In the evening of Liaodong, Jin Wu sinks, and the last bit of afterglow is only gone. The cold wind blew, and the earth that had warmed the sun in Baili immediately blew cold and frozen.

The 20,000 Liao troops also rushed into the new city before dark. As soon as they entered the city, the soldiers would occupy the gates of the four cities, close the gates, and pull the drawbridge, which would be covered with wandering archers.

The whole city was empty, and Yizhi Wude directly placed the soldiers and horses in the large military camp in the north of the city, which could accommodate more than 30,000 people and had ready-made barracks.

A sturdy three-entry courtyard in the military camp in the north of the city used to be the general's mansion when the Sui army was stationed in Xincheng, and now Yizhi Wude and other generals naturally occupied it without hesitation. As soon as they settled down, a patrol came to report that all the wells in the city had been filled with a large number of dead animals, and that all the wells had been polluted. Not only that, but the well water was found to contain toxins, and now even if the animal carcasses are salvaged, they are no longer drinkable.

Yizhi Wude smiled proudly, "It seems that as the general expected, this new city is a trap set for us by the Sui army, but fortunately, the general has a clear understanding and sees through their tricks." The general ordered that all the soldiers should not drink the water from the wells in the city, and asked the soldiers to seal all the wells. In addition, immediately arrange people and horses to go out of the city to get water from the Xiaoliao River, the Sui army can poison the wells in the new city, doesn't the general know to take water from the Xiaoliao River? If they have the ability, they will poison Xiao Liaoshui, which is their ability. ”

The generals hurriedly laughed a few times, and praised the B branch for using soldiers like a god, and there was nothing missing.

Ochi smiled, "These days and nights, I haven't been able to sleep at night, and now I have finally entered the new city." With this sturdy fortress of the new city, we can finally get a good night's sleep. General Gao Guang is in charge of guarding the city gate tonight, and the others can sleep peacefully. ”

On that day, the whole army slaughtered cattle and slaughtered Nao, and ate a full meal, except for leaving 5,000 people to guard the four gates. Everyone else went to bed early. From the time of the Black Bone City to the present, the former army has been marching all the way for almost a month.

Along the way, they were attacked at night, especially by the demon cavalry1

And the appearance of those heavenly thunders. These Liao people have already frightened the former army into frightened birds, and the wind and noise along the way, the grass and trees are all soldiers, and they have not slept for a day, for fear that those evil ghost knights will be blown up with heavenly thunder in their sleep in the middle of the night.

The Liao people, who haven't slept well for a long time, have fallen asleep after eating and singing, and most of them have fallen asleep in a lacquer chuáng shop, and they are making sound one by one.

Above the head of the new city, Gao Guang and a few henchmen were shrinking in the city gate tower to drink, this night when the water was frozen, only wine could warm their cold bodies.

"General, that Yizhi Wu De clearly can't get along with you, my lord, it must be because you spoke against him today and didn't give him face." A building of the main road.

"What is E-branch, but it's just because E-branch Wende is his brother, so he dares to be so unreckless. If it weren't for the general today, the whole army would still be drinking the northwest wind outside the city, and now they have entered the city, but damn it, he actually sent us to defend the city, and he himself slept soundly. ”

These people used to be Gao Jianwu's henchmen and generals, and when Gao Jianwu commanded the former army, they were definitely the best treated in the army. In this cold night, when will it be their turn to stand guard and do the drudgery?

Gao Guang tilted his head and poured a large sip of strong wine, which burned like a fire in his throat. And in the bottom of his heart, there is also a fire burning. Yizhi Wude's practice has touched the bottom line of his heart, and there is no room for relaxation between the two.

The wind was blowing, but it made him even more annoyed, and he didn't know when the prince would be able to come back to command the troops, so that he would no longer have to suffer from the straw bale of Yizhi Wude.

In the dark night, a sudden sound of gongs and drums sounded, and then there were bursts of shouts and killings, and I saw that in the distant night, a fire dragon suddenly lit up.

"Enemy attack!"

Gao Guang jumped up violently, picked up the guy, and slammed the bronze bell on the top of the city tower.

"When! Nose! Nose! ”

A tight alarm bell sounded above the castle tower, and spread far away to the entire city, and for a time the sound of the alarm bell echoed everywhere in the new city.

The soldiers and horses in the city who were sleeping were awakened. In the darkness of the night, the people were so panicked that some of them had already run out before they even got their clothes neatly dressed. ,

Under the leadership of the officer, groups of soldiers gathered as if they were rapidly assembled, wielding weapons, and constantly rushing towards the four gates.

"What's going on?"

Above the West City Gate, Yizhi Wende was wearing a battle armor, and he didn't even have time to tie his head, so he ran up, and when he saw the highlights, he hurriedly asked with his head and face.

Gao Guang stretched out his hand and pointed outside the city, and Yizhi Wude looked down, only to see that he didn't know when it would start, more than ten miles away from the nose gate, countless torches were lit, and then they kept coming this way. Moreover, in the light of the fire, countless flags could be faintly displayed, and the noise of footsteps came from there.

What is even more frightening is that from those sounds, at least the war drums above have been beaten.

Yizhi Wude's face turned pale all of a sudden, why didn't the Tanma sent out before detect the slightest news, where did the Sui army that suddenly appeared come from. Could it have fallen from the sky?

Above the city, all the generals had their faces sunk, and a sound of footsteps sounded, and a soldier rushed up to the city head and reported loudly, "Report to the general, dozens of miles north of the new city, countless torches have appeared. ”

"Report to General Qiyu, countless torches appeared in the east of the new city, and in the firelight, countless Sui army flags can be seen."

Otoshi Wende hurriedly asked, "Do you recognize anything from those flags?" ”

"Someone saw a huge banner with the words Generalissimo Chen of the Liaodong Camp"

"Generalissimo Chen 1 of the Liaodong Camp That's the banner of the Sui Dynasty Chen Pojun, why did he come? It's over, it's over, it seems that we have fallen for the Sui army's plan. ”

Gao Guangdao said, "If the Sui army really designed it, then why did they leave the empty city before for me to wait to enter the city, in this way, we have a new city to defend, isn't it better than camping in the wild?" ”

Yizhi Wende said angrily, "What do you know, if we don't enter the city, then the defense must be tight and careful, once the Sui army comes to attack, we will be able to appear, and then we can lead the army to retreat." But leave an empty city for us, and when we enter it, we will be slack. In this way, they can easily surround us, and although we have a new city to defend, there is no way back. With 20,000 of us, how can we keep this? Ben will regret that he listened to you in the first place, and if Ben insisted on not entering the city, there would be no such thing. ”

Sure enough, after a while, several more heralds ran up to report, saying that there were also traces of the Sui army in the east and south, and countless torches were lit, and I don't know how many people came.

"General, what shall we do now?"

"What else can I do, of course, is to hold on and wait for help, as long as I hold on for two days, the army will arrive as soon as the night after tomorrow." Yizhi Wude said helplessly.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses were all called to the four cities one by one, ready to defend desperately, but unfortunately they waited for most of the day, but they didn't see the slightest trace of Sui Jin's attack. Even the torches gradually moved backwards, and after turning a hillside in unison, they disappeared without a shadow.

It came and went quickly, but it was only a little more than an hour before and after, and outside the new city, except for the whistling north wind and the dark night when the fingers were missing, there was no movement.

The Liao generals looked at each other, not knowing why.

The generals stood at the head of the city for more than an hour, and when they saw that there was no movement, Yizhi Wude left half of the men and horses to defend the city, and the remaining half arranged to go back to rest. If the Sui army really wants to attack the city, then there are still two days before the army can arrive, and at this time, the soldiers can only be arranged to take turns to defend the city.

Otherwise, if they all defended the city together, they would not be able to hold out for two days and two nights.

It's just that those Sui soldiers seem to be deliberately doing the opposite, as soon as his soldiers and horses retreat to the barracks and don't sleep for an hour, countless torches outside the city will inevitably be lit again, shouting to the sky. All the Liao troops who had just fallen asleep got up in a hurry and rushed to the city to prepare for battle.

But it was still the same as last time, as soon as they arrived, the Sui army was only far away and refused to come. After a confrontation for more than an hour, like last time, they withdrew back to the back of the mountain and disappeared.

"This must be the strategy of the Sui army, so that our army will not be able to rest, so that the Sui army will come to attack the city tomorrow. Tell me that half of the soldiers and horses will continue to defend the city, and the rest will go back to the camp to sleep. If the Sui army is agitated again, as long as they do not approach the city wall, they do not need to pay attention to the report. After announcing an order to the generals, he returned to the camp with his soldiers and horses.

However, after returning to the camp, he added another order: "All the resting soldiers are not disarmed, as long as they give the order, they will rush to the city and prepare for battle as soon as possible." ”

Returning to the warm quilt, Yizhi Wude cursed Sui Jun hatefully for a few words, and the battle armor was no longer untied, and he directly fell asleep with the cold battle armor, wrapped in a fur coat. Sure enough, as he expected, the Sui army appeared again every half an hour, and then disappeared again after more than half an hour. After repeating this twice, it was already three quarters after the end of the night.

In one more hour, the sky will be dawn. All the soldiers guarding the city have also believed in the judgment of Yizhi Wude, and this Sui army is coming to disturb them and will not rest.

It is estimated that after the dawn, the Sui army will officially attack, with such an idea, the soldiers defending the city head have relaxed, everyone is raising their spirits, preparing to face the siege of the Sui army after the dawn!