After Zhuge Liang came back, the soldiers all saw that his face was very bad.
Yes, although Chen Dao led his soldiers away from Zhang Fei, but... anyone who had seen Zhang Fei burned like coke with his own eyes at that time must have known it in his mind.
Zhang Fei's misfortune indirectly caused the morale of the army to drop, but Zhuge Liang had no time to care about it.
"Generals, listen to your orders... After the fire under the city has dissipated, attack the city with all your strength. It is necessary to break through the enemy's defense line before night comes... The opponent's city must be short of manpower. As long as we break the city before the opponent's support arrives, in this battle we
Even if you win it!"
There was a hint of anger in Zhuge Liang's voice, and the soldiers all felt a little scared after hearing this——
Someone quietly came up to ask about Zhang Fei's situation, but the only reply they received was:
"General Yide is still recovering from his injuries. Even without General Yide, we are bound to win this battle!"
"The only thing you need to pay attention to... is that if the enemy uses fire attacks, as long as you see fire igniting in the enemy's formation, you must retreat to avoid its edge! The enemy now has a new type of weapon that we don't know about, but don't worry..."
Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and made his own judgment:
"Since only General Yide was injured previously, it means that the other party cannot use their new weapons on a large scale..."
After explaining all the precautions, Zhuge Liang disappeared into the camp again...
Only a group of confused soldiers were left, as well as countless worries and uneasiness in their hearts.
In fact... Zhuge Liang is not confused...
He just made the most appropriate judgment based on his own common sense... But the problem is... the opponent he is facing now cannot always be measured by common sense.
"Yi Xiaotian...could it be...that I am really destined to be unable to defeat you?"
No one heard Zhuge Liang's murmur alone. It seemed that the cold facts had made Zhuge Liang increasingly numb.
——
Also on the other side, for Zhu Ran and others who had just survived the disaster, what they wanted to know most was why everything just happened——
The army retreated into the city and temporarily stopped in the camp in the outer city... Zhu Ran was considered the last group of people to come back. As soon as he entered the city, he saw the horrific casualties.
He took a total of 1,500 people out of the city this time, but now that he has returned, it doesn't look like there are 500 people...
Not to mention that everyone in front of me is basically injured, and nearly half of the injured are in a very dangerous situation...
There were no more screams... but the wails everywhere were still heart-wrenching.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Ran clutched his chest, feeling like he couldn't breathe.
"General Yi Feng...you...are you okay?"
Lu Xun came up to meet him... In fact, from the moment Lu Meng rushed down the city wall to now when everyone reluctantly returned, Lu Xun had experienced a complete baptism——
On the battlefield, there is no child's play...
Lu Xun now fully understood this.
Because of this...he was full of guilt and self-blame for the devastated scene now.
Seeing Lu Xun's tired face, Zhu Ran smiled sadly and shook his head:
"Fortunately, I came back alive...I owe you..."
"No...it's all...it's all my fault. I was negligent. Mingming...Mr. Mingming told me to take fire prevention measures...but I..."
Hearing that Zhu Ran was still pretending to be relaxed and teasing, the guilt in Lu Xun's heart almost reached its peak.
With unwilling tears in his eyes, Lu Xun gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly...
"Bo Yan, there is no point in worrying about right and wrong now. The fire outside is still fierce...but it won't be long...when all the linen and corpses are burned...the enemy will definitely attack quickly. The most important thing now is to imagine what will happen next."
How to deal with-"
Lu Meng patted Lu Xun's shoulder and said half-comfort and half-suggestion.
"We have very few elite infantry left. There is still a group of my light cavalry in the city, plus the original garrison of Piling...7,000...No, there are only more than 6,000 people who can go to the battlefield, and the opponent still has three
There are tens of thousands of elites, if they can't survive this night, it will really be the end."
The situation in the city is far more serious than before.
Lu Xun seemed to be responsible for the current situation - just as he was thinking this and blaming himself more and more, there was finally a voice behind him that made people want to rely on him.
"Don't worry, there is a way... Boyan, there is no need to blame yourself. If you make a mistake, I also bear a lot of responsibility."
"But in the final analysis, our current military strength disadvantage is too great - the current situation is actually not beyond my expectation."
The person who spoke was Yi Xiaotian... Hearing his voice, everyone cast their gazes in the direction of the inner city gate. They saw that Yi Xiaotian had gotten out of the car. In addition to Huang Yueying and other women, there was also a slightly older woman beside him.
Confused face.
"Yi Xiaotian...are you telling the truth?
This...what happened, how could it be so miserable..."
Sun Quan was in a state of confusion.
He rushed back and forth in the past two days, which can be regarded as inspiring the soldiers on the entire front before the battle. Today, although a big battle is imminent, Yi Xiaotian told him in the morning that he could get more rest, so he fell asleep...
I thought that when I woke up, the sky outside the city was already filled with flames...
In short, he got on Yi Xiaotian's carriage in a daze, and arrived in the outer city in a daze.
However, as soon as they saw the miserable situation in the military camp, Sun Quan was stunned.
"Lord...it's all me..."
"Bo Yan, that's enough. I understand everything. There's no need to mention it again."
"Ziming is right. What we should do most right now is not to blame ourselves, but to do our best to deal with the next battle."
Seeing that Lu Xun wanted to take responsibility, Yi Xiaotian sighed and stopped him directly.
"Then again, Zi Ming, have you put the things I asked someone to bring to you to use?"
Yi Xiaotian suddenly changed the topic and suddenly asked Lu Meng.
As soon as Lu Meng heard the "thing" Yi Xiaotian said, he immediately became energetic.
"Yes! Yes! Boyan! My lord! You may not know yet, but my husband just asked someone to bring me a wine flask... I thought that thing contained some kind of poisonous water - in short, at the critical moment just now..."
Lu Meng danced and described how he had saved Zhu Ran just now, and this description made everyone present stunned.
"It turns out...it turns out that the explosion...was caused by you?"
"I thought it was thunder..."
Lu Xun could only see a burst of thick smoke from the city just now, and he was not sure what was happening below. A burst of thunder shook everyone to the ground, and then Lu Meng and others came back... In fact, Lu Xun didn't see anything.
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Sun Quan, on the other hand, was completely awakened from his dream by this loud noise, and was naturally deeply impressed.
So...what is the "thing" that creates the "thunder"?
