"PS: I'm sorry to the readers who were waiting for the supplementary update last night. I was so sleepy last night that I fell asleep leaning on my chair. In addition, I would like to ask for monthly tickets at the end of the month as usual~"
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After withdrawing the troops that day, Chu Shuijun summoned the generals of the allied forces from all the countries to discuss matters in the commander's tent. Except for the Chu general Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei who was still attacking Yecheng and the Yue general Wu Qi, the other generals Xiang Mo, Xiang Juan, Tian Dan, and Zhong
Sun Sheng, Dong Guo Piao, Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, Wei Zhen and other generals from the coalition forces of various countries came to the commander's tent one after another.
Seeing that everyone was almost here, Chu Shuijun ordered his personal guards to take out the pile of slogans and distribute them to the generals present, while explaining: "This is what Lord Zhangyang, Xiong Zheng, captured from the scolding riders of Wei State."
Please take a look at the statement."
The generals frowned and carefully read the instructions in their hands, looking at each other with different expressions.
To be honest, they had never expected that the monarch of Wei State, Zhao Run, would dare to lead an expedition in person when the enemy was strong and we were weak. They all thought that Wei State would definitely lose this battle.
No, in the past few days, Qi State's Tian Dan and Lu State's Ji Wu had already begun to conserve their strength and prepare for the future.
However, at the moment, it seems that it is still unclear who will win this battle - at least the monarch of Wei State, Zhao Run, has not yet been willing to admit defeat, which means that Wei State still has the possibility of a desperate counterattack.
"I want to hear your opinions."
Although he said this, Lord Chu Shui was looking at Tian Dan, Zhongsun Sheng, Dongguo Pia and other Qi generals.
Yes, among the coalition forces of various countries, the only one Chu State needs to win over is Qi State. After all, Qi State is currently responsible for the supply of food and grass for the coalition forces of various countries, so it must not be offended.
In addition, Ji Wu and Huan Hu of Lu State had obviously already made a private agreement with Tian Dan; as for the generals of Wei State, just being able to sit here has already given them enough face.
"At such a time, he actually went on a personal expedition..."
After carefully reading the message in his hand, Qi General Tian Dan sighed secretly.
At this moment, he sincerely admired Zhao Run's courage and magnanimity, and admitted that King Zhao Run of Wei was truly a rare hero in the world for a century. Look at the content of this proclamation, it looked like "the emperor guards the country, the king dies in the country", or "if a man
If you don't go back, you will never come back." Even as a hostile party, Tian Dan was aroused by the heroic sentiments of this statement, and had a vague feeling of "this is what a man should do."
He glanced around at the generals present, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Based on Tian's understanding of Zhao Run, this memorandum is by no means just a means of motivating the frontline soldiers. He will come... Since he
If I said I would come, I will definitely come
Come." At this point, he exchanged a look with Ji Wu of Lu State, and immediately said to Chu Shuijun: "Chu Shuijun, Tian suggested that the prince immediately step up the attack on Daliang, and be sure to wait until the reinforcements led by Wei King Zhao Run arrive.
Before, conquer this city..."
The implication was that he decided to temporarily abandon his attitude of conserving strength and continue to support Chu in conquering Wei until he defeated Wei King Zhao Run.
Seeing what Tian Dan said, Ji Wu, the general of the Lu State, nodded in agreement and said, "Ji thinks what General Tian Dan said is absolutely correct."
Tian Dan's decisiveness made Chu Shuijun very satisfied. He nodded and said: "In fact, before dusk this afternoon, when I saw this message, I had already sent additional soldiers to attack the city, but later you guys
I also saw the morale of the Wei soldiers in Daliang City.
, suddenly surged to the extreme, even if I invested many times the force, I could not attack the city again... If my prediction is correct, this memorandum has probably been delivered to the city and spread throughout the city.
It boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city..."
Having said this, he glanced at the memorandum in his hand and said with an inexplicable expression: "It's such a great prestige. Just a memorandum has brought such earth-shaking changes to the crumbling Daliang City... It is worthy of sweeping across the Central Plains back then.
"Wei Gongzi Run"."
The generals in the tent nodded secretly.
It has to be said that although they were between us and the enemy, almost none of the generals in the tent disliked King Zhao Run of Wei. Especially after seeing the heroic words about King Zhao Run of Wei in this letter, they sincerely admired him.
The power and courage of the Wei monarch - of course, this admiration or appreciation does not prevent them from going all out to defeat the Wei hero.
The next day, August 14, Chu Shuijun led the coalition forces of various countries to attack Daliang City four times.
If we talk about the siege battle a few days ago, Chu Shuijun still had the idea of "surrounding three and defeating one", hoping that the Wei soldiers and civilians in the city would take the initiative to abandon the defense of the city or even surrender directly, then today, Chu Shuijun has completely given up on this idea
Putting hope on the enemy, he decided to launch a fierce attack on Daliang City from the southeast, northwest and all directions, as if he wanted to conquer the city in one day.
For this reason, as early as yesterday's military meeting, he had already deployed the main generals to attack the four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Daliang City: Tian Dan, Zhongsun Sheng, Dongguo Piao of Qi State, and Ji Wu and Huan Hu of Lu State.
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Responsible for attacking the North City; Chu Shuijun himself led Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen from the Wei State to attack the East City; Xiang Mo from the Chu State attacked the South City; as for the last West City Gate, it was handed over to Xiang Mo's younger brother Xiang Kuan.
It is no exaggeration to say that after excluding Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng stationed in Bolangsha, Pengli Jun Xiong Yi stationed in Xiangfu Port, Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei and Yue Wu Qi who are still attacking Yecheng,
The coalition forces of all countries are in full swing today.
Nearly a million coalition forces from various countries are moving in full force. What is it like?
To an outsider, this would be a spectacle rarely seen in decades, but to the soldiers and civilians of the Wei State in Daliang City, it was a terrifying force that could make people feel desperate.
"Gu..."
When he learned that the coalition forces of various countries were trying to attack Daliang City from four directions today, Zhou Ji, the guard of the East City Gate, looked at the continuous troops in the distance outside the city and couldn't help but secretly swallowed his saliva.
"The coalition forces attacked the city for three days and lost countless troops. Why does it seem like there was no impact at all?"
Zhou Ji couldn't help but look at the corpses scattered outside the city. If it weren't for the corpses of many coalition soldiers still piled up outside the city, he even wondered whether the three days of hard defense was just a dream. Otherwise, why didn't he see any signs of the coalition forces?
What about a reduction in troop strength?
He glanced at the Wei soldiers around him and found that the faces of these soldiers were also full of fear and uneasiness.
This is inevitable. Since the coalition forces of various countries revealed their intentions today and attempted to attack the four gates of Daliang City at the same time, the 15,000 imperial guards in the city had to be dispersed on the city walls in four directions.
——In fact, the number of Imperial Guards in the city at this moment is far less than 15,000, with only about 12,000 left.
These approximately 12,000 soldiers were dispersed on the four walls of the southeast, northwest and northwest. This meant that there were only about 3,000 Wei troops in each direction, but how many enemy troops were outside the city? At least according to Zhou Ji's visual inspection
Locally speaking, I'm afraid it's more than a hundred thousand.
Three thousand men defended hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and more than 12,000 men defended hundreds of thousands of enemy troops. Such a disparity in military strength really made people feel desperate.
Taking a deep breath, Wei general Zhou Ji shouted loudly: "Brothers, cheer up, don't forget, we are not fighting alone, let alone being abandoned. The reinforcements led by the monarch of Wei are on their way.
On the way here... As I said yesterday, before His Majesty leads his army to Daliang, we must defend this city even if we die!"
Hearing the word "Great Wei Monarch", the Wei soldiers in the city gradually cheered up. It has to be said that in the face of such a huge disparity in military strength between you and me, this is the only thing that can maintain their current morale. If it were not for the Wei Monarch Zhao
Run has extremely high support and trust, and I am afraid that the military and civilians in Daliang City have already collapsed.
Suddenly, a soldier hurried to the tower and said to Zhou Ji: "General, the Li family, Wang family, Chen family and other families in the city have dedicated a lot of wine to cheer up the soldiers... They have moved to the city.
The city wall is down."
Zhou Ji was stunned. He walked to the inside of the city wall and looked down. Sure enough, he saw dozens of man-pulled carts parked on the inside of the city wall. The carts were filled with wine jars, and a famous citizen was trying to move these wine jars.
He climbed up the city wall, but was stopped by Zhou Ji's soldiers.
"Drinking strong drinks before the battle? It's so crazy..."
Zhou Ji licked his lips, waved his hand and ordered: "Tell them to move up."
After Zhou Ji's permission, the peasants moved the wine jars to the city wall one after another. They even brought many bowls, including porcelain and tile ones.
Among them, an old man wearing luxurious clothes walked up to Zhou Ji, raised his hands and said: "This old man is Li Chang, the head of the "Li family" in Wangfu Street in the city. His ancestors have lived here for generations. After being introduced by Mr. Chu Shuli, now he is led by
I, the Li family, and several other families are responsible for the drinks and food for the soldiers at the east city gate... fighting the enemy troops outside the city, I and other families cannot be of much help, but we will not let the soldiers go hungry.
Fight the enemy with your belly!”
While he was talking, many people dressed like servants walked under the city wall, each carrying baskets filled with cakes, steamed buns, meat and other food.
The fragrant smell makes people salivate.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Zhou Ji returned the gesture with clasped fists.
The old man who called himself Li Chang shook his head and said seriously: "It is I who want to thank the general and all the soldiers..."
Looking at the old man's sincere eyes, Zhou Ji nodded but said nothing more.
Maybe once upon a time, he didn't have much affection for these aristocratic families in the city, but now, maybe these people will become their excellent rear help.
"Brothers, wait until you are full and full before fighting with the enemy!"
Zhou Ji ordered with a smile.
After hearing this, the Wei soldiers on the city wall rushed towards the peasants carrying the wine jars and the servants carrying the baskets. They grabbed food in their left hand and a large bowl full of wine in their right hand. They took a bite and a drink.
carefree.
Even Zhou Ji himself drank three large bowls of spirits and felt as if a fire was burning in his chest.
"Woo-"
"Woo-"
At this moment, the horns representing the siege of the city sounded from the armies of various countries outside the city.
Seeing this, Zhou Ji drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp, then smashed the bowl to the ground and shouted loudly: "Get ready to defend the city!"
"Pah——"
"Pah, pah, pah—"
A series of breaking sounds sounded, and the Wei soldiers on the city wall smashed the bowls in their hands to the ground, gripped their weapons, and returned to their respective defensive areas.
Perhaps due to drinking, these Wei soldiers were all in high spirits, with their eyes wide open, looking quite ferocious.
"Brothers, we have raised an army for a thousand days, but it only lasts for a moment. Today is the time for us to be loyal to our country! ... After we repel the enemy army, we can drink strong wine again!"