At this time, in Jiaxing City, the guard general Sheng Shiyou was writing on the desk with a sad face,

And the guards behind him didn't have to look at it to guess what he was writing, and in this situation, what else could they do besides write a letter asking for help?

"I don't even know if it's the first letter asking for help. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" the guard muttered to himself.

When Cao Gui defended Jiaxing, there were more than 7,000 defenders, but later after Suzhou was occupied by Zhejiang, Jiaxing became a rear city, and its defensive importance naturally decreased a lot, and now there are only 3,000 defenders.

What's more, a few days ago, the news that the Huainan Army outside Suzhou City used a new siege machine to capture Suzhou in one fell swoop had already spread, with a range of 500 steps, hundreds of pounds of boulders, and only a few people needed to operate, bombarding day and night, Master Sheng did not have the confidence to defend Jiaxing under the bombardment of that kind of siege weapon. As for going out of the city to fight with Yang Wu? Don't be kidding, he only has 3,000 people, but the other party has a full 20,000 people, so it is absolutely impossible to go out of the city to fight.

"General, our army is back!" At this time, a personal soldier from outside came in to report.

"If there's any news, just say it." Master Sheng didn't raise his head, and said weakly.

Master Sheng is only in his thirties this year, but he has been a guard in Jiaxing for five years, since Cao Gui left office, he is the guard here, and at that time Jiaxing has become a rear city, neither the enemy to attack, nor the bandits who are not open-eyed, it can be said that his life is very good.

However, since the rebellion of Wu Yongdu, the Huainan Army sent troops to Suzhou, and the leisurely days of Master Sheng came to an end.

More than a month ago, Yang Wu's partial division first captured Changshu, and then quickly captured Kunshan and Huating, while Suzhou was surrounded by the Huainan army early. At that time, he was still hesitating whether to send troops to rescue Suzhou, although his troops were not many, but in the end he was also a force. However, before he could make a decision, the news of the breach of Suzhou came quickly.

Jiaxing here was originally the rear, and now it has become the front line, the news that the Huainan army is coming to attack Jiaxing has long been spread, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have long been frightened, and many generals are persuading Sheng Shiyou to give up Jiaxing, but Sheng Shiyou still wants to make some efforts.

It's not that he thinks he can block the Huainan army, but he thinks that once the Huainan army takes Jiaxing, the next road to Hangzhou will be opened, and the Huainan army may directly attack Hangzhou, making the already critical situation in Hangzhou even more dangerous.

So he kept writing to Huzhou Assassin Shi Gaoyan, hoping that he could send troops to reinforce Jiaxing. As long as Jiaxing is defended, Hangzhou and Huzhou will be safe.

However, Gao Yan's reply to him asked him to continue to stick to Jiaxing, but he did not say a word about the reinforcements.

"General Qiyu, our army has found signs of enemy troops outside Suzhou City, and the target should be Jiaxing!"

Master Sheng was shocked at first, and then sighed dejectedly: "Did you send troops so soon?" ”

He lowered his head and thought for a while and asked, "You say, will Huzhou send reinforcements over there?" ”

Perhaps in Gao Yan's view, compared with Jiaxing, Huzhou itself also needs to be guarded. Since the Huzhou reinforcements led by Gao Wei and Tu Huanzhi were destroyed in Lingyin Mountain, Huzhou's troops were also overstretched. What's more, Hangzhou is the foundation of Qian Biao, so even if Huzhou has extra troops, it will definitely be used to reinforce Hangzhou.

However, in Master Sheng's view, the importance of Jiaxing is not below Huzhou. If Gao Yan and the others don't come to reinforce Jiaxing, maybe he won't regret it until Jiaxing is lost.

"The High Envoy should send reinforcements, right?" The guard said with some uncertainty.

Master Sheng nodded, and he was not disappointed by this answer. He thought for a while, tore up the unfinished letter just now and wrote a new one, "You take this letter to Huzhou in person, and tell Gao Thorn Shi that Ben will hold on to Jiaxing for five days, and if Huzhou reinforcements arrive after five days, Ben will give up Jiaxing and retreat to Hangzhou!" ”

The guard was stunned, quickly took the letter and agreed, and left in a hurry.

In the Huzhou Assassin's Mansion, officials of all sizes had gathered together at this time to discuss the current war.

Thorn Shi Gaoyan sat on the main seat, and the next sat were Zhu Xingxian, Sheng Shiyou, Shen Xingsi and other Huzhou generals.

"Let's talk about what to do next!" Gao Yan's voice was a little hoarse, he had already broken his heart for the sake of the battle situation these days.

Gao Yan was Qian Di's old subordinate, and after Li Jiwei, the assassin of Huzhou, surrendered to Huainan, Qian Biao appointed him as the new assassin of Huzhou.

And Gao Yan did not live up to Qian Di's trust, this time as soon as there was an accident in Hangzhou, he sent his son Gao Wei and Huzhou Commander Tu Huanzhi to the rescue, not wanting to be ambushed and defeated in Lingyin Mountain.

There was no time to grieve over the death of his son, and then he was faced with the heavy responsibility of defending Huzhou.

Huzhou, like Hangzhou, is the foundation of Qian Biao, and its importance is even higher than that of Suzhou. So when the news of the siege of Suzhou came, he not only did not send a single soldier to rescue Suzhou, but desperately strengthened the defense of Huzhou.

Still, the news of Suzhou's swift fall shocked him. Next, the Huainan Army will definitely continue to attack Jiaxing, but many generals have disagreements about whether to rescue Jiaxing.

Huzhou and Jiaxing are in a somewhat special location. Huzhou is bordered by Taihu Lake in the north, Jiaxing in the east, Huainan territories such as Shengzhou and Changzhou in the northwest, and Xuanzhou in Tianyu in the west. Jiaxing is Suzhou to the north, Huzhou to the west, and Hangzhou to the south.

Most of the generals believed that Huzhou itself was also on the front line, and if troops were sent to rescue Jiaxing, Huzhou's defense would be empty. As long as the Huainan Army drags the main force of Huzhou in Jiaxing, and then sends troops from Shengzhou, Changzhou and other places to attack Huzhou, not only Jiaxing will not be able to hold it, but even Huzhou will be in danger.

However, some people also proposed that if they did not go to the rescue of Jiaxing, and waited for the Huainan army to capture Jiaxing, they would go directly south to Hangzhou, relying on the benefit of trebuchets, and Hangzhou would only be afraid that it would be really dangerous.

After all, although Tian Yan and Huainan are not at odds, they are still nominally a family, and the two families have a common enemy when dealing with the two Zhejiang. If Huainan and Tian Yan reach an agreement, for example, Huainan will help Tian Yan capture Hangzhou first; Tian Yan in turn helped Huainan capture Huzhou, then it was possible for the two families to unite, so the best way was to send troops to rescue Jiaxing.

The two sides argued endlessly, and even Gao Yan could not make up his mind.

Then Jiaxing guard general Sheng Shiyou sent someone to threaten that the Huainan army had sent troops south, if Huzhou did not send reinforcements, he would only hold Jiaxing for five days, and he would withdraw to Hangzhou as soon as the five days were up.

Regarding this news, Gao Yan and others had no other idea than to scold Master Sheng for being shameless. After all, if Jiaxing is really lost quickly, if the Huainan army goes south to join up with Xuanzhou Tianyan, then they will really be sinners of the two Zhejiang provinces if they sit idly by and ignore them now.

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