Happy New Year, chun jie di xiao long wishes everyone good health and safety.

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The peace after the night raid didn't last long. The next morning, the Jin army outside the fort began to prepare for the siege in earnest.

However, with last night's night raid as a prelude, this scene in the daytime didn't bring much pressure to the Yan army inside the fort.

While the Jin army outside the fort was preparing to advance step by step, the Yan army on the walls of the fort chatted and ate the hot rations that had been sent up.

This fort had its own food reserves. Most importantly, when Zheng Fan came out of Cui Liu Fort, he brought all the supplies he could take with him, so there was no shortage of food in this fort.

White steamed buns with shredded radish and a little minced meat as filling, steaming hot after being steamed, held in the hand, served with a large bowl of hot water, served as both a dish and a staple food.

Xue San muttered to the blind man while nibbling:

"Anything with a filling is called a baozi."

"It's a steamed bun. Only those with pure meat filling are called baozi."

The blind man retorted while eating slowly and methodically.

Customs vary from place to place, and the names are naturally different, but the fact that the blind man and Xue San had the leisure to argue about this proves that they were very confident about the Jin army's upcoming siege.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

When the Jin army's war drums began to sound, the siege officially began.

Zheng Fan was still in his golden position, leaning against the coffin of Shatuo Queshi. Liang Cheng was not by his side this time, but had gone to the other side.

However, A'ming and Si Niang had been protecting Zheng Fan on both sides; this was the minimum requirement.

Zheng Fan stroked the hard bow in his hand, tilted his head slightly, and began to look at the situation below through the gaps between the crenellations.

To be honest, the problems faced by the Jin army were similar to those of the Yan army: many cavalry and a lack of infantry. Of course, this did not mean that the proportion of cavalry in the Jin army was higher than that of the Yan people. In fact, the Situ family in the Three Jins area mainly focused on cavalry, after all, they had to fight with wild men in the Tian Duan Mountains and the northeast snowfields. You can’t ask the soldiers to run on the snowfields on their own two legs.

The Wenren family and the Helian family had good infantry configurations, but they were basically wiped out in that battle.

Yu Huacheng's troops were originally recruited and expanded by recruiting a lot of rout soldiers in the name of the Jin Emperor. In this era, if you don't have a horse, it is difficult to escape back as a rout soldier. For various reasons, the extremely classic scene of cavalry attacking the city appeared.

Zheng Fan was careful and began to feel sorry for the Jin army generals on the opposite side, because letting cavalry dismount and act as infantry to climb the city would make any general with a normal brain feel heartbroken.

Moreover, it was not clear whether it was because he was worried about the impact of his reputation, or because the warlords of the Three Jins area were mindful of the fact that they were all locals. The scene of Li Fusheng forcing civilians to fill the city under Shangjing City did not happen here.

When the Jin army began to advance in square formations, a very embarrassing scene appeared: the shield allocation of this army was seriously insufficient.

Many of the Jin soldiers in the front row were holding door panels or wooden pieces dismantled from tables and chairs from nearby villages. Although the defensive type was not very bad, it was difficult to form an effective organizational defense.

In addition, it was daytime at this time, and daytime was a very fair environment. You could see me clearly, and I could see you clearly.

Most of the soldiers under Zheng Fan were barbarians, and their archery skills were their means of making a living. After the Jin army's square formation entered the range, the Yan army on the city wall immediately began to shoot and kill them with arrows.

Faced with this extremely accurate arrow, Jin soldiers fell to the ground one by one after being shot. The Jin army archers at this time began to press forward and started shooting against the Yan army on the city wall.

After shooting seven arrows in a row, Zheng Fan began to rest and silently adjusted his Qi and blood.

At this time, the Jin army began to set up ladders to climb up.

The fighting between the two sides began to intensify, but the defending side had an absolute advantage after all. The Jin army could initially maintain its formation and division of labor, but when the battlefield became white-hot, it completely entered a state of recklessness, completely losing its level, which reduced the pressure on the city wall.

Si Niang's silk thread went down along the battlements. Before the Jin soldiers could climb up the two ladders in front of her, the ladders had already fallen apart in the middle.

A'ming was like an emotionless machine, loading the crossbow, getting up, shooting down, then squatting down, continuing to load, getting up, and shooting again.

Because his frequency was too fast, he attracted the attention of many Jin archers below, so he was soon covered with several arrows.

Zheng Fan sometimes simply pulled out the arrows from A'ming's body,

And shot them down again,

It can be said to be the most efficient recycling.

The method of elite soldiers advancing like last night was not used again today. The two sides fought fiercely until the afternoon, and the Jin army sounded the retreat after leaving a pile of corpses behind.

The battle was very fierce, but there was really no "shaky" posture.

After the Jin army retreated, the people in the fort began to prepare food, and the soldiers began to seize the time to rest.

In fact, there were still hot oil and rolling logs and other siege equipment burning below, but Liang Cheng did not order them to be used, because it was not yet time.

After the Jin people retreated, Liang Cheng came to Zheng Fan to check the situation.

"The Jin army retreated like this?" Zheng Fan couldn't believe it. He thought it would be a fierce battle during the day, but now he had a sense of loss that "I haven't exerted my strength yet and you have fallen down."

This was completely different from the expected battle formation. There was not much blood, nor was it exciting. Everyone was more like mechanical components on the city wall.

"Reporting to the lord, our soldiers are all elites. Even the hundreds of cavalry brought by the Jin Emperor are all good soldiers. In this situation, it is basically impossible for the other side to forcibly break through the city with just some ladders."

In other words, unless the Jin army comes slowly, and spends more time building more siege equipment, it may pose a real threat to the Yan army in the fort.

"Why does it feel less tense than last night?" Zheng Fan asked curiously.

"Lord, our people were also defending the city for the first time last night."

"Oh, that's right."

Zheng Fan nodded.

"Lord, you can go down and rest first. The Jin army has lost a lot of ladders this time. It will be difficult for them to launch an attack today."

"Okay."

Zheng Fan believed in Liang Cheng's judgment and experience, and he was not pretentious. He got up and went down the city wall.

Si Niang still had to sew up wounds for some soldiers, so she didn't come down with Zheng Fan.

The blind man was still doing mobilization work, Xue San secretly left the fort again and hid in the suburbs after the Jin army stopped attacking, and Fan Li was busy carrying sand and soil bags to help reinforce the city defenses.

Only A'ming was left to accompany Zheng Fan down. Many light-emitting cubs died on the city wall last night, and A'ming's water bag became bulging again. He took a sip every few steps, and his expression was really comfortable and pleasant.

The fort was so big, and Zheng Fan's room was next to the Jin Emperor's, which was considered the best two rooms in the fort.

As soon as he approached, Zheng Fan heard the sound coming from the next room, with ups and downs, ah oh eh yi.

"Has he become so self-abandoned?"

Zheng Fan couldn't help but sigh.

Before yesterday, the Jin Emperor was still a quite majestic emperor, and even once had some shadows of Gou Jian in Zheng Fan's heart.

But now,

The soldiers on the city wall outside have just experienced a slaughter,

He, the Jin Emperor, is actually starting his own conquest here.

The mutiny of the army outside marks that the Jin Emperor's lair, the capital area, has also changed hands. It can be said that the Jin Emperor's qualification to be on the poker table has been stripped.

Although he didn't have any real qualifications to bet on the table, he could at least stand by and wait to get lucky money.

If someone lost too badly and went down, he might be able to replace him for a couple of rounds.

Now, he doesn't even have the qualification to watch.

"Lord, your subordinate thinks that this Jin Emperor's political blow is not as good as his disappointment and despair in the love field."

"People are already so unlucky, so don't make fun of them."

"The Lord's lesson is right."

"The capital area is gone. I don't know if the Empress Dowager is safe."

"............" A'ming.

This turn almost made A'ming spit out the blood he had just drunk.

At this moment, a woman with tattered clothes came out of the room, gave a blessing to Zheng Fan and A'ming, and said:

"Two sirs, His Majesty invites you."

Zheng Fan and A'ming looked at each other and walked into the room where the Jin Emperor was.

The Jin Emperor had just finished the war, and the woman inside had just put on her clothes.

After Zheng Fan came in, he cupped his hands and saluted:

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

In fact, Zheng Fan was quite casual when the two met yesterday, but now, he seemed to be more polite and respectful.

But this actually contains a very obvious sense of alienation.

The Jin Emperor's face was flushed, and he was drinking water with a teapot. After putting down the teapot, he asked Zheng Fan:

"General Zheng, has the rebel army outside the fort been repelled?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, they have been repelled."

"General Zheng is truly a military god of this era!"

Zheng Fan glanced slightly and thought to himself that the ending of those who were called military gods didn't seem to be very good.

"With General Zheng by my side, I can finally put my heart down."

The flush on the Jin Emperor's face became clearer.

His emotions became more and more亢奋.

This made Zheng Fan feel something was wrong. His eyes began to scan the table and saw a pool of silvery-white powder.

Damn it,

He's taking powder!

"General Zheng, I want to thank you well. I want to reward you heavily!"

"Your Majesty is too kind. This general is just doing his duty and dare not be greedy for rewards."

You are poorer than me now,

What are you going to reward me with?

The Jin Emperor got up and walked to Zheng Fan and said loudly:

"Remove the armor!"

"............" Zheng Fan.

What?

Zheng Fan was stunned.

The Jin Emperor frowned slightly and shouted:

"Are you not listening to me? I said, remove the armor!!!"

Are you sick!

It is said that male customs are prevalent in Jin, but as an emperor, is it necessary to use your body to win people over?

Most importantly, Zheng City Guard has always been very normal in that regard, and has no interest in Long Yang at all.

"Remove the armor!"

The Jin Emperor shouted angrily.

Zheng Fan was preparing to draw his sword and knock this emperor, who had something wrong with his brain, unconscious,

But,

Before Zheng Fan could draw his sword,

The two women in the room, the two granddaughters of the old fort master, took off their clothes while sobbing.

The Jin Emperor laughed very satisfied:

"General Zheng, you are an expert. What do you think of my command of the army?"