I’m The King Chapter 1082: : East and west (seventy-five)

Qin Lei returned to the Hecheng county government office covered in blood and exhaustion. With a bang, he threw the big knife with the blade like a saw in the corner, and sat down on the threshold of the gate. He kept panting heavily, he was nearly 60 years old, and the feeling of powerlessness was getting worse day by day. Today, in order to protect him, three more soldiers fell in front of him. He took off his helmet , hugging her in her arms, strands of white hair sticking together.

He has persisted in Crane City for half a year. Half a year ago, not long after He Lanxiong left with the main force of Dongye, the Li Xin Department of the Qin Army suddenly came out of Shanggu, Daijun was caught off guard, and most of the towns were almost blown down by the Qin Army. After Xiling City, the capital of Dai County, was captured and the governor Zhao Yong was captured by Li Xinsheng, the situation became even more dire. Zhao Yong was captured and surrendered. Occupy.

Qin Lei was stationed in Nanzhang at that time. When the incident happened, he was inspecting the garrison troops in Hecheng. Hecheng was attacked by Zhao Jun in the Zilan era, and was massacred by Zhao Jun because of his steadfast resistance. The Zhao army hates it the most, and most of the troops stationed in Hecheng were assembled in Hecheng County after the war. This is also the front line of Daijun's resistance to Zhao.

Qin Lei was not able to return to Nanzhang before Hecheng. Qin Jun Qingqi took Zhao Yong to Nanzhang to persuade him to surrender. The main force of Dai County disappeared in smoke, and more than 20,000 people were all disarmed and left the army afterwards.

Zhao Yong's persuasion to surrender has hit a snag in Hecheng. He originally thought that Qin Lei, a veteran of the Zilan era, would definitely open the city and surrender under his own call. Unexpectedly, after seeing Zhao Yong, Qin Lei cursed Zhao Yong. He is a soft-boned man who failed the old Sheriff's painstaking efforts. Not only did he not surrender, but he put on a posture of fighting the Qin people to the end.

The Qin army failed to persuade the surrender, and then launched an attack on Hecheng, but what the Qin army did not expect was that Hecheng was a resounding copper pea that could not be smashed or chewed. At the time, the Qin army had reached 20,000 people , but he did not knock on the gate of Crane City. After the heavy casualties, Li Xin only left an army to monitor Crane City, and led most of them to chase He Lanxiong away.

Of course, once Li Xin left, he never came back.

Luckily for Crane City, due to the last massacre by the Zhao army, almost all the people in Crane City were killed or injured, and there were very few people left. After rebuilding Crane City, there were very few people living in the city. There are few, because it is rumored that every night, there will be countless unjust souls wandering in the streets, howling. This makes Crane City almost become a military city. Even if there are a few residents, they are all attached to the army. I usually do some chores for the army, or sell some things to the army to make ends meet.

The small population allows Crane City to have more sufficient food reserves to meet this crisis. This is also the reason why Crane City has persisted.

The Qin army left, but Zhao Qi's army came again. After Zhao Qi retreated to Shanggu, he immediately took over Daijun from the retreating Qin army. I care about it, but Zhao Qi has to get rid of it and then quickly, so after Li Mingjun led his troops to arrive, the offensive against Crane City is getting stronger day by day, which also makes Qin Lei's life more and more sad day by day.

Casualties are increasing day by day, but food is decreasing day by day. Seeing that the granary is about to be turned upside down.

A man sat down beside Qin Lei, and he handed him a black steamed bun and a bowl of water. "Come on, Commander Qin, eat a little to gain strength." The man said with a smile.

Wearing a big Han county magistrate's clothes, the color can no longer be seen clearly. His thin face is black and blue, and his eyes are sunken. He looks to be in his twenties at most. This is Lu Han, the county magistrate stationed in Hecheng kiosk.

"It's not time to distribute the buns today. This was distributed to you yesterday, right? Why didn't you eat it?" Qin Lei looked at the black buns in his hand and asked with a frown.

"Not hungry!" Lu Ting said, licking his mouth.

"Fart, look at your disheveled face, you are shaking when you walk, right? Take it and eat it." Qin Lei wanted to stuff the steamed bun back.

Lu Ting shook his head: "Commander Qin, you are a person who is going to fight in battle. If you don't eat, you won't have the energy. I'm behind you, and you don't use a knife to stick a stick. You consume very little energy every day. You're always hungry."

"I'm fighting at the front, and you're at the rear. It won't be easier than me. How can you not be hungry?" Qin Lei snorted.

Lu Ting smiled, "Commander Qin, I am the most afraid of death, do you know that?"

Qin Lei looked him up and down, "I really didn't see that."

"It's true, I'm really afraid of death, I still have my parents at home, and I haven't married a wife yet, so I saved the momo for you!" Lu Ting chuckled : "If you are strong enough to defend the city, I don't have to die. If you lose your energy and can't defend the city, then Li Mingjun attacks and slashes my neck with a knife. It hurts you, right? So I I would rather starve to death than be hacked to death."

Qin Lei looked at the county magistrate who kept saying he was afraid of death, but he couldn't see a trace of fear in his eyes, some were just indifferent, and he couldn't help shaking his head and said: "You are a scholar, it's really amazing that you can see death as if you were at home." Simple!"

"What do you think of death as home? I'm counting on General Qin, you guard the city and I can live a long life!" Lu Ting said: "The situation is getting better now, Li Xin is defeated, don't look at Li Mingjun dancing happily now, wait When our reinforcements arrive, he promises to run faster than a rabbit.”

"That's what I said, but it's really not easy for our reinforcements to come to Crane City. Zhao Qi will definitely set up defenses at every level. I'm really worried that we won't last a day. By the way, Lu County magistrate, how much food do we have?"

"One steamed bun per soldier every day, we still have food for five days." Lu Ting raised his hand and waved in front of Qin Lei.

Qin Lei's heart skipped a beat, "Is there nothing else to eat in the city?"

"As a county magistrate, I'm so tall, not to mention that I dug the people's grain storage cellars, even the bark and edible leaves were searched clean. "Lu Ting smiled and said authentically: "I guess I will definitely leave a name in Crane City in the future, and in the future county chronicles will write Lu Ting's appointment order, the sky is three feet high, hahaha!"

Qin Lei didn't speak, took a big bite of the bun, chewed it in his mouth, and suddenly let out a gasp as he chewed, and looked down at the bun in his hand, it turned out that a crack had been torn open in the middle, and the inside was actually still there. A small piece of meat is sandwiched.

"Where did the meat come from?"

Lu Ting blushed, "I'm so tired today, I fell asleep in the corner of the room, my face hurts when I fell asleep, when I opened my eyes, I found a mouse biting me, I was born evil, but I was overjoyed, I grabbed this little thing, and then it was naturally roasted, I have already eaten his head, it is quite delicious!"

Qin Lei looked at Lu Ting, the corners of his eyes were moist, he was so tired that he fell asleep, he must have passed out from hunger.

"I, I eat your steamed buns and your meat, and I will definitely defend Crane City, just watch!" Qin Lei swallowed the steamed buns in two or three gulps, stood up, and put on his helmet , went to the weapon rack by the wall, took down a brand new big knife, and strode towards the outside of the Yamen.

In the dead of night, Qin Lei was lying on the top of the tower in his clothes. He opened his eyes and looked at the hole on the roof. It was smashed by the stone bullets thrown by Zhao Jun's trebuchet. On the top of the city wall, it was broken into small pieces and used as weapons to defend the city, leaving only a big hole on the roof where you can enjoy the starry sky.

The food can last for the last five days, and the soldiers who can still fight in the city are only in the early 2,000s, but there is no news about where the reinforcements are. Now that Crane City is isolated, there is no way to get the slightest outside message.

Qin Lei decided to hold on for three more days, and then he ate up all the food he could eat, and then led his army out of the city to break through. As much as he could escape, he still had to leave some fireworks for Crane City.

Three days, is it possible for reinforcements to come? Qin Lei shook his head. Dongye came from the prairie. If he wanted to reach Crane City, he had to pass through Xiling and Nanzhang. It was so difficult. Even if they could fight, It's not a short-term thing, and I will never support that time.

Sometimes Qin Lei wondered what he was insisting on, even Zhao Yong surrendered, what was he insisting on? As time went by, with the victory of the Han army, Qin Lei finally understood himself The deepest thoughts in my heart. The state of Zhao is completely over. The Qin army has suffered a great loss this time. The rise of the Han state is irresistible, and the surrender of the young master Zhao Yong is the biggest failure. Once the Han army wins, the punishment for the traitor He is merciless, and his persistence is also for the sake of doing something for the young master in the future, right? If he is lucky and can really survive until he survives, with his contribution this time, he can exchange Zhao Yong's life no matter what. But the governor of Zilan is the last bit of flesh and blood.

He sighed deeply, closed his eyes, let's sleep, let's go to sleep, we have to fight tomorrow, what's the use of thinking about it now?

Qin Lei was awakened by the thunderous knock on the door. He jumped up and opened the door. Outside the door, stood one of his last soldiers.

"Commander, our reinforcements have arrived, the reinforcements have arrived!" The guard's face was full of ecstasy, and he jumped and almost shouted to report the news to him.

"What did you say, the reinforcements, the reinforcements are here? Is it Li Mingjun's trick to send people pretending to be reinforcements to lure us out of the city?" Qin Lei rushed out, leaning on the battlements, looking towards the Zhao army camp not far away, The flames were blazing there, the sound of shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sound of thunderous horseshoes struck his heart.

"Look, Commander, if it's a fake, it's so realistic. Moreover, Zhao Jun hasn't seen many cavalry for a while, but the attackers seem to be all cavalry!" The soldiers said loudly. (to be continued)