The thirty years of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve.

When officials and civilians in all parts of the Song Dynasty were celebrating this year's festival, the offensive and defensive battles in front of Changshu County under the Jiangnan Road and Suzhou Prefecture were in full swing. Even the biting cold wind could not stop the increasingly fierce battle between the enemy and us!

Although the army was killed by the Song army at the first time of arrival, not only did the vanguard army collapse on the spot, but even the vanguard general Liao Guang was taken to the head by someone, and is still hanging above the south gate of Changshu. However, the casualties of only 2,000 people were only a superficial injury to the 100,000 Wu army, so after stabilizing its position and calming the morale of the army, Pang Wanchun launched a wave of attacks on Changshu City starting from the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.

However, the offensive two days ago was not too fierce. There were only a few thousand soldiers who were put into the siege every time, so it could not pose too much threat to the four gates of Changshu. But early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the Wu army suddenly invested more than 30,000 troops to attack the South Gate, which caught the defenders off guard. It was really dangerous.

Lin Chong, the chief general guarding the south gate, no longer cared about his injuries, so he personally carried his gun and ran around the various sections of the city wall, shouting loudly from time to time, cheering the soldiers, and constantly changing the troops to deploy defense according to the battlefield situation: "Here, shoot arrows for me and press their rush back..." Amid his shouting at the top of his lungs, the soldiers of the Shandong army defended in an orderly manner, and finally repelled another wave of enemy fierce offensives.

But before everyone could breathe, they had time to rest against the wall, the horn outside the city sounded again, and the enemy troops were rolling in. After quickly passing through the floating bridge that had been built on the moat, more than ten cloud ladders had already been put on the top of the city, and then thousands of Wu soldiers continued to climb up the ladder.

The defenders above were also very anxious after seeing this scene. Without Lin Chong's orders, they had all their strength to lift a large number of stones placed beside them and smashed them down hard. The banging sound mixed with screams and the muffled sound of the human body falling to the ground kept ringing at the edge of the city wall. It sounded really terrifying, but it still could not stop the Wu army from climbing upwards.

Then, even more deadly incidents happened. When the defenders desperately shot arrows and rocks to stop the enemy from reaching the city, someone suddenly heard a shout from someone: "Where is the arrow? Come quickly!" But because they shot arrows to kill the enemy with all their might, someone had already used up all the arrows in their quiver.

Both arrows and stone wood are the most convenient weapons used by the defenders to block the enemy's army, but these weapons also have one of the biggest flaws, that is, they consume very quickly. After several days of offense and defense, most of the various weapons prepared by the South Gate defenders had consumed, and at this time they could not keep up. Not only did the soldiers shout for arrows, but other places were also calling for stone wood, which suddenly slowed down the attack below, which naturally gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After only two incense sticks, an enemy army poked his head out from below in the left corner. Fortunately, a soldier quickly stabbed the enemy who was about to climb to the city. But in just a moment, people rose up from time to time on several other ladders, and these people also learned their lessons at this time. While rising, they were wearing shields on their heads, which made the defenders' weapons unable to hurt them for a while, so a few people jumped onto the city wall. "Kill!" Fortunately, they were on the side

There were soldiers waiting there. When they saw someone climbing into the wall, they quickly rush over and slashed them down together, and finally killed them on the spot. However, the situation on the city wall did not slow down because as the soldiers began to fight against the enemies on the wall, they could not free up more people to block the enemies on the ladder below and behind. So enemies continued to emerge on the entire city wall, just like a dam blocking the roaring river water, and loopholes began to appear...

After all, it was the consequence that the enemy and our troops were too different. After a few days of fighting, the soldiers on the South Gate were exhausted, but the enemy could take turns to rest and attack the city. This was enough to drag the thousands of defenders to death.

Seeing that the enemy sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, Lin Chong was about to occupy one of the city walls, and finally could not hold back. With a loud shout, he had already strode forward. The spear in his hand burst into cold light in front of him, which shocked the enemy behind him and slowed down his climbing.

At the same time, Wu Song, who had been taking a break below before, but ran up because he heard the sound of killing on the top of the city getting louder and louder, finally arrived, and they all shouted loudly, killing the enemy like a tiger pounced on food, and suddenly chopped down a piece of enemy troops.

Relying on the full strength of these powerful generals and generals in the Shandong Army, and the heroic performance of the Shandong Army soldiers who were inspired by them to fight the enemy to the end of their blood, the enemy's terrible offensive was finally blocked, and the rest of the troops finally retreated again, leaving only nearly 500 corpses to the entire Nanmen city...

Although the victory of this battle repelled the enemy's offensive, the soldiers on the city had no joy on their faces, and they were all frowning. Because they all knew very well that the situation was becoming more and more dangerous. The battle for many days was extremely exhausted, both physical and energy. Maybe when a negligence would lead to a complete fall in the city.

At this time, another team of people rushed over, and the leader was Sun Tu. Because he was attacked by the enemy at the Nanmen Gate, he was worried that he would lose something and specially pulled out a team of about 200 people from the city to support him. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the battle in the city had stopped.

When he walked up to the city, several generals rushed forward to greet him, but were interrupted by him: "Don't Gu Xuli at this time. How about it, can the South Gate still stand it?"

"It can still be defended for the time being, but the soldiers' casualties are quite serious, and..." Lin Chong hesitated for a moment before he said uneasy: "The available weapons to defend the city are almost exhausted, especially the arrows, with less than 30% of them left..."

Sun Tu frowned when he heard this: "I heard that the anti-army didn't shoot much arrows this time. It seems that they are considering it to cut off our bows and arrows?"

"Yes, once the arrows are not available, our condescending advantage will be greatly reduced... The anti-military generals outside the city must have seen this and made such a seemingly absurd decision!" Yang Zhi also said with a worried look on his face.

Sun Tu frowned even more: "Did they actually think of consuming our army's arrows and supplies early in the morning? But how did they believe that our various weapons were insufficient?" Indeed, this situation is a secret in the army. With the Song army's always style, there should be no shortage of weapons. But Sun Tu came to attack Danyang and fought one after another before, which led to the emergence of this fatal problem.

"It must be that they have collected relevant information from us early, and Pang Wanchun is also one of the top anti-army generals, so there will naturally be targeting them." Lin Chong did not think deeply, but just looked at the front: "Master, we must obtain a batch of arrows from other troops to supplement, otherwise it will be difficult for the South Gate to be defended."

"Do you transfer some arrows from other places?" Sun Tu thought for a while, but shook his head and said nothing: "If you do this, it will make the situation even more difficult. Although the anti-military attacks have not attacked the other three sects now, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not suddenly change their main target!"

"Then...what should I do?" Lin Chong was a little helpless at this time. Although he and Yang Zhi and others were brave, they had indeed relied on their hard work to repel an enemy's siege, but this was not a long-term solution after all. Even if they were all made of iron and bronze, how many nails could they beat? As the same goes, the battle between the two armies on the battlefield was by no means the main factor of victory or defeat.

"In this way, I will allocate all the arrows of the defenders in the city to you, so that I should be able to hold on for another two or three days." After thinking about it, Sun Tu gave a compromise plan.

In addition to the four gate guards, Sun Tu also left an elite force of about 2,000 to guard the city to prevent the people in the city from causing chaos. For the time being, their bows and arrows would not be used.

Lin Chong and the others refused and nodded, but they did not have much joy. Because in their opinion, this was just a drop in the bucket. At most, they would just hold on for one or two more days, but the problem still exists.

"Minister, in my opinion, if you take the initiative to attack tonight, you might be able to steal a batch of arrows from the enemy!" Lu Da suddenly put forward a view, which made many people's eyes shine. Because they believe that there must be a large number of arrows in the anti-military camp. If you really can get it, it will take a lot of time.

But Sun Tu quickly poured a basin of cold water on them: "No, the cavalry had almost wiped out the entire army before. If the infantrymen were killed, it would only be even more dangerous. We are already short of troops and cannot take such risks. Moreover, do you really feel that you can find arrows to hide from the enemy camp?"

The last question made them all lose their words, and they all smiled helplessly: "What should I do?"

"There is no way out, and there will always be a way." Sun Tu comforted them dryly, and then said solemnly: "First use the arrows of the defenders in the city. Anyway, no one will leave the city without my order!"

"Here!" Several generals could only whisper.

Outside the city, after listening to the report from his subordinates, Pang Wanchun laughed confidently: "It seems that my previous decision has worked. I only attacked one gate and did consume their arrows and other weapons to defend the city. If you attack twice, the South Gate of Changshu will be broken! Sun Tu, do you have any other way to crack it?"

After pausing, he quickly ordered: "Today, the attack on the South Gate will be suspended, and the troops outside the other three gates will attack, at least all the weapons there will be restrained!"
Chapter completed!