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Then, the first building shouted again: "Brothers, come with me!"

Holding shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands, the soldiers rushed towards the city wall along with the generals.

Seeing this, the first thousand commander ordered the bow and arrow team commander: "The bow and arrow team will press up and contain the enemy troops at the top of the city. Once the enemy troops show up, they will shoot their bows and shoot arrows, and try to cover the infantry climbing the ladder!"

"No!" The archer commander agreed, and waved to his subordinates: "Soldiers, go forward!"

The archers lined up neatly, holding bows and crossbows, and moved towards the city wall with neat steps.

Su Ji saw that the echelon team and the siege officers and soldiers rushing to the city wall were still exposed under the fire outside, and they were shot like targets by the enemy's archers, and the defenders threw stones at them. The commander said: "Those fires have exposed our soldiers!"

The first thousand commander was reminded by Su Ji, and ordered to a soldier next to him: "Go and ask the second building to send some people to put out the fire!"

Even if there is no fire outside the city and there are lights on the wall, the attacking soldiers under the wall can clearly see the friendly troops in front and the defenders on the wall, but if the fire outside the city is extinguished, the defenders on the wall will see The siege soldiers under the city are no longer visible.

Sure enough, as soon as the fire was extinguished, the defenders were a little bit blind. They could only lean against the wall and look down. When they saw someone on the ladder, they shot arrows and smashed stones. You can only use bows and stones to hurt the enemy.

At this time, the archers of the Qianjun Association near the city wall began to shoot arrows freely under the order of their commanders, providing cover for the soldiers who attacked the city. The defenders on the city head suffered casualties, and some people were constantly shot shoot dead.

"General, it's too passive. We can't see the enemy's archers, but they can see us and shoot arrows at us unscrupulously. How aggrieved!"

Chen Xiandao: "There is no way, I am in the open, the enemy is in the dark, we can only be beaten passively, let the archers retreat, let the spearmen carry wooden boards and swords and shields to stand in front first, and the archers are behind to provide support at any time !"

This is the only way to do it, the guard agreed and immediately issued an order.

Even with the protection of wooden boards and shields, it is not foolproof. Arrows from outside the city keep coming, and someone will accidentally be shot at the weak point of protection.

The first building retreated after fighting for an hour, and then the second building took over to continue the attack. The defenders had no time to catch their breath. Before they could rest, the second building rushed over.

The soldiers and generals of the defenders cursed one by one: "What the hell, let people live? These bastards are really shameless, they want to use the wheel to kill us!"

Chapter 1022

The night restricted the defender's sight, and it also brought a lot of trouble to the soldiers on the attacking side. Because of the dim light, the soldiers' swords and guns sometimes accidentally injured Robe Ze, but during the battle, no one could take care of many.

After two consecutive attacks, Chen Xian, who was defending the city, also discovered that the next attack was much weaker than the previous one, but then he really felt a little powerless, because there were three consecutive rounds of messengers to report , respectively, said that the east gate, west gate and north gate were successively attacked.

What is this general Su Ji going to do?Surprisingly besieging the city and attacking from all sides, he really wants to force us to live and die with the city?

Chen Xian didn't have time to think about it. Since the dry army attacked the four city walls at the same time, the troops could not be distributed as before, and had to be redistributed. He quickly dispatched troops and left enough reserves to be ready to deal with sudden attacks. hair condition.

The siege lasted all night, and the defenders were tired and hungry. They didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, and they didn't have time to pee and defecate. Just forget about it.

When the sun jumped out of the horizon the next day, the dry army receded like a tide. The defenders thought that the dry army would not attack the city again today. They could have a good rest, eat and sleep, but they were wrong again , after this wave of dry troops retreated, another wave of dry troops rushed over again. Some of the defenders had already been suffocated with feces, but the dry troops rushed over again, and the guards and officers immediately shouted: "Arm up and welcome!" Enemy, prepare to fight!"

Well, they were not even given a chance to pee, and many defenders felt that their bladders were about to explode.

When the dry army rushed to the city again and climbed the ladder, the defenders had to take up weapons and bows and crossbows again to enter the fighting state.

The loud shouts and fights of the siege did not reach the Qianjun camp. Early in the morning, Zhao Junsheng casually asked the guard next to him after his morning training: "How did Su Ji lead the troops to attack the city last night? Why didn't he come to report?" ?”

The imperial guard bowed and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, General Su has not returned to the camp since he led the troops to attack the city last night!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped and turned his head in surprise, "Haven't returned to the camp yet? So you've been attacking all night?"

"Yes, it is said that they are still attacking!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to bear such dismissal. Although the continuous attack day and night is a great burden for the defenders, it is not a small torment for our army. People are not made of iron. Even if it is made of iron, it can't bear the non-stop fighting!"

"Your Majesty, I heard that General Su divided his troops into two parts. One part rests during the day and attacks the city at night; the other part attacks the city during the day and rests at night, and they attack the four gates at the same time!"

Zhao Junsheng was silent for a while, and then he couldn't help but smiled wryly: "This Su Ji, unexpectedly thought of such a helpless way of dismissing, but he can be regarded as taking advantage of his own strength in numbers!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Junsheng remembered something and asked, "Do you know what's going on over there on the high platform of the mound?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the digging is still going on there. It hasn't stopped since yesterday morning. It's also digging at night. Despite the change of a group of refugees, the efficiency is still quite high. It is said that ten feet have been dug up to now. Yes, the efficiency has doubled, and according to this speed, it is estimated that we will be able to dig to the foot of the city wall tomorrow morning!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and turned around to eat breakfast.

At this time, Lin Jinghui stepped in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is news from General Lu Shuang that he has led his army to retreat to Yong'an, guarding Baidi City and Qutang Gorge! In addition, some soldiers in the army fell ill due to eating moldy food. The soldiers gradually began to get better after medical treatment, but during the retreat, nearly 3000 people died of illness on the way, and the army of the Southern Dynasty also approached near Yong'an!"

More than 3000 people sounds like a number, but it is [-] living lives. It is not that no one has eaten moldy food in the past, and nothing has happened. At most, it is abdominal pain. Now so many people have died , which made Zhao Junsheng unacceptable.

However, the occurrence of such a thing is more or less related to the lack of knowledge in the army, and it still suffers from ignorance. Knowledge hopes that through this incident, the whole army will have a clear understanding.

Zhao Junsheng told Kang Yide next to him: "Go and send someone to announce that all the ministers are here to discuss the matter!"

"promise!"

After the ministers, ministers and generals arrived, they saluted Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng said: "There is news from Lu Shuang. Lu Shuang's army retreated to Yong'an, guarding Baidi City and Qutang Gorge. Come on, but the morale of Lu Shuang's army is very low, and more than [-] soldiers died of illness during the retreat!"

All the ministers and generals gasped involuntarily. More than 3000 people died of illness?This bastard is more terrifying than the plague!

Dongfang Chen stood up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter should be used as a model to spread the word among the whole army, and no one is allowed to let the soldiers eat moldy food, and those who violate it will be severely punished!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "This is the main purpose of Chen Xuan Zhuqing's visit. From this incident, it can be seen that moldy food is poisonous. In the past, some people ate it without any problems. It was because the amount of food was not enough, or the poisoning was not enough. Deep, so only symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea will appear, but once overeating or poisoning is serious, the condition will aggravate and even die! We must not only publicize in the army, prohibit the use of moldy food, but also inform the local governments. Let the local governments issue notices to remind the people not to use moldy food anymore, and the government should also send people to publicize in the villages inside and outside the city for a long time! Li Song, you come to draft an edict!"

"promise!"

The imperial edict was written quickly, and after polishing, it was presented to Zhao Junsheng for reading. Zhao Junsheng copied it again when he was satisfied. Send someone back to Chang'an, and the Ministry of Education will execute it.

At this time, a minister stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, I heard that General Su is still leading troops to attack the city. He has been fighting for a whole day and night without rest. If this goes on for a few days, the soldiers will be exhausted. If something unexpected happens How should we deal with the situation when the soldiers are incapable of combat?"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Then what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I suggest that Su Ji lead the troops back first, and then think of a way to attack the city. It's impossible to be reckless like him. If the city is not captured, the army will be lost instead. I heard that when Su Ji was attacking the city last night, The lieutenant general of the halberd personally led the troops to attack the city and died in battle with the enemy on the city wall. Fortunately, the soldiers moved quickly and snatched his body back!"

Li Bao stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, how can anyone not die in battle? If you are worried that the soldiers will die too much and you can't let go of command or use certain tactics, you will be tied up!"

Yang Lie also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think what General Li said is true. Now that the reinforcements from the Southern Dynasties are forcing Yong'an, Lu Shuang's army has not recovered its combat power, so we can only defend according to danger. If Lu Shuang can't defend, our army will die." We have to face the choice of withdrawing our troops, otherwise we will have little chance of winning against the opponent's new force with a tired and long-fighting army! Therefore, as long as we can break through the city now, even if the loss is greater, it is worth it!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Since I have authorized Su Ji, let him do whatever he wants, and I will also give him a deadline, there are three days before the ten-day deadline, let's see if he can do it within three days." Break down the city!"

The ministers looked at each other, but no one made a sound, and the minister who was gossiping just now stopped opening his mouth.

For three days and three nights in a row, under the command of Su Ji, the dry army attacked the city non-stop. The dry army could still rotate, but the defenders didn't even have a chance to rotate. They even ate and defecated while fighting back. After a wave of offensives, they raced against time. Sometimes the dry army's offensive started again before the meal was eaten and the defecation was not finished. The defenders didn't even have a moment's rest.

The defenders did not even dare to rest, thinking that if they lay down, they would never wake up again.

That night, the siege battle was still going on, but both sides were almost exhausted from fighting. The morale of both the attacking side and the defending side was extremely low, and the battle was carried out by instinct. The brain seems to have lost control of the body.

Outside the east city gate, on the high platform of the mound, Su Ji stood on it and asked, "Are all the soldiers in the tunnel ready?"

"If you go back to the general, everything is ready, just wait for the general's order!"

Su Ji immediately waved: "Start!"

"Obey!" The general clasped his fists in agreement, turned around and ran down the high platform, and burrowed into the tunnel.