I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Another Zhongjun to whet your appetite?

Listen, what kind of words are these? Is this something a human can say?

"Jiang Yuan! Stop talking nonsense to me!" Ding Yin immediately became furious.

"General, General, don't rush ahead rashly." Li Man quickly spoke up to dissuade him.

Ding Yin glared at Jiang Yuan angrily. He was of course aware of this problem. The more than 1,000 people in the front army were originally used by him to test them. Even if they suffered a crushing defeat, it would not make him lose his mind.

"Li Man, reorganize the army. The central army will become the vanguard and launch a feint attack from the front. The rear army will join the front army and focus on the flanks!"

"Also, push the ladder to the city gate at all costs. I don't believe that we can't take over a mere Taiping County!" Ding Yin said fiercely.

He even captured Luoyun City, one of the few large cities in the west. If he failed here, wouldn't he be ridiculed in the future?

"It's the general."

Li Man said this, turned around and left quickly.

"Hmph! If the mountain roads weren't so difficult to travel on and the catapults and ladders weren't so difficult to transport, Jiang Yuan, you would have been my prisoner long ago!" Ding Yin shouted angrily again.

On the city wall, Jiang Yuan and his group continued to deploy troops calmly, and each of the four walls was reinforced with about 500 people, no more and no less.

"Sir, the rebels lost the first battle. We might as well fight our way out. Three thousand people are not many anyway. Even if we kill them all, we won't lose many people." Long Guangxian suggested from the side.

Jiang Yuan shook his head directly: "No, losing one or two thousand people is still a loss, and we in Taiping County can't afford it."

"If Caiyun City runs out of soldiers, you can still request troops from other cities. But we in Taiping County only have this many soldiers. We can't afford to squander them."

"Their route of retreat has been blocked anyway, so we'll just take our time and cut the meat with a blunt knife."

While the two were talking, Ding Yin in the distance had already prepared himself and was ready to launch another attack.

Long Guangxian frowned as he looked at the enemy's formation. "Sir, they're preparing for a strong attack, but judging by their main attack direction, it seems they could attack from both the front and the side. Should we focus on defending that side?"

"No need. Once the battle starts, we will send a thousand more soldiers to each of the three city walls." Jiang Yuan said softly.

Now there are only 500 people on each city wall, which is to paralyze Ding Yin, but now the enemy is planning to attack by force, so there is nothing to hide. Just kill one or two thousand of Ding Yin's men, and the remaining soldiers will be defeated without fighting.

In ancient battlefields, once the casualty ratio of a unit reached a critical point, no matter how many people were left, it would be of no use.

After saying this, Jiang Yuan turned and looked at Wang Gang. Ding Yin's troops were limited to this point. Instead of letting Wang Gang protect himself, it would be better to let him kill the enemy and make merit.

"Wang Gang, go put on your armor, grab that big machete of yours, and chop anyone you see, okay?"

"Master, I won't go. I want to stay by your side and protect you." Wang Gang grinned.

"Stop talking nonsense! General Long is right next to me, there's no need for protection. Just go." Jiang Yuan said unhappily. This big fool is really stubborn.

If you don't go out to kill enemies, get promoted, and make money, how can you marry Zhang Jiaojiao? I've already boasted about my awesomeness, and you have to make it up to me even if you work yourself to death!

"Oh, okay then. I'll go, sir." Wang Gang scratched his head, turned around and left, looking back every few steps.

Boom boom boom!

As the sound of drums came from Ding Yin’s camp again, the battle reached its climax again.

The ladders were set up this time and the general attack officially began.

Ding Yinbu.

The talented young mechanical engineer Chen Xudong was looking excitedly at a set of war beast armor in front of him.

"Haha! I'm finally going to make my debut!"

The war beast in front of him was basically the same as the one in Luoyun City. The only difference was the weapons in their hands.

The war beast controlled by Bai Liantian in Luoyun City holds a mace as a weapon, while the one in front of Chen Xudong is a giant axe.

Although the only difference is the weapons, the functions are actually different.

According to Bailiantian's design concept, war beasts are divided into many types, such as city-breaking beasts and formation-charging beasts.

Chen Xudong is a city-breaking beast. The giant axe in his hand is three meters high, and the giant axe he leads is two meters long, enough to split open an ordinary city gate.

Soon, as Chen Xudong finished dressing, Ding Yin also walked in.

"General Ding, can I go to the battlefield now?" Chen Xudong's excited voice came.

Ding Yin looked up and down at the city-breaking beast. It was indeed the result of years of research by the Bailian family. It was obviously just a child, but after being dressed up, it could actually wield a giant axe weighing hundreds of pounds with great vigor.

"Okay, as long as you can break through the city gate, you will be the greatest hero of this battle!"

"Li Man, take a pair of elite troops to cover Xudong as he rushes to the city wall. Make sure he's safe!"

"Don't worry, sir. I will arrange it right away!" Li Man agreed without hesitation.

"lets go."

Following Ding Yin's order, Chen Xudong slowly walked out of the camp and, under the cover of Li Man, rushed towards the city gate.

Chen Xudong's high-profile appearance immediately attracted the attention of Jiang Yuan and Long Guangxian on the city wall.

"Sir! A big reason why our Caiyun City was finally lost was because of this iron monster!" Long Guangxian said while gritting his teeth.

Jiang Yuan nodded slowly. According to the intelligence gathered in recent days, this iron monster had not only appeared in Caiyun City, but also in other places in Yunzhou.

All we need to do is send siege ladders to the top of the city wall, and then we can almost ignore this battlefield.

This thing has extremely terrifying defense, and ordinary people cannot break it at all. However, the iron monster can easily kill several people with one blow.

"But this thing is a little different from the intelligence. The weapon in his hand is a giant axe. This should be Ding Yin's trump card." Jiang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"But what puzzles me is that Ding Yin didn't bring any ladders with him. How did he plan to get this monster up to the top of the city?"

Compared to Jiang Yuan, Long Guangxian knew much more. After all, the news coming from so many cities in Yunzhou were all bloody lessons.

"Sir, don't underestimate the enemy. This iron monster seems to have different effects depending on the weapon it wields."

"For example, those holding maces are good at frontal charges, those holding giant hammers are good at dealing with heavy cavalry, and those holding dual swords are good at slaughtering light cavalry."

"Wait!" Jiang Yuan suddenly raised one hand, his eyes fixed on the giant axe in the hand of the iron monster below.

"This……"

Axe, commonly used for felling wood.

"Is this used to deal with the city walls?" Jiang Yuan asked in surprise.

Long Guangxian also showed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "That's right, sir, it seems that this thing is really used to deal with the city walls. Sir, quickly send more troops. If the city gate is breached, the losses will be huge."

"There's no need to be so troublesome." Jiang Yuan looked at Long Guangxian with a strange expression. Most of your cities, no matter how big or small, use city walls with a sluice gate structure.

All the materials used to make the city wall are just iron sheets wrapped in solid wood. Facing such a huge axe and a battering ram, it is very likely to be taken down.

"Sir, it's too late!" Long Guangxian widened his eyes. He really couldn't understand why Jiang Yuan seemed to be fine when they were fighting so fiercely.

And now, the other party is heading directly for the city gate, why is he still so calm?

Jiang Yuan smiled faintly and looked at Long Guangxian: "General Long, the gate of Taiping County is different from ordinary city gates. If he can break through the gate, he will see that guy. His name is Ma Zhi."

"What do you mean, sir?" Long Guangxian looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion.

Jiang Yuan immediately waved his hand: "Oh, it's meaningless. If the city gate is broken, this guy's head will be gone."