My older brother is Gao Huan.

Chapter 532 Anticipating the Enemy's Move!

"Prime Minister! Prime Minister! Look! The city gates are open!"

Standing on the command vehicle, with a commanding view, Liu Yi immediately saw that the North Gate was wide open!

The city gates being opened at this time was clearly not due to the city's defenders having a "change of heart".

As the city gates opened, the soldiers attacking the city rushed out!
The overall situation is decided!

Gao Yu, who had been standing and observing the overall situation, finally felt relieved. He had finally cracked the code!
However, now is not the time to celebrate success.

Gao Yu immediately summoned Liu Yi and the others to his side, whispered a few words of advice in their ears, and after Liu Yi and the other guards bowed and saluted, they all got off the command vehicle and hurriedly left with a few riders.

"Xiaoxian, come here."

Gao Yu beckoned Duan Shao, Gao Yang, and the others to his side, and asked with a light laugh, "If you were the commanders-in-chief of the army right now, how would you act?"

Gao Yang and the others knew very well that since Gao Yu had specifically asked this question, he wouldn't be foolish enough to say something like they should have a big celebration.

Gao Yang frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The enemy's reinforcements could arrive at any time. We should quickly enter the city, take control of Yewang City, clean it up, and prepare to defend the city to resist the enemy's counterattack and prevent the city we have finally captured from being taken back."

Gao Yu nodded, and Hulü Guang added, "We also need to send someone on horseback to Shanyang to order the garrison there to quickly send reinforcements. In this freezing weather, the army that came to attack the city is already exhausted..."

"Hmph, why are you being so nosy? I've thought of those things too."

"Then why didn't you just say it all at once? If you didn't expect it, you didn't expect it!"

Gao Yang retorted defiantly, but Hulü Guang retorted back, and the two stared at each other.

"All right."

Gao Yu shook his head, both amused and exasperated. "The fact that you two are so young yet so thoughtful is already far beyond what ordinary people can do."

When a large army besieges a city, not all soldiers will rush to the front line. There are always soldiers left behind as reserves, and these soldiers do not seem to have expended too much energy.

Actually it is not.

Gao Yu wasn't leading a large army on a winter outing. In such cold weather, setting up camp in the wild would be a drain on the body.

Again.

Regardless of time or place.

Fighting on the battlefield is a tough job. Military merit can indeed lead to upward mobility, but this path is littered with bones. For every general's success, ten thousand are left to perish.

The soldiers fought valiantly and battled against the harsh weather. If they were to face another high-intensity war, even if their bodies could barely hold on, their mental state would not be able to withstand it.

We must send fresh troops from the rear to rotate them, giving the soldiers who have been fighting for so long a chance to catch their breath.

Gao Yu brought Huli Guang, Gao Yang, and others out for training, mainly to train them to have a long-term vision. As a general, one must think three steps ahead before taking one step.

Seeing the two smug individuals, Gao Yu turned his gaze to Duan Shao, who had remained silent.

"Xiaoxian, do you have any other opinions?"

Duan Shao was calm and composed, and Gao Yu was actually quite looking forward to hearing more of his opinions.

After thinking for a moment, Duan Shao said, "What Mingyue and the other two said is exactly what I was thinking."

That's it?

The foremost of the Three Heroes of Northern Qi shouldn't have acted this way.

"Of course..."

Duan Shao then added, "If enemy reinforcements arrive quickly, and Yewang City has just experienced a brutal siege, our army will lack defensive supplies. Even with the advantage of city walls, it will be difficult to sustain the siege."

"In my opinion, our army previously surrounded the city on three sides with one side open. I imagine the garrison in the city has already sent word that Yewang is about to fall."

"The enemy will certainly not sit idly by and let the capital be easily captured; they must have already sent troops here in a frenzy."

"Our army should... leave some exhausted soldiers in the city to clean up and clear out, and gather the soldiers who still have the strength to fight again, and take the initiative to attack the reinforcements that come to the rescue. The enemy will not expect Yewang City to fall so quickly. In the process of marching, they will not be on guard. If our army can find the enemy's marching trail, we will definitely be able to achieve a great victory with very low losses!"

"Annihilating the enemy's manpower is equivalent to relieving the crisis at Yewang. The enemy will not be able to gather troops to attack in a short time, giving our army a chance to catch its breath and rebuild Yewang into an impregnable fortress!"

Say it.

Duan Shao then began to secretly observe Gao Yu.

Hulü Guang and Gao Yang were stunned. Duan Shao's thinking was much more far-sighted than theirs; they were still thinking about how to defend the Wild King.

Duan Shao's idea was to take the initiative and eliminate all the enemy forces that might come to besiege Ye Wang in the wild!

"it is good!"

Gao Yu couldn't help but shout his approval, "Such discerning eyes at such a young age, excellent..."

Gao Yang looked at Duan Shao with great envy, and was annoyed at himself for thinking so much more far ahead than Duan Shao.

That's exactly what Gao Yu was thinking. He wanted to take advantage of the information gap.

From the perspective of Erzhu Rong's men, Ye Wang is currently in a state of imminent defeat, and there's no need to elaborate on how important Ye Wang is...

If we can hold onto Yewang, Luoyang can still rest easy.

With the loss of Yewang, Gao Yu could launch a direct attack on Luoyang at any time. Erzhu Rong would completely lose control of the area north of the Yellow River, and his stronghold of Bingzhou would truly become an enclave surrounded by enemies.

Therefore, we must defend the Wild King at all costs. Upon receiving the Wild King's distress call, they will surely rush to lead their troops to relieve the Wild King's siege. If we can do that, it will be a great achievement.

Normally.

Others might not have the courage to engage in a field battle with Gao Yu.

But now!
Gao Yu's army has been marching in the field for many days and then attacking the city, so its combat effectiveness must have been greatly reduced. This is a perfect opportunity to pick on the weak!
If we can really break Gao Yu's 'invincible body' in one battle.

That must have been a huge achievement.

A forced march will definitely be carried out lightly; no one will march in full armor. At the same time, they will be more negligent in scouting the surrounding enemy situation than usual.

This is the opportunity!
Even if they lost, they could find a reason to justify it, saying that they went to relieve the siege of Ye Wang, and Erzhu Rong couldn't be blamed.

This is a highly profitable opportunity.

Who could resist?
"Ayang, Mingyue, you two take my military orders to see Quanjun and Gao Ang. After entering the city, take charge of the overall situation, tally the casualties, and remember, do not harass the civilians!"

"Xiaoxian, take my military orders and go assemble the elite cavalry. I'll be there shortly!"

"Here!"

After receiving the military orders, the three hurriedly left.

Gao Yu also got off the command vehicle and pulled a military captain aside to have the warhorse and armor prepared.

During a siege, cavalry are of little use; at most, they can only patrol the perimeter and keep watch.

Therefore, assembling elite knights would actually save more time.

Not a moment.

Three thousand elite cavalry had already assembled outside the military camp!
When he saw Gao Yu riding a tall horse and appearing in front of him.

All the knights were taken aback.

Being able to follow Gao Yu into battle was a special privilege previously enjoyed only by the Xuanjia Army, an opportunity that many people longed for but might not be able to obtain.

Gao Yu scanned the elite troops in front of him.

He rode past them on horseback.

"Boys!"

"Our army has captured Yewang City!"

"The general is mighty!!"

The crowd shouted in unison!

Gao Yu raised his hand to stop them.

"Logically speaking... at this time, I should take you into the city and personally drink the victory wine with you."

"However... enemy reinforcements are on their way. How many comrades have died outside Yewang City in the struggle to capture it? How can we sit idly by and watch the enemy easily take Yewang back?"

"Therefore! Right now! I urge you all to grit your teeth and hold on a little longer, and follow me to meet the enemy reinforcements!"

"We swear to follow the general to the death!!"

"We swear to follow the general to the death!!"

The soldiers, their faces flushed and their emotions running high, shouted loudly!

"it is good!"

Gao Yu nodded with satisfaction, then suddenly drew his treasured sword from his waist, pointed it to the due north, and said, "Gentlemen! Follow me north to meet the enemy reinforcements!!"

PS: To put it simply, why didn't we bring out a deadly weapon like the trebuchet?

Since there was no prior foreshadowing, it would be quite abrupt to suddenly have the protagonist pull out a trebuchet...

The reason I wrote about the protagonist's bumper harvest and talent development was because I had been laying the groundwork, so when the results came out, it wouldn't feel abrupt to the audience.

The protagonist's acquaintance with Jia Sixie in Luoyang is a setup for agricultural products.

Moreover, even if there were trebuchets, they would only destroy the city walls. The ruins of the city walls would remain in place, not disappear. The attacking side would still need to use ladder trucks to climb up the walls and would suffer considerable losses.

(End of this chapter)