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Chapter 763 Letter from the Capital
Mo Wen was also injured, a stray arrow hit his thigh, bleeding a lot.While not lethal, these days, he can only sit and command.Mo Wen couldn't be more satisfied with the performance of his soldiers.After surviving the initial cruel test, the officers and soldiers of the Prince's Army gradually grew up, adapted to this war, and found a more effective way to protect themselves and destroy the enemy!

Only in this way can we firmly hold on to Zhenjiang City under the crazy offensive of the King of Han Army day and night...

However, looking at the soldiers under his command who have been on the verge of the limit countless times and survived, Mo Wen knows that this time, they may really not be able to survive... The northern city wall has collapsed, and Wu Wei leaned on the temporary wooden railing to defend After six days, the casualties jumped from the lowest to the highest!
On the east wall, more than [-]% of the casualties had been lost, so Xu Huaiqing had to rely on civilian husbands to help him!
On the western city wall, the defender Cheng Zheng fought bloody battles, injured dozens of places, and finally died the day before yesterday.The lieutenant who took over his command also died yesterday.The person in command there today is a thousand households.Because all the officers older than him were sacrificed...

And the southern city wall that Mo Wen and Er Hei were in charge of was the main attack direction of the King of Han's army, not to mention the losses.If it wasn't for Xue Lu's reserve team to come up, it would have been broken long ago...

What was even more frightening was that he had no more cards in his hand, which meant that all defenders could only rely on themselves.Once you can't stand it, it's time to break the city wall!
"Old Mo," said Erhei, who was shot in one eye by a gun and was hastily tied up with a cloth strip, turning him into a one-eyed dragon.At this moment, he squinted his remaining eye, sat crookedly beside Mo Wen, and asked in a low voice, "Please tell me whether the reinforcements will come or not."

"Come." Mo Wen nodded without hesitation.

"When?" Erhei asked.

"Anytime." Mo asked.

"Really or not?" It was the interval between the enemy's siege, and Xue Huan also came over. Although he was very honest, he didn't quite believe Mo Wen's words: "I know that there is no one in the whole south." The army will come to support."

"Of course it's the army sent by the emperor." Mo asked: "The army boarded the ship from Tianjin and entered the Yangtze River by sea. It will take at most six days to reach Zhenjiang." After a pause, he said: "Counting the days, it's almost time to arrive."

"Well, if everything goes well, sir, it's time to arrive." Erhei nodded.

"If you don't trust me, don't you still trust your lord?" Mo Wen nodded and said to Xue Huan, "Tell the soldiers, you must persevere, and you must not fall before dawn."

"En." The two nodded, got up, and went separately to appease the soldiers.

Looking at their backs, Mo Wen's expression was extremely apologetic... because he was lying to his brother that no reinforcements would actually arrive.Just yesterday, a carrier pigeon flew into Zhenjiang City and brought Zhu Zhanji's secret letter.Only the crown prince and Mo Wen knew the contents of the letter, and no more than five people even knew the existence of this letter.

In the letter, Zhu Zhanji told the prince Zhu Di's attitude - the emperor wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and will not send troops to rescue him!
After reading the letter, the prince was stunned.Lock yourself in the house and don't show your face until now.The prince can be willful, don't ask if he can't, the soldiers guarding the city are still watching him.Mo Wen concealed his desperation, returned to his seat, commanded the defense of the city, and thought over and over whether he should tell Er Hei and the others the truth.

At such a precarious moment, he really wanted to tell his brothers frankly, but just now, he lied after all... His instinct as a general dominated him, preventing him from telling the truth!Because he could see that Erhei and Xue Huan were on the verge of collapse, and the reason why they hadn't collapsed was nothing more than blind trust in Wang Xian and the fluke mentality of not admitting defeat.

Once the truth is told to them, I am afraid that the two of them will immediately lose their fighting spirit, and the soldiers under their command will also collapse...

As a general, Mo Wen instinctively avoided this situation, he didn't want to lose, even if he persisted for a while, he was willing to give everything.

But, is this really right?Mo Wen asked himself, and fell into a deep confusion.

Fortunately, he didn't get confused for a long time, and the attack of King Han's army started again. Mo Wen hurriedly threw away his messy thoughts and devoted himself to commanding the battle.

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Under the city, the banner of the King of Han was flying high, Zhu Gaoxu still had that indifferent expression, watching another attack begin.

"I don't know what will happen this time?" Wang Bin has been tossed by the tenacious defenders, and his confidence is gone.

"The king doesn't care." Zhu Gaoxu said with a cold expression: "If you can't attack this time, it will be next time. The rope saws the wood and the water drips through the stone. It will always be attacked."

"Yes." Wang Bin sighed: "After these days of fierce fighting, the loss of the prince's army should exceed [-] to [-], but our reinforcements keep arriving." He gritted his teeth and said: "The consumption has exhausted them!"

"That's right." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and said coldly, "I don't want to lose numbers, I only want Zhenjiang City."

The two of them were talking when they saw several fast horses galloping towards them. The rider on the horse with the red flag on his back was a fast horse riding eight hundred miles away!

Running closer, these dusty cavalrymen got off their horses. Zhu Gaoxu was a master of martial arts and had superb eyesight. He saw that their horses were already foaming at the mouth, and their belly was heaving violently, trembling as if they were swinging.Zhu Gaoxu knew that these horses were useless... War horses are very simple animals, they never know what strength is, as long as the owner keeps pushing them, they will run desperately to death.

Therefore, squeezing out horsepower has always been a taboo for cavalry, even if it is eight hundred miles in a hurry, it will not use the horse to death.There is only one situation in which cavalry can be like this - and that is when something terrible happens!We must race against time to report!
Sure enough, after rolling off the saddle, several cavalrymen came straight over without panting.The guards hurriedly stopped him and asked loudly, "What are you doing!"

"Hurry up at eight hundred miles from the capital!" The leading cavalry said in a deep voice, "Take me to see the prince!"

Zhu Gaoxu's heart seemed to stop beating when he heard the seven words 'urgent at eight hundred miles in the capital'.He knew that there was a letter in the capital, and the winner and loser depended on the content on it!
Wang Bin obviously knew about it. He waved his hands and said in a trembling voice, "Let them come here!"

The soldiers hurried out of the way, and the messenger rushed to the banner. Because of his anxiety, he tripped over a stone under his feet and fell into the dust.

This little accident made King Han's complexion darker, and he thought it was unlucky.

The messenger quickly got up, ran to the King of Han, knelt down, untied the bamboo tube from his back, and raised his hands high. "Hurry up at eight hundred miles from the capital!"

Wang Bin hurriedly took the bamboo tube, checked the sealant seal, and found that it was intact, so he unscrewed the bamboo tube with force, and took out an oiled paper bag inside.The oiled paper package was also sealed with wax, and after it was torn open, a letter lay inside.

Holding the letter, Wang Bin's hands trembled slightly. He walked up to King Han and said in a low voice, "My lord..."

The King of Han took it over, tore off the seal, took out the letter and opened it, and he froze there immediately.

"My lord, my lord!" Seeing that he was not moving, Wang Bin was terrified, and he couldn't care less about his dignity, so he kept calling out.

At this moment, the king of Han felt his sky was spinning, as if falling into a bottomless abyss, how could he hear his movements?

Seeing that there was no response to this, Wang Bin knew something bad was going on, and finally couldn't help leaning over his head. When he saw the contents of the letter, he was instantly out of his wits.On the letter paper, there are only two simple poems:
"Yan Dan's affairs are not established, and the Qin Emperor's Palace is empty. '

Yan Dan is the Crown Prince Dan of Yan during the Warring States Period. The most famous thing he did was to send Jing Ke to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, but he failed and put his own life on the line...Although Wang Bin is a warrior, he also knows this woman and child well-known bridge.He knew even better the meaning behind the two lines of poems sent urgently in eight hundred miles—the assassination of Zhu Di failed!

These days, the situation I have been most worried about has finally happened!In an instant, Wang Bin had the urge to kill the King of Han with a single knife, ****!This will kill you!
Fortunately, the remaining rationality told Wang Bin that everyone was a grasshopper on a rope at this time, and the King of Han was finished, and he would definitely not be able to run away!

He kept silent, waiting for the King of Han to come back to his senses...

At this moment, the generals of the King of Han's army not far away also noticed the strangeness between them.Just now, they heard the sound of 'urgent at eight hundred li in the capital', but now seeing the prince and Wang Bin lost their minds, the hearts of all the generals sank, and they thought to themselves, "Could it be that the emperor sent troops?" ! "Assassination of Zhu Di, naturally not many people know about it, and most people are still kept in the dark.

But no one dared to ask, they could only wait for King Han to speak.

After suffering and waiting for an unknown amount of time, even the shouts of killing from the top of the city seemed to gradually subside. His Royal Highness finally raised his head, looked at the terrified Wang Bin, and said softly, "Relax, the sky won't fall." Then he stood up, raised his voice and said, "Let's end here today." After speaking, he walked away.

Wang Bin was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

Soon, the sound of gold ringing resounded under the city, and the soldiers who attacked the city withdrew from the top of the city like an ebb tide, and the battle came to an abrupt end...

However, Wang Bin was surrounded by the generals, and asked in a hurry: "Old Wang, tell the truth, what happened?" "Did the emperor send troops?" "Don't try to hide it from us, we have seen it all! "

Wang Bin was bombed with all kinds of meat and vegetables, but he didn't dare to confide a word, so he could only say with a bitter face: "The prince will announce something. Even if you kill me, I can't say it..."

"Hey..." Seeing that he was so determined, all the generals lost their temper, so they couldn't really beat him to death. "Forget it, let's go back to the camp. The prince should have an explanation tonight."

All the generals got on their horses and went back to the camp. Looking at their figures and the setting sun in the west, Wang Bin was in despair.

(End of this chapter)