Chapter 850 The problem of siege

"No."

Jia Yao shook his head: "I have already sent people to investigate, and there is no way at all! Don't even think about going around the enemy's back through the path and cutting off the enemy's supplies..."

As soon as Yunzheng asked this question, Jia Yao guessed what he was thinking.

Not only was there no path there, it was even impossible to cross the mountain by force.

There are cliffs everywhere there. Let’s not talk about how to transport supplies. Even if there is enough dry food to support them, if 10,000 people are sent to cross the mountains, it will be good for two to three thousand people to survive.

The cavalry would definitely be unable to pass through those mountains over there.

Only relying on infantry.

Given the steepness of those mountains, if a large army were to move out, they might not be able to climb over them in two months.

Who could possibly carry enough dry food to last several months?

In order to reduce casualties, Yunzheng really did everything he could.

Listening to Jia Yao's words, the little hope in Yun Zheng's heart was completely shattered.

Yunzheng secretly smiled bitterly and asked Jia Yao: "The strategy you wanted to tell me just now is to send one of them as bait?"

When Jia Yao heard this, his heart suddenly trembled, and he nodded with a wry smile.

It seemed that Yun Zheng had already thought of the strategy he wanted to defeat the enemy.

That's right, he can think of a way, so why can't he think of it?

His defeat at the hands of Yun Zheng was not unjust at all.

Suddenly, Jiayao seemed to be hit by Yunzheng again.

"Bait?"

Shen Luoyan and Miaoyin looked at the two of them doubtfully.

Listening to this, they have a way to lure the enemy troops out of Turtle Back City?

Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and replied: "Withdraw the main force in the direction of Gule, leaving only a small number of troops staring in the direction of Gule..."

The small number of people left should be able to withstand the enemy's attack in Gule, but they should not be too strong.

It is necessary to let the enemy see the hope of annihilating this group of people, and also to make the enemy on Turtle Back think that they are concentrating their main force to attack Iwu, thinking that this is an excellent opportunity to eliminate this group of people.

In this way, Lou Yi is likely to send troops to attack this unit from both sides.

And they can hide their troops in advance and take advantage of the reinforcements sent by Lou Yi to leave the city and eat them in one fell swoop.

"Isn't this nice?"

Shen Luoyan was puzzled, "It's better to lure the enemy out and fight than to forcefully attack the city, right?"

"This is a gamble!"

Jia Yao took over the conversation, "We have a plan, but Lou Yi may not be fooled..."

They can obviously trap the enemy troops in Gulle to death.

Or concentrate superior forces to inflict heavy losses on the enemy forces in Gule when they break through, and seize the city of Gule in one fell swoop.

If the enemy troops in Gule were defeated, they might even directly kill the iron garrison guarding Gule, surrender the city, and let them capture Gule without spending a single soldier.

It is obvious that Gule can be captured with smaller casualties or zero casualties, but in order to induce Turtle Bei to send reinforcements, he has to pay more casualties, which is not cost-effective.

The key is, if Lou Yi hadn't been fooled, those people's deaths would have been in vain!

She estimated that the reason why Yunzheng thought of this strategy but didn't use it was that he was not sure that Lou Yi would be fooled.

"correct."

Yun Zheng nodded lightly, "I estimate that with Lou Yi's current caution, it is very likely that he will not send reinforcements! For Lou Yi, if Gule is lost, it is lost, but if Turtle Bei is lost, Dayue Kingdom is gone. …”

Gambling is not impossible.

War, sometimes it's about gambling.

But their chances of winning were too small.

If you do this again, you will be sending people to their deaths in vain.

They just came to camp outside Turtle Bei City with a small number of people, but Lou Yi didn't take the initiative to attack. They tried to use this method to trick Lou Yi into taking the initiative to leave the city to attack. Even thinking about it, they didn't think it was reliable.

Listening to the two people's explanations in turn, Shen Luoyan and Miaoyin finally came to a realization.

If you think about it this way, it's really not a good deal.

If Lou Yi is not fooled, he will be shooting himself in the foot.

Jia Yao raised his eyes and looked at Turtle Bei City in the distance, frowning and said: "But if you want to capture Turtle Bei at the lowest possible cost, you still have to find a way to lure out some of the enemy troops and destroy them. If you can destroy some of them, then attack the city. The pressure will be less..."

The enemy has 20,000 defenders and 30,000 defenders. The price they pay for attacking the city must be different.

"That's true."

Yunzheng nodded slightly, "If that doesn't work, let's concentrate the main force on attacking Yi Wu! Once Yi Wu is defeated, Lou Yi will probably not stick to the turtle's back anymore..."

"That's true."

Jia Yao nodded slightly, "By the way, you captured so many prisoners in the previous battle, you should know the deployment of troops in these three cities, right?"

Speaking of this matter, Yun Zheng felt depressed.

"do not know."

Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Lou Yi had frequently mobilized his troops before. None of the prisoners knew how the troops in these three cities were arranged. They only knew that the Moxi tribes lent 80,000 troops to Dayue Kingdom..."

"Eighty thousand troops?"

Jiayao exclaimed, his eyes widening stupidly.

Are the tribes in Moxi so generous?

However, Jia Yao quickly reacted, "Of these 80,000 troops, half of them should be slaves, right?"

It would be too exaggerated if the Moxi tribes lent Lou Yi 80,000 elite troops.

There are 80,000 elites, plus the strength of Dayue Kingdom, how can Lou Yi defend him?

I guess the attack has already started!

Yun Zheng: "I don't know this clearly, but there must be a lot of slave troops."

Jia Yao frowned slightly and said worriedly: "If there are still armies from the Moxi tribes defending behind Iwu, even if we capture Iwu, the enemy troops in Turtle Back City may not retreat."

"This is indeed a troublesome matter." Yun Zheng smiled to himself, "So, Lou Yi's frequent deployment of troops before is indeed of great use!"

If they knew the specific troop arrangements of Turtle Bei and Iwu, they would definitely not have such a difficult decision.

Jia Yao nodded in agreement, "If possible, let's find a way to lure the enemy out of the city first! No matter what, we must first know how many defenders there are in Turtle Back City."

"That bastard Lou Yi is still very cunning!"

Yun Zheng smiled bitterly, "I originally wanted to send people to scold the formation, and when they came back, I would send more people to scold the formation little by little, and roughly judge the number of enemy troops based on the loudness of each other's voices, but Lou Yi didn't do that at all. Give me a chance! Qin Qihu said since the morning, the enemy hasn’t even come back..."

Listening to Yunzheng's words, Jia Yao couldn't help but be surprised.

Is this the real purpose of Yunzheng sending people to scold the formation?

Can you roughly judge the number of enemy troops by the volume of their voice?

This is a good idea!

Although it is not very accurate, it can still determine the approximate strength of the enemy's troops step by step.

"Thank you for teaching me another trick."

Jia Yao looked at Yunzheng with a complicated expression and sighed secretly in his heart.

Encountering such an opponent can really make people desperate sometimes!

"No need to thank you. Please help me think of a way to break the city first!"

Yunzheng smiled indifferently and rubbed his head with a headache, "If we spend all day fighting the enemy, our food and fodder will be under great pressure!"

A strategy to defeat the enemy?

Gaoyao smiled bitterly.

If Lou Yi doesn't think about anything and just sticks to it, what else can he do besides attacking by force?

After pondering for a while, Jia Yao replied: "If there is really no good way, think of ways to shake the enemy's morale! It's really not a problem to stay here all day doing nothing..."