At this time, although the garrison in the city has been reduced by half, there are still at least 20,000 to 30,000 people. If there is a qualified general in the city who can sit in Jinan and reasonably dispatch the army, these 20,000 to 30,000 people can hold the Huai'an Army's offensive and
It's not a problem.
At least holding on for a short period of time is not a problem.
Unfortunately, General Tu and Zhou Yuanlang had other thoughts in mind when they left Jinan, so there was no such general in charge in the city.
The nominally highest commander is Prince Rui, Zhao Lianghu.
But Prince Rui is now trembling with fear. He only wants to get out of the city and return to Yandu. How can he think about taking charge of the army?
When Qianhu, the garrison in the city, came to look for Prince Rui, Zhao Lianghu pretended to agree and even put on a suit of armor in a decent manner. When he arrived at the gate of the North City, he climbed up the tower and saw that outside the North Gate, people were already starting to scatter.
The Huai'an army appeared, feeling desperate.
At this time, he could theoretically move the Qi army in the city, so he had the opportunity to open the city gate and escape from Jinan City.
But now, since the Huai'an army has arrived, this opportunity no longer exists.
Prince Rui gritted his teeth secretly, feeling extremely angry in his heart.
Those two little beasts escaped from Jinan City, but left themselves here to shoulder the huge blame for Jinan!
What is hateful is that when I was sent to Jinan, I thought that the new emperor wanted to ease the relationship between uncle and nephew. In order to please the new emperor, I came here happily!
Only now did he finally wake up to the huge pit in Jinan City!
But the matter has come to this, and regret is useless.
After all, Zhao Lianghu had been the prince of Daqi for decades and had seen the world. After taking a deep breath, he immediately ordered: "All armies, immediately hold on to their positions to prevent the southern thieves from attacking!"
"When General Tu and others return, they will all be promoted to one rank!"
There is no problem with this arrangement. Most of the remaining defenders in the city are not the Forbidden Army. They have no backbone at the moment and are willing to listen to Prince Rui. So they each returned to their positions and guarded various city gates in Jinan.
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At this time, the Huai'an army outside the city was launching a violent attack on Jinan City.
After Prince Rui issued the order, he hid in the imperial envoy's cabin prepared by Tu Yuan for him, went straight into the bedroom, drove away the two courtesans who were sleeping with him, got into the bed, and wrapped himself tightly in the quilt.
Pretend nothing happened.
At this time, in addition to the military attack outside the city, the attack in Jinan City was also carried out simultaneously.
Because of the war going on outside the city, some large restaurants and teahouses in the city have suspended their operations. However, there are still small taverns and teahouses in the neighborhood that have not closed, and many people gather together in small groups.
"Did you hear that?"
Someone was mysterious and said in a low voice: "All the noble men in the city ran away the night before yesterday."
A scholar-like scholar glanced at the speaker and sneered: "What's so surprising about that? Those gentlemen, when something happens, don't run away in advance? When the siege of Jinan is lifted, they will come back naturally.
Already."
The scholar curled his lips and said: "They can run away because they also have a place to live in Yandu. You and I can't run away. If we care about this, it's better to drink!"
A man on the side coughed and whispered: "My second brother is an errand at the eldest princess's house. I heard from my second brother that the eldest princess's house has also been deserted."
There was a fat man who looked like a businessman. He smiled in a suppressed voice: "Not only the eldest princess, General Nan's family, but also the two princesses have all left Jinan."
"All the noble people in the city have gone."
The businessman snorted: "Those people are very well-informed. This time, we in Jinan are afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?"
The scholar raised his head and took a sip of wine, and said boldly: "The army outside the city is not some man-eating monster, it is our Han army!"
He glanced sideways at everyone and burped: "Even if the Han army invades the city, what will it do to you and me? Over in Yanzhou, the land has been allocated to the Han people who have taken refuge. I see them fighting
It’s not a bad thing to come to the city!”
He was a little drunk and said loudly: "It can't be worse than now."
Seeing what he said, some people who were familiar with him began to cheer and said with a smile: "The failed scholar is talking nonsense again, be careful not to be caught by the Yamen people!"
The scholar stood up, held his head high, and was very unconvinced: "I failed the exam because it was unfair and favored the upper class. If, if..."
"alright!"
The owner of the wine shop on the side quickly stepped forward to stop him from continuing. The owner patted the scholar on the shoulder and said, "Master Zhu, please stop talking about wine. We will call in the government officials later."
Mr. Zhu grunted, sat down, and continued to drink.
At this time, a man in his twenties stood up and paid for the drink in the wine shop. After walking to the door, he looked back at the guests in the wine shop and said: "Everyone, the world is in chaos now, and everyone is going their own way.
Everyone."
"Moreover, say something I shouldn't have said."
He said softly: "The Han army outside the city has indeed not made trouble for the Han people in the past two years, but those Qi officers and soldiers who resisted were killed without mercy."
"If anyone in your family is serving in the military, you might as well remind them that when it's time to retreat, retreat. The nobles are gone. Who are we ordinary people fighting for?"
"Who are you trying your best to show?"
"No one can see it."
After saying this, the young man sighed and turned around to leave.
Everyone in the wine shop was thoughtful when they heard what he said. They quickly got up to pay, left the wine shop, and hurried back home.
And this kind of scene happened in more than one place. At almost the same time, similar scenes continued in small wine shops in Jinan City.
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The next day, outside the city, the east gate of Jinan City.
By now, it was already late at night.
At this time, the left army had been fighting for two days and two nights. The army took turns to rest, and the attack never stopped for a moment.
This is the state in which the Huai'an Army is operating at full strength. More than 100,000 people take turns to attack Jinan day and night. In two days, the defenders of Jinan City suffered a lot of casualties.
Moreover, the energy of the city's defenders was also being rapidly consumed.
At midnight, General Su Dingsu personally took command of the battle. Wearing black armor, he ran directly to the military formation and said sternly: "Qi Jun in the city, listen, it belongs to the Han people. Put down your weapons and open the city gate."
, all the past cannot be held accountable!"
"If our army invades Jinan City and surrenders at that time, no one will be able to escape the blame!"
After he shouted loudly, all the messengers in the left army repeated it loudly.
At midnight, these neat sounds almost broke through the sky, with extremely strong penetrating power, and reached the city of Jinan with incomparable clarity.
As these words came to light and Su Ding gave the order, the Huai'an army launched a new round of fierce attack.
In this way, the Huai'an army used both physical attacks and spiritual attacks to fight until the early morning. A Han man among the Qi army on the city wall finally couldn't bear the pressure. He threw away the long bow in his hand and stood up like crazy.
Run towards the bottom of the city wall.
At this time, he had been on the city wall all day and night.
Both hands were bruised and bloody from pulling the bow.
He had just left his position and before he had even taken a few steps, he was stabbed to the core by a steel knife.
A war officer, Zhu Lizhen, fiercely pulled out the sword inserted in the archer's chest, looked around, and said coldly: "Whoever dares to leave his post without authorization is the case!"
There was sudden silence on the city wall.
All the Han people nearby were staring directly at War Supervisor Zhu Lizhen.
The silence is terrifying.
Finally, a crisp collision sound came.
This is the sound of the ladder touching the city wall.
Originally, at this time, all efforts should be made to guard against the attack of the Huai'an Army below the city, but now, on this section of the city wall that is nearly ten feet long, almost no one is looking at the Huai'an Army under the city wall anymore.
Everyone is staring at the war supervisor.
"What are you going to do!"
The war supervisor shouted sternly: "Are you going to rebel?"
"Fuck you!"
Finally, someone said the first sentence.
Ever since, curses came one after another.
After that, an archer stood up, dropped the long bow in his hand on the ground, drew his sword, and roared angrily.
"Bros!"
"We've been here all day and night, and these clan members clearly don't regard us as human beings!"
"Kill this idiot and avenge Liu San'er!"
Liu San'er was probably the name of the first archer to die.
The blood surged up, and the Han archers on the city wall pounced on the war supervisor like hungry tigers pouncing on food.
At this time, Huai'an Army's Xuanjia Guards had also jumped up from this gap.
So, it only lasted a moment.
On the wall of the east city gate of Jinan, chaos immediately broke out.
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