On March 13, Concubine Ping arrived in Nantong City, and Concubine Ping appointed Lin Quan as the head of the march, and the governor of all military affairs in Nantong City, and then Concubine Ping went to Jingming City to join the army.

On the evening of 14 March, a wounded soldier fled to Nantong City, and after a brief treatment in the city, the soldier woke up and told the people around him: "The army has been destroyed, and the Duke of Xiangguo has been martyred." ”

Lin Quan, who was waiting for the news on the side, heard this, and his heart tingled, but now he didn't have time to grieve, but summoned the people of the yamen and asked them to hurry out of the city, so that the martial arts people and the Xiang army stationed outside the city could enter the city.

Not only did they have to come in, but everything in the camp had to be emptied.

Lin Quan then asked the catchers to go door to door and tell them that the defense of the city was about to begin, and during the defense of the city, everyone must obey the military order, and set up a security chief for every five households, and a chief for every two guarantees.

If a family makes a big mistake, then the first person will be punished. If it is a small mistake, the family will be punished.

This compilation of the civil book must be completed before dawn tomorrow, and then the chief of the security department will issue military orders to the people under his rule.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the martial arts people outside arrived in the city, and after they entered the city, Lin Quan asked people to seal the city gate with mud, and after dawn, these condensed mud three feet thick sealed the entire city gate, and there was no place for the entire Nantong City to enter and exit.

At noon on the fifteenth, the vanguard of the southern kingdom arrived, and they set up camp and waited for the arrival of the army.

Lin Quan stood on the enemy platform and looked at the dusty sky in the south, looked at the pale faces of the county magistrate Tuanlian and others, and said to them: "Everyone, no matter what, we have to wait until the arrival of the imperial army, we can contain them for one day, and the army will have one more day to fortify." ”

"My lord, won't the imperial army come to our rescue?"

"Yes, they will, all we need now is to wait."

Lin Quan watched the smoke and dust dissipate when it was time to apply for a card, and estimated in his heart that this time the southern country was only afraid of more than 200,000 yuan.

At the second moment of Shen Zheng, a southern general came to the city gate and shouted to the city: "Master Lin, my handsome family has something to say." ”

"If you are persuaded to surrender, you will not be able to open your mouth."

"Master Lin, the credit of your expedition to the west is known to everyone in the world, but Yu Guo just gave you some money, isn't this chilling, my lord is indignant about what happened to you, Master Lin. He asked me to tell you that if you can dispense with the sword soldiers this time, then you will naturally tear the earth and seal the king, and make you the lord of the country here. ”

When the general said this, he continued: "Master Lin, now that you have less than 10,000 soldiers in the city, this Nantong City is not impregnable, hundreds of thousands of troops of Yu State have been defeated in the hands of our army, Master Lin is a smart person, naturally he will not follow the ignorant mantis, and he will not measure his strength to block the car of our army." ”

After listening to the general, Lin Quan said to the general: "Thank you for the kindness of the lord of your family, Lin Mou eats the king's fortune and is loyal to the king." Tearing the soil and sealing the king is not what Lin wants. As for the mantis arm blocking the car, Lin can try. Lin has read sages since he was a child, and what he believes in is that the benevolent are invincible. Now, although there are less than 10,000 soldiers in the city, they are united as one, loyal and brave, no matter how many soldiers your army has, if you want to enter Xiangyun Mansion, I am afraid that the toad wants to eat swan meat. ”

After hearing this, the general clasped his fists at Lin Quan and said, "Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, if Master Lin thinks that you can really resist our army, then just try." My marshal said that no matter what time it is, the throne is waiting in our army camp. ”

After the general returned, Lin Quan asked the soldiers to rest, starting tomorrow, it would be impossible to rest.

That night, Lin Quan put on his armor and talked to Beitang Zhixin and others about where to guard.

First of all, those martial arts people who are proficient in hidden weapons and archers are on the wooden wall together, killing the enemy with hidden weapons.

As for those who have fists, feet, and swords, they are to be left on the walls of the urn city, and if the enemy rushes to attack, let them kill the enemy and retreat.

Beitang Zhixin and the others nodded, these days, what these martial arts people are good at, Beitang Zhixin and they all know the bottom of their hearts.

Lin Quan explained until midnight, and finally inspected the city wall, and when he saw that everything was as usual, he was relieved.

Lin Quan returned to the mansion, closed his eyes, and did not remove his armor, just leaned on the wooden pillar and took a nap.

Early in the morning of the 16th, the horn of the southern attack sounded, because the strong walls of the forest springs were clear, and the southern country did not have timber to make siege equipment, but only temporarily organized people, dug up the mud all night, and then put it in the clothes, and charged on their backs, which was used to fill the moat.

The soldiers stooped over, carrying dirt on their backs, and blocked most of the arrows, and in an hour the southern moat was almost filled.

When Lin Quan saw this situation, he could only sigh, this is still too few people, there are only five hundred archers in Nancheng, and if a round of arrow rain goes down, it is good to shoot more than 20 people, and on the southern side, there are more than 1,000 people every charge.

The moat, which had been dug for many days, was filled in in an hour and a half, and the soldiers of the southern country began to charge.

Lin Quan also let the thunder shocker start to launch, although this thunder shocker is not very lethal, but the sound is terrifying, every time the stone lands, the loud noise will make the southern soldiers afraid.

At this time, the southern army also launched an attack from the other three sides, and now they have an absolute advantage in numbers, so they naturally attack from all sides and give full play to their numerical advantage.

This wooden wall resisted noon, and was taken away by the southerners, and the next thing was the battle for the urn city.

Martial arts people show their skills, on the city wall that is not spacious, it is difficult for the soldiers of the southern country to form a military formation, and most of them fight alone.

After the sword moves of the martial arts people, there will be casualties, and the walls of this urn city were fought for until the evening, and they were still not lost.

Seeing this, Florze had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Lin Quan stood there, listening to the announcement, in this battle, Lin Quan and they annihilated more than 8,000 enemies, but suffered heavy losses, the original 5,000 Xiang army, 1,000 wounded, 700 dead, and the 4,000 martial arts people who came to help, more than 600 people were killed in battle, and more than 2,000 people were injured.

When Lin Quan heard the news, he asked the wounded to rest, and then began to rearrange the defenses, arranging the 10,000 strong men in the city who had barely been trained, and then asked the women in the city to assist in replacing the damaged wooden walls.

On the 17th, after dawn, the southern country dispatched again, this time the southern country sent out elephant soldiers, although there were only a dozen elephant soldiers, but the soldiers and civilians of the Yu Dynasty saw the elephant soldiers for the first time, and they couldn't help but be shocked.

This elephant soldier is almost as tall as Mu Qiang, and the archers on the elephant soldiers can shoot at level with the archers inside the wooden walls.

Seeing this, Lin Quan asked people to move out the spare Lei Zhenzi in the city, wait until the elephant soldiers reached the firing range, and then let the soldiers launch them.

This is also considered lucky, the first round of shooting hit the target, the stone of the thunder shock smashed up, the iron bones and copper skin could not bear it, and the war elephant suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.

The war elephant fell to the ground, and the Yu army cheered, but the elephant soldier was at a loss, not knowing whether he should continue to move forward or keep going.

In their hesitation, Yu Chao started the second round, although this time he did not hit the target, but landed next to the war elephant, but the frightened war elephant was startled, running wildly, unable to control it.

Seeing this, Florze had no choice but to ask the elephant soldiers to back off and suppress the wooden-walled archers.

The wooden wall was seized, and a battle to the death was staged again on the walls of the urn city.

Today, there has been no change in the soldiers of the Southern Kingdom, but the Yu Dynasty has changed greatly, the original martial arts people are less, and most of the original Xiang army has become strong men.

But even so, the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty still blocked the attack of the soldiers of the southern country with a mouthful of blood.

After the siege battle the next day, the original box army of the Yu Dynasty was only 1,000 left, and nearly 2,000 were wounded. Martial arts people have suffered relatively few losses today, and they are used to it.

When Lin Quan saw this situation, he wondered if he could hold it for ten days if it went on like this

Lin Quan changed his strategy again, and the people of the city began to participate in the defense of the city.

He originally wanted to hold out for five days before letting the people participate, but he didn't expect the southern soldiers to be so difficult.

On the 18th, Lin Quan saw the siege equipment, and he knew that the southern country would definitely bring wood from the side of Dangshan to form siege equipment.

However, in a hurry, all that was made in the south was a siege ladder.

Now that the people in the city have joined in, Jin Tang boiled water and watched the city fall, and by noon, only a few dozen people of the southern army had climbed the city wall.

Seeing this situation, Lin Quan thought in his heart, if he could hold out for three days, after three days, when the wounded soldiers healed, he could support them for another three days, and finally fight to the death, and the ten-day task would be completed.

In the evening, Nanguo still did not break through Nantong City, and once again failed to withdraw the army.

Lin Quan was told that according to the materials in the city, he could hold out for five days.

Lin Quan patted his master on the shoulder and said that if he could still kill and injure the enemy like this for five days, the southern army would definitely collapse without a fight.

The crowd barely gained confidence that they would be able to hold out until the arrival of the imperial army.

However, on the nineteenth day, the trebuchet of the southern country also appeared, although it was not as good as Lei Zhenzi, but the wall of Nantong City was not very strong.

An hour later, the city was finally breached, and Lin Quan had his soldiers retreat to the city walls.

The fierce battle began again, but fortunately, there were still too few trebuchets in the south to smash the city walls for a while.

On the morning of the twentieth, when thirty trebuchets appeared, Lin Quan's face turned pale, and he had a sense of powerlessness, the materials in the city were getting less and less, while the materials in the south seemed to be endless, more and more.

Thirty trebuchets, stones fell like rain, and most of the city walls were smashed out of the gaps, but fortunately, many martial arts people desperately blocked them, so they did not let the southern soldiers attack the city.

This station was fought until it was dark, and Florz saw that he could not take it, so he ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and waited until tomorrow to make a big deal and succeed in one fell swoop.