After all the arrangements were ready, Li Guanqi, He Ziming, Xie Chen and other generals sat down tiredly. Li Guanqi first asked: "What is the casualty situation of our army?" ”

Xie Chen shook his head and said: "The situation is not very optimistic, in today's battle, our army has lost more than 800 people, and it is no longer possible to take into account the entire defense line, if the rebels still attack the city like this at any cost tomorrow, it is estimated that it will have to break the city for two days at most." ”

Cheng Fugui interjected with a bitter face: "Two days may not be able to last." The reason why we were able to kill and wound more than 4,000 enemies today at the cost of 800 men was mainly because of the geographical advantage of the city wall, which made it convenient for us to defend with bows and arrows. But there were not many arrows in the city, and as soon as the battle started, the arrows were consumed like flowing water. Although the saint used the door panel to collect a lot of opponents' arrows today, the current arrows are only enough to last tomorrow morning at most. Without bows and arrows, how can you defend the city? Do you rely on hand-to-hand combat? ”

Li Guanqi pursed his lips and said, "Today's losses are so heavy, I can't escape the blame!" I underestimated the courage and perseverance of the rebels, and did not expect that they would be able to storm the city for a whole day before they could gain a firm foothold. ”

Cheng Fugui snorted and said, "Your Majesty! Don't blame yourself, although the minister is confused, but the minister also knows that if His Majesty didn't come to Jinshaguan, we wouldn't be able to hold on to it at all. Don't say anything else, everyone is still waiting for His Majesty's instructions, what should we do next? ”

Li Guanqi sneered and said, "You don't have to worry too much. Although our army suffered heavy losses today, the losses of the rebels were even greater, leaving more than 4,000 corpses under the city. No matter how strong they are, no matter how afraid they are of the dead, they can't withstand this level of attrition. If I had predicted otherwise, they might not have attacked the city again tomorrow. Seven or eight times out of ten, it will be changed to a scolding war. Provoke us out of the city for a decisive battle. ”

"We're not so stupid, just go out and die when we scold?" Cheng Fugui pouted and said.

Li Guanqi glanced at him and said, "The rebels are not stupid, but today they were only lightly provoked by me, and they didn't just rashly attack the city regardless of life and death?" ”

Cheng Fugui scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "The minister is a rough man, Your Majesty, don't laugh at the minister!" The minister now understands that the purpose of this war must be to win. ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "Not bad." As long as it's a war. The ultimate goal is to win. Therefore, if the enemy does not come to attack the city tomorrow, but launches a scolding offensive, we must also win the scolding battle, otherwise the morale will be damaged at the least, and at the worst we will fall into the hands of the enemy and go out of the city for a decisive battle. ”

"Win the war?" Xie Chen looked at Li Guanqi with a puzzled expression and said, "How to fight?" Than swearing? ”

"Nonsense." Li Guanqi said with a smile, "Scolding, of course, is better than scolding." ”

Xie Chen said with a wry smile: "This is difficult. How about the soldiers in Jinsha Pass, the minister doesn't know! But Xiao Cavalry Guard really hasn't been trained in this area, and his combat power is worrying! ”

Cheng Fugui also said with a bitter face next to him: "We don't have any experience in scolding battles...... Let's hope the rebels will be like us and won't curse! ”

The old god Li Guanqi said on the ground: "Go into battle and fight, rely on you." Scolding, I don't dare bet on you! ”

"Your Majesty has other countermeasures?" Xie Chen heard the subtext in Li Guanqi's words.

"It's going to have to be kept secret for now." Li Guanqi touched his nose and said, "Anyway, I have my own clever plan, so you don't have to worry about it." Let's worry about the lack of arrows. ”

"Didn't Your Majesty say that the rebels will not attack the city tomorrow?" Cheng Fugui asked very realistically.

Li Guanqi said: "Will they attack the city tomorrow?" Their commander has the final say. I also guessed based on the situation on the battlefield. Therefore, the preparations for urban defense that should be done should still be done well. And even tomorrow the rebels really won't attack the city. The day after tomorrow, I will attack at least once again. ”

Xie Chen nodded and said, "What Your Majesty said is very true, but how many arrows can be made in one day?" ”

Li Guanqi smiled mysteriously and said: "If you make it yourself, of course you can't make much in one day." But I have a way for the rebels to make it for us. ”

Cheng Fugui said in surprise: "I don't know if Your Majesty has any way to get the rebels to make arrows for us?" ”

Li Guanqi said confidently: "The main task of the generals is to do a good job in the defense of the city and prevent the enemy from attacking at night. I'm going to gather the people to take care of the arrows, but you're going to give me some men. Together, we assisted me to go to Guanli to collect firewood and grass, and we planted straw together, which was of great use to me in the second half of the night. ”

Although Xie Chen and Cheng Fugui couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was in Li Guanqi's gourd, they were obviously talking about how to solve the problem of insufficient arrows, why they suddenly had to look for firewood and grass all over the city. Straw man, what good can it be? But the two-day battle has made them admire Li Guanqi's clever calculations, and since Li Guanqi is deliberately selling off the guanzi now, they didn't ask too much, and they agreed without thinking about it.

At that moment, Li Guanqi took five hundred soldiers down the city, while Xie Chen and the others got up and carefully checked the combat readiness along the city wall. After a whole day of fighting, everyone looked very tired, they had to arrange the rest of the soldiers, without sufficient physical strength could not cope with the next high-intensity battle, of course, the vigilance work could not be relaxed at all.

Xie Chen walked over to a group of soldiers who were resting together, sat down next to them, and asked with a smile at everyone, "How is it?" How does it feel? ”

The soldiers of Jinsha Pass were still a little afraid of this general who was His Majesty's personal guard, and no one answered for a while. After a while, a soldier with gauze wrapped around his head grinned and said, "Reply to the general." It feels good. ”

"Oh? Feeling good? Xie Chen was happy and asked with a smile, "The battle is so fierce, you still feel good?" Let's hear about it, what's good. ”

The soldier scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "General, don't look at me young, I'm also a five-year veteran." To tell the truth, over the years, our soldiers in Jinshaguan have basically not carried out formal training, and we have fought with bandits and bandits more than a dozen times before, not afraid of your jokes, general, we will lose! But this time, under the personal leadership of the Holy One, such a great victory was achieved. I feel proud from the bottom of my heart. Who doesn't want to win a battle when you're a soldier? ”

The other soldiers followed suit and said, "Yes." Although we have suffered heavy losses, everyone is now full of confidence and believe that under the leadership of the Holy One, we will definitely be able to achieve the final victory in this battle. ”

Xie Chen nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, as long as you follow the Holy Lord, not only will you win this battle, but the Holy Lord will lead everyone to more and greater victories in the future." (To be continued......)