Jiangxia City.

Liang Tong stood on the city wall with his brows frowned.

The general beside him was also full of sorrow.

When the news of the fall of Shacheng came, he was shocked and could not believe his ears.

At the beginning, it was clearly the situation where they doubled the Yan King's army with the Changcheng army.

But overnight, this situation became passive.

They were surrounded instead.

When he just got the news, he wanted to lead his troops to retake the sand city.

But he immediately gave up this idea.

Although he had many soldiers, it was impossible to regain the city stationed by the King of Yan's army.

Because he knew that the Yan King's army was equipped with a musket that was even more terrifying than the front-mounted rifle.

Siege is the way to death.

And it is impossible to bypass the sand city.

The Yan King's army would not let them leave easily.

They can definitely do the things that dig trenches and cut off the road on the road that must be passed to Guizhou.

So, after measurement, he decided to defend Jiangxia to the death and sent people to Changcheng for help.

I hope that the army in Changcheng can detour behind the Yan King's army and have another counter-team.

This is their only hope for victory.

But what he didn't know was that Changcheng was now surrounded by the royal family's personal army.

The people they sent were doomed to be unable to send the news to Changcheng.

"The food and grass in the city are only enough to last for two months. If there are no reinforcements within two months, everything will be over." said a general.

Liang Tong frowned even deeper, "This is a situation where the King of Yan sieges but does not attack. If the King of Yan initiates the attack, it is hard to say whether he can last for more than a month."

Xiangzhou is located in the south of Dasong, and is also a barren land.

Therefore, the city walls of prefectures and counties are neither high nor thick.

Jiangxia is another county town, so the city walls are shorter and thinner.

If it was absolutely necessary, he would not have been stationed in Jiangxia at all.

However, in order to persist for a long time, he dug many trenches around Jiangxia City in the past few days.

Hope to delay time as much as possible.

Realizing that what he said was too discouraged, he suddenly said loudly, "Everyone, when we set out, we said that this war is a decisive battle between our clan and the King of Yan. Even if the situation is difficult, we will continue this battle. As long as the reinforcements of the Western natives come, we will be able to win."

The generals nodded, and now their only hope is the Western natives.

Therefore, no matter what the price is paid, they will hold back the pace of the King of Yan.

Even if the King of Yan won everything, as long as Bacheng is still there at the last moment, they will have hope of turning the tables.

This Da Song will still belong to the powerful clan in the future.

As they were talking, they suddenly found that the Yan King's army was moving.

The Yan King's army in the north and east moved towards the two wings of Jiangxia City and gradually surrounded Jiangxia.

At the same time, the artillery of the King of Yan was looking for a suitable location to establish artillery positions.

It is like launching an attack on Jiangxia City.

Seeing this, Liang Tong and the generals were silent.

This fierce battle between Jiangxia is inevitable...

at the same time.

After Chang Wei ordered Qinshan and Guantong to surround Jiangxia, he circled the city to the east and met Zhao Xu.

"Your Highness, the last general will interrogate the county magistrate of Shacheng in Shacheng. They said that the army of Wu had only carried food and grass for two months." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu knew what Chang Wei wanted to say, and he meant to surround Jiang Xia without attacking him and wait for him to be in trouble.

Tactical terms, this is of course the optimal solution.

However, this is the optimal solution for the battlefield in front of you, but not the optimal solution for the overall situation.

Because the war delayed for one month, the Western Turkish army may have more likely to intervene in the Dasong civil strife.

Therefore, the Wu army must be resolved as soon as possible and cannot be delayed.

After all, after taking Jiangzhou, there will be Bazhou, Yunzhou and Yizhou after taking over Xiangzhou.

Thinking of this, he said, "I have asked you to look at it for a long time, not only staying in the country, but also like this, you, the general. It seems that other generals have not made much progress now."

After saying that, he explained to Chang Wei.

Upon hearing this, Chang Wei smiled awkwardly, "It's the last general's fault."

Zhao Xu glared at him, "When the war in Jiangnan is over, think carefully about Dasong's offshore strategy and how to fight overseas wars."

Looking to the south, he continued, "It's not that the war will end in Unification Da Song. On the contrary, the real war has just begun, and a group of wolves are waiting to eat us, and they are much more difficult to deal with than the army of the powerful clan."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei put away his hippie smile and looked serious.

At the same time, there is an undepressing excitement in my heart.

This is the swordsman's fighting spirit when he challenges his next opponent.

"Stay for one night and launch an attack on Jiangxia tomorrow." Zhao Xu ordered directly.

No words all night.

The next morning, the east sky was just dawning, and thunder sounded on the earth.

This was the artillery launching a shelling attack on Jiangxia.

The howitzer was responsible for bombarding the soldiers of the trench in the front of the city, while the rifled gun directly bombarded the Jiangxia city wall.

They want to smash the short and thin wall directly.

"Tell the artillery not to save shells and attack hard." Zhao Xu looked at the battlefield and ordered at the same time.

The battle between Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou was undoubtedly one of the major battles before the unification.

After the victory of the battle, he basically stripped the prefectures and counties controlled by the outer tribes of Bazhou.

Later, he took over Yizhou, led Yunzhou, and finally conquered Bazhou. Dasong restored his territory at its most powerful period.

However, this territory obviously cannot satisfy him.

In the future, it is necessary to take back the territory controlled by Tubo and Beidi.

Otherwise, he would have no shame to face people from later generations.

"Boom boom boom..."

His orders were issued, and the sound of cannons became increasingly dense.

The shells fell on the trenches and city walls like money, and burst out a sea of ​​fire.

Under the fierce bombardment of the artillery soldiers of the royal palace, the generals and soldiers of the tribe did not dare to stay on the city wall.

Six hundred thousand people could only squeeze into the small Jiangxia City, listening to the explosion outside the city like a frightened bird, and the atmosphere was desperate.

Such shelling lasted for six days and continued.

During this period, soldiers were constantly sent out of the city to replenish soldiers in the trenches.

The bodies of many dead soldiers and injured soldiers were carried into the city.

In just six days, 30,000 corpses and more than 40,000 disabled soldiers were gathered in the city.

It was summer, and these corpses piled together and quickly rotted, and the stench filled Jiangxia City.

The wounded soldier's wounds continue to die every day due to infection.

Compared with death, the sentiment of despair continues to spread.

More soldiers refused to leave the city to guard the trenches.

Even a soldier mutiny and slashed the generals.

Although I was suppressed, I knew the little things.

Liang Tong and a group of generals of the powerful clan became increasingly worried about the soldiers of the lower-level powerful clan.

On the seventh day.

Suddenly, some black dots appeared in the sky, and then the paper fell into Jiangxia City like snowflakes.

The soldiers of the Si clan picked up the pieces of paper and found that there were pictures on it.
Chapter completed!