The darkness of the night restricted the sight of the defenders, and it also caused a lot of trouble for the soldiers on the attacking side, because the light was dim, and the soldiers sometimes accidentally injured their robes with their swords and guns, but during the battle, no one cared much about it.

After two successive attacks, Chen Xian, who was defending the city, also found that the next attack was much less powerful and intense than the previous one, but then he really felt a little powerless, because there were three successive groups of messengers to report, respectively, that the east city gate, the west city gate and the north city gate were attacked one after another.

What is this cadre army general Su Ji going to do? He is besieging the city and attacking it on all sides, and he really wants to force us to live and die with the city?

Chen Xian didn't have time to think about it, since the cadres attacked the four city walls at the same time, then the troops could not be distributed according to the previous one, and the troops had to be redistributed.

The siege lasted all night, and the defenders were so tired and hungry that they didn't even have time to drink a sip of water or pee and poop, but in this life-threatening situation, they had long forgotten to pee and poop.

When the sun jumped out of the horizon the next day, the cadres retreated like a tide, the defenders thought that the cadres would not attack the city again today, they could have a good rest, eat and sleep, but they were wrong again, after this wave of cadres retreated, another wave of cadres rushed over, some of the defenders had already been suffocated by feces and urine, but the cadres rushed over again, and the guards and officers immediately shouted: "Prepare to meet the enemy, prepare for battle!" ”

Yes, they didn't even give a chance to pee, and many of the defenders felt that their bladders were about to explode.

When the cadres rushed to the city again and climbed the ladder, the defenders had to pick up their weapons and crossbows again and enter the battle state.

The huge shouts and fighting sound of the siege did not reach the camp of the cadres, and early in the morning, Zhao Junsheng casually asked the imperial guard next to him after his morning exercise: "How was the situation of Su Ji leading the troops to attack the city last night?" Why don't you see him come to report? ”

The imperial guard bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, General Su has not returned to the camp since he led his troops to attack the city last night!" ”

Zhao Junsheng stopped and turned his head in surprise: "You haven't returned to the camp yet?" So you have been attacking all night? ”

"Yes, it's said that it's still attacking!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said: "He's just afraid that the soldiers can't stand it like this, although the non-stop attack day and night is a big burden to the defenders, the torment of our army is not small, and people are not iron, even if they are iron, they can't withstand the non-stop battle day and night!" ”

"Your Majesty, I heard that General Su divided the men and horses into two parts, one part rested during the day and attacked the city at night; The other part is to attack the city during the day and rest at night, and it is also to attack the four gates at the same time! ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't say anything for a while, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This Su Ji actually came up with this kind of helplessness, but he can also be regarded as giving full play to the advantage of his own troops!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junsheng remembered something and asked, "Do you know what happened on the high platform of the mound?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's still digging over there, it hasn't stopped since yesterday morning, and it's also digging at night, but it's not about changing a group of displaced people, the efficiency is still quite high, it is said that it has been dug ten zhang so far, and the efficiency has doubled, according to this speed, it is estimated that it will be able to dig to the foot of the city wall tomorrow morning!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, turned around and ate breakfast.

At this time, Lin Jinghui strode in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is news from General Lu Shuang's side, he has led the army to retreat to Yong'an, defend Baidi City and Qutang Gorge!" In addition, the soldiers in the army who fell ill from eating moldy food gradually began to improve after treatment, but during the retreat, nearly 3,000 people died of illness on the way, and the army of the Southern Dynasty also approached near Yong'an! ”

More than 3,000 people, it sounds like just a number, but it is 3,000 living lives, it is not that no one has eaten moldy food before, and nothing has happened, at most it is abdominal pain, and now so many people have died, which makes Zhao Junsheng unacceptable.

However, the occurrence of such a thing is somewhat related to the fact that the whole army does not understand this knowledge, and they still suffer the loss of being uneducated, and the knowledge hopes that through this incident, the whole army will have a clear understanding.

Zhao Junsheng instructed Kang Yide next to him: "Go and send someone to announce that the ministers are coming to discuss the matter!" ”

"No!"

After the ministers and generals arrived, they saluted Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng said: "There is news from Lu Shuang's side, Lu Shuang's army retreated to Yong'an, guarding the White Emperor City and Qutang Gorge, and the reinforcements of the Southern Dynasty could not come for the time being, but the morale of Lu Shuang's army was very low, and more than 3,000 soldiers died of illness in the process of retreating!" ”

All the ministers and generals gasped involuntarily, and more than 3,000 people died of illness? It's fucking scarier than the plague!

Dongfang Chen stood up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be taken as a model and rumored throughout the army, and no one should be allowed to let the soldiers eat moldy food again, and the violators will be severely punished!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "The main purpose of Chen Xuan Zhuqing's visit is this, it can be seen from this incident that moldy food is poisonous, there was nothing wrong with someone eating it in the past, it was because the amount of food was not enough, or the poisoning was not deep, so there would only be symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, but once you eat too much or the poisoning is deep, it will aggravate the condition and even die!" We must not only publicize in the army and prohibit the use of moldy food, but also send a letter to the local government, so that the local government can issue a notice to remind the people that moldy food can no longer be used, and the government must also send people to publicize it in the villages inside and outside the city for a long time! Li Song, you come to draft an edict! ”

"No!"

The edict was written quickly, and after polishing, it was presented to Zhao Junsheng to read, and Zhao Junsheng was satisfied with the transcription again, and the handwriting should be neat, and there could be no alteration, otherwise it would be invalid and rewritten, and then handed over to Zhao Junsheng for printing after the transcription was completed, and someone was sent back to Chang'an to be executed by Zhongshu Province.

At this time, a minister stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, I heard that General Su is still leading troops to attack the city, and it has been fighting for a day and a night, and it will not take a few days for the soldiers to be exhausted. ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Then what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that Su Ji should lead the troops to withdraw first, and then find a way to attack the city, it is not possible to do it like him, the city was not captured, but it was a loss of troops, the minister heard that when the city was being sieged last night, Su Ji's deputy general personally led the troops to attack the city, and died in the battle with the enemy on the city wall, fortunately, the soldiers moved quickly and snatched his body back!"

Li Bao stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, how can there be immortals in war?" If you are worried that there will be too many casualties among the soldiers and you will not be able to let go of your command and perform certain tactics, you will be constrained! ”

Yang Lie also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks what General Li said is good, now that the reinforcements of the Southern Dynasty are forcing Yong'an, Lu Shuang's army has not yet recovered its combat strength, so it can only be defended according to the danger, if Lu can't hold it, our army will have to face the choice of withdrawing the army, otherwise we will face the opponent's fresh army with a tired and long-fought division, and the chances of victory are not great!" So, as long as you can break through the city now, even if the loss is bigger, it's worth it! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Since I have authorized Su Ji, then let him do it, and I also give him a deadline, there are still three days before the ten-day deadline, let's see if he can break the city within three days!" ”

The ministers looked at each other, but no one said anything, and the ministers who had just gossiped stopped opening their mouths at this time.

After three consecutive days and three nights, the cadres under the command of Su Ji kept attacking the city, and the cadres could still rotate, but the defenders did not even have the opportunity to rotate, and even ate and urinated in a hurry after repelling a wave of attacks.

The defenders didn't even dare to rest, thinking they feared that once they lay down, they would never wake up.

That night, the siege battle was still going on, but both sides were almost exhausted, whether it was the attacker or the defender, the morale was extremely low, the battle was carried out by instinct, and the brain seemed to have lost control of the body.

Outside the East City Gate, on the mound platform, Su Ji stood on it and asked, "Are the soldiers in the tunnel ready?" ”

"Back to the general's words, everything is ready, just wait for the general's order!"

Su Ji immediately waved his hand: "Let's start!" ”

"Yes!" The general clenched his fists and agreed, turned around and ran down the platform, and got into the tunnel.

At this time, there were torches on the walls of the tunnel every three zhang, and the sides were full of soldiers with blades and crossbows, Su Ji's subordinates went to the lowest end, and some sloped tunnels led to the ground, he pulled out his war knife and nodded to a tooth master next to him: "Up!" ”

"Yes!" The tooth master walked up the slope tunnel with his sword in hand, and soon reached the top, there was a wooden plank at the top, he pushed the plank away, and a piece of turf on the ground was overturned, and he quickly drilled out and held the blade to guard.

This is a courtyard near the city wall, the courtyard is a civilian family, after the withdrawal of the civilians, this place became a temporary resting place for the defenders, but the defenders all went to the city wall to defend the city, and there were only a few wounded soldiers in the house.

After a few people emerged from the tunnel, they quickly began to approach the house, and as the soldiers came out, the people in front quickly rushed into the room and dealt with a few wounded soldiers.

More and more soldiers came out of the tunnel, and after half an hour, the general who led the troops waved his hand, "Follow me to the city wall and go!" ”

At this time, the city wall was already about to be unable to hold on, Chen Xian also killed the enemy so numb that his hands and feet were numb, and he didn't obey the call, he didn't know how long he could hold on, but he could only hold on until he couldn't hold on!

"Kill—" Behind him, there was the shouting of the cadres who had entered the city from the tunnel.

This sound made Chen Xian's body pause, he looked back and saw countless cadres rushing up the city wall from the city with torches, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, his brain was confused, his eyes were dark, and his body fell straight up.

As more and more cadres killed the city wall from behind, the defenders finally couldn't hold it anymore and were killed one after another, and in less than two, the east city wall was completely captured.

The city is broken!