This country has gone through two turbulent years. In the end, is it really that you are the only one who still wants to defend it with all your heart and loyalty?
Xiao Mohe stretched out his hand to support the battlements and looked at the camp in the distance.
After attacking the city for so many days, the north gate, which is the main direction of attack, has been under considerable pressure. More importantly, as Jiangling was once the capital of the Western Liang Dynasty, the construction of the city focused on the two sides that may face the south and east.
In the direction of Nanchen's main force, although Xiao Mohe later strengthened the defenses in the north and west, in the final analysis, changing the existing defense system of a city cannot be done overnight.
After several days of hard fighting, the moat outside the north gate has been filled in. Pei Zilie was obviously well prepared before the attack. A large number of sandbags were poured down, and the navy cooperated with the water inlet and outlet of the moat.
It is only a matter of time before the dikes are dug to allow the water in the moat to flow in and out. It is only a matter of time to fill up the moat or, more accurately, the trench without water.
However, in order to express his intention to advance and retreat with Jiangling City, Xiao Mohe decisively demolished the stone bridge outside the north gate. In order to rebuild a road leading to the city gate, the Shu Han soldiers paid a heavy price.
cost.
In the wilderness outside the city, the huge ladder truck had burned down to its skeleton, as if it could be turned into ashes and scattered by the wind. The corpses on the battlefield had been collected cleanly. After all, it was already summer, although the weather was not too bad.
It is hot, but we must also be careful about epidemics, but it is impossible to clean the land soaked in blood.
The situation on the city is not much better than outside the city. There is an obvious collapse on the north wall. During yesterday's siege, Shu Han soldiers once surged up here. If it weren't for Chen Yu and Xiao Mo,
If He's bodyguards attack, the city may have been destroyed.
As for the bed crossbows, iron pots, etc. on the top of the city, they had all been destroyed by the trebuchets, and even some of the trebuchets in the city had been destroyed.
Xiao Mohe knew very well that if such an attack continued for ten days, then the city would definitely be unable to defend itself. No matter how tall Jiangling City is and how high-spirited the soldiers under his command are, there is always a limit to all this.
What's more, Chen Xu's death has inevitably affected the fighting spirit in the city, and the Shu Han soldiers outside the city have obviously seen the dawn of victory.
This battle may not even last ten days, let alone last until the end of the month.
A gust of wind with the smell of blood blew over, and Xiao Mohe suddenly shivered.
Even he, the most determined coach, has such thoughts now, so what will the people below think?
At this time, at the west city gate, a general said in a deep voice: "General, Xiao Maha wants to take us together to bury the imperial court!"
"Yes, General, we have been fighting for so many days. If we continue fighting, this will be the result." Another battle leader couldn't help but said.
The person sitting in the upper position was Ren Zhong, who was in charge of the west defense. He retreated from the Zhangchuan defense line without authorization just to test Xiao Mohe's attitude towards Li Xingchen. Xiao Mohe did not punish him, making Ren Zhong think that Xiao Mohe
He thought that he had already planned to have peace talks with Li Xinchen, so sticking to the situation here was just a show.
In the end, who would have thought that not only did Xiao Mohe personally go into battle to guard the most important North Gate, but now that Chen Xu had died, he had no intention of ending the battle, which made Ren Zhong very panicked.
Xiao Mohe is determined to coexist with Jiangling City, but that doesn't mean everyone has the same idea as him.
Chun Yuliang's living example is before his eyes. If he sacrifices Jiangling City now, Li Xingchen will definitely not treat them badly. But if he keeps it like this, I'm afraid they will all be destroyed by then.
The people who are qualified to discuss this matter in this city tower are all Ren Zhong's cronies. Even this topic was not something they had the courage to speak out. Instead, Ren Zhong privately ordered a crony to speak tentatively.
It brought out everyone's emotions.
As Ren Zhong's subordinates, they have not been doing very well in recent years. Although Ren Zhong is a senior general in the Nanchen Army, his fate is not very good. As long as he wins the battle, it basically has nothing to do with him, and as long as he loses, it basically has nothing to do with him.
He caught up, but the problem was that each time it actually had nothing to do with the late arrival or the fact that Ren Zhong was guarding the side, but since he was defeated, there was no credit.
Therefore, after so many years, Ren Zhongcai, who has become a veteran, has become a general of Anxi, and this is still a newly enthroned general. Before, he was only a general with no title.
Ren Zhong is not doing very well, so needless to say his subordinates. If Ren Zhong doesn't promote him, they won't have a chance, so everyone has had enough of staying here in Nanchen. Especially Xiao Mohe, who is no more than a talented person.
How could He De, a forty-year-old "young man", be able to take charge of the army when veterans like Ren Zhong were still there? This made everyone even more aggrieved.
Well, now, this Xiao Mohe dared to drag everyone to be buried with him for the sake of his posthumous reputation. This is absolutely unacceptable.
Chen Xu is dead. The previous generation of Nanchen generals asked themselves that they had tried their best. Everyone knows who the emperor will be next. What kind of person this person is, of course, there is no need to say more. Anyone can serve such an emperor.
Not willing.
Especially when the enemy opposite is Li Xingchen.
"General!" In the final analysis, Ren Zhong has the final say in this matter. Everyone looked at Ren Zhong and saw that they were all grasshoppers on a rope. This is what everyone thinks. General, you can't go against everyone's thoughts, right?
We can't really go against this rolling tide with Xiao Maha.
Ren Zhong took a deep breath and looked at these men with bright eyes. He already knew very clearly that he had no choice at all. The general trend of the world is changing and people's hearts are like this. There must be more than just people in this room who have the same thoughts in Jiangling City.
people.
"In this case, a certain barbarian slave must follow the general trend!" Ren Zhong suddenly stood up. "Mannu" was his name before joining the army. In order to show his loyalty to Nan Chen, he changed his name to "zhong". Now he uses the name "Zhong" again.
"Barbarian slave" refers to itself, and the meaning is naturally clear.
"Yes!" The generals breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time agreed.
At this moment, at the east city gate, Lu Shixiong and Lu Shizhen were also looking at Lu Quanda.
Although the East City Gate is not Pei Zilie's main attack direction, it can be regarded as half a water gate because there is a river connecting the river passing through it. In the past few days, the warships of the Shuhan Navy have severely ravaged the defenders, but the defenders
Their trebuchets and crossbows couldn't reach them at all, so they could only do nothing.
However, the focus of the navy's attack was on the water gate, so it did not damage the city gate tower, and it still left a little face. (To be continued)