Oriole Line

The fastest people all ended up like this, and the remaining archers panicked and scattered in all directions.But it was useless, all the people were shot to death by the Beiyan people's bows and arrows within five steps, they were like hunted animals, and all the fights between trapped animals before death were just a hunter's game.

Khalil's trebuchet turned to the tower on the other side, but he didn't immediately load the boulder. Khalil in the formation raised his chin to the tower of Wuchang, another provocation.

"Pu's son, swear to defend the city to the death!" Pu Chen roared.

The Wuchang army who had just been shocked by Beiyan on the city wall and in the turrets was instantly ignited again, and the remaining turrets began to shoot arrows intensively again.If there was still a trace of uncertain timidity just now, then after witnessing the destruction of the first turret, they died and survived. At this moment, there is only crazy fighting, and they can only sprinkle their blood on this area they love. above the home country!

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"...

The turrets outside the city finally collapsed at night, and all the gunmen in the turrets were killed in battle, and no one was spared.Many of them did not rush back to Wuchang after the turret collapsed, but rushed into the Beiyan formation. They also died under Beiyan's bow and arrow, but they no longer had the hesitation before death.The loss of Beiyan was not small. The corpses of Beiyan cavalrymen who were shot dead by the gunmen in the turret were piled up in disorder, and the blood of the corpses pooled together and flowed into the moat.The moat, which was still clear in the morning, was now stained with blood.

The first day of siege finally came to an end.

In the governor's mansion, Mr. Wei anxiously said: "The Beiyan people's catapults can shoot farther than our archers. Starting tomorrow, they will use catapults to attack the city. Although the Wuchang city tower is strong, it may not be able to withstand a long-term attack. city."

"Is there no news from Jiankang?" Pu Chen naturally knew that what Mr. Wei said was true, but the number of troops stationed in Wuchang City was far smaller than that of the Beiyan troops who attacked the city, so he dared not venture out of the city to fight.

"Jiankang is here to report!" A scout hurriedly rushed to the main hall and presented Jiankang's reply to Pu Chen.

Pu Chen eagerly opened it, and both Mr. Wei and Wen Tao watched Pu Chen's expression.Pu Chen's face seemed to be getting paler. In the candlelight, his lips moved slightly, and the roots of his teeth seemed to be trembling.

"How?" Mr. Wei said.

Pu Chen shook his head lightly, the will in his hand slipped from his fingers.

Wen Tao quickly caught it, and together with Mr. Wei, he saw Zhou Yan's imperial pen writing:

"Northern Yan's invasion not only puts Wuchang in danger, but also puts Jiankang on top of the eggs. Jiankang is where Nanjing Guozuo is. Don't take the risk of destroying the country to save Wuchang. Most of the governors have 15 troops, which is twice that of Northern Yan's iron cavalry. You can save yourself from danger. The four prefectures of Henan, Jing, Liang, and Yi have cut down the prefect's post as advised by the Metropolitan Governor, and all of them are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor. If there is another mistake in Wuchang, it is actually the fault of the Metropolitan Governor. The Metropolitan Governor should reflect on himself also……"

Every sentence is justified, this is a cold rejection.Self-examination... Now that Wuchang is in danger, Zhou Yan actually wants him to introspect, so Jiankang will not only not send troops, but also convict Pu Chen!If Wuchang is lost, how can Jiankang be alone?If Nanjing loses Wuchang, Beiyan only needs to go down the river to take Jiankang easily.How could Zhou Yan not know this?However, he still refused. He had [-] forbidden troops, but he wanted to watch Wuchang break down.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise.Several people were startled, thinking that the Beiyan army outside the city was making another move, but before they could react, there was another burst of "rumbling".

This is thunder.

In Wuchang, the first heavy rain in midsummer began.

On the vast plain, several bolts of lightning struck down, the sound of thunder came from far and near, and heavy rain poured down.Beiyan's army gathered together, and the night truce period, which was supposed to recharge their batteries, became extremely difficult at this moment.

"This is not the way." Pu Chen paced back and forth in the Governor's Mansion.After this heavy rain, the rainy season in Wuchang is about to begin.Although the rainy season will bring a lot of trouble to the attacking side, it will never be easy for the defending side. The continuous torrential rain will rapidly consume everyone's fighting spirit and physical strength.The tar they used to defend the city would lose its effect in the heavy rain, and Beiyan, even if it couldn't use tar, still had trebuchets to attack the city.

Pu Chen needed reinforcements. As long as [-] to [-] reinforcements could contain the Beiyan people, he would dare to lead the Wuchang army in the city out of the city to fight. With such an attack from inside and outside, Pu Chen was confident that he could repel the Beiyan people.

With 3 or [-] people, the imperial army cannot come, and the Jingzhou army cannot pass, so there will only be... the Luzhou army!

Pu Chen's eyes lit up, Wen Tao noticed the change in his expression, and asked, "Can you find reinforcements?"

"Luzhou Army." Pu Chen said, "Luzhou is not far from here, and it takes two days to get there by water. If I take Wuchang's warships down the river to Luzhou, I will bring the Luzhou military warships here. , it takes less than five days to go back and forth!"

"Can Dai Wang borrow troops?" Mr. Wei asked worriedly.

"I am quite speculative with Dai Wang, I believe he will borrow."

"So, without further ado, Patriarch, let's go!" Wen Tao said.

"But here..." Pucheng glanced at the direction outside the city, and then looked at the two people in front of him, one was his mentor and the other was his bodyguard. He would never allow anyone to hurt them. Tao is the one he has already been tempted by...

"We are here." Wen Tao said solemnly, "Didn't we discuss the law of defending the city together before? Even if there is something you don't understand, Mr. Wei is still in charge."

"That's right. The Patriarch is in Wuchang. Although it can calm down the army, it can't change the disadvantage of the enemy being strong and we are weak. Only by bringing reinforcements from Luzhou can we counterattack and annihilate the main force of Beiyan this time," Mr. Wei said.

"Okay!" Pu Chen made up his mind and prepared to leave overnight.

On the deck, Pu Chen had already put on sailor's light armor, and on the shore was Wen Tao in military uniform who came to see him off.The rain kept falling from Pu Chen's helmet, blurring his vision, he jumped off the battleship in one step, and tightly held Wen Tao with his hands.Their armor collided with a crisp sound.

"I left you my father's heavy black iron armor. If you wear it, Beiyan's arrows will not be able to hurt you." The moment the armors collided, Pu Chen instructed in Wen Tao's ear.

Wen Tao responded lightly.

Pu Chen looked at Wen Tao, and Wen Tao's eyes seemed to be covered with fog in the heavy rain.Puchen has never felt that he was so helpless in pain at any moment in his life. This is not the kind of pain that bursts like a mountain torrent after learning that Beiyan slaughtered the city, but it is like countless silk threads pulling his heart. Breathing, each silk thread pulls out countless small, tiny pains, those pains are so unbearable when gathered together, Puchen even wants to dig out his heart at this moment and give it to Wen Tao, it seems that his The pain will be lessened.

He took a deep breath and felt that the pain was almost beyond his tolerance. He wanted to say, you must not die, you must not die.But the enemy was at hand, and the pressure of Wuchang City's collapse made him unable to speak, and he finally only left one sentence.

"You must wait until I come back."

42, 42.

Luzhou City.

In this important town where refugees gathered, Zhou Yu spent three full years building a Luzhou army.The soldiers were all young and middle-aged refugees who had lost their household registration. They were farmers or merchants in the north and had no experience in combat. They all relied on Zhou Yu to train them step by step and turn them into well-trained troops.When this Luzhou army took shape, Zhou Yu began to forge armor and weapons for them.The Luzhou army did not come from the imperial court, so Jiankang would not pay a cent for the military.Through the classification and organization of the refugees, Zhou Yu selected the craftsmen and blacksmiths inside to make armor and weapons, gave them household registration status to accompany the army, and slowly armed the Luzhou army by relying on Luzhou's tax revenue within a few years .

This Luzhou army is Zhou Yu's greatest achievement as a refugee commander in the past few years. From then on, he is no longer a powerless idle prince in Jiankang, and he finally has his own foundation. With 2 people, he can enter to separate one side, and retreat to protect Luzhou. He doesn't expect to use this army raised through all kinds of hardships to take risks for himself, he just doesn't want to be easily manipulated by others.

Therefore, when he received the edict from the emperor Zhou Yan, he felt an indescribable feeling of depression.Zhou Yan said in the imperial edict that Grand Sima Puchen was not effective in resisting Yan, and Beiyan Grand Shan Yu Khalil was besieging Wuchang with an army of [-]. Wuchang was lost, and Jiankang might be in danger.Zhou Yan ordered him to transfer all [-] Luzhou troops to Jiankang to protect Jiankang with the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

"Your Majesty, the establishment of this Luzhou Army Jiankang did not cost a penny. It was all built by the Lord himself. Now His Majesty wants us all to be transferred to Jiankang in order to allow the Imperial Army to annex it. Did you kill us?" Zhou Yu's personal guard looked unwilling.

Zhou Yu frowned, some words were difficult to bring to the surface.This Luzhou army has nothing to do with Jiankang, neither Zhou Yan nor Ye Chi can command it.In normal times, it is impossible for Zhou Yan to attack this Luzhou army.But now that Beiyan is coming to attack, if it is true what Zhou Yan said, Wuchang will not be able to withstand it, and all the troops in Nanjing will shrink to Jiankang. It is their last choice to defend Jiankang relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and he has no position to refuse.But if this was just an excuse, and Zhou Yan took advantage of Beiyan's invasion to incorporate the Luzhou Army into Jiankang's Forbidden Army, then Zhou Yu would undoubtedly suffer a great loss from being dumb.

"What's going on in Wuchang?" Zhou Yu was upset, and urged his guards to see if their scouts had found any news.But he knew in his heart that the Luzhou army's scouts were all recruits, and there was no useful military report at all.

"Going back to the prince, I haven't received the military report from Wuchang. The governor has an army of 15,