Fei Zhong stood on the high city wall, staring coldly at the white-clothed team shuttling back and forth under the city, it was Wuwei's medical team. Of course, there are also people from Jicheng below, and they are all doing the same thing, which is to find the injured people on their side and take them away. Even if it's a corpse, it has to be carried back.

At this time, neither the city nor the city will attack these people.

Wuwei's rescue team was clearly more well-trained and prepared, and whenever they pulled out a wounded soldier who was still alive from the pile of corpses, they were always able to immediately and simply rescue them on the spot. Each man in white carried a treasure box containing all the necessary supplies and medicines, and whenever one of them was rescued, they carried him away with joy.

And the remains of the war dead will only be taken away at the end.

On the other hand, Jicheng is too far behind. Not only is there a shortage of medicines, but there is also a shortage of such medical staff.

A gust of cold wind hit, and Fei Zhong shivered, wrapping his fur a little tighter. The battle in Jicheng has been fought intermittently for almost two months, and now it has reached the end of January, and after a long battle, the soldiers and civilians in Jicheng have long been numb.

This numbness is not only psychological, but also physiological. Because in Jicheng, the things that can be used for heating have basically been burned out. But now, it is the coldest season of the whole winter, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the city as dripping into ice.

The reason why Fei Zhong allowed the Wuwei army to clean up the battlefield after the battle, search for the wounded and carry back the bodies of the dead was because Shi Zhuang promised him that after each battle, they would open up a day for the people of Jicheng to go out of the city to cut down a day's firewood for heating.

Fei Zhong had no choice but to agree.

He didn't dare to let the elite soldiers in the city go out to chop wood, even if they were more efficient, no one dared to guarantee that one day when he sent most of the elite soldiers out to chop wood, Shi Zhuang would not suddenly regret and attack. Therefore, every time people go out, they are ordinary people, and the father does not come out of the son, and the wife does not come out of the husband.

After today's battle is over, tomorrow, his men can go out of the city to cut down the trees of the day, and go out when the rooster crows, but they must return to the city before dark, otherwise those who remain outside the city will never have a chance to return. As time went on, there were fewer and fewer trees around Jicheng, and they needed to walk farther, but they brought back less and less firewood.

But in winter, there is still a long way to go.

Freezing to death is no longer news in the city. If there was no news of freezing to death that day, Fei Zhong would have been surprised for a while.

There was a heavy footstep sound beside him, Fei Zhong didn't look back, and asked directly: "Han Cheng, what about today's casualties?" ”

"General, the casualties are not big, the dead and wounded are only more than two hundred people, but it is the Wuwei soldiers, who suffered a small loss today, and the casualties are estimated to be more than five hundred." Zhu Hancheng snorted and replied: "There is a section of the city wall that has been smashed by their trebuchet and collapsed in half, and the last general has already blocked it with sandbags, poured water, and after a night, it will be frozen, not much worse than the original." ”

"Four or five hundred, hehe." Fei Zhong sighed: "As of today, in a month's time, on average, every five days or so, Shi Zhuang will come to fight, have you noticed that the generals of the attacking Wuwei soldiers have appeared nearly twenty." ”

Zhu Hancheng frowned slightly: "I really don't care about this." Are you saying they're in a round battle? We're not all the same in rounds. ”

"It's different." Fei Zhong raised his eyes and looked at Shi Zhuang's camp in the distance, at most five miles away from Jicheng, in the past few months, Shi Zhuang has built his camp into a permanent camp, the strength of the defense, not necessarily much worse than Jicheng, Jicheng has attacked and attacked many times, and they have all returned in front of this camp.

"What's the difference?" Zhu Hancheng asked puzzled.

"We have become a source of water, a tree without roots, there are only so many people in the city, a total of more than 50,000 people, excluding the children and children, the maximum number of young and strong people is 30,000, fight one, there is one less, even if all the people have become skilled and experienced soldiers because of this battle, what is the use? Or is it just this one. And on the other side...... Fei Zhong pointed at the other party: "They are training!" ”

Zhu Hancheng's face twitched.

"Shi Zhuang has transferred soldiers from Yizhou, Dingzhou, and even Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou, and they are fighting with us in turn. The first to appear was the government soldiers of Zhenzhou, but this month, basically I didn't see their shadows, but I was afraid that I would have already returned home. Fei Zhou smiled bitterly: "Suppress the formation with elite armor, and then let the government soldiers attack in turn, Shi Zhuang is training us with troops!" ”

Zhu Hancheng paused for a moment and shook his head, "What do they want to do?" ”

"It's easy!" Fei Zhong said: "Li Ze has already regarded us as fish on the felt board, it just depends on when he wants to eat us, the reason why he drags us like this is because he is training us, second, he doesn't want to pay too heavy casualties to conquer a big city like Jicheng, and third, I'm afraid it will be related to the overall situation of the world." ”

"What does this have to do with the overall situation in the world?" Zhu Hancheng was puzzled.

"The Zhaoyi Rebellion will inevitably trigger a chain reaction, and I can't figure out what Li Ze's idea is." Fei Zhong was also a little puzzled: "Normally, he should solve us as quickly as possible, and then send troops to the south, otherwise the Zhaoyi Rebellion will inevitably cause chaos in the whole world, and Chang'an Heluo will also be crumbling, but he seems to be deliberately conniving at this situation now." Tell me, what exactly does he want to do? ”

Zhu Hancheng blinked his eyes and said, "Master Fei, what's so difficult about this, people like Li Ze may hope that the world will be in chaos so that he can profit from it." If Chang'an really collapses, it may still be a good thing for him. ”

Fei Zhong's body shook slightly, he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Yes, yes, it's true, it's me who is confused, Li Ze's performance all along, but he deceived me, I really thought he was a loyal lackey of the imperial court." It must be the case, he has already received enough benefits from Chang'an, and now his wings are hard enough, the world is in chaos, he naturally has an excuse to chase the world, if Chang'an is safe and sound, how can he be willing to damage the reputation of the loyal and filial son he worked so hard to build? With Chang'an gone, he can justifiably take off this shackle! ”

"It must be like this, a guy like Li Ze is the real sinister person!" Zhu Hancheng said indignantly. "But Fei Junshi, even if we are in a predicament now, it is not something he can handle at will. He looked at people through the cracks in the door, flattened them, and waited until we broke his big teeth to see if he could laugh. ”

Fei Zhong didn't have any expression, and only said after a long time: "Han Cheng, if Wuwei comes to attack with all his might, how long can Jicheng last?" ”

"Zhu Junshi, there are still 30,000 elites in Jicheng, and the grain and grass are enough, although the guerrilla troops we put outside the city no longer exist, but only Jicheng, before the grain and grass are consumed, can definitely be defended, the only difficulty now is that the weather is too cold, and everything that can be dismantled and burned in the city has been dismantled and burned. Now, even making a mouthful of hot food has become a problem. "Zhu Han became enlightened.

"So, we can't sit still." Fei Zhongdao: "In the past month, Wuwei soldiers have set traps near Guancheng to lure us to the rescue, whether it is Pingzhou or Jicheng, they have suffered a big loss because of this, but fortunately, we are alert and not fooled, so we still retain a certain strength, but if we continue like this, we will not be able to hold on after all." ”

"Fei Junshi, are we going to break through?"

"It's not a breakthrough, it's a decisive battle!" Fei Zhong suddenly smiled: "Ten days ago, I had already sent my cronies to sneak out of the city to Guancheng, and then to Pingcheng, meet in three places, and send troops together. The target is the Wang Sili Department between us and Guancheng. Pingcheng Deng Jingshan sent troops to contain Liu Chenglin's main force, and Guancheng and us flanked Cao Xin and Wang Sili to ask. ”

"Where's Shi Zhuang?"

"The key is to deceive Shi Zhuang. Even if it can drag on for a day. Fei Zhong said: "Tonight, our troops will go out of the city in batches." ”

"How could Shi Zhuang not notice this?"

"I've been preparing for this opportunity for the past month." Fei Zhong said: "Tomorrow is the day when we go out of the city to cut wood, from tonight, the army will begin to go out of the city in batches, we have tried many times in the past, and they don't care too much. It's just that because the distance of logging is getting farther away, the sooner you get out of the city. I have already made arrangements, between noon tomorrow, 20,000 people will leave the city one after another, and you, lead 20,000 people straight to Guancheng, I am in Jicheng, buy you a day. ”

Looking up at the weather, Fei Zhong smiled and said, "In this kind of weather, the distance of one day is one day, and Shi Zhuang can't catch up with you." What's more, maybe I can buy you a little longer in Jicheng. 10,000 young people may be able to fight for two days in Jicheng! ”

"Master Fei, it's better for you to go out of the city, I'll defend the city." Zhu Hancheng said in a trembling voice.

"My body, out of the city, may die faster. Besides, I'm staying here, Shi Zhuang won't destroy me, how can I leave with confidence? Fei Zhong said with a smile: "Although I have become like this, but the tiger who came down the mountain, he is still a tiger after all, it is impossible to become a cat, and he will never let a dog bully him." ”

The corners of Zhu Hancheng's mouth trembled, and he didn't say anything more.

"People are inherently dead, sooner or later, besides, my Fei's young and capable generation has already gone to Yingzhou with the festival marshal, and there are some old guys left, so they naturally want to fight for a little capital for the younger generation." Fei Zhong said with a smile. "There is nothing to deploy. I just look forward to the fact that Jieshuai can stabilize his foothold in this chaotic world, recuperate, and make a comeback! ”