Chapter 541 541
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The Qi army began to draw water from the moat and reserve it, and after evening, the Qi army dropped poison in the moat.
And Kuang Zhang also contacted the secret guards in the city in the form of carrier pigeons, and gave them instructions to poison the well.
Of course, the Qi army did not simply drop poison in the water, they also mixed into the enemy camp and poisoned the grain and grass.
At first, Jiang Ai tried to issue poison in the land, but Kuang Zhang refused, if the poison was in the land, then even if the Qi army captured Jiangle, this land would not be able to be used for a short time.
And the Qi army outside also stopped planning to attack, and instead adopted the method of blockade and siege.
Because when the enemy has no water, food, and grass, they will be anxious, because a man cannot go a day without drinking water or eating.
Maybe the stored grain and grass will allow them to support for a short time at first, but after a long time, they will collapse if they don't attack.
And what Kuang Zhang had to do was to block their idea of going out of the city, so that they were trapped in the city and unable to get out, and three-quarters of the granaries in Fujian were transported to Jiangle, just so that Jiangle could fight a protracted war.
There is also a reason why Jiangle has such a large stock of grain, because the terrain of the mountains around Fujian is complicated, and if the grain and grass are transported during the war, I am afraid that the soldiers on the front line will starve to death, and the grain and grass will not arrive.
Because of geographical reasons, the journey of transportation is very slow, and Jiangle is an important danger in Fujian, if someone attacks Fujian will definitely attack Jiangle, so Fujian will transport a lot of grain and grass to Jiangle, so that Jiangle can not worry about grain and grass, and become a strong city barrier.
On the third day after the poisoning, General Le was in the Mansion.
"Many people in the general city have been poisoned, not only the people in the city, but also many of the soldiers have been poisoned!" A soldier knelt on the ground and reported unintentionally.
"Qi Jun is really crazy, even the poison is used!" Wuxin clenched his fists.
"Not only did they poison the water, but we also found it highly toxic in a lot of food!" The soldier looked at Wuxin and continued.
Wuxin was suddenly shocked, if it was just that there was poison in the water, Wuxin could still understand, because the besieging side would more or less buy it, or let some people mix into the city.
This is not an uncommon thing, but poisoning food is not a nature, in times of war, food is completely controlled by the army, if the enemy army successfully poisons the food, it means that the other party has infiltrated his army.
And poisoning in the granary, ordinary soldiers can't do it, at least at the level of generals, and it has to be multiple generals.
Imagine what a terrible situation it is for your generals to have a large number of enemy troops, and look at the soldiers unintentionally and say, "Check me, you must find out these traitors and spies for me!" ”
Wuxin's body is trembling, there are traitors in the general group, which makes him feel fear, there may not be many traitors now, but after a long time, little by little infiltration, that is, a traitor will win over a traitor, and he may be the commander of the light pole in the end.
Wuxin sat on the Taishi chair, thinking about what to do next, the water source in the city was poisoned by the other party, and now there is only a small amount of water to drink, but these small amounts of water can not support the entire Jiangle people to drink.
There is no mutiny yet, but there is no intention to know that if the problems of water and food cannot be solved, the mutiny is only a matter of time.
Wuxin walked out of the General's Mansion, looked at the corpses everywhere in the city, and the people's mourning, Wuxin clenched his fists: "This Qi country is really despicable, such a trivial means are used!" ”
Wuxin looked at the soldiers who followed him and said, "How many water sources are there that have not been poisoned?" Give it to the people of the city. ”
The soldier was stunned: "General, don't do it, these water sources are only enough for our soldiers to last for a month, if they are given to the people in the city, I am afraid that they will be exhausted in a week!" ”
"When the time comes, the soldiers will have no water to drink, and the Qi army will attack the city, and we will not be able to resist at all!" The soldier who followed him looked at Wuxin and said.
"Look at the corpses all over the place, we can hold the city, that is with their help, and it is impossible for us to defend the city just now!" Said the soldier who looked at his entourage inadvertently.
"But...... Even if we give them water, they won't have enough food to sustain them! The soldier looked at Wuxin and said.
Unintentionally silent, before the legion had grain and grass for the people to eat, and the people also had some grain in their hands, but now the legion's grain and grass are not highly poisonous, and they have been lost, if they are used by the people, I am afraid that the grain and grass will have to be used up in a week.
At that time, I am afraid that there will be a terrifying scene of cannibalism, and the soldiers will kill each other to survive, and by that time Jiangle will also be destined to lose.
"General, we can't waste water in vain, even if we give the people water, they won't survive, it's better for us to keep it for our own use, plus our grain and grass, we can still deal with the Qi army for a while!" The soldier looked at Wuxin and said.
"Does it make sense to go around?" Wuxin looked at the entourage soldier and said.
Before, they could hold out for a long time, and they could wait until the end of the war between Chu and the other countries, but now they can't support it for so long, and when the water source is exhausted, and there is not much time left for grain and grass, I am afraid that cannibalism will happen, and when the time comes, the Qi army can easily break the city.
Wuxin pondered, he didn't plan to release the water source, as the entourage soldier said, give the water source, these people will not survive for long, because their food has been handed over to him Wuxin, and the food under his hand is not very much.
And there is a large amount of grain and grass in the heartless granary that is inedible, and there is no grain to distribute but to them.
He can save for a while, but not for too long, and the soldiers must survive.
Wuxin wandered around for a while, looked at the person next to him and said, "Go back, go back!" ”
After going back unintentionally, a minister in a civilian official robe walked in: "My lord, if it goes on like this, Jiangle can't support it, no, let's retreat!" ”
"Evacuate? The Qi army completely surrounded Jiangle, so we couldn't get out! Wuxin looked at the official and said.
Jiangle's four roads have been blocked by the Qi army, they can't move forward, they can't retreat, they besiege the whole Jiangle.
If they can evacuate, of course they choose to evacuate, even if Jiangle is lost, they can organize themselves to resist the Qi army elsewhere.
But the surroundings were already besieged, and he couldn't go at all, and if he knew that if he sat on the guard, it would be this fate, he would definitely not do it.