Outside Guangling City, a long siege built with civil engineering surrounded the city, completely isolating the city from the wilderness outside the city. There were Nanliang sergeants patrolling and guarding outside the long siege day and night. They saw attempts to break through and attack in the city.
If there are any signs, sound the horn immediately to warn.
The entire long siege only opened a few limited gaps for the Nanliang troops from outside to enter and exit the city. Apart from this, Guangling City had no other channels to communicate with the outside world.
However, Guangling City, as the core of the military and political affairs in the region, has always been a key gathering place for personnel and materials. Although it has been under siege for several months, it still remains unmoved, and it takes a lot of willpower to fight against the attacking soldiers outside the city.
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After directing the siege for a day, Chen Baxian led his troops back to the camp outside Changwei, and asked tiredly: "Has Haixi been conquered?"
Guangling City is an important town in Jiangbei. In addition to the city itself, there are also a series of smaller cities such as Ouyang, Jiangdu, Gaoyou, Haixi, etc., including Jingzhou, Shiliang City, etc., which together form a complete offensive and defensive system.
system.
As the attack on Guangling lasted for several months, all the nearby city strongholds were captured one by one. In the north of Haixi, Wu Mingche, a strong man from Jiangbei who had just been recruited by Chen Baxian, led his troops to attack.
Because Haixi is located to the north of Guangling, once it is captured, it can effectively contain and interfere with the Huaibei army. This will undoubtedly have a huge psychological impact on the soldiers defending the city. It was also Chen Ba who attacked Guangling City for a long time.
No less, after seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, he envisioned a turning point in his mind.
After all, it is too difficult to capture a big city like Guangling with external force alone. We can only try from all aspects. I believe that the same is true for Li Boshan of the Western Wei Dynasty who attacked Hefei City. He is still carrying out long-term attacks on Hefei City.
Fight hard around.
When he saw his generals shaking their heads to express that they had not yet, Chen Baxian couldn't help but look a little sad, but then he cheered up again and said with a smile to the somewhat depressed generals: "But at least we can continue to attack without any distractions.
Go down, General Li of Mianbei is really brave. Not long after he set off on the expedition, he defeated thousands of powerful troops. In a short time, there should be no more enemy troops coming from the south to reinforce and disturb me. As long as we continue to fight hard, it will only be a matter of time before we capture this city.
The problem!"
However, the next development seemed to be deliberately against him. Soon, news of the successive defeats of Xuyi and Jingzhou came one after another, and Duan Shao of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who had won consecutive battles, was also leading his army to Guangling.
The Nanliang soldiers outside Guangling City were frightened.
"It's not like Li Boshan of Wei State has defeated the Qi army. Why is there another enemy army coming south with such rapid momentum?"
Soon there were questions in the army, and such questions were quite polite. Some generals who knew the inside story of their cooperation cursed angrily: "The Qiang people are treacherous and cunning and cannot be trusted. Please tell me before."
The alliance has hidden evil plans, and even more so by lying about military information, just to deceive our army into staying here to fight to the death with the Qi people!"
In their panic, they did not bother to distinguish that the message they received before was not sent by someone sent by Li Tai, but came from the friendly forces in Jingzhou. And they were panic-stricken now and had no intention of being reasonable. It was just subconscious.
Just blame others and vent.
Because the military situation was urgent, and it was reported that the Northern Qi troops were coming here non-stop, and the distance was not far away, the officers and soldiers in the camp were even more panicked, and they did not bother to complain. Soon, the general Chen Baxian's tent was filled with generals.
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"You and everyone else abandoned their business and gathered here. Could it be that Li Ben was reborn, or Hou Jing returned? Otherwise, there would be some bad news from a powerful enemy, and the powerful army worthy of my continuous victory would change its color in a panic!"
Naturally, Chen Baxian also learned the news immediately. He stood in the big tent holding his sword in his hand and looked at the generals in the tent and said in a deep voice.
"Chen Sikong, the Qi people have arrived with reinforcements! They have been defeated by all the troops in a row..."
"Yes, the Qiang thieves deceived us. They have never defeated the Qi people at all, and they intend to frame our army to death!"
Everyone started shouting, and some even noticed the Mianbei envoy Li Zhen who was standing not far from Chen Baxian. He even drew a knife in his hand and said fiercely: "I will kill this traitor first for my lord, and wait for my army."
After we get out of the siege and find safety, we can avenge this deception!"
Li Zhen had also heard the whispers and accusations of the lieutenants and soldiers, and he was also very angry. After hearing this, he immediately drew his sword, pointed at the man and said angrily: "Rat gall raccoon thief, the enemy has not arrived yet.
Be afraid first! Our general is so powerful that there is no need to bluster and deceive. Besides, the tens of thousands of soldiers under the great Khan Sa's command are almost defeated. This is conclusive evidence!
Today, only a small brigade of troops came to harass you. Your troops are cowardly and self-defeating, but they falsely accuse my general of being deceitful. With such treacherous words, if I don’t kill you, the alliance will be destroyed! It’s hard for rats to make plans, but my general is clear.
A reputation that cannot be blasphemed!"
Both sides were very excited, each holding a knife in their hands, and it seemed as if they were going to fight each other immediately.
When Chen Baxian saw this, his face turned livid, he kicked over the desk in front of him, stamped his feet and roared: "Everyone, please shut up! If you mess with our military discipline again, you will be killed without mercy!"
After hearing this, the generals who were still noisily and quarreling fell silent and did not dare to speak out again.
Only Li Zhen was still full of anger, and his angry eyes flashed across the faces of the generals one by one. Then he turned around, abandoned his sword on the ground, clasped his fists towards Chen Baxian and said: "Guangling is thousands of miles away from Mianbei.
Yao, what Sikong gains cannot increase me, and what he loses cannot diminish me. Sikong asked himself, why does my general use this plan? These generals come to doubt me before they have examined the enemy's situation. How can the alliance be successful?
Why should we be afraid when thieves come? The defeat of my elite troops in Mianbei is like slaughtering chickens and dogs! Now that I have all my swords and armors, how can I cry and beg for mercy like a woman and a child? Li Zhen is not talented. He has defeated the enemy many times since his uncle. Now the thief
Now that we have arrived, your southern soldiers are desperate for their lives and want to escape. I can lead my troops to hold the rear, but I only ask Sikong. If I am lucky enough to survive, I need to seize the head of this thief and present it to the general to tell him why the incident was ruined!"
As he spoke, he turned his head and glared angrily at General Liang, who had previously claimed that he had been deceived and wanted to kill him with a knife.
After hearing this, some of the generals in the tent couldn't help but look ashamed, while others were even more angry. The general who was glared at was a little embarrassed and a little angry, so he said angrily: "
Qiang thieves really want to harm people..."
"shut up!"
Chen Baxian shouted angrily again, then walked to Li Zhen, clasped his fists and saluted Li Zhen and said: "Captain Li, please be patient and calm. This guy has always been vulgar and reckless, and even I am often offended. I have pity on him since he was young.
He has fought bravely for a long time, so he has tolerated it till now. If he offended the governor today, please allow me to apologize to the governor for his forgiveness."
Li Zhen turned his head and looked at the other side, not looking at Chen Baxian who was saluting him and apologizing. He said coldly: "There is no difference between dying here and dying in the battle! The victory of Mianbei with tens of thousands of armors is definitely not for the sake of greatness.
It’s caused by the offence!”
After Chen Baxian heard this, his eyes suddenly turned cold. He looked at Li Zhen with a look of evil, but soon these subtle changes disappeared, and he turned to look at the general who was already begging in a panic.
He said in a deep voice: "I'll take care of your wife, go away."
"Lord, please..."
After hearing this, the general immediately begged loudly for mercy, but before he could finish his words, Chen Baxian's soldiers behind him covered his mouth and escorted him out of the tent.
At this moment, the faces of everyone in the tent became even tighter, and Chen Baxian picked up the saber that Li Zhen had dropped on the ground and stuffed it back into his hand, and then said: "The color changed after hearing the enemy's news, which made Governor Li laugh.
Guangling is our river defense barrier. If the Liang people do not try to restore it, death will not be a pity! General Li is willing to help me out of justice and share the enemy's power with me. This kindness is engraved in my heart and I dare not forget it.
I have made an oath before, if Guangling is not conquered but overpowers me and I want to return first, I ask the Commander-in-Chief to kill me and report it to General Li. I repeat this oath today. If the thieves come, I will fight and never retreat. I will take charge of the front line, so I ask the Commander-in-Chief to uphold it.
The sword holds down the formation for me and supervises the battle. If I move the formation and retreat, the commander-in-chief can kill me without retaliation! Although the Liang people's muscles and bones were temporarily broken by the civil strife, they were born with this body, and they are definitely not broken for the sake of career!"
After Li Zhen heard Chen Baxian's words, he was overwhelmed by his momentum for a moment. After taking back his sword, he bowed deeply to Chen Baxian and said: "After this battle, I will report this heroic voice to my uncle. In addition, the preface is too extreme, Wang Sikong
Forgive me."
Chen Baxian opened his mouth when he heard this, but didn't say much. He just raised his hand and patted Li Zhen on the shoulder, then turned around and returned to the case to start arranging to respond to the enemy.