On September 18, frost fell, and the weather was suddenly cold.

Even so, at the head of Chang'an City, the two armies were still fighting hotly, and there was no intention of ending the war. On the city wall, the Tang army was full of dead bodies. Under the city walls, the bones of the rebels piled up into a mountain.

The battle lasted for five days and five nights, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, including 30,000 casualties of the righteous army, and 20,000 losses of the Tang army relying on the advantages of defending the city.

For the rebels, since they could be replenished at any time, the loss of 30,000 men was nothing.

But for the Tang army in Chang'an City, which was heavily surrounded, because the princes of all the feudal towns in the world were watching the fire from the other side, the imperial court could not get any support at all, and every person who died at the moment was equivalent to a reduction in strength.

As the commander of the forbidden army, Yan Lie was anxious. He had not slept for three days, and he was on the walls of the city day and night. He had a breath of anger and doubt in his heart, which added fuel to his already anxious mood. But if there is a subordinate general who is not effective in commanding, it will provoke his roar.

He was angry that he couldn't even call his son now. Now that the war is tight, he originally wanted his son Yan Feng to lead the Shence Army to support. But this son didn't know what medicine he was taking, and he refused to agree, saying that without the edict of Dali Siqing, no one would want to mobilize the Shence army.

What he was puzzled about was that Lord Liu of Dali Temple was obviously proficient in the art of war, but when Chang'an City was facing life and death, he was nested in the courtyard of Dali Temple and refused to move. Even though he sent people to invite him again and again, Lord Liu still did not move, and only asked him to guard the city gate.

Yan Lie risked being shot by a cold arrow, led the generals to patrol the city wall, passing through the wounded soldiers who were crying and wailing, and witnessed the Tang Army soldiers who were still alive one moment before, and the next moment their heads were cut off by the enemy's artillery, and his brain almost collapsed all over his body.

Seeing this, he became more and more depressed, and he smashed his fist on his forehead in an attempt to drive these painful scenes out of his head.

At this moment, a sergeant suddenly came to report, "General Qiyu, the Bahe River outside the city suddenly broke its embankment for some reason, and the river water poured directly into Chang'an!"

Yan Lie was surprised when he heard this, thinking that it was not the flood season now, how could such a thing happen as the river bursting its banks. This must have been done on purpose, and most of them were from the rebels.

He hurriedly led the generals up to the city wall, braved the rain of arrows to look outside the city, and saw that the river in the distance was white and boundless, and it was surging towards Chang'an City.

The generals were flustered in their hearts and discussed one after another.

"Commander, isn't that thief army planning to attack the city with water?"

"I don't think it's like they're going to die a lot of their own people. ”

"Don't speak, but listen to the Ruler. ”

Yan Lie sneered, "There is not much river water this season, and when the river water reaches the city, at most it will soak the ground, and it will not be able to soak our Chang'an city wall." So no matter what the thief army thinks in his heart, we don't have to be afraid, just wait for Lord Liu's next arrangement. ”

Although he had a little bit of a grudge against Liu Yu in his heart, in order to boost the morale of the army, he had to say a few good words for him. In addition, Liu Yu's previous battles against the righteous army were really beautiful, and the generals believed it when they heard his words.

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In the camp of the righteous army, the leader Huang Chao ignored the heat of the war and hurriedly summoned a number of generals from the front line to discuss the matter, including the general Wang Xianzhi, the military advisor Wang Daozhi, the former army commander Shang Rang, and a group of Huang's nephews, sons-in-law and others who took on important responsibilities.

Although Zhu Wen was demoted by three ranks, he was still a high-ranking general in the rebel army, and he was also invited to participate in this conference.

Huang Chao took the lead and said: "The Bahe River has burst its embankment, and the river is only more than an hour away from here, do you think our army will stay or withdraw?"

He said as he swept his gaze over the crowd, hoping for a response from their faces.

Wang Xianzhi smiled happily, "This river burst the embankment actually helped us, or the army will withdraw first, and when the river water soaks the Chang'an city wall, we will fight back, and it will be easier at that time." ”

After hearing this, Huang Chao nodded slightly, and turned his eyes to look at the military advisor Wang Daozhi, "I don't know what the military advisor thinks?"

Wang Daozhi groaned slightly, "According to the news from our army scouts, the reason why the Naba River burst its embankment was caused by a small sect called the Sword Sect from Luoyang. Why these people in the rivers and lakes are stirring up the war is not yet known. ”

Huang Chao gritted his teeth, and a fierce color appeared in his eyes, "These people in the rivers and lakes have no king's law, and they are called Haojie, but they are actually just robbers in the green forest. It is simply shameful and ridiculous that they want to take advantage of the fire and loot while the two armies are in the middle of the fight. In the future, after we dominate the world, we will definitely flatten these martial arts mountains and kill these so-called martial arts sects to the ground!"

Shang Rang frowned slightly after hearing this, perhaps it was the heavy murderous intent revealed in Huang Chao's words that made his heart tremble. He stood up from the front of the desk and saluted respectfully to the leader Huang Chao and the general Wang Xianzhi, "In the opinion of the humble general, the Naba River coincides with the dry season in autumn, and even if the flood reaches the city, it is only half an inch deep, and it will not change the situation on the battlefield in the slightest. ”

"Zhu Wen, what do you think?" Huang Chao counted the name of Zhu Wen, who was sitting in the back row, from a few desks.

Zhu Wen, as a criminal general, hurriedly walked out of the case seat, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said: "The king only orders, even if he goes up the knife mountain and goes down to the sea of fire, his subordinates will never give up!"

As he spoke, he slammed his head to the ground until blood oozed from his forehead.

Seeing this, Huang Chao smiled and said: "That's it, that's it, I'm just asking you what you think about the bursting of the embankment of this Bahe River, and I don't want your life, why are you so nervous?"

Only then did Zhu Wen raise his head and say, "Now that the weather is getting cold, when the water of the Naba River is about to overflow, everything on the ground in our camp will definitely be soaked." Soldiers who do not have clothing to protect themselves from the cold may become ill. He implored the king to prepare clothing as soon as possible and distribute them to the besieging soldiers. ”

He did not speak much, but he prostrated to the ground.

Huang Chao motioned for Zhu Wen to return to his seat, turned his face to look at the military advisor Wang Daozhi on the seat next to him, and asked with a smile, "What does the military advisor think?"

Wang Daozhi snorted, "What General Zhu said is reasonable, I have already prepared the cotton clothes for the soldiers to spend the winter, and I will distribute them later." ”

Zhu Wen heard that the military advisor agreed to his proposal during the banquet, and his heart was overjoyed, and secretly said that the plan of his beloved wife Zhang Hui and the strategist Jingxiang to sympathize with the soldiers was really good, not only in line with the thoughts of the military advisor, but also after the news of this matter came out, he could also earn a vote among the low-level soldiers of the righteous army, which was simply a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Without waiting for the king's signal, he walked out of the banquet again, knelt on the ground and said: "Although the sword sect digging up the Bahe River did not pose a real threat to our army, these people are punishable, and I humbly ask the king to allow me to lead a team of men and horses to exterminate this gang of bandits!"

He had an angry expression on his face, and he looked like he would never give up if he didn't behead all these rebellious ministers and thieves.