August 10, the capital of David.

Countless soldiers surrounded the entire city, among which the west gate and the east gate were only besieged, but the north gate and the south gate were under extremely fierce attack, and a large number of soldiers were killed on the battlefield every moment.

In fact, this siege battle has been waged since the night of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, and the Chu and Liang armies have launched six fierce attacks one after another!

It's a pity that although their offensive was fierce and the city defense of David's imperial capital was crumbling, they still failed to capture it.

There are three reasons for this.

First, this is the capital of David, the last bit of dignity of the David's dynasty, and David's soldiers have a strong heart of resistance to serve the country to the death.

After the turmoil that night, all the traitors and rebels who threw themselves at Daliang and Dachu basically jumped out, and they were swept away, and there were no major hidden dangers inside.

In addition, the Blood Tiger used the Tiger Talisman to minimize the casualties caused by the civil strife among the Davids, so that the 200,000 garrisons and 100,000 forbidden troops eventually retained more than 230,000.

It is not uncommon to use an army of 230,000 to defend the imperial capital with a high level of city defense, and hold it for more than two days.

Although Emperor Wei is dead, the Blood Tiger and others are kept secret, and the generals who know about it have also voted for Great Xia, and no one dares to speak out.

Therefore, the steadfastness in the hearts of the Davids was not destroyed.

Second, although the tiger cavalry and jackal cavalry did not directly go to the city wall to participate in the battle, Great Xia provided thousands of Huiying crossbows, and these lethal Huiying crossbows contributed a lot to the defense of the city.

Of course, this is not to say that the two cavalry are standing by and watching, it is just that their positioning is not suitable for defending on the city walls, after all, to do so is to waste their martial arts.

In fact, in the early hours of this morning, the tiger cavalry and the jackal cavalry took the initiative to attack in the dark and launched a secret attack on the Chu army and the Liang army respectively.

Although the Chu army and the Liang army did not relax their vigilance, the gap between the combat strength of the two sides was too large, and the elite scouts of the two cavalry quietly killed the vigilant enemy army, so that the Great Xia cavalry successfully carried out a sabotage operation!

In this battle, the tiger cavalry and jackal cavalry slashed more than 100,000 enemy troops, counting the wounded, and at the same time destroyed more than half of the enemy's large siege equipment!

After the great victory, the morale of the defending David generals increased greatly, on the contrary, the morale of the Chu army and the Liang army, which were the besieging side, dropped greatly, so that the siege intensity today was significantly weaker than before.

Third, the Davids already knew that the main reinforcements of Great Xia were coming quickly, and they had hope and confidence in their hearts!

……

After the turmoil in David's imperial capital was full of twists and turns, the commanders of the Chu army and the Liang army were very angry.

I didn't expect to kill them, just when they were about to succeed, at the critical moment, they killed the people of Great Xia halfway, and raised their hands to take away the fruits of victory that should have belonged to them!

In addition to the anger, the commanders of the two armies also had a deep worry in their hearts.

Therefore, when the two armies approached the city at dusk on August 8, Chu Lixuan, the commander of the Great Chu, and Wu Yonggang, the commander of the Great Liang, chose to meet and form an alliance.

Among the two, Chu Lixuan had already had the intention of forming an alliance, and Wu Yonggang was not too interested, but the peach picking behavior of the Great Xia army made him angry.

Of course, the most important thing is that he received the news that the Qingqiu army had moved and was suspected of preparing to attack Daliang.

It was under the combined effect of several factors that Wu Yonggang made up his mind to form an alliance with the Chu army and jointly deal with the Great Xia army!

The events that followed proved that he made a wise choice.

Because that night, the Qingqiu army really entered Daliang, and the strong combat power of the Great Xia cavalry on the night of the second day also scared Wu Yonggang a lot.

It was only then that he realized how strong Great Xia's elite really was, and he realized what a terrible situation it would be to face the Great Xia army alone!

After Wu Yonggang and Chu Lixuan formed an alliance on behalf of the two armies, they unanimously decided to capture the capital of David first, and after getting rid of this stinger, they would fight to the death with the main force of the Great Xia Qiqi Legion!

But how could they have thought that this David's imperial capital, which should have been captured and taken in one day at most, could hold on for so long?

……

As the sun passed noon, the deafening sound of the golden gong symbolizing the withdrawal of troops suddenly sounded from the Chu army and the Liang army, whether it was the soldiers who had already killed the city wall, or the soldiers who were preparing to reinforce them, they all began to evacuate without hesitation after being stunned for a moment.

The ordinary soldiers didn't know why they had to withdraw, they just thought that they were going to fight again with the whole army, but the top leaders of the two armies knew that they had to withdraw their troops and stop the siege, because the main force of the Great Xia Qiqi Army had arrived!

North of the imperial capital of David, the Chu army camped.

Among the handsome tents, whether it was Chu Lixuan or seven or eight senior generals, all of them had haggard faces and ugly expressions.

All the way to the present, in addition to the wounded soldiers and the more than 100,000 troops stationed in the key occupied areas, they currently have only more than 500,000 soldiers left here.

Although there are more than 500,000, they who have initially comprehended the elite combat power of Great Xia, it is difficult for them to have the confidence to win.

The most important thing is that the military spirit of the Chu army is now very unstable.

The news that the Queen Mother and Her Majesty surrendered to Daxia and that Da Chu had been nominally removed from the army has now spread in the army, coupled with the unfavorable siege of the city and the heavy blow of the Daxia cavalry attack on the camp in the early hours of this morning, has made many soldiers confused, worried, and even frightened!

They are now very worried, once they fight with the main force of Great Xia, will the army collapse directly?

Chu Lixuan sat on the handsome seat with his head down, his calm face was silent, and his originally handsome face also had a little more old look.

If he had known that this would be such a situation, he would definitely not insist on continuing to attack David's imperial capital, but would immediately lead the army back to aid Dachu!

However, if it can only be if, it is impossible to change the established reality.

Now, don't talk about the ordinary soldiers in the army, even he himself is extremely confused, and he doesn't know what he should do.

His prestige is high, but no matter how high it is, there is a limit, and it is impossible for hundreds of thousands of soldiers who can barely see hope to suddenly increase their morale and become fanatical fighters!

At this moment, he is already standing on the edge of the cliff, and if he is not careful, he will be crushed!

"Chu Shuai, what should we do?"

I don't know how long it has been, but a veteran gritted his teeth and finally broke the dullness.

Seeing that Chu Lixuan lowered his head and did not react, a young general cautiously opened his mouth.

"Otherwise, we will surrender to Great Xia, shall we?"

As soon as these words came out, there was an instant silence in the tent, and everyone looked at the man, and even one of them glared and shouted angrily.

"What do you say? Surrender?! ”

"What are you shouting? What else can be done without surrendering now? ”

The young general frowned and snorted in displeasure.

"What is the state of the officers and men in the army, you can't see it. If we surrender, we can at least save our lives, but if we start a war, I am afraid that the Great Xia army will only charge once, and our army will collapse directly! ”

"At that time, not only will we die, but our brothers will also die in vain, I don't know how many people!"

When these words fell, everyone couldn't help but be silent.

After five or six breaths, the veteran who spoke first spoke spoke in a deep voice.

What General Lin said is not unreasonable. Chu Shuai, what do you mean? ”

Chu Lixuan narrowed his eyes and finally raised his head.

"The head may be broken, but the spine shall not be bent. This is the integrity of my Da Chu people! ”

"If you surrender without a fight, what kind of integrity is there? Not to mention, if you do this, you will also be despised by the people of Great Xia. ”

"Even if you want to fall, then you have to fight happily, so that the people of Daxia can see the bloody nature of my Great Chu soldiers, so that they can win the least respect and interests!"

"Besides, now that we have formed an alliance with the Great Liang army, the combined strength of both sides is more than 1.1 million, which is twice the size of the Great Xia army! We don't have a chance to win! ”

"So, now is not the time to make a final decision."

"In any case, we must fight the Great Xia army first. If you can see the hope of victory, you don't have to surrender. ”

"And if we can't see hope, through a bloody battle, we can also let the army of Great Xia see our blood, and let them know that we are not soft persimmons that can be kneaded at will, so that we can gain the most basic respect!"

After listening to Chu Lixuan's words, some people nodded thoughtfully, but most of them frowned.

"Chu Shuai, what you said is true, but the key problem now is that it is difficult for us to survive the first encounter."

"At present, the state of the generals and soldiers in the army is very bad, and they are likely to be defeated in a large area after the start of the war, I am afraid that they will not survive until then......"

Someone raised the most critical question, and in this regard, Chu Lixuan only smiled lightly, revealing a calm and confident expression.

"Don't worry, about this, Ben Shuai has already thought of a way to deal with it."

"Oh? I don't know what Chu Shuai's clever plan is? ”

"It's not a clever plan, it's just a method that must be used to supervise the war in a dangerous battle."

Chu Lixuan said lightly, his tone was very light, but in the ears of the generals, it was extremely heavy.

"Forming a Warlord? Chu Shuai, you must be cautious in this matter! Now the army's heart is already unstable, and if it is forcibly suppressed by the warlord's team, I am afraid it will only backfire......"

The young general named Lin Chonghua said with an ugly face, obviously disagreeing with Chu Lixuan's idea.

"Chu Shuai, according to the end of the general, let's go down directly......"

A cold light flashed in Chu Lixuan's eyes, and he snorted coldly: "This handsome has made up his mind, don't say more!" In order to ensure the morale and situation of the army, the commander will transfer 10,000 splendid troops as the supervising team to supervise the whole army! ”

When the words fell, Chu Lixuan didn't give others a chance to object, and directly waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, let's go and prepare!"

Although the generals were unwilling and worried, they had no choice but to disperse one after another.

When all the generals left, Chu Lixuan gritted his teeth and sighed.

"Mukyu!"

"In!"

At the tent door, a burly man in full armor answered respectfully.

"Go and get rid of Lin Chonghua, do it secretly, don't be known!"

Chu Lixuan commanded in a low voice, his eyes overflowing with murderous intent.

He never thought of surrendering Great Xia, because he knew what kind of fate his hostility towards Great Xia would usher in, and he knew that even if he surrendered, it would be difficult to save his life!

But in order to stabilize his generals, he had to say that.

However, Lin Chonghua's attitude made him a little unbearable, and he was also worried that Lin Chonghua would do something that caught him off guard.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to sentence Lin Chonghua to death.

"No!"

The strong man named Mu Kui didn't ask much, and took the order to leave quickly.

At this time, there was no one else in the tent, and Chu Lixuan's back, which had been upright, also bent down, and there was a look of confusion in his eyes.

He didn't know what he should do after that......

(End of chapter)