It was completely dark, and the top of Jiashan City was in a mess.

The siege soldiers finally retreated, leaving behind many corpses.

Tan Zhi was sitting at the top of the city and was shot by a cold arrow on the shoulder. The wound had already been bandaged.

After the enemy troops withdrew, Tan Wen, the third son of the Tan family, immediately led people to bring wine and meat to Wang Chengtou.

The soldiers guarding the city each carried a small jar of wine and dozens of large iron pots. They could choose mutton, beef, or pork.

If you want to fight, you must have sufficient physical strength.

The Tan family has a fortune of millions. Now when the family is in danger, they are no longer stingy.

"Second brother, how is the injury?" Tan Wen asked with concern when he saw that Tan Zhi's shoulder was bandaged.

Tan Zhi shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, I was shot with an arrow."

Of the three brothers of the Tan family, Tan Yong is the head of the family, but he is not really brave. Although Tan Zhi has the word "wisdom" in his name, he is not a wise and strategic person.

But among the three brothers, Tan Zhi is considered the most courageous.

This time when defending the city, Tan Zhi was the backbone of the defenders. His subordinate 800 Buqu had been with him for many years, so they were quite loyal to him.

The Tan family also knows that these eight hundred songs are the lifeblood of the Tan family, and they have never treated them unfairly.

In addition to securing timely and sufficient military pay from the Liaodong Army, the Tan family would also give rewards to these soldiers from time to time to keep them in check.

Moreover, some of the generals in the Eight Hundred Parts also have a lot of fertile land in Jiashan County, and their families are also in Jiashan City. They are tied to the interests of the Tan family and depend on each other for life and death.

Tan Wen walked to the battlements and looked down. He was shocked to see mountains of corpses under the city.

"It seems they are not planning to evacuate." Tan Wen looked into the distance.

Fang's Liaodong Army looked ugly. He returned to Tan Zhi's side and said solemnly: "Second brother, if we continue to fight like this, can we hold on?"

Tan Zhi's expression was also ugly, and he said: "Wang Xingchao has definitely ordered to break through Jiashan City. They will not retreat until the city is broken. We can still hold on now, but if they delay in retreating and keep fighting, the city will be broken."

Sooner or later."

The corners of Tan Wen's eyes twitched, and there was a look of fear between his brows.

"Are you scared?" Tan Zhi glanced at Tan Wen, frowned and said, "Don't let others see your current expression, it will affect morale."

Tan Wen was a little embarrassed and said in a low voice: "Second brother, you sent a letter to Huangfu Yunzhao asking for help. Logically speaking, if he sends troops for reinforcements, they should arrive, but they haven't been seen yet." He sighed softly.

He made a sound and looked around. The soldiers were all eating meat and drinking wine to replenish their physical strength. There was no one else around them. He said softly: "The Huangfu family has no deep friendship with our Tan family. Is Huangfu Yunzhao going to sit on the mountain and watch this time?"

Hu Dou, won’t you send troops for reinforcements?”

"Huangfu Yunzhao is not a fool, and Qin Xiao is not a fool either." Tan Zhi said: "Qin Xiao is definitely going to Liaodong. It is such a great opportunity. If they miss it, they would be extremely stupid." After thinking for a while, he said: "Maybe

The weather was bad and they were delayed on the way. Or maybe they were mobilizing troops!"

Tan Wen smiled bitterly and said: "Second brother, you are thinking of the best. Have you ever thought that maybe Qin Xiao feels that it is not appropriate to go to Liaodong at this time, so he needs to prepare for war and wait for the spring before sending troops. If he sends troops now,

It was too hasty and disrupted their troops

Department, so they will probably follow their own plan and not rescue Jiashan."

Tan Zhi thought for a moment and then said: "It's also possible, so what?"

"If they really don't move in until spring, how can we survive for a few months?" Tan Wen looked solemn and whispered: "Although the enemy's losses were not small, after three days of fighting, we also suffered hundreds of casualties. According to this

Such casualties and consumption cannot last even half a month."

Tan Zhi said angrily: "Their casualties were ten times as many as ours. It's not easy for me to lead people to fight like this. You are still here talking depressing nonsense. I asked you to recruit young men in the city to help defend the city."

, how many people have you summoned?"

"They are all common people. When the enemy troops approached the city, they all hid." Tan Wen said: "It took a lot of effort to gather three to four hundred people. Coach Lin is training them hard to make them learn how to use knives."

Tan Zhi cursed in a low voice: "No wonder the boss said that you fail more than you succeed. Are you reluctant to take the money again? You have people carrying the money to look for it from house to house. As long as someone helps, you will be given money. With a heavy reward,

Is there anyone who can't help? Don't worry about the money now. If the city is breached, not only will the food and money be looted by the enemy, but all of us Tan family, old and young, will die."

"Second brother, do you think we really want to fight on?" Tan Wen said: "Originally, I thought that if Long Ruijun sent troops to help, we would naturally defend the city desperately and wait for reinforcements to arrive. But now I feel more and more that reinforcements will arrive.

It's impossible to come. You also said that Jiashan City will be breached sooner or later. Once the city is breached, we, the Tan family, will not be able to survive.

." After a pause, he whispered: "Hu Sheng went to the city to shout before, saying that as long as we open the city and make up for all the family wealth that should be paid, General Wang Xingchao will forget about it!"

Having said this, seeing Tan Zhi staring at him with a cold look in his eyes, Tan Wen did not dare to say anything else.

"Can you believe what they say?" Tan Zhi sneered: "Our Tan family has a rich family, how many of those in the Liaodong Army are not jealous? We have killed the people sent by Wang Xingchao, and have been defending the city until now.

There are so many of them, do you think you can survive if you surrender in Kaicheng now? Are you a pig? From the time when the eldest brother was killed, we have no way out. The best outcome is to bankrupt the whole family and beg for food, the worst outcome

Even if the entire clan dies, we cannot accept either outcome."

The corners of Tan Wen's eyes twitched and his lips moved slightly, but no sound came out.

"Wang Xingchao killed the eldest brother not because he really committed any capital crime, but because Wang Xingchao wanted to kill someone to establish his authority." Tan Zhi's eyes showed resentment, "Although the boss has no ability, he has been protecting the Tan family these years.

.My brother was killed. Do you want to settle this blood debt? Wang Xingchao is the enemy who killed my brother. If I don’t kill this thief, what will I do? Do you still want to bend the knee to the enemy who killed my brother?"

Tan Wen immediately looked embarrassed.

"Don't be too depressed." Tan Zhi seemed to feel that what he said was too serious, and his voice was gentler: "You go back and lead people to continue recruiting brave men in the city. If you recruit people, send them to Coach Lin for a day of training to let them know

Just use a knife to chop people. Don't be reluctant to give up the money and lose your head.

It’s useless to have more money. We deliver three meals of wine and meat to the top of the city a day, so there’s no need to part with it. Third child, I believe Long Ruijun won’t sit idly by, they will definitely come with reinforcements.”

In the face of a formidable enemy, only brothers who work together can overcome the difficulties.

After hearing these words, Tan Wen regained some confidence and said: "Second brother, please be careful, I will continue to recruit brave men."

After Tan Wen left, Tan Zhi took a big sip of wine.

Wine is indeed a good thing at this time.

Not only can it warm the body, but it can also build up courage.

It was completely dark, the enemy troops attacking the city had withdrawn, and dense fires could still be seen in the distance.

Suddenly, a panicked voice was heard: "Second Master, Second Master, something is wrong!"

Tan Zhi turned around and looked over and saw two soldiers coming in a hurry.

"what happened?"

"The enemy seems to be circling the north gate at night." A soldier said: "Zhou Mouse is very discerning. He just noticed at the corner of the city that there seemed to be a lot of people walking around the city."

Tan Zhi felt a shiver in his heart and said angrily: "They saw that the south gate could not be attacked for a long time, so they switched to the north gate to attack the city."

Jiashan County has only two city gates, the north and south gates.

After the enemy arrived, they sent a very small number of troops to contain outside the north gate. In the past few days, the enemy had mainly attacked the south gate, and there was almost no movement at the north gate.

But now it seems that the enemy has made no progress in attacking the south gate for three days, so they have to turn to the north gate to launch an attack.

Because the enemy's main attack direction was at the south gate, the main force of the Jiashan garrison was naturally deployed here.

Of the eight hundred troops, only one hundred men were assigned to guard the north gate. There were also more than three hundred young men recruited before the enemy arrived to help guard the north gate.

Door.

At this moment, the enemy troops suddenly surrounded the city and were heading north to fight. Tan Zhi felt a little anxious.

He still doesn't understand the enemy's intentions.

If Hu Sheng was to transfer all the main forces to the north to fight, then he would definitely respond immediately and quickly transfer the main defenders from the south gate to the north gate.

If the enemy forces divide their forces and prepare to attack the north and south gates at the same time, the enemy's attack power will definitely be weakened a lot, but the defenders will also have to divide their forces to defend the city, and their defense power will also be weakened.

However, it is also possible that the enemy army only sent some people to pretend to go to the North Gate, making the defenders mistakenly think that they were attacking the North Gate, thereby luring the defenders to deploy troops to guard the North Gate.

If this is the case, easily transferring people from the south gate will weaken the south gate's guarding force. If the enemy launches an all-out attack on the south gate, the south gate will be under heavy pressure.

Moreover, if the defenders are led by the enemy, going back and forth between the north and the south, it will not only consume physical strength, but also consume morale.

Tan Zhi felt a little anxious. In the final analysis, he still had too few troops.

Jiashan is a border city. In the early years, it was also built as a fortified city to defend against invasions by northern tribes. The city is not small. In terms of size and population, ordinary county towns cannot compare to Jiashan City, so it would take thousands of people to defend this city.

The garrison was still stretched thin in terms of strength.

Hu Sheng stormed the south gate for several days. Tan Zhi led his men to repel the enemy's attacks one after another. He was still quite confident. But now the enemy's army began to change. Tan Zhi still couldn't figure out the enemy's intentions, but he was really anxious.

, while sending people to the corners of the city on both sides to observe the enemy's movements, he also found a confidant and asked him to lead a hundred people to the north gate for reinforcements.

, and sent people to find Coach Lin in the city, asking him to bring the three to four hundred young men he had just recruited to quickly reinforce him to the north gate.

Those few hundred young men were just ordinary people who had just been recruited, and maybe they hadn't even learned how to hold a knife.

But the situation was urgent and we couldn't care so much. We could send the people to the top of the city first, since they couldn't hold the sword. Then we could just move the boulders and crossbars prepared at the top of the city to hit the people.
Chapter completed!