Just as Zhao Yu guessed, on that day, the rebels who surrounded Kunyang on three sides launched a fierce offensive against the county.

In one day, Guan Shuo's direct local army launched eight attacks on the southern city wall of Kunyang, and Liu De, the rebel general in charge of attacking the eastern city wall, also organized seven attacks, compared to the rebel army attacking the west city gate The least number of attacks, but the rebel general Huang Kang, who commanded that army, also launched four attacks.

But although these tens of thousands of rebels were aggressive and wanted to capture Kunyang, under the insistence of Kunyang's soldiers, until around the time of Shen in the afternoon, the rebels still did not make the slightest progress.

Can't take it!

『……』

Staring intently at the wall in the distance, Guan Shuo clenched the reins tightly.

Counting today's battle losses, the losses of his Changsha army in this Kunyang County have exceeded the sacrifices made in Zhaoling County, and this was originally unnecessary, as long as he was willing to agree to Zhou Hu's conditions......

「…… I think that my ability is worthy of the acquiescence of Master Shangyi that I own the three counties of Kunyang, Xiangcheng, and Runan, as long as Guan Shuai is willing to admit that these three counties are divided into my Zhou Hu's territory, Zhou can obey your army......

Guan Shuo's ears unconsciously echoed Zhou Hu's 'wild words' that day.

Isn't that just Kyogen?

In front of his 80,000 Changsha army, which claimed to be more than 100,000 troops, a mere bandit leader dared to make such an arrogant request, and of course Guan Shuo would not agree, so he categorically refused that day.

But now......

He faintly regretted it.

After all, if he was willing to agree to the other party's request that day, then Zhou Hu would fall to his righteous teacher, and after that, he Guan Shuo could concentrate on attacking Ye County, and the agreement between Wancheng and Jing Chu's friendly army to 'flank the Nanyang army before and after' would not be like now, spending more than 20,000 troops, but he couldn't even see the hope of breaking through the city.

"Damn Zhang Zhai, why didn't he mention in his letter that Zhou Hu was so difficult?"

Guan Shuo secretly complained.

In fact, he knew very well that this matter could not be blamed on Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal, because Zhang Zhai had clearly told him in the letter, saying that Zhou Hu 'had the talent of a general' and 'should try his best to fight for it', doesn't this explain the problem?

If you want to blame, you can only blame Guan Shuo for being too arrogant.

But now, apart from 'angering Zhang Zhai' and complaining, he has no way to relieve his depression.

This battle has been fought to the point where it is now, no matter how difficult it is, he must fight it hard.

What the? Reconciliation with Zhou Hu?

Both sides have paid such heavy casualties, and there are ghosts who can reconcile!

“…… Mingjin. ”

With a little hesitation, Guan Shuo ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The left and right guards clasped their fists and received orders.

A moment later, at the rebel base where Guan Shuo was located, there was a sound of 'ding ding ding'.

With this sound of gold, the rebels under Kunyang City slowly retreated.

"Victory!"

"The rebels have been repulsed!"

Seeing this, the cheers of Nanyang's soldiers resounded on the Kunyang city wall.

But when these Nanyang soldiers turned their heads to see their own casualties, the joy in their hearts from repelling the rebels gradually dissipated.

There is no other reason, just because the casualties of the Nanyang soldiers are too heavy.

After the war, according to the casualties of the partial general Sun Xiu, the original 3,000 Nanyang soldiers under his command were only half alive as of today, and among the living half, about half of them were seriously injured, and only seven or eight hundred people were still capable of fighting, but their morale plummeted because of too many sacrifices.

"Wow."

The militia of the Brotherhood quickly climbed the city wall and carried the corpses and the seriously wounded Nanyang soldiers down the city.

The Nanyang soldiers, who had just repelled the rebels, watched this scene indifferently, sitting one by one against the wall buttresses on both sides, panting heavily, unwilling to move.

Until a soldier shouted: "It's coming." ”

Hearing this, the Nanyang soldiers turned their heads, and when they saw that it was really the general Sun Xiu who came from afar with a few guards, they stood up with their weapons.

Seeing this, Sun Xiu also waved his hand again and again: "You don't have to get up, just sit and rest." "Let's search for books

After motioning for the nearby soldiers to sit down and rest, Sun Xiu said impassionedly: "Brothers, we have once again defeated the rebels' attack......

His intention was to boost morale, but unfortunately, his encouragement seemed to have lost its effect.

After he finished his impassioned words, a Nanyang soldier immediately asked: "General, how long will I help Kunyang defend?" ”

"......" Before Sun Xiu could answer, several Nanyang soldiers nearby asked.

"General, when will Wancheng allow me to evacuate?"

"General, will all our army die in Kunyang?"

『……』

Looking at those eyes with anticipation, Sun Xiu didn't know what to say.

As a partial general in the army, of course he knows some things, for example, he knows very well that in fact, the 3,000 soldiers under his command have largely been abandoned by General Wang Yan - Wang Yan left them 3,000 Nanyang soldiers to garrison Kunyang, just to delay the date when Kunyang was captured by the rebels and buy time for Ye County to find a way to repel the rebels.

Even if Yang Ding and Wang Yan secretly instructed him to control at least one city gate in Kunyang, it was based on the premise that Kunyang County could defend it.

If it is covered up in one word, it is that his 3,000 Nanyang soldiers are very likely to be wiped out in Kunyang and be buried for the fall of Kunyang.

As for himself, Wang Yan also secretly instructed him at the beginning that if Kunyang really couldn't hold it, he could find a way to break through the siege and escape for his life in the broken city, such as fleeing to the north, fleeing to Xiangcheng and Runan, where the rebels had not yet set foot, and then to the northwest bypassing Yingshan, and then fleeing to Yexian through Luyang.

However, these truths are not good to tell the group of soldiers in front of them who still have hope.

Licking his dry lips, Sun Xiu said with a smile: "Don't worry, not only our army and Kunyang are resisting the rebels, but General Wang Yan and Yang County Commander in Ye County are also trying to find a way...... Yang County's order is still quite far-sighted, even the leader of Zhou Hu admits this, have you forgotten the armament and food that Ye County transported to Kunyang before? Ye County will not ignore Kunyang, let alone ignore us people......"

Hearing Sun Xiu's words, the group of Nanyang soldiers around him barely showed a little smile, and the atmosphere around him was much more relaxed.

Only Sun Xiu's mood became more and more heavy.

Subsequently, he inspected the entire southern city wall, and also sent people to count the battle damage, and when these matters were completed, he returned to the south city gate tower and reported the situation to Zhao Yu, who was sitting in the city gate tower.

“…… The casualties were very large, about 1,000 people were killed in battle today, hundreds were seriously wounded, and even the seven or eight hundred soldiers who were still able to fight a battle were slightly injured to a certain extent......"

Don't underestimate the slight injury in Sun Xiu's mouth, according to the standards of the contemporary army, it is like a knife on the hand or leg, even if the skin is open and the flesh has affected the action to a certain extent, this is still considered a minor injury.

As for being shot by an arrow, it also depends on the location of the arrow, even if it is slightly injured on the limbs, it is still necessary to continue the battle if it is bandaged casually, and it is not even qualified to be carried off the city wall by the Brotherhood militia.

And those who are seriously injured and wounded, all of them are cut in the face, pierced by weapons, or cut off one of their arms, etc., to put it bluntly, these will seriously endanger the lives of the soldiers, and will be considered as serious injuries.

In other words, most of the seven or eight hundred soldiers in Sun Xiu's mouth who were 'still able to fight' were actually wounded with bandages all over their bodies, but the injuries were not fatal.

After listening to Sun Xiu's report, Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said softly: "In this way, I will transfer the brigade wolf to the southern city wall......"

"......" Sun Xiu looked at Zhao Yu with some surprise.

Of course, he knew that the Black Tiger Thief, known as the 'Brigade Wolf', was the most powerful thief in the Black Tiger Thief Brigade Camp, and it was this group of thieves who killed all the soldiers of the rebel patrol at night a few days ago.

Thinking that this battle had not yet begun, he had sworn that he would be able to hold the southern city wall, and when he heard Zhao Yu's words at this moment, his face flushed uncontrollably.

'My Nanyang army can still hold on! ’

He wanted to say this, but when he thought of Fang Cai's eyes with anticipation, Sun Xiu clenched his fists, and finally sighed, hugged his fists, lowered his head and said with a complicated expression: "Thank you...... Leader Zhou is compassionate. ”

Probably noticing Sun Xiu's abnormality, Zhao Yu stood up and said with relief while walking towards Sun Xiu: "General Sun, I transferred the brigade wolf to the southern city wall, it is definitely not a distrust of your soldiers, on the contrary, I think your soldiers are very good, and it is really valuable to withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of rebels for two days with only three thousand people." But like you said, your army suffered too many casualties...... Although Zhou is not the general of the Nanyang Army, I still feel that the Nanyang soldiers can no longer fight alone, and someone must help them...... If your army doesn't dislike it, the brigade wolves of our Black Tiger people can fight side by side with your soldiers. ”

Listening to these heartwarming words, Sun Xiu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If Leader Zhou is the general of my Nanyang Army, he will definitely be a general who is sympathetic to the soldiers." ”

As he spoke, he solemnly hugged his fist towards Zhao Yu to express his gratitude.

"General Sun, no."

Zhao Yu hurriedly supported Sun Xiu and said with a smile: "If you want to be grateful, on the contrary, I have to thank General Sun and the soldiers under General Sun, without three thousand Nanyang soldiers, how can I Kunyang hold on to this day?" ”

Listening to Zhao Yu's praise, Sun Xiu's mustard for the leader of the black tiger thief suddenly disappeared.

He sincerely felt that although Zhou Hu was born as a bandit, his moral character was really worthy of admiration.

In addition to admiration, he said worriedly: "If you draw the wolf to the south city wall, I am afraid that the strength of the city walls on the east and west sides will be greatly damaged......"

Zhao Yu nodded approvingly, and then smiled and said with relief: "There will be a way after all." ”

Hearing this optimistic statement, Sun Xiu also nodded.

"If I don't die this time, I will definitely recommend this week's tiger ...... to General Wang Shangde."

He thought to himself.