Chapter 209

It was impossible for Lin Yang to have no siege equipment!

Yet it had never appeared, which made Liu Bei very wary!

"Big Brother, we must be careful when scouting the camp tomorrow!"

Guan Yu said with a solemn expression, feeling exceptionally worried about tomorrow's operation!

"Clang, clang, clang!"

But the next moment, a series of urgent gongs sounded outside the residence. In an instant, the expressions of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the others all changed!

"Let's go, to the city wall!"

Liu Bei said a word, and taking the two of them, he quickly headed toward the Xuzhou city wall!

At the same time, throughout the entire city of Xuzhou, countless people were startled by this sudden noise!

Inside the Chen residence:

"Sure enough, tonight is not peaceful!"

Having sensed something unusual during the day, at this moment, as Chen Gui listened to the commotion outside, he became even more certain of his guess!

"Order the entire household: no one is allowed to go out!"

After saying this to the butler, Chen Gui waited inside the residence!

Tonight, Lin Yang must be making a big move!

It's just that!

He didn't know what exactly the opponent's big move was!

After waiting for a month, Lin Yang was clearly full of confidence!

Inside the Mi residence:

"Big Brother, there is movement outside. Should we send someone to check it out?"

"No need. Order everyone in the household to stay inside and not go anywhere!"

Looking at Mi Fang, Mi Zhu hurriedly gave the order!

Lin Yang had been besieging the city for a month now!

Acting suddenly now definitely meant something major was about to happen!

Going out at this time was far too dangerous!

For a time, throughout the entire city of Xuzhou, many people from the noble families were doing the same, waiting inside their residences!

Meanwhile, Tao Qian in the Provincial Governor's Mansion had taken a group of trusted officials and rushed to the Xuzhou city wall!

"My lord, Lin Yang's great army has moved!"

Upon arrival, Tao Qian received bad news!

Lin Yang's great army moved at night?

This greatly exceeded Tao Qian's expectations!

Visibility at night was so low!

Was this guy Lin Yang crazy?

Attacking the city in the middle of the night?

Watching the torches approaching from afar, Tao Qian's heart was filled with incomprehension!

Night is for sneak attacks!

This was the first time he had ever seen a night siege!

"Let's see what tricks he wants to play!"

Tao Qian endured his illness and stood on the city wall, waiting for Lin Yang's great army!

He wanted to see!

With vision obstructed, how Lin Yang's great army would breach this Xuzhou city!

Just as Tao Qian was doing this, Lin Yang's great army on the other side had already finished positioning all their catapults!

"My lord, the catapults are all in position!"

With thirty thousand troops assembled here, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Taishi Ci, and others were split on both sides of Lin Yang!

This night siege was decided upon jointly by Guo Jia and Cheng Yu!

There was no other reason!

It was all because Guo Jia discovered that in Lin Yang's army, the soldiers ate meat at every meal, so there were few who could not see at night!

In Lin Yang's understanding!

It meant that in his army, the soldiers had sufficient meat and rich protein supplementation, so there were fewer people with night blindness!

In ancient times, many soldiers could not eat much meat!

Not only were they thin and weak in strength!

But they also suffered from severe night blindness!

At night, their field of vision would be greatly restricted!

Conversely, in Lin Yang's army, this situation was much less common; fighting at night would greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of Lin Yang's soldiers!

That was the first reason!

The second!

Was the need to maximize the power of the catapults!

After seeing the backup plan Lin Yang had prepared, Guo Jia changed the daytime siege to a night one!

To breach a strong city like Xuzhou!

There was actually no big difference between attacking during the day or at night!

It all required filling the gaps with soldiers' lives!

But with Lin Yang's backup plan, attacking at night made a huge difference!

"My lord, the great army has assembled, waiting for your order!"

Cheng Yu, standing to the side, bowed and said this, and everyone's eyes turned to Lin Yang!

"Good, let's begin!"

Nodding at Cheng Yu and borrowing the light from the surrounding torches, Lin Yang was also impatient for this decisive battle he had waited a month for!

Tonight!

Is the day to break through Xuzhou City!

"Dong, dong, dong..."

Accompanied by the sound of drums, in an instant, it spread across the entire battlefield!

Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and the others standing on the Xuzhou city wall felt their hearts skip a beat upon hearing the drums, having a bad premonition!

"Lord Tao, this night siege by Lin Yang is likely a trap!"

A sharp glint flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, and he leaned in toward Tao Qian to say this!

"Oh? What does Xuande mean?" Tao Qian looked at him in confusion, not knowing what he meant.

"Lord Tao, Lin Yang is beating drums at the South Gate. I fear the East and West gates are at risk!" Liu Bei continued, then looked at Tao Qian sincerely, "I ask Lord Tao to give me five thousand troops; I will guard the two gates for you!"

Liu Bei spoke with sincerity and conviction, which moved Tao Qian!

That's right!

Must be careful of Lin Yang's feint to the east while attacking the west!

"Good, the East and West gates are entrusted to Xuande!"

Nodding, Tao Qian waved his hand and sent out five thousand troops!

Having received the order, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and headed down the city wall!

"Big Brother, the battle hasn't even started yet, why are we leaving?"

Zhang Fei hadn't reacted yet and asked in confusion!

But at this moment, Liu Bei's expression was solemn, and he said nothing more!

From the moment the drums sounded, he had sensed something was wrong!

Therefore!

He had requested this task!

If it really was a feint, he would guard the two gates for Tao Qian!

If there was something else, then he...

A complex look flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, and then it became firm.