Chapter 91 Changsha Attack and Defense Battle II

A difficult day passed in the city of Changsha.

The Xia army bombarded several weak areas of Changsha City's city walls in turn to fill in the moat. Even in the upper reaches of Changsha City's moat, diversion treatment was carried out to cut off the water flow upstream and lower the water level of the moat.

Although it was unhurried and step-by-step, the progress of the siege was visible to the naked eye.

If this continues, it won't take much time to wait for the moat to be filled in and the city walls to be blown open.

Ma Shiying finally agreed with Longwu's idea.

Just at midnight, Longwu and Ma Shiying were in Tianxin Pavilion, looking at Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing. Longwu personally brought a bowl of wine and said: "Today's battle, I will leave it to these two generals."

Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing took the wine bowls one after another, drank them all in one gulp, and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will not pay back the wine if we win this battle."

After the two of them saluted, they entered the tunnel holding torches.

Longwu watched these soldiers enter the tunnel that looked like the black mouth of a giant beast. He was slightly nervous and didn't know what the outcome would be if they left.

The only elite soldiers in the city were Zhou Zhifan and Xiong Wei around Longwu, as well as the remnants of the Yunnan Army.

It was a bit unkind to force these newly defeated soldiers, who had not yet recovered from their defeat, to carry out a mission of narrow escape, but in Longwu's position, he had no choice.

At this time, it is useless to think about anything else.

All we can do is wait for the results.

In the southern camp, Zhang Xuan slept deeply.

Entering the rhythm of siege, Zhang Xuan assigned things one by one. He didn't have to take care of it at all. He only needed to supervise and supervise the people below. This kind of step-by-step matter. Zhang Xuan's generals can handle it enough, and there is no need for Zhang Xuan to do it.

Handle unexpected events.

However, even so, Zhang Xuan's heart is still with him.

Just in case something unexpected happens.

After all, on the battlefield, a small mistake may lead to the loss of the whole game. As long as he is on the battlefield, no matter what goes well, Zhang Xuan has never really fallen asleep. No matter what, he always carries half of his heart.

If there is any disturbance, he will wake up immediately.

Maybe Zhang Xuan has been too exhausted since the Southern Expedition, so he slept a little deeper today, but he still can't change this habit. When the first explosion sounded, Zhang Xuan was shaken all over, rolled like a carp, and jumped up.

, his hand suddenly pressed on the long sword.

With a "clang" sound, half of the long sword was drawn out.

At this time, Zhang Xuan was completely awake. He only heard faint shouts of killing and explosions coming from the northeast. The distance should be very far. Zhang Xuan could hear it.

Some of them are not very clear.

"General." The guards around him rushed into the tent in a large black mass, and fell to their knees on the ground.

"Stop." Zhang Xuan waved his hand to stop everyone from talking. He pricked up his ears, listened for a while, and said, "What's wrong with the fort in the northeast?"

No one answered Zhang Xuan's question.

These people know nothing like Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan was only wearing white clothes, with his arms and legs exposed, and he immediately said: "Send the order, the whole army must gather urgently, and bring out all the torches. There are as many bonfires as there are outside the camp. Let me light as many bonfires as possible."

"Send out the night scouts to the northeast. I want to know what happened to them?"

"Instruct each camp to secure the camp. No soldier is allowed to leave the camp without my order."

Every time Zhang Xuan gave an order, one or several messengers would immediately go out. After a while, most of these people were empty.

Zhang Xuan looked calm on the surface, but in his heart it was as if a fire was lit, burning in his heart, making him extremely irritable and wanting to jump up and kill people. The mental pressure of bearing hundreds of thousands of lives was enough to make people go crazy. He was considered a

I understand why Cao Cao killed someone in his dream. Under such pressure, it is reasonable to have some weird habits. He was angry in his heart and cursed: "What are you still standing there for? Change my clothes."

Zhang Xuan's habits changed a lot.

Today, Zhang Xuan is used to people preparing clothes for him, preparing face wash for him, and other things.

Zhang Xuan buried his head deeply into the copper basin, and gurgling bubbles emerged from the corners of Zhang Xuan's mouth. Being stimulated by the cold water, Zhang Xuan's last bit of sleepiness disappeared without a trace. He

He immediately got up, wrapped himself in clothes, and led his entourage to the highest watchtower in the camp.

Hundreds of thousands of troops set up camp. It was never one camp, but dozens of camps combined together.

Just when Zhang Xuan stood on the watchtower and looked around, he felt that the dark night suddenly lit up. Under Zhang Xuan's order, countless bonfires were burning outside the camps. The Xia army either set up camps in units of battalions.

A small battalion, or a camp based on military units, is a large battalion. These camps surround Zhang Xuan's Chinese army camp in the middle.

In the north, not far from the camp, there are still some dots of light. These lights are the lights of the forts. Although these forts are not protected by the camp, they are only more than a hundred meters away from the camp.

It is easy to attract attention in the camp.

Zhang Xuan used his telescope and used the firelight from various places to discover that several forts were different.

However, Zhang Xuan was very calm and reiterated the order, asking all ministries to be on alert and all soldiers to stand up, but they were not allowed to go into battle. No matter what happened, they were not allowed to go out to fight.

There are too many uncertainties in night battles. Zhang Xuan's order seems timid. But as long as the ministries react and rely on the camps that have been built, it is not impossible to survive for a few hours, and now it is only two or three days before dawn.

It's just hours.

Xia's army could move out without even waiting for daylight.

The Xia army was determined not to be afraid of fighting in the field with the Ming army.

So under Zhang Xuan's order, all Xia soldiers were dressed neatly and sat near the road in the camp. They used bonfires everywhere, illuminating the camp as bright as day. Some were even burying pots to make rice.

Obviously, after daybreak, the army will be dispatched, and the soldiers must be fed in advance before attacking.

The shouts of killing from the northeast were endless, and two or three forts gradually fell silent, as if they had been captured by the enemy.

However, the distance between the forts is not far, and they use firearms to support each other. In addition, it is not too far from the camp in the south, and it can also receive fire support from the camp. Even if there are no reinforcements, Zhao Yinxuan's two thousand remaining soldiers can still

There is no way to attack it directly.

At this time, some news had reached Zhang Xuan's hands through the scouts.

"The gates of Changsha City have never been opened at all?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Exactly." Zheng Lian said.

Changsha City Gate is the focus of Xia Jun's scouts. Whether there are large groups of soldiers entering or leaving, such information is absolutely unmistakable.

"The enemy only has about two to three thousand people." Zheng Lian said: "However, the scouts did not dare to get too close. The specific number is not clear. But judging from the traces they left, it seems that they did not come out of Changsha City?

"

Although Zhang Xuan strictly ordered the troops not to leave the camp, it does not mean that there are no soldiers of the Xia army outside. On the contrary, the density of scouts is quite high, much more than usual. Information about the enemy troops will be sourced from source

Continuously passed on.

Zhang Xuan said: "Is it reinforcements from the southeast, or is it a tunnel?"

No one answered for a while. Zhang Xuan didn't want anyone to answer, but when he heard that there were only about two or three thousand people, Zhang Xuan was relieved. With such a small army, as long as they guard the camp, even if they are heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals,

Can't make any waves.

At the same time, Zhang Xuan also felt that his handling was a bit too passive, and immediately said: "Ma Sanbao."

"The general is here." When Ma Sanbao heard Zhang Xuan calling him, he suddenly became excited and quickly stood up and saluted.

Zhang Xuan said: "Take a look with your troops and see the situation. If the enemy is in trouble, there is no need to attack. Just contain them. After daylight comes out, we can capture them in one fell swoop."

"Yes." Ma Sanbao said: "The final general will definitely bite the enemy to death and not let them escape."
Chapter completed!