Chapter 110: A Glimmer of Life (Ask for Collection, Recommend)
The offensive on the first day was as fierce as a tide, but by the evening, the city wall of Hefei still did not change hands, and was firmly in the hands of Jiang Hong.
Zhang Xun saw that it was getting late, most of the time there was no drama today, the coming day was long, and he had time, so he decisively withdrew his troops without dragging his feet.
The sound of Ming Jin sounded, and Yuan Jun pushed away like a tide, and even in the process of retreating, everyone rushed to retreat, for fear that they would lose their lives here if they were too late, resulting in some small chaos.
But that's it, Jiang Hong never dared to go out of the city to attack, it was good to win, if he lost, he would really lose everything, and Jiang Hong couldn't afford to gamble.
Jiang Hong shook his somewhat sore arms, he hadn't been on the battlefield for too long, he was unfamiliar, if it wasn't for Dian Wei by his side, I was afraid that he would have been carried down on the first day.
Jiang Hong looked at it privately, but couldn't find a place to sit, Jiang Hong was not too dirty, so he simply sat down directly by chopping on the arrows covered with blood.
During the siege of the city, there were constantly Yuan troops who tried to rush to the city wall, and they did not stick to one place, but took Dian Wei everywhere to put out fires.
The eastern side of the city wall has been running back and forth countless times, and I haven't felt anything like it when I have been walking, but now when I sit down, my legs are sore, and it is very uncomfortable.
Jiang Hong rubbed his legs, his tense nerves relaxed, his legs kept shaking, and he didn't know if he would be able to stand up and run tomorrow.
"Lord, can we defend this city?" Dian Wei, who was squatting on the side, asked with some concern, he was straight, he couldn't hide his words, and he had to ask whatever he wanted.
"What do you say?" Jiang Hong asked with some amusement.
"My subordinates don't know." Dian Wei touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly.
"If nothing else, this city can't be defended, and most of my little life can't be saved." Jiang Hong leaned on the arrow chop and said very frankly.
"No, even if the subordinates fight for their lives, they will save the lord." Dian Wei said with a very solemn expression.
"Huh." Jiang Hong smiled, he knew that Dian Wei was telling the truth, but Jiang Hong didn't say anything more.
"Lord, is there really no turnaround?" Chen Zhi, who was standing on the side, suddenly asked, when did he come to his side, Jiang Hong didn't find out.
"Yes." Jiang Hong spread his hands and replied, "Attack the enemy camp at night, but look at Zhang Xun's steady appearance like an old dog, will he give us the opportunity to attack at night?" ”
"But..." Dian Wei wanted to argue, but he didn't know what to say, and for a while, several people were a little depressed.
"It's nothing, as long as Zhang Xun doesn't make mistakes, we are in a situation of nine deaths and one life." Jiang Hong said with some wistfulness.
"Nine deaths?" Chen Zhi felt as if he had heard something, but he couldn't grasp the point all of a sudden, and repeated it very suspiciously.
"Indeed, nine deaths and one life, we are not lifeless, there are still some things to lose, but our lives are in the hands of others, and we can only look at Zijing." Jiang Hong sighed.
Jiang Hong didn't expect that he had sent Lu Su to Jingzhou before, just as a dispensable means to defeat Yuan Shu, but he didn't expect that now it has become his only life-saving straw, and the world is unpredictable.
All Jiang Hong can do now is to pray that Lu Su will be more powerful, and stop showing his true colors as an honest person, otherwise he will be really cold, and this book will be cold.
Lu Su, who was far away in Jingzhou, naturally couldn't hear Jiang Hong's prayers, and was sitting in a boat, going upriver along the Yangtze River, and not long after entering the boundary of Jingzhou, he hadn't even seen the shadow of Xiangyang.
Lu Su, who was still halfway there, didn't know that Jiang Hong was in danger at this time, but fortunately, Lu Su was not the kind of person who traveled on tolerance, and he still tried his best to hurry, hoping to get to Xiangyang as soon as possible.
On the tenth day of the siege of Hefei, under the light of the afterglow of the sunset, Jiang Hong saw the retreating Yuan army, breathed a long sigh of relief, sat down against the wall, gasped for breath, and the surrounding soldiers were also tired and out of breath.
In the past ten days, Zhang Xun's wave after wave of offensives has not stopped, although the casualties of the besieging side are relatively large, but it cannot stand the fact that Zhang Xun has many people and Jiang Hong has few people.
The clothes on my body have begun to stink, they are all bloodstained, and I haven't changed them for a few days, not because I don't want to change them, but because I really can't spare that time to change them.
Not to mention returning to the county government, Jiang Hong has fallen asleep while resting on the city wall for several days, and in the past two days, Jiang Hong has spent time eating, drinking and sleeping on the city wall with his soldiers.
Although Dian Wei had been following him, as time went by, more and more Yuan troops climbed the city wall.
Just today, the city wall changed hands for the first time, but soon Chen Zhi led people to drive Yuan Jun down and regain control of the city wall.
But Jiang Hong knows that this is not a good momentum, there will be a second time if there is a first time, it is like opening an opening in a flooded river, no matter how much it is blocked, it can't be stopped.
Fortunately, the medicinal materials in the city are quite sufficient, and the injured soldiers can also be fully treated, and Zhang Xun will not be able to take Hefei for a while.
But such a protracted war did not prevent Zhang Xun from engaging in some small means, Zhang Xun sent people to quietly go to the city wall every night, beating gongs and drums, and the gongs and drums were noisy, disturbing the soldiers under Jiang Hong's command to live in peace.
Many soldiers were exhausted, but they didn't dare to leave the city wall, and their combat effectiveness was weakened a lot to a certain extent, even Jiang Hong, Jiang Hong didn't know how long Hefei could hold out, and how long he could hold out.
At the same time, Jingzhou, Xiangyang City.
"Report, there is a person outside, claiming to be the Taishou Lusu of Wu County under the command of Jiang Hong, the general of Lingjiang, and asks to see the lord."
"Jiang Hong? Isn't he being surrounded by Yuan Shu's army in Hefei? Not dead yet? Do you want to send someone to me? Liu Biao said with a little joking.
"Then, does the lord see it or not?" The guard asked suspiciously.
"See, why don't you see, you lead him to the middle hall, and I'll go over to see him later." Liu Biao said.
Lu Su sat on the cushion, looking light and calm on the surface, but in fact he was anxious.
After arriving in Xiangyang, Lu Su was dining, but happened to hear the news that Jiang Hong was defeated outside Hefei and was besieged in Hefei by Zhang Xun, a general under Yuan Shu.
"In Xialu Su Lu Zijing, I have seen Liu Tingshi." Lu Su saw Liu Biao walking in slowly, and hurriedly greeted him.
The two of them exchanged politeness, and Liu Biao asked leisurely:
"I don't know what Lu Taishou is doing when he comes here?"
"I can't hide it, Su came here this time to ask Liu Tingshi to send troops to rescue my father-in-law." Lu Su doesn't beat around the bush, and tells the truth directly.