Cheng Feng bowed solemnly to Li Xingchen - mainly because one arm was injured and he couldn't hold his hand or bow, so he could only bow slightly to show respect:
"Last General Cheng Feng, fortunately he has not disgraced his command!"
Li Xingchen immediately took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to support him, and looked him up and down. Except for the injury on his arm, there seemed to be no other injuries. Cheng Feng led his army into the city. It was a near-death battle. He could only suffer this little
My son's injury is considered a blessing from God.
Of course, Cheng Feng's situation does not mean that the soldiers around him are also like this. Judging from the fact that Cheng Feng could only gather around three to four hundred people, eight hundred soldiers entered the city and more than half were lost. This really made Li Xingchen heartbroken.
But no matter what, these soldiers are not made of iron, but Xiangyang City is made of solid copper and iron walls. After making these sacrifices, it is indeed unexpected to capture Xiangyang City in such a short period of time.
"What's going on?" Li Xingchen pointed at Cheng Feng's wound.
"Let Zhou Dog's crossbowman take a bite, it's no big deal." Cheng Feng said hurriedly, then turned and pointed at the government office behind him, "General, this is the Xiangyang government office. Cao Xiaoda led a group of remaining soldiers to retreat into the government office.
In the yamen, the subordinates did not dare to attack by force. They sent people to block the exits and then dispersed the brothers to go to various city gates. But..."
"Just what?" Li Xingchen frowned.
"It's just that all the soldiers from all walks of life have returned, but there is no movement at all in this government office. The general is worried..." Cheng Feng said helplessly at this time.
Li Xingchen was startled for a moment, and immediately understood what Cheng Feng meant. Xiangyang City was an important stronghold carefully managed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty. No one can guarantee that there will be no specially built secret passages in Xiangyang City, especially in the government office.
The generals and officials in the army fled when they encountered danger, not to mention that Cao Xiaoda entered the government office almost immediately after being attacked. If he had not been prepared, why would he do this again?
Cheng Feng was a little annoyed. Previously, he had focused all his attention on how to disperse the enemies at the city gate, create chaos, and create conditions for the Bashu army to enter the city. After all, Cheng Feng did not have many troops on hand.
In this case, of course you should make the best use of everything.
It is obviously not a wise choice to attack such a large government office where there are likely to be ambushes and traps.
But now there is no movement inside, which makes Cheng Feng a little uneasy. Maybe it was the best choice for him to catch Cao Xiaoda first? If a big fish like Cao Xiaoda was let go for nothing, Cheng Feng couldn't bear the responsibility.
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At this time, Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "Li Ping, open the door!"
Li Ping immediately led a group of soldiers away quickly. At the same time, Li Xingchen turned his head slightly and looked at Pei Zilie: "Master, do you want to die or live? Leave or stay?"
Pei Zilie smiled lightly: "You'll know after you take a look."
Several soldiers in front carried a piece of wood they found from nowhere and slammed it against the door. At the same time, more soldiers simply put ladders directly on the wall. Although the wall of the government office was high, after all,
Compared with the city wall, the ladder is almost flat when placed on the top of the wall. The attacking soldiers don't even need to use their hands, as long as they don't step on the air.
"General, there is no one behind the gate!" A war leader stood on the wall and said, and immediately jumped off the high wall of the government office.
The door was opened quickly, and Li Xingchen and Pei Zilie looked at each other and walked in quickly.
Doors opened one after another, and all the houses were empty. Only messy official documents could be seen scattered on the ground.
Li Xingchen didn't look sideways and walked straight forward. It seemed that he had already expected that Cao Xiaoda would not hide in these side rooms.
Sure enough, when a personal guard kicked open the door of the council chamber, Li Xingchen saw the person he was looking for.
Several Northern Zhou soldiers gathered together and faced off against the Bashu soldiers who rushed in without fear.
Cao Xiaoda was behind them, sitting in the seat that originally belonged to him in the meeting hall, and the coach's seat was empty. It was obviously reserved for Yuchi Jiong. Cao Xiaoda did not want to offend, even if he might not have much life left.
last moment.
Sensing someone coming in, Cao Xiaoda opened his eyes with difficulty:
"Li Xinchen?"
Li Xinchen didn't need to answer. This was already the second meeting between Li Xinchen and Cao Xiaoda. The last time Cao Xiaoda accompanied Wei Xiaokuan to negotiate with Li Xinchen, and they discussed whether the army trapped in Cangxi Valley could leave alive.
It was a complete defeat. The Northern Zhou Dynasty lost control of Bashu and could only retreat to the Hanzhong line.
But now at this station, even Cao Xiaoda had no chance to negotiate with Li Xingchen.
Li Xingchen saw Cao Xiaoda at first sight when he walked in. Compared to the last time they met, Cao Xiaoda was obviously much older. Obviously, the retreat from Hanzhong to Xiangyang also put Cao Xiaoda under a lot of pressure, especially the recent offensive and defensive battle in Xiangyang.
, Yuchi Shun and Yuchi Kuan, who have not yet grown up, obviously find it difficult to take charge of themselves. Cao Xiaoda can really be said to be supporting them alone, and the Yuchi brothers actually play more of a helping role.
More than 100,000 troops pressed against the border, but there were only a handful of defenders in the huge city. This was almost unimaginable pressure for Cao Xiaoda.
Therefore, Li Xingchen still admires Cao Xiaoda from the bottom of his heart. If it were an ordinary person here, I am afraid that everything would only get worse, or that he would not be able to hold on now and would have surrendered long ago.
"If... I had also deployed sufficient troops and horses at the north gate, even if I only added a few patrol teams, would everything be different? No matter how powerful the water ghosts you sent into the city are,
, you can’t fight with your bare hands against our soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty who are fully armored, right?” Cao Xiaoda sighed with emotion.
"That's true." Li Xingchen did not deny this, and he did not let Li Ping and others who were eager to try next to him pounce on him. He seemed to be very interested in chatting with Cao Xiaoda who was at the end of his rope at this time. "Originally, you were already in Xiangyang City.
If we don’t have so many soldiers and horses, how can we dispatch them? What’s more, do you naively think that Xiangyang City can be defended by intercepting these water ghosts?"
"Why not?"
"How?" Li Xingchen asked directly.
Cao Xiaoda was stunned for a moment, squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yeah, I believe it can be done, but you are sure it can't be done. I believe it because I still have a little bit of luck with the situation in the north, and you are better than me.
It’s even clearer that everything is going from bad to worse and irreversible.”
After a pause, Cao Xiaoda shook his head: "Time is also fate!"
Li Xingchen didn't speak this time.
The civil strife in the Northern Zhou Dynasty has intensified, and the situation that Cao Xiaoda expected will never come, so Xiangyang City is destined to fall into the hands of Li Xinchen. This answer is cruel, it has come to this time, and since Cao Xiaoda has thought it through himself, Li Xinchen will not