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.
After all, 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 cleared out 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 while riding a tiger.
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 left, 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 complete. 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 Qian Xue 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 the journey, 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 most people probably can't imitate it."
Chen Jingzhi smiled when he heard this and said, "Not to mention the writing, 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 would 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's 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 will give 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 are difficult to undo if they are done once. He cares about the public opinion very much." Qianxue saw that 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 rash, 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, "My senior disciple and Qixing Master should stay in Roucheng for a while longer until you are sure that Guangjun has indeed withdrawn its troops. If anything happens,
You can go to the port to look for it. Xianyouzi 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 Three Realms to assassinate you. This is already a taboo, but it is especially taboo for a large army to fight.
There is an excuse to shirk it. If he continues to do this even after the army has retreated, he will probably provoke some people he may not be able to offend. In that case, if the time comes, you just need 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 coming from waves of scouts and soldiers, feeling at peace 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. By the time the sun rose, the army had entered the city from the east gate.
When 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 warm as a triumphal 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, "In your letter, you said that the three thousand cavalry were sent 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 sent a letter before. 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. The reinforcements from Ganliang just happened to meet them, how could they make the first contribution? 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 the order. After all, the Grand Administrator has granted me the power to make temporary adjustments to Anling during the war. I will just make up for the order 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...!"