Pingzhou, Lulong City.

There were less than 800 soldiers left on the top of the city, Yu Jijun and even many women and children standing behind. The entire city of Lulong has already moved the stones.

All the houses in the city and near the city wall have been demolished.

The stones used the city wall as weapons. The houses and beams were also transported to the city wall.

Every household has collected oil, and a large pot is placed on the top of the city, boiling water, heating oil, and even cooking manure.

With this spirit of defending the whole city, they have been guarding until now.

It's been one and a half months.

The three thousand defenders who retreated into Pinglu City now have only eight hundred left, and almost everyone is injured. It turns out that the city and the people who retreated into the city later also suffered numerous casualties and injuries in order to defend the city.

But no one has ever said a word of surrendering the city.

At the beginning, the city defense was in charge of the governor, but the governor was hacked to death by a Goguryeo who rushed to the front of the city half a month ago when he was personally at the top of the city.

The Chief Shi and Sima were also killed in battle one after another.

The magistrate of Lulong also fought with the Goguryeo people desperately and died in battle.

As for many commanders in the army, they even led the way and then died in a fierce battle.

Now, the most important military general on the city is a brigade commander, who only manages one brigade and two 100 teams in the original military mansion.

An officer with a higher level than him either died or was seriously injured and could not lead the army.

Among the civil servants, only a few participating in the military were left.

“There’s not much oil.”

A soldier reported that he heated the oil and poured it on the enemy in Pancheng, which was very effective.

The coach of the hike was in his forties, with blood-stained white cloth wrapped around his arms, and many dark blood stains on his battle robe. The coach of the hike was extremely haggard. The little military officer who was originally in charge of a hundred people, but now he is carrying the lives of thousands of people in the city.

"If there is no oil, just carry water to boil water and carry manure to burn gold juice."

"Without the stones and rolling the wood, go demolish the house."

After another soldier, "there is not much food in the city."

After hearing this, the coach of the traveling army walked to the other side of the city where there were a group of men, not wearing battle robes or ordinary cloth clothes, but silk lingluo.

These people are all big families and merchants in the city. When the war occurs, they are also trapped in the city. These days, these people have money to pay for money and some people even personally take the sword to help guard the city.

"Several people, the food is about to be over." The brigade coach stepped forward and bowed.

A half-old man with a goatee and a gray beard and very thin, holding a crossbow in his hand, turned his head and said, "Wang Lushuai, we have some food in our family, and we will take it out later."

Wang Lushuai said gratefully, "Thank you, Gao Yi!"

The old man shook his hand.

"I am old and I am not afraid of death. But even if I die, I will fight against the Liao Gou Donggu and the East and will never surrender."

Another elegant middle-aged man also said, "As a Han Chinese, we are willing to die with Lulong City, and we will never surrender to the Goguryeo barbarians."

If it weren't for Goguryeo outside the city, these local tyrants and wealthy businessmen might have considered it more. If there were civil strife in the Central Plains and the heroes fighting, they might not be as decisive as they are now.

But outside the city are Goguryeo people.

These Eastern Captains.

They raided and invaded, besieged Lulong and Yuguan in Pingzhou, and burned, killed and plundered the countryside. These people were a group of wild beasts.

Moreover, during the Sui Dynasty, Liaodong was conquered several times. At that time, Pingzhou was very close to Liaodong. Many people were conquered as soldiers and civilians, and then they did not come back after going.

If these Goguryeo people captured Lulong City, they would definitely massacre the city, burn, kill, rob and capture.

The Han people and the Goguryeo people had a deep feud. If they fell into their hands, they would never end up well.

Besides, they believed that the court would send troops to rescue them.

If Lu Chenglong is captured, their home will be gone. At this time, no big family will be stingy with the little money and food in their homes.

The old man is the largest large family in the city. He also served as an official in the court in his early years. When he was old, he returned to Lulong's hometown, but he still had his sons and nephews in the court to serve as officials.

The old man asked Wang Lushuai.

"General Wang, how long do you think we can stay? How long will the court be able to rescue the siege?"

Wang Lushuai is just a brigade coach. Although he has been in the military for many years, he only manages a hundred people. He actually doesn't understand the situation on the battlefield.

Even he took over the city defense of Lulong City, it took only a few days.

He took office as a lieutenant, and died in battle. That was his immediate superior. Before his death, the lieutenant told him to take over the command. So, he, a small brigade commander, became the commander of the whole city.

Given the current situation in the city, it is already exhausted.

The bow and arrow have long shot out, and the crossbow arrows have disappeared.

The swords and guns were also damaged a lot, the arrows were exhausted, and the food was about to be exhausted.

The soldiers and civilians guarding the city suffered heavy casualties, and even the city was damaged in many places.

They were really exhausted.

"Seven days." He said.

The old man shook his head.

"How long will we stay?"

"Three days!"

The old man still shook his head.

The brigade commander told the truth helplessly, "If reinforcements were not arrived, we might not have been able to defend for two days. Without the important weapon of bows and crossbows, it would be too difficult to defend. There are 20,000 Goguryeo soldiers under the city."

"Will reinforcements come?"

Someone asked.

No one answered, everyone was pessimistic.

It has been a month and a half, and reinforcements have never arrived, and they have no hope.

"The reinforcements will definitely come." The old man said, "The court must have not forgotten us. In my opinion, the Goguryeo people had 50,000 attacked Pingzhou, but they always surrounded Lulong City with only 20,000 people. It is obvious that they were intercepting the imperial soldiers. The Goguryeo people have never returned, which means that the imperial soldiers are still trying to find a way to rescue them."

“But when will it arrive?”

The old man stroked his beard and said, "When we mobilize enough troops, we should be quick."

"But we can only stay for two more days at most." said a big household.

"Then find a way to stay for a few more days and persevere until reinforcements arrive."

"What's the solution?"

The old man sighed, "I donated a thousand guan to reward those who have made meritorious contributions to defending the city. Kill a Goguryeo thief, reward ten guan, and injured one gang, reward two guan. The rest should be given to those who have been to the city to help defending the city, and reward all guan every day."

The old man suddenly took out a thousand stakes of wealth, which surprised the others.

"I also took out eight hundred stagnants." The head of the Wang family in the city spoke.

"I'll take out five hundred stale!"

"I also paid 500 stags."

"I'll pay three hundred coins!"

These big and wealthy businessmen paid for money. Soon, they actually raised more than 10,000 stale money.

This is a huge sum of money.

"Take out all the food from each family. It's time to keep it, and it's useless to keep it. If the city is broken, we have to be a ghost under the sword. It's better to take it out so that everyone can eat enough to defend the city. If we guard for one more day, we will have a little more chance to wait for reinforcements."

"good."

A group of powerful men have also made their best efforts at this time.

"Even if I die, I will be a hero of Han, and I will never be a slave of Goguryeo."

"Kill one to earn enough money, kill two to earn one, fight."

After making up their minds, these powerful men took out money, including gold, silver, and copper coins, and boxes of them were carried to the top of the city.

Then the reward for defending the city was announced.

The last bit of food was taken out.

"Everyone let go of food, and kill the thief when they are full!"

All those who can go up to the city are coming to the city, soldiers, young and strong people, even old men, women, big girls, and half-grown boys.

Without bows, arrows, swords and guns, we would hold sharpened wooden sticks and stones obtained from demolishing the house. Anyway, everyone would live and die with this city.

If Liaogou captures the city, they will definitely be worse than death. This is everyone's consensus.

Dead with the city and swear to never surrender.

The Goguryeo people were still preparing for a new round of attacks. The city took this opportunity to give everyone a reward. Everyone has a share and can stand on the top of the city. Even if they are seventy-seventy-sixty-sixty years old, they will give their usual rewards first.
To be continued...