Inside and outside the Great Thorn City, such a big movement has occurred, and it is naturally impossible for Chu Li and the others, who are cultivating in the post house, not to know.

Hearing that Shi Hu had led more than 100,000 main forces to attack the Great Thorn City, the officials of the mission were more or less afraid, after all, Zhao Qiangyan was weak, and if Shi Hu broke through the defense of the Great Thorn City, what was waiting for them would be a catastrophe.

Shi Hu's brutality is well known, and throwing these officials of the Great Jin Dynasty into the oil pot to cook is just a matter of his words.

At this point, the officials of the Great Jin Mission only hoped that Murong Hao would be able to defend the city to ensure their safety.

On this day, in the post house, several officials talked with Chu Li about the siege of the Great Thorn City, and everyone was frightened when they mentioned that Shi Hu had more than 100,000 soldiers.

And Chu Li saw that the Great Thorn City was besieged, and he was also very anxious, if it weren't for the fact that many officials in the mission were sick, they would have left the Great Thorn City at this moment.

Thinking of Murong Hao's enthusiasm for himself, Chu Li felt that he couldn't sit in the post house, and he should find a way to help Murong Hao, besides, he and Murong Hao had become grasshoppers on a rope, and once the Great Thorn City was broken, both sides would be finished.

However, there are many famous ministers and fierce generals under Murong Hao's command, and when he goes to make suggestions, he may not be able to be higher than these civil and military ministers, and it is naturally not possible to give advice.

Chu Li knew that what Murong Hao lacked most at the moment was an army that could fight, and he had such an army by his side, and it was a strong army that could fight well, that was Hua'an's capture camp.

But to let the captive camp help defend the city, you must discuss it with Hua'an, for this reason, Chu Li specially brought Hua'an and several officers from the captive camp to discuss.

"General Hua, at present, the army of Zhao is attacking the city, and the Great Thorn City is already in danger, once the city is broken, the consequences are unimaginable, I don't know, what does the general think about this." Chu asked tentatively.

Hua'an could see at a glance that Chu Li wanted to lead the troops to help the Yan soldiers defend the city, so he hugged his fists and said: "General Chu, more than 1,000 soldiers in the capture camp are willing to live and die with the Great Thorn City." ”

"Okay, General Hua deserves to be a hot-blooded man." Chu Li praised excitedly, then looked at Thunderstorm and the others, and asked, "What do you guys think?" ”

"Isn't it just a war! I'm willing to fight in a thunderstorm. Thunderstorm was the first to say.

"If the eldest brother wants to fight, we will follow us to the death, and there will be no two words." Wang San said.

Tie Niu said even more excitedly: "Hey, I've been holding back for a few months, and I've long wanted to fight, and I'm willing to fight." ”

"Count me in." Zhao Wu finally replied.

Seeing that the four of them agreed with Thunderstorm and the others, Chu Li was very happy in his heart, and praised the four of them again and again.

Sure that Hua'an and his soldiers were willing to fight, Chu Li breathed a sigh of relief, and he rode his horse with Hua'an and others to Yanwang's Mansion.

At this time, in the palace of King Yan, Murong Hao was discussing defense matters with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs in the main hall, and the attack of Shi Hu's army was quite fierce, which made all the ministers in the hall a little nervous.

In addition to Murong Hao's personal soldiers, as well as two thousand elite cavalry, the rest of the troops were all engaged in the defensive battle of the city wall, and at the end of the day, the casualties were not insignificant, in order to increase the strength of the city, Murong Hao mobilized the people in the city to garrison together, but the situation was still not optimistic.

"Report, King Yan, Jin envoy Chu Li asks to see." Just as Murong Hao was discussing defense matters with his subordinates, a small soldier rushed in.

When Murong Hao heard this, he thought in his heart, at this time, Chu Li was not cultivating well in the post house, what was he doing here.

"It's not like I'm here to quit, is it?" A minister showed a look of disdain, after all, at this time, not a single soldier of the Zhao army had been found at the north gate, and the Great Jin delegation could leave with ease when it was evacuated from the north gate.

"Well, that's good." Most of the people in the main hall agreed with this view.

Murong Hao looked at Xiao Bing and asked, "Is Chu Li alone?" ”

Xiao Bing immediately replied: "Back to King Yan, the Jin envoy is followed by five officers wearing armor. ”

"Oh." Murong Hao was taken aback, he felt that Chu Hao should not be here to resign, but to help, if he resigned, he would not take five officers with him, and he was still wearing armor, and there were 1,000 guards in the Great Jin Mission, this Murong Hao and all the ministers under his command knew it.

"Father, most of the Jin envoys are here to help defend the city." Murong Ke said affirmatively.

Murong Hao nodded and said loudly: "Hurry, hurry up, please, open the middle door to greet you." ”

When the soldiers heard the order, they turned around to greet them, and after a while, Chu Li took Hua'an and the other five people into the main hall of Yan Kingdom.

"Minister, meet King Yan." Chu Li naturally will not forget the etiquette.

"The last general, Hua'an, meet King Yan." Hua An bowed with his head clenched into fists.

The thunderstorm and others behind Hua'an also saluted together.

"Oops! General Chu, you are a guest, you don't have to be polite, come and give you a seat. Murong Hao treated Chu Li with great courtesy.

Chu Li retreated, but sat down, you must know that in this main hall, in addition to Murong Hao, the king of Yan, there are also several respected ministers who are sitting, and Hua'an and other five people are standing behind Chu Li.

As soon as Chu Li sat down, Murong Hao spoke: "General Chu, now that the Great Thorn City is besieged by the army of Zhao Guo, this king wants to chat with the general about family life, but he doesn't have this time!" ”

Chu Li naturally knew that this was Murong Hao's kind words, so he exchanged a few words of greeting, and then said: "King Yan, let me introduce, this is my general of the Great Jin Dynasty. After speaking, he glanced at Hua'an.

Hua'an understood, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "The last general, Hua'an, has seen King Yan." ”

Murong Hao stared at Hua An and said with appreciation: "Well, handsome and chic, Wei Ling is handsome, and he is a rare talent at first glance!" Ha ha! ”

"King Yan has won the award, Hua An is ashamed." Hua An hurriedly said politely.

Seeing Murong Hao praising Hua An, Chu Yi smiled and said softly: "King Yan, General Hua was still a small brigade commander a few months ago, just because he had repeatedly made military exploits in the battle against Zhao State, so the emperor specially issued an order to canonize him as a general to beg for capture. ”

"Oh, I can't think of it! At such a young age, he has repeatedly made military exploits, which is rare, rare. Murong Hao praised sincerely.

Hua An smiled wryly to show humility.

Chu Li saw that the time was ripe, and said with a straight face: "At present, the army of Zhao is attacking the city very tightly, and the minister knows that the troops under the command of King Yan are already overstretched, and General Hua's camp has more than 1,000 soldiers. ”

When Murong Hao heard this, he was suddenly happy in his heart, at this extremely tense moment of defending the city, Chu Li sent a strong team, which can be described as a charcoal in the snow, better than all the gold and silver treasures.

"Is General Hua willing to help this king?" Murong Hao looked at Hua An and asked.

Hua An replied loudly: "I am willing to listen to King Yan's orders." ”

"yes, okay." Murong Hao happily replied and said loudly: "At present, our troops and horses can still hold on, and General Hua's men and horses will be left as reserves." ”

"Yes, King Yan." Hua An responded with a fist.

Murong Hao did not send Hua'an's captive camp to the city, but kept it as a reserve, which shows that he has no intention of letting the captive camp be cannon fodder, and he can be regarded as a more generous figure.

After discussing the matter of defending the city, Murong Hao's subordinates immediately went to the head of the city to command the defense of the city, while Hua'an returned to the post house and gathered more than 1,000 soldiers under his command, so that they could be ready for battle at any time.

After Chu Li returned to the post house, he thought about it and decided to fly the pigeon to pass the book, so that the soldiers of the Qilin Battalion waiting in Xi'an Ping would immediately march westward to contain and attack the naval army that harassed Zhao State, and relieve some of the pressure on Yan State.

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Just in the Great Thorn City, when the soldiers and civilians of the Yan State were defending the city with all their might, the five thousand elite horsemen who were ambushed in Longshan, under the leadership of the general Mu Yugen, galloped all the way to the west.

Five thousand elite horsemen galloped for more than 200 miles, and launched operations on the grain road in the rear of Zhao's army, sometimes they gathered, sometimes dispersed, and constantly plundered Zhao's grain transportation team.

Each time they robbed a grain team, they not only captured enough rations for their men and horses to eat for three days, but all the remaining surplus grain and grass were burned on the spot.

If several grain convoys are combined to form a large convoy, and the number of guards increases to 1,000, they gather all 5,000 elite horsemen and kill them from all sides.

Five thousand elite horsemen came and went without a trace, and robbed the Zhao State grain team to replenish themselves, for a while, the Zhao State grain team was panicked, and the guards responsible for escorting the grain and grass were even more frightened.

The grain and grass that can be transported to the city of Great Thorn are only less than thirty percent, which makes Shi Hu, who is sitting under the city of Great Thorn, a little uncontrollable.

It is no wonder that at this time, the grain and grass in the camp were only enough for more than 100,000 troops for half a month, and the passage for transporting grain and grass by land was harassed by the Yan army, and the grain and grass transported from the sea were also blocked by the guests, and there were very few that could be transported.

The defense of the Great Thorn City in front of him is extremely tight, as long as the Yan soldiers do not take the initiative to go out of the city for a decisive battle, according to the general siege method, it will be difficult to capture it within half a month.

And once the Great Thorn City cannot be captured within half a month, more than 100,000 troops will run out of food, and the consequences will naturally be unimaginable.

Under the Great Thorn City, in Shi Hu's big tent of the Chinese army, a group of generals stood on both sides, and Shi Hu sat with a blue face facing south.

Seeing that Shi Hu was in a bad mood, the generals naturally did not dare to touch the tiger's whiskers, and lowered their heads one by one and waited for reprimand.

"Now that our army's grain and grass have been frequently intercepted, what are your best plans?" Shi Hu suppressed his anger and asked helplessly.

When Sun Fudu heard this, he was the first to roar: "Your Majesty, our army should fight a quick battle and capture the Great Thorn City within three days, as long as Murong Hao is killed, the Yan army will inevitably be defeated, and at that time, the entire Liaodong will be my Great Zhao." ”

"Hmph, break the city in three days, Sun Fudu, do you dare to make a military order?" After Shi Hu finished speaking, he stared at Sun Fudu.

Sun Fudu just boasted to make Shi Hu happy, and he didn't have the certainty of breaking the city in three days, so he retreated in shame when he heard the words.

Shi Hu glanced at Sun Fudu, stood up, looked at the generals, and asked loudly: "Our army has been storming for three days, and the Great Thorn City is immovable, what other good strategies do you have, just say." ”