The grain and grass of the Zhao army's camp was about to run out, in order to survive, these hundred battle divisions desperately launched a fierce attack on Liyang City, and waves of rotational siege made the Northern Expeditionary Army defending the city have no chance to breathe, and the city was almost breached many times.

In order to destroy the will of the Northern Expeditionary Army to resist, the Zhao army withdrew the army surrounding the south gate of Liyang City while fiercely attacking the city, giving the Northern Expeditionary Army a way to rout.

But the army of Zhao did not retreat, but lurked in the woods five miles outside the south gate of Liyang City, Shi Hu had already made up his mind to capture Han Qian alive to relieve the hatred in his heart.

With this 'way of life' deliberately given by the Zhao army, among the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the people in the city who defended the city, there were indeed many people who were shaken in their hearts, and the strength of the city defenders suddenly weakened a little.

In order to save the defeat, Han Qian personally commanded the soldiers to resist to the death on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also made the worst plan, so that the people in the city could prepare to pack up and evacuate from the south gate at any time, and sent someone to notify the Jingbei camp in the south of the Yangtze River to immediately send a ship to respond.

"General, there is news from the direction of Dongcheng that the main force of our army has been stationed in Dongcheng, but Hua'an has not moved, Liyang City is about to be lost, what is he going to do." Chen Xiong looked at Han Qian and accused Hua'an of not coming to the rescue immediately.

Han Qian looked back at Chen Xiong and said: "This is not to blame him, the general once told him that Liyang City is tall and strong, and there is no problem in defending it for two months, but now it has only been more than a month, he must be waiting for Shihu to run out of food and grass and launch an attack when the army is in turmoil, Hua'an is well versed in the art of war, he is not wrong, it is the general who underestimated Shi Hu." ”

"General, now that our army's arrows have been exhausted, there is not much left of rolling wood and gravel, the people in the city have demolished their houses to support the defense of the city, and the Zhao army is attacking the city more and more fiercely, I am afraid that our army will not last long, so immediately order Hua'an to bring reinforcements!" Chen Xiong pleaded.

"Alright! But it seems that it is too late. Although he knew that far water could not quench his thirst, Han Qian still gave an order.

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After a whole day of siege, tens of thousands of elite dragon guards of Zhao State still did not capture Liyang City, which made Shi Hu quite annoyed.

After dark, Shi Hu withdrew the main force, but still let some of the soldiers continue to attack the city, in order to naturally not let the Northern Expeditionary Army defending the city have a chance to breathe.

The main force of Zhao rested for a night, and the next morning, after breakfast, they ran out of food, which was the last chance for the soldiers of Zhao State.

In order to fight and break the city, Shi Hu personally rode his horse and led the troops to fight, and the army of Zhao suddenly attacked Liyang City more fiercely.

Seeing Zhao Guo's soldiers rushing towards him, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army defending the city all gasped, and fear and helplessness lingered in the hearts of the soldiers.

"Soldiers, don't panic, you must defend the city." Han Qian's voice was hoarse to boost morale.

Inspired by Han Qian's blood, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army mustered up their courage and tried their best to fight with the enemy who rushed up.

Under the full force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the first round of Zhao's attack was repulsed, and then the second round of attack was also repulsed.

The siege lasted for a whole hour, and it was not yet captured that Liyang, Shi Hu was suddenly furious, his old face was red with anger, and ordered the arrest of the generals who commanded the siege.

"Your Majesty, the resistance of the Jin army is really stubborn, and it is not that the last general will not do his best."

"Your Majesty, Liyang City is unusually strong, and it can be captured in a short period of time, so I ask the king for a few days."

Several generals knelt in front of Shi Hu and complained.

When Shi Hu heard this, his heart became more and more angry, he clenched the big axe in his hand, walked in front of several generals, and raised the big axe to make a chopping action.

"The king forgives the sin, and the last general is willing to make meritorious service for the crime, and the next round of attack will definitely capture Liyang." A military general trembled and begged.

"Kill." Shi Hu burst into round eyes, waved his hands, and cut off the head of this military general with a big axe in his hand, and blood splashed on the kneeling generals, making these generals not even dare to breathe.

Shi Hu took the white cloth he carried with him, wiped the blood-stained axe, and said with hatred in his mouth: "What is the use of keeping such a greedy person who is afraid of death." ”

Seeing this, the surrounding generals all lowered their heads and remained silent, for fear that one would accidentally anger Shi Hu.

Shi Hu turned his head, looked at the generals around him, and said fiercely: "Liyang City must be captured today, otherwise he will be the end of you." With that, he pointed to the head on the ground.

"We will fight to break the city and capture Han Qian alive." The generals showed great determination.

Shi Hu nodded, and said with a straight face: "Han Qian has the ambition of his ancestors, and he is the biggest obstacle for my Great Zhao to pacify Jiangnan, and today I will break through Liyang and capture Han Qian alive no matter what." ”

"Obey the king's command." The generals spoke in unison.

Peach Leopard frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, Han Qian is a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, if Liyang City was guarded by others, it would have been broken by our army a long time ago, this is enough to show his talent, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to capture alive!" ”

"Hmph, if you are not sure, then kill him, and you must not let this person live in this world." Shi Hu said fiercely.

Hearing this, Peach Leopard pursed his lips and nodded.

"Peach Leopard, you lead 10,000 horses to attack the North Gate, Houba, you lead the Longteng Dead Soldier Battalion as its vanguard, Sun Fudu, you lead 10,000 horses to attack the West Gate, Zhang Jackal, you lead 10,000 horses to attack the East Gate, within an hour, you must break the city, otherwise don't come back." Shi Hu commanded in a rough voice.

"The last general commands." Peach Leopard, Hou Ba and others hugged their fists and led their lives.

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In the direction of Dongcheng, the reinforcement order issued by Han Qian has not yet arrived, but Hua'an has already learned about the general situation near Liyang City through the investigation of the guò scouts.

At this time, in the face of the fact that Shi Hu's army was about to run out of food and Liyang City was in danger, Hua'an decided to immediately send troops and advance in the direction of Liyang City.

Nearly 30,000 troops marched in the direction of Liyang City, and two hours later, the army encountered the soldiers sent by Han Qian to give orders on the road.

"General Hua, Liyang City is already in danger, General Han ordered you to immediately lead the army to help." Xiao Bing said as he took out the letter and handed it to Hua An.

Hua'an Lema took the letter and read it carefully, the handwriting was written by Chen Xiong, according to what was written in the letter, Liyang City has indeed reached the point of exhaustion.

"How dangerous is Liyang City, and what is the situation in the city." Huaan also wants to reconfirm.

"General Hui, more than half of the soldiers have been killed or wounded, there are few arrows, rolling logs, and stones left to defend the city, and there are countless broken swords and broken spears, so I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long." The creep replied truthfully.