As the Song army's offensive became more and more fierce, every boulder falling would be like a stone falling into the calm lake, causing irreparable cracks on the city wall.

The city wall of more than ten zhang, under the blow of the strong siege equipment of the Song army, cracked and lowered little by little, and the whole city wall was already stained red by the blood of the two armies, and in the sunset, it seemed like a red wall standing up, which looked very bloody.

Zhu Hai did not know how long the defenders of Liangming Pass could continue to hold out in the face of the Song army's non-stop attacks day and night.

The grain and grass were reduced day by day, the ordnance was seriously depleted and could not be replenished, seeing that the army could no longer be maintained, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, there was no medicine to treat, the wounds began to fester, suppurate, die, and were carried out one by one and hurriedly buried.

Now Liangming Pass is attacked and surrounded on both sides, which makes the people in the pass panic, and the news of the Song army's breakthrough is often spread in the pass. Moreover, many iron cavalry soldiers have learned that the road to return home from the west has been blocked by the Yan army.

In this battle, if you don't win, you will lose, and there is no way back!

What's even more odious is that the Song army attacked in the east, and the Yan army built checkpoints in the west, sending a lot of people, often spreading rumors in the west of Liangming Pass, what Liangming Pass is not guaranteed, and the Iron Cavalry surrenders as soon as possible and does not kill, etc., these rumors are like a soft knife, stabbed in the heart of the Iron Cavalry who are about to despair again and again.

For a few days, the Song army's attack never stopped, and Liangming Pass was dilapidated under the onslaught of the other party, and it was too late to repair it, and the remnants of the wall were broken, and it was in danger.

The house leak happened to be rainy, and the little food left in Liangming Pass was also consumed this morning, Zhu Hai sent someone to suppress the news in time, but the food of hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry soldiers could not be hidden for long at all, and in the absence of food, I am afraid that the morale of the iron cavalry army will decline again.

Zhu Hai's heart hurts, his heart hurts like a knife, Liangming Pass is Zheng Guo's important checkpoint in the north, once it is lost, Zheng Guo is in the four counties of the Bishan Plain, I am afraid that sooner or later it will change hands.

He knew in his heart that it was not that Zheng Guo Chaotang gave up Liangming Pass and gave up them, on the contrary, Zheng Guo Chaotang attached great importance to the more than 100,000 defenders in Liangming Pass.

Now, if Xing Yike is defeated again, Zheng Guo has spent tens of thousands of huge sums of money and countless painstaking efforts in the past five years, and the iron cavalry army trained will all be in vain, and Zheng Guo's national strength will inevitably decline significantly, and I am afraid it will be difficult to breathe in three or five years.

However, most of the area north of Bishan fell into the hands of Yan State, Zhao Jun led 50,000 cavalry, like a ghost, blocking the reinforcements in the south of Bishan, as for Shangyu Road, the Longjiang area is still an ocean, Xing Yike wants to save himself, how can he cross the swamp for thousands of miles. 

The Iron Cavalry Army, which has been defeated miserably, only has an infantry phalanx left, and it can't resist 50,000 cavalry?

Zhu Hai couldn't help but sigh secretly, the captain was angry, and the corpse floated for thousands of miles, pitting Zhao Jun and harming Zheng Jun.

In the past two days, the news from all sides of Zheng Guo gathered in front of Zhu Hai, the shortage of food, the onslaught of the Song army, the weak will of the soldiers to fight, the appearance of deserters, etc., every news made this veteran general who had experienced a hundred battles unhappy.

The situation is getting worse and worse, and it is gradually beyond his control, this Liangming Pass is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself.

What's even more shameless is that the Yan army seems to have learned of the situation in Liangming Pass, and in the past few days, hundreds of light horsemen have crossed the mountain road, constantly shouting in the west of Liangming Pass, laying down their weapons, coming out to surrender, disarming and not killing. Fighting is also defeat, not fighting is also defeat, why not abandon the dark and surrender to the light, Zheng Guo Chaotang gave up Liangming Pass, gave up you, surrendered to the Yan army, and became a new man, Yunyun.

Such words are undoubtedly a great temptation for the disheartened Iron Cavalry, and more importantly, hunger began to spread among the Iron Cavalry like a plague, and many Iron Cavalry soldiers were shaken, although Zhu Hai killed a lot of people and set an example for the monkeys, but unfortunately, the fear of death not only did not disperse on the head of the Iron Cavalry, but was like the eve of a storm, and the gloomy clouds became thicker and thicker.

Every night, there are always a lot of iron cavalry troops, three or five groups to see the flow out of the pass, along the mountain road to the pass.

At first, the generals who defended the city would also teach the deserters a lesson, but as time went on, many of the iron cavalry began to run out of food, and the number of people fleeing every day increased, and they began to clash with the guards of the West Gate.

Then, the soldiers guarding the city of Ximen also participated in the fleeing army, and even the guards could not stand the hunger, and the death they would face after breaking the pass also abandoned the pass and fled, and joined the fleeing army with the soldiers under their hands.

"General, the number of people who have fled in the past two days has increased, and it is rumored in the army that Song Zheng has been the enemy for generations, and on the day of breaking the pass, the Song army will slaughter the city! There is no food and grass in the army, and if it goes on like this, even if the Song army fails to break through Liang, the iron cavalry army will not be starved to death, and all of them will not surrender to the Yan State. The deputy general said to Zhu Hai that in the past few days, the situation has become worse and worse, and the deputy general is also busy.

"The old man can't do anything! Only if you apologize for your sins with death, Liangming Pass will be broken sooner or later, and it is better to leave, otherwise, how many orphans and widows will be added to this battle! Zhu Hai sighed, his expression suddenly aged a lot, it wasn't that he was incompetent, it was really God's blessing!

"General!" The deputy general wanted to persuade Zhu Hai, but he waved his hand and said: "Taiwei is angry and digging the Longjiang River, floating corpses for thousands of miles, killing and wounding millions, Emperor Yan is on the front line of Gyeongju, opening a warehouse to provide grain, it can be seen that the non-ruthless monarch, surrendering to the Yan State, can barely hold his life, have a hot porridge, and can also resolve the urgent need." Zhu Hai looked sad, he couldn't do anything about the current situation, he couldn't kill tens of thousands of soldiers alive ruthlessly, so what was the difference between him and the executioner.

In the past few days, many soldiers have starved to death, he is a general, but he is also a father, watching the young soldiers, not die at the hands of the enemy, but being starved to death, I don't know how sad it is in my heart

If it weren't for all kinds of helplessness, who would defect to the enemy, and if it wasn't for a dead end, who would let his brothers starve to death. As a general, Zhu Hai is not a cold-blooded and ruthless killing machine.

At the same time, in the west mountain road, a westward flow of people is moving forward rapidly, is there a Yan cavalry, sending food to relieve the dying.

On the side of Yaoguan, the Yan army set up tents, gave porridge and rice, and gave the surrendered iron cavalry a hot meal.

After a full meal, those who have the heart to stay and join the Yan army, according to the treatment of the soldiers of the Yan State, build the Leiming Pass together, if they go home, each person has always been copper money, neither forcibly asked to stay, nor discriminatory and sarcastic. Like a merchant ship, the oyster is lying in the fan room

On the gate, Lei Jieying and the three of them looked at the team fleeing from the west, like a long dragon spreading in the valley, Lei Jieying said with a smile: "The more than 100,000 iron cavalry troops in this Liangming Pass have collapsed like this, it is really embarrassing to say."

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"Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, this world, if it is not unified, the people do not know how many crimes to create?" Zhao Hongru's expression was much heavier, this scholar-born general had his own feelings and righteousness.

He admired Lin Feng's actions very much, he had the feelings of a king, understood the suffering of the people, and respected every life. Fighting a war is a soldier's business, you can fight to the death on the battlefield, what do you have to do with the people, and the soldiers take off "How many people are willing to stay and join the Yan army?" Lei Jieying asked.

Everyone pursues differently, Lei Jieying does not have Zhao Hongru's talent and feelings, he only follows one principle, does his essential work well, and solves problems for the emperor.

"At present, there are more than 30,000 people, but Liangming Pass has not yet been lost, and the specific number of people who have taken refuge cannot be determined, but there are not too many people leaving, two out of ten! All of them were arranged in the states and counties of Huainan Province. Bai Yisheng replied.

"I thought that after the battle of Liangming Pass was over, no matter how many people joined the Yan army, they could all be sent to the northern and eastern regions of Jin, so as not to cause changes to the other party."

"Hehe, the emperor has a saying that is very right, don't suspect people when you use people, since the other party is willing to stay, you shouldn't doubt it, if people change, they will change wherever they are placed." Zhao Hongru swept his eyes at the ragged and unintentional iron cavalry with the beggars, and said, "If you think that this person is mostly infantry, it is better to leave it to me!" ”

"Come on, you already have 60,000 infantry under your hands, and I heard that in addition to Zhang Yu and Hou Mingfeng, there are more people under your hands.

The two of them were all cavalry, and after the war in the south ended, the emperor must have sent people to pass through the north, so they did not refuse the cavalry that surrendered to the Jin State.

But if you gather 100,000 infantry in your hands, the emperor may not support it, once the battle in Liangmingguan is calm, the east and west sides of the Bishan area are blocked by Song Zhao Zheng, and the south must be turned over the Bishan, to say that you are not afraid that you will be angry, in the north and south battlefields, the infantry is really not very useful. ”

"Indeed, you are right, the infantry is currently in the Yan Kingdom, and it is indeed of little effect, but it can be turned over the mountains, Zheng is mostly hilly, bypassing the Liangming Pass, and the same is true of the Song State and the Liang State, I dare to say that the infantry is not of much use.

Moreover, grabbing land is the strength of the cavalry, but the siege infantry is the main force, the emperor's ambition is very big, and he will definitely not be satisfied with passing through the north alone, there will be a big war in the south in the future, at that time, don't say 100,000 infantry, 200,000 infantry is not enough! Zhao Hongru said!

He didn't know Lin Feng's plan to deploy, but he thought that the emperor was still young and ambitious, and he would definitely not be satisfied that the Yan Kingdom was in a small land, and he was holding it in the south at the moment, but if the Yan Kingdom was strong, the situation in the south

It may not be bad, the east can attack the Song Dynasty, the southwest can attack Zheng, and the flowers bloom on all sides.

Besides, the infantry has an infantry advantage, and the cavalry has a cavalry advantage, and the two cannot be generalized.

"Lao Zhao is worthy of being a scholar, what he said is right, the emperor has a message, this Liangming Pass Iron Cavalry, if all the surrender is accepted, if not, all released, in Shannan Road, Huainan Road, Yulin Road can be settled at will.

More importantly, the infantry of the Iron Cavalry Army who surrendered were all under the command of Lao Zhao. Once the war subsided, the three southern counties were all managed by Lao Zhao and Zhao Jun. Lei Jieying took out the music from Beijing, and said with a smile: "Lao Bai, as for you and me, I'm afraid that after the North is still repaired, there will be another battle." ”

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