Amid the sound of drums and yellings, the war at Changshu City, which had been dead for several days, rekindled. Moreover, the attack launched by the Wu army this time was more fierce than any previous one. Pang Wanchun drove a hundred thousand troops to attack the four gates of the small county town, but seemed to want to take it down in one breath.

This time, Pang Wanchun was really angry because it was not until this time that he realized that he had been tricked by someone. Not only did he waste several days in vain, but he gave the Song army in the city a chance to breathe, but he also caused a big trouble in Suzhou, the important city behind him. This was a great failure he had never experienced since his army and something he could not accept.

Just two days ago, as time continued to drag down, the Changshu defenders did not see the city surrender as agreed. Pang Wanchun had already noticed something was wrong, thinking that it was Sun Tu's delaying strategy. So he made an ultimatum and even rushed forward again, proposing to give the defenders only the last day to consider, and if they did not open the city, they would launch a full-scale attack.

Before the defenders could respond, that night, several subordinates with blood on their bodies and in awkward expression ran to the army in horror and sent a bad news: "Shuai Pang, Suzhou City was attacked by the Song army, and we can't resist it. The city has fallen into the hands of the enemy!"

Pang Wanchun couldn't believe his ears anymore, so he just stared at the subordinate soldiers in front of him, and after a while he realized: "What are you saying? How could Suzhou be lost? Where did the Song army come from? The southernmost Shandong army was trapped in Changshu City and could not move..."

"They raised the banner is the Shandong Army..." A subordinate explained in a low voice, which also made everyone in the tent show an increasingly incredible look. This is really a ghost. Could it be that the Shandong Army can still be cloned, or they can still fly to Suzhou from their own encirclement?

"What's going on? Tell me in detail, and there must be no omission!" Pang Wanchun asked for details after calming down his mind.

In fact, most of the people who escaped from Suzhou to report the news did not understand what happened that night. They could only say everything they knew. Including the powerful and terrible combat power of the Song army, and their secretly sneaking into Suzhou, launching raids at night, burning the granary, and other things, everyone was extremely nervous, and even Pang Wanchun subconsciously took a breath.

In this regard, based on Pang Wanchun's understanding of the Shandong Army, the Battle of Suzhou was really made by them. But he really couldn't understand how the other party hid it from his own eyes and suddenly appeared in the rear.

At this time, some subordinates finally shouted: "We have fallen into the trap, Pang Shuai. Now it seems that they have never had the sincerity to surrender. The conditions proposed are to paralyze us. At the same time, while I was unprepared to retreat, I secretly sent a small group of people to the south..."

Pang Wanchun, who was awakened by a word, had a blush and a little embarrassed and annoyed: "Sun Tu, you are so despicable! I still regard you as a rare opponent. I didn't expect you to use such dirty means to deceive me! Okay, since you are so unruly, don't blame me for not leaving any room!"

In anger, Pang Wanchun had no worries or reservations anymore. He immediately ordered all his troops to mobilize and immediately launched an attack on the four gates of Changshu. This time, he no longer cared about casualties, nor did he intend to subdue any Shandong elites. He just wanted to annihilate this hateful Song army, and then use the victory to fight back to Suzhou and regain control of this Jiangnan town.

As soon as this order was issued, even at night, the Wu army did not delay at all. The huge siege of all sides followed, and waves of military horses continued to attack the four cities of Changshu like waves, and launched a life-and-death battle with the defenders.

However, the strength of the Shandong army once again exceeded Pang Wanchun and the others' expectations. Even though they had given their all their strength, even if Sun Tu is not in the city now, relying on the correct command of many generals he left behind, coupled with the heroic performance of the soldiers after raising their spirits in the past few days, they actually blocked the enemy's fierce attack for a day and night.

However, the losses of the defenders were not small, and there was no need to mention the casualties of ordinary soldiers. After fighting hard one day and one night, thousands of casualties had reached several thousand. Even the middle and lower-level officers were greatly damaged, especially the former leaders of Liangshan who were skilled in martial arts, who had to defend the city with bloody battles and deaths increased sharply because they were always going to fight to death after the enemy climbed the city.

Bao Xu, Fan Rui, Li Gun, Ma Lin, Song Wan, Li Li... In just one day and one night, there were no less than ten brothers either dead or disabled. The casualties of the military officers from Zhucheng, Shandong who had been sent to Sun Tu, were not inferior to them. After all, except for some generals who needed to take charge of the overall situation, these officers needed to lead troops to rush to the front line, and there was almost no trick to the battle for the city walls. They were all fighting with their lives and fighting with blood for blood. The casualties of the soldiers naturally rolled upwards.

Of course, the casualties of the siege side were only far above the defending side. After rounds of attacks, the Wu army, who were killed and injured by various golden juice and stone wood, had nearly 10,000 people. As for those who were killed after going up the city, there were more than 3,000.

Every time, they all came to the city under huge pressure, but every time they stepped onto the city with their blood and corpses, they faced a more fierce counterattack. The Shandong army completely showed their strong combat power and cohesion. Even if they were not as numerous as the enemy, they could drive the enemy down from the city again and again through crazy fighting.

The top of the city had been stained with blood, and the corpses were piled up. People behind them used the corpses as weapons such as stones and wood to smash the enemy.

After facing such a strong opponent, he suffered repeated setbacks and continuous casualties, the Wu army finally couldn't bear it anymore. After a fierce attack for a day and night, he suspended the offensive. After that, someone even asked Pang Wanchun to withdraw his troops and rescue Suzhou quickly and not to fight the Song army to the end because of a momentary aura. After all, they were already scared of the strong fighting spirit of the Shandong army.

In fact, how could Pang Wanchun not see that Changshu is really difficult to get off the Changshu? He also wanted to withdraw his troops and rescue Suzhou, but he knew better that there were great hidden dangers in doing so. Because once he retreated, the morale of the entire army would be greatly reduced, and he could not know what the situation was behind him. If the Song army had enough troops and deliberately set up an ambush on the road he had to go back, he would fall into the trap himself, and the losses would only be greater.

What's more important is that he has absolutely reason to believe that once he withdraws his troops, the Song army in Changshu will inevitably leave the city to pursue, and then he will be extremely passive.

"Ship Pang, I thought this was an opportunity. We might as well take retreat as an advance, pretend to retreat to Suzhou, and first transfer the defenders from Changshu City. In this way, we can eliminate the worries of this and then turn back to deal with the Song army in Suzhou." A subordinate made a spiritual move and proposed a very reasonable strategy.

Pang Wanchun nodded immediately: "This is an idea, so let's do it as it should. However, before this, you can continue to attack the city and consume more of their troops. This way, you can kill them all more easily after luring them out of the city!"

So the next two days, the siege continued, but the offensive was not as fierce as the previous two days. At the same time, the Wu army had already begun to make preparations for retreating - Pang Wanchun also had two preparations. If the Shandong army came out to hunt them out, set up an ambush to attack them. If the enemy did not move, they would rush back to Suzhou as soon as possible.

But on the third day when he decided on the entire plan, his soldiers brought him a more anxious information - in the past few days, the Song army that occupied Suzhou actually attacked frequently and took down several small counties near Suzhou. What shocked him was that even Wuxian, which he used to hoard grain, had fallen into the enemy...

"What are you all cooking? I have left three thousand people in Wu County. Can't you even defend a small city? You are simply a bunch of waste!" Looking at Wu Guang, the general who was supposed to be stationed in Wu County who came to report the news, Pang Wanchun couldn't help it anymore and started cursing.

Wu Guang felt guilty and uneasy, and after a while, he stammered and said the whole story: "The last general...the last general was attacked by the Song army. They actually sent people to transfer our Wuxian garrison with General Xu's leader to rescue. As soon as we left the city, we were ambushed by the Song army. When we led our army out of the siege and fled back to Wuxian, we found that it had been occupied by the Song army..."

"How many soldiers and horses do he have? How could he easily defeat thousands of you and then divide his troops to capture Wuxian?"

"Only hundreds of people ambushed us, but our combat power is extremely strong, so we can't stand it. As for the one who captured the city, the general looked at it from a distance, but found that there were Suzhou defenders among them..." Wu Guang answered carefully.

Just this sentence made Pang Wanchun's face change again, which was even more ugly than learning that Wuxian and other cities were taken away by the Song army. Because he knew very well, this meant that Suzhou had really fallen into the hands of the Song army, and the other party now had an army of thousands of people.

"How could this be? After I rushed into Suzhou that day, it took me half a month to control the situation. How could the Song army do this so easily?"

Faced with this question, no one present could give an answer, and everyone showed horror. Now it seems that the situation is far worse and more dangerous than what they judged. If they don’t return to the army, Suzhou will be completely taken back by the Song army.
Chapter completed!