As night falls, the heat continues.

After dinner, Chang Yu and Lu Daqi and others went to the city to enjoy the cool, and by the way watched the situation outside the city, although the thief army was in the city as a few days ago, there were still several groups of horses to and fro, but only three or five miles away from the city wandered and did not approach and did not have friction with the officers and soldiers to explore the horses, both sides acquiesced to the rule of a three-day truce, did not go deep into each other's territory, and did not stir up trouble.

"Bai Wang mentioned the three-day deadline, which actually means that his reinforcements will arrive within three days" Wu Sangui looked at the fire swaying in the distance in the south of the city, his face was slightly solemn, everyone nodded slightly, and Ma Ke said: "Maybe the reinforcements have arrived, and the three-day limit is just used to repair the soldiers and horses."

Nine times out of ten, everyone said their own speculations, Chang Yu looked at the southwest with his hands behind his back and was silent, Chang Yanling walked up to him and asked in a low voice: "But are you worried about Anqing?" ”

Chang Yu smiled slightly: "There is Li Yan in charge of worry-free."

"It's worry-free, so why is your face so solemn" Chang Yanling asked again, and Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "Although worry-free, I feel a little distressed."

"Distressed?" Chang Yanling frowned. Chang Yu sighed: "Anqing City has thick walls, Li Yan has no heavy artillery and can only rely on human lives to fill the pits, and at least thousands of lives will be sacrificed in one battle, but I don't know how many battles to attack Anqing City."

Chang Yanling sighed when he heard this, and said for a long time: "How can there be immortals in war."

At the same time, on the northeast corner of the head of Anqing City, Cheng Niandong was next to the battlements and nibbled on the watermelon in his hand, looking at the camp of officers and soldiers a few miles away from the east of the city, and his subordinates whispered about the movements of the officers and soldiers in the evening.

The officers and soldiers did not have any new movements, repairing soldiers and horses and cutting down trees to prepare for the siege of the city, and they have been doing these things silently since the siege of the city, and even the horses rarely get close to the city wall to reconnoitre, and they look very confident.

But Cheng Niandong is not also very confident, Anqing Cheng high wall is thick, not to mention that it is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south and Yiling Lake in the north, these two terrains are too narrow, all exposed to the fire coverage of the city, the officers and soldiers can not display troops in formation, and it is impossible to set up camp, otherwise it will become a target, so the officers and soldiers can only attack from the east and west, and now the officers and soldiers are indeed camping in these two places to besiege the city, but there are strong urns in the east and west, and there are artillery fortified defenses on the top of the city, and the officers and soldiers have no heavy artillery support It is too difficult to break the city.

In addition to the sturdy external hardware, Cheng Niandong mobilized the people of the whole city to swear to the acropolis, and for a time the people in Anqing City had money to contribute, and they had food and food, and the army was really united.

And what about the advantages of officers and soldiers?

Crowded?

That's it?

Cheng Niandong, hey, threw the watermelon peel far away: "I will tell you to wait for your head to break the blood!" He looked up at the night sky: "It's damn too hot, if only it rained heavily...... No, it should rain heavily, if it rains for a few days......" Cheng Niandong, looking at the large battalion of officers and soldiers in the distance, gritted his teeth: "These dogs will run away by themselves without fighting."

On the shore of Linghu Lake under the city, Li Yan got out of the water, after two months of recuperation, the injuries on his body have healed, although they are not as before, but they can move freely, and even fight and kill by mistake.

Huang Degong cut a watermelon on the shore and handed it to Li Yan, and scolded in his mouth: "The sky in the south is so hot, it's hot during the day, it's hot at night, it's hot all day long, and the heat is so hot that people die and fight a battle."

"What's the drop, you still want him to make it rain" Liu Zeqing heaved next to him, Huang Degong rolled his eyes: "Lao Tzu doesn't want to become a roast pig even if he is drenched in the rain."

"Hey, when did Mr. Huang become a pig" Hua Ma Liu joked on the side, everyone laughed, Huang Degong threw a watermelon peel over, Hua Ma Liu dodged sideways and smashed it on Gao Jie's head, which immediately made him unhappy, stood up and scolded, Huang Degong couldn't bear it, he immediately returned the mouth, and said that the two were about to do it, and everyone hurriedly pulled it away.

Li Yan couldn't help sighing, Gao Jie was in a group, and Huang Degong and the three of them could do it at any time, which made him have a headache, thinking about whether to transfer Huang Degong's department to the west to join the guards, but thinking that if Huang Degong left, he couldn't stop Gao Jie and the three, so he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

In the dead of night, everyone went back to the tent to rest, and Li Yan just lay down and heard the soldiers outside the account whisper, Gao Zongbing came to see.

Li Yan hurriedly got up to greet Gao Jie and invited him into the account, and asked people to make tea, Gao Jie shook his hand: "Don't drink hot mouth on a hot day."

"General Gao came late at night, but what's the matter?" Li Yan observed his words and saw that Gao Jie's brows were furrowed, as if he had something on his mind.

Gao Jie coughed lightly twice, stared at Li Yan and said, "Does General Li know about swearing to the Lord Governor as a brother?" ”

"I've heard that the little governor is wise and good at fighting the general soldiers, and the soldiers are all handsome and brave, and it is a good ......story to worship as a brother," Li Yan hurriedly said some words of congratulations, but he didn't know what Gao Jie was doing in the middle of the night.

"I don't mean anything else by saying this, I just want to say that the Governor's current letter is too much" Gao Jie stared at Li Yan and said word by word: "It's like trusting General Li."

Li Yan's eyes narrowed suddenly! "Didn't Li get the appreciation of the Lord Overseer and remember it from the bottom of his heart, isn't it that General Gao has a secret matter to discuss?"

"I have heard for a long time that General Li's wit is worthy of his reputation," Gao Jie was overjoyed, and then looked at the door of the military tent, and when he didn't see anything unusual, he leaned into Li Yan's ear and whispered: "When I was in Jinan, the little overseer said something with me...... I thought it was the little overseer who came to Anqing to supervise the battle, but I didn't expect him to go to the other side to change to General Li, and now the siege is imminent...... Ahem, General Li, here you are the biggest and deeply trusted by the little overseer, how to do it is up to you."

Li Yan slowly stood up, his face became solemn, he paced back and forth in the military tent, stared at Gao Jie for a long time, and said: "This matter is big, General Gao is not allowed to trick me!" ”

"How dare this, if General Li doesn't believe it, he can send someone to Jiangdong to ask the little overseer, if I believe it, I am willing to cut off this person's head with you!" Gao Jie stood up abruptly, his voice was a little loud, Li Yan hurriedly made a silent gesture, and said in a low voice: "I will believe you if you are the sworn brother of the little overseer, but this matter is different, Xiao Kezi still has to send someone to ask the little overseer what he means."

"That's as it should be, that's as it should be!" Gao Jie rubbed his hands a little nervously: "This matter affects the whole body, and even a little leakage can cause irreparable serious consequences, and pressing it in my heart can suffocate me, now I tell you, what to do You speak, but where you use it, just open your mouth."

Li Yan nodded, walked to the door of the tent and looked up at the city in the distance with his hands behind his back, turned around and said to Gao Jie after a long time: "This matter must no longer be said to outsiders, otherwise there will be chaos if there is any alarm, if it is taken advantage of by thieves, we will be defeated this time, and the whole army will be wiped out."

"How can I not know" Gao Jie beat his chest: "I've been holding back all the way to this matter, if it weren't for the imminent war, the little overseer wouldn't have seen a figure, I wouldn't even say anything to you!" ”

Li Yan nodded, and pulled Gao Jie back to sit down: "Since the little overseer said so, he is determined to start, and once he is sure of his intentions, this matter should still fall on you and me, so let's discuss how to do it without a trace."

Gao Jie Enen nodded again and again: "General Li has a good brain, just come and I'll do it."