The time entered November, just as General Chen Cang feared, Chen Cangcheng, which had repelled the Liangzhou rebels twice in a row, became a thorn in the side of the rebels, coupled with the important geographical location, there is no room for error. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Info Kingdom really led the main force of the army to turn south, intending to capture Chencang City before winter.

So in the evening of this day, under the frightened eyes of the guards of the city, long dragons gradually emerged in the distance, and thousands of soldiers and horses swarmed from the north, east, and west. From near to far, the open space under the city, the wilderness on the outskirts of the city, on the long official road, the fields and trees not far away, and the hills in the distance, were boundless rebel soldiers and horses, except for the south Weishui direction, where no enemy troops were found, the other three sides were surrounded by boundless rebels.

"This, this has to be tens of thousands of horses!"

One of the soldiers at the head of the city stammered.

As the saying goes, "a person over 10,000, boundless and unbounded", the number of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou has exceeded 70,000 in the eastward march this time, at this time, the crowd is coming, naturally the momentum is terrifying, the general who monitored the enemy situation on the city wall saw so many people and horses from afar, and his heart was also frightened, these days he was surrounded by nearly 10,000 rebels outside the city and felt scared, and now there are so many rebels at once, like a dark cloud, this Chen Cangcheng is afraid that it will not last long to be crushed by these rebels!

However, the general also knew that the military situation was urgent, and hurriedly sent someone down to the city to report the whole situation to the defenders in the city.

Not long after, Xu Rong, who was wearing armor, and Chen Cangshou came to the temporary simple city tower together, and raised their eyes to look at the rebels who swept over the mountains and fields. General Chen Cangshou was already as pale as soil at this time, and he had been in the army for many years, although he often heard his comrades in the army talk about the fierceness of the Liangzhou rebels, but where had he personally experienced the power of facing dozens of times the rebels, and now he was in danger and trembling in his heart, but it was not easy to show it because of his identity and the guest army on his side.

Unwilling to wait anxiously, he estimated the men and horses marching to the north, and after silently calculating in his heart for a while, he whispered:

"Xu Sima, the rebels on this side are afraid that there will be no less than 20,000 when they look at the momentum, but I'm afraid that this time the main force of the rebels is coming, this, what can I do?"

Xu Rong's face was also gloomy at this time, he didn't expect the main force of the rebels to come so quickly, as General Chen Cang said, there are indeed more than 20,000 rebels on this side, and he estimates that the number of rebels on the other two sides is not much different, it seems that it is really the kingdom and Han Sui who came with the main force of the Liangzhou rebels.

Although it is said that Xu Rong also defeated the main force of the Liangzhou rebels in the second year of Zhongping, he was under Dong Zhuo at that time, and there were so many comrades and allies around him. But now he is sitting in the lonely city with a small group of people, and the pressure in his heart can be imagined. However, Xu Rong is a famous general, he looked at the boundless Liangzhou rebels, and his mind had quickly identified the strengths and weaknesses of the rebels, he smiled, trying to infect the Chen Cang guards around him with a somewhat stiff smile, pointing to the rebels outside the city and saying:

"The rebels seem to be outnumbered and unstoppable, but they have committed two taboos by coming this time, and although our army is small in number, it also has two advantages!"

"What do you say?"

As if a drowning man suddenly saw a straw, General Chen Cang, who had already been shocked by the momentum of a large number of rebels marching in, suddenly brightened his eyes and hurriedly asked.

Xu Rong regained his former composure at this time, he raised two fingers and said slowly:

"First, you see that although the rebels in Liangzhou are overwhelming, the pace of march is not the same, the troops in front are already approaching the city, and the ones behind have just turned the hills. Although the rebels are led by the Kingdom and others, they still go their own way in private. The soldiers and horses have their own belongings, and the orders are different, which has already violated a big taboo for soldiers. ”

Although General Chen Cang is bold, he is also a person who knows the soldiers, Xu Rong came out a little, and he immediately saw that this is indeed the consistent weakness of the rebels, but this cannot completely offset the disadvantage of being outnumbered by the enemy, he is also anxious, and wants to hear what Xu Rong's second taboo is, and hurriedly urged:

"What about the second taboo?"

"This second taboo, that's the weather!" Xu Rong seemed to understand the reason why Dong Zhuo specially sent him to help Chen Cangcheng at this time, and he said eloquently:

"The rebels are already tired. This year is very early in winter, we can take advantage of this weather, splash water for ice, the rebels are shorter than the siege of the city, once the ants are attached, it must be heavy casualties, since ancient times, the hundred tendencies will be on the general, when the ice and snow outside the city cover the road, the rebels will really have to return to the west. ”

As soon as Xu Rong talked about the method of pouring water for ice, General Chen Cang suddenly thought of the scene of the ice covering the city, and he also felt that this year's winter seemed to come relatively early in the past few days, he was overjoyed for a while, and immediately wanted to go downstairs to direct the people to prepare, just took a step, and suddenly stopped, just now it seems that Xu Rong also said that he has two advantages, this splashing water for ice has to wait for the weather to become colder before it can be implemented, then there is a better way than this.

Chen Cangshou stared at Xu Rong for a moment, as if he was afraid that he would fly, waiting for him to say a bigger surprise.

Xu Rong also knew the other party's thoughts at this time, and he continued to add:

"As for the advantages of our army, there are two, one is to wait for the tired division with a strong city, as long as it can be dragged on, the defenders will be at ease, and the attackers will work by themselves. Second, there are strong reinforcements outside, I estimate the time, I am afraid that the army of the imperial court has already arrived in Sanfu! ”

"This—"

That's right, after listening to Xu Rong's two advantages, Chen Cangshou did not have as many surprises as expected. He also knew the two advantages of the imperial army, but these all depended on how long he could hold on. Therefore, in contrast, in the eyes of General Chen Cang, these two advantages are really not as good as the method of pouring water into ice, and General Chen Cangshou also despised Xu Rong in his heart, and he hugged his fist at Xu Rong and wanted to go downstairs.

Unexpectedly, Xu Rong's words were far from finished, and his voice sounded again behind General Chen Cang:

"Therefore, if we want to delay until the rebels are tired and the army comes to help, we must mobilize the whole city and defend Chencang City together!"

"What?"

General Chen Cang was dissatisfied with Xu Rong's decision to make without consulting him, and he heard that Xu Rong wanted to mobilize the people of the city, but he questioned in his heart whether the young and old people who had never been on the battlefield could stand at the head of the city and fight the rebels in addition to helping carry ordnance.

So his eyes were directly on Xu Rong's gaze, and although he didn't speak, he undoubtedly questioned Xu Rong's decision.

Under the questioning eyes of General Chen Cang, Xu Rong instantly seemed to be a different person, his eyes became hot, his eyes were blazing, and his body exuded a momentum of choosing people to devour, and his tone was also extremely cold and firm.

"At that time, all those who defend the city must kill the enemy bravely! Before the battle, those who will retreat first regardless of the army will be killed immediately! The army does not care about those who retreat first, and the rear team kills the front team! Those who dare to disobey military orders will be punished with their wives and children! As soon as the end of the battle begins, it is the time for the whole city to fight to the death! ”

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"Looks like this year's winter is going to come early!"

Yan Xing felt the cold wind blowing from the northern grassland head-on, and exhaled a breath of white air. Zhao Hong was also stationed next to him, and with the arrival of the kingdom and Han Sui with a large army, Li Biao in Han Sui's army also came to Chencang City, and now the two of them are waiting for Li Biao's arrival.

Wang Fan, who had been unable to capture Chencang City for several days, was helpless, and sent people to the kingdom to ask for reinforcements as early as ten days ago, hoping that the kingdom could give him another chance and allocate some more men and horses to him, so that he could take Chencang before winter.

It's a pity that the kingdom can't wait, the failure of the two attacks on Chen Cang has already made his prestige begin to decline, and even some people in the army with ulterior motives are secretly rumoring that the kingdom is completely to lose everyone's strength, so Wang Fan will not be able to capture Chen Cang City, which has less than 2,000 defenders with 10,000 elite divisions. In the face of such pressure from public opinion, the kingdom, which already had the strength to weaken everyone, had no choice but to eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and there was no way to say the bitterness. In addition to leading his troops to take Chen Cangcheng, there is no other way to get rid of the rumors head-on.

So he personally led the crowd south, and Yan, Li, and Zhao, who had not seen each other for several days, could gather again. Li Biao followed the main force of the Liangzhou coalition army to fight several victories, and also accumulated some military exploits, and he was about to be promoted to a military position. It was when he was in high spirits, and immediately received the invitation of Yan and Zhao, immediately handed over the military affairs in hand to his subordinates, and rode his horse out of the army in a hurry, so he was led by the messenger who came, and ran over to meet Yan and Zhao in advance.

I haven't seen him for many days, Li Biao still doesn't change his heroism, although the person hasn't arrived, the voice has already arrived.

"I haven't seen you for many days, are the two virtuous brothers safe?"

He is a little older Yan Xing, and the three of them have a very close relationship, and they have long been brothers. While speaking, Li Biao rode a yellow-maned horse and galloped like a cold wind, and in a blink of an eye, he was in front of Yan Xing and Zhao Hong.

"I'm all fine, I heard that my brother has made great achievements with the army, and he will be promoted in a few days, so I want to congratulate my brother first!"

Yan Xing has been following Han Chang's side a lot these days, and he is relatively well-informed, and he has already congratulated him. In contrast, Zhao Hong was a little unsatisfactory in the army, after all, archery and horse riding were not his specialty, and he was pressed by the elders of the clan on his head, and he never reaped the merits, but spent time under this Chen Cang City, he said with some envy and grievance:

"Brother Li, it's good that you follow the army all the way to be invincible, but Brother Yan and I can only surround the fortified city of Chencang here, and waste time!"

Hearing Zhao Hong's complaining tone, Yan Xing and Li Biao looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly comforted each other. And Li Biao heard that he said that he talked about Chen Cang, his heart moved, he also wanted to see this fortified city that made the soldiers of the coalition army lose soldiers one after another, he called Yan and Zhao, and with a wave of the horse whip, the horses ran to Chen Cangcheng, Yan Xing and Zhao Hong saw that he was interested, glanced at each other, and followed.

The three of them directly slapped their horses on the nearest hill, and following the direction pointed out by Yan Xing, Li Biao suddenly saw the section of the city wall of the city gate tower that had gone through a vicious battle not long ago, and the traces of the fierce battle were difficult to see in the distance. But the battle flags on the head of the city are waving and the military appearance is neat, Li Biao thinks carefully about the cities he captured with the army, and there is really no one who can compare to Chen Cang in front of him in terms of strict garrison, and he blurted out in his heart at the moment.

"What a fortified city!"