A boulder flew towards Anding with the strength of ten thousand jun, becoming the first stone to hit the city wall.

In a trance, a thunderbolt exploded in the clear sky, An Ruofei trembled with fright, and looked at Meng Qingye with a little confusion, "Thunder?" ”

"No," Meng Qingye was calmer, but his face was also pale, "This is the sound of a catapult hitting the city wall, a stone bigger than a grinding plate, smashing on the city wall." ”

"Can this sound travel so far......?"

"Well...... Meng Qingye's nodding movement was already a little stiff, but he still comforted her, "But you don't have to be afraid, there are catapults in the city, they have calculated the landing point in advance, and they can also hit the camp opposite." ”

"I'm not afraid," An Ruofei said, but her lips were already trembling a little, anyone, in the face of such an offensive, must have a little fear.

"I don't know...... Can we hold out until he returns? ”

An Ruofei looked out the window eagerly, and Xi Yan's return had become the last vitality of Anding City.

"Don't worry, he'll be back in time."

It is not so much that Meng Qingye is comforting her, but that she is comforting herself, and the previous conversation and laughter are so lively that she still can't hide her fear at the moment.

Meng Qingye couldn't help but think that when his father and brother fought on the battlefield, they would definitely not be afraid like himself. Even though he was the son of the Yasukuni Gong, he failed to inherit the bravery of his father and brother, and could only hide under the wings of others forever, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

The sky was dark, the siege of the Great Zhao army continued, the fire and wolf smoke rose into the sky, and this hundreds of years of city was the first time it had been hit like this.

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The sound of rumbling hooves echoed through the valley, and in the middle of the night, a torrent of iron riders rushed to the south.

Xi Yan hasn't dismounted for two days, eating, drinking and sleeping on horseback. With such an intensity of marching, even the Fei Fei army, with four horses per cavalry, was exhausted at the moment.

Only after receiving the summons from An Ding that day, Xi Yan immediately retreated south with all the cavalry, even if Fu Mang and others were still besieged in Feng Yi City, even if the reinforcements from Northern Qin had not yet arrived, even if Qi An almost turned against him, he withdrew most of the army regardless of it.

As for the rest of the infantry, it's not that he doesn't want to withdraw, it's that the foot soldiers are too slow, and he can't wait.

As for the Northern Qin Army...... Xi Yan didn't have the heart to care about them anymore.

According to Qi An's statement, give up stability, together with the Northwest Army, cut out from Feng Yi obliquely, and go straight to Chongdu, even if the Great Zhao army takes stability, it will only get an empty city, but for Chongdu City, which is now empty of troops, the Northwest Army plus the Southwest Army and the Fei Fei Army nearly 500,000 troops are enough to pocket the central heart of Great Zhao.

But Xi Yan only smiled at this, he knew that he must not leave An Ruofei and Meng Qingye in Anding City, if something happened to them, then even if he got Chongdu City, what was the point?

Xi Yan still left without hesitation, Qi An looked at the Fei Army and the Southwest Army that were receding like a tide, and shook his head regretfully: "If a love word can make people restrain their hands, then I would rather never be confused by love words." ”

But immediately, Qi An hated again: "For the sake of women, sell your siblings...... This kind of thing can only be done by this old bastard, without his Southwest Army, how can we fight Chongdu! Pass my orders! Bring another 100,000 troops to the Northwest Army in the east, no matter what, you can't let the Northern Qin Army leave alive! ”

Xi Yan knew that he had failed Qi An and made his plan to besiege Chongdu fall through, but he couldn't help but do it......

I apologize to this friend and can only try to make amends in the future.

The 70,000 Fei Army, plus all the cavalry in the Southwest Army, a total of 120,000 horses, rushed to Anding to return to help day and night.

For Da Zhao's attack, Xi Yan didn't think about it, but he didn't expect that Da Zhao's army would come by water, and they didn't stop at all along the way, going straight to Anding......

Such an arrangement, if you say that you have not done it carefully, Xi Yan is extremely unbelievable.

But he can't think about it now, and along the way, he has only one belief, that is, to use the fastest speed to reach stability. There are not only their own inheritance, but also the people they care about the most.

Stability, there is absolutely no room for error!

The stars in the sky disappeared behind him one by one, but Xi Yan couldn't wait for himself to be faster, and he was almost so tired that he was foaming at the mouth when he sat down, but at this time, there were still hundreds of miles away from Daqing Pass, and the city was stable...... It's even more out of reach.

It has been nearly three days since he led the army to set off, what is the stable city defense, Xi Yan knows better than anyone else, in his eyes, Zhang Chen and others can hold on for five days, which is the limit, but if he wants to return to stability, it will take at least seven days.

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Another boulder smashed into the city, taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the Da Zhao army, the defenders of the city also had a short rest, and it had not lasted for three days, and there were less than half of the rolling stones and logs left, and all kinds of arrows were also consumed, and everyone in the city knew that these things were never replenished.

Meng Qingye was already a little frightened, under such a ferocious offensive of Da Zhao, would the determination of the people in the city to guard stability be gradually eroded? Could it be that in the end, Anding City has not yet been broken, but it will first disintegrate inside?

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, people's hearts were the most vacillating, if the people knew that these bad ideas were made by themselves, Meng Qingye had no doubt that he would be eaten alive by these people.

"Ruofei...... I want to go up the city wall," Meng Qingye suddenly spoke, "It's so depressing here, I really want to go outside and shout a few ......."

"You can't go," An Ruofei hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Many people in the Great Zhao army recognize you, if you appear in Anding City, what should they do with the Duke of Yasuko?" Emperor Zhao was already suspicious of Yasukuni because of Xi Yan's matter, if you were found out again, wouldn't you push them into the fire pit? ”

"You're right, you're right......"

Meng Qingye didn't think of this, but the long-term nervousness made him a little impulsive, and he sat down again, but a little cold sweat still broke out on his forehead, "I, I want to go out for a walk." ”

"I'll go with you," An Ruofei understood his current mood very well, and many of the methods of defending the city were made by him, if it was useless...... An Ruofei knew that he would be extremely guilty.

As soon as he stepped out of the hospital, he bumped into Xi Yun with an anxious expression and walked quickly.

Before he could ask, Xi Yun pushed the two of them into the courtyard, "Two ancestors, the bed crossbow outside the city has begun to fire a salvo, do you know how far the bed crossbow is?" Let's go back quickly, and hide in the house and don't come out. ”

Before they could react, the courtyard door had been locked, and Meng Qingye sat down under the tree gloomily, he really wanted to ask Xi Yun, how was the battle going?

But looking at his complexion, it must not be optimistic, and Meng Qingye didn't dare to ask at all...... It wasn't his responsibility to guard the stability, but from the moment he came up with ideas for defending the city, he put this matter on himself, intentionally or unintentionally.

With expectations, he certainly fears disappointment.