The military rations of the battalion could only last for a few days, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Hu finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart and began to get angry.

"A group of rice buckets, after fighting for so many days, still haven't been able to capture the Great Thorn City, what does this king want you to do." Shi Hu snorted violently, his eyes staring fiercely at a cadre.

"Your Majesty, the defense of the Great Thorn City is very tight, it cannot be broken overnight, as long as it is besieged, it will definitely be able to be broken in less than three months." A general affirmed.

Shi Huhu was stunned and reprimanded loudly: "Hmph, three months, the army only has three days of surplus food, how can you wait so long." ”

"Your Majesty, since the army is about to run out of food, it is better for our army to withdraw to Yecheng, and it is not too late to attack Da Thorn City when there is a chance in the future." A civil official said.

Withdrawing troops, Shi Hu didn't think about it, but it was really a big loss of face to withdraw like this, Shi Hu couldn't afford to lose this person, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he had to insist.

"Wouldn't it be a big loss of face to withdraw troops at this time." Shi Hu reprimanded casually.

Seeing that Shi Hu was angry, the civil official had to step aside in mockery.

"Report, Your Majesty, catch a Yan State scout, interrogate and learn about the situation in the Great Thorn City." Just as Shi Hu was angry, a small soldier rushed in.

When Shi Hu heard this, he frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Oh, what's going on in the Great Thorn City." ”

The little soldier clenched his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, according to the Yan State scout, there are more than 10,000 defenders in Da Thorn City, and there are 20,000 people who assist in the defense. “

"Oh, there are so many." Shi Hu was slightly surprised, and asked after a pause: "Who is the commander of the soldiers and horses trapped in the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves, and how many men and horses there are?" ”

"According to the spies, the soldiers trapped in the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves are all Jin troops, with a strength of about 1,000, and the commander is named Hua'an, the new general of the Jin State." The creep replied.

Shi Hu was shocked when he heard this, and said in confusion: "Jin army, when did the Jin army arrive in Great Thorn City, and what else did the Yan army spies explain." ”

"The spies also confessed that the Jin State had an envoy into the Great Thorn City and officially canonized Murong Hao as the King of Yan, and this Hua'an and a thousand Jin troops were the escorts of the mission." Creeps and pans out.

"After surrounding for a long time, it was actually the Jin army that was surrounded in the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves, Murong Hao was really cunning, knowing that it was risky to attack the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves, so let the Jin army attack, cunning!" After listening to Xiaobing's report, a general sighed.

"Murong Hao is an old fox, a cunning old fox." Shi Hu scolded even more bluntly, he saw Murong Hao's cunning from Murong Hao's breach of contract and refusal to join the division, you must know that he had ambushed a heavy army in the position of the division at that time, as long as Murong Hao appeared, his entire army would be annihilated.

"Your Majesty, there are 30,000 defenders and people in the Great Thorn City, and it is difficult for our army to break through within three days, so it is safer to withdraw the army." Seeing that Murong Hao was well prepared, the civil officials once again built yì Shihu and withdrew his troops.

Shi Hu is a face-loving person, and he is naturally very unhappy when he hears it, but at this moment, the grain route is cut off, and the grain that can be successfully transported is far lower than the consumption of the army.

Shi Hu hesitated again and again, and decided to make a desperate bet and comprehensively storm the Great Thorn City, with a limit of three days, if he could break through the Great Thorn City, everything would be fine, and if he could not capture it, he would immediately withdraw his troops.

In order to increase the chances of winning the siege, Shi Hu decided to leave only 3,000 troops to defend the camp, and the main army all participated in the siege, and Shi Hu himself would personally go to the front line to command, and even the Kui'an army that surrounded the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves was also transferred back, leaving only 1,000 men and horses to build fortifications to surround the mouth of the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves.

For his desperate attempt to attack the Great Thorn City, Shi Hu had at least a sixty percent chance of winning in his heart, and he repeatedly considered it and decided to let several of the bravest generals act as the vanguard, and the task of staying in the camp was handed over to his adopted grandson Shi Min.

"Your Majesty, the last general is also willing to go to war." As soon as he heard that he was allowed to stay in the camp, Shi Min was very dissatisfied, which was equivalent to letting himself miss the opportunity to make meritorious service in vain, since he set out on the expedition, it has been several months, and he has never had the opportunity to fight, how can he not be depressed.

"Min'er, you are still young, and it is the first time to lead troops, don't participate in a tough battle like the attack on Da Thorn City, take a good look at how the generals fight in the big camp, and learn more modestly." Shi Hu softly rejected Shi Min's request.

In his heart, although the martial arts of the adopted grandson Shi Min are high, he has no experience in leading troops to fight, in case of attacking the Great Thorn City, he is counterattacked by the Yan army with all his might, it is very likely that he will panic, and the panic of a team will make the entire army panic, and Shi Hu, who values the victory or defeat of the siege very seriously, is naturally unwilling to take this risk.

"The last will obey." Shi Min clenched his fists very reluctantly, and his brows furrowed into a big pimple.

"The little general leads the troops for the first time, so let's learn hard in the back! Look at how our veterans led the siege, hahaha! Sun Fudu glanced at Shi Min meaningfully, with a slight disdain in his eyes.

In his heart, although Shi Min's martial arts are extremely high, he can easily lift himself, but if you talk about the experience of leading troops to fight, Sun Fudu, who has experienced a hundred battles, will never believe that Shi Min will be higher than himself, after all, the experience of leading troops to fight is accumulated bit by bit in actual combat, and the ability of a young man who leads troops to fight for the first time is indeed questionable.

Sun Fudu's ridiculous words made Shi Min very angry, and he stared at Sun Fudu sideways, a trace of cold murderous aura flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Shi Min staring at him with murderous eyes, Sun Fu didn't care, because the Heavenly King Shi Hu was standing in the big tent, and without Shi Hu's instructions, Shi Min didn't dare to do anything to himself.

Seeing that the two were secretly competing, Shi Hu frowned, and scolded: "The siege of the city is imminent, and all the generals must share the same hatred of the enemy, Sun Fudu, this king orders you to immediately lead three thousand iron cavalry to enter the north gate of the Great Thorn City, completely cutting off Murong Hao's retreat." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Fudu clenched his fists and left the big tent.

As soon as Sun Fudu left, a civil official hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, why did the so-called 'Siege of the Division' enter the north gate, isn't this forcing the Yan army to defend to the end?" ”

Shi Hu smiled and said loudly: "Murong Hao toasts and doesn't eat and drink, this king wants to completely break through the Great Thorn City, kill Murong Hao, and then slaughter the city." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and made a slashing motion.

As soon as he heard the word 'slaughtering the city', the generals in the tent couldn't help but shudder, and it seemed that Shi Hu was completely angry.

Kui'an's less than 30,000 horses and horses quickly rushed back to Shi Hu's Chinese army camp, Shi Hu saw that more than 100,000 troops had been gathered, so he assigned the siege tasks of the generals in the big tent, and then urged the generals to go back to prepare, and at dawn on the second day, they launched an attack on the city of Great Thorns.

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In the Great Thorn City, for many days, Murong Hao's mood was complicated, since the night when Hua'an entered the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves, Murong Hao, who was standing on the city wall to inspect, saw the sky-high fire of the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves.

When he first saw the fire, Murong Hao was extremely excited, after all, the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves was more than ten miles away from the Great Thorn City, and he could see the sky-high firelight, which was enough to prove the strength of the fire, and in addition to burning the enemy's granary, under normal circumstances, there should not be such a big fire.

The generals behind him also thought that Hua'an had completed the task, and this sky-high fire should have been put by Hua'an, and when the monarchs and ministers of Yan State were ecstatic, waiting for Hua'an's triumphant return, the spies sent out reported that the valley mouth of the Ten Thousand Wolf Valley had been surrounded by the main force of Zhao State.

This made Murong Hao's heart fall to the bottom in an instant, he was not only worried about the safety of Hua An and his party, but also more worried about his daughter Murong Yan, under careful questioning, the spy confessed that before the Zhao army surrounded the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves, a small soldier of the Yan Army rushed into the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves in front of Zhao Guo's iron cavalry.

Judging from the situation described by the spy, the Yan army cavalry was his daughter Murong Yan, who learned that his most beloved daughter was trapped in the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves, Murong Hao was angry and anxious, but the matter had come to this point, for the sake of the Great Yan Kingdom, he had no choice but to put away this worry and go all out to command his subordinates to defend the Great Thorn City.

Five days have passed, and the defenders of Great Thorn City are still trying to hold on, not giving the enemy a chance to take advantage of.

At this moment, Murong Hao was leading a group of generals to climb the walls of the Great Thorn City to check the latest movements of the Zhao army outside the city.

A puff of smoke and dust in the distance was approaching, and Murong Hao knew that it was the cavalry of the Zhao army, this cavalry first rushed towards the direction of the city wall, and suddenly changed direction five hundred steps away from the city wall, and galloped in the direction of the north gate.

"Father, the cavalry of the Zhao State went to the north gate, do you want to block the Great Thorn City and not give our army a way out." Murong Jun, the prince of the world, was surprised.

Murong Hao nodded, smiled indifferently, and said softly: "Since our army has decided to defend to the death, what is the point of Shi Hu blocking the north gate, this will only increase the determination of our soldiers to defend the city." ”

"Father, Shi Hu is naturally vicious and cunning, he is by no means stupid, he must have another purpose in doing this." Murong Jun frowned.

"Oh, what purpose will Shi Hu have?" Murong Hao asked softly.

Murong Jun couldn't think of it for a while, frowning and falling into deep thought.

Murong Ke on the side suddenly patted his head and said in shock: "Father, Shi Hu must be planning to storm the Great Thorn City, and our army must prepare immediately." ”

Murong Hao was shocked and hurriedly asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Murong Ke clenched his fists and said: "Father, just now the spies reported that the army of Kui'an's department surrounded at the mouth of the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves has returned to Shi Hu's Chinese army camp, and Shi Hu has gathered his men and horses with all his strength to block the north gate, isn't it a sign of a strong attack on the Great Thorn City?" ”

Murong Hao listened to it and felt that it was very reasonable, Shi Hu's various abnormal behaviors seemed to indicate that there was a big action.

"Pass the order, let all the soldiers strengthen their vigilance, comprehensively monitor every move of the Zhao army outside the city, and report any abnormalities immediately." Murong Hao said loudly.

"Yes." The subordinates behind Murong Hao immediately clenched their fists and took orders, and then turned around and went to their respective teams.

After the generals left, Murong Hao looked in the direction of Zhao Guo's camp, repeatedly imagined Shi Hu's possible siege methods in his heart, and discussed with Murong Jun and Murong Ke beside him from time to time.