Chapter 838: Sunrise in the East (63)

There was deathly silence in the secret room. After a long while, someone whispered: "We have no soldiers or generals. We only rely on three or two big cats and kittens at home. What can we do in this city where tens of thousands of troops are stationed?" Come? If you take action rashly, I'm afraid you'll end up seeking your own death. I don't agree with this."

"Ye Hong, don't think that if your surname is Ye, Cao Tianci will be merciful to you, and Ye Jing'er will intercede for you. Don't forget that Quan Mingkang is an old minister of the Ye family. Speaking of his friendship with the Ye family, it is more I don't know how strong you are. Once the incident happened, Cao Tianci swung his butcher's knife. Did Ye Jing'er plead for him? Ye Jing'er was not only Cao Tianci's mistress, but also his mistress. She was like opening her mouth. , are you afraid that you won’t be able to save Quan Mingkang’s life?”

As soon as the person known as Ye Zhen left his mouth, he was choked back. He was so angry that his face turned purple, and he panted violently for a long time before saying: "I want to hear, what can you do? In our family, at that time, After listening to your words, I sent some of the young and strong members of my family into the army. I wanted to control this young and strong body and wait for the opportunity, but who thought that the method of organizing the Eastern Army was extremely strange, and our people were completely scattered. They are scattered everywhere and cannot be gathered together at all. If there is any movement, it will be a dead end. Now, what method have you come up with? "

"Of course there is a method, but it depends on whether you are all united?" the old man named Wang said with a ferocious smile.

"How long has it been? Mr. Wang, why are you so concerned? Are you really waiting for Cao Tianci to come in with a knife? I don't want the whole family to end up like Quan Mingkang's family, with everyone's body and head missing. "What will happen?" There were a lot of complaints in the secret room.

"Okay, since everyone is of the same mind, I don't care anymore. We want to survive. We also need to fall on Ye Jing'er." The old man surnamed Wang pressed down his hands to stop everyone's complaints and whispered.

"Are you kidding? Just now you said you can't count on her," Ye Hong said angrily.

"We are not counting on her, but what if he falls into our hands?" the old man surnamed Wang said coldly.

In the secret room. There was another silence, and after a long while, Ye Hongcai said: "Mr. Wang, are you still joking? Not to mention that most of the young men in our family have been recruited into the army. Even if they are all here, facing Cao Tianci's men in black Damn it. Is there even a chance of victory?"

The old man surnamed Wang sneered: "Of course I'm not talking nonsense. The Qi army outside is in a hurry to attack the city. It will be a matter of time to break the city. Cao Tianci's men are indeed very powerful, but when it comes to the critical moment on the city, he will definitely bring these with him. People went to the city to help with the defense. Once they left, Ye Mansion would be empty. At that time, as long as we saw the right opportunity and gathered all the strength we could, we suddenly broke into Ye Mansion and hijacked Ye Jing'er. Not afraid of Zheng Xiaoyang. , Cao Tianci refused to give in. At that time, we opened the city gate and welcomed the Qi army into the city. Not only did we save the lives of our family, it was also a great achievement."

"This is feasible, but Mr. Wang, how do you judge that at that time, Cao Tianci will definitely lead his troops to the city to help defend it?" Ye Hong murmured.

"I analyzed it based on Ye Jing'er's character.

I was in Jishi City back then. Ye Jing'er once went to the city in person to beat drums to cheer up the soldiers, if the city was in danger. With her temperament, how could she let Cao Tianci lead hundreds of people to protect her alone? She would definitely force Cao Tianci to lead troops to the city to help in the battle. At that time, it was our opportunity. I bribed a man in Ye Mansion. "My servant, when the time comes, he will naturally come and report to me," the old man surnamed Wang said confidently.

"If Ye Jing'er follows the soldiers up the city wall just like she did in Jishi City, what can we do?"

"No, she was just one person at that time. Now she has a son. Even if she repeats her old tricks and goes up to the city wall, her son is not yet one year old, so she won't go up to the city wall too. She took out the happy , but the result is the same, Gao Yuan's only son is happy." The old man surnamed Wang said with a ferocious smile, "Everyone, the matter has come to this, and we cannot hesitate for a moment. Since we embarked on this road in the first place, we can't look back, we have to fight. The risk is not only for one's own wealth, but also for the lives of the whole family."

"I'll give it a try, Mr. Wang. I'll go home right now, prepare my soldiers to die, and wait for Mr. Wang's call." One person stood up, said something in a loud voice, turned around and walked out.

"You should be like this. If you give it a try, you can't just sit back and wait for death." A few more people stood up and left the room in an instant. Only Ye Hong was left.

"Master Ye, how are you doing?" The old man surnamed Wang looked at the other person and asked sharply

"Now that the matter has come to this, what else can be done?" Ye Hong sighed, "The only way is to fight to the death and survive."

The battle for Langya County became more and more intense day by day. After paying the price of thousands of casualties, Tian Fucheng finally bulldozed all the obstacles except the moat. Now there is only a dozen or so obstacles between him and the city wall. The moat of rice

Siege vehicles were pushed to the moat one after another. The crossbowmen on the roofs of the vehicles controlled the crossbows and arrows, and fired at the raining bows and arrows above the city head, trying to suppress the people above the city head. Long-range strikes, even if they cannot suppress them, can still contain part of the opponent's forces, making it easier for the attacking infantry below to fill up the moat.

Above the city, crossbows roared towards each other, shooting down the siege vehicles. The soldiers on top screamed and fell down, but not long after, a new siege vehicle appeared. After filling it up, those fallen wooden shelves were scattered on the ground.

After several days of attacks, the Qi army has become red-blooded. Many fierce Qi soldiers even jumped directly into the moat. Some held a wooden pillar and swam towards the other side to the top of the city. They could not take care of them for a while. Guys, many people swam to the shore, climbed up the river embankment, and hid in some blind spots under the city wall. Langya City is no better than Jishi City. Defense issues were fully considered when the city was built. The old-fashioned city walls here still have There are quite a few blind spots. If you hide there, it's hard to even see them, let alone where you can't shoot them with a bow and arrow.

Wave after wave of Qi troops threw sacks filled with soil into the moat. The water gradually rose and overflowed the embankment before their eyes. In less than half a day, the moat surrounding the city wall had been filled in for ten years. Several sections of road out

Fan Dengke looked at the overwhelming Qi army rushing forward without fear of death. His eyes were filled with deep worry. He looked at Zheng Xiaoyang who was still calm next to him and asked: "Commander Zheng, are you sure?"

Zheng Xiaoyang glanced at him and said calmly: "They haven't got any ants on the wall yet. That's when the knife will see red. Now, it's just a small fight. Governor Fan doesn't have to worry about our Eastern Expeditionary Army's bayonet seeing red." In the fight, I have never lost."

"Have you seen Tian Fucheng's main attack side?" Fan Dengke felt reassured.

Zheng Xiaoyang shook his head, "Tian Fucheng is very experienced. Even now, we still can't tell where his main force is hidden. But we can't rely on guesswork to defend, we can only use tricks. Commander Fan, your five thousand young men, I’m afraid I’ll have to pull him out for emergency treatment when the time comes.”

"Don't worry, they are all ready to go to the city to help defend the city at any time." Fan Dengke nodded and said, "Commander Zheng, how long can we defend the city?"

"How long can we defend it?" Zheng Xiaoyang burst into laughter, "As long as I am here, they can't even think of breaking through Langya County Commander Fan. Just think about it, Madam and Young Master are both in the city, so we have no way out." , if we lose the city, our wife and the young master, even if we escape with our lives, what will we have to do to return to conquer Dongfu?"

"Commander Zheng is right. I asked the wrong question. I just don't know when the governor's army will be returned?" Fan Dengke sighed, "It wouldn't be a pity for me to die, but if I lose my wife and son, it will be terrible." Death can hardly atone for one's sins."

"Even if everything goes well, it will take at least more than a month." Zheng Xiaoyang said calmly: "It is not that easy to set off the army. Instead of counting on the governor's army to come back, it is better to count on reinforcements from Liaoxi, Jishi, Hejian and other places. "

Zheng Xiaoyang's eyes were looking towards Tianhe Jicheng at this time. In the past, he wished that the people in Jicheng would die early and be clean. Now, he hopes that Jicheng will survive for a while longer. If Jicheng is defeated quickly, Tian Dan's main force will fight for it. If you rush into Langya, then disaster is imminent.

"Dean Cao has been very mysterious these days. I don't know what he is busy with?" Fan Dengke suddenly said

"He's catching bugs!" Zheng Xiaoyang laughed, "You don't have to worry about Governor Fan. His mission is to catch bugs and protect the safety of Madam and Young Master. We don't expect him to come and help defend the city. With his few subordinates, What can't be done if you come to the city?"

Fan Dengke also smiled, "That's right, I won't be here to hinder Commander Zheng's command. I'll go down right away, organize logistics, supervise the training of the new recruits, and sharpen their guns before the battle. If you don't have fun, you will lose it!"

Zheng Xiaoyang laughed when he said it, "Young Master Fan, don't worry about me. Tian Fucheng wants to break the city. With his material, I really have no fear of him!"

Tian Fucheng was indeed a little anxious. It was already the sixth day of the attack on Langya County, but none of his soldiers had yet been able to set foot on the city wall. The iron wire that stretched across the city wall ruthlessly blocked them from the city wall. It is extremely difficult to pull out this barbed wire due to the close contact between them. Iron wire is not familiar to Tian Fucheng. Qi Guo can also make this thing, but after making the wire so thin, it is extremely easy to break. , but what surprised him was that the barbed wire fences of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which were made up of individual iron wires, were extremely tough through some unknown method. It didn't take much effort to cut off one of them with one knife, but if you wanted to do it in one fell swoop, Breaking the whole thing is even more difficult, because the soldier wielding the sword has no chance to swing the second sword, and he will die. The city admiral boiled the boiling water and poured down the grease. These deadly things passed through The mesh fell on the soldiers below. There was still life there. Seeing that there were mountains of corpses under the city, and those damn barbed wire fences were only broken for a short period, he felt his anger rising (to be continued)