In early spring and February, when the glacier thawed, everything recovered, the southeast wind gradually suppressed the north wind, and the grass roots that had withered and yellowed for a winter gradually pulled out tender shoots, and a piece of green grass appeared on the ground.

Outside the city of Jinyang, the Dahua military camp in four directions, after a winter of repair, the wounded have been transported to the nearby city to recuperate, and more bow and arrow weapons, siege equipment, trebuchets, ladders, crashes, etc., are transported to prepare for the siege after the beginning of spring.

The ranks of the new army are also constantly recruited, and these are all re-recruited from various states and counties in Hedong, and the people of Hedong are used to fight the Jinyang people, so as to nourish the war with war, and let this area do its own consumption and metabolism.

Some of the soldiers in the city are fellow villagers with the recruits outside the city, and listening to the hometown dialect under the city, the feeling of homesickness and war weariness is even stronger.

At night, there are local polls on all sides, similar to the embattled dilemma of the overlord of Chu back then.

Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and a few ministers in the city, standing on the top of the city, saw many guards wiping their tears, and were moved by the polls in the countryside outside the city.

"Embattled! The loss of Dahua generals can think of it. Li Yuan snorted coldly, and at the same time a little helpless.

Pei Lin said: "Your Majesty, now the morale of the guards in the city is very low, the number is only tens of thousands, the old and weak soldiers, and many strong men in the city have been pulled out to defend the city, but the war-weariness continues to spread, and the confrontation after the beginning of the spring is probably not optimistic." ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he was silent for a while, and said: "Don't I know this, it's just that we have no way to retreat, we only hope that the Turks will unite with Liu Wuzhou's soldiers and horses, and the sneak attack on Chang'an City will be effective, and our predicament here can be alleviated." ”

Pei Lin sighed secretly in his heart, he was afraid that far water would not quench his thirst, and when the Turks successfully attacked Chang'an after a long journey, it would be a few months later, and whether Jinyang City would be able to hold out for a few more months was unknown.

"How much food is left?" Li Yuan inquired about grain and grass.

Hubu Shangshu Yu Yun stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the army is a little more economical, and it lasts for about half a year, but the rations of the people in the city are about to run out, and they are requisitioned by the imperial court...... It's going to eat people. ”

Li Yuan frowned, sighed and said, "Hold on a little longer, if the final thing is irreversible, then consider the jade burning, or go out of the city to beg." ”

Li Shimin said: "Father, at this time, we have no way to retreat, even if we surrender, the Dahua army has suffered such a big loss, and we hate the soldiers and people of Jinyang very much, maybe we will slaughter the city." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Then pass on the news, and say that the Dahua army will slaughter the city when it breaks through the city, so that the people in the city can share the same hatred of the enemy, so as not to shake the army's heart and cause a mutiny." ”

"Yes!" Li Xiaoji, the general of the Left Guard, Li Shentong, the secretary of the military department, Liu Chongli, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Yun, the secretary of the household department, and Dou Ying, the general of Qianniuwei, bowed down to receive the order.

Li Yuan looked at the densely packed military camp outside the city, and a sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.

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Two days later, when it comes to the traditional stinging solar term, a thunderclap resounded through the earth, waking up all the snakes, insects, rats and ants in hibernation, and the reptiles and ants in the wilderness will rise up again and begin to forage for food, and the weather is gradually warmer.

Outside Jinyang City, the main general Xu Shiji and the deputy general Hou Junji issued an order in the handsome account to launch an attack on Jinyang City.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of drums reverberated in the barracks, waking up the blood of the men who had been silent for a winter.

The sound of horns, horses' hooves, the clanging of weapons, and the grinding of armor are intertwined and mixed with each other. Subsequently, the ranks of the four large battalions continued to pour out, thousands of them, in front of the camp.

As the horn of the attack sounded, the army on all sides began to launch a fierce attack on Jinyang City.

"Woohoo!"

The bow and arrow phalanx fired ten thousand arrows in unison, like a black dark cloud enveloping the past in an instant, and the torrential rain tilted, crackling on the city walls, city towers, and streets in the city.

Dangdang!

Most of the arrows were shot out of the air, bouncing off the rocks, and some of the crossbow machines and hard bows were too strong, shooting directly at the cracks in the walls and wooden boards, and the tail feathers were constantly trembling.

"Attack!"

Xu Shiji ordered the infantry to rush forward, pushing the chariots, arrow towers, and rushing carts forward, and there were arrow towers higher than the city walls, on which archers stood and shot at the head of the city.

There were also chariots that approached the head of the city, put down the wooden planks of the bridge, put them on the battlements of the city wall, and quickly rushed out a group of death squads armed with shields and knives to forcibly seize control of the city.

In the confrontation between the two armies, in addition to fighting for strength, morale, and food and grass, the completeness and advanced nature of weapons are also one of the keys to victory.

Although Dahua was newly established, it had a proper policy, with the assistance of various businesses and workshops, many military factories, etc., and the national strength was strong, and it continued to send sufficient weapons to the forward, and assembled new chariots and chariots, which were of great help to the siege of the city.

The Tang army at the head of the city began to counterattack, archers, swords and axes, staggered cooperation from far and near, using the battlements at the head of the city as a cover, condescending, and the advantage was still obvious.

One after another ladders were pushed and destroyed, and many soldiers who climbed the city wall were shot and smashed.

In addition, the Tang army boiled dozens of iron pots at the head of the city, which used the dung of the people and livestock in the city, so that after boiling and boiling, it formed the necessary golden soup for defending the city, and poured the soup on the soldiers who kept climbing up on the city wall.

Solid, not a rumor!

This kind of golden soup is splashed, after the soldier is burned, the wound will be infected because of those fecal bacteria, and it is not easy to heal, and people are prone to high fever after infection, because there is no special medicine and anti-inflammatory drugs, and the mortality rate after infection and fever is very high.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty has taken precautions, and last year he sent someone to send a home remedy to smear this golden soup wound with rat oil, and quickly use it for the wounded!" Xu Shiji sent a military doctor and began to rescue the wounded, bringing rat oil.

The so-called rat oil is a kind of soil remedies, that is, the newborn mice are soaked in oil, after a period of time, the mice rot in the oil, and then, the smelly oil can be used to treat burns, the effect is very good, and inhibit the bacterial infection of the wound, belongs to an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory effect.

Of course, there will be individual people with allergies, which will accelerate the disease, but there are only very few exceptions.

As a result, the survival rate of soldiers who were burned by Jintang was greatly improved.

"Burn the city!"

Hou Junji was more ruthless, ordering the archers to tie torches and linoleum to the arrows, and take off across the city wall and shoot into the city, and some buildings would catch fire, so as to create chaos and interfere with the defense of the Tang army.

At the same time, black powder was also put into use, blasting towards the city wall and city gates, making Jinyang City like a boat in the wind and rain, precarious.