The 20,000 militia were soon divided into four routes, each of which was about six or seven thousand people, stationed on the four towers in the east, west, south and north, and the 1,600 elites of the Imperial Forest Army were also divided into four towers, acting as leading officers, each of whom led a squad composed of militiamen, and launched an arduous and seemingly incomplete.

Seven hours seems to be a short time, but for the soldiers defending the city, it is an incomparably long time, even if it is described as a year.

Every minute, every second, someone is dying.

But the soldiers on the upper floor of the city did not flinch, even if most of them were only a temporary army of helpless people.

Almost all of them have long taken life and death lightly and put it out of the way.

In the city, there are their relatives and friends.

It was as if there was a strong mind guiding them at all times.

By the fourth hour, the endless killing had made them all almost numb, and they only relied on their physical instincts to drive their actions.

One by one, one by one, but soon, with new additions.

Under the city walls, corpses were strewn all over the field, revealing a strong smell of blood.

In addition to the 10,000 people recruited later, the number of people who died because of guarding this place has reached a terrible number of 20,000.

As for the first legion of the Tianfeng Kingdom, it also paid a lot of price, probably thousands of people died under the boulders, rolling logs, and bows and crossbows of the Beigu Kingdom, and the two fell into a stalemate, so they went back and forth for countless rounds.

Although on the surface it seems that neither side has taken advantage, the pain is only understood by those involved.

The number of people in the Beigu Kingdom is limited, but the first legion of the Tianfeng Kingdom has hundreds of thousands of people, and the gap between the two sides is simply too big.

Moreover, a person's physical strength is extremely limited, and after four hours of confrontation in the Beigu Kingdom, the soldiers have long been physically and mentally exhausted.

If it goes on like this, there is no need for the Tianfeng Kingdom to capture the imperial city, as long as the people of the First Legion adopt the tactics of taking turns to attrition, they can easily beat the opponent to the point of powerless resistance.

"Manager Jiang, our boulders and rolling logs are running out, what should we do!?" An unfortunate news came, completely disrupting Jiang Zhi's original thinking, once there is no support of boulders and rolling logs, it will be over, just relying on the bow and crossbow, it can't stop the enemy's ladder at all.

In this way, all his previous efforts were wasted.

Those 20,000 people were really sacrificed in vain.

If he loses, Jiang Zhi can definitely foresee his tragic end.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhi couldn't help but shudder.

Don't say that His Majesty will not forgive him, and the people will not forgive him.

Even he himself would fall into deep self-reproach.

"To demolish, if there are not enough boulders, we will move the stones on the road, and if the rolling wood is not enough, we will take it from the house, in order to win, we can do whatever it takes, if we lose, then we will be miserable, and the people of Beigu will be miserable. Jiang Zhi frowned, compared to the lives of the people, some materials can be counted as nothing.

Moreover, the previous conscription of the civilian army was tantamount to a disguised disregard for human life, indirectly exchanging the lives of the people for the safety of the imperial city for seven hours.

Jiang Zhi knew very well that this move had caused countless people to poke his backbone.

Traces of life and death in the country of Beigu.

Although the people were dissatisfied, they did not show it on the surface.

Because they know that the state has no choice but to do this.

But once the battle is defeated, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the people will inevitably be completely aroused, after all, those soldiers who died on the city wall are the relatives of the people in the imperial city.

"However, what if those people don't cooperate..."The boulders on the road are easy, and they don't need anyone's permission, but the people's houses are not so easy to demolish, the world knows that His Majesty loves the people like a son, if Zhu Zhaocheng knows that he has harmed the people, then even if he has ten heads, he is afraid that it will not be enough.

"Your Majesty, I will say it myself, you just let it go, but you must remember that when demolishing, first polish your eyes, those who are down-and-out and have few houses at home, don't demolish them, even if your family is rich, don't completely demolish them, just take a few unimportant houses and demolish them. Jiang Zhi waved his hand, he also had a headache.

"The subordinates know, so that those people should not resist too much. When his subordinates heard this, their faces couldn't help but show a touch of joy, and they felt a lot more relieved.

......

After Jiang Zhi truthfully reported these things to Zhu Zhaocheng, Zhu Zhaocheng couldn't help but feel that his head was a little heavy, but the matter had come to this point, and he was no longer able to return to the sky, he could only try to do a good job, and after defeating the Tianfeng Kingdom, he would seek a way to remedy the people.

Fortunately, Jiang Zhi did not kill them all, and those people would not be homeless, otherwise, once the impact of the matter was great, his face as an emperor would not look good.

......

The 1st Corps, the Great Battalion.

"Marshal, the other party's reinforcements are really here, you are really like a god. Xiao Qiyue looked surprised, and the opponent's posture is not small, just in terms of numbers, he has crushed the first legion, as for the combat effectiveness, it remains to be studied.

"Withdraw the soldiers who are besieging the city, we surround but do not fight, at the same time, draw eighty percent of the troops, and divide the troops into three ways to intercept the Beigu reinforcements, as long as the reinforcements do not come, the Beigu country is like a trapped beast fighting, and there is no trick to play. Tu Shan Wuji naturally knew that the defenders in the imperial city were at the end of the crossbow, and the real difficulties were the reinforcements that were about to arrive.

If the attack is not stopped, in case the imperial city cannot be taken before those reinforcements arrive, then the First Legion will face a two-sided attack from the Northern Goo Kingdom.

Tianfeng Guo's original advantage was only afraid that it would immediately reverse into a disadvantage.

"Yes!" Xiao Qiyue nodded and hurried down to make arrangements.

If it is delayed any longer, it will really be too late.

It won't be long before reinforcements from the Northern Goo Kingdom come here.

......

"Look, the enemy has retreated!"

"Hooray!

"The Northern Goo Kingdom will win!"

The soldiers on the top of the city tower, seeing the actions of the enemy army, can be said to have immediately resurrected, and the cheers from thousands of civilian troops resounded in the sky.

The people below immediately followed in celebrating.

Their task was to hold out for seven hours, and now that there was less than an hour left, the possibility of the Heavenly Phoenix Kingdom attacking again in this hour was very slim, so they could finally get out of that terrifying battle completely.