The afterglow of the setting sun was like blood, which was incomparable to the tragic appearance of Liu Bei's army's corpse inside the outer walls of Wancheng City.
The east gate of Wancheng was breached, and the remaining soldiers were making their final struggle in the outer walls.
But facing the brave and invincible Zhang Liao, he only had less than half of the opponent's troops, and there were no generals to support the overall situation. As long as these people were killed by Zhang Liao, the Sun Cao coalition forces outside the city would break into the city and fight with the people on the west and south.
The army that was attacking the city on the side and north side attacked from both inside and outside, easily trapping Liu Bei and others in the city.
but…
It was also at this time that Liu Beijun's unimaginable resilience also emerged.
With the captain dead, the remaining Liu Bei army clung to the wall of the inner city, actually blocking the progress of Zhang Liao and others.
Even if it was only a short quarter of an hour, this... was enough for another belated reinforcement to plug the gap, barely allowing Wancheng's city defense to retain its integrity.
Zhang Liao was naturally very upset. One of the reasons why he failed to capture the city was that the power of the grenade was beyond his imagination. Although the city gate was blown up, the collapsed city wall also formed several natural gorges. Compared with directly destroying the city,
The speed of opening the city gate is much slower.
But... in the final analysis, it was because Zhang Liao was half a beat too slow to react and failed to risk his way before the enemy's last group of troops retreated. Instead, it gave the opponent a chance to retreat to the inner city.
One misstep led to eternal hatred. Zhang Liao broke open the city gate in the east city but failed to do it in one go.
This news quickly reached the ears of Zhuge Liang, who was currently in command on the Western Front.
The one who brought the news was still Pang Tong - after experiencing some disappointment before, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong did not really give up their struggle.
Because Liu Bei is still here.
As if he has regained his second youth, Liu Bei's performance in this battle for Jiangdong has been somewhat inconsistent.
The reason is of course inseparable from two aspects. With Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chu by his side, and he himself didn't really care too much, until now the situation was irreversible, Liu Bei seemed to be more and more brave.
He, an old guy who knew his destiny, led his subordinates and guarded the south gate with all his strength.
Even though the South City Gate was bombarded by no less than five grenades, he followed Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's suggestions early on and quickly used all the materials that could fill the gaps, tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, showing no sloppiness.
Inspired by Liu Bei, the army, which was already full of despair, also took on a new look. As morale increased, the defense of the southern city wall became more tenacious.
So...Liu Bei didn't give up. How could Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong give up after knowing this.
only…
"Kong Ming! It's not good! The east city gate has been breached. Zhang Liao has led his men to the outer wall... There are only a thousand soldiers in the inner city struggling to stop it. If there are no more reinforcements to help... I'm afraid..."
Pang Tong didn't even enter the door at this moment, and the distant call made Zhuge Liang stand up in the tent.
Zhuge Liang was shocked... and couldn't help but take a breath of air.
Although the West City Gate is far away, but with Pang Tong and his temporary command, coupled with Chen Dao's increasingly brave combat leadership, the situation is about to stabilize.
The same is true for the North City Gate... Wei Yan brought the rare news of victory to the army, and the casualties were also the lightest. Liu Bei is present at the South City Gate, as long as... as long as there is no problem in the East City, everything will be fine.
But when he heard the news, Zhuge Liang realized that he had been negligent...or rather...Yi Xiaotian had anticipated this situation.
"How could it be... From the very beginning, I ordered people to calculate the strength of their siege troops...the troops and horses at the west gate..."
"Is it possible that Yi Xiaotian has been hiding it until now?"
Zhuge Liang roared in disbelief.
Pang Tong, who entered the door, had the same solemn expression.
"We...do we still have the troops to support the past?"
"No more... It is already very difficult to maintain the current situation. Yi Xiaotian has deceived us all..."
Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth, but had no choice but to punch the table, venting his helpless anger.
"Is there really no other way..."
Pang Tong couldn't believe that Yi Xiaotian actually held back such a hand even though the situation was already secure.
Does God really want to destroy them?
But just as the two were silent, a hurried shout came from outside the tent. It was an unfamiliar voice, but the content of the words shocked the two:
"Report! Military advisor! The three generals ignored the doctor's dissuasion and led their guards to rescue Dongcheng alone! When we...we found out, the general had already been gone for a long time!"
"Wha...what?"
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Zhuge Liang was right when he said that Yi Xiaotian hid an army that could capture a city gate for half a month.
This Qingzhou army is not the same as the one that Zhang Liao and Zhu Huan joined forces with.
Instead, under Yi Xiaotian's instructions, he had been waiting in the south of Hefei City early, waiting for the opportunity, ready to rush to help at any time.
For half a month, no one except Yi Xiaotian and Zhang Liao knew about the existence of this army.
This naturally also deceived those enemy scouts who were wandering outside the coalition military tent and seemed to have finally detected the situation, but they were just the enemy's scouts who were deliberately targeted by Yi Xiaotian.
Therefore... Zhuge Liang is so angry and powerless at this moment.
Not to mention anything else, in terms of information and intelligence, Zhuge Liang tried to imitate Yi Xiaotian's behavior several times, but was often exploited by Yi Xiaotian in turn.
Now that the east city gate is broken, Yi Xiaotian is not very happy.
In the south of Wancheng, Yi Xiaotian stood on the river bank, with his hands behind his back, watching the fireworks of the city in the distance without saying a word.
The wind ruffled the hem of his clothes, and Huang Yueying, Lu Lingqi, Ma Yunlu and others who were following him swept around worriedly... They all knew that if victory was really in hand, Yi Xiaotian would never act like this.
expression.
Sun Quan hurried over on horseback, his armor covered with dust and blood stains... Yes, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei may not have discovered that a small team of Sun Cao's coalition forces attacking the city in the south of the city was led by Sun Quan himself.
But - compared to Quan Cong and others, Sun Quan could only help a little on the battlefield.
The reason for returning now is that Sun Quan found that the enemy's resistance was becoming more and more fierce and was threatening to repel them, so he hurriedly came to Yi Xiaotian to inquire about the situation.
"Yi Xiaotian! The South City Gate may not be captured in a short time..."
"I understand... At the south city gate, I heard that Liu Bei personally led the troops to resist, so it was inevitable that he would encounter a stronger blockade."
Yi Xiaotian was not surprised, he just nodded and replied.
Sun Quan was a little embarrassed. It turned out that Yi Xiaotian had known about it for a long time, but he was indeed worried about other things.
Because according to what Yi Xiaotian said, if they can't defeat Wancheng today, it won't take long... the enemy's reinforcements will arrive.