Chapter 414: Luck
Xiao Shilian gasped for breath and looked at all this in front of him.
The red banner fluttered above his head, and the arrows on it were densely packed, but it did not make people feel frightened, but urged countless Nan Chen soldiers to rush up the city wall at a faster speed and chase the enemy along the city wall.
The messy wooden rolling stones on the city wall have been removed, and not far away, the Northern Zhou army is being routed like a tide, and many people have begun to lay down their blades. And the rest of the army was cowering in the direction of the city gatehouse. At least compared to the ordinary city wall, the city wall of the section of the city gate tower is a few steps higher, so that it can still occupy a condescending advantage.
However, the enemy has already poured into the city, and it is not known what use this advantage is in the face of the collapsed overall situation, perhaps it is just to give the defenders of Luzhou City the last bit of courage to resist.
"Boqing, are you alright?" Chen Zhishen strode to Xiao Shilian's side.
In fact, when Xiao Shilian's banner appeared on the city, he had already pressed up with all the soldiers and horses. Even Xie Chang, who was in charge of controlling the equipment, brought a group of craftsmen and monks, shirtless people, and strong men who specialized in hard work in the army.
Anyway, the hardest shells of the enemy have collapsed, and they have nothing to do behind, and the guys who have copied them under the rush of blood rush rush forward with the surging crowd.
At that time, everyone was crazy, and Chen Zhishen, who had now calmed down, first sent someone to protect Xie Chang, who was just holding a wooden stick in his hand - how much Li Xinchen valued these craftsmen, Chen Zhishen knew it in his heart, not to mention that when he went deep into Bashu in the future, some of the Jiancheng Xiongguan needed the equipment of these craftsmen, so Chen Zhishen was reluctant to put these guys into the siege.
After that, Chen Zhishen climbed the cloud ladder to the city wall, and while directing the soldiers to open the city gate along the uptown trail, he rushed to Xiao Shilian's place quickly. Seeing that Xiao Shilian was just leaning on the city wall and was fine, Chen Zhishen finally put down the stone that had been in his heart.
At that time, Xiao Shilian was the first, he didn't realize that there was anything wrong with this, but because of the shouts of the Nan Chen soldiers, his blood was boiling, after all, Chen Zhishen was most worried about morale at that time, and Xiao Shilian's first arrival undoubtedly raised the morale of the Nan Chen soldiers who were originally low because of the setbacks of the two attacks to the extreme, so this is what Chen Zhishen is happy to see.
But now that I think about it, if something happens to Xiao Shilian, the consequences will be unimaginable, and he, Chen Zhishen, can go to see Li Xinchen with his head.
"The ghost door was closed and walked away." Xiao Shilian didn't use his personal guards to support him, but stood up by himself on the city wall, licking his chapped lips, "It feels good." ”
"You're all like this, and you know how to joke." Chen Zhishen smiled bitterly, "We have made a lot of money in this battle, and we have not lost again." ”
Xiao Shilian squinted slightly to the side, the Northern Zhou flag on the city tower had fallen, and the wave composed of the Southern Chen soldiers had crossed the city tower and swept towards the other half of the city wall. The sandbags and knife carts used to block the gate under the Luzhou City Gate have been removed, and with the opening of the gate, more Nanchen troops are pouring in.
Even outside the city, sailors and soldiers are coming ashore one after another.
There is no doubt that Luzhou City has fallen into the hands of Nan Chen.
"It's what we bought for our flesh and blood." Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice after a long time.
There were only two guards left around him, and Nan Chen had at least seven or eight hundred soldiers killed in the battle under this Luzhou city.
This is undoubtedly the largest loss since Li Xinchen entered Shu, and the number of people lost has exceeded a quarter of Xiao Shilian's command.
You must know that although Luzhou City is strong, the Northern Zhou army that blocked them on the city wall was less than a thousand people, and most of the rest were strong men in the city, even so, the number of defenders added up to only half of the soldiers and horses under the command of Xiao Shilian and Chen Zhishen.
What's more, this does not include the craftsmen, people's husbands and sailors on the river who accompanied the army.
Therefore, no matter from which point of view, the battle commanded by Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian is not a complete victory, after all, compared to the previous results of Li Xinchen, this victory is indeed a bit tragic.
But attacking a Xiongcheng with a dangerous terrain like Luzhou, but this kind of loss is actually an alternative, if it weren't for Li Xinchen's previous record being too dazzling, such a battle loss would be enough for Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian to be satisfied.
Of course, from another aspect, Li Xinchen's attack on the White Emperor City and other places actually relied on the enemy's inconvenient news exchange and "never tired of deceit", and only one city of Ba County was really conquered, and the defenders in Ba County City at that time were far less than Luzhou City.
A touch of the remnant sun fell on the city, and the sunlight in winter was always weak, and in the smoke and dust, this last ray of sunlight became even without a trace of temperature. And in the air, as if distorted by the smell of flesh and countless shouts, the sun became blurry, and even the outline could not be seen clearly.
Xiao Shilian showed a relaxed look on his face, no matter how many casualties there were, and no matter what kind of sacrifices and efforts they made, at least now this Luzhou City was trampled under his feet.
In front, Nan Chen's flag and his own flag were dancing side by side on the city tower, announcing who the real owner of the city was.
Chen Zhishen stood beside Xiao Shilian, watching countless soldiers with joy and excitement on their faces coming and going, watching the defender captives who had repelled their attacks again and again hanging their heads, and looking at the fluttering flag.
In an instant, Chen Zhishen felt that since they entered Shu, there was something protecting them in the dark, whether it was the Battle of White Emperor City, the Battle of Bajun, or the current Battle of Luzhou, although there were casualties, they were all surprisingly smooth.
And it was not the emperor Chen Ji who was far away in the sky, or even Xiao Maha, the hussar general in Jingzhou, who brought all this, but the young man who should have risen like a comet in this troubled world on the way to Hezhou at this time.
"Luck is determined, and in the dark, there is a number of qi." Chen Zhishen muttered subconsciously.
If there is anything to explain this surprisingly smooth operation, I am afraid that it is only the word "luck". It's just that this luck doesn't seem to be Nan Chen's luck, not Chen Ji's luck, but Li Xinchen's luck.
Xiao Shilian also heard Chen Zhishen's voice and glanced at him deeply.
Luck and luck, is this something that a courtier should consider? To put it mildly, this is the "great rebellion". However, Xiao Shilian looked at the miracle he created single-handedly in front of him, and he really didn't know how to describe it.
Maybe it's really luck that is protecting them, and more importantly, it's protecting Li Xinchen.
As for what kind of gas number this gas number is, Xiao Shilian doesn't want to think about it now.
Even if he is not afraid of heaven and earth, there is something to fear in his heart after all.