In the camp of the commander of Xiling City, Jing Song stood in front of a map of the situation, and the Jiangxia county guard and the commander looked at Jing Song from the side.

The atmosphere in the house was extremely depressing, especially the county guard Shangguan Kui, who could no longer do the way of being an official of "calm and comfortable, hiding things in his heart".

He had been in the position of county guard for three years, and he had never been so nervous and worried.

The news of Huaizhou City has arrived, and the 20,000 troops of Hu Yanzhuo, the Fenwei general of Dongyue, have surrounded Huaizhou City, but there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Once Huaizhou City is broken, then it will directly threaten the situation in Xiling, and Huaizhou City is the second largest city in Jiangxia County, if it is lost again, Shangguan Kui's county guard has a great deal of confidence that it will be done.

In this spring March day, the county keeper, who has entered middle age and is slightly blessed, is already sweating.

Shangguan Kui finally couldn't bear the depression brought by the silence, and asked Jing Song, who had been staring at the map, "General Jing, when will the main force of the Great General's Shenfeng Army arrive?"

Jing Song glanced up at Shangguan Kui, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Lord Shangguan finally can't hold it anymore?"

Du Wei on the side also wanted to know the answer, and when he heard what Jing Song said interestingly, he couldn't help but laugh.

Shangguan Kui glanced at Du Wei, his face that had been sweating suddenly turned red again, and he said, "Xiaguan is not in a hurry." ”

Then he stretched out his hand and wiped the sweat on his face, as if he was justifying himself, "The 20,000 troops led by Liu Ba of Dongyue have been stationed outside the city and will attack the city at any time." There is also Huaizhou City, General Wei only has 5,000 people, I don't know if he can hold it......?

Jing Song waved his hand, first glanced at the captain, and then walked in front of the county guard, and said in a calm tone: "Lord Shangguan, please rest assured, everything is under my father's control. ”

Lord County Keeper nodded, ostensibly believing it, but still playing the drum in his heart, after all, this is not child's play.

The Jing family has deep roots in Chudi, even if it is a defeat, it is not painful, but he is different from Shangguan Kui, he does not have such a background, not only will he lose his official position if he doesn't get it, but the guy who eats is afraid that he will not be stable.

Fortunately, at this moment, a scout walked into the house, and a word calmed the heart of the county keeper a little.

The scout reported: "General, the general has led 50,000 Shenfeng troops to the outside of the city, and has surrounded the East Vietnamese army outside the city. ”

The three people in the room showed joy at the same time, Jing Song grinned, his brows completely relaxed, the young lieutenant was overjoyed, and he looked eager to try, and the county guard first wiped his sweat with his sleeve, let out a long breath of stuffiness in his chest, and said with a smile: "It's okay now." ”

Jing Song didn't laugh at Shangguan Kui anymore, he walked to the door, looked up at the sky, and said secretly: "Brother Wei, you must hold on!"

The third floor of the Yunmeng Pavilion of the Chu Palace.

The old king of Chu stood in front of the huge map of the territory of the red dust, and watched intently with a pair of cloudy old eyes.

Du Huangting stood aside, lowered his eyebrows, and was silent.

The old king of Chu looked at the map for a while, then turned around and asked Du Huangting: "Has the witch shadow been rewarded?"

Du Huangting raised his eyes to look at the old King of Chu, shook his head and said, "Lord Wang, not yet." ”

The old king of Chu nodded, then walked to the warm couch and sat down, Du Huangting hurriedly walked over and poured a cup of hot tea for the old king of Chu.

Although the old king of Chu didn't ask too much, Du Huangting could see from the old king's tightly knit brows that the prince was worried in his heart.

Whether Jinghu can annihilate the East Vietnamese army outside Xiling City in one fell swoop, and whether Wei Zhan can hold Huaizhou City, these two things are not 100% sure.

And Wu Ying had already come to report that Zhao Yi was in Huaizhou City.

Each of these three things touched the heart of the old King of Chu.

Old King Chu took a sip of hot tea, his tense face stretched slightly, and asked, "Huang Ting, did you say that I sent Yi'er to the scout camp?"

Du Huangting bowed down and responded: "Lord Wang, you are also a painstaking person, and you also sent him to the army for training in order to serve the prince in the future." ”

The old king of Chu is like an old father, thinking of his son, "Having said that, but in case ......"

Even he, the old King of Chu, who has experienced vicissitudes of life, did not dare to say the following words.

Du Huangting comforted on the side: "Lord Wang, you don't have to worry too much, watch your body." The son of the world is powerful, he will be fine. ”

The old king of Chu glanced at Du Huangting, as if he was comforting himself, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and said: "That is, I can survive thousands of battles with the Hu tribe of the grassland, and I have also become a military captain, how can my Yi'er be an ordinary person." ”

Du Huangting saw that the old King Chu smiled, and hurriedly followed his wishes, and also smiled: "The prince is right, not to mention that there is a witch shadow secretly protecting this world." ”

I don't know if it was self-comfort that played a role, or if Du Huangting's words made the old Chu King feel a little relieved, and his brows, which were twisted like hemp ropes, also relaxed.

The people left behind in Huaizhou City also began to panic after a hellish night of fierce fighting, and some even began to run towards the south gate, preparing to escape from the city.

After another morning of fierce fighting, those young men who had been temporarily called to help defend the city also fled from the city wall, found their wives and children, and ran to the south gate.

So far, there has been no fighting at the South Gate, which is one of them, and the most important thing is that the East Vietnamese Army has given a dose of fierce medicine.

Starting from the first round of attacks today, before each siege, the East Vietnamese army would shout in front of the battle, and the content of the shouting was what the marching Sima Li Yan said.

The people and defenders in the city can evacuate from the south gate, and the East Vietnamese army will not stop them, but if the East Vietnamese army breaks through the city gate, all the soldiers and civilians who participate in the defense of the city will be executed.

This move of the East Vietnamese Army, like a flood that bursts the embankment, instantly broke the crumbling psychological defense line of the people in the city.

The 5,000 Shenfeng Army under Wei Tian and the 100 Scout Army under Jiang Yong are all well-trained after all, and they have all experienced life and death battles.

More and more people gathered at the southern gate of the city.

The situation was quickly reported to Wei Tian, who was supervising the battle in the east of the city, and Wei Tian, who was supervising the defenders on the city wall to repair the city defense, after hearing the news, his face changed at first, and then returned to normal in an instant, he explained to a captain, and then called Zhao Yi, quickly got on the horse, and rushed to the south of the city.

What Wei Tian had been worried about finally became a reality.

When Zhao Yi followed Wei Tian to the south gate of the city, most of the people in the city had gathered on the street by the city gate, women holding young children, men supporting the elderly, everyone looked panicked and angry.

A row of archers had wound their arrows on the wall, and the defenders under the walls drew their swords against the people who were about to storm the gates.

It's actually a tense and imminent situation.

Wei Tian turned over and dismounted, stood on the periphery and thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and then walked towards the city gate, Zhao Yi followed Wei Tian's side.

Wei Tian stood on a high place, looking down at the excited and panicked crowd below, and without hesitation, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword at his waist, and all the soldiers behind him also drew their swords.

Wei Tian's eyes showed a bright light, glanced at the crowd below, and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers of Huaizhou City, I am Wei Tian, the general who guards the city, I can understand your desire to go out of the city, but once this city gate is opened, the enemy troops who are ambushed outside will take the opportunity to attack the city, and the consequences will be unimaginable, so ......"

Wei Tian deliberately stopped, only staring at the people under the city, when everyone below looked up at him, Wei Tian continued to say loudly: "Therefore, please wait for me to make a little arrangement, and then send you out of the city, my Wei Tian has always spoken and counted, since you are going to leave your home where you have lived for many years, I will not stop you, but what I want to say to everyone is that I, Wei Tian, want all the soldiers who defend the city to swear to live and die together in Huaizhou City." ”

Half an hour later, Wei Tian arranged all the remaining reserves at the South City Gate and personally sat at the South City Gate.

All the people who wanted to leave the city were divided into two rows and stood at the gate of the city and waited.

The people who thought they could escape the city, at the moment when the city gate was opened, rushed out of the city, rushing out of the city, because the number of people out of the city was too large, it was difficult to close the city gate for a while, Wei Tian and all the defenders were extremely vigilant.

When the people who had left the city were only halfway out, there was a tremor in the ground, and a group of Dongyue cavalry appeared on the field and rushed quickly to the city gate.

The people who had already left the city instantly panicked, like a chicken nest that had exploded, fleeing in all directions, and many people began to run back.

The defenders in charge of closing the city gate looked nervously at Wei Tian, waiting for the order to close the city.

Zhao Yi, who was standing beside Wei Tian, raised his eyes to look at the cavalry that was rushing quickly, there were only a thousand people.

When Zhao Yi went to see Wei Tian again, he saw two crystal tears hanging from the corners of Wei Tian's eyes, his hands clenched into fists, and his body trembled.

Suddenly, Wei Zhan waved his right hand and shouted loudly, "Close the city gate." ”

Then he shouted: "Archers prepare, stop the enemy from approaching the walls." ”

Of the people who had already gone out of the city, only those who had gone far did not come into the city again. Those who had not yet left the city, as well as those who had re-entered the city, were secretly glad that some of the people whose relatives had not come and who had entered the city wept and were heartbroken.

They finally learned that it was more dangerous outside the city than they were to endure in the city, and that there was almost no way to survive.

Seeing that the tall city gate had been closed, there was a sound behind the East Vietnamese cavalry, and those East Vietnamese knights who were galloping wild on their horses grabbed the reins one after another, so that the galloping horses slowly stopped, and then lined up in a stone's throw away.

neither siege nor depart.

Wei Tian's swarthy face was finally not calm.

At the beginning, he felt that the East Vietnamese Army would definitely not be vacant in the south of the city, but what he didn't expect was that a team of cavalry was left here.

The information Wei Tian received did not show that there were cavalry in Huyanzhuo's army of 20,000.

Wei Tian subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhao Yi beside him, and saw that his delicate face was as calm as water, with a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, hidden edges, and also staring at the cavalry outside the city.