The sound of drums echoed between the vast heaven and earth, and the fine and dense rain fell from the nine heavens, enveloping the whole world in rising water vapor.

Torches burned in the wind and rain, and the flames swayed with the howling wind and the rain blowing in their faces, illuminating the faces of each other. Sentinels rode their horses back and forth in front of the arrays, their hooves stepping heavily into the puddles, stirring up countless clouds of mud and rain.

Huge sheds were erected in unison with the sound of horns, and shirtless strong men shouted back and forth to push huge ballista carts into the sheds.

Most of the bowstrings of crossbows are made of the skin of livestock, which is called "rubber bands", which can easily become loose when exposed to water on rainy days, which greatly affects the range of arrows, so it is necessary to use this kind of rain shelter to protect the ballista.

Behind the rain shelter, more trebuchets were already ready, silently looking at the city in the distance, which was in the wind and rain.

It was the early morning of the second day of Nan Chen's attack on Gangneung, and a new round of attacks was being prepared in the wind and rain that is common in the summer in Jiangnan.

"General Qiyu, the bed crossbow is ready!" A soldier walked briskly.

Xiao Maha had been standing quietly on this hillside since the various departments began to prepare, his gaze through the oblique intertwined bead curtain and rain curtain, taking in the entire Gangneung City.

"General Qiyu, the sound has been heard in the west of the city, presumably the Jingzhou Thorn Shi is already urging his subordinates to attack the city!" The meteor scout horse is coming quickly.

"This Fan Yi really can't sit still." Xiao Maha said lightly. Nan Chen carried out a fierce attack on the first day, and the attack under the command of Jingzhou Assassin Shi Fan Yi was the most ferocious, and there were many casualties.

It was precisely because of Fan Yi leading his troops to storm that Lu Guangda in the south of the city couldn't sit still, and followed by leading the army to attack the city frantically, and in the end, it should have been Xiao Maha sitting in the east to launch a general attack, and the south and west were respectively responsible for the feint attack The scene of Lu Guangda and Fan Yi being responsible for the feint attack has become an out-and-out strong attack in three directions.

In the end, it was the famous general Lu Teng who defended the city, even if the Nanchen army was so aggressive, the towers of the city gates of the entire Jiangling City were even smashed by trebuchets, but the city was still not shaken in the slightest, and every time the Nanchen forward rushed to the city wall, he was driven down by the defenders' desperate counterattack.

"Is there any news from Xiangyang?" Xiao Maha didn't care much about the battle situation in front of him, yesterday's siege was frustrated, and the enthusiasm of the soldiers had basically cooled down, and the next thing should be a long tug-of-war and war of attrition, and it would not be so easy to take the city the next day.

However, this Jiangling is just an isolated city in the final analysis, as long as Xiao Maha is given enough time, he is sure that he will be able to take this city. Of course, the premise of all this is that there is no disturbance from the Northern Zhou people.

"Now General Ren has led the army to surround Chuyang, and General Chunyu has led the army of Yingzhou to attack Anlu County along the Zhuanshui, which has threatened the flank of Xiangyang. Chen Yu, who was following Xiao Maha, said in a low voice that when Li Xinchen, Xiao Shilian and others were not there, he naturally assumed the role of a staff member.

Xiao Maha bowed slightly, it seemed that there was only one Jiangling City in front of him, but what was involved was the entire Jingxiang, and it really affected the whole body: "It's almost time, attack the city." ”

Many generals who pricked up their ears suddenly bowed their hands together: "No! ”

And Xiao Maha squinted, turned around and walked straight down the hillside: "It's still a little far from here, let's go to the front and get on the nest car!" ”

And right behind him, with the sound of the drums, it suddenly stopped, and only the sound of the whistling wind and rain remained between the whole heaven and the earth in an instant. But before everyone could breathe out, the drums that became more and more rapid and shocking rose from the ground, exploding between the entire heaven and earth!

In the next moment, countless bed crossbows and trebuchets roared towards the city in the wind and rain, and one by one the neat Nanchen arrays began to move forward.

Several guards escorted Xiao Maha just walked down the hill, Xiao Maha was about to get on the horse, and a sentry horse rushed over quickly, almost hitting Xiao Maha directly. Xiao Maha stretched out his hand to grab the reins of the horse and control the frightened war horse, while Chen Yu rushed up with two people, and was about to scold the sentry horseman, Xiao Maha hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop them.

The sentry rider turned over, took out the battle report from his arms and handed it to Xiao Maha: "General Qiqi Zuowei, General Dianwei captured more than 20 people below the Emperor Xiao Yue of Xiliang and the emperor's relatives in Ji Nancheng, and I will report the general!" ”

"What did you say?" Xiao Maha raised his eyebrows, and Chen Yu and the others also subconsciously opened their mouths. They had just heard the clear six words "Emperor Xiao Yue of Western Liang".

"Capture Xiao Yue!" The Sentinel repeated anxiously.

Xiao Maha was stunned for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, and he reached out to grab the battle report.

And not far away, the slogan of fighting shook the sky loudly, and the army of Nan Chen once again launched an attack on Jiangling City.

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"God is not beautiful." Pei Zilie looked at the rain outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, who would have thought that the rain would start to fall just after nightfall, and it didn't stop until the next morning. In this way, more than 3,000 people will be trapped in this Jinan City.

And Xiao Shilian is going back and forth under the eaves outside the window, like a sleepy beast, for a person with a quick temper like him, it is of course very unpleasant to encounter such a lingering rain.

However, this rain had turned the outside of Ji Nan City into a muddy place, and the two teams of scouts who had been sent out to explore the way came back dejected and covered in mud - no one knew how many times they had fallen - not to mention that there were still Xiao Yue and other captives to carry, and it would be even more difficult if the army advanced.

However, this Jinan City is already a long-abandoned city, and the official road from Jiangling is either along the water to Xiangyang, or along the west of the river and then north to Zhangchuan County, and the Jinan City sandwiched between these two official roads is unattended. No matter which official road you want to go to, you have to make a lot of effort, and it is far from being a simple matter of just passing through this large barren grassland outside the city.

"This shows that Xiao Yue will find a place, but God doesn't take care of him," Li Xinchen didn't panic, he sat next to the small stove and stretched out his hand to bake the fire, "If we come half a day late, such a heavy rain will be enough to keep us out of the city." ”

"It's raining continuously, and there is no ······ of news from Gangneung Castle in the south" Pei Zilie frowned and said, "I always can't let go of my mind. ”

"What we can do and what we should do has been done," Li Xinchen said with a smile, "The rest of the meat eating is still handed over to General Zuo Wei and Jingzhou Thorn History, after all, we are juniors, if we go back at this time, there will be a sense of showing off our merits or even grabbing merit, so this rain is quite timely." ”

Pei Zilie was stunned for a moment: "Shizhong, you mean that we shouldn't go back?" ”

After a moment of silence, Li Xinchen raised his head to look at Pei Zilie and nodded.