In the next seven or eight days, the attack and defense around Jinguan City remained.

On the part of the official army, there were still many conventional siege methods, and they launched continuous attacks from the south, east, and west, but the ferocity of the offensive was obviously not comparable to that of the first day.

Just the flying stones as dense as the first day did not appear again, and the damage to the city was naturally not as great as before, so that the defenders could deal with it calmly.

For the many means of defending the city that Tang Gate had arranged early on, the officers and soldiers were helpless for a while, so they could only continue to attack by trial and error, and try to open the way with one life after another.

But the result was disappointing, for a few days, in addition to the increasing number of casualties, the results of the battle were really small, and the threat to the city was not great.

Only on two occasions, taking advantage of the slack of the defenders, a team of each made it to the top of the city.

But in an instant, they were attacked by the good hands of the Tang Sect who had been prepared for a long time, and they couldn't hold out for long in the city, and even before the next batch of reinforcements arrived, they were all killed and fell into the city, which made people rejoice in vain.

Such a result was naturally a big setback for the whole army, so after such a situation appeared again yesterday, the offensive in the second half of the day was slowed down.

As of this morning, although there were still soldiers and horses attacking, those tribal leaders such as Yang Jianting and Ba Rong had come to see the emperor, and they were obviously a little retreating.

After all, in the past few days, the soldiers who rushed to the front line were all soldiers, and their hearts were dripping blood when they looked at the heavy casualty figures.

"Your Majesty......"

After seeing Sun Ning, they hesitated for a while, and they held back these two words for a long time, and then looked at His Majesty the Emperor, looking like they hoped that he would be the master.

"This siege is difficult, in fact, I and all of you Aiqing should be prepared." Sun Ning's expression was also quite serious, such a stalemate was not what he wanted to see.

I thought that under the successive setbacks, and seeing ten times the army besieging Jinguan City, the soldiers and civilians in the city should have lost their fighting spirit long ago. Even if you didn't surrender directly, you shouldn't have fought so hard when resisting.

But the current facts are completely beyond everyone's expectations, the determination of the defenders of each city is far more than the previous cities several times, and it can really be said that the defense is not leaky.

But then, Sun Ning said: "This Jinguan City is the last battle to unify Sichuan and Shu, I think that I can't stop the army because of a slight setback, otherwise the people's hearts will fluctuate, and the previous achievements will be wasted!" ”

"Your Majesty, we have no intention of withdrawing from the army, but is it time for this strategy to change?" Yang Jianting was the first to speak, expressing his thoughts, "Such a strong attack really has no greater effect except for increasing casualties."

"So the minister thinks that it is better to change the attack to the siege. No matter how rich this Jinguan City is, no matter how thick his Tang family's savings are, it is impossible to keep the door closed for many years. It is better to surround them like this, until they are exhausted, and then we can take them without blood. ”

This suggestion was quickly approved by the other tribal leaders, who all nodded their heads and echoed: "Yes, Your Majesty, it is most appropriate to use such a siege instead of an attack, although it will take some more time, but after all, it will reduce a lot of casualties and losses." ”

"And Your Majesty, in this way, we don't have to stay outside Jinguan City for many soldiers and horses, we can return to various places, farm and hunt, and think it will be a long-lasting ......."

For a while, there were many responders, and many patriarchs and leaders all said the same thing, for them, it was more important to preserve their own strength than anything else.

Sun Ning swept over these people again and sighed: "I naturally understand your concerns, but have you thought about the problem of doing this?"

"Once the army is really withdrawn, the soldiers and horses in the city take the opportunity to pursue, but how to deal with it?

"Leave a group of men and horses to continue the siege, how much should be left? Are you so sure that the soldiers and horses in the city will not take the opportunity to break the siege or even counterattack?

"Also, we did suffer a lot of casualties, but the defenders of the city will only be worse than we are. Maybe their casualties are not too heavy, but the pressure is several times that of our army, and we can still rotate our troops and horses to attack the city, but the defenders must keep an eye on it, and dare not slack off in the slightest.

"So I believe that the defenders have also reached a critical point, as long as our army continues to hold on and continue to exert pressure, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken!"

Hearing Sun Ning say this, the bitterness on everyone's faces became even heavier, is this the meaning of continuing to attack and continue to increase the casualties of the tribe?

But then, Sun Ning changed the conversation again: "But I can understand your concerns, the continuous casualties are indeed not good for the whole army, and they will only weaken the morale of our whole army a little bit, so we can no longer use these conventional means to fill in with human lives." ”

"What's your majesty's plan?" Someone's eyes lit up, and he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly asked.

The others were the same, and their eyes were fixed on His Majesty the Emperor, waiting for him to give the answer they wanted to hear.

But this time Sun Ning was about to disappoint them, only to see him shake his head again: "I don't have any ideas for the time being." In fact, the means that should have been used before have been used, whether it is digging tunnels, or using flying stones, or attacking with fire, it is difficult to succeed, but it has caused a lot of damage......"

Seeing that everyone was helpless, Sun Ning encouraged again: "But one person is short and everyone is long, and then you all go back and discuss with your subordinates and others to see if you can come up with a good plan to break the city."

"In this way, you will give orders in your respective armies, as long as you can help my army break the city, I will allow him to be promoted to the third rank, and the reward will be five hundred taels!"

After making such a decision, Sun Ning sent everyone away, but his expression was still solemn.

Because he could see that most of these people were real people.

It has been nearly a year before and after this campaign, and the elites of all the departments have been brought to Jinguan City, even if you don't mention the casualties, the clan affairs that have been delayed in these days alone are enough for these leaders to feel a headache.

If you can successfully take Jinguan City and make up for it with the wealth in the city, everyone will accept it.

But now, after many days of onslaught, there is no possibility of even a little victory, how can such a setback not make people's hearts anxious and retreat?

"Tang Gate...... I'm underestimating you! Sun Ning exhaled heavily.

I thought that this Tangmen was just an ordinary gang, even if the power was larger, it would not be too difficult to take it.

Now I know that it is no wonder that the Tangmen Society has completely different ambitions from other Jianghu forces, and they have indeed transformed from ordinary Jianghu Gangs to local warlord forces.

If it can't be uprooted this time, the Tang Sect in the future will only be even more difficult......