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He choked out "Let's go."

Wen Tao never felt that Pu Chen was so moody and unpredictable.Their first acquaintance in Jiankang was not pleasant, but their cooperation has been smooth since then. Pu Chen looks stern and severe, but he is actually very reasonable. As long as he is persuaded by reason, he has always been kind.Today, he was obviously the one who saved him, and he has done ten percent of the job as a personal guard. Instead of getting his reward, why did he make him very unhappy.Although Wen Tao's strategy is top-notch, he is really slow in human relations, and he has been cautious in his words and deeds all the way since then, and he has spoken even less.Strangely, instead of getting better, Pu Chen's mood became more and more gloomy.

Of course Pu Chen's gloom was related to Wen Tao, but more importantly, as they got closer to Wuchang, his feeling became worse and worse.They detected more and more Beiyan people's whereabouts. Small groups of Beiyan cavalry were moving around Wuchang uninterruptedly, as if they were performing some mission.This time, Khalil is not as rampant as before, attacking cities and villages, robbing food and people. This time, he is more like weaving a net, a net that will completely encircle, consume, and destroy Wuchang. .

It was late at night when Pu Chen and Wen Tao finally arrived in Wuchang City. After all, this was Pu Chen's base camp. Even though the city gate was closed, he could still easily enter the city through the corner gate.Seeing the sudden return of the commander, the soldiers defending the city said happily, "The Patriarch is finally back. Mr. Wei has been waiting for the Patriarch for a long time."

Not daring to delay for a moment, Pu Chen went straight to the main hall of the Governor's Mansion.In the hall, Mr. Wei was shocked when he saw that Pu Chen was covered in dust, wearing only his jacket, and still wrinkled after being soaked in water: "Where did the master go?"

Pu Chen waved his hand: "It's a small matter, it's hard to explain in a single word, sir, let's talk about the situation here first."

Under the candlelight, Mr. Wei's eye circles were black and black, and it looked like he hadn't slept well for several nights. Hearing Pu Chen's question, the first sentence was: "Why did the Patriarch come back now? I wrote five urgent military reports to the Patriarch. Did the Patriarch not?" Received?"

Pu Chen shook his head: "The post stations around Wuchang have been occupied by Beiyan people, and the sir's military report cannot be spread."

"So that's how it is." Mr. Wei sat down on the chair, "The head of the family must have found out the movements of the Beiyan cavalry when he came back now."

"Exactly, I went to Xiangyang and guessed that Beiyan's real goal was here, not Jingzhou, so Wentao and I rushed here overnight. Because we were afraid of being noticed by Beiyan people, we took the last part of the mountain road." Pu Chen explained, "What did you find here, sir?"

"Khalil's [-] cavalry are stationed more than a dozen miles northwest of Wuchang. They can reach Wuchang in half a day, and they will be overwhelmed by soldiers at any time." Mr. Wei said solemnly.

"Soldiers are expensive, since Khalil's cavalry are here, why not immediately besiege the city?" Pu Chen said.

"This is also what I don't understand. In the past, the Northern Yan cavalry marched fast, but this time it was uncharacteristically, and they didn't send troops immediately when they arrived here. It's really unbelievable." Mr. Wei said.

"Patriarch, you sent a message to Jingzhou on the way, asking Tang Yu and Xiang Hu to bring troops back to support Wuchang. Is there any movement in Jingzhou?" Wen Tao said suddenly.On their way back to Wuchang from Xiangyang, they sent a message to Jingzhou as soon as possible, asking them to come back to support them. Counting the time, they should also arrive.

Pu Chen's eyebrows twitched: "Send scouts to Jingzhou to investigate quickly, avoid post stations along the way, and proceed carefully." Pu Chen sent the order, and a group of scouts had already been ordered to leave.

"Even if all the 2 people we sent to Jingzhou came back to support, Wuchang would only have [-] troops. Now that Beiyan is encircling Wuchang, the Patriarch should better invite some reinforcements," Mr. Wei said.

Pu Chen quickly thought in his mind that Liangzhou and Yizhou were too far away, so he couldn't count on them.Although Yuzhou is close, there are not many garrisons, so we can't take risks.In addition, their Pu family has no soldiers to use, unless they ask Jiankang for help.There are [-] to [-] soldiers in Jiankang and Luzhou's government soldiers. If [-] to [-] can be allocated, Wuchang will definitely be able to keep it.

"Okay, I'll write to His Majesty right now. If Jiankang can send troops, he will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty." Pu Chen wrote the military report in a smooth manner, and sent a team of scouts, ordering them to move as quickly as possible. Send it to Jiankang, be sure to wait for Jiankang to reply before returning.

After doing all of this, Pu Chen thought he had made all the preparations. He stood on the tower and looked northwest. Haril's [-] cavalry were in that direction. They had the fastest horses and the most vicious cavalry. There are catapults and even tar.He bent down and looked at the more than three-foot-long city wall of Wuchang, which was the barrier left by his father with the most solid rammed earth and stones. This city wall was stronger and taller than Xiangyang and Jingzhou, but he didn't know In the face of Beiyan's sharp claws, can this city wall withstand it?If he couldn't resist, would he jump off here to thank the world? If he died, what about Wen Tao?He turned his head and glanced at Wen Tao who was not far away from him. He changed into white clothes, and the wind on the city wall filled his sleeves, like a white crane about to fly.

If he died, he could fly away.

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Two days later, scouts were sent to Jingzhou to report that Yiyang Pass had been occupied by Beiyan the day before, and Jingzhou's soldiers and horses could not get through.

So it is!Pu Chen suddenly realized that Khalil's army had already arrived near Wuchang and had not made a move for a long time. It turned out that they wanted to completely cut off the connection between Wuchang and Jingzhou.To send troops from Jingzhou to Wuchang, they must pass through the narrow Yiyang Pass. If Yiyang Pass is captured by Beiyan, Beiyan only needs to send a few thousand people to guard the pass, and it will be difficult for Jingzhou's tens of thousands of troops to go out to support Wuchang.

If this is what Khalil has been waiting for, then after Yiyang Pass is captured, Khalil's army will besiege the city!Pu Chen hurried to the city wall and looked far into the distance. In the low clouds in midsummer, the dark army had already appeared. Now there are only [-] defenders in Wuchang, and the news of Jiankang has not yet arrived.

Can only be desperate.

"The whole city is on alert and ready to defend the city." Pu Chen issued orders with a sullen face.

One side of Wuchang City faces the river, and it is connected to the moat of Wuchang City. Warships are neatly arranged on the river.The six turrets outside the city were already full of archers, and there were gunmen, boulders and tar on the city wall one by one, and the military flag with Pu characters raised high showed Pu Chen's determination.

Putting on the heavy black iron armor left by his father, Pu Chen almost covered his entire face. He stood at the front of all the soldiers defending the city and said loudly: "Beiyan barbarians, bully me!" The land of Jing, and the people of Dajing were taken captive. The first battle in Wuchang endangered our survival. Pu's son, I swear to defend the city to the death!"

"Pu's boy!"

"Swear to defend the city!"

Amidst the shouts of the city guards one after another, Beiyan's soldiers and horses finally appeared outside Wuchang City.As Pu Chen expected, they carried huge trebuchets, which somewhat affected their speed.The trebuchet stopped a hundred meters outside the city, and the chariot loaded with boulders slowly approached.Beiyan's cavalry were all lined up behind a few catapults, and their leader, Haril, was in the center of the cavalry.In terms of physical strength, he is not as good as King Huben, but he has a pair of eyes like an eagle's. The eyes are full of viciousness and calculation. He can see farther than the beasts on land. He can seize every opportunity, Uses his talons to deliver the killing blow when others are least prepared.At this moment, Khalil looked sharply at the Wuchang City Tower, as if he was provoking Puchen.

hateful!Puchen clenched his fists with both hands, and with the trebuchet, Khalil's cavalry could stay outside the range of the Wuchang defenders. Shooting arrows now would only waste arrows.

Khalil raised his head and waved his hand, Beiyan's soldiers began to load the catapult with stones.

Pu Chen's teeth trembled slightly, his knuckles turned white.

"Don't be impulsive." Wen Tao stood behind him and reminded softly, "You can let the archers in the turret shoot their arrows first."

Pu Chen nodded slightly, issued an order, and the flag soldier waved the command flag in his hand.In an instant, the arrows and crossbows on the turret were fired like dense rain, and the cavalry in the front row of Beiyan fell down in an instant.The towers of Wuchang sounded a high morale of the bugle.

This move seemed to have angered Khalil. Amid the continuous arrows, their catapults gradually changed direction. They were facing the tower, but now they were facing the turret.The turrets are towering, originally built for archers to shoot arrows, not as strong as city towers.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, a turret in the north of the city had been hit by a trebuchet, and a piece of the turret, which was not very strong, was knocked down, making it look crumbling.The shooter in the turret had long been determined to die. After the blow from the trebuchet, he shot the crossbow in his hand even more frantically, vowing to shoot all the arrows in his hand before he died.

Beiyan's cavalry retreated amidst the intensive attack, but the soldiers operating the trebuchets did not stop at all.They carried stones onto the trebuchet in the rain of arrows. Every time someone was shot by the arrow, but the people behind quickly made up.

"Boom" "Boom"!There were a few more loud bangs, and the towering and slightly thin turret collapsed in response. Several hands fell down together, blood splashed on the battlefield immediately, and the rest of them shot the arrows in their hands and collapsed. The turret climbed out.They who had used up their weapons were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. They turned around and rushed back to Wuchang City.

The Wuchang soldier who ran the most was about to reach the moat when an arrow suddenly fell from the sky and shot him from behind.The arrow was shot with great precision and pierced deeply into his back. The soldier responded with only resentment in his eyes, and his blood flowed all over the ground, slowly flowing into the moat.These are the arrows of the Beiyan people. Their bows are harder and heavier, and their arrows can shoot farther.see run