Wu Daoming believes that Lan Jing'an should not be bluffing this time. He knows Lan Jing'an far better than Yuwen Junping. Lan Jing'an is thoughtful, she must not know how much impact it will have on the mood of the soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang City if she bluffs and draws a big cake that cannot be realized.

It seems that their reinforcements went wrong and did not converge as planned. And because Xiangyang City is currently completely besieged and unable to send news out, Xiangyang City does not know why the other party will not come, and when it will come.

Wu Daoming was originally a native of Qianguo, and he was familiar with the topography of this area. In addition, he didn't know about Xie Weining and Yuwen Junping, so he believed that Xia Guo had indeed made it convenient for the cadres and let the Northwest Army cross the border. Wu Daoming accurately judged that the other party must have taken the river to reach Jiangling, and then abandoned the waterway from Jiangling to the land route.

Wu Daoming pondered for a long time, and knew that his time had come to make a contribution. He didn't tell Yuwen Junping, but secretly sent scouts out to find out where the reinforcements of the Qianjun army were going, so that he knew when he had to break through Xiangyang before, and even if he couldn't break it, he could evacuate in time.

Now that they are only one step away from breaking through Xiangyang, Wu Daoming and Yuwen Junping have a hint of contention. Both of them understand that whoever breaks through Xiangyang first will have more right to speak. Moreover, breaking Xiangyang and taking Lanjing'an is not only to curry favor with Yankang Emperor Yuwen Moyuan, but also to pave the way for the next attack on Jingzhou and even Yangzhou.

And Yuwen Junping hid his selfishness, he never forgot Lan Jing'an's proverbs. As long as Xiangyang City and Lan Jing'an are in hand, why worry about hegemony? is also the heir of the Yuwen clan, why does this country want Yuwen Moyuan to sit on this straw bag?

Therefore, although Yuwen Junping and Wu Daoming are still fighting side by side, they are somewhat distracted. The two men were each in charge of the two city gates, Yuwen Junping was in charge of the east gate and the south gate, while Wu Daoming was in charge of the north and west gates and the sailors on the Han River. Both of them hoped that the people they brought with them would be the first to attack Xiangyang.

On 24 February, the originally agreed date for the arrival of reinforcements was long past the date of arrival. On this day, it began to rain. But no amount of rain will stop Dayong's attack.

Due to the spring rains, both sides stopped using any means of fire attack. Rainy days are especially tough for the attacking side. Due to the mud on the ground, many siege vehicles could not be used. And the dirt mountains that Wu Daoming led people to accumulate for days were also washed away by the water.

But for the cadres defending the city, the situation was not much better. On such a rainy day, the line of sight is blocked, and the sight of the bow and crossbow is lost a lot. After a few days of fierce fighting, the cadres had already lost a lot of arrows, and naturally they were reluctant to waste any more in vain.

But if you don't want to go out of the city to fight, the best way is to use a bow and crossbow. Therefore, the cadres are also the first two large. I could only watch the other side attack the city gate. Lan Jing'an still commanded everyone to defend on the city wall in the rain, afraid that Dayong would take the opportunity to climb the wall at this time. At the same time, she also ordered people to step up the reinforcement of the inner gate of the urn city.

Such a stalemate ended in everyone's gloomy mood. Wu Daoming and Yuwen Junping still failed to capture Xiangyang. And the people in Xiangyang City still couldn't expect the arrival of reinforcements.

Lan Jing was very uneasy. The last time a scout sent a letter to report on the progress of reinforcements was more than ten days ago, when the Northwest Army had passed Yiling. After that, Xiangyang was trapped and no news came in or out. According to the speed of the march, no matter how slow it is, it will not be ten days before it arrives from Yiling to Xiangyang. What's more, from Yiling to Gangneung is still a boat along the river, so you should arrive faster.

At this time, privately, many low-level sergeants of the cadre army were worried about the arrival of reinforcements. Some people even wonder if the reinforcements were also attacked by Dayong, so they couldn't come. The uneasy mood is like an invisible smoke, slowly spreading to the streets and alleys of Xiangyang with the spring rain.

In the second half of the night, the rain finally stopped, but the sky was still overcast. But two or three hours later, the clouds cleared, and the sun still appeared in the sky. It's another sunny day.

The battle on this day was still concentrated at the East and North Gates. After another day of impact, the East Gate is already crumbling and will fall apart at any moment. By noon, the dirt mountain outside the north gate was still getting higher and higher, not only making up for yesterday's losses, but also taking a step forward than before.

At the same time, Wu Daoming was not idle, and let people shout everywhere around Xiangyang City, repeatedly emphasizing that the reinforcements of the cadre army had been repelled by Dayong, and Xiangyang was a lonely city at present, and if it did not surrender, the consequence would be Jiangling back then. If the city gate is opened now, and Lan Jing'an is offered, he will guarantee the safety of the people.

Lan Jing'an repeatedly appeased the soldiers and civilians, but when the people cried and called her the commander, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness for the first time in her heart. So far, even though she has the heart to kill the enemy, she doesn't know if she can return to heaven.

By the evening of the 26th, when there were still no reinforcements, the outer gate of the east gate of Xiangyang could not be supported, and was broken by Yuwen Junping and others. The inner gate of the East Gate Urn City has long been blocked by the dry army with huge stone sasswood, although it can support a few hours, but it is also difficult to maintain for too long.

Bai Qingfeng took Sun Wei and others to guard the east gate, bows and crossbows were fired together, and at the same time poured boiling water and golden soup into the urn city, which was regarded as a variety of methods, but the Dayong soldiers in the urn city continued to intensify the attack on the inner city gate under the cover of the armor shield, and the offensive did not weaken at all.

On the city wall near the north gate, the figure of Dayong soldiers appeared. With Tushan, it is much easier to climb with a ladder, and the defense of the north gate is becoming more and more difficult. Lu Min was fighting hard with Pang Tu and the others, trying his best to drive the enemy who tried to climb up back from the city wall.

Both sides of the battle basically saw that it had reached the most critical moment of this battle, and Xiangyang City was afraid that it would be difficult to survive today.

Lan Jing'an really couldn't, she asked Qiu Shaoze to take the shadow guards and other soldiers out of the north gate to attack and harass, and then the two shadow guards pretended to be captured and surrendered during the retreat, revealing to Wu Daoming that Lan Jing'an was concentrating his men and preparing to attack Fancheng, which was now empty.

At the same time, Lan Jing'an led some of the sailors out of the West Gate, hoping to lure away some of Dayong's military strength and give the others defending the city more respite.

As she wished, this trick to encircle Wei and save Zhao worked, Wu Daoming personally led people to intercept Lan Jing'an, and the danger at the north gate was temporarily resolved. But she never expected that Wu Daoming had selfish intentions at this time, and Yuwen Junping at the east gate did not receive the news under Wu Daoming's deliberate obstruction, and still stayed at the east gate to attack.

The sky was already dark, the situation at the east gate was getting more and more difficult, Bai Qingfeng and the others felt desperately that Dayong broke into the inner gate and was afraid that it would be this night.

At this time, the cadres had basically invested all their forces in the east gate, and Lu Min also rushed to the east gate with Pang Tu and others from the north gate to support. The crowd made a final resistance with the determination to die. No matter how talented Lu Min is, no matter how brave and fearless the cadres are, they will not be able to make up for the huge disadvantage in numbers.

Yuwen Junping ordered no rest tonight and broke open the city gate overnight. "One, two, bump", "one, two, bump", with the sound of the horn of the big Yongsheng, the inner door of the east gate crumbled. In the darkness, countless torches shone inside and outside the east gate of Xiangyang. This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

In the darkness, Yuwen Junping's lips had a faint smile. He, Yuwen Junping, will eventually become the first person to enter Xiangyang.

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