"The two of them are indeed very angry when they drive the people of the Ming Dynasty to attack the city, but the Western Prisoners are beasts, and our army can't also be beasts, and we must abide by the rules of being a man." Lin Chen paused, his eyes were a little red, and he said the latter sentence.

His sister was married to a wealthy man in the city of Acropolis, and his younger brother was a military doctor in another city of Acropolis, neither of whom were able to evacuate safely to Igo. Although he had an illusory dream in his heart, dreaming that they were safe now, the reality was that they were likely to have been captured by the Western Captives, or even died under the city, but he always felt that the Ming soldiers were human beings, not beasts, and they could not be beasts with the Western Captives.

"You." Song Hu didn't know how to say it. Of course, what Lin Chen said was right, the Ming soldiers couldn't be beasts like the Xilu, and it wasn't wrong to put it anywhere. But after seeing his own people being forcibly driven to attack the city, it was not a big deal for the soldiers to break up a few corpses.

"There are still so many injured soldiers who have not yet been treated, why don't you hurry up and go to the treatment, why are you standing here and talking to me like this?" Song Hu finally said.

When Lin Chen heard this, he understood that Song Hu didn't want to continue talking to him about it, so he could only sigh and continue to treat the remaining wounded.

Song Hu walked from east to west and from west to east in the entire city, seeing that the injured soldiers had been treated, and the corpses had been collected, except for the blood stains that had not been wiped clean, the city head had also been almost cleaned up, nodded and ordered: "Leave the people on duty, and the rest of the soldiers go back to the camp tent to rest, and wait for the Huotou army to bring the food." He himself then went down to the city and came to the palace of the king of Qin.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the palace, he saw that the originally solemn and gorgeous gate had lost two pillars, and the eaves had been removed, leaving only a sign with "Qin Wangfu" hanging on it.

When Song Hu saw this scene, he remembered the pillar on the city wall he was defending that was thrown down as a rolling log, sighed with emotion, and walked in through the gate.

He walked into the study and saw His Royal Highness, and was just about to salute when Shang Bing helped him up. Shang Bing said while helping him back: "Song Aiqing is exempt, how is the battle situation in Beicheng today?" ”

"Your Highness, starting early in the morning today, we have repelled six sieges of the city, eliminating more than 4,000 people in the west, and the loss of soldiers at the head of the city is about 1,300 people, and more than 1,000 people have been slightly injured, and all of them have been treated by military doctors."

While Song Hu was speaking, the guards of the other three city walls also rushed to the palace one after another, and after Song Hu finished speaking, they all reported to Shang Bing about the situation of their city walls.

"So, today we have killed more than 12,000 Western captives, our army has lost more than 4,000 soldiers, and nearly 3,000 people have been slightly wounded?" Shang Bing concluded.

"Yes, Your Highness." The four generals bowed.

"Although the Xilu has used a very despicable and shameless method in the past few days, the ratio of losses to soldiers is still about one to three, so it seems that our army can still hold on and can hold on until reinforcements come." Shang Bing breathed a sigh of relief and said again.

But after hearing his conclusion, Song Hu glanced at the other three. Seeing that everyone else was motioning for him to speak, he cursed in his heart, but he still stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Your Highness, the minister thinks that you should still prepare to garrison the inner city. ”

"Why? There aren't many losses these days. Shang Bing asked rhetorically.

"Your Highness, although there are not many soldiers, the consumption of equipment to defend the city is too great."

"Seventy percent of the live ammunition in my northern city has been consumed, and eighty percent of the scattered ammunition has been consumed, according to the current situation, the live ammunition will support four days at most, and the scattered ammunition will support two days at most."

"Sixty percent of the oil distributed to Beicheng was consumed, sixty and a half percent of the rolling wood and stones were consumed, and fifty percent of the arrows were consumed."

"Seven ballistae were destroyed, three cannons were destroyed. The cannons could still be supported, but the number of ballistae was too small to be of much use. ”

"According to the minister's calculations, the equipment in the north of the city will hold the city for five days at most, and after five days, these things will be consumed, and they can only retreat to the inner city." Song Hu finally said.

After he finished speaking, the other three guards also said one after another: "Yes, Your Highness, although the loss of equipment in my Xicheng is slightly less, it can only last for six days. "Your Highness, the equipment in the southern city is not as good as the northern city now, and it will last for four days at most."

As they were talking, a voice came from the door: "Zuo Prime Minister Song Sheng asks to see His Highness!" ”

"Let him in." Shang Bing said immediately.

Soon, Song Sheng walked in, and before he saluted, he heard Shang Bing say, "Song Xiang, I won't greet you anymore." How many fortifications do you have in your hands now? ”

"Your Highness, there are still more than 30,000 solid shells in the city, more than 10,000 scattered shells, and ...... arrows," Song Sheng said after saluting.

"There are so many other things, why don't they be distributed among the cities?"

"Your Highness, this is the only thing left in the minister's hand." Song Sheng said: "Whether it is arrows or cannonballs, the city can't be made now, and there is no place to replenish it when it runs out, and the minister is forced to leave these as the last preparation." ”

"Your Highness, there are some Semu people in the city who have successfully escaped, and many of them have been made by envoys before, and although Timur does not know the exact number, he can roughly guess how many things are guarding the city in the city. He must have counted these things, and wondered when our army would run out of these things. And Xilu has more shells than our army, he must wait for the day when our army will run out of things to defend the city, and let our army consume all these things, attack the city head, seize the city wall, and even take advantage of the chaos in the city to seize the inner city, and completely capture the city of Yiwu! The vassals were to keep these things, and on that day the walls that were needed to repel the attacks of the Sigyu, and to withdraw to the inner city in an orderly manner. ”

"Cannonballs, arrows, these things, are they so difficult to make?" Shang Bing asked.

"Your Highness, a solid cannonball requires many large stones, and there are not so many stones in the city; Arrows require a lot of wood, but now that some houses have been demolished, all the wood is used as Rolling Wood Thunderstone, and there is not enough wood. The things needed to make the rest were the same, and they were hard to find in the city. Song Sheng said.

"Is that hard?" Shang Bing suddenly became anxious again.

Although Igo Castle has been surrounded, it has not completely lost contact with the outside world. When he first came to Yiwu City, Song Sheng ordered the training of carrier pigeons, and a total of ten pigeons were trained, which could fly from Yiwu City to Xingxing Gorge or Jiayuguan. At the time, Shi Bing didn't care, but now it's their only channel of contact with the outside world.

Therefore, they knew that Xu Huizu had led tens of thousands of horses to Xingxing Gorge, and Lan Zhen was about to lead the men and horses to arrive, and Xu Huizu also wrote back to say why he didn't immediately bring troops to relieve the siege. Shang Bing, Song Sheng and others also understood.

But it also shows that they will have to hold on to the city for at least ten days. But how do you hold on to these ten days? Shang Bing thought as he paced around the room.

"Your Highness, according to what the ministers see, it is better to give up the outer city tomorrow and retreat to the inner city." Song Hu said suddenly.