Just when Jin Xiaoyou was frowning outside the city, Ju Xin, the highest commander in Changzhi City, breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, I've survived another day.

As the saying goes, only you know the hardships of your family. Although in the past nearly a month, the military and civilians in Changzhi City united to block the attack of 100,000 Korean troops, causing General Jin Mou to lose all his face, which really looks very commendable.

However, as the commander of the highest defender in Changzhi City, only Ju Xin himself knew that in order to achieve this goal, the Zhao army and civilians in Changzhi City also paid an extremely heavy price.

Just as the battle of this day ended, Ju Xin had already arrived on the top of the city and began a day of patrol.

Such inspections have become a practice in Ju Xin these days. On the one hand, it is to timely appease the emotions of the soldiers guarding the city, and on the other hand, it is to see if there are any other problems.

Ju Xin, who was above the city, left, while looking at everything around him with the help of the light reflected by the fire in his hand.

In front of Ju Xin, there is a city that has almost been completely destroyed.

You should know that the so-called "profits of military and armor" in South Korea certainly not only include soldiers' weapons and armor, but also refers to all weapons and equipment. For example, South Korea's trenching machine level is one of the best among the entire Warring States princes.

At this moment, the city walls in front of Ju Xin have been bombarded by Korean trenchers for this period of time. The gaps in the battlements can be seen everywhere, and some places have even been completely blown down to form a big hole, which is impossible for people to continue walking.

It is no exaggeration to say that today's Changzhi City is actually in a turmoil and may be captured at any time.

One of the important reasons why the Korean soldiers have not been conquered yet is that the performance of the Korean soldiers these days is not very good, and another reason is due to the strict training of the soldiers of Shangdang County and County of Zhao State in the past two years.

There is actually very little land in Shangdang County. It is precisely because of this that most Shangdang County soldiers have experienced hunting, foraging and supplementing their household income on weekdays. They are both farmers and hunters.

Since they are hunters, they naturally have the experience of fighting with tigers, leopards, wolf insects between the mountains and forests. Their foundation is naturally much better than those farmers who only know how to farm all year round.

It was these county soldiers who were once hunters who grew up rapidly in such a fierce and cruel battle to defend the city at a speed that Ju Xin did not expect, and exerted combat power that Koreans could not imagine, which made the Korean army hit walls under Changzhi City.

But even so, the residents of Changzhi City also paid a heavy price.

The most intuitive point is that before the war started, there were more than 8,000 defenders in the inner city, including all the young and strong men who were recruited, but now there are only about 3,000 people who can go into battle.

There is more than that problem.

Before the inspection, Ju Xin had just gone to the county magistrate Li Qi to inform Li Qi of the latest battle situation.

Now Ju Xin's mind still echoed what the county magistrate Li Qi said to him just now.

"County lieutenant, if reinforcements still do not come, then at most three days, the city will start to lack food."

Lack of rations is definitely a very big problem.

Logically speaking, Changzhi City is the county seat of Shangdang County, and there is actually an official warehouse in the city.

On weekdays, this warehouse is responsible for storing the grain handed over from various places in Shangdang County, and then calling it according to Handan's orders. It is also responsible for opening warehouses and relieving disasters in the year of disaster.

However, Shangdang County is definitely a relatively special existence in Zhao State, because there is too little arable land in Shangdang County, which leads to the fact that Shangdang County’s grain output is not high at all.

Judging from last year's data, except for the semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic northern counties, Shangdang County is the lowest-growing and semi-nomadic counties among all Zhaoguo counties.

In addition, it is summer now, and the season before autumn harvest is also the season with the lowest amount of grain stored in the central warehouse of the year.

Under various reasons, the food shortage crisis in Changzhi City is not so surprising.

The food is going to be gone, but where are the reinforcements?

Even Ju Xin himself doesn't know the answer to this question.

Ju Xin walked over the city and found that although the Zhao soldiers who were vigilant on the city were injured, they all looked full of energy, and obviously they were not defeated by the fierce battles that had been fought for several days.

There were even several brave soldiers from Zhao State who were more courageous and asked several questions about how to calculate and implement military achievements by taking Ju Xin and not killing people in such a battle to defend the city.

This made Ju Xin very pleased.

After all, soldiers like this who care about military achievements must have strong confidence in victory.

"Of course." A soldier from Zhao, who claimed to be the No. 1 hunter in Shiliba Township, said to Ju Xin with a smile: "County lieutenant, although the equipment on these Koreans is jealous, I know when they fight, they are not even as good as the wolves in the mountains."

"Oh?" This was the first time Ju Xin heard this theory, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You are just joking. How could you not even compare to the wolf pack?"

The soldier stumbled his head and smiled at Ju Xin and said, "The wolves in the mountains know how to cooperate, but these Korean soldiers are all messy. How can they compare to the wolf?"

As soon as the words came to an end, everyone present burst into laughter.

Ju Xin smiled and patted the soldier on the shoulder, then comforted the people present after hearing this, and then led several guards behind him down the city wall.

As soon as he walked down the city wall, Ju Xin saw a figure hurried towards him in the darkness.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Ju Xin still recognized the person from his outline and walking posture, so he stopped.

The visitor walked to Ju Xin and bowed to Ju Xin and said, "Sima Shang has met the county magistrate!"

Ju Xin nodded slightly and said to Sima Shang in front of him: "Is there any news about Sima Bai Generals contacting reinforcements?"

Since Sima Shang came to Changzhi City to report the news that day, Ju Xin has incorporated him into the city guarding team and fought against the Koreans in the city.

As the saying goes, gold will always shine.

During the nearly month of battle to defend the city, Sima Shang's performance can be said to be very outstanding.

He kept cutting down the heads of many Korean soldiers himself, and even took the lead when he was experiencing dangers on the city wall several times, leading the soldiers around him to kill the Koreans, making great contributions to defending the city.

So in just half a month, Sima Shang was promoted from a big-headed soldier to a hundred generals of Zhao State for his merits.

In addition, Ju Xin also gave Sima Shang a task, which was to find a way to contact reinforcements outside the city.

But to be honest, even Ju Xin himself doesn't have much hope for this matter.

After all, the Koreans surrounded this Changzhi City and could be said to be incompetent. Although Sima Shang was indeed skilled in martial arts, he could not fly to the sky and escape. How could he contact the Zhao reinforcements dozens of miles away?

So Ju Xin's question is actually just a casual question, and he does not intend to get any answers from Sima Shang.

But what surprised Ju Xin was that Sima Shang actually told him this news excitedly: "Return to the general, he has contacted the reinforcements outside the city!"

"What?" Ju Xin's joy was very serious, and even his voice couldn't help but increase his voice as he spoke: "Have you contacted reinforcements outside the city?"

Sima Shang nodded, happily let go, and said to Ju Xin: "County lieutenant, the envoy of reinforcements is here."

After saying that, Sima Shang waved behind him. Sure enough, a man dressed in a Zhao army officer walked out of the darkness and saluted Ju Xin: "I have met Ju Xin County Captain."

Ju Xin glanced at Sima Shang in front of him, then looked at the reinforcement envoy in front of him and then said in a deep voice: "Do you have a token?"

The messenger took out a token and a letter from his arms and handed it to Ju Xin respectfully.

Ju Xin took the token and letter and read it carefully several times, checked the seal on it, and confirmed that the other party was indeed an envoy from General Xu Li, the reinforcement commander.

Ju Xin then breathed a sigh of relief and said to the messenger: "I wonder where the reinforcements led by General Xu Li are now? Now Changzhi City is in urgent need of reinforcements!"

A proud smile appeared on the messenger's face and said to Ju Xin: "The county magistrate doesn't know anything. Just earlier today, reinforcements have defeated the Koreans' defense line!"

This sentence was like a cool breeze in summer, which instantly blew away all the anger in Ju Xin's heart, making his old face, with white hair and hair, stretched out instantly, and showed an extremely joyful smile.

It was not just Ju Xin, but even the guards around Ju Xin were also extremely excited after hearing the news, and they were all over the place.

No matter how brave the Zhao army and civilians in Changzhi City fight, the number of disadvantages are there. As long as the Koreans insist on continuous attacks, the fall of Changzhi City will be a matter of time sooner or later.

The reason why the residents in Changzhi City have always been working hard is to wait until reinforcements come.

Reinforcements are the real hope of Changzhi City!

After nearly a month of hard work, the reinforcements they had been looking forward to finally broke through the Koreans' defense line and were about to appear under Changzhi City. How can these people not cheer?

Ju Xin laughed a few times, then said to the personal guards beside him: "Go quickly to spread this good news throughout the city!"

After saying that, Ju Xin turned his head to the messenger in front of him and said to the messenger: "It's hard for the messenger to come to Changzhi City to pass the orders. It's better to..."

Before Ju Xin finished speaking, the messenger interrupted Ju Xin's words and said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant doesn't know anything. This time he came, he actually followed General Xu Li's orders and wanted to inform the county lieutenant of something."

Ju Xin raised his brows slightly and said to the messenger in front of him: "What's the matter?"

The messenger smiled mysteriously, and suddenly his mouth approached Ju Xin and said softly to Ju Xin's ear.

"Jusin County Magistrate, General Xu Li asked me to tell you that he was going to attack the Korean army camp at night at midnight!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Ju Xin was immediately surprised.

But Ju Xin has also seen strong winds and waves after all, so after a short loss of composure, he quickly reacted and lowered his voice to the messenger in front of him, saying, "If you say so, General Xu Li must be not far from here, right?"

A look of admiration appeared on the messenger's face, nodded and said to Ju Xin: "The county lieutenant expected it is not bad. Now General Xu Li has led 20,000 elite soldiers to ambush ten miles outside the city. As long as midnight is waiting for the attack on the Koreans, I hope the county lieutenant can cooperate with the action, and work together inside and outside to defeat the Korean army!"

Ju Xin laughed, and a trace of light flashed in his eyes: "I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"
Chapter completed!