In this regard, Tian Wen immediately shouted: "Defeat the enemy army, tax exemption for five years..."

Tian Wen shouted these words more than ten times in a row with the surrounding doormen, but saw that the surrounding people were unmoved.

Seeing that the vanguard of the Song army was suddenly anxious, in a hurry, Tian Wen suddenly knocked down the money box placed on the city wall, and the copper coins were suddenly sprinkled all over the ground.

Tian Wen shouted: "Kill one person, reward one gold, and those who participate in resisting the enemy army, regardless of whether they have merit or not, will be rewarded with a hundred dollars..."

After shouting several times in succession, Tian Wen saw that the people nearby were hesitant, they wanted to retreat but were reluctant to take the knife-shaped copper coins all over the ground, and wanted to get the copper coins, but they were afraid of the Song army and fell into a dilemma.

At this time, the besieging Song army would not wait for Tian Wen to settle the people in the city before attacking the city.

Just as Tian Wen shouted for a heavy reward, the vanguard of the Song army had already begun to climb the wall, and many Song troops had climbed the city wall at this moment.

When the people see this, where can they take care of any money or not...

Of course, Xue Cheng did not rely only on the people to defend the city, although the morale of the people had fallen to a low point, but the morale of the elite Qi army did not drop greatly, but because Tian Wen raised the bounty to one gold, the morale increased greatly.

Similarly, the reinforcements of Lu and other countries did not collapse.

It's just that the speed of the Song army's siege of the city was too fast, and at least one-third of the guards on the city wall were conscripted civilians, and these people were all stunned in place, without help, and the understaffed Qi army soon made mistakes under the strong attack of the Song army, and almost in the blink of an eye, the Song army gained a firm foothold in several places.

Then, with the continuous support of the Song army from afar, they quickly expanded their advantage, and it seemed that the city wall was about to be lost.

Seeing this, Tian Wen hated a lot in his heart, but now it is imperative to block the enemy's offensive, and the affairs of the people still need to be slowed down.

Thinking about it, Tian Wen immediately ordered: "Send an order, immediately transfer reinforcements from the city to support." ”

"Order, anyone who retreats on the city wall will be killed."

"The summons ordered some guests to appease the people in the city, saying that the king had decided to exempt taxes for five years, and let the people transport supplies in the city, treat the wounded, and prepare logistics. Also, order some guests to lead the Qi army to patrol the city, and if the people appear on the streets for no reason, they will be killed without asking the reason. ”

Gongsun Hong, who was following Tian Wen's side, hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the first task now is to defend the city, and the people can no longer help defend the city, why waste manpower to appease the people?" ”

Tian Wen opened his mouth and said: "At this time, if you don't want to appease the people, will you wait for the people to listen to the declaration of the so-called Xue Jun outside the city and betray this monarch?" ”

Only then did the guests remember that it didn't matter if the people couldn't help defend the city, if the people rebelled, it would be fatal. Therefore, it is urgent to appease the people.

"Your Excellency is wise."

Just when the order was given, before the reinforcements arrived, the form on the city wall deteriorated further, and the number of Qi troops was insufficient, and under the strong attack of the Song army, there were already signs of defeat.

The people, who were still watching from the city walls, saw that something was not going well, and began to flee.

"Don't retreat, retreat and slash!"

Seeing that some people were retreating, Tian Wen was afraid that the retreat of the people would affect the Qi army that was still resisting, so he immediately shouted to stop it.

However, Tian Wen's yelling was useless, those who retreated were still retreating, and those who hesitated began to be affected, constantly looking back...

Seeing this, Tian Wen directly pulled out his saber, without saying a word, rushed to a retreating strong man, slashed him to the ground with a sword, stained his clothes with blood, and shouted: "Don't forget to retreat and kill." ”

Then, the overseers led by the doorman stepped forward one after another, cut down those who intended to retreat, and then looked ahead with murderous eyes, and shouted: "The king has an order, and those who retreat will be killed." ”

It stopped the problem of the people fleeing, and forced them to come forward to resist the Song army, but it did not improve the disadvantage on the city wall.

Tian Wenyi gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves, and shouted to the guests: "The enemy army is fierce, and our reinforcements have not fallen, at this time retreat is death, and only by resisting can there be life, please help me." ”

As he spoke, he didn't bring the guests to reply, and directly killed the Song army on the city wall.

Before most of the guests could react, Tian Wen had already entered the front line with his personal escort and personally went into battle to kill the enemy.

"I am willing to die for the king!"

Seeing this, all the guests were excited, and shouted to keep up with Meng Weijun's footsteps.

The surrounding Qi army General Meng Weijun personally went into battle, and his morale suddenly increased greatly, and gradually stabilized his position, not allowing the Song army's advantage to expand.

But in the face of the imposing Song army, that's all, if you want to drive the Song army off the city wall, it is simply impossible.

Outside the city.

Song Wang's office.

A scout rushed over and reported to Song Wangyu: "King, Xue Jun, who is in charge of the siege, has come to report that the resistance of the people in Xue City is weak, and our army has stabilized its position on the city wall, but because Tian Wen personally went into battle, the Qi army did not retreat, and our army was unable to open the situation for a long time, so Xue Jun asked the king to send reinforcements quickly." ”

King Song responded: "Okay, tell Xue Jun that reinforcements will arrive soon!" ”

"No!"

The scout took the order and left.

After King Song gave the order to support Xue Jun, he immediately said to Hui Ang beside him: "Xianqing, immediately prepare torches, set fire to the camp, send a signal to the inner city of the city, and start acting immediately." ”

Hui Ang hesitated: "King, at this time, the main force of the Qi army is not damaged, let Nei Ying do it at this time, I'm afraid I can't break the city." ”

Song Wang Zhengse said: "Don't worry, even Tian Wen is on the road in Xue Cheng, Nei Ying should do it at this time, it is the right time, although Qing acts according to the order, the city is broken today." ”

"Yui!"

After Hui Ang left, King Song spoke again: "Order, the widow wants to personally beat the drum and cheer, and swear to break Xue City today." ”

"Yui!"

With the Song King's personal drumming and cheering, for a while, the soldiers of the Song army beating the drums were like drugs, beating the war drums hard, and soon, the attacking war drums suppressed the drums in the city, and the Song army heard the drums, and the morale of the falling back rose again.

At the same time, Hui Ang also set a fire outside the city, reflecting a large area to the south.

On the city wall, when the drums of the Song army were vibrating, Tian Wen suddenly felt the pressure doubled, and then, looking through the guards in front of him and the Song army, he saw a burst of fire outside the city, and suddenly felt palpitations.

"Your Majesty, why did the Song army fire break out in the formation? Could it be the infighting of the Song army? ”

At this time, the others also saw the fire that had ignited in the Song army, and immediately opened their mouths and asked hesitantly.

Before Tian Wen could speak, Tang Li, the ink master who had been accompanying Tian Wen on the other side, immediately spoke: "No, it's not the infighting of the Song army, but the fire set by the Song army itself. ”

After a pause, he reacted, and said hurriedly: "It's not good, the Song army is sending a signal to the city, and there must be an internal response from the Song army in the city." ”

"What?" Tian Wen was shocked when he heard this.