Stand-in eunuch: I pamper the harem for the emperor

Chapter 718 Blood-stained Yingzhou City
"Zeng Yucheng, tell me honestly, are you Zhou Lifeng's person?"

Sima Rui asked loudly.

"That's right! I am Prince Feng's man, and I am just one of the chess pieces. Now that you are alone, you should surrender quickly, otherwise when this general breaks through Yingzhou City, the city will be massacred for three days!"

Zeng Yucheng actually boldly admitted it.

Now that he had an army of [-] men, he felt that he could win against a total of [-] Jin soldiers defending the city, so he no longer concealed his identity.

In fact, it seems that behind so many people's rebellion is that the Jin State's national power is declining, the people are in dire straits, and the people are not hungry, so they will rebel together.

Take the soldiers who followed Zeng Yucheng. They have been without military pay for more than a year, and their families also need to eat.

In this case, it must be a response.

Zhou Lifeng's contribution is partly responsible for this, and half of it is the responsibility of the royal family. There is no one to blame.

"Zeng Yucheng, you traitor, I want to kill you!"

Sima Rui roared angrily.

"Old man, you really think you are the lord of the country! Come, prepare to attack the city!"

Zeng Yucheng didn't give him any face at all, and was ready to attack the city directly.

Although there are five thousand defenders in the city, there is no morale at all, and many soldiers are hiding and do not want to participate in the battle to defend the city.

After all, the Jin Kingdom is now in chaos, and going out now is tantamount to death, and even if they win, they won't get much credit, so they might as well hide and wait for opportunities.

"Where are the Imperial Guards? Prepare to defend the city!"

Sima Rui ordered loudly.

"My lord, the situation is over, we'd better surrender!"

One of the officials advised.

"What? Surrender? The war is about to begin. If you dare to disturb the morale of the army, I will kill you!"

Sima Rui raised his leg and kicked him.

The guy jumped directly from the city wall and fell down.

boom!
The guy fell to the ground and turned into a meat pie. He couldn't die any more!

"Soldiers, guard the city, I will be rewarded heavily!"

Sima Rui shouted loudly.

Unfortunately, no one responded to his words, and everyone looked at him with blank eyes.

"Soldiers, I am sworn to defend Yingzhou City to the death, because there are my family and my friends in the city, and I don't want them to die in the hands of these traitors."

"Soldiers, pick up your weapons and join us in blood-staining Yingzhou City to let them know that our men in Yingzhou City are not cowards!"

General Pan of the Imperial Guard stood up and shouted loudly.

The originally lazy soldiers picked up their weapons one after another, and some began to carry the stone sleepers used to defend the city.

With General Pan's command, the entire city defenders moved into action.

However, everyone's morale was still low. Due to the lack of food, many soldiers did not have enough to eat. How could they defend the city?
"Come here, open the royal granary, let the kitchen light a fire to cook, and send the food to the city wall."

Sima Rui also noticed this and immediately asked people to go back to cook.

The royal granary he mentioned does not have much food now, but now we can only solve the immediate dilemma first.

Sure enough, these soldiers became more motivated after hearing that they had something to eat, and the city wall was soon filled with various kinds of stones and sleepers.

Zeng Yucheng was also furious when he saw the soldiers on the city wall getting busy.

He knew very well that a strong wall like Yingzhou City would not be able to be breached without ten times the strength of the troops, and it would also be possible for the enemy to counterattack.

Originally, he thought he could conquer Yingzhou City in one go and claim credit from Zhou Lifeng, but now it seems that this is a tough battle!

However, now the arrow is on the string and has to be launched.

"Beat the drum! Siege the city!"

Zeng Yucheng issued the order to attack the city.

"Come on! Archers prepare!"

General Pan shouted loudly.Zeng Yucheng's siege equipment only had simple ladders, and some bows and arrows for remote support. It was not like the siege warfare in the Central Plains continent, where there were crossbows, trebuchets and other heavy siege equipment.

Countless rebels carried ladders and rushed towards the city wall, trying to climb up the city wall through the ladders.

"Fire arrows!"

General Pan shouted an order.

Whoosh...

The arrows pierced the sky and fell like raindrops, hitting a large area of ​​enemies immediately.

"Be careful with bows and arrows! Shield defense!"

Zeng Yucheng roared loudly.

"Keep shooting arrows!"

General Pan continued to give orders.

The ladder was set up on the city wall, and many rebels began to climb. What greeted them was a huge round of stones and sleepers.

"Ah ah ah..."

There were screams one after another, and many rebels were knocked down from Yunti.

"Archers release arrows! Cover the army and attack the city!"

Zeng Yucheng shouted loudly.

The archers who followed closely began to counterattack the soldiers on the city wall.

Whoosh...

Countless bows and arrows shot into the city wall in a perfect parabola, and many soldiers suddenly fell under the bows and arrows.

"Archers ready! Let the arrows go!"

General Pan roared loudly.

Countless arrows fell from the sky again, and many rebels were nailed to the ground alive.

Zeng Yucheng relied on the strength of his numbers, and General Pan also relied on the city's solidity and sufficient number of bows and arrows and stone sleepers to defend the city. The two sides launched a tug-of-war that lasted more than two hours.

In the end, Zeng Yucheng failed to break through Yingzhou City and lost half of his troops. He retreated to the nearby mountains and set up camp, preparing to fight again tomorrow.

The defenders suffered more than 1000 deaths and more than 1000 casualties. Even General Pan was defeated.

Fortunately, Sima Rui ordered the royal granary to be opened and a lot of food was delivered, which boosted the low morale.

……

Jindu City, the entrance to the palace.

Lu Hao won a great victory. He set up a bonfire at night and roasted horse meat with all the soldiers, and there was a freshly roasted horse leg on his table.

Two beauties, Princess Furong and Princess Heshuo, accompanied them. Lord Deng, Lord Jiang, General Zou and the envoys sat around the fire.

There were more than a dozen bonfires in the distance, and there were densely packed soldiers prepared by Princess Furong. There were more than 5000 people, eating horse meat, talking and laughing.

Life now is called real life!

These soldiers are really suffering. Not only have they been fighting all year round, they still can't have enough to eat. Now that they have meat to eat with Lu Hao, their hearts naturally turn to Lu Hao.

Many refugees were placed in the back garden of the palace, all in uniform tents, and most of these tents were captured by General Nguyen's men.

There was no way, their horses not only carried dry food, but also small tents like this, and some bedding.

Now all these supplies are transported to the palace, which can just be used to resettle these refugees, and Lu Hao also provides them with food.

Although it was not a lot, each person also had half a catty of horse meat, as well as dry food and water.

After getting daily necessities, the emotions of these refugees stabilized.

Since the enemy will attack soon, some people must help carry the materials to defend the city.

Therefore, as long as those refugees who accept the call and pretend to be a little more forceful can get an extra half a pound of horse meat.

(End of this chapter)