The bloody battle in Roucheng entered the most brutal and bloody stage.
The attackers and defenders engaged in various games around the gap in the collapsed city wall. Under the iron-blooded pressure of the old general Lin Youmu, the Guangjun attackers broke out with extremely strong combat effectiveness, combining the catapults and flying swords of the military formation. The assistance finally broke into the gap and started a street battle with the defenders!
The Roucheng defenders did not lose their position. Under Chen Jingzhi's arrangement, they had already evacuated the people from the street houses near the gap, built fortifications according to the street terrain, and combined with the city walls on both sides of the gap to form a A small defensive pocket carried out a three-dimensional intensive attack on the Guangjun soldiers who invaded the city, trapping them in it and unable to move forward.
However, as both sides invested more and more troops, the numbers of casualties and losses increased sharply, and the mentality of the generals on both sides also changed to some extent.
For Guangjun veteran Lin Youmu, the Battle of Roucheng was his first battle after returning to command the army. Even though he had the two major advantages of breaking the city and having more troops, it was already shameful that he still could not win Roucheng. With the problem of losing everything, we have to fight to the death.
Chen Jingzhi, who was defending the city, had to consider more, especially the scouts from Liu Feixu in the west of Anling who came to Ninghe for reconnaissance many times, which repeatedly aroused his nerves and forced him to resolutely defend the city. We must also prepare for the retreat of the army.
But on this day, when the bloody battle between the two sides was approaching dark, and they had already established a foothold in the pocket of the city that Chen Jingzhi deliberately gave up, they were about to launch another wave of rapid offensive in an attempt to occupy a larger area of Roucheng. The Guangjun attackers suddenly withdrew their troops!
This turn of events surprised Chen Jingzhi. After repeated testing, he found that the opponent's retreat was very thorough. Not only did the attacking soldiers retreat after hearing the news, but even the army camps far outside the city were pulling out of their camps in an orderly manner. After the retreat posture was formed, sufficient defensive measures were taken, and obviously they were worried that Roucheng would take the opportunity to leave the city and attack.
But when Chen Jingzhi rearranged the defense lines inside and outside the city and climbed up the east wall, he already knew the reason, because at this time, there was less than a day left before Li Mu's reinforcements arrived in Roucheng, and his scouts had already arrived Arriving at Roucheng first.
After reading the letter written by Li Mu in his hand, Chen Jingzhi handed it to Qianxue who was standing not far behind him, and then said to the messenger who was still kneeling on one knee, "Go and rest in the military camp."
The messenger, who was obviously tired of his travels, bowed and retreated.
After the scouts were sent down the city wall, Qianxue handed the letter back to Chen Jingzhi, "It should indeed be Li Mu's personal letter. His bad handwriting is so unique that ordinary people probably can't imitate it."
Chen Jingzhi smiled when he heard this and said, "Not to mention how the words are written, the battle was really beautiful. He was able to go north to this position at this time, and he was able to defeat the troops from Guangjun and Chuancheng in the wild during a long-distance attack." , the difficulties are not obvious to outsiders, but I can imagine that this general Li Mu and Li Pi will be quite extraordinary."
Qianxue turned to look to the east. The Guangjun camp outside the city had dispersed. "Does Guangjun really want to retreat this time? Even if Li Mu led the army to come to the rescue and even defeated the Sichuan Army, it did have an impact on the battle situation. It’s not to the extent that Yun Bailou will give up Roucheng directly, doesn’t it mean that Roucheng and Guangjun play an extremely important strategic role?”
Chen Jingzhi shook his head, "We still can't figure out what Yun Bailou is thinking at this time. It is uncertain whether the retreat is temporary or real." He turned to look at the conspicuous gap in the northern city wall. "But no matter what, his retreat gives us more time to repair the city wall and rebuild the fortifications. When he comes again, it will not be so easy, unless he still has the ability to collapse another section of my city wall... ..!”
"After this battle, the Anbu will probably do crazy things in Rou City. You have to keep an eye on them and not let them go too far, especially until now Luochuan has not sent a suitable county guard to Rou City. "Some things that have been done are irreversible. He cares about the public opinion." Qianxue saw Chen Jingzhi's eyes seemed to be asking, so she said bluntly, "I have to go back to Luochuan. He is now When I went south to Xinjiang for the second time, I always felt uneasy. As a prefect, he was always too reckless, and it would be very troublesome if there was no one around him to talk to."
"Anbu..." Chen Jingzhi sighed with some embarrassment, "Jingzhi should do his best."
"I will convey this to Luochuan for you," Qianxue said again, "The elder of my division and Master Qixing should stay in Roucheng for a while until you are sure that Guangjun has indeed withdrawn its troops. If something happens You can go to the port to look for it. Xian Youzi is going south to leave the county. The silversmith once said about the Zero Agreement. This time, Yun Bailou sent a strong man from the Third Realm to assassinate you, which is already a taboo, but it is especially taboo for a large army to fight. There are excuses to evade it. If he continues to do this even after the army has retreated, he will probably offend some people he may not be able to offend. In that case, if the time comes, you just have to be careful and it will be fine."
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Jingzhi's response, he jumped on the flying sword and flew south, leaving Roucheng.
Chen Jingzhi was still waiting on the east wall, watching the Guangjun camp being demolished into a piece of white ground, and listening to the military reports from waves of scouts and soldiers, feeling peaceful in his heart.
There was no words for the whole night until just after dawn the next day, Chen Jingzhi saw the smoke and dust rising from the army coming from the southeast. When the sun rose, the army had entered the city from the east gate.
When the reinforcements arrived, the whole city was in an uproar.
The soldiers raised their swords high and cheered to welcome the brothers and friendly troops into the city, making the meeting as enthusiastic as a triumphant return.
In this atmosphere, Li Mu climbed all the way up the city wall, came to Chen Jingzhi and gave a military salute, "The last general Li Mu led his army to help. I have met General Chen!"
Chen Jingzhi nodded to Li Mu and motioned for him to come to him, and asked, "You said in your letter that you sent those three thousand cavalry to pursue the defeated army in Sichuan City. What's going on now?"
Li Mu walked to Chen Jingzhi and said with a simple and honest smile, "Shen Jun has already sent a letter. At first, the defeated army in Sichuan City had the intention of taking a detour to the west. Later, they went all the way to Sichuan City. Now that even the Guangjun army outside Rou City has retreated, Well, I think the general who came to the defeated army in Sichuan City should also have received the order to retreat, so that the three thousand cavalry will be able to return soon."
"Well," Chen Jingzhi looked at the east and then turned to look at the jubilant city, "This time the siege of Roucheng will most likely be solved. When I report to the Grand Administrator and the Military Affairs Office, I will invite Ganliang reinforcements for you. The first contribution..."
"No, General!" Li Mu said hurriedly, "The siege of Roucheng was solved because of the desperate and bloody battle of the defenders of Roucheng. How could the Ganliang reinforcements have made the first contribution because they just met at the same time? Moreover, Li Mu failed to win this time when he went north. The transfer order from the city is already a violation of the order. It would be great if the general can make a statement to balance the merits and demerits when he submits the report. Li Mu will never accept it!"
"You don't have to worry about disobeying orders. After all, the Grand Administrator has granted me the right to make temporary adjustments in Anling during wartime. I will just make up for the transfer orders for you later. The first achievement can be discussed later, but if you are willing The land of Liang is now stable and safe, so your elite troops will stay in Roucheng for the time being." Chen Jingzhi looked to the west with cold eyes, "After this battle, it is clear that Lutou City will not be pulled out, and Roucheng will always be like a gleam on the back. , if the Ninghe River cannot be completely turned into an inland river that can be used in Anling, it will be difficult for the north and the south to merge into one. I have sent a message to the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Affairs Department, and Guang County will withdraw its troops when the Governor approves it. The matter should be settled, and the new defeat of Sichuan City will not be a concern. At that time, we will start from Roucheng and launch the final battle...!"
"The knife behind Roucheng's back...must be broken...!"
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