The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting on the dark red city wall of Liyang, making the whole city appear more bleak and desolate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qi Ji sat on the head of the city, and the spear that he had always regarded as a treasure was also thrown aside by him at will, he had never felt that time had been so difficult. He hadn't been down the tower for two days in a row, and what he wanted to do most now was to lie down and get some sleep, but he knew he couldn't, and there were still many things he needed to do.

After Qi Ji breathed a sigh of relief, he still struggled to stand up, ready to arrange for the night guard.

By this time it had not been more than a quarter of an hour before the enemy had retreated, and all the soldiers at the head of the city were lying on the ground, some of them were already snoring, and some were silent. Qi Ji didn't know how many people would be able to stand up again tomorrow morning, but he knew that as long as they could stand up, they would not flinch until they lay down next time.

Fighting is really the best way to train soldiers, Qi Ji thought with some emotion, the two days of fierce fighting have turned many recruits into veterans, and veterans have become elites. But this process is costly, the original more than 2,000 county soldiers in Liyang City are now less than 1,000 people who can still be angry, and the main force of the city head garrison has already become recruited young people in the city, it is hard to imagine that these completely untrained people can repel the enemy's fierce attacks many times.

"Old Qi, how long can it last?" Qin Yi, the county magistrate, didn't know when he came to the city, and he was also tired.

Qi Ji shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I also want to ask this question." But to be honest, it's all up to your support, if it weren't for you recruiting so many young men to help defend the city, I'm afraid the city would have been broken long ago. ”

"I don't have that much appeal. You don't know, a lot of ordinary people came to help defend the city on their own initiative. Qin Yi said.

Qi Ji was surprised, "Why is this happening?" ”

"I asked some people, they don't want Liyang City to be occupied by the Zhou brothers, this is Liu Taishou's reputation at work!"

"No wonder the young men who came up to fight were very cooperative, and they were not afraid of death!"

Qi Ji obviously didn't expect Liu Miao's reason, but he was relieved in a flash. Since Liu Miao, the Taishou took office, the county officials have been in charge of the Qing Dynasty, and the strong and powerful have not dared to act openly and unscrupulously, and the county government has implemented a series of policies that are beneficial to the people, such as reducing taxes, running schools, and encouraging agriculture and mulberry, which are very popular with the people. People cherish their lives today and are naturally willing to stick to their homes.

"However, I am still worried that our soldiers have suffered too heavy losses in the past two days, although the Danyang army is the same, but they have sufficient troops, and the only thing that is fortunate is that the Danyang army did not carry heavy siege equipment. I really don't understand why they are so reckless in their troops, and all the soldiers are rotated to come up and attack the city, barely giving me time to catch their breath. ”

Qin Yi said: "It's normal, they are in a hurry to break the city." Our side can drag it, but they can't afford it, their grain, grass and ordnance are all transported from the other side of the river, and the logistics pressure is great, and they are also worried that Liu Taishou will send troops to rescue. They wanted to take Liyang City before Liu Taishou's reinforcements arrived, so that they could drive a nail in Jiujiang County, and then rely on Liyang City to slowly encroach on our county. ”

"That's right! In the past two days, we have only cared about killing the enemy, and we have forgotten that we still have reinforcements. Qi Ji patted his head, "I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive, if I don't come tomorrow, I won't have the confidence to keep going." ”

After speaking, Qi Ji and Qin Yi invariably looked at a section of the city wall not far away, where there were several people sitting against the wall who were different from the rest of the soldiers in clothes and weapons, and they were the brocade guards of the Taishou Mansion. The brocade guards were also asleep at this time, just like the other soldiers.

I don't know if there is any news of reinforcements from these brocade guards, but in the end, the two of them still dispelled the idea of asking in the past. Qi Ji remembered very well that there was one thing in this brocade guard at the beginning, and now there are only three or four people left, but these people have never made him worry about the safety of that section of the city wall. Originally, Qi Ji was a little resistant to Jinyiwei, but now there is only appreciation left.

Outside Liyang City, from the city wall to the moat, there are uncleaned stumps and broken arms and rolling logs and stones stained with blood clots, attracting some daring crows to peck at them. In the moat, a large number of arrows floated scattered on the crimson water. All this is a sign of the fierceness of the battle not long ago.

Not far from the other side of the moat is the camp of the Danyang army. In the big tent in the center, the three Zhou brothers were sitting together with solemn faces.

"Third brother, you have always been resourceful, what is the best way to do it now? According to expectations, Liu Miao will be able to bring reinforcements here as soon as the day after tomorrow. We only have one day left, and if we can't defeat Liyang City tomorrow, we will have to retreat. Zhou Xin looked at Zhou Qiao expectantly, hoping that he could give him some good ideas.

"Big brother, I didn't expect this Liyang City to be so difficult to fight, I originally thought that I could take it in one day, I knew that I should have built some heavy siege equipment first." Obviously, Zhou Qiao didn't have any good way.

Zhou Xin looked out of the big tent in disappointment, the barracks that were noisy yesterday were now a lot quieter, and it was obvious that the continuous assault had made the soldiers tired.

"Big brother, let me personally lead the team to the city tomorrow, right? No one in Liyang City is my opponent, as long as I climb to the top of the city, it will be easy to break the city. Zhou Ang broke the silence in the tent.

Among the three Zhou brothers, Zhou Ang is more like a pure martial artist, and he has always regarded himself as a fierce general. In the past two days, when the siege of the city was blocked, he repeatedly asked his eldest brother for his life, but Zhou Xin refused.

At this time, seeing Zhou Ang asking for his life again, Zhou Xin was even more annoyed, so he said: "No! Tell you earlier, don't always be like a reckless man, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, not to mention that there are no eyes on the battlefield. There are so many soldiers, why do you need to fight for your life at the head of the city? ”

"Isn't it that no one down there can do it?" Zhou Ang muttered.

Zhou Xin said angrily: "Then you can do it?" If you really did it, you should have used your brains more at the beginning and directly took the position of Jiujiang Taishou, so why do you need to spend a lot of energy to attack now? ”

Hearing that the eldest brother was talking about him again, Zhou Ang didn't dare to say anything more. At the beginning, he and Zhou Xin came to Jiujiang and Danyang at the same time at the order of Yuan Shao, but Zhou Xin succeeded, but he was driven away. They brought troops to help Zhou Ang seize the position of Jiujiang Taishou.

At this time, Zhou Qiao said: "Big brother, in my opinion, let the second brother try it." We have repeatedly attacked the city and been beaten back, and there is also a reason why we are not strong enough to gain a firm foothold in the city. In this Liyang City, there are no decent generals, as long as the second brother pays attention, there will be basically no danger. ”

Zhou Xin thought about it and felt that what Zhou Qiao said was reasonable, so he told Zhou Angdao: "Early tomorrow morning, we will attack again, if it doesn't work, you can go, you be careful!" ”

Zhou Angxi said: "Big brother, don't worry, there is no problem!" ”

"Alright, let's go rest, recharge our energy, and prepare for tomorrow's big battle!" Zhou Xin waved his hand.

The three brothers went back to the camp to rest without mentioning it.

Zhou Xin had just fallen asleep, but he heard a huge noise in a daze, and there seemed to be a shouting of killing in the middle. Zhou Xin was excited, sat up in shock, quickly put on a piece of clothing and rushed out of the tent.

"Enemy attack!" A soldier suddenly rushed in and collided with Zhou Xin, "Lord, there are enemy soldiers stealing the camp!" ”