In the hot midsummer, it is inevitable to sweat, only because Yuzhou is north, this is a little better, but even if the breeze is gentle, it still can't offset the stuffiness brought by the iron armor on the body, and it is the sun at the head, the soldiers sit around, looking sluggish, if it is not for the deafening shouts outside the city, they almost want to sleep.

The siege lasted for five or six days, and day and night the enemy army was beating drums and shouting outside the city, and the noise was that there was no peace in the city for a moment, and they did not dare to sleep, nor could they fight, so they could only be vigilant at all times to prevent a sneak attack or siege.

Zhizhou Dai Qing rubbed his temples with a faint ache and listened to the staff analyze the current form.

"My lord, if we continue like this, we can last for a month at most, although there is a bronze gate to block, they can't attack for a while, but we have become trapped beasts, and there will soon be a food and grass crisis, why don't we take advantage of the strength to fight to the death with them. ”

Shi Xia is one of Dai Qing's most trusted staff, and Dai Qing also understands his words that waiting for rescue is not a way to sit back and wait for rescue.

Although it has been thousands of miles to send a war letter to the imperial court, but Yuzhou is located in the north, even if it is urgent, the news will be sent to the imperial court in seven or eight days, and when the support army arrives, I am afraid that Tongjing will have already fallen.

Dai Qing felt that it was not a pity for him to die, but he could not let Tongjing be taken away from him by the righteous marching army, so no matter what, he had to hold out until the rescue army arrived, but there were only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but there were at least 80,000 outside the city, he couldn't make up his mind to fight hard for a while, after all, they were all flesh and blood, not to mention that hard fighting might accelerate the fall of Tongjing, and he was very distressed about it.

Tongjing is the largest and last line of defense in Yuzhou, the righteous march is like a bamboo, one route from the extreme north to the south, only more than half a month has successively captured Jiaozhi, Tianshui, Wudu and other six important passes, once the Tongjing defense line is broken, the righteous march will be close to the interior of Yuezhou and even Kyoto Youzhou.

Shi Xia knew Dai Qing's hesitation, and couldn't help but hum: "A group of mountain and wild horsemen, to put it bluntly, they are just a peasant army with hoes, our soldiers have been carefully trained, and they have all fought the battlefield, but the gap of 30,000 soldiers and horses, if the soldiers are used properly, it is not impossible to win more with less."

Moreover, although the Righteous Marching Army broke through the six passes all the way, because of the severe snowstorm in Yuzhou last year, the Far North generation had long been bought by the 'righteous deeds' of the Righteous Marching Army.

If it weren't for the defection, we wouldn't have learned the news until the army arrived at the city gate, and it would not have been possible for them to take over most of Yuzhou in half a month. ”

Although Kong Wei and Shi Xia often disagreed, he agreed, and couldn't help nodding and said: "The strength of the righteous march army still needs to be investigated, and the six passes should not be won so easily, and besides, we got the news late, if someone didn't defect, it shouldn't be so easy." ”

"But I heard that this time it was not Yang Xiaowu himself who led the troops, but his eldest son, this person used soldiers like a god, young but decisive, I heard that he was also a student of Yangshan Academy, and he was a tricky person in leading the troops to fight. "Another humane.

Shi Xia had also heard about this, but he had also heard that the other party was just a young boy who was not as weak as the crown, so he believed that such a person could lead the army and use the soldiers like a god, how could he not believe it.

"It's just a rumor, it's not enough to believe it, if this son is really that powerful, why is he only emerging now? Besides, he is a rebel, how can he get to Yangshan Academy? It's really ridiculous. ”

Kong Wei touched his chin: "I can't believe it, but I can't believe it, I really feel that this son is not ordinary, and now the leader of the troops outside the city is indeed a young man, and he consumes our energy like this, which can be regarded as some strategy." ”

Shi Xia has always advocated going out of the city to face the battle, he doesn't want to be a turtle with a shrunken head, not to mention that being besieged like this will only make morale lower and lower, the soldiers are getting more and more tired, the food and grass are getting less and less, and the people are becoming more and more panicked.

"I'm afraid we don't have the courage to face the battle, we can only rely on these tricks to consume our energy, I want to see, tomorrow I will go out of the city to catch them off guard, and I should also test the water to find out what the strength of this road is. ”

What he said was not unreasonable, and Kong Wei did not refute it, he knew that since the enemy army did not take the initiative to attack, it was the purpose of fighting a war of attrition.

They have no supplies in the city, and the resources will only become less and less, but the supplies outside the city can be endless, and if they take 10,000 steps back, even if the bronze gate is strong and unrushable, they can only hold out in the city for a month. At that time, the soldiers had long run out of energy and strength to fight, and once the righteous marching army entered the city, they could almost take the entire city without blood.

Kong Wei thought about the time in his heart, "The letter sent to the Dingwang Mansion should have arrived today, although the Queen Mother's birthday banquet is imminent, and the Dingwang will leave for Beijing half a month early, but Guoguan still has 20,000 soldiers and horses on hand."

Although he obeyed the orders of the king, but at this juncture, he must not dare not send troops to support, we only need to wait for two more days, waiting for the reinforcements from the Dingwang Mansion to arrive, and then the inside and outside should be combined, and he can be caught off guard.

Even if there are reinforcements behind the righteous march, we only need to hold out for a month, and then the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive, and it will only be a matter of time before Yuzhou is recaptured. ”

Dai Qing thought about it left and right, "Although I am not sure whether the rescue letter will be delivered to the Dingwang Mansion, it will not be a big problem to wait for two more days, even so, you might as well wait for two more days, two days later, whether Guokan leads the rescue or not, we will go out of the city to fight, and we will meet this kid." ”

When Shi Xia heard that he would have to wait for two days, he felt very uncomfortable, he already had a set of marching plans in his belly, and he could attack the city just by waiting for Dai Qing to speak.

Two days will be two days, and let that boy live two more days. When I thought about it like this, I put my mind down.

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At that time, outside the gate of the city, another wave of fifty people replaced the soldiers who had been shouting, if you look closely, these gongs, drums and scolding are all old, the two teams of people and horses changed positions in an orderly manner, and everything seems to have not been broken.

About fifty miles from the city gate was the camp of the righteous marchers, and from the main tent, a calm and powerful voice came from the main tent.

"In two days at most, they will be out of the city. ”

Chiba rolled up his sleeves: "It's finally coming out, wait any longer, my patience will be gone." ”

Yang Bao was still a little worried, "Young Master, this time we only led 40,000 troops, and we have won six important passes, which is not easy, although we have won all the way, but our side has lost a lot of ......."

He didn't say much, but everyone present knew what it meant, although they released fake news to temporarily confuse Dai Qing and the others, but after all, they were going to fight, and once they fought, let the other party discover their true situation, I am afraid that it would be more than lucky.

Although they cut off the messengers sent by Tongjing to Dingwangfu, even without the support of Dingwangfu, it was really unrealistic for them to break through Tongjing with the remaining 20,000 horses.

Not to mention that there are at least 50,000 horses in the city, just this way to the south, the righteous march has experienced six hard battles, and has long been exhausted.

According to Yang Bao's thoughts, since he has won six important passes, this time he has already gained a lot, and it is best if the young master can see that it is good, but the young master can't listen to his advice at all, and seems to want to rush directly to Kyoto with only 20,000 horses.

Although the tall young man in armor was expressionless, his eyes were extremely firm, he looked at the sand table on the table, and after a moment of silence, he said undoubtedly: "Two days later, face the battle." ”

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