The army dug ditches day and night, looking from the fortress, the dust and fog were full on sunny days, and the rain did not stop.

Zan Jurun and the generals observed for a few days, and determined that the method of digging ditches by the army was similar to the shape of "zhi", which seemed to be the insight gained from the ship's sailing against the wind. Between the two adjacent horizontal ditches, there are many diagonal vertical ditches connected.

But Rao is like this, and the Yue army can't be exposed to the Xu army's artillery diagonally. It's just that at a distance, the threat of artillery is much smaller.

Zan Jurun took out the drawings of the officials of the Ministry of Industry when they built the earthen fort, as well as the gun gauge charts, took a wooden ruler and compared the angle on it, looked up and said to a few civil and military officers: "It is difficult to avoid the enemy soldiers approaching the fortress. You can attack the trench on the map, but the shells are a little farther away and can't be so accurate...... What's more, we don't have enough ammunition to use too many artillery. ”

Zhang Jiankui said: "Our department will have to guard against night attacks in the future. ”

Zan Jurun glanced at him after hearing this, nodded yes, and pointed to the black line on it with a wooden ruler, it is estimated that other generals can't understand it, but Zan Jurun thinks that Zhang Jiankui can understand, "What Commander Zhang said is extremely true." At a distance, the angles are not good, not to mention the fact that the farther the artillery is fired, the greater the unpredictable deviation, and it is difficult to hit the trench exactly; But as long as you get close to the corner wall, please look at ......"

He took a ruler and pointed at it, "No matter how the trench is dug, its flank and back will be exposed to the fire of a corner wall." The bronze cannon has a crosshair, and the deviation of a hundred steps is very small, which will definitely cause effective damage to it. Therefore, after the trenches of the army approached, they could only sneak attack at night and throw in troops, otherwise they would be covered by our artillery fire. ”

He said and repeated, "It's just that the ammunition will gradually run out ......."

The current dilemma that Xu Jun is facing is not food, but the shortage of ** and iron pellets used in artillery! When this fort was built, although it was equipped with a large number of firearms and equipment, the ammunition required by the copper artillery was too large, and the reserves alone were consumed very quickly, so Xu Jun's artillery could not even exert half of its power...... Just to save ammunition.

Zan Jurun wrote in the dossier: Chen personally observed the actual battle of Liuhua Fort, and thought that the current fortress had at least two major defects. First, it relied too much on artillery firepower, and artillery consumed a huge amount of ammunition, and it was difficult for the fortress to last long without reinforcement access. Second, the fortress was too small and easily besieged by enemy troops, and long-range artillery fire could not effectively extend the radius, and the trenches could be broken. The minister thought that in order to support the defense under the siege of the army, it was necessary to set up several layers of fortifications on the periphery, make up for the artillery fire with muskets, and increase the defensive distance.

As expected, after the army approached the perimeter of the fort, although they also dug the ditch under artillery fire, they did not attack. At night, a small group of men and horses attacked and harassed, and used bows, arrows, and arrows to kill Xu Jun.

The attack could not cause much damage to the Xu army, but the Xu army could not do anything about them, and the soldiers and ammunition were gradually depleted every night.

…… A month later, even ordinary soldiers sensed that the situation was not good. The artillery of the Xu army rarely roared, and some people said that the shells were almost exhausted.

Because of the lack of firepower with heavy weapons, at night, the army began to attack the city with wooden ladders from time to time. And faintly, the enemy battalion in the distance seemed to be rushing to build a ladder.

Xu Jun soldiers were on duty in turns, eating and sleeping for only four hours a day, and the surroundings were very noisy.

There was a soldier in the wounded barracks whose right arm was about to be cut off, and Lang Zhong informed the tenth general, Yu Liang, to discuss the matter. After a soldier was injured, Lang Zhong would clean and treat the wound to avoid suppuration; However, it is still not possible to completely prevent some people from suppurating. Once the deeper wound suppurates, if it is a torso, it will definitely die, and if it is a limb, it can only be cut off, otherwise it will not be better!

Although Yu Liang is a military general, he is a scholar, and he was shocked to see the scene of cutting off his arm in the wounded barracks...... And then the man died.

Yu Hao couldn't sleep well several times during the break, and his mind kept flashing the face of the wounded soldier, and his mood was very depressed.

The noisy environment, nearly thirty men crowded into one house, since before the siege, everyone has been holding here for several months, and it is not convenient to take a bath, and the smell inside is quite good.

Yu Liang lay on the felt cushion of the wooden bed, his eyes fixed on the gray roof, motionless.

At this time, someone asked: "General Yu Shi, did the boss say when the reinforcements will come?" ”

Yu Liang said angrily: "Who knows? I used to hear that Jiangning Shipyard was building a Mulan ship, and that big ship could carry thousands of people with thousands of drains, but the construction of such a large ship was slow, and it would be difficult to do it in a year or two! ”

The man replied disappointedly, and said, "Didn't you say that the Koreans and us are together and will reinforce us at sea?" ”

Yu Liang sneered: "Don't you hear that if it's not my race, its heart will be different?" ”

The man was stunned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Yu Liang still looked at the roof, and without turning his head to look, he could hear that the person who spoke was Zhang Da, and he didn't know a lot of words. Yu Liang explained boringly: "It means that things that don't do much good to the Korean people, why should others help you?" ”

"That's just as well." Boss Zhang seemed very lost.

The two fell silent, the dimly lit house mixed with all kinds of strange smells, and the air was filled with snoring...... Almost all of Yu Liang's guards and soldiers were born in poverty, and these people who were used to living a hard life were also very good, and they were fully adapted to such an environment, after all, they could eat enough. But Yu Liang can't do it, he has been yellow and thin recently.

Yu Liang turned over and saw that Boss Zhang was still awake.

Zhang Da found that Yu Liang was looking at him, and he also turned his head and said, "I'm thinking, fortunately I didn't let the third child come, otherwise his newly married daughter-in-law wouldn't even have left, and he would have to be widowed!" ”

Suddenly, a cold voice said: "It's all the Zhang family, you can't take over." ”

A suppressed laugh suddenly sounded in the room, which made the place seem less heavy.

Zhang Dadao: "Can we go back alive?" ”

No one can answer that question. Alone on the East Island, if there is no reinforcement, the immortals will have to die, not to mention that most of them are just croppers, not immortals!

After a while, Zhang Da forced a smile and said: "But it's not a loss, our house has been repaired now, and some land has been purchased, and the third child has also married a wife." I'm desperate, and it's worth it! ”

After hearing this, Yu Liang couldn't help but say, "You haven't thought about yourself? ”

Zhang Da was stunned, touched his head and said with some annoyance: "Then this little lady shouldn't be let go, if she is still there, I will take out all the valuable money, and I will go to sleep for a night!" ”

Yu Liang felt a little strange when he heard this, and glanced up and down at Zhang Da, the real age of this person seemed to be in his early thirties, but he looked older...... "Zhang Da, you haven't touched a woman yet?" ”

Zhang Da said disappreciably: "In the past, my family couldn't eat enough, which woman would get it?" After joining the army, I repaired the house and bought the land, and the money for the third wife was not enough (the income of the Wei army was not high, and almost all of them relied on fighting), and the ewes of the rich man Li in the neighboring village had a ......"

Before the words were finished, several people couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Such an embarrassing thing, Yu Liang also felt that it didn't sound good, but Zhang Da didn't seem to feel that way, he was still serious. Yu Liang said: "Lao Zhang is quite a fun person. He thinks that this kind of talent is quite virtuous, that is, to make others laugh so that their stomachs hurt, but they don't laugh themselves.

Zhang Dadao: "It's just this thing that makes me die very comfortable, I haven't tasted it when I live so big, I haven't tasted it......"

Speaking of which, the few people who didn't fall asleep once again came to the topic of what they liked. Only then did Yu Liang feel that these rough men also had a delicate side, that is, when talking about women.

"It's not easy to do this." Yu Liang spoke, but he was not as vulgar as the soldiers, he sighed a little, "Think about it, it's nothing good, but why did Lao Tzu do it now?" ”

Yu Liang couldn't say clearly, but there were always some indescribable things that made Yu Liang very reluctant. Xu Jun's overall feelings, the glory brought by victory and dignity, and the fraternal relationship within Xu Jun are indeed very good compared to other professions and other times of the army.

Yu Liang exhaled and smiled at Zhang Dadao: "Let's leave the words here, as long as we go back alive, I will pay for Lao Zhang to taste the taste!" ”

Zhang Da immediately said: "Hey, a few of you have heard it, Yu Shi will have to talk and count!" ”

At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Commander Zhang, General Zhang ......"

A few people who were not asleep hurriedly stood up, and some who were asleep also woke up. The people who were standing were busy clasping their fists in salute.

Zhang Jiankui raised his hand and said, "Excuse me." Ben was just looking around at the brothers, nothing else. ”

"It's a hard time." Zhang Jiankui understood as soon as he came in. He is a middle-level military general in the forbidden army, with a very good income, and he must have lived a good life in Tokyo, not necessarily worse than Yu Liang.

Zhang Jiankui said again: "But once in a while, I will let you eat and drink spicy!" ”

This time, the reaction was not as hot as before, and everyone came to the fortifications to defend every day, and even the most stupid people could roughly feel what the battle was all about.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiankui said: "The imperial court is building ships, and I will assure you that reinforcements will definitely come!" ”

Still no one said anything.

Zhang Jiankui's method of boosting morale in Iwami Fort was only these two sentences, which were repeated many times. There are no other words, but it is true that only these two sentences are true, and no matter how good they are, other words are nonsense.

Some people may be affected by some righteous atmosphere, but for ordinary soldiers, the most important thing is to have money and food to improve their survival, so we must talk about rewards...... But if you have money and food, you have to have your life to spend, so you have to talk about reinforcements. Simple, straightforward, brutal.

At this moment, Zan Jurun also walked into the barracks. Zan Jurun is a civil official, but he has more dealings with the army, and he is very direct and happy to come in, he said: "Even if those brothers die fighting for the country, the court will still honor the reward, and when the time comes, the military department and the military department will give the brothers what they deserve to your families." ”