There were constantly Xiliang soldiers who threw away their blades in panic and knelt on the side of the road, looking at these Nanchen soldiers who rushed to every corner of the city like a tide. Red flags fluttered in the wind, and the entire Gangneung City turned red.

But this is not the crimson of blood, but the crimson of the flag, the color of victory.

"Report to the general, our army has broken through the east gate, and at the same time, the enemies at the south gate and the west gate have also given up resistance, and the soldiers of the Western Liang who surrendered are innumerable." Chen Yu, who personally led a team of scouts to supervise the battle, rushed to Xiao Maha's side with a muddy head.

As Xiao Maha's former prison army, he is actually the supervising team, but Chen Yu didn't expect that before he had time to cut off the head of his own deserter, the city gate was broken down.

Xiao Maha nodded slightly, and a smile finally appeared on his face that had been a little gloomy, and he turned slightly sideways to look at a figure sitting quietly on the side without moving: "This time it's really troublesome Xiao Gong, without Xiao Gong, I'm afraid that the resistance of your soldiers will not be so weak." ”

Xiao Yue, who was holding the teacup but didn't take a few sips from beginning to end, his hand trembled slightly, and he simply put down the teacup, the pain and struggle in his heart didn't need to be concealed, Xiao Yue knew very well that this was just self-comfort.

Everything has already happened, how can it be too late to change? At that moment, he said lightly: "The general of the defeated army and the king of the fallen country are just fish and meat on the chopping board, why should the general be so humiliated by me?" ”

After a pause, without waiting for Xiao Maha to speak, Xiao Yue followed closely and said: "What's more, although this Jiangling City has fallen into the hands of the general now, the general's trouble has not been solved, at least I have been here for so long, but I haven't seen those few little generals who have met with me, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to use their soldiers and horses to resist the Northern Zhou army and General Wei Chi." ”

Xiao Maha frowned slightly, this guy in front of him was the one who had been the master of a country, and he was able to take Xiliang to survive in the cracks, and he really had some ability. Relying only on these clues, you can perceive the predicament that Xiao Maha is facing now, and this Xiao Yue is not simple.

Thanks to the fact that Lu Teng didn't trust him very much, coupled with Xiao Yue's noble identity and no room for loss, I am afraid that if Xiao Yue and Lu Teng jointly defend the city, it will not be so easy for Xiao Maha to take Jiangling City in a short time.

"General Qiqi!" A scout ran over quickly, "Lu Teng led the remnants of the Northern Zhou army one step ahead of time to retreat to the inner city of Jiangling to defend. The inner city walls were level with the outer city, although there was no moat, but the walls were thicker, and Lu Teng blocked the four city gates with debris, and now the brothers were stepping up their attacks. ”

"The Inner City?" Xiao Maha raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood that the so-called inner city must be the imperial city and palace city of Xiliang. A city such as Gangneung, as the capital of a country, certainly does not have only one wall.

The inner city, as an important barrier for the defenders to resist and defend after the city was broken, is naturally a necessary building in the capital. Of course, the inner city also has a role, that is, when there are unscrupulous generals and courtiers who rebel, the inner city can temporarily protect the royal family and the civil and military forces of the government and the opposition, so as to buy time for reinforcements to rush to quell the rebellion.

This Lu Teng obviously also saw that Xiao Yue's capture was a heavy blow to the morale of the Xiliang soldiers, and the effect of Empress Zhang's previous initiative to personally lead the palace people to reward the army was naturally wiped out at the moment when Xiao Yue had to appear.

In the next attack, the morale of the Southern Chen army had rushed to the city again and again, if it were not for the fierce fighting of the Northern Zhou army as a reserve in the city, fighting fires everywhere, I am afraid that this Jiangling City would have been taken down long ago.

And now Lu Teng also realized that he could no longer hold the city by virtue of the Western Liang people alone, what he needed was a smaller city, so that he could directly let the army directly under the Jiangling Governor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty take care of the defense.

After all, for a small army, a tall and spacious city may not be the best choice, because to a greater extent, it means that they can only defend a larger area with fewer men, and it is more effective to concentrate it.

"How many people are there in this inner city?" The smile on Xiao Maha's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he asked in a deep voice.

"There are not many people, and there are only more than 2,000 people left in the Northern Zhou Barbarians under Lu Teng's hands, plus those who were intercepted by us in the streets and alleys, it is estimated that there are even fewer left in the inner city." The scout hurried to report.

Xiao Maha nodded, and ordered several generals around him: "All bed ballistas and trebuchets move forward into the city to assist in the attack on the inner city, and tell the crossbowmen not to fight, and fully support the inner city!" ”

"No!" Several generals hurriedly responded.

And Xiao Maha turned to look at Chen Yu, frowned and said, "Chen Yu, take this down!" ”

Looking at the several soldiers who came up to him, Xiao Yue sneered: "Xiao Maha, Xiao Maha, are you also panicked and scared?" This Jiangling battle situation is uncertain, which is not a good thing for you. Now you don't even plan to let me see it, are you afraid that there will be some bad news coming, afraid that I will see your jokes? ”

"Shut up!" Chen Yu hurriedly scolded.

And Xiao Maha waved his hand, asking Chen Yu not to be rude, looked at Xiao Yue, who was already a little crazy, with pity, and then reached out to pick up his helmet: "A certain person took you down, just because a certain person is going to lead the army into the city, where is the fear and panic?" ”

After a pause, Xiao Maha didn't look at Xiao Yue's shocked and suspicious expression, and walked straight forward: "Aren't you full of confidence in your Jiangling City, in that Lu Teng, and even in Wei Chi in Xiangyang, then let you see how your Jiangling City was broken in the hands of XX, and how Lu Teng's head rolled off in XX's hands!" ”

As he spoke, Xiao Maha stepped down from the platform, and the guards behind him followed with sonorous steps.

Panicky? Afraid?

Joke!

Our generals dared to rush at the existence of the enemy's Chinese army with twelve people, and they didn't know what panic and fear were for a long time. These two words sounded to Xiao Maha, and there was only one possibility of sneering.

And Xiao Yue looked at Xiao Maha's figure in despair: "You are really not worried about the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty coming from Xiangyang, when the time comes, you will not be able to stand on a stable footing, and under the combination of internal and external affairs, how long can you support it?!" ”

"An unstable foothold, both internally and externally?" Xiao Maha raised his eyebrows, paused, and laughed, "Then I don't know where the Northern Zhou army you said is, and where is the captain Chi Hui you are talking about?" ”

While speaking, Xiao Maha turned his head and met Xiao Yue's eyes: "It's been so many days, and a certain person has been waiting for a long time, but they haven't appeared from beginning to end." ”