After a while, a head stuck out from behind the city wall and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

Shi Rong under the city only took a closer look, and saw that it was indeed Wan Hong, so he hurriedly smiled: "The old man has not seen him for many years, don't come to harm?" ”

"You are? …… Oh, it's Captain Shixian, oh Captain Shi is here, I haven't met for a long time, hehe. I don't know if Captain Shi led the army, why did he come to this city? ”

The two of them went up and down, shouting and saying a few words. Listening to Wan Hong's tone, there was still some nostalgia, Shi Rong was also very happy, so he replied that this time it was at the order of the king of Nanyang, and he would go to Xiangwu City with the 5,000 royal divisions led by General Chen, take over the front-line army, and then plot to level Longxi in one fell swoop. After passing through Guixian, can you enter the city for a little rest and replenishment, and then go all the way west.

"Go into the city and rest. It's easy to say, it's easy to say. However, after all, the county is not broad, and the general's 5,000 men and horses rushed in, shocking the people, which is really a little inconvenient. If the general only brought some of his brothers into the city, and the rest of the army was temporarily stationed in the city, I would arrange a proper meal and entertainment, okay? ”

At Wan Hong's command, the city gate slowly opened. Shi Rong smiled at Chen An and said, "This Lao Wan has become exquisite. But his duty is understandable. And there is finally an acquaintance here, and I will be able to be extra entertained and thoughtful later. General Chen, after a long day's work, let's go in. ”

"Okay, Captain Shi, thanks to your face." Chen Anxin also felt very relieved. Although it is said that the army should be sent to fight the enemy, in principle, the army must not interfere with the locality. If the county magistrate doesn't know you, most of them will do business, and it will be inconvenient to disturb the people, anyway, no matter how many people you don't let in, whether you have food or water, whether the war horses can be fed, whether the soldiers can get a good rest or not, it is all your business, and it has nothing to do with me. No matter how dry you stare at it, you can't do it.

After explaining that he should pay attention to order and maintain the queue, Chen An controlled the horse and moved slowly, followed behind the personal army of 100 people, and entered the city gate with Shi Rong unhurriedly. The door hole is long and narrow, look at the front of you, although this new city is not narrow, but there is no urn city, outside the door hole, go out is directly into the city, some at a glance feeling.

When Chen An was relaxing, he heard a startling sound behind him, mixed with the unique creaking sound of the city gate turning. He couldn't help but look back, but saw that behind the city gate, the dozen or so guards who had just opened the door to greet him buried their heads and quickly pushed the gate, intending to close it, which attracted the surprise and questioning of the soldiers who were still entering in an orderly manner.

"Huh? I said these brothers, there are still people behind them, don't be in a hurry to close the door. ”

Shi Rong was inexplicable, turned around and walked away, and opened his mouth to stop him. I don't know if I didn't hear it, but the two heavy gates were still closing at an accelerated pace.

Chen Anxin jumped, and the muscles in his body immediately tensed. Extraordinary cleverness makes him intuitively feel that something is wrong, which is definitely not a good sign. He took the reins of his horse, stopped, and was about to shout when his ears caught the screech of crossbow arrows outside the doorway, piercing the air!

Chen An's heart was like falling into the abyss, but he immediately rolled off the horse like a conditioned reflex. As soon as his feet touched the ground, countless crossbow arrows hit the armor and pierced the flesh, making a crisp sound, which sounded a little like the sound of clattering raindrops, but it was different, it was very terrifying.

A miserable howl sounded immediately, and dozens of people were shot over by the front team's own soldiers when they boarded. was suddenly attacked, caught off guard, and including Chen An, all the Jin troops were caught off guard. Chen Anyin shouted loudly behind the war horse, and the Jin soldiers were really elite, so after a short period of confusion and panic, he intended to launch a counterattack.

However, the door opening is long and narrow, and the terrain is very unfavorable. Chen Anqiang took a peek at himself calmly, and outside the doorway, there were many people who were shooting frantically into the doorway. The soldiers of the Jin army, Rao is capable, he was blocked in the door hole and couldn't use his fists and feet, and he was helpless, and he was shot to death more than 30 people.

Chen An immediately made a decision, and without hesitation, he shouted again and again, grabbed Shi Rong, who was still a little stunned, beckoned the remnants of the soldiers, turned around and was about to go out of the city. The gate of the city became tighter and closer, Chen An roared, swords and spears rose together, and killed several people in a moment, and tried his best to escape from the city again, but after all, he was forced to trap more than 100 soldiers inside.

After ordering the military horses on the hour, the group of people was still frightened and embarrassed. Shi Rong's reaction was half a beat slower, if it wasn't for Chen An to pull him away in time, he would have been shot dead on the spot by random arrows. Right now, he was hit in the shoulder blade by an arrow, and although it didn't penetrate the flesh deeply, he gasped in pain. Although Chen An relied on his good skills and was not injured, he also had crooked armor and an embarrassing appearance.

Shi Rong straightened his teeth, and no longer cared about the old people, he scolded at the city repeatedly: "Wan Hong, surnamed Wan!" Are you so mad that you dare to attack your own people? What the fuck do you mean, do you want to rebel? Let the prince cut off your dog's head! ”

Wan Hong showed half of his head, his face had long lost the kindness of Fang Cai, and he raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Count you running fast!" What do you mean by me? Haven't you already taken refuge in the Huns, and you are enemies with me, and you are still trying to find a way to earn my new city? Let you know how good I am! ”

The second monk Shi Rongzhang was puzzled by this, and looked at Chen An with his mouth half open, and Chen An was also a little dumbfounded. The two of them guessed a lot, but they never thought that this Wan Hong would answer such a thing.

Chen An took two steps forward, tilted his head and said, "Wanxian Ling, where did you hear such an unbelievable fallacy?" I am the rebellious general Chen An, now on the order of the king, I am about to lead the army to the west to suppress the enemy, if I take refuge in the Huns, how can the king hand over the soldiers and horses to me! Wanxian Order, is there some misunderstanding in this, I ......"

What answered Chen An was a burst of arrows. Chen An hurriedly turned around and ran back, avoiding the momentum, annoyed in his heart, and puzzled. Shi Rong said angrily: "This, this damn thing, I haven't seen the shadow of the enemy yet, we were beaten up by our own people for some reason, what is this called!" ”

"The key is that the road to Longxi is firmly blocked by this emerging city, and there is no side road to go except him. This Wanxian order, somehow, blindly thinks that we are traitors who surrendered to the Huns, so we turn our faces like this and don't listen to the explanation, which is really a bit of a headache. ”

Chen An's face was pale, and he couldn't think about it for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Before the truth of the matter is clarified, we can't act rashly." In this way, he immediately sent someone to rush back to Shangqi with light equipment, reported the emergency situation according to the truth, and asked the king to give a letter to prove his innocence, so that the brainless Wan Hong could eliminate his worries and let us pass as soon as possible. During this time, the army was temporarily stationed outside the city. ”

Zhang Chun hadn't eaten anything decently for several days. It's not that he doesn't want to eat, but he's hungry, but he can't open his mouth. Around his lips, there were large and small sores, some of which were scabbed, some of which were still bleeding pus, and at the same time new ones were popping up. The mouth and even the entire jaw are burned by fire every day. The most unbearable thing is that it has become worse in the past few days, and even the back molars have become painful, and it has become more and more severe, making him cover his face and hum, restless, and feel that life is worse than death.

In the past dozens of days, he has gone from being full of ambition and arrogance when he first attacked Xiangwu to being physically and mentally exhausted now, and he is still trapped in the city. During this period, he did not work hard, what set fire, built earth mountains, dug tunnels, hit the city gates, etc., etc., and even regardless of the use of human lives to attack wildly, it seems that all methods have been used, but the defender Wu Xia, random defense, very countermeasures, and the concentric help of the soldiers and civilians of the city, Zhang Chun saw that Xiangwu was already a bleak appearance filled with scorched smoke from the ruins and broken walls, but he just couldn't step out of the crumbling city, and was always ruthlessly turned away, so he had no choice but to surround it and do a protracted war.

His soldiers have gone from an army of nearly 30,000 with high morale to less than 20,000 depressed men. Now the whole army is becoming more and more silent, with dull eyes, and doing things as if they are mechanical. The words "division veterans are tired" are excellent annotations.

Zhang Chun picked up a chair, came out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and sat at the door of the tent to bask in the sun. It had rained for five or six days in a row, and even people's hearts seemed to be moldy.

Gently shone by the sun, Zhang Chun seemed to feel that the toothache was better, and he started to stay again. The soldiers around him didn't seem to be surprised by his appearance, and everyone was eating soup cakes (the prototype of noodles, which were flakes in ancient times) with bowls, and each thought about their own thoughts.

The sound of snoring and swallowing everywhere made Zhang Chun feel tight in his stomach again, and he had been eating wild vegetable soup for half a month in a row. Sui Junlang repeatedly confessed, saying that the evil fire in his body was prosperous, and eating too much soup and cakes was easy to catch fire, which was now a hundred harms to him and no benefit, so he had to use some wild vegetables to dispel the fire and rice to make porridge to feed him. The key vegetable porridge was enough to drink at the time, but I was hungry after a while.

Zhang Chun swallowed his saliva, but regretted it more and more in his heart. Knowing this, he didn't dare to take the initiative to invite Ying to fight Longxi, and he also imagined that he would lead Wang Shi to conquer, and the thieves everywhere would be like Tang Woxue, not worth sweeping. At that time, it will be a great achievement and return triumphantly, what a sense of high spirits! But the reality gave him a slap in the face, and made him understand more or less that even if he was dreaming, he was afraid that he couldn't do it unscrupulously.

At the head of the city, there was a sudden frenzied shout, what else is there to win, long live and so on. Zhang Chun looked at him blankly, not interested. Now the situation is when the two families can't bear it, it's good to be able to hold on, and what will win, he secretly wonders if the people in the city are crazy, and if it goes on like this, he feels that he is going crazy.

While he was thinking wildly, a dry voice came: "General! I have something to repay. Following the sound, I saw that it was Deputy General Yang Ci who strode over like a meteor.