"PS: The first two serial numbers are wrong, and since the title of the VIP chapter cannot be modified, it will be corrected from this chapter."

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After dusk, Meng Zhong and the crown prince Dai Wu visited the wounded soldiers.

He told the prince Dai Wu a story of "the rabbit dies and the fox is sad": "The rabbit and the fox are allied against the hunter, and when the rabbit dies at the hands of the hunter, the fox will also feel sad." ”

"Does the cunning fox really grieve over this?" Hearing this, Prince Dai Wu asked with a smile.

Meng Zhong Zhengse said: "Yes! Just because of the kind of things that hurt it, the death of the rabbit today undoubtedly means that the fox will die tomorrow, how can you not feel sad about it? …… At this time, the same is true of those wounded soldiers in the city, when they are on the city wall, they can't care about grief because of the relationship between the Qi army, and now they have free, they will inevitably think about what happened today, when they learn that Tong Ze, who climbed the city wall with them today, has become a cold corpse at this moment, will they realize that they may also die on the city wall tomorrow, and feel sad because of this, which makes their morale low? "......" Hearing this, Prince Dai Wu's face was straight, and he nodded thoughtfully.

"But all people always have a fear of death, even if they are as strong as Wei Wushu. But why did Wei Wushu rarely flee and repeatedly defeat the enemy with outnumbered numbers? All because there was once a main general, Wu Qi. …… Although Wu Qi has a loss of personal morality, he can suck pus for ordinary soldiers, so the soldiers under his command are all grateful to Dade and are willing to die for him. …… Because of this, when Wu Qi was still in the Wei State, Wei Wushu could defeat the Qin army of 500,000 with 50,000 people, but when Wu Qi left Wei and went to Chu, the 150,000 Wei Wushu could only fight a draw with the 200,000 Qin army. No, it's just that Wei no longer has a chief general like Wu Qi who can make his soldiers willing to die for him. ”

"Dai Wu has been taught."

Hearing this, the crown prince Dai Wu arched his hand towards Meng Zhong with a serious face, and immediately followed him to visit the wounded soldiers.

In view of the fact that the defenders in the city were still sufficient, as long as the soldiers who were wounded in the battle were recalled by Meng Zhong to the outer side of the inner city, that is, the city wall between the second and third city walls, and there were some simple tents and wooden houses near the four gates of the southeast, northwest and northwest, for the soldiers to live in.

Because of the distance, Meng Zhong and the crown prince Dai Wu came to the wounded barracks in the north first.

In today's battle, the area around the North City Gate, which was fiercely attacked by Tian Jingjun, was naturally the most serious casualties, and according to the statistics of the losses of the North Gate guards after the battle, more than 1,600 soldiers defending the city were killed in this battle, and more than 3,500 people were injured, with a total of 5,000 casualties.

In comparison, in the area of the West City Gate and the South City Gate, the number of Song troops killed was about 2,000, and only three or four hundred of them were killed in battle, and the rest were only wounded.

In other words, in today's battle, the direct loss of troops in Qiyang City was close to 2,500 people, and the number of wounded was about 6,500 to 7,000 people.

As for the casualties of the Qi army, although Meng Zhong has not yet received a simple wanted notice from the North Gate, the West Gate, and the South Gate, he only has a rough judgment in his heart: the casualties of Tian Jing's army in this battle may be close to 20,000, of which the number of dead may reach 6,000; As for the Qi army under the command of Tian Touch and Tian Da, it should only be the extent that 1,000 people were killed and two or three thousand were injured.

After all, the intensity of the battles on both sides of the west and south walls today is indeed far less intense than that on the north wall.

"Prince!"

"Prince!"

In the greetings of a passing soldier, the crown prince Dai Wu led Meng Zhong and the others to the barracks where the wounded soldiers lived.

In fact, strictly speaking, Meng Zhong is the main general who commands the war today, but his reputation in the Song State is not obvious, and almost all the Song generals in the city of Qiyang do not recognize him and cannot serve the public, so the prince Dai Wucai announced to the public that he is the main general, after all, he is the prince, but the prince of a country, compared with the infamous Meng Zhong, he can naturally inspire the morale of the soldiers more.

Pushing open the wooden door of a long wooden house, the crown prince Dai Wu faintly felt a depressing atmosphere in front of him, and when he looked closely, he saw that under the dim torches in the house, a seriously wounded Song soldier was lying on a sleeping bunk made of hay and firewood, neither resting nor speaking, most of them sat there in a daze, staring blankly at the people walking back and forth in the house.

"Ahem!"

Seeing that there was no response in the house, one of the two horses in charge of the wounded soldier's house coughed and said to the soldiers in the house: "Everyone, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down. ”

"Prince?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The wounded soldiers in the room turned their heads one after another when they heard this, and the look of surprise on their faces did not understand why the prince Dai Wu appeared here.

Seeing this, the crown prince Dai Wu, who had already received Meng Zhong's secret instruction, immediately stepped forward a few steps, bowed deeply to the wounded soldiers in the house with a solemn face, and said solemnly: "Thank you for helping Dai Wu defend the city today, you are all warriors of my Song Kingdom!" ”

As he spoke, he slowly walked to the nearest berth.

Lying on this sleeper was a soldier who had his right arm cut off by a Qi sergeant, and for such a soldier who had lost an arm, even if they were discharged from the army and returned to their hometown in the future, they would probably only become a "wasted man" who could not engage in farming.

Therefore, before the crown prince Dai Wu came to inquire, the soldier was thinking about a major event with a gloomy face: instead of dragging such a broken body back to his hometown in the future and dragging down the old and young in the family, it is better to simply die in this war, so that the old and young in the family can get a pension and not be dragged down by him.

Because of this, his eyes looked rather gray, as if he had completely lost hope of survival, until the crown prince Dai Wu walked straight in front of him and held his only remaining left left hand with both hands, and his numb face showed a hint of excitement and confusion.

"My name is Dai Wu, I am the crown prince of this country, a warrior who has lost an arm, please tell me your name." Holding the soldier's left hand, Prince Dai Wu said solemnly.

"I ...... My name is...... What's my name......"

Probably because he was too excited, this soldier, who had completely lost hope of survival, couldn't remember his name at the moment, which provoked a burst of laughter from the wounded soldiers in the house, as well as the soldiers who came with the crown prince Dai Wu, and finally even the soldier himself was embarrassed.

Fortunately, at this time, there was a wounded soldier on the sleeper next to him and scolded with a smile: "Gan Mo, your name is Gan Mo." …… You idiot, why have you forgotten what your name is? His Royal Highness the Prince, his name is Gan Mo, my name is Gan Xi, and we are all people from the area of "Ganxi". ”

Ganxi, that is, a small city named after the river in the Song Kingdom.

Hearing this, Prince Dai Wu smiled at the wounded soldier who called himself "Gan Xi", and then whispered to the one-armed wounded soldier in front of him: "Your name is Gan Mo, right?" ”

"Yes, yes......" The soldier chuckled dryly with a flushed face, as if embarrassed.

At this time, he saw that the crown prince Dai Wu shook his hands heavily, and said: "As the prince of the Song Kingdom, I thank you for your efforts to kill the Qi army today, and thank you for the sacrifice you have paid for this country...... As he spoke, he gently stroked the soldier's right shoulder that had been bandaged with cloth with his left hand, and looked at the empty place under his right shoulder, he said again: "I, the Song State, will never treat the warriors who have contributed to the country, and after this battle is over, Dai Wu will ask someone to recommend you as the post chief or Li Zheng in the Ganxi area, so ...... Please survive! ”

Holding the other party's left hand again, Prince Dai Wu asked solemnly.

Hearing this, the laughter in the room stopped abruptly, and everyone present was moved, looking at the crown prince Dai Wu with reverence and emotion, especially the soldier Gan Mo who only had one arm left, this soldier who was not afraid even if he was cut off by Qi Jun, his eyes were moved to tears at this moment, and he couldn't help choking: "Huh! Gan Mo will definitely survive! Live to see with your own eyes and see those damned Qi troops retreat! ”

"Good!"

Prince Dai Wu nodded with a smile, and then gently patted his uninjured shoulder again, then let go of his hands, turned around and walked to the sleeper next to him, and said to the soldier with a smile: "Your name is Gan Xi, right?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Fang was still laughing at Gan Mo's dry habits, and it was not easy to speak at the moment, but no one in the room laughed at him, because almost everyone's eyes were focused on the crown prince Dai Wu, watching him talk to each of the injured soldiers one by one, sincerely encouraging them and motivating them.

Finally, after a full quarter of an hour, the crown prince Dai Wu said goodbye to all the wounded soldiers in this room: "Dai Wu has to go to inspect the rest of the wounded soldiers, so I can't stay here for a long time, please forgive me." …… Before leaving, Dai Wu hoped to ......"

As he spoke, he glanced around at the wounded soldiers in the room, and suddenly solemnly bowed his hand: "Please take care, you must survive!" ”

Hearing this, the soldiers in the house all patted their chests and swore that they would survive strongly, if nothing else, just for the sake of the crown prince Dai Wu and hoped that they would survive.

When stepping out of the wounded soldier's house, the crown prince Dai Wu paused slightly and looked back at the room.

He clearly felt that the atmosphere in this room was very different from when he came: he remembered that when he first arrived, as soon as he stepped into the house, there was a heavy and oppressive atmosphere in his face, but at this moment, the room was full of laughter, and the wounded soldiers seemed to have forgotten their injuries, and made fun of each other, making fun of each other's gaffes in front of him, the crown prince.

This made him truly realize how important and crucial it was for Meng Zhong to propose that he personally visit each of the wounded soldiers.

However, he didn't notice that in addition to this surprise, in fact, the eyes of the Song soldiers around him were also very different from before, that is, full of respect.

Meng Zhong noticed this scene, although he felt a little regretful, but he also understood that his reputation in the Song Kingdom was far inferior to that of the crown prince Dai Wu, so only the crown prince Dai Wu could boost morale.

However, to Meng Zhong's surprise, in a wounded soldier's house where they came later, several wounded soldiers actually thanked him after being comforted and encouraged by Prince Dai Wu: "Thank you for saving me on the city wall...... I don't know what your name is? ”

Meng Zhong carefully identified them, and only then did he vaguely remember that those soldiers seemed to be the ones he had rescued in time when he personally led the team to reinforce.

Seeing this, the crown prince Dai Wu also did not miss the opportunity, pointed to Meng Zhong and introduced to the surrounding soldiers: "Everyone, this is my extremely trusted Zuo Sima Meng Zhong, don't look at him young, but today, when I have no time to take care of it, it is he who commands the soldiers and generals in the city on my behalf, so that I can force Yang to repel the attacking Qi army without danger!" ”

I have to say that after pacifying the wounded soldiers, the status of Prince Dai Wu in the minds of this group of wounded soldiers has improved again, so that when he introduced Meng Zhong, the soldiers around him subconsciously believed the words of Prince Dai Wu, and looked at Meng Zhong and was secretly surprised, surprised that this young man who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old was actually Zuo Sima who commanded the entire war with the help of Prince Dai Wu.

"It turned out to be Zosima......

"I thought it was the prince's guard......"

"To be so valued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he must be a great person."

"Of course, I was saved by him today, don't look at his youth, kill the soldiers without mercy, don't you see that kid...... No, I didn't see Zosi's appearance at that time, it was very majestic, as if it was ...... Seems...... Anyway, it's very powerful. ”

Amid the discussion of the wounded soldiers in the house, the crown prince Dai Wu left with Meng Zhong.

After walking out of the wounded soldier's house, Dai Wu said to Meng Zhong: "Dai Wu made his own opinion, please don't care about Meng Qing." ”

Meng Zhong smiled faintly, he didn't want to reveal to the soldiers the reason why he was the main general, firstly, because he considered the commander of the Qi army, Tian Zhang, and secondly, because he was too young, and his previous nationality was unknown, these Song army generals were not necessarily willing to obey his orders, which did not mean that he really didn't want to become a real military Sima - after all, even if he didn't value the position of the military commander, his experience in Zhao State had made him understand that sometimes he had to get a high position in order to avoid something sad from happening, otherwise, When faced with a crisis, even he could not turn the situation around.

"This is the kindness of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how can he not know what to do?"

"That's good, that's good." Prince Dai Wu nodded and said sincerely: "I didn't think it before, but at this moment, I gradually found out that Meng Qing gave Dai Wu the opportunity to be loved by the soldiers, which made me always feel that I owe Meng Qing ......"

As he was talking, he walked up to a few people, and after approaching quickly, he clasped his fists and called, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Meng Sima." ”

The crown prince Dai Wu and Meng Zhong looked at each other, only to find that the person who came was a man dressed as Xiang Touch, Xiang Kai and the rest of the clan soldiers.

"Is there anything important for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Meng Sima to come here?" Xiang Kai asked curiously.

Hearing this, the crown prince Dai Wu explained: "Our army has suffered a lot of casualties today, so I have come to inspect the wounded soldiers...... Will the pawn be injured? ”

Dai Wu remembered that Xiang Kai was a general in the area of the North City Gate.

"It's just some skin trauma......" Glancing at Meng Zhong, Xiang Kai said with a smile: "I said that it was not in the way, but Bian Kou Sima at the North City Gate insisted on letting me rest here......

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Meng Zhong, and said with a little pleading: "Meng Sima, my injury is really not in the way, you just let me go back, I still want to get some military merits and get a military position in the future, you also know that in the future, the family business will be left to my brother, and I won't get much ......."

"Brother! What nonsense are you talking about in front of the prince? Xiang Touch scolded his younger brother Xiang Kai with some embarrassment, and at the same time looked at Meng Zhong in surprise.

Because in his memory, his younger brother Xiang Kai was suspicious of the seventeen-year-old general, but there was obviously a bit of respect in his brother's tone, which surprised him.

Seeing Xiang Kai looking at him with blank eyes, Meng Zhong thought for a while and said: "That's it, you can rest here first, if the Qi army is eager to attack the city in the next two days, then I will use the wounded soldiers, and you can go back then......"

"Can't you let me go back right away?" Xiang Kai said with some dissatisfaction.

Meng Zhong smiled and shook his head.

"That's all there is to it......"

Under Xiang Kai's helpless sigh, the crown prince Dai Wu left with Meng Zhong.

On the way out, the crown prince Dai Wu said to Meng Zhong with a smile: "It seems that even if I don't need to come forward, Meng Qing has gradually begun to have prestige in the army...... Yes, with Meng Qing's talent, this is inevitable. ”

"The prince is overrated......"

As Prince Dai Wu said, after today's siege battle, Xiang Kai, who was once suspicious of Meng Zhong, was full of respect for the young general at this moment, so much so that when Prince Dai Wu and Meng Zhong left, Xiang Kai kept watching them leave.

This made his brother feel a little strange: "Brother, why do I feel that you have changed your attitude towards that kid?" ”

"It's Monsima!"

Xiang Kai corrected his brother's words, and immediately looked at Meng Zhong's departing back, and said sincerely: "Brother is not in the north city wall today, so I don't know, otherwise, you will definitely change your opinion of that young man like me." …… It was a trustworthy general, no wonder the prince took him so seriously. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Touch was very puzzled, after all, he was the guard of the East City Gate, and he was the only direction that was not attacked by the Qi army today, of course he didn't know what happened to the North City Gate.

After saying goodbye to Xiang Touch and Xiang Kai brothers, that night the prince Dai Wu took Meng Zhong to visit every wounded soldier, so that after comforting every wounded soldier, the time had already reached the ugly time of the next day, which made them all hungry after missing dinner, but in exchange, every comforted wounded soldier in Qiyang City was pleasantly surprised, excited, and morale bursting, eager to carry weapons and fight with the Qi army again.

Not for anything else, just for the courtesy of Prince Dai Wu.

"I didn't expect that I would be loved by the soldiers in this way......"

On the way to the last wounded barracks, the crown prince Dai Wu said to Meng Zhong with some emotion.

Meng Zhong smiled when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Otherwise?" ”

I saw the crown prince Dai Wu clenched his fists lightly, and said with a smile: "I have also read the art of war, and I once longed to lead the soldiers to defeat the invading enemy army, so as to win the love of the soldiers, just like the king of Song, not ......"

At the end of the day, he was a little melancholy.

"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, I don't dare to agree." Meng Zhong shook his head and persuaded the crown prince Dai Wudao: "The first thing in an army is to see whether the military spirit can be cohesive, as for the strength of the soldiers and the ability of the main general, the relationship is there, but it is not comparable to the military heart. …… Even if it is an army composed of civilians, as long as they can stick to their hearts and are not afraid of life and death, even in the face of Wei Wushu, they will have the strength to fight; Otherwise, if the army is discouraged, even if it is as strong as Wei's soldiers, they will encounter an opponent that they cannot defeat. …… Today, the prince comforted the wounded soldiers and avoided the demoralization of those wounded soldiers due to their injuries, and even affected the morale of the rest of the soldiers, which was the most helpful thing for forcing the sun. As for leading the soldiers to repel the attacking enemy army......" He smiled slightly, and said half-jokingly: "If the crown prince Dai Wu can do everything, what else do you need the military master to do?" ”

Hearing this, a group of guards behind them burst out laughing, and even the crown prince Dai Wu laughed.

"Let's go get something to eat first, shall we? I didn't eat anything last night. ”

"Okay."

When the crown prince Dai Wu and Meng Zhong casually got some food to fill their stomachs, it was already two o'clock at this time, and there was only a little more than an hour left before dawn.

"Will the Qi army come to attack the city today?" Prince Dai Wu asked Meng Zhongdao.

"Nine times out of ten." Meng Zhong nodded and explained: "Although the Qi army paid a lot of casualties yesterday and failed to attack the city wall, I saw that the morale of the Qi army was not discharged, so today, Na Tian Jing will most likely continue to attack the city and not give me a chance to breathe." Even, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, maybe Tian Jing will continue to attack the city......"

Hearing this, the crown prince Dai Wuchang sighed.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should go and rest for a while."

"Can't sleep."

The crown prince Dai Wu shook his head and said, "I have seen the injuries of those wounded soldiers, where can I still sleep?" Although Dai Wu is not familiar with military affairs, at least, please let me and Meng Qing witness this war with my own eyes, and witness the heroic appearance of my Song Guoerlang. ”

Seeing that the crown prince Dai Wu was resolute, Meng Zhong no longer persuaded him, so he returned to the tower of the north city gate with the former.

At this time, Meng Hu, who was guarding the city tower on behalf of Meng Zhong, was sleeping under a pillar, snoring like thunder, and Meng Zhong secretly shook his head.

However, he did not wake up Meng Hu, after all, at the same time that Meng Zhong personally reinforced Xiang Kai yesterday, Meng Hu also led another Song army to reinforce the Song soldiers on the other side of the city wall, it is not an exaggeration to say that Meng Hu was more heroic than Meng Zhong at that time, so that after the war, some Song soldiers were happy and convinced of Meng Hu, and respectfully called Meng Hu as the commander.

Passing over the snoring Menghu, the crown prince Dai Wu and Meng Zhong walked into the city tower and drank some wine to refresh themselves.

When the hour came, the Qi generals Tian Jing, Tian Touch, and Tian Da really made a comeback, still arranging their troops outside the city as they did yesterday, preparing to attack the city.

It is true that the number of Qi troops outside the city still has an absolute advantage, but the city wall is strong, and the soldiers defending the city are united, which makes Meng Zhong firmly believe that even if Tian Jing really attacks the Yang for several days in a row, he can resist the Yang.

Sure enough, in the siege battle that day, the Song army still held the city without danger.

Under such circumstances, the Qi general Tian Jing could only ignore the casualties and continue to attack the city, so that on the 16th and 17th of July, when the city had been attacked for two days in a row, the Qi army continued to attack the city on the 18th, 19th, and 20th, and attacked the city for five days in a row.

Not to mention that the Song army in Forcing Yang City was exhausted and suffered huge casualties, and the same was true of the Qi army, and even the Qi army's consumption and casualties were greater than that of Forcing Yang City.

During this period, Tian Zhang, who was waving his army to attack Pengcheng, learned of this, and hurriedly handed over the battle to Zou Xi, and returned to the area of Qiyang day and night.

Forcing the sun to be able to hold on, Tian Zhang was not surprised by this.

Unexpectedly, Tian Jing attacked Qiyang for five days in a row, but he did not succeed in attacking the city wall once, which surprised Tian Zhang, so that he immediately came to the area of Qiyang and prepared to personally supervise the battle.

If his Qi army could not really threaten the city, it would mean that they were still far from breaching this city.

"Who is commanding the Song army?"

After pondering and meditating for a month or two, Tian Zhang still couldn't understand it.

He just had a bad premonition.

That is, his famous name of "famous general Kuang Zhang" is not to be destroyed in the Song State, in a country that is far less powerful than the Qin State.

Who made him, a famous general who defeated Qiang Qin, unable to defeat even a small weak Song.