Chapter 88: Race against time

"Pu..." A little raindrop fell on the city wall.

"Is it raining?" Zhang Ren looked up at the sky. There were no stars in the sky. The dark night sky could not see the reality and reality, and it was even more impossible to see whether it was raining.

A raindrop doesn't mean anything. Now what Zhang Ren needs is a heavy rain, a pouring rain. After a heavy rain, all the torches of Cao's army will be wiped out, and the vine armored soldiers can go into battle again.

"Let's go next rain!" Zhang Ren began to pray silently. As long as the next heavy rain was coming, even if it was just one or two hours, let the vine armored soldiers come up and drive Cao's army away, Xingyang City could recover.

"Pu..." Another drop of water fell on Zhang Ren's face, and this time Zhang Ren clearly felt it.

"It's really going to rain!" A glimmer of hope rose in Zhang Ren's heart, and he also became unprecedentedly nervous.

"Click and click..." The raindrops began to grow densely, but they were far from meeting Zhang Ren's requirements. Although the rain was a little heavier than before, it was far from meeting Zhang Ren's requirements.

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"General!" Cao Zhen was woken up from his sleep.

Cao Zhen got up and asked immediately: "What's the matter? But something went wrong with the siege?"

"General, there is nothing wrong with General Zhang Hu, but the last general just discovered that it was raining."

"It's raining!" Cao Zhen's face turned pale, he ignored his shoes and rushed out of the tent.

Cao Zhen stood in front of the tent and let the rain fall on him. After a moment, Cao Zhen spoke, "Come on the torch!"

The guards took the torch and handed it to Cao Zhen. Cao Zhen just held the torch and stood in the rain.

The rain was not heavy. Although it could wet the body, it could not wipe out the torch. In the rain, although the torch was affected by some, it was still burning firmly.

After Cao Zhen was sure that the torch would not be extinguished by the rain, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, Cao Zhen felt an urgent sense of crisis. Although the rain is not heavy now, it is difficult to guarantee when the rain will get heavy. Once it rains heavily and the torch cannot be lit, the vine armored soldiers of Wudang Feijun will have an absolute advantage.

The Wudang Flying Army was still very tenacious in resisting, and the Wudang Flying Army had tens of thousands of people after all. Although the Cao army kept siegeing the city, the Wudang Flying Army could also support it in waves.

The Cao army was also very brave and had the advantage of the number of people coming. However, the battle on the city wall was not a battle between the two sides. On the narrow city wall, the Cao army could not exert its advantages at all.

Cao Zhen knew that it was impossible to capture Xingyang in a short time. However, the sudden heavy rain completely interrupted Cao Zhen's plan.

"The order Zhang Hu must take down Xingyang as soon as possible regardless of losses!"

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The rain lasted for an hour. It was not until dawn that Zhang Ren discovered that the rain had not only not increased, but had become a little smaller.

When Zhang Ren found that the rain had become smaller, a trace of despair rose in his heart. If God refused to help, even if he could defend Xingyang, the Wudang Flying Army would probably have lost all the loss.

Zhang Ren has trained Wudang Flying Army for many years and has already injected a lot of feelings into Wudang Flying Army. Every soldier from Wudang Flying Army was carefully trained by Zhang Ren. If all of them are lost, it will undoubtedly be a cut off from Zhang Ren.

The Cao army's offensive was still like a tide, surging in turmoil. The Wudang Flying Army was also fighting bravely, and the injured Wudang Flying Army were constantly being carried down the city wall.

On the city wall, flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and the rain washed over the city wall, mixed with blood, and stayed along the city wall, as if it was a red spring, but the spring water made people feel terrifying.

Blood flows into a river, real blood flows into a river.

Cao Zhen didn't rest for another night. For the whole night, Cao Zhen sat in front of the tent, paying attention to the rain in the sky.

At dawn, when Cao Zhen discovered that the rain had not increased, but was getting smaller, a smile appeared on Cao Zhen's face.

The sky is still covered with dark clouds and raindrops are still falling, but Cao Zhen is much more stable than at night. The rain cannot keep going. There will always be a stop. And according to the current situation of getting smaller and smaller, it will be a matter of time before the rain stops.

"General, you'd better go and rest first. We're here to watch..."

"Yeah." Cao Zhen nodded slightly. He was quarreled in the middle of the night last night. Speaking of which, Cao Zhen was really tired. Since he had a serious illness last year, Cao Zhen's body has not been as agile as before.

"Well, I'll go and rest for two hours first. Here, you can watch it first. If there is any abnormality, wake me up immediately!"

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A silver-blue light flashed in the sky, and then a loud bang echoed in the sky.

"Boom..."

The huge thunder spread throughout the sky like a monster's roar, completely covering the sound of shouting and killing on the battlefield and the sound of weapons colliding.

Cao Zhen was suddenly awakened and quickly got up on the bed.

"Come, come quickly!" Cao Zhen shouted immediately.

"General, what are the instructions?"

"Did you thunder just now?" Cao Zhen asked.

"General, it's thunder."

Cao Zhen immediately rushed out of the tent and stared at the sky.

"It's not that I'm too late!" The thought flashed through Cao Zhen's mind, and a lightning flashed again, and then, a huge thunder sounded again from the horizon.

Faced with this sudden thunder, Cao Zhen's face became embarrassed, and then, what Cao Zhen didn't want to see the least finally happened.

The rain that had already stopped a little suddenly became heavier at this moment. Countless raindrops fell rapidly, hitting the ground, slid into the soil, washing the mud on the ground, washing the blood on the city wall, and also washing Cao Zhen's confidence.

"It's over, it's really raining!"

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"It's so good, it's raining heavily, God helps me!" Zhang Ren shouted happily.

Compared to Cao Zhen's frustration, Zhang Ren was extremely excited at this time. Cao Bing, who was climbing the city wall, had gradually been extinguished by the rain. The torches piled on the foot of the city wall had long been soaked in the rain. Several small fires that Cao's army had previously built on the edge of the battlements were also struggling in the rain. They were gradually eroded by the surging rain, and finally slowly destroyed, and a trace of blue smoke rose.

"Tell me the brothers below wear vine armor and prepare to go to the city!" Zhang Ren shouted immediately.

About a quarter of an hour later, the five hundred soldiers who had worn the vine armor had rushed to the city tower. Then, more and more Wudang Feijun ran towards the city wall wearing vine armor and replaced the soldiers who did not wear vine armor to defend the city.

"Hey, oh, it's those vine armor soldiers again!" One Cao army shouted. Then, the other Cao army also discovered that the vine armor soldiers appeared again.

Cao Jun, who had seen the vine armored soldiers before, couldn't help but feel a little fear in his heart. Fighting with these invulnerable vine armored soldiers would never win. Knife slashing on others has no effect, but he has to be careful to be on the enemy's attack.

However, these Cao troops who had fought with the vine armored soldiers were only a few after all, and most of them had never fought with the vine armored soldiers. Seeing the vine armored soldiers rushing up, they still met them without fear of life and death. The result can naturally be imagined that after paying their blood and life, these Cao troops finally saw how terrible the vine armored soldiers were.

Under the attack of the vine-armored soldiers, the Cao army began to retreat step by step. All the advantages they had gained were slowly eroded by the vine-armored soldiers. The space for Cao army to move was getting smaller and smaller. The Cao army, which was originally connected, was slowly separated and gathered into several small groups to resist based on the city wall.

Maybe it was because of Cao's suppression and beating for too long, or maybe it was because of hatred that the vine armor soldier seemed extremely brave this time. The vine armor was soaked in rain, but instead became more slippery than before, which increased the vine armor's ability to resist attacks.

At the city, Chen Tai looked at Cao's army retreating step by step and gradually lost the advantages they had gained. He was extremely anxious, but there was no way. The other person's weapons were invulnerable to the sword and gun. Cao's army was only chopped in vain. Chen Tai felt a little unbearable to let the soldiers go up and die, but Cao Zhen's order to retreat had not been passed. Chen Tai could only grit his teeth and let the soldiers continue to climb the city to attack.

In the distance, Cao Zhen was also in a state of confusion. Success was so close to Cao Zhen, but it was only this step away. When the heavy rain fell, Cao Zhen told himself that it was time to withdraw the troops, otherwise it would be a waste of troops, but Cao Zhen refused to speak. The advantages he had gained before were exchanged for Cao's life, and Cao Zhen was reluctant to let it go.

However, now, Cao Zhen can only accept the reality. The Cao army in Xingyang City is completely untenable. If the soldiers are not removed, the soldiers on the city will die sooner or later.

"Tell me the order, let's stop the army!" Cao Zhen said, with a feeling of helplessness and depression in his tone.

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The sound of the gongs at the end of the army recalled that at this time, whether it was Chen Tai who was commanding the siege in the city or Zhang Ren who was holding on the city, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Tai finally no longer had to command the soldiers to go up and die, and Zhang Ren also knew that Xingyang had overcome the crisis again.

"God helps me, God helps you! It's so dangerous, so dangerous... Next time, maybe you won't be so lucky!" Zhang Ren murmured.

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Luoyang.

On the city wall, A Dou looked into the distance from Xingyang.

"Your Majesty, it's raining!" Zhang Yi walked over with an umbrella.

Adou nodded slightly and asked, "The Prime Minister's army should be here soon!"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Prime Minister should be able to arrive in Luoyang tomorrow. But it's raining now, I think the speed may be slower."

"Tomorrow? This is two days faster than the medicine I expected!" A Dou's eyes flashed, and then he said, "Zhang Yi, send the order to let the Prime Minister march quickly and arrive at Luoyang as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has marched day and night..."
Chapter completed!