lure the enemy out of the city to attack.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have that much time to waste with the enemy.

Judging from the current situation, he will not be able to wait for the Le Dynasty to surrender within the time he set.

He had to capture a big city in a proper manner to let Wang Chi and the ministers of the Li Dynasty know that they were not only good at conspiracies and tricks, but could also attack cities openly. Their capital was not safe at all!

Only in this way will those people make up their minds to surrender.

Let the enemy see the power of their explosives and also intimidate these surrendered soldiers.

Soon, Yun Zheng and Miaoyin came to Wang Qi's side.

"Are you confident?"

Yun Zheng asked Wang Qi straight to the point.

"Have!"

Wang Qi straightened his body and said, "Don't even mention the explosive packs. Even if there are none, I have absolute confidence that I can break through the enemy's city gate before noon!"

Explosive pack?

Liu Xianghe looked at them in confusion.

What is this?

"very good!"

Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, "Wan'an still has the city gate. After you open the outer city gate, the enemy will inevitably fall into a brief panic. You must seize this opportunity and open the city gate of the city gate as quickly as possible!"

"I will finally understand!"

Wang Qi nodded heavily.

He had already learned about the situation in Wan'an City from Liu Xianghe.

He has made careful arrangements.

We can definitely capture Wan'an City with minimal casualties!

"Okay, then you guys go ahead and get busy! I'm going to inspect the other departments!"

Yun Zheng gave the two of them an instruction and then led them away.

"General Wang, what is this explosive pack?"

As soon as Yun Zheng left, Liu Xianghe couldn't wait to ask.

"Let me keep you in suspense."

Wang Qi showed a mysterious smile, "Tomorrow you will know what this thing is..."