Rumble......

Tao Qian and the others, as soon as they walked to the edge of the city gate, were frightened by this shaking movement, and quickly looked back and found that the stone blocking the city gate had been impacted and crumbling.

"Bring some more stones, block the gates, block them to death!"

Tao Qian shouted nervously.

The soldiers around him hurried down to arrange, moved the prepared stones, and blocked them above the city gate.

At this time, the city gate was bombarded again and shook again, but as the stones were moved and blocked again, the shaking was relatively slight, and Tao Qian finally regained some sense of security.

"General Zang, please continue to arrange people and keep an eye on Yang Zhao from the city tower, don't let him have a chance to succeed." Tao Qian said again.

"Good!" Zang is domineering.

can withstand Yang Zhao's strong attack, and their self-confidence has returned a lot.

As long as you continue to hold on, you will definitely be able to hold on until Yang Zhao retreats.

The defense of Xiapi continued to unfold, and under the arrangement of Zang Ba, Cao Bao and others, the Xuzhou soldiers in the city rested in batches and waited in turn day and night, ready to resist the attack at any time.

Outside the city.

The arrows of more than a dozen bed crossbows were stuck above the city gates.

The wooden gate, which had long been dilapidated, exposed the stones used to block the gate inside, still could not open the gate.

Not only is the city tower helpless, but now even the city gate is more difficult to do, and their footsteps in attacking Xuzhou will actually stop at the gate, which Yang Zhao couldn't imagine.

Yang Zhao said helplessly: "I thought that the battle of Xuzhou would be a very easy battle, but now it seems that it is not easy!" ”

Guo Jia said: "Perhaps, we have to wait until the water rises in Surabaya and the water floods." ”

"I have another way to try it tonight." Yang Zhao said.

Soon, it was evening.

Hundreds of soldiers, relying on the faint light of the fire on the upper floor of Xiapi City, approached the gate of Xiapi City.

Yang Zhao's method is to dig a hole next to the city gate, bury the explosives in it, and ignite the fuse to blow it up, which will have a better effect than exploding in an open place.

These hundreds of soldiers, digging quickly, no matter how light their movements were, when digging, the sound they made was still obvious in the dark night.

More than a dozen Xuzhou soldiers who were guarding above the city tower vaguely heard a voice coming up from below.

"There is a situation!"

A soldier said.

The other soldiers, one after another, gathered one after another, looked at each other and looked in the direction from which the sound came, but it was pitch black below, and there was nothing to be seen, so one of the soldiers threw down a torch.

Several excavated figures appeared in front of their eyes.

"The enemy is coming!"

Some soldiers shouted, "Beat the drums, go beat the drums!" ”

Thundered......

A drum beat sounded above the tower.

The remaining soldiers drew their bows and shot at the soldiers digging below, killing more than a dozen people in an instant.

The soldiers who were digging, prepared their shields, raised them to resist the arrows, and had to complete the task no matter what, but the soldiers who defended the city in Xiapi, how could they succeed, they lifted the stone and smashed it.

Hearing the movement on the city tower, Yang Zhao understood that tonight's operation had failed, and waved his hand: "Mingjin!" ”

Clang......

The digging soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and had no choice but to retreat.

"The vigilance of the enemy is too high."

Pan Feng shook his head and said: "Tao Qian's people, try their best to defend the lord, their vigilance is as high as they want, and the defense is also very strong, so it will be difficult for us to attack the city." ”

Li Tong echoed: "Because the lord is too strong, Tao Qian can only try his best to defend, and he has to be vigilant, otherwise the city will be ruined, after all, Tao Qian can only fail once." ”

Yang Zhao agreed with their statement and sighed: "Only the water is flooded." ”

Just as they were helplessly about to go back to rest, Tao Qian finally appeared on the city tower.

"Yang Zhao, you retreat!"

Tao Qian's voice came from above the city tower: "You can't break my Xiapi, there's no need to waste time, I will compensate for the losses caused to you, and then let people want Zhang Min, and I will definitely send people to your house, so okay?" ”

Yang Zhao wanted Xuzhou, not to take revenge, it was impossible to retreat, and responded: "Tao Gongzu, are you so confident?" ”

"The facts are in front of you, you can't break my down."

Now Tao Qian is indeed very confident, and said with confidence: "My defense is strong, the city is prepared, and the food for the past two years can you break the city?" There will only be a waste of time on both sides here. ”

In this way, Tao Qian was fully prepared to defend to the death, and refused to surrender even if he was killed.

Yang Zhao said loudly: "It won't be wasted too long, I'm going to break the Xiapi, it's not difficult." ”

"Then we'll wait!"

Cao Bao laughed at this time: "I want to see what the thief Yang Zhao has to do!" ”

"Don't worry, I won't let you down!"

After Yang Zhao finished speaking, he said again: "Go back and rest!" ”

On the castle tower.

"Envoy, according to the description of the guarding soldiers, Yang Zhao's people seem to be digging something down there just now, what is the use of digging up, we don't understand."

Zang Ba said first: "But Yang Zhao must have a problem doing this." ”

Perhaps, it is still a means to break the city.

Tao Qian frowned again.

Sun Guan looked out, the torch he had just dropped was just extinguished, and there was darkness below the city tower, and he frowned and said: "Yang Zhao came by night because it was dark under the city, so it was inconvenient for us to find out what they were doing. ”

Cao Bao said: "Unless you can light up the city!" ”

"Lighting?"

Zhao Yu said excitedly: "I have a method, maybe it can be illuminated, as long as you prepare enough mirrors, stand above the city tower, and then light the torch in front of the mirror, the light projection, can illuminate the darkness under the city, and it is more convenient for the night watchman." ”

"That's possible!"

Tao Qian hurriedly said: "Arrange it quickly, collect mirrors, the more the better." ”

They had to go to work.

After about half an hour, a bright light appeared on the upper floor of Xiapi City.

The reflection of the light, falling below the tower, can indeed barely illuminate a darkness, although the range is not large, but it is better than nothing, as long as someone approaches, you can see the figure.

The method seems a bit clumsy, but it seems to work.

"Look, lord!"

Jia Xu pointed to the city tower.

Yang Zhao and the others hadn't rested yet, and when they noticed the light on the city tower, they couldn't help but smile and said: "Tao Qian has already done a lot of tricks to prevent us, as long as he can think of it, he can use it." ”

Li Tong asked, "Do we want to dig again?" ”

"No need."

Yang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Let's all go and rest, there's no need to toss like this, I have other arrangements tomorrow." ”

"Good!"

Everyone responded.

Tonight, Yang Zhao didn't make any other moves, making the Xuzhou soldiers who were on vigil let out a long breath.