Xiling's reinforcements finally asked Zhang Xi to wait.

But not right away.

According to the news from the messenger from Yixian, Xiling's reinforcements had set off three days ago, and the leader of the team was Chen Dao, with a scale of about 3,000 people, and it was estimated that it would take five or six days to reach Exian.

And now, Zhang Xi can still arrange the soldiers on the city wall to defend the city, including those who are slightly injured, and the number has been reduced to seven or eight hundred.

That's a very dangerous number.

No matter how small the city is, it has four walls.

Although it is unlikely that the Jiangdong Army will attack the city at both the North Gate and the East Gate, Zhang Xi, a soldier of this faction, does not dare to send less at all.

The opponent is Zhou Yu, a genius commander with an intelligence of up to 97.

Even if Zhou Yu suddenly led his army out of the ground one day, Zhang Xi would not be surprised, let alone that he suddenly led his troops to attack the north gate or the east gate.

But now, Zhang Xi only has more than 700 people on hand, counting the soldiers who have recovered from minor injuries a few days ago, that is, more than 800 people, if the four gates are arranged evenly, a city wall can only have about 200 people to defend.

Two hundred people looks like a lot, but on the city wall, you still have to defend, and this defense line is too weak.

Once there is a place where the Jiangdong army climbs the city wall, I am afraid that Zhang Xi will not have enough troops at hand to organize a counterattack, let alone drive back the city wall, and it will collapse quickly from point to point.

On the south and west of the main attack of the Jiangdong Army, Zhang Xi had to arrange at least about 300 defensive troops, 200 people were responsible for regular defense, 100 people were responsible for cruise, and where there was danger to support.

In this way, on the east and north gates, only one hundred men were left to arrange.

A hundred. Probably it can only serve as a warning, and if you really encounter a large army attacking the city, you may collapse in less than half a day.

The current defenders of Echeng, with a large area of casualties, reinforcements have been delayed, and their morale is already very low.

Zhang Xi was pondering whether to take the risk and arrange it like this, or simply abandon the outer city, retreat to the inner city, and use the urn city to continue to block the enemy.

Theoretically speaking, if you want to defend to the death, this is the best choice, but the problem is that once you give up the outer city, it is equivalent to giving up the north gate and the east gate, and if the reinforcements of Xiling want to help Echeng, the first thing to do is to break through the Jiangdong army besieging the north gate.

According to the messenger's report, Chen Zhi only brought 3,000 reinforcements over, which was if Zhou Yu came to a siege point to send reinforcements or something. Chen Zhi can't run if he can't do it.

At that time, I'm afraid that Zhang Xi will really have to be trapped in Exian County and wait for death.

Zhang Xi didn't dare to be careless about Zhou Yu's ability to command the army, but the practical problem still plagued Zhang Xi - how to send this soldier who defended the city.

Zhang Xi hesitated for a long time without any result, so he could only invite Wei Yan and Kou Feng to discuss with the three of them.

Wei Yan thought about it for a long time, and felt that instead of being entangled like this, it was better to take a risk, arrange fifty people each for the east gate and the north gate, and all the rest support the west gate and the south gate. It is a bet that Zhou Yu will not send a small force to cross the river and make a detour to attack the east and north gates.

Well, once again, our General Wei has always been adventurous.

Zhang Xi didn't have a good idea for a while, and under Wei Yan's persuasion, he finally agreed to Wei Yan's plan.

But what Wei Yan didn't expect was that Zhang Xi usually looked quite stable, but once he took the risk, he was crazier than him.

Zhang Xi thinks that since they have taken risks, why bother arranging people at the east gate and north gate?!

Simply transferred to the west gate and the south gate, and the east gate and north gate got some scarecrows to wear military uniforms or something, anyway, as long as the Jiangdong army is not close to the city wall, it is easy to see the truth or falsehood.

Another one, if the Jiangdong army really starts to attack the east gate and the north gate, then this Echeng should not be defended, and quickly let the guards break out to open the way, while the Jiangdong army did not complete the siege, Zhang Xi, Wei Yankoufeng, and the three of them hurriedly killed from the north gate, and fled back to Yi County to wait for Chen to send reinforcements.

After this arrangement, Wei Yan was in a hurry, he really couldn't do this.

There are so many soldiers in this city, and they have been defending the city for so many days, and everyone knows what to count in their hearts.

If all of them are concentrated at the south gate and the west gate, the guards are not stupid, and when they see that everyone is here, then the east gate and the north gate will not be defended?!。

Isn't this just a clear way to tell this group of guards to defend the city, their back roads are wide open, so who still has the heart to defend the city.

As soon as the siege was made, it broke through. You are not afraid that as soon as the Jiangdong Army attacks the north gate, the guards of the south gate will directly open the city and surrender, where will you go when the time comes?!

Wei Yan repeatedly dissuaded Zhang Xi's mindless and natural idea. The soldiers still have to be released, no matter how many, they have to let the soldiers have a peace of mind and know that their back road is still in their own hands.

As for the scarecrow that Zhang Xi said, it is not impossible to arrange.

Fifty guards were arranged at the east gate and the north gate, and with some scarecrows, if the Jiangdong army really broke down the river and bypassed the sneak attack, maybe it would really be fooled by this "number" of defending the city.

But if it's all scarecrows, and the Jiangdong soldiers are not stupid, how can any of the soldiers defending the city stand motionless on the city wall these days?! Didn't even squat down and take a break?!

This thing will know if it's fake when you look at the time of a stick of incense!

Zhang Xi is not a stubborn person, and he knows that in terms of military formation, Wei Yan Tie is definitely several times stronger than him. Although he didn't like the way Wei Yan spoke and the offensive tone, Zhang Xi still adopted it if it made sense.

As for the adventure, he still chose to continue the adventure, but Zhang Xi at the east gate and the north gate still arranged fifty people each, plus one hundred and fifty scarecrows, at least it looked quite bluffing at first glance.

The rest of the soldiers were all arranged at the south gate and the west gate to deal with the next attack that the Jiangdong Army might launch at any time.

But. Strange things happened.

After the Jiangdong Army attacked the city for five consecutive days, starting from the sixth day, it lasted for three consecutive days, without the slightest sign of siege.

Not to mention the signs of siege, the Jiangdong Army has simply shrunk in the camp for the past three days, and occasionally some soldiers go out to cruise, but it is more like a guard patrol than like cutting down trees to make siege equipment.

Jiang Dongjun, what kind of tricks are you going to play?!

Zhang Xi couldn't understand it.

On the first day, when the Jiangdong Army did not move, Zhang Xi was still afraid that the Jiangdong Army was attacking the west, or that Zhou Yu really sent people to cross the river to bypass, intending to attack the north gate and the east gate, but now he was just confusing himself or paralyzing himself.

Therefore, Zhang Xi did not arrange for the sergeants to rest that night, but left 100 people each on guard at the south gate and the west gate, and the remaining 600 people, Zhang Xi scattered all to the east gate and the north gate.

As a result, I waited all night, but I didn't wait for the sneak attack of the Jiangdong Army.

Now, not to mention that Zhang Xi can't understand it, Wei Yan can't understand it anymore.

In fact, although Wei Yan didn't say it, he still recognized Zhang Xi's judgment in his heart, and he also believed that the Jiangdong Army was deliberately paralyzing the defenders, and it must have taken a detour to attack the east gate and the north gate.

But the reality directly gave Wei Yan and Zhang Xi a big blow, causing serious "psychological damage" to these two people.

The Jiangdong army did not come, but the defenders of Echeng did not sleep all night, and the next day they had to go to the south gate and the west gate mentally to guard against a possible attack by the Jiangdong army. As a result, on this day, the Jiangdong Army still did not attack.

Zhang Xi was numb.

Could it be that the Jiangdong Army just had an accident last night and did not arrive at the attack position in time?!

So, in fact, the real sneak attack is tonight?!

Wei Yan also widened his bloodshot eyes and approved of Zhang Xi's idea.

Then, six hundred people squatted at the north and east gates all night, waiting for nothing.

On the third day, Zhang Xi felt that this was a tired plan of the Jiangdong army, and he might launch an attack at any time, so he still had to be careful during the day and night. Wei Yan hurriedly dissuaded Zhang Xi.

Good guys, the three of us can sleep in shifts, but the soldiers haven't closed their eyes for two days and two nights, and they can't bear it.

Wei Yan hurriedly took advantage of the fact that the Jiangdong Army did not move during the day, arranged for the soldiers to start resting in shifts, and personally led the soldiers to investigate the situation five miles outside the north gate and the east gate.

As a result, Wei Yanzhen did not find any traces of the Jiangdong army's attack.

Wei Yan was puzzled. What the hell is the Jiangdong Army doing?

And the same question, Zhou Yu also has. What the hell are these Echeng defenders doing?!

Zhang Xi and Wei Yan thought that crossing the river to attack the north gate and the east gate, in Zhou Yu's eyes, this was an act of sending him to death, so he would not do such a heartless thing.

Now that the Yangtze River waterway is blocked, he can't get through it at all.

If you want to make a detour to attack the east gate or north gate of Echeng without alarming the defenders of Jiangbei, you will not be able to send many soldiers, at most it can only be a small force of 1,000 people.

But there are too many uncontrollable risks in this, in case the troops of the collapsed river are discovered by the defenders of Jiangbei, then it is easy to fall into the siege of the enemy, even if they can rely on the naval army to retreat, the loss will not be less.

Zhou Yu didn't want to lose his troops because of uncontrollable adventures, after all, he was the dominant side now, and there was no need to engage in such a little trick.

Another one, Zhou Yu can't afford to lose.

Jiangdong is already vast and sparsely populated, and the power structure of Jiangdong is different from other places, so the losses are so big that those big families will jump their feet, and when the time comes, it will be a burst of chickens and dogs.

Therefore, Zhou Yu did not attack the city during this time, he really didn't want to carry out a sneak attack, he felt that the siege loss was too big and it was not cost-effective, so he deliberately put on a sloppy and unprepared appearance in the camp to lure the defenders of Hubei City out of the city and rob the camp.

As a result, I didn't expect that the city guards of Echeng were so cautious and cautious, and there was no movement at all.

If this is the case, Zhou Yu really has to think about how to fight this Exian County.

Some time ago, Zhou Yu sent a letter to Sun Quan asking for reinforcements, and Sun Quan's reply was also received by Zhou Yu.

It's just this letter that made Zhou Yu depressed for a long time.

Sun Quan agreed in his reply to Zhou Yu's post-war supervision of the naval army's land combat ability, and at the same time told Zhou Yu in the letter that he was still organizing follow-up reinforcements in Chaisang, although there were some obstacles, but please Zhou Yu Don't worry, he will bring troops to support immediately.

There was nothing wrong with the letter, but Zhou Yu already understood the actual meaning.

Sun Quan's trust in himself is no problem, the problem is that Sun Quan is still in Chaisang, and he has been "slightly" hindered in organizing reinforcements.

According to the battle plan discussed with Sun Quan before the war, Sun Quan should have already led his troops from Chaisang at this time and came to help him defend Jiangxia.

Can. Sun Quan is still in Chaisang.

(End of chapter)