The sunset was like blood, shining on the battlefield in the north of Weizhou City.

The scene of the battlefield was terrible, layers of corpses overlapped from the scarred city wall to a hundred steps away, the corpses at the base of the city wall could no longer be seen to be corpses, some of the flesh and blood were blurred, broken arms and legs, some were burned black and smoked, some bared teeth and indifferent to the sky, and some were full of fear and pain.

Death is actually very easy, the hardest thing is the torment and fear before death, the fear that life and spirit are about to be snatched away is the most painful moment, for the body that has lost its soul everywhere, death is not a relief, and for the people who are still alive on both sides of the war, they will continue to suffer from death, from this point of view, the dead may not be unlucky, the living may not be lucky.

Su Jin walked slowly through the ruined city wall, with gravel and flesh everywhere under his feet, broken limbs and weapons, wounded soldiers groaning in pain, and defenders sitting on the ground in a daze, all of which made Su Jin's heart begin to tighten.

Someone was concerned with the debris on the city wall, carrying the corpses on the city head and throwing them all down the city, throwing all the gravel and debris off the city, and the sound of 'Pengpeng' heavy objects falling to the ground knocked Su Jin's nerves, and the battle had also been experienced several times, but it was the first time that such a hard and bloody battle as today had been experienced, and Su Jin's mood was very low.

"Crying for what? If you're a man, don't cry, don't look like a coward. Pan Jiang, who was following him, scolded a Song soldier who was weeping behind the wall.

Su Jin stopped Pan Jiang, walked to a soldier and squatted down, and asked softly, "Brother, where are you injured?" ”

The soldier lifted a childish face covered with plaster, and two lines of tears drew two marks on his face, and saw Su Jin hurriedly get up and salute.

Su Jin held him down and said, "Are you injured?" Or are you scared? ”

The soldier said, "The villain is not injured, and the villain is not afraid." ”

Su Jin said: "Then why are you crying?" ”

The soldier said, "Damn it, don't cry anymore." ”

Su Jin said: "Tell me, why are you crying?" ”

The soldier looked at Su Jin, his eyes suddenly turned red, and tears poured out again: "Master Su, the villain's father and two brothers are all gone today, and now the villain is left alone in this world; The villains can't even bury their bodies, woo...... The villain is ashamed of his father and brother, he will return to his hometown one day, how can I see my mother, how to explain to her old man? ”

Su Jin was shocked: "Why did your father and son come to join the army?" Isn't there a rule in the court? Only one man from a household needs to join the army. ”

The soldier said hatefully: "The western thieves kidnapped the two sisters-in-law, robbed my family's grain, cattle and sheep, and our whole family had no way to live. ”

Su Jin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't cry, you will be my personal guard from today on, what is your name?" ”

The soldier said, "The villain's name is Wang Xiaowu." ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "I'll change your name, from today onwards, you will call Wang to take revenge, and follow this mansion to avenge your father and brothers." ”

"Lord Xie Su gave him a name, but if you follow your lord's side, can't you kill the thief with your own hands?"

"The same can kill, and more kill." Su Jin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go to the head of the dynasty to report to the capital." ”

The soldier saluted and got up, and Pan Jiang said softly: "Why should my lord be like this, people always die in war, and it's not good to be too soft-hearted." ”

Su Jin sighed lightly and said: "I just don't want their Wang family to be wiped out, three of the four fathers and sons died, and I can't let him die anymore." ”

Pan Jiang nodded, looked at the Western Xia army camp in the distance and said, "Lord Su, the Western Thieves are still mobilizing troops and horses, and it seems that they are still unwilling to give up." ”

Su Jin looked at the smoke and dust billowing in the Xixia camp in the distance and said slowly: "Li Yuanhao is determined to take Weizhou, he is desperate, now that their siege ladder is destroyed, I am afraid that if we have to find a way to build a siege ladder, it will not be attacking for the time being, but in a few days, it will be another vicious battle." ”

Jingtai nodded: "What my lord said is, you see, they are already dismantling the trebuchet, it seems that they are going to use the wood on the trebuchet to build a siege ladder, and their soldiers are also cutting down scattered trees in the wilderness, and they really want to fight us to the death." ”

Su Jin walked a few steps, turned his head and asked Pan Jiang and Jingtai: "Tell me the truth, if we do it again like today's siege battle, can we still resist Weizhou?" ”

Pan Jiang straightened his chest and said: "I swear to live and die with Weizhou." ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "It's not for you to show your determination now, you just tell the truth." ”

Pan Jiang's face sank, and his expression became solemn: "I'm afraid it's ...... Unstoppable. ”

"What about Lord Jing?"

"Xiaguan thinks that it is reluctant, it is still reluctant, it has been like this, the city will be broken in less than three days, we have no reinforcements, every death is consumption, and there are not many rolling wood and stone arrows in the city, but Xiaguan will not let the West Thief have a good time, and the city will be broken to kill enough."

Su Jin nodded and said, "I understand, I have a plan that has been haunting me, and now is the time to implement it." ”

Pan Jiang and Jingtai hurriedly asked what the plan was, and Su Jin said: "Immediately go back to the mansion for a meeting, and inform Li Daren and Lord Wei Songhe, and several Ma Jun are all present." ”

……

At nightfall, a military meeting began under the grape trellis in the inner hall of the palace, and there were not many people attending the meeting, all of them were several officials who Su Jin could trust, and unexpectedly Lu Laosan was also present.

On the stone table, there were a few small dishes made by Xia Siling and Xiao Sui'er, but there were a few glasses of sake, and everyone sat around the stone table, waiting for Su Jin.

Su Jin took a beautiful bath, washed away the dust and blood stained on his body this day, changed into a moon-white robe and came to the courtyard refreshingly, all the officials got up and saluted, Su Jin waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, and then sat down on a stone bench.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I finally survived the day today, the official prepared a little thin wine, and the insider personally cooked a few small dishes for you, not very rich, but please feel free to taste it." Su Jin said with a smile.

Knowing that Xia Siling's bottom was fine, the people around him rolled their eyes, Su Jin actually called Xia Siling an insider, but I don't know what Miss Yanfu thought when she heard it.

"Thank you, madam, for your hard work." Everyone thanked Xia Siling, who was standing aside, and Xia Siling returned the salute with a blushing face.

"Come on, come on, let's talk about eating if you want to." Su Jin took the lead in raising a glass and led everyone to drink a few glasses of wine.

Pan Jiang couldn't help but ask: "Master Su said that there is an important plan to tell you, but I don't know what the plan is. ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "I know that everyone's minds are still on the city wall, but tonight you can rest easy, in the afternoon, the first battle burned most of the enemy's siege ladders, and Li Yuanhao couldn't attack even if he wanted to." ”

"We are so worried, how can we rest in peace, Brother Su, with all due respect, we can't support it after all, less than 40,000 defenders have already suffered more than 10,000 casualties, how can this be good?" Li Zhong put down his glass and sighed.

Su Jin said: "Brother Zhaoting, we have eliminated nearly 40,000 thieves, and we have made a lot of money." ”

Li Chongdao: "But they still have more than 80,000, and it seems that they have no intention of retreating, the matter is quite tricky, maybe Weizhou will not last a few days." ”

Su Jin put away his smile and said, "Everyone, what do you think of Lord Li's words?" You don't have to say the scene, but you have to say it from the heart. ”

Everyone was silent, obviously not easy to speak, but everyone knew that this was not a boast.

Su Jin said: "Okay, silence is acquiescence, obviously you are all clear-eyed people, I also say a word of discouragement, Weizhou City is in a catastrophe, the rescue channels around are controlled by the Xia army scouts, Han Shuai and Fan Shuai have neither the strength nor the danger to save Weizhou, Weizhou is actually a lonely city; And judging from Li Yuanhao's performance, he has made up his mind to fight us to the end, they are already dismantling the wood on the trebuchet to build a ladder, and a few hundred trebuchets can become at least two thousand ladders, so once the ladder is built, our Weizhou will be finished. ”

There was a dead silence in the audience, the candles on the stone benches sizzled, and a few moths flew around the candle flames, quickly streaking the shadows of their bodies across everyone's faces.

"But...... I do have a way to force the thieves to withdraw, this is the idea that has been in my mind since the beginning of the war, although it is a bit risky, but there is no lack of possibility of success, unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not say such a risky way. ”

Su Jin's words sounded softly in everyone's ears, and everyone was in high spirits, looking at Su Jin's young and handsome face with antiquation, this Lord Su brought a lot of surprises, this time I don't know if he will be able to lead Weizhou City out of the desperate situation of destruction?