On the fourth day of the siege, the day's fighting was over, and the dry army retreated like a tide, taking away all the siege equipment.

One by one, the defenders turned and sat down with their backs against the women's wall, looking languished and exhausted, not caring if there were blood stains or corpses below.

Huang Wei wiped the bloody sword, put the sword into the sheath and walked to Chen Xian's side, seeing that he was still staring at the backs of the soldiers of the co-conciliation army in the distance, he asked: "General, the cadres have gone away, what are you still looking at?" ”

Chen Xian asked, "Lao Huang, don't you think their attack today is very strange?" ”

"Strange? What's so strange? Huang Jian was puzzled, "Didn't they fight like this a few days ago?" ”

Chen Xian shook his head: "No, today's attack looks like they have preserved their strength, they have that kind of high-power fire oil bomb but don't use it, just smashed a few stone bullets; Their well fence could have been pushed to the edge of the city wall to launch a fierce attack, but it was still the same as a few days ago, and it only stopped at the position of the moat, and it seems that they did not send as many troops as a few days ago, and the number of times they did not do it was as much! ”

"Shhhh Maybe they fought too hard a few days ago, and those prisoners couldn't hold on, so they wanted to slow down? ”

Chen Xian turned his head to look at General Huang: "Are they still worried that those surrendered prisoners will not be able to hold on?" Will the cadres care about the lives and deaths of these surrendered prisoners? Do you believe this reason yourself? ”

"What did the general say the cadres were doing this for?" Huang asked the general.

Chen Xian narrowed his eyes, "There must be a demon when things go wrong, there must be some purpose for the cadres to do this, but I can't think of it for a while!" By the way, is there anything unusual outside the other three city gates these days? ”

General Huang shook his head: "No, there is still not a single cadre army outside the south gate, and the cadres outside the other two city gates are just feints every day, and there is no threat!" ”

Chen Xian stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, "I always feel uneasy in my heart!" ”

In the middle of the night, both the cadres outside the city and the defenders inside the city were asleep, and the wind suddenly rose in the sky, which was not strong at first, but as time went by, the wind became stronger and faster.

The strong wind blew up many of the camp tents that were not firmly tied in the camp of the cadres, especially the camp tents of the camp of the assistant army were all set up casually, and no reinforcement measures were used, and the strong wind instantly uprooted the camp tents that were not firmly rooted, and many of the soldiers who were sleeping suddenly felt cold, and when they opened their eyes, they saw that the top of their heads was empty, and there was nothing left.

The officers woke up and ran out of the camp tent to see that the strong wind had blown the tent and the soldiers' clothes flying everywhere.

The officers of the colonel responded quickly and in a timely manner, and after a horn sounded, all the co-attendant generals woke up and quickly assembled.

When Su Ji arrived, all the soldiers and generals had been assembled, and everyone was standing in the open space and was ravaged by the strong wind.

"Don't talk nonsense, seeing that there are signs of rain in this sky, Ben will order everyone to immediately reinforce the camp tents, stables, and livestock sheds, and the camp tents that have been blown away by the strong wind will be brought back for me to re-tie them firmly, act quickly, hurry up!"

With Su Ji's order issued, all the co-subordinate generals acted nervously, and the camp was noisy and busy.

Many of the lights were blown out by the strong winds, and the soldiers had to light fires to facilitate their movements, but soon it began to rain and get heavier and heavier.

Only a few of the tents that were blown away by the strong wind were firmly planted before the heavy rain fell, and most of the others had already recovered their tents, but they did not have time to be firmly established, and the soldiers were drenched by the heavy rain in the blink of an eye, but they could only brave the rain to re-set up the tents, waiting for the tents to be firmly tied.

Zhao Junsheng woke up when the wind rose, but he didn't give any instructions, and the matter of appeasing the soldiers and ordering the soldiers to re-establish their tents was naturally done by the generals and colonels, and only after the heavy rain fell did he send someone to inquire about the situation.

Soon, Yang Lie, Li Bao, Su Ji, Nie Feihu and others braved the heavy rain to come over to report to Zhao Junsheng about the situation in the camp to deal with the strong wind and rain.

"Your Majesty, the tents of the cavalry camp are relatively firmly entrenched, and they have not been blown away by the strong winds, the stables and livestock sheds are also safe and sound, all the cattle are still there, and the soldiers are sleeping well!"

After Yang Lie's report, Li Bao and Nie Feihu successively reported that the situation of the Qianjun infantry and the camp of the Longwei Army was very good, everything was normal, and the strong wind and rain outside did not affect the soldiers at all, but because of the wind and rain, the soldiers slept more soundly.

Su Ji reported: "Your Majesty, the tents of the camp of the Xiecong Army have been blown away by hundreds of tents, and most of them have not been re-established before the heavy rain falls, and the soldiers can only continue to camp in the heavy rain, and many people are drenched, these are all negligence of the ministers, and the ministers ask Your Majesty for their guilt!" ”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng said with a serious face: "It is normal that the combat quality of the co-conscription army cannot be improved temporarily, after all, the time for reorganization is too short, but the military appearance, style, and military discipline can be rectified through strict means, and they can make their appearance have a earth-shaking change in a short period of time!" You have neglected this point, you have not done a good job, I want to reprimand you in front of all the ministers and generals today, you can't let them go because they are the assistant army, they are also the army of our country, even if they surrender and have been reorganized for a short time, they can't be treated differently in these aspects, understand? ”

Su Ji lowered his head and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty is right, the minister accepts it humbly, and he will not make such a mistake again in the future!" ”

"That's good!"

Zhao Junsheng's eyes swept among the ministers again, "By the way, what is the situation in the grain and grass warehouse?" Have you suffered any losses? ”

Quartermaster Li Song walked out of the report: "Your Majesty, the grain and grass storehouse and the sheepfold and cowshed are all normal, the wind and rain are a little heavier, but the storehouse and livestock have not been affected!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That's good!" It's summer, and the rain won't be too long, maybe it will stop in the next hour at most, and it won't affect the siege tomorrow. Su Ji, can your side attack the city on time tomorrow? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there's no problem here!"

"Okay, let's go back and rest!"

Zhao Junsheng and all the ministers, ministers, and generals were wrong, and they all miscalculated the timing of this rain, which continued to rain from late at night until the next morning.

Because of the rain, the ground in the camp was no longer suitable for the cavalry and infantry to carry out normal drills, but the assembly horn sounded normally during the morning exercise, and the soldiers could only assemble urgently in the rain.

The leading soldiers and colonels of the various departments did not arrange drill tasks, but simply carried out some admonitions and arrangements during the rain, and then announced the disbandment, and the cadres and generals who had been drenched in transparency ran back to the camp tents to change their wet clothes and put on clean clothes.

And Su Ji, who was reprimanded by Zhao Junsheng last night, also treated the co-conjungs with the same stern attitude towards the cadres and generals, and still ordered to blow an emergency assembly call for them to assemble, severely reprimanded them in the heavy rain, announced military discipline and military regulations, and strictly demanded military appearance and style.

"Okay, that's all for today, because of the rain, today's siege plan can only be put on hold temporarily, after the disbandment, everyone goes back to the camp to change into clean clothes, and then goes to breakfast, after breakfast, return to the camp and stand by, no order is allowed to come out, disband!"

The generals dispersed in a hurry.

Many of the rules of the cadres were originally set by Zhao Junsheng, and even the selection of camp locations, sizes, and various facilities when marching and camping had detailed regulations, and the facilities that should be there were indispensable, including drainage ditches.

If there is no drainage ditch, according to the rainfall this time, the camp is already a vast ocean, although the rain has been drained from the drainage ditch, but the camp is already a piece of mud, and the heavy rain is still falling, there is still no sign of stopping, the cadres and soldiers can not do anything, can only nest in the camp to sleep, and this is exactly what the soldiers are looking forward to, finally seize this opportunity, must sleep enough.

After breakfast, the soldiers lay down in the tent and slept with their heads covered, snoring one after another, to see which tent was the loudest.

"Get ready, go on patrol camp!" Zhao Junsheng instructed Li Bao, who was standing on the side.

"No!"

Kang Yide took an oil-paper umbrella, and Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "What are you using with such a big rain?" Go get an oilcloth raincoat and come here! ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng wore an oilcloth raincoat and inspected the camp with Li Bao and the others, and there was no one else in the camp except for the sentry and patrol team.

After inspecting the cavalry camp, Zhao Junsheng found that everyone in some tents was sleeping, some of the soldiers in the tents were gossiping, and some of the soldiers in the tents were carrying out some useful activities.

Zhao Junsheng asked as he walked: "By the way, the guard posts and ranger posts outside the camp are still there, right?" ”

Yang Lie replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, no matter what the weather, the guard posts and ranger posts outside the camp cannot be removed, this is related to the safety of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, and the ministers will not be so ignorant of the severity!" ”

"That's good, you can't be careless at any time, you can't get carried away, some rules seem to be dull and impersonal, but when it really comes to the critical moment, it can save all lives, just like now, if the defenders in the city suddenly go out of the city in the rain to attack our camp, and our guard posts and ranger posts on the periphery hide because of the strong wind and rain, and do not perform their duties normally, what kind of consequences will this cause?"

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