After a pause, the eunuch swallowed hard, looked up at the blade close at hand, and then said: "So after that, the villain put on his dragon robe and walked north of the city to escape. Who would have thought that he hadn't walked far yet?
I met this general from afar, and after that... the generals all knew what happened next."
"You are quite loyal." Li Xingchen sneered and put away the knife, "Go, take him over there and bring all the prisoners over!"
"No!" Chen Zhishen responded hurriedly.
And Pei Zilie also gave an instruction: "Send more manpower, even if the Ji Nancheng is wiped out three feet, I have to pull Xiao Kui out!"
Watching the generals go down separately, Li Xingchen gently rubbed his chin: "We really underestimated Xiao Kui. Boqing, is there anyone outside the city watching?"
Xiao Shilian nodded: "Don't worry, we have sent people to guard the gaps in the north of the city. If Xiao Kui wants to go from the north, we will definitely catch him."
Pei Zilie also said in a deep voice: "When we entered the city before, we also left people in the other three directions, so we don't have to worry about Xiao Kui being able to run out."
"That is to say, the only possibility is that Xiao Kui is in the city." Li Xingchen breathed out softly and scanned the surrounding relatives of the emperor and countrymen in Xiliang. "Get these people into the material alone and ask them clearly.
What are Xiao Kui’s physical signs, so we can arrest him."
"Alone?" Xiao Shilian looked over in shock.
Li Xingchen spread his hands: "Who knows whether these guys will tell the truth, so it's better to ask a few more, and you don't have to be polite to them. These spoiled guys are just the urinary ones. They are no different from the eunuchs. They are not brave.
Not as big as that eunuch."
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Gangneung City.
"Boom!" The huge boulder thrown by the trebuchet hit the city wall hard, and the entire Jiangling city wall shook slightly under the impact of the stone.
The arrival of this big stone seemed to be a new signal. More stones roared through the air, like raindrops of various sizes, hitting various parts of the city wall intensively. One of the stones hit the city gate.
Tibetan military building.
Although Jiangling City is one of the most fortified cities in the world, and the roof of the Tibetan Army Building is also supported by heavy and thick wood, even if it is a strong wood, it will inevitably cause problems under the continuous impact of stones thrown by trebuchets.
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I don’t know which of the first stones hit the Tibetan Army Tower, but it hit the spot where the Tibetan Army Tower had been hit before. Suddenly the entire tower shook violently, and the tiles fell down.
Many of them even hit their own people.
"Quickly, protect the general manager and get out!" A general wearing Northern Zhou armor kicked open the door of the Tibetan Soldier Building and shouted anxiously.
Several more stones of different sizes hit the windows on the second floor of the tower, breaking the windows violently. The stones that rushed into the tower continued unabated and were wreaking havoc in the tower. At this time, the soldiers above could already be heard.
of screams.
Several personal guards carried a white-haired old man and quickly ran out of the building, followed by the crossbowmen who also hurriedly ran out.
However, the outside was obviously no safer than the inside of the building. The stone bullets thrown by Nanchen's trebuchet and the arrows fired by the crossbows overlapped and rushed over, and the soldiers on the city wall came and went with shouts.
People kept falling down after being hit by arrows, and some were hit by stones. Blood flowed along the gaps in the bricks of the city wall. However, it was obvious that the soldiers guarding the city had become accustomed to the sight in front of them, and they went straight around the bodies of their companions and continued to move forward.
Several arrows roared towards the guard general who was brandishing his sword and shouting loudly. Before he could recover, the arrows had penetrated the armor one by one. Before the Northern Zhou general could say anything,
With just one word, he fell to his knees weakly, barely supporting himself with his knife, but more arrows quickly shot him into a hedgehog.
"Protect the General and go down to the city!" Several generals and war masters led the shield bearers in a panic and ran over, barely blocking the arrows and stones. The tower behind them was hit by countless stones one after another, and finally it could no longer bear it.
Looking back at the guard commander who fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow, and then at the corpses all over the city wall, the white-haired old man sighed deeply and allowed his guards to carry him down the city.
This old man is none other than the veteran general Lu Teng, the general manager of Jiangling in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
As a veteran general who has been on the battlefield for many years, Lu Teng is actually not very willing to return to Jiangling City.
First of all, this Jiangling City belongs to the Western Liang Dynasty and not the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although he is the general manager of Jiangling, there are not many Northern Zhou people under him who really obey his words. And Xiao Kui is not a fuel-efficient lamp. You have to be very energetic when dealing with him.
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Secondly, although Lu Teng did not expect that Nan Chen would directly change his swords and guns and shift his focus from Huaibei to Jingxiang in just a few months, he also knew that although Jiangling City was strong and had sufficient food, grass and weapons, it was only a city after all.
Lonely city.
In particular, the main forces of the Northern Zhou Dynasty continued to go north to attack the Turks. In a sense, Jiangling was not only an isolated city, but also an isolated city destined to have no support.
So Lu Teng didn't want to come, because for him, who was already old, coming here was no different than sending him to death.
But Lu Teng also knew that Yu Wenyong did not have a better choice. Although it seemed that the Northern Zhou Dynasty was full of talents, Lu Teng could also see that there was too much acrimony among the generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, even among famous generals such as Yang Jian and Wei Xiaokuan.
There were also some unclear conflicts between him and Yu Wenyong, which was more or less the reason why Yu Wenyong did not dare to let them lead the army.
Therefore, Lu Teng is the only candidate Yuwen Yong can use. And it is precisely because he knows that the young hero is not as high-spirited as he seems, so Lu Teng agreed to this job. As an old minister, he has paid too much for the Yuwen clan.
His hard work, now that His Majesty needs him, Lu Teng certainly has no way to refuse.
But today, standing on the city wall of Jiangling, looking at the brutality of the fierce battle, Lu Teng didn't know whether he should feel regret or sigh.
The ferocity of Nanchen's army's attack has exceeded Lu Teng's imagination. In the east, west and south directions of the city, Nanchen's army, several times larger than the defenders, launched a huge formation. There was no main attack or feint attack. Fan Yi, who was in charge of the west,
, Lu Guangda, who was in charge of the south, and Xiao Mohe, who was personally in charge of the east of the city, were attacking the city at all costs.
Trebuchets, large lathe crossbows... Nan Chen seems to have used all his wealth to capture Jiangling City as quickly as possible.
As for the situation in Jiangling City, Lu Teng was well aware of it. The number of troops was small, people were panicked, and more importantly, even the emperor was gone.
Thinking of Xiao Kui, Lu Teng subconsciously glanced towards the north of the city.
He didn't know if his decision to let Xiao Kui leave early was right or not. All he could pray for now was that Xiao Kui could escape.
As long as Xiao Kui is still there, the Northern Zhou Dynasty can still attack Jiangling again under the pretext of helping Xi Liang. The morality of the entire Jingxiang battle is still in their hands, otherwise even the army will be withdrawn from Wuming!