Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Now Ju Xin's mind is still echoing what the county guard Li Qi said to him just now.

"County Lieutenant, if the reinforcements still don't come, then within three days at most, the city will start to run out of food."

The lack of food rations is definitely a very big problem.

Logically speaking, Changzhi City, as the county seat of Shangdang County, actually has an official warehouse in the city.

On weekdays, this warehouse is responsible for storing the grain handed over from various places in Shangdang County, and then dispatching it according to the orders of Handan. It is also responsible for opening warehouses for disaster relief in disaster years.

But Shangdang County is definitely a special existence in Zhao State, because there is too little arable land in Shangdang County, which leads to the fact that the grain output of Shangdang County is not high at all.

Judging from last year's data, except for the northern counties that are semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic, Shangdang County is the one with the lowest grain output among all Zhao counties.

In addition, it happens to be summer now, and the season before the autumn harvest is also the season when the amount of grain in the government treasury is the lowest in a year.

Due to various reasons, the food shortage crisis in Changzhi City is not so surprising.

Food is running out, but where are the reinforcements?

Even Juxin himself doesn't know the answer to this question.

Ju Xin walked over the top of the city, and found that although the soldiers of Zhao State on the night watch on the top of the city were injured to some extent, they all looked full of energy, and they were obviously not defeated by the fierce battles in the past few days. .

There were even several courageous Zhao soldiers who asked Ju Xin several questions about how to calculate and implement the military exploits because no one could be killed in this kind of city defense battle.

This made Ju Xin very gratified.

After all, for soldiers like this who cared about their military exploits, he must have strong confidence in victory in his heart.

"Of course." A Zhao soldier who claimed to be the number one person in ten miles and eight towns said to Ju Xin with a smile: "Junwei, speaking of the equipment on these Koreans, although it makes people envious, but a dozen I knew from the beginning of the battle that they were not even as good as the wolves in the mountains."

"Oh?" It was the first time that Ju Xin heard this kind of theory, and couldn't help laughing and cursing: "You are just joking, how can you not compare to wolves?"

The soldier poked his head back and said with a smile to Ju Xin: "The wolves in the mountains know how to cooperate, but these Korean soldiers are all chaotic. How can they compare to wolves?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone present burst into laughter.

Ju Xin patted the soldier's shoulder with a smile, and comforted the people present, and then led the guards behind him down the city wall.

As soon as he walked down the city wall, Ju Xin saw a figure walking towards him in a hurry in the darkness.

Although he couldn't see the face clearly, Ju Xin still recognized the person from the silhouette and walking posture, so he stopped.

The visitor walked up to Ju Xin, saluted Ju Xin and said, "Sima Shang has seen the county lieutenant!"

Ju Xin nodded slightly, and said to Sima Shang in front of him: "General Sima, do you have any news about contacting the reinforcements?"

Since Sima Shang came to Changzhi City to report the letter that day, Ju Xin incorporated him into the city defense team and went to the city to fight against the Koreans.

As the saying goes, gold always shines.

During the nearly one-month defense of the city, Sima Shang's performance can be said to be very good.

He kept cutting off the heads of many South Korean soldiers himself, and even took the lead several times when he was in danger at the top of the city, leading the surrounding soldiers to kill the Koreans and made great contributions to the defense of the city.

So in just half a month, Sima Shang was promoted from a big soldier to a general of Zhao Guo because of his meritorious service.

In addition, Ju Xin also gave Sima Shang a task, which was to find a way to contact the reinforcements outside the city.

But to be honest, even Ju Xin himself didn't have much hope for this matter.

After all, the Koreans surrounded the city of Changzhi in an impenetrable way. Although Sima Shang was indeed outstanding in martial arts, he was skilled in bows and horses, but he didn't know how to fly into the sky and escape from the ground. The reinforcements got in touch.

So Ju Xin's question was actually just a random question, and he didn't intend to get any answer from Sima Shang.

But what surprised Ju Xin was that Sima Shang told him the news excitedly: "General Hui, I have already contacted the reinforcements outside the city!"

"What?" The joy in Ju Xin's heart was no small matter, and his voice couldn't help raising his voice when he spoke: "Have you contacted the reinforcements outside the city?"

Sima Shang nodded, moved away happily, and said to Ju Xin: "Junwei, the reinforcement messenger is here."

After Sima Shang finished speaking, he waved behind him, and sure enough, a man dressed as a Zhao Jun officer came out of the darkness, and gave a military salute to Ju Xin: "I have seen Ju Xin Commandant."

Ju Xin glanced at Sima Shang in front of him, then at the reinforcement envoy in front of him, and then said in a deep voice, "Do you have a token?"

The messenger took out a token and a letter from his pocket, and handed them respectfully to Ju Xin.

Ju Xin took the token and the letter and carefully read it several times, then checked the seal on it, and confirmed that the other party was indeed an envoy from the reinforcement commander, General Xu Li.

Ju Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the messenger: "I don't know where the reinforcements led by General Xu Li are now? Now Changzhi City urgently needs the support of reinforcements!"

There was a proud smile on the messenger's face, and he said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant doesn't know, just earlier today, the reinforcements have defeated the Korean defense line!"

These words were like a cool summer breeze, which instantly dissipated all the anger in Ju Xin's heart, and made his old face with white beard and hair stretch out instantly, revealing a joyful smile.

It's not just Ju Xin, but the guards who followed Ju Xin were also very happy after hearing the news, and they all beamed with joy.

No matter how bravely Zhao Guo's soldiers and civilians in Changzhi City fought, the disadvantage in numbers was there after all. As long as the Koreans insisted on continuing to attack, the fall of Changzhi City would be a matter of time.

The reason why the residents of Changzhi City have been working hard to persist is to be able to wait until the moment when reinforcements arrive.

Reinforcement is the real hope of Changzhi City!

After nearly a month of hard work, the reinforcements they had been looking forward to finally broke through the Korean defense line and were about to appear under the city of Changzhi. How could this not make these people cheer?

Ju Xin laughed a few times, and then said to the guards beside him, "Hurry up and spread this good news to the whole city!"

After finishing speaking, Ju Xin turned his head to the messenger in front of him again, and said to the messenger, "It's hard work for the messenger to come to Changzhi City to deliver the order, why not?"

Before Ju Xin finished speaking, the messenger interrupted Ju Xin, and said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant doesn't know, but I actually came here this time under the order of General Xu Li, and there is one thing I want to report. Sheriff."

Ju Xin raised his eyebrows slightly, and said to the messenger in front of him, "What's the matter?"

The messenger smiled mysteriously, and suddenly moved his mouth closer to Ju Xin's side, and whispered something in Ju Xin's ear.

"Lieutenant Juxin, General Xu Li asked me to tell you that he is going to attack the Han army camp at midnight tonight!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Ju Xin was immediately taken aback.

But after all, Ju Xin is also a person who has seen big wind and waves, so after a short gaffe, he quickly reacted, lowered his voice and said to the messenger in front of him: "In this way, General Xu Li must have been far away from here." Is it not far?"

There was a look of admiration on the messenger's face, he nodded and said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant did not expect that, now General Xu Li has led [-] elite soldiers to ambush ten miles outside the city, as long as we wait until midnight Let’s launch an attack on the Koreans. At that time, I hope that the county lieutenant can cooperate with the operation and work together to defeat the Korean army!"

Ju Xin laughed, and a gleam flashed in his eyes: "I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"

Chapter 7 Night Attack (Third Change)

Jin Yan's mood was very irritable.