Because of the serious loss of war, the military and civilians in Xuzhou City had to live a life of squandering food and food.

The daily rations of sergeants and civilians are distributed under fixed quotas, and the quotas are getting smaller and smaller. Even so, the granary in Xuzhou City will be exhausted. The temporary winter clothes can only temporarily meet the needs of some soldiers. Local civilians are asked to go home to bring their own winter clothes, blankets and some heavy and warm-wrapped fabrics are collected from the people of Xuzhou City. There is no unified standard for the colorful and colorful ones.

Xuzhou City has reached a point where it cannot be broken. This situation has become more serious with the sudden violent siege of the Huai Army in mid-winter month.

Perhaps the Huai Army had already gained a foothold north of Xuzhou, which made the King of Huai feel that he could swallow the lonely city of Xuzhou. From mid-November, the Huai Army that besieged the city suddenly seemed to lose patience and the offensive intensified. The gentle and elegant Confucian scholar suddenly turned into a lion, making the Xuzhou defenders who were already doing nothing to live a life of nothing suddenly unable to withstand it. Several consecutive sieges had made the defenders run away.

As the Huai Army sieges violently, casualties on both sides also intensified. The defenders lost more than 300 living lives on the 17th day of the winter moon, and nearly 1,000 people were injured to varying degrees. The entire defenders lost nearly 10% of their troops at one time due to insufficient preparations for this fierce attack.

That night, when Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng dragged their tired bodies down from the front line and retreated to the temporary command post, they were shocked to find a cylindrical object, responding to the faint light of the tung oil lamp. Only then did the two see clearly that this was Chai Jin, the Grand Marshal who had never set foot in the defense zone.

Min Shaoqing could not be negligent, and after saluting, he asked, "General Chai, what advice do you... have?"

Ma Feng glanced at Min Shaoqing and felt that he was a little too polite. Chai Jin came to the defense area around the city wall. It was probably a sloppy and moved his mouth and said something irrelevant.

"Tomorrow, north."

Chai Jin didn't say much, only these four words. The speaker was lightly describing it, and the listener was stunned on the spot. Then Chai Jin seemed very busy, stood up and said goodbye, walking in a crooked manner. I don't know if his body was not resting well or was the severe symptoms of wind and cold.

After seeing off Chai Jin, Ma Feng looked at Min Shaoqing in confusion and asked, "What does he mean? In the north, does he mean that the main direction of the Huai Army's attack tomorrow will be in the north of the city?"

Over the past few days, the Huai Army has almost formed inertia from the west side. They are used to attacking and defending, and the city wall on the west side is depleted every day and is repaired every day. The defenders are familiar with Yemen. Suddenly they have to change sides, which makes them unable to adapt.

"Who knows. Tomorrow, some people will be sent to the north of the city to see, the city wall over there is much stronger than the west city wall."

Min Shaoqing means. Because the northern city wall has recorded many records of the northern barbarians invading the south over hundreds of years, the northern city wall was well built. In addition, the last time the Huai Army siege was mainly in the east and south directions, and the north city wall was not very damaged. This time, if the Huai Army really launched an attack from the north of the city, it would be a good thing for the defenders.

All night, all the plants and trees were soldiers.

The Huai Army's barracks outside Xicheng City did not stop this night. The cavalry came in and out, and the noisy and chaotic sounds made the defenders think that there would be a next wave of siege that night. Who knew that when it was almost dawn, the Huai Army's barracks outside Xicheng suddenly became quiet. Min Shaoqing was stunned when he heard the news, and immediately realized that Chai Jin's prophecy might be correct. The next moment, soldiers came to repay, saying that the Huai Army launched an attack from the north of the city at dawn.

"God!"

Ma Feng laughed foolishly, put on his helmet and hat, preparing to lit up his troops to go north of the city. Fortunately, he was prepared for hearing Chai Jin's words last night and transferred some people to the city. There should not be too much pressure on the north of the city now.

In fact, the pressure is still a bit too high.

This was a war of blood and fire. The Huai Army's siege was made purely by corpses. Throughout the morning, there were thousands of corpses of Huai Army soldiers piled up under the northern city wall. Although the guards suffered fewer casualties, there were still hundreds of casualties. If they fought like this a few more times, the Huai Army could use the heads to kill the defenders.

On the 18th day of the winter moon, the Huai Army had never changed the direction of the siege, and the other city gates did not receive an alarm. It was not until dusk that the Huai Army retreated. The Huai Army attacked the city twice, but were suppressed. This situation made Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng very worried.

"I can't hold on!"

Ma Feng sat on the open space on the city tower. When the Huai Army attacked the city wall for the second time, the situation was very dangerous. Even he had to lead people to kill the city wall to turn the tide. As a civil servant in the area, he personally led his troops to kill the enemy, which made him particularly tired. He couldn't hold on, and I don't know if he could not hold on himself or the defenders would not hold on.

"Sir, tomorrow you go back and rest for a day, and this prefect can take charge. You have too little rest these days." Min Shaoqing persuaded.

"Damn it!" Ma Feng suddenly felt ashamed and angry as he threw the sword in his hand to the ground, "Why are we working so hard? If I had known it, wouldn't it be better to have surrendered to the Huai Army before?"

Min Shaoqing looked around, but fortunately no soldiers paid attention to this side and reminded him: "Please pay attention to speaking!"

"What should I pay attention to? We are fighting here in blood, but the new emperor is happy in the palace! And the Grand Marshal who is seeking rebellion and the one named Qu take us seriously? Tomorrow, tomorrow, I dare to predict that Xuzhou City will be lost!"

Min Shaoqing sighed. Today's battle was indeed too tragic. The Huai Army's offensive was even more fierce than before. Once, 40,000 to 50,000 troops were dispatched on the northern city wall, and the huge rocks thrown by the catapult cart were almost filled with the northern city wall. But the big bosses of the imperial court still had no intention of coming to help the war. Thousands of imperial guards were still guarding the useless palace for food, and the Xuzhou City defenders had to save food and drink to supply the food and drink of the borers. The number of borers was a little too large. How could all this make Ma Feng not angry with the civil servants who had many complaints to the court?

The two of them supported each other and took a small team of guards back to the temporary command post. Before they reached the door, they felt that it was bright inside, not the tung oil lamp emitted the firefly light.

When they walked in, they saw the candlelight was bright. The two of them were looking down at the city defense map of Xuzhou. Qu Zhu and Chai Jin were the two who had been scolded by Ma Feng before.

"Mr. Chai, Commander Qu, please leave." Ma Feng sat there, even saving the salute. He had now completely lost the mood of perfunctory with these two court officials. He poured himself a cup of tea. He thought it was cold, but when he poured it out, he found that it turned out to be hot tea. He was angry that the two big guys had so many things to pay attention to when they came to the temporary command post.

"Thank you for your hard work today at Prefect Min and the Consort Ma." Qu Zhu didn't care about Ma Feng's disrespect and bowed, "The two of you have already informed you of your performance in the battle to defend the city today. You have personally taken the battle to kill the enemy. You are a role model for our court officials."

At this time, Ma Feng was very angry. Just when he almost couldn't help but blurt out, Qu Zhu said again: "From tomorrow, the Imperial Guard will all be dispatched by the City Defense Forces. The commander and the Prince Chai will also take turns to take turns to take charge of the city defense of Xuzhou City once a day."

shift?

Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng looked at each other, and the things they complained about just now suddenly changed. Could it be that these two big guys suddenly discovered their conscience?

"How dare you work for the two masters?" Ma Feng said in a slight tone. His meaning was actually very clear. As long as the Imperial Guards who only know how to eat, they can be transferred to defend the city.

Qu Zhu could hear the disrespect in Ma Feng's tone, but Chai Jin thought it was Ma Feng's concern for him, and smiled faintly and said, "Brother Ma, you are also a good person."

This praise immediately made Ma Feng stunned on the spot. Chai Jin actually called him "Brother Ma" in person? He also said that he was a good person. Even he couldn't realize what was good about him. If the imperial carriage did not come to Xuzhou City, he would be the one who strongly advocated surrender.

Ma Feng bowed to Chai Jin and smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.

Chai Jin said: "Brother Ma's kindness is my heart to appreciate. However, Brother Ma and Brother Min have worked hard for many days, so it's time for me... Brother Qu and I come to help. Tomorrow, we will take over for a day."

After two shifts of war, Ma Feng felt something strange. It was to say that he was to be polite to his subordinates, but it was to seize power. It was one thing to complain that no one would help him, but it was another thing to be taken away by Bai's military power. But since Chai Jin was the Grand Marshal who was rebellious and had to obey what he said, Ma Feng thought in his heart that if Chai Jin was asked to command today's battle to defend the city, Xuzhou might have been lost.

"The lower official obeys the order."

Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng both received the order, but they still thought that they would join Chai Jin and Qu Zhu the next day to avoid any more chaos in the Huai Army's fierce attack. Now the gains and losses of Xuzhou City are related to the life and death of all the military and civilians. The Huai Army would not survive even if it broke through the city of Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng.

After a night of peace, the Huai Army now has a very time-conscious concept of siege. It only attacks during the day and does not attack at night, just like going to work. When the time comes, the city cannot be captured. Even if it is almost done, the Huai Army still retreats quickly.

That night, Min Shaoqing did not sleep well. He personally visited the soldiers who were injured in the battle to defend the city for two days and asked to collect medicines and supplements from the pharmacies in the city. Now the city is not only short of food and clothing and winter clothing, but also lack of injured medicines in the fierce battle.

In the second half of the night, Ma Feng, who had been sleeping for two hours, got up to take Min Shaoqing's shift. Min Shaoqing yawned. He has been in a state of great anxiety these days and has no rest time. Seeing that he was so tired, Ma Feng asked, "Prince Min, what are the intentions of those two? One is Xiaoyao's prince-in-law, and the other is the leader of the imperial guards who are in the store. He has experience in leading troops? He said that he was going to take shifts, and he still asked us to help wipe his butts. These officials in the court thought everything was as simple as they thought."

Min Shaoqing looked at the sky, it was dark and it was close to the siege of the next day, the new day.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. Look at their sure appearance, and there is the safety of the emperor behind them. There should be a backup plan. They didn't accompany the army and transported some iron tubes? Who knows what it is!" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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