At the head of the city, Liu Fangluo watched from afar as a black shadow landed a hundred steps away in the city, and the black shadow quickly disappeared into the alleys of the houses along the river.

"The Xiao family's actions are quite quick!" Liu Fangluo snorted coldly.

"It's a matter of personal interests, of course the Xiao family is very hard-working."

Yu Shouren stepped forward playfully, he saw that Liu Fangluo did not respond, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly whispered: "According to the general's orders, it is set for the day after tomorrow, there should be no problem!" ”

Liu Fangluo shook his head, "The news has already been sent, how can it be changed again, it's so decided." ”

In fact, according to Liu Fanglue's idea, it is best to dedicate the city tonight, so as not to have too many dreams at night, but he needs to give the Sui army time to prepare, and in addition, he also needs time to arrange the deployment in the city.

At this time, Yu Shouren suggested again: "It's better to find an excuse, such as my uncle's birthday, General Liu invited guests to dinner, invited some major Jiangling generals, and took the opportunity to discuss the matter of righteousness, what does the general think?" ”

Liu Fangluo thought about it for a while, and immediately rejected this suggestion, "People's hearts are unpredictable, if the matter is not secret, but it is harmed, this matter can only be known by the two of us, and no third person is allowed to know." ”

"Humble duty understood."

Liu Fangluo looked at the sky, and saw that a black and oppressive dark cloud was drifting from the south, obscuring the stars, and couldn't help sighing, "It's going to change the sky!" ”……

The next day, before dawn, a spring rain fell, the whole Jingxiang land was shrouded in fine and dense spring rain, a thin layer of white mist floated on the river surface and the land, for the farmland, this is more precious than oil and water spring rain, moisturizing the growth of grass seedlings, making the farmers smile.

But for the Sui army besieging the city, this is not a good rain, the fine spring rain is getting bigger and bigger, making the land outside the city become extremely muddy, walking on the sparse soil, it is particularly difficult, every year in March, there will be several spring rains in Jingxiang area, it is nearly half a month, and people's hearts are going to become moldy.

Perhaps it was because the Sui army did not attack the city for a long time, and the continuous spring rain came, which made the siege extremely unfavorable, and the defenders on the city began to slack off.

Groups of soldiers slipped into the homes of the people in the city to drink, gamble, and sleep, and when Chai Shao came to inspect, they informed each other and rushed back to the city to pretend to patrol, especially at night, when the shadow of the defenders could not be seen on the city head.

Not only the defenders, but also most of the 50,000 people who were forcibly recruited also fled, all through various favors, stuffing money and giving gifts, and the officers also turned a blind eye and did not see it.

After Li Xiaogong's reinforcements were ambushed and annihilated by the Sui army, the morale of the defenders of Jiangling City became more and more sluggish, and at the same time, more and more people realized that the general trend of Jingxiang had gone, and the general trend of Jiangling had gone.

The spring rain fell for two days, and on the afternoon of the third day, the rain did not stop, but was even greater, and some of the Guanzhong soldiers who wore robes and hats to guard the city could not hold on, and the cold brought by the spring rain penetrated into the bones, and the soldiers shivered from the cold, and they went down to the city to find a place to shelter from the rain.

In a small wine shop near the east city gate, crowded with Tang Army soldiers who came to drink, the soldiers drank and guessed, the noise and noise were loud, in front of a small table in the corner of the wine shop, sat two tall and burly soldiers, it was Lu Zushang, who was deposed to an ordinary soldier, and Zhao Lan, a partial general who was demoted together.

Lu Zushang is not even the chief of the fire, he was sent to feed the horses, he was in a particularly low mood in the past two days, soaked in the wine shop every day, and went back only when he was drunk, Li Xiaogong's death hit him very hard, that was the person he respected the most, but he died in Dangyang County, which made Lu Zushang extremely sorry in his heart.

Lu Zushang drank the wine one by one, he was already six or seven points drunk, he picked up the wine jug and poured himself another glass of wine, but Zhao Lan took his hand, "Okay, you can't drink anymore." ”

"What sustenance can I have other than drinking?"

Lu Zushang broke free of his hand and filled his wine glass again, but Zhao Lan picked up his wine glass and directly spilled the wine on the ground, Lu Zushang's eyes glared, "You-"

Zhao Lan sighed, "Brother Lu, be sober and listen to me!" ”

Lu Zushang lowered his head and said nothing, Zhao Lan said again: "You and I both know very well that the Sui army is attacking the city in the past two days, why don't you remind the general to see what the military discipline has become now, such an army, even if there are 100,000 people, it can't hold the city." ”

"That's what he did on himself, he listened to slander and deprived me of my official title, so let him bear the bitter fruit himself, what does it matter to me?" Lu Zushang said hatefully, and his anger was not calm.

"In that case, why don't you surrender to the Sui army!"

'Surrender? ’

Lu Zushang's eyes narrowed, and after a while, he shook his head, and said with an unusually firm expression: "If Yang Yuanqing spares King Jing's life, I may surrender to him, but King Jing is dead, then use my righteousness to bury King Jing!" ”

Zhao Lan sighed for a while, "I don't want you to surrender to the Sui army, I just hope that you will show a clear attitude, either surrender to the Sui army, if you are not willing to surrender, then you will do your best to assist the general, instead of being so decadent and getting drunk all day long, this is not what a man does!" ”

Lu Zushang stared at the wine glass in his hand for a long time, and he suddenly used force, and with a 'click', the wine glass was crumpled into pieces......

The night fell again, warm and cold at first, the night rain was extremely cold, in the vast rain and fog, the distant river and the field had left the field of vision, and it was pitch black outside the city, and there was no object to be seen more than a dozen steps away.

At the head of the city, thousands of Tang soldiers on duty wore robes and bamboo hats, curled up against the wall, many people shivered from the cold, and some people secretly brought a small bottle of wine, taking a sip of wine to keep out the cold while people were not paying attention.

The general on duty in Nancheng tonight was originally Fei Zhong, a general under Chai Shao, but Liu Fangluo exchanged tasks with him under the pretext that tomorrow was his father's birthday, and tonight it became Liu Fangluo on duty in Nancheng.

Liu Fangluo rode a horse and stood at the head of the city, staring at Jingshui in the distance, he couldn't see anything clearly in the dark, this was an excellent sneak attack weather, it was simply a deliberate arrangement of God, Liu Fangluo began to believe that the Sui army captured Jiangling City, it was indeed the will of heaven.

At this moment, a brigade commander rushed to the scene and reported urgently: "General Qiyu, some soldiers have noticed that there is movement outside the city, just near Jingshui, and there seems to be the neighing of war horses. ”

Liu Fangluo's heart jumped, and he pretended to be calm and said: "This must be the scouts of the Sui army who are investigating intelligence, don't act rashly, I will report to the general." ”

The brigade commander retreated, Liu Fangluo's heart became nervous, the critical moment has come, but don't have any problems, but the more worried you are, things will often come, and a large group of soldiers suddenly appeared in the distance, coming to the city, Liu Fangluo recognized at a glance that the leader was Chai Shao, and he also came to inspect the city.

Liu Fangluo secretly complained in his heart, seeing that it was about to be the end of the day, why didn't he come early or late, but this critical time came, his eyes rolled, and he had a solution in his heart, so he hurried to meet it.

The weather is bad tonight, the eyesight is very weak, although the night rain is very heavy, but at the same time it is a good opportunity to attack the city, Chai Shao did not dare to be careless, and personally went to the city to inspect.

Chai Shao was wearing a bamboo hat on his head, wearing a robe, riding on a high-headed horse, he saw Liu Fangluo coming up, so he asked, "General Liu, is there any situation?" ”

Liu Fangluo bowed down on the horse and said: "Back to the general, there is nothing abnormal in the southern city, but I heard that there seems to be something abnormal in the northern city, and the humble official is about to report to the general." ”

Chai Shao frowned, what would be abnormal in Beicheng? He was worried in his heart, so he ordered left and right, "Let's go to Beicheng and have a look!" ”

He explained a few more words to Liu Fangluo, turned the horse's head and went to the north city, Liu Fangluo put down his heart, now it was less than a quarter of an hour away from Haishi, the appointed time was coming, and his eyes looked out of the city again.

Outside Jiangling City, a fleet of more than 50 flat-bottomed boats was quietly approaching the gate of Shuicheng, and on both sides of Jingshui, 20,000 Sui troops were already lined up, waiting for the moment to enter the city.

A mile away from Nancheng, 15,000 Sui cavalry horses, spears and swords, were also waiting patiently.

Yang Yuanqing rode on a war horse, located in the cavalry team, but his eyes were staring at the water gate a mile away, although it was dark outside, but the water gate itself was lit with torches, and the situation inside the water gate could be clearly seen from a distance.

Yang Yuanqing has already experienced a hundred battles, there is no tension before the battle, no matter whether Liu Fanglue's response is successful or not, he will launch a siege battle tonight, no matter what, he must take Jiangling City tonight.

The fleet walked slowly, more than 50 flat-bottomed boats were connected together by ropes, without the power of the sails, sailing against the current, all relying on more than 100 Sui soldiers on both sides of the strait to pull, Xie Yingdeng wore a silver helmet, dressed in iron armor, holding a shield in his left hand, and a spear in his right hand, he stood at the bow of the first ship, and his eyes were sharply staring at the iron gate of Shuicheng.

In the launch of the ship, each followed by a dozen water ghosts, their task is to identify anomalies in the water, prevent the flow of fire oil from the city, and when the fleet enters the city, they also have to pull the main ship in the water to continue moving.

At this time, the appointed hour finally came, Yu Shouren gave the order to open the city, dozens of henchmen pushed the winch, and the iron gate moved, and the two iron gates began to creak upwards almost at the same time, until they were lifted one foot above the water, and then stopped.

At this time, the city gate hole has been opened, Xie Yingdeng waved his hand, the ship slowly sailed into the city gate hole, not long after, Xie Yingdeng's first ship slowly sailed into the city, he held a shield and spear, vigilantly looked around, the city was very quiet, all the defenders near the water gate avoided.

Xie Yingdeng jumped ashore, and dozens of soldiers behind him also went ashore, and everyone worked together to put the boat close to the shore, and put a wooden plank between the front and rear ships.

More than 50 flat-bottomed boats stretched for seventy or eighty zhang, leading from the inside of the city to the outside of the city, thus forming a simple water bridge, and the 20,000 Sui soldiers outside the city quickly rushed to the city along the bridge...... ()

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