Cheng Niandong of Anqing City was uncertain at this time, and Bai Wang, who fled back to Chizhou after a big defeat, was panicked, and he was full of confidence two days ago, thinking that he would be anti-guest-oriented, and first broke Tongling City and went north to encircle Wei to save Zhao and relieve Anqing's danger, and he never thought that he would be beaten back to reality by the little eunuch in one day.

The reality is cruel, all his elite soldiers and cannon fodder on the East Road are not more than 10,000, and less than half of them have escaped, and he has abandoned his armor and handed over all the war materials to the officers and soldiers.

There are less than 3,000 elite soldiers on hand, and more than they are cannon fodder and the morale of the whole army is low, and the food and grass are in a hurry, which almost made Bai Wang lose his head overnight, and he has never been defeated in fighting with Zuo Liangyu for several years, and he was flattened in less than half a month after he met the little eunuch, and he was ten thousand unconvinced.

Just like yesterday's big battle, if it was a serious and tough battle, the officers and men might not be able to break through his defense line even if they were assisted by artillery, and even if they succeeded, they would have to pay double the price.

However, the little eunuch did not play his cards according to common sense, and various yin moves were frequently used outside the frontal attack, not with a fist, but with a series of punches, so that he couldn't catch the tricks in a hurry, and he could only retreat south in order to maintain his strength.

I have to say that Bai Wang is a ruthless man, and after retreating to the south bank of the Qingtong River, he ordered his subordinate general Wang Yien to go to Chizhou with Yuan Sanzhong.

Passing through Guichi County (the first county of Chizhou at that time), Yuan Sanzhong ordered Yuan Sanzhong to drive all the people in the city to Chizhou, and killed those who did not want to go, and then burned Guichi County with a fire.

He rushed back to Chizhou overnight and began to prepare for the defense of the city, to establish a last line of defense between Pingtian Lake and the Yangtze River, and then summoned the rich gentry in the city and began to force money and grain, because he was told that he could do whatever it took to defend Chizhou.

Thinking that Chizhou is too important to him, this is the last barrier, if Chizhou is breached, there will be no decent city to the south to resist the footsteps of the officers and soldiers to the south, as long as Chizhou is broken, it will also be dangerous to Anqing on the other side, he will be beaten back to the mountains by the officers and soldiers, this half a year's hard work will be in vain, all dreams and expectations will be in vain.

Therefore, he wants to work hard in Chizhou and fight with the little eunuch, fortunately, Chizhou's geographical location is simply a perfect natural defensive position.

The west side is the rolling Yangtze River, the north side is the turbulent Pingtian Lake, the east side is the reckless mountains connected to the Pingtian Lake, and the only narrow path has also been dug by him, and the officers and soldiers want to attack the city, but they can't even touch the city wall!

Unless you fly with wings, Bai Wang's newly defeated confidence slowly returned, and he believed that three days was enough time for him to arrange, provided that Wang Yien could hold the Qingtong River for three days.

However, the reality slapped him in the early morning of the day when he fled back to Chizhou City, there was an urgent report from the north, the officers and soldiers broke through the blockade, and Wang Yien was defeated and captured!

Bai Wang's shock at that time was incomprehensible, he thought that he could keep it for at least two days, but he didn't know that the news told him that he didn't last for two hours!

The 3,000 thieves behind the palace were almost wiped out and lost a general, but they only delayed for him for two hours.

However, the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that after the officers and soldiers broke through the Qingtong River defense line, they did not advance overnight but rested on the spot, which made Bai Wang breathe a sigh of relief and a little happy, it seems that although the officers and soldiers won a big battle the day before yesterday, they were also injured.

But the loss of a strong general still made him feel distressed, knowing that once Wang Yien was captured, he would have no life. I had to turn my grief into strength, and while the officers and soldiers were resting, we should hurry up and consolidate the city defense, such as digging the only passage to Chizhou City, and unlike Cheng Niandong's digging of the river embankment, which was only three zhang wide, he ordered to dig five or six zhang wide and one zhang deep, just like a big river.

Then, on the south bank, they piled up gravel and buried sharp logs, and built a 20-meter-wide trap position, even if the officers and soldiers crossed the water to attack this side, they had to rush through this 20-meter position.

However, you think that's it, Bai Wang is far more than this means, and after sinking into the position, he built a high platform with earth, and the project goal is scheduled to be three meters high, 100 meters long from the east lake to the west of the river, this is a small city wall, when the time is on the top of the archers, stone throwers or other firepower to block the intersection, the officers and soldiers want to attack hard, then take human lives to fill it.

At the same time, he requisitioned the whole fishing boats everywhere, looted more than 500 boats inside and outside the city of Chizhou, and formed a naval army in Pingtian Lake, which is also an extremely important force, which can be attacked and defended, such as sneak attacks from the waterway around you when the officers and soldiers attack......

It can be said that Bai Wang made the most of the two days to mobilize the soldiers and civilians of the entire Chizhou City to work day and night to consolidate the defense line, because this may be his last barrier! The officers and soldiers have touched his bottom line, and there is no retreat to speak of!

But what is Chang Yu doing?

While crossing the water on the banks of the Qingtong River, they took the lead in eating, drinking, and having fun, eating meat and drinking soup, and playing with fights and gambling on silver, so that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers even had the illusion that they were not here to fight, but to go out for an outing.

Play is fun, play is fun, and serious things still have to be done.

That night, the whole army crossed the river, camped on the south bank to rest, and although the follow-up baggage was still crossing the water one after another, Chang Yu had already summoned the generals to discuss the war, and with the in-depth reconnaissance of the scouts in front sent more and more information, the activities and arrangements of the thief army were more and more detailed.

"The thief army dug up Pingtian Lake and the Yangtze River, cut off our only access and piled soil on the opposite bank for the wall is about 100 meters long, we have no boat and no wings, there is no other way than a hard attack, originally our soldiers with water access can be outflanked from the two wings of the waterway, but the thieves formed a naval army, there are four or five hundred boats, you tell me how to fight?" Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, generals, you look at me, I see that you are also bitter, Bai Wang has made the use of the terrain to the extreme, this pass is more sad than the one in the south of Tongling City.

"The Overseer also said that there is no other way but to attack hard, and I am afraid that we may not be able to attack it with heavy losses under the strong attack, because according to the scout intelligence, the area is even narrower! There is simply no way to invest too many troops, and there is no place for water on both sides." Lu Daqi shook his head: "Xiaguan feels that it is necessary to open up a second road and see if he can make a detour from the mountains to the east."

Everyone's eyes looked at Wang Tizhong, who had been in Chizhou before and knew the surrounding terrain best.

Wang Tizhong sighed slightly: "Pingtian Lake is about twenty miles long from east to west, the easternmost part of the lake is the foot of the mountain, the terrain is steep, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, I am afraid that there is no way to go, but the specific general is not very clear, but even if you go around, there is a Qishan Lake connected to Pingtian Lake in the east of Chizhou City, in addition, there is Qingxi River in the east of the city, there is Baiyang River in the south of the city, Qiupu River, all of which are big rivers, how to cross the past?" ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly felt a headache, and Chang Yu couldn't help but scold: "What the hell is the river, why are there so many rivers and water!" ”

Wang Tizhong smiled bitterly: "There are many mountains and rivers here, the water surrounds the mountain, and the mountain surrounds the river.

"Speaking of which, we're going to gnaw hard bones this time" Chang Yu sighed: "It's just that this way of playing is fucking aggrieved" Ma Ke echoed next to him: "It's true that we don't have a good time in the north."

"Lord Overseer, there will be a plan in the end, I don't know if it is feasible" When he was frowning, Wu Sangui suddenly spoke, Chang Yu hummed, and Wu Sangui whispered in his ear.