Chapter 2007 Qin Hui rebelled


    Chapter 2005: Qin Hui rebelled


    The sun sets, and the setting sun is like blood.


    After repelling the attack of the Southern Barbarian slaves again, Meng Gong panted and supported the city wall with a tired look on his face. He watched the enemy troops retreating outside the city in an orderly manner, leaving only corpses everywhere, but his heart was cold.


    "General, we have suffered another 500 soldiers. Now the troops have reached the critical point. If we continue to fight like this, even if we lose another 500 people, the current troops will not be enough to defend the four gates." Huo Jun reported with a wry smile.


    Big cities like Luoyang, Xiangyang, and Jiangling have the lowest number of defenders due to the size of the city. Only when the number of defenders in the city is higher than the minimum number of defenders can the city''s defense be fully utilized.


    Luoyang is a giant city with a population of one million, so the minimum number of defenders is 30,000, and at least 30,000 defenders are required to ensure that the four gates are not lost.


    This is also the biggest panic of all civil and military officials in the city when Li Shimin attacked Luoyang. As long as the troops were less than 30,000, Luoyang City might fall, and anyone else would panic.


    Jiangling City is a big city with a population of 200,000. Naturally, the number of defenders is not as large as Luoyang, and only 8,000 is enough.


    If the number of defenders is less than 8,000, Jiangling may be broken by the enemy, breaking through one city wall first and then attacking the city. At that time, the other three city gates will be broken without attacking.


    This is also the biggest reason why Qin Zheng sent two reinforcements when Meng Gong first defended Jiangling.


    Jiangling City requires at least 8,000 defenders, while Meng Gong has only 8,000 defenders in his hands. Once the casualties gradually increase, it will not be able to support Jiangling City''s defense. How can it be defended?


    After Qin Zheng''s second reinforcements and the reorganization of the strong men in the city into an army, Meng Gong had an extremely difficult time to support it for two months. Now there are only 7,000 defenders in Jiangling City, which is lower than the minimum number of defenders required by the city.


    This is because the defender is Meng Gong, who is good at defending. If other generals are replaced, the defender will definitely not be able to defend Jiangling if he is less than 8,000, but even Meng Gong has been forced into a desperate situation. After all, no matter how strong his ability to defend the city is, he cannot turn into a soldier?


    Meng Gong turned his head to look at Huo Jun and asked with a serious look on his face: "How many people are left?"


    "It''s less than seven thousand." Huo Jun answered truthfully.


    Hearing this, Meng Gong clenched his fists, his eyes full of pain and unwillingness.


    Jiangling was able to defend the offensive and defensive battle for two months, and Meng Gong had already delivered a nearly full answer. Even if Jiangling fell, it would not be blamed.


    But Meng Gong has made so many sacrifices to defend Jiangling, so he naturally does not want Jiangling City to fall at this time.


    Now the reinforcements are dozens of miles away, and 100,000 reinforcements from Hebei have arrived in Fancheng, and it takes only more than ten days to reach Jiangling City.


    As long as Jiangling can defend for more than ten days, the crisis will be automatically resolved as soon as the reinforcements in Hebei arrive, but in just over ten days, it is an impossible task for Jiangling.


    In order to capture Jiangling City, the Shuchu coalition forces lost 60,000 to 70,000 cannon fodder and 15,000 elite troops.


    Nearly 100,000 people fell under Jiangling City. Such huge losses made Liu Ji and Liu Xiu even more determined to win Jiangling. It was impossible to watch reinforcements coming and remain indifferent, so the subsequent attack command became even more crazy.


    Now there are only 7,000 defenders left in Jiangling City. If it weren''t for Meng Gong''s command, I wouldn''t be able to support the defense of Jiangling City.


    Such a force will be difficult for one day, not to mention guarding for ten days.


    In addition, the city-guarding materials in Jiangling City have been almost consumed.


    The three materials, stone bullets, rocks, and rolling wood, were exhausted half a month ago. Therefore, Meng Gong ordered the demolition of the people''s houses, use wall stones as flying stones and rolling stones, and use house beams as rolling wood.


    The Qin army''s demolition brigade first demolished it from the surrounding area of ??the city wall, and now half of Jiangling City has been demolished.


    Tens of thousands of people were wandering on the streets and could only sleep with the marching tents sent by the Qin army. This difficulty is nothing, the key is that the arrows and turmeric oil have been used up.


    The rock rolling wood and stone bombs can be produced by themselves, but arrows and sulphurs cannot be produced by themselves, and they will be gone if they are used up. However, these two materials are essential items to defend the city. If they are gone, the pressure to defend the city will be great.


    Today, there is no supplies or reinforcements in Jiangling City, and the morale of the soldiers is low. It has reached the point where the ammunition and food are gone and the oil is gone. It is impossible to persevere for ten days.


    "General, we are not in our eyes now, so why don''t we continue to recruit troops? There are more than 200,000 people in Jiangling City, which is OK..."


    "no."


    Before Huo Jun finished speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Gong. He said expressionlessly: "The strong men in Jiangling City have been summoned by our army. The rest are just old, weak, women and children. They have no effect on defending the city, but will do more than help.


    In addition, the people of Jiangling have already supported our army very much, and almost every household has made sacrifices. They will not bear to turn Jiangling into a dead city. ”


    After hearing this, a hint of shame flashed across Huo Jun''s face. He was a native of Jingzhou, so he naturally did not want Jiangling to be beaten and abolished. If he had not forced himself to do so, he would not have persuaded Meng Gong to recruit troops.


    "But if you don''t take your life to fill it out, it''s impossible for you to persevere until the reinforcements arrive." Huo Jun said with a wry smile.


    Meng Gong glanced at Huo Jun. He knew that the deputy was concerned and was not really indifferent to life. So he said, "But the problem now is that even if you take human lives, you will definitely not be able to persevere. Why let the people sacrifice in vain?"


    Huo Jun was speechless. He was also good at guarding, so he naturally knew how bad the situation in Jiangling was. It was no longer something that could be filled by life.


    Seeing that Huo Jun did not speak, Meng Gong said nothing, and the two looked at each other for a long time without saying a word.


    A long time later, the arrival of a soldier broke the silence between the two.


    "Two generals, something big is wrong. Qin Hui opened the south gate and surrendered to the Shu army."


    "What?"


    Meng Gong and Huo Jun exclaimed at the same time, unable to believe that Qin Hui, who was born in the Qin family, would rebel and surrender to Liu Ji at this time.


    Meng Gong grabbed the soldier''s collar and shouted, "Qin Hui is a civil servant and has no military power. How did he open the city gate?"


    "Qin Hui convinced the new military captain and then opened the south gate proudly."


    Suddenly, Meng Gong remembered that Qin Hui suggested to him a day ago that it was inevitable that Jiangling City would fall and that he should break through in advance while he still had the strength to do so.


    Qin Hui''s resolution to break through was naturally denied by Meng Gong. After all, there were more than 100,000 enemy troops outside the city, and the risk of breaking through was even greater at this time.


    Meng Gong not only disagreed with breaking through, but also vowed in public to survive and die with Jiangling to strengthen everyone''s determination.


    Qin Hui also swore, but now he opened the city gate. Obviously, he never thought of sacrificing his life for justice, and he was just fooling Meng Gong at that time.


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