Since the beginning of Chen, the Han army camp moved, flying stones and fire bombs, strong bows and crossbows, and then the soldiers rushed to the city, which lasted nearly four hours before and after, until the rear sounded gold, the Han army retreated, leaving behind, is the devastated scene of the entire Shouchun South Urn.

"Envoy, the Han army has retreated!" At the head of the city, the tooth general's face was full of excitement, and he supported He Jingzhu and said loudly.

How long the Han army attacked, He Jingzhu supervised the city for how long, which was a big burden for him who was over the age of six, and he overdrew a lot of energy. At this time, seeing that the Han army's offensive was repulsed, but it was no longer able to support it, a feeling of dizziness hit his head.

After a long time, he reopened his eyes, and what he saw was a tragic situation. Above the city pass, the corpses were piled up on the ground, the stumps and arms were broken, shocking, the blood was permeated, and the nose was piercing. Everywhere in the castle tower and in the castle chamber, although the fire has long been contained, the remaining flames are still engulfing the houses.

The beams and wood burned, crackling, and the air emitted a strong scorching smell, mixed with a chilling smell, under the impact of the Han army's oil bombs, the number may not be accurate, but there were about 400 soldiers, who were burned alive, and the number of burns and scalds was even more innumerable.

Attacking and defending, the terrible screams of the soldiers who were stained with fire oil at that time still lingered in my ears, and each one was clearer than the other...... He Jingzhu's ugly face couldn't help but show a little sadness, and there were two old tears, he had also experienced a lot of war, and it was the first time that he was so cruel this time. The most important thing is that it is obvious that the Han army has not done its best.

And the Tang soldiers who were still at the head of the city did not have much joy and joy for the rest of their lives, but were even more desperate, and the sharpness of the Han army's tactics, the horror of the weapons, and the fierceness of the soldiers all made the defenders at a loss. That is, He Jingzhu led by example, the military law was behind, and then a breath of residual bravery, and finally a wave of hard work, plus the Han army had not fought for a long time, so that it could resist its edge.

The sound of whimpering and sobbing came out of nowhere, and gradually spread......

Seeing this, He Jingzhu came back to his senses, and with the support of the tooth general, he forcibly stood on a high place, although his voice was already a little hoarse, it was still quite powerful: "What are you crying about!" As a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, fighting the enemy for the country, death is death, why do you do this woman's state, it makes people laugh! ”

Listening to He Jingzhu's words, an officer immediately said to He Jingzhu excitedly with a crying voice: "Jie Shuai, the Han army has besieged the city for two months, and we are short of food and clothing, and we are starving, what about the reinforcements of the imperial court?" The Han army surrounded Shouchun like an iron bucket, the water was impassable, and the news was cut off, I am equivalent to guarding this, does the court know? ”

The spirit of the Tang army can be said to have been completely dispersed by this battle to storm the city, and He Jingzhu also clearly felt the collapse of the army's heart. In the face of the officer's questioning, He Jingzhu did not reprimand, just looked around and said emotionally: "The Han army is tyrannical, and the unrighteous army invades our territory. In the past three winters, everything was stopped, and now in the spring, the Han army started to attack. He expected that the imperial court had re-prepared the army to support Ying. Your Majesty and the imperial court will never give up any inch of land in Jiangbei! ”

"Although the Han army is ferocious, He has learned its tactics, and we have the support of the strong city, and the grain and straw in the city can still support the army and the people for half a year. As long as I survive its thunderbolt blows and fight with swords and soldiers, will my Jianghuai really be a bloodless man? ”

"Although He Mou has been old and decrepit in winter, he also wants to do his best to fight with the Han army!" As he spoke, he pulled out the long sword at his waist, cut a cut in the palm of his hand in front of everyone, and made a blood oath: "Share life and death, and share suffering!" ”

He Jingzhu's statement still has a certain effect on the motivation of morale, no matter what, this veteran with a short body and a hateful face still has a certain personality charm.

Seeing that the defenders were pacified, He Jingzhu began to arrange matters: "Count the casualties as soon as possible, treat the wounded, clean up the corpses and obstacles, replenish the soldiers and equipment, strengthen the city defense, and strictly defend the enemy army!" ”

Under the command of He Jingzhu, Shouchun Nancheng began to clean up, just like He Jingzhu cleaned up the scattered military heart, reluctantly.

When it gradually got on the right track, he handed over the city defense to Xu Xiang, the commander of Zuo Shenwei, and explained to him before he planned to go down to the city to recuperate. After this day's tossing, he was exhausted, and the cut on his hand also needed to be re-bandaged.

"He Gong, the offensive of the Han army will only become more and more ferocious, can we hold it?" Before sending He Jingzhu to the city, Xu Xiang asked in a low voice.

Xu Xiang was in the prime of life, and belonged to a relatively universal general in the Tang Army, with a medium talent, no prestige, and served in the army for 20 years, and was promoted to the command of the Southern Tang Forbidden Army step by step. When the Han army first came, Xu Xiang still had some ambition and wanted to compete with the Han army.

But since the Han Emperor Liu Chengyou led the army to the south, the feeling has been completely different, not only the increase in soldiers and horses. Compared with the sharpness of Wang Jun's troops, it is difficult to control the edge, and what Liu Chengyou brought with his troops was a kind of complete suppression, such as a rope chokehold, pressing step by step, forcing people to breathe.

So far, after two months of siege, Xu Xiang has become much more honest. He believed that the imperial court would not give up Huainan because of his words, but even if reinforcements came, could they be the opponent of the Han army? The ending of Liu Yanzhen's army is enough to wake up, especially for soldiers like them who fought with the Han army on the front line. Flying

Tilting his head, he swept Xu Xiang's eyes, and seemed to directly see through the fear and hesitation in his heart, He Jingzhu said lightly: "Eat the country, take the responsibility of guarding the land, and be loyal to the king!" As a soldier, the horse leather shroud does not live up to this life. At most, one will die! ”

"Defend the city!" patted Xu Xiang on the shoulder, He Jingzhu's voice was already hoarse: "I am waiting for a small family, all in Jinling......"

"General, looking at He Gong's performance, he wants to live and die with Shouchun!" Nearby, a military academy heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but say.

Xu Xiang nodded.

"So what do we do? Do you really want to burn all the jade? The military academy looked outside the city and asked: "The Han army rushed to the city and fell at the head of the city, and the casualties were not small, but when retreating, it was still calm and orderly, and the imperial preparations were appropriate. ”

"Are you scared?" Xu Xiang stared coldly at the military academy under his command.

The military academy was silent, and seeing this, Xu Xiang sighed faintly: "How can I say it publicly, we are waiting for the gods, it is the Jinling Forbidden Army, and the family is all in the south of the Yangtze River, not like those Huainan town soldiers, I can't help but have some scruples...... Let's live and defend the city, even if you die here, you must also earn a shadow for future generations! ”

"Yes!"

Although Xu Xiang said this, he looked at the Han army outside the city who were on guard and returning to camp, there was a thick haze between his eyebrows, and his tone was a little insincere. In his panic, he suddenly heard a few messy noises of "boom", accompanied by the screams of the soldiers, but the burned castle completely collapsed, hitting many soldiers......

Outside the city, the Han army returned to camp, Sun Li found Gao Huaide, and his eyes were red: "They have already attacked the city, and if you give the general half an hour, you will be able to break the city!" Why Mingjin, won't it delay the military plane! ”

Sun Li was commanding on the front line, so he sent a knife to personally participate in the fight, and his body was also covered with arrows.

Gao Huaide didn't say anything else, and said directly: "It's getting late, the Tang Army's breath has not dissipated, Your Majesty has ordered the troops to withdraw and stop fighting!" ”

"Your Majesty knows that the soldiers have reached the top of the city, as long as they add troops to continue the attack, the Tang army will not be an opponent!" Sun Li's voice was already full of anger.

"All command, Your Majesty has been watching the battle from the rear, how can you not know the siege battle. His Majesty's military order was originally a temptation, but now that he knows that the Tang army is real and shallow, he will withdraw immediately! Gao Huaide said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Sun Li came back to his senses, he just said a few words in his mouth, and the left and right sides had already withdrawn. Looking back at the Shouchun City surrounded by blood and fire, Sun Li spat out: "It's a pity that I have so many dead and wounded brothers, and if I attack again, I will definitely break the city in one fell swoop!" ”

With the retreat of the Han army, the chaos in the southern city of Shouchun gradually disappeared, and the entire wilderness in the south of the city was full of traces of war. Later, in the northwest of Shouchun City, there was also a feint of the Han army in the north city, and at the end of the day, the soldiers were tired.

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and there was a sound of a thumper, and a crossbow arrow stained with oil and fire was thrown out of the city, shooting far away. Quickly attracting the attention of the defenders, towards the launch, shouted: "What people! ”

In the dark night, the black shadow flashed, seeing this, there were immediately Tang pawns holding torches, rounding up, the chaos quickly dispersed, and after a scream, Shouchun Beicheng regained calm again.

In the Han camp, Gao Huaide collected the troops and returned to the camp, rectified the departments, appeased the soldiers, and after inspecting the wounded soldiers, he took the siege summary of the generals under his command, and went to the imperial camp with Sun Li, preparing to report to the Son of Heaven.

In the camp of the imperial tent, Liu Chengyou also convened the commanders of the armies again, preparing to hold another imperial meeting on today's attack and defense.

Sun Li's footsteps were windy, and he stepped into the imperial tent, although he saluted in a proper manner, but he could see that he was sulking. In this regard, Liu Chengyou can tolerate it, no matter what, Sun Li's performance in his eyes, he rushed to the front-line command of the city who was already in a high position and still dared to fight fiercely, which was enough to show his loyalty and bravery.