Chapter 648

"Report!!!" "Report!!!" "Urgent intelligence from the front lines!!!" "General-in-Chief, our vanguard has been ambushed by Prefecture Army forces from Jizhou and Bingzhou. We are pinned down and cannot continue the assault on the city. General Cui has ordered me to break through the encirclement at the cost of my life. Please, General-in-Chief, make a decision at once!" "What???" Dian Chu frowned as he looked at the blood-soaked soldier kneeling before him. "How is Cui Da commanding his troops? We sent fifty thousand elites for this siege. Even if Huang Qu and Xiahou Ba dared to send forces, you should have been able to wipe them out!" The blood-covered soldier quickly explained, "General-in-Chief, those two armies are not engaging us directly. They are firing arrows from a distance to disrupt our siege. They are like two steel spikes driven into our vital points. General Cui must defend against the arrows from both sides while also worrying about the falling rocks from the city walls. On top of that, the troops in the rear have no idea what is happening and keep charging forward, leaving the entire army jammed beneath the city walls, unable to move..."