"The airship and homing pigeons are out of service. How can we contact sir?"
Mr. Tian sighed: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have stopped you before."
When the Eastern Barbarians first started to attack the city, Liu Tie once proposed to send people back from the land to report the news, but Mr. Tian refused.
There is no border between Yuguan City and Sichuan. No matter which direction you go, you have to cross other people's territory.
Because of the policy of allocating land to local tyrants, the rich and powerful all over the world hated Jin Feng. Once they discovered the escort, they would definitely kill him.
If the bodyguard wants to cross the territory of other feudal lords, he must disguise himself and cannot ride a horse.
There are too few war horses in Dakang. If you are riding a tall war horse, wouldn't the pretense become a cover-up?
Therefore, Liu Tie proposed to have people ride horses to the edge of the Yellow River first, then dress up as refugees, go from the territory of the fourth prince or the King of Jin to Qin, and then send the letter back to Jinchuan through Qin.
But since the fourth prince killed his father and usurped the throne, the world has been in chaos, and it is not safe to pretend to be a refugee.
Not only do you have to face plunder by bandits, but you also have to beware of oppression from the government.
Maybe even before reaching Sichuan and Shu, bandits or soldiers would capture him.
Even if everything goes smoothly, the process will be extremely long and it will take only a few months to send the letter back.
Liu Tie also understood this truth, so even after his proposal was rejected by Mr. Tian, he did not insist on it.
It's okay now. The South City Gate is blocked by King Jin. Even if he wants to send people, he can't get out.
"Sir, there is no need to blame yourself. You were right to stop me."
Liu Tie saw that Mr. Tian had some regrets, so he said: "Haidongqing can stop airships and carrier pigeons, but it can never stop our big ship. As long as the big ship comes over, our letters can be sent out!"
Steamships had come to Yuguan City before to deliver supplies to them.
Even if Jin Feng didn't know about Hai Dongqing, he would definitely send a steamer over to take a look after not receiving any news from Yuguan City for so long.
"I hope we can hold on until reinforcements arrive!"
Mr. Tian looked at the bodyguards and female soldiers sleeping soundly in Wengcheng with a bitter look on his face.
In the past, just guarding the northern city wall was enough for them, but now they are facing a flanking attack from the north and the south. The days ahead will definitely be more difficult than before.
"We have no other way to go now. We must hold on even if we can't hold on, otherwise everyone will die!"
Liu Tie's tone was extremely firm.
After finishing speaking, he looked at Mr. Tian and asked: "Sir, I'm here to watch. You go to the North City Wall to find Fangzhou and ask him to arrange a battalion to come to the South City Wall."
Fang Zhou is considered the third general in the Northern Expedition. Now that Liu Tie is at the south wall and Qin Fei has gone to rest, he is responsible for commanding the battle at the north wall.
"OK!"
Mr. Tian nodded, then sighed and walked down the tower.
The manpower guarding the north city wall is already tight, and now we have to deploy another battalion to the south city wall, which may make it even more difficult.
But Mr. Tian also knew that there was nothing he could do about it.
There has to be someone guarding the south wall, right?
When a battalion of bodyguards and female soldiers arranged by Fangzhou arrived at the south city wall, the enemy was still organizing the camp and had not launched an attack for the time being.
Liu Tie arranged for the cooking company to temporarily replace the logistics camp and go to the north city wall to build houses and supply bricks for the guards guarding the city.
The newly arrived battalion of escorts was also doing the same work, stocking bricks for the catapults on the south city wall.
After working until mid-afternoon, when the bricks next to each catapult were piled as high as a hill, Liu Tie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the number of catapults they brought with them was sufficient. With these bricks, holding on tonight shouldn't be a big problem.
In the evening, Liu Tie asked someone to wake up the bodyguards in Wengcheng.
The escorts were really tired before, so they slept very deeply in the afternoon.
Although I didn't sleep for a long time, my condition was much better than in the morning.
The cooking company had already prepared steamed buns, and the mutton soup had been stewed and warmed in advance. After the night guard got up, each person drank a bowl of mutton soup, and then each took two steamed buns and went to the city wall.
Some of the escorts wanted to take two more and carry them in their pockets to take a bite during the fight, but were stopped by the cooks.
Although the supply of food and grass in Yuguan City is currently sufficient, people have blocked the north and south, and it is not clear what reinforcements will come. Liu Tie has to consider the issue of a protracted war.
If the enemy also finds a way to restrain the steamship, they will be completely isolated and helpless.
Even if steamships have arrived recently, the possibility of carrying large amounts of food supplies is very slim.
At that time, the steam ship will need to return to Sichuan and Sichuan to prepare food and then transport it over, which will also take a long time.
Therefore, Liu Tie adopted Mr. Tian's suggestion and redistributed food and grass from this meal on, not only to ensure that the escorts and female soldiers did not go hungry, but also to extend the supply time as much as possible.
Both the bodyguards and the female soldiers knew Liu Tie's character. If it was not a critical moment, Liu Tie would not restrict food.
Understanding this, the bodyguard and the female soldiers did not show any objection, took the steamed buns and left, completing the handover of the defense of the north and south city walls before dark.
Today, Dongman's attacks almost never stopped.
On the grassland outside the city wall, there was another layer of corpses.
Especially when he found out that Fangzhou had transferred a battalion of bodyguards, the Shanyu of the Eastern Barbarians ordered an extremely violent attack, hoping to take the opportunity to open a hole.
Fortunately, Fang Zhou had already thought of a way to deal with it before he transferred people.
Almost all the enemies rushed to the city wall, but in the end they were repelled by the bodyguards.
The day shift escorts had been fighting for a day. Although they were very tired, after the handover was completed, they did not go back to eat and rest immediately. Instead, while the sky was still visible, they started to demolish the house again and replenish the catapults on the north city wall with bricks.
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There was no way, too much bricks and stones were consumed in the day's battle, and at this time, the catapults on the north wall were almost empty.
Catapults are the main force used to attack the enemy today, and they can't do it without bricks.
A lot of bricks were consumed during the day today, and two more houses under the city wall disappeared.
If we fight at this rate for a few more days, I'm afraid the entire area of houses under the city wall will be demolished.
But Liu Tie had no other option.
Today is the first night that the Jin and Barbarian coalition forces have arrived. Mr. Tian is worried that the Eastern Barbarian Chanyu may unite with the Jin and Barbarian coalition forces and launch a north-south pincer attack at night.
If you are not adequately prepared, the consequences will be serious.
Facts have proved that Mr. Tian's concerns were correct.
Before it got dark, a thick plume of smoke ignited on the grassland. A moment later, a plume of smoke also appeared from the Eastern Barbarian coalition camp in the south, which was obviously a signal that the two sides had already agreed on.
As soon as night fell, the Eastern Barbarians in the north began a crazy attack.
The Jin-Barbarian coalition forces in the south who had rested for a day also poured out of the camp and headed straight for the southern city wall!