Can I get to the other side?

The enemy army besieged Chang'an, which caused a lot of panic in Chang'an City, but this panic did not last long.

Because there are not only enemy troops outside the city, but also foreigners like the Qiang people. Once Chang'an City is breached, everyone will suffer disaster.

In addition, Jia Xu also announced to the outside world that the emperor was already on his way back with his troops to rush for reinforcements. As long as they held Chang'an City for one month, they could survive.

Therefore, under the fear of death and hatred of foreigners, the people of Chang'an City became extremely motivated to resist the enemy and actively participated in the fight against the enemy.

Everyone knows that the only way to survive is to defend Chang'an City!

For a time, the people of Chang'an enthusiastically joined the army to join the resistance, even the elderly in their forties and fifties.

Whether it's for family or for a big man.

They cannot sit back and watch Chang'an city destroyed.

The veterans who had been discharged from the army due to injuries were even more excited when they heard the news. Even if their legs were broken, they were still shouting on crutches to go up the city wall to kill the enemy.

For them, Chang'an is the Emperor's Chang'an, and they are deeply favored by the Emperor. Even if they risk their lives, they cannot let Chang'an fall into the hands of the enemy!

Nothing more than death, nothing more than resting in the Martyrs Cemetery!

This spirit infected many soldiers and people, and made Chang'an City's resistance extremely tenacious. The enemy troops outside the city attacked for thirteen days in a row and launched more than ten offensives, but they never reached the city wall.

Chang'an, Imperial Palace.

Today, all officials have a regular court meeting. Jia Xu personally presided over it and summoned all officials to the Chengming Hall to discuss matters.

Although the enemy is present, the court meeting cannot be canceled. This is not only to stabilize people's hearts, but also to facilitate the coordination of defense against the enemy.

However, the officials were actually not very interested in the court meeting, and all of them were listless and frowning.

After all, the enemy is outside the city. Although Chang'an City can hold on for a while relying on the strength of the city walls and the tenacious resistance of the people and soldiers, no one knows how long it can hold on, and everyone feels uncertain.

"May I ask Zhongshu Ling, when will your Majesty's reinforcements arrive?"

Shen Rong couldn't help but ask Jia Xu, "Ma Chao's traitor has been attacking the city for more than ten days. The defenders in the city have suffered thousands of casualties. I'm afraid they won't be able to resist for long if this continues."

The battle of attack and defense was the most brutal.

The seven-day siege battle caused many casualties to the defenders in the city, and the number of available soldiers was decreasing.

Although Ma Chao's casualties were more than ten times theirs, the casualties on the other side were basically slaves.

Ma Chao is obviously using the slave army to consume their strength. If this continues, as long as the defenders are almost exhausted and Ma Chao's elite launches a general attack, the city of Chang'an will be destroyed.

Jia Xu has been working very hard on coordinating the defense of the city these days. He has very little rest time every day and has very dark circles under his eyes.

Hearing Shen Rong's words, he said calmly: "Your Majesty is far away in Jingzhou. It will take some time to come back for reinforcements. We just need to guard Chang'an."

"Although Ma Chao's army is large, it consumes a lot of money. As long as we continue to delay, they will not be able to hold on."

"The enemy's offensive has become increasingly fierce in the past few days, which is the best proof. It shows that Ma Chao is also eager to break the city."

"With the garrison in Chang'an City, it will not be a problem to bring His Majesty's army to the rescue. You don't have to worry too much and just do your part."

Jia Xu's words made the officials feel relieved a little.

Then he added: "This is the end of today's court meeting. I have to go to inspect the city wall. I will take a step first. Please help yourself."

After finishing speaking, Jia Xu took Fazheng and left Chengming Hall.

Officials in the palace also retired one after another.

On the way out of the palace, Fazheng couldn't help but said to Jia Xu worriedly: "According to the order of Zhongshu, there are only a few thousand defenders left on the city wall."

"If this continues, it will be really difficult for us to persist."

In fact, the current situation is far from as optimistic as Jia Xu said. The reason why Chang'an City has been able to persist for such a long time is because the people in the city actively joined the army to resist the enemy.

But after years of fighting, how many young people can Chang'an City have?

Most of them have already joined the army.

Moreover, the newly recruited soldiers were not strong enough in combat, so casualties occurred quickly. However, Jia Xu suppressed and concealed the specific casualties and did not report them.

According to Fazheng's calculations, Ma Chao will launch a general offensive within the next few days. Whether they can stop it is a question.

“You have to persist even if you can’t hold on!”

Although Jia Xu was very tired, his eyes and tone were particularly firm. He narrowed his eyes and said, "At this point, we have no way out."

"If the city of Chang'an is destroyed, I will personally go to the city to kill the enemy!"

Hearing the determination in Jia Xu's tone, Fazheng couldn't help but feel shocked. He would rather die than surrender. Jia Xu had already been prepared for this.

In comparison, he still lacked consciousness.

Jia Xu continued to warn: "Tomorrow, release all the more than a thousand prisoners in the cells and let them participate in the fight against the enemy."

"As long as Chang'an City can be defended, I will report to His Majesty to pardon their crimes and even perform meritorious deeds for them!"

Now I can get one more help.

Prisoners don't use it in vain.

"yes."

Fazheng nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Lv Guiren has always asked to go to the city wall to fight with the soldiers. You see..."

Jia Xu twitched the corner of his mouth, rolled his eyes at Fazheng and said, "Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? That is His Majesty's concubine and the daughter of Duke Wen. Can you really let her go to the city wall to kill the enemy?"

Although Lu Lingqi was very skilled, given her status, Jia Xu did not dare to let her go to the battlefield.

The battlefield is no joke.

Fazheng smiled awkwardly, and Jia Xu said angrily: "Let's go to the city wall to see the enemy's situation outside the city."

"Yes, Zhongshu Ling."

…

Chang'an, West City Wall.

The enemy troops launched an attack outside the city this morning. Not long after the war stopped, Yuan Xi and Gao Lan were resting on the city wall.

At this time, a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old came over carrying a food basket with some difficulty and distributed snacks to the soldiers along the way.

These are all done by the people in the city.

When it was Yuan Xi's turn, she took out a water bag from the basket and stuffed it quietly into his arms.

"Master Yuan, this is the wine my father hid. I secretly brought it to you. Don't tell anyone else!"

The little girl said to Yuan Xi mysteriously.

Yuan Xi was stunned when he heard this, opened the water bag and smelled it, and sure enough he smelled an alluring aroma of wine.

"Thank you."

Yuan Xi raised his head and smiled softly at the little girl.

Even though he looked very embarrassed with blood all over his body, Yuan Xi came from a famous family after all, and it was still difficult to hide his aura.

To be honest, Yuan Xi is quite handsome.

Moreover, in order to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, he killed his relatives and donated all his family property to help the victims, which helped him accumulate an excellent reputation and reputation among the people.

This smile immediately made the little girl blush, and she waved her hands repeatedly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."

A pair of little hands happily pulled the corners of his clothes.

"A pretty boy."

Next to him, Gao Lan couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help turning his head and pouting, his tone full of sourness.

Although the sound was not loud, it was still heard.

The little girl's small eyebrows suddenly raised, she rolled her eyes at Gao Lan and said, "You are just jealous of Mr. Yuan's good looks!"

"My father has said that Young Master Yuan is a very loyal minister! He is also a very kind man, but he is much better than you! Humph!"

After the little girl finished speaking, she ran away angrily.

Only a continuous black line was left. .

"Ha ha ha ha--!"

The soldiers on the city wall burst into laughter, and the sense of depression caused by the battle was reduced a lot.

Yuan Xi couldn't help laughing. He opened the wine bag and took a sip of wine, then threw it directly to Gao Lan and said with a smile: "Although my ability in leading troops in battle and on the battlefield is not as good as General Gao's, I still have advantages after all."

"But General Gao looks very brave. If he didn't always have a cold face, he would definitely be quite lovable."

There was a hint of ridicule in the words.

"cut."

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Gao Lan curled his lips, not bothering to argue with Yuan Xi. He opened the wine bag and took a sip of wine, then took a long breath.

Although drinking is not allowed during wartime, no one cares about it now that everything is precarious.

Just then there was a commotion not far away.

Yuan Xi and Gao Lan looked over and saw Jia Xu and Fazheng arriving at the city wall and patrolling around.

Jia Xu walked towards them, and then asked with a smile: "General Gao, Yuan Sikong, how are you feeling? Can you still hold on?"

Yuan Xi and Gao Lan had been standing on the city wall since the enemy army began to attack the city, so he asked this question.

Chang'an is surrounded by four walls. The west side is defended by Yuan Xi and Gao Lan, the south side is defended by Pang De, and the east and north sides are guarded by Ma Teng and his two sons.

"Thank you Zhongshu Ling for your concern. Everything is fine."

Yuan Xi smiled with a relaxed tone.

Gao Lan also nodded slightly to indicate that he was fine.

Seeing this, Jia Xu didn't ask any more questions. He just looked outside the city wall, squinted his eyes and said, "According to the report from the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, it will take about seven days for His Majesty's reinforcements to arrive."

"But the enemy's general attack is estimated to be in the next two days."

"Whether we can hold on for these three days will determine victory or defeat, and it will also determine the fate of my big man!"

Although Chang'an City was besieged, as the imperial capital, it naturally had a secret passage leading outside the city, which was enough for the embroidered messengers to pass messages through the secret passage.

The reason why Jia Xu did not tell the officials about the news was because he was worried that the group of people would be tempted to escape after learning that there was a secret passage.

Yuan Xi and Gao Lan looked at each other after hearing this, and both saw a dignified look in each other's eyes.

A general attack means that all the enemy's elite will participate in the battle.

The pressure will be many times greater than before.

The combat effectiveness of the enemy's elite cannot be compared to those of slaves, especially after they have been consumed for so long.

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

Just as Jia Xu and Yuan Xi were talking.

A thick and long trumpet sound sounded from the enemy troops outside the city, spreading throughout Chang'an City.

After hearing the horn sound, all the soldiers on the city wall grabbed the weapons beside them, and even the sleeping soldiers woke up immediately.

The sound of this horn means that a new siege battle has begun again!

Jia Xu suddenly raised his head and looked at the enemy troops that had begun to gather outside the city, his eyes full of coldness.

"Get ready to fight!"

Jia Xu said these murderous words, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the city gate tower.

"promise--!!"

The Han soldiers on the city wall responded in unison, and their voices soared into the sky!

Gao Lan threw the wine bag back to Yuan Xi, stretched out his hand and punched him hard on the chest.

"Remember to live."

After Gao Lan finished speaking, he walked away without looking back.

Yuan Xi watched Gao Lan's tall and burly figure go away, couldn't help but smile, then raised his gun and walked away, with only the burning desire in his eyes!

"Must live!"

…

…

At the same time, the enemy's main position was outside the city.

Ma Chaoling frowned and stared at Chang'an City in the distance. In his ears, he could vaguely hear the morale-filled shouts of the Han soldiers on the city wall.

He looked gloomy and said nothing.

He thought that he had surpassed the army for half his life and experienced many battles, but never had a city made him feel so difficult.

He had to admit the strong resistance of the Chang'an City defenders.

They even began to doubt the number of defenders in the city.

Are the defenders in the city really empty? Why do you feel like there are at least tens of thousands of troops still there? Otherwise, why can't we win?

"If we still can't capture Chang'an City in the end, when reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, I'm afraid..."

Thinking of the terrible outcome, Ma Chao shook his head subconsciously and threw this bad estimate away.

"Chang'an must be captured!"

Ma Chao's eyes were filled with confusion, only fierceness remained - he was going to capture Chang'an City no matter what!

…

…

The war has been going on for many days.

There is no prelude to starting the war now, and it will be the most violent general attack!

An army composed of countless slaves climbed densely towards the city wall of Chang'an City and stormed towards the city wall!

Yuan Xi and Gao Lan led the troops to guard the west city wall together. They were invincible with long spears in their hands.

The many Han soldiers behind him had already cooperated with him tacitly, and they all focused on Yuan Xi to kill the enemy.

No matter how many enemy troops climbed onto the city wall, they were blocked by them!

"Pour the oil!"

Yuan Xi roared, took the lead in raising an earthen jar, and smashed it down on the face of a slave who was trying to climb up the siege ladder.

A scream was heard, and the oil tank was smashed into the slave's face. His head was instantly bloody, and he fell from the ladder.

At the same time, fire oil splashed everywhere and flowed down the long ladder.

Seeing this, when even one of the Han soldiers dropped a torch, the long siege ladder quickly burned and emitted a lot of black smoke.

If military kerosene had been used, there would not have been such a huge black smoke, but this was not ordinary kerosene, but cooking oil and lamp oil donated by the people in the city.

The fire oil tanks used for city defense had been exhausted a few days ago.

The ladders were burning and black smoke was billowing. However, there were too many siege ladders that could not hold up the enemy. There were still many ladders that the enemy climbed along.

"Bang——"

A Han soldier who was mentally and physically exhausted from days of fighting was pushed to the ground by an enemy soldier.

In an instant, four enemy troops rushed up the city wall!

And what is surprising is that they are not ordinary slaves, but elites wearing armor and holding weapons!

In this siege, Ma Chao actually let his elite join the battle among the slave army!