Chapter 1352 Zhao Qiushan Arrives

After leaving two generals who were about to fight together to chat and get to know each other, Wu Fan left alone.

Wu Fan did not go to see Wu Ya. What Wu Ya said in the morning made him a little afraid to face her now. So, he said hello to Luo Yang and went back to his residence first.

After returning to his residence, Wu Fan wrote down the names of some of Cai Cheng's accomplices that he had discovered on the top of the city through identification. Although it had been a long time, Wu Fan's intelligence was not low, and his memory was naturally much higher than before. He still remembered all of Cai Cheng's accomplices.

While Wu Fan was busy writing down Cai Cheng's accomplices one by one, Cai Cheng was also discussing today's siege with his generals in the rebel camp outside the city.

"Sir, in today's siege, we lost a total of 1,835 soldiers, 5,421 were injured, and more than 100 were missing."

"In today's battle, we rushed to the top of the city several times, but in the end we were unable to gain a foothold on the top of the city."

"The number of casualties of the defenders in the city is not as high as ours, but it should be quite a lot."

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In Cai Cheng's tent, one general after another reported to Cai Cheng about the situation on the battlefield today, and Cai Cheng's face was always calm.

Only on the first day, nearly 2,000 people were killed, which is actually a large number. Originally, if the purpose was just to test the bottom of the defenders in the city, the casualties would not be so great.

But in the process of attacking the city, Cai Cheng found that the strength of the defenders in the city was much worse than he thought. Then, he immediately changed the combat order, from the initial tentative attack to a formal and fierce attack, and the number of casualties increased.

However, although the number of casualties was not small, Cai Cheng was not in a bad mood. First, the number of casualties of the defenders in the city today would not be small. Second, he found that the defenders in the city were very weak. Today's fierce attack would scare some people in the city and make some people lose the courage to fight. The number of soldiers in the city would further decrease, which would be very beneficial for their subsequent siege.

Of course, the best situation Cai Cheng expected was that the defenders in the city would surrender voluntarily, so that he could capture Fengyu City at the lowest cost.

However, he also knew that if he wanted the defenders in the city to surrender, he would definitely not be able to do it without showing off his muscles. The battle must be fought, and it must be fought hard, so that the defenders in the city are afraid, and he can achieve his goal.

"Everyone performed very well in today's battle." Cai Cheng said: "I believe that as long as we maintain the intensity of the battle like today, Fengyu City will definitely fall into our hands within a month!"

The generals in the tent were all excited.

Today's battle did give them great confidence and expectations.

Originally, everyone thought that it would take ten days or half a month of hard fighting before they could climb to the top of the city, and it would take more time to gain a foothold on the top of the city.

But the defenders in the city were weaker than they thought. They had already climbed to the top of the city in the first day of the attack. Then, it would be much easier and easier to capture Fengyu City than they expected.

"The defenders in this city are too vulnerable."

"That's right, today I personally led the team to attack the city and climbed to the top of the city three times, three times!"

"Maybe, in less than a month, we can drink happily in the largest restaurant in Fengyu City in a week."

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Everyone was obviously in a relaxed mood.

Cai Cheng also smiled. One month was his conservative statement. In fact, he didn't think that the defenders in this city could withstand their attack for a month.

Although Cai Cheng was the Minister of War before, the garrison in Fengyu City was not under his control. The emperors before Wu Ya and Wu Xian valued the army of the capital city, and they were not affiliated with the Ministry of War. Therefore, even if Cai Cheng was the Minister of War, he still did not understand the garrison in the city and had no right to command.

Of course, it was still possible to place a few people. His nephew was placed in the Kobe Camp by him. He originally wanted to use this method to slowly control the army of Fengyu City in his own hands, but he never thought that Wu Fan's unexpected appearance would make his plan fall through.

"Report!"

At this time, a messenger ran in.

"Report to the general, the lord of Xingping City wants to see you!" The messenger knelt on one knee to Cai Cheng.

"Let him in."

"Yes!"

Soon, Zhao Qiushan appeared in Cai Cheng's tent.

"Greetings, Lord Shangshu." Zhao Qiushan saluted Cai Cheng with a fist.

"Lord Zhao." Cai Cheng looked at Zhao Qiushan with a smile and said, "I didn't expect that Lord Zhao would come so soon."

Cai Cheng was indeed a little surprised. He could fully understand Zhao Qiushan's desire for Wu Ya's downfall, but he thought that Zhao Qiushan would probably wait for some time before coming. After all, the situation was unclear, and Xingping City was not so close.

But he never thought that Zhao Qiushan would arrive on the first day of his siege. He was the first minister to arrive among all the ministers in the court. Cai Cheng was surprised and had a little more appreciation for Zhao Qiushan.

Cai Cheng knew very well that the war he was commanding this time was different from the previous ones.

In previous wars, he represented the Nanping Kingdom. As long as he defeated the enemy on the battlefield, the rest of the things would be left to His Majesty and the ministers in the court. As the Minister of War, he only had to fight.

But this time was different. This time he not only had to fight, but also had to deal with post-war matters. Defeating the defenders in Fengyu City did not mean that his uprising was completely successful. He had to control the government and gain the support of the ministers in the court. That was enough. What he wanted was not to win a war, but a country!

Therefore, the ministers' statements were very important.

Therefore, he had taken great pains to write a battle manifesto before, in order to gain the support of the ministers in the court.

And now, Zhao Qiushan was the first person to express his position. Cai Cheng naturally had more appreciation for him in his heart. After all, someone who took the lead in expressing his position could serve as a "role model" for others.

"When I heard that Minister Cai was doing something righteous, I immediately brought the troops in the city to support him and lend a helping hand." Zhao Qiushan said to Cai Cheng with a serious face.

The two had met before, but at this time, Zhao Qiushan acted as if he had just learned about Cai Cheng's rebellion.

In fact, after handing Wu Guang to Cai Cheng, Zhao Qiushan had already understood Cai Cheng's thoughts. After returning to Xingping City, he immediately reorganized the troops in the city and paid attention to the situation in Fengyu City. When he heard that several troops were surrounding Fengyu City, he led the reorganized troops to Fengyu City without any hesitation.

It was precisely because of Zhao Qiushan's advance preparation that he was able to arrive here on the first day of Cai Cheng's siege, even though he was far away from Fengyu City.