After that, the group went up to the city tower, and the prince of Wen Yuan walked in front, worried that Cheng Xi did not understand the fortifications on the city tower, and he was very careful to introduce the role of the fortifications to Cheng Xi while walking.

Cheng Xi followed around, but she didn't come up with a better countermeasure, after all, what she learned and understood, if she wants to apply it to war, it takes time, this is the war in the era of cold weapons, if you want to make advanced weapons, even if Cheng Xi probably knows some principles, it will take time to study and apply them in practice.

Cheng Xi has always wanted to make more money and then live a life of worry-free food and clothing, but he never thought that he still needs to face such a situation and war, so he never thought about studying those things related to war.

However, Cheng Xi still put forward some opinions slightly, at least it is still helpful for the previous city fortifications, such as shooting arrows from under the city, the power is not too great, you can use a grass shield to block the rain of arrows, and the arrows on the grass shield can be pulled out, and you can continue to use it, for example, if the archer has limited strength, you can get a bow frame to fix it on the city tower, so that the arrow can shoot farther and more powerful than shooting arrows with a bow by hand......

Although Cheng Xi only made some small suggestions in her opinion, it was nothing at all, but the generals behind her were secretly frightened, a young woman actually knew this, even better than these veterans who had fought on the battlefield many times, how could they not be shocked, if this was a man, how much should it be, thinking that Cheng Xi was just a woman, everyone sighed in their hearts that it was a pity.

followed Gongzi Wen Yuan to walk around the city tower, and the opinions that should be raised were also raised, and the generals were arranged according to her suggestions, and Cheng Xi did not continue to get in the way on the city tower.

She has a few catties and a few taels, Cheng Xi knows very well in her heart, she will only use her mouth to do her kung fu, if she really stands on the city tower, not only can she not help anything, but she is afraid that she will delay the officers and soldiers guarding the city to protect herself, in this situation, she doesn't want to cause chaos to others.

The same is true for Gongzi Wen Yuan, he doesn't plan to command the battle on the city tower, which is not what he is good at, so he followed Cheng Xi to the council hall in the city.

The enemy army has not yet chased, and the defenders are still taking advantage of the fact that the enemy army has not attacked, and rearrange the fortifications according to Cheng Xi's opinions, while Cheng Xi and Wenyuan Gongzi are sitting in the conference hall, worried about the situation on Xu Sanlang's side.

"What do you think Xu Saburo will do if he can't hold on?" Cheng Xi looked at Gongzi Wen Yuan with a worried look on his face and said.

Gongzi Wenyuan sighed and answered, "In this situation, I'm afraid that there is any news from Xu Sanlang's side, and we can't receive it, I just hope that they can hold on for a little longer, and the people we sent out can solve the siege now." ”

Cheng Xi stopped talking, she also understood that what Gongzi Wen Yuan said was right, now she can only rely on the people sent out to burn grain and grass to succeed, the enemy army has no food and grass, there will definitely be chaos, and it is a good opportunity for them to defend and attack.

Such days are always particularly tormenting, one morning, Cheng Xi felt that a century had passed, and at noon, 300,000 enemy soldiers came to the city, and without even giving them a chance to breathe, they began to launch a general attack on Yizhou City.

The first obstacle that the enemy had to cross was the moat, and they did not expect that this moat could actually burn, and when the enemy set up a wooden ladder to cross the moat, which did not look too wide, a fire suddenly broke out in the moat.

Unexpectedly, the first obstacle that Cheng Xi came up with could play such a big role, causing the enemy army to lose a lot of people, although these people were only a drop in the bucket for the 300,000 enemy troops, but it greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers defending the city.

Originally, there was a fire in this moat, and if the enemy army did not retreat in a hurry, the loss would not be so great, but the enemy army never imagined that there was water in the moat, why did it catch fire, and the team panicked instantly, and in this panic, the people who could have safely withdrawn also fell into the burning moat, or drowned and burned, or were killed by the arrows of the archers defending the city on the city wall.

However, the enemy generals were not vegetarians, and soon discovered that there was fire oil in the moat, and immediately ordered to stop crossing the moat first, and waited until the fire in the moat was almost burned before ordering to start the attack again.

Because the first time the defending army had the advantage, the morale was greatly increased, although the number of the enemy army was large, but there was no way to capture Yizhou City for a while, and under the city of Yizhou, blood flowed like a river, and most of them were the corpses of the enemy.

The battle lasted until the evening, the besieging side was already at a disadvantage in terms of geographical advantages, the enemy army of 300,000 sieged the city in the afternoon, the defense of Yizhou City was still strong and abnormal, the place suffered heavy losses, this night wanted to continue the siege, it was impossible to attack, it would only increase the losses of the besieging army, the enemy leader had to order to stop the attack, and continue to attack the city tomorrow.

Gongzi Wen Yuan and Cheng Xi had been sitting in the conference hall, waiting for the news from the city tower to be delivered to them one by one, and they were finally relieved to hear that the enemy camp had finally stopped attacking the city.

Gongzi Wen Yuan looked at Cheng Xi, who was full of exhaustion, and said, "It seems that tonight should be able to be peaceful for one night, Xi'er, you have been here for a day, and you are tired, go back to the Governor's Mansion to rest first." ”

Cheng Xi didn't support it, nodded, and then followed Ah Long to the Governor's Mansion with the guards, although the Governor's Guard was not in the mansion, but he had already explained to the people in the Governor's Mansion who Cheng Xi was, as soon as Cheng Xi passed, someone would take care of her enthusiastically, and he would not wronged her.

It's just that Cheng Xi thought that Xu Sanlang was still in Youzhou City, the situation was unknown, he couldn't eat or sleep, he just squinted for a while, and he had a nightmare again, dreaming that Xu Sanlang was surrounded by a group of people covered in blood, and was scared to wake up again, and finally survived until the next morning, and Cheng Xi went to the city gate early.

Because Yizhou City is located on the border of the south of the Yangtze River, most of the people of Yizhou who knew that the border was fighting moved to the rear of the south of the Yangtze River early, even if they did not want to leave and stay, they knew that the door was closed and they did not dare to go out, and the streets were deserted.

When Cheng Xi passed the city gate, he heard the sound of fighting outside the city from a distance, and he didn't need to think about it to know that the enemy army had begun to attack the city again.

Cheng Xi rubbed his head that was a little painful, and went to the council hall where Prince Wen Yuan was.

The enemy army is another day's strong attack, and they rely on the advantage of numbers, changing shifts to attack, which really makes the Yizhou defenders tired, and the army in Jiangnan is well-trained, even if it is tired, it does not flinch at all, and insists on not letting an enemy attack the city wall.

A day passed like this again, but the weapons and equipment defending the city began to shrink more and more, according to the generals who defended the city, they came down to report to Wenyuan Gongzi, and if it went on like this, it could last for two days at most.

Gongzi Wenyuan has no other countermeasures at this time, he only hopes that King Rui's side will know the situation here, and will follow what he said before, come to a flank support, or the side that burns grain and grass can succeed.

On the third day, he guarded for another day, but there was still no news of reinforcements, and on the fourth day, Gongzi Wenyuan had a heavy face and said, "If the reinforcements don't come today, Yizhou won't be able to hold it." ”

But apparently not too optimistic, on the morning of the fourth day, reinforcements came, and launched an attack on the enemy troops under the city from two directions, and the defenders saw the arrival of reinforcements, boosted their morale, and saw that the enemy troops who had attacked the city were killed again.

However, soon the reinforcements were also at a disadvantage, and the enemy was defeated and retreated, so they had to retreat first.

Gongzi Wen Yuan explained to Cheng Xi, saying that this was discussed before, and the reinforcements deliberately retreated from defeat, so that the enemy army could take advantage of the victory to pursue, and this ambush on the road annihilated the pursuing enemy army one by one.

But unexpectedly, the enemy army was determined to take Yizhou City, and instead of pursuing, they continued to launch a fierce attack on Yizhou City.

Gongzi Wen Yuan frowned, and said to the governor guard on the side, "You arrange a team of elite soldiers to protect the eldest young lady and find an opportunity to retreat from behind." ”

The governor Wei clenched his fists and said, "The prince has an order, and his subordinates must ensure the safety of the military master, if there is danger, the military master must be arranged to retreat safely, and please prepare the military master and retreat with the young lady." ”

Gongzi Wen Yuan shook his head helplessly, "I can't go, as soon as I retreat, the army's spirit will disperse, and Yizhou will be captured if I can't hold out for a moment." ”

Governor Wei replied, "There are still subordinates here." ”

Gongzi Wen Yuan shook his head, "Many people here were not originally Yizhou defenders, they followed me from the front line, we were born and died together, if I left, their hearts would be scattered, you don't have to worry about me, just my identity, even if they catch me, they don't dare to do anything to me easily." ”

Cheng Xi didn't worry about Wen Yuan's son staying here, what if those who didn't know who he was and killed him as a general in Jiangnan? Besides, the current Wenyuan Gongzi is no longer the original Wenyuan Gongzi, he has been pulled into the whirlpool of the imperial power struggle between her and Xu Sanlang, he is now the staff and military advisor of King Jiangnan Rui, and the people in the capital still don't give him face, whether they kill him or not, it's really not good.

So he opened his mouth to persuade, "You better retreat with us, don't forget, Ruyu is still waiting for you in Liucheng." ”

Gongzi Wen Yuan insisted, "Listen to me, I am free and measured, and I will not let myself have trouble." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers rushed in to deliver the letter.

"Report, a large number of troops have appeared behind the enemy army, and they are approaching the enemy army."

Yizhou Governor Wei frowned and asked, "Do you know what kind of army and which side of the force?" ”

The soldier trembled and said, "Look at the armor on your body, it looks like, it looks like an enemy army." ”

Cheng Xi's eyes widened, his eyes turned red in an instant, he stood up and muttered, "Could it be, is it ......?"