Just when Jin Huang outside the city was worried, the supreme commander in Changzhi City, Ju Xin, just breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally another day.

As the so-called suffering of one's own family is only known to oneself, although in the past nearly a month, the army and people in Changzhi City have united to block the attack of 100,000 Korean troops, so that General Jin Huang's face has been lost, and it does look very commendable.

However, as the commander of the supreme defender in Changzhi City, only Ji Xin himself knew that in order to achieve this goal, the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State in Changzhi City also paid an extremely heavy price.

As soon as the day's battle ended, Ju Xin had already come to the top of the city and began a day's inspection.

Such patrols have become a routine in these days, on the one hand, to appease the emotions of the soldiers defending the city in time, and on the other hand, to see if there are any other problems.

Ju Xin above the city walked as he walked, and with the help of the light reflected in the fire in his hand, he looked at everything around him.

In front of Ju Xin is a city that has been almost completely destroyed.

You must know that the so-called "advantage of armor" in South Korea does not only include the weapons and armor of soldiers, but refers to all weapons and equipment, such as the level of trebuchets in South Korea, which is also one of the best among the princes of the entire Warring States.

At this moment, these city walls in front of Ju Xin have been bombarded by Korean trebuchets in the past few days, and gaps in the battlements can be seen everywhere, and even some places have been completely blown down to form a big hole, which is no longer possible for people to continue walking.

It is no exaggeration to say that today's Changzhi City is actually stormy and may be attacked at any time.

A very important reason why it has not been conquered now is because the performance of the Korean soldiers these days is actually not very good, and the other reason is due to the strict training of the soldiers of Zhao Shangdang County in the past two years.

In fact, there is very little land in Shangdang County, and it is precisely because of this that most of the soldiers in Shangdang County have the experience of hunting and foraging for food to supplement their families on weekdays, and they are both farmers and hunters.

Since it is a hunter, it is natural to have experience in fighting tigers, leopards, wolves and insects between the mountains and forests, and the foundation is naturally much stronger than those farmers who only know how to bury their heads in farming all year round.

It is also these county soldiers who used to be Orion, they grew up at a speed that was completely unexpected by Ju Xin in such a fierce and cruel siege battle, and exerted combat effectiveness that the Koreans could not even imagine, which made the Korean army hit the wall under Changzhi City again and again.

But even so, the residents of Changzhi City also paid a heavy price.

The most intuitive point is that before the start of the war, there were more than 8,000 defenders in the inner city, including all the young men recruited, but now there are only about 3,000 people who can go into battle.

And that's not all.

Before the inspection, Ju Xin had just gone to the county guard Li Qi and informed Li Qi of the latest battle situation.

Now Ji Xin's mind is still echoing what the county guard Li Qi had just said to him.

"County Captain, if the reinforcements still don't come, then in three days at most, the city will start to run out of food."

Lack of food rations, which is definitely a very big problem.

It stands to reason that Changzhi City, as the seat of Shangdang County, actually has an official warehouse in the city.

This warehouse is responsible for storing the grain handed over from all over Shangdang County on weekdays, and then calling it according to the orders of Handan, and is also responsible for opening warehouses for disaster relief in disaster years.

However, Shangdang County is definitely a relatively special existence in Zhao State, because there is too little arable land in Shangdang County, which leads to the fact that the grain production of Shangdang County is not high at all.

Judging from last year's data, except for the semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic northern counties, Shangdang County is the lowest grain production among all Zhaoguo counties.

In addition, it is summer, and the season before the autumn harvest is also the season of the year when the amount of grain stored in the treasury is lowest.

For various reasons, the food shortage crisis in Changzhi City is not so surprising.

The food is running out, but where are the reinforcements?

Even Juxin himself doesn't know the answer to this question.

Ju Xin walked around the top of the city, and found that although the soldiers of Zhao who were keeping vigil above the city were more or less injured, they all looked full of energy, and they were obviously not defeated by the fierce battles that had been fought for several days.

There were even several brave soldiers of the Zhao State who pulled Ji Xin to ask several questions about how to calculate and implement the battle exploits because they could not cut their heads in this kind of city defense battle.

This made Ji Xin very pleased.

After all, soldiers like this who care about their exploits must have a strong confidence in victory in their hearts.

"Of course." A soldier of Zhao Guo, who claimed to be the No. 1 hunter in Shili Baxiang, said to Ji Xin with a smile: "County Captain, speaking of which, although the equipment on these Koreans is eye-catching, as soon as the battle starts, I know that they are not even as good as the wolves in the mountains. ”

"Oh?" It was the first time for Ju Xin to hear this theory, and he couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You're just joking, how can you not even compare to the wolves?" ”

The soldier shook his head and smiled at Ji Xin: "The wolves in the mountains still know how to cooperate, but these Korean soldiers are chaotic one by one, where can they compare to wolves?" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone present burst into laughter.

Ju Xin smiled and patted the soldier's shoulder, and after hearing the words, he comforted the people present, and then led several guards behind him to walk down the city wall.

As soon as he walked down the city wall, Ju Xin saw a figure hurrying towards him in the dark.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Ju Xin still recognized the person from the silhouette and the way he walked, so he stopped.

The person who came walked up to Ji Xin and saluted to Ji Xin: "Sima Shang has seen the county lieutenant!" ”

Ju Xin nodded slightly, and said to Sima Shang in front of him: "General Sima Bai, is there any news about the contact with the reinforcements?" ”

Since that day when Sima Shang came to Changzhi City to report the news, Ju Xin incorporated him into the city defense team and went to the city to fight the Koreans.

As the saying goes, gold always shines.

In this nearly month-long battle to defend the city, Sima Shang's performance can be said to be very good.

He continued to personally cut off the heads of many Korean soldiers, and several times he took the lead when he experienced danger at the head of the city, leading the soldiers around him to kill the Koreans together, and made great contributions to the defense of the city.

So in just half a month, Sima Shang was promoted from a big soldier to a hundred generals of Zhao State because of his merits.

In addition, Ju Xin also gave Sima Shang a task, that is, to find a way to contact the reinforcements outside the city.

But to be honest, even Ju Xin himself doesn't have much hope for this matter.

After all, the Koreans besieged this Changzhi city can be said to be impassable, although Sima Shang is indeed outstanding in martial arts, and he is skilled in bows and horses, but he will not fly away, how can he get in touch with the Zhao reinforcements who are dozens of miles away.

Therefore, Ji Xin's question is actually a casual question, and he doesn't plan to get any answer from Sima Shang.

But to Ju Xin's surprise, Sima Shang actually told him such a news in a hurry: "General Hui, I have already got in touch with the reinforcements outside the city!" ”

"What?" The joy in Ji Xin's heart was not trivial, and even when he spoke, his voice involuntarily raised a little: "Have you already contacted the reinforcements outside the city?" ”

Sima Shang nodded, happily let go of his body, and said to Ji Xin: "County Captain, the messenger of the reinforcements is here." ”

After Sima Shang finished speaking, he waved behind him, and sure enough, a person dressed as an officer of the Zhao Army walked out of the darkness and gave a military salute to Ju Xin: "I've seen Lieutenant Ji Xin." ”

Ju Xin glanced at Sima Shang in front of him, and then at the reinforcement envoy in front of him, and then said in a deep voice: "Do you have a token?" ”

The messenger took out a token and a letter from his bosom and respectfully handed them to Ju Xin.

Ju Xin took the token and the letter, read it carefully several times, checked the seal on it, and confirmed that the other party was indeed a messenger from General Xu Li, the commander of the reinforcements.

Ju Xin breathed a sigh of relief and said to the messenger: "I don't know where the reinforcements led by General Xu Li are now?" Now Changzhi City is in urgent need of reinforcements! ”

A proud smile appeared on the messenger's face, and he said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant doesn't know, just earlier today, the reinforcements had broken the defense line of the Koreans!" ”

This sentence was like a cool breeze in summer, which instantly blew away all the fire in Ji Xin's heart, making his old face with white hair instantly stretch out, revealing a smile of great joy.

It's not just Ji Xin, but the guards who followed Ji Xin's side were also very excited after hearing the news, and they were all overjoyed.

No matter how heroic the soldiers and civilians of the Zhao State in Changzhi City were, the numerical disadvantage was there after all, as long as the Koreans insisted on continuous attacks, then the fall of Changzhi City would be a matter of time.

The reason why the residents of Changzhi City have been working hard and persevering is to be able to wait for the moment when reinforcements come to help.

Reinforcements are the real hope of Changzhi City!

After nearly a month of fighting, the reinforcements they had been waiting for had finally broken through the defense line of the Koreans and were about to appear under the city of Changzhi.

Ju Xin laughed a few times, and then said to the guards beside him: "Hurry up and spread the good news to the whole city!" ”

After finishing speaking, Ju Xin turned his head to the messenger in front of him again, and said to the messenger: "The messenger specially came to Changzhi City to give orders, and it is also hard, it is better to ......."

Before Ju Xin's words fell, the messenger had already interrupted Ju Xin's words and said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant doesn't know, this time I actually came to the order of General Xu Li, and I want to inform the county lieutenant of something. ”

Ji Xin's brows raised slightly, and he said to the messenger in front of him, "What is the matter?" ”

The messenger smiled mysteriously, and suddenly his mouth approached Ji Xin's side, and he whispered a word in Ji Xin's ear.

"Lieutenant Xin, General Xu Li asked me to tell you that he is going to attack the Korean army camp at night tonight!"

As soon as this sentence came out, Ji Xin was immediately taken aback.

But after all, Ju Xin is also a character who has seen strong winds and waves, so after a short gaffe, he quickly reacted, lowered his voice and said to the messenger in front of him: "In this case, presumably General Xu Li is not far from here, right?" ”

The messenger's face showed a look of admiration, nodded and then said to Ji Xin: "The county lieutenant is not bad, now General Xu Li has led 20,000 elite soldiers to ambush ten miles outside the city, as long as he waits until midnight to start attacking the Koreans." At that time, I hope that the county lieutenant can cooperate with the action, and the inside and outside should be united to break the Korean army! ”

Ji Xin laughed, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes: "I've been waiting for this day for a long time!" ”