After a comfortable night's sleep, Yuanhang came to the city tower early. Several generals did not dare to relax, and held on to the city all night, but as the light grew today, they became a little sleepy.

"General Sun, you go to rest in the city tower, and I will guard the north gate on your behalf." sailed up to the city tower, and saw Sun Ke leaning against the wall and taking a nap.

Sun Ke shook his head, opened his eyes, was a little embarrassed, and said, "My lord, it's okay, you go and rest." ”

"Don't be reckless, don't make up for your physical strength, if you fight during the day, how to deal with it?" Yuanhang stretched out his hand to pick him up and pushed him towards the tower.

Sun Ke smiled and nodded in response: "Then the adult has worked hard, if the enemy army moves, call me quickly." ”

Yuanhang smiled and nodded in agreement, and Sun Ke walked into the city tower to rest.

There is nothing abnormal about the enemy army under the city, and the voyage has detected the most soldiers at the north gate of the enemy, and I am afraid that it will attack from here, so Sun Ke, who has the most experience in defending the city, is sent here, and he also takes Shadowless and Dao Zi to help defend the city.

The changing of the guard was taking place on the tower, and the soldiers who had been holding out all night began to march down to the city to rest. The new soldiers each received four loaves of bread at the entrance of the stairs, and the soldiers tucked the loaves tightly into their arms.

The city was quiet, but the city was busy. In front of the Zhizhou Yamen, the people lined up to pay the flatbread, and after the officials registered, they sent one load after another of the flatbread to the various city gates. On the edge of the river, the young and strong people brought their buckets of water, filled them with water, and carried them to the city tower. And the people carried firewood to the towers of the city, and the city was more lively than ever. It's just that everyone knows that the city has been besieged, and their faces are slightly nervous.

Shang Yanshun Mansion, the Shang army is passing through the city from north to south, and more than ten generals outside the south gate are immediately beside them, watching the army march towards Jiangzhou.

"Marshal, General He has besieged Jiangzhou, just wait for you to arrive, and then storm Jiangzhou." A general said as he poked his horse.

On top of another high-headed horse, a general with an eyepatch in his left eye looked back with one right eye and said, "Who is guarding the city in Jiangzhou?" ”

"Back to Marshal, the new garrison of Jiangzhou is called Ye Yuanhang, and in the year of the weak crown, he was born as a scholar."

The general with this one eye was none other than Marshal Chi Fei of the Shang Kingdom, and after hearing this, he forbade his nose, snorted coldly, and said, "Is there no one in the Liang Kingdom?" actually sent a scholar to guard the city. ”

Several generals beside him laughed, and one of the generals said: "Even if it is others, when the marshal arrives, it will not be the same to attack the city." ”

"Huh." Chi Fei smiled proudly and urged: "Order, speed up the march, and arrive in Jiangzhou before noon." ”

"Yes." All the generals behind Chi Fei responded in unison, and each of them beat their horses and left.

Du Wen came up to the city tower, found Yuanhang and handed over the food box, and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, Sister Yilan is worried about you, and she personally prepared the meal for you." ”

Yuanhang took it with a smile, called Sun Ke to sit on the ground, opened the food box and took out the food, and said, "Come and eat some, Yilan made it himself." ”

Sun Ke smiled, sat cross-legged opposite the voyage, and said: "My lord is so blessed, my wife is beautiful, and she has such craftsmanship, she envy people." ”

Yuanhang glanced up at him and suddenly asked, "How old are you?" Why don't you take a wife? ”

Sun Ke shook his head and said with a smile: "I lead the troops all day, go today, I don't know when I will return, whose daughter is willing to marry me." ”

"Eat first, and after this battle, I'll find a good family for you." Yuanhang handed over the chopsticks and ate first.

The two of them were half-eaten, and there was a sudden movement in the city, and Yuanhang hurriedly got up and looked down at the wall.

"Oh no, enemy reinforcements have arrived." Sun Ke saw the dust behind the enemy camp in the distance, and knew that it was a large group of men and horses marching.

"Hurry up." Yuanhang looked nervous, shouted and turned around and pulled Du Wen, and said anxiously: "You go back home quickly, take care of Yilan, and be ready to evacuate Jiangzhou at any time." ”

"Xianggong, I'll stay......"

Yuanhang's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "How can you be disobedient, I have Dao Zi and them here, you can protect Yilan." ”

Du Wen saw that he was really angry, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he advised: "Be careful, I'll go home." ”

Yuanhang nodded in response, turned around and leaned back on the battlements, observing the enemy forces below the city.

When He Renke heard that reinforcements had arrived, he led the generals out to greet him. Chi Fei held his head high and strode over, followed by no less than twenty generals.

"See Marshal." He Renke stood separately from the generals and saluted Chi Fei respectfully, as if he was very afraid of him, and stood aside and did not dare to move.

Chi Fei strode up to He Renke, stopped and answered, and asked, "Where is the big tent?" ”

"Marshal, please." He Renke hurriedly dodged and made way out.

Chi Fei walked forward and said loudly: "All the generals will listen to the order in front of the tent. ”

Sitting in the big tent, Chi Fei looked around and fell on He Renke. Focusing on one eye, He Renke, who was staring, was a little panicked in his heart.

"When did you besiege Jiangzhou? Have you ever besieged the city? How powerful are the enemy forces? Chi Fei asked a few questions in one breath, staring at him and waiting for answers.

He Renke bowed down and replied: "Back to the marshal, at the end of yesterday, the general learned that the marshal's army was coming, so he besieged this Jiangzhou and did not attack the city. A few days ago, our army attacked, and the enemy army resisted desperately, and had already gone to the city, but it was defeated, and it seemed that the combat strength was not weak. ”

"Who is the general of the enemy army? How many generals are there? How many soldiers? ”

"This ...... The last general has not been discovered. He Renke replied.

Chi Fei glared at him obliquely, and shouted: "As a pioneer, it is really taboo to attack easily without knowing the enemy's situation. Liang reinforcements are afraid that they will arrive in the near future, and our army needs to attack Jiangzhou urgently, and take Jiangzhou before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, so as to serve as a foundation. ”

He Renke hurriedly bowed down and said yes, "Now that the marshal is here, he will definitely be able to take Jiangzhou." ”

Chi Fei didn't bother to pay attention to him, looked at the Jiangzhou city defense map, and began to send troops to deploy the formation.

"General Wu led his headquarters to attack the east gate, General Wang attacked the west gate, and the south gate made a feint, leaving a way for the enemy to flee back, otherwise the enemy army will fight to the death, but increase the casualties of our army." Chi Fei looked up at He Renke and continued: "Let the army rest for the night, tomorrow at dawn, with the north gate as the main attack, General He and I will attack the north gate with all our might, and the city will be broken within one day." ”

"Yes." The generals in the tent replied in unison and looked at Chi Fei together.

This night Jiangzhou city was surprisingly quiet, and most of the people in the city turned off the lights, but they couldn't sleep. Occasionally, when a child cries, the elders will hurriedly cover the child's mouth and whisper, "Don't cry, if you cry again, you will die." ”

On the city tower, the voyage is also full of worries. The enemy was outnumbered, and I didn't know if I could hold out until reinforcements arrived. glanced at Sun Ke and grinned bitterly.

The sun slowly revealed, and I saw the thousands of troops and horses under the city of Jiangzhou, gradually stretching the thousands of figures, and then stretching them again......

The mighty bow has been aimed at the city tower, and there are no less than 100 bow carts in the front and rear rows, and the soldiers of the Shang State are loading arrows on the bow carts.

"Herald, siege." The one-eyed marshal Chi Fei gave an order, and suddenly the war drums were pounding, the people were boiling and the horses were neighing, and a war kicked off under the sunshine.

"Get down." Sun Ke shouted and clung tightly to the wall. As soon as the words were spoken, the enemy's bows and arrows flew up the city wall, at just the right angle, and shot close to the battlements, forcing the people in the city not to show their heads.

"Light a fire and boil water." Yuanhang crouched under the wall battlement, turning around and shouting. The young man who had already prepared began to light the firewood, and the hundred and ten cauldrons in the city began to boil water.

"Rush, ......" The merchant army under the city began to rush towards the city wall quickly under the cover of a strong bow. The defenders of the city could not raise their heads, so they crouched behind the battlements and fired arrows indiscriminately at the city.

There were many merchant soldiers, and the siege ladders were transported to the bottom of the city, and one after another they were erected to the city, and the soldiers put the steel swords in their mouths and began to climb the city from all directions.

"Defend the city, defend the city." When Sun Ke saw that the bow and arrows had stopped, he knew that the enemy was coming up, so he got up and shouted, "Throw the wood and smash them down." ”

After hearing the order, the soldiers defending the city lifted the rolling logs and smashed them down. The rolling log went down the ladder, and the enemy soldiers on one of the ladders were smashed into the ground, and they fell down in a row, and there were screams.

An hour had passed, and not a single soldier of the merchant army had climbed the tower, but countless corpses had been left under the walls. Chi Fei was anxious in the rear, but he didn't expect Jiangzhou City to be so difficult to beat, so he calmly looked down and asked in a loud voice, "How are the other gates?" ”

"Back to the marshal, the resistance of all gates is stubborn, our army is attacking with all its might, and the city has not yet been broken."

Chi Fei was silent, and after a long while, he said slowly: "Get on the rocket and break the city quickly." ”

Chi Fei didn't want to damage Jiangzhou, and originally planned to capture the garrison city to resist the Liang army, but now it seems that he has to burn Jiangzhou, and then repair it after he gets it.

The soldiers wrapped their bows and arrows with green cloth soaked in kerosene, the bow cart was adjusted to a higher angle, and the powerful bows flew up to the city one after another with fireballs, and the tower at the north gate of Jiangzhou was shot by rockets and began to ignite.

"Hurry up and put out the fire...... "Yuanhang shouted, turned around and ran towards the bucket on the castle tower.

Wuying grabbed him with one hand, pulled him back to the battlement, and shouted: "Your Excellency, don't go in person, there are too many arrows under the city, and it is inevitable that you will be injured." ”

Sure enough, hearing the shouts of the voyage, many soldiers and civilians picked up buckets and ran to extinguish the fire.

The city was on fire, and the enemy troops under the city were still attacking the city, so Yuanhang didn't care about the danger, stood up again, and shouted to Dao Zi: "You two assist General Sun in defending the city, I will put out the fire, otherwise we will be smoked to death by poisonous smoke." ”

"My lord......" Wuying still wanted to dissuade him, Yuanhang had already run out, Dao Zi pushed Wuying, and said: "You protect your lord, I will help General Sun." ”

Shadowless nodded and instructed, "Be careful." ”

Yuanhang grabbed the bucket, ran quickly to the city tower, and poured water on the city tower with the people. Fortunately, a lot of clear water was prepared on the castle tower in advance, which was intended to be used to defend the city with boiling water, but now it is used to extinguish fires. A moment later, the open flames of the castle tower were extinguished, and wisps of black smoke came out.

Yuanhang ran back with a black face, his clothes were also burned and tattered, and he found Sun Ke and pulled him over, squatted on the wall and said: "General Sun, the rolling wood is about to run out, and the water reserves are used to extinguish the fire, you lead the troops to defend the city, and I will take people to the city to carry water." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, there is still boiling water on that side, which is enough to resist for a while." Sun Ke looked back, turned around and said.

Yuanhang nodded, bent down to summon the young and strong people, and ran down the city with buckets to fetch water from the small river in the city.

The merchant army kept attacking the city, and the city of Jiangzhou was full of corpses. Chi Fei looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun was hanging overhead, it was already around noon, and he had not broken the city for three hours, so he scolded angrily.

"Waste, a bunch of waste." Chi Fei walked back and forth behind the army, stopping from time to time to look at Jiangzhou City, and kept scolding in his mouth.

"Marshal, our army has attacked strongly, and the casualties are quite heavy, and now it is almost noon, can you hold off for a while, and let the soldiers eat enough before attacking the city." A lieutenant general beside Chi Fei leaned over and said to Chi Fei tentatively.

Chi Fei glared at himself and scolded angrily: "Fart, if you stop, won't it give the enemy a chance to breathe, and when they rest, our army will suffer more casualties." ”

"Yes, yes." The lieutenant replied repeatedly, bowing his head and not daring to raise it.

Chi Fei pondered for a moment and said to him: "Replace the siege troops, General Han and General Li will continue to attack the city, and the enemy army must not be given time to rest." ”

"Yes." The lieutenant bowed down and hurried away to give the order.

The defenders of the city are exhausted, and the enemy army is constantly attacking the city, but they are tired from just throwing logs downward, not to mention dodging the arrows under the city.

"Look, general, the enemy is retreating." The adjutant general saw that the Shang army had abandoned the siege of the city, ran to the rear barracks, and shouted at Sun Ke.

Sun Ke lay on the wall and looked down, and sure enough, when he saw the enemy retreating, he grinned and shouted: "It's noon, everyone hurry up and eat some dry food, save your strength, and the enemy will attack in the afternoon." ”

Sun Ke took out the big cake from his arms, put it in his mouth and only took a bite, and then heard the killing cry from the city. Looking over, the enemy rushed over again like ants, and he hurriedly put the cake back in his arms and shouted urgently: "Quickly defend the city, the enemy is attacking again." ”

"General, you've run out of logs." The soldier shouted loudly over there.

Sun Ke glanced behind him, saw that the water in the pot was boiling, and ordered the soldiers to take buckets and fill them with water, prepare them on the edge of the battlements, and wait for the enemy to climb up and pour them head-on.

Yuanhang returned with everyone to fetch water, and as soon as he went up to the city tower, he was too tired to walk, and sat on the ground.

"My lord, the enemy is attacking again." A soldier ran to the side of the voyage, picked up his bucket and ran to the cauldron and poured water into it.

"Grandma's, let people take a breath." Yuanhang muttered, got up and hurried to the city wall, and looked down.

Behind the battlements, the soldiers defending the city had a wooden bucket filled with boiling water. Seeing that the enemy had begun to climb up the ladder, Yuanhang turned his head and shouted: "The enemy has come up, pour water." ”

When the soldiers heard the order, they raised their buckets and poured them down the city, and the boiling water poured on the heads of the merchants, and there was a howl of wolves under the city.

"Haha...... It's better than rolling wood. Yuanhang excitedly patted the wall, looked at the enemy troops rolling on the ground under the city, and laughed.

"Be careful, sir." Shadowless flew forward and threw the voyage to the ground. As soon as it fell, a string of arrows flew up against the city wall.