On August 13, Chu Shuijun sent his army to attack Daliang three times, focusing on the east gate and the south gate.
"The Chu army has a lot more siege equipment compared to yesterday."
On the tower of the east city gate of Daliang, the garrison general Zhou Ji couldn't help but speak while inspecting the Chu army outside the city with Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion.
He still remembered that on the first day when the coalition forces of various countries launched an offensive against Daliang, there were almost no trebuchets, siege trucks, or siege engines among the coalition forces at that time. At most, they only had some long siege ladders.
But by yesterday, the coalition forces of various countries already had more than a dozen trebuchets and several siege engines.
Today, the number of siege equipment possessed by the coalition forces outside the city has increased sharply compared to the previous two days. Within the scope of Zhou Ji's visual inspection, he saw dozens of trebuchets and dozens of sieve trucks.
You know, this is only the east city gate, and does not include the coalition forces of various countries outside the south city gate.
However, Zhou Ji was not surprised by this. After all, Lord Chu Shui, who was attacking Wei State this time, had an army of 1.5 million under his command. Such a huge force allowed the coalition forces of various countries to attack Daliang on one side.
At the same time, he established a camp and built various war equipment needed to attack the city.
In this regard, Daliang had no choice but to watch helplessly as the coalition forces outside the city gradually gained the strength to pose a threat to the city.
And this is not the biggest problem that Daliang is currently facing. The biggest problem is that after two full days of defensive battles, although the casualties of the 15,000 imperial guards in Daliang City were not serious, they
The physical exertion was very serious, and many Wei soldiers felt a little weak and exhausted.
This is no wonder. After all, in the past two days, the fifteen thousand Imperial Guards in Daliang City and more than two hundred thousand allied forces from various countries launched a two-day siege battle. Many of the coalition forces from various countries were rotating attacks.
of troops, but Daliang did not have such a wealth of troops.
Even if you pull your fingers and rotate the soldiers in the city to defend the city, you can't completely eradicate this problem.
When he thought that nearly 70% of the arrow reserves in the city's armory had been consumed in just two days, Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion, felt worried.
After all, in the past two days, he, Daliang, was able to defend the city with his extremely disadvantaged 15,000 Wei soldiers, despite being attacked by more than ten times the force. Long-distance weapons such as crossbows and machine-operated crossbows were the most important.
But once the arrow reserves in the city are exhausted, I believe that the strength of the coalition forces gathered here will be enough to overwhelm Daliang.
I don’t know when Luoyang will send reinforcements, or...
Chu Shuli became even more worried when he thought that the royal capital Luoyang might not send reinforcements and choose to defend Chenggao Pass and Yique Pass.
Not only were they worried about the safety of the soldiers and civilians in Daliang City, but they were also worried that the former capital of Wei State would fall into the hands of Chu State.
"Woo"
"Woo"
Far outside the city, the Chu army's main formation sounded the sound of trumpets, which meant that the Chu army was about to launch the third day of siege.
Seeing this, Chu Shuli said to Zhou Ji: "General Zhou, I'm sorry to bother you about the city gate. I'll go to the south gate to see the situation."
"Lord Chu, walk slowly." Zhou Ji nodded, and after Chu Shuli walked away, he immediately encouraged the Wei soldiers on the wall to cheer them up.
To be honest, given that in the past two days, the 15,000 imperial guards in the city have killed several times as many soldiers as their own from the coalition of countries, in fact, the morale of the Wei army is not actually low. The decline in morale is mainly due to
This is because our own troops are too few and there has been no news of reinforcements.
Fortunately, around Daliang, there are more than 30,000 cavalry led by Bosile of Sanchuan County. They sometimes appear in Daliang City's field of vision not to kill the enemy, but to make Daliang City understand that they are not alone. Otherwise, there is really no way.
Imagine how low the morale of the Wei soldiers in Daliang City would drop.
Not to mention Wei general Zhou Ji commanding his soldiers to prepare to defend the city, let's talk about Chu Shuli stepping down from the city wall.
He didn't go far when he saw a petty official from his Daliang Mansion, who was panting and walking quickly towards the city gate.
Seeing this, Chu Shuli felt quite puzzled.
I saw the young official running quickly in front of Chu Shuli, cupping his hands and saying: "Sir, General Li Lin of the West City Gate brought a dozen cavalry covered in blood to the government office, saying that these cavalry were sent by Luoyang.
It came with an urgent order."
The wait is finally here!
Upon hearing this, Chu Shuli perked up, took the reins from his entourage, got on his horse, and hurried to Daliang Mansion.
To be honest, he was not sure whether reinforcements would be sent from Luoyang. After all, the strength of the coalition forces attacking Wei State was so huge that even the more than 300,000 elite troops from the Northern Expedition to South Korea were all at the moment.
At home, it may not be possible to win the opponent reliably, not to mention that Wei State currently has all the elites.
But no matter what, he was still eager to get clear instructions from Luoyang. If Luoyang did not send reinforcements, then, just like when he discussed countermeasures with Jin Ju, Zhou Ji and other generals a few days ago, Jin Ju, Zhou Ji and other generals at that time
What Ji and others said is that all they need to do is try their best. In this way, even if the city is still captured in the end, they will be worthy of the country and the monarch.
At that time, Chu Shuli also agreed impassionedly, but deep down in his heart, he could not help but fantasize that Luoyang would send reinforcements. After all, the current monarch of Wei State was King Zhao Run of Wei. This was not a man who would be defeated by the huge coalition forces of other countries.
The hero is intimidated by his military strength.
Riding his horse all the way to Daliang Mansion, Chu Shuli immediately saw the general Li Lin stationed at the west city gate standing in front of the official office, obviously waiting for his arrival.
Turning over and dismounting, Chu Shuli cupped his hands towards Li Lin and greeted with some respect: "General Li."
The identity of the general stationed at the west city gate, Li Lin, is not simple, not because he is also a general of the Daliang Guards, but because he is the brother-in-law of the former emperor's eldest son, Zhao Hongli, and the current head of the Li family.
"Master Chu." Li Lin returned the salute with clasped fists.
After greeting each other, Chu Shuli immediately asked the purpose of the dozen cavalrymen: "Are they really the cavalry sent by Luoyang?"
Li Lin nodded and said: "I have asked carefully, and it is indeed the cavalry of the Luoyang Imperial Guard... According to them, when they set off from Luoyang, there were several teams, but now it seems that they are the only ones.
They successfully broke through the Chu army's obstacles and came to our Daliang... They are currently waiting for you in the official office, sir, please."
"please."
The two stepped into the official office and arrived at the front hall within a moment. In the front hall, they saw a dozen cavalrymen sitting on the ground against the wall, each holding a water bag in their hands.
He poured water into his mouth.
Judging from their expressions, they looked extremely tired.
However, when they saw Li Lin leading Chu Shuli, who was dressed as an official, into the hall, the dozen or so cavalrymen immediately stood up.
Among them, the team leader carrying a baggage clasped his fists towards Chu Shuli and asked: "Your Excellency, you are the governor of Daliang Mansion, Lord Chu Shuli?"
"It's my house." Chu Shuli nodded.
Immediately, the leader took the baggage from him, handed it to Chu Shuli, and said sternly: "This is what the imperial court ordered us to hand over to your lord."
Looking at the dazzling blood stains on the baggage, Chu Shuli looked deeply at the dozen cavalrymen in front of him. Even if these cavalrymen did not mention it, he could guess that in order to deliver the baggage to Daliang, Chu Shuli must have
He went through many hardships and sacrificed many companions.
"Thank you for your help"
Chu Shuli bowed his hands towards the dozen cavalrymen, then walked to the table with anticipation and opened the bundle.
After opening the baggage, he was surprised to find that there was a stack of messages inside the baggage.
This is……!!
After just a glance, Chu Shuli's eyes widened in shock. He stared at the pile of letters with excitement, as if his whole body was trembling.
"Lord Chu?" Wei general Li Lin felt puzzled and asked in confusion.
I saw Chu Shuli gasping for breath excitedly, and then said in a determined tone: "Daliang is worry-free!"
…
Li Lin was a little puzzled. He felt in his heart that even if reinforcements were sent from Luoyang, Chu Shuli would not be so excited that he would say such words as Daliang Wuyou, right?
The more he thought about it, the more curious he became about the slogans, so he stepped forward and took a look.
Just like Chu Shuli's expression just now, after just a few glances, Li Lin was also shocked, and stammered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, he, your Majesty, your Majesty, is marching in person?!"
After saying that, he turned to look at the dozen cavalrymen.
The cavalry leader nodded and said: "On the sixth day of August, your Majesty led 50,000 Luoyang guards and rushed to Daliang. Since local private troops and people gradually joined them, the cavalry led by your Majesty
The army and itinerary will inevitably be affected..."
Li Lin and Chu Shuli looked at each other with various emotions in their hearts.
Once upon a time, they thought that the Luoyang court would choose to abandon Daliang and retreat to Chenggao Pass and Yique Pass. However, they did not expect that the court would eventually use all the troops in Luoyang to come to support. What was even more shocking was that the Wei State
Zhao Run, the emperor of the country, decided to lead the expedition in person.
"The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country..."
Muttering the heroic sentences in the slogan, Li Lin and Chu Shuli seemed to have a sense of pride that they would not be afraid even if there were millions of enemy troops.
Seeing Li Lin and Chu Shuli each staring at the memorandum in their hands, their faces flushed with excitement and unable to control themselves for a long time, the cavalry leader kindly reminded: "Sir, these memoranda will be posted throughout the city immediately to appease the people...
…”
"Yes, yes!"
After hearing this, Chu Shuli woke up from a dream. He was so excited that he forgot about it.
"Here comes someone."
Immediately, Chu Shuli summoned the officials in the office and ordered them to dispatch all the manpower in the office and post these proclamations in the streets and alleys of the city.
In addition, he also specially left a few copies and sent people to deliver them to Jin Ju, Zhou Ji and other generals stationed in the city.
Not long after, this message was delivered to the tower of the east city gate.
At that time, Zhou Ji, the defender here, was commanding the Wei soldiers to defend the Chu army's tidal offensive with great difficulty. He was extremely agitated and even secretly resented the Luoyang court: Why didn't we send reinforcements and leave our army alone in Daliang?
Fight hard?
"The Chu army is attacking!"
A Wei soldier exclaimed.
Zhou Ji subconsciously turned around and took a look. Sure enough, he saw about ten feet away from him. There were about seven or eight enemy soldiers who were a mixture of grain recruits and national defenders. They climbed up the long siege ladder and took the responsibility.
The Wei soldiers defending that area were forced to retreat continuously.
The soldiers are too tired...
Zhou Ji clenched his fists.
In normal times, let alone the ragtag army of grain and soldiers, even the soldiers of the state who also wear armor forged in Wei are generally weaker than the soldiers of Wei. Even the soldiers of Wei in Daliang City cannot actually compete with the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army.
, can be compared with the elite soldiers who frequently go out to fight, such as the anti-rebel army, but after all, the Imperial Guard is also called the King's Division, how could they neglect training?
However, the consecutive days of fighting greatly consumed the physical strength of the soldiers of the Imperial Guard, so that they gradually showed signs of fatigue, allowing the coalition forces outside the city to finally attack the city wall.
"Besiege and kill the enemy soldiers who are attacking the city wall!"
Zhou Ji shouted sharply.
Immediately, the Wei soldiers on the wall rushed to that area and killed the seven or eight soldiers who had attacked the wall.
But even so, Zhou Ji's frown could not relax.
Because he knew very well that since the soldiers of the coalition soldiers under the city could attack the city wall once, they could attack the second time.
"Cheer up!"
Zhou Ji walked out of the city tower area and prepared to patrol the city wall in person to cheer on and boost the morale of these soldiers who fought bloody battles.
"Brothers, the city under your feet is Daliang, where the old royal capital of the Wei Dynasty was located! Can you tolerate the soldiers of the enemy country breaking through this city, looting and humiliating it wantonly?"
"...If you kill one enemy soldier, you will be rewarded with one silver coin; if you kill 500 enemy generals, you will be rewarded with one coin; if you kill 1,000 enemy generals, you will be rewarded with five coins, and you will be promoted to one level.
; Killing three thousand people will..."
For half an hour, Zhou Ji and the generals under his command tried their best to boost morale on the city wall. However, the Wei soldiers on the city wall were too tired. Even with money and military positions as incentives, the intensity of defense was unavoidable.
Gradually weaken.
Just when Zhou Ji was worried, a small official sent by Chu Shuli, the governor of Daliang Mansion, found him and said to him: "General Zhou, my master ordered me to give this to the general."
With that said, the little official handed a memorandum to Zhou Ji.
At this time, Zhou Ji was not in the mood to read anything, so he impatiently took the letter and glanced at it.
However, after just a quick glance, he could no longer look away and stared at the text, his face flushed with excitement.
"Surprisingly, unexpectedly..."
After muttering a few words to himself, he clenched his fists excitedly, wishing he could look up to the sky and scream to express the joy in his heart.
Excited, he shouted to the Wei army generals beside him: "Brothers, cheer! Luoyang has not given up on us. The imperial court has sent reinforcements, and the strength may exceed 200,000. And you are waiting for tens of thousands."
I can’t even imagine who the commander-in-chief of this support army is…that is General Tian of Tiance Mansion!”
"Are reinforcements coming?"
"Those bastards in Luoyang are finally willing to send reinforcements..."
"By the way, who is General Tian?"
"Is there any general in our Wei Dynasty who has been granted the title of General?"
Although learning that Luoyang had sent as many as 200,000 reinforcements, the Wei soldiers on this section of the city wall were greatly encouraged and their morale also improved.
But how do they know the identity of General Tiance Mansion?
After all, the people who know that General Tiance of Tiance Mansion is Zhao Run, the monarch of their Wei Kingdom, the civil servants are at least ministers of the court, and the generals are basically three thousand generals and above. After all, the monarch of a country leads his own
Officials in the Wei court also felt a little embarrassed about the position of general, so naturally they would not do more publicity.
Seeing that the soldiers and generals under his command were looking at him in confusion and not as excited as he imagined, Zhou Ji immediately reacted and corrected him loudly: "General Tian, is my Majesty the King of Wei! Are you waiting?
You heard me wrong, he is the monarch of the Wei Dynasty!"
"Jun..."
"His Majesty?"
"Your Majesty will personally lead the reinforcements to support our beam?"
"How is this possible..."
The Wei soldiers on the city wall looked at each other, dumbfounded.
Immediately, after a moment of silence, the guardsmen near the city tower suddenly burst into cheers that seemed to resound throughout the world.
"Whoa whoa!"
Seeing this, Wei general Zhou Ji pulled out his sharp sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, Your Majesty will lead reinforcements to Daliang in the near future. Do you want Your Majesty to see a broken Daliang?"
"No!" the Wei soldiers shouted loudly.
Seeing this, Zhou Ji pointed his sword forward and shouted loudly: "In this case, don't let any enemy soldier attack the city! ... The final victory of this war will definitely belong to me, the Wei Dynasty!"
"Whoa whoa!"
The morale of the Wei soldiers on the city wall suddenly skyrocketed to an incredible level.
These Wei soldiers may not know much about the previous monarchs of the Wei Kingdom, but the contemporary monarch Zhao Run is a hero they have heard of for a long time. Whether he led the army on an expedition at the age of fourteen or ascended the throne as the king at the age of twenty-four,
Anecdotes, or the great achievements of sweeping through all the countries in the Central Plains without a single defeat so far, all of which highlight the majestic strategy of this heroic leader.
And this unrivaled hero is now leading an army of 200,000 people to rush to support Daliang. When he thinks of this, whether it is the Wei soldiers fighting on the front line on the city wall, or the people under the city wall helping to deliver arrows.
The people who were rolling the logs all felt energetic, as if they had endless strength all over their bodies.
After that, no soldiers from the allied forces of the various countries could attack the city again, and they were all blocked back by the highly motivated Wei soldiers.
Seeing this, the generals of Chu and Wei who were commanding the battle outside the city were extremely surprised.
"It's strange. Wei Jun's resistance has become weaker and weaker just now, so suddenly..."
A Chu general muttered to himself.
A moment later, in Chu's main formation, Chu Shuijun, who was watching the battle, also vaguely noticed the changes in the defending Wei soldiers on the opposite city, and frowned slightly.
The morale of the Wei army seemed to rise all of a sudden...
He felt something wasn't right.
Logically speaking, the morale of the Wei soldiers in Daliang City should have dropped after two days of fighting for more than ten hours. Even if the Wei generals and officials in the city used money and official positions to stimulate the morale of the soldiers, they would not let the Wei soldiers' morale drop.
The morale must have been so high all of a sudden.
Yes, even though they were far away, he could still hear the powerful roars of Wei's soldiers, and these roars contained a strong sense of surprise and excitement that puzzled him.
"Go and ask what's going on."
Lord Chu Shui ordered the soldiers behind him.
"Yes!" The soldier rode away, and soon after about a stick of incense, he left and returned. He cupped his hands and clasped his fists and replied to Chu Shuijun: "Your Majesty, all the generals of our army below the city are also
I don’t know what happened specifically, but they heard the Wei soldiers shouting about the imperial commander personally marching."
"Is the emperor going to conquer it personally?"
Chu Shuijun had an expression of astonishment on his face, which was soon replaced by a look of ridicule.
He shook his head and said with a smile: "The Wei generals in the city can be said to have fantastic ideas. They actually came up with such ridiculous words to boost morale..."
To save people by himself, he did not believe that the monarch of Wei State, Zhao Run, would lead a personal expedition. After all, he had a full 1.5 million troops under his command. Even though he suffered heavy losses in the past two days in order to attack Daliang, those lost troops were at best
There will be no more than 100,000 people, and the coalition forces of other countries still maintain an absolute advantage in strength.
As for Wei Guo's Luoyang side, how many troops do they currently have? Fifty thousand? One hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand?
Even if the Wei State can barely scrape together 500,000 troops, so what? The 500,000 troops that are cobbled together like this do not have the combat effectiveness of the Yanling Army and the Shang Shui Army, which are the elites of the Wei State.
That is to say, the Chu State only had enough food and troops to raise troops. With more than 1.4 million troops against Wei State's 500,000 troops, and the strength of the two armies was almost the same, Chu Shuijun did not think that Wei State had any chance of winning.
The monarch of Wei State, Zhao Run, was also a smart man. I believe he also knew this. How could he really take the lead in his personal expedition?
Just when Chu Shuijun was secretly sneering, a personal guard suddenly said in his ear: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhangyang, Xiong Zheng sent people here, saying that he has an urgent military report... Where is he?"
After saying that, the guard pointed somewhere.
Chu Shuijun turned around and took a look, and saw a dozen cavalrymen blocked by his own soldiers.
"Let them in."
"yes!"
After a while, the dozen or so cavalrymen came forward, dismounted, and knelt on the ground in salute. One of them held up a baggage and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chu Shui, yesterday there were several groups of Wei cavalry who wanted to break through the obstacles of our army.
Our army found this object among the corpses of some Wei soldiers, and my Lord ordered me to deliver this object to you immediately."
Chu Shuijun's left and right men came forward to take the baggage and handed it to the former.
I saw Chu Shuijun unfolding his baggage, and then he frowned and found that there was actually a stack of memoranda inside the baggage.
He randomly took out one and took a look at it. Immediately, his originally disapproving expression gradually became serious, and in addition to being serious, there was also a strong sense of disbelief.
Actually... this is a trick? Or is it that Zhao Run actually dares to lead a military expedition in person? He only recruited a mere 200,000 troops and dared to compete with my 14.5 million army?
Chu Shuijun was shocked and speechless.
Previously, he thought that the words of the Wei soldiers in Daliang City about the imperial commander's personal expedition were just lies told by the Wei generals in the city to boost the morale of the troops, but he did not expect that it turned out to be the truth.
Chu Shuijun closed his eyes and pondered for a long time.
...I would rather believe that it is there than to believe that it is not. If Zhao Run is really asked to lead the reinforcements to break the siege of Daliang...
Thinking of this, he said seriously: "Send the order, dispatch more troops, and attack the beams! We must conquer this city as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
In the afternoon of that day, the allied forces of various countries suddenly increased their siege forces, and the defenders of Daliang were overwhelmed and breathless.
However, given that the morale of the Wei people in Daliang City had soared due to that appeal, so much so that the two armies fought fiercely until dusk, with corpses all over the city and below, the coalition forces of various countries still failed to capture Daliang.
At this time, there were still three days left before Wei Wang Zhao Run led his troops to arrive in Daliang.