In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 864 It would be so much better if it flew in.

They had already invested too many sunk costs on this battlefield, whether it was the soldiers who had sacrificed their lives or the food and armor consumed during the siege, making it impossible for them to make the decision to retreat. They could only grit their teeth and continue the siege until they broke through the Lu family manor.

Yang Zheng stood up from his seat and paced back and forth, gritting his teeth as he said, "If only I could fly into the Lu family manor!"

The difficulty of this siege was never due to the warriors of the Lu family, but rather the city walls that stood in the way of the army!

If an army wants to enter the city, it must either break through the city gates or use siege engines such as ladders and siege towers to scale the city walls and fight the defending army.

Breaking through the city gates was virtually impossible, so the only remaining option was to scale the walls and fight.

However, attacking from the city walls meant that our side had an inherent disadvantage in terrain. The Lu family army, which was defending the city, could easily take down our soldiers from their high ground.

That's why Yang Zheng had the idea of ​​flying over the city wall, because if he flew over the city wall, the other side would lose their geographical advantage.

With the enemy lacking terrain advantage, Yang Zheng believed that his army would be able to defeat them easily!

"Fly over there? Yang Shuai is being a bit delusional."

Tian Yu was amused by Yang Zheng. The walls of the Lu Family Manor might not be particularly high, but they were still over ten meters high. Even a first-grade peak martial artist like Tian Yu would need to exert all his strength to jump onto the walls. For ordinary soldiers to want to fly over the walls... that was truly a pipe dream.

"not necessarily!"

Just as Tian Yu was shaking his head and chuckling, Yang Zheng seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up as he said, "Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for our army to cross the city wall, but what if we seek help from others?"

Seek help from others?

Who can help the army get over the city walls?

Just as Tian Yu was about to retort, Chen Dao's image suddenly flashed through his mind.

He had personally witnessed the Crimson Flame Chicken carrying Chen Dao and the other three into the air. If he could get Chen Dao's help, flying over the city wall might not be impossible!

Thinking of this, Tian Yu's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Is the person Yang Shuai is referring to Mr. Chen?"

"Exactly!"

Yang Zheng nodded emphatically: "Mr. Chen's giant bird has a broad back, so it may not be able to deploy troops on a large scale, but it should be able to carry 20 people at a time without any problem. Two giant birds can deploy 40 soldiers to the city wall at once, and the giant birds fly at an extremely fast speed. They can make at least ten round trips in a quarter of an hour, deploying 400 soldiers up there!"

"400 soldiers..."

Tian Yu couldn't help but ponder. In a field battle, 400 soldiers would be insignificant, but in a siege, the significance of sending 400 soldiers would be immense.

If used effectively, these 400 soldiers could secure a foothold for the main army on the city wall, allowing more soldiers to scale the wall...

As long as enough troops can get onto the city walls, the Lu family's forces simply cannot withstand our offensive!

Thinking of this, Tian Yu's breathing became rapid, and he said impatiently, "Then what are we waiting for? Quickly send a message to Mr. Chen! Wait..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Tian Yu seemed to realize something and stopped Yang Zheng from sending a message, saying, "I have a way to get the message to Mr. Chen faster."

After saying this, Tian Yu walked out of the main tent and gave some instructions to the guards waiting outside. The guards took their orders and left. Not long after, they came in with a burly man.

"General Tian, ​​what brings you here?"

The burly man was none other than Zhu the Butcher, who had recently joined the Great Wall Army.

After parting ways with Qianli'er, Zhu Tu Fu went to Sha Man Town and personally visited Tian Yu, requesting that Tian Yu allow him to join the Great Wall Army.

To be honest, Tian Yu was quite surprised that a third-rank martial artist like Zhu Tu Fu would come to join him.

A third-rank martial artist is already considered a person who has transcended worldly affairs. Even ordinary martial artists rarely accept the constraints of the army and voluntarily join the army, let alone a third-rank martial artist like Butcher Zhu.

However, after learning the reason why Butcher Zhu joined the army, Tian Yu felt relieved!

The barbarians' cruelty towards the Xia people was so outrageous that it was infuriating to both gods and men. Anyone who knew about the barbarians' atrocities would probably have a strong desire to exterminate them. It is not surprising that Zhu the Butcher wanted to join the Great Wall Army to kill the barbarians after hearing about their evil deeds.

Therefore, after only a short consideration, Tian Yu agreed to Zhu Tu Fu's request to join the Great Wall Army and granted him the position of centurion.

"Commander Zhu".

Tian Yu looked at the burly butcher Zhu and asked with a smile, "I've heard that you have carrier pigeons. Is that true?"

The existence of messenger pigeons was no secret to a big shot like Tian Yu. Tian Yu had even considered buying the method of breeding messenger pigeons from Qianli'er so that he could use them to transmit military intelligence.

However, after being informed by Qianli'er that the cost of breeding carrier pigeons was extremely high, Tian Yu ultimately gave up.

The Great Wall Army struggled to even maintain its own food and drink, so how could it possibly afford to spend a lot of money to train carrier pigeons?

In the end, the matter could only be left unresolved.

"General Tian, ​​I do indeed have message pigeons."

Zhu the Butcher replied without hesitation, "However, this carrier pigeon can only transmit messages between me and Qianli'er, and cannot be used to transmit military intelligence."

As a close friend of Qianli'er, Zhu Tu Fu naturally had carrier pigeons. During his time in the army, he even used carrier pigeons to exchange letters with Qianli'er.

However, this messenger pigeon can only remember the scents of Qianlier and Zhu Tufu. In other words, this messenger pigeon can only deliver messages between Zhu Tufu and Qianlier, and cannot deliver messages to others, so it cannot be used to deliver military intelligence.

"Can only communicate with someone a thousand miles away?"

Yang Zheng frowned slightly. Of course he knew who Qianli'er was, but it was precisely because he knew who Qianli'er was that he frowned.

As far as he knew, Qianlier was an intelligence broker in the south. Zhu Tufu's messenger pigeons could only deliver messages to the south, so what use were they?

Tian Yu, however, said confidently, "Centurion Zhu, I remember you told me that Qianli'er is currently in Chenjia Village. Is that true?"

"General Kuida, that is indeed the case!"

Zhu the Butcher replied, "After parting ways with Qianli'er, he set off for Chenjia Village and has now settled there."

Upon hearing this, Yang Zheng's eyes lit up!

The man with the thousand-mile ear is in Chenjia Village, so doesn't that mean...?

I could easily contact Qianli'er via carrier pigeon, and then have Qianli'er find Chen Dao, deliver the letter I sent to Chen Dao, and ask for Chen Dao's help.