On this day, Wu Daoming was still supervising the battle at the north gate of Xiangyang. Wu Daoming saw that among the sand and gravel dug yesterday, in addition to the large stones that were transported to the east gate for throwing stones, there was still a lot of sand left, so he had a new idea. He ordered the sand to be transported under a city wall near the north gate, relatively far from the arrow tower, and piled up as much as possible.

Lan Jing'an was tired of dealing with the east gate, but he didn't expect that there was a problem at the north gate. The method used by Wu Daoming has never been mentioned by anyone, nor has she seen it in the history books.

Lan Jing was relieved and silently calculated, relying on the numerical advantage, it seemed that within a day or two, these tens of thousands of Dayong troops would be able to build a mountain of soil with a bag of soil each. At that time, it will be much easier for Dayong to climb down the earth mountain and enter the city wall. At this point, she felt a chill on her.

This earth attack is difficult to break, and the number of cadres is not large enough, so they cannot completely go out of the city to stop it, so they can only hope that reinforcements will come to relieve the siege as soon as possible before the opponent's earth and mountains are fortified. But Lan Jing'an and the cadres did not give up resistance, in addition to the arrows and crossbows, they also sent people out to disturb the other party several times, intending to delay the time for the other party to build the earth mountain.

Wu Daoming was very proud at this time. He ordered men to throw the sand from a distance when they had arrows and crossbows. Dayong's troops are arranged in a serpentine shape, digging sand yesterday and throwing soil today, although it is hard, but there is no danger, and the soldiers are very happy.

It's just that the food in the Dayong army is not good, and the soldiers are only barely fed when they fight on weekdays, and now they are doing such heavy physical work, so they are naturally hungry, and their hands and feet are not as fast as Wu Daoming imagined.

Wu Daoming can't control so much. He ordered his generals, if they were slow to do it, to be whipped at the least, or put in front of the most adventurous ones, to serve as human shields.

Many of the sergeants in Dayongli dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Especially when he saw Wu Daoming and a group of generals sitting in a temporary pergola to supervise the battle, eating and drinking, his heart was even more indignant.

According to the agreement, Jiang Shaoheng's reinforcements will arrive this evening, and if they hurry up, maybe they will arrive in the daytime. As a result, Lan Jing'an and the others looked through the autumn water, and they couldn't see the reinforcements before sunset. Fortunately, they survived another day, and they were one step closer to solving their difficulties.

Lan Jing'an and the others comforted each other, and the reinforcements probably didn't know the situation on their side and marched normally, so it was possible to return tomorrow. Anyway, on this day, the city gate and the city wall are there, and the height of the earth mountain of Dayonglei is not enough for the soldiers to climb the city wall directly, and it is estimated that there will be no problem if they hold on for another day and wait for reinforcements.

Everyone in the Qianjun didn't notice Yin Quan's panicked face, if it weren't for Xie Weining's constant staring at him fiercely, I was afraid that it would be possible for him to fall to the ground. However, when Xie Weining saw him like this, he also had a relative, and called Lan Jing'an to the room in the city tower and chatted with her alone.

Lan Jing'an thought that Xie Weining had some idea, so he didn't refuse, and calmly entered the room alone with him, leaving Biluan and Yin Quan outside to guard the door. Seeing that it was only the two of them, Xie Weining took off his mask and the black cloth covering his right eye. A few days of brutal fighting made his handsome face tired, and he lost the elegance he had when he and Lan Jing'an were talking and laughing in the General's Mansion.

Xie Weining didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "How many days do you think Xiangyang City can be held?" Lan Jing'an was a little surprised, and he didn't know what he meant, but he still answered honestly: "Every day is not easy now. It can only last for one day, but we don't have many arrows and crossbows, and it will probably last for less than three days. ”

Lan Jing'an changed his words and said: "However, you know, the reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and then Xiangyang will be able to lift the siege." So don't worry too much. ”

Xie Weining showed a worried look: "It's not that I don't believe you, but no one can say anything about this kind of thing." And they have come from a long journey, what if they are too tired and lack of combat effectiveness? ”

Lan Jing'an then remembered that this Nine Emperors of the Xia Kingdom, except in Xiangyang City, had never been on the battlefield. Now that the situation is tense, it is understandable that he is a little overly worried. She comforted him gently: "Don't worry, Jiang Shaoheng is leading the Northwest Army, and naturally the military order is like a mountain and as powerful as a tiger." ”

Seeing her like this, Xie Weining had to say: "I don't care, from tomorrow, you have to let me be by your side at all times, no matter what you do, you have to tell me." ”

Lan Jing'an was about to jump to his feet all of a sudden, and said with a calm face: "Xie Weining! During this period, did I treat you too well and make you forget who you and I are? Although we are grateful to you, I don't need to surrender to you everywhere and report everything to you, right? ”

A bitter expression flashed on Xie Weining's face: "It turns out that you miss me like this." Forget it, just treat me as a subordinate, please order you to take good care of me, okay? I think it's safest to stay with the big priest. ”

Lan Jing'an saw the gloom on his already tired face, and he couldn't help it. Xie Weining has nothing to do with her, he and Yin Quan can stand here with her at the most difficult moment in Xiangyang, which is worthy of her gratitude. No matter what reason Xie Weining wanted to appear by her side during the battle, he should have no malicious intent.

Lan Jing'an sighed and said, "It's me who is serious. You also helped us to get trapped in Xiangyang. I promise you that I will take you wherever I go until reinforcements arrive. If the situation deteriorates, I will try to send someone to protect you. If you can't do it, you will show your identity to Dayong, and the other party will know that you are the prince of Xia Kingdom, at least he will not want your life. ”

Xie Weining barely pulled out a faint smile: "Ugly girl, don't worry, Xiangyang will be fine." ”

Lan Jing'an saw that he had nothing else to say, so he went out first. Xie Weining looked at her back, sighed deeply, and also went out.

The next day's battle began with the cadres full of hope, but ended with the cadres and the army's extreme disappointment and unease. On this day, Dayong's attack was still concentrated in the east gate and the north gate, and Lan Jing'an couldn't, so he transferred everyone to defend these two gates.

Yuwen Junping is also quite cunning, although they can't burn the curtain in the high places now, but he has a way to deal with the place where the city breaker and the attack vehicle can attack. He ordered long knives to be tied to sticks, and then under the cover of carts, he approached the city gates and cut as many of the low curtains as possible.

Although the Qianjun side relied on the salamina to barely stop the opponent's offensive, it still did not keep the curtain at the bottom. Fortunately, the outer city gate barely supported until dark on this day. And on the north side, all the generals with good martial arts and Bai Qingfeng and others took turns to go into battle, going out to attack, and finally did not let the earth platform increase too high before sunset.

It's just that until the end of this day, the cadres looked through the autumn water and did not expect the arrival of reinforcements. Although Yuwen Junping and Wu Daoming failed to enter the city on this day, the other party's reinforcements did not arrive, which still made the two happy.

Yuwen Junping even wondered if the news that the other party had reinforcements was Lan Jing'an's bluff in order to stabilize people's hearts, after all, the Nine Emperors of Xia had not mentioned Jiang Shaoheng's army. That army should still be at Baishui Pass in the Xia Kingdom. Since Xia Guo chose to cooperate with him, how could he let the cadres swagger and borrow Xia Guo at the same time?

However, he didn't tell Wu Daoming about this, his cooperation with Xia Guo was his secret.

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