The moon bends to shine on the city, and the cold moon makes people sad.

The cold moonlight shone on the head of Zhuozhou City, reflecting the mess and destruction of a place. Large swaths of the castle were destroyed by stone, and there were traces of blood splattered everywhere. The outside of the city wall is covered with potholes and charred black scars after the fire, and there are countless corpses stacked below, both those of the Liao army and many of the victorious army.

This is the eighth day of the Liao army's onslaught on Zhuozhou City, a few days of hard fighting and defense, the damage to this northern city is far greater than imagined, especially on the sixth day, after the Liao army fought hard to completely fill in the moat outside the city, their threat to the city wall is getting bigger and bigger.

Because from that time on, the rushing car that had been blocked a few feet away and the Lu bus that was specially used to destroy the lower section of the city wall finally came in handy. After several bloody battles, the northern city wall was almost destroyed by the Liao army, and it was thanks to the defenders' timely use of fire to attack the situation that the situation was stabilized.

But even so, the defenders still paid a great price, almost half of the city wall was attacked by the Liao army, and it was completely relied on desperate and bloody battles to defend this side of the city. And the several arrow towers that originally stood there were also in ruins because of the war. The casualties of the victorious army have risen even more sharply, so that only half of the total number of troops can still fight, and six or seven percent of them are fighting with wounds.

Of course, the situation of the Liao army was not much better. In such a fierce battle, the damage to the besieging side was even more serious, more than half of the 50,000 troops were killed and wounded, and all kinds of siege weapons that had been prepared before had been almost destroyed. The only things that can be used now are bows and crossbows and ropes. After the eight-day offensive and defensive battle, the two sides can be said to have lost both, and the situation is not optimistic.

is as warlike and rough as an iron slash, and now his face is also melancholy, and when he looks at Zhuozhou City, which is still standing in front of him, he is also worried. At this moment, he whispered to Xiao Gan: "King Xi, can the momentum of our siege be slowed down?" According to the information obtained before, in fact, there has been a shortage of food and grass in Zhuozhou City, and maybe as long as the city is besieged for a period of time, it can be won without a fight. ”

Xiao Bei, another cronie of Xiao Gan on the side, also echoed: "Lord Wang, what Tie Duo said is right, we really can't afford to suffer more casualties." If this continues, even if we can quickly take Zhuozhou this time, with our situation, I am afraid that we will not be able to support the main force of the Southern Courtyard King's department. ”

Xiao Gan's face was also extremely ugly, and the performance of the Zhuozhou defenders this time was indeed too unexpected for him, whether it was the means of defense or the fighting of the soldiers, it was far beyond what he thought before. But at this time, he was like a gambler who pressed everything to the stage, and he had long lost the freedom to leave, so he could only say with red eyes: "A quick victory and a quick victory in Zhuozhou is our only chance to turn the tide of the war in the south." I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that the reinforcements of the Song people will arrive soon. Once they do, we'll be completely defeated, do you dare to bet on that? ”

These words immediately caused several subordinates to lose their words. Yes, they rushed to attack the city because they were worried that Zhuozhou would fall into the hands of the Song army, and dragging it out was obviously extremely unfavorable to them. The casualties of continuing the siege will inevitably be even worse, but they can't afford to delay it, but what should we do?

"The only way to do this is to use some other means. The defenders of the city should be in a worse situation than we are, and they can take advantage of their shortage of military rations to cause civil strife! Xiao Gan quickly cleaned up his mood again, and slowly said one of his strategies: "Come on, go and prepare some white silk cloth, and then prepare some pen and ink, I will write a letter to the defenders inside, tell them what kind of mortal situation I am in!" ”

While the Liao army outside the city was busy again, Sun Tu, under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers, was slowly walking at the dilapidated west of the city. Like the north, the walls here are much damaged, and in several places they even look crumbling, as if they could fall at any moment. It is precisely because he discovered this during the day that Sun Tu will pay special attention, even at night, he has to come to see it to make sure that he is safe.

And at this moment, the soldiers guarding the city subconsciously saluted and greeted him when they saw him coming, but they really regarded this outsider as their own boss. This is the military heart that Sun Tu has won in a few days, and it is precisely because he led the Qingzhou army to continue to run back and forth in the east and west of the city that he helped the Changsheng army to defend it safely to this day. It's just that the price is that the elite of this Qingzhou army also suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only two hundred people who can fight, and even Luda Huarong is injured, and now only Wu Song and Fan Qi are still following.

When he walked to a corner, Wu Song suddenly whispered: "General, I found out earlier, some generals in the Changsheng Army seem to be more and more hostile to us, which always makes people feel a little uneasy. ”

These words made Sun Tu's footsteps pause slightly: "This is also reasonable, after all, they are precarious now, and in their opinion, all this is thanks to us." Because if they hadn't submitted to my Great Song Dynasty, they wouldn't have had to fight so badly with the Liao army now. ”

"There is also the military rations in the city, I'm afraid it will be completely eaten up by tomorrow, but what should be the next ......" Fan Qi also added with a worried face. After a pause, he said: "By the way, General Sun, as early as more than half a month ago, you said that the reinforcements would arrive soon, why are they still nowhere to be seen today, according to reason, they should have arrived a long time ago." ”

This is indeed a very disturbing question. You must know that the Chang Shengjun will be persuaded by Sun Tu, and finally fight to the death with the Liao army, because he believes that the Song army's reinforcements will be killed in time. But now, after so much time, they have suffered heavy casualties, but the promised reinforcements have not yet arrived. This will naturally make people feel deceived by Sun Tu, and they will be extremely dissatisfied and even hostile to him.

"As soon as the time comes, our reinforcements will naturally arrive." Sun Tu said something unfathomable, "As for the hostility of the officers and soldiers of the Changsheng Army, I also feel it, but as long as Dong Kuang still believes in us, it will not be a big problem." ”

"I'm afraid, even Dong Kuang may not be able to suppress these people all the time. You know, after all, he has just won the military power, and his power is established, but En has never been under the tree, and it is difficult to guarantee that some people will have different intentions. Fan Qi still looked worried: "Moreover, the Liao army will not let go of this opportunity, maybe ......"

At this point, there was a sudden whooshing sound outside the city below, startling several people hurriedly drew their knives to dodge, Wu Song's eyes were quick, and he slashed out, and the arrow that was shot at the head of the city was cut in two. As the arrow landed, they realized that it had no arrow, and that it was wrapped in a roll of cloth.

"It's a silk book." Sun Tu immediately raised his eyebrows, then bent down to pick up the letter that had been shot in from outside, and after unfolding it, his own subordinates brought torches to him to facilitate him to read the contents of the letter. I saw that the upper half of this silk book was written in Khitan characters, but fortunately, the second half was still written in Chinese characters, so that people would not be unable to understand the content above.

It's just that after Sun Tu quickly swept the words above, his eyebrows were quickly locked: "I really let you speak, the Liao people have also seen all kinds of problems in my Zhuozhou City, and they have begun to attack their hearts." ”

Wu Song and Fan Qi hurriedly came together to take a look, and then they knew what was written on it. In fact, this letter can also be called a leaflet, the content is very simple, that is, to point out the fact that Zhuozhou is now exhausted, and the Chang Shengjun has fallen into a desperate situation, and then bring up the old things again, so that the Chang Shengjun can immediately open the city and surrender, then it can avoid death.

And this thing is powerful, the object of its persuasion is not General Dong Kuang, but every ordinary soldier in the army, telling them that if they want to live, they must hurry up and open the city, otherwise when the military rations in the city run out, they will really have only one way to die. He also pointed out that the Song people were not credible, and the Song State was just using them to drag down the elite of Daliao to create conditions for the war ahead.

It can be said that this letter contains persuasion, threats, provocation and other means in one, which is enough to provoke the morale of the victorious army, especially in the current difficult environment, the soldiers will do more things that are more beneficial to themselves because of anxiety.

"Not good! Since we can all receive such a letter here, there must be other locations in the city. The attacker is the first to attack the enemy, and the Liao people's attack is really powerful. Sun Tu's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly turned around: "I have to hurry up to see Dong Kuang and discuss a countermeasure with him." Even if this thing can't make the generals rebel, it will greatly dampen the morale of the defenders and make it difficult for everyone to be united! As he spoke, he hurried back, down the broken staircase.

And when they came to the bottom, they saw that a team was also coming quickly, and when they got closer, they saw Yu Wanyao greet him with a solemn expression: "General Sun is here, but I am easy to find." General Dong is sending people to look for you everywhere, saying that there is something important to discuss......

"But it's because of this Liao people's silk book?" Sun Tu hurriedly took two steps forward, raised the silk book in his hand and asked.

"Why did you get this thing that messed with my army?" Yu Wanyao's face changed slightly, and then he nodded again: "It is precisely for this reason that there is also the problem of the shortage of grain and grass in the city, and now General Dong is busy coping with it, and he really has a headache." Please also ask General Sun to come with me quickly. ”

"Okay, please also ask General Yu to lead the way." Sun Tu didn't think much about it, he nodded immediately, and then gave Wu Song another look. The latter immediately turned around, and disappeared into the darkness.

When Sun Tu followed Yu Wanyao to the garrison mansion in the city, it was already the third watch. But the lights are still bright here, and there are many victorious generals standing in the courtyard, as if they are waiting for something, but Dong Kuang is nowhere to be seen.

And just when Sun Tu walked into the courtyard and wanted to greet everyone, there was a banging sound behind him, and the soldiers who came in with him suddenly closed the courtyard door, which made his steps suddenly, one hand was pressed on the handle of the knife, and his eyes swept over the people in front of him: "Everyone, is it General Dong's intention to suddenly invite me to come, or is it your meaning?" ”