The night was deep, and time gradually came to the third update. The harassed attack of the Sui army, which began at the first update, finally ceased. Outside the city of Hefei, it began to become deadly silent. The harasseds on the city, exhausted by the harassment, fell to sleep one after another. For ten days, they had already developed a habit. The harasseds of the Sui army ended at the third update, and then the defenders seized the time to sleep. As soon as the daylight dawn, the daytime harassment of the Sui army would begin again.

But Du Fuwei couldn't fall asleep. He was a very sensitive person. For some reason, an ominous feeling always lingered in his heart tonight, making him restless and difficult for him to rest. As soon as the harassment of the Sui army ended, he brought a team of personal guards to the city wall to patrol.

Wang Xiongdan, the on-duty general, hurried forward to salute tonight, and Du Fuwei asked, "Is there no movement outside?"

"Report to Your Highness, the harassment of the Sui army has stopped and there is no movement outside."

Du Fuwei nodded, and he walked to the city wall to stare at the moat outside. The moat was sparkling and the river was wide. On the other side, dozens of small boats were moored. The boats were far away from the city wall, and neither trench nor bows could be shot.

Although Du Fuwei's uneasiness was still strong, the situation outside the city was no different from usual. He let go of his heart, looked back at Wang Xiongdan, and saw that he wanted to say something but stopped, he smiled and said, "Speak straight!"

"Your Highness, can you defend the city in two groups of soldiers at night?"

"Why?"

Wang Xiongdan looked at the sleeping soldiers and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness also saw that the harassment ended at the third update of the Sui army. The soldiers were exhausted and fell asleep. If the Sui army attacked after the third update, wouldn't it have been a loophole for us?"

Du Fuwei didn't take it to heart and smiled and said, "With a sentry tower monitoring, you can discover the enemy situation in time, and they can wake up even when they fall asleep."

"It's not that Bei Zhi is worried about this, but that they are too tired and their physical strength will be reduced, and the effect of defending the city will be greatly weakened."

Du Fuwei thought about it and it was indeed a problem. He nodded, "Okay! Let's discuss it tomorrow, just like you said, guard the city in two or three batches at night."

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed at the front and shouted, "Your Highness, what is that?"

Du Fuwei turned around and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger. He saw a huge ship appearing at the mouth of the Feishui River in the south in the distance, heading towards the city. There seemed to be someone pulling his fibers by the river. Du Fuwei was shocked. At this moment, the alarm bell on the top of the city sounded, and Wang Xiongdan shouted anxiously: "Get up! If there is an enemy situation, get up quickly!"

The soldiers woke up from their sleep and stood up tiredly. Many soldiers were still lying on the top of the city and continued to doze off.

Du Fuweiguang stared at the big ship that was about to enter the moat. Although he could only see one outline at night, he could tell from the outline that it was actually a big ship of three thousand stones. He was extremely shocked that the purified water could actually enter the warship of three thousand stones, completely overturning his previous conclusion.

Du Fuwei suddenly realized something was wrong. The Sui army was about to attack the city. He was shocked and shouted: "Order the whole army to go up to the city, and the enemy is about to attack the city!"

The rumbling drums suddenly sounded at the top of Hefei City. The whole city of Hefei City mobilized, and 100,000 Jianghuai soldiers entered their defensive fronts one after another. Especially along the Xiaoyaojin Inland River, 30,000 heavy troops were deployed, commanded by Fu Gongyou. There was no city wall in this area, and the Sui army could directly enter the city from here.

A group of soldiers were running on the top of the city. Almost half of the soldiers were responsible for manipulating catapults and stone cannons. Thousands of catapults and stone cannons were creaking, and tens of thousands of crossbowmen were raising bows and arrows, waiting for the battle.

Hundreds of warships appeared in the canal outside the city, and soldiers began to shoot arrows at the top of the city. Under the provocation of the Sui army, a large-scale counterattack on the top of the city began. The dense rocks rose into the air, flew out of the city, and smashed the Sui army warships in the moat, making a loud bang.

The rockets of the crossbowmen of the Jianghuai Army were even more spectacular. The overwhelming rockets shot towards the large ship opposite. The flames illuminated the entire moat. Several thousand-stone warships were unfortunately smashed by huge rocks and slowly sank to the bottom of the river. The other two warships were ignited by rockets and began to burn rapidly on the river surface. The soldiers jumped into the water from the large ships and swam desperately towards the shore.

The sound of war drums of the Sui army also sounded, and the rumbling war drums sounded in the east of the city. The water in the east of the city was vast and especially suitable for large warships to sail. Moreover, the training wall built by the Sui army to attack the city was completely imitated by the East City.

Zhang Xuan and a group of civil and military generals stood on a large ship of 3,000, watching the Sui army siege from afar. At this time, all three hundred wars of all sizes were in place, with as many as eighty warships of only 3,000 stone warships. Luo Shixin stepped forward to report: "Master, you are ready!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Start the attack!"

The drums on the shore suddenly became dense. Amid the drums, warships moved closer to the city, dense rockets crossed the river, huge rockets were covered with rockets, and warships were hit by huge rockets, debris flew around, masts were broken, or were shot by rockets, clusters of flames were ignited, but more huge rocks fell into the water, splashing splashes of water.

Finally, a warship approached the city wall, and the Sui army and the Jianghuai soldiers fought fiercely, and the fierce battle between the two sides gradually became fierce.

"Master, the other party is well prepared!"

Zhang Xuan nodded. The Jianghuai army guarding the city attacked from a distance and defended nearby, and the battle was very organized. Moreover, the soldiers on the city were very brave. This should be Du Fuwei's direct guard, and the victory or defeat will be in this battle tonight.

Zhang Xuan turned around and ordered: "Three warships attack!"

I saw three huge three thousand stone warships slowly sailing out of the darkness and heading towards the south side of the east city. Everyone was paying attention to these three large ships because they had been specially modified and the pontoon bridge could be directly connected into the hull. They were the real weapon of the Sui army's siege.

In the first big ship led by the leader, Qin held the hammer in his hand. He was already full of energy and stared at the city wall fiercely. The humiliation in his heart had turned into a huge fighting spirit. He must wash away the shame of not being good at siegeing the city.

At this time, soldiers on warships began to attack the city and fight with the enemy at the city, but these were just sporadic breakthroughs and did not pose a real threat to the city's defense.

Du Fuwei stood on the city tower and directed the soldiers to fight loudly. He kept shouting loudly, "The catapults are not allowed to be launched together, they must be launched in turn!"

"So quickly transfer a thousand spear troops from the city to support the northeast of the city wall, go quickly!"

Du Fuwei shouted with sweat. He had already felt the sharpness of the Sui army soldiers. More than a hundred people could fight fiercely with hundreds or even thousands of his soldiers as soon as they climbed to the city. If the city was really broken, his army would not be able to withstand the Sui army's attack no matter how it was, and failure would inevitably be.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and reported: "Your Highness, there are three strange ships, so you are not afraid of stone cannons and rockets!"

Du Fuwei was shocked and hurried to the top of the city. He saw three misty big ships appearing fifty steps away, which looked slightly bloated compared to other warships. At this time, a stone cannon shot out a huge rock, and the hull was fifty steps away, but a dull loud noise was heard. The warships were not damaged at all. Rockets shot onto the big ships, but they could not ignite the three big ships.

"Your Highness, it seems to be covered with cowhide!" a general shouted at the hull.

Du Fuwei took a breath of air conditioning. He seemed to realize something and said anxiously: "Let General Wang come here immediately!"

Stone cannons and rockets had no effect on three skinned boats. The first three thousand stone ship hit the city wall. The four-story ship tower was actually taller than the city wall. Three hundred Sui soldiers shot arrows from the top of the building. The arrows were like rain. Dozens of soldiers guarding the city fell down. Du Fuwei almost got the arrow. He turned around and ran towards the city tower, shouting: "Let Wang Xiongdan lead his army here!"

The arrow rain of Sui soldiers rushed through a passage, and a two-meter-long iron plate fell from the ship and hit the battlements hard. The stones splashed everywhere. The giant hook at the front of the iron plate firmly hooked the city bricks. At this time, dozens of soldiers guarding the city guards came up. Qin rushed up with a roar, holding a hammer in his hand, and swung the hammer, smashing over twenty soldiers in a row.

At this time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came, and a cold shout was heard, "Sui General Don't be rampant, see if I, Wang Xiongdan, come to meet you!"

With a whistle and a big sword on the Banmen slashed towards Qin Yong.

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Chapter completed!