Wanling City.

Under the dark night.

Xie Anran, dressed in white, Princess Xiang Ling, wearing armor, and more than a dozen generals stood on the top of the city and looked out.

The Xiang family royal family started with military power, and even the princess had been practicing martial arts since childhood and could go to the battlefield.

On the city wall are 10,000 soldiers guarding the city at night, one-third of the elite soldiers and two-thirds of the miscellaneous soldiers.

Five miles outside the city, the Wu army camp was continuous for more than ten miles, with bright lights and bonfires everywhere.

Thirty thousand Wu troops were gathering at the city, holding a torch in their hands, tens of thousands, as if preparing for a night battle.

"Sir, it seems that the enemy is going to attack at night! A few days ago, they were fighting during the day and resting at night. Why is it so abnormal today?"

A city guard general said hurriedly.

The soldiers were blind at night, and their vision was blurred at dusk, and they could not see clearly at night, so night battles rarely occur.

After lit the torch, I could only barely see several feet around it. More than one meter away, it was all dark.

The soldiers of Wu army held up torches and couldn't even see clearly on the top of the city.

But despite this, the Wu army still decided to attack the city at night. If they couldn't see the top of the city clearly, they would also attack the city.

This is quite strange.

"Wu Jun must be anxious!

They attacked the city at night, and their goal was not to capture Wanling City. They were to prevent our defenders from resting all night."

Xie Anran pondered.

"I guard the city for 30,000 troops, and every time I guard the city, each person has to guard four hours a day and hold on to it day and night, which is quite exhausted.

The Wu army has as many as 250,000 soldiers, and each time it dispatches 30,000 soldiers to attack the city, each attacking only once every two days. One fight can take a day off and maintain abundant physical strength and energy.

If we attack the city day and night, our army will be exhausted and unable to fight within ten days. Half a month... I'm afraid it won't work."

Princess Xiang Ling was also worried.

"How many soldiers can we recruit from Wanling City? A little more troops can last longer."

Xie Anran asked.

"It's very difficult. The population of Wanling City is 150,000. Apart from women, children, young and old, only 30,000 are available in the middle age. We have recruited 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers and almost all those who can fight."

"I don't know when the reinforcements of the court will arrive at Wanling?"

"There are 100,000 elite troops in Jinling City, but they may not dare to send them out! Once Jinling sends troops to support Wanling and the Chu army goes south, they can threaten Jinling City at any time. The imperial capital is not safe, and the court may not dare to take this risk!

Most of the time when mobilizing reinforcements, they were also transferred from other counties in the southwest county.”

"Before reinforcements appeared, we could only rely on ourselves! Fortunately, the prefect reserved a lot of food and grass in advance, enough for the 30,000 troops to use for three months. Otherwise, it would be dangerous."

All the generals were worried.

Wanling City was blocked by the Wu army's 200,000 troops. News from outside could not be in, and it was difficult for the news inside to spread.

Carrier pigeons can fly, but they are easily shot and killed by the sharpshooters of the Wu army outside the city.

"It's time to be able to guard for one day!"

Xie Anran sighed in his heart.

Princess Xiang Ling is a royal family and he is an imperial relative. Once the city is broken, King Xiang Bi of Wu will definitely not let him go.

There is no way to escape, so you can only defend with all your might.

Do your best to be good.

The rest depends on destiny!

...

After a few days.

The Wu army attacked the city day and night, and one wave of soldiers retreated, and another wave of soldiers began to attack the city, almost for a moment.

It is impossible to conquer Wanling City with a ladder.

The Wu army began to log wood and manufacture large trenchers, or even large ladders. This trencher can shoot huge rocks, two hundred steps away, and impact the city walls.

The cloud ladder allows dozens of soldiers to stand on the ladders high in the city wall and jump directly to the city wall to fight.

These large equipment made Wu Jun more powerful.

The imperial guards in Wanling City fell into a tough battle for a while.

"Report, Lord Prefect. Wu Jun built dozens of ladders overnight to prepare to attack the city!"

"Go to go door to door and collect oil. Get close to the ladder, burn their ladder with oil fire and rockets!"

"Report to the prefect, the Wu army built five siege vehicles and prepared to attack the city gate!"

"Disassemble the door panel, and rush to make some large refusing horses out and throw them at the city gate to block their siege cars from approaching! If the Wu army wants to move the refusing horses, they will shoot!"

The city head of Wanling City.

Xie Anran was at the top of the city, and while arranging soldiers to guard the city, he set up a chessboard and played chess with his general Xu Min, he was not anxious or uneasy at all.

"General Xu, you lost!"

Xie Anrantizi said lightly.

"The prefect is worthy of being the number one talent in Jinling City. His chess skills are indeed superb, and I admire you!

Sir, should you go to inspect and supervise the battle? The officials saw that the Wu army attacked fiercely outside the city, as if they had increased the troops and horses to attack the city, and dispatched nearly 40,000 at a time.

In addition, they built a large number of siege equipment and attacked the city with all their might. I am afraid our army will not be able to hold on for three or five days."

The general Xu Min was not interested in playing chess, and his face was full of worry.

"What's there to see? This shows that the Wu army was very anxious and was eager to take down Wanling City. Something must have happened outside, which made the King of Wu so anxious... He was anxious, I'm not anxious."

Xie Anran put on the chessboard and said lightly.

"But, in five days, can we hold on?"

Xu Min said anxiously.

"Whoever wins my game, I will tell him whether the city can be kept."

Xie Anran smiled and looked at the generals around him.

The generals looked at each other.

Playing chess, they played Xie Anran, the number one young talented man in Jinling!

However, since Lord Taishou was so relaxed, he did not take the 200,000 Wu troops seriously at all.

It must be that I have a clear mind.

The Xie family was a very powerful force within the court and would definitely affect the court. They would send troops to support Wanling City as soon as possible.

...

At night.

Xie Anran sat on the stone steps of the main hall of Wanling City Gate, holding a wine gourd in his hand, looking at the dense torches outside the city and the stars in the night.

The noise and clamor outside the city were almost never heard of these days.

He hasn't slept for a long time these days, and his face is also tired.

Princess Xiang Ling came to him and sat down silently, "Husband, can we guard Wanling City?"

"People in the city are panic, and they are afraid that the Wu army will break the city. I, the prefect, can't be distracted first. Whether this city can be defended depends on the destiny and when will the court come to reinforcements!"

Xie Anran smiled bitterly.

He could not decide when the reinforcements of the court arrived.

Suddenly, in the distance outside the city, the sky exploded with a lot of dazzling light. One golden, one fiery red, and one purple.

Fireworks of all colors are available.

These fireworks are so dazzling under the night sky that they can even be seen in Wanling City.

Of course, the Wu army outside the city also saw that countless soldiers of the Wu army looked towards the fireworks, and even the momentum of siege seemed to be slower.

"What is that?"

Princess Xiang Ling was shocked.

"It seems... it's fireworks! On the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day, Xiaohunhou held a fireworks event in Jinling City, and the city was filled with fireworks. Pictures were also published in the "Da Chu Mansion Newspaper".

Xie Anran stood up and said in surprise.
Chapter completed!