The black smoke from the burning of the corpses of soldiers killed in battle never seemed to break in the city, and the smell of burnt oil filled the air, and the seriously wounded soldiers were often left to lie in empty homes waiting for death. Ding Zhuang's casualties were also heavy, and more and more civilians were temporarily pulled to the city, and after a few battles, they became official soldiers. Ding Zhuang, whose manpower was getting tighter and tighter, no longer had the strength to take good care of these wounded soldiers, so he could only bring them food and water every other day, and then send the dead to the crematorium in time.

"We must hold on, or these beasts will come in and kill all the men, including you, and rape your sisters, and then give you the reputation of being a rebel and a thief. Seeing every Tang soldier who wanted to give up the battle, Xiao Jiu would loudly intimidate them, he constantly appeared on the battlements where the battle was most critical, and loudly scolded the soldiers who were too tired to pull arrows, and even the Song army under the city knew that there was such a face-looking Sven in the city, but he was a fierce general with a loud voice, and gave him a nickname called General with a big neck.

Outside the city, the Song and Wu coalition forces knew that this person was the main general in the city, and specially gathered fifty crossbows outside the south gate, and shot them when they landed in the city, but they didn't shoot, but they made Xiao Jiu famous, and all the troops said that this person was blessed by the gods, and he couldn't get close to the idle swords and arrows. After that, no matter where the city was tight, as soon as General Xiao came up with a sword and shield, the morale of the defenders was greatly boosted.

General Cai Jianzhi, a native of Changzhou, Jiangnan. In April of the first year, the Song army Kou Changzhou, the tomb of the ancestors of Jian was bad, howling in the city, happened to meet the night patrol of Wenhou, and reprimanded: Kou is outside, and the good man goes to the city to report it, so why do you cry to the wall. Jane felt his words and joined the army.

"Does it have to be like this?" Knowing that it was inevitable, Xiao Jiu still subconsciously asked the lieutenant beside him. Jin Ji blew his nose, forcibly held back his disgust and said, "If the command makes it difficult for the adults to swallow, the subordinates will do it for them." After speaking, the corner of his eye glanced at the three hot cauldrons on the head of the city, and there was another wave of nausea in his stomach.

In order to completely anger the Song army and let the guards of the city have no way out, Wu Yingying once gave Xiao Jiu an idea that he had to use. In order to defeat the morale of the Tang army under the city, the Tu army pulled the captured Tang army up to the city wall, disemboweled it in public, and then divided and ate it, which not only increased the enemy's fear, but also broke the idea of rebellion within the defenders. After five days and five nights of fighting, nearly half of the original more than 10,000 soldiers in Changzhou were killed or wounded, and last night there was an incident where the soldiers defending the city wall went out of the city to surrender to the Song army, and Xiao Jiu had to adopt this method. However, Xiao Jiu himself also felt that this was too beastly and bloody, and suggested that Xiao Jiu could replace it with the corpses of the Song army who died on the city wall, and then let the whole army eat it in front of the enemy troops outside the city, so that the Song-Wu coalition army would inevitably hate the defenders to the bone, and the armies in the city would naturally give up the idea of surrendering the city.

The Song-Wu coalition army under the city was about to attack the city, and suddenly saw the Tang army at the head of the city open three cauldrons and boiled hot soup, so they carried out this cruel thing under the attention of 10,000 people. After deliberately understanding that the corpses of the soldiers were the costumes of the Song army, the vanguard made Ding Deyu shout even louder that there would be no prisoners in this battle.

Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, looked at the scene staged at the head of the city with a solemn face, and some of the faces of the soldiers around him showed indignation, but more showed fear. In the war with the alien races outside the Guan, he had also heard of the fact that the two sides were eating and losing prisoners, but in the battles in the Jiangnan area, he had not done anything to this extent. No matter what the outcome of this battle is, the reputation of this lord who defends the city will be ruined, as long as he does not defect to the barbarians, it can be said that there is almost no place for such a person in the world. He paid such a big price, just to show that he was also coercing the defenders of the city to fight to the death with his own side. However, if the defenders in the city really have the heart to fight to the last pawn, and the beasts are still fighting, not only will it be a problem whether they can take Changzhou City within ten days, but even if they can take this city in the future, their own soldiers will probably suffer casualties. Thinking of this, Qian Yu let out a long sigh, and couldn't understand why the lord guarding the city would make such a decision.

Xiao Jiu took a large bowl of broth handed over by his own soldiers expressionlessly, took a big sip, swallowed it hard, and then watched awe-inspiring as every officer above the head of the Tang Army took a sip before returning to the city tower to rest. After leaving everyone's sight, Xiao Jiu couldn't hold back anymore, lying on the ground and vomiting heavily, and subconsciously used his hand to pick it in his throat, and he couldn't wait to turn the entire cavity over and wash it.

"My lord," Jin Jiu handed him a dirty cloth from behind, Xiao Jiu took it and wiped his mouth, and began to vomit again, so he stopped after three times, and sighed: "From now on, Xiao Jiu is no different from a beast in the eyes of the world. ”

"If you can rely on the corpses of these soldiers to stop the Northern Army from slaughtering Jiangnan, your subordinates think that what Lord Xiao has done is a great act of benevolence and righteousness, a real hero. Jin Ji said loudly, frowning and couldn't help but turn his stomach, and said: "Don't hide it, my subordinates used to be water thieves, and once the officials and soldiers surrounded and suppressed, my subordinates were trapped on a small island for several months, and the wounded good brothers next to him died one after another, and later, the subordinates were rescued by eating their remains." This matter was originally the secret that Jin Ji was going to take to the grave, and it had been suppressed in his heart and its taboo, but today the soldiers of the whole army defending the city have eaten the broth, which has greatly alleviated his psychological pressure, and he actually told Xiao Jiu.

Seeing Xiao Jiu looking at him incredulously, Jin Ji suddenly felt that it was nothing, but licked his lips and said gloomily: "Instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to leave a useful body." After being rescued, I have all settled the families of several good brothers, and I owe them their affection, and they will go to hell to pay it back after they die, and it is a big deal that they will also eat something. Master Wu said that the eldest husband is not afraid of the fingers of thousands of husbands, but he wants to be worthy of his heart. ”

Xiao Jiu knew that this Jin Blame, who was deeply respected by the soldiers, was not an ordinary person, but he didn't expect him to have such an unbearable experience, now everyone is the same, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder, his eyes looked at the dense Song and Wu coalition troops under the city tower, and said in a deep voice: "The hardships we have suffered must be doubled by the enemy." He immediately suppressed his disgust, exhaled, looked to the north and said, "There are still two days." ”

Just as Xiao Jiu was standing at the head of Changzhou City and looking north at Jinling to look forward to reinforcements, Wu Yingying looked at the Song Army's Niushou Mountain camp from afar at the head of Jinling City.

"God help me!" he said excitedly, taking a deep breath of cold and pure air. Jinling began to flutter and flutter with goose feather snow, and the white snow covered all the ugliness on the ground, making the deserted Jinling suburbs as white as a fairy tale world. The cold weather caused the Song army on the expedition to retreat into the camp for most of the time, waiting for Wu Yue's army to come and rendezvous. The cold, snow and ice made the siege an extremely hard job, and Wu Yingying felt that it was a perfect opportunity to draw the main Tang army in Jinling City for a short time. The plan to concentrate forces on the Western Front first to strike at the Song army was more likely to succeed in such weather. He turned back to the Shenwu Du Yu Marquis beside him, and Hu Zedao, the commander of the Tiande Army: "I received the news from Yu Yan yesterday that Heiyundu has reached Weishui, and I led the army out of the city to join forces with Heiyundu, and strive to defeat the enemy army in the west and return to Jinling within five days, during which the defense of Jinling will be handed over to Brother Hu." ”

Hu Ze said with a smile: "It is really a pity in life to not be able to participate in such a big battle, brother rest assured, even if there are only 100 people left in the Tiande army, the Song army will not want to set foot in Jinling City." As he spoke, he wiped his sleeves on the snowy horizontal knife, which Wu Yingying specially built with five catties of iron to give him, Hu Ze couldn't put down this treasure knife, if it wasn't for his wife who had moved into Jinling City to live together, he couldn't wait to sleep with this knife at night.

On this night, the stars and the moon were gone, and Hu Ze first led the 3,000-day German army to light a fire outside the Song army camp and make noise, only to make a noise. At this time, the weather was cold and the ground was slippery, and the generals of the Song army were reluctant to lead their troops into battle. Cao Bin expected that it was the Tang army's strategy to exhaust the enemy, so he only ordered the commanders of the majestic and effective armies who were on duty at night to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Tang army from taking the opportunity to attack the camp.

Outside the city, when the Song army was troubled by the harassment of the Tang army, Wu Yingying led the army to sneak out of the city quietly, and the whole army did not use torches, and the veterans of the Jinfan Army with better eyesight opened the road in front, and the soldiers in the back pulled the placket in front of them one by one to march southward. Except for the breathing of men and the creaking of footsteps, there was no sound of the march of the 30,000-strong army.

Wu Yingying also followed the tooth soldiers to open the road in front, the cold wind accompanied by the heavy snow poured into the mouth, but all the soldiers walked with their heads bored, no one said a word, Wu Yingying suddenly felt that the army seemed to become a living creature with its own life and will, in this dark night, without his extra orders and supervision, the soldiers walked firmly and calmly, and the whole team was so quiet, like a black snake quietly swimming towards the target.