Although difficulties came, the Tang army did not give in. In the face of hunger, they killed injured horses, drank horse blood, and ate horse meat. Some even ate the bodies of fallen Khitan horses and soldiers together.
At this time, they no longer cared about anything, and used everything that could fill their stomachs.
Li Jinzhong was naturally very clear about the situation of the Tang army. Originally, his army was still attacking desperately, but then it stopped. The purpose was naturally to consume the Tang army to death, but he was facing the besieged people.
The soldiers of the Tang Army put up a defensive formation, which was also done out of fear that the Tang Army would fight back desperately.
In order to destroy the Tang army's will to resist, Li Jinzhong even ordered his men to shout to the Tang army: "Generals and soldiers of the Tang army, you have been surrounded and there is no way out now. I can guarantee that in a few days, we will not launch an attack without our army.
They will all starve to death. However, God has a good heart and my general is kind-hearted and is willing to spare your life. As long as you are willing to lay down your arms and surrender to me, Khitan, my general will definitely let you go home. Time is limited.
My general's patience is limited, so I ask all the soldiers who want to survive to think carefully about it...ah..."
Before those soldiers could finish speaking, they saw several arrows flying from a distance. Before they had time to dodge, they were shot into their throats by the arrows. Before they could say another word, they died on the spot.
In the distance, a silver-armored general was holding a hard bow and looking at Li Jinzhong opposite with a sneer on his face, full of provocation.
Li Jinzhong naturally knew that that person was the Tang Dynasty prince and coach Li Xian. Although he wanted to kill Li Xian immediately, the strength of the opponent should not be underestimated. If he launched an attack forcefully, he could kill Li Xian from now on.
Capture and kill, but the losses suffered by one's side are absolutely unbearable.
In fact, Li Jinzhong originally looked down on the Tang army's combat effectiveness. Even after his general Yeluye suffered heavy losses, he still didn't pay much attention to the Tang army. However, after these days of offensive and defensive battles, his army actually
More than 12,000 people were lost. If the battle continues with this casualty ratio, it is estimated that after Li Xian's army is completely wiped out, his army will only have 10,000 or 20,000 people left at most. By that time,
Even if Li Xian can be captured and killed, what's the point? Because even if the Tang Dynasty is forced to compromise, the power he has worked so hard to establish will definitely be annexed by other forces, especially the current leader of the Mohe tribes, Da Zuorong, who is in the limelight.
In Zhengsheng, the army under his command actually numbered more than 200,000. If his losses in this battle were to this extent, he would probably surrender to the opponent and seek refuge without waiting for Da Zuorong to speak.
Based on the above considerations, Li Jinzhong did not have the courage to fight head-on with the Tang army. Therefore, although he was provoked by Li Xian and shot to death several of the soldiers he sent out to shout, he could only swallow his breath secretly.
He forcibly restrained himself from giving the order for a general attack, but said angrily: "Li Xian, I am also thinking about the lives of your soldiers. I didn't expect you to be so despicable. You didn't hesitate to anger me and let me order the killing of those poor soldiers."
, and then delaying time to save your life. If you are a man, don't block those soldiers who want to survive, and let them choose whether to surrender to me or continue to follow you."
"Since you want to know, I will help you." Li Xian laughed loudly, and then shouted to the officers and soldiers: "Soldiers, Li Jinzhong has said that as long as you surrender, I will give you a way to survive.
, that being the case, I am also willing to become an adult. If you choose to surrender, I will never stop you. You can go or stay as you please."
After Li Xian finished speaking, all the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army, fearing that they would be thought to be greedy for life and afraid of death, not only did not step forward, but all stepped back. At the same time, they laughed and said: "Isn't Li Jinzhong stupid?
?To make such a joke."
"Yes, yes, we are born as people of the Tang Dynasty and die as ghosts of the Tang Dynasty. How can we betray our family and country and survive?"
"That's right, that's right. How can we leave people alone and associate with such beasts? This is really ridiculous."
"Hey, what's more, Li Jinzhong is a beast. He broke his promise and killed officials and people of the Tang Dynasty. Now he is using this trick to alienate our brothers in the army. He is really a fool."
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All the officers and men in the army sneered. No one responded to Li Jinzhong's words. They looked at him as if he were a fool.
Seeing this scene, no matter how thick-skinned Li Jinzhong was, he couldn't help but blush. He said angrily: "You stubborn people, if you are so stubborn, just wait for death. I want to see it. You wait."
How these people died miserably, don't beg me when the time comes."
Seeing the indifferent faces of the other party, Li Jinzhong suddenly felt a deep sense of frustration. He really didn't expect that these Tang people were so bachelors, which made his plan unable to succeed.
In particular, the reason why Li Jinzhong lured the Tang people to surrender was naturally not to give them a way to survive, but to gather these prisoners of war and kill them collectively. On the one hand, he wanted to boost his own morale, and on the other hand, he also wanted to attack the Tang army.
Unfortunately, Tang Jun was determined and would not be fooled at all, which left him helpless.
In the end, Li Jinzhong decided not to waste any more effort and waited peacefully for the Tang army to be completely deprived of food before begging for surrender or seemingly breaking out of the encirclement. By that time, I believe that even if the Tang army wanted to fight, it would be too weak.
The meat on the chopping board is usually left to be slaughtered by him.
However, at this moment, he suddenly heard bursts of dull sounds not far away. Li Jinzhong couldn't help but be puzzled. He didn't know what was going on. He pondered for a moment and ordered the scouts around him to go and investigate.
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After just one stick of incense, he saw a scout returning. He was galloping on horseback and shouted loudly: "Great Khan, it's not good, the Tang thief, the Tang thief has come for reinforcements. There are people in all directions, at least.
There are hundreds of thousands of us, we are going to be finished..."
Before he finished speaking, the scout fell to the ground. There were still more than a dozen feather arrows stuck in his back, and his entire back was already red...
"What? It's reinforcements from Tang thieves? How is this possible? It's only been a few days? How could hundreds of thousands of Tang thieves suddenly appear? And they are spread in all directions. This, this is clearly premeditated. But Tang
How could the thieves know that I have an ambush here?" When Li Jinzhong heard this, he barked loudly like a dog that had stepped on its tail. (To be continued.)