The night gradually fell silent.

Gu City, which had been fighting fiercely for most of the day, had also quietly hibernated. Just like the garrison strategy of Yunyang, the Han River is the first line of defense, and the defense outside the city is the second line of defense, and the soldiers who defend the city at the north gate, west gate, and east gate are the third line of defense, and the inner city with streets and alleys is the last line of defense, but the role is not great.

Tonight, Zhang Huizhi, the supreme military commander of Gucheng, and the younger brother of Zhang Da, the chief soldier of Xiangyang, had a strange sense of foreboding after the battle.

This feeling made him insist on patrolling the doors until midnight despite his physical and mental exhaustion.

Everything, it looks normal.

During the day, the Northern Army frantically carried out the largest attack in recent days, and the Gucheng Water Army was defeated by the Northern Army for the first time, but fortunately, he kept a hand, and a row of catapults on the shore came in handy at a critical moment. Flying rocks covered the sky, destroying several warships of the Northern Army, which made the Northern Army turn back to the other side in hatred.

However, the casualties are not small. There were 8,000 sailors and dozens of warships, but after this battle, there were less than 3,000 people, and the warships were seriously damaged, only less than ten. If the Northern Army comes back tomorrow with another wave of attacks like today's, I'm afraid that the Gucheng Navy will just be a good memory.

The urgent document sent to Xiangyang has been going on for several days, but what about the long-awaited reinforcements? Where the hell did it go?

"Alas......"

In the night wind, Zhang Huizhi quietly sighed.

Silently walked down the city wall and walked back to the camp with a few guards, but the sense of foreboding lingered.

But even if he is an iron man, he can't stand such a fight. Since the two armies engaged, he has slept an average of less than four hours a day. Especially a while ago, the northern army kept attacking and harassing day and night, which made him unable to stop. Fortunately, his soldiers supported him very much, and no matter what, he never complained.

Lying down with armor, this tough man, wept.

……

When, dang, dang, dang!

As the sound of the fifth watch sounded, not long after, from the corner of the valley city, people in black emerged one by one.

They were like ghosts in the night, wandering around the city, passing through the branches and leaves, leaping from the rooftops of the houses, as light and silent as tanuki.

After a while, I saw a burst of firelight rising from the valley city. Then, the cries surged through the city.

The sentry post at the south gate, before it could react, had been trampled by a burst of iron horses, and hundreds of soldiers guarding the card, most of them were ruthlessly harvested in an instant.

War is so iron-blooded and ruthless.

The horse is like a leopard riding in the lead, the long knife is everywhere, and the blocker is easy. The heroes who can crisscross the Great Northwest are not idle people?

When they rushed to the south gate like a whirlwind, they saw that the city was on fire, and Xu Lang, who was holding a torch in one hand and a long sword in the other, was fighting at the head of the city.

The wind-chasing sword technique is really a big killer in close combat. And the guards at the south gate were already weak, and when Xu Lang suddenly rushed up with Xie Laosan, Xiong Laomao, etc., they were caught off guard.

At this time, the city was in chaos.

"Xie Laosan, go quickly, help the brothers open the city gate and let General Ma in!"

Xu Lang shouted loudly, but his subordinates were not slow at all, and with a throw of the torch, he knocked over a sergeant who pounced.

"Okay!"

Xie Laosan jumped and took a few disciples to kill again.

At that time, inside the south gate, dozens of beggar disciples were fighting with the sergeants guarding the door.

Their sudden attack prevented the sergeants from setting up their formation. Therefore, in such a fight, they were outnumbered, and they did not fall behind.