The two armies of Qi and Song fought repeatedly on this section of the city wall for nearly two hours, killing from morning to noon, paying a heavy price, but they could not recapture the city wall, so that the Song army could easily climb up, which made Tian Wen anxious.

Since the arrival of the Qi army reinforcements, Tian Wen withdrew from the first line, came to the back to supervise the battle, looked at the Song army that was constantly pouring up the city wall, and asked Tang Li on the side: "Sir, the Song army is fierce, Wen has transferred two batches of reinforcements from the city, and it is still unable to recapture the city wall, and the loss of soldiers is too great, how is it good?" ”

Tang Li thought for a while and said, "Your Excellency, the minister has a way, that is, to send people outside the city to block the Song army from attacking the city and destroy the cloud ladder. As long as the Song army does not have time to support, we can clean up the Song army on the city wall. ”

"But Xue Cheng didn't arrange an army outside, and the king's reinforcements didn't arrive, how could he harass the Song army to attack the city?"

"Your Majesty, although there is no army outside the city, there are in the city!"

"In the city?" Tian Wen was stunned and asked, "What if the Song army takes the opportunity to seize the city gate when our army is out of the city?" ”

"Put down the hanging door, Song Jun naturally has no chance to take advantage of it."

"Put down the hanging gate, and the gate will not be opened! So how did the army that went out of the city return? ”

“···”

Tang Li did not answer.

Seeing this, Tian Wen suddenly realized that the army that left the city did not need to come back at all.

This is an army to the death.

······

Tian Wen went to death alone, the whole family was freed, and on the condition of sending 100 acres of fertile land, he conscripted the dead from his slaves. He also spent a lot of money to recruit the dead from the guests.

Half an hour later, or for the sake of the future, or because of Meng Yanjun's heavy money, or because of Meng Yanjun's kindness, more than 2,000 people applied.

Then, Tian Wen came to the south city gate, and said to the dead soldiers: "Everyone, the situation is urgent at this moment, Wen can't even prepare a bowl of thin wine, it is really difficult for you." ”

"But don't worry, from now on, you will be my Tian Wen's life and death brothers, your parents will be my Tian Wen's parents, and your children will be my Tian Wen's children."

"You guys go all the way, your parents, wives and children, I Tian Wen will take good care of it!"

"I am willing to die for the king······"

Listening to the roar of the dead soldier, Tian Wen nodded firmly, and then said to the guards guarding the gate: "Open the city gate!" ”

"No!"

As the city gate opened, more than 2,000 dead soldiers roared from the deepest part of their hearts, and then rushed out of the city gate like wolves.

The Song army was storming Xue Cheng, and they didn't expect that in this case, Xue Cheng would send people out of the city to fight, and they were caught off guard for a while.

After the army of dead soldiers left the city, they knocked over the siege cart, and then crashed directly into the front of the section of the city wall controlled by the Song army.

When the Song army commander saw the direction in which the Qi army was going, he immediately understood what these people wanted to do, and shouted anxiously: "Order, immediately reinforce, and bring the ladder." ”

"Order, let the soldiers under the city wall guard the ladder."

"Order, encircle and suppress the Qi army out of the city."

"Herald, snatch the city gates..."

Although the Song army's commander-in-chief and general reacted in a timely manner, it also took time to convey orders.

During this period of time when the Song army reacted, 2,000 dead soldiers had already been killed in front of the city wall, and then immediately divided into two, one to fight with the Song army, and the other to start destroying the cloud ladder.

By the time the Song King's reinforcements arrived, the ladder had been destroyed, and the remaining dead soldiers were launching a counter-charge against the Song army...

And on the city wall, at the same time as the dead soldiers went out of the city, the Qi army immediately launched a charge to the Song army on the city wall, wave after wave of charges, as the ladder was destroyed, the Song army reinforcements were cut off, and in less than half an hour, the Qi army recaptured this section of the city wall, and the crisis was lifted.

And the dead soldiers in the city are still walking on the road of charging······

That night, Tian Wen hurriedly counted today's battle losses, the Chu and Song coalition forces had attacked the city for more than 20 days, and there was no such heavy loss on that day as today.

Late at night, Tang Li reported to Tian Wenyu: "Your Majesty, the battle damage on the three city walls today has come out. ”

"Say!" Tian Wen settled down and prepared mentally.

"No!" Tang Li answered, and said with a heavy face: "Because of Xue Jun's accession to the throne today, the people still have no fighting spirit, and then they were raided by the enemy army and suffered heavy losses. On the east and west sides, the battle losses in one day today are more than in the past two days, and most of the battle losses are elite troops, not conscripted civilians. ”

"As for the south side, because of the betrayal of the guests, and because the city wall was captured by the Song army, we paid a serious price to recapture the city wall, and the battle damage on the south side is more than in the past five days today."

"And that's not counting the more than 2,000 dead soldiers sent out to die!"

Tian Wen took a big breath of cold air when he heard this, and he was already prepared for a heavy loss in his heart, but he didn't expect that the loss still greatly exceeded the expectations in his heart.

Tian Wen stood up suddenly, walked around the house a few times with an extremely heavy heart, and then suddenly asked, "Have the people sent to Jucheng to ask for help from the king set off?" ”

"It's already gone." Qi Maung replied: "One person was sent in the morning, and another person was sent at night. ”

Tian Wen shook his head and said: "It's not enough, this is not enough, after today's incident, even if the king raises the bounty, the people are no longer willing to do their best to help us defend the city." Relying only on the Qi army in the city and the reinforcements of various countries, we will not be able to hold it for long. ”

Qi Maung argued and asked, "Your Majesty, you mean to send more guests to Jucheng every day to ask for help. ”

"No!" Tian Wen denied: "The king is very strong-minded, even if this king sends ten messengers for help every day, I am afraid that the king will not easily agree." ”

"Therefore, this monarch intends to send heavy gifts to the ministers and clans who are friendly with us, so that these people can help us, and ask the king to send reinforcements as soon as possible."

Qi Maung replied: "Your Majesty, the minister will arrange it." ”

Tian Wen nodded, and said to Qi Maung: "Mr. has a very close relationship with those ministers' clans, so Wen hopes that Mr. can go in person." ”

"No!" Qi Maungbi nodded in response.

At the same time, another corner in the Tianwen Mansion.

Cai Qiong came to Chen Tong's room again, the two sat opposite each other, silent for a long time, Cai Qiong sighed: "I heard from other guests that if it wasn't for Wei Fang's rescue today, Meng Weijun might have been assassinated by the assassin!" ”

"As long as Meng Weijun is dead, Xue Cheng will definitely be breached, it's a pity."

Chen Tongyi sighed and said: "The assassination of the dead soldiers of the Song Kingdom was too sudden, and before I could react, their assassination was over." If we added the dead soldiers of our Chu State at that time, Xue Cheng would definitely not be able to save it today, but it's a pity. ”

Cai Qiong showed a look of regret.

A few days ago, because of the matter of Wei Fang, all the dead soldiers of the Chu State were mobilized to the vicinity of Meng Weijun.

But!

Nothing happened in those days.

Because he was worried about arousing Tian Wen's vigilance, after the dead soldiers were dispersed, this kind of thing happened.

Pity! Pity!