The rebels had retreated for an hour, and the defenders in Suiyang City had some food and recovered a little, and the rebels were probably asleep in the camp now, but they still couldn't sleep; Several torches were lit, baskets were lowered from the city wall by ropes, and a group of people from Suiyang City stood in the baskets with torches. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now they want to take advantage of the fact that the rebels are not attacking, hurry up and search for all the materials that can be used, pull out the arrows that are pierced in the ground, on the arrow towers, and even on the rebels, and put them together, and then these arrows will be sent to the craftsmen in the city to be repaired, and it will not be long before these will become sharp weapons to kill the rebels.

The armor and weapons on the bodies of those dead rebels could not be left behind, and the head of Suiyang City had been fighting for several months, and the weapons in the hands of the Tang army and the armor on their bodies were seriously damaged, these were their only replenishment channels, and even a dagger could not be missed.

They don't care about the gold and silver that the rebels carry with them, what can they buy in Suiyang City today? On the contrary, the copper coins were carefully put away by them, and after they were melted, they could be used to make weapons; Unfortunately, the rebels seem to have been given orders, and they are rarely able to dig out dry food from the corpses, and it seems that the food piece cannot get much supply.

Fortunately, some dead horses were always found under the walls, and the meat was collected and put in baskets, and then hung on the walls, and the rotten parts were removed, leaving a lot of edible meat, and the bones could be boiled into soup.

Clothes, flags, shoes, belts, they collected all useful things, even the smashed arrow towers, siege vehicles did not let go, these are all good wood, the big one can be used to make rolling wood to smash the enemy, the small one can also be used to make a fire, Suiyang City has been besieged for more than half a year, and there is not much wood left in the city that can be burned.

The recovery of supplies continued until dawn, and the people who had been sent out returned to the city before the rebels could begin their assault, and now they could eat something and go back to rest, and then they would get up again at noon to help the defenders carry the rolling wood and stones, and the blacksmiths to forge arrowheads..... Now the people of the entire city of Suiyang are doing their best to defend the city, and it is precisely because of this that Suiyang City has persisted from spring to the present.

"These things are still much less than our own consumption yesterday." Zhang Xun looked through the account books and sighed slightly, although these people tried their best to help recycle, the materials in the city were still decreasing day by day.

"When the last general went out of the city to ask for help, I heard that Marshal Guo had begun to reorganize the army to prepare to recover Chang'an, so it seems that the thief army has reached the end of the road, maybe we hold on for another month or two, and my Datang's reinforcements will arrive." Li You can only appease Zhang Xun like this, if he can't see hope, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and other people who have long been determined to die will be gone, and the rest of the reinforcements who came from Lian Tan are unlikely to continue to have such a high fighting spirit.

Guo Ziyi defeated the rebel general An Shouzhong, recovered Yongfengcang, and opened the road from Tongguan to Shaanzhou, and after An Qingxu killed An Lushan, he was promoted to Sikong and Guannei Hedong Deputy Marshal by the previous military department Shangshu and Tongzhongshu Menxia Zhangshi, and Shuo Fang Jiedu; Soon after, he would follow Li Li, the king of Guangping (later renamed Li Yu, who succeeded to the throne five years later, later known as the Tang Dynasty Sect, and the Anshi Rebellion was completely quelled shortly after his accession to the throne) in the east of Fengshui, 30 miles north of Xiangji Temple (located in the south of present-day Chang'an, Shaanxi), to break 100,000 rebels and regain Chang'an in a war.

Guo Ziyi was able to calmly recover Chang'an, Zhang Xun, who was thousands of miles away, took the lead, and Suiyang City contained Yin Ziqi's more than 100,000 troops, which greatly reduced the pressure on Chang'an's side; If it weren't for Zhang Xun's general Yin Ziqi out of the Jianghuai River, allowing the rebels to attack the Jianghuai and block the canal, the Tang Dynasty would have no money to use, let alone recover Chang'an, and even whether it could continue was a problem.

If we compare the examples of later generations, the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II seems to be quite similar to the Battle of Suiyang, in which a large number of German troops were annihilated, and as many as 120,000 rebels died under Suiyang; Stalingrad blocked the German attack, protected the industrial area behind it from interference, and could produce batches of weapons and ammunition, while Suiyang also made it impossible for the rebels to attack Jianghuai's wealthy land, which won a valuable foundation for their own accumulation of strength to prepare for counterattack; The only pity is that the Battle of Stalingrad ended in the victory of the Soviet army, but the Battle of Suiyang was the final victory of the rebels.

However, only 10 days after the martyrdom of Zhang Xun and others and the fall of Suiyang, the Tang army recovered Luoyang, Tokyo, and Yin Ziqi's army was also defeated by the Tang army a few days later, and the whole army was annihilated.

Now that he has brought the most scarce food in Suiyang City, coupled with the help of a thousand Beiwei troops, he should be able to hold on for a few more days than in the original history, and wait until the arrival of reinforcements from the Tang Army, right? Li You thought so.

"With Marshal Guo here, my Tang Dynasty will be able to recover the two capitals; It won't be long before Yin Ziqi's rebels will be defeated by my Datang. He pointed to the rebels outside the city and said loudly, "Although the thief army is attacking fiercely, it is just a poor rat devouring a cat, as long as we hold on for another month, reinforcements will come, and then these thieves will be just turtles in the urn." ”

Zhang Xun's encouragement made the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Suiyang become high, since we have persisted for more than half a year, what will be the problem of holding on for another month? Groups of soldiers marched up to the city to prepare for battle; Under the leadership of the leader, a common man transported batches of materials to the city wall and went to blacksmiths and carpenters to build equipment for defending the city; And the old and weak women and children were not idle, they either went to help make fires and cook, or help to take care of the wounded soldiers, or sew armor and clothes...... Almost all of the remaining 20,000 soldiers and civilians in the entire Suiyang City are soldiers, vowing to block Yin Ziqi's rebels from the city.

With such people, such soldiers, and such commanders, Li You's gaze swept from ordinary people to the soldiers on the city wall, and then to Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Lei Wanchun, Yao Xu, Jia Ben and others who were shouting loudly.

He shouted, bent his bow and arrows, and a new day of war began...... (To be continued.) )