Watching the Nanzhao army outside the city retreat like a tide, until it was thirty miles away, Li Xin realized that the beautiful girl of Nanzhao who had just emerged was not here to entertain herself and disturb the morale of the army, but might really have a bit of a sense of surrender.

Then Li Xin looked puzzled, shook his head and said: "No, I have never heard of the fact that there is a matter of the four barbarians recruiting the generals of Great Qin, what is the idea of this Nanzhao native?"

Li Xin looked around the city wall, and what caught his eyes was a tired and numb face, and a slightly empty look.

After ten days of offensive and defensive battles, the Nanzhao army outside the city suffered heavy casualties, and the Qin army inside the city was almost at the limit, and the 100,000 troops brought by Li Xin were only in their early 30,000s.

In the case of a long period of high-pressure fighting and more than half of the casualties, the Qin army led by Li Xin did not collapse, which can be regarded as very rare.

You must know that the army he led was formed after Lin Ze incorporated Lishan into labor, and the army took a year to complete, and theoretically speaking, it was only a little stronger than the new army.

Therefore, Li Xin had no choice, and he didn't even have time to delve into it, so he immediately ordered: "Leave two thousand people on the city wall to guard, and the rest all enter the city to recuperate, so that the Heavenly Master Dao is ready to treat the wounded, and the Qizong accelerates the repair of the ordnance." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xin said again: "In addition, inform General Yu and tell him that the Nanzhao army has retreated, and the matter of conscription in the city can be slowed down a little." ”

It's not that Li Xin doesn't want to replenish his troops as soon as possible, but in the past ten days, the cumulative number of people and recruits has been almost 100,000.

How many people are there in the entire Shu capital? It is more than 600,000 yuan, and 100,000 yuan has been levied, and Li Xin is afraid that if the requisition continues, there will be chaos in the city.

Speaking of which, I have to mention that Yu Ziji, who was in charge of the military of Shu, if he hadn't received the news of the invasion of the Nanzhao army, gathered the army as soon as possible, hoarded grain, grass and ordnance, and stuck to the Shu capital, I am afraid that when Li Xin rushed over, the entire territory of Shu would have fallen.

Before Li Xin's arrival, Yu Ziqi personally visited the major forces in Shu to show his determination to resist Nanzhao, and then moved out of Lin Ze's name, so that he successfully won the support of the major forces in Shu.

If there is no Ba family to send people and money and food, Heavenly Master Dao treats wounded soldiers, Instrument Sect builds and repairs ordnance, and Sword Pavilion arranges disciples to defend the city, with 50,000 new troops in Yuzi alone, where can Shudu be guarded?

Fortunately, after holding out for three days during the Yuzi period, Li Xin arrived with reinforcements, repelled the Nanzhao army, and temporarily relieved the siege of Shudu.

After Li Xin led the army into the city, Yu Ziqi made another admirable decision, taking Li Xin as the commander, commanding the overall situation, and volunteering as an assistant to assist Li Xin in defending the city.

Li Xin did not disappoint the Yuzi period and the major forces in Shu, no matter how fierce the offensive of the Nanzhao army was, they stubbornly kept the Shu capital.

After arranging the matter, Li Xin said to the soldiers behind him: "Move a recliner up, Ben will rest here." ”

When the soldiers heard this, a trace of distress flashed in their eyes, and they couldn't help but persuade: "General, you have been guarding the city wall for ten days, and the enemy army has simply retreated, why don't the generals enter the city to rest?"

Li Xin shook his head and said: "Although the Nanzhao army has given the general two days to think about it, who knows if it will go back on its word, suddenly attack, don't stay on the city wall, the general will not sleep well, don't say much, go quickly." ”

A glimmer of crystal color flashed in the eyes of the soldiers, and they forcibly held back, otherwise it flowed down, and quickly ran down the city wall to move a deck chair, and by the way, brought a large piece of steaming demon beast meat over.

The soldiers put the chaise longue away, held the meat in front of Li Xin, and said with a happy face: "General, eat it, it's just cooked, it's fragrant." ”

As the soldier finished speaking, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Li Xin was not surprised when he saw it, but asked with a calm face, "Where did you get the meat?"

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "When my subordinates went down to carry the reclining chair for the general, they deliberately asked someone to get it." ”

Li Xin's eyes widened, staring at his own soldiers, and said in a cold voice: "At present, there is a shortage of materials in the city, and meat is even scarce.

"Don't you know that this piece of meat can be eaten by at least dozens of people, and each person can also get half a bowl of soup?"

"Poof", the soldiers knelt directly in front of Li Xin, and said with tears in their eyes: "General, my subordinates know that they have violated your military order, but you haven't tasted meat for ten days." ”

"According to your military order, every soldier who guards the city wall for two hours can get a small piece of animal meat, but you have been guarding for ten days, shouldn't you eat a piece of meat?"

"Soldiers need to replenish their physical strength, don't generals need to? Is the general really iron-clad?"

Li Xin was not moved, but said indifferently: "Ben Jiang is not an ordinary soldier, not among them, you are a first offender, and there is no evil result, return the meat, Ben will not be guilty of the past, otherwise Hugh blames Ben for the ruthlessness of the general's law." ”

Seeing that Li Xin was persuaded not to move, a trace of absolute color appeared on his face, and his forehead fell heavily, and while knocking, he shouted: "Please have mercy on yourself, general." ”

The situation on Li Xin's side quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding soldiers, and everyone looked at this picture and the words they heard, bowed their heads and exchanged a few words, and immediately guessed what had just happened.

I don't know who took the lead first, knelt down towards Li Xin and bowed: "Please eat meat, general." ”

In an instant, on the city wall, 2,000 people knelt down and shouted, "Please eat meat, general." ”

Li Xin looked at the black pressure kneeling in front of him, and finally there was a trace of emotion on his cold face, is this the military spirit mentioned by the military advisor?

Li Xin remembered that back then, he once asked Lin Ze: "Military Division, the Heavenly Wolf Army orders are forbidden, and the actions are the same, do you deserve to be called an elite?"

Lin Ze shook his head and told him: "Orders and prohibitions, actions are the same, just the basic requirements, the real elite division, must be the same as the military spirit, and not afraid of death." ”

Li Xin didn't understand before, what is the unity of the army's heart, but now he understands.

So Li Xin said solemnly: "Everyone, get up, this piece of meat will be eaten." When this battle is over, everyone who is going to be invited to Chang'an will go to Chang'an to eat meat, eat the fattest meat, eat it in large gulps, let it go and eat, it will definitely be enough. ”

Everyone said in unison: "General Xie." ”

Then they stood up one by one, with a smile on their faces, as if they were about to eat a large piece of meat.

There is even a veteran soldier who joked: "Big guy, remember, when we repel that group of southern barbarians, we must let the general fulfill his promise and eat him poor." ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Li Xin looked at the smiling faces in front of him, and his heart suddenly became extremely sad, as the main general, how could he not know how dangerous this battle would be?

If you really have to wait until the end of this war, I don't know how many of the people present will survive?

Li Xin grabbed the piece of beast meat tightly, stuffed it into his mouth, took a bite, and chewed it a few times, only to feel tasteless.

I must find a way to save their lives and win this war.

Soon Li Xin was deflated, turned to look north, and prayed secretly: "Military advisor, I hope you will soon learn that Shu is in a difficult situation and send someone over to support." Otherwise, I may have to live and die with this city. ”

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