Low morale due to a large number of casualties on the side has abound since ancient times, even some armies that have stepped on the battlefield to fight for the sake of the country, the nation, and other great interests, let alone soldiers who are not a nation in the first place.

But Zhao Hongrun once again captured the hearts of the soldiers of the Shangshui army and the warriors of the two tribes through a grass flute song and an impassioned speech, and lifted and boosted the morale of the two, which felt incredible in the eyes of many people.

And what made everyone feel most happy and honored was the dialogue between Zhao Hongrun and the sergeant of Shangshui.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun ridiculed Yang Wu with a humorous sentence, which made the soldiers and soldiers of Zhushang and Shui present feel a very novel feeling: It turns out that His Royal Highness King Su has not always been high, he is actually very close to us.

It was with Yangwu's interruption that the atmosphere on the west city wall became very good. For example, when Zhao Hongrun encouraged the generals and prepared to return to the felt tent, another young merchant soldier plucked up the courage and begged His Royal Highness King Su to play Fang Cai's tune again.

Maybe this soldier is like Ran Teng, a thousand generals, who only heard the news at the end of the song, hoping to listen to it completely.

Of course, it could be that you just like that tune.

But in any case, this proposal was generally supported by all the Shangshui soldiers and soldiers of the Qiang tribe present.

Actually, Zhao Hongrun doesn't care about blowing that tune again, after all, what's there if you blow it again? However, he couldn't help but want to tease those Shangshui soldiers, deliberately looked at the sky that had already darkened, and said hesitantly: "It's okay to blow it again, but now it's dark, and you haven't cleaned up the battlefield yet......"

Sure enough, hearing this, the nearby Shangshui soldiers couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

And at this moment, the three thousand people Xu Jiong may have guessed Zhao Hongrun's thoughts, and shouted loudly in the distance: "His Royal Highness King Su, you can blow it again." …… Your Highness can rest assured that at the end of the meeting, the general will order the torches to be lit, and these rabbit cubs will be ordered to clean up the battlefield by tonight. ”

The nearby merchant and water soldiers were slightly stunned, and then they all started to coax.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun was not hypocritical, and said with a smile: "Okay, since Xu Jiong's 3,000 people will guarantee you, this king will blow it again." …… By the way, I wrote down the melody and hummed along. ”

"Oh-"

The merchants, sailors, and generals cheered.

After that, Zhao Hongrun blew it again, and those Shangshui soldiers, and even the tribal warriors of the two tribes, this time as Zhao Hongrun said, couldn't help but hum along, hoping to keep this beautiful song in mind.

After about half a pillar of incense, Zhao Hongrun finished blowing it for the second time.

Although the soldiers and soldiers of the merchant and navy were reluctant, because they had words first, they had no choice but to let His Royal Highness King Su leave.

However, when His Royal Highness King Su left, they gave the former a great cheer, which can be described as a farewell.

"Your Highness, you are really ...... It's outstanding. ”

Even Shen Yu, the head of the sect guard who had repeatedly reminded Zhao Hongrun to leave early several times before, couldn't help but whisper praise at this moment.

Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly.

It is too hypocritical to be heartily recognized, supported and embraced by so many people, and to insist on saying that you are not happy.

But when he thought of the huge number of casualties, his heart was still a little blocked.

"There's only so much this king can do......"

He sighed slightly.

"His Royal Highness King Su."

In the distance, Wu Ji took several patriarchs of the Qiang tribe and walked towards Zhao Hongrun.

"His Royal Highness King Su, it's really versatile, I just listened carefully, that song is really ...... Beautiful. The patriarch of the Aries tribe, Halgoh, praised.

Before the words fell, the rest of the patriarchs also spoke in admiration.

It is no wonder that, after all, the people of Sanchuan are originally a people who love music, and there are many folk songs with a long history in the culture of the Qiang people.

"Where, where, let you see the smile." Zhao Hongrun arched his hand towards the patriarchs, and said with a humble face: "This king just feels that the sacrifice in this battle is too great, and his heart is also sad, thinking of these generals and the warriors of the tribes, so he ......."

As soon as they heard the casualties of this battle, the smiles on the faces of the patriarchs gradually retracted.

You must know that the tribes of their Qiang tribe have lost nearly 2,000 young people in the clan today, which is not a small amount.

However, they had no hatred, because they could already firmly believe that the king of Wei in front of them was trustworthy: the person who could play such a beautiful grass flute music could never be a person who went back on his word and was vicious.

Although this explanation may seem funny to the Wei people, the people of the Qi people are convinced of it.

After a few pleasantries, everyone got down to business.

The suggestions of these patriarchs were similar to Wu Ji's, and they all proposed to take advantage of the defeat of the Qiang Jiao army today and pursue it while they were victorious.

But Zhao Hongrun shook his head and vetoed their suggestion of being greedy and reckless: "Although today's Qianjiao is newly defeated and has lost a large number of slave soldiers, its tribal cavalry has suffered almost no losses, to put it bluntly, our side is still at a disadvantage. …… If we want to defeat Kakaku and capture Bitatu in one go, we need a big victory. ”

"That being said, it's a big win...... Where is it so easy to get?'

The patriarchs looked at each other.

"Don't be anxious, patriarchs, wait for the king to observe the horns for another three days. In three days, there will be a decision! ”

"In that case......

The patriarchs nodded.

That night, the soldiers of the merchant army really lit bonfires and torches and disposed of the corpses in the area of the west city wall.

I have to say that due to the number of deaths in the vicinity of the western city wall today, the soldiers of the merchant and navy soldiers have been busy until late at night.

However, despite this, no one shouted tiredness or complained dissatisfied.

I saw those soldiers, while carrying the corpses by the light of the torches, while humming the tune played by Zhao Hongrun on the grass flute.

This surprised many soldiers who did not show up to listen to Zhao Hongrun's playing.

No, a soldier grabbed the pawns Li Hui, Yang Wu and others who were humming this song, and asked in surprise: "Hey, brother, what is that humming in your mouth?" It doesn't seem like the tune of our Chu State. ”

I saw Yang Wu smile and said: "Hehe, this is a tune blown by His Royal Highness King Su with blades of grass near the west city wall around dusk......" Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and added with some pride: "By the way, don't say anything about 'our Chu State' in the future, His Royal Highness King Su said, our Shang Shui Army is now Wei people, and they are compatriots of His Royal Highness King Su, so it should be said that it is 'our Great Wei'......"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about these useless things." The soldier obviously didn't have any belonging to his homeland, so he interrupted Yang Wu's words impatiently, and asked curiously about the tune: "The tune played by King Su?" Why? ”

"Why?" Yang Wu scratched his head and said with a natural expression: "In memory of the sacrificed soldiers, our merchant army is the descendant army of His Royal Highness King Su." ”

"Remembering the soldiers who died? Did His Royal Highness the King of Su play that tune on the west city wall? The nearby soldiers gathered around.

Seeing this, it seems that Li Hui, Le Leopard, Yang Wu and other soldiers who were fortunate enough to listen to the scene praised the grass flute played by Zhao Hongrun, and even a few soldiers of the merchant army also learned to use the grass flute to try to play, but unfortunately the technique was too poor, and the soldiers who had heard Zhao Hongrun play it were buried for a while.

Subsequently, as more and more soldiers of the Shangshui army discussed this matter, the matter of "King Su played a song on the west city wall to commemorate the sacrificed soldiers" quickly spread throughout the entire Shangshui army, making those soldiers who had not heard of this incident and had not been present to listen to it beat their chests for a while.

And Yang Wu, who had a few words of conversation with Zhao Hongrun, and another soldier who begged Zhao Hongrun to play another song, became the object of envy of the soldiers and soldiers of the merchant and navy in the blink of an eye, and he was in the limelight in the army for a while, which can be regarded as famous.

In just a few days, the grass flute song "It's hard to see each other and say goodbye" has become a small song that almost everyone can hum and sing like a storm has struck.

Even in the future, when the Shang Shui Army mourned the sacrifice of Tongze after the war, he would play this song on the grass flute as a farewell to his comrades.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, on the 24th of August, the people of the Qiangjiao gathered again at the western, northern, and southern walls of the city and attacked the city again.

I have to say that maybe I couldn't see it yesterday, but today, there is a significant gap in the morale of the two armies, the Shang Shui Army and the Qiangjiao Slave Soldiers.

I saw that the soldiers and soldiers of the merchant and water on the west city wall were still as high as yesterday, and even faintly had a fierce momentum that was even more desperate than yesterday; On the other hand, those slave soldiers are like beasts that have been plucked out of their claws, and they no longer have the madness of yesterday, as if they are sick and languishing.

As a result, the soldiers of the Shangshui army on the west city wall today only relied on yesterday's "remnants of a battalion" to block the offensive of those slave soldiers in the corner. Immediately, Wu Ji, who was in charge of commanding the overall situation, responded to the situation, removed some of the shield hands, replaced them with a group of crossbowmen, and actually blocked those Jiaojiao slave soldiers under the city.

Probably realizing that the situation was inviolable, the Karma Army only attacked for an hour today and then withdrew.

On August 25, the Qiangjiao people attacked the city again, as in the previous days, but as a result, the army attacked the city for only half an hour, and the Qiangjiao people hastily withdrew their troops.

After the war, the soldiers and soldiers of the merchant and water in the west city wall were very puzzled.

Because of the fierce battle on August 23, the offensive of the slave soldiers of the next two days was not fierce at all, as if those slave soldiers were simply here to send them to death.

Is that their delusion?

Of course not!

The reason for thinking about it is nothing more than that after listening to Zhao Hongrun's words, the generals of the Shangshui Army gradually accepted the matter of "I am a Wei person, and I should die for the Great Wei", and gradually regarded themselves as a real Wei person, so their fighting spirit was high.

And those slave soldiers, the patriarch of the Karma tribe, Bitatu and the Karma warriors under his command, will they care about the state of the slave soldiers under their command like Zhao Hongrun?

The difference in treatment made the Qiangjiao army still occupy an absolute advantage in terms of strength, but it was increasingly unable to shake the rock-solid city. (To be continued.) )