In Jinling City, Li Yu still refused to give up the throne, so he no longer hesitated at this time, completely obeyed the requests of all officials and implemented them one by one.

In history, Li Yu has never been a cowardly and incompetent person. He just ascended the throne, he valued old people to gain power and appease people's hearts. Moreover, he has always been unwilling to be bullied in the Central Plains and expand his strength.

When they first succeeded to the throne, the Southern Tang lost all the elite soldiers and vassal states in Huainan, and their troops dropped significantly. The whole country had less than 100,000 people.

By the time the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed its country, the Southern Tang Dynasty's troops exceeded 300,000. Zhao Kuangyin fought for more than a year, and even Li Yu was able to hold an imperial examination in Jinling City before he could barely break through Jinling City.

There is no doubt that Li Yu has the ability, but he can't use people. It is not appropriate for literati to be emperors.

The unique weaknesses of literati, hesitation, weakness, doubt, and withdrawals are clearly understood in him.

In the final analysis, the Southern Tang Dynasty was inherently incomplete in development. In troubled times, it emphasized literature over military affairs. The emperor did not learn martial arts but was good at literary affairs. It was a huge danger for the country. Moreover, it was a three-generation literary emperor. If he survived, he would rely on his peers to accompany him.

Some policies continue, such as opening warehouses and releasing grain, squandering money and recruiting people to defend the city, and issuing bans...

Jinling City has been alive for one or two days, and has suffered two days of artillery fire.

In three days, there was no shortage of food and salt, but firewood was shortened.

Hundreds of thousands of people need firewood when eating and eating. In the past, Jinling City did not lack firewood because there were mountains and forests around. Saving firewood was a joke for the people of Jinling City.

Just like the author, I am from the south, with abundant water resources, and I take a diligent bath every day, wash my hair, face and brush my teeth in the morning. I waste a lot. I have never experienced water shortage and will not store water. But once the water is out of the way, it will be a disaster.

Two meals a day and several meals in three days are incalculable for the consumption of firewood. Many people have to dismantle furniture and even door panels to cook.

Moreover, when cooking and sleeping, you have to face the shells that are raiding at all times, which is simply terrifying.

In three days, the lack of firewood and the casualties of thousands of shells have made the people of Jinling City panic all day long, and the prestige of the Southern Tang court has been gradually being wiped out.

The most profound thing is that the soldiers guarding the city, the invasion of artillery shells at all times, caused the city wall to collapse and destroy several sections. However, after rescue, it was quickly built, and there was no opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of it.

Physical means are not powerful, but what is terrible lies in mental attacks.

When eating, the shells roared; when peeing, the shells were still ringing, and when sleeping, they were still ringing, and when defending the city, they were still ringing...

The mental torture is always caused by the defenders, and how can ordinary people stand it?

"Grandma, I can't help it!" Zhou Kui's eyes were dark and his eyes were covered with red silk. He couldn't help it when he looked at the roaring cannons. He ran to Li Xinjun's tent and widened his eyes.

"Master, it's not just them, but even me can't help it!"

"Puchi--" Li Xin chuckled, put the cloth ball in his ears under the cloth, and said, "I asked you to bring it with me, but you don't believe it. Now I will taste the good fruits and eat it!"

"The continuous bombing of artillery made the entire Jinling City tremble and frightened. When sleeping, you have to open your eyes, for fear that you will lose your life and will not be at ease when sleeping. This kind of danger at any time and anywhere is the most deadly."

"There are many soldiers in Jinling City, and it is easy to attack the city. If you can't occupy it in a short time, it will be troublesome!"

"Before your Majesty left, he would give me a face-to-face message. Hundreds of thousands of cities are not easy to capture. If we engage in street battles, even if our 40,000 troops are wiped out, there will be half of Jinling City left!"

"So, even though there was a long period of Jinling City yesterday, you are indifferent. It turned out to be to wipe out your heart!" Zhou Kui opened his eyes wide and was shocked.

Li Xin said lightly: "Yes, people's hearts have been wiped out. The walls of Jinling City have collapsed for several sections at this time. It's time to attack the city!"

"That's great!" Zhou Kui was energetic in an instant, and he shouted loudly: "I can finally kill the enemy!"

"General Zhou, according to military regulations, you cannot go to the front line!" Li Xin frowned and said softly.

"Some, I'm just talking, tell me!" Zhou Kui smiled awkwardly.

Just as the people of Jinling City were preparing to sleep on guard, the enemy troops, who had been silent for a long time, finally had movement.

"Kill--"

"rush--"

"No, get up soon, the enemy is coming!" Chen Qian was awakened in an instant, his eyes were covered with red silk, and he shouted loudly.

The mentally tortured defenders stood up helplessly to defend. Looking at the endless enemy, they were instantly powerless and breathtaking.

Within one day, the Tang army surrounded the three sides of the ants.

The southern city wall was first climbed by the Tang army, because it was the place that was most damaged by artillery fire and the place where the city wall collapsed the most.

Soon, under the mental bombing offensive a few days ago, the south city gate was opened from the inside, and the Tang army was waiting for the infantry and cavalry outside to swarm in, and the army rushed into the city like a flood.

Chen Qian and his thousands of soldiers guarded the city gate, looked at the influx of enemy troops, and shouted sternly: "Today, serve Your Majesty!"

“Just today~”

"Serve your service~"

In the square formation, the soldiers responded weakly, which made people anxious.

"Ah, ah..." The enemy suddenly threw a large number of guns in the air, and people fell down one after another in the Southern Tang army formation.

Shaoqing, dozens of men rushed straight to the square formation and fell to the ground with hissing. After many soldiers fell to the ground, they quickly got up, and the weapons in their hands were chopping randomly, and the sound of "ding ding chuck..." was endless.

"Shi!" At this time, a cavalry rushed over quickly, and a horse raised its front hooves high, then fell heavily, finally stopping its momentum.

"Surrender to avoid death--" The Han led the army to continuously attack the square formation, and the spear in his hand kept waving, causing many lives to leave. The soldiers in the square formation could not help but be frightened and retreated a lot.

"Fight to the death and never retreat!" Chen Qian had a calm face and kept killing the enemy. He would never retreat for his wife and children and for the emperor. Even if he lost his life, he would not hesitate to do so.

"Bah—" The man followed the sound and saw a big man wearing armor, a tiger-backed and bear-waisted waist, blushing and constantly killing people. He had a scheming in his heart.

"Hey--"

After a dozen steps, he raised his spear and waved it hard at the person.

"Crack--" The man fell down instantly, and his armor could not be protected.

"Commander--" the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty shouted miserably.
Chapter completed!