Beiping.
The sound of killing shook the sky!
Zhu Gaochi hadn't slept for three days and nights.
The ferocious offensive of the Confederate army far exceeded his imagination, and it continued day and night.
Fortunately, the Yan army had already made sufficient preparations for the defense of Peiping, otherwise the city might have been captured by the Southern army.
As the sun set, accompanied by a loud golden sound, the densely packed Confederate soldiers stopped their offensive, and then receded like the tide.
Zhu Gaochi was so tired that he collapsed on the ground and leaned against the wall of the city to rest for a while.
"Your Majesty, the Southern Army has suspended its attack on the city!"
"Go down and rest for a while first!"
Dao Yan and Jin Zhong came together and looked very distressed when they saw Zhu Gaochi, whose eyes were bloodshot.
The prince's health is not good to begin with. If he insists on presiding over the overall situation for a long time, he may not be able to hold on for long.
When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he waved his hand and forced a smile.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm going to inspect the city defense first."
Big Fatty smiled reluctantly. He knew that he could not go into battle to kill the enemy. The only thing he could do now was to stay on top of the city and give the Yan army soldiers confidence and confidence.
After all, he, Zhu Gaochi, is the eldest son of King Yan Zhu Di and the eldest son of King Yan's palace!
As long as he is at the top of the city for a day, the Yan army officers and soldiers will feel at ease. Even if there are more enemy troops outside the city, they will not be afraid at all!
"My lord, even an iron man will not be able to hold on, not to mention that this battle is destined to take a long time. You are now the backbone of the Yan army, and there must be no room for failure!"
Monk Daoyan spoke again to persuade.
At this time, Chen Heng and Gu Cheng also walked over quickly. They brought today's battle damage.
Zhu Gaochi took it and took a look, his brows suddenly knitted together.
After holding on to the city for three days and fighting hard on the city walls for three days, the Yan army paid a heavy price with five thousand soldiers killed and more than ten thousand injured, which was almost a quarter of the Peiping defenders.
This is only three days, it is hard to imagine how long they can last.
Moreover, because the defenders held on desperately, a huge amount of materials such as arrows, rolling logs, and boulders were also consumed. It was obvious that this played into the hands of the Confederate general Qu Neng.
The Confederate army's offensive in the past three days seemed fierce, but there was no real attack by the entire army. Qu Neng's goal was clearly to consume the defenders' food, grass and baggage.
When the food, grass and baggage in Beiping City are almost exhausted, he will gather the army to launch a final fierce attack. Beiping City will definitely be destroyed!
Zhu Gaochi and others also understand this, but they have no other choice at the moment.
"How many arrows, rolling logs and other supplies are left in the city?"
"Roughly estimated, it can last for ten days!"
Jin Zhong immediately gave the answer. He has been responsible for arranging food and grass supplies.
"Ten days?" Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This is just an ideal state. If the Southern Army invests more troops tomorrow, these supplies will not last for ten days!"
Chen Heng and Gu Cheng nodded. As veterans on the battlefield, they naturally understood this truth.
Morale has always been important.
As the saying goes, one can make great progress, then it will fade, and three times it will be exhausted.
The Southern Army's continuous, day and night attacks for the past three days seemed to have achieved little results, but in fact they greatly consumed the supplies in the city and shook the morale of the Yan Army.
For the officers and soldiers of the Yan Army, the dense enemy troops outside the city were like a huge stone weighing on their hearts. They had to face the desperate situation of the city being destroyed and people dying every moment.
Moreover, the enemy troops launched attacks day and night. They struggled to defend the city and fight back. Every moment, their comrades died in front of their eyes. This was a huge blow and pressure to anyone!
Morale is low and military morale is at a loss. This is what Chen Heng and Gu Cheng are most worried about.
The two men raised this hidden danger in a low voice, causing the expressions of Zhu Gaochi, Monk Dao Yan and others to change greatly.
You must know that most of the Yan army officers and soldiers in the city are surrendered soldiers from various parts of northern Xinjiang, and they have no loyalty to Yan King Zhu Di.
Now that the army is approaching, if any of them have other ideas, such as camp bombing and mutiny, the city of Beiping will really be doomed.
Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath and looked at Dao Yan and Jin Zhong subconsciously.
"Do you two gentlemen have any good ideas?"
Daoyan frowned and tentatively gave a solution.
"Execute strict military orders to nip hidden dangers at an early stage."
"Inappropriate!" Chen Heng shook his head, "This will only be counterproductive and arouse the rebellious psychology of the soldiers!"
"That's what Bu Wan did during the battle at Songting Pass. In the end, as you all know, 30,000 soldiers mutinied and blew up the camp. In the end, they killed each other and not even one of them survived!"
When the matter of Songtingguan was mentioned, everyone's expressions turned extremely ugly.
Monk Daoyan couldn't help but sigh and stopped mentioning the military order.
"That's it for now, I'll go inspect the city defense first!"
Zhu Gaochi sighed and took Chen Heng and Gu Cheng to inspect the city defense.
But someone was one step ahead of them, and the effect was far better than this prince.
That person is Princess Yan, Xu Miaoyun.
At this moment, Xu Miaoyun was taking the women of Prince Yan's palace to the top of the city in person, distributing food and water to the soldiers guarding the city, and even bandaging the wounds of the injured soldiers.
When the officers and soldiers of the three armies saw this, they were all moved to tears and expressed their gratitude to Princess Yan.
Xu Miaoyun is the daughter of General Xu Da. She has always been resourceful. How could she not be aware of the predicament Yan Jun is currently facing.
So after thinking about it for a while, Xu Miaoyun made this decision and took the female family members of Prince Yan's Palace out to the top of the city to appease people.
"Concubine, ladies, why are you upstairs?"
"Go down quickly, the enemy may launch an attack at any time!"
Zhu Gaochi was a little anxious.
Fighting is a man's business, what are you, a bunch of women, messing around with?
Xu Miaoyun looked at her son with a tired face, and said with some distress: "Chi'er, go and have a rest, my mother will guard you!"
"Mom, this is not..."
Zhu Gaochi was anxious, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Miaoyun.
"What's inappropriate? Your mother is a tiger girl, so she's much better than a scholar like you!"
Princess Yan chuckled and waved her hand impatiently.
"Hurry down and rest!"
Zhu Wanqiu smiled and stepped forward to pull Big Fatty, and whispered: "Brother, go and take a rest."
"Mom is serious this time, we are all wearing armor!"
Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi looked subconsciously, and then noticed that Xu Miaoyun was wearing armor and looked very heroic!
"Well, when the enemy attacks, be sure to wake me up!"
Zhu Gaochi couldn't hold it any longer, so he gave an uneasy instruction, then hurriedly left, found a room and fell asleep.
Xu Miaoyun put on armor and climbed to the top of the city, leading a group of women from Prince Yan's palace to patrol the city defenses to appease people's hearts.
Wherever they passed, the soldiers stood up and saluted one after another, and their excitement was beyond words.
In this world, who says women are inferior to men?
His Highness King Yan is truly a heroic man!
Prince Yan is also doing well. He fought bloody battles in the city for three days without a moment's rest!
Even the female family members of Prince Yan's Mansion are women and men!
In this way, Prince Yan's Mansion should be prosperous!
