The first wave of attacks was repelled by Long Chen, and Feng Erniang felt that the situation was not good.
Simply rushing forward is not an option, the counterattack within the city is too fierce.
The ghost was riding on a horse, and his entourage brought him a black gauze hat and put it on.
"Push the catapult over."
Gui Ti gave the order and more than twenty catapults were pushed outside the city.
The soldiers began to twist the windlass and move the stones up.
On the city, Long Chen immediately said to Mei Yu: "Aim at the catapult and blast him."
Mei Yu immediately ordered the artillery to be aimed at the catapult and fired.
The artillery was fired, the catapults were hit by iron bullets, and the wood was shattered and deformed.
After several rounds of firing, only four catapults were successfully launched.
Stones flew over and hit the city wall, leaving a deep hole.
Mei Yu ordered to fire again, and the remaining four catapults were also destroyed.
The soldiers had no choice but to retreat.
Feng Erniang returned to Guitui and said, "Master, that thing is so powerful, the catapult was completely destroyed."
The artillery was mounted on the city, and the black muzzles made the Nanliang soldiers intimidated.
This was the first time they experienced the power of artillery.
Guitai sneered and said: "Don't panic, order all the soldiers to pile up the soil, fill in the moat, and build a high mountain."
"Push forward slowly, there are many of us so there is no need to rush."
After saying that, the ghosts retreated, and Feng Erniang ordered all the soldiers to dig and pile the soil forward.
Within the city.
Long Chen watched the Nanliang soldiers slowly pile forward sandbags and rocks. Han Ziping said, "Do they want to block the city?"
Long Chen said: "They are encroaching, pushing forward little by little, filling up the moat, and pushing it directly to the bottom of the city."
"After the soil has become a mountain, you can climb up it by stepping on it, and finally the soldiers attack the city."
Tang Heizi felt that it was difficult to deal with, and said: "If we let them fill in the soil like this, sooner or later the moat will be filled in, and then we will be in trouble."
Long Chen said: "Let the crossbow hand release Arrows, shoot at anyone who dares to come close."
After much deliberation, this is the only way to fight back.
Han Ziping immediately ordered the crossbowmen to release arrows.
When Long Chen returned to the city, the empress asked about the situation outside, and Long Chen reported truthfully.
"The ghost fetus method is clumsy, but very effective."
The empress was very worried. Once the soil was filled under the city, the city would no longer function and there would only be a melee.
Long Chen said: "Gui Tui now thinks that the Holy Lord is not in the city, but he will soon find out that I mean to attack at night tomorrow night, and go straight to the main tent of Gui Tui's army."
Long Chen deliberately asked Ye Chang to lead troops out of the city to create the illusion that the empress was returning to Xianhe City.
But this illusion cannot last long, because once Xu Feng discovers that Xianhe City is an empty city, he will report the ghost fetus.
By then, Gui Fei will know that the empress is still in the city, and the deception plan will fail.
Therefore, Long Chen must seize the time.
The empress nodded slightly and said, "Okay, as you wish."
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Beiling City.
Yan Xi and Wu Hongying continued to command the soldiers to attack the city. Wu Jian and Li Xiannan fought back, and the city was filled with corpses.
The soldiers of Nanliang kept rushing forward, arrows fell from the city, and the soldiers died below the city.
The nine-ring sword in Wu Jian's hand cut a gap. Li Xiannan was also tired and rested against the city wall.
Nanliang finally called for gold and retreated its troops, and the attack was temporarily suspended.
Gan Zhen leaned against the city wall, shook his head and said, "Is Yan Xi crazy? Does he want all the soldiers to die?"
After fighting for the past few days, Gan Zhen discovered that Yan Xi didn't care about the soldiers' life or death at all, he just rushed forward.
Wu Jian said: "Their purpose is to consume. As for how many soldiers died, they don't care at all."
Li Xiannan ordered the treatment of wounded soldiers
, prepare for the next attack.
Meng Yidao and Zhuang Ling'er also went down to rest.
Back at the mansion, the messenger reported that a war had begun in Linhu City, and Gui Tai personally led 500,000 troops to besiege it.
Gan Zhen was very worried. There were only over 200,000 defenders in Linhu City. If there was a melee, it would be detrimental to Long Chen.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty is still in the city. The Major General and His Majesty will join forces and it won't be a problem to defend the city."
Wu Jian comforted Gan Zhen.
The ghost fetuses just have more people. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not as good as that of the Long family army, and the generals are not as good as Long Chen, the empress.
So Wu Jian is not worried.
Gan Zhen nodded and said, "That's right, it's impossible for an adult to suffer from other people's losses."
Li Xiannan drank two bowls of tea and said: "Now the war situation has reached a stalemate, it depends on who can survive who."
In the early stage, Long Chen had the advantage, but now Guitai has stabilized his position. Neither side can gain an overwhelming advantage, and there is a stalemate on the battlefield, so Guitai resorts to a war of attrition.
Whoever can survive this period of time can reverse the situation on the battlefield.
Wu Jian said: "We must strive to win the battle quickly, and then gather forces to reinforce Linhu City."
"As long as Linhu City wins, this war of attrition will be over."
The sound of war drums sounded again outside the city, and Yan Xi attacked the city again.
Gan Zhen cursed: "We won't stop until we kill them all!"
The generals carried their weapons and climbed onto the city wall again.
The soldiers of Nanliang had already begun to attack, and the defenders fired back with arrows and continued to fight until dusk.
The bloody setting sun shone on the battlefield, and the corpses and dark blood everywhere looked very tragic.
To the west, two shadows quietly arrived at the bottom of the city.
The soldiers guarding the city were very tired and did not notice the shadow approaching.
After the two entered the city, they entered the handsome man's house and found Li Xiannan's men.
The female soldier exclaimed: "Princess ?Why are you here?"
Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi rushed to Beiling City. Instead of riding directly into the city, they sneaked into the city quietly.
"Find Li Xiannan."
Di Luoxi sat down, and the female soldier immediately went out to look for someone.
When they arrived at the top of the city, Li Xiannan was holding a hammer, looking at Yan Xi outside the city and yelling.
"Old man, after a few days of killing, almost all of your soldiers are dead!"
Yan Xi sneered outside the city and said, "A lot of your soldiers died. I, Daliang, have a vast territory and rich resources, so I can afford to die. You only have a few soldiers in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."
"If we kill for two more days, all the soldiers in your city will be dead."
Wu Hongying stepped forward, pointed at Li Xiannan and cursed: "If you feel sorry for the soldiers and come out to fight on your own, do you have the courage?"
Yan Xi and Wu Hongying's cultivation levels are so high that if Li Xiannan went out to fight in a duel, he would definitely not be able to beat them.
"Think again."
Li Xiannan was about to curse back when a female soldier hurried up behind him and whispered: "General, the princess is here."
Li Xiannan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked: "Which princess?"
The female soldier said: "The third princess and the fourth princess are here."
Li Xiannan was secretly happy. When the two princesses arrived, there were suddenly two more generals here. The situation was favorable to him.
"Two old immortals, you wait for me, come out immediately to fight, I must kill you today!"
Wu Jian next to him was surprised, and Gan Zhen was also surprised. Why did Li Xiannan suddenly agree to a duel?
Meng Yidao said: "General Li, we have no strength. Fighting generals is not the best strategy."
The sun is going down, and it would be unwise to agree to a fight at this time.
Li Xiannan ignored him and cursed: "You two old men underestimate me, if you don't go, I will!"
"You two wait for me! Just change the horse and come!"
After scolding, Li Xiannan gave Wu Jian a wink, and Wu Jian immediately followed.
