In contrast to the previous oppression of the vampire government, it is in stark contrast to the current life of the letter king Zhao Zhen who has given out food to survive the difficulties. In addition, the letter king Zhao Zhen really defeated the imperial army several times. Therefore, everyone finally dared to be grateful and believing in Wang Zhaozhen, and the issuance of the various compensation policies of Wang Zhaozhen, of course, has become the object of gratitude for everyone.
On the street, those people who saw King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen respectfully expressed their gratitude to Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, and even a few stunned people ran in front of Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, asking to join the defenders, and doing their own meager efforts. .
Looking at the half-old children, Xinwang Zhao Zhen also looked helpless. If there were still strong men in the city who could fight, I was afraid that he would be conscripted into the defenders as early as half a month ago. The remaining half-year-old children are only eleven or twelve years old. If they were also enlisted in the army, it would be a blessing for them not to add to the chaos during the war!
After dealing with the enthusiastic people, Xin Wang Zhaozhen walked straight to the east city gate, where General Shan Hongfei was in charge of guarding this place before, and it was also the worst loss among the four city gates. For this, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen also felt very helpless.
When it comes to martial arts, Shan Hongfei is not much worse. In terms of wit, General Shan Hongfei was not a fool, and he was able to devise some tricks from time to time. But the problem is that General Shan Hongfei's irritable temper is too utilitarian, and he only wants to show the limelight and make meritorious deeds.
Originally, if General Shan Hongfei kept guard at the head of the city, the loss of the defender would definitely be minimized. However, General Shan Hongfei just refused to settle down. The number of defenders in the city was small, but he could no longer withstand the consumption of General Shan Hongfei.
Seeing King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen on the top of the city, all the officers and soldiers who had been resting at the top of the city stood up and saluted Zhao Zhen, King Xin. These days, Wang Xin Zhao Zhen has saved them many times, and their hearts are extremely grateful to Wang Zhao Zhen.
The letter king Zhao Zhen just waved his hand and asked one of the low-level officers: "How is it? How about the casualties of the soldiers?"
The officer bowed his head and clasped his fists and replied: "Return to Lord Luo! There were originally more than 4,000 people on the city. After today’s battle, more than 400 brothers were damaged! There are hundreds of brothers who were slightly injured, although they were affected. But he can still fight the enemy!" Xin Wang Zhao Zhen heard the officer's words, but noticed that a white cloth strip was exposed in the armor on his chest with a little blood stained on it. Come to think of it, the people who were slightly injured in his mouth include himself!
Hearing the report from the officer, Xin Wang Zhaozhen couldn't help but feel distressed. Although only a few hundred people were lost, these hundreds of soldiers were killed all at once. However, from yesterday to today, the believer Zhao Zhen lost a total of only more than 200 people. Today, Shan Hongfei lost so many people in one day. It is no wonder that there have been many fierce generals in history, but they could not withstand the attacks of the officers and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty. .
It can't go on like this! The letter king Zhao Zhen secretly made up his mind, and if the battle continues to consume like this, I am afraid that even if there is no such uneasy elements as Zhang Jun's elite, Shimen City will not be able to hold it!
The letter king Zhao Zhen must find a way to retreat the officers and soldiers, otherwise, when Shimen City is broken, not only the plan has changed, but the letter king Zhao Zhen himself is also in danger!
Slowly walked to the edge of the city wall and looked towards the military camp of officers and soldiers outside the city. At this time, the lights were beginning to come on. As the night gradually fell, the military camps of the officers and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty slowly lit up torches and bonfires. Seeing the dense fire, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen couldn't help but frowned, and suddenly felt something wrong.
Since the night before yesterday, Xinwang Zhaozhen had to visit each city every day. The military camps of officers and soldiers outside the city couldn't be more familiar, but today Xinwang Zhaozhen clearly feels that the military camps outside the city and the day are different.
What is the difference? The letter king Zhao Zhen frowned, and his whole body was attached to the city wall and looked out. The location of the barracks has not changed, it is still in the original place, and there is no difference in the size and orientation of the barracks. And as usual, it was about this time when the officers and soldiers began to bury the stove to cook. The fire in the barracks was a little bit lighter, and they were densely packed and shocking when they looked from the top of the city.
Correct! Fire! It's the fire! Xin Wang Zhao Zhen stared at the military camp outside the city, but the fire inside the camp was much more than usual! How could this be? An army is basically lighting a bonfire in front of a camp at night, and the amount of fire is countable! However, today there are so many fires in the military barracks. Xin Wang Zhaozhen has thought about it, and there is only one explanation, that is, the number of soldiers in the barracks has also increased!
The face of Xin Wang Zhao Zhen suddenly became very difficult to look at. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers still have reinforcements! There are about 200,000 officers and soldiers surrounding Shimen City these days, which is far beyond the scope of Shimen City. Had it not been for the faithful Wang Zhaozhen and the stubborn generals to fight the enemy bravely, I am afraid that Shimen City would have been broken long ago, and now there is such a new force, and it is very likely that it is an elite force under Zhang Jun who has never shown up. Xin Wang Zhao Zhen's heart immediately swelled.
"Come here!" Although he was a little emboldened, Xinwang Zhaozhen immediately called out the soldiers around him. At this time, an officer hurried to the front of Xinwang Zhaozhen and listened to the order. The letter king Zhao Zhen shouted to the officer: "Send someone to inform the generals immediately! Let them come here as soon as possible! It means there is an emergency military situation!"
In the current situation, the letter king Zhao Zhen didn't dare to tell the soldiers the truth of the matter, if it was passed out, it might affect the morale of the defenders! The officer heard Wang Zhao Zhen’s order, although he was a little confused, he immediately executed the order and arranged for someone to notify Wang Zhiyi, Cui Hu, Pang Zheng, Miao Yufeng, Hua Zhonglong, Shan Hongfei, and Ji Yuntian.
The letter king Zhao Zhen looked at the military camp outside the city with a pale expression, thinking hard, hoping to come up with a way to break the enemy. But what is placed in front of the letter king Zhao Zhen now is the lack of troops. There is no war without soldiers. To use a common saying to describe it, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!
After waiting for more than half an hour, General Shan Hongfei arrived first. Apparently General Shan Hongfei was asleep when the person who spread the word arrived at General Shan Hongfei's house. When he boarded the city's head, General Shan Hongfei's armor hadn't been put on neatly, and his face was still not awake.
After ascending to the top of the city, General Shan Hongfei first looked around. After seeing the figure of King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, he walked quickly to the side of King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and asked: "My lord, what happened, why is it so anxious? Come to me?"
Before the letter king Zhao Zhen had time to answer, he heard a stepping sound from behind, but it was the other leaders of the Shimen Army who led a group of soldiers on the top of the city. Since the day when the officers and soldiers besieged the city, the leaders of the Shimen Army only gathered on the top of the city on the first day. After that, everyone deployed their own defense zones, so the leaders of the Shimen Army never came to the city to gather.
Seeing that the generals were all there, Wang Zhaozhen, the letter king, stopped talking and asked the leaders of the Shimen Army to retreat their guards, and then whispered their findings and guesses to the leaders and generals of the Shimen Army. After listening to Wang Zhaozhen's words, whether it was the big bosses of the Shimen Army or the generals who were rewarded by Wang Zhaozhen, their expressions changed. Originally, they were still waiting for the reinforcements sent by Xin Wang Zhaozhen, who knew that the reinforcements on their side hadn't arrived, but they were waiting for the enemy's reinforcements. This battle is even harder to fight!
No one had any doubts about the judgment of King Zhao Zhen, but they couldn't help but look outside the city. After seeing the dense fire in the army barracks outside the city, the faces of the few people became more solemn. After all, the leaders and generals were still warriors on the battlefield, and they were able to maintain their composure. But some of the civilian leaders in the Shimen Army were promoted by weak literati. At this time, they heard such a dangerous situation, how could they still be able to hold it, even if they were scared to pale. One of the scholars with the surname Liu, who was in charge of government affairs, turned his head to face Wang Zhaozhen, trembling, and said, "Big...sir...that...what should I do?"
How to do? The letter king Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly, if he could know what to do, it would be great! At this time, it can only be a real battle. Although he has a strategy, it is useless without materials and troops.
In fact, he was a little helpless, so he didn't talk about Shimen. General Shan Hongfei on the side said in a deep voice: "No matter what! Let's fight tomorrow first! My lord, we don't have to hide it tomorrow. Ji Yuntian's ten thousand horses must be sent! Otherwise, just We absolutely cannot resist these people on the top of the city!"
The ten thousand horses mentioned by General Shan Hongfei were the soldiers and horses of Jiyun Tiandi who belonged to Xin Wang Zhao Zhen in the forest silver mine on the back of Shimen when the officers and soldiers first arrived that day.
These bandits from the northwest just followed everyone to defend the city the day before yesterday. Later, after King Xin Zhaozhen saw that their soldiers and horses could resist the enemy's army, King Zhao Zhen Xin Wang left these northern men in the city for training. Only the original defenders on the head can withstand the attacks of officers and soldiers.
The belief king Zhao Zhen would do this entirely because the bandit army was actually just like the officers and soldiers outside the city. Many of them were actually ordinary people who became bandits when they couldn't survive.
Except for some warriors and bosses, most of them are actually quite ordinary, and they can hardly help much. Instead of letting them die in vain on the city’s head, it is better to train them in the military camp in the city so that they can become well-trained soldiers in the shortest time and then come in handy. At that time, it will be more useful. Moreover, on the other hand, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen actually wanted to use these ten thousand horses as a rare soldier.
Hearing General Shan Hongfei's words, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen was silent for a while, and finally nodded helplessly in agreement. Although after a few days of training, the bandits will only simply cooperate, but the current situation does not allow Wang Zhaozhen to hesitate anymore. The Southern Song officers and soldiers with reinforcements will surely attack with all their strength tomorrow, and defend. If the military can't go all out, it will be too late to regret everything after the city gate is breached!
After agreeing to General Shan Hongfei's proposal, Wang Zhiyi turned his head and said to Xin Wang Zhao Zhen: "My lord! I am worried that the reinforcement of officers and soldiers this time will not be simple. I am afraid that adding those 10,000 people will not be enough! There are some ideas, I beg your lord for permission to implement it in the end!"
Xin Wang Zhao Zhen nodded and agreed. In order to avoid divulging the news, Wang Zhiyi's plan was only a secret discussion between the two of them, without a military discussion.
General Shan Hongfei was also very worried at the moment, so naturally he didn't care about what Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and Wang Zhiyi had made. General Shan Hongfei was thinking that Shimen City might not be able to keep it. If he fails, he will die in battle. It's impossible to be at the top of the city, but do you want to find a way to send his wife and children out of the city
The letter king Zhao Zhen nodded, turned to look at the officers and soldiers' barracks outside the city, and clenched his fists with both hands. Now that it’s a critical moment of life and death, Wang Zhao Zhen doesn’t believe it anymore. With his more than two thousand years of knowledge in this era, he can’t make a road to victory! He hit a piece of the world in the golden man's turf, but he didn't believe that he couldn't take a piece of the world in Zhao Gou's turf!
The night passed in the blink of an eye, but the king of letter Zhao Zhen seized the time to take a good rest. Not only that, he also let all the soldiers on the city have a good rest. And Xinwang Zhaozhen sent several special forces soldiers to guard the city wall, in case the enemy launches a night attack, it is better to spot the enemy immediately.
The reason for the preparation so that all the soldiers rested is because Xin Wang Zhao Zhen knew that after the war, I am afraid that everyone would not have time to rest well!
At dawn the next day, the sound of war drums sounded from outside the city, but the king of faith, Zhao Zhen, had been on the city front early. Seeing the scale of the officers and soldiers outside the city, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen subconsciously squinted his eyes and said: "Sure enough, I didn't expect it! The officers and soldiers are about to attack a city wall and want to take down Shimen City in one go!"
When General Ji Yuntian on the side heard this, he rarely showed a hint of helplessness and said: "Even if we have known this for a long time, there is nothing we can do! The other side should attack a little bit. For us, although we don't need to disperse the defensive force, But the defensive pressure has also greatly increased!"
Although the enemy is strong, the faces of the generals are not as solemn as they were last night. It turns out that the generals were only frightened by the sudden addition of reinforcements from officers and soldiers yesterday, but after they went home one after another, they wanted to understand. With the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers that I have seen before, even if there are a lot of reinforcements, there is no need to be afraid! So early this morning, Shan Hongfei and the others came to the city with full energy to prepare for the battle.
However, Wang Zhaozhen, of course, is not as optimistic as the generals such as Shan Hongfei. Historically, the rumor about this dismantled guard in the Southern Song Dynasty is fascinating. As for whether Zhao Gou has such an elite, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen is really unsure. .
Even without the participation of the imperial guards, Xin Wang Zhaozhen can be sure that the Southern Song Dynasty officers and soldiers can never have only a large army like these mobs in front of them, or the Southern Song Dynasty officers and soldiers would definitely not be able to control the rebels that were so powerful in the early stage.
Taking a look at the pile of things piled up in the corner of the city, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen forcibly resisted his impulse to use these treasures left by Ji Qianqian, when these things were not in use.
If my guess is correct, the officers and soldiers will definitely not use the elite troops at the beginning, they must be the ordinary officers and soldiers to come and test! These things were specially prepared by Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, and they must be used on the blade.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers outside the city had already attacked the wall. As expected, those who rushed to the front were still ordinary Southern Song officers and soldiers who had been attacking Shimen City for the past half month.
When Shan Hongfei and others met, they all grinned. Shan Hongfei said to the letter king Zhao Zhen: "My lord! With these useless officers and soldiers, we are not afraid, even if there are more than 100,000 people coming! Or the city will be handed over to you. Now, I will go down and kill him again!"
Hearing Shan Hongfei's words, Xin Wang Zhaozhen immediately stepped forward and took General Shan Hongfei's arm, and said in a deep voice, "General Shan Hongfei! Don't be impulsive! The officers and soldiers are just a test now! I believe the main force of the officers and soldiers has not been dispatched yet. !"
General Shan Hongfei only curled his lips. Although he was still a little unconvinced in his heart, he did not speak too much. The letter king Zhao Zhen looked at him, smiled helplessly, then his face sank, and immediately issued a military order.
The letter king Zhao Zhen immediately let the bandit army line up. Since the officers and soldiers sent these mobs to test, then the believer Zhao Zhen simply used these mobs to train his soldiers!
The combat effectiveness of these bandits is indeed very poor, and only with the bravery of some bandit warriors and the bandit guards of the bandit can they gather a little fighting strength. If it weren't for this, I'm afraid it would be very difficult or even impossible for Xinwang Zhaozhen to single-handedly rush to conquer them.
Although after more than half a month of training, a soldier can only be considered a qualified soldier if he has experienced the test of blood. Of course, Wang Zhaozhen, who was once a special soldier in later generations, fully understands this truth!