Yu Wei sighed: "In the past few days, the siege operations of the coalition army have been frustrated one after another, and all walks of life have suffered heavy losses, and even our Songhu Army has not seen any improvement. I can't imagine that this Yanjing City is so difficult to fight, and it will be a head if it goes on like this until that day!"

Shi Ziling was surprised: "It turns out that you are embarrassed by the siege of the city, I thought that you couldn't think of a good way to govern the country like me!"

Ma Yu frowned and said, "Why have you been thinking about it for five days, and you still can't think of how to establish a new dynasty?"

Shi Ziling said: "How can this way of governing the country be so easy to think of, I don't want to be an emperor, I always want to establish a system that allows the people to live a good life without the emperor, but I never know where to start, alas, I am worried to death!"

Ma Yu and Nangong Xia looked at each other and asked in surprise: "You don't need an emperor to make the people of the world live a good life peacefully? What kind of system is this? Who will give orders without an emperor? Who will submit to the heroes of the world? What are you thinking?"

Shi Ziling smiled bitterly: "I haven't thought about it yet, don't you urge me to be okay! What happened to the siege of the city?"

Ma Yu and Nangong Xia knew that it was useless to urge Shi Ziling now, and Shi Ziling had to be willing to establish a new dynasty, so the two of them had already discussed it privately, and decided to wait for the complete overthrow of the imperial court and then unite the leaders of the coalition forces to ask for their lives together to force Shi Ziling to ascend the throne as soon as possible. At present, the progress of the siege is blocked, but it is a matter of urgency.

Ma Yu said: "The defense of Yanjing City is stronger than we imagined, in the past few days, the siege teams of the various coalition forces have suffered heavy losses in a row, and when our Songhu Army came out, I didn't expect it to be still no improvement. However, the defensive defenders of Yanjing City suffered very little damage, and it seemed that their defenses were as stable as Mount Tai. If it drags on like this for too long, there will definitely be problems with the supply of our million-strong coalition army. ”

"But if you blindly fight to the death to attack the city, the loss of troops is too great, and I don't know how many soldiers will have to be sacrificed to break through Yanjing City. What's more, even if Yanjing City is breached, as far as I know, there is still a barrier of the imperial city inside, and the defense of the imperial city will inevitably be stronger, and now it seems that overthrowing the Luo dynasty is much more troublesome than we expected. ”

Shi Ziling was surprised: "Isn't it okay for our Songhu Legion to go out?"

When Ma Yu was about to answer, Wei Song, Wei Hu, Bai Qingshuang, Su Zhirou and others walked in together.

Wei Song said: "Commander, since yesterday, his subordinates have personally led the troops to attack the city, but the city fortifications of Yanjing City are built quite well, and the general siege ladders can't even be erected, even if we send special attack masters, it is difficult to climb the city wall." What's more, the rolling logs and flying stones on the castle tower are extremely abundant, and the casualties of our forced siege are too great. ”

"From yesterday morning to now, more than 10,000 soldiers of our Songhu Army have been killed or injured due to the siege of the city, which is more than the casualties of the decisive battle on the 28th, and it is really not a way to go on like this. ”

Shi Ziling was surprised, although he expected that Yanjing City would not be easy to break, but he also did not expect that even the Songhu Legion would make no progress. The formation of the Songhu Army has always held the purpose of preferring shortage to excess, and the requirements for personnel are very high, and every soldier has been carefully selected and repeatedly trained, and there has never been such a heavy casualty in the siege battle, Shi Ziling can't help but feel great heartache.

Yu Wei said: "There is no other way now, it seems that only Ziling you have tried it yourself, maybe with your super strength, you can open a channel for us." ”

Ma Yu shook his head and said: "It's useless, the siege battle is different from the confrontation between the two armies, and it is not possible to break the opponent's wall by relying on a strong impact." The other side has strong fortifications to rely on, and even if Ziling can kill the city tower alone, it will still be difficult for our other soldiers to keep up. No matter how powerful Ziling is, it is impossible for him to kill all the hundreds of thousands of defenders on the other side by himself. ”

Yu Wei asked, "What should I do then?" Is it just like this, and it will take until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse?"

Ma Yu frowned and said, "This is indeed a difficult problem. The news of our decisive battle with the imperial court has already spread all over the world, and Yanjing City must have sufficient reserves, and our grain and grass supply can only last for about a month at most, if it drags on for too long, it will be difficult to continue. At that time, I am afraid that if we do not wait for the imperial court to counterattack, our own military morale will be in chaos. ”

Wei Hu agreed: "The military advisor is right, after the previous head-to-head confrontation, our army obviously has the upper hand in morale, and has an advantage in total strength, so we should still fight quickly." However, if you blindly attack, the loss of troops is too great, but there is no other way, and I ask the commander of the army to take an idea. ”

Shi Ziling couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he decided to go to the front of the battle to see it in person first. Several of them immediately left the tent of the Chinese army and rode to the front line of the siege to watch carefully.

After some observation, Shi Ziling saw that the situation was indeed as the generals said, the city defense fortifications of Yanjing City were extremely good, the city tower was high and steep, and the ladder of the siege team could not reach the top of the city tower at all, even if the martial arts masters climbed it together, it was easy to be killed by the rolling wood and flying stones on the city tower.

Moreover, the city gate of Yanjing City has obviously been specially reinforced, and no matter how hard the siege team hits, the city gate will not move at all. The officers and men in the army were very anxious, but the more urgent the attack, the greater the casualties, and everyone felt helpless.

Shi Ziling estimated in his heart that with his own strength, he should be able to barely attack the city tower, but it will be difficult for others to keep up, and it is only impossible for him to repel all the defenders by himself.

Ma Yu pointed to the gate of Yanjing City in front of him and said, "You see, our siege team used various means to constantly hit the city gate, but it always had little effect. I suspect that the other party's city gate is the same as the city gate of our Songhu City, which is reinforced with a special iron gate, and I am afraid that it will be useless to hit it head-on. What's more, there is a deep moat in front of the city gate, and we have lost a lot of men and horses just by building a pontoon bridge across the moat these days. ”

Shi Ziling's heart moved, and he thought that the other party's city gate was probably improved by Elder Xuan's plan. Elder Dian, like himself, came from the modern era, and was more knowledgeable than himself, and the city gate he designed was only stronger than the gate of Songhu City. Maybe it was because of the improvement of the protection of the city gate that he became the elder of the Huguo Temple.

After returning to the Chinese military tent, Nangong Xia asked: "Ziling, do you have a good plan to attack the city? If not, you can only spend your troops to attack in turn." After all, we have millions of people, and if we don't spare our troops, we can finally break through Yanjing City. ”

Shi Ziling shook his head and said, "The city defense design of Yanjing City is unique, if I am not mistaken, it must have been the design and improvement of Elder Dian's personal participation in the design back then." Although I should be able to kill the castle tower with my strength, I am afraid that it will be difficult to lower the drawbridge, open the special gate, and deal with a large number of defenders besieging it. ”

"As for the tactical assault with a sea of people, although it is feasible, but in that case, the casualties will be extremely heavy, and I am afraid that all the allied forces will be exhausted before I can barely open the gap. Not to mention that the coalition forces are unwilling, and even if they do, I can't do it. The effect of using our Songhu Legion's men to storm is not much better, so it is not feasible. ”

Wei Song asked: "What does the commander of the army mean, is it really going to be such a long-term siege?" But the military advisor has already said that the imperial court is well prepared and well-stocked, and there are more than 100,000 troops on duty in turn, even if we use siege tactics, it will be difficult to work at all without a year and a half, this ...... I'm afraid that's not a solution, is it?"

Shi Ziling nodded and said, "This is nature." A long-term siege requires a steady stream of supplies, and most of our coalition forces come from all over the world, most of them come from long distances, and it is difficult to maintain a stable supply in the future. What's more, even if it drags on for a year and a half, it may not be effective, and maybe the reserves of the imperial court are more sufficient than we expected, in that case, it will be a waste of effort. ”

Nangong Xia said worriedly: "Actually, it won't take a year and a half at all, if it can't be attacked for a long time within a month, I'm afraid that people from all walks of life will find all kinds of excuses to go back." The foundation of these horses is shallow, and the consumption and supply of the troops stationed abroad for a long time are too huge, and it will definitely be difficult to sustain them financially and materially, and it is estimated that only the legions of you and me can hold on for a little longer. ”

Yu Wei hurriedly said: "What can I do then? This can't do that, it can't work either, it's finally come to this point, you can't just let go of the Luo Dynasty, right?"

Seeing that everyone was quite anxious, Shi Ziling said: "I want to try to contact Elder Dian, in addition, I still have two jade plates in my hand, maybe they can be of a little use." ”

"Jade ?......"

Everyone was puzzled, and Ma Yu asked: "Now that the whole city of Yanjing City is on alert, and not even a bird can fly in, we are afraid that it will be difficult to contact Elder Dian, right? What do you mean by jade plate? Is it also an artifact?"

Shi Ziling said: "These two jade medals were won by me when I pretended to be a jewelry merchant Lu Wangshi in the Proud Building of Tongle Fang, with these two jade plaques, Luo Linhai can do two things for me unconditionally, maybe now is the time to come in handy." ”

Ma Yu and Yu Wei both heard Shi Ziling talk about winning Luo Linhai and Huang Ying in the Proud Building, and they were naturally surprised, Yu Wei said: "Yes, you still have the two promises that Luo Linhai owes you in your hand, it's useless, it turns out that the two jade plates you mentioned refer to this! I don't know if Luo Linhai is willing to obey you at this time?"

Shi Ziling said: "That's why I said I want to try it, anyway, I just want to see Dian Weiye, and I want to hear what he thinks after overthrowing the Luo dynasty." He is much better educated than I am, and perhaps he will have a different view of statecraft. ”