Xiao Shilian gasped for breath and looked at everything in front of him.
The red flag fluttered above his head, and the arrow holes on it were densely packed, but it did not make people feel scared. Instead, it urged countless Nanchen soldiers to rush up the city wall at a faster speed and chase down the enemy along the city wall.
The messy wood and rolling stones on the city wall have been moved away. Not far away, the Northern Zhou army is crumbling like a tide. Many people have begun to lay down their weapons. The remaining troops are shrinking towards the city gate tower. At least compared to
Compared with ordinary city walls, the gate tower section of the city wall is several steps higher, so that it can still occupy a condescending advantage.
However, the enemies have already swarmed to the top of the city. It is unclear what use this advantage has in the face of the collapse of the overall situation. It may just give the defenders of Luzhou City the last bit of courage to resist.
"Boqing, are you okay?" Chen Zhishen strode to Xiao Shilian's side.
In fact, when Xiao Shilian's flag appeared on the top of the city, he had already brought all the soldiers and horses to press forward. Even Xie Chang, who was responsible for controlling the equipment, led a group of craftsmen, monks and shirtless civilians.
The army specializes in hard work, so strong men stand up to it.
Anyway, the enemy's hardest shell has collapsed, and they have nothing to do behind them. Those who take advantage of them in a hot-blooded rush rush forward with the surging crowd.
Everyone was going crazy at that time. Chen Zhishen, who had calmed down now, first sent someone to protect Xie Chang who was holding only a wooden stick in his hand. Chen Zhishen knew how much Li Xingchen valued these craftsmen, let alone in the future.
When we went deeper into Bashu, there were many fortified cities and passes that needed the tools of these craftsmen, so Chen Zhishen was reluctant to put these guys into the siege.
After that, Chen Zhishen climbed the ladder to the city wall. While commanding the soldiers to open the city gate along the upper city trail, he quickly rushed to Xiao Shilian. When he saw that Xiao Shilian was just leaning on the city wall and was not seriously injured, Chen Zhishen finally
Put down the stone that has been carrying in your heart.
At that time, Xiao Shilian was the first to rush in. He did not realize that there was anything wrong with this. Instead, his blood boiled because of the shouts of Nanchen's soldiers. After all, Chen Zhishen was most worried about morale at that time, and Xiao Shilian's first attack would undoubtedly put Nanchen at risk.
The morale of the soldiers, which had been sluggish due to the setbacks of the two attacks, was raised to the extreme, so this was something Chen Zhishen was happy to see.
But thinking about it now, if something happened to Xiao Shilian, the consequences would be unimaginable. Chen Zhishen could have gone to see Li Xingchen with his head raised.
"The gate of hell has been closed for a while." Xiao Shilian did not use his personal guards to help him, but stood up on the city wall by himself and licked his chapped lips, "It feels pretty good."
"You're like this and you still know how to joke." Chen Zhishen smiled bitterly, "We spent a lot of money on this battle, and finally we didn't lose again."
Xiao Shilian slightly squinted his eyes and looked to one side. The Northern Zhou flag on the city tower had fallen. The wave of soldiers from the south had crossed the city tower and swept toward the other half of the city wall. The sandbags used to block the gate, the gate knife carts, etc. were all under the Luzhou City Gate.
was moved away, and as the gate opened, more Nanchen troops were pouring in.
Even outside the city, navy soldiers were landing one after another.
There is no doubt that Luzhou City has fallen into Nan Chen's hands.
"We paid for this with our flesh and blood." Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice after a long time.
There were only two personal guards left around him, and Nan Chen lost at least seven to eight hundred soldiers in the battle under Luzhou City.
This was undoubtedly the battle with the greatest losses since Li Xingchen entered Shu, and the number of people lost had exceeded a quarter of Xiao Shilian's men.
You must know that although Luzhou City is strong, the Northern Zhou army that blocked them on the city wall did not even have a thousand men. Most of the remaining troops were strong men in the city. Even so, the total number of defenders was only the soldiers under Xiao Shilian and Chen Zhishen.
Just half of a horse.
What's more, this does not include the craftsmen, civilians and navymen who accompanied the army.
Therefore, no matter from which perspective, the battle commanded by Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian was not a complete victory. After all, compared with the previous results achieved by Li Xingchen, this victory was indeed a bit tragic.
However, when attacking a powerful city with dangerous terrain like Luzhou, such losses are actually out of the ordinary. If Li Xingchen's previous record had not been so dazzling, such a battle loss ratio would be enough to satisfy Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian.
Of course, from another aspect, Li Xingchen's attack on Baidi City and other places actually relied on the enemy's inconvenient information exchange and "the soldiers are not tired of deceit". Only one city in Bajun was actually conquered, and the defenders in Bajun City were far away at that time.
Not as many as Luzhou City.
A ray of setting sun fell on the city. The sunshine in winter is always weak, but in the smoke and dust, this last ray of sunshine did not even have a trace of warmth. It seemed to have been distorted by the smell of flesh and blood and countless shouts.
In the air, the sun became blurry, and even its outline could not be seen clearly.
Xiao Shilian had a relaxed look on his face. No matter how many casualties there were, no matter what sacrifices and efforts they made, at least now Luzhou City was under his feet.
In front, Nan Chen's flag and his general's flag were dancing side by side on the city tower, announcing who the real owner of the city was.
Chen Zhishen stood next to Xiao Shilian, watching countless soldiers with joy and excitement on their faces going about, watching the garrison prisoners who had repelled their attacks time and time again with their heads hanging down, and looking at the fluttering flag.
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In an instant, Chen Zhishen felt that something had been secretly protecting them since they entered Shu. Whether it was the Battle of Baidi City, the Battle of Bajun, or the current Battle of Luzhou, although there were casualties, they were all surprising.
smoothly.
The person who brought all this was not the emperor Chen Xu who was far away in the sky, nor even the cavalry general Xiao Mohe who was in Jingzhou, but the one who should be on the way to Hezhou at this time, rising like a comet in this troubled world.
young people.
"The destiny is determined by fate, and it has its own destiny." Chen Zhishen murmured subconsciously.
If there is anything to explain this unexpected success, I am afraid that the only word "luck" is the word "luck". But this luck does not seem to be Nan Chen's luck, not Chen Xu's luck, but Li Xingchen's luck
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Xiao Shilian also heard Chen Zhishen's voice and glanced at him deeply.
Luck and luck, are these things that a minister should consider? To put it bluntly, this is "treason". But Xiao Shilian looked at the miracle he had created in front of him, and he really didn't know how to describe it.
Perhaps it was really luck that was blessing them, and more importantly, Li Xingchen.
As for what kind of Qi Number this Qi Number is, Xiao Shilian doesn't want to think deeply about it now.
Even if he is not afraid of anything, he still has some fear in his heart.