In the blink of an eye, the battle of the nest has been stalemate for nearly half a month.

In the past half a month, the Jiangdong Army has invested at least 2,000 people every day to storm the south gate of Juchao, and to this day, almost all the land outside the south pass of Juchao is soaked with the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Jiangdong Army.

According to conservative estimates, the Jiangdong Army has lost more than 2,000 casualties, and tens of thousands of people have been slightly wounded.

Scrap knives, broken spears, and fragments of siege equipment abandoned under the city walls were piled up in a thick layer.

Today is the fifteenth day of the siege battle, and the right battalion of the front army led by Pan Zhang has once again returned in vain.

Seeing more than 2,000 soldiers throw down more than a dozen siege equipment that had been seriously damaged, and retreat in frustration, the haze on Sun Ce's face unconsciously became a little thicker again.

The siege battle has lasted for nearly half a month, but the Jiangdong Army has never been able to advance an inch.

Except for the first day, Zhou Tai's Ruishi battalion almost broke through the South Pass, and in the next half month, the Jiangdong Army attacked repeatedly, but it no longer had the military might of the first day.

Even if they occasionally attacked the city, they were quickly driven down again.

What worries Sun Ce even more is that this battle was too hard.

The most bitter thing is not the tenacity of the defenders, but this damn ghost weather.

This damn thief God, there will be a rainstorm every few days, the water in the Jiangdong camp has hardly dried up, the sons and daughters of the Jiangdong army are soaked in the water every day, and their feet are rotten, you know, there are not many people who have the conditions to wear leather boots, and most of the soldiers wear bast shoes or mango shoes.

In addition, because the sun did not shine for days, the blankets of the soldiers were also wet.

Wrapped in a damp blanket to sleep every day, the disease has begun to spread in the army.

The medical officers and craftsmen who accompanied the army had tried their best, but it was still not enough to stop the spread of the disease.

However, these are not the things that worry Sun Ce the most, Sun Ce is most worried about military rations.

Due to the muddy roads, coupled with the heavy rainfall, the grain trucks transporting grain were destroyed, forcing Lu Fan, who was in charge of logistics, to recruit a large number of people to shoulder the burden, which greatly increased the consumption of military food, because in the process of transporting grain, people also need to eat, in order to transport one stone of military food, but need to consume three stones of military food!

Although there is a lot of food in the Chaohu camp, it can't stand such excessive consumption.

Sun Ce has already had the idea of retiring from the army, so if he can't do it, he will withdraw first, and when the weather is good in the autumn, it will not be too late to fight again.

However, as soon as Sun Ce told Zhou Yu, he was immediately resolutely opposed by Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu, do you remember what I said to you before the war? ”

Sun Ce asked blankly, "What words?" ”

Zhou Yu said solemnly: "I said that the difficulty of the battle of the nest will be beyond imagination, and you must be mentally prepared for this. ”

"But I didn't expect such hardship." Sun Ce sighed, and said, "Gongjing, look at it, what has become of the soldiers?" The bast shoes on my feet, the battle robes on my body, and the military blankets wrapped around at night have never been done, and the bows and crossbows are almost all broken. ”

"Bo Fu doesn't have to worry about that at all." Zhou Yu said categorically, "Our army is bitter, and Yuan Jun is also miserable, now the comparison is the will of both sides, whoever has the stronger will will will be able to have the last laugh!" ”

Sun Ce said bitterly: "But if you continue to fight like this, when will it be a head?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "Our army is close to the limit, and Yuan Jun must have reached the limit. ”

"Okay." Sun Ce said helplessly, "Then wait a few more days for the time being." ”

(Dividing Line)

Yuan Wei walked up to the city surrounded by Ji Ling, Xu Sheng and dozens of guards.

At the head of the city, hundreds of soldiers of the Yuan army were lying in the aisles, sleeping soundly and not waking up.

Yuan Wei and the others did not deliberately slow down their pace, and the footsteps of dozens of people did not wake them up.

Nothing else, the soldiers of the Yuan army are too hard and tired, since the Jiangdong army began to attack the city, they have hardly slept again, not to mention flesh and blood, even the iron man cast by steel and iron is unbearable, so the Jiangdong army has just retreated, and the soldiers and clothes fell asleep in the city.

And they won't wake up unless they're an arrow.

Ji Ling frowned, and was about to wake up these soldiers who didn't have long eyes.

Whether the son came to patrol the city, these rabbit cubs actually dared to sleep deeply, which was simply unbelievable.

Yuan Fu stopped Ji Ling and whispered: "Don't shout, old general, let them sleep." ”

Ji Ling sighed, there is a way to know the soldiers Mo Ruo, as a leading general, who else can know better than him the fatigue and hard work of the soldiers under his command?

Yuan Wei walked slowly forward, and asked Ji Ling in a low voice, "Old general, how are the casualties?" ”

"Back to Gongzi, the casualties are really not small." Ji Ling said, "Especially in the first few days, the casualties of each day are almost more than 1,000 people, but fortunately, most of the bows and crossbows of the Jiangdong Army have been damaged by the rain in these days, and there are almost no bows and crossbows available, so the casualties of our army have become much smaller, otherwise, Lao Chen is really worried that he will not be able to hold on." ”

Yuan Wei frowned, and asked again: "Now, how many soldiers can fight?" ”

Ji Ling said: "Counting Gongzi's cavalry department, there are less than 3,000 soldiers in battle!" ”

"There are less than three thousand soldiers to fight?" Yuan Wei couldn't help but be taken aback, this is more than half of the casualties!

Ji Ling hurriedly said: "Gongzi don't worry, many of them are only slightly injured, and they will be able to go to the battlefield again after a little recuperation, and the old minister has selected 20,000 strong men from the officials and people living in the nest, although these strong men have no training and no armor, but they are more than enough to assist in defending the city, so it is worry-free to protect the city." ”

Yuan nodded and asked again, "How about the ordnance loss?" ”

Ji Ling sighed again, and said bitterly: "The loss of ordnance is particularly large, to this day, the bows and crossbows in the army have all been destroyed, the swords and spears are mostly rusted, and the wolf's tooth slap, yaksha beat, ramming rod and other equipment to defend the city are even more exhausted. ”

Yuan Fu muttered: "But it's a hard-working old general." ”

Yuan Wei knew that Ji Ling was fighting with injuries, and according to Hua Tuo, Ji Ling's ribs were broken several times, but he just asked Hua Tuo to put a plaster on him.

Ji Ling said lightly: "This is what the old minister should do, what kind of hard work?" ”

Yuan Wei took Ji Ling's big hand and patted it lightly, but after all, he didn't say anything, but took Xu Sheng back to the line.

As a result, as soon as he returned to Xingyuan, a personal soldier came in and reported: "Liu Kai, the chief historian, and Liu Wei, the cavalry captain, have come to ask for a meeting." ”

After Liu Xun gave up Lujiang, in order to win the hearts of the people, Yuan Wei still took Liu Kai as the long history of Lujiang, and promoted Liu Xun's subordinate Liu Wei to the cavalry captain, and also transferred a hundred cavalry from the Xiao Cavalry Department as Liu Wei's subordinate, of course, Yuan Wei did not really hand over the hundred cavalry to Liu Wei, and Liu Wei did not take this matter seriously.

However, even if this is the case, Liu Kai and Liu Wei are still nominally Yuan Wei's confidants.

The long history, in the words of later generations, is Yuan Wei, the secretary general of the mayor of Lujiang, and the money, grain, soldiers, and people in the county are all within his jurisdiction.

"They're just in time, and I'm looking for them." At that moment, Yuan Wei ordered his soldiers to let the two of them in.

After a while, Liu Kai and Liu Wei's uncle and nephew entered together, and saluted Yuan Wei again: "Meet the son." ”

"No courtesy." Yuan Wei waved his hand, and said to Liu Kai, "Liu Changshi, I was also looking for you, the Jiangdong army has been attacking the city very urgently in the past few days, and our army's ordnance has consumed a huge amount, but why has there been no replenishment for a long time?" ”

Replenishing ordnance and supplying food and grass are not all things that should be taken care of by the long history?

"Xia Guan is about to make a statement to Gongzi." Liu Kai complained bitterly and said, "Most of the craftsmen in the workshop have been transferred away by Mr. Ma Jun, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, which is really not enough, and in the treasury of Lujiang Mansion, the materials are extremely scarce, and the lower officials are really helpless, and I hope that the prince will forgive his sins." ”