General Zheng thought for a long time and then gave the order: "Do not open the city gates. Everyone must be on the defensive."
The deputy general was very confused. It had come to this point, so why did they still have to defend? They had been defending all along, and the deputy general felt very frustrated.
General Zheng patiently said to him, "We can't be sure that the enemy only has 50,000 troops. What if there are more? Besides, the civilians in the city haven't all been evacuated yet. If the city falls, it won't just be us soldiers who will die. Let's wait for the reinforcements and the troops sent by the court to arrive before we can decide."
After hearing this, the deputy general had no choice but to agree. He walked out of General Zheng's tent very unhappy, feeling that his life was really frustrating. He had always been compromising. This great opportunity, which could have allowed him to become a general directly, was lost in vain.
It’s a pity that he is not a general. If he were, he would have defeated the rebels today.
The rebels sent troops to fight, but there was no response. They were so angry that they sent a group of people to the city and started cursing, throwing out all kinds of nasty words.
After cursing all the ancestors, the soldiers on the city wall were so angry that their teeth itched.
General Zheng tried to appease them, saying, "Be patient! They are just trying to provoke us. Don't let them take advantage of you."
This sentence woke everyone up, and they simply blocked their ears and stopped listening. Let's just let love go on.
I cursed for an hour until my throat was hoarse, but it didn't help.
I had no choice but to go back in shame, looking like a clown.
The rebel general said, "It seems that General Zheng is not easy to deal with."
The terrain here is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the people in the city are determined to defend even if it means death, then if they want to attack, they can only call over the 20,000 troops at the back and attack with all their strength.
But doing so is too risky. If their reinforcements arrive, we will be finished.
The situation came to a stalemate.
The rebel general led his troops to withdraw.
General Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could hold on for one day at a time.
After spending a night in peace, the rebel generals felt that they could not delay any longer. If their reinforcements really arrived, they would not be able to capture the city by force. So they called out the 20,000 hidden troops and joined forces with the 50,000 troops in the front to launch a forceful attack!
Seeing that there were suddenly 20,000 more troops on the opposite side, the deputy general was completely dumbfounded. He didn't expect that what General Zheng said was right. If the city gate had been opened and attacked yesterday, the consequences would have been unimaginable. He broke out in a cold sweat.
The rebels were coming in with great force, climbing up the city wall. Everyone was fighting back to stop them from climbing up.
The people below were holding wooden stakes and knocking on the city gate, trying to force it open.
At this time, heavy snow began to fall from the sky. Snowflakes fell on the battlefield and on the people who fell to the ground.
The blood and snow melted together.
Looking at the weather, the rebel generals cried out, "Oh no! Why did the snow come so early this winter? This is not conducive to the attack."
Fortunately, the snow was not heavy at the moment. As soon as I said this, the snow started falling rapidly, and it even hurt when it landed on my face.
The rebel general quickly ordered everyone to attack as soon as possible.
General Zheng calmly commanded everyone to resist. In order to preserve their fighting power, everyone took turns eating, taking a couple of bites of bread before continuing to fight.
We were stuck in this stalemate for the whole morning, and the snow was thick enough to completely cover our ankles.
By the afternoon, seeing that they were about to collapse, General Zheng had no choice but to order his troops to attack, determined to hold out until reinforcements arrived in the evening.
The two sides finally started fighting, and this was also the first head-on charge.
Because the opponent had an absolute advantage in numbers, which was twice as many as them, they were always at a disadvantage.
The deputy general also led his soldiers out to fight. Although his brain was not very good, he was definitely an expert in fighting.
With one blow of the knife, it swept across the entire area.
Under the leadership of the deputy general, they finally held out for another hour, but strength lies in numbers, and they could not hold on any longer.
The rebels are about to break into the city.
But then there were sounds of footsteps in the distance, and loud shouts: "Kill!"
It turned out that reinforcements had arrived, two hours earlier than predicted.
General Zheng and his deputy general breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They were saved.
When the rebels saw people coming from a distance, they quickly took a few steps back.
The war ended in a draw, with each side losing nearly 10,000 people.
At this time, the snow was thick enough to cover people's calves.
Seeing the snow falling from the sky with no sign of stopping, the rebels had no choice but to order their troops to retreat.
Let's recuperate first and wait until the snow is over. Otherwise, it will be too disadvantageous for them to fight at this time.
It was also because of this snow that Li Jingchen and others had time to rush to the battlefield.
After returning to the military camp, General Zheng was curious about how the reinforcements arrived two hours earlier, because arriving at night was already the fastest speed.
The reinforcements' general said, "In order to hurry along, we haven't rested for even an hour in the past two days. We even eat on the go."
General Zheng was deeply moved and immediately ordered the army's cooks to prepare good meals and stomach-warming soup for the reinforcements.
This snow lasted for a full ten days, intermittently.
They were so kind that they could bury people. The weather was so cold that it made people shiver.
Although the heavy snow delayed the soldiers' entry into the city, General Zheng was also worried about the cold because the soldiers' clothes were relatively thin and it was difficult for them to withstand the severe cold.
Li Jingchen also received news of heavy snowfall at the border, and he began to worry. The weather suddenly became cold after the snow fell, and he didn't know if the soldiers at the border had thick clothes to wear and whether they could withstand the severe cold.
The emperor also received the letter and learned that there was heavy snow in the border area. He began to worry about this problem. Now it seems that cotton is really too important, so he immediately summoned Jiang Tuantuan to the palace to discuss countermeasures.
Jiang Tuantuan suggested, "Many people grow cotton in Jiangnan, and the cotton there is the most abundant and best. If we can buy it, cotton-padded clothes won't be a problem."
But the problem now is that the merchants in Jiangnan will take this opportunity to cheat the royal family and sell the cotton directly at the highest price. Even those who control the cotton are all aristocratic families, and the emperor really has no way to deal with them.
If we force the acquisition, we are afraid that those aristocratic families will unite to resist. By then, with internal and external troubles, we will be in a difficult situation.
Jiang Tuantuan said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to personally travel to Jiangnan and persuade them to purchase the cotton at the lowest possible price and then send it to the front."
The emperor was shocked. He just wanted to discuss countermeasures with Jiang Tuantuan, but he didn't expect that she would want to go there in person. But seeing the determination in her eyes, the emperor hesitated.
"It's difficult for men, let alone you, a woman. And if something happens, how can I face Jingchen?"
The emperor was worried to death.
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