Wanling City.

Under the darkness of the night.

Xie Anran, who was dressed in white, Princess Xiang Ling, who was wearing armor, and more than a dozen generals stood at the head of the city and looked out.

The royal family of the Xiang family started as soldiers, and even the princess has been practicing martial arts since she was a child and can go to the battlefield.

On the city wall were 10,000 soldiers on night watch, one-third of the elite soldiers and two-thirds of the miscellaneous soldiers.

Five miles outside the city, the Wu army camp stretched for more than ten miles, the lights were bright, and there were bonfires everywhere.

Thirty thousand Wu troops were gathering under the city, each holding a torch in their hands, tens of thousands, as if preparing for a night battle.

"Lord Taishou, it looks like the enemy is going to attack at night! In the early days, they fought during the day and rested at night. Why is it so abnormal today? ”

A city guard general said in a hurry.

The soldiers were night blind, and once the vision was blurred at dusk, they could not see clearly at night, so night battles rarely occurred.

The torch was lit, but he could barely see a few feet around the torch. More than a foot away, it's all black.

Wu soldiers, they were holding torches, and they couldn't even see the head of the city clearly.

However, despite this, the Wu army still decided to attack the city at night. If you can't see the head of the city clearly, you will also attack the city.

It's pretty weird.

"Wu Jun should be in a hurry!

They attacked the city at night, and their goal was not to capture Wanling City. It was to keep our defenders from resting all night. ”

Xie Anran groaned.

"I have 30,000 troops defending the city, and 10,000 soldiers are guarding the city each time, and each person has to defend for four hours a day, day and night, and he is quite tired.

The Wu army was as many as 250,000, and 30,000 soldiers were dispatched to attack the city each time, and each person only attacked once in two days. You can take a day off and maintain plenty of stamina and energy.

In such a non-stop siege day and night, within ten days, our army will be exhausted and unable to cope with the battle. Half a month... I'm afraid it won't work. ”

Princess Xiang Ling was also worried.

"How many more soldiers can we recruit from Wanling City? A little more troops, a little longer. ”

Xie Anran asked.

"It's very difficult, the population of Wanling City is 150,000, excluding women, children, the old and the young, there are only 30,000 prime of life. We have recruited 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers, almost all of whom are capable of fighting. ”

"I don't know when the imperial reinforcements will arrive in Wanling?"

"There are 100,000 elite soldiers and horses in Jinling City, but they may not dare to send out the city! Once Jinling sent troops to support Wanling. The Chu army moved south and could threaten Jinling City at any time. The imperial capital is also not safe, and the imperial court may not dare to take this risk!

Most of the reinforcements were also transferred from other counties, Southwestern Counties. ”

"Until reinforcements come, we'll be on our own! Fortunately, Lord Taishou had stored a lot of grain and grass in advance, enough for the 30,000 army in March. Otherwise, it's dangerous. ”

The generals were worried.

Wanling City was blocked by the 200,000 troops of the Wu army, and the news from the outside could not come in, and it was difficult to spread the news inside.

Pigeons can fly, but they are easily shot by the marksmen of the Wu army outside the city.

"If you can keep one day, it's one day!"

Xie Anran sighed.

Princess Xiang Ling is a member of the royal family, he is a royal relative, once the city is broken, Xiang Bi, the king of Wu, will definitely not let him go.

There is no way to escape, you can only defend with all your might.

Just do your best.

For the rest, it's just up to Destiny!

...

A few days down.

The Wu army attacked the city day and night, and one wave of soldiers retreated, and another wave of soldiers began to attack the city, almost without stopping.

Attacking with a ladder will not be able to capture Wanling City.

Wu Jun began to cut wood, making large trebuchets and even large ladders. This trebuchet can throw boulders 200 paces away and storm the city walls.

The ladder allows dozens of soldiers to stand on the ladder of the city wall and jump directly to the city wall to fight.

These large-scale instruments made Wu Jun like a tiger.

The court defenders of Wanling City fell into a bitter battle for a while.

"Report, Lord Taishou. The Wu army built dozens of ladders overnight, preparing to attack the city! ”

"Go door-to-door and collect oil. The ladder approached, and with oil fire and rocket arrows, burned their ladder! ”

"Report to Lord Taishou, Wu Jun has built five siege vehicles and is preparing to attack the city gate!"

"Dismantle the door panels, drive some large horses out, and throw them at the gates, to block their siege engines from approaching! If the Wu army wants to move the horses, shoot them! ”

The head of Wanling City.

Xie Anran was at the head of the city, arranging for the soldiers to guard the city, while setting up the chessboard, and playing chess with his general Xu Min, without the slightest anxiety and uneasiness.

"General Xu, you lost!"

Xie Anran said lightly.

"Lord Taishou is worthy of being the first talent in Jinling City, and his chess skills are really exquisite, admire and admire!

My lord, do you want to go on patrol and supervise the battle? Xiaguan looked outside the city, the Wu army attacked fiercely, and it seemed that the number of soldiers and horses besieging the city had increased, and nearly 40,000 troops were dispatched at one time.

In addition, they built a large number of siege engines and attacked the city with all their might. With such a way of fighting, I am afraid that our army will not be able to hold out for three or five days. ”

The general Xu Min had no intention of playing chess, and his face was full of melancholy and hurried.

"What is there to see. This shows that the Wu army is in a hurry and is in a hurry to take Wanling City. There must have been something going on outside that made King Wu so anxious... He's in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry. ”

Xie Anran put the chessboard on the table and said lightly.

"But, after five days, will we be able to hold on?"

Xu Min said urgently.

"Whoever wins my game, I will tell him whether the city can be defended."

Xie Anran smiled and looked at the generals around him.

The generals looked at each other.

Playing chess, they played Xie Anran, the first young talent in Jinling!

However, since Lord Taishou was so relaxed, he didn't take the 200,000 Wu army in his eyes at all.

It must be in my heart.

The Xie clan is a very powerful force in the imperial court, and it will definitely affect the imperial court, and send troops to support Wanling City as soon as possible.

...

Night.

Xie Anran sat on the stone steps of the main hall of Wanling City Gate, holding a wine gourd in his hand, looking at the dense torches outside the city and the starry sky at night.

The noise outside the city, the shouts of killing, are hardly heard these days.

He hadn't slept a single peaceful sleep in these days, and his face was tired.

Princess Xiang Ling came to his side and sat down silently, "Husband, can we hold Wanling City?" ”

"The people in the city are panicking, and they are all afraid that the Wu army will break the city. I'm too guarded, so I can't mess with myself first. Whether this city can be defended or not depends on the mandate of heaven and when the imperial court will come to reinforcements! ”

Xie Anran smiled bitterly.

When the imperial reinforcements will arrive, it is not up to him to decide.

Suddenly, far outside the city, the sky exploded with a lot of brilliant light. One golden, one fiery red, one purple.

Fireworks of all colors, all of them.

These fireworks are so dazzling under the night sky that they can even be seen in Wanling City.

Of course, the Wu army outside the city also saw it, and countless soldiers of the Wu army looked in the direction of the fireworks, and even the momentum of the siege seemed to be slowing down.

"What's that?"

Princess Xiang Ling was taken aback.

"It seems... It's fireworks! On the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day, Xiao Duhou held a fireworks festival in Jinling City, and Jinling City was full of fireworks. Pictures were also published in the "Da Chu Di Daily". ”

Xie Anran stood up and said with some surprise.

Why did this fireworks appear near Wanling City? It seems that there are quite a few of them.