Chen Lan sat with gold stars in her eyes for a while, calmed her breath, and planned to untie her armor, go to the bath and rest, and lie down to sleep.

But before lying down, Chen Lan had one more thing to ask Zhuge Liang.

But at this moment, Zhuge Liang came.

Zhuge Liang rode his horse to the outside of the military area under the North City Gate, even if there is a shortage of manpower at the moment, the military area is still guarded.

It is not only to prevent people from rushing into the military area, but also to prevent people from opening the city gates. After entering the military area, Zhuge Liang climbed the city wall.

Looking at the environment on the city wall, Zhuge Liang sighed. After two days of bloody fighting, no one cleaned it, and the walls were almost blood-colored, some of the blood had dried up and turned black, and some were still very red.

There were corpses everywhere, scattered weapons, arrows, and tired soldiers, and no one even came to carry the wounded soldiers down.

If you are slightly injured, go down and find someone to treat yourself. Those who were seriously injured were ignored for a while.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang did not come alone, he brought some entourage, and then turned around and said, "Move the seriously injured soldiers down for treatment first." ”

"No." The retinue made a promise and dispersed to carry the wounded. Then, Zhuge Liang found Chen Lan. Chen Lan raised her eyes and looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Please wait in the city gate tower for a while, and let me go in to undress and change my clothes." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, and then went to sit in the Erdao City Gate Tower. Chen Lan went to the first city gate tower, untied her armor, dipped her cloth in water, wiped her body, and after changing clothes, she went to the second city gate tower to see Zhuge Liang.

After Chen Lan came in, Zhuge Liang asked Chen Lan to be exempt. The two of them walked down like this to talk.

"I have already ordered someone to select another 3,000 people, and I ask the general to give more encouragement and garrison the city." Zhuge Liang said.

This is the purpose of his coming, to give Chen Lan confidence, and let Chen Lan defend the city to the death.

Chen Lan also understood, and sighed: "Lord Taishou." Before, you have selected five or six thousand elite people who dare to die. Now there are three thousand selections, most of whom are cowardly, and if they go to the city wall, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil. The most important thing now is the reinforcements from Jiangdong. Please also tell the truth to Lord Taishou when the reinforcements from Jiangdong will arrive. ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Chen Lan, he now had two choices, one was to deceive Chen Lan, and the other was to tell the truth.

But the deception was only temporary, so Zhuge Liang chose to tell the truth.

"There is no news from the Jiangdong reinforcements. But I have already sent Jiang Gongyan out of the city, and tomorrow Jiang Gongyan will return to the city, falsely claiming that Jiangdong reinforcements will arrive soon, so as to boost the morale of the soldiers. General and General Lei, try to defend the city as much as possible. Hold on as long as you can. The situation was not right, so they retreated from the south of the city. ”

Zhuge Liang sighed.

Chen Lan understood and was silent. Now I can only hope that Zhou Yu can come, and it will be a day to delay. But will Zhou Yu come in the end?

In the end, I am afraid, it will be to abandon the city and leave. Because Chen Lan also wanted to get it, if Zhou Yu had come to the rescue, he would have come a long time ago.

"What should I do after I leave?" Chen Lan asked.

"Meet with Ding Feng's water army and take a boat along the Han River back to Fangling." Zhuge Liang replied.

"On the south bank of Jiangxia, there are still Huang Zu, Wang Wei's army, and even if it passes, there is still the Xiangyang army. How can I get to Fangling? Chen Lan asked again.

"I expect Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to close up without a fight and let us go. If something happens, you're left to fate. Zhuge Liang sighed.

Chen Lan was silent for a long time, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Okay." I will do everything in my power to defend the city. I also ask Lord Taishou to give us advice, so that we can go to Fangling safely. ”

"Okay." Zhuge Liang agreed.

Immediately, Zhuge Liang left. rode his horse to the east of the city, also to appease Lei Xu and inform him of the situation.

And at this moment, in the city, Zhuge Liang, Chen Lan, and Lei Xu's soldiers and horses were almost all injured, and there were countless dead. The first selection of five or six thousand people who dared to fight has also been filled.

Cao Jun's battle, after only two days, Zhuge Liang was already exhausted. At present, Zhuge Liang has selected 3,000 people from the city, but whether he can defend it or not for a few days has no bottom.

All in all, we can only hope for Zhou Yu's reinforcements now.

But Chen Lan guessed that Zhou Yu would not come, let alone Zhuge Liang?

I'm afraid there is only one way to abandon the city and escape. After Zhuge Liang appeased Chen Lan and Lei Xu, he returned to the Taishou Mansion, no longer calm, frowning.

But it's really a good woman who can't cook without rice.

Cao's army is invincible in the world, and Zhuge Liang has led the troops to be too punctual for too short a time.

However, it was said that after a night's rest, the guards of the city regained a little spirit. Chen Lan also ordered that the injured but not serious soldiers be arranged to go to the city again to garrison.

As for the three thousand people selected by Zhuge Liang in the second wave, Chen Lan didn't dare to use it more, but just let the two hundred people go to the city to see if they could help.

Zhuge Liang has been too punctual for too short a time, but he can't hope that the people can defend the city desperately.

Chen Lan just arranged it properly, and the Cao camp outside the city attacked the city as scheduled.

It's still an old prescription.

The bells and drums sounded in unison, and the drums besieged the city. A large number of soldiers, or promoters, ladder carts, well carts, or shield-bearers protecting archers, or sword-and-shield men, all slaughtered the city walls.

There was a big battle, and it was noon.

In the sound of Jin Ming, Cao Jun once again retreated like a tide. But then, there was another drum noise, and Cao Jun was like a tireless monster, taking turns to fight.

And the defenders on the city wall are almost exhausted. The soldiers were both tired and frightened, and the new people were really of no use, and many of them were hiding under the female wall and shivering.

Chen Lan leaned against the pillar, he couldn't stand steadily, he was injured, and there was a not light wound on his shoulder.

"If the fraudulent plan does not work, I am afraid that the city will be broken today." Chen Lan raised her head and looked at Cao Jun, who was swarming in, as if she was tireless and fearless, and let out a sigh of relief.

And at this moment, Jiang Wan, who had already calculated the time, led more than ten horsemen to ride into Anlu City from the south city gate, and shouted: "General Jiangdong Zhou's reinforcements will arrive tomorrow." General Zhou's reinforcements will arrive tomorrow. One more day of guarding, you can be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

The original plan was to falsely claim that reinforcements were coming soon, and that it could be delayed for a few days. Now seeing that the delay could not go on, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wan hoped that they could hold on today, and took advantage of the night to take the soldiers who were not injured and were slightly injured, abandoned everything, and went south to join Ding Feng.

Suddenly hearing the news, the morale of the defenders was suddenly high. Fear is dispelled, and the fire of hope and struggle is burned.

The soldiers fought bravely against the enemy, and finally defended it for another day.

This is the third day.

In Zhuge Liang's Anlu City, there were nearly 100,000 people, 10,000 elite soldiers, 5,000 brave people, and 3,000 second wave people.

Under the attack of Cao Jun's generals Xu Huang and Zhang He's 50,000 elite soldiers, Zhuge Liang only defended for three days.

Don't underestimate these three days, it's already a lot of ability. Chen Lan, Lei Xu is not a fierce general, a general. The soldiers recruited by Zhuge Liang have only been trained for about a year.

There are almost no soldiers in iron armor.

The people's hearts have not yet been completely annexed, and no one has helped Zhuge Liang defend the city.

Zhuge Liang was able to hold on for three days, and in the end he used a small scheme.

Without Zhou Yu's reinforcements, he would definitely not be able to defend Anlu City. Zhuge Liang already knew, and if he knew that Zhou Yu would not come, Zhuge Liang would have to prepare in advance.

Even if you don't go south to join Ding Feng and lead the people to hide in the mountains, you can temporarily avoid the edge.

Zhou Yu pitted Zhuge Liang.

After Cao's army retreated that day, Zhuge Liang summoned Jiang Wan, Chen Lan, and Lei Xu to discuss the plan to abandon the city.

"How many soldiers can you take with you?" Zhuge Liang asked Jiang Wandao.

Jiang Wan already knew it in his chest, and said: "There are three hundred people in the south and west of the city, and there are three thousand five hundred people under General Chen Lan and General Lei Xu. More than 4,000 people in total. ”

"Prepare enough dry food for the day, set off on the third watch tonight, and leave overnight." Zhuge Liang nodded, and then he glanced at Chen Lan and Lei Xu, and said, "I know that the two generals have been fighting for many years and their family wealth is in Anlu. Please rest assured that when you go back to Fangling, I will definitely ask Guan Yang Wu to give the two generals money. ”

This is appeasement.

Zhuge Liang knows that Chen Lan and Lei Xu are not the old generals of the Guan family, and they need to give some benefits to escape for their lives at this moment, just in case there is a change.

"No." Although Chen Lan and Lei Xu did not have the heart of betrayal, after listening to Zhuge Liang's promise, their morale was also boosted.

When the four of them were discussing how to take away the remnants of the retreating troops, a thunderous sound suddenly sounded in the air, and a lightning bolt pierced the sky and hit a pine and cypress in front of the study of the Taishou Mansion. The pine and cypress suddenly burst into flames and then extinguished.

Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Chen Lan, and Lei Xu were all startled, and the people in the house were even more panicked. Many subordinates even knelt down and kowtowed, begging God for forgiveness, thinking that they had done something bad and suffered retribution.

And Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Chen Lan, and Lei Xu reacted completely differently.

"Brother. If it rains, if it rains, it rains for two days. Even if it is two days of winter rain, we can be much more relaxed. If it can drizzle, the next half a month. The situation is very different. Jiang Wan was quite happy, clasped his palms with both hands, and said excitedly.

"Be prepared with both hands, if the rain can come down, and it will not stop. and he continued to hold on to the city, otherwise he went out of the city tonight. Zhuge Liang raised his eyes and looked at the sky, and he was also quite excited.

"No." Lei Xu, Chen Lan, and Jiang Wan said yes, and then left. And after Zhuge Liang ate and ate, he tossed and turned for a while.

Because the rain had already fallen, first it was heavy and then it turned into a drizzle.

Before going to bed, Zhuge Liang told his subordinates to tell him if the rain stopped. But Zhuge Liang woke up the next morning.

Zhuge Liang opened his eyes, lifted the futon, didn't care about washing and dressing, and came to the window to look at the sky. The drizzle keeps falling.

"Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu. I don't expect you to save me, but you want to use me to consume Cao's troops, and use Cao's army to attack Anlu, so that Jiangdong can monopolize Jingzhou. But God help me. This rain, in the next half month, and even in January, Anlu will be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Zhuge Liangliang finally regained his composure, smiled and washed and changed clothes, and after eating, he picked up the goose feather fan and read the book in the study.

Ge Yun hasn't sent back the news yet, but after thinking about it for the past few days, Zhuge Liang already knows Zhou Yu's abacus.

The Sun Guan family is by no means friends, they just use each other.