In fact, Pei Ji already knew that if he hadn't received the news for such a long time, it meant that the letter asking for help had not been delivered to the imperial court, or that the Great Song Dynasty had no spare strength to help him, but even so, Pei Ji had no intention of surrendering to Li Jiqian, because in his opinion, since the imperial court had put Lingzhou into his own hands, he should live and die with the city, and like Zhang Xun of the previous dynasty, he would never take a step back even if he died. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Of course, the situation Pei Ji is facing now is more severe than Zhang Xun's back then, Zhang Xun has only been holding on to Suiyang for less than a year, Li Jiqian has besieged Lingzhou for several years, even if there is a time to withdraw troops in the middle, but it is difficult for Lingzhou to use this time to recuperate, replenish grain and grass, and Zhang Xun still has reinforcements to look forward to, but Lingzhou is the northeast of the party, the north is the Divination Department, the west is the Tubo Six Valleys, only the east borders the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Jiqian is cut off from the road, even if the imperial court sends reinforcements, it is difficult to reach here, How can we say that we will relieve them?

As the lord of a state, the old man should die here, but it's a pity for these people in the city! Pei Ji remembered the words he had deceived those people during the day, and he felt quite unbearable in his heart, but he knew that even if these people surrendered to the party members, there would be no good end, most of them would become slaves of the party members, and it was better to fight to the death than to be tortured and die, and there might be a slim chance of victory.

"Thorn History, the enemy camp at the east gate is suddenly in chaos, see if reinforcements are coming!" Just thinking about it, suddenly a personal soldier ran in excitedly to report, "I saw a firelight passing through the camp of the party members, and I could vaguely hear the sound of the Central Plains accent calling the door, but the city gate guards remembered the teachings of the adults, and did not dare to open the door for them without your order." ”

"Let's go, take me to see it!" Pei Ji's face suddenly became serious, he was not overjoyed by this news, but full of doubts, since the previous defeat, there is still such a powerful army in the Great Song Dynasty?

When he arrived at the city gate, Pei Ji carefully observed the situation of the enemy camp by the moonlight, and saw that the sound of the Central Plains accent could indeed be vaguely heard in the neighing of people shouting horses, and the defenders on duty at night were pleasantly surprised when they heard this, and shouted repeatedly, "Assassin Shi, it's the reinforcements of the imperial court who are coming, quickly open the door and welcome them in!" ”

"Not busy!" Pei Ji still kept calm in a group of soldiers who were crying with joy, he carefully observed every detail he could see, and soon found something wrong, Li Jiqian's camp was indeed chaotic, and he was angry that there were several fires that seemed to have tents lit, but near the city gate was dark, and the defenders who had come to the city did not even hit the torches, which immediately aroused his doubts.

If you have the energy to set a fire, why not bring a few torches to illuminate yourself so that you can identify yourself? Is it because I'm afraid of being recognized? Since the first flaw has been found, there are more problems behind, I saw that although there was a fire in Li Jiqian's tent, there was no sign of the fire spreading, and there was no one around to put out the fire.

"The city is a party member!" Pei Ji quickly made a judgment, and he shouted, "Light the torch and throw it down the city to see who is down there?" The archer is ready to release the arrow, but if something goes wrong, shoot the arrow immediately! ”

"Thorn History!" Pei Ji's words were like a scoop of cold water poured on their heads, and the cheers froze, they couldn't accept this reality for a while, seeing that hope was in front of them, but they didn't expect that it was likely to be the enemy pretending?

"Do as I say!" Pei Ji shouted loudly, with his prestige in Lingzhou for many years, these soldiers calmed down one after another, someone lit a torch, and the archers drew their feather arrows and pulled their bows to wind up and aim at the city.

More than a dozen torches were thrown into the distance and fell into the army under the city, although most of these torches were quickly extinguished, but the defenders of the city still saw the situation clearly by the light of this moment, the group of men and horses in front of them were indeed wearing the clothes of the Song army, but behind them were the party men wearing leather robes and braids.

"Shoot!" Pei Ji immediately issued an order, and a rain of arrows took the lives of several party soldiers, and they saw that the plan failed and had no chance to attack, so they had to retreat. Not long after, the fire in Li Jiqian's camp was also extinguished, and the tricks of the party members were thus discovered by Pei Ji.

The soldiers in the city were all happy, if it weren't for Pei Ji's thoughtfulness, I'm afraid they would have died at the hands of these party members; But Pei Ji didn't have much joy, and the Song army uniforms on those party leaders were undoubtedly stripped from the Song soldiers they killed, which made him realize once again that reinforcements might not really come.

"You will continue to hold on, and you will not let the party members touch the city." Pei Ji knew that the party members would probably not attack again tonight, so he seized this precious time to go back to rest, but he couldn't sleep while lying in bed.

Li Jiqian resorted to various methods to attack Lingzhou City, and Pei Ji commanded the remnants of the city to defuse them one by one, and countless party members died under arrows, rolling wood and stones, and ash bottles of gold juice. However, the defenders of Lingzhou also suffered heavy losses, their number was already smaller than that of the party members, and they had gradually been almost depleted in such a long tug-of-war.

What's even more dangerous is that the food in the city has been exhausted, and Pei Ji has to order people to kill the war horses to satisfy his hunger, and the saddles, leather boots, and bark and grass roots are about to be scavenged. As for the arrows, they are long gone, and the city has begun to dismantle the houses and defend them with wall tiles. And the weather is getting colder and colder, and there is not much firewood left for heating, if there is no change, I am afraid they will not survive this winter anyway.

Li Jiqian outside the city also discovered the predicament of the Song army, he drove the party and the tribes attached to them to intensify the frequency and intensity of the attack, he now has a deep hatred for Pei Ji, if he breaks through Lingzhou City, he will have to be captured and broken into thousands of pieces, as for the soldiers and people in the city, all the soldiers and people in the city have been killed.

"Thorn history, I'm afraid Lingzhou City won't be able to hold it for a few days." The soldier who spoke looked indifferent, he was now able to accept this reality calmly, and then bowed and said, "It is the honor of the villain to be able to kill the enemy under the command of the assassin, if there is an afterlife, the villain is still willing to kill the enemy with the assassin!" ”

"The villain is willing to follow the history of the assassin in the next life!" More soldiers stood up.

Pei Ji burst into tears when he heard this, he trembled with his hands and clenched his fists one by one, and then shouted loudly, "In this case, let's hold on for a few more days and kill a few more party members!" ”