388 The siege
In the end, none of the leaders looked good. The Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong said to Wang Jiayin again: "No, if you continue to fight like this, you will be hurting your vitality!"
"Yes, if you continue to fight, you will lose money even if you defeat this county town." Liu Guoneng, Chuangdai, immediately agreed with Zhang Xianzhong.
When Wang Jiayin heard this, he turned to look at them and said sternly: "What are you panic? Just wait a little longer!"
This anger relied on his identity as the leader and his prestige to prevent others from following Zhang Xianzhong again, and the leaders were silent again.
Beside the King of Breaking King Gao Yingxiang, a young man frowned and suddenly said to him in a low voice: "Uncle, this city defense has not been broken for a long time. My nephew thought it was definitely not an accident. How could he last for so long!"
After hearing this, Gao Yingxiang turned to look at him, and asked his nephew with a little surprised expression, "Huang Lai'er, do you mean the city defenders did it on purpose?"
Huang Lai'er is the small character of this man. His real name is Li Hongji. He changed his name from the thief to Li Zicheng. Seeing his uncle asking, and when he was about to answer, a young man beside him shouted: "I believe in Uncle Li, the city guards must have done it on purpose."
This man was named Li Guo, who was brave in war and nicknamed a tiger. In his original history, he has always been one of Li Zicheng's most important and capable subordinates. Later, after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass and Li Zicheng died again, he led the army to cooperate with the Southern Ming Dynasty and was named Duke Xingguo. His troops were also named Zhongzhen Camp, which was one of the most important forces in the late Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, his voice was loud, and the other leaders immediately looked at each other. After thinking about it for a while, many leaders suddenly realized.
At this moment, many leaders stopped doing it. When they were about to speak, they heard Wang Jiayin shouting: "The government troops in this city are very cunning. They dare to show their weakness to the enemy and lure us to attack the city. Come on, pass the order of the leader of the alliance to withdraw their troops and siege the city!"
"..." When many leaders heard this, they were speechless. What have you done long ago? So many people died. Only then did they say this, and all the brothers died in vain!
Invisibly, Wang Jiayin's prestige was much weakened. However, the performance of Li Zicheng and Li Guo made many leaders look at him with admiration. However, at this time, they had no time to care about these things and ordered them to withdraw.
On the top of the city, watching the thief retreat like a tide, Sun Chuanting frowned, as if he was not satisfied. But the captain beside him felt relieved: "The thief finally retreated!"
"Yes, many thieves died, and finally couldn't stand it!" The hundred households next to us responded, "But many of our city were killed or injured!"
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he turned to look at him and said, "There are no immortals in the war. We are guarding the city. Let's see how many thieves were killed or injured in the city, and you will know if it's worth it!"
His voice was a little cold, and his tone was a little ruthless, but after he finished speaking, he pondered a little and then ordered the hundred households: "Tell me what the county magistrate takes the lead and let the big households in the city donate money for pensions. Our Sun family must not lose it. In addition, those children who died in battle can go to my Sun family school to study together."
The Sun family can be said to be the largest clan in Dai County. The patriarch himself was once a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Personnel of the court, but he did not want to be an official before returning. As long as the Sun family did this, other wealthy families in the city dared not refuse to obey. What Sun Chuanting told him could be implemented in place.
After hearing this, the Baihu quickly agreed. Even the headmaster next to him was happy and rushed to convey the news.
Not long after, cheers rang out in the city. Not only were the thieves repelled, but the large households in the city paid and paid for food and arranged the aftermath, and the morale suddenly increased.
On the contrary, the thieves outside the city came here with excitement, but now they have no morale, and they can even be said to be a little low. Many of the brothers who were still eating in the same pot at noon were already lying under the city wall and could not come back. In this case, if they could still talk and laugh, they would be heartless.
Not only them, but also the morale of the leaders was also affected. After the troops were withdrawn, the leader sent a military order to hold a meeting, and the leaders delayed the situation. After a long time, they slowly gathered together.
Wang Jiayin naturally knew what was going on. He could not strictly enforce military discipline like his own subordinates. If it was forced, believe it or not, all the camps scattered! After the defeat, the people's hearts were a little dispersed, so the team would be difficult to lead!
Thinking of this, he began to have a cold face, but instead smiled and said loudly: "Today we raided Dai County, which caused heavy casualties in the Dai County army. It can be said that it has achieved our predetermined goal. Next, we surrounded but did not attack, and stayed in the north gate to let Dai County go north for emergency help. In this way, when the general Datong, who was born as a merchant, rushed to the road, he would show that the enemy was weak and he would defeat them! Brothers, after this battle was fought and jumped out of the encirclement, we would be free and free again!"
Wang Jiayin's loyal brother Wang Ziyong heard this. Although he felt that the leader's brother was a little taken for granted, he still echoed loudly: "Yes, the leader's brother is right. Once this battle is fought, we will be free and free again!"
After his voice fell, he could see which leaders had a strong relationship with Wang Jiayin, and which leaders had a fair relationship with Wang Jiayin. They were sparse and echoed one after another, which was completely incomparable to the momentum of the meeting a few days ago.
This response made Wang Jiayin feel very disappointed, so he didn't have much interest in saying it. In fact, he also knew that it would be useless for him to say it any more. These leaders are all cunning people, and they can't be affected by just talking casually.
So he turned to look at Ma Hui and replied, "As soon as the messenger sent by Dai County to ask for help set off, Brother Ma followed behind to face the headquarters of the Datong General. He remembered that Xu was defeated but not win, so he lost his power, and arrogantly led his troops into our ambush circle as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, Ma Huihui couldn't help but think in his heart, relying on my own troops alone, I want to win, but did I win? But on the surface, he still generously stated that he would definitely be defeated but not win, and would definitely be arrogant and lead the ambush circle as soon as possible.
After Wang Jiayin gave another advice and encouragement, he left the meeting early and returned to his camp.
In the early morning, when the thief deliberately revealed his flaws, Dai County indeed sent a messenger and rushed north to ask for help.
After Sun Chuanting passed the thief's defense line safely, he breathed a sigh of relief. He lay on the chair of the magistrate, quietly closing his eyes to rest. Some servants even came in to report that the county magistrate came to ask for a meeting. He said that he wanted to hear about his next steps, so he was too lazy to pay attention to it. He waved his hand and asked the servants to refuse, but he just said that he would rest assured the county magistrate.
In fact, after the thieves started to attack the city, he saw that there were so many thieves, and the pressure in his heart was very large. After all, this was just a county town and the city wall was not high enough. At this time, he was rarely able to rest for a while, so he would not waste time.
Chapter completed!