The new east city wall, the city wall built by more than 10,000 old and weak women day and night. The chief engineer of the city walls was a smart man. He took full advantage of the cold weather and accomplished a miracle, a seemingly impossible task. The builders poured a lot of hot water on the simple rammed-earth walls, and in the cold weather, the water quickly condensed into solid ice and shaped the walls. The city wall at this time can also be called an ice city to a certain extent.

On the solid ice city, Song Yu, Peng Wei and others were gathering together to discuss the current battle situation. Song Yu smiled, and then took the lead in saying: "What do you think about the current situation, just say it directly, now we are all grasshoppers on a rope, and if we want to die, we will die together." ”

Peng Wei, Song Wei and others also gave a wry smile when they heard this, indeed, at this time they had no way out, so they could only fight. So Peng Wei, who was the most proficient in military affairs here, spoke secondly: "The enemy insisted on attacking us from the north and south walls, which greatly surprised us. The enemy did not attack according to our assumptions, and all our previous preparations were wasted. Here I cannot but admire the wisdom of the enemy general, who clearly saw that a war of attrition is the last thing we can afford today. If there is nothing we can do, our forces will disappear little by little, and after two or three days, there will be no troops available, and Pengcheng will fall. ”

"Tell me what to do." Song Yu asked.

"Reinforcements, there must be reinforcements to rescue Pengcheng, otherwise we will only lose Pengcheng on the way." Peng Wei said.

"But now that all the soldiers and horses in Pengcheng County are in the hands of Jin Shang, he will definitely not save us." Song Yu sighed and said, "The traitor is really misleading the country and the people!" ”。

Peng Wei did not echo Song Yu, he continued: "Fang Jin can only borrow troops from the northern border, or borrow troops from Zhongwu County. The last general heard that the county prince had made friends with Zhongwu County Shouxiang Hong, and perhaps he could borrow troops from him. "Obviously, the news of Xiang Hong's assassination has not yet reached Pengcheng.

"Good way, why didn't I think of Xiang Hong? I'll write a letter, and you can send someone to Zhongwu for help. Song Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said excitedly.

Song Yuwen was quick in thinking, and in less than ten minutes, a sprinkling distress letter was completed. "Transcribe a few copies, and send more people out of the city." Song Yu commanded.

"No." Peng Wei answered the letter with the letter, and then went down the city wall to arrange for help.

The fierce battle in the city continued, and the black sky shrouded the world, but Song Yu and the others seemed to see a glimmer of light, and they did not hesitate to tell the soldiers the good news of asking for help: "As long as you hold on for three more days, reinforcements will come." ”

For a time, "three days" became the mantra of the soldiers, and the soldiers shouted "three days", fearless of death, and for a while made the enemy think that this was a spell.

Naturally, the matter of sending people and horses in the city could not hide from the army outside the city, and after ten minutes, Wang Jian learned about it. After listening to the report of the soldiers who came to report, Wang Jian smiled tightly, and then said nothing. The soldier didn't know why, so he went to report to Xu Yan again, but Xu Yan didn't say anything when he heard this, but just asked him to return to his post.

It wasn't until a few years later, when the truth of the Pengcheng County Shou's family being wiped out overnight surfaced that the soldiers understood why several of his leaders had such an attitude, because the entire operation of Xiang Hong's family was designed by Wang Jian and the Xu clan. Xiang Hong is dead, how can he come to the rescue, so Wang Jian and Xu Yan are very flat.

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The battle on the north and south walls continued until dawn, and over the course of the night, the two sides stopped and lost thousands of lives here.

During the day the next day, from the moment the sun rose, the battle was fierce again. At four o'clock, Song Yu, who had not slept all night, was woken up by his generals not long after lying on the city wall and napping.

Song Wei, who was closest to Song Yu, saw Song Yu get up, and immediately grabbed Song Yu and warned: "County Lord, quickly bend down, danger!" ”

Song Yu quickly lowered his body when he heard this, and at this moment, above his head, seven or eight arrows flew by. "What's wrong?" Song Yu asked.

"Yu Xiangong, not long ago, the enemy troops on the opposite wall suddenly fired arrows at our army, and we were caught off guard and lost hundreds of people, but we have now launched a counterattack." Song Wei replied: "Since our city wall is one zhang (about 1 meter) shorter than the other side, our side is now in a passive situation. ”

"How many arrows and soldiers are left in our army now." Song Yu asked.

"Yuxian Gong, according to recent statistics, our army still has 30,000 arrows, of which 10,000 are in the west city, and 20,000 in the north, south and east cities combined. There were about 3,000 soldiers, including about 500 in Xicheng and 2,500 in the north, south and east combined. Song Yu's personal clerk replied: "It is estimated that the casualties of the enemy and our army will be one to two, and there should be about 2,000 people now." ”

"Order the archers to fight back with all their might." Song Yu ordered without thinking: "Song Wei, you immediately take my warrant to Xicheng, let Zhao Mu give me 300 people and another 6,000 arrows, before noon, I want to see these people in Dongcheng." If he dares to disobey, he will be dealt with by military law. ”

Song Wei, who got the warrant, didn't say a word, and immediately went down to the city and rode towards Xicheng. And above the eastern city, the battle continues.

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At five o'clock, Zhao Mu, who received the order, had to start piecing together more than 300 people and 6,000 arrows for Song Yu. Before noon, Zhao Mu smoothly handed over these people to Song Wei and was exempted from military law. Looking at the more than 300 people who left, and looking back at the more than 200 people around him, Zhao Mu had an ominous premonition. "With only 200 people, can I defend this thousand-foot city?" Zhao Mu asked himself, at this time he began to lose confidence in holding Xicheng.

The arrogance of more than 500 people in his hands is slowly turning into an inferiority complex of unconfidence. "What should I do?" Zhao Mu asked himself. At this moment, Zhao Jie's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and he immediately said to his cronies beside him: "Go and invite Brother Zhao Zhao and let him talk to my tent." ”

The guards who were standing beside Zhao Mu responded with a "promise" when they heard this, and then rushed out of the city.

At the same time, the monitors outside the city also moved, and the leader Guan Ling secretly rushed away with a few of his subordinates.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Jie came to Zhao Mu's tent.

"Hah! Laugh! Ha! I don't know what Brother Zhao Mu is doing this time. After a day of getting along, Zhao Jie got to know Zhao Mu more deeply, and Zhao Jie knew that Zhao Mu would not invite him for no reason, so he asked tentatively.

Zhao Mou's demeanor was very flustered, and he said to Zhao Jie without a word: "Brother Zhao, there is a hint of foreboding below, the enemy army will attack Xicheng for a long time, but there are only about 200 soldiers and horses left in my hands, and these horses alone cannot repel the enemy army openly, what do you say." ”

Zhao Jie thought for a while when he heard this, and then replied: "This is the enemy's conspiracy, and I don't have any good way, I can only resist the enemy step by step and fight to the death."

At the same time, Guan Ling also arrived at the Houjun camp and reported the emptiness of Xicheng to Xu Ba. For a while, the men and horses of the rear army camp quickly assembled. At five o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Jian left the city on horseback and returned to the camp. Before the hour came, all the soldiers and horses left the camp.

The city defense of the east city can be roughly divided into three sections of the north, the middle and the south, the north and the south are all built according to the mountain, the forest on the mountain is deep and the grass is dense, the people are inaccessible, it is very easy to get lost, it is not suitable for the action of people and horses, only the city wall of five or six hundred meters in the middle section is built by the forest, and the east side of the forest is a huge lake. At first, in order to facilitate the collection of water, the people of Pengcheng Dongcheng opened a small road in the forest that led directly to the big lake. Later, in order to have enough to eat, some people secretly cut down trees by the lake and cultivated private fields. Gradually, the number of people cultivating private land increased, and the path in the forest gradually widened, becoming a secret passage that can be used by five horses in parallel today.

In a few moments, Xu Ba led the whole army and horses to the edge of the wide lake. Along the shores of the lake, patches of irregularly shaped fields are no longer in shape under the trampling of horses' hooves. Under the leadership of Guan Ling, 500 men and horses galloped along the shore of the lake, and after a while, they all arrived at the entrance of the road. Zhao Jie's sentinel discovered the enemy early, and then quickly reported to Zhao Jie. Zhao Jie, who learned the news, rushed from Zhao Mu to the entrance non-stop. Seeing the enemy army from a distance, Zhao Jie eagerly instructed the communication soldiers: "Go and report to General Zhao Mou, there are about 500 enemy troops attacking." As soon as the words fell, the herald climbed on his horse and galloped away, and Zhao Jie also secretly hibernated.

Zhao Jie's strategy was to harass and retreat layer by layer along the way. When the 500 men and horses entered the range of the bow and arrow, Zhao Jian and the five or six people around him instantly activated the crossbow arrows in their hands, and after three or four rounds, Zhao Jie and the others quickly retreated backwards.

"It's been discovered." Xu Ba said, with a hint of regret in his tone, "The enemy army should be fortified layer by layer." ”

"According to Guan Ling's news, there are only about 200 people left in the city, and there will not be too many people on both sides of the road, so let the soldiers raise the speed of their horses, and don't care about the harassment of the enemy, we must run to the city as quickly as possible, and then quickly capture the city, attack the defenders in the north and south from behind, and win the war in one fell swoop."

"I understand that." Xu Ba replied.