?The smell of blood in Jiangling West City was filled with the air, and countless corpses were spread across the city. Just now, Chen Jun rushed up to the city wall, and the defenders who had no way to retreat with one last breath, at least resisted the collapse. Now the reinforcements have reached the other side, so they retreated. Huo Ran? Wen???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.

The battle situation between the reinforcements and Chen army outside the city was superior. It was thought that a large number of reinforcements could advance south and force Chen army to the riverside camp, but the subsequent battle situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

The reinforcements actually stopped pursuing and allowed the Chen army to withdraw back to the camp. Then the Chen army camp was noisy and a large number of soldiers boarded the warships that had been moored on the river bank began to withdraw!

The reinforcements in the north stopped and stopped not far outside Jiangling City and let Chen's hurried retreat without any action. Chen's army closed the gate of the camp and was on guard with great confidence, and gradually increased the retreat.

But the Jiangling defenders were not interested in the strangeness. They saw that the city was about to fall but were rescued at the critical moment. The surviving military and civilians cried with joy, and many people fell to the ground in exhaustion and cried.

Cui Jun, the deputy general manager of Jiangling, was struggling with soldiers, walked among the wounded and patrolled the wounded. He had many broken armor on his body and blood oozed out of his mouth. The pouch he had originally wore on his head was no longer where he was gone.

"Deputy General Manager, we finally defended it!" Many soldiers burst into tears when they saw him. The hard battles that lasted for half a month on the city day and night cost many of their relatives and friends. Now that Jiangling City has been defended, it is also true that the spirits of the companions in heaven are in the sky.

Cui Jun squeezed out a smile and waved his hand to greet the soldiers on both sides, but his heart was like knocking over Wuwei Bottle: Reinforcements are coming, but they are not the expected reinforcements. The other party can barely be called the Zhou army, but they are the Anzhou rebels who are no different from the enemy.

As the deputy general manager of Jiangling, Cui Jun's duty is to defend Jiangling City. Jiangling's general manager Heba Zhonghua's duty is to protect Emperor Liang and the royal family and important officials. Now the reinforcements from the Xinzhou General Manager of the Zhou Dynasty in the west have been repelled by the Chen army. For Heba Zhonghua, it is best to defend Jiangling City and cannot defend it and will not do all his best to rescue it.

Now that reinforcements are coming and the scale of troops is beyond Cui Jun's expectations, he quickly judged that the reinforcements were the Anzhou rebels who had been on guard against before, specifically the Xiangzhou army under the command of the Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang.

"Deputy General Manager, a team of cavalry approached the north gate and shot a letter." A general came and said panting. Cui Jun took the letter from him and opened it and looked carefully.

"What is it said in the letter?" asked the meticulous person with courage. The reinforcements seemed a bit strange, unlike the expected reinforcements. More than one person had this idea, but no one dared to think about it carefully.

So what? The defenders are no longer able to fight again. If the other party had not arrived in time, everyone would have become dead now. Anyway, the other party is considered a Zhou army, right?

"Transmission..." Cui Jun only said two words but stopped. His face was entangled and seemed to be making a difficult decision. His hand holding the letter tightly held the piece of paper as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

Looking around, Cui Jun saw that everyone was looking at him. His eyes contained all kinds of emotions, including joy, doubt, expectation and begging. Everyone was very clear about their minds and no longer had to worry. He took a deep breath and said, "Send the order, open the north gate!"

"The deputy general manager has ordered you to open the north gate!"

"Hurry, move the bricks and stones that block the door!"

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On the north bank of the Yangtze River, densely packed Chen Jun soldiers were lined up in a row under the rebuke of the generals. The trestle he had set up was shaking and shaking last night was not enough to support so many people passing by at the same time, so many teams wade directly towards the warships.

They walked into the waist-deep river water and came to the side of the boat with the help of sailors on the boat to climb onto the deck. The warships loaded with personnel slowly rowed into the river and moved towards the south bank. The empty ships kept leaning over.

The soldiers boarded the ship had different expressions, some were confused, some were silent, some were sighing, but more of them were relieved. The army besieged Jiangling, half-moon was about to take it down, but failed. For them, although the expected "Three Days of Great Plunder" was gone, it was a blessing to save their lives.

The soldiers who had not boarded the ship were like ants on a hot pan, and they were afraid that the enemy troops in the north would go south again after a long time, and they would never be able to leave again. If there were no generals on the side to supervise the ship, they would be rushing forward to board the ship.

"No, no, no, no!" A man wrapped in gauze roared in a silence. He pulled out his sword and rushed towards the soldiers lined up for the boat, regardless of the obstacles behind him.

"Gu is the commander-in-chief. Gu is not allowed to retreat before he ordered the retreat!"

That person was Chen Shuling, the commander of the Chen army who attacked Jiangling this time. He was attacked halfway while leading troops from Jiangjin to support the army under Jiangling City. He was attacked halfway through the attack. He was caught by an arrow in front of him and was lucky enough to escape without death and escape alone outside Jiangling City. The right guard general Xiao Maha was rescued in time and escaped.

The military doctor pulled down the arrow nailed to his face and bandaged it. Chen Shuling, who was seriously injured, heard that the deputy commander Fan Meng ordered the entire army to retreat and rushed to the riverside regardless of the obstacles.

"No retreat. If anyone dares to retreat, just escape in front of the formation!" Chen Shuling frantically waved his long sword and ran among the crowd, "Go back and fight again, go to attack the city. Go to attack the city!"

"No one is allowed to retreat before Jiangling City has been captured!"

Seeing that the Killing Star had red eyes, many soldiers avoided the unlucky ones and could not dodge to the ground, Chen Shuling then stepped on the man's chest and waved his knife to chop off, but the arm was tightly pulled.

The man was the deputy coach Fan Meng. Seeing Chen Shuling losing his mind, he whispered in a serious expression: "Master, be decent!"

"King, it's too late to retreat after this." General Xiao Mohe, the Right Guard, rushed over and persuaded him, while the other generals also surrounded him and couldn't stop persuading him.

Jiangjinshu was attacked and the food was burned, and he could no longer confront the enemy. He had no time to attack the city because the enemy had more troops than his own. If he forced the city to attack, he could only care about his head and not care about his butt. Fortunately, the other party had the advantage of a boat and a boat. If he did not make an decision immediately, he would regret it if the other party changed his mind later.

It took half a month for the army to siege Jiangling but failed to take it down. That's all. The food and grass consumed were gone, and the personnel who had lost their food and grass were gone. As long as they could bring the army back, they could at least maintain their strength and not hurt their bones.

How could Chen Shuling not know this truth, but he was unwilling to accept it. He took a lot of effort to win the position of commander in the Northern Expedition, but he wanted to make great efforts to conquer Jiangling, but now he failed, how could he be willing to do so?

In his opinion, it is not worthwhile if the soldiers are gone. If the food and grass are gone, they can be transported again. If anyone dares not transport them, he will kill people, but if the opportunity is gone, there will be no more!

My father's health is getting worse and worse, and it is not long before he can live well. He has to rely on his great achievements in capturing Jiangling to fight for the position of prince. He also has to control military power and wait for the day he returns to Beijing to start a mutiny and seize the throne. If he is withdrawn like this, he will have no chance!

"Don't retreat, everyone will go back to attack the city!" Chen Shuling kept struggling but was held onto a boat by the river by the crowd.

"The king tried hard to kill the enemy and was seriously injured and needed a good treatment and rest. The idle people were not allowed to disturb you!"

"Continue to board the ship. Quick!"

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On the north side of Jiangling City, Yu Wenming was holding a thousand-mile mirror and was looking at the movements in the Chen Army camp in the south. Although there was a wall blocking the village, he could still see the dense masts behind him.

"It's a pity that the navy is not strong enough. If they can burn the Chen army's warships, they won't want to leave!" He murmured to himself. The generals around him also showed regret when they heard this.

The military strategy says: Yu Wenming, the commander of the "Zhou Army" who surrounded three gulfs and one gulf, went south to reinforce the Jiangling defenders, decided to let Chen Jun go a long way to avoid the opponent from trapping beasts. In this battle, his troops were more powerful than the opponent. If it was a melee, even if it was won in the end, it would be a lot of casualties.

Several miles south of Jiangling City are the Yangtze River, but there is no good harbor on the shore. After ships are moored near the shore, they can get on and off, but it is not convenient to load and unload bulk cargo. Only Jiangjin, twenty miles southeast, is the key. Nowadays, a large number of ships are parked on the south side of Jiangling, which is used to load and retreat.

For Yu Wenming, winning Jiangling is the top priority. Therefore, if Chen Jun wants to run away, he will let the other party run away if he wants to take Chen Jun. If he wants to fight Chen Jun, he will force the other party to fight back and end up in a defeat. Then whether Jiangling can still "take it" is just a matter of whether he can "take it".

"Last night, the fire in Jiangjin rushed the Chen army, but unfortunately, our navy was defeated before. If the Chen navy could be defeated, it would be consumed to kill the Chen army." Liang general Chen Shiwu was also quite regretful on the side.

A burst of cheers came from the north of Jiangling City, but the north gate was already open. The cavalry who were waiting outside the city rode their horses into the capital of Liang, which had been besieged for half a month.

"General Chen, please ask your army to enter the city to maintain order. After all, the people of Liang are not very familiar with our army to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings." Yu Wenming put away Qianlijing and turned to Chen Shiwu and said.

After Chen Shiwu led the Liang cavalry and left, there were no generals from Liang State beside him. Yu Wenming ordered the generals to pay attention to: "After a while, I will lead the main force into the city, and you will be stationed at the north gate to help."

"If Liang Jun has any abnormal movements, you don't need to obtain the opinions of this official. You can make decisions on your own. Controlling Jiangling is the top priority!"

"Send the order. After entering the city, strictly observe military discipline and do not disturb the people. Those who violate the violation will be killed and will not forgive me!"

Last night, Yu Wenming, with the support of General Chen Shiwu of Liang State, removed Heba Zhonghua, the Jiangling General Manager who supervised Emperor Liang and his followers. Emperor Liang Xiao Kui decided to cooperate with the Anzhou army to drive away the power of the treacherous minister Yang Jian when he promised to "not change the status quo".

The main purpose of Yu Wenming's leadership of the army south this time was to snatch Liang from the Zhou court controlled by Yang Jian. This vassal state of the Great Zhou could attack Xiangzhou in the north and attack Anzhou in the east. In addition, Liang had several important ports facing the Yangtze River in the south, so for the Anzhou general manager Yu Wen Liang, he was determined to win.

The first enemy they went south was the Chen army that attacked Jiangling, and the second enemy was the Jiangling General Administration Army that had been entrenched in Liang State for many years. When they responded to their own south, the Liang State power, which was the general Chen Shiwu, needed to deal with other Liang army generals, they had to take some mental precautions.

Yu Wenming had to deal with more than one enemy of Chen's army, and his own troops were not enough to swallow the other side. It was hard to say whether the Liang army, who had agreed to assist, would have other thoughts. In view of this, he did not pursue Chen's army relentlessly, but gave the other side a chance to retreat south by boat. As long as the army in his hands was still there, no one else would think about causing any storm.

"Empress, the master of Shi Zhuang under Yuwen Tongjun has been brought here." A general brought a great man to approach him. The man was Shi Wansui, the master of the horse army under Yuwen Wen.

"Master Shi Zhuang is very capable. He has fought with the enemy general in the formation for dozens of rounds and finally took off the horse spear. It's really wonderful." Yu Wenming looked at the fierce general in front of him and praised him. "Then General Chen was unstoppable but was repelled by Master Shi Zhuang, which is worth a merit."

"With the misunderstanding from the envoy, Shi, who was ordered by Yuwen Tongjun to chase and kill the enemy generals but did not succeed, would he dare to claim his merit?"
Chapter completed!