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?
To be continued...