Chapter 0700: Grain and Grass Are Coming
"Well, now the celebrities are besieged in Lu County, and these people are trapped in the small Laiwu County, maybe when the little life will be gone. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If it weren't for General Cao Ren's treatment of everyone well, he has always been the first to fight on the front line when he was fighting, and when he was defeated in the city, he personally waved his sword to break the queen, it would be better to just ......"
The more the soldiers talked, the more angry they became, but the word "surrender" in the end still couldn't be said after all, General Cao Ren was a righteous man, and before he made a decision, everyone couldn't turn their backs on him. Although from the beginning of the siege, the messengers of surrender outside the city and the arrows that were shot into the city were not broken.
"Don't talk about that, let's concentrate on defending the city." There was an old soldier who cautiously took the topic away, "The Qingzhou army led by Li Yi is besieging the city outside, and you must not be careless, otherwise, you may be given the city by him at any time." ”
"Brother Feng, if you want to attack him, you will already attack him. But these days, he is digging tunnels, building wells, and attacking at night from time to time, but he is not attacking seriously, what is there to worry about...... Oops! You...... Why are you hitting me? ”
The old soldier snorted and scolded: "It's you idiot who beats you!" Even if it's a dog, after being beaten with a stick, you still know how to have a long memory, we just suffered such a big loss, why don't you know how to grow a snack! Li Yi: Who is that? That's the best trick in the world. If you are not careful, you will fall into his way. ”
As he spoke, the old pawn snorted angrily and hit people: "You don't look at the offensive outside, but do you know what killing moves are hidden behind it?" Now that he's slacking off, when he shows his killer move, everyone will be finished together, and it's too late to regret it! ”
"I know, don't, don't fight...... Don't hit the head! The poor-mouthed little soldier looked rather funny, but no one on the city wall laughed, and everyone looked at the barracks outside the city.
It looks calm, but it always feels murderous. I couldn't help but shiver, but under the warm spring sun, I felt a gust of cold wind blowing around me.
The city fell silent.
Although I didn't dare to say it, everyone was thinking in their hearts: Is Prime Minister Cao Cheng finished? Since the general trend is irreversible, and the general is so sincere, why didn't General Cao Ren surrender with everyone? Now there are more than 5,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, and there is some status in the past, if you wait until the city is broken, then there is only one way to burn the jade!
However, many people also know that this idea is destined to become a reality, because General Cao Ren is the younger brother of Prime Minister Cao, and it is impossible for him to betray Prime Minister Cao and surrender to the Northern Frontier Army.
Thinking of this, the soldiers' mood was even more depressed, and they only felt that the future was not bright and the future was bleak.
The old pawn was originally a chief, and after losing the battle, the firing line was promoted to a team rate. Seeing the low morale of his comrades, he shouted in his heart that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, our Prime Minister Cao Cheng has a strong family background and a wide range of soldiers, even if he loses one or two battles, he will not be able to hurt his vitality, and sooner or later he will make a comeback." ”
No one answered, and the eyes of everyone who looked at them flashed with distrust. Prime Minister Cao Cheng has accumulated some family funds over the years, but he has lost quickly in the past two years. Especially last year, the 100,000-strong army made a northern expedition to Hebei, and the result was almost annihilated. After five years of hard work, it can be said that it is back to five years ago.
"Don't believe me! It is Li Yi's ability to make a 6,000-strong iron horse, but no matter how he can, can he conjure food out of thin air? Do not look outside, for the wheat in the field is ripe, but do they have hands to harvest it? Zang Ba's army was almost wiped out by General Xiahou Yuan and General Cao Ren, and now only two or three thousand men and horses are left in Linzi; The cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang is in Jibei, and the infantry of the Northern Xinjiang Army have to keep an eye on Laiwu City, where can they divide the manpower? ”
The older the pawn spoke, the louder he became, the more persuasive he became, and the eyes around him finally became a little hotter.
"Why has Li Yi been persuading him to surrender, and the siege is thundering and raining?" Seeing this, the old pawn became more and more energetic, and said proudly, "Isn't it because my general has the ability to make him jealous?" That's why he didn't dare to attack, he was reluctant to fight with us; He didn't dare to retreat and let others besiege the city, because he was worried that we would break through and disrupt his victory! ”
"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized, and the eyes that looked at the old pawn were suddenly completely different, and they all gave a thumbs up, "Brother Feng, you are really knowledgeable!" It's much better than those celebrities! ”
"Wind team rate, then according to what you mean, as long as we hold it, Li Yi can't help Yanzhou, and in the end he can only retreat?"
"Well...... this" The old pawn smiled, and began to recall the truths he heard from Du Shenjun during the military discussion, and then transformed them into his own words, and said proudly, "Eight * nine is not far from ten, and in less than a month, the Northern Xinjiang Army will run out of food, and there is only one way to retreat." Of course, if we have to hold him back. He will attack the city, and we will defend it; If he leaves, we'll break through; If he lets us go and does the trick of surrounding the three ques, hehe......"
One of the soldiers hesitated and said, "Shall we go?" ”
"Idiot!" The old pawn rolled his eyes and shouted, "What are you going to do?" That's a ploy, a ploy to lure us out of the city for a sneak attack, so we won't be fooled! ”
The soldiers looked suddenly enlightened, and they spoke one after another:
"That's it!"
"Brother Feng, you are so clever!"
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In the sound of singing praises of virtue, the old pawn was very drunk. These big truths told by celebrities are still very convincing, don't look at Du Ji's reputation for joining the army is not as loud as the two military advisors Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu, and even Man Chong and Mao Yu and others are quite inferior, but this insight is really amazing, just point out, and everyone will feel at ease. Therefore, it makes sense that this celebrity is sought after, and those who have read books are different.
In the midst of the noise, there was a sudden exclamation from the side, and when the old pawn raised his eyes to look urgently, he found that it was from the lazy little soldier who had just escaped, and he scolded with a smile: "Ergouzi, what kind of moth are you?" If you dare to disturb our army's heart again, be careful that military law is ruthless! ”
As soon as he started scolding, everyone laughed. But the two dogs didn't notice it at all, his face was pale, his eyes were looking straight into the distance, and his face was shocked.
"Let's do this again, see if Lao Tzu turns around and doesn't ......" The old pawn snorted angrily and lifted his spear, preparing to use the barrel of the gun to teach the disobedient subordinates a good lesson, so as to consolidate the authority that had just been erected. According to Mr. Bohou, this is called Enwei and Shi.
However, just after taking two steps, there was a vision in the distance.
"Huh? This is ......" He rubbed his eyes, looked at them again, and then froze in amazement.
The others were not much better than him, either they exclaimed in surprise or opened their mouths, if the Northern Frontier Army outside the city happened to attack at this moment, eighty percent could attack the city without difficulty.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, at the junction of heaven and earth in the east, a billowing smoke and dust poured out, and under the smoke, there was a black line that became clearer and clearer!
Veterans who have been in the army for many years know very well what this scene represents, this is people, a lot of people, very, very many people!
Although they have just experienced a defeat, the military appearance and morale of the defenders are still above the level, the clothes and armor are still neat, the banners are also distinct, and the layout of patrolling the city and defending the palace is in good order.
There is a saying in the Book of Shang Jun: The soldier of the king is victorious but not arrogant, and defeated without resentment. The defenders of Laiwu City are in line with the expectations of the ancients for a strong army, which shows the strictness of its main general Cao Ren.
Rao was like this, and when he saw the spectacular scene in the distance, the soldiers also forgot the strict military orders for the time being, and just looked at them in a daze.
There were a lot of people, thousands of them, and the pace of the advance did not seem to be too fast, perhaps not reinforcements from the enemy. But this conjecture did not make people feel at ease in the slightest, because people with good eyesight had already seen that the reason why those people were moving very slowly was because they were pushing small carts. The carts were obviously heavy, and they were clearly full of items. Even some people with particularly good eyesight can already see that there are cloth bags on those small carts.
Many soldiers of the Cao Army poured out an idea: The Northern Xinjiang Army is here to transport grain and grass!
The question is, where does all this grain and grass come from? Qingzhou has been in the midst of war since the second half of last year, and even the autumn planting has been missed. Later, in winter, although Zang Ba occupied Qingzhou, he was harassed by his own army and had no time to sow seeds. Under such circumstances, the people of Qingzhou did not even have food for themselves, so how could they provide grain and grass for the army?
What about these grains and grass......
"I know, this grain and grass must have been transported from Hebei!" Someone shouted.
However, some people retorted: "Didn't Prime Minister Cao Cheng say that last year's Hebei War caused a great loss of Hebei's vitality, and it is impossible to have more grain and grass supply this year?" ”
This question was quickly refuted again: "You are stupid, Hebei really can't supply the entire army and conduct a big war of the scale of last year's Hebei War, but how many Northern Xinjiang troops are there under Laiwu City now?" With such a little grain and grass for the army, can't Hebei supply it? ”
Also, the Northern Frontier Army under this city is only a few thousand people. Even if you add the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry on the Jibei side, it is only more than 10,000 horses. Hebei is so big, almost equivalent to the area of the entire Han Dynasty, can't the grain and grass of more than 10,000 troops be freed up?
Before, everyone was still wondering that with the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Li Yi only led more than 10,000 foot cavalry troops to the south, and some people thought that the Northern Xinjiang Army did not really want to support Zang Ba, but now it seems that this is not the case.
If the Northern Xinjiang Army moves south, if it cannot defeat its own army in the short term, it will have to withdraw its troops. However, if only a small number of troops go south, then they can carry out long-term operations, and there is no such thing as a shortage of food. (To be continued.) )