Su Bairen was also relieved after seeing the defensive strength of the Songhu Legion, although the siege of Songhu City was difficult to solve for a while, but under the protection of Bai Qingshuang and other female generals, it should be safe and sound in a short period of time.

Subsequently, everyone made a specific division of labor arrangement under discussion, so that Bai Qingshuang, who was familiar with military affairs, was mainly responsible for the defense and security at night, and Su Zhirou led half of the martial arts experts to cooperate. The daytime defense was led by Yu Yulan and Xiao Hui, while Su Bairen and Ma Dai were responsible for logistics coordination.

Although Yu Yulan, Su Zhirou and others are not very familiar with military affairs, they are all Shi Ziling's wives, and they have a high status in the hearts of the officers and soldiers in the army. Moreover, their martial arts strength is quite good, and their ability to adapt to changes is also outstanding, and it is not too difficult to lead the well-trained Songhu Legion in a relatively simple defensive battle.

After the specific shift change and division of labor was completed, Bai Qingshuang and Su Zhirou continued to stay behind to defend the city, and the others went back to rest separately.

In the following ten days, the battle situation was uneventful, although the Yinyan Legion continued to send troops to attack the city, but in the face of the rigorous and efficient defense of the Songhu Legion, it was completely unable to start, and lost a large number of troops in vain.

Hui Yinghong and Ji Furong frowned at this, and were sullen in their Chinese military tent. Ji Furong said distressedly: "Senior sister, I really didn't expect the Songhu Legion's defensive strength to be so good, no wonder Shi Ziling was able to defeat Li Yuan's Legion in one fell swoop, and also annexed the entire Northwest Land." If we continue to fight like this, we don't know when Lu Dao will be able to capture Songhu City. ”

Hui Yinghong said with deep sympathy: "Shiziling really lives up to its reputation, the people and horses he left behind in Songhu City are far more difficult than we imagined, and their defensive reserves are far more abundant than we imagined. ”

"In the past ten days, we have lost nearly 20,000 horses in the siege, and even Senior Sister Luo was unfortunately killed, but the loss of the Songhu Army was very few. If this stalemate continues, even if we break through Songhu City, the Silver Swallow Legion will be greatly damaged. ”

Ji Furong said: "But Songhu City is surrounded by the sea on both sides and the mountains on the other, and there is only one direction to attack, and our military advantage has never been able to give full play." Even if we don't count the attrition and destiny attack, the effect won't be too great. If it drags on any longer, the news of our sneak attack on Songhu City will soon spread throughout the Mingyue Continent, and if Shi Ziling leads troops to come to the rescue, how can it be good?"

Hui Yinghong said: "Shiziling is far away in the northwest, even if you get the news, you will definitely not be able to come for a while." I'm just worried that the imperial court will blame us for being incompetent, after all, we have the advantage of troops, and it was a sneak attack, and we still haven't achieved anything so far, so I really can't explain it. ”

Just when the two of them were worried and worried, a sergeant came to report, saying that the three heroes of Qingcheng under Luo Linhai had come to ask for a meeting. Hui Yinghong hurriedly ordered them to come in.

Not long after, Qingcheng Sanjie entered Hui Yinghong's Chinese military tent, followed by two middle-aged monks. After everyone saluted, Hui Yinghong asked them about their intentions, and You Tianhua, the eldest of the three heroes of Qingcheng, said: "General Qiqi Hui, since you left, the imperial court has issued another decree, hoping that our prince can conquer Zhongzhou City as soon as possible, and send troops to help General Hui sweep the east. ”

Hui Yinghong said happily: "In this way, your prince's men and horses have already entered Zhongzhou City?"

You Tianhua shook his head and said, "Not yet." The combat strength of the Tang battalion is much stronger than we expected, and the reserves of ordnance, grain and grass are also very sufficient, and the two sides are still in a fierce war of attrition. However, our side has an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and it is expected that in another ten days and half a month, the strength of the Tang battalion will be almost consumed, and our Yellow Dragon Legion will be able to win with one blow. ”

Hui Yinghong knew that Luo Linhai was using the newly formed White Lion Legion to consume the strength of the Tang Army, and wanted to wait until the Tang Army's strength was almost exhausted before sending the Yellow Dragon Legion to win the game in one fell swoop. She asked, "Then ?...... you are here this time?"

Xie Tianping, one of the three heroes of Qingcheng, replied: "Although we have not been able to conquer the Tang camp for the time being, since the imperial court has a decree, of course our prince must first send people to assist General Hui." This time, the three of us led a total of 10,000 cavalry to help, hoping to help the Silver Swallow Legion sweep the east as soon as possible. ”

Hui Yinghong said: "Thank you Lord Luo for sending troops to help, it's just that we don't lack troops now, but we are suffering from the tight defense of Songhu City, and some siege skills are lacking." ”

Xiong Tianying said with a smile: "General Hui, don't worry, in addition to sending 10,000 cavalry, our prince also asked the three of us to bring a group of martial arts masters, including two senior monks from Huguo Temple, I believe that we will be able to help the Yinyan Legion." ”

Hui Yinghong said in surprise: "Could it be that these two behind you are the two great monks of Puning and Puji in Huguo Temple?"

You Tianhua coughed lightly and said: "The two monks of Puning and Puji specially followed the prince to Zhongzhou to deal with the Yuan Shi Tianzun, although the Shangqing Sect of the Yuan Shi Tianzun was not involved in the war this time, but just in case, the two monks stayed in Zhongzhou with Elder Tuan to assist my prince." ”

"As for the two senior monks we brought, they are also the top masters in the Huguo Temple, and they are the junior disciples of the two divine monks of Puji and Puning, and their Dharma names are Pushan and Puhua. ”

Hui Yinghong was also quite happy to hear it. She has lived in the capital for a long time, and has long heard the names of Pushan and Puhua, although the two monks of Zhilu Dao were born deaf and dumb, their martial arts strength is second only to Puning and Puji in the Huguo Temple, which is enough to compete with the top 20 masters on the list.

Hui Yinghong and Ji Furong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, although the two monks Pushan and Puhua were deaf and dumb, their eyes were extremely keen.

Hui Yinghong said happily: "With the assistance of the two eminent monks and many martial arts masters, maybe we will have a chance to break through the defenses of Songhu City in one fell swoop." ”

Ji Furong was surprised: "Senior sister, but the defense of Songhu City is so tight, even if there are two high-ranking monks leading the martial arts masters to charge into battle, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through head-on in a short period of time." ”

Hui Yinghong said with a smile: "These days, I have asked people to carefully reconnoiter around Songhu City, and found that the west gate of Songhu City is actually accessible, but the mountain roads there are rugged and narrow, and ordinary military horses cannot pass. The only way is to send a group of martial arts masters over the cliff to raid the west gate of Songhu City, and then rush to the south gate to meet the frontal attack of our brigade after entering the city. ”

"It's just that the number of martial arts masters in our army is limited, and even if we gather all the Emei disciples, the strength is still a little thin, especially the lack of first-class masters. Now with the support of the three heroes of Qingcheng and the masters of Huguo Temple, the chance of attacking Xicheng is much greater. ”

You Tianhua said: "Lord Luo has instructed, let our group of people listen to General Hui's dispatch, it just so happens that the three of us have lived in Songhu City for a period of time and have some understanding of the roads inside and outside the city, if General Hui is useful to us, please just give orders." ”

Hui Yinghong said happily: "That's great! Without further ado, let's set off immediately, and if it goes well, we should be able to reach the west gate of Songhu City shortly after dark." There are not many troops in Songhu City, and there will definitely not be too many people guarding the West Gate, with the help of you martial arts masters, we should be able to easily enter. ”

"After we enter the West City, we quickly rush to the south gate to join the outside, as long as we can open the other party's city gate, once our brigade enters, with our absolute superiority in troops, it will only be a matter of time before Songhu City is completely conquered......"

Later, they agreed on the details of the attack in detail, and decided that Hui Yinghong would personally lead a group of martial arts masters to climb over the cliff to attack the west gate of Songhu City, and Ji Furong was scheduled to launch a frontal attack from the south gate at midnight.

After the agreement was made, Hui Yinghong, together with the three heroes of Qingcheng and the two senior monks of Pushan and Puhua in Huguo Temple, led a large number of martial arts masters in the army to the west gate of Songhu City.

The west gate of Songhu City is backed by a mountain, and the nearby mountain roads are narrow and difficult, making it difficult for ordinary military horses to pass through, so there are really not many garrisons here. However, after many days of offensive and defensive battles, since the Silver Swallow Legion did not take advantage of it at all, the Songhu Legion was also considering whether the enemy would change its strategy and find another way.

For the sake of safety, Yu Yulan proposed to send more troops at the West Gate to take strict precautions. Although Bai Qingshuang felt that the Yinyan Legion came from afar, she might not know the way to move the west gate of Songhu City, but she had always been quite convinced by Yu Yulan's inference, so she agreed to add 1,000 troops to garrison the west gate, and several female generals were still on duty in turn.

It was Ma Dai who was in charge of the defense of the south gate that night, and Su Zhirou was in charge of the guard of the west gate, and Bai Qingshuang and Yu Yulan and others were all in turn to rest. After days of hard work, Bai Qingshuang had gone back to the room early to rest, but Xiaohui seemed a little restless.

Yu Yulan, who also wanted to go back to the room early to rest, felt a little strange, so she asked, "Xiaohui, what's wrong with you tonight, you always seem to be a little uncertain?"

Xiao Hui frowned and said: "I don't know how to do it, I wanted to continue to cultivate my soul dementor ** in the room just now, but today my spiritual power seems to be very active and uncontrollable, as if I am about to meet some acquaintance." ”

Yu Yulan said happily: "Could it be that the husband is coming?

Xiao Hui shook her head and said, "It's not like that." I was extremely impressed by my husband's feelings, but tonight I had never felt this before, as if an acquaintance was about to arrive, and it seemed a little paradoxical, and I myself was a little confused. ”