Faced with the fierce attack of the Jin army and the insufficient garrison strength, acting guard Zhang Changli felt that this could not continue.
So he discussed with his instructor Jiang Yu and planned to send people out of the city to break the blockade and go to the city behind to ask for help in an effort to save Boye.
But Jiang Yu did not support this plan.
"If we ask for help, no matter whether we can rush out or not, the danger will be great. Even if we rush out, the city behind will send people to support them, and they have no cavalry. How can they fight against the Jin soldiers in the flat land of Hebei?"
Zhang Changli thought about it and felt that this was indeed the problem.
Su Yonglin told them before the war started that each city could only be responsible for its own affairs. If there was a crisis, they could only take care of themselves and could not ask for help or support each other.
Your intention to help your colleagues is good, but without the cavalry, your help will only harm yourself and bring despair to your colleagues.
Zhang Changli then gave up the idea of asking for help, but faced with the problem of insufficient combat effectiveness of the defenders, Zhang Changli was helpless.
On the other end, Heshi Lieliangbi seemed to have discovered that the defenders in the city lacked stamina. He Shi Lieliangbi decided to take this opportunity to exert maximum pressure and recruit the defenders to surrender, so as to prevent the defenders from causing greater casualties in a decisive battle.
Surrender, I will not massacre the city.
If you don't surrender, no chickens or dogs will be left behind when the city is broken.
Faced with such a situation, Zhang Changli was very embarrassed and his thoughts were wavered for a time.
"If we continue, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist until the whole army is wiped out. By then the city will be destroyed, no chickens or dogs will be left alive, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people will be at risk. This is not something I want to see. Instructor, are you willing?"
Jiang Yu criticized Zhang Changli's ideas and insisted on not surrendering and persisting in fighting.
"When the regular army is gone, the militia is gone. When the militia is gone, all the men go together, in the same city, share weal and woe, live and die together. If you don't hold the knife in your own hand, what's the difference between being dead?"
We all came from a poor background and fought hard to stop being bullied. Now that we have finally got the knife in our own hands, do we still have to hand it back to them?
Furthermore, if you put down the knife, you will be the meat of the fish, and I will be the meat of the fish. Do you think they will fulfill their promise by then? What should you do if you don't deliver?
How many times has Alang said that the gold thief cannot be trusted! Superior people cannot be trusted! Don’t believe a word they say! Fight to the end, fight to the death! Even if I die, I will never hand the knife back! "
Jiang Yu angrily rebuked Zhang Changli, making Zhang Changli blush with shame, so Zhang Changli decided to hold the knife in his hand tightly and fight to the end.
Zhang Changli continued to defend the city with his regular troops, while Jiang Yu mobilized all his instructors to mobilize the people in the city.
First, the militiamen who had undergone certain training and were mainly used for logistical support were integrated into the regular army, and they were called on to go to the city to defend and fight side by side with the soldiers of the Liberation Army.
Then he gathered men who could fight among the residents of the city, issued weapons and armor, and conducted emergency training, preparing to attack once all the soldiers in the city were gone.
In order to inspire their courage to fight, Jiang Yu and all the instructors took the trouble to mobilize them before the war.
"Once the gold thieves break into the city, they will kill us, rob our property, rob our wives and children, and kill our parents, relatives, and friends. Can you accept such a thing?"
"cannot!"
"We all came from poor backgrounds. We were once slaves like cattle and horses. We suffered countless hardships. We fought hard to get this knife! Now the golden thief wants us to hand over the knife to them!
In this way, they can enslave us again, and we will be driven by them to go back to the days of the past, with not enough to eat, no warmth to wear, and excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Can you accept it? "
"Can't! Can't! Can't!"
The unyielding people chanted unyielding slogans that resounded throughout the sky.
He Shi Lieliangbi and the deputy governor Yi Lacheng, who were waiting for news from the city outside the city, suddenly heard the earth-shattering shouts in the city. They were startled and shocked.
"Why is the morale so high even though we are clearly at a disadvantage? Who are the people in the city? Are they desperadoes?"
Yi Lacheng looked at Boyecheng, who was not tall, with a face full of surprise and uncertainty.
After Heshi Lieliangbi was shocked, there was a long silence, and then he sighed deeply.
"I would rather die than surrender. Are those who have this will really be bandits?"
Yi Lacheng looked at Heshi Lieliangbi in surprise and said, "Grand Governor, don't say such nonsense. They are bandits. Be careful that walls have ears."
Heshi Lieliangbi looked at Yi Lacheng with helpless eyes, and said with a wry smile: "We have reached this point, so what if the wall has ears?"
"To what extent?"
"No matter what, we can't take this city."
Heshi Lieliangbi pointed at the city: "The thieves in the city are united and have the same desire. As the old saying goes, those who have the same desire cannot be defeated. There is no need to fight this city."
Yi Lacheng was a veteran general and was born in the army. He did not understand these refined words and was a little uncomfortable with He Shi Lieliang's behavior of dropping his book bag.
"The Grand Governor is too ambitious for others and destroys his own prestige. He is nothing more than a group of thieves."
"You do not trust me?"
"My subordinates really can't believe what the Grand Governor said."
"Then you take over my command, and I will provide you with the logistics."
Yi Lacheng pursed his lips and said, "Are you serious? Is the Governor really willing?"
"There is no joke in the army."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief."
Yi Lacheng geared up and began to command and dispatch the army according to his own ideas, launching a new round of offensive against Boye City.
The result was really as He Shi Lieliangbi said. The Boye defenders, who should have been exhausted after fighting for more than ten days, were very tenacious, and their combat effectiveness was still very strong, and they fought bloody battles with the Jin army.
The defenders were not tall, but their courage in fighting shocked the Jin army.
Some defenders were hit by arrows in their shoulders, but they had to use their other hand to kill the enemy with a sword.
Some soldiers were hit by arrows in the legs, but they still had to fly over and fight with the golden soldiers.
There were even some defenders who fell down the tower with two golden soldiers in their arms when the situation was critical. They did not hesitate to fall to death together under the tower to prevent the golden soldiers from taking over the city.
The Jin army attacked the city again and again, but was driven down by the defenders again and again.
The battle has actually reached this point.
After many battles, the morale of the Jin army was low and it was difficult to fight again. Facing multiple setbacks and unsightly casualty figures, Yi Lacheng swallowed and turned to look at Heshi Lieliangbi.
"Grand Governor, I..."
"I have already written a battle report to Your Majesty, what do you think of it?"
Heshi Lieliangbi took a battle report written by himself and showed it to Yi Lacheng. After reading it, Yi Lacheng was surprised.
"You want to continue south?"
"Our army's food supplies are far from as abundant as expected. We thought we could gain more food and grass by conquering cities and towns along the way to make up for the shortfall. However, we did not expect that the rebel army would have high morale to clear the country. In this case, our army must either retreat or adopt a bad strategy and go south directly. There is no way choose."
After Heshi Lieliangbi finished speaking, Yi Lacheng was stunned for a long time and didn't know how to reply. He could only acquiesce in Heshi Lieliangbi's idea.
So this battle report was given to Wanyanliang, and two choices were placed in front of Wanyanliang.
Changing coaches on the spot is not feasible. There is no more suitable candidate to change coaches on the spot.
Although he was very dissatisfied with Heshi Lieliangbi's behavior, he also knew that at this moment, he had no choice.
Either retreat, or bite the bullet and go south to find the main force of the Liberation Army.
retreat?
That is to let him die.
So the answer is obvious...
