But day after day, under the repeated onslaught of the Mongol army, the city of Xuzhou is still standing still, standing in front of the Mongolian army, the flag of the Song army on the head of the city and the handsome flag with high characters are still fluttering on the head of the city of Xuzhou, and the Mongolian army besieging the city is still killed and wounded under the stubborn resistance of the Song army, and cannot enter the city of Xuzhou half a step. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Gao Huaiyuan's marshal mansion is now much quieter, and the generals who have been staying by his side before have nothing to do anyway, and the officers in the army suffered heavy casualties under the onslaught of the Mongol army, so they took the initiative to ask for help to take over the duties of the casualties in the army and command the soldiers to fight.

Meng Heng's subordinates prepared to take a total of 35 people from the above to the generals, but at this point in the battle, there are less than 10 people left who can still insist on commanding, and the remaining 20 people are either killed in battle or seriously injured, as for the low-level officers, they are the first to take the lead in the battle, and the casualties are even heavier, many of the leaders and commanders have already died in the city, and now some of the previous only ten generals or support the team have been promoted to the commanders and first-class positions, speaking of which there are 100 people, and it is good to have thirty or forty people left at this time.

Even a general like Meng Heng was painted in the first few days of battle, and his left shoulder was injured by a stone thrown into the city from outside the city, but fortunately it didn't hit him in the shoulder, otherwise his arm might have been completely useless, which shows how tragic the war has become.

The city walls of Xuzhou City, which were not very strong, became full of holes and crumbling under the non-stop bombardment of the Mongolian army, and the city bricks fell off under the bombardment of artillery, and a large area of crushing and falling off, revealing the rammed earth of the core, and it seemed that it could not last long.

A section of the city wall at the west gate, but on the first day was the Mongolian army dug a big hole under the city, collapsed a short section, a large number of Mongolian troops swarmed in, almost into the city, if it were not for Zhou Hao led Gao Huaiyuan's personal soldiers as a reserve, desperately blocked up, and blocked the Mongolian army with human lives, Xuzhou City was not able to be captured by the Mongolian army on the first day.

Gao Huaiyuan stood on the inside of the collapsed city wall in the west of the city, personally commanding the soldiers and civilians to use all kinds of earth, stone and wood, and restored this section of the city wall overnight, and thickened it a lot, and even the corpses of the killed Mongolian soldiers were used as materials by them to block the gap in the city wall, and finally stabilized the situation again.

"What day is it?" Gao Huaiyuan asked Zhou Hao, spending every day in such a fierce battle, Gao Huaiyuan almost forgot to remember the time, and suddenly he was a little confused, and he couldn't remember what day it was.

"Big brother! Today is August 16th! We have been besieged in Xuzhou for more than two months! Zhou Hao had a bandage wrapped around his forehead and replied to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan has lost a lot of weight now, only a layer of skin is left on the flesh on his face, his eye sockets are also a little sunken, his eye circles are very dark, and his beard is even more unkempt hanging down on his chin, and there are still some dirt on it, but his eyes are still very bright, which makes Zhou Hao feel a little distressed.

For more than two months, Gao Huaiyuan has hardly slept well, and others can take advantage of the battle break to rest and rest, but he is like a full clockwork, running around the city every day, discussing with the generals everywhere to arrange the guard, arrange the distribution of materials, visit the wounded soldiers, and boost the morale of the army, and he does not enjoy any privileges, what the soldiers eat, what he eats, how much the soldiers eat, and even sometimes he misses the meal when he is busy, and afterwards he refuses to open a small stove for him with his own soldiers, and so on, For more than two months, the iron-beaten man has also lost his weight.

Now everyone understands that the reason why they can still hold on is because Gao Huaiyuan, the marshal, leads by example, so that they did not give up, otherwise, with such a ferocious attack of the Mongolian army, I am afraid that it would have completely collapsed in exchange for other armies.

"Big brother! Go down and rest! You haven't closed your eyes for three days and two nights, and if you go on like this, you won't be able to hold on! I'm here here, and General Meng is in the city, so there will be no loss! You have to take care! Zhou Hao persuaded Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan shook his head and said, "No need, I'm not tired!" I don't know if you have noticed, although the Mongol Tatar attacks have become more and more ferocious in the past few days, their fighting spirit has become worse and worse! Often as soon as they fight, they begin to retreat, not like they seemed to be dying, which means that they are almost unable to hold on! Both the new annex army and the Han army have been scattered, and we are not far from winning this battle! Hehe! ”

Gao Huaiyuan not only did not look depressed, but pointed to the Mongolian army outside the city with great interest and said to the surrounding soldiers.

Zhou Hao's soldiers also nodded, because Gao Huaiyuan said well, they faintly also had this feeling, yesterday when the Mongolian army poured into the city in large numbers, many people were already desperate, but Zhou Hao led the army to stop the Mongolian army, the battle was very fierce at that time, as long as the Mongols held on for another quarter of an hour, I am afraid that even the group of pro-army led by Zhou Hao could not hold on, but after the Mongolian army was hit head-on, the soldiers behind did not take the opportunity to press up, crushing the Song army, but turned around first and fled out of the city, In the end, their almost successful attack fell short.

Hearing Gao Huaiyuan say this, everyone's interest was also much higher, the decadent look was swept away on everyone's faces, the haze in their hearts was also cheerful, and the soldiers were also optimistic.

"Yes! There is indeed such a point, the first few to run are a little fierce, as long as they overturn, the back will have no guts! Damn, they are also raised by their father, I don't believe that they are not afraid of death, so they fight around us, more than two months, dead stubble after stubble, I'm afraid they are scared to pee their pants! If it weren't for the fear of tartars, it is estimated that these people would have run away a long time ago! I'm afraid that they will be alone, and if there is another Lao Tzu, I will kill one, and if there is another Lao Tzu, I will kill a pair! You say, don't you? A sturdy Song soldier responded loudly to Gao Huaiyuan's words in a thick voice, and shouted to the brothers around him.

"Yes! I'm afraid of them! We're not afraid of how much comes! Many officers and soldiers immediately laughed at his words and shouted.

"Good! You are all good men of our Han people, and I am fortunate to be able to meet you brothers in Gao Huaiyuan! The big guy worked hard, held on for a few more days, and when the reinforcements came, I, Gao, would personally toast the big guys! I haven't drunk for so long, and I don't even agree to the wine worm in my stomach! Gao Huaiyuan laughed loudly.

Zhou Hao looked at Gao Huaiyuan silently, his heart couldn't help but be full of admiration, in terms of boosting morale, he felt that he was ashamed of himself than Gao Huaiyuan, Gao Huaiyuan no matter when and where, he could boost morale in talking and laughing, and now although Xuzhou City has reached the point of running out of oil and drying up, Gao Huaiyuan is still calm and calm, without a bit of decadence.

"Okay, big guy go on, tamp down here, don't let the Tartars get in again, Zhou Hao, you come with me to the south to have a look!" Gao Huaiyuan saw that this section of the city wall had basically been restored, and he was somewhat relieved, laughed loudly at the officers and soldiers, and then took Zhou Hao to walk towards the south of the city.

The surrounding officers and soldiers knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Congratulations to the marshal......

Walking on the street full of ruins, Gao Huaiyuan's face began to sink, obviously most of his optimistic mood just now was pretended, Zhou Hao saw that there were no outsiders around him, and said to Gao Huaiyuan: "It seems that the Tartars also know that we have run out of ammunition and food, and the offensive in the past two days has become more and more fierce, and our battle is getting more and more difficult!" I'm afraid we won't last more than a few days! ”

"If you insist on it or not, you have to insist on it, in short, Xuzhou can't be lost, even if I die, I can't throw Xuzhou away! I have calculated the time, Hua Yue and Yue Kun and Fu Daquan should be about the same! As long as they meet on the Hebei Road, it will be the time for Ogedai to withdraw its troops, and then it will be the end of the Mongolian army! What is the situation of supplies in the city now? Gao Huaiyuan replied with a calm face and asked Zhou Hao.

The generals have now been sent down to the armies as generals, and most of these things have been taken over by Zhou Hao, so Gao Huaiyuan can only ask Zhou Hao.

"It's not good! The war horses will be killed in two or three days, and now everyone can only have one meal a day, a small piece of horse meat, everyone can't eat enough, the arrows have been used up last night, and the gunpowder is basically gone, when the cannon was fired yesterday, it has begun to stuff stones into the barrel of the cannon, but there are still some thunderbolts left, and today they have been distributed to the city walls, and the oil has run out, and the wound medicine has long been gone! In short, there is a lack of everything now, but fortunately, the morale is still good, otherwise, I am afraid that the city will be broken yesterday! Zhou Hao replied with some frowns.

"As long as there is morale, morale is more important than anything else! Persistence, now we are insisting! Let's see who makes it to the end! Now that the artillery is almost gone, let's smash some of the artillery and use it to create clusters of arrows, in short, we have to persevere! Gao Huaiyuan gritted his teeth and said.

Zhou Hao nodded and agreed, and sent someone to convey Gao Huaiyuan's order, and then whispered to Gao Huaiyuan worriedly: "Big brother, do you say that Jia Qi can bring the situation in Lin'an City back?" ”

Gao Huaiyuan's figure was stunned, and his pace suddenly slowed down, but immediately he returned to normal, accelerated his pace, and replied firmly: "I believe that this time Judge will not let us down again!" He can do it! ”

Zhou Hao stopped and looked at the sky in the direction of Lin'an, and there was a haze in the sky, and the dark clouds were getting thicker and thicker, as if they were about to press on Xuzhou City.

"Judge, you guy won't let us down! It's going to rain again! I'm afraid that Wokotai is going to fight hard! ......" Zhou Hao said silently in his heart.

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