The eastern sky was covered with a hint of fish's belly white, and at the time of the handover of heaven and earth, a faint red glow was reflected, and gradually expanded, and the color became more and more vivid, brighter and brighter, directly revealing a dazzling Venus light.

The long night has passed, and a new day has finally arrived. No matter what happened last night, a new day is a new beginning, full of new hope, so the vast majority of people are not in a bad mood when they see a new day coming. It's just that at this time, in Wang Jian's heart, there is no joy after dawn.

The sky gradually brightened, and Wang Jian's residence was also illuminated.

Wang Jian's residence is the mansion of the minister of Yan Guo Honggao in the past, and it is also one of the best mansions in Jijing, even if it is compared with the palace of Yan Kingdom, it is not much, vermilion lacquer white walls, blue lime tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, jade pillars, furniture paint can be seen, showing luxury.

But if Honggao comes back at this time, he probably won't know that this is the mansion where he has lived for decades, the vermilion lacquer white wall has been smoked into large pieces of gray and bloodstained by fireworks, and there are a large number of tables, chairs, beds, cabinets, couches and other things pushed on the wall, and the lacquer light that can be seen on it is rough and polished, full of dirt footprints; The bluestone paving the ground was dug up, and the gray tiles on the roof were also picked off a lot, and all kinds of jade, gold, shells, and corals were scattered to the ground and trampled to pieces; The carved beams and painted buildings, the jade pillars, and the rockeries and strange stones in the garden were also demolished by the Qin army and used as weapons to guard the mansion. And in the courtyard, under the high walls, the corpses of Qin soldiers can be seen everywhere, with blood all over the ground, almost covering the ground. The whole mansion was filled with the smell of blood, burnt, mush, and choking smoke.

About the beginning of the fourth watch at night, the Dai army basically completed the blockade of the mansion, and found a large number of furniture and door panels in the city, and the archers were also in place on the roofs around the mansion, making all the preparations, and the Qin army camp in the city was also broken by the Dai army, and the Qin army fled in all directions, and could only resist sporadically in the city, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation, so Sima Shang ordered to launch an attack on the mansion.

The archers who climbed onto the roof opened their bows and arrows into the mansion, and the other infantry also launched a fierce attack on the mansion, pushing the housekeepers they found on the side of the mansion wall, and soon piled up more than 20 roads to kick the mansion wall, and then under the cover of the archers, they launched a fierce attack on the mansion wall.

However, the Qin army, under the command of Wang Jian, rose up to resist, and the two sides fought fiercely on the walls of the mansion. Because at this time, the Qin army was still full of hope, thinking that as long as they could resist the attack of the Dai army, the Qin army stationed outside the city would rush to the rescue, and the two sides would cooperate with each other to defeat the Dai army. It was under the encouragement of such hope that the fighting spirit of the Qin army was very tenacious, united as one, and firmly held the palace wall for a while, and the Dai army launched several attacks in a row, but the results were all in vain, and a large number of corpses were left under the palace wall.

At this time, Sima Shang also decided that Wang Jian was in the mansion, otherwise the Qin army would never resist so desperately, so Sima Shang also personally supervised the battle, and promised a heavy reward, ordering the army to continue to launch a fierce attack on the palace wall, and set up more than ten roads leading to the city wall. Although the cavalry could not participate in this kind of battle, they also used bows and arrows to help the battle from a distance, or rode their horses to the wall of the mansion and threw torches into the mansion one by one.

However, the resistance of the Qin army was also very tenacious, blocking the strong attacks of the Dai army round after round, although it paid a lot of casualties, but in the end it still firmly held the palace wall. And in the fierce battle between the two sides, the night passed before you knew it, and a new day came.

"Report to the general, the acting army has retreated again." Wang Jian's body was covered with bloodstains, not the blood of the enemy or his own blood, and the helmet had long since fallen there, his hair was fluffy, and his face was also black and red, and he couldn't see his true colors.

Wang Jian let out a long breath, regardless of the blood stains on the ground, sat on the steps, although after retreating to the mansion to defend, Wang Jian did not do it himself, but he commanded the defense in the mansion, and he also had to constantly encourage the fighting spirit of the Qin army, so the consumption was not small. After all, Wang Jian is an old man who is nearly sixty years old, and he has not slept all night, and he is indeed a little tired after most of the night.

At this time, a guard handed over a water jug, and Wang Jian poured it a few times before wiping the water stains on the side of his mouth and said, "How many people are left now?" ”

Wang Jian lowered his head and said, "There are less than two hundred, and most of them are injured." ”

Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, when he just returned to the mansion, there were more than 500 people, and now there are less than half of them, it seems that the mansion may not be able to hold it, and this time, I am afraid that it is really difficult to escape death.

At this time, Wang Jian said hatefully: "The army outside the city didn't rush to rescue us for anything, do they want to see death or not save us, and watch us being besieged to death by the Dai army?" ”

Wang Jian shook his head and said, "Of course they won't watch us being besieged to death by the Dai army, but because they can't come now. ”

Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while, and said: "Why can't you come, could it be that the Dai army occupied the city gate and guarded the city wall, because they couldn't attack it." ”

Wang Jian smiled miserably and said: "That's not it, the garrisons outside the city have ladders to attack the city, and Jijing City is so big, without 350,000 troops, it is impossible to hold the city wall, if I guess correctly, the Qin army outside the city was probably attacked by the Dai army, and it has long been dispersed, of course it can't come to the rescue of us." ”

Because the military law of the Qin State is extremely strict, Wang Jian is the main general of the whole army, if he is besieged to death by the Dai army, then the two Qin armies stationed outside the city have the crime of not saving them from death, and they have the responsibility of continuous punishment, so Wang Jian can be sure that the Qin army stationed outside the city will never sit back and watch themselves being besieged by the Dai army and not rescued, so if the reinforcements are delayed, there is only one possibility, then these two Qin armies must have been defeated by the Dai army.

Wang Jian was a little embarrassed to send a letter, and said, "How is this possible? How many men and horses are there in the Dai army, and when they can launch a surprise attack inside the city, they can also attack the two military camps outside the city at the same time? ”

Wang Jian smiled bitterly and said, "There are at least 20,000 troops, maybe 30,000 or 40,000." ”

Wang Jiandao: "If it is an army of thirty or forty thousand, from the border of Daiyan to Jijing, how can there be no trace at all?" ”

In fact, this is also a thing that Wang Jian has been puzzled about, since the beginning of yesterday's battle, the strength of the army has been misjudged, at first thought that the army was only five or six thousand, and then retreated to the mansion, Wang Jian realized that it was wrong, the estimate of the army is more than 10,000 people, and now it is revised again, the total strength of the army is not less than 20,000, or even 30,000 or 40,000. And it was this series of errors in judgment that made Wang Jian think that there was a chance to save the situation, and as a result, he was in danger, because Wang Jian had at least several opportunities to leave Jijing, and if he knew that the strength of the Dao Dynasty army was not less than 20,000 at the beginning of the battle, Wang Jian would never stay in the mansion, but would have escaped from Jijing a long time ago. However, Wang Jian never figured out how the twenty or thirty thousand generations of troops bypassed the Qin army and quietly came to Jijing?

But it's useless to think about it now, because the mansion is surrounded by the Dai Legion, and now there are less than 200 people left, not to mention the encirclement, and it is very difficult to even resist the next round of attack of the Dai Army.

Wang Jian has been in the army for nearly 40 years, and he has been born and died on the battlefield several times, of course, he is not a person who is afraid of death, but he is a little unwilling to die in battle like this, after all, it is really worthless to die in battle like this.

At this moment, I saw Zou Tai rush to Wang Jian and said, "Report to the general, the chief general of the acting army will ask the general to answer." ”

Wang Jian was stunned, stood up, and said, "Okay, I'll go and see what the chief general of the Dai army has to say." ”

Saying that, Wang Jian took Wang Jian, Zou Tai and others to the wall, stepped on the top of a large cabinet, and poked his head out of the palace wall, only to see that every street leading to the mansion was full of substitute soldiers, and even there were many substitute soldiers on the surrounding roofs, basically surrounding the mansion.

After looking at it for a while, Wang Jian said loudly: "Wang Jian is here, where is the chief general of the acting army." ”

I saw that on an avenue facing the gate of the mansion, the acting army was divided left and right, rushed out a few war horses, and the leader stopped about fifty steps away from the palace wall, and said loudly: "In Xia Sima Shang, he is still the chief general of the acting army, and I didn't expect that General Wang was really here." Now the general has been surrounded by our army, and all the Qin troops inside and outside the city have been defeated by us, you have no help, trapped in the lonely house, you will definitely die, if you abandon your weapons and surrender, I can guarantee the safety of your lives, and hand it over to the lord Wu Anjun to deal with. ”

At this time, Wang Jian's heart moved, and said: "Dare to ask General Sima, if you avoid our army's scouts and come to Jijing, can you tell the old man, and let the old man understand." ”

Sima Shangha smiled and said, "This is my lord Wu Anjun's clever plan, if there is anything I dare not say, okay, I will let you lose clearly." As he spoke, he briefly explained the layout of the plateau.

After listening to Sima Shang's speech, Wang Jian couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, he couldn't imagine that the plateau had already begun to plan this raid on Jijing, it can be said that every move of the Qin army was in the plateau's anticipation and planning, and although it was a hostile two, Wang Jian still admired the plateau's bold and clever battle plan, and the plateau's way of using troops was probably completely surpassed by Li Mu, and in this way, he really lost this battle unjustly.

At this time, Sima Shang said again: "General Wang, I have answered everything you want to ask, now you are fighting or surrendering, make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Wang Jian nodded and said, "General Sima, thank you for telling me the truth, but my Qin State only has a severed head general, and there is no surrender general, so I, Wang Jian, would rather die on the spot than surrender." It's just that when General Sima saw Wu Anjun in the future, he asked the old man to tell Wu Anjun on behalf of the old man that the old man had nothing to say about the loss of this battle, and Li Mu had this heir, which was enough to be stunned. ”