In the eastern sky, that dazzling light finally appeared.

Many people on the walls of Huaizhou were moved to tears by seeing this light with their own eyes, and they were ecstatic that they could survive that hellish night.

The East Vietnamese army outside the city finally stopped again, but everyone on the Huaizhou city wall didn't know how long it would last.

After a night of fierce fighting, the eastern, western, and northern walls of Huaizhou City have become broken walls and ruins, and they are full of devastation.

On the city wall, there are corpses everywhere, there are Chu army, there are also East Yue army, the ground is full of swords and arrows, some are intact, some are broken, and dark red blood has been sprinkled all over the ancient city wall.

Beneath the city walls, there are more corpses of the East Vietnamese army, mixed with large stones and unburned logs, and the outer walls of the city wall are already potholed and blackened by the fire.

On the castle tower, a banner embroidered with a divine phoenix stretched out and fluttered in the early morning wind, announcing the belonging of this city to the enemies outside the city.

The soldiers and the people who were busy on the city wall were all blackened and haggard, and they had begun to move in a somewhat disordered manner, making it seem that they would fall at any moment.

The wildcat was slashed by the enemy on his left arm, and after being bandaged, he could barely use his strength.

However, he didn't care about his injury at this time, a pair of cat's eyes never left Zhao Yi, just like a tourist who entered the soft embroidery street, a pair of eyes couldn't wait to fall down, and went with Zhao Yi.

This is a god hidden in the scout camp, and that's the first thought that comes to the wildcat's mind.

When the wild cat faced Zhao Yi and almost bowed three times and nine times, Zhao Yi looked at him with tears in his eyes and whispered something that shocked him.

"It's all my fault, if I hold on a little longer in Fang County and don't let Wu Chang and Manniu stay, they will be fine, if I can make a timely move in Xiazhuang Village, Yan Chong will not lose an arm, all this is my fault!"

The wild cat looked at Zhao Yi in a daze, and finally jumped out of a very considerate sentence: "Zhao Yi, don't blame yourself, you have your troubles, I think they will understand you." ”

It's one thing to understand him, it's another to have a chance to understand him.

The surviving soldiers on the east city wall all saw Zhao Yi like a god wielding a knife to kill the enemy, and now Zhao Yi is in their hearts, he is sent by God to help them defend the city.

The soldiers, who had already decided in their hearts that this time it must be more auspicious, with the appearance of the light in the eastern sky, the hope of life was rekindled in their hearts.

With Zhao Yi here, this Huaizhou City can't be lost.

Wei Tian, the guard of Huaizhou City, slowly walked out of the city tower and walked towards Zhao Yi.

"General Wei!"

Zhao Yi and the soldiers standing around him saluted Wei Tian who walked over.

Wei Tian nodded at everyone, and then said to Zhao Yi: "You follow me to inspect the city defense." ”

Zhao Yi knew that he couldn't escape this moment, so he had to follow behind Wei Tian.

"Zhao Yi, do you have another identity?" Wei Tian suddenly asked.

Zhao Yi, who was walking behind, did not panic at all, and replied very calmly: "Yes!"

"It's inconvenient to reveal?" Wei Tian walked slowly, not looking back.

Zhao Yi hesitated for a moment and replied: "It's not convenient for the time being, I can only say that I have no malicious intent." ”

Wei Tian nodded to a few soldiers who were cleaning the wall, and then said, "I know, if you hadn't stepped forward last night, Huaizhou City might have been breached. ”

Zhao Yi followed Wei Tian down the city wall, then got on the horses that the guards had prepared in advance, and galloped all the way towards the north gate.

Zhao Yi respects this unattractive general more and more, knows how to measure, knows how to advance and retreat, and can get a glimpse of his general strategy from small things.

Wei Tian only asked a few words about Zhao Yi's extraordinary performance last night beyond the ability of a scout, as if he was just doing a routine thing, and after getting Zhao Yi's expected answers, he didn't ask any more questions.

According to common sense, an ordinary subordinate suddenly showed an extremely unusual ability, even if he was caught and asked deeply, it was not an exaggeration, but Wei Tian did not do this, this is his cleverness.

Jiang Yong, who was in charge of guarding the north gate, in addition to the thirty scouts, was also a thousand Divine Phoenix Army.

Jiang Yong, who was directing the young and strong people to strengthen the defense on the city wall, had changed greatly, covered in blood, his leather armor was also damaged in many places, and his big face was covered by blood.

Seeing Wei Tian walking up the city wall, Jiang Yong immediately trotted over, and when he saw Zhao Yi following behind, he was stunned at first, and then nodded at Zhao Yi.

Wei Tian didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "How many soldiers are left?"

Jiang Yong replied: "There are still about 600 people who can fight, and less than a third of the arrows are left. ”

Then he scolded and said: "This group of Dongyue troops who were struck by thunder, one by one, seemed to be wolfdogs in heat, and they rushed up with a roar, without stopping for a moment, our casualties were okay, but we were tired and paralyzed without resting." ”

Wei Tian still didn't say much, "Can you still hold on?"

Jiang Yong didn't say a word, and said with vigor: "Don't worry, general, as long as I, Jiang Yong, am here, don't want to climb the city wall." ”

Wei Tian nodded and said, "Be vigilant, the enemy may attack at any time." ”

"The general puts it down, I keep my eyes open. ”

Jiang Yong saw Wei Tian walking down the city wall with Zhao Yi, and he didn't have time to ask questions full of doubts.

Jiang Yong thought that after this battle, he must ask Zhao Yi how he got to General Wei's side, according to Jiang Yong's understanding, Wei Tian will not recognize a person just by listening to good words.

The situation of the West City Gate, guarded by the deputy general Li Zhen, is worse, and the same thousand soldiers, after a night of fierce fighting, can still hold swords to participate in the battle, there are less than 500 people, and there are still a lot of arrows left.

Wei Tian also did not say a word, and after understanding the situation, he immediately transferred 300 people from the 1,000 people who were in reserve to supplement Ximen.

After that, Zhao Yi followed Wei Tian to the south gate non-stop, and here, like the other three gates, there were also a thousand soldiers on guard.

At the south gate, Wei Tian stayed for a shorter time, just briefly explained a few words to the guard, and then left with Zhao Yi on horseback.

As they passed through the city, they saw many people with haggard faces and depressed expressions, all old and young, women and children, and young men who had already gone up to the city wall to help.

Wei Tian looked serious, his brows were tightly locked, and he didn't say anything along the way.

In the Chinese army tent of the East Vietnamese Army on the hillside outside the city, Hu Yanzhuo stared at the hanging Huaizhou city defense map, pondering the ongoing war, while the military Sima Li Yan was still sitting in the corner, sorting out the documents slowly.

Li Yan is a twenty-two or three-year-old young man, born in a declining family in Guanzhong, and his ancestors were big officials in the previous dynasty. After the battle for the founding of this dynasty and the wars of these years, when it came to Li Yan's generation, he was left with his only seedling in the entire family.

Li Yan first mixed in the Los Angeles Academy for a few years, and then felt that "if you don't go out, you may not be able to know the world", so he walked out of the Los Angeles Academy and wanted to measure the outside world with his feet.

A scholar who has no power to tie the chicken, he actually walks alone in the troubled times, the mountains and rivers of Kyushu, the five lakes and the four seas, so he has many adventures, and he has actually mixed up to the level of a sage.

It's just that although Li Yan majored in Confucianism, in his heart, he preferred the military family and the vertical and horizontal family.

"Li Yan, how long do you think it will take for this Huaizhou City to be captured?" Hu Yanzhuo asked directly.

Li Yan's gaze shifted from the documents on the case to Hu Yanzhuo, and said in a calm tone: "General Hu Yan's war against Huaizhou City is already in his chest, right?"

Hu Yanzhuo turned to look at Li Yan, and said with a smile: "As far as your kid is smart, according to the news from the spies, the people in the city are already panicking, and the defenders on the city wall are beginning to loosen a little. ”

Li Yan smiled and said, "The general wants to start making a move?"

Hu Yanzhuo did not answer Li Yan's words directly, but frowned, and said: "At that time, you said that we directly bypassed Huaizhou City, went straight to Lei Ze, and formed a corner with the 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry led by General Liu Ba, so as to stabilize the situation of our Dongyue Army in Jiangxia County, and now it seems that General Ben made a mistake. ”

Li Yan shook his head, smiled bitterly, and did not make a sound.

In fact, what Li Yan wanted to say in his heart was that Dongyue seemed to be strong and strong, and the fierce generals were like clouds, and there were countless capable people from the nine streams and ten families in the East China Sea Palace.

It's just that there are many, but there are also many factions, fighting openly and secretly in order to compete for merit in front of the king of the East China Sea, and hinder each other.

His long-term strategy, even if Hu Yanzhuo agrees, can't pass the level above him.

After pondering for a moment, Hu Yanzhuo said: "What do you think if I take Huaizhou City and then move my army north, join forces with the army led by General Liu, and then gather to annihilate Jiangxia to defend the enemy?"

Li Yan shook his head and said with some discouragement: "It's too late, whether we can take Huaizhou City immediately is not yet a big deal." Moreover, I vaguely feel that things are not so simple, Jing Hu, the commander of the Shenfeng Army, is a master of the art of war, good at strategy, and will not think of our plan. What I'm worried about is that General Liu outside Xiling City is afraid that he will be more auspicious. ”

Hu Yanzhuo's face sank, stared at Li Yan with a pair of ringed eyes, and said, "How sure are you of what you say?"

The corners of Li Yan's mouth moved, but in the end he didn't make a sound, only shook his head slowly.

This kind of judgment, he Li Yan can only mention it slightly, and he can't show too much, it's not that he Li Yan doesn't have confidence in his judgment, but in the complex temples and shilin in Dongyue, more words are better than less words, and Mingzhe can protect himself.

Li Yan also had an unspoken sentence: After a night of fierce fighting, the East Vietnamese army had suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, so it was learned that the combat strength of the Chu army could be seen.

Hu Yanzhuo didn't ask Li Yan again, after all, in his heart, he didn't believe that the Chu army had the strength to eat Liu Ba's 25,000 army in one fell swoop.