When Zhao Yong and the others felt that Shiyi City was under the city, what appeared in front of him was a scene of hell on earth. quzhaoxiaoshuo.

The entire Shiyi City seems to have no complete city walls, and many places are showing a fresh earthy color, which seems out of place with the surroundings, which is obviously the soldiers in the city while resisting the attack of the Zhao army, while hurrying to pile up; The castle tower was also dilapidated, and there were still fires burning in many places, even so, the soldiers who were close at hand did not bother to get up and extinguish him, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the time to rest and rest, for the defensive side, the pressure was too great.

And Zhao Jun's side is not as morale as rainbow. Although it is expected that a one-day attack will be able to uproot this famous fortified city in Zhongshan, it is clear that this is an optimistic estimate. The will of the Zhongshan people is too tenacious. After dispatching stone throwers, ladders and various crash vehicles, Zhao Jun only added some wounds to this tall city, but it was unable to defeat this city at all.

After this day's offensive, the morale of the Zhao army's siege troops was also hit. The veterans who had experienced the battle array, leaning in front of the tent, their lips were dry, staring at the Shiyi City in front of them, although their eyes were full of dissatisfaction, but they were also mixed with a little loss; And those recruits have completely lost the sharpness they had at the beginning, but they are full of panic and uneasiness, and their eyes looking at Shiyi are also full of fear.

The soldiers of some units began to collect the corpses of their comrades, either father and son, or brothers, or village parties, in groups of two, in teams of three, wandering on the battlefield that had just been fought. Although he still had to guard against the cold arrows from the Zhongshan army on the city gate at all times, he still looked for it on the battlefield out of sympathy for the robe. The Zhongshan people also seemed to have some tacit understanding and looked at these people coldly, although the bows and arrows were full, and the crossbow arrows were in the machine, but they were just monitoring, and no one cast cold arrows.

War is the coldest thing, in fact, it is precisely this coldness, but it can bring out a little warmth of human nature.

This is the scene that Zhao Yong's army saw when they returned to the simple camp built by Zhao Guang.

"Military, how did that sentence come about?" Zhao Yong did not dismount, but looked at the scene in front of him, as if asking, and as if talking to himself: "'Go to the army to plan, then attack the enemy, then attack the army, and attack the city. The method of siege is a last resort. 'Right? ”

Le Yi didn't dare to answer, he could hear from Zhao Yong's tone that he was a little disappointed, and others could also hear it. However, in the opinion of Le Yi and others, Zhao Yong's understanding of military affairs can be used in one word, which is to rush for quick success. Whether it is domestic reform or military offensive, although there are always some brilliant strategies, they also always reveal the mentality of rushing for results. If he was a general, he might still be a fierce general, but now as the commander of the army and the monarch of the country, if this kind of problem is not changed, it will definitely cause a catastrophe.

Zhao Yong himself didn't know that the inferiority gene hidden in his personality had not changed at all in his previous life or in this life. Even if he was successful in his previous life, he only relied on his outstanding talent and careful thinking to temporarily cover up the inferiority complex in his character.

And in this life, after directly becoming the monarch of Zhao State, the huge surprise and subversion, the fear and worry about the environment, made his inferiority complex genes start to work again, which created the status quo that he is always eager to prove now. According to the famous psychiatrist Adler's theory, all people feel inferiority, but in some people he causes psychosis, and in others he creates a need for achievement.

"What about Zhao Guang?" Zhao Yong walked to the door of the big tent and didn't see Zhao Guang, and the anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed. Looking around, seeing that no one answered him, they all hid far away, snorted coldly, and walked into the big tent with their legs raised.

The big tent obviously didn't clean up much, so there was a three-dimensional model of Shiyi City in it, which was very rough, and there was no way, after all, there was no plane, and there was no three-dimensional attack and defense at all, all of which were constructed according to some information from scouts and fine works. Then there is another chair on the steps.

Zhao Yong didn't mean to take a seat, walked to the sand table, calmed himself down a little, and said: "Strategist, now that the morale is so low, can you attack?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is very unwise to attack the city at this time. What's more, the other side can delay our army for a day, it is when the morale is like a rainbow, if it is a hard-fought siege, the casualties will definitely be very heavy. ”

"Replace the siege troops!" Zhao Yongdao, "How about the troops besieging the city today, resting in the back and not participating in the attack?" ”

"Your Majesty, the soldiers who participated in the ambush are also rushing back and forth, if they attack at this time, I am afraid that they will still lose their troops and generals, and their efforts will be in vain!"

"It doesn't work either! That won't work either! Then you guys have a good idea for Lone! As long as he can capture Shiyi within two days, Lone is willing to give him a general! All calmness was in vain, and anger finally erupted, like a beast that chooses to devour people, ready to eat anyone in the tent.

Wu Guang and Le Yi glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. If it is really like Zhao Yong, who can capture Shiyi City and be crowned a general, then the military reform that Zhao Yong worked so hard to promote before will really die halfway. Because the purpose of military reform is to eliminate the privileged class in the army, but if Zhao Yong casually promotes people according to his own will, wouldn't he create a new privileged class? Even this privileged class is still wrapped in the cloak of "jurisprudence"?

Just as everyone looked at each other, a corner of the tent was opened, revealing a little sunset, and then two hurried footsteps disturbed the silent atmosphere in the tent. Zhao Yong didn't look back, only heard a "poof", it seemed that someone knelt on the ground, he thought that Zhao Guang heard that he was coming, and rushed to meet him, but he heard humanitarian: "Captain Zuo Zhao Tong, meet your lord." ”

Zhao Yong frowned, looked back, and saw that Zhao Tong's head was deeply slammed on the ground, not raised, and the armor on his body was covered with blood, and some places had been damaged, revealing the wounds that had not yet been bandaged, and it looked like he had just experienced a battle of life and death. Zhao Tong is actually very familiar with Zhao Yong, because this is Zhao Guang's general, and he was responsible for taking care of Zhao Guang at that time. But why did he appear here with a lottery, but he didn't see Zhao Guang?

"What about Zhao Guang?"

Zhao Tong raised his head at this moment, under his gray hair, his entire face was stained with blood, and the scars flowed blood down his face, and it had already shed a puddle where he kowtowed. Facing Zhao Yong, he thought, but for some reason his eyes turned red first, and then said slowly: "Tell you, my general has just been unconscious on the battlefield because of his injuries, and now he is placed in the military doctor for treatment, and he has not yet woken up." ”

Zhao Yong was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

It turned out that after several failed sieges, Zhao Guang also felt that things were too tricky, if he continued like this, when Zhao Yong came back, he would definitely be furious. So, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and personally led the troops to participate in the siege of the city, just when he went through a bloody fight and climbed the Zhongshan city wall through the ladder, he was besieged by Zhongshan soldiers, and was cut through his left chest by Ge, and almost died directly. Fortunately, Zhao Tong was also on the spot, holding him and quickly withdrawing from the city tower, so that Zhao Guang was spared.

Although Zhao Tong is simple, to everyone's ears, it seems like something is really happening in front of him. So that everyone was frightened, but they also had to be a little sad. Because everyone knows that the reason why Zhao Guang is so desperate is not only from his loyalty to Zhao Yong, but also because of too much pressure. This point is still related to Zhao Yong's selection. The advantage of the young general is that he is enthusiastic and has more creativity, but the disadvantage is that he can't bear the pressure, on the other hand, Pang Cong, besieging Fenglong for a few days, no matter how much Zhao Yong urges, or calmly arranged, there is no sign of collapse.

Zhao Yong also regrets it now, and he also realizes what his current problem is. Watching others fight and personally commanding is really a very different thing, no wonder the so-called famous generals are heroes who came out of the sea of corpses and blood, although this has something to do with their own talent, but experience is also very important. I'm afraid this is the biggest lesson that Zhao Yong has learned so far from this expedition.

"Let him recuperate well, and watch him later." Zhao Yong waved his hand and said helplessly.

Zhao Tong saw that he had no intention of punishing Zhao Guang, so he hurriedly thanked him, and hurriedly left the big tent and went to the military doctor. He should be glad that if Zhao Yong hadn't opened a military medical department in Zhao Jun's team for the first time, I'm afraid Zhao Guang would really have confessed here.

Zhao Yong returned to the sand table, looked at the model of Shiyi City carefully, and his mind became lively again. Le Yi and Wu Guang also silently walked to the sand table, wanting to help Zhao Yong come up with ideas through their wisdom. Because they also knew that time was pressing, and if Qiu Li's troops could not resist the reinforcements from Fanwu, then Shiyi City would have to give up.

However, having just experienced a major defeat, how to clean up the morale of the army that has been exhausted?

Zhao Yong paced in front of the sand table for a long time, but still found nothing, his heart was extremely depressed, and the feeling of unwillingness came to his mind again. He shook his head and walked to the tent, it was getting late, and the bonfire was already burning. He opened a corner and saw that Shiyi City seemed to be sleeping in the night, and the bonfire in front of the city tower was also lit, but the soldiers defending the city were also somewhat refreshed. If you let them continue to be comfortable, I'm afraid that this time, they will really return in vain.

He stared at the city wall for a long time, sighed faintly, and turned around to ask Le Yi and the others. At the moment when he put down the big tent, suddenly a thought crossed his mind, and it seemed that he was not sure, he lifted the corner of the tent again, and this time, he carefully looked at the Shiyi City in the night, refusing to let go of the slightest detail.

Le Yi and Wu Guang were frowning in front of the sand table, and they just wanted something, but they heard Zhao Yong laughing, turned to the two and said, "The day the city is broken, it will be tomorrow!" ”