On a tall earthen tower outside the city, the former governor of Donghai City, the current general of the Lin'an army, Yuan Fei, looked at the battle situation in the city, and his face showed a trace of mockery. Most of the 20,000 soldiers defending the city suffered casualties, food and grass were scarce, and the fortifications of the city had been destroyed miserably, "Lin Shanhai, I think you can hold out for a few days." ”

"Get ready for the fourteenth siege!" Kite Fei said to the lieutenant general beside him. The adjutant general hurriedly ran down the tulou to convey the general's order.

During the month, except for the harassing siege drills every two days at the beginning, the pressure on the defenders made them nervous for twelve hours a day. The next few sieges were all with all their might, and they fought to the death with real guns.

Unexpectedly, the 20,000 defenders of the Vast Cliff led by Lin Shanhai were really brave and good at defending, and they were stunned to defend this small Vast Cliff City. This also had to make Kite Fei admire Lin Shanhai and the hundreds of thousands of people in Vast Cliff City.

After besieging the city for more than a month, it can be said that it is impossible for a fly to fly out of the city, let alone enter the city to replenish food, grass and supplies. But the people and army of Cliff City have persevered until now.

It is said that the people also donated all the food and iron tools at home to Lin Shanhai, and in the last ten days, the soldiers and the people have only eaten one meal a day, in order to be able to hold on to this military important place leading to the three states of the Central Plains. The soldiers and civilians of the city "live and die together, live and die together!" The slogan resounded throughout the sky above the cliff, so that the defenders of the cliff city, which was full of wounded soldiers, were filled with righteous indignation and impassionedly swore to defend the cliff to the death, never taking a step back.

Zhao Wenzong, the king of Lin'an, has also lost patience in the past few days, and issued an order to capture the cliff within three days. Early in the morning, the big tent of the command center of the barracks and the generals made a military order, if they could not take the city within three days, they were willing to obey the king of Lin'an and deal with it by military law, so as to inspire the morale of the army.

On the eastern wall of the Vast Cliff City, Lin Shanhai dragged his tired body and looked at the endless and high-morale Lin'an army on the opposite side. I secretly calculated in my heart how to use the dilapidated facilities and the limited supplies left to deal with the 14th offensive of the Lin'an army.

"My lord, it seems that Kite Fei has made up his mind to take the cliff in the past two days, and he hasn't made a big move for three days. It must be preparing for the final blow. ”

Looking at the deputy general Huo Minhua, who was bandaged with a white cotton cloth on his head, Lin Shanhai was silent. He knew that Huo Minhua was right, this was the calm before the storm, although the other party's army did not move. However, he was experienced in combat, and in fact, he had observed the increasing number of siege chariots and ladders that were about to move in the distance.

The moat, which had been drained in the past two days, was also filled by the Kite Fei faction at night. Although the rain of arrows at the head of the city had repelled them several times, this kite Fei obviously calculated that the arrow stock of the Vast Cliff was insufficient, so he simply used this to consume the arrow reserves of the Vast Cliff.

Lin Shanhai stopped the soldiers' archery in time and allowed the Lin'an army to fill the moat. Because he knew that the hit rate at night was already low, and he could not shoot the enemy soldiers, and he had already seen through Kite Fei's strategy of consuming arrows, so he simply let the enemy move. Arrows are to be left to be used in the defense of the city. Even if the city is breached, it will consume a little more military strength of the enemy, this is Lin Shanhai's determination.

"What's going on at the South Gate and West Gate?" Lin Shanhai asked.

"It's okay, it's no problem to hold out for another three days, and a group of people's militia has been recruited, about 4,000 people, arranged at the south gate and the west gate respectively! However, there was a shortage of weapons, and only some armor left by the dead brothers was issued. These militiamen each took their own hoes, shovels and axes, and they looked like soldiers. Hehe. Looking at Huo Minhua's wry smile, Lin Shanhai nodded helplessly.

For a whole month, 20,000 defenders withstood the countless sieges of the 100,000 Lin'an army. If it weren't for the people of the Vast Cliff who swore to die with them, even he himself would not have been able to bear it.

"Tell the brothers, for the sake of the people of the Vast Cliff, we will also fight to the last moment, and never allow a single citizen to die before our Liyang soldiers, this is an order!" Lin Shanhai's tone was faint, but it made Huo Minhua feel like a bell, like a thousand feet of Lingyun!

He immediately gave a military salute, "Yes, my lord!" ”

"Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, don't worry, I, Lin Shanhai, will definitely hold on to the last moment, and I will never give up Vast Cliff City easily!"

Linjiang City is peaceful, and the people are still living the same life as before, as if the war in the East China Sea has nothing to do with them at all. It's just that there will be a group of Lin'an soldiers patrolling the perimeter of the palace in the market.

"Father, Master Wang took the shadow guard to find the entrance and exit of a dungeon! But... The third prince stood looking at King Lin'an outside the window, and didn't dare to continue.

"But what, can't get in?" Zhao Wenzong turned around and looked at his son and asked.

"The formation at the entrance is quite complicated, and it has a double attack of ice and fire, which the king division and the shadow guard can't break, and the strong attack has killed and injured more than a dozen people several times, but it has not had any effect." The third prince said a little helplessly.

"It seems that this Ling Zixuan's formation is much higher than that of Wang Shi!" King Lin'an continued to look out the window and did not speak for a long time.

After waiting for a long time and not waiting for his father's instructions, the third prince could only stubbornly continue to ask, "Then, Wang Shi and them?" ”

"Let them go to support the Boundless Cliff, I have already asked Kite Fei to make a military order to break through the Vast Cliff in three days. I'm worried that I'm still in trouble with Kite, so let Master Wang take the shadow guard to assist! ”

King Lin'an ignored his son no more. The most bottomless thing in his heart now is not the Tianlan Sect in the dungeon, nor the Vast Cliff City. Rather, the brothers who had promised to join him in the army had no information at all.

Whether it is Zhao Wenyi, the king of Nanyue, or Zhao Wenduo, the king of Northern Xinjiang, and even Zhao Wenkui, the king of Shu, who patted his chest and promised to cooperate with the army, did not raise troops at all. It made him feel a little uneasy.

Although the national teacher had promised himself to personally coerce and lure a few people, his plan was still stretched.

Without the pressure of the other three kings, even if he attacked the Dao Capital, he would face the 50,000 Imperial Forest Army and the 5,000 Guards alone. Even if he can be defeated, the Lin'an army at that time is already a remnant, and any force may clean him up, which makes him feel at ease.

He originally wanted to use the Three Kings to raise troops and put pressure on his good nephew to take the initiative to cede the throne to him. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to ascend to the throne without using a single soldier! But now it seems that this brother has his own ghosts, and none of them are really willing to help him Zhao Wenzong ascend to the throne!