The people of Dayong had never seen anyone with a tent curtain placed outside the city wall, and they looked at each other, not knowing what this meant. At first, Yuwen Junping thought that it was some kind of secret magic of the Qianguo, which was obtained by Lan Jing'an and used here. I waited for a long time, but I didn't see any back-up.

He sent a few soldiers to risk their lives to try it, only to find that it was ordinary linen. But before the curtain was hung up, it was soaked in water, so it was impossible to burn it down by fire until it was completely dry.

Yu Wenjun ordered people to leave the tent curtain alone and continue to throw stones from the artillery cart. He wouldn't be stupid enough to believe that there was any difference between a layer of cloth, this must be Lan Jing'an's trick to confuse them. Sure enough, the cannon truck was still functioning normally, and the stone throwing was not affected.

The only thing that has some relevance is that due to the curtain covering, Dayong's soldiers could not accurately cast in the same position every time, and the general range of the stone throwing was still unhindered.

And Lu Min was also embarrassed. The number of cadres who followed Lu Min was small, but Wu Daoming had tens of thousands on the shore. Especially Yuwen Junping's stone throwing mainly relies on equipment, and it does not consume manpower, so many soldiers and generals have been transferred by Wu Daoming to dig sand and gravel. The huge difference in the number of people made Lu Min have no idea where to start.

Lü Min tried to go ashore to harass him, but was quickly beaten back. He didn't give up, and tried to attack from afar with arrows. As a result, Wu Daoming changed his mind and decided to cut off the naval army in Xiangyang first before talking about the siege of the city, and counterattacked Lu Min's fleet in a big way. Lu Min couldn't, so he had to take people and flee back to Xiangyang City.

When Lan Jingan learned of the situation, he didn't blame Lu Min, after all, the difference in strength was too great. Seeing Lu Min come back smoothly, she was already very satisfied. Now that the entire Xiangyang is surrounded by clusters, the only thing Lan Jingan and the others can do is to support them for a while, looking forward to Jiang Shaoheng's early arrival.

On this day, Yuwen Junping did not use other methods to attack the city except for a large number of stones. He ordered the men to conserve their strength and attack in a big way while they waited for the walls to be broken tonight or tomorrow morning. And Wu Daoming's side, after driving Lu Min back to Xiangyang City, only buried himself in digging sand and gravel, and did not take any other action.

Such a day, as if it was calm before the storm, made everyone in Xiangyang City shudder. Fortunately, everyone has hope in their hearts, and they all think that as soon as the reinforcements arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the siege will be lifted, and Xiangyang City will not be in chaos.

For Lan Jing'an, every hour is a kind of torment for her, and she basically survives this day by staring at the missing moment. The sound of the boulder striking the gates and walls of the city seemed to strike her heart. But as the boss, she also has to act as if nothing happened with a serious face, reassuring everyone that the tent will definitely play a role, helping them wait for reinforcements to come.

The sun rises and sets, and another day passes. Without the light, the cannon could no longer throw stones. Everyone in the cadres and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. Lan Jing'an guessed that the other party had not approached the city gate once during the day, and might have a night attack at night.

After consulting with the generals, she still used the method of scattered guarding.

Although Yuwen Junping concentrated on attacking the east gate during the day, no one could predict from which direction Dayong would launch a night attack. Lu Min took over the defense of the north gate for her, and asked her to go back to the general's mansion to have a good rest. But where was she willing to go back, she first patrolled along the city wall, then went to the city to appease the people, and finally went to Ximen Bai Qingfeng.

Xie Weining saw her go to Bai Qingfeng, and was full of displeasure. Even if he knew that Bai Qingfeng was just the ugly girl's brother, he didn't want her to see Bai Qingfeng. It's just that his low rise has no effect, and Lan Jing'an also asked him to guard the east gate, and he really couldn't leave, so he could only silently make another note to Bai Qingfeng in his heart.

Bai Qingfeng was not as happy as Xie Weining imagined when he saw Lan Jing'an, and he persuaded Lan Jing'an to go back to the General's Mansion to slow down. He knew that Lan Jing'an was now the backbone of Xiangyang City, and listening to the scout's report about her hard work in the past two days, he naturally felt sorry for her.

Lan Jing'an didn't agree, but asked Bai Qingfeng to tell her how Brother Qingyun attacked the city again and again. At this moment, the person she most expects to see in her heart is Xiao Qingyun, even if she can't see him, even if she hears about him.

The two brothers and sisters sat at the head of the city, talking about Xiao Qingyun together, and chatting about the bits and pieces of the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion at the beginning. was talking about Bai Qingchen, and the soldiers really discovered the Dayong army that was trying to sneak attack while it was dark.

Yuwen Junping couldn't figure out why he had worked hard for a day to throw stones, and why there were still no traces of the ruin of the Xiangyang City Gate and the city wall. However, he was not a rigid person, and seeing that the day was fruitless, he ordered someone to organize his subordinates who had rested for a day to launch a sneak attack.

Yuwen Junping thought that he was smart enough to lead people to sneak attack the West Gate where Xiangyang's defense was the weakest, but he didn't expect Lan Jing'an to place generals to defend at all four gates, so he guarded against him from sneaking up at night. Yuwen Junping really didn't take advantage of it at all.

After Yuwen Junping and Wu Daoming converged, although Wu Daoming did not laugh at him openly, he emphasized how he defeated Lu Min today, forcing him to escape into Xiangyang City. Wu Daoming's subordinates also repeated the hard work of digging sand and gravel over and over again. Both inside and outside the words reminded Yuwen Junping's incompetence.

Yuwen Junping was sullen for a while, but he couldn't refute it. He really couldn't figure out why he kept throwing stones one after another, and how the east gate of Xiangyang could still be as solid as a rock. In the end, he could only put down his body and ask Wu Daoming if he knew the mystery. Wu Daoming is much older than Yuwen Junping, and his mind is more thoughtful, and he understands after a while.

He woke up Yuwen Junping in a few words. However, he did not expect that the curtain would have such an effect, and the effect was unexpected. In particular, the curtain was still soaked in water, and even the weakness of fear of fire was eliminated. Thinking that tonight, while the artillery cart could not throw stones, the cadres would also water the curtain several times to ensure that the curtain would continue to be wet tomorrow.

Wu Daoming and Yuwen Junping were also restless at this time, if there were no reinforcements, they could have calmly surrounded Xiangyang City, even if they didn't do anything, as long as they were trapped for three or five months, there was no food in Xiangyang City, so they could only be honestly tied up.

Now Dayong is forced to forcibly attack the city within a few days, even if there are far more people than the cadre army, but if he can't enter the city, how can he destroy the other party. The two of them scratched their ears and scratched their cheeks and discussed for a long time, and decided to throw stones at the east gate the next day, and then organize men to continue to attack the other city gates.

The upper army is scheming, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege. Coming to this point is really not the original intention of the two. It's just that seeing that the reinforcements of the cadre army are about to arrive, they can only do it as a last resort.

In particular, the reputation of the deadly iron cavalry is too loud, and everyone in Dayong knows it, from the general to the small soldiers, they are quite afraid from the heart. I'm afraid that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow as soon as the reinforcements arrive, Dayong's advantage will be completely lost. Both hope for a breakthrough tomorrow.

On the third day of the siege of Xiangyang, the sound of throwing stones began. In addition to throwing stones, during the interval, the east gate was also hit several times by the city breaker and the attack vehicle. However, this time, Lan Jing'an did not order people to open the door to fight, but led people to shoot arrows frequently from the city wall. Fortunately, the curtain did some work, and the gate, although somewhat loose, did not break.

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