"General Lu, the commander has an order, he is only allowed to drive the enemy behind closed doors, and he is not allowed to open the door to meet the battle!" When Lu Gui was thinking about how to attack, a herald brought such a news.

After Lu Gui heard it, he almost couldn't help but scold, when is this, people's siege trucks are piled up in front of the door, and you still don't go out to fight?

"When you go back and report to the commander, just say that the enemy's siege vehicle is too powerful, and we must defeat it a few miles away, otherwise once the siege vehicle reaches the city gate, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Lu Gui said calmly.

"Yes!" After listening to Lu Gui's words, the herald rushed towards the barracks without stopping, at this time, King Qing did not come here at all, but stayed in the barracks, in his opinion, it was enough to have Lu Gui and these people.

After Chi Zhongtian and Ye Luo understood the current situation, they were both a little anxious, because according to the current situation, once the enemy's siege vehicles arrived, then the defenders of Lijiang City would be difficult to resist.

At present, there are only more than 10,000 defenders in Lijiang City, of which the original Lijiang City patrol battalion has about a few hundred people, and the Southern Xinjiang Rebellion Army is 10,000 people, because more than 100 people are missing in the Southern Xinjiang Rebellion Army, that is to say, the people of the Fuyu Holy Sect have been harmed.

With these troops, it should be enough to deal with the enemy troops outside the city, but what people did not expect was that the enemy army, which was originally not a large number, suddenly increased by more than ten times this morning, and now there are nearly 7,000 people.

Lu Gui was the first to hear the news, and he didn't have the heart to figure out where the enemy army came from now, because he didn't have so much time for him.

"Let's go up and see if there's anything we need help with. Chi Zhongtian said to Ye Luo.

Ye Luo nodded, and the two of them walked towards the city gate.

At the foot of the steps leading to the city tower, there were a few officers and soldiers guarding it, and when they saw Chi Zhongtian and Ye Luo coming over, they asked, "What are you doing?"

Chi Zhongtian said: "Didn't you say that there is an invasion of foreign enemies, we want to go up and help!"

"Now that there is no need for people on the castle towers, you can go to the baggage camp and see if there is a place where there is a need for manpower. The officer replied.

As soon as he heard this, Chi Zhongtian was a little anxious, and he hurriedly said: "Both of us have strength, and we will definitely be able to help if we go up." ”

"Forget it, you two don't look like people with strength, don't talk nonsense. The officer and soldier were unmoved.

The reason why Chi Zhongtian wanted to go to the city tower was to see the situation of the enemy army, and if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he was always not at ease.

Just when Chi Zhongtian was in a dilemma, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"General Chi?"

When Chi Zhongtian suddenly heard this title, he was startled in his heart, and quickly turned his head to look to the side, and when he saw it, he put his mind at ease, it was really a coincidence, the person named General Chi turned out to be Li Guang.

Li Guang was originally the deputy general of the Chinese army in the southern Xinjiang counterinsurgency army, but after King Qing canceled the former army of the Chinese army, he became the deputy general of the army, but he still claimed to be the deputy general of the Chinese army.

After Chi Zhongtian saw Li Guang, he hurriedly walked over and dragged him aside, but fortunately there was a commotion at this time, so the few officers and soldiers guarding the steps did not hear Li Guang's words.

"General Chi, why are you here?" asked Li Guang.

"General Li, be quiet, don't make a noise. Chi Zhongtian said in a low voice.

Li Guang saw Chi Zhongtian's solemn face, so he quickly nodded and replied, "I understand." ”

"I heard that the enemy is attacking fiercely now?" After all, Li Guang is a deputy general in the army, and he must know more than those officers and soldiers, so Chi Zhongtian just took the opportunity to ask clearly.

"yes, that's fierce. Because it was Chi Zhongtian's question, Li Guang had nothing to hide.

Before weighing the stakes in his heart, Li Guang must be cautious and cautious, otherwise if he is wrong, it is likely to bring him death.

"The enemy army is now massed about seven or eight thousand men, and there are a few siege vehicles, which are so powerful that once they get close to the city gates, our defenders will be difficult to resist. Li Guang said.

"Siege vehiclesThe siege vehicles are large and inflexible, now it's better to let the sergeants rush out and destroy their siege vehicles a few miles away, isn't that okay?" Chi Zhongtian said casually, although he didn't know how to fight, but something like a siege vehicle must be inconvenient to move, so if you send someone to go, the other party will either resist to the death, or the siege vehicle will be destroyed, and it will not be transferred anyway.

When Li Guang heard this, he sighed in his heart that Chi Zhongtian was really an expert, and he still had some experience in fighting.

"Alas, General Chi, who said no, but the commander has an order, no one is allowed to go out of the city to meet the battle, no, just now General Lu asked people to send a message to the commander, saying that he would go out of the city to meet the enemy, but the commander was angry, and immediately sent me to tell General Lu that he must not go out of the city, otherwise military law will be engaged. ”

After listening to Li Guang's words, Chi Zhongtian asked, "Who is General Lu?"

"Oh, General Lu's name is Lu Gui, and he is a veteran who has been galloping for the country for more than ten years. Li Guang replied.

"It's really confusing, why haven't you left the city at this time, and what are the troops in the city now?" Chi Zhongtian asked.

"Back to the general's words, the defenders in the city now, counting the original patrol battalion of Lijiang City, are only more than 10,000 people, among which there are many people from the baggage battalion and the marshal guard, and there are only more than 8,000 people who can really go to the battlefield. Li Guang replied.

When Chi Zhongtian heard this, he immediately glared and asked, "How many people are in the baggage camp?"

"There were about a few hundred people, but then something happened, so there were fewer. Something happened in Li Guang's mouth, and Chi Zhongtian was clear in his heart, but he didn't have time to investigate it now.

"Is there more than a thousand people in the Great Marshal Guard?" Chi Zhongtian asked.

Li Guang smiled bitterly, and seemed to be very helpless and said: "General Chi, you also know the identity of the marshal, and it is not unusual to have more than 1,000 people to protect him. ”

"These guards can't go to battle?" Chi Zhongtian asked with a frown.

"No, the commander has an order, and the guards can only protect the commander's tent at all times. ”

It stands to reason that Qing Wanggui is the prince, and there is a thousand guards by his side, which is also reasonable, but now it is different, now he is here to fight, not to enjoy happiness, and at this moment it is the time when the troops are insufficient, he actually let more than a thousand troops to protect himself and not go to the battlefield, which is simply unreasonable, besides, Chi Zhongtian guessed that these more than 1,000 people must be some elites.

"There are seven or eight thousand enemy troops, and we are about the same, if the siege trucks arrive, how can we hold it?" Chi Zhongtian asked helplessly.