Tu Hai's face under the city slowly softened: "Yesterday I overestimated these thieves, Ben Shuai thought that they would be able to hold out for at least five or six days, but now it seems that they can't hold out for even three days." ”

The deputy general next to him laughed: "The marshal still thinks too highly of them, and now in this situation, they are afraid that they will not even be able to hold on today, our army will be able to enter the city today, and the marshal will be able to give the court a satisfactory explanation at that time." ”

"As far as you kid will say, the soldiers in this city are not the kind of rebels we used to deal with, if you want to talk about resilience, I'm afraid that even Wu Sangui's army will sigh to themselves, that is, they are not on a firm foothold now, and there are more recruits under them, so we can fight so easily. So this time we have to destroy them no matter what, otherwise in another two or three years, the initiative will not be in our hands. ”

After a fierce battle, it was getting late, Tu Hai nodded: "Mingjin retreats the troops, and when it gets dark, the brothers will only suffer casualties in vain." ”

Hearing the sound of gold under the city, Qu Songtin let out a sigh of relief, came to the bucket next to him, scooped a scoop of water with a water scoop, and poured it into the burning throat, not caring about the mud in the water and the blood splashed into it.

The lieutenant general, who had been rushing to the front, also came over, stretched out his hand and scooped a scoop of water into his stomach: "We have suffered at least 2,000 casualties today, and there are less than 4,000 brothers in the city. ”

Qu Songjin smiled bitterly, of course he knew that arithmetic was not calculated like this, but the deputy general was right, 6,000 people defended the city, and there were 2,000 casualties, if 4,000 people defended the city, the number of dead people would be more than twice as many as 6,000 people. It's like a country fight, if ten people fight three people, maybe they can kill all three of them, and they won't die one of their ten people, but if five people fight three people, it is very likely that they will be replaced by three people.

So less than 4,000 people to defend the city, maybe it won't be able to hold tomorrow when it gets dark, at this time Qu Songjin looked proud: "What are you afraid of, our reinforcements will arrive soon, as long as we hold on until it gets dark tomorrow, there are 3,000 reinforcements, besides, I don't believe it, Tuhai is really uninjured." "So far, he can only muster everyone's strength, survive tomorrow, everyone may have a way to live, if he can't survive tomorrow, everyone has to be martyred in this Tongguan City.

"Beckon the craftsmen below, let them hurry up and work, and tell them that this city wall is getting worse and worse, and if they don't work hard, Lao Tzu will pull off their heads and put them on the city wall to defend the city!"

The leading craftsmen below trembled in their hearts, if they lost, those soldiers at the head of the city would be able to do anything. Thinking of this, he immediately responded: "Although the general can rest assured, even if I use my own blood and mud today, I will definitely build the city wall as strong as ever." ”

But anyone who comes out to eat mixed food is not a fool, at this time and the general of the city head of the city to argue about how well they are repairing, the general of the city head of the city has fought for a day, and the murderous spirit is serious, turn around and cut who you find to reason, it is better to hurry up and finish the work.

Qu Songjin didn't have the heart to care about a city wall repairer, and glanced at the deputy general: "Have you used up all the thunder in your palm today?" ”

"Running out."

"Bring some people, tear down all the houses in front of us, tomorrow we can only use rolling wood and stones, and then light a fire to boil gold juice."

The adjutant general coughed: "General, there are not many shells left in our artillery." ”

Qu Songjin smiled bitterly: "Before the war, Lao Tzu was worried when he saw so many things, and felt that he couldn't use them at all, and he could only block me in front of him, who would have thought that Tuhai, the dog thief, was so patient that tens of thousands of soldiers in the city were exhausted, and he still bit it." ”

Saying that, he strode back to the mansion, even if he dies in battle tomorrow, there will be nothing, he has not fallen into his father's prestige, as long as His Royal Highness can take over the world, his father and son have their names before and after their deaths, and they are worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, but I don't know how His Highness is now.

There are not many soldiers on the head of the city, all of them are craftsmen who repair the city wall, and at this time in the battle, no one has the energy to attack at night, even if Tuhai dares to attack at night, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear such a big loss. What he has to do now is to fight steadily, take Tongguan City, and then point his sword at Shaanxi.

Qu Songjin estimated that Tu Hai's casualties were more than 50,000, but a general of Tu Hai's level, until the final decisive battle, couldn't see his true strength at all, the soldiers under the city wall still looked full, and how deep the water Tu Hai was, Qu Songjin couldn't figure it out.

Early the next morning, the meat was stewed in the city, and then everyone was desperately eating meat, there was no one to speak, the food in Tongguan City was very sufficient, and now there was nothing left, but there was a lot of food left, because most of the people were killed in the war, and those who ate food were gone, and there was naturally a lot of food left.

A lot of meat was prepared in the city, which was originally used to boost morale, but now Qu Songtin stewed in a pot, and then left a team of men and horses on the side of the granary.

A young soldier cried while eating a large piece of meat, and a veteran next to him reached out to put down the bone and slapped it on the head: "Hmph fart, the people who came out of our Zhangjiazhai are all heroes, and they will die if they die, what's the big deal." ”

"I, I'm not afraid of death, I've never eaten meat like this since I was a child, my mother, my mother has never eaten meat!"

The veteran pouted: "If you die, your mother will naturally be able to eat enough with the silver you retired, you are afraid of a fart, have we ever owed you a penny of silver?" ”

"Naturally, no."

"That's not over, hurry up and put away your unsuccessful appearance, let people see it and think that our people in Zhangjiazhai are afraid of death. Let me tell you, Lao Tzu has been a soldier for so many years, and he has received the silver in full for a few months, for this, Lao Tzu has worked hard and there is nothing, the family has divided the land, His Royal Highness said that the people in our family belong to the military family, and whoever dares to bully the people in our family will be sent thousands of miles, Lao Tzu has nothing to worry about, and he is not afraid of death. Hurry up and eat two more pieces of meat, Lao Tzu has dreamed of eating so much meat since he was a child, but he was delayed by you idiot. ”

Saying that, he didn't care about him anymore, and reached out and grabbed a large piece of meat into the pot again: "Grandma's, this fat meat hasn't reached my mouth yet, and saliva is flowing out." The young soldier also learned from him to bite a few pieces of meat, and then shouted: "Lao Tzu is not a bad seed. ”

A general next to him kicked him on the buttocks: "Eat meat, eat meat, shout anything, scare Lao Tzu." ”

Soon the drums sounded outside the city, and those veterans scolded their mothers, stretched out their hands and put the meat into their arms, and fished two more pieces to eat while walking: "Let's go, let's kill the Qing Tartars, and after killing, come back and eat!" ”

(End of chapter)