Hearing what Wang Hong said, both General Zhong and Zhang Le couldn't help being surprised. They both naturally knew the name of Liangjiang Jiedushi. And this made them even more puzzled as to whether Wang Hong was an enemy or a friend. After all, Zhao Yanjun and Zhao Goujun are now in the well and not offending the river. Moreover, even if Zhao Goujun wants to intervene, it should be to help Zhao Rong and the others. How could it be possible to help Zhao Yanjun
General Zhong frowned, turned his head to look at Zhang Le, and asked, "Master Zhang, how reliable is this matter? Is this Wang Hong really here to help us?" Although General Zhong didn't believe in Wang Hong's words, but now their situation has reached a desperate situation, this only little hope makes General Zhong also subconsciously struggle.
Zhang Le's situation is similar, and he said with a wry smile: "I'm not good at this. However, if the other party is really an enemy, shouldn't it be guilty of playing so many tricks?"
Zhang Le was right. The defending army only had a few hundred people, and the Southern Song army brought by Wang Hong alone had more than 60,000 people outside the city, not including Zhao Rong, who had just been incorporated by Wang Hong. Waiting for the soldiers and horses. With this kind of strength, there is indeed no need to play any tricks, just kill it in one breath. But Wang Hong's appearance was so strange that General Zhong and Zhang Le couldn't believe what Wang Hong said.
Seeing that there was no response from the city, Wang Hong also guessed that the other party must be hesitating, and immediately Wang Hong curled his lips, turned his head and shouted at the men behind him: "Go, invite the adults."
The Southern Song soldier led the order and ran off. After a while, he led a middle-aged man in an official gown over. At first glance, this middle-aged man didn't seem to be outstanding, but between his gestures, he showed a steady posture, obviously not an ordinary person. The middle-aged man walked behind Wang Hong and smiled and said to Wang Hong, "Master Jiedu, what's the matter?"
"My lord." Seeing the middle-aged man coming, Wang Hong hurriedly got off his horse and hugged his fists to the middle-aged man. Then he said: "It is indeed General Zhong on the city. It just looks like this is the situation. The general doesn't believe me. So please come, so that General Zhong can open the city gate."
"Haha! This matter is easy to hear." The middle-aged man gently stroked his sleeves, said with a smile, and walked straight to the city wall. When he walked out of the army of Southern Song soldiers, he directly raised his head to face. He yelled at the top of the city: "General Zhong. Do you recognize me?"
Hearing this shout, General Zhong and Zhang Le, who were discussing whether to believe Wang Hong, turned their heads at the same time and looked out of the city. It didn't matter if they didn't look at it. This look made them dumbfounded. And the middle-aged man outside the city stretched out his head when he saw Zhang Le, and said with a smile: "Hahahaha. It turns out that Master Zhang is also here. I haven't seen him for a few days, Master Zhang has worked hard."
"Master Zhang!" General Zhong and Zhang Le exclaimed at the same time after seeing the middle-aged man's appearance clearly. The middle-aged man outside the city was Zhang Xiaorang who had been waiting for General Zhong and Zhang Le for a few days.
Speaking of this chapter, Xiao Rang can be regarded as a resourceful man under the account of Wang Zhaozhen, and he is deeply trusted by Wang Zhaozhen.
Since Xin Wang Zhaozhen entered Jiangling, Zhang Xiaorang has become Fu Xuan's assistant, cooperating with Fu Xuan to manage the government affairs of Fuzhou and Ezhou. With Zhang Xiaorang's talent, he was quickly promoted by Fu Xuan and became a member of Fuzhou and Ezhou. Before Fu Xuan in Jiangling, he entrusted the entire Fuzhou and Ezhou affairs to Zhang Xiaorang.
Not long ago, Zhang Xiaorang received news from Jiangling and knew that under the collusion of Zhao Gou and Liu Yu, Zhang Jun, together with Zhao Rong, Wang Song and Li Cheng, intended to attack Fuzhou and Ezhou. So he hurriedly sent messages to General Zhong and Zhang Le who were stationed at the border, and ordered them to guard Hanyang Military City and wait for reinforcements.
General Zhong and Zhang Le also followed Zhang Xiaorang's orders to defend this Hanyang military city. Originally, they had been prepared for sacrifice, but never thought that such a change would happen suddenly in the war, let alone that Zhang Xiaorang would appear in this mysterious army, which made the two of them puzzled.
And looking at the appearance of Zhang Xiaorang and Wang Hong, it seems that the relationship between the two is very good. Why haven't you heard of Zhang Xiaorang and Wang Hong having friendship before? These questions made General Zhong and Zhang Le more confused.
The bloody sunset slowly disappeared to the west, and there was a smell of blood everywhere on the head of Fuzhou City. Li Tao walked slowly on the top of the city, stepping carefully, avoiding stepping on the soldiers who fell on the ground. From time to time, he bent down and looked at the soldiers at his feet. If the soldier is still alive, Li Tao will be comforted. After a while, if the other party is already dead, then Li Tao's face will become more solemn.
"Li Tao! Li Tao!" A voice rang from the side, and when Li Tao turned around, it was Wu Heilong who came from the side. At this moment, Wu Heilong's armor was crooked, and the helmet on his head had long been missing. The hair bun was also loose, and a few strands of hair fell from his head. There are blood stains on his face and body, with enemies and his own.
There was a circle of white cloth wrapped around his arm, which had already been dyed red by blood more than half of the time. At this time, the expression on his face was no longer the same spirit as before, his eyes were dark with a trace of fatigue, only those eyes were still piercing, showing his firmness and persistence.
On the other hand, Li Tao was not much better. The armor on his body was also tattered. Although he still wore a helmet on his head, the cap on the top of his head was long gone. On Li Tao's chest, there was also a large circle of white cloth wrapped around it. On the right chest, the white cloth was red with blood, which seemed to make people feel flustered. In contrast, Li Tao's expression was far worse than Wu Heilong's, especially those eyes, which were gradually full of despair. Seeing Wu Heilong approaching, Li Tao barely smiled, and said to Wu Heilong: "Wu Heilong, what? What's the matter?"
Seeing Li Tao's appearance, Wu Heilong also sighed in his heart. Today's battle in the daytime was the biggest loss in these days. Many of Li Tao's old men died in the battle. It is no wonder that Li Tao looked like this. . But Wu Heilong wouldn't watch Li Tao just get lost like this, and immediately said: "Li Tao, go down and take a rest, I will replace you for a while."
Li Tao waved his hand, and then said solemnly to Wu Heilong: "By the way, let's discuss today's battle. In today's battle, the enemy obviously has new reinforcements and strengthened the offensive. , So the loss of our defenders is much greater than the previous two days."
Seeing Li Tao's appearance, Wu Heilong also saw that he had walked out of the shadow of the many deaths of soldiers. When Li Tao brought up the business, Wu Heilong also immediately put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, nodded and began to listen to Li Tao's narration, and kept nodding.
It has been seven days since the city of Fuzhou was besieged. According to the previous agreement, there are still three days before the reinforcements from Jiangling can arrive. Before Wu Heilong and Li Tao had seen the enemy's level of siege, they still thought that there should be no problem sticking to the tenth day.
It could have been able to withstand it, but I never thought that on the third day, the enemy would actually have a lot of reinforcements. Although the enemy's generals still have no tactical command level, there are many people who can't stand the enemy. As the so-called ants killed the elephant, the defender suffered a huge loss in just a few days after being hit by the opponent so recklessly.
After the enemy retreats today, there are only less than a thousand defenders on the front of the city. There are at least three to four thousand enemies outside the city. Even if the more than 10,000 Qi State Army cavalry were removed, the remaining combined army of the Southern Song and Qi State would be enough for the defenders to endure.
After listening to Li Tao's recount, Wu Heilong's brows were tightly frowned. The current situation has completely exceeded the calculations of the two before. If this continues, they may not be able to survive tomorrow. How to do? This question emerged in Wu Heilong's mind, and he raised his head and looked at Li Tao, and Li Tao was also looking at Wu Heilong with a wry smile. As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The current gap in strength can no longer be recovered by any strategy alone. Fortunately, the enemy outside the city is not smart enough, and now it is only moving towards the west gate of Fuzhou City. attack.
If the enemy took advantage of its military strength and turned to besiege the four gates of Fuzhou City at the same time, it would have to separate the few defenders in Fuzhou City. If that were the case, Fuzhou City would be even more unable to defend. Up.
Taking a deep breath, looking at the guards and soldiers lying on the ground from left to right on the head of the city, Wu Heilong opened his mouth, and just wanted to say something, suddenly, there were bursts of horns from the south of the city. Wu Heilong and Li Tao couldn't help but froze for a while, and soon their faces were gloomy. They were really afraid of something.
Although the other three gates were not attacked by the enemy before, Wu Heilong still drew a small number of soldiers and horses to monitor and guard the other three gates. Unexpectedly, at such a critical juncture, the arrangement made in advance finally worked. It's just that neither Wu Heilong nor Li Tao showed joy on their faces because they calculated the actions of the enemy. On the contrary, there was a sense of despair in their hearts.